{ "Contributors": [ "Kuntal Kumar Pal" ], "Source": [ "persent" ], "URL": [ "https://github.com/MHDBST/PerSenT" ], "Categories": [ "Named Entity Recognition" ], "Reasoning": [], "Definition": [ "Given a document, find the main entity about whom the author is writing. Write the full name if mentioned in the text. Note that URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link]." ], "Input_language": [ "English" ], "Output_language": [ "English" ], "Instruction_language": [ "English" ], "Domains": [ "News" ], "Positive Examples": [ { "input": "At least Raheem Morris finally has the name of the Bucs' starting quarterback in the back of his mind.\n He wants to make sure he made the decision with his head and not just his heart.\n That's why Morris declined to name his choice between Byron Leftwich and Luke McCown on Friday until after one last consultation with his coaching staff.\n After that Morris said he would inform the owners then his team before making the eagerly awaited announcement. Players were off Friday so an announcement could come this morning.\n \"We'll have a decision here in the near future \" Morris said. \"I think we've got to go with who we think gives us the best chance to win.", "output": "Raheem Morris", "explanation": "Here the main entity is Raheem Morris since the main topic of the document is about him starting as quarterback." }, { "input": "Doris Burke is about to make history.\n Burke has covered professional and college basketball for ESPN since 1991. The veteran commentator has worked select games in past seasons but her new full-time status means she will provide analysis for upwards of 35 to 40 games between the regular season and the playoffs.\n Burke will also keep her role as lead ESPN NBA sideline reporter for the NBA Conference Finals and NBA Finals on ESPN's sister network ABC.\nESPN is expected to make the announcement of Burke 's new position on Tuesday morning.\n Burke 's news comes at a time when ESPN is putting more female announcers in the analyst role.", "output": "Doris Burke", "explanation": "Here the main entity is Doris Burke since the main topic of the document is about her gaining the full-time analyst role at ESPN." } ], "Negative Examples": [ { "input": "In a letter posted on the White House web site Tuesday John Brennan assistant to President Barack Obama for homeland security and counterterrorism said Schmidt will have regular access to the president and play a vital role in the country's security.\n Schmidt's selection comes more than 10 months after Obama declared cyber security a priority and ordered a broad administration review.\n A senior White House official said Obama was personally involved in the selection process and chose Schmidt because of his unique background and skills. Schmidt will have regular and direct access to the president for cyber security issues the official said. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the selection process.\n At the same time cyber experts and potential job candidates have complained that the position lacks the budgetary and policy-making authority needed to be successful. Schmidt will report to the National Security Council and closely support the National Economic Council on cyber issues.\n Schmidt's selection suggests that economic and business interests in the White House held more sway in the selection process. Schmidt president and CEO of the Information Security Forum a nonprofit international consortium that conducts research in information security has served as chief security officer for Microsoft and as cyber security chief for online auction giant eBay. He was reportedly preferred by Lawrence Summers director of the economic council.", "output": "John Brennan", "explanation": "Here the document is about Schmidt getting appointed to the new role. Brennan is just reporting. This is not a correct answer." }, { "input": "31-year-old widow Crystal Hefner says she is \"still in disbelief\" after the loss of her husband Playboy founder Hugh Hefner who passed away at 91 on September 27.\n\"We laid him to rest Saturday. He is in the place he was always certain he wanted to spend eternity \" she told US Weekly Monday.\nCrystal Hefner expressed her love and gratitude to her husband who she called an \"American hero \" and a \"pioneer.\"\nThe pair tied the knot on New Year's Even in 2012. She was the media mogul’s third wife.\n\"I felt how much he loved me. I loved him so much. I am so grateful \" she said. She also said Hugh had given her \"direction \" and \"saved\" her life.", "output": "Crystal Hefner", "explanation": "The main topic of the document is death of Hugh Hefner and not Crystal Hefner. This is not a correct answer." } ], "Instances": [ { "id": "task419-1493c5f0165b438ba49ab2fa93b90f81", "input": "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi declined to say whether her longtime colleague Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) should resign from the chamber as he faces sexual harassment allegations.\n“We are strengthened by due process. Just because someone is accused — was it one accusation or is it two? … John Conyers is an icon in our country. He has done a great deal to protect women ” Pelosi told Chuck Todd Sunday on NBC News’ Meet the Press. “As John reviews his case I believe he will do the right thing.”\nThe House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into Conyers ’ conduct following a report that he had sexually harassed a former staffer. Pelosi was among the Democrats to call for that investigation and Conyers said he would fully cooperate.\n Conyers announced shortly after Pelosi’s interview Sunday that he was stepping down from his position as ranking chairman of the House Judiciary Committee while the ethics committee investigates his conduct. In a statement following that announcement Pelosi said that the power of a legacy should not undermine the legitimacy of sexual harassment claims. “Zero tolerance means consequences ” she said.\nBuzzfeed reported on Nov. 20 that Conyers had reached a settlement that exceeded $27 000 with a former staffer who alleged that the congressman had sexually harassed her and she was fired because she rejected his advances.The following day Buzzfeed reported that another of Conyers ’ former staffers had tried to sue him for making sexual overtures toward her and creating a hostile work environment but the former staffer withdrew the claim when the court would not let the complaint remain sealed.\nConyers 88 denied the first reported allegation although he acknowledged that a settlement had existed. Regarding the second allegation a spokesperson for Conyers ’ office told TIME that the former staffer had decided to drop the case.", "output": [ "John Conyers" ] }, { "id": "task419-4fbf7c6354ad4807a63662e567b7490f", "input": "NEW YORK (AP) -- Pfizer Inc. said Friday it is pulling its blood pressure drug Thelin off the market and stopping all clinical trials because the drug can cause fatal liver damage.\n Thelin is sold in the European Union Canada and Australia as an oral treatment for severe pulmonary arterial hypertension or high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. Pfizer said a review of data from clinical trials and post-marketing reports showed a new link to liver injury. It also consulted with experts about the link between Thelin and the deaths of two patients.\n Liver damage was a known side effect of Thelin and similar drugs the company said. Pfizer said the withdrawal was voluntary and added that it has withdrawn its filing for marketing approval in the U.S.\n Since there are other treatment options Pfizer said the benefits of Thelin don't outweigh the risks. It is stopping all studies of the oral drug which Pfizer acquired in 2008 when it bought Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc. Encysive had been trying to win marketing approval for Thelin since 2005 but the Food and Drug Administration said it was not effective enough. Other agencies only approved the drug for hypertension that was so debilitating that patients' physical activity was severely limited.\n The chemical name of Thelin is sitaxsentan.", "output": [ "Thelin" ] }, { "id": "task419-90ae26d4173342119b26f14f2b26183b", "input": "Days after at least 58 people were killed in a Las Vegas mass shooting , Hillary Clinton called for better gun control . \nClinton also had some words for President Trump , particularly of his handling of Hurricane Maria and the devastation in Puerto Rico . \nClinton , on her book tour for \"What Happened ,\" called her memoir \"a story of resilience .\" \nFallon also had female staff writers write thank you notes to Clinton . \n\"Thank you , Miley , tonight 's show writers and all of the women and young girls out there who are smart , strong and deserving of every opportunity ,\" Clinton said . \nAs for election night , Clinton said she was disappointed both that she lost and that President Trump won .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-820e9a4c96204ce6a138282b95ba783c", "input": "There's a limit to the Women's March's support for women â and Rose McGowan has apparently met it .\nAfter McGowan argued with a trangender activist who attempted to derail a planned speech about her abuse at the hands of Harvey Weinstein the Women's March hit out at McGowan for her \"transphobia\" and for \"denying\" a trans woman's identity.\nThe Daily Wire covered the incident which took place at a Manhattan Barnes & Noble. While McGowan was giving her speech a \"trans activist\" heckled her from the audience accusing her of abrogating her responsibility to trans women and failing to acknowledge the violence trans woman face as though McGowan was competing to be the most injured victim of men.\n McGowan was confused and then hurt. When the activist was finally removed McGowan broke down.\nPlease read this interview with the activist who engaged with Rose McGowan last night. Transphobia and denying trans womenâs identities is never okay. The pain we feel does not excuse the pain we cause others. [Link] â Women's March (@womensmarch) February 2 2018", "output": [ "Rose McGowan" ] }, { "id": "task419-99b5d5b3eba24ef6ad3c978b088ffeff", "input": "Extremely chill Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim crushed the qualifier for the halfpipe on Monday beating out the second-place finisher by over seven points.\nIs the time between Olympic qualifying runs stressful? It was stressful for me to watch so I assume yes. But did Chloe Kim still tweet about ice cream during this high-pressure time? Absolutely.\nCould be down for some ice cream rn — Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 12 2018\nyes... — Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 12 2018\nShould Chloe Kim actually bring some ice cream to the competition next round you will be the first to know. Until then please temper your Olympics anxiety by channeling Chloe's nerves of steel.\nRemember: you're on your couch. She 's on top of a mountain and also on TV.", "output": [ "Chloe Kim" ] }, { "id": "task419-22200128c5a94148811bda3120997e43", "input": "NBC News Fires Matt Lauer After Complaint Of 'Inappropriate Sexual Behavior'\nNBC News says it has fired longtime Today host Matt Lauer following a complaint about \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\n\"On Monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. It represented after serious review a clear violation of our company's standards. As a result we've decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he's been at NBC News we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.\"\n Lauer joined Today as the news anchor in 1994 and became a co-anchor in 1997 according to NBC. He was the highest-paid person at NBC News NPR's David Folkenflik notes.", "output": [ "Matt Lauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-051036fa5c21483aa2c31f48fadc769e", "input": "Oklahoma’s crafty coach Lincoln Riley has a few tricks up his sleeve — not the least of which was a reverse on third and two with six seconds left in the first half that had wide receiver CeeDee Lamb throwing a touchdown pass to quarterback Baker Mayfield to put Oklahoma up 31-17 heading into intermission.\nThere's so much offense in this game Baker Mayfield is CATCHING TOUCHDOWNS. pic.twitter.com/OyaiK8h8F8 — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 1 2018\n Baker Mayfield : 1st career reception — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 1 2018\nWith the play Mayfield becomes the first quarterback with a touchdown pass and touchdown reception in the Rose Bowl since Matt Leinart did it against Michigan to close out the 2003 season per ESPN Stats and Info. Not a bad way to close out a dominant first half for the Heisman Trophy winner who went 13-for-18 for 200 passing yards and a touchdown in the first half of the national semifinal.\nSo this is why Baker Mayfield was running routes before the game pic.twitter.com/gKoVX5lIXY — gifdsports (@gifdsports) January 1 2018\nBaker Mayfield: 1st career reception — ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 1 2018\nOklahoma’s Baker Mayfield taunts ESPN with ‘pretenders’ sign at Rose Bowl", "output": [ "Baker Mayfield" ] }, { "id": "task419-4d4905f891d945e1a4d51c6973cae856", "input": "Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders went on trial Monday for alleged hate speech even as his popularity and influence in the Netherlands are near all time highs.\n Prosecutors say Wilders incited hatred against Muslims with remarks comparing Islam to Naziism and by calling for a ban on the Quran. Wilders argues he has a right to freedom of speech and his remarks were within the bounds of the law.\n If convicted he faces up to a year in prison. He could keep his seat in parliament.\n On his Twitter account Wilders said the start of his trial was a \"terrible day.\"\n \"The freedom of expression of at least 1.5 million people is standing trial together with me \" he wrote referring to the voters that made his Freedom Party the third-largest in national elections in June.\n But his lawyer Bram Moszkowicz told presiding judge Jan Moors at the start of the trial that Wilders would not answer questions during the trial.\n lawyer Bram Moszkowicz told presiding judge Jan Moors at the start of the trial that Wilders would not answer questions during the trial.\n \"My client will at my advice exercise his right to silence today tomorrow and the other days \" Moszkowicz said. Moors then adjourned the case to consider a request from Wilders to explain his decision not to speak.\n He swept into the Amsterdam District Court complex in a police convoy and waved to supporters as he walked into the courtroom at the start of a trial scheduled to last seven days.\n Mohamed Rabbae chairman of the moderate National Moroccan Council said outside the court that he hoped judges would force Wilders to issue an apology for his past remarks.\n \"We are not for getting Mr. Wilders in prison. We are for correcting him \" he said.", "output": [ "Geert Wilders" ] }, { "id": "task419-a36250a6b863420c8cfa25d847965555", "input": "Is this the year Scott Boras fails to pull a rabbit out of a hat? Or three or four rabbits to be precise?\n Scott Boras is known for holding out to get the deals he wants but it might not work this time. (Paul Sancya/AP)\nTalking to scouts and executives on Wednesday I heard Boras ’ name a lot as some are convinced his refusal to bend on his demands has created a stalemate for his top-of-the-market guys that has a trickle-down effect on other free agents.\nThe same executive made the point that Boras has often managed to swing deals late in the offseason by going directly to ownership particularly with the Tigers and the Nationals. But Detroit owner Mike Ilitch died last year at age 87 and in Washington Ted Lerner reportedly has no intention of adding any more big salaries.\nJ.D. Martinez: Who blinks first Red Sox or Boras ? Hard to believe Martinez would walk away from five years and $125 million no matter how much more Boras wants.", "output": [ "Scott Boras" ] }, { "id": "task419-88925b8e1f264fccb18261c6abe47100", "input": "In November Zeltser was placed in a prison hospital after arriving at a penal colony in eastern Belarus where he was denied medicine according to lawyers.\nOn leaving the prison clinic in the eastern town of Mogilyov ZeltserZeltser said \"I am glad about my freedom.\"\nZeltser slightly limping was met by U.S. officials and entered a car with them to head for the U.S. Embassy in Minsk.\nBlaus an its authoritarian leader are on a drive to court better political and economic ties with the West and Washington had said Zeltser's release would help the process.\nU.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told reporters earlier that Washington welcomed news that Zeltser would be released.\nHe said Zeltser's imprisonment was \"a major obstacle in our bilateral relations. We still have other concerns of course with some of the actions of the Belarusian government. So we're very happy that this one obstacle has been removed and we'll review our policy as necessary.\"\nThe Russian-born Zeltser is a high-profile lawyer who headed the non-governmental American Russian Law Institute in New York. He once sued the Bank of New York for $2 billion on behalf of investors who had lost their deposits.\nZeltser is a renowned expert on organized crime and money laundering particularly in former Soviet republics.\nHis clients have included Pavel Borodin a former Kremlin aide who was accused of money laundering by a Swiss court and Badri Patarkatsishvili the late Georgian billionaire who was a bitter opponent of Georgia's current administration.\nBelarusian authorities said that fake documents Zeltser was carrying were tied to Patarkatsishvili's business interests.\nZeltser's brother Mark has said that the Zeltser had flown to Minsk to check on the status of several of Patarkatsishvili's assets. Some bsrvrsinBears ugesedtht else'sares ayhae ee arrange by those trying to illegally obtain Patarkatsishvili's considerable assets.", "output": [ "Zeltser Zeltser", "Zeltser" ] }, { "id": "task419-958ae90faf9f4cd4a20bddc9ebd9401f", "input": "Sleep hygiene needs to be learned and many companies are using the magic of technology to help parents instill healthy sleep habits in their children. The smart alarm clock Mella currently being funded on Kickstarter is one such device.\n Mella is an all-in-one sleep aid that is aiming to hit the middle ground between simplicity and functionality. According to Little Hippo the company that created Mella many of the sleep trainers on the market are either too simplistic for the price or have too many confusing buttons. Plus many of them are clunky and kitschy which may appeal to kids but isn't ideal for getting them to drift off to sleep. Mella is designed to be both simple and engaging with a modern design and cute face that appeals to parents and kids alike.\nCheck out their Kickstarter video for an overview of how Mella works:\n Mella \"goes to sleep\" when your kid does — the face closes its eyes and the night light softly illuminates in the color you choose. ( Little Hippo recommends amber light for best sleep quality.) You can also turn on your choice of ambient sounds: rain ocean or white noise.\nMorning though is when the real magic happens. In addition to a soft kid friendly alarm (that you set) Mella 's light turns green and the face wakes up when it's time to get up.\nWhat makes Mella unique is the \"play period\" function. Since young kids don't really have a concept of time yet they can get antsy in the morning when they don't know how long they're supposed to stay in bed. Mella 's play period starts a half hour before the alarm goes off. The light turns yellow and the face gives a little smirk ( it 's supposed to be \"playful\" but it looks more mischievous ) letting your child know that they can start to play quietly and it'll be time to get up soon.\nUnlike some other sleep trainers Mella isn't currently app-enabled. Little Hippo is considering adding an app-enabled Mella in the future so that parents can choose which version they'd like.\n Mella is available in pink blue and a limited edition Kickstarter green. The stretch goal of $40 000 will unlock a purple option as well. Pledging $39 or more will get you a Mella in the first batch scheduled to be delivered in February of 2018.", "output": [ "Mella" ] }, { "id": "task419-177ddcdc407b49a0ac7b0e0378d4d351", "input": "What no one mentioned is that Sulzberger’s journalism is appreciated by a surprising figure: Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker who used an article co-written by Sulzberger to bolster the resolve of wavering GOP lawmakers in the midst of Walker’s ferocious attack on public sector unions in 2011.\nWalker’s description was generally accurate. The Times article portrays a conflict between the intellectual elites in Madison who “predictably oppose” Walker’s plans and the real Wisconsinites “away from Madison” who believe that “public workers needed to share in the sacrifice that their own families have been forced to make.” It quotes six people who work in the private sector who support Walker ’s crackdown on public sector unions and only two who don’t like it.\nHowever this three-to-one ratio in support of Walker seems slightly peculiar given the voting patterns in the area. The eight Wisconsinites lived in towns across Rock Walworth and Jefferson Counties. Walker won 55 percent of the vote in the three counties in 2010 and 54 percent in the 2012 recall election. Both times Walker actually lost Rock County where Janesville is located making up for it in the other two redder counties.\nAlso notable is Walker ’s excitement that the lede on the story is about a man named Rich Hahn who’d been laid off twice by GM. The reason for Walker’s joy is obvious: The piece originally described Hahn as “a union man from a union town” who nevertheless believed “something needs to be done … and quickly” about greedy public unions. However after the United Auto Workers found no record of Hahn as a member the Times ran a correction reading that while Hahn “described himself to a reporter as a ‘union guy ’ he now says that he has worked at unionized factories but was not himself a union member.”", "output": [ "Scott Walker" ] }, { "id": "task419-73ad3e99a7f94c7388e76569c06c392b", "input": "When Lidia Bastianich tells you to eat the pasta you should eat the pasta.\nNearly 20 years ago thanks to her award-winning PBS shows Bastianich became a food star and introduced countless Americans to real Italian cooking which even then was dominated by ubiquitous red sauce and pasta dishes. She credits Julia Child for her TV break. After coming to one of Bastianich ’s restaurant Child “wanted me to teach her how to make risotto and then she had me on her show. The producer then said ‘you’re pretty good. How about a show of your own?’ And that’s how it evolved ” she remembers. Child “encouraged me. She said ‘Lidia you do for Italian cuisine what I do for French.’ We remained friends.”\nIn real life Bastianich has a no-nonsense but warm demeanor which she exudes on her show. Countless hours spent watching her on TV gave me the false sense that we were old friends and at times during our meal as she doted on me it felt like I had found my long-lost nonna.\n“A lot of adults tell me ‘I watched [the show] since I was a kid with grandma.’ You know what that tells me? It’s been a few years ” she jokes. “It pleases me because food is all about bringing people together and relating to each other ” she adds more seriously.\nBut even after decades of cooking on TV running a restaurant empire and helping to start the wildly popular chain of Eataly stores she insists that she still enjoys cooking at home. In fact she just published her eleventh book Lidia’s Celebrate Like an Italian which she co-wrote with her daughter Tanya Bastianich Manuali and includes 220 recipes for everything from cocktails to soup to dessert. “I haven’t invented one of them ” she admits. “I modified some. I’ve changed a little bit here and there.”\nIf anything she ’s too modest and was very concerned about making the recipes as approachable as possible. “I take these recipes and simplify them as much as I can ” she says since she actually wants the reader to learn them and enjoy using them. While in her restaurants the emphasis is the opposite it’s “to create that moment that the guest will not be able to do at home.” Most of the dishes at Del Posto certainly would fit into that category. Speaking of which when I try to get her to order more food for herself in true grandmother fashion she dodges my suggestions and insists “I can talk while you eat.”\nWhile I enjoy a delicious heirloom tomato salad the aforementioned pasta and perfectly cooked swordfish fillets she shares with me her family’s fascinating story of coming to America. She was born in Istria which before World War II was part of Italy but afterwards became part of communist Yugoslavia. Her family fled to Italy and lived in a refugee camp for two years before emigrating to America when she was 12. It’s an experience that she thinks a lot about today as the country debates its policies about letting in immigrants. “Most of us are immigrants except for the Indians ” she says. And for her that struggle is personal and one that is wrapped up with being a chef. “Food is all about the story of a people through the ages ” she reminds me.\nWhen her family got to America she was in for a surprise. “The Italian food I didn’t recognize it when we first came here ” she says since it was so different than what she had grown up eating. She did however immediately fall in love with boxed cake mixes that she would whip up each night. Catholic Relief Services put them up in a hotel for three weeks when they first arrived and then her father found a job and a small apartment in Queens that they moved into.\n She ’s reticent to tell me more since she ’s working on a memoir that should be out next year which will go into greater detail about her family’s story and her rise to culinary stardom. While I’m a bit disappointed Bastianich promises we’ll meet next year to discuss it . I can’t wait.", "output": [ "Lidia Bastianich" ] }, { "id": "task419-bec27f4383fe44fdb9bb9ce379cb421b", "input": "This week Melania Trump found herself in yet another fashion scandal. The first lady was spotted boarding a plane to Texas in sky-high stilettos though she was heading to an area devastated by Hurricane Harvey. Public perception of Trump and her immediate predecessor Michelle Obama couldn't be more different. Fans of Obama paint her as a J. Crew-clad woman of the people. Meanwhile Trump was slammed for a photo shoot in which she twirled a string of diamonds like spaghetti. For fans of Trump glitzy designer clothing is part of her appeal. Instagram accounts with thousands of followers track her every outfit. The far-right website Breitbart News which criticized Obama for wearing a $2 290 dress to meet the pope in 2015 wrote that Trump was the \"breakout star\" of President Donald Trump's first trip abroad radiating \"high fashion.\" To see how accurate Melania Trump's frivolous filthy-rich reputation is in contrast to Obama's more down-to-earth image we decided to re-create a theoretical \"week in the life\" of the two first ladies. We wanted to see whether Trump was actually spending more than Obama or whether she was just a victim of bad press. We compared seven iconic looks that Obama and Trump wore to similar events from vacationing to campaigning as well as their price tags. Fashion can be a strategic way for the first lady to send a message to the American people — and Trump and Obama both have different reputations and messages to send. Here's how the two first ladies measure up and what it means for how Americans see them. View As: One Page Slides\nCampaigning at political conventions Melania Trump at the Republican National Convention: $2 190 Roksanda dress and $675 Christian Louboutin heels . Trump made headlines after buying a Roksanda \"Margot\" dress from Net-a-Porter. The $2 190 dress sold out less than an hour after her speech. She paired the dress with $675 Christian Louboutin heels. Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention: $995 dress by Christian Siriano and $675 metallic Jimmy Choo heels. Obama's blue dress was extremely similar to a $995 cobalt-blue dress made by Siriano a designer who rose to prominence after appearing on \"Project Runway.\" Siriano reportedly custom-made the dress Obama wore as she gave her \"they go low we go high\" speech. Her silver Jimmy Choo heels spotted by Footwear News cost $675.\nMeeting with foreign leaders Melania Trump at the G-7 summit: $53 130 Dolce & Gabbana outfit. Trump made headlines when she wore a $51 500 Dolce & Gabbana jacket to a meeting with the spouses of some of the most powerful world leaders at the annual G-7 summit in Catania Italy in May. While we couldn't identify the first lady's dress and shoes her bag was also Dolce & Gabbana and costs $1 630. The first lady has worn Dolce & Gabbana on numerous occasions. The designer Stefano Gabbana has been extremely receptive of the support posting many pictures of Trump in Dolce & Gabbana outfits on his Instagram. Michelle Obama at the G-20 summit: $474 J. Crew outfit. Obama also made headlines on her first trip to the United Kingdom as the first lady in 2009 thanks to her casual yet fashionable looks. The Guardian described her outfits many of which were from J. Crew as \"a pitch of sunny homely optimism rather than sparkling glamour.\" One of Obama's most memorable outfits of the trip was the one she wore to meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Fox News reported that the cardigan cost $298 the tank top $18 and the mint-green pencil skirt $158.\n Charity work Melania Trump at an abuse-prevention nonprofit: $1 150 pair of sandals to complete an otherwise low-key look . Footwear News reported (somewhat snarkily) that Trump wore a $1 150 pair of Rene Caovilla sandals to visit HomeSafe in April. Trump also wore a $225 pair of L'Agence Margot jeans and an unidentified khaki shirt. Michelle Obama at a food bank: $540 pair of sneakers to complete an otherwise low-key look. In 2009 Obama caused some controversy when she wore a $540 pair of Lanvin sneakers to volunteer at a food bank with Jill Biden. She paired them with a $188 J. Crew sweater.\nJoint addresses to Congress Melania Trump at a 2017 joint address to Congress: $5 000 Michael Kors suit jacket. Trump 's Michael Kors look cost an estimated $9 600 combining a black blazer that cost $5 000 and a matching skirt priced at $4 600. Michelle Obama at the 2015 State of the Union: $1 595 Michael Kors suit jacket. In 2015 Obama wore a suit that had been featured on CBS's political drama \"The Good Wife.\" The $1 595 jacket quickly sold out after the first lady wore it to the State of the Union address.\n Vacation Melania Trump 's return from Camp David: $303 J. Crew and J Brand. Trump recently proved that Obama wasn't the only first lady getting clothes from J. Crew. In late August she returned from Camp David wearing a $75 pink top from the retailer. Yahoo Style reported that she paired the top with $228 pink J Brand jeans and pink patent-leather flats that we couldn't trace (though Vanity Fair reports they're Manolo Blahniks). Michelle Obama exiting Air Force One in shorts: ? Obama faced serious backlash after being spotted leaving Air Force One for a hike of the Grand Canyon in 2009 wearing shorts. Four years later Obama called the shorts incident one of her biggest fashion regrets. While Time notes that no brand ever \"stepped forward\" to claim the \"unflattering\" shorts the entire outfit looks very J. Crew. In any case it's safe to say it wasn't too expensive.\nInauguration — and why the numbers don't tell the full story Trump 's fashion picks tend to be more expensive than Obama's. But that's not the full story. First there's the question of custom-made dresses. For the past three inaugurations the first lady wore a custom-made look. (Obama wore Jason Wu both times and Trump wore a Herve Pierre gown.) Trump has reportedly struggled to find designers willing to work with her . Meanwhile many of Obama's most iconic looks are made specifically for her and are priceless such as a custom-made Versace gown with a theoretical price tag of $12 000. Then there's the question of why it even matters. First ladies' outfits are not paid for with taxpayer dollars. You could be horrified that anyone could buy a coat that costs more than the average American makes in a year. But if you're going to criticize Trump for wearing $1 000 shoes you have to criticize Obama as well. Melania Trump's 2017 Inauguration Ball gown: priceless custom-made Herve Pierre. Michelle Obama's 2013 Inauguration Ball gown: priceless custom-made Jason Wu.", "output": [ "Melania Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-73d1128fea4c41ee85087ff20983ca3e", "input": "“I completely understand the value of native advertising ” Mr. McCambley said “but there are a number of publishers who are allowing P.R. firms and advertising agencies direct access to their content management systems and allowing them to publish directly to the site. I think that is a huge mistake.\n“You are gambling with the contract you have with your readers ” Mr. McCambley said. “How do I know who made the content I am looking at and what the value of the information is?”\nOnce inside you find out that Mr. McCambley is not some crabby editorial type putting the old gimlet eye on the necessary but distasteful evil of advertising. All he ever wanted to do was make good content and the banner ad is not Mr. McCambley ’s only credential: The Wonderfactory has designed Web sites for National Geographic Martha Stewart Coca-Cola and The Huffington Post.\n“We were proud of that ad ” said Mr. McCambley. “But everything starts out good until we end up making it bad.”\nMr. McCambley is doing his own share of work on native advertising but said “it has to stand on its own as good journalism. Bad native advertising is destructive for the publishers that host it.”", "output": [ "McCambley" ] }, { "id": "task419-738f0a58dfed4bd6a0d7cb4a75f0baf1", "input": "John Wojnowski was abused by a priest during a Latin lesson 60 years ago. He has spent the past two decades protesting outside the Vatican Embassy in Washington DC. What keeps him going?\nThe most surprising thing about this protester is - he doesn't want to protest.\n He doesn't want to spend eight hours a day on public transport waiting for buses and trains getting to and from Embassy Row in Washington DC.\n He doesn't want to hold his sign in the cold and the dark and the snow and the rain.\n He doesn't want his face to freeze his knees to ache his fingers to turn numb.\n He was 54 when the protest started; he turns 75 in April. He has spent almost a third of his life here on his own holding a sign outside the Vatican Embassy.\n\"Of course I want to stop \" he says. \"But they made it personal.\"\nAs day turns to night and the temperature sinks John sits in a bus shelter opposite the embassy taping three broom handles together.\nIt's 4:30pm; he left home in Baltimore County around 35 miles north at 11:30am.\n\"I waited 45 minutes for the first bus \" he says. \"Then half an hour for the second bus.\"\nFrom there he took a train to Washington's Union Station a metro to Dupont Circle before catching a third bus up the hill to the embassy.\nWhen he started protesting 20 years ago John lived eight miles away in Bladensburg Maryland and drove a car. He would protest twice a day: a morning shift followed by the rush hour.\nAround 10 years ago his car gave out followed by his knees. So he started using public transport: bus metro bus up the hill.\nA year ago he left Bladensburg to live with his son in Baltimore County. He no longer protests daily; instead it's \"once twice maybe three times a week\".\n\"I try to stay a couple of hours but it's unpleasant in the dark \" he says. \"In summer I stay longer.\"\nBefore he moved to Baltimore County John came to the embassy every day. After around eight years he started taking an annual break to see his daughter's family in California.", "output": [ "John Wojnowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-55a95d42811c475e8999f54092c2fab0", "input": "Melanie Oudin and Francesca Schiavone also know how quickly perceptions can change. Oudin struggled with higher expectations since her crowd-pleasing run to the U.S. Open quarterfinals last year. So did Schiavone after her breakthrough French Open title in June.\n Oudin 18 needed just 56 minutes to beat Olga Savchuk of Ukraine 6-3 6-0. Schiavone the Italian who won her first Grand Slam weeks before her 30th birthday dispatched Ayumi Morita of Japan 6-1 6-0 in 58 minutes.\n If anything Schiavone seems to be having fun in the spotlight. Asked why she's a fan favorite she playfully replied \"I attract them because I'm beautiful.\"\n Schiavone acknowledged that maybe she's a bit more motivated at a Grand Slam than at other tournaments. Schiavone seeded No. 6 had been just 3-6 since winning at Roland Garros. She lost in the first round at Wimbledon and dropped her opening match at three other tournaments.\n She was pleased that her first-round match was in the grandstand -- a year ago she was relegated to an outer court.\n \"I like to do it because adrenaline is coming up and I enjoy much more than play in faraway court \" she said with a laugh. \"Maybe because I am 30 years old and now I want to enjoy with people.\"", "output": [ "Francesca Schiavone" ] }, { "id": "task419-eb04e2243c6340209f0b0a4a3f579188", "input": "Hurricane Harvey was so powerful it uprooted palm trees and apparently gave us a new side of Sen. Ted Cruz the country had never seen . \nThe New York Times wrote that the \"forecast has changed\" in terms of Cruz 's politicking , ever since his home state of Texas was hit by an unprecedented hurricane . \nYet the Times provided little evidence to show how exactly Cruz has evolved . \nSure , Cruz offered his help after Hurricane Harvey devastated Houston . \nThe side of Cruz as a consoler was definitely different from 2012 , when he refused to send federal aid to New York and New Jersey after Hurricane Sandy . \nIndeed , New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called Cruz a liar for his reasoning to vote \"no\" on a disaster relief bill in the Senate . \nIn an interview with the Times on Wednesday , Cruz showed no remorse for his ruthless legislating four years ago . \n\"And it seems not many people in New Jersey do either ,\" Cruz added , an apparent nod to Christie 's low approval ratings .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-e54e16de3292432b9048fbb6cd819561", "input": "MOORESVILLE N.C. -- IMSA Prototype champion Ricky Taylor will join Team Penske’s full-time sports car driver lineup.\n Taylor will team with three-time Indianapolis 500 champion Helio Castroneves in one of the two full-time entries in the IMSA SportsCar championship next season. Two-time Indy 500 champ Juan Pablo Montoya and Dane Cameron were set to drive the second entry for team owner Roger Penske.\n Taylor and his brother Jordan recently won their first sports car title together in the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Georgia to wrap up the 2017 IMSA Prototype championship. Ricky Taylor got his shot with Penske in February when he tested the Indy car normally driven by Pagenaud at the Homestead-Miami Speedway road course.\n Taylor has raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans four times with a best finish of 14th overall (2014) and fifth in class (2013).", "output": [ "Taylor" ] }, { "id": "task419-da7e5d2509cf409289b38c13e711c5ba", "input": "Rogelio Martinez died while patrolling in the Big Bend Sector of the border in Texas. The agent and his partner were responding to activity near a freeway in the Van Horn Station area when they were attacked. Martinez ’s partner Stephen Garland survived.\nThe manner of Martinez ’s death is still “undetermined.”\n Martinez ’s fiancée Angie Ochoa said she believes the autopsy report is cover-up.\nOchoa said the FBI is focusing on the medication in Martinez ’s body instead of finding the person who killed him .", "output": [ "Rogelio Martinez" ] }, { "id": "task419-6f22df2962084f0b8339bd2022b03895", "input": "John Mayer was hospitalized early Tuesday morning for an emergency appendectomy Dead and Company said on Twitter.\n Related John Mayer on Katy Perry Learning From the Dead Embracing Pot Guitarist opens up about what he 's learned from Dead & Company and why he 's given up drinking booze and opts for marijuana\nDead and Company have two shows left on their fall tour: December 7th in Orlando and December 8th in Sunrise Florida. It's unclear whether Mayer will be healthy enough to play those shows though the band has yet to make a formal announcement regarding the status of either gig.\nDead and Company formed in 2015 after the surviving members of the Grateful Dead reunited for their final Fare Thee Well shows. The new group features Mayer alongside original Grateful Dead members Weir Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart as well as Allman Brothers' bassist Oteil Burbridge and Fare Thee Well and RatDog keyboardist Jeff Chimenti.\nIn April Mayer released a new solo album The Search for Everything.", "output": [ "John Mayer" ] }, { "id": "task419-bae322fdacd34ed4b9dbb8d87b757df0", "input": "Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal was picked up at his desert camp the senior official said. Authorities did not disclose the evidence that prompted the arrests.\n Prince Alwaleed bin Talal presides over a vast financial empire (estimated $35 billion in 2015):\nAlwaleed is the largest individual shareholder of Citigroup the second-largest voting shareholder in 21st Century Fox and owns a number of hotels. TIME even called him \"Arabian Warren Buffet\".\nMBS as the Crown Prince is known is the leader who is launching what modernizers hope will be a Saudi Version of the Meiji Restoration[ii] in Japan transforming the political economy and culture out of necessity – in order to survive in the modern world system. The Saudis have practiced religious and cultural isolationism while their oil allowed the country to avoid the necessity of building an economy that could supply anything else that the rest of the world would be willing to pay for.\nOf the people arrested Alwaleed bin Tala is the most intriguing for Americans thanks to his Twitter sparring with candidate Trump during the election and for a startling connection unearthed by Jack Cashill more than five years ago in World New Daily.", "output": [ "Alwaleed bin Talal" ] }, { "id": "task419-ff32ae4b87a14479aed57be6fbe95499", "input": "Laura Ingraham was one of the few people who saw Donald Trump’s shocking victory coming. More importantly as a former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan who saw firsthand how viciously the Bush-aligned establishment despised Reagan’s working-class voters Ingraham understands how powerful the conservative-populist movement is and why the elites in the permanent political class have spent gazillions and worked overtime for three decades to thwart it.\nIn her blockbuster new book Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump Ingraham the best-selling author explains how Trump got elected and the forces he—and other economic nationalists—will have to battle to implement the people’s agenda.\nBillionaire at the Barricades is a must-read because Ingraham who still gets chills when she sees footage of the crowd at Kemper Arena in 1976 realizing they had nominated the wrong man in Gerald Ford takes readers on a fast-paced journey through the 2016 campaign cycle and shows how everyone who was blindsided by Trump’s rise should have seen it coming especially after Dave Brat’s shocking primary victory over then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) in 2014.\nElites give off the impression that Trump’s populism on the campaign trail was something they had never seen before when in fact every candidate who has won the presidency in the television age has been the one who was the most populist. As Ingraham writes “presidential candidates invoke the populist style because it connects with working people.”\nConservatism and populism according to Ingraham “overlap in their opposition to ‘big things’—big government big international organizations big media big business cronyism.”\nReagan understood that “these distant uncaring entities rob people of decision making and ignore their interests ” and Ingraham notes that “Pat Buchanan and Donald Trump summarized conservative populism best when each vowed to put ‘America first.’”\n“Conservative populists tend to support a policy of economic nationalism—people-centered economic policies that put the nation and its workers first. They oppose a massive national debt because it weakens America and makes its citizens beholden to lenders ” she continues. “They also believe high taxes are bad because they sap workers’ wages and economic freedom. Similarly they are against huge trade deals and international organizations like the World Trade Organization because they take power out of the hands of voters and give it to a far-away and often hostile global elite.”\nWhen it comes to foreign policy Ingraham explains that “conservative populists oppose broad military interventionism and believe military force should only be used when American interests are threatened.” She slams populism’s critics who foolishly toss around “the term ‘isolationism’ to dismiss populist foreign policy ” even though that label does not describe any populist she has ever known.\n Ingraham points out that “throughout the Cold War populists were among the strongest voices opposing Soviet communism.” In addition populists have always believed that “squandering the nation’s wealth and blood on un-winnable wars and nation-building is unwise. Instead they support a pragmatic foreign policy based on achieving ‘peace through strength’ by maintaining a strong military and using it prudently.”\nUnfortunately as Ingraham details “some conservatives took a dangerous detour” and “thrust us into a bizarre world of globalization wars based on idealism and nation-building and intense hatred toward the very voters who accounted for the Reagan coalition in the first place.”\nThe betrayal started almost immediately after George H.W. Bush won Reagan’s third term. The Bush administration purged Reaganites and Ingraham recalls that Margaret Tutwiler told Reaganite Ed Rollins at a party that “there are a lot of us who had to suffer during the eight years of Reagan and now it’s our turn.”\n“We were Reagan people. They were Bush people. We all knew what the differences were ” Ingraham writes. “Many of the GOP Establishment types who behind closed doors scoffed at Reagan as a dim-witted former actor with an’“ultraconservative’ outlook were now working in the Bush administration. They thought it was time to return the Republican Party to what they believed was its more genteel respectable roots. In effect it meant the return to power of the Rockefeller Republicans who had worked to deny Reagan the presidency in 1976.”\nBush’s Office of Management and Budget Director Richard Darman convinced Bush to infamously abandon his “read my lips” pledge not to raise taxes and in the end Ingraham argues that “George H. W. Bush stalled the conservative-populist engine that powered Reaganism.” As Rollins said “George Bush was the beneficiary of the greatest baton pass in presidential history in 1988 and he and his people tossed it away.”\n“Globalism is fundamentally anti-American because it aims to raze American sovereignty by atrophying our ability to take independent actions that are in our nation’s best interests ” Ingraham writes pointing out that globalists do not understand that “because of the enormous anti-American sentiment around the world it’s almost impossible to create a multinational organization where U.S. interests don’t become compromised or harmed.”\nJust like his father George W. Bush campaigned as a populist but governed as a globalist. Ingraham blames “Bush’s decision to aggressively pursue amnesty after his unpopular war” for insulting the “millions of conservative-populists who had worked so hard to put him in power.”\n“Because of Bush conservatives lost everything ” she continues. “We lost the House. We lost the Senate. And we lost the White House.”", "output": [ "Laura Ingraham" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f8a8f70d9ca47a3bc61ef479032a2c4", "input": "Defendants Howard K. Stern and Drs. Sandeep Kapoor and Khristine Eroshevich were in the courtroom when the jury received the instructions.\n After the panel was dismissed for lunch Eroshevich burst into tears and was comforted by Stern. Her attorney Brad Brunon said she was reacting to the stress of waiting for the verdicts.\n Perry also told the six women and six men in their third week of deliberations that it was a tough case and he invited them to ask for readback of testimony and for additional legal instructions if needed.\n Stern Kapoor and Eroshevich have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to provide Smith with excessive amounts of prescription drugs and other charges. They are not charged in her 2007 overdose death.", "output": [ "Eroshevich" ] }, { "id": "task419-aa9bfbca11574b3c88f312d20a6120e9", "input": "Ezekiel Elliott ’s suspension went into effect after Thursday’s court ruling according to the NFL. (Eric Risberg/AP)\nThe NFL Players Association fought what it felt was the good fight in the Ezekiel Elliott case challenging the NFL’s six-game suspension of the second-year running back for the Dallas Cowboys in federal courts because it believed that Elliott had been wronged and that the league’s system of justice under Commissioner Roger Goodell is deeply flawed.\n Elliott spoke of clearing his name.\nCowboys owner Jerry Jones had his player’s back saying that Elliott had not been treated fairly by the league. And oh by the way the Cowboys also need Elliott in their lineup desperately Jones acknowledged as well.\n[NFL says Ezekiel Elliott’s suspension is in effect after appeals court denies him an injunction]\n Elliott has begun serving his six-game suspension under the personal conduct policy and barring yet another last-minute legal twist will not play Sunday when the Cowboys face the Falcons in Atlanta. He will have missed four games by the time his appeal of the rejection of his injunction is heard by a federal appeals court Dec. 1.\nIn the union’s case that question is yet to be answered. Certainly the NFLPA was doing all that it could for Elliott . But for the union the issues are bigger than one suspension and one case. The NFLPA wants a fundamentally different system of player justice than the one used by Goodell and the league under the collective bargaining agreement and the personal conduct policy. In the meantime the union is doing what it can to ensure that cases are decidedly as fairly as possible in its view and players’ rights are protected as much as possible under the current system.\nBut those changes probably will have to come ultimately at the bargaining table as part of the next CBA rather than in the courts. The union managed to delay the Elliott suspension for half a season. But now Elliott is about to sit. The NFLPA managed to delay the four-game suspension of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady through the courts for an entire season in the Deflategate case. But Brady sat out the first four games of last season. The union managed to prevail in court in a disciplinary case involving Adrian Peterson only to lose on appeal.\n Elliott has denied that he was guilty of domestic violence in a series of incidents last year in Ohio involving his former girlfriend. He was not charged with a crime. But the NFL determined after its investigation that Elliott in its view was guilty of domestic violence.\n Elliott has said the courtroom challenge was for him about justice and his reputation. Was it worth it for him ? Only he can answer that.\nBut in terms of on-field considerations for Elliott and the Cowboys it’s highly debatable whether the decision to go to court was a good one in retrospect. Elliott could have missed the first six games of the season. He would have returned and played the past two games and the Cowboys would have him in the lineup for the second half of the regular season and beyond. He would have been available for the season’s biggest games.\nAs things now stand Elliott won’t play again until Christmas Eve. He will have to regain his game sharpness and get back in sync with the Cowboys’ offense in a hurry for the games that could determine the outcome of the Cowboys’ season. In the meantime they will have to try to get by with backup running backs Alfred Morris Darren McFadden and Rod Smith and attempt to remain in postseason contention without Elliott .\nCourt denies Ezekiel Elliott’s latest injunction request Cowboys star again suspended by NFL", "output": [ "Ezekiel Elliott" ] }, { "id": "task419-0b38da2ff62d47b7b163c5b3050539c7", "input": "Now one of the most powerful figures in comedy — Louis C.K. — has been accused of and admitted to sexual misconduct. Five women spoke to the New York Times with consistent stories: The comedian steered professional conversations into frankly sexual areas and in some cases ask if he could expose himself to them and proceed to masturbate.\nIn a statement on Friday Louis C.K. admitted that the women's allegations were true and he expressed remorse.\nIndeed Louis C.K. has attained his status at the top of the comedy world as a result of his willingness to make himself appear damaged and vulnerable building stand-up sets around the frank discussion of his sexual hangups and basest urges.\nIn a 2011 stand-up special Louis C.K. talks about his \"constant perverted sexual thoughts.\" YouTube\nIn a world where sex is a go-to comedy topic women who find themselves the objects of sexual misconduct have little recourse. Comics after all are essentially freelancers; no professional infrastructure exists to redress sexual offenses. Several of the women who talked to the Times about Louis C.K. spoke of the tremendous power differential they felt as comics just embarking upon a career in contrast to a hugely successful comedian who abused his status as potential mentor.\nFor years women have responded to sexual misconduct in the comedy world by creating whisper campaigns to warn other women about sexual predators. This is how the actions of comedians like Louis C.K. and Bill Cosby could attain the status of \"open secrets\" for years — stories kept within the industry addressed publicly only obliquely if at all out of fear of professional or legal reprisal.", "output": [ "Louis C.K" ] }, { "id": "task419-cf1f36b9271941acad511ca710716bce", "input": "After a slight scare when Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Ajit Pai received a note to evacuate in the middle of his closing argument in favor of overturning net neutrality rules implemented by the Obama administration in 2015 the commission voted to end those rules Thursday.\n Pai spent the majority of his closing argument reiterating his position on why the Orwellian-named net neutrality rules — which essentially implemented federal oversight of the internet under Title II regulations created in the 1930s to manage the Ma Bell telephone monopoly — had been an Obama administration mistake.\nPrior to 2015 when net neutrality was implemented the internet was regulated under what Pai is fond of calling a “light-touch framework”; simply put the federal government had less regulatory oversight which allowed internet service providers and tech companies the ability to invest and innovate. That’s why the internet is as robust and efficient as it is.\n Pai said the net neutrality rules were “express orders” from the Obama White House to the FCC and led to less innovation and investment in the internet framework for the last two years citing several specific examples. The environment that allowed the internet to thrive before the Obama-era rules “wasn’t heavy-handed…regulation ” Pai said which led to the $1.5 trillion investment in internet services and networks that gave America unfettered access.\n He also noted in contradiction to dissenting Democrat commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mignon Clyburn (who delivered a nearly 20 minute “eulogy” to net neutrality) that people who complain about the internet don’t complain about Internet Service Providers (ISPs) potentially blocking or throttling content or that they might discriminate against Internet traffic of their competitors. Instead they complain that there’s not enough choice regarding ISPs and that they might have no access at.\n Pai noted that a lighter touch regulatory environment where ISPs are free to start up and innovate would address both of those problem.\nIn short Pai said the decision to overturn net neutrality “is not going to destroy the internet…is not going to kill democracy [and] is not going to stifle free expression online.”", "output": [ "Chair Ajit Pai" ] }, { "id": "task419-3f5928d9b03f48a9b74e0903306d9cb9", "input": "MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Left-wing Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has an 8-point lead over rivals a newspaper poll showed on Thursday even as second-place candidate Ricardo Anaya has narrowed the gap since the previous survey.\nLopez Obrador holds 33 percent of the vote against 25 percent for Ricardo Anaya of the left-right coalition “For Mexico in Front ” according to the survey by Mexican newspaper Reforma.\nIn Reforma’s previous poll in November Anaya held just 19 percent of the vote and the gap between the two frontruners was a larger 12 percentage points.\nThe results show a similar trend to a poll published by Parametria last week which also showed Anaya gaining slightly but had Lopez Obrador with a larger lead.", "output": [ "Ricardo Anaya" ] }, { "id": "task419-a8927190e5b1495c98c91915d0074b1d", "input": "WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump’s Russia probe lawyer Ty Cobb previously represented billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal according to previously overlooked media reports and emails shared with HuffPost. The kingdom unexpectedly arrested the prince along with more than a dozen other prominent Saudis over the weekend in a move observers interpreted as a power play by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.\nTrump has close ties to Saudi Arabia and Prince Mohammed the Saudi crown prince said to be behind the arrests including Alwaleed’s. Several weeks ago White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner paid a secret visit to the kingdom and spent significant time with Prince Mohammed according to Politico and the Washington Post.\n The president pushed the kingdom to use the New York Stock Exchange for the upcoming IPO of a portion of its national oil company Aramco in a tweet Saturday just hours before the crackdown. He also praised the kingdom’s policies in a call with Saudi King Salman the crown prince’s father the same day.\n Cobb spent more than three decades working on white-collar cases before joining Trump’s team. He resigned from his longtime firm Hogan Lovells in July. At the time business news service ALM Media reported that Cobb had previously worked for members of the Saudi royal family citing a Hogan Lovells page that now appears to have been taken down.\nA 2012 Business Insider story by reporter Nicholas Carlson was more specific. The story said that Cobb had threatened to sue an American who had attempted a lawsuit against Alwaleed for allegedly threatening him with beheading and having him detained at gunpoint while he worked for the prince’s son.\nEmails from Mark Mazo another partner at Hogan Lovells to Toronto-based businessman Alan Bender who was representing a woman who claimed she had a secret marriage with Alwaleed provide further evidence of Cobb ’s connection to the prince.", "output": [ "Alwaleed bin Talal" ] }, { "id": "task419-c858e914c5a245f98321d263e1dbed2b", "input": "Vice President Pence made a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Thursday. It is the first visit to the country by the president or vice president under the Trump administration and comes four months after Trump unveiled his strategy for the United States' role in the country.\nAfghanistan is six months away from parliamentary elections and the Trump administration has sought to work with the Afghani leadership in preparation. The elections set for July 7 have been delayed almost three years because of security concerns.\n\"There are two ways of looking at the situation \" Chief Executive Abdullah told NPR's Steve Inskeep in November. \"One is to wish things away which I don't think that it happens in the realities of our world. [And] one is to make your best efforts to find a way out which I think the current administration is doing the U.S. administration and we — us on the ground — the Afghans are making our best efforts to put an end to this war.\"\n Trump has also mentioned the need to work with other South Asian countries especially Pakistan so insurgents can't seek haven outside Afghanistan's borders. In speaking to troops on Thursday Pence said Trump had put the country \"on notice.\"\n\"The armed forces of the United States will remain engaged in Afghanistan until we eliminate the terrorist threat to our homeland to our people once and for all \" he said.", "output": [ "Trump — Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-a96e346febb1452490286889b1f312a0", "input": "Carrie Fisher did more than reprise her role as General Leia Organa in the newest installment of the Star Wars franchise.\nBefore her death at age 60 last year she brought her own wit and humor with her into The Last Jedi — and director Rian Johnson was all about it. He included some one-liners that have that characteristic Fisher bite which she wrote herself .\nIn an interview with PEOPLE Johnson credited Fisher with at least two quippy lines. The first was a line about her new hairstyle she makes to Mark Hamill's character Luke Skywalker.\n“That was her ” Johnson said. “That was a Carrie Fisher line . Of course it was.”\nThe second was a scene with actress Laura Dern who plays Vice Admiral Holdo. Fisher tells her \"You go I’ve said it enough \" as the two trip over each other's words when saying the iconic line \"May the Force be with you” at the same time.\nJohnson also talked about the process of working with Fisher . \"After an hour I would have filled up pages and pages writing down the notes and one-liners that she would pitch ” he said. “And so we tried to work them in whenever we could.”\nThe zingers carry a bit more emotional gravity considering Fisher died almost a year ago following a heart attack. The film also plays tribute to the late actress finishing with the note “In loving memory of our princess Carrie Fisher.”", "output": [ "Carrie Fisher" ] }, { "id": "task419-a1238b6fe41e4ee8b84631f1a38983b0", "input": "\"I know we're planning to grow weed but working here won't just be one big party \" Christoph Rossner says while striding ahead of me towards the entrance of a deserted nuclear bunker in the quiet countryside of the southern German region of Allgäu.\nSince March 2017 it's become legal to obtain medicinal cannabis in Germany with a prescription. Rossner wants to take advantage of the new law and become Germany's leading legal weed grower. His ambitions aren't necessarily based on delusions of grandeur – the legalisation opened up a potentially huge market. The German Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Abuse (DBDD) found that in 2015 alone nearly five million Germans had smoked cannabis at least once that year – and that's just the people willing to admit to it.\nThe nuclear bunker where Rossner hopes to start his empire is an intimidating structure – 50 meters long and 15 meters high with ventilation shafts like a medieval fortress. \"I think our plants will be pretty safe within these walls \" Roßner smiles.\nThrough the study Rossner hopes to provide 150 patients with cannabis grown in his bunker. If both the research and the necessary production of marijuana are approved by the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Services and the Federal Narcotics Board in Germany Bunker PPD could start supplying clients with medicinal weed by March 2018.\nOn the left Christoph Rossner standing in his future weed farm. On the right a former radio control centre.\n Rossner is a strong believer in the healing powers of weed. When he was 18 his left shoulder was crushed by a steel beam during his apprenticeship at an industrial mechanics company. He smoked to ease the chronic pain he was experiencing as a result of the accident and still does to this day. The only difference now is that he gets his weed legally with a prescription. \"In case you're wondering I'm high right now \" he admits.\nIn 1994 the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany made it legal for individuals to carry a small amount of cannabis – between five and ten grams depending on the German region. In the late 90s Roßner took advantage of the increased demand by setting up an illegal \"weed pharmacy\". His client base grew steadily and included cancer and arthritis patients. But eventually the police came to see him too. In 2000 he was sentenced to two years and one month in prison. He ended up spending five months there and four months in therapy.\nIf at any point the power should fail Roßner can rely on four diesel generators to supply his cannabis plantation with the necessary light.\nBut Rossner has a long way to go. As we step out of the bunker and back into the sunlight he tells me that his lawyers are preparing a lawsuit against the Federal Institute for Drugs. The agency is requiring potential medicinal weed producers to prove that they've already grown processed and delivered at least 50 kilos (or 110 pounds) of cannabis within the last three years. Considering it has been illegal to produce in Germany up until now Rossner can't understand why the government would expect anyone to have done that – let alone kept some sort of paper trail of it.\nWhile he's waiting for the German authorities to approve his plan Rossner is keeping a worried eye on his competitors. In the US a number of American companies are systematically buying up smaller producers – a dynamic that could expand into and take over the German market. Even though his lab doesn't exist yet and there's nothing to buy Rossner already tells me he's adamant he won't be bought. He wants to do it on his own terms in his own nuclear bunker.", "output": [ "Christoph Rossner" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb3b620701bd4055818ced9ff99f3e5c", "input": "Ivanka Trump said Sunday that she doesn't know whether arming teachers with concealed weapons as her father advocates would makes schools safer and said the idea needs further discussion.\nPresident Donald Trump's daughter who serves as a senior adviser in the White House and is in South Korea where she attended the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics was asked by NBC News if arming teachers would make children safer.\n\"To be honest I don't know \" she said. \"Obviously there would have to be an incredibly high standard for who would be able to bear arms in our schools.\"\nIvanka Trump told NBC's Peter Alexander: \"I think that having a teacher who is armed who cares deeply about her students or his students and who is capable and qualified to bear arms is not a bad idea but it's an idea that needs to be discussed.\"", "output": [ "Ivanka Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-fbb0bd287b934ba8bc18217c156ed623", "input": "In a matter of days transgender model Munroe Bergdorf went from posting her excitement after being hired by makeup brand L'Oreal Paris to calling for a boycott of the company.\nEarly Friday the UK division of the company announced its partnership with the London model was ending after she posted a comment on Facebook that started with \"'Honestly I don't have energy to talk about the racial violence of white people any more. Yes ALL white people.\"\nL’Oréal champions diversity. Comments by Munroe Bergdorf are at odds with our values and so we have decided to end our partnership with her . — L'Oréal Paris UK (@LOrealParisUK) September 1 2017\n Bergdorf fired back that her words about the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville last month were taken out of context and that the company didn't want her talking about systemic racism. She said she was \"disappointed with the company\" and wrote a massive post about the irony of being on a beauty campaign that \"stands for diversity\" and then getting fired for talking about white privilege.\n Bergdorf directly addressed the controversial statement that appears to have led to her firing. \"When I stated that 'all white people are racist' I was addressing that fact that western society as a whole is a SYSTEM rooted in white supremacy - designed to benefit prioritise and protect white people before anyone of any other race. Unknowingly white people are SOCIALISED to be racist from birth onwards. It is not something genetic. No one is born racist \" she wrote on Facebook.\n Bergdorf had announced earlier this week that it was \"such an honour to become L'Oreal's first transgender model in the UK.\"", "output": [ "Munroe Bergdorf" ] }, { "id": "task419-714640bf96e8499da8a3fee0bc3cf140", "input": "Razer's new smartphone is only expected to launch on Nov. 1 but the leaks have already begun.\nAccording to Phone Radar a listing has already appeared on GFXBench titled \"Razer Phone\" that could just very well be the phone we're set to see in a little over two weeks.\nSo the upcoming Razer should be a lot more adept at handling heavy 3D games and multitasking going by its specs. This should come as no surprise given Razer 's plan to position its phone as a gaming powerhouse.\nWe could also see aspects of the Nextbit Robin smartphone incorporated thanks to Razer's acquisition of the smartphone startup back in January. Some of its hyped features include the ability to manage and offload data in the cloud.\nAnd for those curious to see what the phone will look like here's the tiniest of sneak peeks courtesy of Razer SVP Tom Moss who had earlier last week tweeted a photo of him with CEO Tan Min Liang.", "output": [ "Razer" ] }, { "id": "task419-006b9b2890fc43ac9858dc3793cafa23", "input": "MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Philippe is approaching extreme southern Florida as it continues to dump heavy rain on central Cuba and the Bahamas.\nThe center of Philippe is expected to move across the northwestern Bahamas Sunday morning.\n Philippe 's maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph with higher gusts.\nSome strengthening is forecast during the next 48 hours. However Philippe is expected to become a post-tropical cyclone on Monday.", "output": [ "Philippe" ] }, { "id": "task419-96ab543b0cb94df4b84ac0521311137e", "input": "This week actor Paul McGann stood amid the dirt and bricks and recited the prologue to \"Romeo and Juliet\" -- a play historians believe had its premiere on this site and in which Shakespeare may have taken a small acting role.\n \"It's possible the prologue was spoken by Shakespeare himself \" McGann said. \"I hope so. I want to channel him.\"\n Shakespeare's influence on English culture is incalculable but relatively few physical links to him remain. Tourists can visit his birth and burial places in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon. In London there's a reconstruction of the Globe playhouse where he worked near its original site south of the River Thames. Remains have been found nearby of The Rose another Elizabethan venue.\n It's thought plays including \"Romeo and Juliet\" and \"The Merchant of Venice\" -- as well as works by Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd -- were performed at The Theatre which served as a base for Shakespeare's troupe the Chamberlain's Men.\n But by 1598 a dispute with the site's landlord threatened to leave the company homeless. Shakespeare and his colleagues took drastic action: over the Christmas holiday while the landlord was away they dismantled the building and hauled its stout oak beans into storage. In the spring the timbers were ferried across the river and used to build a new theater the Globe.", "output": [ "William Shakespeare", "Shakespeare" ] }, { "id": "task419-baa2a943cbba40488dc6bd94a743f0ff", "input": "NATCHEZ Miss. (AP) — Joe Fortunato the speedy linebacker who helped the Chicago Bears win the 1963 NFL title has died. He was 87.\n Fortunato died Monday in Mississippi where he starred at linebacker and fullback at Mississippi State.\n \"Joe Fortunato was not only a great player for the Chicago Bears including being a part of our 1963 championship at Wrigley Field he was a key figure in one of the greatest linebacker trios in Bears history alongside Hall of Famer Bill George and Larry Morris \" Bears Chairman George H. McCaskey said in a statement Thursday. \"The Chicago Bears family extends our condolences to the Fortunato family on the passing of Joe .\"\nFILE - In this Nov. 27 1960 file photo as he is rushed by Chicago Bears linebacker Joe Fortunato (31) Dallas Cowboys quarterback Eddie LeBaron throws a pass to Jim Doran not seen during an NFL football game in Nov. 27 1960 Chicago. Trying for the block on Fortunato is Cowboys guard Mike Falls (63). Fortunato the speedy linebacker who helped the Bears win the 1963 NFL title has died. He was 87. Fortunato died Monday Nov. 6 2017 in Mississippi where he starred at linebacker and fullback at Mississippi State.(AP Photo/Ed Maloney File)", "output": [ "Joe Fortunato Joe", "Joe" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e73fa0341204f60af4edefc6943cf07", "input": "President-elect Donald Trump and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in November 2016. (Reuters/Mike Segar)\nTrump’s commission was led by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach who not only is the country’s most prominent advocate of vote suppression but also is an anti-immigration activist which is an important part of this story. The White House issued a statement saying the president “has asked the Department of Homeland Security to review [the commission’s] initial findings and determine next courses of action.”\nWhere is the Trump administration heading now that the voter suppression commission is gone? We can get an idea from a system called Crosscheck that Kobach has promoted to states all over the country. That system flags anyone who has the same name and date of birth but is registered in more than one place as a possible instance of fraud.\nYou can immediately see the problem: There are going to be a huge number of people who share the same name and birthday so people will get wrongly flagged constantly. Indeed one analysis of the program found that Crosscheck risks eliminating huge numbers of registrations used to cast legitimate votes. Kobach sees the program as a model for what he wants to do nationally.\nThat brings us to the Department of Homeland Security. I need to stress that nobody knows exactly what they’ll be doing on this issue because all we have are the somewhat vague statements from Kobach and the White House. But they have lists of immigrants and people visiting the country (like this one) and those databases are almost certainly what Kobach is after.", "output": [ "Kris Kobach" ] }, { "id": "task419-8fb7e522b89547c18bd45acdca12a67d", "input": "The action against Sam Rainsy Party lawmakers Mu Sochua and Ho Vann is the latest in a series of moves by Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party using the courts against government critics.\n \"The National Assembly is walking backwards when they try to silence the opposition party \" she said.\n In speech Monday referring to recent international rights groups' allegations that his party is using legal action against government critics to stifle free speech Hun Sen warned: \"Foreigners don't be messy.\"\n is using legal action against government critics to stifle free speech Hun Sen warned: \"Foreigners don't be messy.\"\n \"Stripping immunity is to strengthen democracy instead of law \" he added.\n The charges against Mu Sochua stem from her announcement that she would file a lawsuit against Hun Sen for allegedly making derogatory comments about her. That lawsuit was dismissed in court.\n Opposition leader Sam Rainsy was stripped of his immunity in February after accusing Hun Sen's party of corruption during elections last year and then failing to pay a 2 500-dollar fine.\n His protection was later restored when his party eventually paid the fine.", "output": [ "Hun Sen" ] }, { "id": "task419-37aedc4203b74181be5b253481850ba5", "input": "Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has announced that he will take a “do no harm” approach to cryptocurrency regulation.\nIn a written testimony that was published ahead of a Tuesday hearing Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Christopher Giancarlo explained his regulatory plans for the cryptocurrency space.\nSpeaking about blockchain systems broadly Chairman Giancarlo argued that the emerging technology will have a lasting impact on global financial markets.\nDuring Tuesday’s hearing Giancarlo expanded upon the prepared testimony. “We owe it to this new generation to respect their interest in this new technology with a thoughtful regulatory approach ” he said.", "output": [ "J. Christopher Giancarlo" ] }, { "id": "task419-28a6c2574ea24c309767cf2424cfe033", "input": "A wide field of view about 150 degrees is helpful. But if it’s too extreme like a fisheye lens you start to lose details said Tim Stevens editor-in-chief of Roadshow the automotive segment for CNET a consumer technology website.\n“I think that’s pretty important ” Stevens said along with high-resolution.\n Stevens said neither of those features worked very well in the dash cams he 's tested.\n“If anything they just get to be annoying because they’re beeping all the time and you just want to turn them off ” he said.", "output": [ "Tim Stevens" ] }, { "id": "task419-10c8022c25714415bb7e976e7ab1ac56", "input": "Stephen Gayle died Thursday night after Temple police officers who responded to a disturbance call tried to put him in handcuffs. A Temple Police Department spokeswoman said Friday that the Texas Department of Public Safety will investigate the death and that there's no indication the officers \"acted outside the scope of their duties.\"\nTemple officers responded to a disturbance complaint around 7:30 p.m. Thursday near an apartment complex. They encountered Gayle believing he was responsible for the disturbance and said he was uncooperative and appeared intoxicated according to a police release. During a struggle the officers tried to handcuff Gayle and put him inside a police car police said.\nThe Temple Daily Telegram reports that Gayle 's family and people who witnessed the incident are questioning the account police have given. Witnesses who spoke to the newspaper said the officers who were white used excessive force to arrest Gayle who was black.\nWanda Nichols a church pastor who lives in the neighborhood said she saw Gayle walking down the street and yelling before police arrived. She said she thought he was trying to get the attention of a child who was practicing football nearby.", "output": [ "Stephen Gayle" ] }, { "id": "task419-071332bf25494cf08449dffceb8e0c52", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh discusses the quarterback situation Oct. 30 2017 heading into the Minnesota game. By Nick Baumgardner DFP.\n Jim Harbaugh didn't declare Brandon Peters as his starting quarterback after Saturday's win over Rutgers.\nAnd while he wasn't quite ready to do it Monday he more or less tabbed Michigan's redshirt freshman as the starter for Saturday night's game against Minnesota.\n\"Brandon will play it's likely he 'll start \" Harbaugh said Monday afternoon in Ann Arbor. \"We'll see.\"\nMinutes earlier Harbaugh told reporters he wasn't prepared to officially name a starter for Saturday (7:30 p.m. Fox). He said Michigan would prepare both Peters and fifth-year senior John O'Korn to play against the Golden Gophers as he says he did a week ago.\nWhen pressed Harbaugh said odds are Peters will be the starting quarterback this weekend.\n\"We're going to try to really build on what Brandon did in the ballgame we're going into this game and we're going to prepare both quarterbacks \" Harbaugh said. \"Brandon's definitely going to play. The 51 percent would be on the side of him starting.\n Harbaugh said he didn't want to jump the gun too fast though as he 'd like to have Peters build off his impressive debut with a better week of practice heading into what appears to be his first college start.\nIn other words: It's all set up for him but Peters has to earn it this week.\n\"Our system is a meritocracy where the best players play \" Harbaugh said. \"It was time for Brandon to play he went in and acquitted himself very well. He will play again this week.\n\"Build on the successes that he had in the ball game. Have a real good full week of practice.\"", "output": [ "Jim Harbaugh" ] }, { "id": "task419-d9b566403d3b41d091387c57368db25f", "input": "After the Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses wrapped up last month , Bernie Sanders and his campaign team had a decision to make : pick the next goal . \nThus far , officials with Hillary Clinton 's campaign and the DNC have been working with Sanders ' team , but the senator has n't won every fight . \nSanders also fought for an endorsement of single-payer health care and a new tax on carbon , but the party was n't prepared to go along with these provisions , either . \nThe Washington Post 's Greg Sargent noted late last week , shortly before the platform draft was released , that Sanders has won \"some big victories ,\" and that 's absolutely true . \nAs of late last week , there can be little doubt that Sanders has succeeded : as MSNBC 's Alex Seitz-Wald reported , Dems are moving forward with \"what is almost certainly the most progressive platform in the party 's history .\" \nThat said , as an objective matter , Sanders has had at least as much of an impact on the Democratic platform as any second-place finisher in modern times . \nAnd yet , over the holiday weekend , Sanders wrote an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer arguing that his victories are n't enough : the platform , he said , \"needs to be significantly improved .\" \nOn Wall Street , the platform lays out a number of reforms proposed by Clinton , Sanders and other Democrats , and states the party \"will not hesitate to use and expand existing authorities as well as empower regulators to downsize or break apart financial institutions ,\" it states . \nAnd while it 's very likely that Sanders will follow through on that commitment , it 's unclear when , exactly , he 'll start pursuing this goal . \nThere can be little doubt that many of these provisions and more -- reforming the carried-interest loophole , postal banking , the industry ties of Federal Reserve board members -- can be attributed directly to the Sanders campaign 's role in negotiating the terms of the platform . \nWe 'll never know for sure , but part of me wonders what the presidential race would look like right now if Sanders , once the race for the Democratic nomination wrapped up , had quickly endorsed Clinton , helped unite progressive voters , and focused his energies less on the platform and more on becoming one of the party 's leading anti-Trump voices -- all while positioning his movement as a powerful contingent in Democratic politics .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-f420c7ab563d44d18cccecd5133c4849", "input": "PORTLAND Texas (AP) — Actor Lou Diamond Phillips has apologized for his arrest in Texas on a charge of driving while intoxicated.\n Phillips told KIII-TV that it \"was a mistake\" and \"it will never happen again.\"\nPolice in the coastal community of Portland arrested Phillips around 1:30 a.m. Friday. Jail records show the \"La Bamba\" star was freed after posting bail on the Class A misdemeanor.\nPolice Chief Mark Cory says the 55-year-old Phillips drove up to an officer and asked for directions. The officer suspected Phillips had been drinking.\nCory says Phillips ' blood alcohol level was .20 percent which is more than twice the legal limit for driving.\n Phillips apologized for his arrest during a speaking engagement later Friday in Corpus Christi.", "output": [ "Lou Diamond Phillips" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2d7a1d818724edc8a5006f7f8f521ed", "input": "Anthony Milan Ross 45 was charged with three counts of first-degree murder as well as multiple counts of aggravated assault and assault against a police officer. He was being held without bail police said.\nPolice found the body of Ross â estranged wife outside the apartment and later found the bodies of their 11-year-old son Nigel Ross and their 10-month-old daughter Anora Ross inside the apartment.\n Ross had barricaded himself in the apartment and after a brief gun battle with police was taken into custody. Police said Ross had indicated to officers that he had killed two children.\nPhoenix police Sgt. Jonathan Howard said one officer was injured by shrapnel during the gun battle with the man . Ross was not injured Howard said.\nAZFamily.com citing court documents reported that Ross was being held without bail because the killings were being considered as a capital offense. Prosecutors could ask for the death penalty.\n Ross is set for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 5.", "output": [ "Anthony Milan Ross" ] }, { "id": "task419-b9786c73812d4976a6506e3455313836", "input": "“Our national security partnership is deep and growing stronger every day and we need to see our economic partnership continue to strengthen in the same direction ” U.S. envoy William Hagerty said in the news programme aired on Friday.\n“We will be able to settle on a specific framework to move forward. I think certainly by the spring of 2018 we’ll see forward progress and momentum ” he said.\nThe United States wants to boost exports to Japan in areas such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) farm products and medicines Hagerty told NHK.\nWorking-level officials from the U.S. Trade Representative’s office will visit Tokyo next week he added.", "output": [ "William Hagerty" ] }, { "id": "task419-313984af1848436ead409bb4104a5379", "input": "-- Donald Trump on Hillary Clinton , 2008 . \nIf elected , Hillary Clinton could turn out to be a feckless , one-term chief executive undone by events , lapses in judgment and the sclerotic ways of Washington . \nIf elected , Clinton will make a good president . \nWhether Clinton has learned from these brushes with scandal is hard to say . \nThey know , in short , what Trump knew back then : Hillary Clinton will be a good president .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-8e9fb74a24b540fb9e67537c817fbdf9", "input": "Prime Minister Theresa May made clear in a speech she delivered to parliament that she hoped her EU partners would make proposals at a new round of talks opening the way to the next stage of negotiations saying “the ball is in their court”.\nSpeaking in parliament May said her negotiators had made progress on the first phase of talks tackling the rights of expatriates and the border with EU-member Ireland and that she was determined to secure a new partnership with the other 27 members of the wealthy political and trade bloc.\n“Achieving that partnership will require leadership and flexibility not just from us but from our friends the 27 nations of the EU ” she told a raucous session of parliament.\nBritain's Prime Minister Theresa May arrives at 10 Downing Street in central London Britain October 9 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville\nSome have suggested that May will reshuffle her cabinet but her spokesman said she had full confidence in both ministers.", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-a58ef650ac48408b8bd180ba345b8791", "input": "YouTube star Logan Paul says he 's going to grow from his mistakes after last month's incident in which he received news-making backlash after posting images of what appeared to be a suicide victim online. Paul says he 's a \"good guy who made a bad decision \" and says some of the \"tough\" comments he has received have even included people calling on him to kill himself .\n\"It's been tough 'cause ironically I'm being told to commit suicide myself \" he said on ABC's \"Good Morning America\" on Thursday. \"Millions of people literally telling me they hate me to go die in a fire. Like the most horrible horrific things.\"\n Paul says that he realizes the impact of his actions and accepts the criticism he has received as fair. At the same time he also said that parents should monitor what their children watch.\n He added that he does not think of his target audience as children.\n\"Sometimes I cuss. Sometimes I make inappropriate jokes \" he said. \"I want to make jokes that kids my age are going to like ... Now I will say I'm much more aware of the impact that my actions have on myself and others.\"\nLast month Paul posted video of him in a forest near Mount Fuji in Japan near what seemed to be a body hanging from a tree. YouTube says the images violated its policies and suspended him .\n Paul called the posting a \"horrible lack of judgment.\" He says he 'll \"think twice ... maybe three times\" about what he posts.\nLast week Paul returned to the video sharing platform with a suicide prevention video. He told \"Good Morning America\" he 's hopeful for his future.\n\"I think I'm going to earn a second chance \" he said. \"I don't think everyone should get a second chance.\"", "output": [ "Logan Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-f963f7b5fd384c03afd9ffe2e1d8e723", "input": "Delonda Walker alerted police Tuesday after suspect Howell Donaldson III 24 handed her a McDonald's food bag containing a .40-caliber Glock which Tampa police later said matched the murder weapon used in all four shootings that occurred in the Seminole Heights neighborhood between Oct. 9 and Nov. 14.\nDonaldson allegedly told Walker that he planned to leave the state. Walker then approached a police officer who happened to be at the Ybor City McDonald's to turn over the bag officials said.\nIn a statement read by Buckhorn in a press conference Friday Walker said \"receiving a reward never entered my mind.\"\n\"I went to work on Tuesday intending to serve customers and do my job. The day turned out very differently \" she said. \"When confronted with this situation I wanted to do the right thing and I reached out to a nearby police officer.\"\n Walker said she is \"grateful\" that she was able to assist law enforcement but requested privacy amid the ongoing investigation.\n\"... I appreciate all the well wishes and kind words from our community \" she said.\nBuckhorn praised Walker for her actions.\n\" She is what’s right about this city \" Buckhorn said.", "output": [ "Delonda Walker" ] }, { "id": "task419-e375c606d5a541f481ca4db5d097104c", "input": "\"Big Bang Theory\" star Kaley Cuoco and professional equestrian Karl Cook are engaged they announced on social media.\n Cook posted a video to Instagram on Thursday Cuoco's 32nd birthday depicting the actress with an engagement ring on her finger in tears.\n\"Well after nearly two years I finally got up the courage to ask her to marry me. This is the best night of my life and I think the video shows it is the best night for Kaley as well....\" Cook wrote in the caption.\nThis will be the second marriage for Cuoco who split from tennis player Ryan Sweeting in 2015 nearly two years after their wedding. She and Cook were first linked in 2016.\nI am so so so happy. Thank you @nadis_diamonds for making the greatest ring I could hope for. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you thank you A post shared by Karl Cook (@mrtankcook) on Nov 30 2017 at 7:30pm PST\nIn life there is nothing like dancing right after getting engaged. The purity and grace of the moment are inexplicable it is truly as though life were a balloon bouncing on the smoothest zephyr. Honey; all I want is to be a balloon bouncing bobbing and flowing through life together. You are my everything @normancook A post shared by Karl Cook (@mrtankcook) on Nov 30 2017 at 11:07pm PST\nWho knew my prior post was oracular. Well after nearly two years I finally got up the courage to ask her to marry me. This is the best night of my life and I think the video shows it is the best night for kaley as well.....if she said yes!!!!! A post shared by Karl Cook (@mrtankcook) on Nov 30 2017 at 7:05pm PST", "output": [ "Karl Cook" ] }, { "id": "task419-87a2169739254532b2567b53e424f57d", "input": "Trump Uses Twitter To Criticize FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe\nPresident Trump is once again lashing out at the FBI mounting a Twitter attack against Deputy Director Andrew McCabe who's planning to retire soon.\n President Trump is celebrating Christmas in Florida but Washington is still clearly very much on his mind. He took a few moments out of his break to take aim at a frequent target of his lately the FBI. NPR's justice reporter Ryan Lucas has been following this and joins us now. Hey Ryan.\nFRAYER: Trump's been going after one man in particular Deputy Director Andrew McCabe . What can you tell us about McCabe ?\nLUCAS: Well McCabe is a career FBI official. He 's been at the bureau for more than 20 years. He rose up through the ranks worked a number of mob cases in New York City early on in his career before he shifted more to counterterrorism work. He 's held senior positions at the Washington field office at FBI headquarters in Washington. He was named deputy director by James Comey in January of 2016. This is the No. 2 position at the bureau. So McCabe was overseeing domestic and international investigations which gave him a central role of course into the biggest and most high-profile cases of late. That would be the Clinton email server investigation and the Russia probe. He also you may remember famously stepped in as acting director after Comey was fired in May. And McCabe is expected to retire early next year when he 's eligible for his full pension and that's been the plan for some time.\nFRAYER: So why is Trump then taking aim at McCabe on Twitter like he is?\nLUCAS: That's right. Yes. Now the FBI says McCabe cleared everything with ethics folks at the bureaus. Everything was above board. And also McCabe didn't become deputy director until after that election. But still Republicans have suggested that it may have tainted McCabe 's decision-making in the Clinton probe. And all of this of course is part of a broader pattern from the president and his allies of you know disparaging remarks directed at the FBI and the Justice Department alleging political bias in the upper ranks of the bureau in particular and by extension of course with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team conducting the Russia investigation.\nLUCAS: That's very much so. McCabe was dragged up to Capitol Hill twice last week. He spent around eight hours testifying behind closed doors for the House Intelligence Committee. That was about Russia. And he spent a little more than eight hours with the House Oversight and House Judiciary Committees a few days later talking about the Clinton matter.\nLUCAS: Well it's not a position that the bureau wants to be in. It was in the middle of the political fight in 2016 and that's continued into 2017. And there's a lot of pressure from Republicans to clean house in the senior ranks at the FBI. That's made life difficult for Christopher Wray. But one source has told me that there's not a lot of appetite at the bureau to bend to that pressure and dump McCabe before he 's set to retire.", "output": [ "Andrew McCabe" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d2253fa609d44a3a2b0c693c934ae1f", "input": "While speaking at a conference for conservative millennials Donald Trump Jr. suggested that the investigation around his father's campaign has been fueled by government higher-ups who have conspired to block the President's agenda.\nThe Magic Kingdom Park at Disney World in Florida added a Trump robot to The Hall of Presidents.\nThis undated video screen shot provided by Walt Disney World shows an animatronic figure of Trump center front. Trump 's robot is introduced by George Washington's robot.\nHouse Majority Whip Steve Scalise leaves a House Republican Conference meeting in the basement of the US Capitol on Monday. During Wednesday's White House celebration with GOP leaders Trump joked that for Scalise being shot and critically wounded by a gunman earlier this year was a \"hell of a way to lose weight.\"\nA staff member places the presidential seal on the lectern prior to Trump 's triumphant speech on the passage of the Republican tax reform legislation on Thursday.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-639dc97361014f0ba7f3ae3e9b02ff40", "input": "Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo earned one of baseball’s top honors Wednesday night when he was named recipient of the Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award.\n Rizzo 28 was honored by his fellow players for his excellence on and off the field.\n Rizzo a cancer survivor was selected for his work with the Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation. Rizzo is heavily involved in fundraising efforts for research and devoting time to pediatric cancer patients and their families.\n Rizzo said the $50 000 grant he received for winning the award will likely go toward the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami — where he was treated — and the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood Fla.\n\"It's an amazing hospital \" Rizzo said after his selection was announced on the Players Choice Awards on the MLB Network. \"The money will be put to good use and it will be put to use right away.\"\nIn 2017 Rizzo 's foundation raised more than $4 million to start the Hope 44 program at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Rizzo made several visits to the infusion center to raise the spirits of children while they receive chemotherapy treatments.\n\"A moment can last a lifetime for them seeing a person in a Cubs' jersey \" Rizzo said. \"I try to keep that and remember that at all times.\"\n Anthony Rizzo wins Roberto Clemente Award for his charitable work »\nAnthony Rizzo emotional during a ribbon cutting at Lurie Children's Hospital »", "output": [ "Anthony Rizzo" ] }, { "id": "task419-cbb1e8710f5f4355945f19497077fb9f", "input": "CLEVELAND , Ohio - Three of LeBron James ' cars were on display in Public Square on Saturday .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-cfd61c1640b04cb8b0139307df353d68", "input": "New York Knicks forward Michael Beasley (8) draws a blocking foul against Indiana Pacers forward Thaddeus Young (21) during the first quarter at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. (Photo: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports)\nIn the spring of 2016 Michael Beasley returned to the United States after a season playing for the Shandong Golden Stars in the Chinese Basketball Association.\n He was in Petros Tenn. – “in the middle of nowhere – me my wife my kids some animals. I had to drive 45 minutes away to a local high school to work out ” Beasley said – and waiting for an NBA team to sign him for the final 6-7 weeks of the regular season.\n Beasley had just been named international MVP of the Chinese league averaging 31.9 points 13.4 rebounds 3.8 assists two steals and 1.3 blocks. He worked hard that season ( his second stint in China) became a fan favorite and put himself in position for an NBA return.\nBut there wasn’t much interest. “It was heartbreaking ” he said. “I thought in my mind after what I did in China I was going to come back to an NBA team.”\nThe Dallas Mavericks placed a cursory call. “They just asked me how I felt ” Beasley said. “I don’t think it got far as interest. My perception precedes me. That phone call was just how I feel what I think.”\nIn China Beasley came to terms with the fact that his NBA prospects had just about vanished. “I was like ‘Oh man my NBA career could be over ’ ” he said. “So I stopped thinking about the NBA and started thinking about making myself a better player a better person for my situation.\nTwo weeks after he returned from China the Houston Rockets called. He knew interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff from their days with the Minnesota Timberwolves. “I wasn’t thinking of Houston being a fit because of them being an analytics team – shooting three-pointers and layups ” Beasley said. “My whole game is mid-range. Houston wasn’t on my radar at all.”\nNew York Knicks small forward Michael Beasley (8) reacts during the fourth quarter against the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden. (Photo: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports)\nThe Rockets signed him and Beasley showed he can still play. Before the start of the 2016-17 season the Milwaukee Bucks acquired him and this past summer the New York Knicks signed him.\n“If you love to do it do it. That’s why I play basketball ” Beasley said. “That’s why being in China was so important. When the NBA was no longer a realistic dream basketball kept me sane.\nOn Thursday Beasley had fans at Madison Square Garden on their feet and chanting “MVP MVP.” In 25 minutes he scored 32 points and collected 12 rebounds in the Knicks’ 102-93 victory against the Boston Celtics. It was his third game with 30 or more points this season.\nDuring practices with the Bucks last season the coaching staff didn’t know who among Jabari Parker Giannis Antetokounmpo and Beasley was the best scorer.\n Beasley can still light it up. Scoring was never Beasley’s issue. A commitment to the defensive end maturity issues and off-the-court problems were his problems.\n He has had numerous traffic marijuana violations and a sexual assault accusation that never resulted in charges.\n He hasn’t made it easy on himself and he didn’t always have it easy – as a talented teen and young NBA player some close to Beasley viewed him as their financial aid.", "output": [ "Michael Beasley" ] }, { "id": "task419-5606077051374557b7dd52e4ae5d6df9", "input": "Two days before the release of her new album Taylor Swift already had something to celebrate: her CMA Award for \"Better Man\" on Wednesday. Swift wrote the song for Little Big Town.\n Swift who couldn't make it to the CMAs tweeted a video of herself watching the awards show from New York where she is in rehearsals for \"Saturday Night Live.\" The \"Look What You Made Me Do\" singer looked surprised as presenters at the CMAs announced that the award for song of the year went to \"Better Man.\" She wrote \"I LOVE YOU @littlebigtown and CMAs.\"\nIn NYC for SNL rehearsals. Iï¸ LOVE YOU @littlebigtown and CMAs. pic.twitter.com/3QT7bX6yOe â Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) November 9 2017\nAt the CMAs when Little Big Town took the stage member Karen Fairchild pointed out \"We didn't write this song ⦠We want to say thanks to Taylor Swift .\"\nThe award was Swift 's first CMA Award since 2013 when she picked up four honors. Swift who started her career as a country artist won her first CMA Award in 2007: the Horizon award which has since been renamed New Artist of the Year. Swift now has a dozen CMA Awards under her belt.", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d0b06c1ca534bb4a7459120194cd1c8", "input": "Not long after John Fox was asked about his faith in Barth the kicker the Bears selected in September 2016 to replace the franchise’s all-time leading scorer Robbie Gould.\n“We’re in a production-based business ” Fox said “and that’s what we get paid to do. Whether it’s win games as the head coach or whether it’s make kicks as a kicker. We’ll evaluate it.”\n Fox meanwhile is 12-30 as Bears coach a three-season struggle that seems likely to soon lead to his exit as well.\nThat’s a 31 percent success rate for those into statistical metrics. And if that’s piled on to Fox ’s .188 winning percentage in division games his permanent residence in the NFC North basement and the reality that the Bears are now staring at a fourth-straight 10-loss season it’s easy to understand how this production-based business may come calling for his Halas Hall key card in the next six weeks.\nLate Sunday afternoon Fox attempted to explain why his Bears have had such consistent difficulty succeeding in close games. “We have lulls ” he said. “We have siestas. We just don’t do it for 60 minutes.”\nTwo long long years ago on Thanksgiving night Fox and the Bears seemed to have their wick lit for a franchise-boosting takeoff. They went to Lambeau Field in prime time and snatched a 17-13 upset. But it wasn’t just a road win over the rival Packers that had the sense of belief soaring. At the time it was the Bears’ fifth win in eight games a surge that spoke of a team figuring out how to win consistently.\nUnder Fox the Bears have experienced seven losing streaks of three games or longer and have never won three in a row.", "output": [ "John Fox.188", "John" ] }, { "id": "task419-29d15fdf3c14499a9669c03ec0844563", "input": "\"LeBron James demands that everybody bow down to him . \nWith ESPN 's Stephen A. Smith dropping the gossip bomb of the summer Tuesday alleging that LeBron James wants to ` beat Kyrie Irving 's ass ' for Irving 's public desires to abandon Cleveland to rid himself of LBJ 's overbearing reign , Clay Travis mocked ` The King ' for once again turning the docile NBA offseason into an episode of ` Monday Night Raw ' . \n\"LeBron James is insulted because he believes he is the Alpha Dog and he wants everybody else on that team to acknowledge that they are a beta and that they 're willing to do whatever LeBron James says ,\" Travis said . \n\"If you are LeBron James and you are threatening to beat somebody up at the age of 33 , you 're a loser and a bully ,\" he said . \nLeBron James has rabbit ears and this is perfect evidence of it .\"", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-4f50fd10ecd34dda81c793fe88a763ad", "input": "\"Our coaches in our league stand up for what’s right \" South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. \"The fact that they can speak out on it it’s a great thing. It’s what America is all about being able to exercise your First Amendment right.\"\n Staley said her team which won the NCAA title in April still has not been invited to the White House.\n\"What I am most looking forward to is getting an invitation to the NCAA tournament in 2018 \" Staley said. \"That's more important.\"\n“From someone who has had that experience and understanding what that experience means and for Dawn and their team it’s kind of (a) slap in the face \" White said.\n\"We enjoyed the White House \" Warlick said. \"I hope that if Dawn wants to go and take her team I hope she gets that opportunity. It's a special time.\"\nMore: Dawn Staley done discussing possible White House invite\nWhen Fargas went as a Tennessee player in 1991 the men's and women's national champion teams visited the White House together. So she was there to see President George H. W. Bush with the Duke team that featured Christian Laettner and Grant Hill.", "output": [ "Dawn Staley" ] }, { "id": "task419-221f73593dcf4333af0ac9ab73a90681", "input": "Former President George W. Bush and U2 frontman Bono first teamed up during Bush 's first term to bring awareness to the AIDS epidemic in Africa . \nIn 2003 , Bush was able to implement the U.S. President 's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief . \nBush is now returning the thanks . \nThe 43rd president announced on social media Monday that he is honoring Bono with the George W. Bush Presidential Center 's inaugural Medal for Distinguished Leadership . \nA post shared by George W. Bush -LRB- @georgewbush -RRB- on Sep 15 , 2017 at 10:12 am PDT . \nHe uses his celebrity not for personal gain , but to improve and save lives ,\" Bush said .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-a841dafb26d44b45bfa035426b911639", "input": "PORTO ALEGRE Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday a major blow to the plans of the country’s most influential politician to run for the presidency again this year.\nThe first two of three judges voted to uphold Lula ’s convictions on taking bribes and money laundering and agreed with the prosecutors’ request to lengthen the prison sentence of Brazil’s first working-class leader who remains free pending future appeals.\n Lula 72 could now be ineligible to stand for election under Brazil’s “Ficha Limpa” or “Clean Record” law which bans political candidates whose convictions are upheld by an appelate court. However an electoral court must make the final ruling on a candidacy and would only do so once a candidate had registered.\n Lula can appeal Wednesday’s decision to higher courts to delay a final decision possibly avoiding jail and stringing the process out long enough to register his candidacy by the Aug. 15 deadline.\n Lula is one of scores of powerful politicians and businessmen caught up in sweeping corruption probes that have wracked the Brazilian establishment since 2014.\n His exclusion from the election would radically alter the political landscape ahead of a campaign in which Lula is the early favorite with 36 percent of voter preferences according to pollster Datafolha. That is double the percentage of his nearest rival the far-right congressman and former army captain Jair Bolsonaro who has been energized by anti-Lula sentiment.\nBrazil’s benchmark Bovespa stock index has risen 8 percent so far this year propped up by expectations Lula will be barred from the election clearing the way for a more market-friendly candidate who would stick to Brazil’s austerity agenda.\nThe Bovespa hit an all-time high on Wednesday as the first of three judges on the court began reading his decision dismissing a series of arguments presented by Lula ’s lawyers.\n Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reacts as he arrives at the metallurgical trade union while the Brazilian court decides on his appeal against a corruption conviction that could bar him from running in the 2018 presidential race in Sao Bernardo do Campo Brazil January 24 2018. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto\n Lula faces six other indictments in corruption cases ranging from receiving bribes from engineering firm Odebrecht to obstructing justice and trafficking his influence to obtain government decisions favoring the auto industry.\n He is among over 100 people convicted in the “Car Wash” investigation the most sprawling of Brazil’s numerous probes focused on graft involving oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro and other state-run companies.\nSpeaking at a union rally on the outskirts of Sao Paulo on Wednesday Lula told the crowd “I committed no crime.”\n“The only fair decision today would be a 3-0 ruling that I was wrongly convicted and sentenced ” Lula said.\n Lula was convicted of corruption and money laundering last year for accepting a beachside apartment from an engineering firm vying for contracts with the state oil company known as Petrobras.\nProsecutors said the apartment and its refurbishing was a bribe worth 3.7 million reais ($1.1 million). Lula maintains he never owned the penthouse apartment criticizing prosecutors for relying on the plea bargain testimony of one witness businessman Leo Pinheiro.\n“ His word is not enough to incriminate Lula ” Lula’s lawyer Cristiano Zanin told the appeals court.", "output": [ "Luiz Inacio Lula" ] }, { "id": "task419-d7eb3cc2daa141df8e6e13976ffd028d", "input": "Serena Williams discussed the harrowing complications she suffered during ― and after ― the birth of her daughter Alexis Olympia in a revealing new interview for Vogue’s February issue.\n Williams said her pregnancy was relatively easy but the complications began when her daughter was born via C-section after Williams’ heart rate dropped. The next day the tennis great who has a history of blood clots told doctors she was having a pulmonary embolism (blockage that occurs in the lungs usually due to blood clots). Sure enough CT scans showed blood clots in her lungs and she began treatment.\nThe health scares didn’t stop there. Over the next few days Williams was back in surgery after one of her C-section scars popped open after she experienced coughing spells. Doctors found a hematoma in her abdomen and she returned to the operating table for one more procedure to prevent clotting.\nVogue/Mario Testino \"Sometimes I get really down and feel like man I can’t do this ” she told the magazine.\nAfter going through all of that Williams told Vogue she couldn’t get out of bed for six weeks. And once she began recovering she said she found out just how challenging motherhood can be.\n She added “I’ve broken down I don’t know how many times. Or I’ll get angry about the crying then sad about being angry and then guilty like why do I feel so sad when I have a beautiful baby? The emotions are insane.”\nSome days Williams admitted she feels like throwing in the towel.\n“To be honest there’s something really attractive about the idea of moving to San Francisco and just being a mom ” she said. Williams’ husband Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is based there while she lives in Florida.\n“But not yet ” she added. “Maybe this goes without saying but it needs to be said in a powerful way: I absolutely want more Grand Slams.”", "output": [ "Vogue Serena Williams", "Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-c9796f7bb97a4f778df255a104d1477b", "input": "Tesla is finding it 's a long hard road out of production hell.\n The electric car maker relieved some investors and customers when it said it is sticking to its latest Model 3 production targets. But some analysts still question exactly where Tesla is in its production ramp and are concerned that its targets may be too aggressive.\n\"The data point everyone wants we didn't get — current Model 3 run rate \" RBC analyst Joseph Spak said in a note Wednesday after the company reported earnings that beat analyst expectations.\n Tesla had originally aimed to be making 5 000 Model 3 cars per week by the end of 2017 but the company has changed that deadline twice. On Wednesday the company reiterated reaching 5 000 by the end of the second quarter and set a smaller goal of 2 500 per week by the end of the first quarter.\n Tesla also acknowledged battery production issues at its Gigafactory in Sparks Nevada. It said it has created automatic assembly lines to resolve the problem but the lines are in Germany and they need to be disassembled shipped and reassembled in Nevada.\n Tesla expects that to happen before the end of the quarter.\nIn the meantime parts of its assembly line have been \"semiautomatic \" meaning people are filling in gaps on the line. Tesla ultimately wants to automate as much of its assembly lines as possible.\n\" We view the 2 500 target in March in particular as extremely aggressive due to management's acknowledgment of needing to get the robotic equipment in Germany disassembled shipped to the US and then reassembled and programmed in order to hit roughly 2 000 to 2 500 units per week \" Cowen analyst Jeffrey Osborne said in a note Thursday.\nThere is also a production constraint at Tesla 's automated material conveyance system in the company's factory in Fremont California but CEO Elon Musk said improving that system \"appears to be on track.\"\nTesla shares were down 2 percent in early trading Thursday.", "output": [ "Tesla" ] }, { "id": "task419-a305f17a4d86491a9312f1e41f96b2e0", "input": "Nearly 10 months ­after a federal probe into Mayor de Blasio’s fund-raising practices was closed the city on Friday disclosed that his legal bills will cost taxpayers $2.6 million.\nThat’s what Hizzoner’s personal law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis and Frankel LLP is charging to defend the mayor during a yearlong probe by the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office into whether his campaign donors got special treatment from City Hall.\nThe probe concluded in March 2017 with no charges filed even as prosecutors noted that de Blasio had “made or directed inquiries to relevant city agencies on behalf of those donors.”\n“I want to affirm I did try to go a different route ” de Blasio said on WNYC radio in July. “And I thought a lot about it and I came to the conclusion it just didn’t make sense that the consistent and appropriate thing is any employee who has not done anything wrong and obviously not as you said — clear not indicted etc. — deserves legal representation from the city of New York.”\n De Blasio still plans to use a legal defense fund to pay for the expenses stemming from that probe city officials said.", "output": [ "De Blasio" ] }, { "id": "task419-c445dc500d304b6993271746ec4a6ad5", "input": "President Trump is at a crossroads with regard to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA the Obama-era initiative the president just rescinded that protected nearly 800 000 undocumented individuals who came to the U.S. when they were young. And instead of picking one path to go down he seems to be trying to jog down both sides at once which has brought fury and confusion to those on all sides of this debate.\n Trump seems to have gotten the message and responded with reassuring tweets meant to placate his enraged base.\nBut the president also doesn't seem to want to alienate Democrats on the issue and come across as cold-hearted for going after young immigrants many of whom only remember life in the U.S. So as he boarded Marine One on his way to survey hurricane damage in Florida Thursday he reassured reporters he 's still committed to finding a way to reinstate some variation of the very program he just nixed.\nKing comes from a sprawling Iowa district where he says many of his constituents will stand by Trump despite the unpopular positions he may take – up to a point.\n\"There's a certain Trump base that they will never leave him for anything – they've proved that – provided he maintains his position on immigration \" King says. \"I think there's one thing that will destroy his base and that's amnesty.\"\nOther conservatives fear the deal-maker-in-chief has become enamored by the positive coverage he received last week for undercutting GOP leaders and striking a bipartisan deal with Democrats on a massive economic package. That's why they're warning Trump not to forget who put him in the White House.\n\"The Trump voter is not in favor of amnesty \" Republican Rep. Mark Meadows the leader of the far-right House Freedom Caucus tells Rolling Stone. \"That is a very complex issue but certainly is one that we're not going to solve in one dinner with two Democrats.\"\nStill it seems Republican leaders have once again been sidelined by Trump who is angry at them for failing to carry through on the party's promise to repeal and replace Obamacare or send him any meaningful bills to sign.\nBut Democratic leaders say the president has paved the way for resolving the bipartisan issue. They think Trump is honestly in their corner even while he tries to navigate his hardline anti-immigration supporters which is resulting in mixed signals on Twitter in interviews and in private phone calls.\n\"The base had a pretty strong reaction yesterday and that may have been it but still he said good things about DACA too \" Dick Durbin the number-two Democrat in the Senate tells Rolling Stone. \"It's still an active negotiation and I have a positive feeling towards it. We're not there yet.\"\nWhen asked if Pelosi and Schumer should trust Trump in negotiations many Democrats say they shouldn't.\n\"I wouldn't no \" Democrat Rep. Raul Grijalva a co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus tells Rolling Stone. \"There's a historical context to Trump and immigration and immigrants that I think always has to be in the front of your mind.\"", "output": [ "DACA Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-b21b142f37fe47e5b101b02e611bf818", "input": "The attack at least initially was as inexplicable as it was horrifying. Law enforcement officials said they could not immediately tell what drove Stephen Paddock to fire at thousands of unsuspecting concertgoers from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino before killing himself .\nAuthorities said a sweep of law enforcement databases showed Paddock had no known run-ins with police and — despite the Islamic State’s repeated claims otherwise — investigators also could not find any connections to international terrorist groups. He was the son of a notorious bank robber and his own crime demonstrated some amount of sophisticated planning.\nPolice said he stayed in a large hotel suite for several days and aroused no suspicion bringing with him an arsenal of 23 guns — their calibers ranging from .223 to .308 some with scopes — authorities said. One of the weapons he apparently used in the attack was an AK-47 type rifle with a stand used to steady it for firing people familiar with the case said. He fired without warning from an elevated position on an open-air venue leaving his victims few options to avoid harm.\nStephen Paddock was identified by police as the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Here's what you need to know about him. (Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post)\n[Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock enjoyed gambling country music lived quiet life before massacre]\nPolice and hotel security ultimately scoured several floors of the hotel looking for the shooter and came upon Paddock’s suite Lombardo said. At some point Paddock fired through the door and hit a security guard in the leg he said adding that the guard is expected to survive. SWAT officers ultimately stormed the room and some fired shots though Paddock is believed to have killed himself Lombardo said. He was not counted in the death toll that authorities reported.\nEric Paddock Stephen Paddock’s brother said he was stunned to learn that his brother could be responsible for such violence.\nStephen Paddock had no history of mental illness nor did he have problems with drugs or alcohol Eric Paddock said noting that his brother was a high-stakes gambler sometimes wagering hundreds of dollars on a single hand of video poker.\nEric Paddock said his brother was “wealthy ” in part because he had no children to support. Stephen Paddock had worked in the past as an accountant and he had real estate investments in the Orlando area Eric Paddock said.\nRelatives said Stephen Paddock a licensed pilot who owned two airplanes was a quiet man who often went to Las Vegas to gamble and view concerts. In a statement Lockheed Martin the defense giant said that Paddock worked for them for three years in the 1980s.\n A former neighbor of Stephen Paddock’s recalled that his home in a 55-and-over community in Florida looked more akin to a college freshman’s dorm with nothing on the walls and only a few pieces of furniture.", "output": [ "Stephen Paddock" ] }, { "id": "task419-237f38be97a44d4883d386e73b34b5f1", "input": "Gina Rodriguez (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\nMargot Robbie (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\nLaura Dern (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\nDee Rees arrives at the 90th Academy Awards. (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\nTimothee Chalamet (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\n Nicole Kidman\nNicole Kidman (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\n Kidman has been a bright spot over the last year in more ways than one. Her always-spectacular wardrobe has remained on point down to the smart bow on this Armani Privé gown.\nSaoirse Ronan (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\nAllison Janney (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\nEiza Gonzalez (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\nLupita Nyong’o (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\nJennifer Lawrence (Photo: Dan MacMedan Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)\nGal Gadot (Photo: Dan MacMedan-USA TODAY NETWORK)", "output": [ "Dan MacMedan-USA" ] }, { "id": "task419-8a4aef24bfdf41df900727a4fe4f4a52", "input": "“Keeping Up With The Kardashians” and “Life of Kylie ” star Kylie Jenner told the public Sunday that she gave birth to a baby girl last week.\n The star made the announcement on Instagram with a heartfelt note to her fans and followers that both explained the reasons she chose to keep her pregnancy a secret and announced the birth of her first daughter with rapper Travis Scott. The duo had been dating for only about five months before rumors that they were expecting a child together surfaced in September 2017. Now she has confirmed him to be the father after months of rare silence from the reality TV and social media personality.\nA post shared by Kylie (@kyliejenner) on Feb 4 2018 at 12:27pm PST\n Jenner also attached am 11-minute video diary that for the first time showed her pregnant and openly discussing having a baby with friends and family. It also gives some details as to the journey she took both in finding out and how it affected her future.\nOne of the most potent moments came with Kim Kardashian who just had her third child via a surrogate with Kanye West. The sisters bond over the new baby while Kim explains what Kylie can expect to happen to her body soon.\nPrior to the big reveal fans noticed that Jenner had only been posting older photos of herself on social media or images that were cropped to omit what people now know to be her visibly pregnant figure.\nIn the video Jenner has her friends discuss both the progression of her relationship with Scott as well as how they found out that she was pregnant. Fans of the Kardashian family were also treated to some rare footage from the moment Kris Jenner gave birth to Kylie . The footage which opens the below video appears to have been shot by her father Caitlyn Jenner who at the time identified as Bruce Jenner.\nThe announcement comes a little more than a month after Kylie ’s sister Khloe Kardashian revealed her pregnancy on Instagram as well.", "output": [ "Kylie Jenner" ] }, { "id": "task419-a066114d46a44358953a30875a43eefd", "input": "The Washington Post this morning piggybacks off a FOIA investigation by the AP ( nice job !) about why “ getting into prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology a magnet school that routinely sends graduates to the most competitive colleges ” can be extremely difficult unless of course you can afford to file appeals “ armed with private exams costing more than $ 500 to persuade bureaucrats their child is deserving ” of admission to the top regional school nicknamed “ TJ .” The problem ? ( bolding added by me for emphasis ) … This system exacerbates a problem plaguing gifted - and - talented programs across the nation : Black and Hispanic students almost never file the appeals that can secure their admission . Using the Virginia Freedom of Information Act to obtain 10 years of county records The Associated Press found that fewer than 50 black and Hispanic second - graders have filed successful appeals . That ’ s less than 3 percent of the 1 737 second - graders admitted through the appeals process further skewing a program already heavily weighted toward whites and Asians . Fairfax County has the nation ’ s 10th largest public school system with more than 188 000 students . Of those 25 percent are Hispanic and 10 percent are African - American . But over the last 10 years blacks and Hispanics have constituted only 12 percent of the students deemed eligible for Level IV the most advanced academic program . There are just a few dozen black students at Thomas Jefferson where sophomore Alina Ampeh is surrounded by whites and Asians — a situation she ’ s lived with since elementary school . She ’ s grateful that all those years of advanced classes prepared her for TJ ’ s rigorous academics but says that doesn ’ t necessarily make her special : She thinks many of her classmates simply have parents who worked the system . So yeah this situation is unacceptable and in dire need of immediate correction . But not according to commenters on the Washington Post article who respond with a torrent of racist idiocy that among other things clearly violates the Post ’ s own “ standards ” for commenting . For instance check out the top - rated (!) comments like the following all of which are racist and / or ignorant and / or just plain nasty . “ Just a shot in the dark – People from either 1 ) a non - English speaking background or 2 ) a culture where achievement and effort is equated with being a “ sellout ” or an “ Oreo cookie ” will probably always be “ underrepresented ” in any gifted program .” “ Racial bias ? Blacks and Hispanics are underrepresented in gifted programs in northern Virginia and in fact nation - wide because on average they are not as academically - inclined / interested as white or Asian students . And no amount of public monies spent on special racially - targeted programs just for them is going to materially impact that fact . Of course until the percentage of Blacks and Hispanics in gifted programs matches their percentage of the total student body the SJWs at the WAPO will continue to dissemble and lie about the reasons for the disparity because that ’ s what they do .” “ Could it be that some culture are underrepresented because they lack sufficient households that emphasize a strict and intense work ethic ?” “ Any chance they aren ’ t as gifted as other students ? Nah it couldn ’ t be that .” “ Probably for the same reasons whites and asians are underrepresented in the NBA .” It goes on and on like this with no sign of a ( Com ) Post moderator in sight to enforce the “ standards ” of Jeff Bezos ’ fine newspaper . Just for comparison purposes racist comments would be immediately deleted here at Blue Virginia and the commenters banned . Of course then again we also follow other principles of journalistic ethics – like linking to original sources giving credit / attribution etc . – that the corporate media rarely seems to care about in its race for eyeballs / clicks / etc . By the way Sen . Scott Surovell ( D - Fairfax / Prince William County ) has been a leader on this issue ( thank you ! ) for instance with his SB787 that would have required – if it hadn ’ t been defeated in committee – Thomas Jefferson H . S . “ to accept for enrollment ( i ) a sufficient number of students eligible to receive free or reduced price meals such that the total of such students is at least 50 percent of the weighted average of the participating divisions ’ percentage of such students in the previous school year and ( ii ) at least five students but no more than 15 students from each middle school in each school division eligible to matriculate students to such Governor ’ s school who have completed at least two full years at such middle school .” Here ’ s what Sen . Surovell had to say about the WaPo article on “ TJ ” this morning . Last week 5 letters to the editor attacking my TJ admissions bill arguing that TJ is all about “ merit ” and that we just need to do a better job educating Black and Latino kids : Most of the time Merit = Wealth and having the time and ability to work your child to the right spot in the system – e . g . parents working the “ gifted and talented ” appeal process for their second graders as the AP just confirmed . Why can ’ t more leaders be honest about the shortfalls in our system ? Great question ; any answers ? More to the point what is Fairfax County – or the Virginia General Assembly – planning to do about this situation ?", "output": [ "Alina Ampeh" ] }, { "id": "task419-eb4ba0f2156d48048a08c0092137f8c0", "input": "in restaurants to offer customers plastic straws without first being asked . Since introducing his bill last week Democratic Assemblyman Ian Calderon has been the target of scorn from critics who call his proposal \" absurd \" and an overreach of government . \" It really is a reasonable measured approach that I think will make a difference \" Calderon told ABC News on Monday about his proposed bill . California State Asssembly He explained that when he sent the proposal to the state legislative rules committee health and safety code penalties were automatically tacked on making it a misdemeanor punishable by six months in jail and a $ 1 000 fine for dine - in restaurants caught offering plastic straws without being requested . \" I didn ' t actually ask for penalties \" Calderon said . \" They were more or less prescribed to my bill by the code section .\" But critics immediately jumped on him . Assemblyman Travis Allen a Republican candidate for governor of California asked people on his campaign Facebook page to protest the bill by flooding Calderon ' s office with plastic straws . California State Assembly \" Instead of tackling the real issues today ' s California Democrats are more interested in giving jail time to waiters offering their customers the convenience of having a straw \" Allen told ABC News on Monday . \" This is one absurd bill but it highlights how ridiculous the California Democrats have gotten . This is clearly the last straw .\" Paul Preston said such laws are the reason he co - founded a movement to break up the state and form a New California where regulations aren ' t overbearing and discouraging to businesses . \" It ' s absolute lunacy \" Preston told ABC News of Calderon ' s bill . \" They are criminalizing everything we do . It ' s over the top .\" Calderon brushed off the bashing saying an estimated 500 million plastic straws are used every day in the United States and most are just used once and discarded . He said plastic straws and stirrers were the sixth most common items collected during California Coastal Cleanup Days between 1989 and 2014 . \" We need to create awareness around the issue of one - time use of plastic straws and its detrimental effects on our landfills waterways and oceans \" Calderon said . STOCK PHOTO / Getty Images He said he ' ll work to get the bill ' s language rewritten so that no one fears going to jail or paying hefty fines for handing out plastic straws . He said he expects the bill to reach Gov . Jerry Brown ' s desk for approval in about two months . \" Nobody is going to jail nobody is going to be getting a $ 1 000 fine \" said Calderon adding that the bill does not affect fast - food restaurants or grocery stores . He said critics like Allen are \" grasping at straws \" by saying such legislation is hurting businesses in California . \" It ' s a ridiculous argument \" he said . Sharokina Shams -- a spokeswoman for the California Restaurant Association which represents more than 20 000 restaurants in the state -- told ABC News her group is taking a wait - and - see approach on Calderon ' s bill . \" The association will study the bill ' s potential impacts and consult with its membership before taking an officials stance on the bill \" said Shams adding that Calderon ' s proposal \" is preferable to an outright ban on straws .\" Matt Davis a spokesman for the national environmental group Clean Water Action said Calderon ' s proposal makes sense . \" It ' s great he ' s doing it \" Davis told ABC News . \" It does reduce the amount of straws that restaurants are giving out and that ' s a good thing .\" He said cities such as Alameda California have passed local straws - on - request ordinances and that many restaurants have saved money by not having to provide so many straws . He compared it to the plastic shopping bag ban passed by California voters in 2016 or water - on - request ordinances used to combat the state ' s drought saying people got used to it . In New Jersey too local businesses have been participating in an initiative to reduce plastic straw use . And it has dramatically reduced the number of straws the companies are giving out according to the Montclair Local . A local eatery said it was using about a tenth of the straws it had previously used on a monthly basis from 6 800 straws to 650 the paper reported . Back in California Davis said Calderon ' s concerns that plastic straws are fouling up the ocean are real . \" There is going to be more plastic in the ocean than there are fish by 2050 \" Davis said citing a study by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation that was presented to the World Economic Forum in 2016 . He said that plastic breaks down into minute particles that fish mistake for food . \" I don ' t want plastic in my sushi \" he said .", "output": [ "Ian Calderon" ] }, { "id": "task419-21e255ee224f44d8846ea85e285895c2", "input": "It all started last Christmas. The Mall of America had hired a black Santa Claus and the internet was having a meltdown. In response humor writer Daniel Kibblesmith tweeted that when he and his wife have children he 'll tell them that Santa is black and when they see a white Santa that he is Santa's husband.\n\"We would have this extremely woke baby who was open to a Santa Claus with all kinds of orientations \" Kibblesmith told me half joking.\nBut of course Kibblesmith and Quach have faced a lot of trolling for their status quo-challenging art; Kibblesmith says he even found his picture on a white supremacist's blog trying to \"out\" him as Jewish. VICE spoke with Kibblesmith about the various politically-minded themes he and Quach sneaked into their innocuous-enough children's book and what he 's learned from the troubling and all-too-predictable online reaction to Santa's Husband.\n Daniel Kibblesmith : We see it as an all ages book; in stores it will be in the humor section. But our goal was to write something that any kind of family could theoretically enjoy at Christmas time on any level. Maybe you're a childless couple who has these politics and thinks the book is charming and funny; maybe you're a new parent who wants to introduce a different kind of holiday tradition into your home or just reinforce the idea that traditions like these are malleable living things that every family interprets differently.", "output": [ "Daniel Kibblesmith" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e309b78a7b644aa81ee9b2e7801bf6e", "input": "DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish student Ibrahim Halawa was greeted by cheering crowds at Dublin Airport on Tuesday as he arrived home following his acquittal last month in a four-year mass trial.\n Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa arrives at Dublin Airport in Ireland October 24 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne\n Halawa who was born and raised in Dublin and is a son of the most senior Muslim cleric in Ireland was 17 when he was arrested along with hundreds of others in 2013 as part of a crackdown on protests in Egypt.\nThe defendants had all faced the death penalty and though none received it hundreds were given hefty jail sentences. Halawa ’s sisters were released shortly after their arrests.\n Halawa has said he was regularly tortured during his period in detention. The Egyptian authorities have repeatedly denied allegations of abuses from rights groups.", "output": [ "Halawa Ibrahim Halawa", "Halawa" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a86253bcb884a9197e23ccfbdc48294", "input": "Chris Pratt took to social media Monday to urge his followers to pray for Kevin Smith after the filmmaker suffered a serious heart attack Sunday night — only to be attacked by commenters who mocked the actor and questioned whether prayer was an effective way to respond to the health scare.\nThe 38-year-old Guardians of the Galaxy star and openly religious Christian wrote Monday on Twitter that though he hardly knew Smith he is a fan of his work and was praying for him to make a full recovery.\nThe comments were among several by users who slammed Pratt for his initial tweet.\nAlso joining in to defend Pratt was his Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn.\n“I’m not tweeting this to defend Chris – he’s a big boy and can take care of himself ” Gunn wrote in a series of nine tweets. “But for me personally prayer and meditation are great boons to my life and help me navigate my way through this world and I don’t want to dissuade others who find those things useful.”\nSo I just read Chris Pratt’s tweet to Kevin Smith saying he would pray for him & made the mistake of reading the comments many of which go off on Chris for saying he’d pray. I think people misunderstand the backlash against “thoughts & prayers.” (thread) — James Gunn (@JamesGunn) February 26 2018", "output": [ "Chris Pratt" ] }, { "id": "task419-8cf7cd62331e478abe4f6817de2713cf", "input": "Authorities say Chris Burrus doused Busch with gasoline and set him on fire in November in Seattle. Burrus remains on the loose.\n\" He said 'what's up ' threw a Big Gulp cup of gasoline on me and I'm like standing there thinking 'what the (expletive) is going on?'\" Busch told KOMO News. \"I realized it was gas and I'm like 'what are you doing?' and I look up and I saw him throwing that at me .\"\nAuthorities believe Chris Burrus was responsible. (Seattle Police Department)\nAnyone with information about the whereabouts of Burrus should call the Seattle police department at (206) 233-5000.", "output": [ "Chris Burrus" ] }, { "id": "task419-807a010edbb44ea3ae76b04df85ac40b", "input": "For years Bill Akins fought to capitalize on his idea - with the U.S. government his former business partner and a rival competitor - but found himself stymied at every turn.\nThe 63-year-old Marine veteran and Elvis impersonator voiced his sorrow at the tragedy in Las Vegas where authorities said Stephen Paddock had bump stocks installed on 12 of his rifles. The device allows semi-automatic weapons to fire almost as rapidly as machine guns which are largely outlawed.\n“I would like to express my dismay and sincere condolences to the victims families and anyone affected by the recent Las Vegas mass shooting ” Akins said during a telephone interview from his home about 45 minutes north of Tampa Florida.\nBut he also defended the devices as protected under the U.S. Constitution’s right to bear arms.\n“People need to recognize that we either have a constitution or we don‘t ” he said.\n Akins first came up with his idea while watching a documentary about World War Two in 1996 that showed twin anti-aircraft guns firing at Japanese warplanes from a U.S. Navy ship.\n He saw the barrels sliding back and forth with each concussive recoil and wondered if he could design a device that would mimic that action turning a semi-automatic rifle that fires once per trigger pull into a weapon capable of shooting hundreds of rounds per minute.\nThe result which he eventually termed the “Akins Accelerator ” seemed promising enough. Akins teamed up with a firearms industry businessman secured two letters from the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) affirming the mechanism behind the device was legal and poured his savings into the project.\nAnother company Slide Fire Solutions began making its own version of the bump stock that was approved by the ATF in large part because it lacked a recoil spring that Akins had included.\n Akins transferred his patent to an outdoor sporting goods company FosTecH Outdoors and the two rival manufacturers engaged in a legal battle over patent infringement before settling the case in 2012.\n Akins is limited in what he can say about the litigation saying only that he is “legally prevented” from discussing certain aspects of the bump stock industry. But he made clear his ire at the ATF.\n“They just destroyed our business ” he said.\n Akins put up his own property as collateral for a loan to launch the business. He estimated he sold several hundred devices priced at more than $1 000 each before he was shut down - not enough to cover his startup costs.\n He filed two unsuccessful federal lawsuits against the ATF leaving him with a workshop full of unused Akins Accelerators.\n“Boy did I get an education ” he said. “I‘m not a person who’d ever done business before with a corporation never worked in the firearm industry before just a tinkerer that came up with an idea.”", "output": [ "Bill Akins" ] }, { "id": "task419-92cfa2597f6245e387956dbb0bc63f1a", "input": "A senior White House official told Fox News that the Trump-Schumer meeting was productive but there was no deal yet. Still the president labeled the meeting \"excellent\" in a tweet.\n“We had a long and detailed meeting \" Schumer said in a statement. \"We discussed all of the major outstanding issues we made some progress but we still have a good number of disagreements. The discussions will continue.”\nAccording to a White House source Schumer arrived in the Oval Office and presented the president with a list of demands on domestic issues that went well beyond just DACA. The president listened to Schumer and appeared perplexed as Schumer rattled off his agenda items the source said. The president told Schumer he wasn’t going to get all of those demands in a spending bill.\n Schumer the source said did appear open to considering a continuing resolution that would keep the government funded for five days. The official White House position is still a 30-day extension.", "output": [ "Trump-Schumer Trump-Schumer", "Trump-Schumer" ] }, { "id": "task419-baa67957c9e6424b97bdc3973acf7dbe", "input": "-LSB- 107 -RSB- As First Lady of Arkansas again , she made a point of using Hillary Rodham Clinton as her name . \n-LSB- 289 -RSB- Despite attempts by both Hillary and Obama to downplay the issue , Democratic voting became more polarized as a result , with Clinton losing much of her support among African Americans . \n-LSB- 141 -RSB- Beginning with Daniel Wattenberg 's August 1992 The American Spectator article \"The Lady Macbeth of Little Rock\" , Hillary 's own past ideological and ethical record came under attack from conservatives . \nGoing into the early stages of her presidential campaign for 2008 , a Time magazine cover showed a large picture of her , with two checkboxes labeled \"Love Her\" , \"Hate Her\" , -LSB- 557 -RSB- while Mother Jones titled its profile of her \"Harpy , Hero , Heretic : Hillary\" . \n-LSB- 135 -RSB- During the campaign , Hillary made culturally disparaging remarks about Tammy Wynette 's outlook on marriage as described in her classic song \"Stand by Your Man\" , -LSB- d -RSB- and later in the campaign about how she could have chosen to be like women staying home and baking cookies and having teas , but wanted to pursue her career instead . \nWhen Bill Clinton became president in 1993 , a blind trust was established ; in April 2007 , the Clintons liquidated the blind trust to avoid the possibility of ethical conflicts or political embarrassments as Hillary undertook her presidential race . \nWhen Bill Clinton took office as President in January 1993 , Hillary Rodham Clinton became the First Lady and her press secretary reiterated that she would be using that form of her name . \nIssues that surrounded the Lewinsky scandal left Bill Clinton with substantial legal bills ; in 2014 , Hillary would state that she and Bill had left the White House \"not only dead broke , but in debt .\" \n-LSB- 549 -RSB- McGill University professor of history Gil Troy titled his 2006 biography of her Hillary Rodham Clinton : Polarizing First Lady and wrote that after the 1992 campaign , Clinton \"was a polarizing figure , with 42 percent -LSB- of the public -RSB- saying she came closer to their values and lifestyle than previous first ladies and 41 percent disagreeing .\" \n-LSB- 567 -RSB- -LSB- 568 -RSB- Newsweek editor Jon Meacham summed the relationship between Clinton and the American public by saying that the New Hampshire events \"brought an odd truth to light : though Hillary Rodham Clinton has been on the periphery or in the middle of national life for decades ... she is one of the most recognizable but least understood figures in American politics .\" \nIn January 1993 , President Clinton named Hillary to chair a Task Force on National Health Care Reform , hoping to replicate the success she had in leading the effort for Arkansas education reform . \nEnactment of welfare reform was a major goal of Bill Clinton 's presidency , but when the first two bills on the issue came from a Republican-controlled Congress that lacked protections for people coming off welfare , Hillary urged him to veto the bills , which he did . \n-LSB- f -RSB- From the time she came to Washington , Hillary also found refuge in a prayer group of the Fellowship that featured many wives of conservative Washington figures . \n-LSB- 170 -RSB- -LSB- 171 -RSB- This caused a rift with Edelman that Hillary later called \"sad and painful\" . \nA 2006 survey by the New York Observer found \"a virtual cottage industry\" of \"anti-Clinton literature\" , put out by Regnery Publishing and other conservative imprints , with titles such as Madame Hillary : The Dark Road to the White House , Hillary 's Scheme : Inside the Next Clinton 's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White House and Can She Be Stopped ? \nWhen she ran for Senate in 2000 , a number of fundraising groups such as Save Our Senate and the Emergency Committee to Stop Hillary Rodham Clinton sprang up to oppose her . \nDuring her husband 's campaign , Hillary began to use the name \"Hillary Clinton\" , or sometimes \"Mrs. Bill Clinton\" , to assuage the concerns of Arkansas voters ; she also took a leave of absence from Rose Law to campaign for him full-time .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a41bad92f3d4765a2f009b93eed446f", "input": "Peter Miqueli 54 was at the center of a scandalous lawsuit in 2015 filed by parishioners of two churches where he worked – St. Frances de Chantal Church in the Bronx and St. Francis Cabrini in Roosevelt Island.\nShe did find however that St. Frances de Chantal Church improperly doled out over $22 000 in personal reimbursements to Miqueli from parish accounts. The disgraced ex-priest was ordered to return the funds Clark said.\n\"This investigation by the Economic Crimes Bureau found that Father Miqueli was improperly reimbursed for personal expenses \" Clark said. \"The Archdiocese has reimbursed St. Frances de Chantal Church for the funds $22 450 of hard-earned money donated by parishioners for the betterment of the parish. We have made recommendations to the Archdiocese and they have agreed to more oversight.\"\nIn a letter that was disseminated to parishioners Most Rev. Gerald Walsh vicar for clergy said that while $22 000 is a \"significant sum \" it is a \"far cry\" from the millions Miqueli was accused of looting.\n\"The Archdiocese has attempted to investigate the other more sensational accusations of morally abhorrent behavior but to date nothing has been brought forward to substantiate them and Father Miqueli continues to deny them.\"\nHe added that Miqueli has not had an assignment since December 2015 and that \"it is difficult to envision a circumstance that would allow him to return to active priesthood.\"\n Miqueli could not immediately be reached for comment.", "output": [ "Peter Miqueli" ] }, { "id": "task419-491583d502f84d70a0be0e1f46d3344b", "input": "Forget the Winter Olympics the Champion's League or the Super Bowl. The real competition right now is who's going to be invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding.\nBritish heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua who is seeking to add two more world championships to the three he already owns says he would be happy to interrupt his high-level training for a trip to Windsor Castle on May 19. The ebullient Joshua has not been shy tweeting a picture of himself and Harry with the question \"Need a best man?\"\nAny bride and groom run into parental interference in their guest list whether it's adding random cousins or forgotten neighbors. Yet Harry and Markle are enduring this phenomenon at a cosmic level due to the royal expectations that come along with being a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II.\nAt least Harry and Markle won't face the 3 500 guests that his parents Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer welcomed to their 1981 \"wedding of the century\" in St. Paul's Cathedral in London. They also avoided the warehouse-sized Westminster Abbey where Harry's brother Prince William and Kate Middleton packed in 1 900 guests for a 2011 royal wedding extravaganza televised around the world.\nThe British royals' close relatives alone number over 50 — and this time Princess Eugenie gets to bring a plus-one fiance Jack Brooksbank. Harry also won't forget non-royals like Kate's sister Pippa Middleton her husband James Mathews and brother James Middleton.\nWilliam barely could squeeze in A-listers like David Beckham and TV adventure host Ben Fogle — who may return for Harry 's nuptials.\nThe juiciest debate has been over invites for rival U.S. presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Harry and Obama have obvious chemistry and have worked together promoting Harry 's Invictus Games competition for wounded soldiers. Some British officials however fear that an invite to Obama would anger Trump.\nThe royals could note that Obama the U.S. president in 2011 was not invited to William's wedding. And they have a bit more leeway because Harry 's wedding is not considered a state event. Markle meanwhile is a Hillary Clinton fan.\n\"We've changed our minds on this. We think Harry is in a position that he does not have to worry about the political implications of an invite \" said Rupert Adams a spokesman for the betting agency William Hill PLC. \"We feel strongly that the Obamas will get an invite.\"\nCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a trifecta of ties to the bride and groom: He's the head of a Commonwealth country host of Harry 's latest Invictus Games and leader of the nation where Markle had been living.\nOn the celebrity front Elton John who turned his song \"Candle in the Wind\" into an anthem for the late Princess Diana is considered a 1-50 lock for an invite (98 percent chance) and singer James Blunt comes in at 1-4. Singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran is also reportedly close to Harry 's royal cousins and his U.K. tour doesn't start until a few days later.\nViolet von Westenholz who introduced the couple will get a nod along with Harry 's buddies Thomas and Charlie van Straubenzee Thomas Inskip and Arthur Landon.\nYet A-listers could find themselves outnumbered by British military members and charity workers. Look for dress uniforms from both the Blues and Royals regiment and the Army Air Corps since Harry served as a former Apache helicopter co-pilot in Afghanistan.\n\"The simple reality is ... we have been focusing on Harry over here \" Adams said.", "output": [ "Harry" ] }, { "id": "task419-4051cf5b8a724c829f2d53aae5ac7a9e", "input": "It’s not as if fake news in America came into existence alongside the tide known as the Trump presidency—the hucksters foreign propagandists conspiracy theorists and fabricators have always been here—but if ever there was a year when purposefully misleading or false stories hit their stride 2017 might have been it. We were told that an ISIS leader was captured at a US airport and that Shariah law was instituted in Utah and other states. A study found that 25 million votes for Hillary Clinton were “completely fraudulent ” and the Las Vegas massacre was carried out by antifa or ISIS or the Illuminati or somehow all three. The lies went on and on picking up where 2016’s catalogue of nonsense left off. (Remember Hillary Clinton’s child sex trafficking ring run out of a pizzeria or Sarah Palin banning Muslims from “entering” her daughter? How about Alec Baldwin dying and Trump winning the electoral vote and the popular vote?)\nBut now we ’re at the dawn of a fresh year privy to the forces that seek to sow confusion and outrage. Can American society overcome the fake news phenomenon?\nWell… “There’s probably a strong case to be made that we are chemically addicted to fake news ” says Amy Webb an author and futurist who founded the Future Today Institute. “When you’re seeing your angers and fears and anxieties being validated externally you get a shot of dopamine.” Thinking about the upcoming year and beyond she says we may have “a huge problem on our hands.” And though the propaganda is coming at us from all directions—from Kremlin-backed misinformation campaigns and Twitter troll armies to publicity hounds and political malcontents—falling for it and spreading it is to some degree our own fault.\nIn the spring of 2017 Webb wrote a piece for Mother Jones that detailed not only the manner of 21st-century fake news and the speed with which it travels but also how we are all accomplices to its proliferation “as we click and repost without considering the story’s source and its agenda.” She noted that the democratization of the internet back in the 1990s meant that “everyone would get to participate regardless of their agendas.” Information became free and free-flowing. But problematically “we didn’t plan ahead as the internet matured ” when consumers of information were left to contend with not only “human arbiters of facts” but also code and algorithms that propel certain types of content to the fore based on our own online behavior. Innocently sharing a cat video put out by Russia Today a Kremlin-backed propaganda machine that elevates fringe “experts” and attempts to sow distrust means you’ll see a lot more of their content in the future.\nComplicating matters more is that in our politicized climate the term fake news itself came to mean different things to different people. It had a literal meaning that seemingly overnight became a hashtag and an epithet to hurl at anything or anyone that one disagrees with. “If we can’t even come to some kind of convergence and talk about something as insidious and as threatening to our future as the spread of misinformation—otherwise known as fake news in the literal sense—then don’t we have sort of a catastrophically huge problem on our hands?” asks Webb .\nAs someone who studies current and past trends to try to anticipate what the future may hold Webb likes to end these conversations with a reminder that for however doomed things appear “We are not living in the middle of Westworld—the future has not been preordained. There is something we can do in the year 2018 and beyond and that is be smarter consumers of news.”", "output": [ "Amy Webb" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc7c294b215b49cf9b67a2f1b938ca51", "input": "Beirut (AFP) – Syrian troops and allied militiamen entered the jihadist-held town of Albu Kamal on Wednesday state media said edging closer to ousting the Islamic State group from its last urban stronghold in the country.\n Albu Kamal lies on the Syrian side of the border with Iraq in the oil-rich eastern province of Deir Ezzor.\nEntry to Albu Kamal follows a series of stunningly quick defeats for IS in the province as well as the jihadists’ loss of their de facto capital Raqa further north.\n“Army troops and allied forces broke through Daesh (IS) defences and entered Albu Kamal waging fierce battles inside the town ” state news agency SANA reported.\nSyrian regime forces backed by intensive Russian air strikes have steadily advanced on Albu Kamal from the south and west for weeks.\n“The advance towards Albu Kamal came after army troops and their allies met up with Iraqi forces at the border between the two countries ” SANA said.\nA source from militias allied to Damascus told AFP that fighters from Lebanon’s pro-regime Hezbollah movement had advanced to the southern edges of Albu Kamal on Wednesday.\n“Part of those units crossed into Iraq with the help of Hashed al-Shaabi units to circle around Albu Kamal and reach the northern side of the town ” the source added.\nBut the jihadist group has seen that territory shrink to a small pocket along the Euphrates River with Albu Kamal as its final hub.\nIn recent weeks an estimated 120 000 people have been displaced from Albu Kamal alone said Linda Tom from the United Nations’ humanitarian affairs coordination office in Damascus.", "output": [ "Albu Kamal" ] }, { "id": "task419-627624b050b4495e9600b8c8f17a673f", "input": "Walter Pidgeon the courtly actor who distinguished his 47-year career with portrayals of men who prove both sturdy and wise died yesterday at a hospital in Santa Monica Calif. He was 87 years old and had suffered a series of strokes.\n Walter Pidgeon was born September 23 1897 in the city of St. John New Brunswick Canada. The New Brunswick schools paid attention to his his splendid singing voice and that inspired a glimmer for the stage. He went to the University of New Brunswick to study law and dramatics classes there affirmed his theatrical ambitions.\nWorld War I however prompted him to enlist in the Canadian army. Before he could see action he was trapped between two rolling gun carriages in France and was hospitalized for 17 months.\nAfter the war he found work as a Boston bank runner but found he did not like banking and moved to New York. According to a studio biography he walked in to the office of English actor and producer E.E. Clive and said he could act and sing and could prove it.\n He made his debut in ''You Never Can Tell'' and growing a mustache starred in Broadway productions of ''The Mannequin '' ''Something Gay'' and ''There's Wisdom in Women.'' Teamed With Garson\nIn 1926 ''Mannequin'' was made into a film and Mr. Pidgeon's role there was his introduction to movies. Mr. Pidgeon was dissatisfied with the preponderance of singing roles and during that period intermittently left Hollywood for Broadway.\nIn 1939 he made his first film with Miss Garson ''Blossoms in the Dust'' and his career seemed to soar. With Miss Garson there followed ''Mrs. Miniver '' ''Madame Curie '' ''Mrs. Parkington '' ''Julie Misbehaves '' ''That Forsythe Woman '' ''The Miniver Story'' and ''Scandal at Scourie.''", "output": [ "Walter Pidgeon Walter", "Walter" ] }, { "id": "task419-b68514ee74d64ef68f0f449757275297", "input": "It profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Trump ’s base?\nIf Sir Thomas More were alive today that’s what he might say about congressional Republicans who gave their political souls in exchange for Trump ’s support because they thought they needed it to be reelected. They have been held hostage by Trump ’s popularity with his base and his grip on the swing vote. But after last week that grip looks a lot looser.\nIt remains to be seen whether they have learned it but the lesson for Republicans from their losses in Virginia New Jersey and across the country should be clear: they don’t need to placate Trump to keep their seats. Senators Jeff Flake and Bob Corker decided not to run for another term because they weren’t willing to cozy up to the president and thought they couldn’t win without doing so. Perhaps they’ll reconsider that now.\n Trump’s coattails were never long to begin with and are now fraying. The 2016 election was decided by just 0.09 percent of all votes cast. A total of 107 000 votes gave Trump Michigan Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and the presidency. He won in those states and Florida by less than 2 percent.\n Trump still has strong support from his base with the latest CNN poll showing 85 percent of Republicans approve of him . In stark contrast only 20 percent approved of Republican congressional leaders as of late September. Trump ’s blaming them for failure to pass legislation apparently worked which may help explain why they have been so deferential to such a dysfunctional president.\nThey’ve even gone so far as to introduce a resolution asking special counsel Robert Mueller to recuse himself from investigating whether Trump ’s campaign colluded with Russia. This is pure political kowtowing flying in the face of the Manafort and Gates indictments the Papadopoulos plea and the targeting of Flynn.\nThe question is will congressional Republicans continue to appease Trump given the 2017 election results? Or will more of them stand up to him ?\nWill they continue to tolerate Trump’s unprecedented conflicts of interest? He holds stakes in roughly 500 international businesses many in countries where he must negotiate trade and other agreements. The conflicts are so serious that the Office of Government Ethics director couldn’t abide them and resigned while Republicans just stood pat.\nWill they challenge Trump’s cascade of lies such as “I have nothing to do with Russia…no person that I deal with does”? What about Paul Manafort Donald Trump Jr. Jared Kushner Carter Page Michael Flynn Roger Stone Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos and Betsy Devos’ brother Erik Prince the billionaire founder of Blackwater?\nWill they finally admit that Trump ’s poor character is the core problem and that as the Economist opined “he does not have the character to change”? Republicans on the other hand have changed since Trump was elected. They’ve retreated from core positions on trade and security.\nRepublicans championed the benefits of free trade for decades. NAFTA was negotiated by Republican president George H.W. Bush and passed with mostly Republican votes. Republicans also supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement which Marco Rubio wrote would “further our strategic goals in Asia and increase prosperity at home ” and Pat Toomey applauded TPP as a boon to economic growth and job creation. Yet Trump ’s tirades against free trade—probably the biggest issue that won him the presidency—cowed many congressional Republicans into doing nothing as Trump abandoned the TPP.\nThey acquiesced as Trump weakened America’s ability to communicate lead and influence on the world stage. He exited the Paris climate accord. He cut the State Department’s staff. He confused NATO members as to America’s commitment to defend its European allies. Now our allies in Southeast Asia worry that Trump desperate for a win will make a deal with China that emboldens it to bully its neighbors further endangering our relationships in the region.\nWhile the 2017 election results are heartening for Democrats they should also be heartening in a different way for Republicans who have been stuck in Trump ’s political chokehold. They should feel somewhat freer to speak honestly about their president and work to repair the damage he has caused. Pandering to Trump won’t get them reelected and even if it did it still wouldn’t be worth the divisiveness dysfunction and the loss of influence and respect America has suffered.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-efef2f52e82e4ddaa7dbf61023821c15", "input": "“The Honors are the greatest weekend of the year and it is also the bane of our existence ” Deborah Rutter said with a laugh. For the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the annual Kennedy Center Honors airing on CBS on Dec. 26 and honoring dancer Carmen de Lavallade rapper LL Cool J television producer and writer Norman Lear and singers Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie is a welcome national spotlight on the memorial to the late president. But that’s all anyone seems to know about the the white jewel box on the Potomac.\n“We really like to think about the other 364 days of the year and all of the programming that happens on those days ” Rutter told me in the latest episode of “Cape Up.” “What I love about being here at the nation’s cultural center is that we have really a mandate to welcome all of the performing arts. It is not just a performing arts center for one assumed art form or another.”\nI bet you didn’t know that hip hop was one of those art forms at the Kennedy Center and that Q-Tip is its artistic director. “This is a first ” Rutter said. “And as far as I know there is no other artistic director for hip-hop … anywhere in probably the world. And we’re very proud to have Q-Tip here leading guiding and inspiring us.”\nWhile she didn’t need much convincing Rutter allowed that there could be others who might — for fear of what it could mean for the other arts. “Just because we are bringing in more programming that includes hip-hop artists it does not mean that we’re doing less dance or less international programming or less of the National Symphony Orchestra ” she said. “It just means that we’re doing more that we have thrown open the doors of the Kennedy Center and we are ensuring that all are welcome here.”\n Deborah Rutter president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts talks with The Post’s Jonathan Capehart on the “Cape Up” podcast on Nov. 28 in her office at the Kennedy Center. (Jonathan Capehart/The Washington Post)\nThere are nine performance spaces at the Kennedy Center that are in use all year. In addition to the orchestra and the Washington National Opera Rutter noted the 46-year-old institution has “a magnificent world-recognized ballet season. We have contemporary dance we have jazz we have a huge jazz series chamber music recitals comedy international programming.”\nListen to the podcast to hear Rutter talk further about the work of the Kennedy Center and how it fits into the cultural life of Washington. She goes into what it is like to be the local performing arts center for members of Congress foreign diplomats and “quite a number of justices from the Supreme Court.” But Rutter insists none of those constituencies tries to exert influence over programming.\n“Here at the center we have no limits on what we could present ” Rutter told me. “The problems I always describe is how to say no when to say no and how to not be really truly overwhelmed by the extraordinary limitless richness of what happens here.”", "output": [ "Deborah Rutter" ] }, { "id": "task419-d428f1c7fea64231b0a223d8c57741cc", "input": "Arizona Rep. Trent Franks resigned effective immediately Friday afternoon amid damning reports that he made unwanted sexual advances toward female staffers and offered at least one of them millions of dollars to carry a surrogate baby for him and his wife.\n GOP Rep. Trent Franks resigns amid 'inappropriate behavior' claim\nA few hours later Politico reported that Franks had not just approached his female staffers about surrogacy — but also seemingly proposed sexual intercourse as a means to impregnate them.\nThe women said they decided to file complaints with the House Ethics Committee because they were concerned Franks was asking about sex not artificial insemination.\nGOP sources aware of the complaints said one of the women claimed she was retaliated against after rebuffing Franks ' lewd proposal having her previous access to the congressman revoked.\nAlso Friday the Associated Press reported that Franks had offered one of the women a whopping $5 million to act as a surrogate for him and his wife. The woman claimed Franks pressed her repeatedly about surrogacy after she initially rebuffed him .\nIn addition to talks of surrogacy Franks tried to convince a female aide that they were in love after sending her an article describing how two people know they love each other according to the Politico report.\n Franks' abrupt resignation comes as Washington D.C. reels from a sexual harassment scandal involving dozens of male politicians. Just hours before Franks initially announced his resignation Democratic Sen. Al Franken stepped down in response to shocking claims that he sexually harassed a number of women. A few days before that Franks’ Democratic House colleague John Conyers announced his resignation amid a sexual harassment scandal of his own.\n Franks forcefully denied ever engaging in sexual misconduct in a lengthy statement on Thursday.\nHouse Speaker Paul Ryan accepted Franks’ resignation on Friday. The House ethics investigation into the shocking claims against Franks has thereby been called off the committee said.", "output": [ "Trent Franks" ] }, { "id": "task419-e67f7618efed4ca5b1e47dc10a882f4b", "input": "Watch below as CNN’s Jake Tapper badgers a woman — President Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway — to publicly denounce a hate-filled supporter who attended a 2016 election rally. (Conway immediately does.) Then watch as Jake Tapper proceeds to publicly scold Conway because Trump did not disavow hate as strongly as Tapper believes Trump should disavow hate.\nAgain because this point is important as seen in the video above the anti-Trump Tapper does admit that Trump has already disavowed hate and has disavowed those hate-filled supporters who claim to support him . Nevertheless the former Democrat operative and Salon contributor still publicly scolds Conway because in his own opinion Trump did not speak out strongly enough.\nAdditionally Tapper frequently presents himself as a male feminist as a champion of women and does so using his Twitter account and last-place CNN show as a platform to broadcast lectures that portray him as a hero in defense of women.\nWith all this in mind now watch for yourself as Tapper remains silent as his own audience boos a rape victim:\nWatch as Tapper remains silent when NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch has her motherhood attacked for the first time:\nIt has been more than 48 hours since Tapper hosted his anti-gun town hall more than 48 hours since he stood silent as his guests and audience abused a rape survivor and a mother but unlike President Trump he has yet to denounce the hate that occurred while he was ringmaster or to apologize.\n Tapper has only offered dissembling excuses for his cowardice and lack of chivalry.\n Tapper is so poisoned by his own hate he could not even summon the chivalry to defend a rape victim and motherhood or to apologize and denounce it afterward.", "output": [ "Jake Tapper" ] }, { "id": "task419-26902b111c614681b6170ebecee63019", "input": "CLOSE Ford's new 2019 Mustang Bullitt is inspired by Steve McQueen 's classic car in the 1968 film 'Bullitt.' This next gen version packs 475 horsepower and tops out at 163 miles per hour. USA TODAY\nThe Mustang that Steve McQueen drove into Hollywood history for the 1968 movie Bullitt emerged for the first time in 40 years Sunday at the Detroit auto show in tandem with the debut of a new limited-edition 2019 Mustang Bullitt.\nSteve McQueen starring in the title role of \"Bullitt \" steps out of his car after a 140-mile-an-hour pursuit through the hilly streets of San Francisco. The Technicolor action drama was filmed entirely on location in the Bay City. (Photo: Warner Bros. Seven Arts Inc. )\n“The car shows the gentle patina of time. It has rust marks ” said Gessler who noted that Detroit will be the first stop before a national tour that includes Washington D.C. “Steve McQueen wanted to create the most realistic chase scene ever on film. He found a director Peter Yates and Warner Bros. gave him the reins. They took four weeks to shoot an 11-minute chase scene.”\n McQueen had all the badging on the car removed. It was recognizable from just its angles and silhouettes. And that’s why the new model is so sparse said Kevin Marti owner of Marti Auto Works in El Mirage Ariz. who created and maintains the database for every Ford vehicle built since 1967. “This car is so iconic that you don’t even need to put a name on the thing. That speaks to the confidence Ford has.”\nAs the licensee of Ford production records he tracks every vehicle identification number for more than 140 million cars and he notes style and color trends of each era. In the 1960s popular cars were avocado green white and red. In the 1970s automakers turned to browns yellows and earthy colors. Now consumers lean toward silver white and black. So Dark Highland Green will make a statement. It is a throwback color on a throwback car.\n“I love the different sounds that Bullitt makes the roaring \" he said. \"And Steve McQueen is one of those movie stars that stays in your mind after all this time.”\nThe company called Molly McQueen .\n\"I honestly didn't know how to drive a stick shift and I stalled it quite a few times. By the end of the second day of shooting they asked me to slow down. It becomes second nature. And you're thinking about the gears and the clutch and driving becomes a fun activity as opposed to just a way to get from one place to another \" McQueen said in advance of Sunday's event at Cobo Center.\nFew people know Molly McQueen is the famous actor’s granddaughter. She grew up in Pacific Palisades with a film producer mother who spent most of her time as at home as a mom. Now Molly is a writer actress and producer who recently sold her first project to Warner Bros. the company that made her grandfather famous.", "output": [ "Steve McQueen" ] }, { "id": "task419-cfbad0885a3246a68ed9296c6f65b745", "input": "The court will hear arguments in an appeal by federal prison inmate Timothy Carpenter . He is serving a 116-year sentence after a jury convicted him of armed robberies in the Detroit area and northwestern Ohio.\nInvestigators helped build their case by matching Carpenter 's use of his smartphone to cell towers near Radio Shack and T-Mobile stores that had been robbed. The question is whether prosecutors should have been required to convince a judge that they had good reason or probable cause to believe Carpenter was involved in the crime. That's the standard set out in the Constitution's Fourth Amendment which also prohibits unreasonable searches. Prosecutors obtained the records by meeting a lower standard of proof.\nThe American Civil Liberties Union representing Carpenter said in court papers that the records \"make it possible to reconstruct in detail everywhere an individual has traveled over hours days weeks or months.\"\nIn Carpenter 's case authorities obtained cellphone records for 127 days and could determine when he slept at home and where he attended church on Sunday said the ACLU's Nathan Freed Wessler.", "output": [ "Timothy Carpenter" ] }, { "id": "task419-88e598cbb3d44ad98ac711a4cc1ecdcd", "input": "A senator forcefully delivered the stick and chipping Collins' glass elephant\nWashington (CNN) During bipartisan talks between senators to discuss passing a funding bill to end the government shutdown Sen. Susan Collins whose office was being used for the negotiations figured out a civil way to create discussion.\nOne Republican senator describing the incident told CNN the stick was successful but on one occasion one of the other senators was speaking while another asked a question and then turned with another quick longer louder question. The member who was holding the stick \"forcefully delivered\" the stick across the room -- but it missed its mark and caused damage to a shelf in Collins ' office.\nA glass elephant sitting on a shelf owned by Collins became the casualty with the stick chipping it a little bit.", "output": [ "Susan Collins" ] }, { "id": "task419-6510152b57a64b43bce197abb8467acc", "input": "A federal grand jury looking into a soured $10 million real estate deal that involved the wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders sought information on statements made to secure the loan according to a witness and former trustee at the college where Jane Sanders served as president.\nRobin Lloyd who served on the board at Burlington College confirmed that a grand jury was looking into the case as recently as October. She said the panel was interested in what Sanders may have told trustees and lenders in order to secure the 2010 loan for a 33-acre campus along Lake Champlain.\n\"They’re trying to pull together where did the money come from to enable Burlington College to convince (People’s United Bank) and the diocese to go ahead with the deal .” - Robin Lloyd former Burlington College trustee\n“They’re trying to pull together where did the money come from to enable Burlington College to convince (People’s United Bank) and the diocese to go ahead with the deal ” Lloyd told the Burlington Free Press.\n Sanders reportedly told college trustees and bank lenders that the college had millions of dollars in donations that could be used to repay the loan. The land was purchased from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington.\nAt the time Sanders sought a $6.5 million loan from People’s United Bank to buy tax-exempt bonds issued by a state agency and a $3.65 million second mortgage from the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Burlington.\nIn order to secure the money Sanders reportedly submitted a spreadsheet asserting that the school had $2.4 million in confirmed pledges grants and other funds to repay the debt.\nA spokesperson for the Sanders family Jeff Weaver said they had “absolutely no reason to believe that there is a grand jury empaneled to examine Burlington College Dr. Jane Sanders or any aspect of Dr. Sanders ’ service as president of Burlington College.", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-1de44a7249c44b6bb84683d512279323", "input": "On Wednesday morning NBC confirmed that they had fired morning news anchor Matt Lauer . Lauer has served as the centerpiece of Today which The New York Times calls “the most important part of the NBC News franchise ” since 1997. A memo from NBC News chairman Andy Lack cited “inappropriate sexual behavior” as the grounds for termination.\n“On Monday night ” Lack wrote “We received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer . It represented after serious review a clear violation of our company’s standards.”\nWhile NBC took swift action against Lauer even before the allegations went public it’s safe to assume that this story is far from over. As Lack himself acknowledged “While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he’s been at NBC News we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.”\nIn the wake of Lauer ’s unexpected departure Today was forced to reckon with the story in real time. Lauer’s co-host Savannah Guthrie was tasked with reporting on the latest in a string of sexual misconduct stories this time involving her “dear dear friend” and colleague. “How do you reconcile your love for someone with the revelation that they have behaved badly?” an emotional Guthrie asked. “All we can say is we are heartbroken; I’m heartbroken.”\nLike the other recently disgraced media men before him Lauer’s career is now open for reexamination. One incident that’s already been circulated and picked apart by social media is the Presidential Forum that Lauer moderated in September 2016. At the time Lauer was widely criticized for the way he interacted with candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton with many accusing the Today host of employing a sexist double standard. In one article “How Sexism Like Matt Lauer’s Could Imperil the Nation ” Adele M. Stan wrote “When questioning Clinton Lauer was all alpha-male interrupting her and tsk-tsking her for criticizing her opponent after he had asked her not to do so. But when paired with Trump it became clear who was the alpha in that set-up. It clearly wasn't Lauer who allowed Trump to talk over him and to evade specifics.”\nWhile Lauer ’s tendency to interrupt Clinton repeatedly—while letting Trump go largely unchallenged—was certainly cringe-worthy it may not be Lauer’s most painful on-air interaction. Anyone searching for an example of overt sexism need look no further than his 2012 Today interview with Anne Hathaway. The actress who was promoting her film Les Miserables at the time had had the misfortune of being photographed during a “wardrobe malfunction.” “I was getting out of the car and my dress was so tight that I didn’t realize it until I saw all the photographers’ flashes ” she reportedly said in response to the “devastating” incident. As if the revealing photographs weren’t enough Hathaway was then grilled on the minor controversy by Lauer who opened the interview with a gross allusion to the intimate pics.\n“Anne Hathaway good morning nice to see you. Seen a lot of you lately ” Lauer greeted his guest. While Hathaway who responded that “I’d be happy to stay home ” clearly had no interest in discussing the upskirt shots Lauer continued. “Let’s just get it out of the way. You had a little wardrobe malfunction the other night. What’s the lesson learned from something like that other than that you keep smiling which you’ll always do.” To summarize: Lauer mistaking pervy paparazzi pics for actual news asked an accomplished actress about a painful incident phrasing the invasion of privacy as a personal failing (“what’s the lesson learned from something like that?”). To make matters even worse he all but told Hathaway to smile through it—which is just what every woman wants to hear from a man who’s talking down to her about her lack of underwear on national television.\nHathaway to her credit managed to own Lauer replying “Well it was obviously an unfortunate incident. It kind of made me sad on two accounts. One was that I was very sad that we live in an age when someone takes a picture of another person in a vulnerable moment and rather than delete it and do the decent thing sells it. And I’m sorry that we live in a culture that commodifies sexuality of unwilling participants which brings us back to Les Mis because that’s what the character [Fantine] is. She is someone who is forced to sell sex to benefit her child because she has nothing and there’s no social safety net so yeah—let’s get back to Les Mis.”", "output": [ "Matt Lauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-04723c60f76a47e78063dcbb50a85bf3", "input": "Billionaire IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad has died aged 91 the Swedish company said on Sunday with the furniture empire he launched more than half a century ago familiar around the globe . Kamprad founded IKEA in 1943 when he was just 17 but didn ’ t hit gold until 1956 when the company pioneered flat - pack furniture . He got the idea as he watched an employee taking the legs off a table to fit it into a customer ’ s car and realised that saving space meant saving money . The retailer is now heading for 50 billion euros ($ 62 billion ) in annual revenues . Slideshow ( 7 Images ) “ One of the greatest entrepreneurs of the 20th century Ingvar Kamprad has peacefully passed away at his home in Smaland Sweden on the 27th of January ” the company said . Born on March 30 1926 in southern Sweden Kamprad started off selling matches to neighbours at the age of five and soon diversified his inventory to include seeds Christmas tree decorations pencils and ball - point pens . “ Ingvar Kamprad was a great entrepreneur of the typical southern Swedish kind - hardworking and stubborn with a lot of warmth and a playful twinkle in his eye ” the company said . “ He worked until the very end of his life staying true to his own motto that most things remain to be done .” ($ 1 = 0 . 8052 euros )", "output": [ "Ingvar Kamprad" ] }, { "id": "task419-7aec02d4769740e4882105df91e2b04e", "input": "John Skipper has resigned from his top position at ESPN and co-chairmanship of the Disney Media Networks. Skipper had recently signed a contract extending his leadership to 2021.\n\"Today I have resigned from my duties as President of ESPN \" Skipper said in a statement released on Monday. \"I have had a wonderful career at the Walt Disney Company and am grateful for the many opportunities and friendships.\"\n\"I have struggled for many years with a substance addiction. I have decided that the most important thing I can do right now is to take care of my problem \" he said.\nGeorge Bodenheimer Skipper 's predecessor at ESPN who was president from 1998-2011 will take over as acting chairman of the company for the next 90 days.\n\"I've stayed in close contact with John and I believe in the direction he 's taking ESPN \" said Bodenheimer. \" He 's assembled an outstanding leadership team — many of whom I know very well — and I am extremely confident we will work together effectively to move ESPN forward during this transition.\"", "output": [ "John Skipper" ] }, { "id": "task419-01923e496f3c40e9b899316763a73428", "input": "On Monday a federal judge rescheduled proceedings for Zakaryia Abdin to January according to documents filed in federal court. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to spend more time preparing in part because some of the evidence is classified.\n Abdin 18 was arrested at Charleston's airport in March as he tried to board a plane for Jordan. Authorities said he told an undercover FBI agent posing as an Islamic State recruiter that he wanted to torture an American and would attack a U.S. site if he couldn't get out of the country.\n Abdin has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed on a charge of attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization. If convicted he could face up to 20 years in prison. His attorney has declined to comment.\nThe teen has been monitored for years. At 16 authorities said he talked about robbing a gun store to get weapons to kill soldiers as revenge for American military action in the Middle East. He was arrested before the robbery pleaded guilty and a parole board agreed to his early release after about a year in jail.\n Abdin knew that authorities were still watching him — but apparently didn't realize his \"recruiter\" was a federal agent.\n\"We are most likely to contact an undercover agent than a real brother \" Abdin told the undercover agent. \"That is why I carry guns in my house in my car and even I used to secretly take to school. It is very humiliating to be captured.\"\nAccording to an FBI statement released after Abdin 's indictment he told the agent that if he did get to torture an American hostage he wanted his face shown on video saying \"I want to be the one to send the message because they know who I am.\"\n Abdin also sent a video of himself pledging his allegiance to the Islamic State in Arabic and told them he could do whatever was needed according to the sworn statement. The FBI said he also practiced shooting several different guns during the first three months of 2017.\nThe FBI said Abdin knew agents would learn of his purchase and travel plans and so tried to hide his tracks by contacting authorities to tell them he bought guns for hunting and would be traveling to the Middle East on a vacation. He also asked authorities for a meeting where he told them he no longer held the extreme beliefs that led to his first arrest.", "output": [ "Zakaryia Abdin" ] }, { "id": "task419-151fd6423d254d6bae0ddee49ec9ae15", "input": "(CNN) Nadia was just 15 when ISIS fighters swarmed into her homeland. She says she was kidnapped bought and sold by men who told her they owned her and repeatedly raped by them.\nThree years on the traumatized Yazidi is finally free of her captors but remains trapped in a living nightmare fearing the ISIS militants could still get to her or worse kill members of her family.\nThe frail 18-year-old former slave doesn't even know if her mother father and brother are still alive.\nAt a meeting in the Kurdistan region of Iraq she hides behind her cousin one hand clenching her relative's shirt the other holding tight to her own dress. Shell-shocked she cannot remember how many younger siblings she has and struggles to recall their names.\n Nadia was kidnapped by ISIS fighters who took over her Yazidi homeland when she was 15.\nNadia (not her real name) was among thousands of Yazidis captured by ISIS in August 2014 when the terror group launched an assault on Sinjar then home to more than half a million members of this minority group.\n Nadia and and her older sister Amira were separated from the rest of the family. Their mother was pregnant at the time and Nadia doesn't know where she - or her baby - is now.\nIt was here Nadia says that she witnessed an incident that still haunts her : ISIS militants took a child away from his mother as she screamed for him. Her captors responded by hitting her on the head. Nadia still doesn't know what happened to the pair at the hands of the terrorists.\n\"They would tell us we sold you we bought you \" she says. \"There were days we would wish we would die so no one says they sold us ... Beating and everything else is bearable but not selling.\"\nAn Iraqi Kurdish investigator who asked to be identified as Shaima has heard stories like Nadia's dozens of times as she interviews freed Yazidis. \"Some of them are eager to tell their story. Some of them are reluctant because they can't go into the details -- it's difficult for them \" she says.\nFrom Mosul Nadia and her sister were taken to Syria where Nadia spent a year being moved between Homs Tabqa ISIS' self-declared capital Raqqa and Deir Ezzor.\n Nadia says her sister Amira killed herself after she was forced to \"marry\" an ISIS fighter.\n Nadia says she was repeatedly raped at the hands of her kidnappers. Her sister killed herself in captivity.\nAfter her suicide Nadia says she was determined to get away. She and some other Yazidi captives tied their headscarves together to form a rope they used to climb out of the house where they were being held captive.\nSold to a Syrian ISIS fighter Nadia says she became pregnant; to avoid having a child conceived by rape she threw herself from walls and took pills to terminate the pregnancy.\n\"I did not want it what else could I do?\" she asks.", "output": [ "Nadia" ] }, { "id": "task419-783e902b3d5849a1a9bc7be00f70f255", "input": "The suspect Akayed Ullah a 27-year-old male from Bangladesh was taken into custody after reportedly being injured by the blast. The man has reportedly been in the U.S. for seven years and lived in the Brooklyn area.\nSpeaking with MSNBC former NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton said sources claimed Ullah carried out the act in the name of ISIS.\nCBS News reported that Ullah was inspired by the terror group online but did not have any actual connections to the group.\nA photo of the suspect in custody circulating on social media was confirmed to be legitimate. Authorities said Ullah was also found with a second device.", "output": [ "Akayed Ullah" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e75b8cc380d4f78be2e0db3ce6aca9c", "input": "(CNN) Protesters greeted white supremacist leader Richard Spencer with loud boos and chants of \"Go home Spencer\" during his speech Thursday afternoon at the University of Florida in Gainesville.\nThe talk was Spencer's first planned speech on a college campus since he and others participated in the \" Unite the Right \" rally in Charlottesville Virginia in August.\n Spencer took the stage at the Phillips Center at just after 2:45 p.m. Those in the venue many of whom stood with their fists raised loudly booed and chanted lines like \"Go home Spencer \" and \"Nazis are not welcome here.\"\n\"I'm not going home I will stand here all day if I have to \" a combative Spencer told the crowd.\nPeople react as Richard Spencer speaks at the Phillips Center on Thursday in Gainesville Florida.\nStill the heckling continued through his time on stage leading to several moments of frustration from Spencer .\nThe event thrust the university into the ongoing debate about what constitutes protected speech and the extent of its limits. Spencer is the president of the National Policy Institute a leader of the \"alt-right\" movement and a proponent of the white nationalist movement that advocates for a white \"awakening\" and a white ethno-state.\nProtesters held up signs against Richard Spencer in Gainesville.\nUniversity of Florida President W. Kent Fuchs denounced Spencer 's white supremacist platform as abhorrent in a letter to students but said the school could not stop him from renting the Phillips Center for the event.\nCrowds gather outside Richard Spencer's speech at the Phillips Center at the University of Florida.\nThe vast majority of people out protesting were opposed to Spencer and his views. Craig Carlisle from Gainesville held up a sign saying \"No Trump Nazis.\" He said he had a message for Spencer : \"Don't be racist.\"\nJamie Bell was one of many people protesting Richard Spencer 's speech in Gainesville.\nA man wearing a shirt with swastikas on it was punched by an unidentified person near the site of a planned speech by Richard Spencer .\n White nationalist Richard Spencer faced a vocal outcry at his speech on Thursday .\nIn an interview with CNN on Tuesday Spencer said he was flattered by the state of emergency declaration which he said put him on par with \"hurricanes and invading armies and zombie apocalypses.\"\nStill he said he thought the declaration was overkill.", "output": [ "Richard Spencer" ] }, { "id": "task419-e1d0572d4e7546fd91b213892f06d4f9", "input": "Another participant Nicolette 22 was surprised by how much fellow students asked her about being on social media.\n\"And it doesn't just end at school. It continues you know when you go home \" Nicolette said. \"So you're basically being judged twice as much and all day every day.\"\nAlthough their age and identity were kept a secret Nicolette said her friendships \"were all real.\"\n\"We were going into this to help them to raise awareness to make a difference in not just this school but all the schools in this country \" she said.", "output": [ "Nicolette" ] }, { "id": "task419-fccd5a9038c344c9a913b3feee211652", "input": "Republicans on the House Science Committee are accusing Linda Birnbaum director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of lobbying. In letters sent to the Inspector General and acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Reps. Lamar Smith and Andy Biggs wrote that they were “conducting oversight” of Birnbaum ’s activity in response to a editorial she wrote in a scientific journal.\n Birnbaum ’s editorial which the journal PLOS Biology published in December addressed the gaps in the regulation of toxic chemicals. Though there are more than 85 000 chemicals approved for use in commerce she noted in the piece “U.S. policy has not accounted for evidence that chemicals in widespread use can cause cancer and other chronic diseases damage reproductive systems and harm developing brains at low levels of exposure once believed to be harmless.”\nA toxicologist who has headed NIEHS and the National Toxicology Program since 2009 Birnbaum received no funding for writing the editorial as she notes in the piece nor does she recommend any specific policy piece of legislation or action in it beyond being engaged citizens.\nSmith and Bigg’s attack on Birnbaum seems less designed to exonerate a particular chemical. In the editorial that caused the most recent stir in the House committee Birnbaum introduced an issue of the journal that covered a broad range of environmental science problems from the challenges of setting drinking water limits for PFOA to the need clarify the relationship between the dose and response of certain chemicals.", "output": [ "Linda Birnbaum" ] }, { "id": "task419-28796e1c0bc34dccbba69edb1eaaf13c", "input": "Benavidez defends title: On the televised undercard 21-year-old WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez successfully defended his title for the first time by outslugging Ronald Gavril in a rematch of their first meeting last September. Benavidez who won by unanimous decision remains the youngest champion in boxing.\n Benavidez punished Gavril from the opening bell landing effective combinations throughout the fight. By the time it was over Gavril's face and white trunks were soaked with blood but the Romanian fighter fought back until the final bell. Benavidez scored a near unanimous shutout winning by scores of 119-109 and 120-108 twice.\n Benavidez did not use his right hand at all for the last few rounds throwing mostly left jabs and revealed a badly swollen right knuckle after the fight. The Phoenix fighter improved to 20-0 (17 KOs) while Gavril fell to 18-3 (14 KOs).\n“I knew he was going to come aggressive. He ’s a one-trick opponent \" Benavidez said. \"I knew I could jab and box him all day. When I saw the opening I took it. I didn’t knock him out though – he ’s a tough son of a gun.", "output": [ "David Benavidez" ] }, { "id": "task419-7f616cf9127e4d94aeb64cbebdc3a0e6", "input": "The city had long claimed that clothing worn by Mohamed Bah — who was shot by cops in his Harlem apartment on Sept. 25 2012 — wasn't in its custody.\n 2 accounts of Mohamed Bah man shot by NYPD cops told at trial\n They had asked Manhattan Federal Court Judge Kevin Castel to sanction the city for its handling of evidence but he denied their request in June.\nSeveral days into the civil rights trial over Bah's death city officials on Nov. 3 told Randolph McLaughlin and Debra Cohen who represent the Bah family the mortuary release form \"mistakenly stated that his clothing was released with his remains\" - and was in NYPD custody according to recently filed court docs.", "output": [ "Mohamed Bah" ] }, { "id": "task419-298064bf8f6d4d3ca63e52825a89c81d", "input": "Jon Cordova serves as the principal deputy assistant secretary for administration at HHS. A KFile review of Cordova 's social media accounts found that he pushed stories filled with baseless claims and conspiracy theories including stories that claimed Gold Star father Khizr Khan is a \"Muslim Brotherhood agent\" and made baseless claims about Sen. Ted Cruz's personal life.\n\" Mr. Cordova is currently on administrative leave while we look into this issue further \" a HHS spokesperson said in a statement.\n Cordova did not respond to a request for comment.\n Cordova joined HHS in February of 2017 initially as part of the Office of the White House Liaison. In his current role Cordova oversees day-to-day operations for the Office of Human Relations Office of the Chief Information Officer Office of Security and Strategic Information Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance and Operations Office and the Program Support Center according to his biography posted on the HHS website.", "output": [ "Jon Cordova" ] }, { "id": "task419-e1f72e36e51248989dc2904f0fdbc563", "input": "Joseph Boeckmann later became a district judge at Wynne in eastern Arkansas then for years preyed on men misfortunate enough to land in his courtroom. The federal government says he deserves a 37-month prison term for a pattern of misconduct that involved him demanding overtly sexual acts — at the prosecutor's office until he was run off and later from the bench even though his criminal charges involve only his behavior as a judge.\n\"It can be fairly inferred that the defendant's goal in running for his judicial position was to once again have access to young men in vulnerable positions \" government lawyers wrote before Wednesday's sentencing hearing. An FBI agent is prepared to detail two investigations into Boeckmann 's having at least seven young men pose for him — some nude — in return for a reduced bond or the outright dropping of criminal charges.\n\"The similarity between the accounts given by the young men who the FBI interviewed in the previous case and the young men interviewed as part of the (current) case are striking and demonstrate the defendant's clear and continuous pattern of abuse dating back at least 20 years \" the government lawyers wrote in asking U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker to also consider Boeckmann 's misbehavior as a deputy prosecutor in the 1990s.\nBut the ex-judge's lawyer Jeff Rosenzweig said it would be unfair to cite the older claims because Boeckmann 's failing health and memory would make it impossible to refute them. He said home detention would be appropriate for \"an elderly broken ailing man.\"\nIn 2016 as it investigated Boeckmann 's behavior as a judge The Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking documents related to the previous investigations. The FBI denied the AP's request citing a right to privacy. The AP was denied again on appeal.\nProsecuting Attorney Fletcher Long told an AP reporter in 2016 that his office did not have a copy of Boeckmann 's letter of resignation. When asked about the previous investigation he said he did not recall allegations involving Boeckmann . Long was traveling Tuesday and did not return a call to his office seeking comment.\nThe government's filing said the U.S. Attorney's Office declined to prosecute Boeckmann in the 1990s because he had agreed to resign as deputy prosecutor.\nThe U.S. Attorney at Little Rock then was Paula Casey who recently retired as dean of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock law school. She said Tuesday she didn't recall the previous Boeckmann investigations but that any decision in her office to bring a civil rights or public integrity case — or to decline one — would have also gone through the U.S. Justice Department. A message left with the current U.S. attorney's office was not returned.", "output": [ "Joseph Boeckmann" ] }, { "id": "task419-91d0b004661541f7939578df78499f82", "input": "NEW YORK — MSNBC host and former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough has made his departure from the GOP official.\n Scarborough announced that he would leave the party in July and accused Republicans of abandoning their fiscal principles. Scarborough has been a fierce critic of President Donald Trump who has targeted Scarborough and his fiancee and co-host Mika Brzezinski on Twitter.\n Scarborough was elected to four U.S. House terms from Florida starting in 1994.\n Scarborough : Ivanka Trump Jared Kushner should leave Washington", "output": [ "Joe Scarborough" ] }, { "id": "task419-186418a0778d4f79a2f910a3a79a83e7", "input": "Former German actress Renate Langer filed a report with Swiss police claiming that Polanski raped her in Gstaad in February 1972 when she was just 15 years old according to a report acquired by The New York Times.\n Langer 61 said she met Polanski while working at a modeling agency in Munich during high school.\n He allegedly raped her at his home when she visited him in Gstaad then again a month later in Rome where she had a small role in his movie “Che?”\nAnother woman claims Roman Polanski molested her when she was 16\n Renate Langer Portr?t neben den Dreharbeiten zur ZDF-Reihe \"Traumschiff\" Folge 15 \"Brasilien\" Episode 1-3 MS \"Berlin\" 01.04.1986 Kreuzfahrtschiff Kreuzfahrt auf Deck Meer Urlaub Portrait Schauspielerin Promis Prominente Prominenter HD; (Photo by Peter Bischoff/Getty Images) (Peter Bischoff/Getty Images) Renate Langer Dreharbeiten zur ZDF-Reihe \"Traumschiff\" Folge 15 \"Brasilien\" Episode 1-3 MS \"Berlin\" 01.04.1986 Kreuzfahrt Kreuzfahrtschiff unter Deck Modenschau brasilianische Kleider Laufsteg Schauspielerin Promis Prominente Prominenter HD; (Photo by Peter Bischoff/Getty Images) (Peter Bischoff/Getty Images) Former German actress Renate Langer filed a report with Swiss police claiming that Polanski raped her in Gstaad in February 1972 when she was just 15 years old.\n He fled the country in February 1978 hours before he was rumored to be sentenced to 50 years in prison.", "output": [ "Renate Langer" ] }, { "id": "task419-23df778dd2ea4d24a296b78ce8ec47d9", "input": "A dramatic video of the incident shows Randall Margraves at first standing calmly and calling Nassar a \"son of a bitch.\" The judge says she understands his anger but asks him not to use profanity.\nTwo of the man's daughters Lauren and Madison Margraves had just delivered victim impact statements. Their sister Morgan Margraves wrote a statement that had been read aloud during Nassar's previous sentencing hearing in Ingham County Mich. where he was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.\n\"I would ask you to as part of the sentencing to grant me five minutes in a locked room with this demon \" Margraves says. The judge says she can't do that.\n\"Would you give me one minute?\" Margraves asks.\n Margraves then rushes across the courtroom toward Nassar.\n He is pushed back by Nassar's attorney. Deputies tackle Margraves to the floor his head striking a table. The officers tell him to put his hands behind his back as Margraves continues protesting \"I want that son of a bitch!\" and \"Give me one minute with that bastard.\"\nThe deputies pull him off the floor and begin to lead him out of the room.\n\"What if this had happened to you guys' daughters?\" Margraves asks them.\n Margraves turns back and says \"You haven't lived through it lady!\"\n\"I understand Mr. Margraves' frustration \" she says. \"But you cannot do this. This is not helping your children this is not helping your community this is not helping us. ... Use your words use your experiences to get him and to change. Do not use physical violence.\"", "output": [ "Randall Margraves" ] }, { "id": "task419-350e6eebd71a4212af0e48de87f09a87", "input": "The statement said the couple will live in Nottingham Cottage at Kensington Palace. Harry and Markle âs upcoming wedding will be the first grand royal wedding since Prince William and Kate Middleton got married in 2011.\nWilliam and Kate who is expecting her third child said in a statement they are excited for the couple adding that âit has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.\"\n Markle best known for her role as an ambitious paralegal in the hit U.S. legal drama \"Suits \" surprised many when she shared her feelings for Harry in a September cover story for Vanity Fair. Asked about the media frenzy surrounding their courtship the 36-year-old said: \"At the end of the day I think it's really simple ... we're two people who are really happy and in love.\"\nDescribing Harry as her \"boyfriend \" Markle said that while she expected that she and Harry would have to \"come forward\" about their relationship at some point the two were just a couple enjoying time spent with each other.\n\"Personally I love a great love story \" she said.\n Markle 's Vanity Fair interview broke new ground. It is unusual for a royal love interest to speak so publicly -- and candidly -- before becoming engaged. Harry's past reported girlfriends all shied away from the media limelight and his sister-in-law formerly known as Kate Middleton stayed silent until she and Prince William gave a formal televised interview at Buckingham Palace after their engagement became public.\nBut then unlike some other \"commoners\" romantically linked to Britain's royals Markle is no stranger to media exposure and the world of show business.\nThe actress's most successful role is the feisty Rachel Zane in the TV legal show \"Suits \" now in its seventh season. Her career has included small parts on TV series including \"Fringe \" \"CSI: Miami \" \"Knight Rider\" and \"Castle \" as well as movies such as \"Horrible Bosses.\" Outside of acting Markle founded a lifestyle blog called TheTig.com (which closed down in April without explanation) and has lent her celebrity status to humanitarian causes.\n She has campaigned with the United Nations on gender equality written in Time magazine about girls' education and the stigma surrounding menstruation and has traveled to Rwanda as global ambassador for the charity World Vision Canada. She has described how her mother took her to the slums of Jamaica to witness poverty first-hand saying experiences like that shaped her social consciousness and charity work.\nTo some degree that mirrors the experience of Harry who was also inspired by his mother's humanitarian work and embraced the types of charities Diana favored in the final years of her life before her 1997 death in a Paris car crash.\nHarry and Markle held hands for their first official appearance together in September in Toronto at the Invictus Games a sporting event for wounded service personnel that Harry spearheaded.\nBoth were dressed casually in jeans smiling and chatting as they arrived for a tennis match. Several days later Harry was photographed kissing Markle on the cheek as he joined the actress and her mother in a luxury box to watch the event's closing ceremony.\n Markle said she met Harry through friends in London in July 2016 and that they had been dating quietly for several months before the romance hit the headlines.\nSome tabloids had alluded to Markle 's mixed-race heritage pointing out she has an African-American mother and a white father.\n Markle herself has spoken out about coming to terms with being biracial -- both growing up and in her Hollywood career.\nIn a March interview with Allure magazine she said studying race at college was \"the first time I could put a name to feeling too light in the black community and too mixed in the white community.", "output": [ "Meghan Markled", "Meghan" ] }, { "id": "task419-b86a4d52aaa544888152b8d7541143c1", "input": "One good Samaritan Dr. Imamu Baraka stepped in when he saw officials dumping the seemingly disoriented woman who was still dressed in her hospital gown and socks at a nearby bus stop.\n Baraka says he was leaving his practice that evening when he saw what he calls \"patient dumping\" in action.\n\"At first I was shocked \" he told The Associated Press. \"I couldn't believe what I was seeing. And I move beyond that to the next level from being shocked. I became … irritated and fearful for the young lady. And then I became angry.\"\n He quickly grabbed his cell phone to document the scene.\n Baraka a psychotherapist in the area says he hopes this unfortunate incident will open up a discussion of mental health in this country.", "output": [ "Imamu Baraka" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9521a70bc734d9c9bceedaa902e7ab4", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Tom Petty's legendary music career dated back to the 1960s and included multiple bands along with solo work. USA TODAY\n Tom Petty talks to the media at a Super Bowl press conference at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix on Jan. 31 2008. (Photo: Rob Schumacher The Arizona Republic)\nAs with many musicians Tom Petty 's music provides a soundtrack for many fans' lives.\nIn the case of Petty who died Monday night at 66 it's a literal soundtrack too as the singer and guitar player's tunes have enjoyed a life far beyond concerts albums (more than 80 million sold) and radio play elevating many films and TV shows over the past few decades.\n Petty earned the ultimate stage too as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed at the Super Bowl XLII halftime show playing American Girl I Won't Back Down Free Fallin' and Runnin' Down a Dream.\nMore: Tom Petty’s best quotes on fame greed and the state of rock ‘n’ roll\nIn a couple of classic films Petty songs are celebrated in the way many fans appreciate tunes: solo sing-along driving.\nMore: Hearts break in Hollywood after Tom Petty dies at 66\nMore: Remembering Tom Petty American icon and eternal rock 'n' roll underdog\n Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers recorded the soundtrack for 1996's She's the One which stars Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz.\n Petty also made a memorable appearance on The Simpsons a sign of pop culture resonance that ranks almost as high as a Super Bowl halftime show.\n He joined music greats Mick Jagger Keith Richards Elvis Costello Lenny Kravitz and Brian Setzer as they voiced themselves as instructors at a rock fantasy camp that Homer attends in the 2002 episode 'How I Spent My Strummer Vacation.'\n Petty conducted a lyrics workshop that Homer and his friends didn't fully appreciate a situation often encountered by true artists.", "output": [ "Tom Petty" ] }, { "id": "task419-a29076d5fc2f47e58a65e93a38675228", "input": "The Washington Post praised Sen. Jeff Flake R-Ariz. for speaking out against President Donald Trump but questioned why GOP leaders and most of his colleagues were remaining silent.\nIn an editorial the Posted noted: \"Sen. Jeff Flake an Arizona Republican delivered an address to the U.S. Senate Tuesday that was profoundly eloquent in its diagnosis of the degradation that President Trump has brought to American politics.\nIt noted Sen. Bob Corker R-Tenn. who like Flake is not running for re-election has joined him in speaking up.\n\"A few others have shown some courage at times: Mr. Flake 's fellow Arizonan the indomitable John McCain; the independent-minded Susan Collins of Maine; Alaska's Lisa Murkowski \" the newspaper said. \"But given that Mr. Flake 's fellow Republicans privately agree with much of what he had to say the silence from his leaders and most of his colleagues is overpowering.\"", "output": [ "Jeff Flake" ] }, { "id": "task419-b115ee1f02c74ecda40757e8f3f147d1", "input": "The clock has finally run out for an Upper East Side judge who ridiculed a lawyer with cerebral palsy and allowed cases involving tenants without heat or hot water to drag on sources told The Post . The Manhattan Housing Court ’ s advisory council which reviews its judges after each four - year term recently ruled that jurist Susan Avery should get the boot — as it catalogued years of complaints against her sources said . Avery ’ s chief - judge boss is now set to follow through on the recommendation by the end of the year sources said . “ Considering the complaints against her it ’ s about time for her to leave the bench ” said Alan Flacks a longtime local resident pushing for judicial reform . Avery 52 of East 84th Street landed her $ 175 000 - a - year job in 2012 thanks to a political appointment by then - Chief Judge Gail Prudenti . But she started demonstrating poor judgment almost immediately from the bench according to the 14 - member Advisory Council for the Housing Part of the Civil Court of New York City . In 2013 Avery reprimanded a lawyer with cerebral palsy for his sloppy handwriting the panel said in its four - page finding which called the judge “ unfeeling .’’ The incident resulted in a letter of caution being placed in Avery ’ s file according to a court source . The council — comprised of representatives from both the real - estate industry and tenants ’ organizations appointed by the mayor and governor — also criticized Avery for “ excessive multi - week adjournments ” for cases involving lack of heat and hot water said the letter a copy of which was read to The Post . The advisory council said in its decision last month that the New York Law School grad showed a general “ lack of concern ” for the litigants before her . The council added it was “ disturbed further ” by conflicts of interests involving the Housing Court judge ’ s family real - estate holdings . A court source said Avery failed to disclose that a law firm administering a family trust also regularly represents landlords in cases before the judge . Meanwhile the jurist garnered a “ not approved ” rating by the city Bar Association — twice . Voters also refused to back her two bids to move up to civil court . In the summer of 2016 a judge who was running against Avery for a civil - court position lodged a complaint over her campaign tactics . Justice Sabrina Kraus who was appointed to the bench in 2005 accused Avery ’ s boyfriend of making derogatory comments about her Iranian heritage on Facebook . Avery failed to disavow the remarks showing ethnic bias the advisory panel added . Kraus beat Avery to win the seat . Avery ran for civil court again this year but lost in the September primary . Avery did not respond to multiple requests for comment . The former chief judge who appointed her Prudenti said she had no memory of choosing her .", "output": [ "Susan Avery" ] }, { "id": "task419-7ebb99e8e2fe4f2dbe1087bc0e0fa18f", "input": "Cara and Jesse Nuno\nWho: Cara and Jesse Nuno\nHow much: $272 261 in five years \nCara and Jesse Nuno (Photo: NerdWallet.com)\nSix years ago Cara and Jesse Nuno could not imagine a debt-free life.\n Cara : I think I had suggested [going to a credit counselor] in the past but at the time Jess was too proud to talk to them .\nJesse: In 2012 I can’t remember if we saw the advertisement [for the agency] on TV or not but somehow it just kinda clicked so we went to them . They gave us April’s number.\nApril (credit counselor): The majority of their debt was old and in collections so they were really at the “cleanup stage” and [handling each debt] one at a time more than all together. They used a mix of different techniques to address the collections. Some needed to be disputed as already paid or invalid. They also had some that appeared to be past the statute of limitations so they first needed to verify this with an attorney and then dispute. Others they settled on but most they made paid in full.\n Cara : We kept looking each month at what we had and the progress we had made. Slowly but surely as we disputed and paid down our debts our credit scores went up.\n Jesse : Same for me. I was looking forward to the future where one day we ’d be able to buy things again.\nApril: When Jesse and Cara first came to me in 2012 their credit scores were 536 and 584 respectively. As of 2016 Cara’s was 667 and Jesse ’s was 758.\n Jesse : I seem to be sleeping better at night not tossing and turning like I used to figuring how I’m going to pay this or how I’m going to pay that. It takes its toll — I got the gray hair to prove it.\n Cara : We ’d like to do some work on the house and get our vehicles paid off. Now we have a budget and Jess pays all our bills early.\n Cara : It’s OK to ask for counseling to get started with a plan to get your debt paid off. Don’t be embarrassed to ask for help because you’re not the only person that’s been there.", "output": [ "Cara Jesse Nuno", "Nuno" ] }, { "id": "task419-25b34f54aa93490d99636fcdbb74762d", "input": "\"It is impossible not to conclude that McHugh knew full well he was purposefully and illegally exposing his tenants to catastrophic injury and death \" the suit said. Noe Duran the roommate who escaped the fire is also a party to the suit.\n McHugh could not be reached for comment. His attorney Greg Stannard said he had not had time to review the case and could not comment.\n McHugh is under a court order to sell all his rental properties in Los Angeles by the fall of 2010 as part of a plea agreement to avoid jail time for fire and habitability violations.\n City officials have been trying to regulate McHugh for decades. In the 1980s then-City Attorney Ira Reiner accused McHugh now 84 of dealing in \"blood money\" and threatened to put him in jail.\n But the landlord continued to amass buildings and a record of violating health and safety codes. Last summer his lawyer told city officials that he owned more than 140 properties housing about 8 000 people many of them impoverished immigrants in the city's core.\n Tenants and their advocates say the conditions in his buildings caused health risks such as lead poisoning asthma and ear infections caused by allergy to cockroaches.", "output": [ "McHugh" ] }, { "id": "task419-3bd7239f82c54e81aac99de55e11e9d6", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump finds the sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore “troubling” and thinks he should leave the race if they are true the White House said on Thursday as party leaders in Alabama stood by their nominee.\n Judge Roy Moore speaks as he participates in the Mid-Alabama Republican Club's Veterans Day Program in Vestavia Hills Alabama U.S. November 11 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry\nTrump’s position did not go as far as other Republican leaders in Washington who have said they believe the women accusing the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice and have demanded Moore withdraw from the race before the Dec. 12 vote.\n“The president said in his statement earlier this week that if the allegations are true then Roy Moore should step aside. He still firmly believes that ” she said.\nAsked if the president’s endorsement of Moore still stands Sanders said Trump thinks Alabama voters should decide the winner of the race.\nIn the past week multiple women have accused Moore of sexual improprieties or unwanted romantic advances they said occurred decades ago. Some of the women were teenagers at the time and he was in his 30s.\nBefore the allegations surfaced Moore was heavily favored to defeat Democrat Doug Jones in the special election next month.\n Moore scored a decisive Republican primary victory in September over Luther Strange who was appointed to fill the vacant seat after Jeff Sessions became U.S. attorney general earlier this year.\nTrump backed Strange in the primary but threw his support to Moore after Strange’s defeat.", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-040fc01ecbac45a99509f2cc95a96ef7", "input": "Embattled Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski says he did \"earn some money\" as a result of services his private consulting firm provided to the Brazilian construction company entangled in Latin America's biggest corruption scandal.\nIn an hour-long interview with Peruvian media Sunday Kuczynski repeated earlier assertions that he had no involvement in the Westfield Capital firm when Odebrecht-led consortiums made $782 000 in payments over a decade ago.\nBut Kuczynski did acknowledge that as a shareholder in the company he would have benefited from any profits that resulted.\nPeru's congress has initiated impeachment proceedings against Kuczynski on grounds that he displayed \"moral incapacity.\" Opposition lawmakers say Kuczysnki should have disclosed the payments.\n Kuczynski was a government minister at the time some of the payments were made.", "output": [ "Pedro Pablo Kuczynski" ] }, { "id": "task419-f8f4699289534d1a9e519fc82bfed7c3", "input": "During a news segment on Tuesday night before the race was called WGCL-TV journalist Sharon Reed addressed a viewer Kathy Rae who sent an email criticizing the anchor’s comments on how race played a role in the election. In the email Rae called Reed a “N***r ” misspelling the slur. (Readers should be aware that the word also appears uncensored below.)\nReed addressed the email on-air saying that Rae “mischaracterized” what she said.\n“So I think when arguing with somebody you have to be careful not to mischaracterize their viewpoint so I won’t mischaracterize your view either Kathy Rae ” she continued. “I get it. On Dec. 5 2017 you think it’s OK to call this journalist a nigger. I don’t. But I could clap back and say a few things to you. But instead I’ll let your words Kathy Rae speak for themselves . And that’ll be the last word.”\nPlease watch: This is a Teaching moment. Kathy Rae earned an education. #TheNWord #Nigger [Link] — Killer Mike (@KillerMike) December 6 2017\nFelt this clapback in my joints. The 👏🏾 hands? WHEW. She could’ve made that woman cry if she really wanted to. [Link] — Liz. (@LizMAdetiba) December 6 2017\nSharon Reed dragg Kathy Rae Rae all the way back to hell where she belongs.\nLet us build a sta Kathy Rae athy Rae so we always remember. [Link] — jay smooth (@jsmooth995) December 6 2017", "output": [ "Kathy Rae" ] }, { "id": "task419-737b1add4bf14552a7003428661b7207", "input": "Face masks are placed on children in Antananarivo Madagascar on Tuesday . ( Alexander Joe / Associated Press ) Some might consider the plague a thing of the past buried deep in medieval history . But it thrives in Madagascar where the disease is a seasonal worry . And this year the country is experiencing what may be its deadliest outbreak in years : About 194 people are suspected to have fallen ill from the plague since August and 33 have died as of Saturday according to Madagascar ’ s Ministry of Health . Experts say they can ’ t remember the last time the death toll was so high . In 2016 63 people died over the course of the year out of 275 cases . The majority of this year ’ s cases are pneumonic plague which can be transmitted through coughing according to the BBC . This form of the disease can kill an infected person in less than a day . To slow the outbreak Madagascar is temporarily shutting down its public institutions . Government authorities ordered two universities to close and other schools have shut their doors across the country including the capital Antananarivo so buildings can be sprayed with insecticides . The World Health Organization has shipped more than a million doses of antibiotics to the country the BBC reported . “ We are scared — all of these deaths show that the situation is serious ” Miora Herinjatovo 55 told Agence France - Presse on Wednesday . She got a mask from a hospital — unlike her husband who failed to get one after standing in line outside a pharmacy . He instead collected a handful of generic antibiotics . [ The plague alive and well in Madagascar ] Experts say the outbreak started in late August when a 31 - year - old man from the eastern city of Toamasina took a trip inland to Ankazobe where the plague lives in rodent and flea populations . While there he came down with malaria - like symptoms . He died in a taxi home passing through Antananarivo the WHO said in a Sept . 28 statement . The WHO said that many of the cases identified are directly or indirectly linked to the man which is evidence of person - to - person transmission . Of the 31 people who made direct or indirect contact with him four became ill and died the WHO said . Antananarivo and Toamasina were among the most - infected cities : As of Sept . 30 Antananarivo and its suburbs had 27 cases and seven deaths and Toamasina had 18 cases and five deaths . Antananarivo has about 1 . 3 million residents while Toamasina has about 237 000 according to a 2014 count by the National Institute of Statistics in Madagascar . Public gatherings including jazz festivals and basketball tournaments have been called off to prevent the plague from spreading according to media reports . One of the people killed by the plague last week was a basketball coach from the Seychelles who died while visiting the capital for a tournament according to a WHO report released Thursday . “ Right now we have the outbreak of a very infectious fatal disease ” said Katharina Kreppel an epidemiologist at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania who spent four years conducting field research in Madagascar . “ If people don ’ t notice fast enough or don ’ t have access to health care fast enough they die very quickly .” [ There ’ s plague in Arizona . Authorities warn of fleas that can infect people and pets .] This plague shares the same bacterium yersinia pestis that caused the “ Black Death ” pandemic in Europe during the 14th century . The most common form of the plague in Madagascar was until this year the bubonic plague spread to humans through infected fleas that contracted the infection from small animals they bit like rats . The disease is typically spread to humans by the bite of an infected flea according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . The bubonic plague is often treatable with antibiotics . If left untreated though the bacteria can spread through the bloodstream to the lungs and cause pneumonic plague — a deadly more infectious form that ’ s now spreading throughout Madagascar . Symptoms of the pneumonic plague are similar to the common cold according to the CDC . The symptoms of bubonic plague are fever headaches chills and weakness — as well as one or more swollen and painful lymph nodes known as buboes . The bacteria multiply in the lymph node closest to where the bacteria entered the body usually through the infected flea bite according to the CDC . If an infected person isn ’ t given antibiotics the bacteria can spread to other parts of the body . Should the bubonic plague become pneumonic the person will develop shortness of breath chest pain and sometimes bloody or watery mucous . The pneumonia may cause respiratory failure and shock . All forms of plague if untreated can progress rapidly to death according to the CDC . There have been three major plague pandemics : The Justinian plague which broke in the Byzantine Empire in AD 541 ; the “ Black Death ” which originated in China in 1334 and spread to Europe ; and the Modern Plague which began in China in the 1860s and appeared in Hong Kong by 1894 according to the CDC . It was during the last pandemic that scientists identified the link between the bacteria and infectious flea bites and rat - associated plague was soon brought under control in most urban areas . The plague has since been controlled in most countries with insecticides according to the CDC . And since it can be treated with antibiotics the spread of the disease is usually prevented if promptly identified . The plague is most commonly found in sub - Saharan Africa and Madagascar areas which account for more than 95 percent of reported cases according to the CDC . Madagascar often sees the highest numbers of bubonic plague cases worldwide about 600 infections annually . Madagascar has been in the throes of a political crisis since 2009 and has become one of the poorest countries in the world with more than 92 percent of the population living on less than $ 2 a day according to the World Bank Group . It ’ s lost a substantial portion of international aid and its infrastructure has deteriorated . Once rice harvest season finishes at the end of summer the rat population drops as they don ’ t have as much food . Fleas begin looking for new hosts to bite and settle on humans . As it is an island Madagascar is home to species that transmit the plague and often aren ’ t found anywhere else Kreppel told The Washington Post . While Madagascar ’ s scientists have monitored plague patterns for years and have the knowledge to mitigate the spread of this new pneumonic plague the money and resources to do so aren ’ t available Kreppel said . There isn ’ t adequate funding for insecticides spraying equipment or antibiotics she said and there aren ’ t enough health facilities to house quarantined patients . The country can ’ t afford the vehicles required to travel to isolated villages should the disease spread further Kreppel said . “ If an outbreak like this happened in the U . S . or Europe or anywhere else it would be controlled quite fast because the resources are there ” she said . This post has been updated . Read more : The troubling case of the young Japanese reporter who worked herself to death A mother refused to follow a court order to vaccinate her son . Now she ’ s going to jail . Southwest said she was removed from the plane over dog allergies . She has a very different story .", "output": [ "Katharina Kreppel" ] }, { "id": "task419-c4cc79bb38af48769090083c789e12f9", "input": "But President Donald J. Trump hardly looked like a grand wizard a week ago today. On January 8 he hosted Alveda King the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Isaac Newton Farris Jr. Dr. King’s nephew and Bruce Levell of the National Diversity Coalition for Trump . All three of Trump ’s guests are black.\n“I did about 200 cataract surgeries with a group of surgeons in Haiti and the same in Central America ” Senator Paul an ophthalmologist said on NBC’s Meet the Press yesterday. “And when we asked Donald J. Trump as a private citizen to support those trips he was a large financial backer of both medical mission trips.” Paul continued: “I think it’s unfair then to sort of all of a sudden paint him ‘Oh well he ’s a racist ’ when I know for a fact that he cares very deeply about the people in Haiti because he helped finance a trip where we were able to get vision back for 200 people in Haiti.”\nWhatever Trump said or didn’t say the reaction has been beyond incendiary with the words “racist” and “racism” erupting like volcanos around the Pacific Ring of Fire.\n Trump’s alleged language if uttered was unfortunate vulgar and unpresidential although he hardly would have been the first chief executive to use profanity in office. His supposed words apparently were aimed at sh**hole nations rather than sh**hole people. The latter would have been inexcusable.\nIt is widely understood that certain nations are garden spots and others are not. It is fair to say that Haiti El Salvador and a tragically high number of African countries are non-garden spots. It also is perfectly appropriate to ask whether America would be better off with immigrants from such impoverished and embattled places or from prosperous nations such as Norway which Trump reportedly mentioned. It likely was top of mind given Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg’s visit and joint press conference with him on Wednesday.\nWhatever he stated or didn’t President Trump should learn these lessons from this experience and repeat them to himself daily:\n“Every word I say matters.” This is true in public in private and around the clock until he leaves the White House and begins work on the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library.\n Trump should think of himself as Jim Carrey in the 1998 film The Truman Show. Except when he is in bed Trump should behave as if every breath he takes were being broadcast live around the globe.\n Trump needs to remember that Democrats are not his pals. They almost universally crave his failure resist his program and want to yank him from office — never mind the 304 votes he legitimately won in the Electoral College. Anything he says in front of Democrats (and even some Never Trump Republicans alas) can and will be used against him in the court of public opinion. Senator Durbin should be condemned for publicizing (or distorting) his private conversation with Trump thus sabotaging efforts to reach a DACA deal. But this should be no more shocking than if somewhere in Illinois a rooster crowed at dawn.\n Trump needs to remember that Democrats are not his pals.\nNed Ryun of American Majority has an excellent idea: Whenever President Trump meets with Democrats he should summon news cameras and let them stay until Democrats leave. Trump displayed his leadership skills to almost universal applause when he allowed the media to broadcast live for 55 minutes from the Cabinet Room as he negotiated immigration and border security last Tuesday. Doing this regularly when Democrats are around will prevent them from offering journalists an alternative version of events. With cameras present Trump should be on his best behavior. And the American people will benefit from Senate-floor-like transparency inside the White House. This would be unprecedented and gain Trump considerable respect for opening a virtual sunroof atop the West Wing.\nTrump’s job is to recall at all times with the relentlessness of a bloodhound chasing an escaped Death Row inmate that he must not give free knives and anvils to people who hate his guts and literally would cheer if he woke up dead tomorrow morning . (And the Left need not bother to deny this. Everyone knows this is true as evidenced by the Left’s repeated fantasies about Trump being shot stabbed and decapitated.) These people would call Trump a racist for ordering vanilla ice cream. He should remember this without fail and act accordingly.\nIf Trump becomes blurry about this fact he should remember the very first fake-news story to emerge on his watch. On January 20 during his very first day as president Time magazine’s Zeke Miller reported that Trump removed a bust of Dr. Martin Luther King from the Oval Office. This confirmed that Trump was a racist who couldn’t wait to evict that troublemaking black from his new office.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-19b0c7bd77464f1988f898948f59c8a6", "input": "Miami (AFP) – The NFL confirmed Friday it is investigating an allegation of sexual assault against Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston after a female Uber driver complained of being groped by the star last year.\nBuzzFeed News reported that the driver had alleged Winston grabbed her crotch during a ride in Scottsdale Arizona in March 2016. Winston has denied the allegation.\n Winston is now being probed by the NFL’s special counsel for investigations Lisa Friel who had written to the quarterback’s accuser.\n“The League has been informed that you may have been the victim of such a violation perpetrated by Tampa Bay Buccaneers player Jameis Winston ” Friel wrote in the letter.\n Winston 23 issued a statement in response to the BuzzFeed report denying the allegations.\n“A news organization has published a story about me regarding an alleged incident involving a female Uber driver from approximately two years ago ” Winston said.\n Winston is in his third season with Tampa Bay after being the top pick in the 2015 draft.\n His college career had been dogged by controversy including a 2012 allegation of rape by a fellow student at Florida State. Winston did not face charges following the incident.", "output": [ "Winston" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca5d5dc7be064a4e85f3629493b888cd", "input": "OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo speaks to the media during his visit in Abuja Nigeria Febuary 27 2017. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde\nNEW DELHI (Reuters) - OPEC’s Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo on Tuesday called on U.S. shale oil producers to help curtail global oil supply warning extraordinary measures might be needed next year to sustain the rebalanced market in the medium to long term.\n“We urge our friends in the shale basins of North America to take this shared responsibility with all seriousness it deserves as one of the key lessons learnt from the current unique supply-driven cycle ” said Barkindo .\n“At the moment we (OPEC and independent U.S. producers) both agreed that we have a shared responsibility in maintaining stability because they are also not insulated from the impact of this downturn ” Barkindo said referring to a slide in oil prices that spurred OPEC to agree production cuts late last year.\nWhile OPEC and some other producers including Russia have cut supplies this year in order to prop up prices U.S. production has soared by almost 10 percent this year driven largely by shale drillers. Barkindo said he hoped that new producers not just U.S. shale drillers would join production cuts.\n“Demand-supply is returning to rebalance through massive destocking that we have been witnessing of stocks in OECD across regions in a very massive way ” Barkindo said later speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the conference.\n“In the past four months alone we have seen destocking to the tune of 130 million bpd ” he said.\nThe aim of the OPEC-led cut is to trim the level of oil in OECD industrialized countries compared with the five-year supply average. Barkindo said the stock overhang to the five-year average stood at 171 million barrels in August against 338 million at the start of the year.\n“The speed and pace (of destocking) has accelerated as a result of anticipated and projected demand growth in the second half of 2017 to the tune of 2 million bpd. We are witnessing a fast return to a balanced market ” Barkindo said.\nStill on Sunday Barkindo said OPEC and other oil producers might need to take “some extraordinary measures” next year to rebalance the oil market.\nWorld oil demand growth in 2017 is expected at 1.45 million barrels per day (BPD) and it should stay around 1.4 million bpd in 2018 Barkindo said. He said India’s share of global oil demand is expected to rise to over 9 percent by 2040 up from 4 percent now.", "output": [ "Mohammed Barkindo" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad9ebe9b8ad3417084d50f0719b5fb63", "input": "Harry Leslie Smith is a World War II RAF veteran who will turn 95 in February 2018.\nHe is also an activist who's written several books on the Great Depression which he experienced in Britain the war and the rise of Neo-liberalism in the West. Recently Smith has been vocal in advocating for refugee rights visiting the Calais \"jungle\" and tweeting his passionate political opinions (he's a Labour supporter).\nBut there's still a challenge Smith wants to complete: travelling to refugee camps across the world. For this reason he's launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to help him fund his tour.\nI'm almost a 100 so I know my time left on earth is short that's why I'm making it count for something. [Link] … #Labour — Harry Leslie Smith (@Harryslaststand) October 19 2017\n As he notes his Twitter feed has over 123 000 followers and people of all ages are inspired by his voice.", "output": [ "Harry Leslie Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-1d434c3062844dd19fffdecf13d2c978", "input": "But Gaga has spent the past three years deconstructing her previous project which is its own kind of performance. Elaborate dance pop ceded ground to jazz standards showtunes and country rock. Tentacle gowns went into the closet; jeans and a pink cowboy hat came out. The director Chris Moukarbel shot Five Foot Two largely on handheld—maybe even smartphone—cameras. You see Gaga cooking recording planning crying bonding. In one scene she’s topless as she chats with her team by the poolside. The implication: This is Gaga au naturel. Yet she never seems to forget the camera. Five Foot Two documents last year’s release of her album Joanne and makes clear how much Gaga’s public reboot relied on demonstrating that she like everyone else suffers. Gaga has increasingly mined the traumas of her own life with songs and philanthropic efforts growing out of her rape at age 19. The dissolution of her engagement to the actor Taylor Kinney mournfully referenced a few times in the documentary seemed to inform the breakup-themed Joanne singles “Perfect Illusion” and “Million Reasons.” But there was a deeper source of anguish on Joanne too. The album is named for her aunt an aspiring artist who died of lupus at age 19 in 1974. “Seeing what that did to [my father] and my family was the most powerful thing I experienced growing up ” Gaga tells the journalist Darryl Pinckney in the film. “I am Joanne. I am my father’s daughter. That is what this record is about.”\nThe most memorable scene of the documentary comes when she first plays the album’s delicate acoustic title track for her grandmother Joanne’s mom. The moment verges on uncomfortable and not only because Gaga’s father Joanne’s brother gets up and leaves the room in apparent distress midway through. Gaga herself seems hungry to have her telling of an ordeal she did not personally experience validated by those who did. “Did I get it right?” she asks her grandmother mid-hug. “Yes you did ” her grandmother responds. But she has a warning for Gaga too: “Don’t become maudlin over all this.” For now Gaga is asking not for applause but understanding. It’s never explicitly stated but Gaga seems to connect to Joanne ’s story in part because of her own medical situation. Iconography about hospitals and crutches and wheelchairs over the years hinted that the seemingly bionic pop star faced problems of the flesh off-stage. In 2010 she told Larry King she tested “borderline positive” for lupus. She ’s still feeling the effects of the injury she sustained in 2013 as seen in a Five Foot Two moment when she pauses rehearsals for her Super Bowl halftime show because of hip tightness. Fibromyalgia appears to make that problem worse and being a pop star in chronic pain certainly doesn’t seem easy. One scene shows her having her makeup done for a performance while sitting in a doctor’s examination room.\nGaga’s particular ailment is an almost-literal rendering of Jamison’s “pain without a cause”—which is as she notes “pain which can’t be trusted.” A poorly understood but widespread disorder that seems to inordinately affect women fibromyalgia is sometimes assumed to be psychosomatic. “Drug Approved. Is Disease Real?” read a 2008 New York Times headline about the first FDA-sanctioned drug to treat it. Gaga has said that she wants to help raise awareness and research dollars. During one excruciating flare-up shown in Five Foot Two she sympathizes with less-privileged sufferers of the disorder: “Like I don’t know what I’d fuckin’ do if I didn’t have everybody here to help me.” A few moments later she’s looking straight into the camera. “Do I look pathetic?” she asks tear-streaked lying on a couch a therapist massaging her. “I’m so embarrassed.” It’s a powerful moment because the stigma of pain is clearly part of the pain itself. But it’s also aesthetically striking. To answer Gaga’s question she actually looks like she did in parts of the “Bad Romance” video—crying stripped down and oddly luminous. It’s a sign of fame’s power on the viewer: Whatever lengths she might go to put person over persona the persona remains. * * * Pop music has firmly moved on from the phase of gleeful Technicolor artifice that Gaga stood for at her peak. Contemporaries in wildness like Kesha and Miley Cyrus have done much what Gaga has done and traded Alexander McQueen creations for cowboy boots. They have also made a diaristic turn harmonizing their music with their angsty tabloid sagas.\nUsually this means trading on the spectacle of suffering to sell pop’s ultimate commodity—inspiration. Beyoncé’s Lemonade is the signal example taking the sting of infidelity to spin a tale of hurt and overcoming. Kesha’s alleged abuse by her mentor and producer Dr. Luke was addressed and transcended on this year’s Rainbow. Katy Perry marketed her latest album with an on-camera therapy session in which she cried about her “real” self wanting to be known. Taylor Swift seems on the verge of unveiling a more acidic survival story. “Victim to victory” songs are always in fashion but the latest boom relies more than pop usually does on the feeling of authenticity. Adult listeners of drive-time radio typically know they’re in the realm of fantasy and commerce yet fully enjoying the confessional-pop performance means buying into the non-musical narratives surrounding them. Beyoncé rolled her own child and husband into the Lemonade visual experience. “I write this shit baby ” Kesha insisted on a recent single. You’re explicitly asked to believe that the gap between performer and person is negligible. Joanne already fit into this triumphant-confessional class with Gaga singing about family members and friends by name and roaring “I might not be flawless but you know I’ve got a diamond heart.” The meta-text all along was Gaga’s own career arc—a sense that she ’d come down from the heights she ’d reached from 2008 to 2013 stumbled with her third album and might never recover. Glimmers of past traumas and family tragedy contributed to the pathos. Her medical troubles would seem to retroactively add in a new layer though it’s unclear when she received her fibromyalgia diagnosis and little on the album can be heard as an explicit reference to illness. Certainly the lyrics about healing through love on her post- Joanne single “The Cure ” now seem a lot less generic.", "output": [ "Joanne" ] }, { "id": "task419-ef8f9a640f8549e99e2faed02b3eda35", "input": "Fernando Solorzano head of Panama’s Merchant Marine told Reuters there was no initial sign that the stricken ship was in breach of any security protocols. He added though that investigations could take months or even years to conclude.\n“It had all the valid technical certificates on board and the financial guarantees required under international agreements ” Solorzano said in an interview late on Thursday.\nAn international team of experts from China Iran Hong Kong and the crew’s home countries would be analyzing the voyage data recorder a device that monitors the vessel’s progress to determine the cause of the collision he added.\n Solorzano said all vessels sailing under the flag had to comply with strict requirements. He conceded the event could adversely affect the image of the registry because it is known for having a low rate of incidents.", "output": [ "Fernando Solorzano" ] }, { "id": "task419-720c721c1bfc42b09fa181f43260168f", "input": "Kavous Seyed-Emami was managing director of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation which seeks to protect Iran’s rare animals and a U.S.-trained scholar in sociology.\nSeyed-Emami’s son the Iranian musician Raam Emami wrote on Twitter that his father was arrested on Jan. 24 and that his mother had been informed of Emami ’s death on Feb. 9. It was not immediately clear where he was tweeting from.\n“The news of my father’s passing is impossible to fathom ” Raam Emami wrote. “I still can’t believe this.”\nOn his Instagram account Raam Emami wrote that authorities said his father had committed suicide. He did not respond to requests for further comment.", "output": [ "Kavous Seyed-Emami" ] }, { "id": "task419-dfced9a75c4c4c9f8cd8f0330280a68f", "input": "If Corey Crawford ’s “upper-body” injury keeps him out the rest of the season which was a possibility indicated by Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman then the Blackhawks will have a “lower-standings” issue.\nWhen Crawford was placed on the injured list on Dec. 27 the Hawks were two points behind the Wild for the second wild-card spot but held two games in hand.\nWithout Crawford the Hawks have gone 5-4-1 and find themselves three points behind the eighth-seeded Kings who also have a game in hand.\nTo recap their lot without Crawford has become worse and it could get a lot worse if he continues to suffer from vertigo again as reported by the Chicago Sun-Times.\n Crawford has been the Hawks’ best player this season and it’s not even close. He won a lot of games by himself when his teammates proved inept or inert. His play had been Vezina Trophy-worthy and even now his .929 save percentage ranks third in the league while his 2.27 goals-against average stands fifth overall.\nIt seems impossible to imagine the Hawks trading for another Crawford and they don’t have an extra one handy. Jeff Glass has a better backstory than a future as a playoff goalie from what I’ve seen. Anton Forsberg seems earnest and talented but his goals-against average is more than a half-goal worse than Crawford’s which is a bad thing for a once-dominant team that sadly sometimes can’t score even a half-goal a game. See Sunday’s shutout-loss-tank-job against the dreaded Red Wings at home on Sunday.\nThe long-range view goes only to Feb. 26. That’s the trade deadline. The Hawks will play 18 games before then and have a little more than five weeks to get some good news on Crawford .\n3 goalies the Blackhawks could pursue if Corey Crawford is out for the season »\nCorey Crawford's injury could last longer than first believed »", "output": [ "Corey Crawford" ] }, { "id": "task419-5f24cdfe67ed425d91fb8067f45084d1", "input": "In 2016 Lemonis partnered with Parlour Enterprises which operated the California Farrell's locations to revive the brand in exchange for a 51 percent stake in the Farrell's trademark.\n Lemonis entrusted Parlour Enterprise CFO Paul Kramer and its since-resigned CEO Mike Fleming with the task of revamping the restaurant.\nInstead Kramer and Fleming neglected the changes Lemonis had requested. The most successful Farrell's location which once brought in over $4 million in sales closed down because the owners' were behind on rent.\n\"I got basically a big F.U. and I have to decide whether I just want to cut my losses and move on because I don't want to throw good money after a bad situation \" Lemonis said.\nWhen Lemonis investigated further into Farrell's demise he spoke with Lee who had been working as a regional manager at the restaurant for nearly six years and was in charge of updating the restaurant's menu in 2016.\nLee admitted he wasn't able to do his job properly because of Kramer's resistance to change. After negotiating a new lease for Farrell's most successful location Lemonis agreed to help save the restaurant in exchange for a 75 percent stake in the company.\nUnlike Fleming and Kramer Lee did his best to help keep Farrell's afloat. \"For Travis it's always about the customer it's always about the employee it's always about the company \" Lemonis said. \"It's never about him.\"\nThat's why Lemonis went the extra step to acknowledge Lee's dedication to Farrell's.\n\"Thank yous are necessary but let's be honest they're not everything. So I want to give you a bonus \" Lemonis said. \"[This could] never have worked without you.\"\nThe bonus not only showed Lemonis' gratitude for the extra effort Lee put into the business it's also a tactic that could boost Lee's morale and productivity.\nLee meanwhile expressed his appreciation for Lemonis' leadership move and said the money would help his family.\nUnder Lee's new changes the new Farrell's location is expected to make $4.2 million in revenue — which prompted Lemonis to called him a \"rockstar.\"\n\"You have not only earned my trust but you have earned my respect \" Lemonis told Lee. \"You don't work for Farrell's you're my partner at Farrell's.\"\n\"You're not an employee. This is your business \" he added. \"Don't you ever forget that this is your business.\"", "output": [ "Marcus Lemonis", "Lemonis" ] }, { "id": "task419-9598981e567547e8a67a15745dea7f2a", "input": "Within the last month Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been heckled on out-of-town campuses on the West Coast and in the Midwest about his plans for a new police academy. Now it looks as if he ’ll add an East Coast Ivy League academy into the mix.\nThe letter — which complains that the $95 million being spent on a new police academy would be better spent on schools — echoes comments directed at Emanuel by handfuls of hecklers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor on Jan. 19 and at the University of California Los Angeles on Feb. 12.\nIn Los Angeles last week Emanuel laughed off the protests telling his audience that he “didn’t realize there were that many direct flights” from Chicago. In Ann Arbor Emanuel attempted to engage the protesters who continued to chant at him . Some in the audience booed the hecklers.\nBut the Harvard protesters accuse Emanuel of doing too little to halt the decline in the size of Chicago’s black population and write that “As future and current designers urban planners policy-makers organizers and educators we cannot disregard the people who are in danger because of Rahm Emanuel’s administration.”", "output": [ "Rahm Emanuel" ] }, { "id": "task419-8e3cf02dd4d844f0acafc7a4ab0098b1", "input": "By any measure , the Mitt Romney for president campaign has had a painfully bad week . \nThat day , Romney addressed the NAACP convention in Houston . \nThe speech was poorly received , so much so that Romney , in an interview that afternoon on Fox Business , told host Neil Cavuto that he had \"expected\" boos . \nSome interpreted that comment as proof that Romney had actually wanted to be booed by the NAACP in order to rev up elements of the conservative base . \nThe Romney campaign next reacted by whispering to the Drudge Report -LRB- which acts as a kind of message board for Romney -RRB- that it was seriously considering Condoleezza Rice as a running mate . \nGillespie : Romney retroactively retired . \nGillespie : Romney retroactively retired 02:44 . \nAnd it was that \"win the hour\" mentality that got the Romney campaign into much more serious trouble when the Obama campaign launched a big push on Romney 's business record the next day . \nGergen : Obama 's charges vs. Romney do n't hold up . \nThursday morning , the Obama campaign released a tough ad attacking the record of downsizing and outsourcing at Romney 's old firm , Bain Capital . \nThe Romney campaign reacted with outrage . \nIn support of the ad , Romney 's team argued that he had left Bain Capital in February 1999 ; the incidents alluded to by the Obama campaign all occurred after that date and had nothing to do with Romney . \nThe first attack on Romney had been a jab , dropping Romney 's guard against the haymaker : On Friday , the Obama team counter-charged that it was Romney who was lying in his ads or who had committed a felony , lying on 140 official forms that he signed as CEO and sole shareholder of Bain between 1999 and 2002 . \nRomney now chased the Obama story , granting five TV interviews to reiterate his version of events . \nBy Sunday , even Romney supporters were urging the thing he wants least : release of more income tax returns . \nAnd here again , what got Romney into the trouble was his war room . \nIt was the too-fierce response to Attack 1 -- the adamant insistence that Romney had nothing , nothing to do with anything that happened at Bain after February 1999 -- that set up Romney for Attack 2 : Did he lie on SEC forms ? \nYes , it is technically true that Romney ended his operational role at Bain before he ended his titular role . \nRomney 's core problem is this : He heads a party that must win two-thirds of the white working-class vote in presidential elections to compensate for its weakness in almost every demographic category . \nThe white working class is the most pessimistic and alienated group in the electorate , and it especially fears and dislikes the kind of financial methods that gained Romney his fortune . \nRomney has a strong potential defense : Bain was in the business of making companies more efficient and profitable . \nHowever , it 's not an argument that appeals much to the voters Romney most intensely needs to win . \nAnd this time , by trying to do too much , the Romney war room may have blasted its own side with lethal friendly fire .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-b628af8e828940b69aab492ea68b5085", "input": "Apple CEO Tim Cook is already thinking about who might run the company after he 's gone.\nAnd it sounds like he wants options.\n\"I see my role as CEO to prepare as many people as I can to be CEO and that's what I'm doing. And then the board makes a decision at that point in time \" Cook said in an interview with BuzzFeed News.\n Cook gave the interview at Apple's new Chicago retail store a flagship for the company as it looks to turn its locations into must-see attractions.\nApple's head of retail Angela Ahrendts flanked Tim Cook during the interview . It's not surprising she was there but it is notable for Cook to discuss succession next to her . Ahrendts is considered a prime candidate for the role. Of course at just 56 years old Cook might not step away for a while.", "output": [ "Tim Cook" ] }, { "id": "task419-32a74ab16596471fa894a9fcedfecaff", "input": "Pittsburgh Steelers offensive tackle Alejandro Villanueva is a former Army Ranger. While his team remained off the field for the national anthem he stood by the tunnel with his hand over his heart. As the weekend descended into madness from the liberal media over President Trump’s remarks about NFL players who take a knee during the Star-Spangled Banner Villanueva proved to be Sunday’s hero. Yet Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin who defended his team ’s actions to remain off the field as avoiding playing politics was disappointed the former Army Ranger visibly stood for the anthem.\n“Like I said I was looking for 100 percent participation we were gonna be respectful of our football team ” said Tomlin . Guy torched him :\nLet me see if I've got this straight: Tomlin -- a Clinton donor and fundraiser -- is upset that Villanueva was not \"respectful of our football team\" because he decided to honor the country for which he's courageously risked his life by not snubbing the national anthem? This is the display of 'disunity' that bothers Tomlin?\nNow Fox Sports 1’s Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe joined Tomlin noting that Villanueva should have remained out of sight (via Mediaite) [emphasis mine]:\n“It didn’t work for him to step out of the tunnel ” Bayless said during Monday’s edition of Undisputed. “If in fact you had all agreed you had voted whether a majority or unanimously to do this as a team to stay up in the tunnel until the Anthem was done. And Mike Tomlin was clear.” Bayless’s colleague Shannon Sharpe agreed. “Teams they always take the military mentality because it’s all for one one for all. Whatever we decide to do that’s what we’re going to do. He went on his own. I get it. He was in the military. I commend him for his service. But in this situation if the team decided that we all of us were going to wait in the tunnel while the national anthem is being played that was the protocol that should have been followed.”\nThe thing is no one in that universe gets it. No one. We can talk about free speech all day; the point is that 72 percent of Americans view Colin Kaepernick who started this whole controversy in San Francisco and his national anthem antics as unpatriotic. There’s a massive disconnect between the fans and the league. Americans are proud. They respect those who serve and when people take a knee they see spit flying in the faces of those who have sacrificed to protect our freedoms here at home. There’s no changing that. If you have to explain you’re losing. Sometimes it’s just wrong. And huddling in the tunnel like the Brits during the Blitz because no one could agree on something as simple as respecting and standing for the national anthem is just absurd. Maybe that’s why Villanueva merchandise is going through the roof. For the bubble this stunt didn’t work for everyone else—there was an American hero honoring our country. No one should be fired or suspended for taking a knee of course. They do deserve a kick in the teeth on social media which was expected and they shouldn’t expect the intensity to subside.", "output": [ "Mike Tomlin" ] }, { "id": "task419-78136e88cf694ec985db0fc39fda1095", "input": "ObamaCare is a broken mess. Piece by piece we will now begin the process of giving America the great HealthCare it deserves! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13 2017\nPaul Ryan supports Trump 's decision to end the Obamacare cost-sharing payments and gives no indication that Congress will appropriate them. pic.twitter.com/7c6tVaFoV0 — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 13 2017\n2. Critics of Trump ’s decision to end CSR payments seem to forget a federal judge called them unconstitutional and ordered that they stop. — Michael F. Cannon (@mfcannon) October 13 2017\n--But the Trump administration is injecting turbulence into the Obamacare marketplaces by cutting off the payments just as insurers are finalizing their 2018 plan offerings. Losing the approximately $7 billion in annual payments which reimburse insurers for discounting deductibles and co-payments for the lowest-income enrollees is grounds for insurers to back out of their federal contracts to even sell plans next year. The administration had been making the payments on a month-to-month basis prompting complaints by insurers about a lack of certainty as they tried to plan ahead.\nEven a Republican (who is retiring next year) slammed Trump . Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.):\nIt really is remarkable how differently retiring and non-retiring congressional Republicans talk about President Trump . — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) October 13 2017\n TRUMP TEMPERATURE\n--Yesterday President Trump signed an anticipated executive order intended to circumvent certain ACA rules by making it easier for individuals and small business to buy alternative types of health insurance with lower prices but fewer benefits The Post's Amy Goldstein reports.\n\"The White House and allies portray the president’s move as wielding administrative powers to accomplish what congressional Republicans have failed to achieve: fostering more coverage choices while tearing down the law’s insurance marketplaces \" Amy writes. \"The order represents Trump ’s biggest step to date to reverse the health-care policies of the Obama administration a central promise since last year’s presidential campaign.\n\"Critics who include state insurance commissioners most of the health-insurance industry and mainstream policy specialists predict that a proliferation of these other kinds of coverage will have damaging ripple effects: driving up costs for consumers with serious medical conditions and prompting more insurers to flee the law’s marketplaces. Part of Trump ’s action they say will spark court challenges over its legality.\"\n--It expands the availability of short-term insurance policies which offer limited benefits as a bridge for people between jobs or young adults no longer eligible for their parents’ health plans. The Obama administration ruled that short-term insurance may not last for more than three months; Trump wants to extend that to nearly a year.\nOf course Trump insisted yesterday that he was providing \"Obamacare relief\" in remarks shortly before signing the order. \"This will cost the United States government virtually nothing and people will have great great healthcare \" he said. \"And when i say people I mean by the millions and millions.\"\nMembers of Trump 's Cabinet of course cheered the move. Treasury Secertary Steven Mnuchin's statement per Reuters' Pete Schroeder:\nTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin puts out a statement praising Trump for his healthcare EO. For some reason. pic.twitter.com/d4YZ4aidfB — Pete Schroeder (@peteschroeder) October 12 2017\nHow Trump 's executive order could weaken Obamacare:\nHere's how the 25th Amendment works:", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-a57388ea1acc4ec69c02103db6c1b51f", "input": "U.S. officials said Pakistan accomplished the release of Caitlan Coleman of Stewartstown Pennsylvania and her husband Canadian Joshua Boyle who were abducted and held by the Haqqani network which has ties to the Taliban and is considered a terrorist organization by the United States.\nBill Gorman / AP A photograph of Canadian citizen Joshua Boyle and American citizen Caitlan Coleman who were kidnapped by the Taliban in late 2012 held by their family members in Stewartstown Pa. in 2014. A photograph of Canadian citizen Joshua Boyle and American citizen Caitlan Coleman who were kidnapped by the Taliban in late 2012 held by their family members in Stewartstown Pa. in 2014. (Bill Gorman / AP) (Bill Gorman / AP)\nA U.S. military official said that a military hostage team had flown to Pakistan Wednesday prepared to fly the family out. The team did a preliminary health assessment of the family and had a transport plane ready to go. But sometime after daybreak there as the family members were walking to the plane Boyle said he did not want to board.\nAnother U.S. official said Boyle was nervous about being in \"custody\" given his background.\n Boyle was once married to Zaynab Khadr the older sister of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr and the daughter of a late senior al-Qaida financier. Her father Ahmed Said Khadr and the family stayed with Osama bin Laden briefly when Omar Khadr was a boy.\nOfficials had discounted any link between that background and Boyle 's capture with one official describing it in 2014 as a \"horrible coincidence.\"\nThe Toronto Star reported that Boyle spoke to his parents after his release. \" Josh said he was doing pretty well for someone who has spent the last five years in an underground prison \" his father told the paper.\nThe release came together rapidly Wednesday. It happened nearly five years to the day after Coleman and Boyle lost touch with their families while traveling in a mountainous region near the Afghan capital of Kabul.\nThe couple set off in the summer 2012 for a journey that took them to Russia the central Asian countries of Kazakhstan Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan and then to Afghanistan. Coleman's parents last heard from their son-in-law on Oct. 8 2012 from an internet cafe in what Boyle described as an \"unsafe\" part of Afghanistan.\n Boyle 's parents say their son told them in a letter that he and his wife tried to protect the children by pretending their signs of captivity were part of a game being played with guards.", "output": [ "Joshua Boyle" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5262e395bda4e1f97404471edd33211", "input": "ISIS is on the run in Iraq and Syria but acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke said radical Islamic terrorists are plotting a new 9/11-scale attack.\nIn a speech at the U.S. embassy in London Duke said smaller low-level attacks that include the use of everyday objects like knives and vehicles were designed to maintain their support while working on bigger attack targets U.K.-based news outlets reported.\nReferring to strikes in which terrorists have attacked people using knives or vehicles Duke said \"Creating terror is their goal.\"\n Duke warned it was taking less time for terrorists to plan attacks as they could exploit \"safe spaces online\" to evade detection the outlet noted.\n She added one of the biggest threats to the safety of aviation travel was the free movement of goods and people between countries.\n\"What we believe is that because of the movement of goods and people we have to raise the baseline worldwide we can't only consider our borders \" she said.", "output": [ "Elaine Duke" ] }, { "id": "task419-7e781c161a9742c2b85c00a49dab859e", "input": "ESPN reported Friday that FBI wiretaps intercepted phone conversations between Miller and Christian Dawkins an employee for ASM Sports agent Andy Miller. According to sources familiar with the government's evidence Miller and Dawkins discussed paying $100 000 to ensure that star freshman Deandre Ayton would sign with the Wildcats.\nMiller and Dawkins had multiple conversations about Ayton sources told ESPN. When Dawkins asked Miller if he should work with assistant coach Emanuel \"Book\" Richardson to finalize their agreement Miller told Dawkins he should deal directly with him when it came to money the sources said.\nThe telephone calls between Miller and Dawkins were among 3 000 hours of conversations intercepted from Dawkins ' phone by the FBI.\nRichardson is accused of accepting $20 000 in bribes and paying a recruit to sign with the Wildcats. In exchange for the money the government alleges Richardson agreed to influence Arizona players to sign with Dawkins and financial adviser Munish Sood who also was arrested by FBI agents. Arizona formally fired Richardson on Jan. 11.", "output": [ "Christian Dawkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-62bb05655bf6408896f4aec8395e8b53", "input": "President Donald Trump first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron walk to Marine One at the White House en route to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach Fla.\nMarch 17 2017 President Donald Trump first lady Melania Trump and their son Barron walk to Marine One at the White House en route to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach Fla. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post\nUpset about damaging leaks of his calls with world leaders and other national security information Trump has ordered an internal investigation to find the leakers. Staffers meanwhile are so fearful of being accused of talking to the media that some have resorted to a secret chat app — Confide — that erases messages as soon as they’re read.\nThe chaos and competing factions that were a Trump trademark in business and campaigning now are starting to define his presidency according to interviews with a dozen White House officials as well as other Republicans. Most spoke on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss internal White House dynamics and deliberations.\nStaffers buzz privately about who is up and who is down with many eagerly gossiping about which poor colleague gets an unflattering portrayal on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” For the past two weeks it has been White House press secretary Sean Spicer. But aides said Trump was especially upset by a sketch that cast White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon as the Grim Reaper manipulating the president — who was ultimately relegated to a miniature desk playing dolefully with an expandable toy.\n[ Trump turns Mar-a-Lago Club dinner table into an open-air situation room]\nOn Monday afternoon as speculation of a staff shake-up was rife on cable news channels Trump made clear to a small group of reporters what he thought of his chief of staff: “Reince is doing a great job. Not a good job. A great job ” the president said.\nThe problem: Trump had yet to weigh in and aides and advisers were loath to take sides without knowing for certain whether their often mercurial and erratic boss wanted to keep Flynn or cut him loose.\nOn Monday after Trump made it through a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau without being asked about Flynn a group of reporters gathered outside Spicer’s office for more than 80 minutes. Spicer twice declined to answer questions about Flynn. When White House chief of staff Reince Priebus walked by he was asked whether the president still had confidence in Flynn. Priebus gave no answer.\nNot long after Kellyanne Conway the counselor to the president said Trump had “full confidence” in Flynn. Yet a few minutes later Spicer issued an official — and conflicting — statement saying Trump was “evaluating the situation.”\n[As Flynn falls under growing pressure over Russia contacts Trump remains silent]\nIn an administration where proximity to Trump is power aides advisers and visitors often mill about in the West Wing lingering long after their scheduled appointments have ended.\n[ Trump friend says Priebus is ‘in way over his head’]\nChristopher Ruddy a longtime friend of Trump ’s who on Sunday publicly criticized Priebus in television and print interviews as being “in way over his head ” received calls from both the chief of staff and Jared Kushner — Trump’s son-in-law senior adviser and enforcer — and said Monday that he thought the White House was working to remedy its challenges.\n Trump ’s legislative affairs team — headed by Rick Dearborn and Marc Short both veterans of the Hill — is also considered well-liked disciplined and professional. But congressional staffers say they have been given advance notice about some executive orders on topics such as cybersecurity and Guantanamo Bay that have never materialized a delay they attribute to chaos within the West Wing.", "output": [ "Melania Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-e228a4e8a54a45c1ae753c981e6ece32", "input": "Another conservative outsider successful businessman and conservative state Representative Mike Braun of Jasper has announced he is entering a 2018 Indiana Republican Senate Primary.\n Braun is the founder and CEO of Meyer Distributing a nationwide auto parts distribution company with locations in 38 states and headquartered in Jasper Indiana.\nAP reports Braun correctly observing that the increasingly bitter feud between Messer and Rokita is turning off voters. He says harsh words between the two will only tear down the eventual Republican nominee and boost incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly's re-election chances.\n“I made my career in the private sector. Our country needs more people who can tackle big issues from perspectives gained from running a business and not a career politician’s perspective ” Braun stated in his announcement. “I’ve spent my life building a business and creating jobs. I am running for US Senate because we need leaders who understand the real consequences of the failure of our federal government and are capable of delivering solutions for Hoosiers on issues like health care and tax reform.”\n“Joe Donnelly has consistently voted with the liberals in Washington. Donnelly voted for Obamacare Obama’s radical Supreme Court justices trillions in reckless spending and debt and stood with Barack Obama as he worked to destroy this country. Now he is standing with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer as they block President Trump’s efforts to bring real conservative change to Washington ” charged Braun .\n“I am ready to go to Washington to deliver Donald Trump reinforcements as he takes on the DC swamp. Last year’s presidential election showed that Hoosiers know outsiders with business experience are the country’s best hope to fix the broken political system in Washington. Most importantly Hoosiers want leaders who can break the hold career politicians have on the system and make conservative change happen. It’s time to replace Joe Donnelly with a Hoosier conservative who can get the job done. That is what I will do in Washington ” Braun said.\nBraun who has pledged to invest his own money to put his campaign on the same footing as the better-known Rokita and Messer is already emphasizing his outsider status.\n\"Last year's presidential election showed that Hoosiers know outsiders with business experience are the country's best hope to fix the broken political system in Washington \" Braun said in a statement.\n Braun has also placed himself squarely behind President Trump’s make America great again agenda saying he pledged to help President Donald Trump \"as he takes on the D.C. swamp\" and incisively portraying Democratic incumbent Senator Joe Donnelly as an ally of liberals in Congress.\n Mike Braun is a smart guy and successful businessman who spent the summer gauging interest among the Hoosier state’s grassroots Republicans. He ’s got the resources to be competitive and he ’s clearly taken the lay of the political landscape and determined there’s a hole in the marketplace for an outsider candidate. He will be a formidable candidate if he can stay the course of pushing the Trump MAGA agenda while avoiding a mudwrestling match with Rokita and Messer. To learn more about Mike Braun’s campaign for the Senate click this link.", "output": [ "Mike Braun" ] }, { "id": "task419-044dfe72d6684e67aefd7c02cf40b955", "input": "MANCHESTER England (Reuters) - British finance minister Philip Hammond defended capitalism as the only route to prosperity on Monday in an attempt to counter the opposition Labour Party’s increasingly popular vision for a more centrally-controlled economy.\nIn a speech to the ruling Conservative Party that contained only two new policy announcements Hammond also said that the government’s immediate task was to deal with the uncertainty for citizens and businesses resulting from Brexit.\n Hammond who was sidelined by May during the election campaign said last week’s Labour Party conference showed it wanted to impose on Britain the world’s fifth largest economy the “socialist fantasy” seen in Cuba Venezuela or Zimbabwe.\n“We saw Labour in the raw exposed for what it has sadly become: a party taken hostage by a clique of hard-left extremist infiltrators people who despise Britain’s values and talk down our country ” Hammond told Conservative Party activists.\nSeeking to put the economy center-stage in the Conservatives’ pitch to voters Hammond said Britain could only hope to experience rising living standards “by harnessing the power of the market economy”.\nWith opinion polls showing Labour gaining support Hammond aims to convince voters that Corbyn would make them poorer.\nLabour’s leaders he said “openly proclaim their ambition to demolish our successful modern market economy and replace it with a back-to-the-future socialist fantasy with hundreds of billions of extra debt for the next generation to pay.”\n“Our economy is not broken: It is fundamentally strong ” Hammond said while also accepting that a lack of progress in talks on Britain’s divorce settlement with the European Union and uncertainty over future ties were weighing on businesses.\n“The process of negotiating our exit from the EU has created uncertainty so investment has slowed as businesses wait for clarity ” Hammond said.\n Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond speaks at the Conservative Party's conference in Manchester Britain October 2 2017. REUTERS/PHIL NOBLE\nBusiness groups welcomed Hammond’s defense of free markets but said the government needed to do much more.\n Hammond pledged 400 million pounds ($535 million) of additional road and rail spending and 10 billion pounds of funding to help young Britons get on the property ladder.\n“We must never deny or dismiss the underlying concerns that the election articulated: we must listen to them and we must respond ” Hammond said adding that the government should offer “pragmatic solutions” to improve ordinary people’s lives.\nBut with Brexit on the horizon a slowing economy and the Bank of England hinting that interest rates could rise May and Hammond have limited room for fiscal maneuver.\nLabour said Hammond’s speech on Monday was disappointing.", "output": [ "Hammond" ] }, { "id": "task419-abb20c3653624835b1b89f59b9fd97a2", "input": "Former United Nations secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali gives an interview to the Associated Press in New York.\nMay 27 1997 Former United Nations secretary general Boutros Boutros-Ghali gives an interview to the Associated Press in New York. Michael Schmelling/AP\nBoutros Boutros-Ghali an urbane Egyptian diplomat whose service as United Nations secretary general during the early 1990s coincided with genocides from Rwanda to the Balkans as well as political frictions that caused the Clinton administration to block him from a second term died Feb. 16 at a hospital in Cairo. He was 93.\n Boutros Boutros-Ghali in 1996 at the end of his term as U.N. secretary general. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)\nBoutros Boutros-Ghali was born in Cairo on Nov. 14 1922. He was a Coptic Christian from a family with deep roots in Egypt’s old aristocracy.", "output": [ "Boutros Boutros-Ghali" ] }, { "id": "task419-f3d5406df2b646dda805566e8afd143b", "input": "WASHINGTON — Anthony Scaramucci President Trump's former communications director is on a list of people blocked from entering the White House without special approval.\nA day after saying he wasn't blocked a White House official confirmed that Scaramucci is indeed among fired officials excluded from the campus. The acknowledgment came after the financier provided to Bloomberg News official White House correspondence that confirmed he was denied an appointment.\n Scaramucci is among a group of former staffers who left \"under adverse circumstances\" placed on an \"administrative exclusion list \" the White House said in response to Bloomberg's questions. Those former employees must have any appointments on the premises \"evaluated on a case by case basis.\"\n Scaramucci provided emails indicating he had been denied access to the complex to counter a White House official's assertion Thursday that his claim of being blacklisted from the building was false. At the time the official - who requested anonymity to discuss personnel matters - said Scaramucci was treated the same as any former staffer and would be granted access if he had legitimate official business.\n Scaramucci slams 'General Jackass' Kelly for blocking W.H. access\nWhen an aide on Feb. 6 tried to get Scaramucci into the building the Secret Service agent in charge of the appointment-scheduling system emailed that Scaramucci is \"administratively excluded from entering the complex at this time (not allowed access).\" The agent referred questions to White House Management and Administration staffer Monica Block.\nAnother message shows that when the aide asked Block about access for Scaramucci Block said only White House chief of staff John Kelly or deputy chief of staff Joe Hagin could override Scaramucci's exclusion.\nThe former communications adviser believes Kelly is blocking his access to the president. Scaramucci called for the chief of staff's resignation last month after disclosures that former staff secretary Rob Porter kept his job with access to top-secret information despite a background investigation that revealed allegations of domestic abuse by two of Porter's ex-wives.\n Scaramucci calls former White House colleague 'Sith Lord'\nAnthony Scaramucci with President Trump in a photo posted June 29 2017 and captioned: \"Thanks @POTUS @realDonaldTrump thanks for a great meeting and great day.\" ( Anthony Scaramucci via Twitter)\nThe dispute over access to the White House comes as Scaramucci has renewed his offensive against Kelly following a chaotic week that included the resignation of Hope Hicks a longtime Trump loyalist who now holds the communications director position.\n\"Does the president want to lose everyone because of General Jackass?\" Scaramucci said Thursday in an interview with Bloomberg News warning there would be \"a further evacuation of talent.\"\n Scaramucci denies claims in Trump book trashes Bannon\nKelly on Friday defended his handling of the Porter scandal in a discussion with reporters saying he had obtained a resignation from the former aide within hours of learning of the abuse allegations and tightened access to classified material at the White House. Kelly did acknowledge a \"disconnect\" at the White House in evaluating Porter's background check and a \"mix-up\" in issuing a public statement supportive of the former staff secretary despite the allegations.", "output": [ "Anthony Scaramucci" ] }, { "id": "task419-452cfccb57944bbdb865aeae9e581b97", "input": "Santiago Reyes 31 spent nine months grooming a 15-year-old girl from Toronto Canada through online messages authorities said.\nWhen the girl and her family visited New York in August 2014 Reyes went and got the girl when the parents were out and took her to his 144th St. house.\n Reyes manipulated the teen into having sex with him Brown said.\nWhen the teenager said she wanted to go back to her parents Reyes refused to let her go according to Brown.\nThe father took the phone records to the NYPD. Cops traced the local listing to Reyes .\nPolice found Reyes and the girl at his place prosecutors said at trial. The teen had been missing for three days.\nAt Reyes' trial last month jurors convicted him of second-degree kidnapping and third-degree rape.\n“As a result of his criminal actions ( Reyes ) will be locked away from society for a long time.”", "output": [ "Santiago Reyes" ] }, { "id": "task419-171774095e5143e4b075763dbf1e26dd", "input": "From Delegate-elect Lee Carter ; I hope to see statements like from every elected Virginia Democrat:\n Delegate-Elect Lee Carter Urges Virginians State Water Board to Reject Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley Pipeline Projects\n“Dominion Resources and EQT have not compellingly demonstrated the need for the additional natural gas capacity in Virginia ” said Carter . “And to make matters worse that natural gas wouldn’t even be used for Virginian homes – the pipeline will run through the Commonwealth and be sent to Japan and India for export.”\n Carter also has concerns that the project will massively increase Virginia’s carbon footprint and destroy protected wilderness areas as well as state and federal parks.\n“Hardworking Virginians are going to end up paying for these unnecessary projects through higher power bill in spite of the lack of economic benefit for Virginia and if anything goes wrong with the pipeline thousands of those Virginians will be in the ‘incineration zone’ – an area where all life would be incinerated if the pipeline explodes ” said Carter .\n Carter urges all to attend the Water is Life Rally in Richmond on December 2 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.\n“Virginians need to fight back hard against these projects that are not only unnecessary – they’re dangerous ” said Carter .\n He also urges residents to attend the State Water Control Board’s meetings on December 6 and 7 and December 11 and 12 for the pipeline projects and speak on their concerns about how these projects hurt our communities.", "output": [ "Delegate-elect Lee Carter" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6e3b6152527451ab679f76a22d4fe11", "input": "Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is going to court to unmask the person who alleged in emails to politicians Chicago police investigators and journalists that Dart attacked his wife at their South Side home.\n Dart filed the legal papers Wednesday in his personal capacity not as sheriff and hired lawyer John F. Winters Jr. who specializes in defamation cases. Such court filings are often a prelude to a defamation lawsuit filed against the person behind anonymous emails or web postings.\n“ Tom has been subjected to sustained attacks on his integrity and even threats to his life during his tenure as sheriff ” said Dennis Culloton who is acting as Dart ’s personal spokesman in a statement. “Over the past several months these attacks have escalated to include false and vicious rumors involving his wife and family perpetuated by cowards who hide behind fake email addresses and anonymous blogs. Through this filing we hope to hold those people accountable.”\nThe first of two October emails cited in the filing allege Dart “committed a Domestic Battery” on his wife “causing visible injuries to her face” that were observed by responding Chicago and Cook County sheriff’s police on either Oct. 11 or 12. They allege a police report was taken but that the attacker was listed as “unknown” and that a 911 call was placed to Dart ’s home.\n“This incident is being attempted to be swept under the rug ” the email’s author who describes himself as a “Cook County taxpayer” named “Dan ” writes. “Tom Dart should not be able to get away with this!”\nRecords show a complaint was also made to a Chicago police oversight agency in October alleging that police refused to act or take reports “in regards to an incident that occurred at Sheriff Tom Dart’s home that involved his wife and his girlfriend.”\nRELATED: Sheriff Tom Dart’s personnel board halts firings suspensions amid legal questions »", "output": [ "Tom Dart" ] }, { "id": "task419-264a61cebc7d4fc48e907d42ed354a77", "input": "Gary Kaplan 50 must also forfeit $43.6 million in illegally obtained revenue as part of a plea agreement. Prosecutors have said that amounts to more than half of Kaplan's total worth.\n Kaplan pleaded guilty in August to racketeering conspiracy violating the Wire Wager Act and conspiring to violate it. Prosecutors had been investigating offshore sports gambling since 1997 and BetOnSports since 2001.\n Kaplan sentenced to four years and three months could end up spending another year behind bars. He has been jailed for two years and seven months since his March 2007 arrest in Puerto Rico. U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson said it will be up to the Bureau of Prisons to determine if he is given credit for time served. Attorneys in the case noted that federal rules call for him serving 85 percent of the 51-month sentence minus whatever credit he may be given for time served.\n In his guilty plea in August Kaplan said BetOnSports had 1 million registered customers and accepted more than 10 million sports bets worth more than $1 billion in 2004 alone. HisHis company by then based in Costa Rica employed 1 700 people.\n Kaplan took BetOnSports public on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market in 2004 which netted him more than $100 million that was deposited in Swiss bank accounts. For the next two years he served as a BetOnSports consultant.\n Prosecutors said the company falsely advertised that its gambling operations were legal and misled gamblers into believing that money transferred to BetOnSports was safe and available to withdraw at any time. Instead investigators said the money was used to expand operations including purchase of a rival betting firm.\n Kaplan told Jackson in August that he initially believed that adhering to the laws in Aruba Antigua Costa Rica the Dominican Republic and the United Kingdom kept him in good stead with U.S. laws. But he said he became aware as early as 2000 that such dealings violated U.S. law and got confirmation in a legal opinion in 2002. Yet he kept operating.\n Kaplan apologized to the judge Monday for the \"pain and embarrassment\" he caused to his family and said he'd \"paid a monumental price for poor decisions.\" His attorneys said that Kaplan from his jail cell has made six-figure contributions to St. Louis-area charities in recent months.\n Jackson said while recognizing Kaplan's generosity she was \"a little put off\" by letters she's received from those charities on his behalf.\n \"When I make a charitable contribution I don't expect credit \" she said. \"I hope you will continue to support worthy charitable organizations even when it doesn't further any personal interest you may have.\"", "output": [ "Gary Kaplan" ] }, { "id": "task419-e2c77a3faaf943c4aa2516e39130eb42", "input": "Twitter has banned Paul Nehlen a Republican challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan for a congressional seat for a racist tweet targeting American actress Meghan Markle the fiancée of Prince Harry.\nThis week the Natural History Museum in London released images of Cheddar Man a dark-skinned Mesolithic man believed to be one of the oldest modern humans in Britain. Nehlen posted the couple's official engagement photo with Cheddar Man's face superimposed on Markle's who is biracial. He captioned the tweet \"Honey does this tie make my face look pale?\"\nThe tweet is hardly Nehlen 's first instance of controversy. The politician has made waves for racist and anti-Semitic tweets in the past and proclaimed that \"Jews control the media\" on former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke's podcast last month.\n Nehlen \"has spent months curating an image of a sometimes ironic but most certainly sincere white nationalist willing to say things intended to push populist nationalism into the discourse \" writes the Southern Poverty Law Center.\nTwitter which does not normally comment on individual accounts confirmed to NPR that Nehlen was permanently suspended for repeated violations of its terms of service.", "output": [ "Paul Nehlen" ] }, { "id": "task419-3e22e01a19bd4e1db48db8430a21d013", "input": "Sarah Huckabee Sanders works in her office at the White House in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)\nThis is the world as seen through the eyes of White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders :\n Sanders described this perpetual interloper experience from her other world: an elegant well-appointed office at the White House where reporters from places such as the New York Times and CNN metaphorically prostrate themselves at her door day in and out and from where she can receive guidance on the phone every day from her father long a political darling of conservative Christians a TV celebrity now worth millions.\nAs the public face of the U.S. president Sanders is a fitting symbol for her fellow religious conservatives who are both insider and outsider powerful and powerless.\n Sanders’s podium persona is all business even a bit short at times. She so often says she doesn’t know the answer to a question or will have to get back to the questioner that it has become a critics’ meme. “Saturday Night Live” featured a spoof of her on its season opener the weekend before last with faux Sanders telling President Trump that her success lies in the fact that “I’m no-nonsense but I’m all nonsense.”\nWhite House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Sept. 13 ESPN anchor Jemele Hill's comments calling President Trump a white supremacist were a \"fireable offense.\" ESPN said Hill’s comments do not represent their position. (Reuters)\nFacing judgment is part of being Sarah Huckabee Sanders perhaps the most visible evangelical in U.S. political life (aside from Mike Pence but Sanders is on the news every day). But unlike her father Sanders never intended to be the face of anything; until a few months ago she was known as a behind-the-scenes talented political organizer.\n“In terms of political power [Christian conservatives] don’t have any. I think Sarah gets that ” said Tyler long an outspoken Trump critic. “The ethical challenges of her job are amazing. . . . The consistent falsehoods lies [from Trump] are unbelievable.”\nBrian Kaylor a Baptist pastor with a PhD in political communications who has written several books about religion and politics thinks Sanders holds this view of a divine plan and it gives her confidence at the podium.\n Sanders doesn’t talk about God publicly often — not nearly as much as Trump does these days. People who worked with her on campaigns say she’d say a pre-event prayer but otherwise was focused on things such as voter strategy. Her faith life mirrors younger evangelicals with their move away from denominations.\nA family friend describes Sanders and her husband Bryan Sanders as “progressive Christians.” In a compromise they go to evangelical and Catholic churches every Sunday.\nTo many religious conservatives Sanders is a source of enormous pride. The presence of someone from her background representing the president every day — not to mention the multiple other conservative Christians in Trump’s Cabinet — has huge symbolic weight whether or not she has influence or even much contact with him and seems to often learn of his controversial tweets at the same time the public does.\nDavid Brody chief political correspondent for the Christian network CBN said that when Sanders comes on the network’s pro-Trump talk show “the social media director said he has never seen so many emoji hearts. . . . She has a charm about her. She’s feisty but in a bless-your-heart sort of way.”\nBrody said his viewers were wowed by a briefing over the summer when Sanders was asked whether Trump brought low the office of the president by tweeting a crack about television host Mika Brzezinski whom he called “low IQ crazy” and whom he said he saw “bleeding badly from a face lift.”\nSome religious conservatives say one of Sanders’s best attributes is that she isn’t Sean Spicer. They just want someone at the podium who can defend Trump somewhat effectively without becoming the story.\n Sanders has a leg up perhaps as politics is her family business.", "output": [ "Sarah Huckabee Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-6756ec8406b84764b7697caa7105ea72", "input": "Tokyo (AFP) – Sony chief executive Kazuo Hirai who led a major and successful overhaul at the Japanese electronics giant will step down at the end of March the firm said Friday.\n Hirai will become Sony chairman filling a post that has been empty since June 2012 and will be replaced by the company’s current chief financial officer Kenichiro Yoshida on April 1.\n“As the company approaches a crucial juncture when we will embark on a new mid-range plan I consider this to be the ideal time to pass the baton of leadership to new management for the future of Sony and also for myself to embark on a new chapter in my life ” Hirai said in a statement.\nSony said Hirai had approached the board seeking to step down.\n He said he was “very proud” of the company’s current financial health.\n“And it excites me to hear more and more people enthuse that Sony is back again ” he added.\n Hirai praised his successor as the “ideal person” to lead Sony going forward saying the pair had worked closely together since 2013.", "output": [ "Hirai" ] }, { "id": "task419-e407b307832343079f81381dbb25a273", "input": "It was a connection that kept the 15-year-old mom Cherish Coates coming back to the nursery each day to visit the baby and drop off breast milk. For the next several weeks Coates leaned on Joseph for support as the young mother began the process of putting the baby up for adoption. She relied on the nurse even more when she ultimately decided to tell her family — who had no idea she had given birth to a son in her own bedroom — about the baby and to keep him against all odds.\nAlthough the nurse and mother eventually lost touch their connection inspired Coates to become a nurse and eventually enter law school with hopes of becoming a mental health attorney.\nNancy Stone/Chicago Tribune Allen Coates with his mother Cherish Coates in Phoenix Ariz. in September. After having Allen when she was a teenager Cherish stayed in school and has become a certified nursing assistant. She also is now married and has two additional children. Allen Coates with his mother Cherish Coates in Phoenix Ariz. in September. After having Allen when she was a teenager Cherish stayed in school and has become a certified nursing assistant. She also is now married and has two additional children. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune)\nAfter 12 years with almost no contact Coates reached out to Joseph on Facebook last year with a message that reunited the two women who said they had never forgotten each other. Since then the pair have been in regular contact sharing encouragement photos and a bond that even they sometimes can't believe began more than decade ago with the case still known at the hospital as the \"shoebox baby.\"\n\"I just wanted to let her know how much of an impression she made \" said Coates now a 29-year-old mother of three including the now 5-foot-3 13-year-old Allen the baby in the shoebox who brought her and Joseph together and is now a thriving eighth-grader.\n\"It feels like such a blessing \" said Coates who works as a law clerk in Mesa Ariz. while attending law school. \"We will always be connected because we share this unique story.\"\n Coates grew up painfully aware of the difficulties of teen pregnancies. Her own mother was 15 when she had Coates whom she left to be raised by her loving and devoted grandparents in Rockford. Her mother who dropped out of school and moved out visited weekly. Family members often warned Coates that a pregnancy while she was young could keep her from becoming the first in her family to finish high school and go to college — something they were all rooting for she said.\nDespite her grandparents' best efforts Coates at 13 years old met a boy two years older than her while shopping at Cherryvale Mall in Rockford. It didn't take long before she and the boy were together every weekend spending time at the mall and at the movies.\nThe couple had been inseparable for nearly two years when Coates suspected she might be pregnant. She shared the news with her boyfriend who cried along with her as the terrified teens repeatedly discussed what they should do.\n Coates didn't have to try hard to conceal the small bump that eventually surfaced in her belly because it was barely noticeable. She hid morning sickness kept up her A and B grades and never missed a shift at her part-time job at McDonalds she said.\nFamily photo 2004 Cherish Coates’ infant was 6 weeks premature and weighed 3 pounds when his father carried him almost 8 miles to SwedishAmerican hospital in Rockford. He was wrapped in a dish towel and placed in a shoebox with a note asking that he be taken care of and named Allen Corey. The young couple chose to take him there under the state’s 2001 Safe Haven law which allows parents to leave a newborn at a hospital fire station or police station without fear of criminal or civil liability. Cherish Coates ’ infant was 6 weeks premature and weighed 3 pounds when his father carried him almost 8 miles to SwedishAmerican hospital in Rockford. He was wrapped in a dish towel and placed in a shoebox with a note asking that he be taken care of and named Allen Corey. The young couple chose to take him there under the state’s 2001 Safe Haven law which allows parents to leave a newborn at a hospital fire station or police station without fear of criminal or civil liability. (Family photo 2004)\nMoments later Coates delivered her baby on the SpongeBob SquarePants comforter covering her bed. She cut his umbilical cord with scissors her grandfather had in the house.\n\"I remember just looking at how beautiful he was and how tiny he was. I had never held a baby before; I had never baby-sat or anything \" Coates said. \"I remember being scared that I was going to break him .\"", "output": [ "Allen Coates" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6c930349a8846f894e131f6c5a099d5", "input": "Norway ’ s $ 1 trillion sovereign wealth fund will this year step up its assessment of the risks posed by climate change to its investments in power producers oil firms and basic materials companies its CEO told Reuters on Tuesday . Separately the board of the central bank will soon decide whether to blacklist from the fund one or more companies -- either in the oil steel or concrete sectors -- for producing too much greenhouse gases the central bank chief told Reuters . The fund which invests the proceeds from Norway ’ s oil and gas production for future pensions in stocks bonds and real estate abroad is one of the world ’ s biggest shareholders with stakes totaling 1 . 4 percent of all listed companies . In recent years the world ’ s biggest sovereign wealth fund has become a more active shareholder trying to influence companies ’ attitudes . Among them are the way companies report on climate change such as their carbon dioxide emissions or whether companies have scenario analyses of how more heatwaves droughts or floods might affect their earnings . Chief Executive Yngve Slyngstad said the fund would first focus its efforts on electricity producers . “ That is ... the sector that we will first go through and think about in this scenario . The two next ones will be ( basic ) materials and oil .” “ By far the largest ... is electricity producers which of course has been a specific focus for us because of the so - called coal criteria ” he said referring to the fund not being allowed by parliament to invest in firms that derive more than 30 percent of their revenue from coal . The proposal to potentially exclude one or more companies in the oil steel or cement sectors over excessive greenhouse gas emissions is under review by the board of the central bank . “ We have received some recommendations on potential exclusions based on that new criteria . The board is working on the issues ... It ’ s not going to be long ” central bank governor Oeystein Olsen said declining to give a more precise timeframe . Slideshow ( 2 Images ) The moves come as the fund is proposing to drop oil and gas stocks from its benchmark index which would reduce over time its stakes in oil and gas companies . That proposal is under consideration at the finance ministry and will be voted by parliament at a later stage . DOUBLED ITS RETURN IN 2017 Also on Tuesday the fund said it doubled its return on investment in 2017 beating its benchmark as strong global stock markets boosted the value of the portfolio . It earned a return of 13 . 7 percent in 2017 up from 6 . 9 percent in 2016 . “ The fund ’ s cumulative return since inception has passed 4 000 billion Norwegian crowns ($ 511 billion ). One out of four crowns of return was generated in 2017 after a very strong year for the fund ” Slyngstad said in a statement . “ Again our equity investments returned strongest with a return close to 20 percent .” The fund ’ s biggest single company investment at the end of 2017 was in Apple Inc ( AAPL . O ) worth 66 billion crowns ahead of Nestle ( NESN . S ) at 51 billion and Royal Dutch Shell ( RDSa . L ) at 50 billion . Apple was also the biggest single contributor to the fund ’ s returns in 2017 ahead of Chinese tech group Tencent Holdings ( 0700 . HK ) and Microsoft ( MSFT . O ). The fund ’ s size is equivalent to $ 200 000 for every Norwegian man woman and child . The government withdrew 61 billion crowns during 2017 to pay for public expenses compared with 101 billion crowns in 2016 . Slyngstad earned an annual salary of 6 . 7 million crowns or roughly $ 855 000 in 2017 while his chief investment officer for equity strategies Petter Johnsen earned more with 7 . 4 million crowns . By comparison the country ’ s prime minister Erna Solberg earned 1 . 6 million crowns .", "output": [ "Yngve Slyngstad" ] }, { "id": "task419-a4daf51f938243129bb46c99559d0791", "input": "The camera pans across a bucolic river and a sunny cornfield an American flag flapping in the breeze as narrator Michael Steele extols the freedom to dream and achieve. Then with the Statue of Liberty sweeping into the shot comes a dire warning that freedom is fragile: Democrats he says are \"experimenting with America.\"\nThe camera zooms in on a bespectacled Steele who asks viewers for donations. \"Our freedom \" he says with a smile. \"It's worth fighting for.\"\nThe television advertisement which aired in selected markets last month is vintage Steele _ affable charismatic and seizing the spotlight. But the ad's star is not running for anything. He's the chairman of the Republican National Committee with a mandate to promote his party rather than himself.\nSteele has put a public face on what had been largely a behind-the-scenes job hoping to foster what he has called a \"hip-hop\" Republican renaissance. That high profile has been accompanied by a record of lavish spending and a string of gaffes leading some party activists to complain that Steele revels in the perks of the office while neglecting some of the onerous work necessary to reclaim majorities in the House and Senate. This narrative grew more damaging last week with the disclosure that RNC staffers approved a $1 900 bill at a Hollywood nightclub that features topless dancers mimicking lesbian sex acts while wearing bondage gear.\nStill there have been no calls for Steele's ouster and some top Republicans have calculated that there is no upside in forcing out the first black chairman of a party largely dominated by white Southerners _ especially not while the GOP is winning under his watch. Steele claimed credit for recent Republican victories in Massachusetts Virginia and New Jersey telling reporters in January: \"I won two governorships and a host of special elections.\"\nSome Republicans question Steele's contribution to the party's recent successes. Nevertheless \"To the victor go the spoils \" said Ron Kaufman a former RNC chairman who worked against Steele in the leadership race. \"Is the party better off today than the day Michael Steele got elected? It's very hard to say no on almost every level. ... The bottom line is the coach gets the credit. They're paid to win and we're winning.\"\nTo understand how this one-term lieutenant governor from Maryland became his party's national chairman go back to the day he was selected Jan. 30 2009. It was one week after Obama's historic inauguration and many in the Republican Party were demoralized and seeking new direction.\nIn a crowded field of candidates for the chairmanship Steele stood out _ a 6-foot-4 dapper television-friendly former politician who spoke eloquently of expanding the party's base to include more blacks and Latinos. He offered a break with history as the first African American chairman of what he referred to over and over again as the \"party of Lincoln.\"\n\"The party has really wallowed in the sewers of racial politics in the country \" said NAACP President Ben Jealous a longtime Steele friend. \"Mike Steele is their chance to get back on higher ground.\"\nSteele was distrustful of the staff he inherited and the Beltway strategists who cycled through the committee. \"When they drink that Potomac River water a while it changes them and Michael has tried never to drink that water \" said John Kane a close friend who ran the Maryland Republican Party when Steele was lieutenant governor.\nSo less than a week after his election Steele asked each staffer to submit a resignation letter. They were told the chairman would decide who could stay former aides recalled. He let dozens go.\nIn his early months Steele who had been a Fox News Channel commentator gave several interviews that led to damaging blunders. On CNN Steele dismissed Rush Limbaugh a popular voice for the right as an \"entertainer\" and said Limbaugh's radio talk show can be \"incendiary\" and \"ugly.\" He told GQ magazine that abortion was \"an individual choice \" going against his party's antiabortion platform.\nMeanwhile he was making cosmetic changes to the party operation. Steele disliked the dark-wood furnishings in his office telling GQ it was \"way too male for me.\" So he had the RNC spend $18 500 on a new wooden desk armchairs a couch and art for the walls according to aides.\nWhen Steele hit the road to meet local volunteers and operatives he often brought a photographer to document it all. At party headquarters in Washington the hallways were decorated with jumbo-size pictures of Steele shaking hands.\nSteele declined several requests for interviews for this story because he believes he has received unfair scrutiny from The Washington Post dating to his political career in Maryland his spokesman Doug Heye said. \"Profile after profile after profile by The Washington Post that almost borders on stalking \" Heye said. \"At a certain point you just stop taking it seriously.\"\nThis report is based on Steele's public comments and interviews with more than three dozen RNC members donors party strategists and state officials as well as Steele's friends political opponents and current and former aides. They portrayed a complex man who like most people is a combination of traits not 100 percent an industrious political strategist or a feckless self-promoter.", "output": [ "Michael Steele" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5334b7d2e834c988fee6dfa62fc0a8e", "input": "Whoa cautions Ndamukong Suh not so fast my friend.\n The Cornhuskers seemed to snare a bit of their lost aura in 2008 winning six of their last seven games. But Suh is hardly ready to compare his defensive unit to those from the glory days.\n In fact continuing the rebuilding process is one reason why the defensive tackle returned for his senior year instead of being an almost guaranteed high pick in the NFL draft.\n \"I definitely want to be part of bringing back the tradition of the Blackshirts \" said Suh the Big 12's preseason defensive player of the year. \"That's a tough tradition to live up to.\"\n Under defensive-minded new head coach Bo Pelini the respective numbers above improved to 349.8 28.5 and 49 -- better but still not what Suh and Pelini consider acceptable.\n \"We're getting closer \" Suh said \"but we're definitely not where we need to be. We still have room to grow.\"\n But with an untested quarterback at the controls of an offense with just four starters returning it will be up to Suh and the defense to keep the Huskers afloat early in the season. Suh says he's looking forward to the task.\n \"I definitely want to be part of bringing back the tradition of the Blackshirts \" he said. \"We want to start being the kind of dominant team that everyone wants to hunt.\"\n Pelini says Suh is that kind of talent.", "output": [ "Ndamukong Suh" ] }, { "id": "task419-db8b91db584e4f4f9476ec39e576a03b", "input": "It was deja vu all over again. With Senate Republicans inching closer to passing an Obamacare replacement bill a potential fulfillment of seven years of campaign promises Arizona Senator John McCain once again intervened to save the failing law. He dramatically cast the deciding vote to kill a drastically pared-down \"skinny repeal\" bill over the summer then reprised the spoiler role on Friday afternoon by announcing his opposition to legislation championed by his close friend and ally Sen. Lindsey Graham. Between McCain 's statement and Rand Paul's unconvincing 'purity' posture Mitch McConnell can't afford to lose a single additional member of his caucus. The truth is he already has. Anyone who's followed Susan Collins' record on this issue knows that Graham-Cassidy is dead. She's technically only \"leaning\" no but that's tantamount to a hard no; I'm fairly certain she'd vote against her own Obamacare replacement plan at this point. In revealing his intention to torpedo the latest bill -- with just days remaining before the GOP's reconciliation authority expires according to the Senate Parliamentarian -- McCain used process concerns as his primary fig leaf:\nIn what way is working with Democrats who are either staunch Obamacare defenders or already moving on to an even bigger government power-grab likely make healthcare reform better? Like Rand Paul's weak excuse for opposing Graham-Cassidy (given his vote in favor of skinny repeal which did far less to uproot Obamacare) McCain 's justification makes little sense. Part of his Hamlet act on the previous Senate repeal bill (BCRA) was an insistence that he couldn't approve a plan that didn't have the full backing of his state's governor Doug Ducey. \"My position on this proposal will be largely guided by Governor Ducey's analysis of how it would impact the people of our state \" McCain claimed at the time. \"My friends this is legislation that directly affects the people of my state. I trust my governor.\" Ducey had raised objections to the BCRA publicly stating that he agreed with McCain that it was fatally flawed. While the governor eventually cleared McCain to back \"skinny repeal\" as a means to advancing the process to a conference committee his concerns about the legislation's underlying content made McCain 's 'no' vote easier. But guess who explicitly supported the passage of Graham-Cassidy this time? Governor Doug Ducey. Apparently \"trusting his governor\" no longer mattered to McCain. And then there's this:\nGeneral election ad from way back in 2016: \"John McCain is leading the fight to stop Obamacare.\" [Link] pic.twitter.com/3a74vrDMkz â Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 28 2017\nMcCain rightly and ruthlessly blasted his Democratic opponent as a supporter of a law that was inflicting disproportionate harm on Arizonans. Then he proceeded to vote exactly as she would have. The Senator's new position is that a bipartisan \"fix\" is in order. How would his campaign have gone if he'd told voters \"by 'we must repeal and replace Obamacare ' what I really mean is 'we must work with Patty Murray and the Democrats to tweak Obamacare after promising to abandon repeal'\"? Perhaps he'd be former Senator John McCain no longer in a position to be hailed as a \"hero\" by the exact same people who passionately opposed and slandered him during his presidential run and who would have called him every name under the sun if he'd reached a different conclusion about a bill written and sponsored by his best friend in Congress. I'll leave you with some journalists wondering if Graham-Cassidy may still have a glimmer of life:", "output": [ "John McCain" ] }, { "id": "task419-bcfef4eb810a477ea74fb5ceea24bea0", "input": "Hakeem Nicks and Eli Manning of the New York Giants forged a friendship over cookouts of alligator crawfish and fried quail. Nicks mostly abstained from eating at the barbecues. It was the conversation that mattered.\n In July Nicks joined Manning on a four-day trip in Thibodaux La. for the Manning Passing Academy an offensive skills camp for high school players. The getaway brought them together helping to bond a young play-making wide receiver with a veteran quarterback who could use a big-play target.\n During the day Nicks served as a counselor and played catch with Manning. By night Nicks and Manning came together for group dinners before retreating to their dormitories at Nicholls State University about an hour west of New Orleans.\nNicks and Manning came together for group dinners before retreating to their dormitories at Nicholls State University about an hour west of New Orleans.\n Still the coaches are looking for Nicks who showed explosiveness as a rookie in 2009 to show more consistency in his second season. (On Sunday Nicks also tipped the first pass his way which resulted in an interception). Nicks the type of deep threat the Giants have been missing since the departure of Plaxico Burress was drafted into an important position. \"That's something I want to do \" Nicks said. \"That's something that I've always done in my career in my past been that big-target receiver coming deep down the field. I just want to get my game to that and bring it to the team the best way possible.\"\n Manning invited Nicks and Steve Smith to join him for the camp this summer. Although Smith could not attend he said that he has seen the effect the trip has had on the relationship between Nicks and Manning.\n \"It showed Eli he's serious about football and that he wants to get better \" Smith said of Nicks. \"I've seen him take it more seriously in the film room and get in here in the offseason.\"\n When discussing certain plays at the camp Manning would explain his thinking then Nicks would share his thoughts. It helped their timing which was important because Nicks missed practices during organized-team activities and in training camp while recovering from knee and toe injuries.\n Off the field Nicks and Manning watched sports in their rooms and shared insights into each other's lives. Manning was shocked to hear that Nicks had only one scholarship offer in high school. Nicks was shocked to see the type of food the Manning family served in New Orleans.\n The Cajun flavor was new to Nicks -- \"out of my bracket \" the North Carolina native said -- but he enjoyed learning more about the area.\nNicks and Manning watched sports in their rooms and shared insights into each other's lives. Manning was shocked to hear that Nicks had only one scholarship offer in high school. Nicks was shocked to see the type of food the Manning family served in New Orleans.\n Like Burress Nicks is the X receiver known also as the split end in the Giants' offense. The X receiver frequently represents the deep threat and often finds himself in one-on-one coverage as Nicks did on his second and third touchdowns Sunday.", "output": [ "Nicks" ] }, { "id": "task419-6c9c6474f2b940b29c1d143ae238cbdd", "input": "Tom Petty died on Monday night but inaccurate news of his death made its way around the internet much earlier in the day.\nAccording to Tony Dimitriades longtime manager of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers the legendary rocker \"died peacefully at 8:40 pm PT surrounded by family his bandmates and friends\" after suffering cardiac arrest.\nThat was hours after some media outlets had already reported on his death -- a mistake that prompted one of Petty's daughters to vent her anger about it on social media.\n Tom Petty dies at 66\nAn Instagram account believed to belong to AnnaKim Violet Petty featured a post with a blistering message to Rolling Stone magazine which reported Petty had died on Monday afternoon.\nTMZ citing law enforcement sources was first to post a story Petty had been hospitalized.\n\"We're told after Petty got to the hospital he had no brain activity and a decision was made to pull life support \" TMZ reported at 3:30 pm ET on Monday.\nAt 4 p.m. ET CBS News citing Los Angeles Police tweeted that Petty had died and included a link to an obituary.\n Tom Petty legendary rocker is dead at 66. The musician reportedly suffered cardiac arrest [Link] pic.twitter.com/2QeHxOSppj â CBS News (@CBSNews) October 2 2017\nI loved Tom Petty and I covered his songs because I wanted know what it felt like to fly.\nThank you Tom Petty for all of the light you brought to the world. â Ed Helms (@edhelms) October 2 2017\nVariety published a collection of some of the tweets mourning Petty .\n\"The LAPD has no information about the passing of singer Tom Petty . Initial information was inadvertently provided to some media sources \" the tweets read. \"However the LAPD has no investigative role in this matter. We apologize for any inconvenience in this reporting.\"\n(1/2)The LAPD has no information about the passing of singer Tom Petty . Initial information was inadvertantly provided to some media sources â LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) October 2 2017\nCBS News retweeted the LAPD post and added \"The LAPD says it cannot confirm earlier reports of singer Tom Petty 's death. TMZ reports that the singer is still clinging to life.\"\nThe LAPD says it cannot confirm earlier reports of singer Tom Petty 's death. TMZ reports that the singer is still clinging to life. pic.twitter.com/Xv4UtVdY4Z â CBS News (@CBSNews) October 2 2017", "output": [ "Tom Petty" ] }, { "id": "task419-132a77ac470e4b3d8f2384754ebb66ba", "input": "WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was scheduled to meet with North Korean officials including leader Kim Jong Un’s sister while in South Korea for the Winter Olympics this month but the North Koreans canceled at the last minute U.S. officials said on Tuesday.\nPence was going to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister Kim Yo Jong and the nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam but the North Koreans called off the Feb. 10 meeting two hours before it was set to start a U.S. official said confirming a story first reported by the Washington Post.\nU.S. Vice President Mike Pence North Korea's nominal head of state Kim Yong Nam and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong attend the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang South Korea February 9 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS\n“This administration will stand in the way of Kim ’s desire to whitewash their murderous regime with nice photo ops at the Olympics. Perhaps that’s why they walked away from a meeting or perhaps they were never sincere about sitting down ” Ayers said in the statement.\n Kim Jong Un through his sister invited South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Pyongyang to begin talks “soon.”", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-af0314bdb5e44a39ac71e655a1a41b71", "input": "The new Mario game has some serious film noir vibes. Fans on Twitter have been picking up on the crooked stink of New Donk City since the game came out but the idea seems to have solidified with the brilliant help of the Storied podcast. The podcast goes on a journey with co-hosts Sean Ainsworth Harrison Pink and Chris Rebbert as they transform famous films TV shows and games into other mediums.\nPresumably inspired by the recent rumors that an official Super Mario Bros. movie is in the works the hosts pondered the best method for bringing Mario 's pixels onto the silver screen. Sure the happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo might not scream \"gritty monochromatic detective drama.\" But you're clearly just not paying attention (or exploring Photo Mode in Super Mario Odyssey.)\nTheir proposed script begins with a panning shot over pictures of a smiling Luigi as Mario grieves over the death of his brother and the better half of their Super Mario Bros. P. I. firm. His voiceover is all tough talk while maintaining the trademark cartoonish Italian stereotype we've come to love.\nWhat proceeds is your usual Mario game plot with a damsel in distress who needs the help of a hero to escape a mafia-style boss with tons of goons stalking about town. Bowser a local land baron in the tradition of Chinatown is up to his no-good tricks and is trying to marry her and take all her inheritance money.\nIf anyone is wondering I've got this frame of Mario Odyssey paused and am currently narrating \"Mario P.I.\" as a film noir series while I have jazz music playing in the background.\nIn honor of his dead brother Mario goes on a wild-goose chase to rescue his dame.\nSome key scenes include: 1) Mario meeting up with Bowser at a country club with Bowser intimidating the detective by totally owning his opponent in Wii Tennis while Mario tries to question him 2) A second femme fatale in the form of Birdo who cannot speak English but gives Mario an egg with a key piece of evidence before she's murdered 3) One (if not several) car chase scenes in which the cars are replaced with Mario go-karts and the tommy guns replaced with Blue Shells.\nBut like any good noir film the journey ends in deception. As Mario gets deeper into the investigation eventually managing to kill Bowser he learns a sickening truth. The Koopa King and Drug Lord Bowser was actually just small pennies compared to the real boss in charge: Princess Peach who runs the drug operation at the heart of the Mushroom Kingdom. She needed a fall guy. Mario was her guy. Bowser took the fall.\nThe story closes on Mario as he lays dying and Luigi emerges from the shadows to give the princess a kiss.", "output": [ "Mario Odyssey" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d2dc985e602439c8bac8a9730b5a851", "input": "A massive California wildfire that has already destroyed nearly 800 structures scorched another 56 000 acres on Sunday making it the fifth largest such blaze in recorded state history as it ran toward picturesque coastal cities . But fire officials said as darkness fell that with the hot dry Santa Ana winds not as fierce as expected crews had been successful in building some fire lines between the flames and the towns of Montecito and Carpinteria . “ This is a menacing fire certainly but we have a lot of people working very diligently to bring it under control ” Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown told an evening press conference . Still some 5 000 residents remained under evacuation orders in the two communities near Santa Barbara and about 100 miles ( 160 km ) northwest of Los Angeles . Some 15 000 homes were considered threatened . The Thomas Fire the worst of six major blazes in Southern California in the last week and already the fifth largest in the state since 1932 has blackened 230 000 acres ( 570 000 hectares ) more than the area of New York City . It has destroyed 790 houses outbuildings and other structures and left 90 000 homes and businesses without power . The combination of Santa Ana winds and rugged terrain in the mountains that run through Santa Barbara and Ventura counties have hampered firefighting efforts and officials said the Thomas Fire was only 10 percent contained on Sunday evening down from 15 percent earlier in the day . But wind gusts recorded at 35 - 40 miles per hour were less than those predicted by forecasters giving crews a chance to slow the flames ’ progress down slopes above the endangered communities . The fires burning across Southern California have forced the evacuation of more 200 000 people and destroyed some 1 000 structures . Among them are residents of Montecito one of the state ’ s wealthiest enclave and home to such celebrities as Oprah Winfrey . Emmy Leikin an Emmy - winning songwriter who was ordered to evacuate her Montecito home at 9 a . m . on Sunday said she fled with only her cell phone medication eyeglasses and a few apples . Leikin 74 said she doesn ’ t know the condition of her home and belongings but “ none of that means anything when it is your safety .” Firefighters knock down flames as they advance on homes atop Shepherd Mesa Road in Carpinteria California U . S . December 10 2017 . REUTERS / Mike Eliason / Santa Barbara County Fire Department / Handout via REUTERS WORST IN A DECADE The fires that began last Monday night collectively amounted to one of the worst conflagrations across Southern California in the last decade . They have however been far less deadly than the blazes in Northern California ’ s wine country in October that killed over 40 . In the last week only one death has been reported a 70 - year - old woman who died Wednesday in a car accident as she attempted to flee the flames in Ventura County . Scores of horses have died including at least 46 at a thoroughbred training facility in San Diego county . Residents and firefighters alike have been alarmed by the speed with which the fires spread reaching into the heart of cities like Ventura . Slideshow ( 9 Images ) At the Ventura County Fairgrounds evacuees slept in makeshift beds while rescued horses were sheltered in stables . Peggy Scissons 78 arrived at the shelter with her dog last Wednesday after residents of her mobile home park were forced to leave . She has not yet found out whether her home is standing . “ I don ’ t know what ’ s gonna happen next or whether I ’ ll be able to go home ” she said . “ It would be one thing if I were 40 or 50 but I ‘ m 78 . What the heck do I do ?” James Brown 57 who retired from Washington State ’ s forestry service and has lived in Ventura for a year was forced to leave his house along with his wife last week because both have breathing problems . “ We knew a fire was coming but we didn ’ t know it would be this bad ” said Brown who is in a wheelchair . Some of the other fires in San Diego and Los Angeles counties have been largely controlled by the thousands of firefighters on the ground this week . Both the Creek and Rye fires in Los Angeles County were 90 percent contained by Sunday morning officials said while the Skirball Fire in Los Angeles ’ posh Bel Air neighborhood was 75 percent contained . North of San Diego the 4 100 - acre ( 1 660 hectare ) Lilac Fire was 75 percent contained by Sunday and most evacuation orders had been lifted .", "output": [ "Peggy Scissons" ] }, { "id": "task419-5d7230acabca4741b91168f5dfffa27d", "input": "When Harvard physician Monique Tello looks at the typical American breakfast she said it makes her \"want to cry.\"\n\"A bowl of cereal or a bagel or a piece of toast or a muffin are all no different than a dessert \" Tello wrote in a recent Harvard Health blog post.\n\"Eating like this may be okay once in a while but if you do so often I guarantee these foods will make you sick one way or another \" Tello said.\nHere's what Tello eats: a combination of berries Icelandic-style (high protein) yogurt and a mix of nuts seeds and rolled oats.\n\"I’m a working mom. I take the train into work. I need something quick easy and transportable. Plus it needs to be budget-friendly and must hold me over for a number of hours \" Tello said.\nSo her breakfast is based around three simple ingredients:\nBerries: Tello buys a mix of frozen raspberries blueberries and strawberries in bulk since \"fruit is frozen at the peak of freshness so the quality and vitamin content can be better than what’s in the produce aisle.\" Plus she said frozen fruit is cheaper than fresh and lasts longer. Berries are also high in fiber and pack key vitamins like A C and K. Tello fills a plastic container with the frozen fruit and either lets it defrost overnight or sticks it in a microwave.\n Tello buys a mix of frozen raspberries blueberries and strawberries in bulk since \"fruit is frozen at the peak of freshness so the quality and vitamin content can be better than what’s in the produce aisle.\" Plus she said frozen fruit is cheaper than fresh and lasts longer. Berries are also high in fiber and pack key vitamins like A C and K. fills a plastic container with the frozen fruit and either lets it defrost overnight or sticks it in a microwave. Nuts seeds and/or whole grains: Tello advises using the ingredients you prefer here but she goes with unsalted nuts toasted pepita seeds and whole rolled oats all of which are high in fiber and have some protein too.\n Tello advises using the ingredients you prefer here but she goes with unsalted nuts toasted pepita seeds and whole rolled oats all of which are high in fiber and have some protein too. Yogurt: Tello eats plain Siggi's a brand of high-protein low-sugar yogurt from Iceland. Other types of Greek plain yogurt have a similar nutritional profile.\nTo make her meal she pours the nuts and seeds over the defrosted berries and stirs the yogurt into the mixture.\n\"Don’t forget your spoon!\" she said.\nIf you're not a fan of yogurt and berries the nutritional profile of Tello 's breakfast can be replicated in dozens of other forms. A couple of hard-boiled eggs and a piece of whole grain toast would work too; as would some turkey bacon and a whole wheat English muffin or a couple of tablespoons of no-sugar added peanut butter with sliced apples.", "output": [ "Monique Tello" ] }, { "id": "task419-60fcc96a0e144c07809e4cec7220d7dd", "input": "Holly Gunderson the restaurant’s special events director was tasked with ensuring that the night went well. However as she said in a Washington Post article the job proved tougher than anticipated after a drunken slurring Batali arrived late.\n Gunderson alleged that the chef turned to her as she was escorting him to the rest of the guests and said “I want to see you naked in my hot tub back in the hotel.” She said a few people “looked at me like ‘Oh my God I can’t believe he said that about you ’” the newspaper reported.\n Gunderson uncomfortable brushed off the comment and tried to keep her distance from the chef and restaurateur for the rest of the night. At one point however he found her while she was leaning over a table and she alleges groped her.\n\"And then he moved his hand backward. So you know under my butt. And then continued walking.\" - Holly Gunderson", "output": [ "Holly Gunderson" ] }, { "id": "task419-6516bfe6702941daa35deb49ced001f3", "input": "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi defended the role of an Iranian-backed paramilitary force at a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday in Baghdad.\n U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ( 2-L) listens as Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) speaks during their meeting in Baghdad Iraq October 23 2017. REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool\nIn his opening remarks at the meeting with Tillerson Abadi said Popular Mobilisation “is part of the Iraqi institutions ” rejecting accusations that it is acting as an Iranian proxy.\n Tillerson visited Iraq a day after a rare joint meeting with Abadi and Saudi Arabia’s King Salman in the Saudi capital Riyadh.\nAt his meeting with Abadi in Baghdad Tillerson urged the Iraqi government and Masoud Barzani’s Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil to resolve their conflict on Kurdish self-determination and disputed territories through dialogue.\n“We are concerned and a bit sad ” Tillerson said. “We have friends in Baghdad and friends in Erbil and we encourage all parties to enter into discussion ... and all differences can be addressed.”\n“Iranian militias that are in Iraq now that the fight against Daesh and ISIS is coming to a close those militias need to go home ” Tillerson said on Sunday in Saudi Arabia.\nOne of the closest groups to Iran within Popular Mobilisation Asaib Ahl al-Haq reacted to Tillerson ’s comment by saying it would be Americans who will be forced to leave Iraq.\nU.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) listens as Iraq's President Fuad Masum (R) speaks during their meeting in Baghdad Iraq October 23 2017. REUTERS/Alex Brandon/Pool", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-05c19f45866545969ece845eafa3e53a", "input": "Ivanka Trump has kind of a reputation for being a moderate — the voice of reason in an otherwise nutty Trump administration.\n\"She's got a ton of praise from the right for her poise and intelligence. At the same time it turns out she doesn't know what words mean \" Colbert says referring to Vice writer Eve Peyser who compiled on Twitter a list of all the words Ivanka doesn't know how to use.\nIn an interview Trump says that because of her husband Jared Kushner's busy schedule she likes to keep her \"on a relative basis.\" In another occasion she admitted to being \"complicit\" to her father's agenda. \"Yeah it doesn't mean that \" Colbert adds.\n Ivanka also wished her 8-month son \"happy birthday\" and Colbert wonders: \"Do rich people get more birthdays than we do?\" But the winning comment goes to the infamous \"otherwise\" tweet: \"That is a dumb statement in an otherwise stupid tweet \" Colbert jokes.", "output": [ "Ivanka Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-a233d3953f944a039b6797b69f1e0467", "input": "Simon Cowell is in the hospital after what his rep called a \"bad fall\" at his London home. (Photo: Jon Kopaloff FilmMagic)\nAmerica's Got Talent judge Simon Cowell was taken by ambulance to a hospital after falling at his London home Friday People and The Hollywood Reporter said Friday.\nA rep for Cowell 58 told the outlets that he was outfitted with a neck brace after suffering a \"bad fall\" and was undergoing tests at a hospital.\nIt's unclear whether he 'll recover quickly enough to take part in Saturday's live episode of his other reality show ITV's X Factor U.K.\nUSA TODAY has reached out to Cowell 's representative for comment.", "output": [ "Simon Cowell" ] }, { "id": "task419-f7f40fb5a9b34afcb8992f32bdbbf11e", "input": "Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to claim that Tennessee Republican helped \"give us\" the nuclear deal with Iran negotiated by President Barack Obama's administration. Earlier this month he claimed that Corker is \"largely responsible for the horrendous Iran Deal!\"\n Corker the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was in fact a vehement critic of the deal that emerged from international negotiations in the summer of 2015. After the deal was unveiled he wrote in an op-ed for The Washington Post that \"Congress should reject this deal and send it back to the President.\"\n Corker plotted efforts to block the deal banding with Republicans -- and even some Democrats -- in an attempt to block the deal.\nThe following month Corker did just that joining with the bipartisan group to vote against the deal. A procedural vote to move forward a resolution to reject the nuclear deal fell shy of the required 60-vote threshold.\nEven before that vote Corker helped push through the legislation that would ultimately grant Congress powers to review the deal which the Obama administration contemplated approving without congressional oversight.\n Corker said such an attempt would be \"a direct affront to the American people and seeks to undermine Congress' appropriate role\" in a March 2015 letter to Obama.\n Corker 's calls for congressional review of the nuclear deal that was still being negotiated in the spring of 2015 ultimately led to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act which Obama ultimately signed despite initially opposing the measure.\nThat could be what White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was referring to on October 10 when she claimed: \" Sen. Corker worked with Nancy Pelosi and the Obama administration to pave the way for that legislation and basically rolled out the red carpet for the Iran deal and those are pretty factual.\"\n Corker defended the bill against that criticism in September 2015 noting that the legislation \"actually took power back from the president.\"\n\"Without it he could have unilaterally implemented the deal immediately. The President never would have been forced to submit the agreement to Congress and there would have been no review and no debate on this critical national security issue \" Corker said then.\nTrump's criticism of Corker on the Iran deal is also curious given that Trump initially considered Corker as a candidate for vice president and later secretary of state in large part due to his foreign policy chops.", "output": [ "Corker" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca4716f7ccd54c0c870d2f98a7ed81b6", "input": "Watch the replay of Benny Cunningham's 23-yard catch-and-run in the second quarter and two things become clear.\nTwo he screwed up trying to do so.\nLet's review: As Cunningham juked his way to the front right corner of the end zone he dove and extended the ball while Packers safety Marwin Evans shoved him out of bounds. Cunningham crashed into the pylon as the ball slipped free. Officials ruled Cunningham out at the 2-yard line.\n\"We're taught not to do it; unless it's fourth down you don't reach the ball out \" Cunningham said. \"But honestly at the time I wasn't thinking about that. I was trying to score a touchdown for the team.\"\n Fox under advice from his assistants who help with video reviews challenged the ruling that Cunningham stepped out of bounds.\n\"Every indication we had was he scored \" Fox said. \"And if anything he would be at the 1 or inside in the 1.\"\nSo rather than have his offense line up with three tries from the 2-yard line Fox threw the challenge flag with hopes of being awarded a touchdown or at worst having the ball advanced a few feet.\nBut replays showed Cunningham lost possession before he hit the pylon which in the context of the video review had unintended consequences.\nReplay officials in New York decided Cunningham lost possession before he was out of bounds and before he hit the pylon.\n\"When I watched the review I felt like they made the right call \" Cunningham said. \"Just a bad play on my part but the refs got it right.\"\nTo Fox the fumble wasn't as obvious.\n\"I think maybe on 50 times like some people get to look at it I think maybe you could see that \" he said. \"But on our look during the game that wasn't really even discussed.\"\nHere's the thing though: Cunningham 's left foot dragged onto the sideline as he dove for the pylon.\nSlow down the replay frame-by-frame and it's still nearly impossible to determine if Cunningham lost possession before his foot touched the sideline. What's more as Dean Blandino the NFL's former head of officiating explained on Fox Sports the determining factor should have been whether Cunningham was in contact with the ball while he was out of bounds and before he hit the pylon.\n\"Even if he doesn't have control and he 's just touching that loose ball with a foot out of bonds that would make the play dead prior to it hitting the pylon and it would not be a touchback.\"\nIn that case the Bears should have retained possession where Cunningham fumbled the 2.", "output": [ "Benny Cunningham's" ] }, { "id": "task419-54854a9a89b44b75ac0d782f08fff140", "input": "Amid criticism that technology company Hewlett Packard (HP) is not doing enough to eliminate toxic substances from its products the head of the United Nations industrial development program Kandeh Yumkella vowed on Wednesday to take the issue up with the UN's long-time partner.\n \"We will deal with the criticism and push HP to deal with that \" said Yumkella director of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).\n \"People use their computers elsewhere and when the computers are done they're loaded in containers and shipped off \" said Yumkella. \"We are working with agencies to look at how we deal with e-waste.\"\n Yumkella acknowledged that IT companies must take an active role in mitigating e-waste but as the saying goes it's important not to throw out the baby with the bath water.", "output": [ "Kandeh Yumkella" ] }, { "id": "task419-9727dce288004b4caacea0f46cc724b8", "input": "The Daily Wire spoke with Michael Saltsman the managing director of the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) for clarification about the study. For background Saltsman received degrees in economics and political science from the University of Michigan and was a field economist for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from 2006-2009. In addition to his position at EPI Saltsman is the vice president of Berman and Company a public relations firm.\nAccording to Saltsman California is an ideal state in which to conduct a study like EPI’s because \"there’s been a tremendous amount of minimum wage activity both at the state level and then at the local level.\" This didn’t come without difficulties however. Saltsman noted that the team had to account for the impact of other economic factors on certain industries like apparel manufacturing which has been harmed by factors other than rising minimum wages:\n Saltsman stated that Macpherson and Even \"threw the kitchen sink\" at this issue running \"models a number of different ways accounting for different economic factors and trends that might have influenced the kind of employment trends we’re seeing absent a minimum wage.\" Additionally they looked at data \"county by county \" omitting material they believed was weak or possibly unreliable.\nThose hardest hit by minimum wage increases tend to work for businesses that \"don’t have a tremendous ability to absorb new labor costs \" according to Saltsman . Restaurants for example tend to have incredibly narrow profit margins and government-mandated wage hikes force these businesses to cut costs. Unfortunately cutting costs often means letting go of \"less skilled or less experienced employees \" replacing them with machines and self-service options.\nThe best thing to do with government-mandated minimum wages Saltsman says is freeze them. That way the issue would become \"less and less relevant\" to the conversation.\nThere are some who argue that a $15 to $20 an hour wage is necessary for basic survival. Saltsman counters this contention with a sobering fact: \"You can either have a $15 minimum wage or you can have have the same number of jobs you have right now. You can’t have both.\"\n Saltsman believes in a more targeted approach to helping the working poor:\nA more generous Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) suggests Saltsman is one way to help low-wage workers as \"it has been more effective at reducing poverty than a higher minim wage it’s better targeted and creates an incentive to work.\" Moreover \"because it’s targeted through the tax code instead of a mandate on employers you don’t get some of the same unintended consequences\" that come with mandatory minimum wage increases.\n Saltsman also rebutted the progressive argument that businesses – both small or franchise-based businesses as well as large corporations – should absorb the costs of wage increases saying that such an idea is \"a pretty dramatic misunderstanding of how these businesses work.\"\n\"It’s not as if there’s some pot of corporate cash that franchise businesses are able to tap into \" Saltsman stated adding that franchisees essentially operate as small businesses:\nWhile larger corporations might be better able to absorb certain costs profit margins are still relatively narrow according to Saltsman . Additionally it’s easy to forget that these companies employ thousands and thousands of people and face overhead costs.\nRegarding the seemingly excessive pay of company executives – something brought up frequently by progressive activists – Saltsman offered a rebuttal:\nIn conclusion and to further illustrate the speciousness of the minimum wage argument Saltsman ran through a common scenario:", "output": [ "Michael Saltsman" ] }, { "id": "task419-040e734d0114417986f26575738aee0a", "input": "CNBC's Jim Cramer has been following the bull market in payment processing and the rise of digital transactions for a while pounding the table on plays like Visa and PayPal.\nBut there are more ways to play the global cash-to-credit shift besides credit card companies and payment processors so Cramer decided to analyze Global Payments an international merchant acquirer that enables retailers to accept electronic payments.\n\"The stock of Global Payments has rocketed up more than 48 percent year to date so good that yes I'm kicking myself . I wish I had highlighted it earlier \" the \"Mad Money\" host said. \"These guys own the client relationships in the payments business and they're the ones who set pricing. They also have some e-commerce cross-border and gambling-related solutions.\"\n Cramer said Global Payments' outlook drastically improved when it bought Heartland Payment Systems in 2015 for $3.8 billion.\n\"Meanwhile Global Payments is looking to expand internationally \" Cramer said. \"Right now the rest of the world accounts for roughly a quarter of the company's sales. Asia Europe [the] Middle East Africa [and] Latin America is where the real growth is so they're aggressively trying to take share overseas.\"\nTypically Cramer doesn't like to invest solely on earnings reports. But given Global Payments' bullish guidance strategic partnership with Vista Equity Partners and e-commerce expansion he made an exception to his rule regarding the company's third-quarter earnings report on Nov. 8.\n\"I don't like to game the earnings reports but if Global Payments delivers another good quarter next week and the stock gets dinged anyway I wouldn't be surprised if you're getting another buying opportunity \" he said.", "output": [ "Jim Cramer" ] }, { "id": "task419-6762b4e11c054b8895f6e4e99e932021", "input": "The government claimed that Fonseka was not eligible to be a candidate as he was not a registered voter.\n \"He can't be declared the winner when he is not suitable to be a candidate \" Bogollagama stressed.\n Fonseka said he had applied but failed to get his name into the 2008 voter register.\n Bogollagama said the applicable electoral roll in the presidential election was finalized in 2008 and Fonseka was not on that list.\n Dayananda Dissanayaka the Commissioner of Elections said a candidate need not be a registered voter nor cast his vote in order to be eligible to run for office and thereby Sarath Fonseka is eligible to run for the post.", "output": [ "Sarath Fonseka" ] }, { "id": "task419-a9922be98190459f979e87c9b7ae1ffc", "input": "Mere months after being on the receiving end of one of the most stunning losses in presidential election history former Hillary Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said there’s a chance the former secretary of state could run again in 2020.\nIn an appearance Monday on MSNBC Mook was asked by host Greta Van Susteren “what are the odds” that Clinton will run for office again.\n“I’m going to let her answer for that ” Mook replied. “I think what happens right now we’ve got to get to the bottom of what happened in 2016 then we can start worrying about the next cycle. But we’ve got to make sure that this cannot happen again in two years or four years to anybody else.”\n Mook also refused to rule out a Clinton comeback in 2020 when asked Tuesday by veteran news anchor Dan Rather.\n“I have no idea ” Mook said. “You genuinely would have to ask her .”\nIn recent weeks Clinton ’s name has been linked to reports that she ’s eyeing a political comeback of some kind.\nAccording to TMZ Clinton is considering running for New York City mayor — this despite that a majority of likely voters in the deep blue Big Apple don’t want her anywhere near city hall.\nStill searching for her place in a politically frayed Democratic party Clinton announced last week at a St Patrick’s Day event in Scranton Pennsylvania that she is “ready to you know come out of the woods.”", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-438603bcc470470181da57d68cb08e0f", "input": "But the challenge of returning to work is even greater for women who stay out of the work force for extended periods of time or who take frequent breaks to raise children. That was the case for Lea Giovanniello 59 the Virginia woman who found that resuming a full-time job in the technology sector two years ago required hitting the books for a new degree.\n Ms. Giovanniello stepped away from a fast-track information technology job with Northrop Corporation. Over the course of more than two decades after she left she taught math and science in public schools and worked in various I.T. positions at embassies and consulates where her husband was posted with the foreign service.\nWhen her children headed to college she decided to restart her career. “The problem is that the tech field keeps moving on at a brisk pace and my skills were out of date ” Ms. Giovanniello said. “When I started looking at the job listings it just felt so futile. I probably sent out maybe a dozen résumés and never got back so much as an automatic response.”\n She earned a master of science degree in computer forensics from George Mason University in 2014. Then through FlexProfessionals a part-time job staffing firm she was hired by Corsec Security an I.T. security consulting company in Herndon Va. as a part-time computer security engineer. Today she ’s on staff as a certifications analyst.", "output": [ "Giovanniello" ] }, { "id": "task419-477356dfde11415eb5bf786c39e509a1", "input": "“We work together to make sure the next 90 years empower these limitless possibilities of equality diversity inclusion and intersectionality ” said Judd. “That’s what this year has promised us. ”\nHost Jimmy Kimmel opened with a monologue that mixed Weinstein punchlines with earnest comments about reforming gender equality in Hollywood. And of course Kimmel — returning to the scene of the flub — dove straight into material about last year’s infamous best-picture mix-up.\n“I do want to mention this year when you hear your name called don’t get up right away ” said Kimmel . “Give us a minute.”\nBut while Kimmel spent a few moments on the fiasco known as Envelopegate he expended far more minutes frankly and soberly discussing the parade of sexual harassment allegations in the wake of the revelations regarding Weinstein. Kimimel cited the industry’s poor record for female directors and equal pay.\n“We can’t let bad behavior slide anymore ” said Kimmel . “The world is watching us.”\nGesturing to a giant statue on the stage he praised Oscar himself for keeping “ his hands where you can see them” and for having “no penis at all.” But Kimmel introduced the broadcast as “a night for positivity ” and cited among other things the box-office sensation of “Black Panther.”\n“I remember a time when the major studios didn’t believe a woman or a minority could open a super hero movie — and the reason I remember that time is because it was March of last year ” said Kimmel .\nWith just a few minutes before the show started Kimmel and his team emerged from his dressing room chanting “Let’s get it right this time!”", "output": [ "Jimmy Kimmel" ] }, { "id": "task419-9bcaee4b247248f6b2827aacfc230e24", "input": "Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer announced last week he was resigning for personal reasons before the end of his term opening yet another seat in the central bank's powerful board for President Donald Trump to fill.\nThe departure of Fischer 73 represents a big loss of institutional knowledge and gravitas for the Fed at a time when many American institutions are sorely lacking in technocratic expertise. Fischer is considered the leader of a generation of prominent academic and professional economics in part because he taught many of them at MIT.\n\" He is often referred to as the dean of central bankers having taught most central bankers including former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and European Central Bank president Mario Draghi \" Shawn Baldwin the chairman of AIA Group wrote in a LinkedIn post. \" Fischer 's departure creates a vacuum not easily filled adding to the uncertainty in monetary policy.\"\nLarry Summers the Harvard economist and former Treasury secretary dubbed Fischer 's resignation \"the end of an era.\"\nFischer who was born in Zambia and later studied in London started his career as an academic but became a policymaker at the World Bank and later the International Monetary Fund where he rose to the role of first deputy managing director. Fischer then spent three years at Citigroup as a vice chairman before moving to Israel in 2005 to become the head of its central bank. Fischer returned to the US as Fed vice chairman in 2014. His term was not set to end until June 2018.\n\"The Fed and the international monetary system will be weaker for his departure from official responsibility \" Summers wrote in a blog post.\n\" Stan 's has been a singular career \" he said. \"As an MIT professor he coauthored with his close friend Rudi Dornbusch the macro textbook that defined the basics of the field for a generation. With Olivier Blanchard \" the former IMF chief economist \"he wrote the treatise that defined the state of the art for graduate students. His lectures were models of lucid exposition and balanced judgment. My view of monetary economics was shaped by my experience auditing his class in the Fall of 1978.\"\nNot everyone is complimentary about the arc of Fischer 's career. To some he represents the kind of establishment economics that led to financial instability and income inequality in many parts of the world.\nDuring his time at the IMF Fischer became the face of austerity measures gone wrong. Many of his and the IMF's recommendations for drastic spending cuts during the Asian financial crisis of the late 1990s have since been widely discredited as having made matters worse.\n\"I see Fischer as to a large extent the embodiment of the conventional wisdom among macroeconomists and central bankers \" said Dean Baker the director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research a liberal Washington think tank. \" He also in the pre-crisis days was very much associated with the deregulation of finance gang although I think he has developed an appreciation of the need for regulation since the crisis.\"\nIndeed Fischer has spoken out rather strongly against efforts by Trump and Republicans to unwind most of the key regulations imposed on Wall Street after the crisis with the aim of preventing a repeat performance.\n\"We seem to have forgotten that we had a financial crisis which was caused by behavior in the banking and other parts of the financial system and it did enormous damage to this economy \" Fischer told CNBC in April just as the president was signing an executive order aimed at what he said was \"reviewing\" Dodd-Frank.\n\"Millions of people lost their jobs millions of people lost their houses \" Fischer said. \"This was not a small-time regular recession. This was huge and it affected the rest of the world and it affected to some extent our standing in the world as well. We should not forget that.\"\nBaker says Fischer did a good job in Israel where he managed the central bank from 2005 to 2013.\n\" He pushed down the value of the shekel giving the country a large trade surplus which allowed it to get through the Great Recession with little damage \" Baker said.\nAs for US monetary policy his tenure did not include much action on the part of the Fed but Fischer has been erroneously worried about the threat of looming inflation since the start of his tenure.", "output": [ "Stanley Fischer" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad60eda0f59d4dcb99a3dcef92e173ee", "input": "The department said investigators collected male DNA from the clothing that victim Sherri Papini was wearing when she was found on Thanksgiving and female DNA that was discovered on Papini's body. The samples have not been identified.\nThe bizarre case — with many of the most sensational details initially released by her husband in an exclusive interview with ABC — has baffled police and set social media buzzing.\nFBI via AP These sketches released by the FBI show two suspects in the mysterious disappearance of Sherri Papini . Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Jackson said the sketches are being released 10 months after her disappearance because of Papini 's difficulty in recalling what her abductors looked like. These sketches released by the FBI show two suspects in the mysterious disappearance of Sherri Papini . Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Jackson said the sketches are being released 10 months after her disappearance because of Papini 's difficulty in recalling what her abductors looked like. (FBI via AP) (FBI via AP)\n Papini disappeared Nov. 2 while jogging near her home in Shasta County about 215 miles north of San Francisco.\n Her husband found her phone and earphones near their home after she failed to pick up their children at daycare and called police. He was initially a suspect but the sheriff said Wednesday that the husband passed a lie detector test and offered to take another.\nAuthorities also said a Detroit man Papini texted and planned to meet shortly before her disappearance has been cleared of involvement.\n Papini was found alongside Interstate 5 in Yolo County about 100 miles from her home. Her nose was broken and she was wearing a chain restraint around her waist. Her blonde hair had been cut to shoulder length and she had a \"brand\" burned into her right shoulder.\nInvestigators declined to discuss the \"brand\" in detail. Papini has said she was not sexually assaulted and has described her abductors as two women who took her at gunpoint.\nSheriff's Sgt. Brian Jackson said the sketches drawn by FBI artists are being released 10 months after her disappearance because of Papini 's difficulty in recalling what her abductors looked like.", "output": [ "Sherri Papini" ] }, { "id": "task419-e9883f56c27547a7a5504ba83257c1c9", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Big banks keen to see bottom-line benefits from U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to cut red tape are pinning their hopes primarily on Randal Quarles the new head of bank supervision at the Federal Reserve.\nFILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Randal Quarles speaks during a Reuters sponsored panel discussion on the future of the U.S. housing foundations Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in New York July 19 2006. REUTERS/Keith Bedford/File Photo\n Quarles a former Wall Street lawyer and private equity investor nominated to the Fed by Trump last summer and sworn in this month will have the most influence in such efforts due to the central bank’s extensive financial oversight powers.\n“Normally when you get a new governor at the Fed you don’t see anything for a few months ” said Wayne Abernathy executive vice president at the American Bankers Association and a former colleague of Quarles at the Treasury Department under President George W. Bush.\n“I think the expectations for Quarles are higher because there was so much fanfare about the position. He ’s going to feel some kind of pressure to show something.”\nWith Quarles on board banks and analysts expect the Fed to ease aspects of everyday examination and supervision in particular reducing the number of post-inspection notices demanding fixes to technical compliance issues ranging from sales practices to outsourcing contracts.\nThe Fed’s annual stress tests analyzing how a bank would cope with market shocks - known as CCAR - are another key area where Quarles is likely to quickly make his mark.\n“Now that Randal Quarles is in place what we expect is that in fairly short order there will be some modifications to the way the CCAR works because that is something that can largely be done at the behest of supervision ” Guy Moszkowski managing partner at financial analyst firm Autonomous Research told a conference on Tuesday.\nStill those who know Quarles believe he is well-suited in terms of experience and personality to navigate the Fed’s halls of power. They point to his success in helping to negotiate trade deals during his time at the Treasury.\n“ He isn’t the kind of person that bows to consensus ” said the ABA’s Abernathy. “ He ’s the type of person who makes consensus.”", "output": [ "Randal Quarles" ] }, { "id": "task419-2c5f2264fe644a6f82d6cadca5465ee6", "input": "The dossier which is a collection of memos written over a period of months includes specific unverified and potentially unverifiable allegations of contact between Trump aides and Russian operatives and graphic claims of sexual acts documented by the Russians. BuzzFeed News reporters in the US and Europe have been investigating various alleged facts in the dossier but have not verified or falsified them. CNN reported Tuesday that a two-page synopsis of the report was given to President Obama and Trump .\nThe document was prepared for political opponents of Trump by a person who is understood to be a former British intelligence agent. It is not just unconfirmed: It includes some clear errors. The report misspells the name of one company \"Alpha Group \" throughout. It is Alfa Group. The report says the settlement of Barvikha outside Moscow is \"reserved for the residences of the top leadership and their close associates.\" It is not reserved for anyone and it is also populated by the very wealthy.\nThe Trump administration's transition team did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' request for comment. However the president-elect's attorney Michael Cohen told Mic that the allegations were absolutely false.\nAnd Trump shot back against the reports a short time later on Twitter.", "output": [ "Allege Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-f0796c2cabb0429aaf79e3a1c8272316", "input": "What is known for sure about American military scientist Frank Olson is that on November 28 1953 the bacteriologist and father of three plunged to his death from the thirteenth floor of the Statler hotel in New York City not long after he was secretly drugged with LSD on the orders of his CIA superior. Whether Olson was pushed or jumped or was nudged into committing suicide remains unclear. But indeterminacy with a generous side of conspiracy is catnip to director Errol Morris who has made either a 241-minute film or a six-part television series depending on where and how you plan to watch it about the tragedy's long reach into Olson 's family and America's secretive political culture.\n Olson 's death and the murk surrounding its cause cast a defining shadow over the life of his son Eric whose endless quest to find out what happened that night has pre-empted all other endeavors. The blight spread around his family. His mother became an alcoholic with the film implies the active encouragement of one of her husband's colleagues. But Eric now in his sixties has arguably been completely derailed by the tragedy. He is the central focus of Wormwood a hybrid blend of documentary and Cold War thriller that makes The B-Side Morris's loving portrait of radical photographer Elsa Dorfman earlier this year look almost straightforward.\nMoving back and forth between the 1953 events and 1975 when a Rockefeller commission confirmed that an army scientist had been purposefully drugged with hallucinogens Wormwood carries us from secret meetings at Deer Lake through the long tail of misery and obfuscation left by Frank 's death to Eric's pursuit of the truth all the way to the corridors of power.\nIn hushed and menacing re-enactments Peter Sarsgaard whose mild manner lends itself to all kinds of tonal nuance charts the decline and fall of Olson a patriotic team player whose growing unease about his agency's secretive involvement in biological warfare overseas first worries his boss (a reptilian Tim Blake Nelson) and then moves him to seize the day and use his hapless employee as a guinea pig. By the time Frank arrives at the hotel flanked by ambiguously supportive colleagues he's rapidly unraveling into a gibbering wreck.\nWormwood's breathless hopped-up style harks back to Morris's 1988 The Thin Blue Line which called into question a murder verdict and resulted in the release of a wrongly convicted suspect from Death Row. Here the noir markers are writ so large as to verge now and then on self-parody. Morris keeps returning the action to the hotel to act out different angles and competing versions of what happened to Olson that night. The hypothetical range between possible perps — Frank 's boss his friends two wordless thugs in fedoras a CIA allergist played by a sinister Bob Balaban — is narrow enough to make these scenes a touch repetitive if you're watching in one sitting. Certainly they underscore Morris's standing as a lifelong participant observer of American paranoia. For which it must be said there is undeniable fodder in the manner of Olsen's going the secrecy surrounding his death the ambivalent admissions the Rockefeller Commission along with a dwindling financial settlement that looks suspiciously like hush money to Olson and to Morris and the merrily chuckling presence in old footage of two well-known knowns Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.\nFor all the formal beauty of the re-enactments the most compelling scenes in Wormwood are the unembellished interviews that Morris — ordinarily an off-screen interlocutor with an appetite for the subtly leading question — is seen conducting across a table with Eric Olson who waves his arms around with the befuddled intensity of a superannuated schoolboy as he tells his story. Articulate and charming Eric is a talented collage artist who seems to have sacrificed career and significant relationships to his endless search for justice and truth even after the case was officially closed and after he contacts investigative reporter Seymour Hersh who first reported the drugging of Olson in The New York Times. Grandiose as always Hersh insists that he knows who murdered Frank Olson but won't say for fear of compromising an anonymous source. We can't tell whether he 's fibbing either.\nA romantic view — and I wouldn't entirely put this past Morris — is that Olson is like his interlocutor an artist with a magnificent obsession that sustains him even when it's doomed to failure. But in Wormwood he emerges with enormous poignancy as a tragic figure perpetually stuck in limbo like the father we see tumbling over and over to his fate.", "output": [ "Frank Olson" ] }, { "id": "task419-2ac6a113c74042dabf1d07b92e223965", "input": "At 84 Ginette Bedard is this year's oldest female runner in the race.\nBorn and raised in France Bedard has been running for 40 years but only raced her first marathon at the age of 69. But she 's run every NYC marathon since according to the marathon organization.\n\"Once you start the marathon you want to do it every year you’re able to do it \" she told NYRR.\nMelinda Mizrachi a 43-year-old Miami resident had two homes damaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria in Florida and Puerto Rico but she overcame training setbacks to move forward with her plan to compete in New York.\n\"From evacuating on a moment’s notice and potentially losing everything in Miami to Puerto Rico where my second home family and friends were in harm’s way this was like no disruption I could have ever anticipated \" she told NYRR.\nMizrachi announced on her NYRR fundraising page that she would run with Team for Kids. The division of NYRR is a team of adult runners who raise funds for services provided by NYRR youth programs that combat childhood obesity and empower youth development programs across the country.", "output": [ "Ginette Bedard" ] }, { "id": "task419-b72a650694dd4db1ae97191898c8cc09", "input": "This past Thursday a new study conducted Tom K. Wong a political scientist at the University of California-San Diego found that there are broad benefits for local jurisdictions that resist cooperating with federal immigration enforcement — they are safer in the aggregate and enjoy stronger economies. \"For the first time we're kind of seeing that crime rates are lower when localities stay out of the business of federal immigration enforcement \" Wong said.\n He looked at federal data on immigration detainers an ICE-initiated 48-hour hold on anyone identified as being in the country illegally. When someone is arrested and detained in a local jail their fingerprints are cross-referenced with a federal database of undocumented immigrants. If the fingerprints match those of someone known to be in the country illegally ICE can ask local law enforcement to hold that person as federal officials decide whether to start the deportation process. (There have been court battles over whether holding people for days without actual charges with these federal immigration detainer requests is in violation of the Constitution.)\n Wong compared the the data from thousands of counties those that ICE said did not honor detainer requests and those that did. \"We don't have to make up a definition of what a sanctuary locality is \" Wong said. \"We have ICE telling us what it thinks a sanctuary county is.\"\nOn average counties that did not comply with ICE requests experienced 35.5 fewer crimes per 10 000 people than those that did. Wong also found that counties that did not comply with detainer requests had higher household incomes lower rates of unemployment lower rates of poverty and were less likely to have children under 18 in households receiving public benefits.\nThe crime numbers did not surprise Wong . Research has shown that working with federal immigration enforcement made it harder for local police agencies to investigate crimes because witnesses and victims who were in the country illegally would be less likely to come forward if they thought they risked being detained and deported. It could be that sanctuary counties have immigrant populations who are more integrated into their social fabric and economies he said.\nThe research also revealed that smaller more rural counties experienced the most significant impact from sanctuary policies on their crime rates (lower) and economies (stronger). Taken together Wong said the net benefits to sanctuary cities would offset the impact of Trump's shame offensive on them. \"The ultimate effect is going to be minimal \" he said.", "output": [ "Tom K. Wong" ] }, { "id": "task419-2acd5bc877bc4a7685187359e50b0130", "input": "If Freeney cannot play Sunday Robert Mathis who usually plays on the left side of the defensive line would probably move to the right and Raheem Brock would assume Mathis's spot. Freeney had 13 1/2 sacks this season and he and Mathis combined for 23 of the Colts' 34.\n The sports injury expert Will Carroll said that the standard definition of Freeney's injury which has been described by the team as a Grade 3 sprain meant that one of the ligaments in his right ankle was at least 50 percent torn. If this were the regular season Freeney would probably miss several weeks perhaps as many as eight.\n Freeney's game is predicated on speed and he often employs a spin move to shed offensive linemen. The ankle may limit his ability to spin if he can play at all.\n Freeney has been in Florida since Friday receiving treatment and he is known as a fast healer. This season he sustained what was described at the time as a torn quadriceps which was expected to keep him out for up to a month. Seven days later Freeney played.\n \"Dwight has Wolverine type of characteristics \" linebacker Gary Brackett said. \"All year he's had strange things. Out 10 weeks he's back in seven days. Dwight is doing everything he can to get back to this game. In my opinion Dwight will be ready to go.\"\nDwight has Wolverine type of characteristics \" linebacker Gary Brackett said. \"All year he's had strange things. Out 10 weeks he's back in seven days. Dwight is doing everything he can to get back to this game. In my opinion Dwight will be ready to go.\"\n The Colts who are usually secretive about injuries have been unusually forthcoming about the specifics of Freeney's injury but he was not available Monday night when the news media had limited access to the team. The Colts are scheduled to be at media day on Tuesday but it is unclear if Freeney will be there. He is unlikely to participate when the Colts begin practice here Wednesday.\nFreeney's injury but he was not available Monday night when the news media had limited access to the team. The Colts are scheduled to be at media day on Tuesday but it is unclear if Freeney will be there. He is unlikely to participate when the Colts begin practice here Wednesday.\n Freeney's injury is a huge break for the New Orleans Saints who at times struggled to protect quarterback Drew Brees. They would be less likely to leave a running back or tight end in to help left tackle Jermon Bushrod freeing them to run pass routes.\n The Colts are 9-3 when Freeney has been out of the lineup.", "output": [ "Dwight Freeney", "Freeney" ] }, { "id": "task419-1cc013ddccd644d9ade9f94388c85b20", "input": "Josh Jackson made one of two free throws to boost the Phoenix lead to 101-99 with 29 seconds remaining before Patty Mills got the ball to Forbes who made his lone 3 in six tries.\nPhoenix's Mike James scored 25 points one shy of his career high but missed a 3-pointer the Spurs got the rebound and Mills sank two free throws with 1.6 seconds to play.\nSan Antonio led by as many as 15 in the first half and 19 in the third quarter before a 12-2 Suns surge to cut the Spurs' lead to 71-69 on Troy Daniels' 3-pointer from the corner with 53 seconds left in the period. But Mills made two 3s in the final 10 seconds of the quarter and San Antonio led 79-71 entering the fourth.\nWarren rattled in a 3 to punctuate another 12-2 surge that made it tied it 94-94 for the first time since it was 2-2.", "output": [ "Patty Mills" ] }, { "id": "task419-d06aa82089e4437abe8e1e1cd41150ad", "input": "The first team of women who summit Mt. Qomolangma has termed their project \"Everest women 7 summits eco-action\" the first international leg of a mission to climb seven highest peaks on each of seven continents the team informed media amid a press conference organized here in capital Kathmandu prior to their mission.\n Marking the golden jubilee anniversary of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Australia the mission kick-starts in Australia on June 29. The team will make their way to Sydney and travel down through the south coast of New South Wales and then up to the alpine region to climb Mt Kosciuszko/Targangil in early July. The team expects to finish the expedition by the end of 2011.\n \"We will be meeting with schools environment groups famous climbers environmentalists and scientists during the tour as well as speak at several public events in Sydney Canberra and Melbourne the team mentioned in a release.\n The team has also set their mission theme entitled \"Education for Action\".\nwomen who summit Mt. Qomolangma has termed their project \"Everest women 7 summits eco-action\" the first international leg of a mission to climb seven highest peaks on each of seven continents the team informed media amid a press conference organized here in capital Kathmandu prior to their mission.", "output": [ "Qomolangma" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f7e053ac15747569c35608201c8311d", "input": "The \"Long Island Medium\" couldn't reach a happy medium with her husband.\n Theresa Caputo star of the hit TLC series announced Sunday that she 's separating from Larry Caputo her husband of nearly 30 years.\n Theresa acknowledged marital discord in a recent episode of “Long Island Medium.” (Ray Tamarra/Getty Images)\nThough Theresa and Larry have shown a united front over ten seasons of her reality series the star recently admitted they had marital troubles.\n\"I've changed and he has changed \" she said on a recent episode. \"We're both not happy and you know it's hard to try to work through that…. I don't understand it. I lay in bed and I say to myself 'How did this happen? How did I get here?'\"", "output": [ "Theresa Caputo" ] }, { "id": "task419-229ab1c6d04d4e6a8f940a9ec2fa0e35", "input": "At one point during the two-hour premiere of Citizen Rose her new E! docuseries Rose McGowan describes her life as “trauma on top of trauma on top of trauma.” The series which delves deep into McGowan’s upbringing in a cult and her Hollywood sex symbol status as well as her alleged sexual assault and its aftermath is far more substantial and devastating than standard E! programming.\nCitizen Rose takes on a portion of one of the biggest news stories of 2017: the outing of Harvey Weinstein as an alleged serial rapist and sexual abuser. Weinstein whose name and face is obscured in McGowan’s series is one of the many characters on Citizen Rose who has become a household name. And while the series takes pains not to amplify Weinstein’s infamy it gives over its platforms to some of the heroes of the Weinstein saga. Ronan Farrow the journalist who helped expose Weinstein with his New Yorker reporting appears on Citizen Rose to thank McGowan for coming forward. It’s one of the many moments in the series that successfully brings audiences behind the scenes of crucial moments in the #MeToo timeline. We learn that McGowan was one of the first women to talk to Farrow as he recalls “When I first talked to you…at the end of that interview when I said are there others and you said ‘I know there are others ’ I then went out and started calling women.”\nFarrow goes on to compare Weinstein’s decades of alleged abuse and network of spies to a detective novel and McGowan explains the intense loneliness of being called crazy and paranoid for years because nobody believed that the producer was actively attempting to intimidate and silence her. After “twenty years with everyone saying ‘you’re not seeing what you’re seeing ’” Farrow’s reporting finally publicly confirmed what she had been privately alleging in the years since she was assaulted. She concludes “I’m not paranoid it’s reality.”\nFor McGowan doubts about how her narrative is being consumed are clearly secondary to the joy of being heard after decades of deafening silence. If there’s one defining emotion in Citizen Rose—a series that’s really about emotional as they come—it’s relief. After years and years of being either ignored or misunderstood McGowan is finally being validated and encouraged to share her truth as she sees it. The resulting two hours of truth-telling is probably more sincere than anything E! has ever aired. It’s almost as if the network can’t come to terms with the fact that they have a truly gripping meaningful timely subject on their hands leading them to resort to unnecessary filler material—inexplicable interludes of interpretive dancing and bright flashing lights.\nStill when McGowan speaks it’s well worth the wait. While she insists that she has been attempting to tell her story for years it’s only in recent months that McGowan has become legible. Before she was alternatively seen as a sex symbol or a loose cannon; narratives that McGowan convincingly argues were forced upon her . Citizen Rose is as much about the “open secret” of Harvey Weinstein’s serial sexual abuse as it is about the way that women in Hollywood are deliberately seen but not heard.\nEarly on in the episode we go through the timeline of McGowan’s assault. She explains that “When it happened to me I was in the middle of my second movie for him. I had a 10 a.m. meeting in the restaurant. The maître d’ said he’s not ready yet they want you to go up to his office…I get up there two male assistants come out…I had an MTV crew following me that morning it was supposed to be Rose McGowan a day in the life. I turn to the cameras right when I was about to go into the hotel and I say ‘I think my life is finally getting easier.’”\nIn a larger conversation about sexual-assault survivors it’s important to point out that McGowan a famous white actress comes from a place of immense privilege. Still the history that she recalls is a painful one from a childhood spent in the Children of God cult to what she calls “the cult of Hollywood.” McGowan went from being a young star with all of the opportunities in the world to an assault survivor working on a movie for her alleged rapist. Over decades just trying to do her job she was consistently forced to interact with Weinstein and made to remember that he was the one in power. McGowan describes turning on the TV “to see Gwyneth Paltrow giving him humanitarian awards ” or going to the movies and seeing his name. “I saw him all the time ” she breaks down to her mom in one scene. “I didn’t get to be me for 17 years…you’re literally trapped in the tiniest town in the world.”", "output": [ "Rose McGowan" ] }, { "id": "task419-42ee90f10826466982ea9615b45a0fbd", "input": "Soccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool - Wembley Stadium London Britain - October 22 2017 Tottenham's Harry Kane celebrates scoring their first goal with Serge Aurier REUTERS/Eddie Keogh\nTottenham Hotspur brutally exposed Liverpool’s defensive frailties as Harry Kane plundered two more goals in his side’s 4-1 romp at Wembley on Sunday.\nIn front of 80 827 fans the biggest ever Premier League attendance Kane took his league tally to eight for the season with the first and fourth goals in a clinical Spurs display.\nSoccer Football - Premier League - Tottenham Hotspur vs Liverpool - Wembley Stadium London Britain - October 22 2017 Tottenham's Son Heung-min celebrates scoring their second goal with Harry Kane\nIn the fourth minute Spurs defender Kieran Trippier played Kane into acres of space and the England striker cleverly dinked the ball around goalkeeper Simon Mignolet with his right foot before guiding a shot home with his left.\nIn the 56th minute Mignolet flapped at Trippier’s inswinging free kick Jan Vertonghen’s shot was cleared off the line by Roberto Firmino but it fell to the lurking Kane who steadied himself before drilling into the corner.", "output": [ "Harry Kane" ] }, { "id": "task419-e31ba2b90759464aad6da889ae916ef2", "input": "Mario Casciaro who was sent to prison for 26 years for the murder of his teenage co-worker only to be freed after the conviction was reversed is now seeking millions of dollars in damages from those who brought the case against him .\nIt took two trials before Casciaro was convicted in 2013 of the unusual murder by intimidation charge in the presumed killing of 17-year-old Brian Carrick. In what had been — and now remains — one of McHenry County's most mysterious cases Carrick disappeared in 2002 after being seen at the Johnsburg grocery store where he and Casciaro both worked. His body has never been found.\nAuthorities contended that Carrick was selling pot for Casciaro and owed him money.\nA third co-worker Shane Lamb testified at both trials that Casciaro told him to \"talk\" to Carrick about the debt. Lamb said he confronted Carrick inside a produce cooler at the grocery store and punched him knocking him unconscious. Lamb testified that Casciaro told him to leave the store and that he would take care of the body. Authorities said Carrick's blood was found in and around the cooler but Casciaro has denied having any involvement.\nLamb facing a lengthy sentence in an unrelated drug case agreed to testify against Casciaro in exchange for immunity in Carrick's death.\n Casciaro now 33 was released from prison in 2015 after an appellate court ruled that the state's case was improbable and Lamb's testimony did not match the physical evidence found at the scene.", "output": [ "Mario Casciaro" ] }, { "id": "task419-02e5a4afc15c4681be011866b181b992", "input": "Jameis Winston won the Heisman Trophy the following year while leading the Seminoles to the national championship.\nAfter one more season he was off to the NFL as the first pick in the draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The success was hardly a surprise born out of an innate self-assurance.\n\" He always wanted to race. He thought he was the fastest person on the team knowing he was the slowest. He was competing in everything thought he had the best hands thought he could cover anyone \" said Rhodes who'll be defending Winston on Sunday with the Minnesota Vikings. \"I'm like 'Bro you're just an all-around athlete huh? Running a 4.8 huh?'\"\nNo speed is not part of Winston 's elite skillset. His official 40-yard dash time at the NFL combine in 2015 was 4.97 seconds .\nJust about everything else is. With the Vikings uncertain this week about quarterback Sam Bradford's status having started Case Keenum at Pittsburgh because of an injury to Bradford's left knee the Buccaneers are clearly Winston 's team.\n\"Jameis is Jameis \" Rhodes said. \" He 's confident in everything he does.\"\n Winston will face an accomplished defense in Minnesota with the Pro Bowl cornerback Rhodes one of the standouts.\n\" His size and speed combination is amazing. But at the end of the day just like at Florida State we're going to go out there and compete \" Winston said.\nVikings running back Dalvin Cook a freshman in Winston 's final season with the Seminoles in 2014 recalled a certain read-option play where Winston would hand him the ball and then try to hustle in front to block for him .\n\" He 's just a guy who built up confidence. He carries himself like a leader which he is \" Cook said.", "output": [ "Jameis Winston" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a50ec6dae004061b0e7f70b51a4c616", "input": "Taha Muntajibuddin attended kindergarten through third grade with her in Fort Worth Texas. After learning of the case he shared on Facebook his \"overwhelming sense of guilt and shame\" over how she was treated.\nMuntajibuddin a pediatrics resident doctor in Houston who confirmed his post to The Associated Press described her as \"a frail girl had pin-straight hair with bangs and often wore the same purple outfit.\"\nThe post has elicited a strong reaction with some condemning Muntajibuddin for his behavior as a child. Others praised him for addressing it.\n Muntajibuddin said in an interview Tuesday that he was surprised by the reaction.\n\"It was just meant to be an honest lesson: take it or leave it \" he said.\n Muntajibuddin said he is hopeful his former classmate can recover and live an enriched life.\n He said despite being bullied by her peers she \"was still one of the most pleasant people I have had the opportunity to meet. She had this whimsical optimism to her that couldn't be dampened couldn't be doused no matter what anybody threw at her.\"\n He said he has learned from his experience and hopes others do too.", "output": [ "Taha Muntajibuddin" ] }, { "id": "task419-5540c7ce89274bf08ee76084af27a72a", "input": "Prime Minister Boyko Borissov a former bodyguard to the Soviet-era Communist dictator welcomed fellow conservatives who run the three main Brussels political institutions to Sofia pledging to help ease tensions between east and west inside the EU and between the Union and its Russian and Turkish neighbors.\nThough the presidency of the EU offers little direct power it offers Borissov a platform which he used to renew Bulgarian demands to be allowed to join Schengen and the euro’s “waiting room” the ERM-2 exchange rate mechanism. Worries over organized crime and Bulgaria’s relative poverty have stood in its way.\nEuropean Council President Donald Tusk speaks next to Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev (R-L) during an event marking the start of Bulgaria's six-month presidency of EU ministerial councils in Sofia Bulgaria January 11 2018. Krum Stoev/EU2018BG/Handout via REUTERS\nThat will not in itself overcome resistance from wary member states. Borissov ’s finance minister said frustration had grown to such an extent that he was ready to call their bluff and apply for the next step toward the euro zone in order to force them to publicly explain their objections.\nWarm words from the visitors from Brussels did not drown out opposition at home to the government. Borissov dismissed out of hand accusations of shrinking media freedom and his minister in charge of the EU presidency denounced a website run by critical journalists covering the issue as “hate speech” and “fake news”.", "output": [ "Boyko Borissov" ] }, { "id": "task419-c4d9e8c77f564847a7080f4983f9031a", "input": "She handed over an official letter from French President Nicolas Sarkozy to his Mongolian counterpart Elbegdorj.\nIn the letter Sarkozy said he attached importance to cooperation between the two countries a Mongolian press release said.\nFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy to his Mongolian counterpart Elbegdorj.\nIn the letter Sarkozy said he attached importance to cooperation between the two countries a Mongolian press release said.", "output": [ "Nicolas Sarkozy" ] }, { "id": "task419-8e34b80110f54a37ab5ab20764dafc88", "input": "His death was announced Friday night by David Simon the creator of \"The Wire \" who paid tribute to the late 59-year-old actor on Twitter.\n\"Not only a fine masterful actor -- but simply one of the most delightful human beings with whom I ever shared some long days on set \" Simon wrote. \"On wit alone he could double any man over and leave him thinking. Reg your memory is a great blessing.\"\nReg Cathey 1958-2018. Not only a fine masterful actor -- but simply one of the most delightful human beings with whom I ever shared some long days on set. On wit alone he could double any man over and leave him thinking. Reg your memory is a great blessing. pic.twitter.com/OHEUbAhTg0 â David Simon (@AoDespair) February 9 2018\nMore details of Cathey's passing including the circumstances surrounding his death were not immediately available.\nThe Huntsville Alabama native was born into a military family in August of 1958. He took an interest in theater at the age of 9 after attending a United Service Organization show in West Germany where he was raised.", "output": [ "David Simon" ] }, { "id": "task419-707e80b9372f44fc9686fa23b30dd6ff", "input": "American Airlines flight attendant Bette Nash 81 has entered her seventh decade in the clouds celebrating a remarkable 60th year in the profession The Washington Post chronicled Sunday.\n\"Everybody in the industry knows about Bette \" said Pavel Boress a young American Eagle flight attendant meeting the industry legend for the first time per the Post. \"She's an inspiration.\"\nWhen Nash celebrated her 50th year a decade ago she laughed at the idea she would stick around for another milestone. Pilots are mandated to retired by age 65 but there is no such rule for flight attendants so Nash has just kept on flying and now does so amid requests for autographs and photos.\n Nash 's favorite route dubbed the \"Nash Dash according to the Post is a shuttle from Washington D.C. to Boston which requires a 2:10 a.m. wakeup call but allows her to be back in time for dinner with her son who lives with her.", "output": [ "Bette Nash" ] }, { "id": "task419-f760f455a4474021b0811638c22f5ce4", "input": "Ben McAdoo clearly is going to go down swinging.\n“Until I had all the information I was going to err on the high side of trusting the player protecting the player ” McAdoo said Wednesday.\nGiants generally agree with Ben McAdoo suspending Janoris Jenkins\nMcAdoo however can’t be so removed from reality not to understand that there was a better way to handle that situation than lying that Jenkins was “excused for personal reasons ” when he in fact hadn’t even spoken with the man. And McAdoo also has to understand that when he stands there on Wednesday and makes no apology for his premeditated mistake it is implicit that he most certainly would do it again.\nOf course McAdoo hopes he won’t have to repeat this song and dance but then again he admitted suspending two players in three weeks was “not something that going into the season I’d ever thought I’d have to do ” so who knows? Bad things usually hit in threes anyway right?\nAnd McAdoo alluded to the fact that he is still not confident he controls the narrative of his team as much as he desperately tries. When asked if he would discipline Eli Apple and Paul Perkins — who also missed Monday’s practice due to travel reasons but had called unlike Jenkins to alert the coach — McAdoo answered:\n Giants coach Ben McAdoo says he hasn’t lost his defensive backs\n Giants coach Ben McAdoo still doesn’t seem confident he can control the narrative of his 1-6 team. (Al Bello/Getty Images)\nSure enough Apple later was asked if he was being disciplined and said: “Something like that.”\nNow say this for McAdoo’s indefinite suspension of Jenkins which defensive captain Jonathan Casillas said is expected to only last one week: Whatever Jenkins did to earn it it was bad enough that not a single Giants teammate came anywhere close to defending him on Wednesday.\nSome actually went as far as using Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie suspended in Week 6 for walking out of the facility as an example of a much less severe transgression than whatever Jenkins did. Casillas actually said “hopefully there’s no spill-over in emotions coming from (Jenkins) or Coach McAdoo next week” when the corner returns so it sounds like there could have been a heated confrontation or exchange even if by phone.\nStrong safety Landon Collins defended McAdoo and flat-out said the head coach hasn’t lost the team and agreed with the coach’s comment that DRC and Jenkins are “isolated incidents.”\n“We have not lost respect for him ” Collins said of McAdoo . “We continue growing with him and trying to be a great team and stay(ing) together because our back is against the wall right now. We can’t fight against each other. If we fight against each other things are definitely going to go bad.”\n“Whether I support Ben McAdoo or not he’s the head coach and I think he’s doing what he thinks is best for the team ” Casillas said. “And I want Jackrabbit to be here everybody does but he violated the team rule and coach had the call.”\n McAdoo continued to find ways on Wednesday though to confound with contradictory or unintelligible rationalizations including his argument for why he feels he hasn’t lost the defensive backs room: “We had a good day of practice ” he said.\n Ben McAdoo and Eli Manning (Joe Robbins/Getty Images)", "output": [ "Ben McAdoo" ] }, { "id": "task419-4ec73c59035c4dc19855e3ea5e67a448", "input": "India Landry a 17-year-old Windfern High School student said she was suddenly expelled Oct. 2 by the school’s principal Martha Strother after she refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Although India said she hasn’t stood for the pledge for years it wasn’t until she was in the administrative office during the daily pledge recitation that Strother noticed and took issue with her silent protest.\n“The principal said ‘Stand up or you’re out of here '” she added alleging Strother told her if she didn’t leave the school grounds within five minutes she would call campus police and have India Landry removed. Her mother Kizzy Landry was called to come pick her up without any further details given to her.\n“They just assumed it was about race ” she told the Houston Chronicle. “The assistant principal told her ‘All the other African-Americans are standing so you should stand too.'”\nAccording to KHOU Kizzy Landry finally spoke with Strother in a recorded phone call and Strother told her unequivocally that India would not be allowed to come back unless she stood for the pledge even though Cy-Fair ISD’s policy is to allow students to sit during the pledge as long as they provide written permission from their parents to do so.\nAfter a weeklong expulsion and a local news story that brought attention to the matter the school lifted the expulsion and allowed India back to school with a note from her mother but the Landry family and their attorney believe the damage is already done and are seeking an undisclosed amount in damages for mental anguish.\n“ She was damaged. You can’t just throw people out of school ” said the family’s attorney Randall Kallinen. “I don’t know yet if she ’ll be held back.”", "output": [ "Martha Strother" ] }, { "id": "task419-705a40e2f6914f7ba424fefd4e4ed711", "input": "What? You think the language is rough and disrespectful? Then don’t complain to me send your complaints directly to your President and tell him to stop using that kind of language about other countries (and maybe drop a note to Rex Tillerson about using that kind of language about Trump ).\nGOP Dem senators confirm Trump used racist language at meeting\nWasn’t this Hitler’s dream too? A country with a master race of white people? Good thing Trump’s beloved daughter Ivanka has converted to Judaism or he might be after them instead of sending his dopey son-in-law to negotiate Middle East peace because he’s the Jew in the family. If only his sons would have married Africans instead of just thinking it’s a place to slaughter endangered species on rich-boy Safari Trump might like Africans too.\nTragic truth: In one year Donald J. Trump alone has turned the White House into a sinkhole of ignorance bigotry and hatred against anyone who isn’t a white man in a suit. True he used to welcome Steve Bannon who showed up looking like an out-of-work gym teacher but that’s because he thought Bannon had his back. Ooops.\nOK I’m not being fair. The Donald does allow people of color to show up on occasion and he did appoint brain surgeon Ben Carson as HUD secretary even though his qualifications for housing secretary are that he lives in a house.\n Trump has history of racially charged Oval Office remarks: report\n“Tell me Congressman do you think President Trump is sane?” I asked.\nCongressman Pete King says he thinks Trump is sane and that he can't be making these \"tough-guy remarks\" as President. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News)\nHaitians rip Trump 's ‘s--thole’ remark at Brooklyn quake memorial\nMartin Luther King Jr.'s son says Trump 's speech rings hollow\nAdult film actress Stormy Daniels said she did not take $130 000 in exchange for remaining mum about the sexual tryst she had with Donald Trump over a decade ago. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)\nAfter a report came out that horny porny star Stormy Daniels took $130 000 shortly before the 2016 election in exchange for shutting her trap about an alleged sexual tryst she had with Donald Trump over a decade ago another porn star popped up on Friday.\nPorn actress Alana Evans told the Daily Beast that just one day after the alleged Stormy tryst Trump chased her around a hotel room “in his tighty-whities.” Oh God. Make it go away.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-a31b0888bdf64bfe820049712a1a3ec8", "input": "“She had like a deer-in-the-headlights look ” East Liverpool Patrolmann Jacob Talbott told WKBN of the 62-year-old unidentified woman. “She was staring off and had very labored breathing.”\n Talbott said he called dispatch to check on the status of the EMS crew that had responded to the call but was shocked to hear that they were no longer coming. Two other services had said they didn’t have a crew available. Talbott and another officer then loaded the woman into their patrol car and started CPR.\nThe woman was then flown to a hospital in Pittsburgh where she died of a brain aneurysm on Sunday. Talbott told the news outlet that he was holding out hope for the woman and praying for a miracle.\n“Finding out that she didn’t make it it’s rather tough ” he told WKBN. “I’m not real happy that an ambulance service committed and then five minutes later they no longer have a crew available and they didn’t even notify us.”", "output": [ "Patrolmann Jacob Talbott" ] }, { "id": "task419-255e36ea974f4124b6268dbbe173b1dc", "input": "Felicia Wivchar hugs her former classmate Christine Sylvest at an event in Washington D.C. to raise money for their former high school Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (Photo: Christal Hayes / USA TODAY)\nWASHINGTON — Christine Sylvest looked around Tony and Joe's Seafood Place and saw a sea of maroon and silver.\nNearly 200 others who once walked the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School flooded the restaurant Tuesday evening in the Georgetown area of Washington D.C. to raise money and support students and faculty at the school. It wasn't long before she saw a familiar face one she hadn't seen in about 22 years.\n She and Felicia Wivchar both 39 graduated in 1996 when Parkland Fla. was still known as a safe tight-knit community and not as the home to a mass shooting that left 17 dead. Their smiles hugs and catching up turned bittersweet as they talked about the tragedy and where they were when they heard the news.", "output": [ "Christine Sylvest" ] }, { "id": "task419-2461b7b44af543aba7a79e153868f8de", "input": "Osman Aslam has tried the apps.\nOn Minder he wrote he enjoys hiking going on long drives and spending time with his family. On Muzmatch another option for Muslim singles he described his ideal partner as well-educated ambitious and funny.\nSo on a recent winter day armed with a pale purple dress shirt and purple tie he flew 300 miles south from his home in Stockton Calif. rented a car and booked a hotel room.\n Osman Aslam at his workplace in Stockton Calif. (Brian Flaherty/For The Washington Post)\nBecause practicing Muslims typically shun dating or sex before marriage the banquets offer a possible if imperfect solution to what young Muslims in America say is an irksome problem: “It’s really hard to meet someone in this culture ” Osman said.\n Osman Aslam at his workplace in Stockton Calif. (Brian Flaherty/For The Washington Post)\n‘I keep telling her to get married’\nIn Osman ’s view his parents are an example of the kind of couple that “just grew to love each other.”\nBut even though they have lasted — raising three boys in northern California and climbing from the bottom rungs of the economic ladder into middle class prosperity — theirs is not the marriage Osman wants.\n Osman wants to fall in love. He wants to marry his best friend. He wants that person to be a Muslim and a Pakistani American — but not a Pakistani. He wants someone like him who was born and raised in the United States to immigrant parents someone who is “on the same page.”\nThree-quarters of American Muslims are immigrants or the children of immigrants and in many ways Osman is emblematic of an American minority at a generational crossroads.\n Osman considers himself “fairly religious.” He does not drink or smoke; he does not date — he “wouldn’t know where to begin ” he says; and he sees Islam as central to his life and identity. He has never really known his parents’ Pakistan but he values his heritage and shares their desire to carry it on.\n Osman ’s parents think he is too picky and they have been laying on the pressure since his older brothers got married.\n He felt optimistic about this matrimonial banquet.\n“Wow ” he thought surveying the room. “I’m going to meet a lot of people.”\nThe other singles had come from all over: California Maryland Texas and Canada. Each pairing had three minutes to talk — barely enough time to accomplish anything Osman soon realized — but many had come carrying the same frustrations about the search.", "output": [ "Osman Aslam" ] }, { "id": "task419-5c6a15d1cbcc4e629e8d8d925ecb2b5b", "input": "NBC Sports announced that it has tapped Joe Scarborough to be the host of a new Series exploring Premier League Soccer.\nIn a statement about the new series Scarborough said that the opportunity is just an extension of the interest he garnered watching the sport with his son.\n Scarborough added that he “completely fell in love” with soccer after taking it up with his son.\nAccording to Variety: “ Scarborough will interview Alex Stepney and Paddy Crerand two former longtime Manchester United players; Mike Summerbee who played for Manchester City for a decade; and Sir Howard Bernstein the former Chief Executive of Manchester City Council. In addition Scarborough talks with the owner of The Old Nags Head bar one of the biggest United supporter bars in Manchester; a Manchester United chant writer and a Manchester City superfan who has attended the last 800 matches.”", "output": [ "Joe Scarborough" ] }, { "id": "task419-95450190004a4d35a46a2acbab24f2ae", "input": "Ali Bongo will be sworn in as Gabon's president this week succeeding his late father after a top court upheld his victory in hotly disputed presidential polls.\n The oil- and timber-rich West African nation's Constitutional Court confirmed Bongo won the election prompted by the death of his father Omar Bongo Ondimba who had ruled the country for 41 years.\n Chief Justice Marie Madeleine Mborantsuo confirmed Bongo as the poll winner with 41.79 percent of the ballot.\n Interim president Rose Francine Rogombe will formally hand over power to Bongo as part of the ceremony at the presidential palace in Libreville. The organisers have also planned a military parade and fireworks display.\n But the secretary general of Ali Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party Faustin Boukoubi said he had \"a feeling of full satisfaction.\"\n \"Right and the law have prevailed \" he said. \"All Gabonese have a president who will get down to all the problems of the Gabonese people and make Gabon into an emerging country.\"\n If reaction to the court's ruling passes without incident Ali Bongo still faces a difficult start to his presidency observers say.\n However according to an official of Mamboundou's UPG (Union of Gabonese People) party the country's ethnic mix will severely test Bongo's ability to win consensus.\n \"No-one is prepared to negotiate with him \" said the official. Bongo who comes from a minority ethnic group \"will have lined up against him the Fang the Punu and Nzebis. The country is going to be ungovernable.\"", "output": [ "Ali Bongo" ] }, { "id": "task419-f4caa8b9e60349ccb2c668da40d8e371", "input": "The speculation about President Donald Trump's mental status is \"very dangerous \" and the 25th Amendment was not made to be invoked when parties don't agree about a president's \"emotional makeup \" Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Monday.\n\"I have railed against the criminalization of political difference \" Dershowitz told Fox News' \"Fox & Friends\" program.\nYale Professor Bandy Lee earlier this month briefed several congressional Democrats and one Republican earlier this month over her concerns over the president's mental state and Dershowitz said her comments that he is dangerous and may need to be restrained from action are in themselves dangerous.\n\"Imagine how dangerous that would be and you know psychiatrists are notoriously bad at predicting violence \" said Dershowitz .\n\"Remember what they are looking at are things they knew about since he was elected president \" Dershowitz added. \"I didn't like what I saw necessarily so I did what you do in a democracy you vote for the candidate you prefer I preferred Hillary Clinton. I knew about her I knew about him. I made a balanced judgment. You don't lock them up. You don't put them in mental hospitals if you don't agree with them. So dangerous to democracy.\"\n\"[It] is designed for when somebody has a stroke or somebody is unconscious perhaps what happened when President [Woodrow] Wilson was president \" said Dershowitz . \"He had a serious stroke. It's not designed for differences about a person's emotional makeup.\"\nIn addition Dershowitz said that politically the 25th Amendment likely would not be invoked as the vice president would have to do that and if the president disputed the matter then it would have to be voted for by two thirds of both houses of congress.\n\"It would happen only if any president I'm not talking about a particular one had a major psychotic break \" said Dershowitz . \"Look we once had a secretary of defense his name is [James] Forrestal he jumped out of the window of the Walter Reed Center. He thought the communists were coming after him.\"\n\"Oh by the way one of the things [Lee] talks about that's a symptom of his mental illness is that he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel \" said Dershowitz . \"So did the majority of the Senate and majority of the House and so did I support that. Am I getting locked up next?\"\n Dershowitz on Monday also talked about the importance of allowing dissent on college campuses.\nThe way to solve the issue is to fight back Dershowitz added while blaming college administrators for the unrest.", "output": [ "Alan Dershowitz" ] }, { "id": "task419-777e5bf341c041efb0d37860fb11ff11", "input": "Jessica Chastain will not be bullied.\nThe 40-year-old actress along with Michael B. Jordan covers WSJ magazine's Talents and Legends February issue and recalls having to physically stand up for herself as a child.\nAfter disclosing that she grew up with a single mom and to this day does not know who her biological father is Chastain shared a \"turning point\" in her life when she had an encounter with her mother's then-boyfriend.\n\"He did something -- my room was messy or whatever and he had taken my clothes and I was telling him to give me back my stuff -- and he slapped me. And I just kicked him in the genitals and he fell to the ground immediately \" she revealed. \"It was me my sister and my brother -- and I remember looking at my sister ’s face and we were both like ‘Oh my God what did I just do?’ And then I ran out of the house.\"\n Chastain added \"I always look back on that moment as knowing that 'OK if anything happens to me I’m capable of fighting back.' He never messed with me again.\"\n\"If you allow a bully to intimidate or victimize you they’ll continue to do it \" she said. \"Bullies are actually weak; they don’t go after strong people.\"\n Jessica Chastain Opens Up About Salma Hayek's 'Heartbreaking' Op-Ed on Harvey Weinstein\n Chastain seems to practice this point of view in her professional life and notes the time former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein -- who has been accused of sexual misconduct by numerous women -- introduced her at the premiere of \"The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby \" which was distributed by the Weinstein Company.\n\"He actually told the audience ‘If I had to get in a boxing ring with Muhammad Ali or Jessica Chastain I would choose Muhammad Ali \" she recalled.\n Jessica Chastain Says She Feared Speaking Out Against Sexual Harassment Would Affect Her Career\nIt's been a good year for Chastain . In addition to gaining critical acclaim for her lead role in Aaron Sorkin's \"Molly's Game \" she also married Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo in June.\nFurther gushing over her home life Chastain continued \"I actually love being married. I never thought I would but this is a spectacular human being and I am celebrating that I get to share my life with him.\"\n Jessica Chastain Insists That 'Change Is Coming' During Powerful PSIFF Awards Speech\n\"I want to be a part of an industry that is very inclusive \" she proclaimed. \"One that teaches empathy and the only way you do that is you learn about someone who doesn't look like you. And I think there's a generation of artists that that is their goal.\"", "output": [ "Jessica Chastain" ] }, { "id": "task419-8d7a648ebd0d4376b65b90314570ef33", "input": "Sirleaf 70 acknowledged before the commission in February that she gave up to $10 000 to a rebel group headed by Charles Taylor. Sirleaf said the money she sent while an expatriate was meant for humanitarian services and that she was never a member of the group the National Patriotic Front.\n Information Minister Laurence Bropleh said Monday evening if the public had had any dissatisfaction with Sirleaf's involvement with Taylor at the time they would have voted against her in 2005.\n In 2005 the Liberian people knew that President Sirleaf had contributed $10 000 to Taylor's movement Bropleh said.\n An AP correspondent and others who covered the Liberian war can recall no humanitarian works by Taylor and his fighters especially in the first months of the war when tens of thousands of refugees were fleeing across the borders to Ivory Coast and Guinea where they were helped by international and government agencies.\n Then most atrocities were committed by Doe's forces and Taylor was welcomed as a liberator fighting a barbaric dictatorship.\n \"In defense of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf she never hid the fact that she was curious about Taylor and what he was all about \" said Huband who drove with Johnson Sirleaf on her first trip to meet Taylor in May 1990. \"A lot of people supported the idea of Doe being ousted and there had been so many attempts and they all were foiled at least one with the help of the American government which continued to support Doe despite his brutality.\"\n \"I never had the impression that Sirleaf supported Taylor certainly not after it became clear his troops were out of control \" Huband said. \"Certainly there was no way she could predict the kind of atrocities that would be committed (by Taylor's fighters) ...\"", "output": [ "Charles Taylor" ] }, { "id": "task419-275d9cadba864d40913af1e80ebd90e4", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SI's Grant Wahl breaks down the likelihood of the U.S. Men's National Team failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and looks at how Bruce Arena can put Christian Pulisic in a better position to succeed. Time\n Bruce Arena and the USMNT face two crucial World Cup qualifiers in the next few days. (Photo: Isaiah J. Downing USA TODAY Sports)\nSo three days before a critical World Cup qualifier vs. Panama U.S. national team coach Bruce Arena assured fans that his team is ready to win in a message posted via U.S. Soccer's official Twitter account.\n A message to you from #USMNT coach Bruce Arena ahead of #USAvPAN. pic.twitter.com/5NQX5O4tI2 â U.S. Soccer (@ussoccer) October 4 2017\n Arena appears confident while a general sense of uneasiness has engulfed the USMNT's fan base. In the message Arena drops the familiar \"I believe that we will win\" mantra (in boldface type too) that became a rallying cry for U.S. fans during the 2014 World Cup.", "output": [ "Bruce Arena" ] }, { "id": "task419-d70b20e853ff49f1bf8ab9836fbfc839", "input": "“She was tired of waking up cold ” Jimmy Two Bulls a Pine Ridge resident who’s helping out the girl’s family told HuffPost. “Reservation life is a hard life to live. It’s a struggle.”\n Jimmy Two Bulls who’s employed by One Spirit grew up on the reservation and still chokes up when he talks about the conditions he ’s seen. He ’s been to homes that have gaping holes in the floor. He recently visited an elderly woman who didn’t have a handle on her front door and used a rag to keep it shut.\nOutside of his work with the nonprofit Two Bulls donates what he can when he ’s able.\nAn older woman recently approached Two Bulls with a Mason jar filled with $67 in coins. She asked him how much the loose change could buy her. Two Bulls handed over a load of wood free of charge.\n“All around ” he said “it’s a hard thing to witness.”", "output": [ "Jimmy Two Bulls" ] }, { "id": "task419-4df2b70130f1440ead7fa2bc42a52525", "input": "Over at Lawfareblog they’ve gotten a hold of a cache of e-mails from inside the FBI from the immediate aftermath of the president*’s firing of director James Comey. These are significant in a couple of ways: first the release of these e-mails can fairly be seen as a counterstroke against the president* and his congressional dogsled team and second they give a pretty good look at the kind of chaos that Comey’s firing occasioned in the Bureau’s rank and file.\nWhen President Trump fired James Comey as FBI director last May the special agent in charge of the Detroit field office David Gelios wrote an email to his staff: “ I just saw CNN reporting that Director Comey has been fired by President Trump. I have no notification from HQ of any such thing. If I receive any information from HQ I will advise. I’d ask all to stand by for clarification of this reporting. I am only sending this because I want everyone to know I have received no HQ confirmation of the reporting. I hope this is an instance of fake news.”\nOh and the e-mails also provide further evidence that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is an utterly truthless drone whose daily briefings are unworthy of serious attention. At the time Comey was fired the White House line peddled by SarahHuck and by the vulgar talking yam for whom she works was that agents in the Bureau had “lost confidence” in Comey’s leadership. (At the time the president* of course would undercut his own outrageous lie by telling Lester Holt that he canned Comey over the Russia thing.) These e-mails show a sense of outrage among the grunts in the field offices on whose behalf Sanders and Trump presumed to speak.\nAfter the president fired Comey there was some uncertainty about whether Comey as a former FBI employee would have to pay his way home from LAX or would be able to use the director’s plane. NBC recently reported that an irate Trump called McCabe a day after the firing asking why Comey had been permitted to return to Washington on an FBI plane. McCabe indicated that he hadn’t been consulted about the use of the plane but had anyone asked he would have approved the request. Thanks to one of these emails we now have a small window into what went on at the FBI at the time. On May 11 Gregory Cox assistant director of the Critical Incident Response Group emailed all of the Critical Incident Response Group thanking “all who were involved in efforts to bring home former Director Comey from Los Angeles on Tuesday evening.” The apparent defiance may be subtle but it is unmistakable. Cox may not have known that his email dealt with a point the president had personally raised with the acting director but he thanked his people for doing the right thing by Comey irrespective of politics he was surely aware of in a generic sense.\nI don’t minimize how thoroughly Comey bungled at the end of the 2016 presidential campaign. If what he ’s doing now is atonement that’s only right. He has a lot for which he should atone. But the sense of dislocation in these e-mails shows where the current propaganda war against the FBI first took root. It’s where the water first went muddy.", "output": [ "James Comey" ] }, { "id": "task419-9bd9613d78614af9a5acd004286aa03f", "input": "Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou on Wednesday stressed that position had not changed.\n \"There is no way that we will either leave the euro or seek (outside) support with the International Monetary Fund. We do not need to \" said Papandreou making comments to mark 100 days since taking office.\n Papandreou argued Greece's economy had been battered by decades of public corruption.\n \"It would be very easy to say that all these problems were created by the international financial crisis. But cronyism lack of accountability and corruption have nothing to do with the international crisis \" he said.", "output": [ "George Papandreou" ] }, { "id": "task419-b9f3929e3d7f4598b075c1b3327b912b", "input": "BAGHDAD -- Weeks after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in the spring of 2003 as parts of the capital were still smoldering American soldiers and diplomats turned to men like Hassan Shama and Omar Rahman Rahmani in their quest to plant the seeds of representative democracy.\n In Baghdad Iraq's capital they held impromptu neighborhood caucuses to appoint district and neighborhood advisory councils. The local government bodies were given no official charter lawmaking power or public budget. In the years that followed as the capital became a bloody battleground and the country descended into near-anarchy council members were among the U.S. military's staunchest allies. They provided information about extremists offered insight into Iraqi society and gave American-imposed security measures a veneer of Iraqi legitimacy.\n \"They used to come to our meetings and they had all the power in their hands \" Rahmani said. \"Now we don't have any power.\"\n Rahmani visited the Bush White House last year as part of a delegation of local Iraqi politicians. When he got his turn to shake George W. Bush's hand he said he told the president that democracy in Iraq was not taking root.\n Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government and the Baghdad provincial council also led by Shiites seemed uninterested in working with the local councils Rahmani said he told Bush.\n \"Every party is working in Saddam's shadow \" Rahmani said referring to ousted President Saddam Hussein. \"Everyone wants to be a Saddam. Everyone wants power in their own hands.\"", "output": [ "Omar Rahman Rahmani" ] }, { "id": "task419-9fdba6950c5b48d2a67edd42ecd14dd3", "input": "Villanova guard Mikal Bridges reacts after blocking a shot during the second half Tuesday. (Julie Jacobson/Associated Press)\nNEW YORK — Mikal Bridges was not even a top 80 recruit coming out of his suburban Philadelphia high school in 2014. In the one-and-done era of college basketball he was the opposite when he arrived at Villanova that summer and was forced to redshirt his freshman season because he simply wasn’t ready. When he was finally prepared to play as a relatively unknown reserve on the Wildcats’ national championship team the following season his older teammates chided him for his finesse tendencies in the lane. He preferred layups over powerful dunks.\nPray for the Gonzaga basketball team Nothings wrong with them it’s just that Mikal Bridges just ended their program pic.twitter.com/ywUj8Hhirx — Stri:(a (@StrikaNation24_) December 6 2017\nMore people stood after the sequence and a large group of fans started chanting “Mi-kal Bri-dges” briefly at one end of the arena. It ended after a few seconds but what Bridges did Tuesday night — scoring a career-high 28 points to go along with six rebounds and two blocks — will likely reverberate across college basketball for some time. ESPN analyst Jay Bilas said on the game’s telecast that Bridges had made a “case for first-team all-American.” On Twitter former Villanova guard Josh Hart claimed his former teammate would be a first-round pick and some even boldly projected that Bridges would be drafted ahead of Michigan State star Miles Bridges.\nThat wave of noise didn’t seem to faze the soft-spoken Mikal Bridges as he took the podium afterward where he said all the right things and told the story about the older veterans in the program who have challenged him to attack more over the years. One of the primary concerns for Villanova entering the season was finding a replacement for the graduated Hart and Kris Jenkins who were pillars in the program for four seasons. Villanova has another experienced star in 6-2 junior point guard Jalen Brunson who finished with 12 points Tuesday as well as redshirt junior Phil Booth a Baltimore product who scored 20 points on 9-for-14 shooting as Gonzaga turned in one of its worst defensive performances of the past two years.", "output": [ "Mikal Bridges" ] }, { "id": "task419-a4bd2b86f25f4953889b5cde2de01c2e", "input": "It's been estimated that American actress Meghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry scheduled next May 19 will translate into a £500 million boost for the British economy .\nThe \"Meghan Effect\" may give her soon-to-be sister-in-law a run for her money. Fortune magazine predicts that \"Meghan Markle's 'Midas Touch' Could Match Duchess Kate's.\"\nAccording to the New York Times: “There is a blog — Meghan ’s Mirror — that chronicles her every style choice. Vogue has a piece online titled “ Meghan Markle’s Stealth Shopping Style Is All the Black Friday Inspo You Need ” while InStyle crowed “The Nordstrom Black Friday Sale Has Discounts on Meghan Markle’s Favorite Denim Brand.”\nFashion Editor Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times saw Markle ’s choice of dress as a reflection of the \"completely different kind of royal\" she will be and her opportunity to further modernize the monarchy.\n“ She is perfectly aware that everything she wears is going to be under the social media spotlight so she might as well make it work for her ” Friedman writes. “Even the smallest gestures are going to have a heightened import as the royal family adjusts to a modern identity. Far beyond Britain and the formal royal watchers many have a special investment in this particular story and how it gets told.”\n\"Harry and Meghan should not be lulled into a false sense of security \" Sykes warns. \"There is already a significant undercurrent of hostility to Meghan circulating in some sections of the British establishment. Blame the blinding glare of new love if you will but Harry and Meghan seem to be if not heading for the rocks at least grazing the odd sandbank.\"\nAs photos and video clips of her most recent public appearances as the prince’s fiancé show she 's already a main focus of attention for photographers and cameramen. Such was the case during the spectacle of the royal family's annual Christmas parade between Sandringham estate the queen’s private residence and the nearby St Magdalene Church for their traditional service.\nAfter Harry and Meghan went to Monte Carlo to celebrate the new year with friends the comparisons with Grace Kelly the Hollywood star who married Prince Rainier of Monaco to become the admired Prince Grace were all over the media.\n She also was compared to Princess Charlene the South African former Olympic swimmer who married Monaco's Prince Albert II.\nIt's rumored that Meghan and Kate have a good understanding - Markle and Harry stayed with the Cambridges who have a house in the Sandringham estate during the Christmas celebrations - and royal experts assume that Kate will help guide Meghan through the royal paces.\nDespite her current popularity and seeming ease facing the challenges of royal life Markle will need all the support she can get.\n“After all the 36-year-old is set for a daunting transition ” the Telegraph predicts. “When she marries Prince Harry Meghan will be trading an acting career and a life of relative freedom for one of public duty reserve and near-ceaseless waving – and that’s notwithstanding the private pressures of remembering if and when to curtsy to her in-laws.”", "output": [ "Meghan Markle" ] }, { "id": "task419-367e3283a9114811a15e6a0f251c44d7", "input": "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday urged France and Europe to play a stronger role in peace efforts insisting he 'll no longer accept any U.S. plans for Mideast peace because of the Trump administration's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.\n Abbas met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris a day after the U.N. General Assembly resolution denouncing President Donald Trump's decision.\n Abbas said the United States is \"no longer an honest mediator in the peace process.\"\n\"We will not accept any plan from the United States of America because of its bias and violation of the international law \" he said.\n Abbas also denounced the U.S threat to cut financial aid for countries who voted to back the U.N. resolution. \"We call upon countries that did not recognize Palestine yet to do so to preserve the two-state solution before it's too late \" he added.\nMacron reaffirmed his disapproval of Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. The French president recalled he met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month in Paris and urged him to make \"courageous gestures\" to help revive peace talks including freezing Israel's construction of settlements on occupied lands.", "output": [ "Abbas" ] }, { "id": "task419-5c8f2769fff848edb9bef627b33f0e08", "input": "( CNN ) Here are some facts about the death of Osama bin Laden . On May 2 2011 Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is killed by US Special Forces during an early morning ( approximately mid - afternoon on May 1 in the United States ) raid in Abbottabad Pakistan Facts : Some facts about the compound : - Built in approximately 2006 . - Significantly larger than other homes in the area and worth a reported $ 1 million . - Lacked telephone and Internet service . - The residents burned their trash rather than having it picked up . - Approximately 24 people lived at the house . - Surrounded by 12 - to 18 - foot walls topped by barbed wire . - Had two security gates . - Bin Laden and his family ' s living quarters were on the second and third levels . - The third floor terrace had a seven - foot privacy wall . - Located only about a mile from the Pakistan Military Academy . US forces retrieved numerous items from bin Laden ' s compound including 10 hard drives five computers and more than 100 storage devices such as disks DVDs and thumb drives according to a senior US official . Timeline : 2007 ( approx .) - US intelligence uncovers the name of one of bin Laden ' s most trusted couriers . - Intelligence sources identify the area of Pakistan where the courier and his brother live . August 2010 - US intelligence sources identify the Abbottabad compound as the home of the courier and his brother men who have no obvious means of affording a $ 1 million home . September 2010 - The CIA informs The CIA informs President Barack Obama that bin Laden may be living in the Abbottabad compound . They base this on the size and price tag of the compound as well as the elaborate security . February 2011 - The intelligence on the Abbottabad compound is considered strong enough to begin planning action . March 14 2011 - President Obama chairs the first of five National Security Council meetings to discuss an operation to raid bin Laden ' s compound and killing or capturing bin Laden . March 29 2011 - Second National Security meeting . April 12 2011 - Third meeting . April 19 2011 - Fourth meeting . April 28 2011 - Last of the National Security Council meetings on the bin Laden raid . April 29 2011 - At 8 : 20 a . m . EDT President Obama gives the order to raid bin Laden ' s compound in Pakistan . May 1 2011 - Late in the evening ( approximately mid - morning on May 2 in Pakistan ) President Obama addresses the nation and announces that Osama bin Laden has been killed calling it \" the most significant achievement to date in our nation ' s effort to defeat al Qaeda .\" May 2 2011 - In the early morning hours ( approximately mid - afternoon on May 1 in the United States ) a group of 25 Navy Seals raid the compound in Abbottabad Pakistan . - They arrive outside the compound in two Black Hawk helicopters . - The operation takes 40 minutes total . - US Special Forces must breach the outer walls of the compound before fighting their way through the ground floor of the three - story building where bin Laden lived . - The firefight then moves to the second and third floors where the bin Laden family lives . - In the last 5 - 10 minutes of the firefight bin Laden is killed by a gunshot wound to the head above the left eye . - Three men including a son of bin Laden are killed as well as one woman . - Bin Laden ' s body is identified by one of his wives . Facial recognition is used also . In the early morning hours ( approximately mid - afternoon on May 1 in the United States ) a group of 25 Navy Seals raid the compound in Abbottabad Pakistan .- They arrive outside the compound in two Black Hawk helicopters .- The operation takes 40 minutes total .- US Special Forces must breach the outer walls of the compound before fighting their way through the ground floor of the three - story building where bin Laden lived .- The firefight then moves to the second and third floors where the bin Laden family lives .- In the last 5 - 10 minutes of the firefight bin Laden is killed by a gunshot wound to the head above the left eye .- Three men including a son of bin Laden are killed as well as one woman .- Bin Laden ' s body is identified by one of his wives . Facial recognition is used also . May 2 2011 - Osama bin Laden is buried at sea off the deck of the - He is buried within 24 hours according to - The hour - long ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson is conducted according to Islamic law . Osama bin Laden is buried at sea off the deck of the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea .- He is buried within 24 hours according to Islamic law . - The hour - long ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson is conducted according to Islamic law . May 2 2011 - A DNA test is done on a sample from the body confirming that it is bin Laden . May 3 2011 - Attorney General Eric Holder declares the raid \" lawful legitimate and appropriate in every way .\" Attorney General Eric Holder declares the raid \" lawful legitimate and appropriate in every way .\" May 3 2011 - White House Press Secretary Jay Carney offers new details on the raid . He clarifies that the woman killed was on the first floor not with bin Laden and was killed in the crossfire . Carney also says that bin Laden was not armed but did put up resistance . Carney also says that a woman in the room with bin Laden believed to be his wife was shot in the leg when she rushed at US forces . May 3 2011 - A congressional source tells CNN that bin Laden had approximately $ 745 and two telephone numbers sewn into his clothing . May 3 2011 - Two sources tell CNN that during a briefing Two sources tell CNN that during a briefing CIA Director Leon Panetta said that Pakistani officials either \" were involved or incompetent . Neither place is a good place to be .\" May 3 2011 - Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mojahed releases a statement \" Obama has not got any strong evidence that can prove his claim over killing of the Sheikh Osama bin Laden ... And secondly the closest sources for Sheikh Osama bin Laden have not confirmed \" the death . May 4 2011 - White House Press Secretary Carney announces that President Obama has decided not to release photos of bin Laden ' s body . May 4 2011 - A Pakistani intelligence source tells CNN that there were five fatalities during the raid all men : Osama bin Laden bin Laden ' s son and three other men . This conflicts with the White House statement that a woman died during the raid . May 6 2011 - Al Qaeda confirms bin Laden ' s death in a statement on jihadist forums . May 12 2011 - US officials offer further proof of their belief that bin Laden grew complacent living in Pakistan and believed he would not be caught . They point out that they have found no evidence that he had an escape plan and that his security in the compound consisted of only three other men . May 12 2011 - US officials confirm to CNN that US authorities have interviewed three of bin Laden ' s wives . May 12 2011 - Retired Retired US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says in a speech that the killing of bin Laden was legally justified . May 13 2011 - It is revealed that a large amount of pornography was seized from the Abbottabad compound during the raid . It is unclear to whom it belonged . May 13 2011 - A US military official tells CNN the Navy Seal team who carried out the bin Laden raid wore helmet - mounted digital cameras that recorded the mission . May 17 2011 - Senator John Kerry announces that Pakistan will return the tail of the US helicopter damaged during the raid . May 18 2011 - Admiral Mike Mullen and Admiral Mike Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates tell reporters there is no evidence that the senior Pakistani leadership knew of Osama bin Laden ' s presence in Pakistan . May 26 2011 - A team of CIA forensic specialists is granted permission by the Pakistani government to examine the compound in Abbottabad Pakistan . June 15 2011 - Pakistan ' s intelligence agency arrests several people suspected of assisting the CIA before the raid . June 17 2011 - The US Justice Dept . formally drops terrorism - related criminal charges against bin Laden . July 11 2011 - Pakistani security forces detain a doctor suspected of helping the CIA attempt to collect the DNA of bin Laden ' s family members through a vaccination drive . October 6 2011 - Pakistan ' s information ministry says the doctor suspected of helping the CIA target Osama bin Laden will be charged with treason . Also bin Laden ' s compound will be turned over to city officials . February 2012 - Pakistani authorities begin to demolish the compound that Osama bin Laden used as a hideout . May 9 2012 - Citing that it is of national security interest a federal judge has denied Judicial Watch ' s Freedom of Information request regarding the release of bin Laden death photos . May 23 2012 - Shakeel Afridi the Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden is fined $ 3 500 for spying for the United States and sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason by a tribal court . September 4 2012 - Publication of the memoir \" No Easy Day \" by former US Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette written under the name Mark Owen . The Department of Defense is considering pursuing legal action because the book violates Bissonnette ' s non - disclosure agreement . February 11 2013 - Conflicting information about which Navy SEAL killed bin Laden appears when Conflicting information about which Navy SEAL killed bin Laden appears when Esquire magazine reports on an unnamed former Navy SEAL who says he fired the kill shot not the point man as told in Bissonette ' s book \" No Easy Day .\" May 21 2013 - A three - judge federal appeals court panel rejects an appeal from a conservative legal group ruling that the release of post - mortem images of Osama bin Laden ' s body could result in attacks on Americans . October 31 2014 - Adm . Brian Losey head of the Naval Warfare Special Command Adm . Brian Losey head of the Naval Warfare Special Command releases an open letter warning Navy SEALs against betraying their promise of secrecy . This is in advance of two upcoming interviews from SEALs involved in the Osama bin Laden mission . November 7 2014 - Former Navy SEAL Robert O ' Neill says in an interview with The Washington Post that he was the one who fired the final shot to kill Osama bin Laden in 2011 . May 10 2015 - In a published report investigative journalist Seymour Hersh contends the Obama Adminstration lied about the circumstances surrounding the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden . In a published report investigative journalist Seymour Hersh contends the Obama Adminstration lied about the circumstances surrounding the 2011 killing of Osama bin Laden . The White House later dismisses the report as \" baseless .\" May 20 2015 - The Office of the Director of National Intelligence begins releasing and declassifying documents recovered in the raid in May 2011 . The Office of the Director of National Intelligence begins releasing and declassifying documents recovered in the raid in May 2011 . March 1 2016 - A second batch of recovered documents is released by the DNI . A second batch of recovered documents is released by the DNI . 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REUTERS/Damir Sagolj\nAnalysts said the North Korean leader’s speech on Monday showed more confidence compared to previous years his old habit of swaying from side to side while making speeches nearly undetectable. In his first New Year’s address as North Korea’s leader in 2013 Kim frequently sounded short of breath his voice wavering from time to time.\n Kim made his maiden public address in April 15 2012 at a parade marking the centenary of his grandfather’s birth. This year there was none of the uneasiness that marked that speech and his subsequent public addresses.\n His voice his hair shaved on the side as well as his light-colored Western-style suit and glasses were also reminiscent of his grandfather Kim Il Sung according to defectors and analysts. Kim Il Sung had a more gregarious and popular image than Kim Jong Un’s reclusive father Kim Jong Il.\n Kim Jong Un has embraced New Year addresses as a chance to outline his policies and rally the North Korean people. Last year he used his speech to declare that North Korea was in the “final stages” of perfecting an intercontinental ballistic missile.\nKim Gun-hee a consultant on image making and leadership said the grey suit may have been designed to deflect some of the negative global attention Kim ’s nuclear and missile tests have prompted.\n“When we advise clients who are in tough situations or are surrounded by unfavourable rumours we tell them to wear either white or grey ” she said.\n“In the study of color psychology white imbues innocence while grey tends to take attention away from you. Kim may have felt some pressure from being at the centre of global focus and turned to grey after sticking to dark tones for several years.”", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-95ec16c4f1634e2cacca5a96a952f230", "input": "Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan delivers a speech and talks about President Trump at the Watergate Hotel in Washington. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)\nControversial firebrand Minister Louis Farrakhan Thursday invited journalists to a televised 135-minute sermon to Donald Trump to clean up America’s injustices seeming to side with Trump as a fellow tell-it-straight ally who calls out everyone from Pope Francis to the media.\n“God has him here!” the Nation of Islam leader said referring to Trump during the morning event at the Watergate Hotel ballroom which was filled to capacity with more than 500 people mostly Nation members and other Farrakhan supporters. “What did you say Farrakhan ? Do you think God is not interested in who is president of the United States of America?! Especially when it’s the time of evil?”\nThe talk was billed as a news conference because reporters were invited but no public questions were taken after the address. And it was called a message to Trump. It was laid out as a detailed history of American wrongs from slavery to war to hypocrisy delivered to an unexpected and unlikely president whom Farrakhan painted as perhaps best able to address such problems.\nThe fiery talk focused on injustices against African Americans and Muslims and seemed to single out a longtime favorite target of the religious leader: Jews. Running through his story of America he said Jews were the ones who stopped African Americans’ initial progress. About 40 minutes into the talk an assistant brought out a large poster of a Jewish star and an advertisement for a decades-old Nation of Islam-published book subtitled “How Jews Gained Control of the Black American Economy.” The poster stood beside Farrakhan for the rest of the talk.\n Farrakhan ’s comments about Jews gays and lesbians and white people prompted the Southern Poverty Law Center which tracks hate and extremist groups to label the Nation of Islam a hate group. The Nation was formed in Detroit in the 1930s. Its theology entailed in part black superiority over whites. But the 84-year-old Farrakhan has also been held up as a civil rights leader by his followers and supporters.\n“For black youth this puts their struggle in perspective — for them to see they are the victims of circumstances ” said Ishmael Muhammad national assistant minister to Farrakhan . “They can redirect their anger and turn it into something more constructive.”\nBut nothing and no one were outside Farrakhan ’s critique with targets from Presidents Kennedy Clinton Nixon and both Bushes to his fellow African Americans and Muslims as well.\nTrump was the stated audience for Farrakhan ’s plea but he was both hero and villain in the story. He portrayed Trump as a warmonger who “tore up the White House” to eliminate any trace of the country’s first black president. “You hate our shadow ” Farrakhan said.\nBut time and again Farrakhan seemed to offer a fig leaf to Trump using a Trump-like worldview suggesting hidden enemies and conspiracies keeping the decent American down.\n“What kind of a man is [Trump?] That he would argue with a man that every other president of the United States would go to Rome and kiss the ring! But not Donald Trump. The pope says ‘He’s wrong because he’s building walls.’ But what about the pope himself Farrakhan asked noting the wall around the Vatican “that walls you off from the poor!”\nAfter alleging the U.S. government was behind the 9/11 attacks Farrakhan segued to a shared enemy. “When Trump talks about fake news he knows what he’s talking about! You say you’re the Fourth Estate I’d say you’re in a hell of a state. You can’t say what you know is true unless it passes the muster of your bosses.”\nTo some Farrakhan ’s core message of fighting for black self-empowerment and equality is worth the conspiracy theories and controversy. The crowd was dotted with local African American figures including former NAACP leader Benjamin Chavis — one of the organizers of the historic Million Man March in 1995 — prominent D.C. Pastor Willie Wilson and others including Anthony Shahid a Nation member and St. Louis activist close to the family of Michael Brown who was killed by police in Ferguson Mo.", "output": [ "Louis Farrakhan" ] }, { "id": "task419-e031e9fe3bf9419280117036e1706bff", "input": "The allegations first described by the New York Post were described in a police report that was filed in 2016. In that report a man says that he met Levine as a child in Illinois where Levine was a conductor at the Ravinia Music Festival each summer.\nIn the report the man alleges that in 1985 when he was 15 and Levine was 41 Levine held his hand in a \"prolonged and incredibly sensual way\" while they were alone in a car the Post reports. The following year Levine began to touch the teenager's genitalia and masturbate in front of him . The ensuing sexual contact lasted for years according to the allegation.\n Levine also served as a mentor to the teenager wrote a college recommendation essay and gave him tens of thousands of dollars of cash the Post writes.\nThere were \"hundreds of incidents \" the alleged victim said. The man who says he is straight and that he was not aroused by any of their interactions wrote in the report that he was \"confused and paralyzed\" by Levine 's actions.\nThe New York Times has also seen a copy of the police report and confirmed the stories contained in the report with the alleged victim and with one of his relatives. The Times also notes that rumors of sexual misconduct have swirled around Levine unconfirmed for years.\nThe Times reports that Levine invited the victim to audition as a conductor and told him that he should focus on \"other talents\" — while continuing to promise to \"raise [him] 'special' \" in some way. The young man first told a relative about the abuse in 1993 the newspaper writes; he reported it to police in 2016 after realizing that Levine 's behavior had negatively affected his life.", "output": [ "DwyerAP James Levine", "Levine" ] }, { "id": "task419-2de4a66029404f9ab26863b886395679", "input": "PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus (AIR.PA) has embarked on a fresh search for a sales chief to take over from soon-to-retire John Leahy as the aerospace group seeks a clean break from turmoil over investigations into the use of middlemen said three people familiar with the plans.\nFILE PHOTO: Airbus Chief Operating Officer-Customers John Leahy delivers his speech during the annual Airbus Commercial Press Briefing in Blagnac Southwestern France January 11 2017. Picture taken January 11 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo\nLeahy’s deputy Executive Vice-President Kiran Rao had been identified as Leahy ’s successor earlier this year but his appointment to one of the industry’s most visible jobs was never confirmed as Leahy ’s retirement slipped towards end-year.\nWhoever replaces Leahy will face the job of repairing poor morale and absorbing the CSeries without upsetting demand for bread-and-butter larger jets offered by Airbus and Boeing.\nBut his replacement is unlikely to enjoy the same latitude as Leahy in negotiations or influence over industrial moves.", "output": [ "John Leahy" ] }, { "id": "task419-b77eb3cc6b734011ad5f8aad32ee046f", "input": "According to court documents filed on Saturday by the CBI branch deputy manager Gokulnath Shetty issued a series of fraudulent Letters of Undertaking – essentially guarantees sent to other banks so that they would provide loans to a customer in this case a group of Indian jewelry companies.\n Shetty did so using the bank’s SWIFT system to log in with passwords that allowed him and in at least some instances a more junior official to serve as both the person who sent messages and as the person who reviewed them for approval according to court documents and interviews with bank executives.\n Shetty is now in custody and he has not publicly responded to the allegations. Calls to a cell phone listed for his wife on court documents were not answered.\n“When you are flooded with customers in the morning with 101 demands you look for shortcuts ” he said. “You do somebody else’s work somebody else does your work. You are not working in an ideal situation.”", "output": [ "Gokulnath Shetty" ] }, { "id": "task419-f51fa53dd6fa453699f6e2d90a4c5d47", "input": "By 1996 Muhammad Ali didn't really need to supply us with more reasons to cheer for him . Ali suffering from Parkinson's disease had long proven himself to be one of the most iconic athletes in the world and even if Ali didn't end up lighting the torch on July 19th 1996 we'd still have plenty of moments to treasure both in and out of the ring.\nBut as it happens it was Ali who took the torch from Janet Evans hands shaking but proud as ever. The man who fought in some of the greatest fights in boxing history was the subject of some of the most iconic images of the 20th century and who changed this country in ways we're still feeling to this very day had one more moment of greatness for the world to witness.\nRelated Chance the Rapper Honors Muhammad Ali With New Song Chicago MC delivers stirring performance with collaborators Donnie Trumpet Jamila Woods\nBut as former NBC executive Dick Ebersol told Sports Business Journal last year the head of the Atlanta committee for the games Dick Payne put up a fight saying \"Where we're from he's perceived as a draft dodger.\" Hometown hero Evander Holyfield was the local pick to do the honor but Ebersol countered that Ali didn't dodge the draft: \" He lost three big-money-earning years. But he didn't run away from the country. He didn’t go to Canada. He was willing to stand on his principles.\"\nIt took four months to convince Payne and the committee that Ali was the right person for the job four months for them to agree that a person who Ebersol figured \"outside of perhaps the pope\" was \"the most beloved figure in the world.\"\nOf course eventually the committee agreed and what happened when the champ and 1960 gold medal winner was handed the torch was truly a moment that is so perfect that it defies any sports cliche you could toss at it. A reminder once again why Ali was and always will be the Greatest of All Time.", "output": [ "Muhammad Ali" ] }, { "id": "task419-2ccdce67a79b4f7784d6ac98c2703490", "input": "\"Mitt Romney .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-d79b1dced8ec4c769bd7b8f164cf042e", "input": "Allyson B. Moran 26 was arrested last month for having sex with the teen while he was a student at Stockbridge High School. Moran had been working at the school as a long-term substitute chemistry teacher and girls soccer coach.\nThe victim testified Wednesday in a preliminary hearing that Moran invited him over to her Dansville home and sexually assaulted him the Lansing State Journal reports.\nThe teen said he first started communicating with the teacher outside of the classroom on Snapchat.\n\"At first it was just normal ... asking how I was doing \" he said.\n The boy said they \"started talking more in a sexual manner\" and exchanged nude photos. The teen also testified that he would sometimes eat lunch in Moran 's classroom.\nDuring his spring break in April he said Moran invited him over to her home.\n Moran allegedly told the teen not to park near her house because she didn't want the neighbors seeing the car.\nWhen he arrived at the home he said Moran took him to her basement \"man cave \" disrobed and kissed him.\n She then took him upstairs to her bedroom where the teen says she sexually assaulted him.\n Moran invited the teen back to her house a day or two later and they had sex again he said.\nThe relationship was reported in August after the teen told his girlfriend what happened.\nAccording to the Lansing State Journal Moran was bound over for trial on three felony counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a student and one misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a student.\n Her arraignment date is set for Nov. 8. She could face up to 15 years in prison.", "output": [ "Allyson B. Moran" ] }, { "id": "task419-fa99e78957f4442496c3502ed9d792f2", "input": "Guan Weili the 47-year-old founder didn’t start out with grand ambitions. He simply was struck by the paucity of treatment when working as a clinician at Wenzhou Mental Hospital his first job on graduation in 1987.\nTrained in general practice at Wenzhou Medical University Guan was assigned arbitrarily to work at a mental hospital. Psychiatry hasn't been a popular area of specialization in China but the career suited him well. The hospital was near his home and he met his wife Wang Lianyue a nurse working in the same unit. Today she is his top lieutenant as the company's executive director and general manager. Together they own a third of Kangning.\nSensing both need and opportunity Guan started his own hospital in 1996 initially with 20 beds encouraged by a local government with a reputation for fostering the freest brand of capitalism in China. Soon he bought land in then suburban Wenzhou for future growth. His wife joined two years later when an expanded hospital was built.\nLater the city of Wenzhou's freewheeling underground banking network would help him cover cash-flow needs though at usurious rates. He had no choice. Chinese law bars hospitals from pledging their facilities as collateral for bank loans.\nNo matter how desirable the room services the ultimate goal is to reduce not prolong the stay. Thanks to enhanced efficacy of treatment Guan says his patients now each spend on average 47 days in hospital compared with the Chinese industry's 60 days and as long as 90 days just a decade ago. \"With better medications and therapies come better results and shorter therapy sessions \" he says.\nStill mental patients need longer and more intensive care than most physical hospitalizations. Even one with mild syndromes might stay one or two weeks he adds. That calls for more beds. On average for every 100 outpatient visits a day 400-bed capacity is needed according to Guan --the reverse of the standard hospital formula. Wenzhou Kangning now averages 150 at its owned units.\nPrivate psychiatric care in China grew at a compounded 20% annually to 2014 largely to treat common disorders like anxiety depression substance abuse and psychosis. Among the key hubs is Guangzhou a megacity of 13 million where Xinhua News reported 68 out of every 100 citizens suffer insomnia. Elsewhere large corporate employers such as Foxconn offer 24-hour hotlines and suicide prevention counsel. Guan sees the upsurge as a by-product of the nation's fast economic growth likening it to Japan's experience at a similar stage of development.\nSpecialized mental hospitals have been around since the Chinese revolution in 1949 many drawing on care houses left behind by Christian missionaries. A drawn-out reform process began only 15 years ago Guan says.", "output": [ "Guan Weili" ] }, { "id": "task419-a16db94f61634ea8b195a6a8fa049150", "input": "Cleveland Cavaliers ' LeBron James walks up to the podium to answer questions before an NBA basketball practice , Wednesday , May 31 , 2017 , in Oakland , Calif. . \nCLEVELAND , Ohio - While many applauded LeBron James for his poignant words following the vandalism of his Los Angeles home , Fox Sports personality Jason Whitlock has a different take . \nWhitlock thinks James does n't experience real racism because of his income level . \nIt 's not LeBron James ' issue ,\" Whitlock , who is black , said about racist graffiti being sprayed on James ' property . \n\"I think it is a disrespectful inconvenience for LeBron James . \nWhitlock criticized James for acting like a victim and bringing up the 1955 murder of black teenager Emmett Till .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-2cebd17d5e8148cfa59c840b231d6f45", "input": "The vote makes Rangel just the 23rd member of the House to be censured and the first in nearly three decades.\n Rangel and his allies had pleaded for mercy arguing his transgressions which included failure to pay income taxes and misuse of his office to solicit fundraising donations deserved the more lenient punishment of a reprimand. But that effort failed 267-146.\n Still talking to reporters after leaving the House floor Rangel's old pugnacity returned as he denounced the vote as partisan.\n \"I am confident that when the history of this has been written people will recognize that the vote for censure was a very very very political vote \" Rangel said.\n Rep. Zoe Lofgren D-Calif. the chairwoman of the ethics committee said in the past censure had been used for members who had used unparliamentary language and that Rangel had promised voters that Democrats would run the most ethical Congress in history.\n \"We need to hold ourselves to a higher standard \" Lofgren said. \"Mr. Rangel himself has acknowledged that.\"\n Rangel's long battle over the ethics charges has transfixed New York City's political establishment and set off speculation about how long he will remain in office. Several Democrats are eyeing the seat but no major figure dared to challenge Rangel last fall when he easily won re-election.\nRangel's long battle over the ethics charges has transfixed New York City's political establishment and set off speculation about how long he will remain in office. Several Democrats are eyeing the seat but no major figure dared to challenge Rangel last fall when he easily won re-election.", "output": [ "Charles Rangel", "Rangel" ] }, { "id": "task419-1be6fabb0a134131a38f2b5e03284a72", "input": "Trump tweeting Sunday wrote about the \"Uranium to Russia deal\" in a string of criticisms about the Clintons and Democrats.\nTrump has discussed the agreement on numerous occasions — including an October 2016 campaign event when he said that Hillary Clinton \"gave Russia 20% of American uranium and you know she was paid a fortune.\"\nTrump's renewed focus on the deal is seen by many as a distraction tactic amid the Robert Mueller-led investigation into possible Russian collusion with members of his campaign during the 2016 election.\nTrump claims Clinton Dems are the ones who colluded with Russia\nHere's the full story about the uranium deal — and how the Clintons are involved.\nPresident Obama had final approval of the deal . (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)\nWith help from Bill Clinton 's connections Canadian mining tycoon Frank Giustra in 2005 was able to secure a key uranium mining deal in Kazakhstan for his company UrAsia Energy. Months later according to a New York Times report Giustra donated more than $30 million to Clinton 's foundation — donations that remained secret for years. Uranium One obtained UrAsia Energy in 2007.\nIn 2008 then-President George W. Bush's administration reached a nuclear cooperation agreement with Russia but the deal was withdrawn from Senate consideration after Russia attacked Georgia.\nThrough the deal Rosatom — Russia's nuclear agency — gained a majority stake in Uranium One and with it control of nearly 20% of the U.S. national uranium extraction capacity.\nUnder the deal no uranium at U.S. mines can be exported except for some uranium yellowcake which was later returned to the United States.\nAs Secretary of State Hillary Clinton among other members of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States would have input over the deal. But the approval rested with Obama not Clinton .\n Clinton 's campaign DNC funded research in Trump dossier: report\nClintons gain\nPeople connected with Uranium One donated $145 million to the Clinton Foundation much of it before the deal was reached and Bill Clinton also got $500 000 from a Kremlin-linked bank for a speech in Moscow.\nWith help from Bill Clinton 's connections Canadian mining tycoon Frank Giustra in 2005 was able to secure a key uranium mining deal in Kazakhstan for his company UrAsia Energy. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)\nThose donations weren't initially disclosed — despite Hillary Clinton signing a memorandum of understanding — and the Clinton Foundation apologized.", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-f83e62cbc9864f898f84f9df7dcac9d6", "input": "Jay Gruden winced as he eased himself onto a leather sofa at Redskins Park this week. The Washington Redskins coach had strained a calf muscle while running he explained at the outset of a mid-season interview and it was sore.\n Gruden looked up and laughed as the 6-foot-5 319-pound Scherff grinning at his joke trudged past a portrait of toughness lumbering toward the team’s weight room.\n“There’s not one player on this team that I don’t enjoy messing around with and talking to ” Gruden said. “They’ve all got great personalities. They’re great kids.”\n“After a bad practice or a bad game he ’s the first one to let you know you’re not getting it done; Jay ’s gonna let you know it’s not good enough ” explained Foster currently on injured reserve in a telephone interview. “But he ’s also the first after a great game or a great play to say ‘You looked great out there! You guys are playing your hearts out!’ Jay keeps it real with you. And he actually cares about you as a person.”\nIf Gruden makes it to 2018 in Washington he ’d become the first head coach to last five seasons under Redskins owner Daniel Snyder.\n“Knock wood!” he chuckled when this was pointed out. “I still have to get to next season!”\nCould it be that the seemingly imperturbable Gruden has a shot?\nAsked about his demeanor earlier in the season Gruden confessed “I’m a happy guy.”\nIn doing so Gruden broke the unspoken creed of old-line NFL coaches that greatness is one step removed from misery — that the price of postseason glory for an NFL head coach was physical and psychological well-being in the form of ulcers anxiety and lack of sleep.\n“It can be miserable — if you have people around you [whom] you don’t like to go to work with and that’s players and coaches included ” Gruden said of the job. “I’ve got a great coaching staff great training staff. And when Dan [Snyder] comes by we shoot the [breeze] a little bit. It’s fun.\nFor the Redskins to be 4-4 after so much off-season turnover is something of a surprise. Gruden lost both coordinators (offensive coordinator Sean McVay left to coach the Los Angeles Rams; defensive coordinator Joe Barry was fired after 28th-place performances in consecutive seasons). Snyder fired general manager Scot McCloughan the month before the NFL draft. The offense lost 2 000 receiving yards with the departure of DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon. All but one defensive assistant’s jobs turned over. And team president Bruce Allen failed to deliver the long-term contract for quarterback Kirk Cousins that he promised would be easily handled.\n“I just think this day and age in pro football you have to be ready to adjust and make changes ” Gruden said. “You’re never going to see the same roster one year to the next. Sometimes it’s coaching; sometimes it’s personnel.”\nWhen McVay had the job Gruden said the two retreated to their private offices scripted plays independently compared notes and “came to a happy medium” on the best approach weekly.\nThis season Gruden is spreading the workload among his assistants: offensive line coach Bill Callahan running backs coach Randy Jordan tight ends coach Wes Phillips wide receivers coach Ike Hilliard.\nThe number of injuries to the offensive line has made consistent offensive production even more challenging. The running game has struggled and Cousins hasn’t had time to throw deep consistently. So Gruden has fashioned a running game of sorts from a heavy diet of screen passes that Thompson has turned into big gains. The Redskins currently rank 14th in total yards averaging 343 yards per game.\n“We might only rush for 70 yards one game but might throw screens for 150 ” Gruden noted. “There are different ways to skin a cat in a running game. It’s easier said than done to go out there and just run the ball. Bruce [Allen] and Dan [Snyder] want to run the ball all the time; that’s the old Joe Gibbs way. I get that. I’d love to hand the ball off; it makes it easier for everybody.”", "output": [ "Jay Gruden" ] }, { "id": "task419-6fe32796bb174307b80c20fb57330a6e", "input": "These terrifying tales sent me looking for a book I had been meaning to read for quite some time. My former Washington Post colleague Brian Krebs left the newspaper in 2009 to dedicate himself to a blog on cybersecurity: KrebsOnSecurity.com. Out of his work and research came âSpam Nation: The Inside Story of Organized Cybercrime â From Global Epidemic to Your Front Door.â\nBut Krebs has made a background believer out of me.\nâThe Internet of today is truly a transformative communications and learning tool that radically enriches the lives of billions each day â Krebs writes. âYet never before in the history of the Internet has this medium been more fraught with snares and neâer-do-wells looking to fleece the unwary.\nWith our spam filters and the constant drilling to not open suspicious emails weâve been lulled into a false sense of security Krebs says.\nâThe spam ecosystem is a constantly evolving technological and sociological crime machine that feeds on itself â writes Krebs . âThus far the criminals responsible for unleashing this daily glut of digital disease are doing a stupendous job of overwhelming the security industry.â\n Krebs spends a lot of time introducing the major and minor spam players. Itâs like a Jason Bourne movie but with criminals who donât shoot at folks (well some do). They instead fire out malicious spam infecting tens of millions of computers and as a result rake in millions of dollars.\nWaiting for you at the end of the book is a very resourceful chapter on how to protect yourself. Youâll be safer following Krebs âs three rules for online security:\nEven if you donât buy âSpam Nation â make Krebs âs blog regular reading. His reporting will frighten you. It does me. As he writes âthose who endeavor to remain blissfully unaware of their role in becoming part of the solution will almost invariably end up becoming part of the problem.â\nIâm hosting an online discussion about âSpam Nationâ at noon Eastern time on Nov. 2 at washingtonpost.com/discussions. Krebs will join me to answer your cybersecurity questions.", "output": [ "Brian Krebs" ] }, { "id": "task419-b73ec9c7288f45aea28a4bd546256505", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Bill Shuster the chairman of the Transportation Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives will not run for re-election in November he said in a statement on Tuesday.\n Shuster 56 who has served in Congress since 2001 said in a statement that he will spend his last year in office “working with President Trump and my Republican and Democratic colleagues in both Chambers to pass a much needed infrastructure bill to rebuild America.”\n Shuster has championed a plan backed by Trump to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system but it has faced opposition in Congress and was not approved last year.\n The Pennsylvania congressman proposed legislation that would make it illegal for an airline to bump an already boarded passenger from a flight. In April a United Airlines passenger was forcibly removed from his seat prompting public outrage. The airline banned the practice.", "output": [ "Bill Shuster" ] }, { "id": "task419-992932871917414ab22579ca0829cd1b", "input": "Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum told Breitbart News Daily host Raheem Kassam on Monday “Anyone who votes again this bill ” referring to the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill “and says ‘I’m still for repealing Obamacare ’ they’re a liar because they had a chance to repeal Obamacare and they didn’t.”\n Santorum also went into detail on recent changes to the bill to gain more support arguing that any alleged addition of money to sway some senators is a minor issue at best. He said the adjustments were simply to ensure that if Washington is going to block grant the Obamacare money it needs to do so proportionately and fairly. That is what any last-minute changes are meant to bring about.\n He also cited welfare reform under Bill Clinton as an instance of successful government reform of a major program while pointing out that the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal is the first real effort to take on Obamacare. Santorum said all previous votes to repeal Obamacare were actually “fake” votes as it was known the bills being voted upon never had a chance of becoming law.\n Santorum also said that Graham-Cassidy will get enough votes in the House if the Senate passes it making it the first and only legitimate effort to repeal Obamacare.", "output": [ "Rick Santorum" ] }, { "id": "task419-d9b62f761b8e488ca5b8633acee72465", "input": "Jared Kushner President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser has had his security clearance downgraded Politico reports.\n He has been downgraded from SCI (sensitive compartmented information) access to Secret level according to the publication.\nAll other White House aides working on high-level interim clearances also had their access downgraded according to a memo reportedly sent to staffers on Friday. Earlier that same day Trump said he would leave it up to his chief of staff John Kelly to decide what access Kushner should have.\n“General Kelly respects Jared a lot and General Kelly will make that call ” Trump said at a joint news conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the time.\n Kushner no longer receives the President’s Daily Brief a top-secret roundup of global issues compiled by intelligence officials. His access to the highly classified intelligence briefing has been cut off in the past few weeks sources told Reuters.\n Kushner is reportedly accepting the decision and “will not ask for special permission” from the president according to CNN.\nKusher has the vague title of senior adviser. Throughout his career at the White House he has been assigned a wide-ranging portfolio on an array of highly sensitive issues ― solving the Israeli-Palestinian crisis keeping the U.S.-Mexico relationship afloat and heading up diplomacy with China for example.\n“This action will definitely impact Kushner ’s ability to cure the world of all ills but not necessarily prevent him from doing aspects of his job ” Mark Zaid a lawyer who specializes in national security law told HuffPost in an email. One of the most significant effects of Kushner ’s clearance downgrade is no longer having access to the President’s Daily Brief according to Zaid.\nGovernment officials who perform the type of high-level diplomacy Kushner is tasked with doing typically get access to highly sensitive raw data about the players involved in the negotiations. Without the highest-level security clearance Kushner will have to get a “reduced and more limited version” of those background briefings said Brad Moss also a national security lawyer.\n“It really undermines his ability to do the work he ’s supposed to be doing and makes him into more of a figurehead ” Moss said.\n Kushner will also lose access to the National Security Agency’s intercepted communications Ned Price a former White House and CIA official wrote on Twitter.\n“Whether or not he could’ve been successful before he no longer can be an effective Middle East mediator ” Price wrote.\n Kushner ’s colleagues have an incentive to block off Kushner ’s access to highly classified information. If they aren’t careful they could lose their own clearances — or even face criminal charges said Moss.\nUltimately Kushner ’s ability to do his job will depend on how strictly people around him restrict his access to sensitive meetings calls or documents Zaid wrote.\nWhite House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to answer questions regarding Kushner ’s security clearance during a press briefing earlier Tuesday. Last week Sanders said Kushner would continue the work he has been doing whether or not he has full security clearance.", "output": [ "Jared Kushner" ] }, { "id": "task419-0ab1c3d56570420b90600ed6fa05738f", "input": "If Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky took one step forward against the Bengals the Lions harassed him into taking two steps back. Such is the uneven rhythm of a rookie the context that frames Trubisky ’s bad starts as much as the good ones. Gaudy numbers — 31 of 46 for 314 yards and one touchdown — were offset by three interceptions that resulted in a paltry passer rating of 66.8.\nNo but Trubisky displayed his worst judgment of the season — or at least since his first start Oct. 9 — when he forced the ball into double coverage trying to hit Dontrelle Inman that resulted in a Cutleresque interception in the end zone. He never saw safety Quandre Diggs step in front of Inman for a gift. ’Tis the season apparently.\n“I just lost him in my vision ’’ Trubisky said. “I’ve got to throw the ball away so we can get a field goal.’’\n Trubisky ’s first pick came when he sailed a pass over Kendall Wright’s head that cornerback Darius Slay caught before going out of bounds one of two interceptions by “Big Play” Slay. Interestingly the errant throw occurred on a slow-developing play-action pass out of the shotgun with Trubisky rolling left when his accuracy tends to become more iffy. Slay also identified Trubisky as a young quarterback who locked in on his receivers which Trubisky disputed.", "output": [ "Mitch Trubisky" ] }, { "id": "task419-20b2061d787243889e9f90f505aae323", "input": "Sofia Vergara said the “Modern Family” cast had “a lot of fun” filming in Lake Tahoe for the highly-anticipated new season that premieres tonight.\nFor one scene in particular that was shot on a boat Vergara said it “was so hard to keep a straight face” because of the outlandish way her co-star Eric Stonestreet was dressed trying to shield himself from the sun.\n“It’s like ‘You look like a geisha with a nun '” Vergara said on “Good Morning America” of Stonestreet’s outfit for the show. “It’s confusing. It was really crazy and Ed [O’Neill] couldn’t stop laughing.”\n“The weekend we were there there was a big fight in Vegas and we were all watching it ” Vergara recalled of their time in what she called “amazing” Lake Tahoe. “Then Julie loves bicycling and hiking. She always has time for that. I do some shopping. We like hiking together. We don’t get to do that when we’re in L.A. We’re all working and go home. But when we’re trapped in a hotel in a city it makes us all be together and it’s a lot of fun.”\n Vergara is also keeping busy with the launch of a new underwear line EBY which she said she is passionate about because of the brand’s partnership with the Seven Bar Foundation. A portion of the sales from the underwear company will go to the foundation for helping empower women to start their own businesses.\n“Every sale we make 10 percent is going to go to a woman that is going to be able to open her own business ” she said of the subscription underwear line. “We’re going to microfinance businesses all over the world so that women can have their own thing their own money. That was super-important for me when I was young as a single mom. I wanted to have my money and my own independence and we want to give them that.”", "output": [ "Sofia Vergara" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb46ee484d814c3d909160cd314cee1e", "input": "Cruise giant Carnival is taking it slow when it comes to returning to hurricane-ravaged St. Thomas and St. Maarten.\nIn a letter to customers posted on the Carnival website Duffy set \"the beginning of January\" as a time frame for a return to St. Thomas and St. Maarten. She also set a hard date of Nov. 30 for the line's resumption of calls at the hurricane-hit port of San Juan Puerto Rico and said calls at Grand Turk would resume in less than two weeks.\nHurricane Irma caused widespread damage across St. Thomas and St. Maarten in early September. St. Thomas also was affected by Hurricane Maria which hit the island later in September and also slammed Puerto Rico and Grand Turk.\nMore: Cruises to St. Thomas to resume in November FEMA charters Carnival ship to house relief workers in Virgin Islands\nU.S. Virgin Islands governor Kenneth Mapp on Friday said St. Thomas was preparing for as many as 25 cruise ship calls in November starting with the arrival of Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas on Nov. 10.", "output": [ "St. Thomas" ] }, { "id": "task419-ecdd2f5ea3d4422580b31ebe95da29d2", "input": "On November 6 Breitbart News reported that the gunman Devin Kelley passed a background check in 2016 to acquire his rifle. CNN quoted a law enforcement official who observed that Kelley “didn’t have a disqualifying criminal history when he filled out the background check paperwork at the store” in San Antonio.\nQuestions immediately arose–how did Kelley pass a background check considering the fact that he had a domestic violence charge?\nAccording to NPR Kelley was arrested in 2012 and “was court-martialed for assaulting his then-wife and stepson.” His conviction in that case “disqualified him from legally possessing a firearm.” He entered a plea deal for a lesser sentence but one which was still enough to prohibit him from firearm possession under federal law. Nevertheless his arrest and conviction were not reported to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) thus he was able to buy firearms.\nNPR’s Tom Bowman said “This was mishandled by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico where Kelley was serving when he was arrested. An investigation is now underway and the Air Force is taking it very seriously said the source.”", "output": [ "Devin Kelley" ] }, { "id": "task419-71d88177f1cf4089b7af815044c47659", "input": "Steve Rannazzisi didn't sound like someone putting on a show.\n\"I was sort of the party starter of Merrill Lynch \" he said in an interview in 2009. \"Until our building got hit with a plane.\"\nWithout tears or theatrics Rannazzisi went on to explain that he was working on the 54th floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11 2001. He felt the impact of a plane ramming into the first tower and ran outside to see what was happening. When the building began to crumble \"I just started f_ing booking it \" he told Maron. He stopped just in time to turn around and see the second tower collapse.\nWhen he and his fiancée — who was supposed to be working in the towers but was still on the subway when the planes hit — got home they decided to leave the city for Los Angeles a decision Rannazzisi often credited with jump-starting his career.\n\"I still have dreams of like you know those falling dreams \" Rannazzisi said.\nBut Rannazzisi 's account was no more real than those dreams. This week the New York Times uncovered that the 37-year-old comedian a star on the FXX show \"The League \" was working several miles from the site of the attacks that morning. Confronted with this story he issued an apologetic series of tweets Wednesday.\n Rannazzisi isn't even the most famous person to have publicly pretended to have survived 9/11.\nIn fact to Angelo J. Gugliemo Jr. Rannazzisi 's account sounded a lot like one he had heard from his friend Tania Head the former president of the World Trade Center Survivors' Network. Like Rannazzisi Head spoke of working for Merrill Lynch on the morning of 9/11. Like Rannazzisi she said she had a fiancé who worked in the towers (though he was killed in the attacks).\nLike Rannazzisi Head wasn't telling the truth.\nThough some lies have obvious tangible benefits for the teller the impulse that drove Head Rannazzisi and others to make up their stories is more complicated. Neither Head nor Rannazzisi wrote books or sought compensation from a survivor's fund. Neither gained any kind of obvious advantage for framing themselves as a victim.\nHead who still hasn't admitted to fabricating her story despite evidence that she was taking classes in Spain on that day won't say why she made it up. According to his tweets Rannazzisi doesn't know.\nPsychologist Christopher Chabris who studies false memory said that Rannazzisi 's story isn't a case of someone mistakenly remembering something that didn't really happen. It's about inserting one's self into a narrative that's already getting a lot of sympathy.\nThe psychology behind that explanation for liars is as complicated as the stories they tell. Neither Rannazzisi nor Head is quite a pathological liar — there's no evidence that they have a chronic compulsion to tell falsehoods other than this one big one. Neither do they appear to have been suffering from false memories (as some psychologists argued about Brian Williams who inaccurately claimed to have been shot down while reporting in Iraq). Rannazzisi tweeted that he wished for many years he could take back his story knowing that it was untrue.", "output": [ "Steve Rannazzisi" ] }, { "id": "task419-540e4d8414b64c3bbe272f5ebd837750", "input": "At the end of a school safety roundtable event at the White House on Thursday President Trump was asked by a reporter if he thinks his proposal to “harden” schools with armed guards and armed teachers will put him at odds with the National Rifle Association which spent $30 million to elect him .\n The president indicated he doesn’t expect any problems.\n“I don’t think I’ll be going up against them I really think the NRA wants to do what’s right ” Trump said. “I mean they’re very close to me I’m very close to them. They’re very very great people they love this country — they’re patriots. The NRA wants to do the right thing.”\nIt makes sense that Trump doesn’t foresee conflict with the NRA given that he was speaking at the end of an event where he parroted the pro-gun talking points used earlier in the day by NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre.\nConsider some of the pro-gun buzzwords used by LaPierre during his speech earlier Thursday at CPAC. NPR put together an analysis looking at LaPierre’s comments in comparison with what Trump said hours later.\nCNN put together a video of Trump parroting LaPierre’s lines.\nThe NRA has made clear that it opposes new regulations on semi-automatic firearms. During the White House event on Thursday Trump suggested that more guns are the solution to mass shootings.\nWhile Trump clings to the NRA’s talking points and resists legislative gun control efforts a number of major companies are taking the opposite approach.", "output": [ "Watch Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-831401436f2a46b293a410449c26f9f9", "input": "A former Fox News anchor says ousted chairman Roger Ailes who died months after he was fired from the network secretly recorded female employees while they undressed.\nAndrea Tantaros had already claimed in a lawsuit that she was sexually harassed at the network. In an amended complaint Tantaros said Ailes had a closed circuit television system installed to watch women as they changed outfits.\nTantaros said on-air women were required to attend a bi-annual trunk show held by the network’s wardrobe department and that Ailes used the event as an opportunity to secretly film female talent.\n Roger Ailes died at 77 after he was ousted from the Fox network over a build-up of sexual harassment cases. (Fred Prouser/REUTERS)\n Roger Ailes died in May 2017 at the age of 77.", "output": [ "Roger Ailes" ] }, { "id": "task419-127d4c34c91149c8a6aceae9380482e5", "input": "The executive Eric Alexander not only obtained the medical records of the victim who was an Uber customer in India but shared them with other executives according to Recode which first reported his firing. Uber fired Alexander on Tuesday over the medical records issue the New York Times reported.\nUber confirmed to Business Insider that Alexander is no longer employed by the company but declined to comment further on the circumstances.\n Alexander obtained the victim's medical records and showed them to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Emil Michael the company's VP of business according to the report. Alexander continued to carry the records around for a year until other executives obtained a copy of them and destroyed his copy of the records Recode reported.\nIt's unclear how Alexander obtained the medical records. Photos online show that Alexander was in Delhi in December 2014 for multiple days of police questioning.\nDespite Uber's top executives allegedly knowing Alexander had obtained the rape victim's medical records he remained employed by the company for the last three years.\nOn Tuesday Uber announced the initial results of an investigation into charges of harassment and other complaints at the company. Although Alexander 's acquiring of the victim's medical records was among the 215 complaints investigated he wasn't among the 20 people the company said it had fired in response to them according to Recode.", "output": [ "Eric Alexander" ] }, { "id": "task419-a55519d600224788898e451324337d3d", "input": "I sit here writing a letter that I never thought I’d have to write. On Feb. 13 my husband and Grace’s dad Paul Bauer was violently taken from us. Needless to say our hearts are broken in a million pieces and our lives are forever changed. But that’s not the reason I am writing.\n Paul would have been terribly upset that he inconvenienced so many people with the parking restrictions in our beloved Bridgeport. He would have winced at the thought that the Dan Ryan closed down for the funeral procession. He never wanted to be in the spotlight. He never thought of himself only others.\nI want to thank those of you who waited for hours in the cold to attend his wake and funeral. You have no idea how much that meant to us.\nI knew Paul Bauer and he was as wonderful as people are saying »\nHundreds gather at Bridgeport church for Cmdr. Paul Bauer 's wake »", "output": [ "Paul Bauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-994ca52b94614bf98fdb57962beed2f2", "input": "Anders Fogh Rasmussen the former NATO chief and adviser to Ukraine's leader said Russian President Vladimir Putin \"must be laughing right now\" at how successfully he 's undermined Western democracy. He said the lack of answers from the Trump administration would be seen as a sign of weakness that Putin would exploit.\n\" He 's achieved much more than he could have ever dreamed of when it comes to undermining the credibility of Western democratic institutions \" Rasmussen said Thursday in an Associated Press interview. \"When he 's watching the ongoing discussion here in Washington I think it's unbelievable for him that he could achieve that much for a very modest investment in whatever he might have invested in interference in the election or whatever.\"\nThe former prime minister of Denmark Rasmussen joined a growing chorus of Russia critics expressing exasperation that an Oct. 1 deadline came and went without new penalties to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. election. A law Trump signed in August requires the administration to produce a list of individuals linked to Russia's defense and intelligence agencies. Anyone who does business with those individuals could then be hit themselves with U.S. sanctions.\n\"So far nothing has happened from the administration side \" Rasmussen said. Still he said that just the threat of U.S. weapons potentially flowing to the Ukrainians had affected Putin 's deliberations about Ukraine in a positive way. He said he believed Putin 's recent proposal to send U.N. peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine reflected the Russian leader's \"attempt to find a way out of all of this.\"", "output": [ "Vladimir Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-f2f0514e89bd43a0b265d96070c3de9e", "input": "Her opponent City Council Member Mary Norwood is a conservative-leaning independent who has supported both Republicans and Democrats in the past and she has the support of what Republican Party infrastructure actually exists in Atlanta. Norwood is also white while Lance-Bottoms is African-American. The last white candidate to win the mayorâs race in Atlanta was Sam Massell in 1969 . The state party has come out with heavy-handed attack ads deriding Norwood as a Republican a signal to the cityâs voters of who they are backing. Their argument is laid out on a website called MaryTheRepublican.com where they point out she has paid some Republican consultants as part of her campaign that she refused to back Jon Ossof in his congressional race and that she implied to a local Republican Party group that she is an independent because Republicans canât win in Atlanta.\nBut some of the polling shows that the race is a dead heat. A survey released late Friday night showed Norwood with a 6-point lead â and significant crossover support among African-American voters and Democrats.\nMany political activists in Atlanta cite Reed as the reason some progressives are rallying to Norwood . Reed has been the consummate neoliberal mayor close to contractors and developers and hostile to the cityâs activist movement on issues like affordable housing â while avoiding much of the progressive policies other big-city mayors are using to tackle income disparities. The New York Timesâs Thomas Friedman once held the Reed administration up as a model for its willingness to cut back the pensions of its public workers. As The Intercept noted in an article profiling Fortâs bid earlier this year Atlanta has been ranked as the most unequal city in the country.\n Mary Norwood candidate for mayor gives volunteer Jerome Whitaker a hug for his support at her headquarters Tuesday Nov. 7 2017 in Atlanta. Photo: Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution /AP\nTim Franzen a longtime organizer who worked for Fortâs campaign told The Intercept that while he plans to vote for the conservative Norwood heâs not endorsing her or her politics. But he explained the dynamics that are leading many progressives to consider a Norwood vote.\nâThereâs these narratives going around â one is that [this] is a Trump-Clinton situation. Itâs 100 percent not what we have here in Atlanta. Mary Norwood is a constituent-services politician. She always has been. She âs not an ideological person â he explained.\nReedâs administration has also been the center of ethics scandals over the past few years over pay-to-play arrangements; his endorsement of and fundraising for Lance-Bottoms makes many question her own commitment to reform on the issue.\nSome progressive Atlantans view Lance-Bottoms as a sort of third term for Reed and his ideas â a perception that is boosted by the generous financial backing airport contractors close to his administration have thrown her way. One Atlanta progressive news website that tracks votes on the city council ranks Lance-Bottoms as less progressive than Norwood ; on issues like housing and homelessness she has been a steady ally of Reed.\nOn the popular state political website GeorgiaPol.com George Chidi â a former Bernie Sanders backer and Occupy Atlanta supporter â penned the post â A Black Voterâs Case for Mary Norwood .â He took the Democratic Party to task for taking the black vote in Atlanta for granted. âThe party fails to understand what Atlanta means to black people here and everywhere in America frankly â he wrote. âWe have a city that has the Gini coefficient of Caracas nearly the widest gap in racial income in the country and the lowest income mobility in America. In a recent symposium on racialized homelessness in Atlanta a speaker noted that the average income of a black household in the city of Atlanta is under $30 000 a year. The average for a white household is over $80 000.â\nIn an interview with The Intercept Chidi said he hopes Norwood would focus on corruption if she wins. âI hope she wonât be corrupt. I hope sheâll find those who are and see them punished â he said. âBy doing so I hope sheâll maintain the cityâs international posture as a place to do business.â\nAnd ultimately the arguments that Norwood is a secret Republican fall flat in the face of her support base. Yes she has courted Republicans as part of her campaign but sheâs also courted Democrats and progressive independents â her list of endorsers proves that as does the poll cited above that shows over 42 percent of Democrats in the city are backing her bid. Her stances on social issues in particular â supporting abortion rights and marriage equality â place her far out of step with Georgiaâs traditionally socially conservative Republican Party.\nFranklin the former mayor alluded to Reedâs ethical issues and explained her rationale for endorsing a white candidate. âFor me race was not the first issue â she said in her speech endorsing Norwood . âCharacter transparency and integrity are the first issues for me.â (Norwood has come out for campaign donation limits on city vendors.)\nFranzen shared Jonesâs torn feelings about Norwood whose politics are significantly more conservative than his. But in the end he couldnât bring himself to vote for a continuation of the Reed regime.\nâEveryday Atlantans are feeling the squeeze like they havenât felt in decades. So Iâm not passionate about Mary Norwood but I and other people who work on municipal issues have no other choice but to work against Keisha â Franzen reluctantly concluded.", "output": [ "Mary Norwood" ] }, { "id": "task419-7967156f3c38422198ad50c569e8b7b2", "input": "For now the building will be known by its address 875 North Michigan Avenue as the owner seeks a new naming-rights deal said Stephen Hearn president and CEO of Hearn Co.\n Chicago-based Hearn is part of a group of real estate investors that has owned the office and parking portions of the building since 2013.\n“As they did in Boston they just decided to have their name removed ” Hearn said. “At this point we’ll push harder for a replacement name. This property deserves a more important identity than simply the address.”\nJohn Hancock hasn’t paid for the right to have its name on the modernist skyscraper since the last naming-rights contract expired shortly after the current owners bought it Hearn said.\nThe loss of the iconic name comes as Hearn decided to continue owning the property after exploring a potential sale. Hearn has decided to hold on to the property for at least another two or three years meaning it will likely be the owner that signs a naming-rights deal.\n Hearn and its investment partners Mount Kellett Capital Management and San Antonio-based Lynd Co. bought their portion of the tower for $140 million in 2013. Mount Kellett is now an affiliate of New York-based Fortress Investment Group.\n Hearn said several factors including uncertainty over future interest rates and the impact of new tax laws slowed the potential sale of its building as well as other large office deals in Chicago.\n“It all led to the notion that this isn’t the right time for a sale ” Hearn said.\nThe owners instead will look to refinance the property with a new loan he said.\n Hearn will continue talks for naming rights which he said could be tied into a redevelopment of the ground-floor plaza. The plaza parking garage and naming rights are controlled by the office owner.\n Hearn previously estimated naming rights could be worth $1.5 million or more annually.\nYet he said he realizes name changes should not be taken lightly conscious that many Chicagoans refuse to refer to the former Sears Tower by its nearly decade-old moniker Willis Tower.\n Hearn declined to say whether he expected the building’s new namesake to be a tenant in the building.\n“We have turned away a number of interested parties because we didn’t feel the name was appropriate for this iconic property ” Hearn said. “I want to put an identity on this property that everyone in Chicago can be proud of.”", "output": [ "Hearn" ] }, { "id": "task419-164e8831401b44188144a19e355e5e69", "input": "And Hugo Steven Selva’s girlfriend Nicole Marie Novak had a history of drug and burglary convictions records indicate.\n Selva was fatally shot by a deputy after he fled a strip mall in Lake Worth where he killed Novak.\nIn December 2016 Selva’s grandmother requested a restraining order against her grandson records indicate the Palm Beach Post reported.\n Hugo Steven Selva 26 fatally shot his girlfriend Nicole Novak 22 on Thursday in Palm Beach County Florida. Selva was shot by a deputy after a wrong-way chase and crash on Interstate 95. (Facebook)\n She claimed he “threatened to kill me and ( Selva ’s sister) on multiple occasions ” the court petition shows.\n Marilyn Selva said her grandson and his girlfriend usually visited and threatened her when she was alone.\n Suspect fatally shoots two including cop before surrendering\nIn once instance she claims that Selva armed with a butcher’s knife threatened to kill his grandmother his sister and then himself.\n“I am in fear for my life as I am 77 years old and have health issues ” Marilyn Selva wrote in her petition. “ Hugo ’s behavior and threats are escalating. He has become more demanding and forceful ” she said.\n She also alleged he suffered from drug and alcohol problems.\nNovak was arrested six times between 2011 and 2012 on charges of drug possession burglary and grand theft records show the Palm Beach Post reported. She served time in prison between January 2014 and May 2016.\n Hugo Steven Selva killed his girlfriend in a Florida shopping center parking lot dragged her into his SUV and then drove the wrong-way on a Florida interstate before he was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy officials said. (Lannis Waters/AP)\nRobert Cecere a Selva family friend said Hugo Selva “was too smart for school. He was always the funny guy. Good for a laugh. Loved my massage work and always made sure to get a treatment if I was in town ” the Palm Beach Post reported.\n Selva appears to have been on a shooting spree.", "output": [ "Hugo Steven Selva" ] }, { "id": "task419-249e28aaf6e2453490a0b4c7d4fdb878", "input": "The winner of this year's Nobel Prize in economics says he 's \"nervous\" about stocks.\n\"We seem to be living in the riskiest moment of our lives and yet the stock market seems to be napping \" Richard Thaler who won the prize for his contributions to behavioral economics told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday. \"I admit to not understanding it.\"\n\"I don’t know about you but I’m nervous and it seems like when investors are nervous they’re prone to being spooked \" he said adding that \"nothing seems to spook the market.\"\n Thaler was awarded the 2017 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel on Monday.", "output": [ "Richard Thaler" ] }, { "id": "task419-a5f93257f8b94f28ac6f2e79b99321e6", "input": "Police have identified Sayfullo Saipov as the suspect accused of driving a rented pickup truck into a crowd killing at least eight people and injuring at least 11 more near the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.\n Saipov had worked as an Uber driver in New Jersey where he was living as recently as this summer. Uber confirmed to Fox News that Saipov passed the company's background check for drivers but was now banned from the company. Uber added it has not found any safety reports concerning the terror suspect.\nAfter exiting the vehicle Saipov yelled “Allahu akbar” (\"God is great\") and waived around weapons believed to be a paintball gun and a BB gun police said. The suspect was shot twice by police and taken into custody. He remains in the hospital and is expected to survive his wounds.\nIt's been reported that Saipov rented the truck from a Home Depot store in Passaic N.J. around 2 p.m. on Tuesday -- an hour or so before the attack occurred.\nAuthorities discovered that Saipov had a Florida driver's license and has been connected to an address in the Tampa area.\nA friend Kobiljon Matkarov said he met Saipov while the two were living in Florida. He described Saipov as being “very friendly” and “very nice.”\nMatkarov said he last saw Saipov a few months ago when the suspect picked him up from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Saipov had moved to the area in order to seek better work opportunities.\nMatkarov told Fox News that he never noticed any unusual behavior from the suspect let alone that he’d been radicalized. He said that Saipov was generally a happy-go-lucky person who seemed to love America.\nIn a statement to Fox News Uber said the company was in contact with the FBI and has offered its assistance to the investigation into Saipov . It added that Uber was reviewing Saipov 's history with the ride-hailing company.", "output": [ "Sayfullo Saipov" ] }, { "id": "task419-5cf17671c04e428298a529bb316e3dd3", "input": "Big Macs and lattes will be purchased by cryptocurrencies sooner than you might think according to venture capitalist and bitcoin fanatic Tim Draper .\n\"In five years if you go to a Starbucks or McDonald's and try to buy a burger or coffee with fiat currency the person at the counter is going to laugh at you \" Draper told an audience Friday in San Francisco. \"There's a real need for a currency that's global.\"\n Draper 's presentation at the Blockchain Connect Conference came by video and helped kick off a full day of panels and presentations from developers and investors. The event was so crowded that people were filling up the overflow room to listen on televisions and Draper 's video aired late because of technical difficulties.\n Draper who backed companies including Skype and Baidu in the earlier days of the internet has made a personal fortune on bitcoin and has more recently turned his attention to initial coin offerings. He said in May that he was participating in the Tezos ICO one of the biggest crypto offerings of the past year. That deal has been plagued by conflict with the founders stuck in a financial battle with one of the leaders of the project.\n Draper said there will be \"fits and starts\" in the emergence of blockchain but over time it will effect \"industry after industry.\"", "output": [ "Tim Draper" ] }, { "id": "task419-b1aa843a95f24d6b91990cdb6c4074bd", "input": "(CNN) Quincy Jones might be an 85-year-old musical legend with nothing to prove but that doesn't mean he isn't still learning from his mistakes.\n The musician on Thursday apologized for a string of headline-making recent interviews that he said were full of \"bad-mouthing\" and \"inexcusable.\"\nThe interviews Jones referenced were with GQ and Vulture . In the chats Jones was candid about his feelings about Taylor Swift (\"We need more songs man. F---ing songs not hooks.\") Paul McCartney (\"the worst bass player I ever heard\") and Michael Jackson (whom he called \"greedy\") among others.\n He also caused controversy in speaking about alleged sexual relations between legendary Hollywood figures.\n Jones said it was a conversation with his daughters that opened his eyes to the error of his ways.", "output": [ "Quincy Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-6ea80d89108f4856acecfe2f8a3b9e04", "input": "A few years ago he began working with Dr. Jenny Chang medical director of the Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center at Baylor College of Medicine.\n Chang had performed a number of biopsies on breast cancer patients both on those whose cancers were confined to the breast and on those whose cancers had metastasized to the brain.\n From those biopsies Chang said she had identified a number of genetic pathways ways in which gene mutations affected the ability of the cancer to spread unique to patients who developed metastatic breast cancer.\n \"But I had a lot of trouble with the data and trying to translate it into clinical practice \" she said. She couldn't find her way out from beneath the avalanche of data.\n So she turned to Wong.\n Using his mathematical modeling Wong sifted through Chang's data and the large databases of genome and clinical trial data. Out of that he identified several candidate drugs to impair the genetic pathways that helped the cancer spread.\nChang's data and the large databases of genome and clinical trial data. Out of that he identified several candidate drugs to impair the genetic pathways that helped the cancer spread.\n One of them a drug named sunitinib which treats a kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma emerged as the best bet. Chang then tested the drug in mice and the study showed it prevented breast cancer from spreading to the brain.\n She has already begun a Phase II clinical trial of the drug enrolling nine patients with metastatic breast cancer and she is looking for more.\n \"The drug is very well-tolerated by patients and so far the trial is going very well \" Chang said.\n But by using an existing drug Chang and Wong could skip the lengthy Phase I during which a drug is checked for safety. If Chang's tests go well sunitinib could be on the market within a few years for metastatic breast cancer.", "output": [ "Jenny Chang" ] }, { "id": "task419-c212333cf3144625be9a9504562e0a74", "input": "Is it just me or is anybody else worried about Duncan Keith ?\nMaybe it ’s just the recency bias of a bad three-game trip to California in which the Blackhawks defense was exposed as if each unit has to take a turn looking awful in this season that refuses to end. Or maybe Keith is the last of the core players to succumb this season to the fall of the dynasty. Or maybe it’s long-lasting and irretrievable.\nThe last possibility is the scary one because Keith has always been the barometer of good Hawks and bad Hawks. The Hawks’ offense has always started with the defense and the defense starts with Keith and unfortunately of late the defense has been inept and inert not to mention soft and slow.\nIn Sunday’s loss in Anaheim Keith aided and abetted a power-play goal by Ducks forward Rickard Rakell by doing little to prevent it. In the previous game Keith committed two awful giveaways that led to Kings goals. In the first game of the jaunt in San Jose Keith was on the ice for four goals against while skating five-on-five. Today’s edition of Sesame Street hockey is brought to you by the letters P and U.\nOnly six times in the last 14 games when skating five-on-five has Keith been above 50 percent in the Fenwick metric that counts only unblocked shots according to NaturalStatTrick.com.\nThe raw numbers in those games show he has been on the ice for three goals for and 19 against at even-strength for a minus-16. Now plus-minus in isolation is an outdated way to evaluate players but something that extreme is hard for me to ignore. It might not always be his fault but he ’s not doing enough to make it better.\nBy comparison Keith ’s five-on-five Fenwick metric was over 50 percent 10 times in the 20 games before the last four weeks. His raw numbers were 17 goals for and 12 against.\nOverall his goals-for percentage of 39.78 at five-on-five is the worst of the 10 defensemen the Hawks have dressed this season according to NaturalStatTrick.com. The raw count is 37 goals for and 56 against.\nLast season Keith ’s goal-for percentage at five-on-five was 56.48. The raw count was 61-47. So yeah Keith misses Niklas Hjalmarsson. A lot. The whole team does.\n Keith then has had to adapt to different partners while continuing to play a lot and play against the opponent’s top line. All of those are legit causes for Keith ’s unseemly numbers. But still it’s a problem when a team’s best defenseman isn’t delivering especially on a team that relies on defensemen to start the offense.\nThe eye test – my eye test anyway – sees a guy whose reactions can’t quite keep up with his instincts. Keith has played several lifetimes of hockey the past decade – a lot of regular-season minutes then even more minutes in an astounding 126 playoff games and oh two Olympics – so it would reasonable to expect that at 34 even the indefatigable one would lose a half-step. That half-step can keep a player from getting to a spot first from breaking up plays from getting a stick on an opponent from taking away a puck and moving it up ice.\n Keith ’s remarkable ability seemed to make him a one-man neutral-zone trap. Keith regularly broke up plays and controlled the puck to create a lot of offense — a lot of quick offense. The Hawks were playing on a lot of short fields.\nThing is the Hawks still control the puck at even-strength more than you’d think a bad team would but the forwards aren’t turning that into goals. That would help Keith ’s numbers look respectable and maybe that changes next season. Maybe the scorers start scoring next season. Maybe another long offseason will help. Same goes for improved ability and consistency from the rest of the Hawks’ young defense corps.\nThis isn’t to bury Keith . He can still play even if not at his former Norris Trophy level. So perhaps the biggest thing that would help the Hawks regain their contending ways is if GM Stan Bowman could bring in a defenseman who makes Keith only the second-best on the roster.", "output": [ "Duncan Keith" ] }, { "id": "task419-1370c523364541a19c2358118f202b12", "input": "The fourth quarter has historically not been a particularly busy period for missile tests for the North according to Harry Kazianis director of defense studies at the Center for the National Interest a Washington think tank founded by former President Richard Nixon .\n\"When we look at the data on the fourth quarter of most years they either test anywhere between zero and two \" he said. \"Last year they did two tests.\"\nKazianis said there are a lot of contributing factors for why the hermit regime doesn't do as many tests in the final quarter of the year. They include having the military assist in the fall harvest due to North Korea's chronic food shortages. Also he said December is when the North tends to conduct more military drills.\n\"North Korea is just occupied doing other things but they also have to continue proving their missile technology \" he said. \"So I'm not shocked that they did this test but I'm a little surprised since I thought they would hold off until the Olympics.\"\nIndeed Kazianis said there's every expectation that the first quarter will produce \"a heavy testing cycle\" as has been the case with Pyongyang's ballistic missile program. He said the North \"has a ton of new technology \" including long-range ballistic missiles and \"new types of heat-shield technology.\"\nAccording to Kazianis the North has \"a lot of goodies that they will start rolling out. This situation is going to get worse. The testing is going to get more rigorous. We're really at just the tip of the iceberg of seeing their capabilities to be honest.\"", "output": [ "Harry Kazianis" ] }, { "id": "task419-c72c4266a46b42bd94a164841095a3c6", "input": "Adrienne Gaither ’ s “ Tribulations ” acrylic on canvas . On view through Feb . 24 in “ How I Got Over ” at Transformer . ( Adrienne Gaither / Transformer ) Adrienne Gaither ’ s abstract color paintings are meticulously constructed their bright hues divided by straight hard - edge lines . Yet there ’ s a sense of disorder and even menace in some of them which is reflected in the title of the D . C . artist ’ s Transformer show : “ How I Got Over .” The tension between neat patterns and haphazard disruptions reveals “ Gaither ’ s personal recovery from traumatic events in her life ” a gallery note explains . The upsets aren ’ t specified directly and the titles of the six large canvasses offer few clues . The picture that aims the sharpest point of a neon - orange triangle toward the bottom left of a field of shards is named “ Not Just Knee Deep ” probably after the Funkadelic song . Other titles are more commonplace although one small collage is dubbed “ Tribulation .” That color - field painting could be narrative or at least psychological would once have been heretical . In the 1960s theorists of the genre insisted that the only proper concerns of such “ post - painterly ” art were its own forms and materials . Gaither has flouted such dogma previously with color - block grids of hues derived from skin tones . In this show ’ s “ Kill Shots ” she flirts with representation by jagging a yellow spike across the canvas suggesting lightning or some other sudden violent blast . Despite such dynamic gestures Gaither ’ s work shares much with mid - 20th - century color painting . The artist has a knack for composition and keeps things interesting by juxtaposing both contrary and complementary hues . Yellows and maroons energize one picture but so do its abutting areas of two slightly different shades of deep blue . These pictures may have been born out of upheaval but they ’ re immaculately controlled . Adrienne Gaither : How I Got Over Through Feb . 24 at Transformer 1404 P St . NW . 202 - 483 - 1102 . transformerdc . org . Sally Canzoneri ’ s “ Women Marchers : 1913 & 2017 ” on view at Art League Gallery . ( Sally Canzoneri / Art League Gallery ) Sally Canzoneri How can you be in two eras at once ? Sally Canzoneri simulates time travel with lenticular photographs — matched images of the same place made years apart and cut into an accordion - fold pattern . From the front strips of both scenes are visible ; from the sides only one can be seen . That ’ s why the artist calls her Art League Gallery show “ Double Takes .” Canzoneri lives in Washington and most of her two - timing pictures show D . C . sites decades or more apart . Here she has included two Alexandria doublings including one that contrasts the show ’ s venue the Torpedo Factory in 1921 and 2017 . The largest gap chronologically if not thematically is between the former slave traders ’ building at 1315 Duke St . in 1861 and 2017 . The older of those pictures is by Mathew Brady the D . C . Civil War photographer . Most often though the earlier image ’ s maker cannot be identified . Canzoneri works with unknown predecessors first by framing her shot of the scene in imitation of the original and then by fusing the two . Think of this not as appropriation but collaboration . Canzoneri ’ s lenticulars are made of paper rather than marble but they ’ re a kind of civic art . Sally Canzoneri : Double Takes Through Feb . 5 at the Art League Gallery Torpedo Factory 105 N . Union St . Alexandria . 703 - 683 - 1780 . theartleague . org . Anika Cartterfield ’ s show “ The Wild ” at VisArts . ( Anika Cartterfield / VisArts ) Anika Cartterfield & Alex Braden At the National Gallery of Art currently stand a grove of columns sleek and pure by the late D . C . artist Anne Truitt . Anika Cartterfield also makes columns but they ’ re not so pristine . The most vivid piece in “ The Wild ” her show at VisArts Common Ground Gallery slams a tree ’ s root ball through a hollow pillar . The ragged end that erupts from one side is painted white to match the surface it breaches ; the other end is smoother and varnished like a piece of furniture . Cartterfield who lives in Upstate New York formerly worked for Vermont ’ s forest service . When working with wood she ’ s concerned more with the quality of the raw material than with what it might be made into . She subverts the look of white - walled art spaces and neatly sanded sculptures with pieces that are unfinished and partly open to reveal their structure . This show ’ s tidiest pieces are three columns topped with photos of art installations in forests . The woods it appears are Cartterfield ’ s favorite gallery . Alex Braden ’ s sound installation “ A Lesser Light .” ( Alex Braden / VisArts ) Downstairs at VisArts Gibbs Street Gallery has become a listening room for Alex Braden ’ s electronic music . The D . C . composer ’ s “ A Lesser Light ” is an “ automated improvisation ” that randomly emits bits of music in a theoretically infinite arrangement . The sounds include drones whooshes and clipped notes ; they recall Balinese gamelan and the music of Steve Reich and Brian Eno . In previous installations Braden has employed near - obsolete and sometimes unreliable technology including rotary telephones and cassette players . But this piece ’ s physical presence consists only of the speakers that broadcast the eight different audio channels . The result is a room and a composition that are clean and clear with just enough capriciousness to keep listeners looking over their shoulders . Anika Cartterfield : The Wild and Alex Braden : A Lesser Light Through Feb . 11 at VisArts at Rockville 155 Gibbs St . Rockville . 301 - 315 - 8200 . visartscenter . org . Antonio McAfee & Rachel Guardiola In the epilogue to “ Invisible Man ” author Ralph Ellison refers to aspects of African American history as “ Old Bad Air .” Antonio McAfee borrows that phrase for the title of his Hamiltonian Gallery show of manipulated vintage photos . The Baltimore artist distorts 19th - century portraits of people of color to suggest how their subjects ’ lives were warped by racism and oppression . Included are several large photos that display various degrees of digital abuse ; one nearly abstract image appears in both negative and positive versions . There ’ s also a full wall of small deformed pictures printed on thin acrylic so they curl partly off the wall . This multitude dignified yet precarious is the most powerful chapter in McAfee ’ s history lesson . Also at Hamiltonian is Rachel Guardiola ’ s “ A Hand Without Horizon Is Taller Than Its Other ” which includes altered video as well as photos . Mostly derived from the artist ’ s performances the images illustrate the actions of a fictional “ time - traveling surveyor and a horticultural pirate ” as they travel “ an earth - like planet ” according to the gallery . In the photos hot colors and overlapping close - up images seem to turn Guardiola ’ s hands into a sort of flora . In this miniature universe the artist is both the explorer and the explored . Antonio McAfee : Old Bad Air and Rachel Guardiola : A Hand Without Horizon Is Taller Than Its Other Through Feb . 17 at Hamiltonian Gallery 1353 U St . NW Suite 101 . 202 - 332 - 1116 . hamiltoniangallery . com .", "output": [ "Sally Canzoneri" ] }, { "id": "task419-45122cb3dd1f41a4a62d6e52d468ed62", "input": "Amber Rose posted a video Wednesday in which she told the surgeon performing her breast reduction that she looks forward to wearing spaghetti straps.\n“I’m really scared and really excited at the same time ” she wrote on Instagram per People.\nUsing prayer-hand emojis Rose added that her doctors “are gonna take care of me.”\nRose known in part for showing off her curvaceous figure to promote a feminist message had said she was pondering a reduction.\n“My boobs are stupid heavy my back hurts and I can’t wear cute lil shirts without a grandma bra ” she complained in an Instagram post in July. She also asked followers for advice about possible post-surgery scarring.\nBut in a video the day before her operation she appeared ready for the change.\n“Spaghetti straps ” she said. “I’m really excited about spaghetti straps.”", "output": [ "Amber Rose Fearful", "Amber" ] }, { "id": "task419-1eb21e35d4804d4caa26fd0d3b6698b1", "input": "Republicans I spoke with last week are bracing for the latter path and another knock-down drag-out fight. Obama should surprise them with another direction entirely: declare Bush tax cuts like the Bush administration itself over.\n Rarely has a new conversation been so needed. Isn't it time we stopped fighting over Bush's tax policy? Wouldn't it be refreshing to have a fiscal-policy debate without repeating Bush's name?\n In the long history of tax policy there have been few issues more divisive than the Bush cuts. Since they passed Democratic presidential candidates have called for their repeal Republican candidates for their extension -- even John McCain the 2008 nominee who had voted against them in 2001 and 2003. The Bush tax cuts are the black hole that swallowed the fiscal- policy debate.\n The fact is if we extend the Bush tax cuts it locks in the status quo. Earth to Washington: The status quo stinks. With the economy still limping forward much more significant fiscal- policy medicine is in order.", "output": [ "George W. Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-f49a3bf56add491fa7d9d84b329185a3", "input": "Aaron Judge always seems to make it happen — no matter what.\nEven when he ’s not hitting he still manages to make a game-saving catch — just like he did in Game 3 when he robbed Francisco Lindor of a two-run homer.\nAnd even when he ’s striking out in nearly every at-bat he still manages to come up with the biggest hit of the night — just like he did in Game 4 when he battled back against Trevor Bauer and ultimately produced a two-out two-run double in the second inning that gave the Yankees a 4-0 lead en route to a 7-3 victory over the Indians in the Bronx which sets up a do-or-die Game 5 on Wednesday night at Progressive Field.\n Judge entered that at-bat 0-for-11 with nine strikeouts in the ALDS. But he certainly made his first hit of the series count – producing two huge runs.\n“ He continues to be patient ” Joe Girardi said. “They’re making a lot of good pitches on him there’s no doubt about that. But he’s maintaining the strike zone when he gets a pitch to hit — and a lot of times he’s able to hit it. He was able to do it (Monday night). That’s a huge hit. There’s a big difference between 2-0 and 4-0. It allowed Luis Severino to relax a bit.”\nGirardi had said going into Game 4 that Judge was due. And given that Judge had a couple of bad strike three calls go against him earlier in the series — the manager had a point.\n Aaron Judge delivered the biggest hit of the night. (Al Bello/Getty Images)\nYet Judge was facing a starter in Bauer that had his number.\nBauer had fanned Judge three times in his Game 1 gem another time in Judge’s first at-bat of Game 4 — getting him to chase a high fastball with the count full — and after Judge fell behind 0-2 in his second at-bat it was about to be five Ks in a row.\nBut Judge is the potential 2017 AL MVP after all no easy out — even when he ’s not going well at the plate.\nSo Judge took two straight curveballs in the dirt from arguably the best curveball pitcher in baseball evening the count at 2-2.\n He then fouled off a curve and a 97-mph fastball to stay alive.\n Aaron Judge hits a two-run RBI double in the second inning. ( Adam Hunger/USA Today Sports)\n Judge took a third breaking ball in the dirt to bring about a second consecutive full count. And Bauer threw him a second consecutive high heater after that.\nBut this time Judge got on top of the 96-mph fastball driving it into left field as Aaron Hicks and Brett Gardner came around to score sending the sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium into a frenzy and forcing Bauer out of the game after just 1.2 innings following an intentional walk to Didi Gregorius.\n“Stay on the heater. Stay on the heater ” Judge said when asked about his approach. “Bauer’s a guy that has great stuff and he wants to go out there and show it. He’s a dominant pitcher. I wasn’t surprised (I got a fastball there).”", "output": [ "Aaron Judge" ] }, { "id": "task419-bff156ab90cc42468c771f714d57a779", "input": "Days after Chicago police Officer Dina Markham was found dead in her bathtub a break-in took place at her Northwest Side home while her family attended her wake police records obtained by the Chicago Tribune show.\nThe disclosure of the still-unsolved “criminal trespass” to the residence June 2 adds to the mystery surrounding Markham ’s death as well as that of her husband also a veteran Chicago police officer whose gunshot death in the couple’s bedroom 20 months earlier was ruled a suicide.\nThe FBI and county authorities were still investigating the shooting of Sgt. Donald Markham in the couple’s bed when his widow’s body was discovered in the bathtub at the residence over the Memorial Day weekend.\nThe Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled Dina Markham 47 died May 28 of an accidental drowning after consuming a dangerous mix of alcohol and the powerful anti-anxiety drug alprazolam commonly sold under the brand name Xanax.\nPolice had been called to the home in the Norwood Park neighborhood about 6 p.m. that evening after two of Markham ’s friends said they discovered her unresponsive in the water-filled bathtub.\nAccording to records made public by the medical examiner Markham had texted a friend “Help. Please ... no kidding” a little after 4 a.m. that day.\nFive days after Markham ’s death a police officer discovered a sliding door open at the back of the house in the 5900 block of North Newark Avenue while conducting a “premise check” about 10:30 p.m. June 2 according to the records released through the Freedom of Information Act.\nTwo neighbors told police they didn’t notice any activity at the house while the family attended Dina Markham’s wake according to the records.\nIn May shortly before Dina Markham's death at least two officers involved in the probe were interviewed at the state's attorney's offices about their roles in the investigation into Donald Markham’s death the Tribune has reported.\nRecords show that Dina Markham told police her husband 51 had locked her out of their home the night of his death in September 2015 after the couple had been out drinking and argued after leaving a bar about 1 a.m.\nIn the 911 recordings released by the medical examiner’s office a distraught Dina Markham told an emergency dispatcher that her husband was unresponsive and bleeding from his head. She pleaded that an ambulance come to the home.\nCrime lab tests also showed Donald Markham had gunshot residue on his hand indicating he'd either fired a gun or was close to a weapon being discharged at the time of his death according to police records. The records do not indicate whether Dina Markham's hands were ever tested.\nJim Bastian an attorney and close friend of Dina Markham's family previously told the Tribune that Markham had \"heard rumors\" of an investigation but had not been contacted for an interview by any law enforcement agency before her death.\nOne of two friends who discovered her body told police that Dina Markham had called her twice at 3:59 a.m. but the friend didn't answer the phone because she was sleeping the reports show. Six minutes after the calls Markham sent the same friend the text asking for help.", "output": [ "Dina Markham" ] }, { "id": "task419-1152e218d6144c9f9e91f05a1b140e7c", "input": "Mary Sommers said her friend who works for a printing company came up with the idea and made a mockup which Mary Sommers showed to her son beforehand.\n“I showed him the example label she had mocked up and he said 'Yeah let’s run with this Mom and give it to my coaches too '” Mary Sommers said.\nA couple of negative comments on social media did not sit well with Mary Sommers .\n“On one of the websites that they shared on Facebook the comment was awful ” she said. “And my son was like 'Mom you just have to not read those.'”", "output": [ "Mary Sommers" ] }, { "id": "task419-67d2cb3eaead47399f574a4513a8ff61", "input": "The Stormfront summit changed locations because organizers expected a greater turnout than the three dozen or so who entered the lodge while protesters were outside said Billy Roper a neo-Nazi from Russellville Ark. who organized the event.\n Roper said he designed the summit to attract prospective members deciding a week before to waive the fee to attend. Then Traditionalist Worker Party fliers started popping up around the University of Tennessee campus.\n\"It tells you exactly what they're planning \" Irwin said. \"They brought shields. These are the people the name of ( Roper 's) blog is Shieldwall network. The only way they could be more clear about what they're doing is to spraypaint swastikas.\"\nWhether the event was racist depended on how people defined racism Roper said.", "output": [ "Billy Roper" ] }, { "id": "task419-e7358f4602cd47b0aec6a47af1246065", "input": "Tufts University has postponed an event featuring short-lived White House spokesman and colorful conversationalist Anthony Scaramucci after the Mooch threatened to sue his alma mater's paper over a negative article about him the Boston Globe reports.\nThe article was written by 26-year-old Tufts grad student Camilo Caballero who argued that Scaramucci should be removed from his spot on Tufts' Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy advisory board which Scaramucci has held since 2016.\n Scaramucci responded this weekend with a letter from his lawyer demanding that Caballero and the Daily issue a retraction and an apology immediately.\n\"Neither Mr. Caballero nor the Tufts Daily can credibly hide behind shield of opinion because the Article plainly presents as fact alleged Scaramucci conduct as unethical and dishonest \" the letter reads. \"The Article's allegations are not presented as opinion but rather as false facts.\"\nIf the Daily doesn't apologize and retract the statements Scaramucci \"will be forced to take further legal action \" the letter concluded.\nInstead of saying a tearful sorry Daily published the cease-and-desist letter online and in print and Tufts subsequently postponed Scaramucci 's scheduled speech at the university on Monday until the \"legal action\" is resolved Tufts spokesman Patrick Collins told the Globe.\n\"We're disappointed that Mr. Scaramucci has taken this action \" Collins said.\nIt's unclear whether Tufts will ultimately remove Scaramucci from his position on the advisory board but if he is at least it would give him more time to work on his own journalistic aspirations.", "output": [ "Anthony Scaramucci" ] }, { "id": "task419-b74189701c144711beedef6ae93e40ef", "input": "The case involves Dawnmarie Souza who had to prepare a response to a customer's complaint about her work. Souza the board said was unhappy that her supervisor would not let a representative of the Teamsters the union representing the company's workers help prepare her response.\n Souza then mocked her supervisor on Facebook using several vulgarities to ridicule him according to Jonathan Kreisberg director of the board's Hartford office which filed the complaint.\nSouza the board said was unhappy that her supervisor would not let a representative of the Teamsters the union representing the company's workers help prepare her response.\n Souza then mocked her supervisor on Facebook using several vulgarities to ridicule him according to Jonathan Kreisberg director of the board's Hartford office which filed the complaint.", "output": [ "Dawnmarie Souza" ] }, { "id": "task419-14e74f89a2874cf1bc7797305afff9b5", "input": "After a string of sexual harassment claims the reputation of one of America ' s most influential broadcasters is on thin ice . On Monday ( November 21 ) veteran journalist Charlie Rose was suspended from U . S . news networks including CBS and Bloomberg after eight women told the Washington Post he ' d made unwanted sexual advances walking around in the nude and groping them . 75 - year - old Rose is a co - host on CBS This Morning and a reporter for 60 minutes . CBS News says the allegations against him are ' extremely disturbing '. Rose has issued an apology for what he refers to as ' inappropriate behaviour ' though he ' s suggested that the claims may not be entirely accurate . The Post says it carried out multiple interviews with the women in question who were employees or aspired to work for Rose from the late 1990s to as recently as 2011 . It says they were aged between 21 and 37 at the time of the alleged encounters and their stories had quote \" striking commonalities .\" While three of the women went on the record with the paper five chose to stay anonymous fearing that speaking out could affect their careers .", "output": [ "Charlie Rose" ] }, { "id": "task419-62c5ac6e1d844b02a48cb36928a9c9bf", "input": "Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon broke some bad news to House investigators on Tuesday announcing that the White House has invoked executive privilege to keep him from answering many of their questions.\nBut executive privilege—the president’s right to keep certain information from the public so he can have frank conversations with aides—will not keep Steve Bannon from sharing information with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team according to a person familiar with the situation.\n“Mueller will hear everything Bannon has to say ” said the source who is familiar with Bannon ’s thinking.\nDuring a closed-door hearing before the House intelligence committee today Bannon reportedly told lawmakers that President Donald Trump has invoked broad executive privilege for the purposes of Congressional inquiries. Because of that Bannon refused to answer committee members’ questions about what happened during the presidential transition and in the White House.\nThis sweeping understanding of privilege will not impact what Bannon tells Mueller’s team according to our source. (To be sure Bannon isn't known for being predictable and it's possible his team may still look for ways to dodge Mueller's queries.)\nBut it means he isn’t answering many of Congress’s questions. A source familiar with Bannon’s interview told The Daily Beast that despite the subpoena—issued by Devin Nunes the typically Trump-friendly chairman of the committee —Bannon refused to answer questions about events that happened after Election Day.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-bcb329965547489e932d69332fff1e80", "input": "President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has once again threatened to crush the militants.\n“The armed forces and the police will avenge our martyrs and restore security and stability with the utmost force in the coming period ” he said after Friday’s carnage.\n Sisi has called for a comprehensive campaign to counter what he describes as the existential threat of radical jihadism deploying moderate clerics to promote moderate Islam for instance.\n He is expected to run for a second term early next year. Even with a convincing win he will face pressure to deliver on promises of stability especially if attacks like that on Al Rawdah persist.\nIn a December 2016 issue of al-Nabaa one of the group’s religious leaders left little doubt that Sufis would be targeted. It mentioned Al Rawdah directly.", "output": [ "Abdel Fattah al-Sisi" ] }, { "id": "task419-28d7185f74a943e3a234afc27e51c3f9", "input": "Bernie Sanders 's Presidential race ended a year ago , but his campaign never did . \nWhat they have is Bernie Sanders . \n\"I 'd be out on the road , and I 'd look down at my cell phone , and it 's Bernie fucking Sanders calling about the count again ,\" Lofy said . \nPaul Heintz , the political editor of Seven Days , a Vermont weekly , told me , \"The story of Bernie Sanders is a story of exclusion .\"", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-74b479fafb494bcb89463b2911f13cee", "input": "They aren’t the only ones. An unknown person made a cross out of plywood painted it blue and added letters that read “RIP Randy.” The memorial was left on a bench in downtown Libertyville. Foss was known for quietly sitting on benches outside the former Caribou Coffee and the Methodist church.\n“Most of the time he wasn’t one to talk he just liked being around people ” Mason said. “When the restaurants closed people would bring him leftovers. Commuters from the train would say hello to him .”\n“There’s nobody else to pay anything and I knew Randy I took care of his parents. He ’d stop by and visit me from time to time ” Dane said. “Anyone from Libertyville who has a problem and passes away I’m not going to let them sit in a morgue.”\nStruggling to make ends meet in job after job Mason said Foss felt abused by landlords.\n He eventually moved back into his mother’s house until she sold it in the early 2000s and moved into an assisted living facility that prohibited overnight guests Mason said. His mother died in 2004 according to her death notice.\n“When she died that’s when he was truly truly homeless ” Mason said noting that in her video Foss talked about keeping valuable possessions in his mother’s apartment and occasionally sneaking in to sleep on the couch.\n Foss was arrested numerous times over the years for offenses like public intoxication public urination and failing to appear in court according to news reports.\nAt one point in his homelessness a butcher in downtown Libertyville let Foss use the store’s address for legal documents and for job applications according to Mason. The store is now out of business.\nFor a while Foss would rake portions of a Libertyville cemetery and clean a memorial for veterans but Mason said that ended when visitors complained about a homeless man using the water spigot to clean his clothes.\nRick Kambic / Pioneer Press Among the few known possessions of Randy Foss were grade school art projects his mother kept. The items will be on display during a Feb. 5 memorial at the United Methodist Church of Libertyville. Among the few known possessions of Randy Foss were grade school art projects his mother kept. The items will be on display during a Feb. 5 memorial at the United Methodist Church of Libertyville. (Rick Kambic / Pioneer Press)\nMason’s brother Tim worked for the Methodist church and for a while would pay Foss to do janitorial services and allowed him to use the facility to clean up she said.\n“During that time he seemed so much better ” Mason said. “ He had a purpose he would do work for the church he would come to the Sunday services and sit in the back he would come when the band was here. Some of that I’m sure got him out of the elements but he was participating even when it was nice out.”\nHowever Mason said her brother took a position at a church in Iowa a few years ago and Foss lost that income.\n Foss was identified and enrolled for “permanent supportive housing ” which is an endless subsidized housing voucher for homeless individuals who have a disability have been homeless more than a year and rank as “high vulnerability” on a chart that factors risks for mortality.", "output": [ "Randy Foss Randy", "Randy" ] }, { "id": "task419-595793d244224f2caa0be699094f6714", "input": "Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would have accepted the secretary of state job if President Trump had offered it to him instead of Rex Tillerson , Ann Romney said Monday . \n\"I thought Mitt would have been terrific and we were very seriously considering it ,\" she said .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-02f9d1e3e6294717958c106df717a37a", "input": "Serbia's central bank cut its key rate to 10 percent on Thursday after a deal with the IMF governor Radovan Jelasic said signalling that more cuts could come.\n \"The National Bank of Serbia's (NBS) monetary policy committee decided to lower the interest rate from 11 to 10 percent for several reasons \" Jelasic told reporters marking the second cut in a month.\n Among the reasons was \"successful completion of a second revision of a stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund a day before \" Jelasic said.\n Low inflation in the third quarter and stability of the exchange rate were also listed among the reasons Jelasic said.\n However Jelasic said that trends for the economy were better than had been expected and that further cuts in interest rates could be expected.", "output": [ "Radovan Jelasic" ] }, { "id": "task419-f0849793d46f444ea175b75e85604259", "input": "2018 Winter Olympics: Mike Pence tweets '#FAKENEWS' on report about skater Adam Rippon\nAt about the same time as Pence took to Twitter a White House official was explaining to reporters traveling with the vice president to South Korea that Pence 's team did contact the U.S. Olympic Committee. But the vice president's office was offering— not requesting — a meeting with Rippon and wanted to give the skater as much space as possible. The official declined to be identified.\nColumnist Christine Brennan reported on Wednesday that Pence had become so concerned about criticism he faced from Rippon an openly gay athlete that his staff reached out to the USOC to set up a conversation between the two.\nHeaded to the Olympics to cheer on #TeamUSA. One reporter trying to distort 18 yr old nonstory to sow seeds of division. We won’t let that happen! #FAKENEWS. Our athletes are the best in the world and we are for ALL of them! #TEAMUSA — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 8 2018\n.@Adaripp I want you to know we are FOR YOU. Don’t let fake news distract you. I am proud of you and ALL OF OUR GREAT athletes and my only hope for you and all of #TeamUSA is to bring home the gold. Go get ‘em! — Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 8 2018\n“ You mean Mike Pence the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy ? I’m not buying it ” Rippon responded.\nAround the same time that Pence sent out his two tweets over the reports about his spat with Rippon a White House official confirmed that the vice president's chief of staff Nick Ayers called U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Scott Blackmun after Rippon had initially criticized Pence last month.\nRippon’s criticism of Pence was over language on a campaign website that some LGBT activists say shows that as a congressman the vice president had supported gay conversion therapy.\nAyers told Blackmun that the criticism of Pence was untrue and that he never supported gay conversion therapy the White House official told reporters. When the issue surfaced during the 2016 presidential campaign Pence 's then press secretary Marc Lotter also denied that Pence supported the policy.\nAyers offered to have someone from the vice president's team explain to Rippon the confusion over Pence 's stance. Ayers also said that Pence would meet with Rippon or speak with him over the phone if he preferred the White House official said.", "output": [ "Mike Pence" ] }, { "id": "task419-34dfa7c777344fedae322e4a42df0bb0", "input": "\"1-0 loss is always tough to take.\" -- Antti Raanta on the #Yotes loss to the #BlueJackets pic.twitter.com/89eT7MQslg FOX Sports Arizona (@FOXSPORTSAZ) December 10 2017\n Antti Raanta started in goal for the Coyotes after missing seven games with an injury and was sharp in stopping 33 shots.\n\" We played hard \" Arizona coach Rick Tocchet said. \" We had some chances. We had a couple 2-on-1s a couple breakaways hit a crossbar so we had our chances to win the game.\"\nAnderson got his team-leading 11th goal when he picked up a hard Panarin ricochet pass off the back wall skated around the net and snapped a shot over Raanta 's glove.", "output": [ "Antti Raanta" ] }, { "id": "task419-ea6e4fb9ab254f178d183b233d18afb1", "input": "White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders choked up on Monday while reading a statement about the mass shooting in Las Vegas Nevada.\n\"What these people did for each other says far more about who we are as Americans than the cowardly acts of a killer ever could \" Sanders said during the White House daily press briefing.\n Sanders faced questions during the briefing with reporters on potential policy responses to the shooting.\nThough President Donald Trump is oftentimes known for his willingness to wade into politics during tragedies related to terrorism Sanders said the White House hoped to avoid politicizing the tragedy saying there's \"a time and place for a political debate.\"\n The press secretary cautioned against taking policy steps to curb mass shootings by enacting gun control legislation.\n\"There will be certainly time for that policy discussion to take place but that's not the place that we're in \" Sanders said.", "output": [ "Sarah Huckabee Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-50a84a3c35bf4662bd98005713c1a5e3", "input": "When Ava Gardner first met Frank Sinatra in 1943 the duo couldn’t have suspected that six years later after the actress faced two disastrous divorces before the age of 25 they would happily dive into a controversial love affair.\nSinatra may have still been married but an insistent Gardner reportedly made the singer ask Nancy for a divorce. The mother of his three young children initially refused but she eventually granted Sinatra a divorce in 1951. One week after his divorce was final Sinatra married Gardner.\n“I don’t think [Frank] wanted to hurt Nancy ” said Uzarowski. “But at the same time I don’t think he went out of his way to hide [the affair]. They did get into quite a lot of trouble with the public. There were angry letters hate mail coming in every week to the studio.\n“She really liked Ava ” said Uzarowski. “She could have had a very bad attitude towards Ava because she basically stole her father away from her mother. She could have been resentful. But there was none of that… Tina and Nancy were both very friendly with Ava .”\n“The first time she met Ava when she was a little girl of 4 or 5 Ava got down on her knees so she [could] have eye contact with her ” said Uzarowski. “And she really treated her with a lot of attention and a lot of warmth. That obviously really impressed her as a child. She still remembered that after all of these years.”\nStill Gardner and Sinatra wouldn’t share a happily ever after. Their marriage was plagued by jealousy fiery tempers and insecurity. They also publicly battled. The relationship was reportedly so tumultuous that Gardner had two abortions during their marriage which she later publicly admitted.\nAccording to Tina Gardner later wondered what the couple could have done differently.\nThe marriage lasted for less than two years. In 1953 MGM announced their separation. Then in 1957 Gardner and Sinatra were divorced. However they apparently never got over each other. There were even rumors of a possible reconciliation.\n Gardner would move on and live a quiet life in London for more than 30 years seeking salvation from the paparazzi. She never remarried.\nOne of Sinatra’s biggest tragedies would come in 1990 when Gardner died at age 67 of pneumonia.\n“[Tina] said it was such a huge blow to him ” said Uzarowski. “ She said he never got over it… It was such a huge shock to him . She was the love of his life by all accounts. When she did pass away he was devastated.\n\"Tina said the actual pain he experienced was so much more. He wouldn’t share that with anyone because it was too personal… There was a story that Nancy said in another book that he just locked himself in a room for 24 hours… and wouldn’t speak to anyone.”", "output": [ "Ava Gardner" ] }, { "id": "task419-72762abac3e240f18217feb1f44c45e0", "input": "Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe ” network weekend host Al Sharpton said President Donald Trump was “a symbol of Northern bigotry.”\n Sharpton said “ He never left the Queens way he and his father were sued for racial discrimination for who they would rent apartments to. So when you read in The New York Times him being quoted by two sources saying all Haitians have AIDS Nigerians won’t go home to their huts if we let them in the country it speaks of a man that we in New York knew at various times. Now he and the White House has denied it but it’s certainly not out of the character of what he has said and done. He led the fight that wanted to [give the] death penalty for five guys in Central Park that did this egregious despicable act of rape. They ended up not doing it. Many of us said it was questionable. He still said give them the death penalty. That’s who he is.”\n He continued “I think a lot of Americans look at Civil Rights and race relations in the South in the ’60s and miss New York in the ’80s where you had many many incidents.”\n He added “They get away with it because don’t want to talk about up North kind of problems and Trump symbolizes it. Trump is as much a symbol of Northern bigotry as you have others that were Southern.”", "output": [ "Al Sharpton" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a72322f3cf1420582a80f258f2fdf61", "input": "Jenelle Evans of \"Teen Mom\" admitted to using drugs while pregnant with her daughter Ensley — but claims the baby did not test positive for anything.\n\"I'm not going to lie about that \" she said. \"I tested positive for THC and Ensley did not test positive. I did. So CPS (Child Protective Services) were like — I was in the hospital — they said 'Did you smoke when you were pregnant?' I said 'I did within the past 30 days.'\"\n\"And after I had Ensley they said CPS will just come by to do a (wellness) check since you tested positive \" Evans continued. \"They came and did a (wellness) checkup and everything is fine. They closed the case.\"\nThe mom who gained popularity for being just that on the MTV reality series has three children: Jace 8 Kaiser 3 and Ensley 1.", "output": [ "Ensley" ] }, { "id": "task419-d27667002cc8460eb13752d296c59b1f", "input": "Story highlights Jones was joined by the Alabama native and retired basketball star Charles Barkley\nWashington (CNN) On the eve of the Alabama special election Democratic Senate candidate Doug Jones rallied a crowd in Birmingham calling on Alabamians to turn out and vote.\n\"All we've got to do is make sure we get out our votes tomorrow \" Jones told the crowd.\n Jones was joined by Alabama native and retired basketball star Charles Barkley at the rally who told AL.com earlier Monday that \"it can't be Roy Moore.\"", "output": [ "Doug Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-5709ae8e63c74818840836c496b7fb06", "input": "Markle's former side hustle could come in handy for her upcoming nuptials. In fact in 2013 the actress told Esquire that she used her calligraphy skills to write singer Robin Thicke and actress Paula Patton's wedding invites. She also used her skills to freelance for luxury brands.\nAs a soon-to-be resident of Kensington Palace Markle no longer has to worry about using her calligraphy skills to make ends meet.\n\"It was just an amazing surprise. It was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one knee \" Markle said.\nThe two met for the first time in London in July 2016 through a mutual friend. They were spotted for the first time together last September at the Invictus Games with Markle 's mother reports Time. In a Vanity Fair cover story this October Markle confirmed her relationship with Prince Harry saying \"We're in love.\"", "output": [ "Meghan Markle", "Markle" ] }, { "id": "task419-357d13898e3742cb89a71fb8354c8461", "input": "In 2006 New Testament scholar David Trobisch abandoned such lofty outlets as Oxford Press and the Journal of Papyrology and Epigraphy for a more mainstream venue: Free Inquiry.\nIn that feisty secular humanist journal Trobisch identified the likely editor of the New Testament as second-century Bishop Polycarp of Smyrna and suggested that Polycarp not Luke wrote much of the book of Acts.\n Trobisch shared the magazine’s cover billing with Christopher Hitchens and the atheist animal rights theorist Peter Singer.\nNone of this would be unusual — serious New Testament scholars constantly probe its cloudy origins wherever that leads — if Trobisch were not now prominently employed by one of the most famously conservative Christian families in America.\nIt will showcase biblical artifacts from the 40 000-piece Green collection one of the largest in private hands. As director of the collection Trobisch does not run the museum ( its director is Cary Summers) but in addition to enlarging curating and cataloging the trove he participates in the crucial conversation about which items will go into the museum and how.\nA former Heidelberg University professor Trobisch also acts as roving ambassador to the worlds of high academia and top-rate museums. His presence poses a conundrum to the Greens’ many critics: As believers that the Bible is God-given and inerrant could the family — and the museum that is their brainchild — be more open to dispassionate scholarship than previously assumed?\nA tall gently spoken 56-year-old whose russet hair is now mostly gray Trobisch splits his time between Germany where his wife son and two grandchildren live and a home in Springfield Mo. In the U.S. he considers himself part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America a mainline denomination that allows gay clergy.\n Trobisch eventually gravitated to New Testament criticism the close study of ancient manuscripts for clues as to how the 27-book New Testament came together.\n He met the Greens when he asked permission to look at their 850 ancient New Testament documents. Soon he was advising the family on acquisitions (”My strategy was to buy fewer items but only the highest quality”). In February he was hired as director.\n Trobisch ’s responsibilities extend beyond researching and caring for the collection. He recently revamped the content in the Greens’ 1 000- item Bible exhibition “Passages.” He also created one-off exhibits in places such as the Vatican Jerusalem and (very quietly) Cuba. Next up? Philadelphia (in time for Pope Francis’ visit) Berlin Beijing and Moscow.\nOne day in early April Trobisch was alighting in New York after a three-week trip involving at least six countries on four continents having discussed Green extension museums with professionals from Africa and Asia. He considered a Bible for sale in Istanbul hired a curator in Germany and helped open the latest Passages in Santa Clarita Calif.\nThe museum’s burgeoning relationship with blue-chip institutions is partly attributable to Trobisch’s prestige and contact list. When Cambridge University Library wanted to auction some treasured goods the Greens bought them — and left them with Cambridge. There was no quid quo pro but Cambridge owns the Codex Bezae which Trobisch calls “the fourth most important manuscript of the New Testament.” The strengthened relationship increases the chances the Washington museum might someday show it.\n Trobisch might have expected some philosophical friction with the Greens who famously turn to the Bible for everything including business decisions. But he says Hobby Lobby chain president Steve Green is open to new scholarship.\n“We agreed that if I say something about the Bible he disagrees with and I can show him the quote he will concede. If I cannot support it by a quote I will concede.”\n“ He ’s a Bible freak ” Trobisch said. “Like me.”\n Trobisch disagrees with some in “the media and my scholarly peers” that his employment by the museum represents a faceoff of “fundamentalism against sound scholarship.” Instead he said it constitutes “two parties standing at opposite ends of the Christian spectrum talking to each other and working together. This almost never happens in the U.S.”", "output": [ "David Trobisch" ] }, { "id": "task419-44e1839982cf4bb2a8233143ffe82f2b", "input": "Even through his shaded glasses Tim Burton clearly was wide-eyed. The famed \"Batman\" director motioned toward the crowd at San Diego Comic-Con and said \"I can't believe just how big\n it's gotten.\" He was referring not just to the physical size of last year's convention but also to the existential sense of the comics world itself: The scene was shining a white-hot Bat light on just\n And this week Batman and Superman flexed the comics market's muscles again.\n Holy collectibles Batman. Suddenly by tripling the record sale price comics as a collectible were being mentioned in the same breath as gemstones and paintings. The twin sales garnered headlines and Google searches worldwide. And all the while longtime comics scholars and non-geeks alike mouthed the question with dropped jaws:\n something to them. Spider-Man Superman and Batman _ that's history to them. And in this country we're a society built on popular culture.\"\n Once Superman crossed the million-dollar threshold Batman was quick to follow. \"As they say: Without Superman there would be no Batman _ as a character and as a record comic-book sale \" Zurzolo says.\n At Dallas-based Heritage Auction Galleries which conducted the Batman auction Thursday the house's comics expert agrees.\n \"I think that the million-dollar result made somebody feel comfortable on (bidding) those kinds of numbers\" in the Batman auction said Lon Allen 37 sales director for Heritage's comic books division. \"This is going to give a boost to the ... highest-grade of all comics.\"\nthe Batman auction Thursday the house's comics expert agrees.\n \"I think that the million-dollar result made somebody feel comfortable on (bidding) those kinds of numbers\" in the Batman auction said Lon Allen 37 sales director for Heritage's comic books division. \"This is going to give a boost to the ... highest-grade of all comics.\"", "output": [ "Batman" ] }, { "id": "task419-516793252158405688136a98f79b8f5e", "input": "Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez is taking a part-time Ivy League teaching gig after saying earlier this year that the chairmanship should be a “full time job.”\n Perez made the comment in late 2016 when he joined the competition for the DNC post against Ralph Ellison a full-time Minnesota Democratic congressman and while Perez was still pondering a 2018 run for Maryland governor.\n He also reportedly said at the time that the party needs to have “someone committed here for the long haul.\"\nWashington Republicans pounced on the announcement Thursday that Perez would be a senior fellow at his alma mater Brown University.\n“The DNC can’t raise money their ‘Better Deal’ slogan flopped the Unity Tours were a disaster -- and Tom Perez thinks it’s a good time for a side gig?” the Republican National Committee asked.\n Perez labor secretary under President Obama will lead a study group called “Governance and Leadership in Challenging Times.”\nBrown declined to comment Saturday on whether Perez is being paid for the one-year appointment and how often he must appear on campus. \"Beyond position titles and dates of service we are not at liberty to disclose deails related to personnel \" a Brown spokesman said.\nThe announcement also comes a few weeks after the DNC posted its worst July fundraising numbers in a decade raising questions about why the party machine cannot capitalize on President Trump’s low approval ratings and whether Perez is up to the task.\nThe DNC raised $3.8 million in July compared to $10.2 million for the Republican National Committee. The tally fit a pattern for the Democrats who have posted a string of depressed fundraising numbers month after month this year even after Perez took charge in February.\n Perez after the small July haul was announced attributed the disappointing results to understaffing and too few fundraisers as he tries to rebuild the group in the wake of 2016's damaging controversies.\nMany Democrats seem willing to extend Perez a longer honeymoon considering the situation he inherited.\nThe divide was clearly on display earlier this year during the DNC’s so-called Unity Tour in which Perez and Ellison appeared on stage amid questions about whether the party should back pro-life candidates.", "output": [ "Tom Perez" ] }, { "id": "task419-8a7cf8da12184cb0879065cc47b4737f", "input": "In November of last year three Oberlin students — all minorities — were arrested after trying to shoplift from the bakery's wine selection and then \"punching and kicking the white shopkeeper \" Allyn Gibson according to an Associated Press report. Two of the students claimed that they were \"racially profiled\" by the shop owner and that they'd simply come in to buy wine albeit using a fake ID when Gibson accused them of stealing.\nBut by the time the students admitted that they probably weren't profiled the damage had already been done in the Oberlin community according to a legal complaint filed by Gibson late last month. Students have staged a number of protests outside the bakery and the Oberlin student senate passed a resolution claiming Gibson has “a history of racial profiling and discriminatory treatment.”\nThe lack of proof hasn't stopped students from reportedly boycotting the cafe and Gibson claims student advisers and campus tour guides tell prospective students that Gibson 's is racist. Gibson even alleges that the school administration has participated in the protests and that after finding out students had stolen from the bakery pushed the bakery's owners to drop the criminal charges and let Oberlin handle the incident instead of law enforcement.\n“I have not taken a paycheck since this happened more than a year ago ” Gibson said in an email. “Sometimes you have to stand up to a large institution. Powerful institutions — including Oberlin College — and their members must follow the same laws as the rest of us.”", "output": [ "Allyn Gibson" ] }, { "id": "task419-cef5dfb4b6fd4bc1a03ec2877003a0c3", "input": "Host Jimmy Fallon returned to the “The Tonight Show” desk on Monday night for the first time since the death of his mother Gloria and had Taylor Swift on hand for a surprise musical performance.\nIt was a really tough day for our whole staff. A lot of us knew his mom Gloria and she was the best. The best. She loved the show she loved all of us and most of all she loved Jimmy. — Mike DiCenzo (@mikedicenzo) November 14 2017\nFirst a quick word about Taylor Swift. She was not scheduled to do our show today. But we wanted something special for this first show back so we asked her on a complete whim since she had been in town doing SNL. She said yes with zero hesitation. — Mike DiCenzo (@mikedicenzo) November 14 2017\n She sang \"New Year's Day.\" No one had heard it. Suddenly she sings the line \"Squeeze my hand 3 times in the back of the taxi.\" I nearly gasped. Tears. I think everyone in the audience started sobbing. — Mike DiCenzo (@mikedicenzo) November 14 2017", "output": [ "Gloria" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac5b846e1dc048aeb9f5fef0c8fb3254", "input": "Joakim Noah a noted pacifist and critic of Donald Trump has a two-step plan to get this country back on track: institute tougher gun control and invest in the inner cities.\n“I would make it a lot harder to get guns No. 1 ” Noah said. “I mean kids have access to guns in this country and we don’t even talk about it. Kids are killing each other at alarming rates and its’ still so easy to buy guns to buy bullets. We point fingers whenever we can. It’s just so easy to buy a gun in this country. So I would start with that.\n“I would make more of an investment in the communities in the ’hood ” Noah added. “There definitely needs to be more of an investment by these politicians. I think that’s where violence prevention starts in these community centers. And if you go into these neighborhoods there’s not much going on. So I think if we can invest in the kids I think the violence will go down.”\nAlthough Noah said there’s no plan yet to protest the anthem he ’s appreciative of Colin Kaepernick for finally forcing the conversation.\n“I think it’s great because we’re finally talking about what’s important ” Noah said. “Obviously I have my beliefs. I put in a lot of work in the neighborhoods trying to help at risk youth. I have my opinions. But I respect this country a lot but we have to look at everything that’s going on as a positive because we’re finally talking about issues that are usually swept under the rug. Because somebody takes a knee we’re finally talking about what’s important.”\nLast year Noah declined to participate in a team activity with cadets at West Point — where the Knicks were holding training camp — because of his anti-war views. It wasn’t a protest he said just a decision not to feel uncomfortable. He is also active with his Chicago-based foundation — Noah’s Arc — which works to promote positive change in violence-ravaged city.", "output": [ "Joakim Noah" ] }, { "id": "task419-72774b04c34d409aa8bbcdf3b19e7fc3", "input": "Image copyright Huang Lei Image caption Huang Lei was a student studying international politics at the University of Manchester when he travelled to Syria in 2015\n\"We were fighting against ISIS in Syria and suddenly we heard that Turkey is attacking Afrin and bombing the city \" he says.\nImage copyright Huang Lei Image caption Huang Lei pictured with another fighter says there is now a group of around 20 international volunteers preparing to fight against Turkish-led forces\n Lei accepts he may face consequences if he comes back to Britain.\n\"I really hope I can return but I don't want to come back and get arrested \" he says.\n'Afraid of death '\nLei has survived battles against IS but a fight against the Turkish military may place him in even greater danger.\nDoes he fears this prospect?\n\"Of course I am afraid of death \" he says. \"But on a basic level so is every human fighting in the YPG.\"", "output": [ "Huang Lei Image" ] }, { "id": "task419-7639bd07ca374b249d92bb1aee596760", "input": "CBS News has suspended veteran journalist Charlie Rose after eight women accused him of sexual misconduct in interviews with The Washington Post. Three additional unnamed women came forward in a story published by Business Insider later on Monday.\nInterested in Charlie Rose ? Add Charlie Rose as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Charlie Rose news video and analysis from ABC News. Add Interest\n\" Charlie Rose is suspended immediately while we look into this matter. These allegations are extremely disturbing and we take them very seriously \" CBS News said in a statement.\nFive women told The Washington Post that Rose an anchor for \"CBS This Morning \" groped them; two said that he walked naked in front of them; and one accused Rose of firing her after he allegedly touched her inappropriately and made sexually charged remarks to her .\nThe newspaper reported that Rose 's accusers either worked with or aspired to work with him on his PBS show \" Charlie Rose \" from the late 1990s to 2011. At the time of the alleged incidents the women ranged in age from 21 to 37 according to the newspaper.\n Rose issued an apology to the Post and later he shared it on Twitter.\nMy statement in full. pic.twitter.com/3kvFrqF2dT â Charlie Rose (@charlierose) November 20 2017\nKyle Godfrey-Ryan a former assistant to Rose in the mid-2000s and one of the three accusers who spoke to the Post on the record claimed that Rose walked nude in front of her at one of his homes in New York City and called her in the wee hours to describe fantasies of watching her swim naked. She said that she reported his calls to Rose 's longtime executive producer Yvette Vega who apparently told her \"That's just Charlie being Charlie.\" Vega told the Post and later confirmed to ABC News that she regretted not doing more for Godfrey-Ryan and others who mounted similar complaints.\nGodfrey-Ryan said that ultimately Rose fired her and she later left journalism.\nReah Bravo who worked alongside Rose beginning in 2007 claimed to the Post that she was groped -- sometimes forcefully -- by Rose on more than one occasion. In 2008 she said that as she prepared to accept a new job Rose offered her a position in Washington D.C. and the opportunity to live in his Georgetown residence. She declined.\nMegan Creydt the third woman who spoke to the Post on the record overlapped with Godfrey-Ryan when she worked as a coordinator on Rose 's show from 2005 to 2006. Creydt claimed that Rose put his hand on her thigh which alarmed her.\nIn a statement to ABC News Yvette Vega executive producer on âCharlie Rose â said: âI should have stood up for them. I failed. It is crushing. I deeply regret not helping them.â\nIn a story published later Monday evening by Business Insider three other women all former âCharlie Roseâ interns also accused Rose of inappropriate behavior speaking to the site on the condition of anonymity. One an intern in 2010 said Rose touched her legs in a car while his driver took them back to her college dorm. She said months later he invited her to his hotel room to discuss a potential job. She ended up not going and never heard from him again she said.\n\"PBS was shocked to learn today of these deeply disturbing allegations \" the network said in a statement. \"'Charlie Rose' is produced by Charlie Rose Inc. an independent television production company. PBS does not fund this nightly program or supervise its production but we expect our producers to provide a workplace where people feel safe and are treated with dignity and respect.\"\nBloomberg says it has suspended broadcasts of \"Charlie Rose.\" \"We are deeply disturbed to learn of these allegations and are immediately suspending the show from airing on Bloomberg TV \" the company said in a statement.", "output": [ "Charlie Rose" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac203c0747ef4b138615174218565415", "input": "An appeals court upheld a decision Tuesday tossing a Republican commentator's $4 million defamation suit against President Trump ruling his tweeted insults \"were opinion and not fact.\"\nA lower court dismissed Cheryl Jacobus's suit in January ruling she was engaged in a \"petty quarrel\" with Trump that did not rise to the level of defamation. Trump called her \"a real dummy \" among other jabs.\nJacobus a GOP consultant and TV commentator sued Trump and his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in April 2016 contending that they raised questions about her professional ethics by suggesting that she only criticized Trump on TV after his campaign turned her down for a job early in 2015.\n Trump 's attorney Larry Rosen said the President was entitled to his opinion just like anyone else. (Jonathan Bachman/AP)\nCheryl Jacobus says Trump 'destroyed' her career in $4M suit", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jacobus", "Jacobus" ] }, { "id": "task419-739815b2191e4411829588ad851beb82", "input": "“Over the last year we got clear indications that yes it was going to be important for publishers to grow subscription revenues ” said Richard Gingras Google’s vice president for news.\n He said the number of news outlets with paywalls had reached a critical mass in the last year to the point that it made sense for Google to start developing tools for them.\nThe goal is to facilitate fast purchases that could take as little as a single click Gingras said. Customers’ names and emails would be shared with the publishers.\nA separate tool would give publishers data on how to maximize sign ups with personalized offers. Gingras said Google hasn’t determined whether it may charge a fee to recoup costs of that program.\n“Google search is valuable because there’s a rich ecosystem out there ” Gingras said. “To the extent the web is healthy that’s very good for our core business. Our objective is not for this to be a new line of business.”", "output": [ "Richard Gingras" ] }, { "id": "task419-29c8d203a7084bc6820d5a51a06cc1cb", "input": "Late night host Jimmy Kimmel found himself to be the punchline of a joke Tuesday after a conservative artist mocked the comedian at the location where he crashed his vehicle.\n Kimmel was driving outside the famous Chateau Marmont Hotel when he made an illegal left turn ignoring the traffic sign. The comedian crashed his car into a passing Audi. No one was injured in the accident.\nThe conservative artist decided to make Kimmel the butt of the joke and place a sign directly under the other apparently ignored by Kimmel according to The Hollywood Reporter.\nSabo told The Hollywood Reporter he targeted Kimmel due to comments he made on “Pod Save America.” Kimmel told the podcast hosts that “pretty much every late-night talk show (host) is a liberal. And that’s because it requires a measure of intelligence.”\nSabo said Kimmel apparently was not using his intellect during the time of the crash.\n Kimmel has been the target of Sabo’s attacks previously. In October the artist put pictures of Kimmel on bus stop benches calling the host a “cry baby” and dubbed his show “Estrogen Hour.”\n Kimmel hit back by snapping a photo of himself on the bus bench with his middle finger up. He has not immediately commented on the fake traffic sign.", "output": [ "Jimmy Kimmel" ] }, { "id": "task419-5cd776f514304beea6258fb3f0f09185", "input": "A source close to the Vatican said that Mr Bush was the most \"Catholic-minded\" president since John F Kennedy , who famously played down his Catholicism . \nGeorge W Bush and Pope Benedict XVI have held an intimate meeting in Rome as rumours mounted in Italy that the president may follow in Tony Blair 's footsteps and convert to Catholicism . \nHowever , George William Rutler , a New York-based priest who is close to the president , was quoted by the Washington Post earlier this year saying that Mr Bush \"is not unaware of how evangelism , by comparison with Catholicism , may seem more limited both theologically and historically\" . \nThe usual protocol for heads-of-state is a meeting in the pope 's library in the Apostolic Palace , but a spokesman for the Vatican said Benedict wanted to reward Mr Bush for the \"warmth\" of his reception at the White House earlier this year . \nThe two men have grown increasingly close in the past two years , and Mr Bush was overheard whispering : \"What an honour , what an honour , what an honour !\" \nMr Bush appointed the Catholic judges Samuel Alito and John Roberts to the Supreme Court . \nMr Bush belongs to a Methodist church in Texas and prays at an Episcopal church in Washington . \nHowever , it is thought unlikely that Mr Bush would convert until after he has left office . \nHowever , Mr Bush did not , as expected , kneel in prayer before the Grotto of the Madonna of Lourdes . \nMr Bush has filled the White House with Catholic speech-writers and consultants and is also thought to have asked a Catholic priest to bless the West Wing . \nMr Bush prayed with Benedict in the Oval Office during the Papal visit to the US in April . \nSeveral Italian newspapers cited Vatican sources suggesting that Mr Bush may be prepared to convert . \nOne source told Il Foglio , an authoritative newspaper , that \"Anything is possible , especially for a born-again Christian such as Bush .\" \nMr Bush has spoken out against gay marriage , abortion and stem cell research .", "output": [ "George W Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-41271e94754c46e2a60246048e2f5497", "input": "Gus Kenworthy won't be 100% for slopestyle: Broken thumb now blood drained from hip\nPYEONGCHANG South Korea — Gus Kenworthy is going into Olympic competition banged up.\nA day after posting an X-ray and photo of his broken right thumb Kenworthy detailed getting a hematoma on his hip drained.\n Kenworthy posted on his Instagram story Friday that he had six vials of blood drained from the hematoma.\nMORE: Gus Kenworthy will ski despite a broken thumb\n Kenworthy the Sochi silver medalist has the day off Saturday before competing on Sunday. He said on Instagram that he would take the day to rest and watch friend Adam Rippon in figure skating and the women’s ski slopestyle competition.", "output": [ "Gus Kenworthy" ] }, { "id": "task419-1de5b3c80a21432795308cfe5482b04c", "input": "Executive Chairman of Breitbart News and former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon is being honored by the David Horowitz Freedom Center at its annual Restoration Weekend in Palm Beach FL as a recipient of the Annie Taylor award.\n“The ideology of the progressive left and its Democratic Party is the antithesis of America’s constitutional system based on individual rights individual accountability and individual freedom ” Horowitz said. “This is an irreconcilable conflict. A nation cannot exist half collectivist and globalist and half individualist and free.”\n“In short Steve Bannon’s war is a war for our country ” Horowitz said. “It is about patriotism — which Steve likes to call nationalism — and its enemies. It is about us. God bless him.”\nOn Friday Bannon will also deliver remarks during a segment entitled “Trump: The President at War.” David Horowitz will be introducing him .", "output": [ "David Horowitz" ] }, { "id": "task419-7b53f706edf942329c6b3b9771f3890c", "input": "\"Tax reform will allow us to pursue a more optimal capital structure for our company \" Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri said Thursday on the earnings call. \"Our current net cash position is $163 billion and given the increased financial and operational flexibility from the access to our foreign cash we are targeting to become approximately net cash neutral over time.\"\nThe executive noted that the company returned nearly 100 percent of its free cash flow during the past several years to investors.\nMaestri said Apple will not make any changes to its mergers and acquisition strategy saying the company will continue to look \"at all sizes\" and aims to \"accelerate our product road maps\" from its acquisitions.\n\"What Luca 's saying is not cash equals zero. He 's saying there's an equal amount of cash and debt and that they balance to zero \" he said.", "output": [ "Luca Maestri" ] }, { "id": "task419-72585249af0c43f298aa9300b6f898f4", "input": "As usual for the past several years the answers likely will come from Justice Anthony M. Kennedy the 81-year old Reagan appointee who regularly holds the deciding vote when the rest of the court is evenly split along ideological lines.\nAll eyes will be on Kennedy even more than normal as this year’s term could be his last. The justice has turned away questions about his plans but Republicans on Capitol Hill predict Kennedy will retire soon although of course they predicted the same thing last year. If Kennedy does step down President Trump could replace him with a younger more reliable conservative and tilt the court decidedly to the right.\nFor now however lawyers in the biggest cases will focus on how to win over Kennedy . That explains why the gay rights laws in the blue states and the partisan election maps in the red states are both being challenged as threats to the 1st Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech.\n Kennedy has been the court’s leader in striking down laws that discriminated against gays and lesbians but he also has been a steady champion of free speech. Religious rights advocates insist that religious freedom is in danger in this country but in court they rely mostly on the 1st Amendment principle that the government cannot force someone to speak its message.\nTheir argument like the one in the baker’s case is aimed at Kennedy . The last time the high court considered political gerrymandering — and decided not to act — Kennedy wrote that the court might be more open to a future appeal based on free-speech principles.\n“The 1st Amendment may be the more relevant constitutional provision in future cases ” he wrote in that 2004 case noting that states arguably were “penalizing citizens because … of their association with a political party or their expression of political views.”", "output": [ "Anthony M. Kennedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-efcb119505cd47679b9b9fefb810da58", "input": "Do you fear death? That’s the question that the satanic figure Davy Jones poses to his intended victims throughout At World's End the third movie in Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. And the answer the movie gives is that death is not the worst thing that can happen to you. In fact the movie suggests that being a slave to the devil a slave to sin a man without honor who will betray his friends or serve evil forces and being condemned to Hell are all worse than physical death.\nThe movie’s opening finds Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann allied with Captain Barbossa in a quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow from the limbo underworld of Davy Jones ’ locker. They confront the cunning Chinese pirate Sao Feng who has the map that will lead them through icy waters to Jack.\nMeanwhile the evil Lord Beckett has taken over the East India Trading Company. After having retrieved the heart of Davy Jones in the second movie Lord Beckett now controls Davy Jones and his ship the Flying Dutchman. Using the Flying Dutchman Beckett hangs every man woman and child who refuses to submit to his absolute control over the high seas.\nAfter perilously retrieving Jack from Davy Jones ’ locker each character must ultimately choose a side in a final titanic battle with Lord Beckett’s armada led by Davy Jones and his ship and crew. Will is torn between saving his father or saving his love Elizabeth. Jack is torn between honor and saving his own skin. And Elizabeth no longer knows who she can trust.\nAlthough the movie’s Christian metaphors are clear the movie also deals with piracy and some pagan allusions to a “heathen god.” The movie also says that the Flying Dutchman was originally intended to ferry people to the afterlife but that Davy Jones has corrupted his supernatural office by enslaving men.", "output": [ "Davy Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b64ea8c300248c89cef126e65e8937d", "input": "Robert Buchel of Forked River walks with his fiancee Kathryn Lemanski of Manchester on TLC's “My 600-Lb Life.” (Photo: TLC)\nRobert Buchel star of TLC’s My 600-lb Life died Nov. 15 from a heart attack while filming the series at a hospital in Houston.\nHis death was announced by TLC after the Wednesday episode. Buchel was 41.\n His fiancée Kathryn Lemanski of Manchester N.J. addressed viewers in an epilogue following Wednesday's episode.\n“ He told me ‘I don’t think I’ll make it through the night. I love you and I always will '” Lemanski said. “I lost my best friend and the person I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with.”\nIn a November Facebook posting after Buchel passed away Lemanski said the two were going to \"get married in Walt Disney World and have our own Disney Fairy Tale Wedding. We were going to start a family. We were going to grow old together.\"\n\"To carry all this weight is physically draining mentally emotionally taxing \" said Buchel on the episode. \"It's not a pain or life I’d wish on anyone because I can't do anything. I can’t do anything for anyone — especially myself so I am completely dependent on my fiancée.\"\nIn a statement TLC said: \"TLC was deeply saddened by the loss of Robert . We are grateful to his family who were gracious enough to let us continue to share his brave story with our viewers. Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this difficult time.\"\nEach episode of My 600-lb Life follows the life of a morbidly obese person as they attempt to lose weight and change their lifestyle under the care of Houston surgeon Younan Nowzaradan. The series debuted in 2012 and Buchel is the first person to pass away on the series.\nA GoFundMe was launched on Lemanski's behalf to help defray costs accumulated in the care of Buchel .\n\"The only consolation I have right now is that we were together and that his last words of peace to me were how he felt about me and how I felt about him \" said Lemanski about Buchel . \"And when he did pass he was not alone. I was there holding his hand.\"", "output": [ "Robert Buchel" ] }, { "id": "task419-4dd3706a2c3e48c7ba3f92588132a015", "input": "But at the same time conditions near the coastal United States are the opposite: colder water which provides less energy to a hurricane and more wind shear which tends to rip a storm apart. So although more hurricanes may form in the open ocean as they approach land they are more likely to weaken. This protective barrier as Dr. Kossin called it does not exist in the Caribbean.\nDr. Kossin’s research found that in the most recent quieter period from the late 1960s to the mid-1990s hurricanes that did form were up to six times more likely to intensify rapidly near land with wind speeds increasing more than 15 miles an hour over six hours.\nAlthough it is difficult to single out any one factor in the evolution of a particular hurricane Dr. Kossin said that Hurricane Andrew a Category 5 storm that devastated South Florida in 1992 was an example of a storm that intensified rapidly during the latest quiet period.\n Dr. Kossin agreed that more research was needed especially on how global warming might affect this protective buffer zone.\nA lessening of the protective barrier during periods of greater activity would mean that even more damaging hurricanes could hit the Eastern United States. “That would be a very unsettling prospect ” Dr. Kossin said.", "output": [ "Kossin" ] }, { "id": "task419-7b947d747d9b46e4a5a33702bd674e03", "input": "Congressional candidate John Curtis picked up a major endorsement on Wednesday from Republican Mitt Romney for the 3rd District special election . \nRomney said in a statement that Curtis has throughout his career as a businessman and mayor of Provo solved problems . \nDuring the primary , Romney 's wife , Ann , had endorsed a different Republican candidate , Stewart Peay , who is married to her niece .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-a320ab61e28844bfb5f0280150cb15eb", "input": "Former dentist Jan Gilbert 72 of Long Beach New York was charged with trespassing after entering the conservative commentator’s house on the afternoon of Feb. 17 according to reports on Wednesday.\n Gilbert wrangled his way into Hannity’s Centre Island mansion by telling an unnamed person outside the home that he was writing a book about the Fox News personality and needed to give him some papers according to court documents cited by The Associated Press. Gilbert then followed that person into the house AP reported.\nHannity’s wife Jill told police that she spotted Gilbert inside without permission and that she did not know him . She said Gilbert then left the house and sat in his car on the driveway where police found him Newsday reported.\n Gilbert was charged with misdemeanor criminal trespass.\n He told Newsday “someone misheard fabricated or misunderstood” the encounter. “There is a real reason a valid reason a superior reason and a fully confirmed reason but I’m not going to be able to talk about it ” he said.", "output": [ "Gilbert" ] }, { "id": "task419-b7ecec2dc7a944ebb1a6ad2664cf0c3a", "input": "Ja Du a transgender white person from New Orleans also claims to be transracial and identifies as Filipino.\n Du was born Adam Wheeler and grew up loving Filipino food and culture -- so much so Du now identifies as Filipino even driving a purple motorized rickshaw Du called a Tuk Tuk an Asian-derived vehicle used for public transit in the Philippines.\n“Whenever I’m around the music around the food I feel like I’m in my own skin ” Du told WTSP. “I’d watch the history channel sometimes for hours you know whenever it came to that and you know nothing else intrigued me more but things about Filipino culture.”\nThe comments make Du a member of a small but growing community of people who consider themselves transracial -- meaning to be born one race but identify with another.\n“I think things that made no sense to most people make sense to us on an individual level in almost every person like a swelling feeling you feel when you listen to dramatic music ” Du told the Huffington Post. “It’s all sound and vibration but something in it relates to your soul on such a subconscious level that you connect with it and [that’s] how I feel about the Filipino culture.”\nMany members of the Filipino-American community however are not pleased with some even expressing outrage at Du’s assertion saying Du is overlooking the hundreds of years of struggle Filipinos have endured.\n“Ja Du says he feels like himself when he’s around Filipino food and music and that is fabulous but to then say you are that race is both unrealistic and problematic ” she said. “Being Filipino means enduring racism discrimination and micro-aggressions all the time.”", "output": [ "Ja Du" ] }, { "id": "task419-19d8df13968b4beb85058672eb9db617", "input": "Aundy Crenshaw\n“The biggest challenge is time and the constant juggling with all the work and personal projects on my brain ” Crenshaw says. “Every working mom struggles with this as you never feel like you’re doing the best job at anything so it’s all about surrounding yourself with the best team possible.”\n Crenshaw has surrounded herself with a group of women who help her : Abi Getto the day-to-day manager for VonStroke and his Barclay Crenshaw alias; Esther Yoon—the clothing manager for Dirtybird—and Lauren Lipsay the content and marketing manager for Dirtybird.\nGetto adds that while there has been a push for more women to perform at festivals it turns into an issue of commodifying women first and viewing them as talent second. Crenshaw says that the industry is guilty of producing “overly sexual content that objectifies women ” but Dirtybird strives to point out and omit that content.\nThe Dirtybird Campout festivals are an “adult summer camp” experience that combines electronic music with camping and activities Crenshaw says. She adds that the East Coast location will feature Florida-specific activities such as an alligator race a psychic show and alligator wrestling. Getto notes that locally-sourced BBQ will also be available and VonStroke chose Florida as the location because he wanted fans on the East Coast to experience the festival.\nIn addition to expanding the festival Crenshaw says the brand doubled Birdfeed subscribers and clothing sales in 2017.\nCrenshaw and Getto both agree artist interaction has been key in helping Dirtybird successfully grow. Crenshaw says it’s important artists under the label treat fans as friends.", "output": [ "Aundy Crenshaw" ] }, { "id": "task419-8fc6cc6fd87c495680ddb2dbab030774", "input": "Former President George W. Bush has been widely praised for yesterday 's speech at the Dallas police memorial and especially for a quote which has been widely shared on social media . \nMany people on Twitter found themselves almost shocked that they were so impressed by Mr Bush . \nMichael Beckman , who described himself as a ` Jewish conservative Republican ' tweeted : ` President George W. Bush gave a beautiful speech today . \nMany people searched the internet to see if Mr Bush had plagiarized it from another source . \nFormer President George W Bush speaks at Dallas memorial . \nHouston radio host Matt Patrick tweeted today : ` Loved George W. Bush 's speech yesterday ! \nTime magazine published Bush 's entire speech but it was that particular passage which was seen by many Americans as a touchstone for their feelings . \nTwitter user Jacob Boos claimed Bush 's speech was better than Obama 's and added : ` Then again probably not he has an agenda to push . ' \nBut most thought that whoever had written his speech deserved great credit , as did Bush himself , for delivering it with warmth and sincerity . \nMr Bush said : ` These slain officers were \"the best among us\" .", "output": [ "George W Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-5c6365ad620d4275ab7ee6284ec46847", "input": "Physical gold was sold at a discount in India this week for the first time in three weeks as demand for the metal slumped due to a jump in local rates while the Lunar New Year holiday capped buying at the end of the week elsewhere in Asia . Demand was down to a quarter its usual levels as buyers were deterred by a recent price rise said Harshad Ajmera the owner of JJ Gold House a wholesaler in the Indian city of Kolkata . In the local market gold was trading around 30 810 rupees per 10 grams after hitting a 15 - month high of 30 836 rupees hit earlier on Friday . Dealers in India were offering a discount of up to $ 3 an ounce on Friday over official domestic prices compared to a premium of $ 1 . 50 last week . Jewellers were waiting for a correction in prices before stocking up inventories a Mumbai - based dealer with a private bank said . Gold demand in India was likely to remain below its 10 - year average for a third year in 2018 as higher taxes and new transparency rules on purchases were expected to cap last year ’ s rebound in buying the World Gold Council ( WGC ) said this month . India ’ s gold imports in January dropped 37 percent from a year ago to their lowest in 17 months . Demand in rest of Asia picked up in the first half of the week as people bought gold ahead of Lunar New Year . “ It was a little bit later than expected . But people were happy to see the demand coming in finally ahead of the Lunar New Year . There was solid demand for restocking from jewellers ” said Stephen Innes APAC head of trading at Oanda . “ Jewellers were reporting good sales from Valentines Day and it stayed on for the New Year ” he said . Premiums in China eased to $ 3 -$ 4 an ounce from about $ 7 -$ 8 at beginning of the week . Gold prices edged higher on Friday heading for their biggest weekly percentage gain in nearly two years . Traders expected demand to be low going forward as a week - long Lunar New Year holiday started on Thursday . In Japan gold was sold in a range of par with the benchmark and a 10 cent premium as demand rose after yen strengthened in the week a Tokyo - based trader said . ( Reporting by Nallur Sethuraman and Nithin Prasad in Bengaluru Rajendra Jadhav in Mumbai ; Editing by Edmund Blair )", "output": [ "Stephen Innes" ] }, { "id": "task419-54be491aee5e489f802a1d35e2992537", "input": "(CNN) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressed the country Sunday night after several days of anti-government protests that have rocked the nation.\n Rouhani 's remarks came after the state-run media outlet IRIB reported that Iranian officials had temporarily restricted access to social media apps Instagram and Telegram which have been used by Iranians to share news about the protests.\n\"We are a free nation \" Rouhani said in his prerecorded speech on state broadcaster IRINN. \"And according to the constitution and citizen rights the people are free to express their criticism and even their protests \" he said.\n\"But \" Rouhani continued \"criticism should not be accompanied with violence or vandalizing public property.\" Rouhani also acknowledged the economic and social hardships some Iranians face.", "output": [ "Hassan Rouhani" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac70b183c68848eb989b2949519c2c45", "input": "WASHINGTON (AP) — Suggesting he’s a victim of revenge porn from a jilted lover Republican Rep. Joe Barton of Texas says he plans to go silent about the release of a nude photo of him online because police are investigating the disclosure as a possible crime against him . Authorities have not confirmed an investigation.\n The 68-year-old Barton who joined the House in 1985 has acknowledged sharing intimate material with a lover and accused her of threatening to make it public when he ended the relationship. The unidentified woman told The Washington Post that she did not put it online and said the congressman sought to intimidate her by threatening to go to the authorities if she exposed his conduct.\nThe he said-she said dispute erupted in the midst of sexual misconduct allegations drawing in several other members of Congress as well as Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore of Alabama who is accused of disrobing a 14-year-old girl. The consequences for Barton are not immediately apparent aside from his mortification: The relationship with the woman was evidently consensual.\nThe Post published details of a secretly recorded conversation between Barton and his lover from 2015 in which he threatened to “take all this crap to the Capitol Hill Police and have them launch an investigation” if she did not agree to keep “inappropriate photographs and video” that he had exchanged with her from becoming public. He said she had already shared material with other women with whom he had been involved.\nIn a statement after that report Barton said the “Capitol Police reached out to me and offered to launch an investigation and I have accepted. Because of the pending investigation we will have no further comment.” He said the women’s comments on the tape could be evidence of a “potential crime against me .”\nCapitol Police have not said whether they have begun an investigation. A message left by The Associated Press at Barton ’s district office in Arlington Texas was not returned. The voicemail for his office in Washington was full.\nIn a portion of the recorded conversation the woman asked Barton what he would tell police if he went to them.\n His reply: “I would tell them that I had a three-year undercover relationship with you over the Internet that was heavily sexual and that I had met you twice while married and had sex with you on two different occasions and that I exchanged inappropriate photographs and videos with you that I wouldn’t like to be seen made public that you still apparently had all of those and were in position to use them in a way that would negatively affect my career. That’s the truth.”\n Barton is the longest-serving congressman in Texas and his seat has always been considered reliably safe for Republicans.\nThe photo of Barton appeared on an anonymous Twitter account. It was not immediately known who posted the photo or when it was taken.\n Barton issued an initial statement saying that while separated from his second wife prior to their divorce in 2015 he had sexual relationships “with other mature adult women.” Barton said each relationship was consensual and has since ended.\n“I am sorry I did not use better judgment during those days. I am sorry that I let my constituents down ” Barton said.\n Barton a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus announced his re-election bid this month. His district includes several counties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.\n Barton was a consultant in the oil and gas industry before he was elected to Congress.\n He is currently the vice chairman of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee. He was the committee’s chairman from 2004 to 2007.\n Barton has also been the longtime manager of the GOP congressional baseball team. He was taking part in a team practice in June when a gunman opened fire injuring another congressman and others.", "output": [ "Joe Barton" ] }, { "id": "task419-31158a09f7674b9f98aedef19b04b096", "input": "Oscar winner Mira Sorvino who was one of the first women to speak out about the now disgraced producer was featured prominently in the clip saying \"The status quo does not have to be status quo anymore.\"\n She also said future filmmakers have the opportunity to \"lionize beauty and truth and justice.\"\n Sorvino and dozens of women accused Weinstein late last year of sexual misconduct including rape which allegedly happened over several decades. Though the former movie mogul has admitted to wrongdoing and sought professional help his spokeswoman told ABC News previously that \"any allegations of nonconsensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein.\"\nEarlier on the red carpet Sorvino and her date for the night Judd spoke about the Time's Up gender equality campaign and legal fund.\n\"This movement isn't stopping \" Sorvino said. \"We're going forward until we have a safe and equitable world for women.\"", "output": [ "Mira Sorvino" ] }, { "id": "task419-c766b75553514a97bda3f37758f9a9b8", "input": "After South Carolina 's vote on Saturday , Ted Cruz has the second most delegates of all the GOP nominees . \nA recent national poll has shown him ahead of frontrunner Donald Trump , and with only three states down , 47 to go , Cruz has a real chance at the nomination -- particularly if Christians and conservatives recognize the kind of leader America needs . \nIn this video , Cruz says , in part : . \nTed Cruz is able to capture the visceral anger of American voters , yet in a respectable way . \nAnd yet , Cruz keeps his language classy and his demeanor calm and collected . \nIn addition to courageous stands like this , Cruz has spent a studied , successful lifetime immersing himself in the Constitution . \nTed Cruz is unafraid to demand conservative , constitutional credentials for these lifetime appointments , and the next president will likely nominate three to five new Supreme Court justices . \nTed Cruz is a measured , thoughtful leader . \nIt is a commonly spoken narrative that Cruz has no friends and that no one likes him , and yet this amounts to an old wives tale . \nCruz has earned a great number of coveted endorsements , many from respected evangelical and conservative leaders including James Dobson and Tony Perkins . \nTed Cruz is a true evangelical ; he does not just swing out a Bible on the campaign trail and speak of \"two Corinthians .\" \nOther candidates may capture our hearts and emotions with their masterful entertainment or striking words , but Ted Cruz should capture our votes with his solid principles and consistently conservative record . \nCruz 's record proves that his choices will be thoughtful men and women who will faithfully uphold our founding document instead of warping it at will . \nIn a power-packed five minutes , Cruz explains why , as Christians and as Americans , we must defend the lives of helpless , innocent children .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a5982b040a04425be4d60d2492d069d", "input": "The attack Monday afternoon off the Australian coast left Charlie Fry with superficial puncture wounds on his right shoulder and upper arm.\nA British doctor who arrived in Australia two months ago to work Fry said Tuesday he had recently watched a YouTube video in which Australian professional surfer Mick Fanning described his famous escape from a great white shark during a surfing competition in 2015.\n“So when it happened I was like: ‘Just do what Mick did. Just punch it in the nose '” Fry told Nine Network television. “So Mick if you’re watching or listening I owe you a beer. Thank you very much.”\nFry 25 and a surfing beginner was in the water with three doctor friends when he was attacked off Avoca Beach 90 kilometers (60 miles) north of Sydney\n“I was out surfing and I got this massive thud on my right-hand side; it completely blindsided me ” Fry said.\n“I thought it was a friend goofing around. I turned and I saw this shark come out of the water and breach its head ” he said.\n“So I just punched it in the face with my left hand and then managed to scramble back on my board shout at me friends and luckily a wave came so I just sort of surfed the wave in ” he added.\n Fry said he wasn’t conscious of his injured and bleeding arm until he reached the shore.\n“I didn’t really notice it at the time because when you’re surfing all I’m thinking was: ‘I’m about to die. I’m literally about to die '” Fry said.\n Fry’s friends drove him to Gosford Hospital where they all worked to be treated. The beach was closed for 24 hours.\nLifeguards spotted the 3-meter (10-foot) shark that attacked Fry close to shore and would use drones on Tuesday to check that it had left the area Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.\n Fry said he could not return to the ocean for a week due to his injuries but “after then I’ll be racing to get back in.”", "output": [ "Charlie Fry" ] }, { "id": "task419-9a1c6e60715b4676a143b62128fa39f9", "input": "Hurricane Nate roared onshore near the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana Saturday night lashing the central Gulf Coast region with powerful winds and drenching rains.\nNate made a second landfall near Biloxi Miss. where it threatened to trigger floods and topple trees.\nAs Nate bore down on the Gulf Coast authorities rescued five people from two sailboats caught in the storm. No injuries were reported.\n Nate killed at least 30 people as it swept through Nicaragua Costa Rica and Honduras as a tropical storm last week.\nAir Force and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration aircraft detected that Nate moving along at a brisk 23 mph strengthened as it passed over the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday according to the hurricane center.\nThe National Hurricane Center in Miami said Nate's sustained winds have risen to 90 mph and warned strong winds rains and a significant storm surge could spell disaster for several Southern states. (HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images)\nNate tore through Central America with heavy rains sparking mudslides and flash floods on Thursday killing at least 16 people in Nicaragua 10 in Costa Rica two in Honduras and two others in El Salvador.", "output": [ "Nate" ] }, { "id": "task419-7ff6a209d59d40bf9ce7fcb88381137f", "input": "Rose McGowan called out fellow actress Meryl Streep on social media Friday after the latter described the dozens of sexual misconduct allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as an “example of disrespect” during a women’s conference in Boston this week.\nIn her comments Streep described the allegations as “the most gargantuan example of disrespect” across the many industries dealing with sex misconduct claims.\n“It’s such an interesting moment because this conversation about why this is so widespread this is really worth having and it’s fantastic ” she said. “I can’t help thinking it’s just a door that’s opening to a better world.”\nBut McGowan — who has herself accused Weinstein of rape and who has been a vocal advocate for the women who have come forward with their own stories — slammed Streep’s characterization of the claims against the producer publicly chastising the 68-year-old three-time Oscar-winner on Twitter.\n“No Meryl IT’S A F***ING CRIME ” McGowan wrote in a tweet. “You are such a lie.”\n McGowan has been one of the central figures in the allegations against Weinstein since the New York Times first reported that the producer struck a $100 000 financial settlement related to sexual misconduct with the actress in the 1990s.\n McGowan claimed in a January interview published by the Guardian — before the allegations against Weinstein exposed a widespread scandal in Hollywood — that she had been blacklisted in the industry because of her experience.\nIn October McGowan told actor Ben Affleck to “f*ck off” on Twitter after Affleck claimed not to have known about the allegations against Weinstein with whom he collaborated on 1998’s Good Will Hunting.", "output": [ "Rose McGowan" ] }, { "id": "task419-47e61297de69433b88a5cd33dd6386e8", "input": "SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - One of the most dramatic moments in an upcoming trade secrets trial between Alphabet Inc’s Waymo and Uber will likely come when the former chief of Uber’s self-driving car unit takes the witness stand as he is expected to repeatedly refuse to answer questions.\n Waymo sued Uber Technologies Inc last year claiming that former Waymo engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14 000 confidential files before leaving to set up a self-driving truck company called Otto which Uber acquired soon after.\n Levandowski regarded as a visionary in autonomous technology is not a defendant in the case but is on Waymo ’s witness list. Waymo has accused Uber of benefiting from Waymo technology that it says Uber acquired through Levandowski . Uber has denied Waymo’s allegations and has argued that the data in the files were not trade secrets.\nDuring a pretrial deposition in April Waymo lawyers questioned Levandowski for hours about allegations that he took Waymo’s trade secrets. He declined to answer any questions about his time at both companies citing constitutional protections against self-incrimination over 300 times according to a deposition transcript. Levandowski has never publicly addressed the allegations of taking the documents and law enforcement has not charged anyone with their theft.\nUber Waymo and Miles Ehrlich an attorney for Levandowski declined to comment.\nElizabeth Rowe a trade secret expert at the University of Florida Levin College of Law said Levandowski refusing to answer questions on the stand and the judge’s instructions around it would hurt Uber’s case because it would reinforce Waymo’s arguments that he was deceptive and took their information.\nTo counter Levandowski’s expected refusal to answer questions Rowe said Uber should tell jurors in opening statements that the company’s actions and those of Levandowski are separate stressing that Uber fired the engineer last May.\nAlsup granted Waymo’s request for a pretrial injunction in May prohibiting Levandowski from working on Lidar a sensor technology for self-driving cars that is the crux of the current litigation.\nIf Waymo persuades a jury that Uber stole its trade secrets it said it would seek a permanent injunction to prohibit Uber from using them in the future.\nOther tech executives who could testify at trial include former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Benchmark venture capitalist Bill Gurley and Waymo CEO John Krafcik court documents showed.", "output": [ "Waymo" ] }, { "id": "task419-104dd9b3ed4f4321bdd75c31e791cb03", "input": "Nine years after Bill Buckley ’s death reflecting on his Catholic life\nWilliam F. Buckley Jr. died nine years ago today. When I announced his death on the website a stream of e-mails poured in testifying to what an impact he had on people ’s lives by his presence — in print on television and in person. Person after person told of the one time they met him and in each case the story was nearly identical: Bill treated them like they were the most important person in the world. Priests and at least one religious sister shared the influence his public Catholicism had on them. Others said that while their own father wasn’t in the picture when they were growing up Bill was a reliable presence in their lives with wisdom even if only via Firing Line.\nWhen I interviewed Bill for Crisis back in the mid Nineties he inspired me with two comments: One that he prayed the Rosary every day. Two that he had had a love affair with Jesus Christ since his childhood when He answered his prayers about his mother who was going through a very difficult pregnancy.\nFollowing the interview I began describing Bill as the Saint Paul of the modern conservative movement. Saint Paul because (a) Bill was a true believer in his faith and philosophy spreading both wherever he traveled; and (b) he was an apostle of caritas. “Though I speak with the tongues of men and angels and have not love I am no better than a clanging gong or a brass bell.” So many many acts of charity throughout his life. He proselytized for conservatism for nearly 60 years sustained by his deep faith.\n Bill was the opposite of ostentatious in his religious observances. But any close friend could see that prayer occupied an important place in the spiritual economy of his life. I think he would have liked what the novelist Anthony Trollope had to say about such matters. In the late 1850s Trollope wrote:\nI suppose we might cavil over the deflationary phrase “amuse himself” — perhaps “engage” or “occupy” would have been better — but in essentials I think Bill would have smiled on Trollope’s enumeration of duties. And it was the prelude the recognition that our sojourn here on earth is ineluctably short be it full of years or like that of Lessing’s son numbered in hours only that distributes weight to the obligations articulated.\nPascal expresses the discomfiting aspect of this humbling recognition the side that pushes people into graduate seminars in philosophy and the therapist’s couch. Bill did not have much time for this allotrope of existential anxiety. He recognized as he put it in his magnificent account of his visit to Lourdes that “from the day of birth we are on our deathbed.” But if he found in it a private inspiration to prayer he publicly embraced it as a goad to action and enjoyment not paralysis. His focus was adamantly outward blissfully with the particularities of his latest adventure. Socrates may or may not have been right that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Bill indisputably demonstrated that the unexamined world just won’t cut it. “The entertainment committee ” he liked to say “never sleeps.”\nOur secular age is unfriendly to Catholics to religion generally but the irony is that secularists are often less jubilantly worldly than their Jewish and Christian compatriots. “God made the world and saw that it was good.” That bulletin from Genesis might have been the motto of Bill Buckley’s life. He certainly did everything he could to broadcast it among his many friends. I have never known a more generous person. I do not mean only materially generous though Bill’s largesse in that department was legendary. I mean spiritually constitutionally generous as well.\nBill’s generosity was perhaps most solicitous in matters touching on religious faith. I think of his account alternately moving and amusing of the last days of his National Review colleague Frank Meyer. In his last illness Meyer struggled with the momentous decision of whether to convert to Catholicism. Bill was a tireless emissary between Meyer and various confidants. Bill reports that Meyer from his bed of woe complained that “the only remaining intellectual obstacle to his conversion was the collectivist implication lurking in the formulation ‘the communion of saints’ in the Apostles’ Creed.” Two days before the end Meyer somehow overcame that final obstacle partly I like to think with the help of Bill’s armory of arguments.\nAnother anecdote: Everyone knows that Bill commanded a formidable vocabulary. It was significant therefore that he should have telephoned us once in search of a word. “It means taking pleasure in the misfortune of others ” he said to my wife. “Schadenfreude?” she ventured. “That’s it!” he said and rang off. How perfectly Buckleyesque that he should have forgotten it. It named an emotion that was as foreign to him as joy was native.\nWhen I met Mr. Buckley I was a sophomore in college and even at a distance of all these years I know that what most struck me about him then was what might be called a certain Catholic matter-of-factness: not in the sense of nonchalance in approaching matters of faith but just the opposite. From his lifetime of familiarity with the Lord came an ease of conversation about Him and a givenness that his life was firmly situated within the context of a lived discipleship in the middle of the Church.\n Father Gerald E. Murray\nBill Buckley went on pilgrimage to Our Lady’s shrine in Lourdes a few years before he set out on the final pilgrimage to eternity. I was a chaplain on that trip and spent time with Bill . He remarked that at Lourdes he felt completely free from the ordinary sense of time and schedules. He must have experienced the heavenly sense of Lourdes. When the Blessed Virgin Mary came down to speak with Bernadette Soubirous in 1858 eternity entered into time and left a lasting mark on a faraway corner of France. Time is a measurement of change; eternity is beyond change for it is the perfection of everything we seek when we pursue the true the good and the beautiful.\n Bill spent his lifetime resisting those who impossibly sought to “immanentize the eschaton” by violence deceit and deception. The eschaton is reserved for the next life. A sweet foretaste however is offered when and where God chooses to intervene in human history. Lourdes is such a place and Bill knew by conviction and now by experience that Catholicism blesses her children with such joyful experiences of the fundamental truth that God is good. That joy transports us if only for a moment out of the limited horizon of daily life. That joy allows us to return to our daily schedule knowing it all has a meaning and higher purpose as we journey to eternity. Bill Buckley was a pilgrim who sought and upheld truth and goodness in the great struggle against the 20th century’s promoters of lies and evil. We are all in his debt. Requiescat in pace.\n— The Reverend Gerald E. Murray J.C.D. is a canon lawyer and the pastor of Holy Family Church in New York City.", "output": [ "Bill Buckley" ] }, { "id": "task419-ebd09c41d11d41f190a69d2fa742e55f", "input": "DEATH OF CHP OFFICERS RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS\n CHP Officer Joseph Rodriguez cracked open the door of his patrol car on Monday squeezing between his black-and-white and the traffic whizzing by.\n He passed the telltale scratches on the fender like those found on most CHP patrol cars made by officers' equipment belts as they cling to their vehicles for safety.\n On Monday Rodriguez cruised up and down the 101 Freeway on the lookout for speeders tailgaters cell phone yappers and beltless motorists.\n After he got married in November he said he became especially conscious of the risk of pulling drivers onto the shoulder.\n When he'd ordered a woman to pull off the freeway last week she'd paid no heed to his public address system. And after they'd rolled onto the shoulder he'd almost got hit by the flying roof of a trailered Volkswagen.\n Six months ago a car ran off the road on the Freeway 170 missing him by 20 feet.\n \"We're all out there doing the exact same job \" Rodriguez said after removing his brimmed cap after issuing a warning for cell phone use. \"These officers were doing everything right.", "output": [ "Joseph Rodriguez" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b8cd51885b2443692e261b490fc2dec", "input": "MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Garrison Keillor the former host of “A Prairie Home Companion ” says he ’s been fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of improper behavior.\n Keillor told The Associated Press of his firing in an email. In a follow-up statement he says he was fired over “a story that I think is more interesting and more complicated than the version MPR heard.”\n He didn’t give details of the allegation. Minnesota Public Radio didn’t immediately respond to messages.\n Keillor retired last year from his longtime radio show but still produced “The Writer’s Almanac” for syndication.", "output": [ "— Garrison Keillor" ] }, { "id": "task419-9e7417d47e12426e84b345098d41d474", "input": "FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The accounting scandal embroiling household goods retailer Steinhoff (SNHG.DE) could place the European Central Bank in a tricky position as one of the embattled firm’s creditors.\nThe ECB bought Steinhoff’s bond last summer as part of its stimulus program.\nThe ECB owns Steinhoff senior bonds the last to be written off or converted into shares if the company goes down.\nThe Steinhoff case also puts the ECB in the uncomfortable position of being a lender to a company accused of financial wrongdoing.", "output": [ "Steinhoff" ] }, { "id": "task419-72f1792d11574724a5a2a135bcc1b975", "input": "Billionaire LinkedIn founder and Greylock investor Reid Hoffman believes that successful people need to hone the skill of \"unlearning.\"\nIn his journey to becoming one of Silicon Valley's most influential entrepreneurs and investors LinkedIn cofounder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman has seen the full scale of success failure and everything in between.\n He 's both observed and mentored founders like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg from their professional infancy into the heads of world-changing companies. He 's personally dabbled in managing investing teaching and even political organizing.\n His career has taught him there's a danger all successful people face he explained on a recent episode of his podcast \"Masters of Scale.\"\n\"People tend to take pleasure in their mastery of a given field \" he said. \"They go 'I've learned this and now this is what will differentiate me from other people for all time.'\"\n He continued: \"One of the things that I tell people is that success imprints more strongly than failure. And it does so because as you've succeeded it's like I've learned this tool. And so this tool must be right. And so I just keep applying it and even as the train comes off the tracks because part of what happens is you know markets change competitors change industries change. You change.\"", "output": [ "Reid Hoffman" ] }, { "id": "task419-8f89e406348e4adfb364e457e271e8c1", "input": "In an interview with Reuters at the center former IS member Khalil Abdul-Ghafur spoke in formal Arabic - Islamic State’s preferred version of the language - until the center director reminded him to switch back to Syrian dialect.\nThe 14-year-old from a village near Aleppo said he joined the jihadist group after insurgents arrived. He took lessons in sharia (Islamic law) and trained to use both light and heavy weapons before IS dispatched him to al-Bab near Marea.\n He was wounded twice both times returning to the militant ranks after he recovered. He only left IS when he found out rebels had detained his father over his membership of the group.\nAsked why he joined Islamic State Abdul-Ghafur was at first silent. “I don’t know what to tell you. They used to show us video clips ” he eventually said. “And they talk to us about heaven and freedom and all that.”\n He did not elaborate on life after Islamic State only saying the center has good food clothes and lessons. But he intends to go back to school when he is released having not completed his education because his school was bombed.", "output": [ "Khalil Abdul-Ghafur" ] }, { "id": "task419-cf55f32436f645f1a37db23d0ea3fbd2", "input": "President Trump used to have kind words for his former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon but things changed with his scathing statement on Jan. 3. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)\nPresident Trump used to have kind words for his former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon but things changed with his scathing statement on Jan. 3. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)\nA lawyer representing President Trump sought Thursday to stop the publication of a new behind-the-scenes book about the White House that has already led Trump to angrily decry his former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon.\nThe latest twist in the showdown came after lawyers accused Bannon of breaching a confidentiality agreement and Trump denounced his former aide as a self-aggrandizing political charlatan who has “lost his mind.”\nThe White House’s sharp public break with Bannon which came in response to unflattering comments he made about Trump and his family in a new book about his presidency left the self-fashioned populist alienated from his chief patron and even more isolated in his attempts to remake the Republican Party by backing insurgent candidates.\nIn a lengthy statement issued in the afternoon Trump blamed Bannon — his former campaign manager and chief strategist who now heads the conservative Breitbart News website — for everything from leaks to the news media to the upset GOP loss in last month’s Senate race in Alabama. The president cast Bannon as a disgruntled former staffer whose chief goal is to stir up trouble.\n “Steve Bannon has nothing to do with me or my Presidency ” the statement said. “When he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind.”\nThe White House also released a statement from the first lady’s office condemning Wolff’s book as a title to be found in the “bargain fiction” bin while the Republican National Committee said Wolff has “a long history of making stuff up.” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders meanwhile devoted much of her Wednesday news briefing Wednesday to disputing Wolff’s claims and seeking to undermine Bannon ’s credibility.\nPresident Trump congratulates chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon during the swearing-in of senior staffers at the White House last January. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)\nThe response was a marked departure from mid-October when Trump called Bannon “a friend of mine” and said he understood his perspective.\nOne senior White House official said Trump advisers considered Wolff friendly and believed it would be beneficial to speak with him; this person also said that Wolff interviewed Trump. A second senior White House official said the president had viewed Bannon as a useful ally when he was frustrated with congressional leadership and that while he didn’t consider Bannon a close confidant he also didn’t want him as an enemy.\nAllies said Bannon was largely incommunicado on Wednesday. He had considered issuing a statement denouncing the book and denying some of the quotes but was not able to do so before Trump went on the attack they said.\nAfter being forced from the White House in August Bannon and the president still occasionally talked on the phone. But West Wing aides have long maintained that Bannon overstated the frequency of his calls with — and influence over — the president.\n“If all of us are being honest with ourselves I don’t think you would have found more than 2 percent of politicians or reporters who knew who Stephen K. Bannon was ” Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) said in a recent interview. “Trump had already won the nomination and the primary. Whether you like the president or not he is responsible for his win.”\nA White House official said call logs show Trump has spoken with Bannon only five times since the former adviser left and the official said most of the calls were initiated by Bannon . Trump however often uses cellphones to talk with outside advisers and confidants.\nTrump had complained for several months about portrayals of Bannon as a political “Svengali ” according to one adviser who speaks with Trump frequently. “This has been a long time coming ” the person said. Several others said the relationship may be irreparable.", "output": [ "Stephen K. Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-5970efc269ef4d6f9847325e41a3325f", "input": "She entered the public eye in July 2014 when her father Eric Garner died after being put in a chokehold by a New York City police officer. Eric Garner was seen on video saying \"I can't breathe\" 11 times before he died.\nA grand jury did not indict any officers in Eric Garner's death sparking more protests across the country. The coroner's report lists his death as a homicide but no officer has ever been charged in the case. In 2015 the city of New York settled with his family for $5.9 million.\nIn the Sanders video Garner explained why she became an activist.\n\"I'm just trying to get the truth out there to tell his side of the story \" she said of her late father. \"He was being a loving caring man that he was and he was murdered. For a whole year I've protested every Tuesday and Thursday. I feel like a representative for people throughout this whole nation because I'm doing this I'm speaking out me being his daughter. And that's what I want to do I just want to tell my truths.\"", "output": [ "Eric Garner" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6e8a13a8bd6469bb6d18f3d64350ecf", "input": "Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NY'-groh) says the cause of Monday's fire is still under investigation by fire marshals. But he also said in a statement that holiday traditions that \"we all hold dear\" — such as candles overloaded outlets and power strips — can cause tragedies.\n Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NY'-groh) says everyone in the house was asleep when a neighbor reported the fire around 2:30 a.m. in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood.\n New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NY'-groh) says the woman and children were killed around 2:30 a.m. Monday at a home in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay neighborhood.\n The commissioner says the children's father and two teenagers are in critical condition.\n He says firefighters arrived about 2 minutes after getting the call from a neighbor and the fire was already \"consuming\" all three floors of the building.\n Nigro says the fire was accidental but the cause has not yet been pinpointed.\n New York Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro (NY'-groh) says the woman and children were killed around 2:30 a.m. Monday at a home in Brooklyn's Sheepshead Bay neighborhood.\n The commissioner says the children's father and two teenagers are in critical condition.\n He says firefighters arrived about 2 minutes after getting the call from a neighbor and the fire was already \"consuming\" all three floors of the building.", "output": [ "Daniel Nigro" ] }, { "id": "task419-36aa24a844b845b9bb57e65f59e5dcdc", "input": "The leader of the band is Django Reinhardt the incomparably gifted Romani jazz guitarist soulfully embodied by the French-Algerian actor Reda Kateb. He's biding his time in the French Alps during German occupation hoping for stealth passage across Lake Geneva into Switzerland. One of the men throwing punches is a Nazi solider which means the inevitable: a lineup a lockup and the sternest of warnings. Reinhardt is no good it would seem at laying low.\n Django isn't really a biopic despite the implication of its title: There are no misty flashbacks to Reinhardt 's childhood stealing chickens in the French countryside and no scene depicting the caravan fire that badly damaged his left hand (though his two mangled fingers do come up for inspection). The film is more of a fraught character study a portrait of the artist under pressure. Comar best known as a writer and producer of the 2010 film Of Gods and Men brings admirable restraint to his directorial debut keeping the stakes high and the focus taut.\n Reinhardt is a laconic and reluctant hero: \"This isn't my war \" he growls citing allegiance not to a flag but to a Romani's coldly pragmatic ambivalence. Django charts his awakening to the horrors of the war — notably for his people whose mass extermination imbues the film with a self-righteous lugubrious air. Comar is more effective with uneasy proximities and grim capitulations showing how complicity can form through a series of slippages.\nBut the film's story — loosely adapted from Alexis Salatko's novel Folles de Django — manages to feel at once oversimplified underfed and overburdened. Reinhardt 's personal evolution is clumsily tracked in dialogue with a former mistress who has suffered unnamed violations at the hands of the occupiers: \"You're the only person this war hasn't changed \" she says bitterly to Reinhardt . (She later rescinds the charge.) A climactic set piece at a Nazi banquet feels pat.\nIt's not inherently a problem that Comar does less with plot than he does with imagery: There's vivid poignancy in his depiction of the mass evacuation and in Reinhardt 's desperate flight through the snow. But by all accounts — the most authoritative being Michael Dregni's excellent biography Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend — Reinhardt was even more conflicted during the occupation than this film makes him out to be.\nAnd what's meant to be a wrenching coda — the post-armistice premiere of an organ mass called \"Requiem for Gypsy Brothers\" — is marred by the wan pathos of the music itself composed by Warren Ellis. As the piece plays Reinhardt stands dumbstruck overcome. But if we're supposed to believe this piece represents the peak of Reinhardt 's emotional expression the point is discredited by earlier musical evidence. In a film that's so often about taking sides Django can feel at war with itself .", "output": [ "Django Reinhardt" ] }, { "id": "task419-08ab43b40d1245fe94ddb3e30ed535a6", "input": "But Bush 's work has also garnered praise from media outlets like the The Washington Post and personalities like Kanye West . \nGeorge W. Bush 's forthcoming book will be unlike any book he -- or any other US president -- has ever written . \nIn addition to an introduction by Bush and forewords by former first lady Laura Bush and by Gen. Peter Pace , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , the book will also have stories written by Bush about each of his subjects . \nBush 's latest hobby has been \"the most interesting thing about his post-Presidential public life ,\" wrote The New Yorker . \nBush \"paints in a similar fashion to the way he talks -- affecting a folksy , homespun , plain-speaking tone , with just enough ham-fisted strangeness and bungling missteps to keep things interesting ,\" the Telegraph wrote in 2014 . \n\"This is a book about the men and women who have been tremendous national assets in the Armed Forces -- and who continue to be vital to the future success of our country ,\" Bush writes in the introduction . \nHis office said Bush is donating all net author proceeds to the George W. Bush Presidential Center and its Military Service Initiative , which helps post-Sept . \n\"His hope in sharing these portraits is that other veterans and everyday Americans are inspired to overcome any obstacles they may face and live life to the fullest ,\" Bush 's office said in a statement . \n\"As part of a continuing effort to paint over his legacy as a war criminal and the worst US president ever , George W. Bush will soon publish an art book ,\" writes art and culture site Hyperallergic . \nNew York Magazine art critic Jerry Saltz has called Bush 's art \"sentimental ,\" \"border -LSB- ing -RSB- on the visionary , the absurd , the perverse , the frat boy .\" \nHe also cited Peter Plagens who called the new hobby \"a clever political maneuver by the forces of the Right -LRB- a.k.a. the Republican Party -RRB- to soften the Bush name so that Jeb can make a presidential run .\"", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-c40e9af64ae44b6ca06f2ae116bd3355", "input": "During the 2015 NBA Finals , LeBron James became the pulsating core of the series , and everything else , including the results , moved to the fringes . \nWithout his two best teammates , Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving , James scored the second-highest percentage of a team 's points in Finals history and became the first player to ever lead a Finals series in points , assists , and rebounds per game .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-ccbf528472a444b9a49862dfeca75e7d", "input": "Ariana Romero wasn’t so lucky. Her DACA status expired about a week before Trump ended the program.\n Romero 29 was unable to pay the $495 application fee and lost her protections and work permit in August. Under the new guidelines DACA recipients whose status expired before Sept. 5 were no longer eligible to renew.\nAbel Uribe / Chicago Tribune Ariana Romero 29 was not able to renew her DACA application and is feeling uncertain about her future. Ariana Romero 29 was not able to renew her DACA application and is feeling uncertain about her future. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)\n“They tell you to renew at least four months in advance but I wasn’t able to ” she said. “I thought I had time. My plan was to have the money by September.”\nThe Avondale resident who came to this country from Mexico when she was 3 met with immigration advocacy groups but couldn’t find a solution. Romero said she ’s now “preparing for the worst.” She has postponed college plans to focus on saving as much money as possible.\n“It just feels like I’m exposed ” Romero said. “They know where I live.”", "output": [ "Ariana Romero" ] }, { "id": "task419-a0b8bbe3d5e943dbbf9e064af98d8e4f", "input": "The bride said her golden retriever Norah is “part of the fabric of our family ” so not including her in the Nov. 4 celebration was never an option.\nShe and her husband Kevin Schaefer have had Norah for four years and consider her their “dog-ter ” she said.\n“She goes everywhere with me ” said the bride. “Everyone knows how obsessed I am with her so most people asked if Norah was going to be in the wedding. We got her a little flower necklace.”\n Norah was even part of the marriage proposal.\n“Kevin proposed to me on October 1 2016 at Montrose Dog Beach ” Schaefer recalled. “It was our five-year anniversary and he said he wanted to do it there because I always describe it as ‘heaven on earth.’ Norah was right there with us as he proposed.”\nAs a trained therapy dog Schaefer said Norah is “pretty chill” and didn’t cause any doggy disasters on the big day.\nThe bride’s late dog Tandi who died before Norah came into the couple's lives was also included in the wedding.\n“My maid of honor Alex Lister surprised me by putting a small photo of Tandi on my bouquet ” said Schaefer. “I of course immediately burst into tears as she said ‘This way you can have both your dogs with you on your wedding day.’”\nThe couple went on their honeymoon in Asheville North Carolina. As much as Schaefer wanted to bring Norah along she stayed at home with her mom because her husband insisted they needed some time alone.", "output": [ "Norah" ] }, { "id": "task419-e1f72b7f86114497b49e8b45d20a52cc", "input": "Elad Sonn a spokesman for Israel's immigration ministry said Anne Pollard appealed to the Israeli consulate in New York last week for aid. Sonn says she landed in Israel on Monday with her father.\n Anne Pollard was arrested in 1985 and found guilty of being an accomplice to her then-husband. He pleaded guilty to passing secrets to Israel and is serving a life sentence.\n After arriving in Israel Anne Pollard told reporters \"I'm overwhelmed I'm so happy to be here I missed Israel so much and there's no place like home.\" She lived in Israel for a few years in the 1990s.\n Israel has long called for Jonathan PollardJonathan Pollard's release and his ex-wife agreed. \"Twenty-five long years and it's time and I'm very very very hopeful that the U.S. government will release him now.\"\n Jonathan and Anne Pollard divorced in 1990. He remarried in 1993 while in prison.\nJonathan and Anne Pollard divorced in 1990. He remarried in 1993 while in prison.", "output": [ "Anne Pollard" ] }, { "id": "task419-e6b86e04ef324fffa10bde63bf423351", "input": "Follow a critique of the FBI by President Trump on Monday Christopher Wray the director of the FBI sent out an internal letter to employees on Monday a government source confirmed to Fox News.\nIn it Wray wrote that he was \"inspired by example after example of professionalism and dedication to justice demonstrated around the Bureau. It is truly an honor to represent you.\"\n\"We are entrusted with protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution and laws of the United States \" Wray also wrote. \"Because of the importance of our mission we are also entrusted with great power and we should expect – and welcome – people asking tough questions about how we use that power. That goes with this job and always has.\"\n Wray emerged from a list of former prosecutors politicians and law enforcement officials interviewed by Trump to become director of the bureau.\nWhen was Wray installed as FBI Director?\n Wray was formally installed as the new director of the FBI on Sep. 28 after he was confirmed by the Senate on a 92-5 vote in August. All five nay votes came from Democrats.\n He was unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in July after he appeared before the committee. President Trump called Wray \"an impeccably qualified individual\" in a June statement.\nWhat did Wray do before he was confirmed by the Senate?\n Wray worked at the King & Spalding law firm where he 'd been a partner since August 2005 his Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire said.\n Wray also represented New Jersey governor Chris Christie during the investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane-closing case nicknamed \"Bridgegate.\" Two former Christie aides were convicted of plotting to close bridge lanes to punish a Democratic mayor who wouldn't endorse the Republican governor.\nWhat about Wray 's time at the Department of Justice (DOJ)?\n Wray worked as an associate deputy attorney general in 2001 before he was principal associate deputy attorney general from 2001 - 2003 his Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire says. From 2003 to 2005 Wray worked as assistant attorney general for the criminal division under President George W. Bush.\nWhat do we know about Wray 's career before working for the DOJ?\n Wray graduated from Yale University in 1989 before graduating from its law school three years later the DOJ says online. He was an assistant U.S. attorney in Georgia from 1997 to 2001.\nBefore that Wray was an associate at King and Spalding from 1993 to 1997 according to his Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire. From 1992 to 1993 he was a clerk for Judge J. Michael Luttig with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.", "output": [ "Christopher Wray" ] }, { "id": "task419-28c89699708c48f8b33e6abb2eb9ec72", "input": "Brazil forward Neymar scored twice and turned provider for Kylian Mbappe and striker Edinson Cavani while Mbappe set up both of Neymar 's goals.\n Neymar put PSG ahead in the fourth minute turning in Mbappe's cross from the right. Roles were reversed when teenage star Mbappe then netted from Neymar 's cross in the 17th.\nNeymar and Mbappe joined in the summer transfer window with PSG paying Barcelona a world record 222 million euros ($262 million). Mbappe who turns 19 next Wednesday joined from defending champion Monaco in a deal worth 180 million euros ($216 million).\nPSG profited from the extra man to make it 3-1 when Cavani ran onto Neymar 's pass to brilliantly flick the ball over goalkeeper Tomas Koubek in the 75th for his league-leading 18th goal of the season. A minute later Cavani released Mbappe down the right he crossed quickly and Neymar slid in at the back post to grab his 11th of the season.", "output": [ "Neymar" ] }, { "id": "task419-39bdb983f35b4e359bd0b038b8e69f2e", "input": "The New York Times Magazine recently profiled the troubling potentially criminal relationship between a former Stanford student Ellie Clougherty and entrepreneur Joe Lonsdale who was among other things Clougherty’s mentor for the undergraduate course Engineering 145: Technology Entrepreneurship.\nAs the story unfolds it becomes increasingly disturbing. Lonsdale and Clougherty’s relationship evolves from that of a mentor and mentee into a romantic relationship and then Clougherty alleges into something much more disturbing—including sexual harassment and assault. Clougherty took the case to Stanford officials and Lonsdale was banned from the Stanford campus for ten years (though that ban seems theoretical at best given that according to Bazelon “Lonsdale has been invited to campus for a private lunch which he attended with the university’s permission.”). Clougherty filed a civil suit in January and Lonsdale has responded vigorously and filed a countersuit denying Clougherty’s accusations.\n Lonsdale never treated Clougherty as someone who had goals and dreams. Instead Lonsdale by engaging in a personal relationship with his young mentee treated her as a romantic conquest. He ignored his professional responsibility for personal gain. Lonsdale insists that “Ellie is a forceful person ” as if somehow that negates the inherent power imbalance not only in a mentor/mentee relationship but also between a 21-year old college student and a hugely successful 29-year old entrepreneur.\nAlumni are a natural source of mentoring for colleges and universities. These alumni and their success stories are living proof that the education at any given college or university works and that the current students are making a wise invaluable investment in their future. Joe Lonsdale is one of countless alumni who have been tapped by their alma maters to work with promising undergraduates. Unfortunately though many universities seem to think that getting mentors on campus is all they need to do. There is all too often little oversight and few systems in place to help students when these relationships become troubled.", "output": [ "Joe Lonsdale" ] }, { "id": "task419-a490a5c4785c443598e6130704efa952", "input": "Consider the case of Rita Habib Ayyoub a 30-year-old Iraqi Christian woman .\n Ayyoub is one of hundreds possibly thousands of Christians and several thousand Yazidis captured in Iraq’s Nineveh province. She was forced to become a Muslim and a sex slave. Iraqi lawyers documented 68 Christians still in ISIS captivity in August.\n Ayyoub told journalists that she was taken to a slave market in Mosul and sold along with three Christian children to ISIS “emirs.” A local Sunni man bought her and a 14- year old Yazidi girl. “He raped the both of us over and over again ” she says.\n Ayyoub says she was later resold in Raqqa to another jihadi who had a Moroccan wife. Ayyoub relates her horrific ordeal in that family: “I was beaten and tortured by her (the jihadi’s wife) every day. She would not give up until I was bleeding from my head for example. They made me read the Quran and threatened to kill me if I did not convert to Islam.”\n Ayyoub was rescued by Syrian Democratic Forces in November and is now being aided in Syria by a small women’s group of Assyrians (a traditionally Christian ethnicity) – not by the U.N.\nAssyrian Swedish journalist Nuro Kino who is helping Ayyoub tells me that she does not know where to go next. Ayyoub’s hometown of Qaraqosh Iraq’s largest Christian city stands mostly empty.\nConceivably Ayyoub could end up in the Erbil Catholic Chaldean Archdiocese’s displacement center which shelters most displaced Iraqi Christians and has not had U.N. support.\nBut while Ayyoub may not be able to access U.N. aid her ISIS tormentors can thanks in part to generous U.S.-taxpayer-supported U.N. “stabilization” aid.\nThough Ayyoub’s enslaver is likely dead his radicalized Moroccan wife might also qualify for U.N. resettlement help in Telkayf. That Nineveh town was Christian until the U.N. decided to move in the families of ISIS jihadis killed in battle and thus effectively bar its Christians’ return.", "output": [ "Ayyoub" ] }, { "id": "task419-d3dc628f3eec4a079e4afd44b6ce9123", "input": "Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roy Halladay was killed Tuesday when a small plane he was piloting crashed in the Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of Florida. He was 40 years old.\nThe Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said Halladay was the only person on board the ICON A5 when it went down in shallow water shortly after noon off New Port Richey. No mayday calls were made to Tampa air traffic controllers.\n\" He loved to fly \" Sheriff Chris Nocco said of Halladay an eight-time All-Star and two-time Cy Young Award winner. \" He talked about his family baseball and flying.\"\nIn a statement the sheriff's office described Halladay as \"an incredible friend \" noting that the former pitcher had donated money for the department to purchase a K9 officer. The dog was named \"Doc \" a nod to Halladay 's nickname.\n Halladay was an amateur pilot who often posted on social media about small planes. ICON aircraft had posted a video with Halladay trying out a new plane.\n Halladay pitched for 16 years in the major leagues with the Toronto Blue Jays and the Philadelphia Phillies before retiring following the 2013 season.\n\"We are numb over the very tragic news about Roy Halladay 's untimely death \" the Phillies said in a statement. \"There are no words to describe the sadness that the entire Phillies family is feeling over the loss of one of the most respected human beings to ever play the game.\"\n Halladay won the Cy Young Award twice once in 2003 with the Blue Jays and again in 2010 with the Phillies. Only five other pitchers have won the award in both the American and National Leagues and three of those – Randy Johnson Pedro Martinez and Gaylord Perry – are in the Baseball Hall of Fame.\nDuring that 2010 season Halladay went 21-10 for the Phillies with a 2.44 ERA. In addition to winning the Cy Young Award Halladay finished sixth in the voting for National League MVP. He pitched the 20th perfect game in MLB history on May 29 of that year against the Marlins and followed that up with a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 of the National League Division Series.\nIn an era where starting pitchers went deep into games less frequently Halladay threw 67 career complete games -- including 20 shutouts -- and was the active leader in that category when he retired.", "output": [ "Roy Halladay" ] }, { "id": "task419-18b785ee9d104982aae15d4ae8036789", "input": "J.B. Pritzker has a boil on his neck the size of Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios.\nActually it is Joe Berrios as if Joe just walked out of the Erie Cafe after a nice veal chop. Now he ’s sitting on his patch of Pritzker for all voters to see.\nJoe might as well just light a cigar and wave to the cameras filming those anti-Pritzker political ads.\nBut Pritzker the billionaire running for governor in the March 20 Democratic primary doesn’t want to touch this. He won’t go near it.\nBerrios who is also the Cook County Democratic Party chairman (by grace of Boss Madigan) backs Pritzker . And so Pritzker isn’t engaging the thing that stares property tax-paying homeowners right in the face.\nKennedy has long made the property tax system and the corruption in it a feature of his campaign. He has called on Berrios to resign. Pritzker and his ally Mayor Rahm Emanuel would rather change the subject and talk about the guy in the White House.\n “Pritzker talks about things that aren’t really the issue. He talks about Donald Trump but he skirts the issue of using Joe Berrios’ office to call political supporters. Pritzker’s locked in with those guys.”\nMost recently reporter Jason Grotto ’s excellent series “The Tax Divide” — published in June in the Chicago Tribune and continued this month in collaboration with ProPublica — has laid bare much that is wrong with the property tax assessment system in Cook County:\nAs Kennedy along with Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and his GOP primary opponent state Rep. Jeanne Ives demand Berrios’ head on a pike pressure increases on Joe’s friends like Pritzker .\n Pritzker has money. He ’s built a statewide political organization. If he can satisfy the media by issuing proclamations against Trump why should he fight on Kennedy’s ground?\nGalia Slayen the communications director for the Pritzker campaign notes that Pritzker has publicly called out the property tax system. And she says the criticisms of her candidate are unfounded.\nFair enough. But Pritzker isn’t running against Rauner now. He ’s not running against Donald Trump either.\n He ’s running for the Democratic nomination against Chris Kennedy and property taxes will be the issue. And they will be the issue in the general election.\nYet he avoids any mention of Berrios who maintains the system or Madigan who benefits and who can snap his fingers and have Joe come running.\n Pritzker has a serious weakness in all this beyond the Berrios on his neck. His ham-handed decision to seek a property tax reduction for his Gold Coast neighborhood mansion will revisit him .\n He bought the house next door and had the toilets removed so it would be declared an uninhabitable dwelling. Then he got a tax break of nearly $230 000 for living next to it.", "output": [ "Pritzker" ] }, { "id": "task419-b32c55669b8a4a6084ce4db172b3c7f7", "input": "William is no stranger to fast cars and has made his love of motorcycles known.\n“I don’t know what it is about bikes but I’ve always had a passion for motorbikes ever since I was very small. I used to do a lot of go-karting when I was younger and then after that I went on to quadbikes and eventually motorbikes ” William said according to Hello Magazine.\n“It does help being anonymous with my motorcycle helmet on because it does enable me to relax ” he added at the time. “But I just enjoy everything about motorbikes and the camaraderie that comes with it.”\nWhile he used to be an avid rider the duke has reportedly given it all up because of his children Prince George and Princess Charlotte.", "output": [ "William Rides", "William" ] }, { "id": "task419-4816ae24e8594cad855ecf8904fce4f6", "input": "Russell Simmons is stepping down from his companies after writer Jenny Lumet daughter of Sidney Lumet wrote a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter accusing the hip-hop mogul of \"sexually violating\" her.\nLumet said that in 1991 when she was 24 Simmons who was a friend offered to give her a ride home from a restaurant one night. She wrote that when she got in the car and told the driver her address Simmons told the driver \"No \" and locked the doors. She repeated her address and Simmons again said \"No.\" Then she said Simmons took her to his apartment.\n\"You didn't punch me drag me or verbally threaten me. You used your size to maneuver me quickly into the elevator. I said 'Wait. Wait.' I felt dread. ... You moved me into a bedroom. I said 'Wait.' You said nothing. I made the trade in my mind. I thought 'just keep him calm and you'll get home.'\"\nOn Thursday Simmons released a statement saying he remembers things differently.\n\"I have been informed with great anguish of Jenny Lumet's recollection about our night together in 1991 \" he said. \"I know Jenny and her family and have seen her several times over the years since the evening she described. While her memory of that evening is very different from mine it is now clear to me that her feelings of fear and intimidation are real. While I have never been violent I have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades and I sincerely and humbly apologize.\"\nLumet said she decided to come forward after Simmons vehemently denied assaulting other women who accused him of misconduct in recent days.\n\"I can't leave those women twisting in the wind \" she said. \"Maybe the recalling of this incident can be helpful. I don't know if it can. \"\nLast week Simmons denied an allegation by Keri Claussen Khalighi who said he coerced her to perform a sex act and later penetrated her without her consent in his New York apartment in 1991 when she was just 17. Simmons said he was \"saddened\" by the accusation and insisted that everything that occurred between himself and Khalighi was completely consensual and with her \"full participation.\"", "output": [ "Russell Simmons" ] }, { "id": "task419-3e6213f34713429a83cb8fc206c58921", "input": "Worth area are searching for an Uber driver that allegedly sexually assaulted an elderly Uber passenger . The Daily Mail reports that an Uber driver in the Dallas Fort - Worth area allegedly sexually assaulted a 77 - year - old passenger during an Uber trip last month . On the evening of October 22 40 - year - old driver Hashem Ramezanpour picked up an unnamed 77 - year - old woman from a church in Dallas and allegedly stopped the car in a wooded area ordered the woman to get out and sexually assaulted her . advertisement Ramezanpour faces a charge of aggravated sexual assault of an elderly victim but police are currently unable to find him and are now worried that he has fled the country . Uber has stated that Ramezanpour has been “ immediately removed ” from the Uber app and is now permanently banned from operating as an Uber driver . “ What has been described and reported to police is a violent act no person should ever have to go through . We are working with law enforcement officials to fully support their investigation ” a spokesperson stated . “ This former driver ’ s access was immediately removed from the app and he has been permanently banned .”", "output": [ "Hashem Ramezanpour" ] }, { "id": "task419-db6c3a1c7be340adb07fe5906dc1e29d", "input": "Early exit polls of Austria's Oct. 15 election suggest Sebastian Kurz will take his party into a very narrow majority — positioning himself as the next chancellor. The 31-year old conservative is known for his pledge to take the country into a more hard line stance against the influx of refugees and migrants. (Reuters)\nEarly exit polls of Austria's Oct. 15 election suggest Sebastian Kurz will take his party into a very narrow majority — positioning himself as the next chancellor. The 31-year old conservative is known for his pledge to take the country into a more hard line stance against the influx of refugees and migrants. (Reuters)\nThe result puts the 31-year-old foreign minister and People’s Party leader Sebastian Kurz in line to become Austria’s next chancellor after a campaign in which he emphasized the need to strengthen border controls reduce caps on refugees and slash benefits for newcomers.\n“I’ll fight with all my strength for change in this country ” Kurz told cheering supporters — many clad in turquoise the color he adopted to signal a new era for the People’s Party after decades of identification with black. “There’s a lot to do.”\n Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz the leader of the People’s Party talks to reporters after casting his vote in the election in Vienna . (Christian Bruna/European Pressphoto Agency-EFE/Rex/Shutterstock)\nBut unlike in those nations in Austria the far right is expected to become part of the government. Kurz will need a coalition partner to form a majority in the parliament and the Freedom Party is considered the most likely option.\nIf he goes that route it would end a “grand coalition” between Austria’s center left and center right that has led the country for the past decade and for much of its modern history.\nSome on Sunday called on Kurz to avoid teaming up with the Freedom Party.\n“We strongly urge Mr. Kurz to form a coalition of centrist parties and not be beholden to a party of the far-right in his new coalition government ” European Jewish Congress President Moshe Kantor said in a statement. “A party which has run on a platform of xenophobic intolerance and the targeting of immigrants must not be granted a seat at the governing table.”\nKern hinted that the party would be willing to serve in a coalition government. But analysts consider such a possibility unlikely given the rightward tilt of the electorate — as well as the bad blood that developed between the two establishment parties after a scandal involving fake Facebook pages that smeared Kurz and were attributed to a Social Democratic operative.\nThe elevation of Kurz to chancellor would put another young and charismatic leader at the helm of a European government after the election of 39-year-old Emmanuel Macron in France.\nKurz though ideologically to the right of Macron modeled much of his campaign after the Frenchman’s. The Austrian politician styled his run for the nation’s highest office as a movement not a conventional election and personalized his party informally renaming it “the Sebastian Kurz List.”\nKritzinger said Kurz ’s opponents were flummoxed by how to counteract the charismatic People’s Party leader who took the reins in the party this year and promptly remade it as his own.\n“From a rhetoric perspective he ’s an absolute talent ” Kritzinger said. “The other parties didn’t know how to deal with him .”", "output": [ "Sebastian Kurz" ] }, { "id": "task419-8a74ead098544e69943d0dd193f6b093", "input": "Assailants opened fire on Oliver Ivanovic 64 close to the offices of his political party in the Serb-controlled northern city of Mitrovica. He was taken to a hospital but doctors were unable to save him.\nThe doctors said Ivanovic had received at least five gunshot wounds to his upper torso. The assailants escaped in a car that was later found burned out. Kosovo police sealed off the area of the shooting and began a manhunt for the attackers.\n Ivanovic was one of the key politicians in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo a former Serbian province where tensions still remain high a decade after it declared independence in 2008. Serbia does not recognize that independence.\n Ivanovic was considered a moderate who maintained relations with NATO and EU officials even after Serbia lost the control of its former province following NATO's 1999 bombing to stop a deadly Serb crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists.\n Ivanovic who was married with three children had enemies both among Kosovo Albanians and nationalist Serbs because of his moderate policies.\nA Kosovo court had convicted Ivanovic of war crimes during the 1998-99 war. That verdict was overturned and a retrial was underway.\nFILE - In this Oct. 23 2004 file photo Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic casts his ballot during general elections in the Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica Kosovo. 64-year old Ivanovic has died from wounds after being shot by unknown assailants Tuesday Jan. 16 2018 according to a statement from his lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic File)\nPolice officers secure the scene where unknown assailants opened fire and killed Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic in front of his office in the northern Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica Kosovo Tuesday Jan. 16 2018. The Kosovo government has strongly denounced the slaying of a leading Serb politician in northern Mitrovica and says it considers it to be a challenge to \"the rule of law\". (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)", "output": [ "Oliver Ivanovic" ] }, { "id": "task419-7feb02c88f0d4e96a3021662083734f0", "input": "Rukodelnikova is fond of a lot things from China - green tea calligraphy Peking Opera traditional Chinese painting but what she loves most is the Chinese language.\n When Rukodelnikova entered the Languages Department of Moscow University in 1986 no Chinese lessons were offered. But after a teacher from China started to offer Chinese courses there she jumped at the chance starting her Chinese language study of seven years.\n After that Rukodelnikova worked in the Russian Academy of Sciences before becoming a Chinese teacher at the Russian State University for the Humanities. She is now head of the Oriental Languages Teaching and Research Division of the Language Institute of the university and a well-known sinologist in Russia.\n Rukodelnikova noticed a growing number of Russians taking Chinese lessons and more people going China to learn the Chinese language. She said she hopes more Chinese experts could come to Russia to give lectures or seminars.\n For Rukodelnikova languages play an extremely important role in promoting mutual understanding as well as economic trade and cultural exchanges between different countries.", "output": [ "Maria Rukodelnikova", "Rukodelnikova" ] }, { "id": "task419-7962eb6f4ba14132a0faef835403c51c", "input": "Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) introduced President Trump at a campaign rally in Huntsville Ala. on Friday night. (Marvin Gentry/Reuters)\nThe Republican primary in Alabama's Senate race is a proxy battle between political outsiders who largely support challenger Roy Moore and the GOP establishment which backs incumbent Sen. Luther Strange . But Strange on Saturday declined to give a vote of confidence to the face of his establishment base Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).\nAppearing on Fox News the morning after a campaign rally headlined by President Trump Strange was asked whether he will support McConnell's continuation as majority leader if the party's latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act fails.\n Strange seemed uncomfortable and stumbled through a noncommittal answer.\n Strange 's equivocation underscores his difficult position in the race. Despite having Trump in his corner he has effectively been cast by Moore as an establishment figure who will perpetuate Washington dysfunction. Moore has seized the outsider's mantle for himself by highlighting the rebellious streak he displayed as Alabama's chief justice a position from which he was removed — twice — for defying judicial orders.\nTo claw back some credibility as a politician who will “drain the swamp ” Strange cannot appear too closely connected to GOP leadership.\nAnd yet Strange is relying on McConnell for financial support. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported Thursday that as of early September the Senate Leadership Fund super PAC which is affiliated with McConnell had spent $733 000 to promote Strange and another $2.5 million to air negative ads against Moore.\nSince Sept. 11 the Senate Leadership Fund has spent more than $720 000 on postage and printing to advance Strange 's cause and oppose Moore according to the Center for Responsive Politics.", "output": [ "Luther Strange" ] }, { "id": "task419-1367e83441074daeaaed5ff7b32b99c7", "input": "Concerns about hearing loss largely focus on excessive noise exposure. But environmental noise is just as unsafe. People living in cities are regularly exposed (against their will) to noise above 85 decibels from sources like traffic subways industrial activity and airports. That’s enough to cause significant hearing loss over time. If you have an hour-long commute at such sound levels your hearing has probably already been affected. Urban life also sustains average background noise levels of 60 decibels which is loud enough to raise one’s blood pressure and heart rate and cause stress loss of concentration and loss of sleep. Sirens are a particularly extreme example of the kind of noise inflicted on people every day: They ring at a sound-pressure level of 120 decibels —a level that corresponds with the human pain threshold according to the World Health Organization. But since the turn of the 20th century protecting human hearing has taken a back seat to securing quiet for those with means and punishing those without. Noise-abatement laws transformed an objective concern about environmental and health conditions into a subjective fight over aesthetic moralism. One of the earliest urban anti-noise campaigns was initiated by Julia Barnett Rice the wealthy well-educated wife of a businessman and publisher. The sound of tugboat horns was causing Rice great annoyance as she tried to relax in her ornate Italianate mansion. But she knew that this appeal would fall on deaf ears so to speak. So she decided to use the poor and sick people languishing in urban hospitals as a scapegoat. Isaac Rice her husband and the publisher of The Forum became a champion of his wife’s crusade. In 1906 he published her piece “An Effort to Suppress Noise ” which amounts to a call for class antagonism. She begins by channeling the pessimistic philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer who likens noise to boorishness: There are people it is true—nay a great many people—who smile at such [sounds] because they are not sensitive to noise; but they are just the very people who are also not sensitive to argument or thought or poetry or art; in a word to any kind of intellectual influence. Who are these insipid people in Rice ’s narrative? The tugboat workers. The piece recounts Rice ’s efforts to ban excessive whistling from aboard their vessels. Rice portrays herself as a dogged crusader pleading for quietude amidst unrelenting clamor.\nFirst she sought aid from the law. In the New York City Collector’s Office Law Division she discovered a clause that “seems to vest in the Local Board of Steamboat Inspectors all necessary powers to punish ... any act on the part of a licensed officer that they adjudge to be ‘misconduct’ or ‘negligence’ or ‘unskillfulness.’” In other words Rice attempted to present the call of tugboat horns as professional misconduct. Alas for her the U.S. Local Steamboat Inspectors decided that “the point was not well taken.” Rice then went to the police to start a petition drive. She promised signatures from “poor and rich alike ” but sent establishment personalities to collect them. Among the endorsees were wealthy hospital superintendents who lent credence to Rice ’s claims to help the sick rather than to punish marine workers. The inspectors were still unmoved. When Rice finally interviewed some of the tugboat workers she presented their responses as evidence of wrongdoing rather than as the accounts of workingmen describing their labor. The tugboat captains offered reasonable rationales for sounding whistles. One explained that removing the whistles “would necessitate an extra deckhand to act as messenger to notify the pier hands besides all the time that would be lost.” Another stated “We run a risk of losing a whole tide if we do not rouse the crew on the barge.” And yet another “You must whistle to wake up the crew which you cannot expect to stay on watch day and night.”\n Rice did not relent. She went to maritime academics and higher-ups who endorsed her and researched her claim. At last she won a victory: The National Board of Steam Navigation passed a resolution prohibiting unnecessary whistle-blowing. The tugboat workers adhered for a day or two and then finding that work became impossible and that the National Board had no way of enforcing the resolution returned to using the horns as often as they liked. Rice had had enough. She proposed a law restricting all but a few scenarios in which tugboats can use their whistles and demanded a standing representative in the Department of Commerce and Labor who would police the waterways for nuisance. In this effort too she came away empty-handed. Finally in one last-ditch effort Rice found success. At a meeting of about 10 000 representatives from the transportation industry the American Association of Masters Mates and Pilots passed a resolution ending the use of “indiscriminate and above all noisy signaling.” The law was replicated at the federal level under the 1907 Bennet Act the first anti-noise bill ratified by Congress. Rice ’s use of the poor and the sick as a tool to pass her legislation played little part in why the authorities finally listened. Researchers had found that the signaling was impacting tugboat navigation making entering and exiting the harbor confusing and unsafe at night.\nThroughout Rice ’s entire ordeal she presented the tugboat workers as personal enemies rather than potential allies. Her plight for quiet was a moral one; as she saw it the peace had been stolen from her by the mariners. Looking back she comes off as vindictive and elitist. But unfortunately her belligerent approach set the stage for subsequent noise-abatement campaigns in cities around the country. As the historian Emily Thompson explains in her book The Soundscape of Modernity noise-abatement laws singled out relatively powerless people those who were seen to impede “the middle-class vision of a well-ordered city.” Among these was the 1908 General Order 47 issued by New York City Police Commissioner Thomas Bingham. It targeted street ruckus rather than port noise: commotion from street vendors newsboys tin-can kickers roller skaters street musicians automobile horns flat-wheeled streetcars and more. Soon after laws that banned occupational noises preventing people from working for a living in order to protect the quietude appeared in Boston; Little Rock Arkansas; San Francisco; and elsewhere. These fights hit street workers most of whom were immigrants hard. Still the courts upheld the laws. One infamous incident involved a Chicago ordinance that limited peddlers to certain parts of the city and banned them from advertising using shouting. When the courts upheld this law in 1911 the peddlers first went on strike and then rioted causing a mass uprising and widespread damages. The police punished the peddlers the strike was broken and the law remained on the books. Soon there were no more vendors walking the streets. By the 1920s and ’30s noise law after noise law helped clear the urban street. Eventually it ceased to be the domain of people and was overtaken instead by cars—which created their own noise of course.\nNoise laws also played a key role in the development and implementation of zoning the separating of a city’s parcels of land into “zones” for which a specific purpose (such as residential commercial or industrial) is assigned. A lasting legacy of Rice ’s tugboat campaign was the concept of “quiet zones”—places where noisemaking was especially prohibited because of its potential harm such as around hospitals schools and the houses of the sick. New York set up its first quiet zones in 1908 aided by Rice ’s work in talking to hospital administrators and other cities followed soon after. Violating a quiet zone usually constituted a misdemeanor offense punishable by fine imprisonment or both. Enforcing anti-noise ordinances troubled legislators at both the local and national levels especially when the perpetrator of a noise was an industry vital to a city a conflict that persists to this day. Interfering with commerce in order to protect silence was perfectly acceptable when it limited barkers peddlers or other individuals with little power. But when it came to manufacturers factories or the transporters of goods the risk of disturbing commerce outweighed the benefits to the peace. Also since noise and its treatment in the law was subjective anti-noise legislation was often ineffective. Police in urban areas had much more pressing issues at hand anyway. However the idea of “quiet zones” persisted in urban planning. The first zoning laws took noise into account designating residential zones in places separate from commerce and industry. Like noise-abatement laws zoning was also built on a foundation of inequality. One of its earliest uses created boundaries separating black and white families a practice that persisted even after the Supreme Court struck it down in 1917. Middle-class whites looking to prevent lower-income nonwhites (and to some extent lower-income whites as well) from infiltrating their neighborhoods had to come up with a different legal solution.\nToday as suburbanites return to cities they bring the fight for quiet along with them. To gentrify a neighborhood also involves quieting it down. The desire for sonic control in and around the home is prioritized above the social fabric of the city a practice exemplified by the targeting of arts and music venues that are cited as being partially responsible for neighborhood revival in the first place. In her book Beyond Unwanted Sound Marie Thompson describes an example from the industrial area of Ouseburn Valley in the United Kingdom. The region had become a hotbed of music and the arts partly because there were few residences to disturb. Eventually several venues closed after repeated run-ins with the law due to noise complaints. These complaints came not from concerned locals but from wealthy newcomers buying into new developments built explicitly to capitalize on the area’s vibrant nightlife. The noise that does the most harm doesn’t come from clubs and house parties—the causes of many garden-variety noise complaints and violations. Ironically Rice did get something right in her crusade: Industrial noise poses the worst problem although individual workers were not to blame for it as Rice had also concluded. The two largest sources of environmental noise are transportation and industrial activity. The cars for which early noise ordinances helped clear the streets have amplified that noise to a universal inescapable level. Industrial areas often designated for land close to the poorest nonwhite areas in a city are even worse.\nTo solve the environmental-noise problem cities and their citizens should learn from the mistakes of the past. Targeting the noise of individuals is ineffective antisocial and fails to eradicate the noise that really hurts people: environmental noise. Solutions to that problem must be systemic requiring a large-scale collective response across many different targets. Despite her intentions Julia Barnett Rice offers a model. She arrived at success only once she began addressing the marine industry at large. Similar approaches can work today. Instead of punishing individual transportation workers whose trucks may be too old a more comprehensive solution could target the Department of Transportation with demands to repave worn roads with the porous asphalt configurations used in Europe to reduce tire noise. Likewise any move toward using renewable energy sources will result in a quieter environment as coal and oil extraction are extremely noisy labors. At the local and state level demanding funding for repairs and improvement to outdated transit infrastructure will greatly reduce the noise caused by trains cars and trucks. Urban-planning approaches to eliminating noise on a city-by-city basis can be as simple as taking a single lane away from cars and giving it to bicycles people or green space. Improving expanding and properly funding public transit removes cars from the road both reducing the sound they produce and replacing it with quieter options like trams and high-speed light-rail. In architecture acoustics should play a greater role in all structures from mundane apartment buildings to the grandest art museums. Noise control should be a consideration from the very first planning stage rather than tacked on as an afterthought.", "output": [ "Julia Barnett Rice" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a2f1daf616142489fffe6e95034cf93", "input": "There's a mountain of greed manifesting itself in the market according to Federated Investors portfolio manager Steve Chiavarone .\nBut he says you won't find it in stocks â it's in cryptocurrencies.\nBitcoin is such a contentious emerging asset Chiavarone recently felt compelled to publish a market memo on it because he was fielding so many questions from clients and advisors.\n\"Investors wanted to be on the roller coaster in the '90s. They wanted high returns. They didn't mind volatility \" Chiavarone said.\n Chiavarone who is a bull on the actual blockchain technology believes there's a good chance bitcoin will suffer the same fate as Pets.com â one of the biggest dotcom bubble busts of the high-flying 90s before tech stocks crashed.", "output": [ "Steve Chiavarone" ] }, { "id": "task419-dd4ad77f6c9d4eec9ee18160c33825aa", "input": "David Rennie Washington Bureau Chief of The Economist joins this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour. Rennie provides a broader look at global economic trends and the rising anger from communities who feel like they’ve been left behind.\n“I think a lot of voters in a lot of rich Western countries want to be protected against competition that they feel is unfair or unbearable ” Rennie asaid.\n Rennie shared stories from talking to conservatives on the campaign trail. “My hunch is that an awful lot of grassroots conservatives what they hate is not really government. What they hate is redistribution and what they really hate is free stuff for the feckless poor on their dime ” Rennie said.\nHow does France’s election of Macron and Macron ’s analysis of what’s happening in politics compares to Trump’s? “What Macron ’s bet is is that you can make people trust you enough that you’re going to protect them from that competition but that you can’t make it go away.”", "output": [ "Macron David Rennie", "Rennie" ] }, { "id": "task419-4bdc83d14b43403c9d4be8b3de71ec82", "input": "\"The most critical situation would be that we are in the sixth day of oxygen \" the navy's spokesman Capt. Enrique Balbi said at a news conference. \"Obviously that is worrisome. Each time we are entering little by little a critical period.\"\n Balbi agreed. \"The seven days is not dogmatic. It varies according to the circumstances.\"\nEarlier the navy said that white flares spotted by a U.S. aircraft involved in the search were unlikely to have been from the sub. The San Juan carried red and green flares Balbi told reporters.\n He also said a life raft that was found in the search area early Tuesday did belong to the submarine and probably fell off another vessel.\n\"We're evaluating where the flares came from. For now based on the color they don't belong to the submarine \" Balbi said. \"It's quite common that ships pass by that area and also common that with the waves and the rocking they can lose a raft.\"\nMore than a dozen vessels and aircraft from several countries have joined in the search. Weather conditions that have hindered the search were expected to improve helping search teams comb a wider area Balbi said.", "output": [ "Enrique Balbi" ] }, { "id": "task419-04e7f74f4220415fa4ca005d8c79a3d5", "input": "MUNICH (AP) — The nuclear deal with Iran has emboldened Tehran to become increasingly aggressive in the Middle East Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday warning that Iran should \"not test Israel's resolve\" as he showed off what he said was part of a downed Iranian drone.\n Netanyahu said of Iran that if the U.S. decides to scrap the 2015 nuclear deal which he has long opposed \"I think they'll do nothing.\"\nBut Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif appearing two hours later at the same Munich Security Conference fired back that Netanyahu 's comment was \"delusional thinking.\"\nKerry dismissed Netanyahu 's contention that Iran would be on its way to having a nuclear arsenal in 10 years saying \"that's fundamentally not accurate.\"\nIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the International Security Conference in Munich Germany Sunday Feb. 18 2018. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)\n Netanyahu told world leaders diplomats and defense officials at the conference that the deal was similar to the infamous 1938 \"Munich Agreement\" that Western powers signed with Adolf Hitler in an attempt to stave off war in Europe which became synonymous with appeasement.\n\"The concessions to Hitler only emboldened the Nazi regime \" he said. \"Rather than choosing a path that might have prevented war... those well-intentioned leaders made a wider war inevitable and far more costly.\"\nSimilarly he said the Iranian nuclear agreement has \"unleashed a dangerous Iranian tiger in our region and beyond.\"\nDeclaring that Iran's \"brazenness hit new highs \" he theatrically held up a fragment of what he said was an Iranian drone shot down last week by Israel in Israeli airspace and challenged Zarif.\n\"Mr. Zarif do you recognize this? You should it's yours \" Netanyahu said. \"You can take back with you a message to the tyrants of Tehran — do not test Israel's resolve!\"\nTehran has denied that the drone belonged to Iran. Zarif on Sunday dismissed Netanyahu 's stunt as \"a cartoonish circus... which does not even deserve the dignity of a response.\"\nIranian troops along with Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed Shiite forces have aided Syrian President Bashar Assad in his war against rebel groups. Netanyahu has repeatedly warned that he will not accept a permanent Iranian military presence in postwar Syria fearing that Iran and its Shiite allies would turn their attention to Israel.\nIsrael's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the International Security Conference in Munich Germany Sunday Feb. 18 2018. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)\n Netanyahu has been projecting a business-as-usual approach on his visit to Germany amid uproar at home after police on Tuesday said was sufficient evidence to indict him for bribery fraud and breach of trust in two cases. The Israeli leader has angrily rejected the accusations and denounced what he describes as an overzealous police investigation. He has also dismissed the accusations as a witch hunt orchestrated by a hostile media.\nZarif suggested Netanyahu might be escalating tensions with Iran simply to distract from his domestic problems.\nDenouncing what he said were Israel's \"almost daily illegal incursions into Syrian airspace \" Zarif said Israel was trying \"to create these cartoonish images to blame others for its own strategic blunders or maybe to evade the domestic crisis they're facing.\"", "output": [ "Benjamin Netanyahu" ] }, { "id": "task419-ec7382967c8b4d63b51f6e43cd2671aa", "input": "ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (AP) — Al Hurricane known as the \"Godfather of New Mexico music\" for developing a distinct sound bridging the state's unique Hispanic traditions with country and rock died Sunday.\nHis son Al Hurricane Jr. told The Associated Press that his father died from complications related to a long battle against prostate cancer. Two of his daughters were at his side.\n Hurricane began his professional music career by singing in Albuquerque Old Town restaurants before releasing his first songs \"Lobo\" and \"Racer\" under the band Al Hurricane & the Night Rockers in 1962.\nIn 1969 while on a trip to Colorado a car carrying Hurricane and five band members skidded on an icy bridge and flipped five times. A piece of glass struck Hurricane and he lost his right eye. He would wear an eye patch for this rest of his life and it would become part of his unique look.\nFile - In this March 7 2011 file photo Al Hurricane center looks on as former New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici right joins former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson R-N.M. left at an event in Albuquerque N.M. Hurricane known as the \"Godfather of New Mexico music\" for developing a distinct sound bridging the state's unique Hispanic traditions with country and rock has died. Hurricane died Sunday Oct. 22 2017 from complications related to prostate cancer. He was 81. (Pat Vasquez-Cunningham/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)", "output": [ "Al Hurricane" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5e59f19129d402ca1998c4882ca6b70", "input": "Investigators have released new details in the mysterious case of a young mother in Northern California who vanished for three weeks last year — including the discovery of male DNA on her clothing even though the so-called “super mom” claimed her kidnappers were women.\n Sherri Papini disappeared on November 2 2016 while she was out for a run near her home.\nThe Shasta County sheriff’s department said that investigators collected male DNA from the clothing that she was wearing when she was found. Female DNA also was discovered on Papini ’s body. The samples have not been identified.\nDays before Papini’s disappearance police said she was texting with a man in Michigan and the two tried to meet up while he was in California. Investigators later interviewed the man and determined he was not involved in Papini ’s disappearance.\nThe mother of two disappeared in Shasta County about 215 miles north of San Francisco. Her phone with headphones attached was found alongside the rural road where she lived in the little community of Mountain Gate north of Redding according to The Mercury News. Papini was found alongside Interstate 5 in Yolo County about 100 miles from her home on Thanksgiving.\nThe FBI on Wednesday also released sketches of two women who Papini said abducted her.\nThe first woman was described by Papini as Hispanic between 20 and 30 years old about 5 feet 5 inches tall with coarse curly dark hair thin eyebrows and pierced ears FBI officials said.\n“This has been an extraordinarily difficult time for our entire family ” he said in a written statement Wednesday. “We ask that the media please respect our need for privacy as Sherri continues to heal and we work towards putting our lives back together.”\nPapini and her husband are believed to still live in Redding Calif.\n“It has taken time for Sherri to recover to a point to be able to provide accurate details to the sketch artist ” the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release noting FBI artists are being released 10 months after her disappearance because of Papini ’s difficulty in recalling what her abductors looked like. “The sketches then needed to be finalized and approved for release by the FBI.”\n Papini also told investigators the women were driving a dark-colored SUV with a “large rear side window.”\n“ Sherri continues to look at photographs of various makes and models of SUV’s in an effort to provide a more detailed description ” the sheriff’s office said.\nThe sheriff’s office also gave additional details on Papini ’s physical condition when she was found.\n Her nose was broken and she was wearing a chain restraint around her waist. Her blonde hair had been cut to shoulder length and she had a brand burned into her right shoulder.\nThe sheriff’s office added “ Sherri however stated she had not been sexually assaulted and there is no physical evidence to indicate otherwise.”", "output": [ "Sherri Papini" ] }, { "id": "task419-fbca94d5c64c4e379163107bb0783925", "input": "Related Magic Leap: Founder of Secretive Start-Up Unveils Mixed-Reality Goggles Rony Abovitz talks with Glixel about the tech and ambitions behind new MR Goggles\n Rony Abovitz seems at home in his office a sizable cube made up of three glass walls and one constructed of an array of oddly-shaped shelving seemingly custom designed to hold its collection of models toys books and other pop culture jetsam. There are two others in the room with us but after I ask Abovitz about his inspiration he drops into a monolog that lasts with few interruptions about an hour. In it he tells me a bit of his childhood his college days the growth and sale of his first company and finally the technology that empowers everything they do at Magic Leap.\nWhat started Abovitz down his unique path was a love of the creator - of the science fiction authors and painters who would later have a tremendous impact on his life. Those creations he says put an idea in your head those ideas become dreams and those dreams inspire a strong desire to figure out how to turn them into reality. “At least for me ” he says. “I think I grew up watching a lot of cartoons a lot of science fiction also reading a lot of great novels from Elie Wiesel and all kinds of people.”\n“I think a lot of people who want to do those things they write books; they do art they write music ” he says. “That's where you can do everything you want you can imagine it and it can happen over there. But I was like ‘What if that stuff could happen in the world?’”\nThat early love of science fiction and of things that may one day possibly be is what likely drove Abovitz to study biomedical engineering in college. After working on his Masters a project that involved the creation of shape-memory aortic implants Abovitz ’ interested shifted to orthopedic surgery and neurosurgery.\n“I was imagining this very high-tech thing going on where there are people in space suits and like infrared stuff. You just wave something over and you automatically have this miniaturized healing process with tiny little droids ” he says. “But it was the opposite of that; it was like Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I literally had blood and bone sprayed all over me. I was in a hip surgery and it was just horrifying.\nSo he and a team of like-minded friends and colleagues set about building an operating system for the operating room and a robotic arm to help improve surgeries. That first company later became Mako Surgical Corp. While the introduction of robotic arms into orthopedic surgery was a breakthrough it brought along with it a number of other key inventions and gave Abovitz his first taste of being bringing science fiction into the real world.", "output": [ "Rony Abovitz" ] }, { "id": "task419-8761b4f64438444a811c3bc758c6cffe", "input": "Pence who is set to lead the U.S. delegation at the opening ceremonies Friday made the announcement in Japan on Wednesday following meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.\nIn meetings with government leaders military officials and U.S. service members Pence said he wants to make sure the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics don't distract from North Korea's human rights abuses and nuclear program. He met with Abe at his official residence to discuss increasing pressure on the North.\n\"The United States is with you in this challenge \" Pence told Abe as they began their talks. \"And we will continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Japan the people of South Korea and our allies and partners across the region until we achieve the global objective of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.\"\nU.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe 's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday Feb. 7 2018. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi Pool)\nU.S. Vice President Mike Pence left speaks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a joint press conference at Abe 's official residence in Tokyo Wednesday Feb. 7 2018. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi Pool)\n Abe echoed Pence's comments urging countries \"not to be lured by the charm offensive of North Korea.\" He added that the U.S. and Japan are \"100 percent on the same page\" on North Korean policy.", "output": [ "Shinzo Abe" ] }, { "id": "task419-7eb7d2094d014255a6ea0056e3650440", "input": "Mavis Staples was just eight years old when one evening in 1948 her father Roebuck \"Pops\" Staples sat her and her siblings down on the floor of their South Side Chicago apartment and taught them their first-ever song: the country-gospel traditional \"Will the Circle Be Unbroken.\"\nSeventy years later and little more than 10 miles north of that same childhood home Mavis Staples was in Jeff Tweedy's loft recording studio listening to some new songs he had written when Tweedy began strumming a plaintive folk number called \"Peaceful Dream.\"\nAs soon as he began to play the song Staples was immediately reminded of her first experience as a singer.\n Tweedy was overjoyed; that's exactly what he had intended.\n\"Mavis \" he responded \"I'm even playing a couple of Pops' guitar licks in there.\"\n\"Peaceful Dream\" forms the backbone of Staples' latest album If All I Was Was Black her third collaboration with Tweedy since 2010. It is the latest release in an incredibly prolific period of work from Staples during which she has toured nearly constantly appeared at several high-profile tribute concerts in her honor and found time to team up with M. Ward for her rootsy 2016 record Livin' on a High Note.\nBut unlike her first two cheery largely apolitical records with Tweedy including their Grammy-winning 2010 collaborative debut You Are Not Alone Staples' new album – out November 17th – is a pointed piece of social commentary that directly recalls the social-justice anthems Mavis once sang with the Staple Singers alongside Dr. Martin Luther King in the Sixties.\n\"Mavis was really surprisingly OK with sounding angry \" Tweedy says of their new album. \"It's the first time since we started working together where there's been a righteous anger that she's been comfortable with.\"\n\"Mavis and I talked about how sadly the time isn't right to put out another happy feel-good record \" Tweedy explains. \"It's time to remind people that the songs that she sings from the time with her father and the Staple Singers back when they were embedded in the civil-rights movement those songs aren't nostalgic. I think people can sometimes take them that way when she does her shows. I thought it would be great if we could make a record that was all about now and that really hammered home the point that this is not a struggle that's over. In a lot of ways it's not a struggle that we 've even begun the types of conversations that we need to have.\"\n\"I've never taken 'Freedom Highway' out of my set because I knew we weren't finished my work wasn't finished \" says Staples. \"But I never thought I'd have to go this far.\"\n\"Jeff Tweedy and I knew we had to get back together \" she continues. \"I had to get back to the master back to the downright poet. Me and Jeff Tweedy we 've been there I more so than Tweedy has and we know what we 're talking about we know what needs to be heard.\"\nOne song that Staples specifically played a large part in writing was the title track. In its earliest stage Tweedy was hesitant about even singing the song himself asking Staples if she thought it was OK for him to show her an early version of the song. \"There's a demo version of me singing 'If All I Was Was Black '\" Tweedy says with nervous laughter. \"I don't know if that should ever see the light of day.\"\nWhen her record label was testing out various ideas for the album cover Mavis Staples insisted on a stark side-profile photograph of the singer that covered most of her face in dark shadows.\n\"They were trying out some different ideas and I said no 'Just put me on the cover black as I can be '\" she says. \"It's beautiful.\"\nStaples was inspired to record her new album in part by a recent slew of young singers she 's seen carry on her tradition of socially minded freedom songs. In the past year alone Rhiannon Giddens named her most recent album Freedom Highway (and covered the Staple Singer original) while artists like Gorillaz and Benjamin Booker have enlisted Staples to sing on 2017 anthems like \"Let Me Out\" and \"Witness.\"\nWhen Staples first heard the latter written by Booker she thought \"Lord thank you Jesus we got some help. Me and Tweedy got some help.\"", "output": [ "Jeff Tweedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-06586016b8db4431b40f75c0c66e1b35", "input": "Officials at the U.S. Embassy said they interviewed Cheema this week and sent a report of his account to the State Department. E-mails sent to the spokesmen for the ISI and the Pakistani army requesting comment were not answered.\n Cheema had won a Daniel Pearl Journalism Fellowship to train foreign journalists in 2007 and worked in The New York Times newsroom for six months at that time. He has worked at The News since 2007.\n In interviews he said his car was stopped near his home in the capital by men with the words \"no fear\" inscribed on their clothes. Once he was blindfolded and driven to the safe house he was handed over to another group of men who carried out the abuse he said. After six hours he was dumped on a road 100 miles from the capital Islamabad.\n Cheema says he wrote more than 50 articles this year that questioned various aspects of the conduct of the military and the government including corruption accusations against the president Asif Ali Zardari.\n In his article Cheema reported that two members of the Special Services Group an elite commando squad were being denied fair justice during the court-martial proceedings.\n In another article Cheema wrote that the suspects in a major terrorist attack against a bus carrying ISI employees were acquitted because of the \"mishandling\" of the court case by the intelligence agency.\n While Cheema has chosen to publicize his case he is not the only journalist or politician to come under the apparent harassment of the security services.\n Earlier this year Cheema said he was called to a coffee shop in Islamabad by an ISI officer and warned to fall into line.\n At a journalists' seminar in Lahore the editor of a weekly newspaper Najam Sethi said it was up to the ISI to declare who had attacked Cheema.", "output": [ "Umar Cheema", "Cheema" ] }, { "id": "task419-60acd3e5930545feaec8474b077abf33", "input": "LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oklahoma’s Dimitri Flowers and Georgia’s Christian Payne have the same title but very different job descriptions.\n Both are listed as fullbacks. For Flowers that’s really a misnomer. Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley thinks of Flowers as an H-back as in hybrid. The senior lines up everywhere — receiver tight end tailback — allowing the Sooners’ offense to quickly morph from one look to another.\n“Really really tough ” Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley said Saturday at Rose Bowl media day. “Most guys just learning to play one position well is difficult. For (Flowers) you’re talking about playing three of four different positions and being able to do them at a high level.”\n Flowers said he has lined up in as many as eight different spots during a single game.\n“Besides quarterback he ’s got to know as much as anybody ” co-offensive coordinator Cale Gundy said.\n Flowers has only 36 touches this season (13 carries and 23 catches) but he has scored eight touchdowns (four rushing and four receiving). As a runner the 247-pounder mostly handles short yardage averaging 2.0 yards per carry. As a receiver he is a big-play threat at 17.9 yards a catch.\nFlowers’ versatility allows the Sooners to operate up-tempo because they don’t need to change personnel as often. Tight end Mark Andrews provides similar benefits. The All-American is split out wide or lined up in the slot far more than he is in tight next to an offensive tackle. He ’ll occasionally line up in the backfield. Running back Rodney Anderson is also a major part of Oklahoma’s passing game with 16 catches for 283 yards and five touchdowns.", "output": [ "Dimitri Flowers" ] }, { "id": "task419-58367652a2d14e9787019d02f741b487", "input": "Inside the immigration office in Tel Aviv Yohannes Tesfagabr considered his options. He could not return to Eritrea a country he risked his life to flee in 2010. He hoped to avoid the fate of compatriots who languished in a desert jail for illegally staying in Israel.\nTwo weeks later he was on a flight to Uganda.\n Tesfagabr said his group of Eritreans was not taken through the official immigration desk upon arrival in Uganda. They were ushered through the cargo area by a Ugandan official and driven to a hotel in the capital Kampala. Their passports were confiscated. Hours later the undocumented Eritreans were dismissed.\nThe five other Eritreans declined to talk to The Associated Press because of safety concerns. But Tesfagabr said he wanted to speak out because he felt he had been harshly treated by Israel a country he had grown to love.\n\"My Hebrew is four times better than my English \" he said one recent evening.\n Tesfagabr a village boy who felt hopeless after being forcefully conscripted into Eritrea's army arrived in Israel in 2012 the victim of alleged traffickers in Sudan who helped him cross a border point in the Sinai after his family was made to pay a $3 900 ransom. To force his parents to pay his captors beat him and staged mock executions.\nWhen two compatriots were jailed for overstaying their visas Tesfagabr knew his days were numbered.", "output": [ "Yohannes Tesfagabr" ] }, { "id": "task419-dab0f814beef4850bf236ab468c3d405", "input": "WATCH: Raheem Kassam took the BBC down a peg for obsessing over Trump's Twitter account while ignoring the real issues like how the British establishment are using this to drive a wedge between Britain and her ally the U.S. the dangers of radical Islamism and the hollowing out of our societies.\nBreitbart London editor in chief Raheem Kassam hit back at the BBC’s rolling coverage of United States President’s Twitter account Thursday remarking the response to recent Tweets was more akin to preparations for war than mere social media.\nCriticising the massive “breathless coverage” of Wednesday’s retweets by the President of a series of videos purporting to show Islamist outrages Kassam told BBC anchor Jane Hill that ” the whole media and political establishment [has gone into] hysterical overdrive over Tweets.”\nHammering the point home Kassam continued: “An emergency debate in Parliament — are we so scared of these fringe organisations these days that we have to have an emergency debate in Parliament the Archbishop of Canterbury the Prime Minister the Home Secretary. These are things you do in a time of war not over a couple of Tweets.”\nResponding to the BBC following the British government in pouring scorn on President Trump for retweeting videos of Muslim attacks Kassam said: “You made a misstatement there. You call it inflammatory — two out of the three of those tweets we know are factual things that happened and the world needs to know about them.", "output": [ "Raheem Kassam" ] }, { "id": "task419-d7dc68f1c8284051b43ff8d8086483ab", "input": "But now he has been elected president and accordingly , if I could have helped shape foreign policy to protect the country I love , I would have been more than willing to do so ,\" Romney said through a spokesperson . \nHow does Romney now speak out when Trump next disgraces himself & the country on something Romney cares about ? \nAnd while the Trump team offered cordial , diplomatic niceties for Romney , a step removed from that orbit , the president-elect 's confidants were gloating about a former rival 's diminishment . \nAs Romney noted , he and Reid have a fraught history , with the senator once infamously accusing Romney of not having paid taxes for 10 years . \n\"Mitt Romney is somebody I had respect for ,\" Reid said , in a somewhat dubious assertion . \nBut it stood to reason that next to Trump 's other options for secretary of state , Reid might have found Romney the most capable of the bunch . \nHe replied that by showing a willingness to work for a man he so thoroughly criticized , Romney had proved himself incapable for the task of secretary of state . \n\"I would n't want someone who has the character that Mitt Romney is showing ,\" Reid said . \nOver the past few weeks , Donald Trump made a spectacle of his consideration of Mitt Romney for the role of America 's chief diplomat . \nOn Tuesday morning , \"The Apprentice : Foggy Bottom Edition\" culminated in Trump announcing that he was passing over Romney for the post , choosing Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson instead . \n\"Donald Trump was interviewing Mitt Romney for secretary of State in order to torture him ,\" Stone said . \nIn dispensing with Romney the way he did , Trump defanged a potential critic . \nRomney 's defenders have framed his decision to offer himself up for the secretary of state position as an act of patriotism . \nIn a statement to HuffPost , Romney expressed no regret for changing his approach to a president-elect he once called a con artist . \nReid argued that Romney , who 'd called Trump a fraud during the presidential campaign , had lost any ability to criticize the soon-to-be-president by eagerly offering himself up for the secretary of state gig .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb159d022f8d46b486471a11a4e270e6", "input": "The testimony by EPA Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator Barry Breen before a House oversight subcommittee conflicts with the agency's policy positions under President Donald Trump who has called climate change a hoax. Breen's boss EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is an ardent fossil fuel promoter who questions the validity of mainstream climate science.\nUnder the Obama administration EPA issued a robust plan for prioritizing cleanup and protection of toxic sites located in flood zones and areas vulnerable to sea level rise. However a Superfund Task Force appointed by Pruitt last year issued a 34-page list of recommendations that makes no mention of climate change flooding risks from stronger storms or rising seas.\nEPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox did not respond to questions Thursday about whether Pruitt agreed with Breen's testimony or precisely what the agency is currently doing to address to risks posed to Superfund sites by climate change.\n Pruitt says he has made faster Superfund site cleanups a high priority for the agency. Pruitt 's task force on the issue is led by Albert \"Kell\" Kelly a former Oklahoma banker with no experience as an environmental regulator.\nAP reported in August that Pruitt hired Kelly as a senior adviser at EPA after federal financial regulators cited Kelly for unspecified violations while serving as the top executive at a community bank in Oklahoma. Kelly previously served as chairman of Tulsa-based SpiritBank which provided a $6.8 million financing when Pruitt and his business partners purchased Oklahoma City's minor league baseball team in 2003.", "output": [ "Scott Pruitt" ] }, { "id": "task419-5a33262691434b7a947e0eac9fb3118e", "input": "Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney shared the story of her alleged sexual assault at the hands of former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar in an emotional statement on Twitter late Tuesday night.\n Maroney said she was inspired by the #metoo movement on social media which has encouraged victims to share their personal stories in order to show the widespread problem of sexual harassment and sexual assault. The hashtag was inspired by the allegations of harassment and assault against movie executive Harvey Weinstein. Weinstein through a spokesperson has denied all allegations of nonconsensual sex.\n\"I was molested by Dr. Larry Nassar the team doctor for the US Women’s National Gymnastics Team and Olympic Team \" Maroney said in the statement. \"Dr. Nassar told me that I was receiving 'medically necessary treatment that he had been performing on patients for over 30 years.'\n\"For me the scariest night of my life happened when I was 15 years old \" Maroney continued. \"I had flown all day and night with the team to get to Tokyo. He’d given me a sleeping pill for the flight and the next thing I know I was all alone with him in his hotel room getting a 'treatment.' I thought I was going to die that night.\"\n Maroney proposed four ideas to change the pattern of assault: speaking out; holding \"people institutions organizations\" and \"especially those in positions of power\" accountable; education and prevention; and finally having \"zero tolerance for abusers and those who protect them.\"\nIn a statement to ABC News today USA Gymnastics said it “admires the courage of those like McKayla Maroney who have come forward to share their personal experiences with sexual abuse . Because of their strength in coming forward predators can be held accountable for their actions. We like so many others are outraged and disgusted by the conduct of which Larry Nassar is accused. We are sorry that any athlete has been harmed during her or his gymnastics career.”", "output": [ "McKayla Maroney" ] }, { "id": "task419-c093eca3983a45238917e45fdf767149", "input": "Ty Dolla $ ign and YG unveiled a vibrant new video for \" Ex \" their collaboration from the R & B star ' s 2017 album Beach House 3 . \" Ex \" boasts a throwback Nineties beat based around a sample of 112 ' s \" Only You \" featuring the Notorious B . I . G . The David Camarena - directed clip fittingly finds Ty Dolla $ ign and YG sauntering through lively party scenes and driving lowriders outfitted with hydraulics . Ty Dolla $ ign will embark on a North American trek in support of Beach House 3 this winter . The Don ' t Judge Me Tour kicks off February 21st in Santa Ana California and wraps April 12th in Los Angeles . Throughout the tour Ty will receive support from TC Da Loc and Dre Sinatra while 24hrs Marc E . Bassy and Toni Romiti will appear as special guests during different stretches . In an interview with Rolling Stone Ty Dolla $ ign spoke about growing as a singer and trying to revive R & B with Beach House 3 . \" Remember when R & B used to be on the Hot 100 ? It just stopped \" he said . \" I felt like I had to dumb myself down a lot . I know a lot of people feel like that . There ' s a lot of people out there that can really sing but you don ' t really hear them … With this project I sung my ass off . But it ' s still gonna be a mainstream vibe . That ' s all I ' m trying to do : Make a lane for the singers .\"", "output": [ "Ty Dolla" ] }, { "id": "task419-03dc8c207765418e952e94981fdcd8f5", "input": "Image copyright EPA Image caption Barnaby Joyce will take one week of leave Malcolm Turnbull says\nIn a press briefing he condemned Barnaby Joyce for a \"shocking error of judgement\".\n Mr Joyce will take a leave of absence from Monday amid scrutiny over whether he breached ministerial standards.\nBoth Mr Joyce and Mr Turnbull deny that any rules as defined were broken.\n\" Barnaby made a shocking error of judgement in having an affair with a young woman working in his office \" he said.\n\"In doing so he has set off a world of woe for those women and appalled all of us. Our hearts go out to them.\"", "output": [ "Barnaby Joyce Barnaby", "Barnaby" ] }, { "id": "task419-a0ec4960beeb40be8702ba8b5fe8ca61", "input": "\"Anyone right of Bernie Sanders is considered intolerant and a bigot .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-e795c07ce0fe4578842a945592f48a1b", "input": "\"As far as talent-wise , I match up with Kevin -LSB- Durant -RSB- , LeBron -LSB- James -RSB- , I match up with the best guys in the world ,\" Beasley told Bleacher Report 's Yaron Weitzman . \nIt 's safe to say , however , that even at his best he wo n't come close to approaching the productivity of LeBron James or Kevin Durant .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-cca786f0afc84415a29fdc441df90710", "input": "Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman has stripped down for Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit issue.\nThe move comes after Raisman made headlines recently for presenting a powerful 13-minute testimony against Larry Nassar during which she directly told the former Olympic doctor “You are nothing.\"\n“I would like to remind everyone that being a survivor is nothing to be ashamed of and going through a hard time does not define you ” Raisman said to SI Swim. “I hope that we can one day get to a point where everyone realizes that women do not have to be modest to be respected. We are free to draw confidence and happiness in our own way and it is never for someone else to choose for us or to even judge us for that matter.”\n“For me ‘In Her Own Words’ serves as a reminder that we are all humans we are all battling something and it is OK to not be OK ” Raisman said. “We are not alone and we need each other.”\n“You lose a part of yourself when you’re abused ” Raisman recently told People. “I lost a part of myself and I’m getting it back by speaking out.”", "output": [ "Aly Raisman" ] }, { "id": "task419-55658f59380748c8a0459c08646fc832", "input": "A report with the New York Times today is saying that there was more to the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Donald Trump Jr. several members of the Trump campaign team and a Kremlin-connected attorney Natalia V. Veselnitskaya was more calculated than originally reported.\nBut interviews and records show that in the months before the meeting Ms. Veselnitskaya had discussed the allegations with one of Russia’s most powerful officials the prosecutor general Yuri Y. Chaika. And the memo she brought with her closely followed a document that Mr. Chaika’s office had given to an American congressman two months earlier incorporating some paragraphs verbatim. The coordination between the Trump Tower visitor and the Russian prosecutor general undercuts Ms. Veselnitskaya’s account that she was a purely independent actor when she sat down with Donald Trump Jr. Jared Kushner the president’s son-in-law and Paul J. Manafort then the Trump campaign chairman. It also suggests that emails from an intermediary to the younger Mr. Trump promising that Ms. Veselnitskaya would arrive with information from Russian prosecutors were rooted at least partly in fact — not mere “puffery ” as the president’s son later said.\nThe memo that Ms. Veselnitskaya brought to the Trump Tower meeting alleged that Ziff Brothers Investments an American firm had illegally purchased shares in a Russian company and evaded tens of millions of dollars of Russian taxes. The company was the financial vehicle of three billionaire brothers two of them major donors to Democratic candidates including Mrs. Clinton. By implication Ms. Veselnitskaya said those political contributions were tainted by “stolen” money. Kremlin officials viewed the charges as extremely significant. The Ziff brothers had invested in funds managed by William F. Browder an American-born financier and fierce Kremlin foe. Mr. Browder was the driving force behind a 2012 law passed by Congress imposing sanctions on Russian officials for human rights abuses. The law known as the Magnitsky Act froze Western bank accounts of officials on the sanctions list – including Mr. Chaika’s deputy — and banned them from entering the United States. It was named after Sergei L.Magnitsky a tax lawyer who had worked for Mr. Browder and who died in a Moscow jail after exposing a massive fraud scheme involving Russian officials.\nAs a former prosecutor for the Moscow regional government Veselnitskaya has traveled to the U.S. quite a bit in order to lobby against the Magnitsky Act.\nWhile investigating Mr. Browder and his investors Ms. Veselnitskaya unearthed what she considered evidence of a financial and tax fraud scheme. In October 2015 she took her findings about Mr. Browder and the Ziff brothers directly to Mr. Chaika Russia’s top prosecutor and a man whom she has said she knows personally. Mr. Chaika was highly pleased with her report according to a former colleague of Ms. Veselnitskaya who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions. In April 2016 Ms. Veselnitskaya teamed with Mr. Chaika’s office to pass the accusations to an American congressional delegation visiting Moscow. An official with the Russian prosecutor general’s office gave a memo detailing the charges — stamped “confidential”— to Representative Dana Rohrabacher a California Republican who is considered to be one of the most pro-Russia lawmakers in Congress and who heads a subcommittee that helps oversee U.S. policy toward Russia.\n Ms. Veselnitskaya handed a nearly identical memo to Representative French Hill Republican of Arkansas. She has said she also met with Mr. Rohrabacher then although he said that he does not recall the encounter. The next month Mr. Chaika’s office described the alleged scheme on prosecutor general’s website.\nThe documents brought by Veselnitskaya resembled the same documents given to Rohrabacher with some of the wording exact.\nRussian elites have been known to mount independent initiatives to curry favor with the Kremlin. But a number of well-known Russian analysts called it inconceivable that Ms. Veselnitskaya would have bypassed her own government to deliver what are now unmistakably official allegations to an American presidential campaign. Said Gleb O. Pavlovsky the president of the Fund for Effective Politics a Moscow research institute: “She had guidance.”", "output": [ "Natalia V. Veselnitskaya" ] }, { "id": "task419-8053932fe2604c32b81d372c41c4218e", "input": "Five months after the deadliest human smuggling tragedy in more than a decade unfolded in his city San Antonio Police Chief William McManus did something unusual: He opted to retain local control over a similar investigation rather than hand the case off to his federal counterparts at Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In the process the police chief released a dozen immigrants found in a tractor trailer from government custody and opened himself up to criticism from proponents of President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda.\nAccording to a police report shared with The Intercept and comments McManus made to reporters Thursday the story began on December 23 when an SAPD officer responded to a call regarding a suspicious 18-wheeler parked with its trailer door open. A man who identified himself as the owner of the truck was pacing around the vehicle the responding officer reported. Inside the trailer along both sides were a dozen people — 10 men and two women. When the officer asked one of the men where he was from the man responded “Guatemala.”\nBy the time McManus arrived the 12 individuals suspected of being undocumented immigrants were seated on a curb. Consistent with past investigations special agents with ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations wing had already been notified. McManus said Thursday that he was at the scene “for probably a good hour and a half” before he made a highly uncommon call: Breaking with tradition his department would handle the case on its own pursuing it as a state-level smuggling investigation.\nThe driver Herbert Alan Nichols was arrested. Under questioning at police headquarters the 58-year-old reportedly admitted to picking up the migrants at a warehouse in the border city of Laredo. Under the state smuggling charge he could serve as many as 20 years in prison. Following interviews with detectives the men and women found in the trailer ranging from ages 16 to 41 were released to local organizations working on immigration issues. McManus told the press that his officers did not have the jurisdiction to hold the individuals and enforce immigration laws against them.\nWhile McManus ’s decision to handle the investigation in-house might seem less than noteworthy layers of context suggest otherwise.\nThe state smuggling charge McManus and his department chose to pursue in the case is similarly uncommon at least in the frequency it has been used. At Thursday’s press conference San Antonio District Attorney Nico LaHood said it was the first time the charge had been brought to his office since taking the job in 2015. The Express News reported the statute has only led to one conviction in Bexar County where the truck was found since it was signed into law in 2011. McManus said his decision to keep the investigation under the SAPD umbrella and pursue the state-level smuggling charge was “situational” and “based on a fairly fluid situation on the scene ” not the result of a change in policy.\n“This is not necessarily the way every case is going to be handled going forward ” he said.\nThe San Antonio police chief’s careful description of his decision in December is likely linked to the tumultuous state of immigration enforcement politics playing out in Texas which in turn reflects debates swirling around immigration policies nationwide. By noting that his decision was not part of any change in policy McManus appeared to be making an effort to avoid any accusations that he was in violation of the controversial newly passed Texas law known as SB4 which penalizes public officials who oversee policies that prevent police officers from asking individuals about their immigration status. Although SB4 has been challenged in the courts this particular provision remains in place. Locally McManus is already facing pushback for his decision. Mike Helle president of the union for San Antonio police officers told the Express News “If any one of our guys did this any one of them they’d probably be put on administrative duty and terminated from the Police Department.”\nAsked if the deportation of material witnesses in the July case informed his decision in December McManus told reporters Thursday that it did not. “I don’t want to point fingers at any other agency ” he added. “We have a very very very good working relationship with HSI and intend to continue having a good relationship.” McManus said he met with the head of HSI in San Antonio that morning to discuss protocols for the handling of similar cases though he would not say what those protocols include.\n McManus did however add that his department was abiding by an agreement made with local immigrant rights organizations following the July tragedy to utilize a DOJ grant designed to help local law enforcement support victims in similar circumstances. Immigration advocates are hopeful that the police chief’s decision could mark a turn to a more compassionate victim-centered approach in such cases. Whether such a shift is actually underway or if it would survive the ultra-heated climate surrounding immigration enforcement politics remains to be seen.", "output": [ "William McManus" ] }, { "id": "task419-69af8a0e63e1400d9d47fd01a8b16661", "input": "ALBANY N.Y. — Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has followed through on a promise to donate campaign contributions he has collected from disgraced Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein.\nState campaign finance filings show Cuomo gave $111 000 he received from Weinstein to Women’s Justice Now a New York City-based charitable organization associated with the National Organization for Women.\n Cuomo first said he would give the money back in October after several women stepped forward to accuse Weinstein of sexual misconduct. Weinstein has denied any nonconsensual sexual activity.\n Cuomo says he plans to seek a third term this November. He also has been mentioned as a possible White House candidate in 2020.\nA fundraising report filed Wednesday says Cuomo has $30 million in his campaign account.", "output": [ "Cuomo" ] }, { "id": "task419-0833670b3ab74652a1e60afda3392a07", "input": "\"This is a good blessing for both Chinese and Australian peoples and it is also a vital element to promoting the balanced development of world economy and sustainable development \" Xi said.\n Xi said China has attached great importance to its relations with Australia and regarded Australia as a trust-worthy partner.\n He said both sides should make full use of various chances to push forward the bilateral comprehensive cooperative relationship into a higher level.\n The vice president thus put forward a five-point proposal on boosting the relationship according to a press release issued by the Chinese delegation.\n He said both sides should further increase mutual political trust and keep timely and close communication on bilateral relations and other important issues of common concern.\n He also said both sides should expand and explore more substantial cooperation adding that more efforts could be made on sustainable development cooperation financial cooperation and two- way investment.\n Xi said both sides should enhance people-to-people and cultural exchange so as to increase mutual trust expand consensus and deepen mutual understanding and friendship.\n He also said both sides should properly handle some sensitive issues adding that respecting each other's key interest and major concerns is a vital basis to sustain the long-term healthy development of the China-Australia relations.\n He said the issues like Taiwan and Tibet are concerned with sovereignty territorial integrity and national security which are vital principled issues related to China's key interest.\n China appreciates Australia's adherence to the one China principle and respect for China's sovereignty and territorial integrity Xi noted.\n He also said both sides should enhance communication and coordination on multilateral and global issues so as to make more contribution to world peace and development.\n Kevin Rudd on his part said the Australia-China relations are of vital importance to Australia noting that Xi's current visit would push the development of bilateral relationship effectively.", "output": [ "Xi Jinping", "Xi" ] }, { "id": "task419-d0a02eb57cc94c78aee25c52db79f122", "input": "Before he was the governor of Massachusetts or the 2012 Republican presidential nominee , Mitt Romney launched an unsuccessful 1994 campaign to unseat Sen. Ted Kennedy . \n\"But I have to say that I would be very pleased if Mitt Romney did run for Senate . \n\"I am still not completely convinced that at 72 , Mitt wants to commute to D.C. to vote on obscure judges and the naming of post office buildings . \n... \"There 's no one on the planet who could beat Mitt Romney in a Senate race in Utah ,\" quipped Cann . \nIf Mitt Romney does run , there will be cheers from the gallery and enthusiasm from every corner of the state .\"", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-86bbb0ccea9a4522841b2599d1744c51", "input": "A local magistrate issued an arrest warrant Monday for DeAndre Harris on a charge of unlawful wounding after a man identified by Harris' attorney as Harold Ray Crews reported that he was injured by the 20-year-old during the brawl. Crews who describes himself as a \"Southern Nationalist\" and a lawyer on Twitter did not return phone calls seeking comment.\nThe magistrate's charge against Harris who suffered a spinal injury and a head laceration that required 10 stitches came less than 48 hours after a second rally by white supremacists and white nationalists in Charlottesville and caught the city's police department by surprise.\nZach D. Roberts / AP DeAndre Harris bottom is assaulted in a parking garage beside the Charlottesville police station after a white nationalist rally was disbursed by police in Charlottesville Va. on Aug. 12 2017. DeAndre Harris bottom is assaulted in a parking garage beside the Charlottesville police station after a white nationalist rally was disbursed by police in Charlottesville Va. on Aug. 12 2017. (Zach D. Roberts / AP) (Zach D. Roberts / AP)\n Harris' attorney S. Lee Merritt denounced the charge and said it was orchestrated by the League of the South an organization labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group. Crews who runs the group's North Carolina chapter was not injured \"in any way\" by Harris Merritt said.\n\"Did you hear the news?\" Wallace asked. \"DeAndre Harris is going to jail. Yeah he is being booked this morning. His whole story was another race hoax.\"\n\"Dear Jacob Scott Goodwin age 22 of Ward Arkansas \" King posted on his Facebook page Sept. 24. \"We have looked for you for a month. In the end it was your hair your bracelets your glasses your tattoo on your forearm the white supremacist pins and necklaces and your own bragging online that helped us identify you as one of the felony attackers of DeAndre Harris in Charlottesville. Soon you will be arrested ...\"", "output": [ "DeAndre Harris" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e1db48b6c614eadbdb3ebfb95ccd4fd", "input": "But both Spinelli and Liman understood that , as with the Bush family , they could n't tell Seal 's story and not at least tip their hats to the cottage industry of fringe Clinton conspiracies involving him . \nThe most eyebrow-raising moments in American Made , however , come when Seal crosses paths with two other major historical figures : Bill Clinton and George W. Bush . \nSeal was murdered in 1986 , by Colombian nationals allegedly carrying out a contract on his life -- a fact that , coupled with the fuzzy details surrounding his possible collusion with federal intelligence officials , makes him terrific fodder for a different kind of storytelling , and is ultimately what led the filmmakers to include Clinton and Bush in American Made . \nFor example , Spinelli said , \"one of the big conspiracy theories around Barry is that he was -LSB- George -RSB- H.W. Bush 's personal pilot , and when Barry was killed , he had Bush 's phone number in his back pocket .\" \nWhich is how American Made , which opens Sept. 29 , ended up with a scene in which Seal is waiting for a meeting at the White House while sitting next to a young George W. Bush -LRB- Connor Trinneer -RRB- as they exchange small talk about piloting planes . \n\"I just wanted to put a little fun thing between Barry and George W. Bush to just sort of say , ` We 're not ignorant of those allegations , '\" said Liman .\" \nSpinelli said that since Seal reportedly did visit the Reagan White House , he was OK with placing him next to Bush , who also regularly visited the White House when his father was vice president . \n\"You know , there 's dramatic license there , but both -LSB- Seal and Bush -RSB- were pilots , and I just thought it would be a cool moment to have -LSB- H.W. Bush 's -RSB- son meet Barry in the hallway ,\" he said . \n-LRB- Representatives for George W. Bush did not respond to a request to comment . -RRB-", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-43c5a89914d245c19ae8f50ea788bc4f", "input": "Outgoing Democratic Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe told a national television audience he 'd knock President Donald Trump to the floor if the president ever tried to intimidate him.\nDuring an interview Thursday on MSNBC's \"Hardball \" Chris Matthews asked McAuliffe how he would respond if Trump tried to intimidate him during a debate by hovering over him as he did during the 2016 presidential election with Hillary Clinton a close friend of McAuliffe 's.\n\"You'd have to pick him up off the floor \" McAuliffe said.\nWhen Matthews laughed and asked if he meant he would \"deck\" Trump McAuliffe answered with a straight face.\n\"But if he ever came over and leaned on me and got in my space that would be the last time Donald Trump ever did that. I promise you that \" he added.\n McAuliffe who was a top Democratic fundraiser before being elected governor in 2013 is set to leave office Saturday. He has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate.\n McAuliffe has been a vocal critic of Trump particularly after Trump said \"both sides\" shared blame after white nationalists and counterprotestors clashed during a deadly rally in Charlottesville in August.\nDuring the \"Hardball\" interview McAuliffe also called Trump \"an embarrassment to our country.\"", "output": [ "Terry McAuliffe" ] }, { "id": "task419-1936a05628c4481b88ec12aaf6256e6a", "input": "Comedian Bill Maher jokes about his newfound love for Mitt Romney during the latest episode of \"The Messy Truth ,\" a town hall series hosted by Van Jones . \nBack in 2012 , Maher reminds Jones in Thursday 's episode , he gave Obama \"a million dollars\" to prevent Romney , the then Republican presidential nominee , from becoming president . \nBut since the election of Donald Trump , Maher says , things are now so bad he \"would happily give that million dollars to Mitt Romney if he would take over the country .\" \n\"I gave it to prevent Mitt Romney from being president . \nNow I 'm begging Mitt Romney to be president ,\" he says .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-36b350e8edd74aedb567f2ad1cec9bd9", "input": "Olympic flag bearer Pita Taufatofua is concerned about his home country of Tonga after it was hit by a cyclone that destroyed Parliament House as well as churches and homes.\nThe 34-year-old cross-country skier thanked people on Facebook for their messages of support and said he still hasn't heard if friends and family are safe.\n Taufatofua gained international attention at the Winter Olympics when he marched bare chested into the opening ceremony carrying his country's flag. He also marched bare chested in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Games in Rio albeit in more mild conditions.\nNow that he 's in South Korea preparing to compete part of him wishes he was back home with his countrymen. In the meantime he is looking to help raise funds for the damaged country.\n He competed in the Summer Olympics in taekwondo and decided to try his hand at cross-country skiing. He only picked up the sport within the last two years but managed to qualify for the games on his last attempt.", "output": [ "Pita Taufatofua" ] }, { "id": "task419-dd9912d9003e45f5aa6bbe1111027385", "input": "ROUGH CUT ( NO REPORTER NARRATION ) U . S . Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday played down an apparent split between the U . S . president and his top diplomat over outreach to North Korea saying America ' s focus was still on finding a diplomatic solution to the dispute with Pyongyang . President Donald Trump who has traded insults and threats with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in recent weeks said on Sunday Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was \" wasting his time \" trying to negotiate with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program . Tillerson during a trip to China on Saturday said the United States had direct channels of communication with the North and was probing Pyongyang to see if it was interested in dialogue . He expressed hope for reducing tensions with North Korea which is fast advancing toward its goal of developing a nuclear - tipped missile capable of hitting the U . S . mainland . \" I do not see the divergence as strongly as some ... have interpreted it \" Mattis said . \" President Trump ' s guidance to both Secretary Tillerson and me has been very clearly that we would ... pursue the diplomatic effort to include with the various initiatives with China \" Mattis told a Senate hearing . \" I believe that Secretary Tillerson is accurately stating that we are probing for opportunities to talk with the North . All we ' re doing is probing . We ' re not talking with them consistent with the president ' s dismay about not talking with them before the time is right .\"", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-99383ba8fc204ef487a46b6911ccc536", "input": "\"It doesn't matter what the causes are \" said Art Hogan managing director and chief market strategist at B. Riley Financial a financial service company. \"You've got some great buying opportunities \" he told CNBC.\n\"We're selling everything because we're so concentrated in our ownership of stocks and ETFs that we're creating dislocations that are going to be massive opportunity for active managers and stock pickers \" Hogan said.\nIncreased volatility or uncertainty in the size and direction of market changes is good for banks Hogan said Thursday during \"Power Lunch.\" Add that to rising interest rates and net interest margins and what Hogan called a \"lighter regulatory touch\" and financials are a bargain.\n\"They're being sold like there is no economy or no economic growth going on \" Hogan said. \"They're being thrown out with the bath water.\"", "output": [ "Hogan" ] }, { "id": "task419-b73906d6b39b42fd9e9ab4a6d2b38e78", "input": "The similarities between Joe Kennedy III and Donald Trump are in a sense obvious. Both are white men northeasterners teetotalers. They are products of the Ivy League and great wealth. They joined their respective family trades – real estate for Trump politics for Joe III.\nThe differences are obvious too and more illuminating. Joe III is a liberal avatar of American institutions: the Kennedy family Stanford Harvard Law. Self-effacing in person he recognizes how easy his path has been – he only briefly served as an assistant DA before taking a House seat -- and had until now chosen to mitigate charges of nepotism by playing the part of diligent backbencher. The Kennedys for all their famous faults have the saving grace that comes from being in on the joke; when President Kennedy appointed his younger brother attorney general he quipped that he was just trying to give Bobby some experience before he started practicing law.\nThe result is the great destabilization of the Trump era. Few it seems have a firm grasp on what is happening let alone what might happen next. Everybody regardless of their ideology thinks they're losing. A realignment appears to be happening in our politics but nobody can agree on what it looks like. \"We all feel the fault lines of a fractured country \" as Joe III put it in his stilted awkward speech on Tuesday night.\nThere is of course an element of nostalgia in liberalism's newfound fondness for our institutions. Trump-era liberalism with its emphasis on American global leadership and veneration of federal agencies and the mainstream press would be easily recognizable to that first generation of Kennedys. And in that sense it makes sense that Joe III would become a natural face of contemporary Democratic politics.\nTuesday night was an attempt to make Joe III a symbol of institutional resistance to Trump. To the question of whether the institutions are worth saving and therefore capable of reform Joe III 's answer is an enthusiastic yes. He is in a sense already a symbol of how his own family has repaired itself from its reckless impulsive and selfish ways; he seems serious he is sober. The message he sends is that his family his party and all the other institutions that nurtured him still have an innate and positive utility an essential role to play. Where Trump says the rot must be amputated Joe III promises that a strong dose of antibiotics is all that's needed.\nWhether this message resonates among the Democratic rank-and-file is another story. While the liberal commentariat Joe III's natural constituency remains fixated on norms and the need to defend institutions a newly ascendant left sees civility as a neoliberal plot to uphold the status quo. And whereas Joe III and his ilk see Trump as an aberration the left sees him as a symptom of a decayed political order they wish to abolish and replace.\nRobert Kennedy once said that he wished he had been born poor so he could have been a revolutionary. As his career advances Joe III might harbor a similar desire if only because his party is increasingly moving in a revolutionary direction.", "output": [ "Joe III" ] }, { "id": "task419-a3bb37e8859148bfa416937207adc935", "input": "The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing President Donald Trump's White House of placing a \"gag order\" on former chief strategist Steve Bannon barring him from answering many questions as part of the panel's investigation into Russian election interference.\nRep. Adam Schiff of California says Bannon refused to answer questions about his time in the White House or his work on the presidential transition. Bannon 's refusal prompted a subpoena from the committee's Republican chairman Rep. Devin Nunes of California.\nSchiff says that was the first time Republicans on the committee had issued a subpoena in response to a witness refusing to answer questions at the instruction of the White House. Schiff says that the committee plans to bring Bannon back for another round of questioning.\n Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is refusing to answer questions from a House committee about his work during the presidential transition or his time working in President Donald Trump's White House.\nThat's according to Jack Langer a spokesman for Rep. Devin Nunes of California the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. Langer tells The Associated Press that Bannon would not discuss those topics during a day-long closed-door interview on Capitol Hill.\nIn response Nunes issued a subpoena to compel Bannon to answer the committee's questions. It's unclear whether Bannon was more forthcoming afterward.\nEarlier Tuesday a White House official said the president did not invoke executive privilege to prevent Bannon from answering the committee's questions. That official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.\nThe House Intelligence Committee subpoenaed former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon on Tuesday in a showdown over whether he could be forced to testify in the panel's Russia investigation.\n Bannon walked into a closed-door meeting with House members Tuesday morning and was still being grilled Tuesday evening. Lawmakers wanted answers from him about President Donald Trump's thinking when he fired FBI Director James Comey.\nThe committee's Republican chairman Rep. Devin Nunes of California said he issued the subpoena but he declined to discuss why or what questions he hoped to compel Bannon to answer.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe749fb8a38f4192805c39f8fa6ffbcf", "input": "Over a span of several months 71-year-old President Mamadou Tandja has imposed rule by decree cracked down on opponents and the press and dismantled parliament and the constitutional court which oppose his plan and together represented the last real checks on his rule.\n On Tuesday a controversial referendum could remove the last obstacle in Tandja's way -- the constitution -- replacing it with a new one that does away with term-limits and simultaneously gives him greatly boosted powers and an unprecedented three-year extension of his rule.\n \"He took the oath of office swearing on the Quran to protect our nation's democratic institutions \" opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou said. \"But instead he is destroying them.\"\n Opponents say Tandja is clinging to power so his family clan and entourage can benefit from an influx of wealth from large-scale projects that are under way. Tandja denies it and says he is only obeying the will of his people who he feels want him to finish projects to develop one of the poorest nations in the world.\n \"The people see the future and they are asking their president to continue to serve so he completes this work \" Tandja told The Associated Press in an interview Friday at his residence a complex of low-rise sand-brown buildings surrounded by palm trees. \"But the constitution does not permit me to stay ... that's why the people demand a new one. We need to find a way.\"\n \"It's an existential problem for many African heads of state \" said Mahamane Ousmane who led parliament until Tandja dissolved it in May because lawmakers opposed the referendum. \"They can't imagine a normal life outside the palace. They say 'Will I be in exile? Will I be in prison? What will I do?'\"\n Ousmane defeated Tandja in a 1993 poll and served as president until he was toppled in a 1996 coup. Today he lives in a modest home on a dirt road in the sleepy capital.\n Tandja however told The AP he was \"afraid of nothing.\"\n Any influence foreign donors may have has been undermined by several huge new projects that have buoyed Tandja and are unlikely to grind to a halt. Among them: a US$5 billion (euro3.5 billion) deal with China to build an oil refinery and extract new crude from the desert a US$1.7 billion (euro1.2 billion) accord with French nuclear giant Areva to build the world's second biggest uranium mine and a hydroelectric dam financed with US$50 million (euro35 million) from the Islamic Development Bank.\n Tandja claims his actions are legal but opponents say he could only rule by decree if Niger was under threat and parliament was in place to safeguard against abuse. Tandja dissolved the constitutional court -- the only body that could judge such disputes -- after it ruled the referendum illegal. He then replaced it with another court whose members he appointed.\n The proposed new constitution would give him authority to name one third of a new 60-seat senate and the power to jail journalists who are deemed security threats without warning.\n A roadside florist Hama Alhassane hasn't seen the draft constitution and doesn't know how it differs from the current one. But \"whatever Tandja wants I will do \" the 23-year-old said. \"Because he is the state and we must do what the state demands.\"\n State media only carry pro-referendum messages. A private TV station that broadcast a statement critical of Tandja was temporarily shut down.\n Tandja vowed to respect the outcome telling The AP: \"If they say no I will go.\"", "output": [ "Mamadou Tandja" ] }, { "id": "task419-b12aaa6a884c43fa9a6e62317831f50a", "input": "Timeline of events in Chris Kennedy 's involvement with the construction of Cleveland's Medical Mart.\nTimeline of events in Chris Kennedy 's involvement with the construction of Cleveland's Medical Mart.\nAs Chris Kennedy campaigns for governor he ’s talked about his business successes. He ’s pointed to his management of the Merchandise Mart “one of the great economic engines of Illinois ” and to his role developing skyscrapers on Wolf Point along the Chicago River. Kennedy however has not highlighted one of his biggest projects to date — a nearly half-billion dollar public-private partnership to build a convention center and Medical Mart in Cleveland. Local politicians led by a longtime family friend gave Kennedy’s company a no-bid contract and pushed through a controversial sales tax hike to pay for it. As the project got off the ground Kennedy told Cleveland residents the one-stop medical superstore would remake the Rust Belt city’s image into a “Disney World for doctors” and draw coveted medical conventions to town. Instead the project was plagued by accusations of insider dealings secrecy and failed promises. Kennedy ’s company made millions of dollars while residents are stuck paying more on items they purchase. Four years after the 235 000-square-foot Medical Mart opened its doors Kennedy and his company have long since departed amid criticism they did little to foster the original goals of the struggling project. Now rebranded the Global Center for Health Innovation the building sits eerily empty most days — the glassy high-tech showrooms of its few tenants unstaffed and deserted. Subsequent management companies have failed to bring in revenue-producing tenants or the flood of health care trade shows once promised. Kennedy said he was only trying to help Cleveland’s leaders achieve their goals of a new convention center and a revitalized downtown. He said his company took on a project when few were looking at the city and the long-term business plan shifted after he left. “It certainly wasn’t a secretive contract. It certainly wasn’t done without public scrutiny ” he told the Chicago Tribune in a recent interview. “I don’t know what generated more press coverage in Cleveland.” “Honestly did we pull a fast one? Did we slide one by?” Kennedy added. “No I don’t think any of that happened. I think everybody knew everything by the time we completed our deal. That’s what I believe.” Cuyahoga County’s current executive Armond Budish told reporters last month that he could call the Medical Mart building “an inherited albatross ” but chooses to remain hopeful the development someday will succeed. Tim Hagan a Kennedy family friend spearheaded the push for the Medical Mart when he was a county commissioner a decade ago. Hagan said he stands by his decision to support Kennedy ’s project but acknowledged the development has fallen short. “The point of what we were trying to do is make the convention facility … more attractive for outside investments to come in for events ” Hagan said over coffee in a recent interview in Cleveland. “Has it worked out … as much as we thought it was going to work out immediately? No I don’t think so.” Heywood Sanders is an urban planning and public policy scholar who is critical of convention centers as publicly funded economic development projects. He has studied the Medical Mart deal for years and said Cleveland was blinded by its own misplaced hopes and the Kennedy mystique. “Desperate cities do desperate things ” said Sanders a professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Sanders said no hard data existed showing that a Medical Mart would succeed or produce any economic benefits for Cleveland. “It didn’t make sense then and it doesn’t seem to make sense now.” David Heinzmann / Chicago Tribune Global Center for Health Innovation's glass and pre-fab concrete panel structure offers wide views of the Cleveland downtown mall and skyline from its atrium-style ground floor shown on Oct. 10 2017. Global Center for Health Innovation's glass and pre-fab concrete panel structure offers wide views of the Cleveland downtown mall and skyline from its atrium-style ground floor shown on Oct. 10 2017. (David Heinzmann / Chicago Tribune) Once a bustling industrial metropolis Cleveland experienced a hard slide into Rust Belt decline during the 1970s and ’80s. Its population and manufacturing base shrank as factories and mills closed down. One of the bright spots in the city’s economic landscape appeared to be health care. The Cleveland Clinic grew over the past 40 years to be one of the most renowned hospital complexes in the world — rivaling the Mayo Clinic as a destination for affluent patients around the globe seeking out the best most innovative care. The clinic campus sits several miles east of the city’s downtown lakefront which continued to decline over the years. Since the late ’70s some civic leaders held onto the belief that renovating the outdated underground convention center might be the key to making the city center a destination once again. The political and financial capital to make it happen never materialized. Investing public money in building convention facilities is often a divisive issue. Boosters often say if you build it they will come; others say the investment rarely pays off. William Bowen a professor of public administration at Cleveland State University puts himself in the latter category. Convention center deals typically underperform their projections that spurred their construction he said. “Most of the time the valuation of the impact of what’s built either doesn’t happen or … they don’t as a rule pay back the public coffers ” Bowen said. “I think that’s borne out by the majority of the research.” The hospital’s involvement started to change the sense of possibility and then Kennedy ’s involvement would put it over the hump Hagan said. The consensus version of how the development came about begins with Dr. Toby Cosgrove Cleveland Clinic’s longtime president. According to Kennedy Cosgrove wanted to leverage the clinic’s cachet to revitalize downtown Cleveland. Cosgrove declined multiple interview requests. Kennedy said a New York real estate executive who was Cosgrove’s patient recommended Merchandise Mart and Kennedy . Kennedy said Cosgrove called him to discuss the potential for a mart geared toward medical professionals. Kennedy said in 2005 he and another Merchandise Mart official met with Cosgrove and local and state economic officials at the clinic. Kennedy said he suggested the new medical mart be tied into rebuilding Cleveland’s aging convention center.\n“We had explained that marts really work best in conjunction with trade show facilities ” Kennedy recalled. “And there may be an opportunity to rebuild the trade show hall. Cleveland we knew was looking at it and he (Cosgrove) ought to look into tying those two things together.” Kennedy said his friend Hagan then a county commissioner had nothing to do with his entree to the Cleveland discussions. However when he was in town for the Cosgrove meeting he also met Hagan for a cup of coffee at a hotel near the hospital complex. By the time the deal came together two years later Hagan and Cuyahoga County officials were in charge. “They were trying to come up with a way to sell a convention center and there was no money for a convention center ” Sanders said. “In this context Chris Kennedy was providing a degree of legitimacy and political cover and seeming market authority to a project that had never happened before anywhere despite some efforts to try. Merchandise Mart had a remarkable role in trying to legitimize it.” Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune Interview with Chris Kennedy on Oct. 31 2017 at his campaign headquarters. Interview with Chris Kennedy on Oct. 31 2017 at his campaign headquarters. (Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune) (Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune) Chris Kennedy is the son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy. While the Kennedy family has been based in New England and the corridors of power in Washington much of the family’s wealth was derived from their decadeslong ownership of Chicago’s Merchandise Mart which Chris Kennedy ran before and after the family sold the massive building for $625 million in 1998. Hagan had known the Kennedy family since the late 1970s when his own politically connected family threw its support behind the candidacy of Chris Kennedy ’s uncle then-Sen. Edward Kennedy D-Mass. who was seeking the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination. Hagan was godfather to one of Chris Kennedy’s nieces was a pallbearer for one of his uncles and served on the board of a Kennedy charitable foundation. Hagan said he had been a guest at the family’s famed Cape Cod compound several times over the years. Kennedy told the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper in 2009 that Hagan was the reason Merchandise Mart undertook the project. “Who else could get us to come there?” Kennedy asked. “Nobody’s doing business in Cleveland.” Hagan and Kennedy both reject the notion of insider dealing saying they never hid their friendship. There was never an effort to put the project out for bid the men said because no one else was seriously interested. It was the first time that an outside business firm had showed any interest in an idea that had for years been a local pipe dream Hagan said. “We had one legitimate proposal from the outside — the Merchandise Mart people ” Hagan said. “I give Chris Kennedy credit for looking at it because no one else did.” David Heinzmann / Chicago Tribune Originally named the Medical Mart the Global Center for Health Innovation's showrooms and meeting spaces sit mostly deserted in downtown Cleveland on Oct. 10 2017. Originally named the Medical Mart the Global Center for Health Innovation's showrooms and meeting spaces sit mostly deserted in downtown Cleveland on Oct. 10 2017. (David Heinzmann / Chicago Tribune) Kennedy ’s ties to Hagan fueled criticism from the start but it intensified when the details of the deal were made public. Cuyahoga County raised its sales tax and bore nearly all of the costs of developing the complex — both building the Medical Mart and renovating Cleveland’s aging underground convention center. Merchandise Mart would receive an upfront $12 million developer’s fee and collect other fees expected to total $103 million over 20 years according to the contract. “Did they get a good deal? I guess they did. I don’t know ” Hagan said. “I didn’t negotiate the deal.” Hagan did however vote for the quarter-cent sales tax hike and the contract. No sooner had the development agreement been signed in spring 2009 than some in county government began to look for ways to fix it. Critics said the deal was so sweet for Kennedy ’s firm that he had little incentive to make the Medical Mart generate income. “They had no skin in the game ” Sanders said of Merchandise Mart. “They clearly were getting paid as it went along. It became increasingly clear over the years that they weren’t going to be able to make the whole thing work.” The project was soon behind schedule. Groundbreaking did not take place until January 2011. At the time Merchandise Mart said it had letters of intent from 58 companies hospitals and colleges that would fill the Medical Mart. “Too much demand is never a serious problem ” Kennedy told local media. “We’ll work to accommodate everyone.” The Plain Dealer however reported that some of those Merchandise Mart listed as potential tenants were offered space for free while others said they had no plans to move into the Medical Mart. Around the same time Cuyahoga County went through a massive corruption scandal that resulted in a new form of government that diminished Hagan’s influence. Hagan who was not part of that scandal left office in January 2011. Six months later Kennedy announced he was stepping down from the Merchandise Mart. Kennedy said he has paid little attention to the development since then. But if the project went wrong he said in a recent Tribune interview from his campaign offices it was after he left. He said local leaders decided to try to charge higher rents to the health care tenants he had lined up for the mart. The idea was to give the space away for several years to bring in tenants who would create the “Disney-like experience ” he said. “That vision was largely abandoned after I left ” he said. “The tenant mix and the Medical Mart as a loss leader was abandoned.” Instead he said they hired real estate companies to attempt to produce market rate revenue. As the Medical Mart struggled to find the kind of tenants originally envisioned the project’s mission changed to include local groups that would use the space for educational classes. News coverage pointed out that the health care industry had well-established practices for purchasing supplies and new technologies that did not fit into the Medical Mart concept. By the time the building opened in 2013 county leaders had grown impatient with Merchandise Mart’s management. That December the county parted ways with the Chicago company negotiating a $3 million payment to end their long-term agreement. While that deal called for Merchandise Mart to kick in $20 million to build tenants’ showrooms the company departed before fulfilling the pledge said Jeffrey Appelbaum a Cleveland lawyer who advises the county and oversaw most of the project after the original development deal was adopted. He described the commitment of $20 million as “kind of soft” and geared toward being made near the end of the project making it unclear when the company would actually have to contribute the money. When design changes in the convention center portion of the project drove the cost from $425 million to $465 million Cuyahoga County asked Merchandise Mart to use some of the promised $20 million to cover the new increased costs according to documents and county officials.", "output": [ "Chris Kennedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb91767a88b34d908f8705a204de5161", "input": "NBC paid thousands of dollars to an assistant producer on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews ” nearly two decades ago after she brought a sexual harassment complaint against the longtime host The Daily Caller reported Saturday.\nThe website citing two sources reported that NBC paid the woman $40 000 to settle her claim against Matthews in 1999. An NBC spokesperson told The Daily Caller the network paid a smaller unspecified amount as part of a severance package.\n The woman complained to executives that Matthews now 71 had made inappropriate comments to her and made inappropriate jokes about her to others.\nAn MSNBC spokesman told The Daily Caller that Matthews had been slapped with a formal reprimand at the time the woman made her complaint. The website reported that the network decided that the complaints were “inappropriate and juvenile ” but were not intended as propositions.\n Matthews has hosted “Hardball” on MSNBC since 1997. He also hosted the syndicated “Chris Matthews Show” between 2002 and 2013 and has authored eight books most recently a biography of Robert Kennedy.", "output": [ "Chris Matthews" ] }, { "id": "task419-86db6bf9b69b40ec8932427f7652cf70", "input": "(CNN) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell changed his tone Sunday on whether he thought Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore should be in the Senate saying he would \"let the people of Alabama make the call\" in the state's special election December 12.\nOn ABC's \"This Week \" McConnell said that if Moore wins the Senate Ethics Committee would have to consider the allegations against him.\n\"I think we're going to let the people of Alabama decide a week from Tuesday who they want to send to the Senate and then we'll address the matter appropriately \" McConnell said.\nLast month McConnell said he believed several women who have accused Moore of pursuing relationships with them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s saying he should \"step aside.\" McConnell also told reporters in the past that the Republican Party was looking to see if a \"write-in\" option could be successful.", "output": [ "Mitch McConnell" ] }, { "id": "task419-80ec4131e7d84f2192c90ce1478052ed", "input": "In an interview with Vanity Fair James Cameron answered the question fans have been asking for years — why didn’t Rose let Jack on the wooden plank clearly big and stable enough to hold two people? The director said the decision to let Leonardo DiCaprio’s character die was “very simple.”\n“And the answer is very simple because it says on page 147 [of the script] that Jack dies ” Cameron joked to Vanity Fair.\nBut to really answer the question plaguing fans since the movie’s release 20 years ago Cameron said it was an “artistic choice” and that if Jack didn’t die the film would have been “meaningless.”\n“But it does show that the film was effective in making Jack so endearing to the audience that it hurts them to see him die. Had he lived the ending of the film would have been meaningless ” he added. “The film is about death and separation; he had to die. So whether it was that or whether a smoke stack fell on him he was going down.”\n He also said Jack “was dead anyway” even with Rose on the wooden door.", "output": [ "Jack" ] }, { "id": "task419-3944162dd67a4665a4f2c475b3097b53", "input": "Indian home minister retracts statement linking crime with migrant population\n Facing the heat Chidambaram clarified his statement and said that he was withdrawing his entire comment.\n Chidambaram said that he was in fact pointing to the \"behavior that is unacceptable.\"\n \"Nevertheless I think the best way to put an end to any controversy would be to withdraw the whole of my answer to the question and I do so \" Chidambaram said.\n As soon as Chidambaram blamed the migrant population for rising incidents of crime in Delhi leaders from all the major political parties came down heavily on him.\n They blamed Chidambaram and the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's government of not doing enough to control crime in Delhi.", "output": [ "P. Chidambaram", "Chidambaram" ] }, { "id": "task419-693231b45cc14d41bb0ee07763f64317", "input": "A new generation of young talented and above all clean Russian athletes will compete at next month's Pyeongchang Olympics according to Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko .\nThose bans which include 14 medalists have helped clear the way for younger talent in Russia Mutko said. While there would usually be about 40 percent changeover in the Russian team between Olympics he said this time 80 percent of athletes will not have competed in Sochi.\n\"In practically every event it's an absolutely new young team \" Mutko said in an interview Saturday in a VIP box at the European figure skating championships in Moscow.\nAlthough Mutko is no longer sports minister he is still in overall charge of sports policy and the government's preparations for soccer's World Cup.", "output": [ "Vitaly Mutko" ] }, { "id": "task419-015b7a9a55f447e480f47991a49afe93", "input": "White House aide Stephen Miller – who really just looks like an obnoxious guy – made a Sunday appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union ” with Jake Tapper.\n Miller was brought on to defend some of President Trump’s statements but it became clear pretty early on that he was sent to the network with a mission of playing court jester and administration fool on live TV.\nAs Tapper attempted to get through a line of straight questioning Miller lurched into a babbling filibuster avoiding anything resembling replies and opting to simply use the annoyingly childish vernacular of the Trump Twitter feed to describe CNN.\n Miller spent a good portion of the interview defending Trump and bashing the network and Tapper eventually cut him off suggesting Trump was the only viewer Miller cared about. “I think I’ve wasted enough of my viewers’ time. Thank you Stephen ” Tapper added as he ended the interview.\nTapper was right of course. I’m going to say it’s a very safe bet that Miller was briefed before the appearance to be as combative and uncooperative as possible no matter what the questions.\n Miller had been instructed on how to behave during the interview but he apparently wasn’t sure of what to do in the event the interview was stopped early so he just decided to hang around.\nYup. Stephen Miller attempted a sit-in on the CNN set or something equally idiotic.\n Miller was asked to leave the set multiple times but refused to leave after which he was escorted out by security a CNN employee confirmed to The Hill.", "output": [ "Stephen Miller" ] }, { "id": "task419-58381cb370c8410d913e557ce66bd8b0", "input": "CLOSE MLB awards season is here. Take a look at all the 2017 winners. USA TODAY Sports\nGiancarlo Stanton led the majors with 59 home runs this season. (Photo: Jason Getz USA TODAY Sports)\nIf the Miami Marlins follow through on their apparent intentions to trade Giancarlo Stanton theyâll have the rare distinction of dealing away a newly minted MVP.\n Stanton earned the award in the National League on Thursday by only two points after a career season in which he belted 59 home runs the highest total in the majors since 2001.\nIn the fourth-closest MVP race ever Stanton received 10 of the 30 first-place votes and had 302 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. He edged out Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto who also received 10 first-place votes but finished with 300 points.\nâI thought it was going to be close '' Stanton said. \"I thought (Nolan) Arenado was going to be up there too so the fact he wasnât made me even more unsure if I was going to get it. Itâs really a surprise. I always think positive but it was a surprise to hear.ââ\nFinally free of the injuries that sidetracked him the last two years Stanton put together the kind of monstrous season long envisioned of him . He batted .281 and set career highs in home runs and RBI leading the majors with 132. Stanton also finished second in the league in on-base plus slugging percentage with a 1.007 mark and was a finalist for the Gold Glove in right field.\nMechanical adjustments that included closing his stance contributed to a staggering home run outburst for Stanton whose blasts typically left little doubt they would leave the yard.\nDuring a 48-game stretch from July 5-Aug. 29 Stanton banged out 30 homers to help the Marlins go 29-19 and briefly climb above .500. However they went on a tailspin shortly after that and finished 77-85 well out of the playoff race.\n2017 NL MVP: Giancarlo Stanton . Full voting details: [Link] â BBWAA (@officialBBWAA) November 16 2017\nA new ownership group headed by Bruce Sherman and Derek Jeter has since taken over and made it clear it plans to shed payroll and Stantonâs contract â which calls for him to earn $295 million over the next 10 years â may be the starting point.\nHe looked like the favorite going into September but batted just .171 in the final month â likely in part because of an elbow injury â while Stanton was following up his 18-homer August with another eight in September.\nLike Stanton Votto played for a losing team as the Reds finished last in the NL Central at 68-94.\nIn Stanton âs case the astonishing power display was enough to overcome the bias toward players on contending teams. Now he awaits to find out whether he âll soon join one.", "output": [ "Giancarlo Stanton" ] }, { "id": "task419-4cd0f5cb20c2437f89a60868e72108c5", "input": "Christopher Chin wasn’t necessarily expecting a life-altering moment when he flopped into the waters off Viti Levu Fiji’s largest island in his diving gear.\nCourtesy Christopher Chin\nHe’d joined IMAX filmmakers Howard and Michele Hall on a dive to film sharks. Not long into their second-day dive the trio was surrounded by sharks — as many as 12 different species. Christopher descended into a theater-like plateau at about 32 meters when a bull shark emerged within arm’s reach — its penetrating black eyes locked with his own.\n“This was a sentient being an animal trying to figure out what I was doing there ” recalls Christopher a Workday engineer. “I knew sharks were troubled and misunderstood — but I didn’t realize to what extent.”\nChristopher Chin\nWhen Christopher emerged from the water he paused. He knew right then that he ’d be on a mission in life to teach people about these mysterious animals — and our oceans at large.\nIndeed a few years later he founded a nonprofit organization called COARE (The Center for Oceanic Awareness Research & Education). Christopher has been featured on the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week; he ’s a top expert on shark fin policy in North America and one of the nation’s leading experts in single-use plastics legislation.\n“We all depend on the ocean no matter where we live ” he says. “We depend on it for sustenance for the very oxygen we breathe. And the ocean depends on us — no matter where we are or the things we do we can take little actions that have a tremendous impact on the world around us.”\nLast year he spoke at the United Nations:\n Christopher a scuba instructor and technical diver was drawn to the ocean at an early age. His father was a diver who worked for the former Pan American Airways (Pan Am) which enabled diverse experiences around the world.\n“The underwater world has always fascinated me ” he says. “Once I became a certified diver I never looked back. I did 100 dives in my first year.”\nWith the founding of COARE Christopher has an outlet to share his passion and knowledge — and compel others to act with responsibility and urgency.\n“Protecting our oceans is challenging and daunting ” he says. “There is a lot of waste. But as an organization we just try to walk our talk. Even in the conservation community we’ll see a speaker up there with a single-use Starbucks cup — it’s hypocritical. It drives me bonkers!\n Christopher has been impressed by Workday’s own commitment to sustainability.\n“I’m proud to work at a company so dedicated to reducing its environmental impact that it has full-time employees dedicated to creating improving and promoting sustainability efforts ” Christopher says. “These efforts from the rechargeable battery program to reusable snack bowls make a measurable and meaningful difference with little effort.”\nOutside our walls there’s an ever-evolving fight to break old habits. And Christopher is often right there making the case for positive change.", "output": [ "Christopher" ] }, { "id": "task419-405e7c02ca464280be4fc5f4c0a5f9fa", "input": "San Francisco prosecutors say that 45-year old Jose Ines Garcia Zarate a homeless man who had been deported multiple times intentionally fired the single shot that killed the 32-year old Steinle as she was walking arm-in-arm with her father on July 1 2015.\n Defense attorneys for Garcia Zarate say he has no history of violence and that the shooting was an accident. They argue that Garcia Zarate found the handgun—a .40 caliber Sig Sauer—wrapped in a cloth under his seat on the pier and that the gun discharged as he was handling it.\nThe defense says the single shot ricocheted off the concrete ground about 12 to 15 feet away from Zarate and then traveled another 78 feet or more before striking Steinle in the back. A city crime scene inspector told the jury that the defendant aimed the gun in Steinle's direction seeking to strike her.\nThe gun had been stolen four days earlier from the parked car of a visiting off-duty Bureau of Land Management ranger. The prosecution and defense agree that there is no evidence linking Garcia Zarate to that robbery.\nAs KQED's Alex Emslie told All Things Considered the case hangs on whether the jury concludes that Garcia Zarate intentionally shot Steinle as the prosecution argued or that it was a tragic accident as the defense contends.\nGarcia Zarate who is reported to have no more than a second grade education had been deported five times and was scheduled for a sixth deportation after serving a 46-month federal prison term for felony re-entry to the United States. But instead of deporting him federal authorities transferred him to San Francisco on a warrant for a 20-year old marijuana charge. San Francisco prosecutors eventually dropped the charge because evidence in the case had been destroyed. The Sheriff's Department released Garcia Zarate under its sanctuary city policy that directs local law enforcement to ignore federal detainer requests. The Steinle killing happened about two-and-a-half months after Garcia Zarate was released.", "output": [ "Garcia Zarate" ] }, { "id": "task419-7357c1b22a9e4140aedcee356971a6e2", "input": "Four months after having her second baby Jessica Porten started feeling really irritable. Little things would annoy her like her glider chair.\n\"It had started to squeak \" she says. \"And so when I'm sitting there rocking the baby and it's squeaking I would just get so angry at that stupid chair.\"\n She read online that irritability could be a symptom of postpartum depression — a condition that affects up to 1 in 7 women during or after pregnancy according to the American Psychological Association. In California where Porten lives those rates are even higher spurring state lawmakers to introduce a package of bills to improve mental health screening and treatment for new moms.\nPorten hopes they help women avoid what she went through.\n She went to Capital OB/GYN a women's clinic in Sacramento that accepts her Medicaid coverage as payment to talk about medication options and therapy. Porten admitted to the nurse that she was having some violent thoughts.\n\"I described maybe hitting myself or squeezing the baby too tight \" she says. \"But I was very adamant through the entire appointment that I was not going to hurt myself and I was not going to hurt my children.\"\nBut Porten says the nurse's manner toward her changed. \"I could see in that moment that she stopped listening to me \" Porten says.\nThe nurse called the police. The police escorted Porten and her baby to the emergency room. Hospital staff made her change into a gown and took her purse but they let her keep her diaper bag for the baby. They put them both in a room under constant watch though the hospital staff was sympathetic Porten says.\n\"It's like everybody knows I'm not crazy \" she says. \"Everybody knows that this is normal — but they're following protocol.\"\nFinally at midnight 10 hours after she first got to the doctor's office a social worker sent her home. Porten wrote on Facebook that the whole thing made her feel like a criminal.\n\"It was all legality \" Porten says. \"Everybody was protecting their own liability instead of thinking of me.\"\nAdministrators at Capital OB/GYN declined to comment. Gary Zavoral a spokesman for Sutter Health which runs the emergency room where Porten was taken says that once a patient arrives in the ER for assessment hospital staff must follow strict protocols.\nThe legislation has given Jessica Porten a new purpose. People have told her that she should sue Capital OB/GYN for calling the police. But she says no.\n\"I walk into that waiting room and I see tons of Medi-Cal recipients — so they're all low-income \" she says. \"If I sue it's only going to cause monetary damages to a facility that is clearly short on resources.\"", "output": [ "Jessica Porten" ] }, { "id": "task419-aa3ec73386944b329bce91305195d10d", "input": "“The people of Iran are crying out for freedom ” Nikki Haley said at a news conference. “All freedom-loving people must stand with their cause.”\n She said the United States would be seeking emergency sessions of the UN Security Council and the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Commission in the coming days.\n Haley rejected as “complete nonsense” charges by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that the five-day-old protests were being fomented by the country’s “enemies.”\n“The freedoms that are enshrined in the United Nations charter are under attack in Iran. Dozens have already been killed. Hundreds have been arrested ” she said.\n“If the Iranian dictatorship’s history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come ” she said.", "output": [ "Nikki Haley" ] }, { "id": "task419-1056590e54f8456b91b56059c1c13f77", "input": "\"If you want you can certainly reduce your taxable estate down to zero \" said Roberton Williams of the Tax Policy Center .\n Williams said that the estate tax designed to prevent the growth of large dynasties in the U.S. and to reduce inequality does serve a broader purpose. And many wealthy families continue to pay because \"it's reasonable to pay it \" he said.\nBut he said the amount of avoidance bolsters the argument by those who want to eliminate the tax.\n\"If you say that people don't pay it anyway and you're going through all these machinations and tricks and lawyers to get out of it then you're imposing unnecessary costs on society \" he said. \"The money is going to lawyers and accountants and not the government. So it could be viewed as wasteful spending.\"", "output": [ "Roberton Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-29a0642419664ec28ff7045790a976e2", "input": "On November 16 Tesla unveiled its long-anticipated foray into the $726 billion world of trucking: A heavy-duty all-electric rig aptly named “Semi.” The truck itself is wildly impressive in our opinion—a 500-mile range projected fuel savings of $200 000 and the industry’s most advanced levels of automation—but what excites me the most really is the opportunity this truck signifies: The start as I see it of a once-in-a-lifetime radical shift in our trillion-dollar transportation economy.\nAs I have written about before we are currently entering a period of a rapid change in our transportation systems. And as I see it it’s the innovator’s dilemma playing out in the wild: Incumbents like General Motors are moving too slowly to adapt to an all-electric future—wasting billions of dollars on stock buybacks—while upstarts like Tesla unencumbered by legacy business models are forging a path into a clean fully-electric fully-autonomous future. (GM has spent almost $17 billion in the last several years buying back its stock three times what Tesla has spent building Gigafactories—but I digress.)\nI spoke with Perry at length recently regarding Tesla ’s ambitions and challenges the future of transportation and his macro perspective on the innovation taking place right now in the trucking ecosystem. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation. (Full disclosure: Worm Capital is long Tesla and all views are Perry’s alone.)\nWorm Capital: This week we're seeing Tesla come out with their Semi and clearly Elon Musk has talked about creating an all-electric autonomous future. So existentially what does this mean for the trucking industry over the next 10 15 20 years? How do you see it evolving from what it is today to what it will be in the future?", "output": [ "Tesla" ] }, { "id": "task419-958770d557144f94b6bdbf6b29b792e9", "input": "The NFL is unforgiving and every team’s misfortune creates an opportunity for someone else. Atlanta and Carolina’s inconsistencies this year have allowed a familiar division foe to become relevant again: the New Orleans Saints. After a spell of mediocrity that saw the Saints finish with a 7-9 record in each of the past three seasons Sean Payton’s team appear to be on the rise for now. The Saints have climbed to sixth in our NFL Rankings with an Elo rating of 1589. At 4-2 and atop the NFC South the Saints now have a 73 percent chance of making the playoffs and a 56 percent chance of winning the division — both of which are the best chances New Orleans has seen this season.\nThough the readers registered a net loss of 14.2 points in Week 7 of our NFL prediction game — in which we invite readers to try to outsmart our Elo algorithm — they tied for their most successful week to date this season. The biggest net win of the week for readers which also happens to be readers’ biggest net win of the season so far came in the Saints’ 26-17 win on the road over the Packers. The readers took advantage of Elo’s inability to account for teams’ injuries in its predictions and selected a surging Saints team over an Aaron Rodgers-less Packers team gaining 20.4 points over Elo on that game.\nThe other double-digit net win for the readers came in the Jacksonville Jaguars’ shutout victory over the Indianapolis Colts. That means the Jaguars continued to haunt Elo for another week: Our algorithm now has a 1-6 record when predicting the outcome of games involving the Jags (that’ll teach us for joking about Jacksonville every week).\nIt’s not too late to try your luck against Elo so make sure you make your Week 8 predictions.", "output": [ "Elo" ] }, { "id": "task419-eec61329965141ac9a315b3e11e327c7", "input": "The Senate Republican leadership would like to make Mitt Romney the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) if elected to the Senate according to Republican donor sources.\nThe Atlantic reported last Friday that according to a Republican donor with direct knowledge of the discussions the Senate Republican leadership expressed interest in making Romney the next leader of the NRSC. Romney would replace current chair Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO). The NRSC chairman plays an influential role in fundraising and recruiting future Senate Republican candidates.\nOn a call last week Gardner revealed to a donor that he and the Senate GOP leadership “liked Romney ” as a potential candidate for the NRSC chairmanship.\nThe Atlantic reported that two sources close to Rommeny suggested that Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell told Romney that if he were to run for the Senate he would have more influence than rank-and-file senators.\nOne source close to Romney suggested that McConnell would like to push for Romney to become NRSC chair to boost party fundraising.\nThe Romney source “It’s definitely out there there’s no question about that. My guess is McConnell’s pushing it because it would be good for the party and good for fundraising.”\nThe former Massachusetts governor and failed presidential candidate is expected to make an announcement on February 15 regarding Utah’s Senate race. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) announced in January he is retiring and multiple reports suggest Romney is eyeing a run.\n Romney and Trump have had a longtime rivalry over the last couple of years.\n“Affirmation of the Paris Agreement is not only about the climate: It is also about America remaining the global leader ” Romney tweeted last May.\nAffirmation of the #ParisAgreement is not only about the climate: It is also about America remaining the global leader. — Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) May 31 2017\nReports from Politico last December suggested that President Trump wanted to block Romney from running for the Senate.\n Mitt Romney took to Twitter in January to attack President Donald Trump for allegedly calling Haiti and African countries “shithole countries.”\nThe poverty of an aspiring immigrant’s nation of origin is as irrelevant as their race. The sentiment attributed to POTUS is inconsistent w/ America’s history and antithetical to American values. May our memory of Dr. King buoy our hope for unity greatness & “charity for all.” — Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) January 15 2018\nPresident Trump rejected Romney to serve as his secretary of state instead choosing Rex Tillerson.\nJeb Bush another former governor and failed presidential governor backed Mitt Romney in a potential bid for the U.S. Senate in 2018.\nBush tweeted on January 15 “ Mitt would make a phenomenal addition to the U.S. Senate. I hope he runs.”", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-c800d6e6290a4f409ab74c2db167849a", "input": "A lesbian police officer might have helped save his life but House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana is still planning to speak at a conference for an anti-gay group.\n Scalise will address the Family Research Councilâs annual Values Voter Summit on Oct. 13 in Washington D.C. The FRC is an anti-abortion anti-gay conservative group and lobbying organization.\nFRCâs President Tony Perkins wrote a memo about the upcoming appearance referencing the June shooting at a Virginia baseball field where Scalise and other Republicans were practicing for an upcoming charity game. The congressman was shot in the hip.\nâThere were times when we wondered if House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) would ever speak at VVS again â the memo read. âBut next week the miraculous recovery of my good friend will literally take center stage as Steve makes a return trip to the biggest gathering of pro-family conservatives in the country after a shooting that rocked the country. For so many Americans seeing him back at work defending our values has been an answer to prayer â and we look forward to celebrating his incredible journey back to health.â\nOne of those credited with helping save Scalise âs life and the lives of others in June was Officer Crystal Griner an openly gay member of the Capitol Police Department who was working as part of Scaliseâs security detail along with Officer David Bailey. Griner was shot in the ankle while on duty that day and was later hailed as a hero for her service.\n Scalise called the officers his âfamilyâ and âheroes.â\nDavid Bailey and Crystal Griner have been part of our family for years and they are my heroes. [Link] â Rep. Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) August 15 2017", "output": [ "Steve Scalise" ] }, { "id": "task419-dc16227da9ac47da9c15f05baac54f68", "input": "SARATOGA SPRINGS N.Y. (AP) — Before the Army's 27th Infantry Division was decimated in a bloody World War II battle Stan Dube sketched portraits of his fellow soldiers. The 17 drawings were forgotten after the war and stashed in an attic for decades before being found a year ago by his son.\nBecause the 27th was a former New York National Guard unit Dube believes most or all of the other 15 men also were New Yorkers. He recently donated the original sketches to the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center in hopes its artifacts and records could be used to help identify more of the soldiers. It's not known whether any of the men depicted in the artwork are still alive.\nIn this Dec. 8 2017 photo World War II veteran Wilfred “Spike” Mailloux looks through a series of sketches of U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division soldiers while visiting the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center in Saratoga Springs N.Y. They were done in Hawaii by Stan Dube in 1943 a year before the 27th Division fought in the Battle of Saipan. Now his son Ira Dube is hoping to identify the men so he has donated his late father’s 15 sketches to the museum. (AP Photo/Chris Carola)\n Stan Dube who died in 2009 was drafted into the Army while studying architecture at Syracuse University and he put his drawing skills to use by sketching pencil- and charcoal-on-paper portraits of his fellow soldiers while the 27th Division was stationed in Hawaii in 1943.\nThe sure-handed sketches mostly show young men looking pensively into the distance though a few crack a smile. Dube drew no backgrounds and barely sketched out his subjects' shoulders but he took care to capture his subjects' eyes and faces.\nOn all the drawings Dube put the month year and his signature in the lower right corner. Three of the soldiers signed their names next to Dube 's: Kenneth Reid Joseph Joner Kratky and Joe Orbe who added his nickname \"Solid Jackson.\"\nUsing information he found online Ira Dube was able to track down Kratky and Orbe's relatives in upstate New York. Kratky was killed on Saipan in 1944. Orbe a New York City native survived the war and died in 1974. Dube hasn't definitively identified the soldier in the Reid sketch.\nThis undated family photo provided by Ira Dube shows architect Stan Dube . Stan Dube sketched members of the U.S. Army's 27th Infantry Division in 1943 a year before the division fought in the Battle of Saipan. Now Ira Dube is hoping to identify the fellow soldiers so he has donated the sketches to the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. ( Ira Dube via AP)", "output": [ ") Stan Dube", "Dube" ] }, { "id": "task419-6e53e250f3bb419db92d519727d71d0e", "input": "FRANK LANGFITT BYLINE: David Coulter owns the Inishowen Mushroom farm here. Today a conveyer's loading compost into giant trays where Coulter grows his mushrooms.\n DAVID COULTER : We grow in these plastic tunnels. They're insulated tunnels. We employ about 34 people.\n COULTER : Well we're filling today so it's two weeks and three days we will have mushrooms for picking.\nLANGFITT: Brexit's still 18 months away but Coulter 's mushroom farm is already paying a price. Soon after the Brexit vote the value of the British pound plunged.\n COULTER : Well it's been disastrous. Ninety-eight percent of our product goes into the U.K. market.\nLANGFITT: Which means Coulter earns around 18 percent less for his mushrooms because he 's paid in pounds. The pound fell because investors think leaving the EU's massive market will damage the U.K. economy. Recently Coulter who's 67 has had to reduce costs. He's laid off workers. His son Russell is working up to 18 hours a day and Coulter has also found a way to save money on compost.\nLANGFITT: Back at the mushroom farm in County Donegal remaining workers are pushing carts of freshly picked mushrooms. The farm produces at least 60 000 pounds a week. I pose a question to owner David Coulter .\n COULTER : Don't know. I honestly don't know.", "output": [ "David Coulter" ] }, { "id": "task419-cccd6217e31b4391bda8a3038ea0440f", "input": "Speculation again swirled about the death of Kenneka Jenkins the young Chicago woman found in a Rosemont hotel freezer during Tuesday’s episode of the “The Dr. Oz Show ” which featured her mother and sister as guests.\nYet the show’s host and Grace perpetuated rumors already rampant on social media with various theories and claims that Jenkins met with foul play. Her mother’s attorneys have also said that gruesome photographs released by Rosemont police taken of Jenkins after she was found still in the freezer “raise more questions than answers.”\nOn the “Dr. Oz” episode Grace and Jenkins’ family said the photos — which show Jenkins’ shirt up exposing her breasts and her pants sitting low and one shoe off — make them suspicious. While Dr. Oz explained paradoxical undressing a phenomenon in the end stages of fatal hypothermia where someone feels a rush of heat and in a dazed state begins to undress he then stated “more than likely it’s not what happened but it’s a possibility.”\nOz noted that Jenkins’ blood alcohol content of 0.112 percent — above the legal limit for driving of 0.08 — “does not do this to you ” referring to video footage of Jenkins stumbling throughout the hotel.\nOz said sometimes medication mixed with alcohol can add to drunkenness. He noted the prescription medication found in Jenkins’ body is also sometimes used for weight loss but Martin said her daughter wasn’t trying to lose weight. Oz said he then wondered “Is it one of those party drugs ” mentioning the “date-rape drug.”\nThe show also played a portion of the 911 call Martin made from the hotel where she went when she learned Jenkins was missing. On it the dispatcher explains that Jenkins could be with friends and that she could turn up in a couple of hours. He asked if she wanted to file a missing persons report.", "output": [ "Kenneka Jenkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-845aba50081f40f4ba1ffa4b338a68be", "input": "Chris Christie then the governor of New Jersey reacts to a question during a 2013 news conference in Trenton N.J. (Mel Evans/AP)\n Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie has signed on to be an occasional contributor to ABC News according to NJ.com.\n His hiring will be announced Tuesday on âGood Morning Americaâ during the showâs 7 a.m. hour reported NJ.com which cited sources familiar with the plan but who wish to remain anonymous because they are not authorized to speak publicly. The networkâs decision comes two weeks after the Republican governor left office on Jan. 16.\n Christie was reportedly chosen because of his friendly relationship with President Trump and members of his administration. Christieâs ties to Trump could prove useful to the network as it prepares to cover midterm elections beginning March 6 in Texas and ending Sept. 18 in Massachusetts. With thousands of Republican and Democratic candidates facing off in several levels of government across the country for spots on the November ballot Christie could provide a glimpse into what Trump voters are thinking.\n Christie was once considered a potential for president but his career has floundered since 2012. First came âBridgegate â in which Christieâs former allies shut down lanes of the George Washington Bridge for five days in 2013 apparently as an act of retaliation against a local mayor who did not support Christieâs reelection bid. Christie has denied his role in the scandal.\nThen came his support for his former Republican presidential primary opponent now-President Trump despite Trumpâs attempts to embarrass Christie .\nBy June 2017 nearing the end of his second term as governor he appeared to be most unpopular in his home state The Washington Postâs Aaron Blake reported. His approval rating at the time was a bleak 15 percent according to a Quinnipiac University poll.\n[ Chris Christie enjoyed a closed beach then got flamed. But he definitely did not get a tan.]\nAfter the âGood Morning Americaâ announcement airs Tuesday Christie is expected to return in the evening to discuss Trumpâs State of the Union speech NJ.com reported.", "output": [ "Chris Christie" ] }, { "id": "task419-e094afb8305b4f798b1750e4877a5c8e", "input": "Iraq has executed 257 people including six women since 2005 deputy justice minister Busho Ibrahim told AFP on Thursday amid calls from the United Nations for Iraq to abolish capital punishment.\n Ibrahim also said the country was embarking on a major prison rebuilding and renovation programme that would see all of its 33 jails upgraded to what he said would be international standards by 2015.\n \"Executions began in August 2005 and 37 people are presently ready to be executed following approval from the presidency council \" Ibrahim said.\n He said 251 men and six women had been executed since Iraq lifted the moratorium on the death penalty it adopted after the 2003 US-led invasion that overthrew Saddam Hussein.\n Ibrahim gave no explanation for the fall but Iraq has been without a government for much of this year and under the constitution all executions have to approved by a member of the three-man presidency.\n Ibrahim said the death penalty can be applied in crimes that fall under five categories: murder terrorism kidnapping drug trafficking and crimes against humanity. Those executed are usually hanged.\n He did not immediately have figures on the total number of prisoners who have been sentenced to death but Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said on Monday that Iraq has 835 people on death row.\n Ibrahim also said that Iraq was embarking on a massive prison revamping programme due to be completed in 2015.\n \"There are some plans to build new prisons because most of our current prisons are very old \" he said. \"Only the prisons that were built by the Americans are of good quality. All of the Saddam-era prisons except for Badoush in Mosul (northern Iraq) need to be rebuilt renovated or modernised.\n \"By 2014 or 2015 all prisons in Iraq should be fully updated or rebuilt \" Ibrahim said putting the current capacity of the 33 prisons operated by the justice ministry two of which are not being used at 28 530.\n Ibrahim said that as of December 9 a total of 24 783 people were being held in justice ministry prisons including both convicts and remand prisoners.\n Ibrahim said Iraq was holding some foreign prisoners but did not specify how many. He said most of the foreigners were Arabs or of Arab origin.\n Overall he put prison operating costs at between 180 and 190 dollars per prisoner per month -- 150 dollars a month for food with the remainder being spent on clothing healthcare and other basic services.", "output": [ "Busho Ibrahim" ] }, { "id": "task419-3e4d9dbd63b24188a8d67ac9d5888e9f", "input": "Since the new year and the new U.S. administration I haven’t taken a day off let alone a weekend. Like so many others I’ve attended way too many meetings and marched until my feet blistered. I wrote a book in a blur then toured with it. And my husband Avi and I helped start a new political organization. Throughout the winter and spring “B.C. in August” was our family mantra. It was the finish line (albeit a temporary one) and we fully planned to collapse on it. It was also the way we kept our 5-year-old son Toma in the game. On cold nights in the east we mapped out the forested walks we would take the canoe trips the swims. We imagined the blackberries we would pick the crumbles we would bake; we listed the grandparents aunts uncles cousins and old friends we would visit.\nMy allergies are going nuts. I bath my eyes in drops and pop antihistamines well beyond the recommended dosage. Toma breaks out in hives so severe he needs steroids.\nIt’s week two of the smoke-out and the blackberries are finally ripe. We set out to collect them. It feels strange to be going through with this carefree summer ritual with the air so thick and the news so grim — but we do it anyway. Combining hiking with nonstop eating is one of Toma’s all-time favorite activities.\nIt’s pretty much a bust. With so little rain and such a weak sun to warm them even the ripest berries are sour. Toma quickly loses interest and refuses to try any more. We come home with shin scratches and an empty bucket.\nWe don’t stop hiking though. In fact we spend at least an hour or two a day walking through the stands of moss-covered cedars and Douglas firs breathing in the super-oxygenated air. I love these forests and have never taken their primordial beauty for granted. Now I find myself in near worship — thanking them not just for scrubbing the air and for the shade and the carbon sequestration they provide (“ecosystem services” in the lingo of business environmentalism) but for their sheer stamina. For not joining their burning brethren. For sticking with us despite our failings. At least so far.\n“Looks like snow is coming ” Toma declares solemnly his face pressed up to the window and the white thick air on the other side.\nAvi and I don’t talk to Toma about climate change which may seem strange given that I write books about it and Avi directs films about it and we both spend most of our waking hours focused on the need for a transformative response to the crisis. What we do talk about is pollution though on a scale he can understand. Like plastic and why we have to pick it up and use less of it because it makes the animals sick. Or we look at the exhaust coming out of cars and trucks and talk about how you can get power from the sun and the wind and store it in batteries. A little kid can grasp concepts like these and know exactly what should happen (better than plenty of adults). But the idea that the entire planet has a fever that could get so high that much of life on earth could be lost in the convulsions — that seems to me too great a burden to ask small children to carry.\nSo no I’m not going to tell Toma that the fires are a happy part of the cycle of life. We settle for half-truths and fudging to make the nightmare subside. “The animals know how to escape from the fires. They run to rivers and streams and other forests.”\nThe next day brings rain; not a lot but enough to hope for some relief for the 2 400 exhausted and overworked firefighters. My allergies clear up and Toma starts sleeping through the night again.", "output": [ "Toma" ] }, { "id": "task419-99ca509e013444f79d29288179afb58a", "input": "Washington (CNN) House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Sunday refused to criticize Rep. John Conyers a Michigan Democrat who has been accused of sexual harassment against former Capitol Hill staff.\n \"John Conyers is an icon in our country. He 's done a great deal to protect women \" she added citing the congressman 's support for the Violence Against Women Act.\n Conyers faces a House Ethics Committee investigation over allegations that he sexually harassed and discriminated against members of his staff. Last week Buzzfeed News reported that Conyers settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015 for allegedly sexually harassing a staffer. Conyers has \"expressly and vehemently\" denied any wrongdoing.\nPelosi D-California placed responsibility on the House Ethics Committee to investigate the allegations and for Conyers to \"do the right thing.\"\nAn attorney for Conyers told CNN on Wednesday that the congressman will not resign amid the investigation.\nAsked by host Chuck Todd whether Pelosi would suspend Conyers from his role as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee Pelosi said: \"This all happened during the Thanksgiving break. When we all come together at the beginning of this week I think John will do the right thing.\"\nEarly Sunday afternoon Conyers stepped down as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee.", "output": [ "John Conyers" ] }, { "id": "task419-ddc3c8e9954c4b138292671c7c48e212", "input": "The sure thing: Nathan Chen\nEighteen-year-old Nathan Chen was excited to be named to his first Olympic team. Really. He was.\nEven though Chen dominated the men's competition winning his second straight U.S. title; even though he 's ranked fifth in the world and has been skating better than his rivals ahead of him ; even though his selection for South Korea was considered a sure thing — heck he called it 8 years ago. Even with all those evens when he got the text before he went to bed Saturday telling him he 'd made it Chen was \"so so so excited to be part of this team.\"\nAt a Sunday press conference Chen also clarified that prediction he 'd made long ago — lest we think he was a 10-year-old a little too full of himself .\n\"It was more centered around the fact that I would be age-eligible for 2018 \" he said \"obviously that was my goal. That's what I wanted but I honestly didn't really think it would be attainable. I thought that 2022 would be more in my sights since 2018 was just so close.\"", "output": [ "Eighteen-year-old Nathan Chen" ] }, { "id": "task419-6575d3a944044aaca7828e9c44a079a0", "input": "A former deputy chief of staff said Rep. John Conyers made an unwanted sexual advance toward her and touched her inappropriately twice in the late 1990s the Detroit News reported Tuesday in the latest sexual misconduct allegations against the veteran lawmaker.\nDeanna Maher 77 who ran a Michigan office for Conyers from 1997 to 2005 told The Detroit News that there were three instances of inappropriate conduct.\n She says the first was in 1997 when she rejected his offer to share a hotel room and have sex. The others involved unwanted touching in a car in 1998 and unwanted touching of her legs under her dress in 1999.\n“He was trying to feel me up with his right hand ” she told the paper. “I kept pushing his hand away. Then he put his hand on my neck and started trying to tickle me. We were on I-75 and he was driving erratically. I was saved by the bell because we got pulled over by the police for the way he was driving.”\nMaher said the first instance of harassment happened shortly after Conyers hired her in 1997 during an event with the Congressional Black Caucus in Washington.\nConyers' attorney Arnold Reed told the newspaper that he questioned why Maher would work for Conyers for so many years after the alleged allegations. He said her allegations are uncorroborated and Conyers denies wrongdoing.\nMaher said she didn't report the harassment because Conyers is a powerful man in Washington and she didn't think it would be taken seriously.\nThe House Ethics Committee has launched an investigation of Conyers and he said Sunday he would step aside as the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee after a news website reported last week that Conyers settled a complaint in 2015 from a woman staffer who alleged she was fired because she rejected his sexual advances.\n Conyers is among a number of prominent men in politics entertainment and journalism who have been accused of sexual misconduct in the wake of explosive allegations against former Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein.", "output": [ "John Conyers" ] }, { "id": "task419-70b6979509e84f1790d2fb72e92b119a", "input": "Alumni from Morgan State University and Maryland’s other historically black institutions sued in 2006 to dismantle what they say are vestiges of racial segregation. (Paul Burk/National Trust for Historic Preservation)\nMaryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) on Wednesday offered the state’s historically black colleges and universities up to $100 million to resolve a 12-year-old lawsuit over inequality in public higher education.\nThe proposed settlement is more than double the amount the state pledged early in the case. It arrives a day after a federal judge granted the state a temporary reprieve as it appeals an order issued in November to establish a set of unique and high-demand programs at its four historically black institutions — Morgan State University Coppin State University Bowie State University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.\nBut the proposal may not be enough to satisfy the coalition of alumni from Maryland’s historically black institutions who filed the lawsuit in 2006 to dismantle what they say are vestiges of racial segregation. The group has accused Maryland of insufficiently funding historically black colleges and allowing other state schools to duplicate their programs placing pressure on enrollment.\nThe state appealed a month after Blake’s ruling and has since suggested mediation in an attempt to resolve the case. The settlement offer revealed Wednesday would supplement state appropriations to the four public historically black institutions over a 10-year period according to a letter Hogan’s chief legal counsel Robert F. Scholz sent Wednesday to Cheryl D. Glenn (D-Baltimore City) who chairs the Black Caucus.\n“Governor Hogan wants to bring this litigation to an end in a manner satisfactory to all parties and in the best interests of all Marylanders especially current and future [historically black institution] students ” Scholz wrote.\nTraditionally white public universities in Maryland count 122 academic programs not duplicated elsewhere within the state system while historically black schools have only 11 such offerings. That disparity is why advocates have fought for more high-demand academic programs they say would enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of the four schools.\n“The state’s letter just talks about dollars — it does not talk about putting any kind of dent in that 10-to-1 disparity ” said Michael D. Jones lead attorney for the alumni coalition. “The goal is to address the disparity by placing a certain number of unique programs at the [historically black institutions] and it was up to the special master to figure out which ones and at what cost.”\nOver the years the coalition has called for increased funding and merging the University of Baltimore with Morgan State the state’s largest public historically black school. A more recent proposal to transfer programs from traditionally white state schools raised the ire of the Maryland Higher Education Commission and some university presidents who said the plan would ultimately harm students.\n[At Md.’s historically black schools the pursuit of equity without forgoing identity]\nJudge Blake dismissed those proposals but delivered a ruling that Jones and other advocates of desegregation have considered significant. Jones said he is willing to hash out the terms of the proposed settlement depending on the state’s stance on creating programs. The money alone he said will not dismantle the structural inequality that exists between traditionally white and historically black state colleges.\n“If you say . . . we’re going to give the [historically black institutions] these new programs that are going to meet the state’s workforce needs and anybody black white or Latino who wants the program can attend that starts to upend the structural inequality ” Jones said. “And that needs to be a part of the remedy.”", "output": [ "black" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1b1589fe51c40d6ae397d89ea538b03", "input": "White House Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney opened a White House briefing by focusing blame in the faltering efforts to keep government funded by calling the potential shutdown \"the Schumer shutdown\" after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N.Y. before charging that the Democratic Obama administration \"weaponized the shutdown in 2013.\"\nAt issue is what to do with people who have benefitted from the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA will expire March 5 and Mulvaney said Democrats are unnecessarily trying to ram a DACA fix into the short-term spending bill that will keep the government funded through Feb. 16.\n\"No reason you have to deal with DACA this week or before the … middle of February \" Mulvaney said. \"DACA doesn't expire until March 5. This is purely an attempt by the Senate Democrats led by [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer — that's why we call it the Schumer shutdown — in order to try to get a shutdown that they think this president gets blamed for.\"\n Mulvaney said his office has been working on contingency plans if the government is shut down. He said the military Border Patrol and firefighters dealing with wildfires in California will still work but won't be paid until the government reopens.\n\"Parks will be open this time and they weren't before \" Mulvaney said noting that third-party vendors who pick up trash for example won't be working.", "output": [ "Mick Mulvaney" ] }, { "id": "task419-35c779aa19fc42c6a9c97e6f10c927d7", "input": "Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is not letting Hillary Clinton off the hook for her friendship with Harvey Weinstein , the disgraced film producer who is accused of sexually harassing and raping young women in the film industry for decades . \n\"Know what Hillary Clinton is NOT ? \nknow what Hillary Clinton is NOT ? \nHillary is CLEARLY not responsible for anything Weinstein Thats screamingly obvious . \nI have met Hillary Clinton .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c91af7c5d9e4dbe8d445bc343c33b0f", "input": "Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) arrives for a weekly Republican Party luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 17. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters).\n Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) last week helped kill the bipartisan immigration deal in Congress. He didn't think the bill went far enough in transforming the U.S. immigration system. Like President Trump Cotton thinks the United States should cut legal immigration. The senator's reasoning?\n“It can't simultaneously be true that robots will take all the jobs & that the West needs millions of new immigrants to do the grunt work ” tweeted Cotton in late January quoting a Wall Street Journal op-ed from a conservative commentator.\n“I think it’s certainly critical that we reduce unskilled and low-skilled workers. It can’t both be true ... that we need both more unskilled and low-skilled workers but robots are going to take all the jobs ” Cotton told Vox.\n“Tom Cotton is woefully misinformed ” said Joe Brusuelas chief economist at RSM. “Robots will create more jobs.”", "output": [ "Tom Cotton" ] }, { "id": "task419-db14d1f69c9b4e42a436bd4f83bd3fbb", "input": "Casey Affleck has withdrawn from presenting the best actress award at this year’s Oscars Fox News has learned.\nThe news comes after increased scrutiny over years-old accusations against Affleck that stem from his alleged inappropriate behavior on the set of his documentary “I’m Still Here.” The criticism of Affleck resurfaced as more and more women in Hollywood began speaking out about sexual harassment and assault.\nThe younger brother of fellow actor Ben Affleck was accused of sexual harassment by two women in 2010 who alleged he was sexually inappropriate with them during the making of the film. Both cases were settled for undisclosed amounts but the allegations have stuck with Affleck .\nThere was a negative reaction when the star was nominated for – and won – the Academy Award for best actor for “Manchester by the Sea\" in 2017. A petition then circulated suggesting Affleck not be allowed to present at this year’s Academy Awards though it's tradition at the Oscars for the previous year's best actor winner to present the best actress award.\nIt’s currently unknown who will take Affleck ’s place at the show.\nDespite the accusations Affleck hasn’t struggled to find work in Hollywood. He has a slew of projects in production and post-production since his Oscar win.", "output": [ "Casey Affleck" ] }, { "id": "task419-b7dfdac87d9c448b8c26ac0b4c798550", "input": "12:30 p.m.\nFugitive Catalan former leader Carles Puigdemont says that he ’s ready to meet Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in any European Union location but in Spain where he ’s facing arrest.\nSpeaking Friday to reporters in Brussels where he fled evading a Spanish judicial probe into his recent attempt to split Catalonia from Spain Puigdemont said that Thursday’s regional election opened “a new era” for the region.\n Puigdemont says that he wants guarantees to return to Catalonia and be reinstated as the region’s leader. As the most voted candidate among separatists he could be chosen to lead a new pro-independence coalition depending on how negotiations with other parties go.\nEight of the separatist lawmakers elected including ousted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and his no. 2 Oriol Junqueras are either in jail or are fugitives from Spanish justice in Brussels following the October secession bid.\nFormer Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont who campaigned from Belgium where he is evading a Spanish judicial probe into his recent attempt to split Catalonia from Spain is also scheduled to speak.", "output": [ "Carles Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-55094f6c59b8442e806dac7b40c42fbe", "input": "FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said she could neither confirm nor deny how the militia groups helped the FBI.\nBut a University of Michigan graduate student who is studying the militia movement said she was aware of the contact between the two and said she saw e-mails from the militia to the FBI about the Hutaree. She declined to say who wrote those e-mails.\nThe student Amy Cooter who has interviewed dozen of militia members said she steered clear of the Hutaree in part because of safety concerns.\nShe said she isn't surprised the militia alerted the FBI. The Hutaree was advocating a distrust of law enforcement she said that doesn't match the beliefs of most militia members. \"I could tell they weren't representative of the other militias in the state \" she said.", "output": [ "Sandra Berchtold" ] }, { "id": "task419-8f48a16c834740ca99e773c98eae6e99", "input": "\"I can't teach the book right now \" says Shaka Greene algebra teacher at Ron Brown College Preparatory High School. \"Because my students are still learning to add 49 plus 17.\"\nSo begins Part 3 — the conclusion of our podcast series: Raising Kings: A Year of Love and Struggle at Ron Brown College Prep.\nFor Greene this is the last straw. He announces that he won't be returning for Ron Brown's second year because of his frustration over \"egregiously\" low academic expectations.\nCurtis and Principal Williams insist that academic progress will come in this dramatically different school but that no one should expect it so soon after what is still Ron Brown's first year.\nWhile Greene is the only teacher who says he won't be coming back because of these district policies every member of the Ron Brown faculty agrees with his opposition.\nThis debate is not unique to Ron Brown. It has roiled teachers' lounges and principals' offices across the country.\nThe difficult truth for the passionate educators of Ron Brown is that both sides are right.\nThis is the last installment of our yearlong reporting project \"Raising Kings A Year Of Love And Struggle At Ron Brown College Prep.\"", "output": [ "Ron Brown" ] }, { "id": "task419-875d97a339e849aba833bee509173570", "input": "CLOSE Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield won the 2017 Heisman Trophy. USA TODAY Sports\nOklahoma Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield wins the 2017 Heisman Trophy. (Photo: Todd J. Van Emst USA TODAY Sports)\n Baker Mayfield had been to this New York City ceremony before. This time he left with a statue.\nThere was little suspense Saturday night with the announcement that the Oklahoma quarterback is the 2017 Heisman Award recipient. Mayfield the fifth man to finish in the top four of the Heisman race three times is the sixth Sooner so honored overall and the third OU signal caller since 2003 to claim the trophy.\n Mayfield received 732 first-place votes Love had 75 and Jackson got 47.\nAWARDS: Baker Mayfield wins Walter Camp Award\n Mayfield 22 directed the nationâs most productive offense averaging 583.3 yards a game while leading the Sooners to another Big 12 title and a Rose Bowl date with Georgia in the College Football Playoff. His passing numbers were impressive enough â 4 340 yards with 41 touchdowns to just five interceptions and a 71% completion rate. But the fiery competitor did some of his best work in the biggest games like his 386-yard three-TD performance at Ohio State and his 598-yard day in a 62-52 shootout win against Oklahoma State. He capped the regular season with four scoring tosses in the Big 12 final against TCU.\n\"Wow. This is unbelievable for me \" Mayfield said. \"Being up her among these greats is something words can't describe. ... It's such an honor.\"\nBaker Mayfield got choked up while thanking Lincoln Riley and his parents pic.twitter.com/eQf16E7MpM â Sports Illustrated (@SInow) December 10 2017\n Mayfield â the first Heisman winner to begin his career as a walk-on since athletic scholarships started in the 1950s â is an old-school winner. For decades seniors dominated the Heisman but over the last 10 years four juniors four sophomores and two redshirt freshmen have won the Heisman. By comparison Mayfield has been around forever that first season at Texas Tech coming in 2013. He has played 47 college games. Only USCâs Carson Palmer with 50 had played more when he won his Heisman in 2002.\n Mayfield is in many ways the perfect college football player: Good enough to play at an elite level but because he is not an ideal NFL prospect he stuck around long enough to lead Oklahoma to three Big 12 championships and two Playoff appearances.\n He also is among the most polarizing college football players of recent vintage.\n Mayfield was arrested in February and pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors including public intoxication. He was also punished by Sooners coach Lincoln Riley after making an obscene gesture toward Kansas players during a game in November.\nAnd in Week 2 he showed his exuberance with an act that brought his first apology of the season.\nAfter the Sooners' 31-16 win at Ohio State Mayfield ran around the field at Ohio Stadium with a crimson OU flag then took it to the âOâ at midfield and tried to stick it in the ground as his teammates celebrated around him.\nThe next step for for the former walk-on: To once again prove some folks wrong. Listed at 6-1 220 pounds â and that might be a stretch â Mayfield is not the prototype NFL quarterback prospect but that hasnât stopped him from becoming one of the most prolific passers in college football history.", "output": [ "Baker Mayfield" ] }, { "id": "task419-771cd25331224539b04b8f14e26fae1c", "input": "(CNN) When a man snatched a wallet from a passerby's hand Tess Aboughoushe ran after him. When she caught him she invited him for coffee. Why? Because the Canadian woman felt it was the right thing to do.\nIt was February 14. Aboughoushe was heading back to work from the chiropractor in downtown Edmonton Canada. The mugger had asked another woman for money and when she pulled out her wallet he grabbed it and ran.\n\"I saw the man and the woman on the side of the road and as I was walking past she calls out that her wallet has been stolen. 'Stop! Thief!' Legitimately just like a movie scene \" Aboughoushe told CNN. \"He was running in front of me and I didn't really stop to consider personal safety issues.\"\n Aboughoushe chased him down a couple of blocks briefly lost sight of him and found him behind a dumpster in an alley.", "output": [ "Tess Aboughoushe" ] }, { "id": "task419-3e6aaf28aacb4e3c83beda058b344d69", "input": "\"The scientists looking at appearance changes found that the upper and lower cheeks were full after the study \" said study author Dr. Murad Alam vice chair in the department of dermatology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.\n\"Patients themselves found even greater benefits and noticed that 18 of the 20 areas and features of the face that were studied got better over the course of the study \" Alam said. \"In general the appearance benefit was that the contour of the face became smoother fuller and firmer.\"\nThe findings were published in January in the journal JAMA Dermatology. Alam noted that none of the researchers had a financial interest in the facial yoga exercise program.\nAs for whether men or perhaps younger women might achieve a similar benefit Alam said \"we would expect to see an effect. But until we study it we won't know if it is a little more or a little less.\"\nStill exercise alone may not be enough \"to replace the tried-and-tested methods of improving facial appearance\" that can be achieved with fillers lasers and the like Alam acknowledged. Instead exercises might best serve to enhance such interventions he said.\nBut Xu said that facial exercise \"makes a lot of intuitive sense.\"\nWhy? \"Facial aging is so much more than just seeing more wrinkles on the face \" said Xu . \"It's a complex process and includes thinning of the upper layers of the skin loss of collagen and elastin in the deeper layers of the skin and loss of fat and muscle.", "output": [ "Murad Alam" ] }, { "id": "task419-7d54b67a4f6e4d559fcc95c20ae78618", "input": "Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.) will not run for re-election in 2018 according to several media reports.\nThe Chicago Tribune and Politico reported the news Monday evening citing sources familiar with Gutierrez’s thinking and the congressman is expected to publicly announce his decision on Tuesday.\nSeveral people have reportedly expressed their intention to run for his seat including Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia. The Tribune notes the vacancy could set off a domino effect in Chicago-area politics. Candidates have until Dec. 4 to gather at least 1 000 signatures as part of a nominating petition.\nEarlier this month Gutiérrez joined a group of House Democrats in introducing articles of impeachment against Trump albeit with little hope of passing given Republicans’ control of the House.\nIn September Gutiérrez was one of several Democratic lawmakers to be arrested outside Trump Tower in New York at a protest against Trump’s decision to end DACA which provides protections to close to 700 000 young undocumented immigrants.\nLast month Gutiérrez criticized Trump’s proposals including funding a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and reducing federal grants to sanctuary cities as “an extension of the white supremacist agenda ” reported The Washington Post.\nEven before Trump entered into office Gutiérrez made headlines last December for planning to boycott the inauguration in response to what he saw as Trump’s rhetoric of “hatred bigotry and prejudice.”", "output": [ "Luis Gutiérrez" ] }, { "id": "task419-79a570aa7a9f4ff9ad26b50a132ddb7e", "input": "In late March a senior official from the Republican Governors Association headed for Alaska on a secret mission. Sarah Palin was beset by such political and personal turmoil that some powerful supporters determined an intervention was needed to pull her governorship and her national future back from the brink.\n Like so much of the advice sent Palin's way by influential supporters it appeared to be happily received and then largely discarded barely slowing what was in retrospect an inexorable march toward the resignation she announced 10 days ago.\n Palin had returned to her home state from the presidential campaign as one of the hopeful prospects in her struggling party even if she had much to prove to her detractors. Standing before the Legislature in January she vowed to retake her office with \"optimism and collaboration and hard work to get the job done.\"\n Almost as soon as she returned home the once-popular governor was isolated from an increasingly critical Legislature. Lawmakers who had supported her signature effort to develop a natural gas pipeline turned into uncooperative critics.\n Ethics complaints mounted and legal bills followed. At home Palin was dealing with a teenage daughter who had given birth to a son and broken up with the infant's father a baby of her own with special needs and national news media eager to cover it all.\n Friends worried that she appeared anxious and underweight.\n Yet to the dismay of some advisers Palin dove into the fray seeming to relish the tabloid-ready fights that consumed her as the work of the state at times went undone.Her growing list of detractors quickly signaled they were not impressed with her celebrity status.\n \"We had business to do \" said state Rep. Nancy Dahlstrom a Republican who had worked on Palin's 2006 race for governor. \"It's not all about adoration.\"", "output": [ "Sarah Palin" ] }, { "id": "task419-e5b5605e347e4e16903031917bcd73ca", "input": "Winston Peters leader of the New Zealand First Party speaks during a media conference in Wellington New Zealand September 27 2017. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield\n New Zealand First leader Winston Peters told local media that knowing the facts “puts us in a better position to make judgements”.\n Peters has said he would only make a decision on which party to back after the final tally and after the results become official on Oct. 12.\nBut some say Peters could be swayed to go to National given it would be a straightforward coalition between two parties.\n Peters a veteran New Zealand politician who has now held the balance of power three times has in past elections formed coalition governments with both the National Party and Labour.", "output": [ "Winston Peters" ] }, { "id": "task419-3bd462b41df84587a883780671386ff5", "input": "Alvin Kamara can do it all . ( Bill Feig / AP ) In the weeks and months leading into the 2017 NFL draft New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton watched several running backs work out in person . He separated them into tiers ranking them in order of preference . He inspected a small jitterbug - quick back from North Carolina A & T Tarik Cohen and came away wanting to draft him . Just above Cohen though was another back Payton studied in a private workout . When the draft came and rolled into the third round Payton seized the chance to trade up into the 67th overall pick and draft Alvin Kamara . Kamara has erupted becoming the most explosive player on one of the league ’ s best teams and the clear favorite for rookie of the year . He has rushed for 606 yards caught 60 passes for another 614 yards and scored 11 total touchdowns . The manner in which Kamara plays is instructive a sign of where NFL offense is headed . Kamara is a running back comfortable taking on the duties of a wide receiver . Kamara may be the idealized version of a versatile back but there are more like him on the way . The Panthers drafted Christian McCaffrey eighth overall as much for his receiving ability as his running ability and they have attempted 90 passes to him tying Devin Funchess as Cam Newton ’ s most frequent target . The Chiefs ’ Kareem Hunt despite slowing after a monstrous start to the year has caught 39 balls for 347 yards . Dalvin Cook caught five passes for 72 yards in a game before being injured for the season . Cohen the player Payton bypassed for Kamara has been a key cog in Chicago ’ s passing game . And that is only a sampling of rookies from this season . While Ezekiel Elliott primarily succeeded by bruising behind the Cowboys ’ stellar offensive line last season Dallas felt comfortable drafting him fourth overall because of his ability to run every route proficiently — head personnel executive Stephen Jones pointed out that Elliott had played slot receiver as a sophomore in high school . [ NFL players react with alarm and prayers as Steelers ’ Ryan Shazier is carted off ] Kamara leads a wave of young backs who have been developing receiving skills for years . The rise of offseason passing leagues and pass - heavy spread offenses in college have created a new breed of running back . “ Whatever you want to credit that to — seven - on - seven passing academies to just the style of offenses that they run in college I ’ m not sure — but guys seem to come in even more prepared now than they ever have been ” Saints quarterback Drew Brees said . “ What they ’ re able to do I think their versatility is something that you see with so many of these young backs that come in . They can run the ball between the tackles they can catch the ball out of the backfield you can split them out and almost treat them as receivers sometimes . Just really talented players .” The traditional plow - horse running back is not extinct — the Jaguars took Leonard Fournette fourth overall and would probably do so again ; he is a battering ram suited for their ball - control offense . But many running backs may be better viewed as skill players . The Steelers ’ Le ’ Veon Bell might be the best running back in football but he can also line up wide . He caught 75 passes in 12 games last year and he has another 61 catches already this season . The usage actually led to a contract dispute — Bell held out all of training camp because he wanted to be paid like a receiver . It may not be the last time the issue arises . In the NBA the Golden State Warriors popularized the concept of positionless basketball employing five players with skill - sets varied enough to capitalize on any opponent ’ s weakness or mitigate any strength . This NFL season has seen some offenses attempting to play positionless football . The New England Patriots are part of the vanguard . This offseason they added Rex Burkhead a powerful runner who had once played slot receiver for the Bengals in free agency . They combined him with James White and Dion Lewis and Tom Brady has targeted them a combined 111 times . The Patriots could motion any of White Lewis or Burkhead out of the backfield or just line them up as a receiver . The Patriots often employ two on the same play bedeviling defenses that must decide which personnel to match them with . “ It depends how the defense wants to treat you ” White said . “ If they want to treat me like a receiver maybe they ’ ll put a [ defensive back ] on me . If they want to treat me like a running back maybe they put a linebacker in . It all depends how the defense wants to match up against you . It ’ s really up to the defense .” [ The Seahawks ’ upset of the Eagles shook the entire NFC playoff field ] White has seen more pass attempts than any Patriot after Brandin Cooks and Rob Gronkowski . In the Super Bowl last year he caught 14 passes for 110 yards . Now in his fourth season White came out of a run - heavy system at Wisconsin but he said he played wide receiver in Pop Warner and other leagues growing up . Once in the NFL he felt comfortable being used a variety of ways . “ More college teams started doing that splitting the back out wide ” White said . “ It translates in the NFL .” The tide is not stopping . Saquan Barkley caught 47 passes for 594 yards this season at Penn State and he will certainly be the first running back taken next April likely among the top five picks . Coaches will be scouring workouts as Payton did last season looking for the next Kamara . Those kind of running backs are out there and they are taking over the NFL . >>> The Giants upended their franchise Monday by firing Ben McAdoo and GM Jerry Reese who presided over two Super Bowl rosters in the midst of a 2 - 10 debacle Mark Maske reports . The removal of McAdoo and Reese was expected . Interestingly Maske reports that there is a “ strong chance ” the Giants reinsert Eli Manning for their game Sunday at home against Dallas . Giants owners clearly fear a fan revolt and Monday they attempted to quell it by making wholesale changes Mike Vaccaro writes . >>> Rob Gronkowski was suspended one game for his cheap shot on Bills cornerback Tre ’ Davious White . Sally Jenkins writes the hit warranted a more severe punishment . Read more on the NFL : Anquan Boldin says Players Coalition ’ s agreement with NFL was never about protests Chargers should be favored to capture AFC West crown New York Giants fire Ben McAdoo Jerry Reese as team cleans house The Packers ’ playoff odds stand at 750 - to - 1 even if Aaron Rodgers returns Jay Gruden : Redskins ‘ don ’ t have any plans to shut anybody down ’ After tearing his Achilles Ravens ’ Jimmy Smith reportedly drops appeal of PED suspension", "output": [ "Alvin Kamara" ] }, { "id": "task419-dbac6d616547406a8706223da53efdce", "input": "Regional leader Carles Puigdemont is due to address the regional parliament on Tuesday afternoon and Madrid is worried it will vote for a unilateral declaration of independence.\nCatalan President Carles Puigdemont at the Palau de la Generalitat the regional government headquarters in Barcelona Spain October 6 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman\n Puigdemont said on Sunday he had not been in contact with the Madrid government for some time because it refused to discuss independence.\n“What is happening in Catalonia is real whether they like it or not. Millions of people have voted who want to decide. We have to talk about this ” he said.", "output": [ "Carles Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e9b3c7d1f0d454e8090a4cbc1afcdae", "input": "Hope Academy founder Bob Muzikowski was blunt in his assessment of the forfeiture.\n“I don’t want to judge them but if it were the reverse we’d come to their place no matter what ” Muzikowski said. “Maybe we’re not reading the same Bible. There’s ‘do not fear’ all over it. I said it to both of the heads of (St. Francis and Bishop McNamara) — we had had an opportunity to do something great and they chose not to do it.”\n Muzikowski said part of the reason Hope did not want to change venues was because it was impossible to find a neutral site. But mainly he said he doesn’t want to set a bad precedent for his students and the neighborhood.\n“If we go down to (Bishop McNamara’s) place it’s ‘Where you live is good where we live is bad ’ ” he said. “My kids go to Hope. Our Christianity is actually a little radical — we think you should go where it’s bad.”", "output": [ "Bob Muzikowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d6002180ee4458daa3275aff89ebcd1", "input": "After Dallas prosecutor Jody Warner was fired from her job in the district attorney's office for an altercation with an Uber driver she apologized for her actions saying today \"I was wrong.\"\n\"I'm very sorry for the language I used. I'm not proud of it \" Warner said at a press conference as she fought back tears. \"I appreciate being given the opportunity to give my side. I'm not trying to make any accusations against that driver. I don't know what's in his heart. I can tell you that not everything he said was true. I never touched him.\"\n She added \"I'm not ever going to justify anything that I said. There's just a little bit more to it and I was wrong.\"\nThe argument led to Warner 's firing on Monday by Dallas District Attorney Faith Johnson.\n\"After careful consideration and a thorough investigation I have decided to terminate Ms. Warner . Although criminal charges have not been filed her behavior is contrary to this office's core principle of integrity and it will not be tolerated \" Johnson said in a statement. \"As public servants we represent the people of Dallas County and are examples of justice professionalism and ethical behavior both inside and outside of the courtroom. I will not waver on my expectation of the highest integrity for myself or my staff. I will continue to run this office with transparency and respect for the justice system and the community we serve. I encourage you the public to look beyond this incident and recognize that our prosecutors work hard each day to seek justice on your behalf.\"", "output": [ "Jody Warner" ] }, { "id": "task419-90597995d2d84384a778ad8f46d78bde", "input": "Political strongman Ozawa willing to face Japan ethics panel\n \"I think it would be a way to go if it helps the public understand the issue \" Ozawa told reporters at a regular press briefing.\n His move came as his ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) prepares for a tough summer election because of the funds scandal and the public's growing disappointment with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.\n Ozawa dubbed the \"Shadow Shogun\" and regarded as the real power behind Hatoyama was suspected of having played a role in manipulating the financial statements of his fund management body.\n Three of his former and current aides were arrested in connection with the case. But prosecutors earlier decided not to file criminal charges against Ozawa due to lack of evidence.\n He has pledged to stay on as the DPJ's secretary general despite growing public distrust in him.\n Investigators met Ozawa during the weekend for a fresh round of questioning after a citizens' judicial review panel said they believed the veteran politician should be indicted.\n Ozawa told the Monday press conference that nothing new had come up in his latest meeting with investigators.\n He said he had agreed to open the traditionally closed-door session should he appear before the ethics panel \"because I have not done anything wrong.\"\n Ozawa's decision came as the Hatoyama government's approval rating continues to sink with elections for the upper house likely to be held in July.", "output": [ "Ichiro Ozawa", "Ozawa" ] }, { "id": "task419-c94f2f9f4bd048f1a1ee29fb8f084a9a", "input": "According to Michael McCarthy of the Sporting News Hill appeared on the Sunday edition of Al Sharpton’s PoliticsNation on MSNBC where not surprisingly people discuss politics. An issue that ESPN has gone to great lengths to discourage Hill and other ESPN personalities from addressing on “public-facing forums.”\nThough Hill and Sharpton could be engaged in a bit of political rope-a-dope.\n Sharpton threatened to lead boycotts and protests of ESPN if the network suspended her for calling President Trump a “white supremacist.” Though it’s impossible to know Hill may have agreed to go on Sharpton ’s show believing that ESPN would be unlikely to fire or discipline her due to Sharpton ’s high-profile and ability to organize boycotts.\nThis explanation also makes sense considering that Hill would have had to get permission from ESPN to do the interview in the first place. Had ESPN denied Hill the ability to do the interview then Sharpton would have blasted the network on his program and through his National Action Network. Given Sharpton ’s ability to agitate ESPN could have regarded Hill’s appearance on Sharpton ’s show as “protected speech.”", "output": [ "Al Sharpton" ] }, { "id": "task419-0b1075ab6ae546938828db7ee90626d1", "input": "Insecure’s Nuanced Take on Singleness Part of the revolution of modern female characters involves dismantling this idea of “likability.” She’s Gotta Have It succeeds there; at times Darling is definitely not likable. But the show makes it seem as though any criticisms of Darling are due to the fact that she embraces her sexuality and has multiple partners—and I don’t really buy it. Some of the discontinuity in Darling’s storyline feels like a failure to successfully imagine the inner motivations ideas and emotions of a modern young woman. Part of the flaw here is that Lee ’s relying too heavily on the framework he created for the character three decades ago. Green: Yes Gillian! Darling calls the men in her life out for thinking they know the “real her” when they’re only dating their own contrived visions of her. The irony is Darling ends up coming off like a middle-aged man’s off-pitch interpretation of a millennial black feminist. The way she lists her rules of engagement—only sex in her “loving bed ” seeing each man no more than twice a week and never two in one day etc.—gives an impression that she’s playing for sport instead of living in the liberation she tells others about.\nShe breaks the fourth wall in many uncomfortable monologues throughout the season which I’d hoped would be a vehicle to get inside her head; but like most of the women in the show Darling never becomes fully three-dimensional. It’s not surprising then that in a show mainly about juggling three men the only dialogue that has depth and advances the storyline comes from Darling’s interactions with the other women in the show: her three girlfriends a woman that she’s also seeing (Opal) and her therapist. David Lee / Netflix Mock: I remember the first time I saw the original movie and how it blew my mind. I didn’t see it when it first came out in 1986. I saw it in ’89 or 1990 after I saw Do the Right Thing which made me want to find anything else Lee had done besides the Jordan commercials and the Anita Baker video. But yeah I think we forget how revolutionary Darling’s character was—not as a black character but just as a character period. At that age I had no ideas about the sexual agency of women or what polyamory was; these terms weren’t part of the mainstream lexicon. Remember misogyny was on the come up during that era of hip hop (’86 to ’91) . Many of the guys I grew up with were heavily influenced by rappers like Too Short Big Daddy Kane LL Cool J N.W.A. and 2 Live Crew which is to say we were getting a pretty unhealthy education about male-female relationships. I loved how Lee flipped that entire dynamic on its head with She’s Gotta Have It and we needed to see that. But to your point Gillian I’m not sure the TV series did much to advance contemporary ideas about the relationships explored in the ’86 movie. I think that’s why Lee felt the need to flesh out the narrative with this whole gentrification thread.\nWhite: Definitely. Part of the problem is that what made Darling such an innovative character in the 1980s isn’t what makes her so compelling now. And I fully agree with you Adrienne: The moments where we see Darling undergoing the most growth and becoming most self-aware are all related to women. In addition to Opal and her therapist I’d add her boss Raqueletta Moss to the mix. Serwer: To go off your points about Insecure Gillian and Adrienne one of Spike’s issues here is that the artists he helped influence are actually better at this now than he is. Which is what’s supposed to happen! Even if it’s not something Spike would like to hear. White: I think that’s exactly right. Serwer: I found myself most roped in when the show was lingering on Darling and her issues in the art world (the satire of which is funny and brutal) and less so when it was focusing on the love triangle (rectangle?) the original film was centered on. Of her suitors I found Mars Blackmon the most likable and relatable in part because he feels like the underdog in a situation that involves a wealthy Wall Street type and a French-speaking model. Also Anthony Ramos is really good at inhabiting the character. White: I was scared about how the character of Mars (originally played by Lee ) would translate but in the end he was one of the highlights of the show and unquestionably the male suitor who was best folded into the present day. Ramos did such a fantastic job of keeping Mars’s spirit of absurdity and geekiness while making him feel fresh and original. As for the other suitors I found Greer and Jamie difficult to stomach—and not just because they’re supposed to be obnoxious. Both characters seem to be relics of the 1980s in dress in attitude and in their assumptions about their place in society and Darling’s.\nIn a world where talking hanging out and hooking up are all far more common in your early 20s (especially in big cities) the idea that Greer and Jamie would spend so much of their time inquiring about the other men Darling is dating feels a little unbelievable. Also the types of men that Jamie and Greer are meant to portray—generalized archetypes of a desirable guy—don’t even work for the present moment. Jamie’s stuffy wealthy older finance-dad vibe and certainly Greer’s light-skinned light-eyed cultured model vibe went out of style in the ’90s and they should’ve been left there. Serwer: Greer and Jamie are really insufferable and more than Mars they’re stereotypes: The first suitor is a project kid-gone-Wall Street who still has ties to the drug game (slash a cheating husband in a midlife crisis). The second is a tragic mulatto who literally has a line about how he doesn’t want to choose between one identity or the other. That stuff was played out when I was a teenager. I wonder Gillian if the characters simply weren’t rescuable from the time and place they were created (and maybe Mars was in part because if anything black geeks are more visible in pop culture now than they used to be). Also light-skinned men are definitely not out of style shout out to my Blewish brother Drake (or is he canceled? I’m old and can’t keep track). Mock: As Adrienne said it was the scenes shared between the women that were most rich. I honestly could have taken a She’s Gotta Have It sans the male characters from the original altogether—maybe keep Mars Blackmon but only because he’s so iconic. It is weird though that for a movie/TV show that is supposed to be essentially about a woman the character it’s most remembered for is a guy Mars Blackmon. He’s the only character who has benefited from the marketing of the movie over the past few decades. We didn’t even know where Tracy Camilla Johns (the original Nola Darling) disappeared to until she made that cameo in the new version. David Lee / Netflix Of course there’s the theory that none of these characters are to be taken as literal people but rather as the multiple shades of Brooklyn. The male characters could be seen as metaphors for the parts of Brooklyn that aspire toward Manhattan-like wealth and prestige (Jamie) the parts that are straight blacktops and hip hop (Mars) and the parts that are that whole metro-self-fellatio-sexual part of NYC that really began blossoming in the ’80s (Greer).\nWhite: For sure but I’d argue those aren’t even representative of Brooklyn in this moment. Brooklyn is not the Brooklyn of the ’80s or ’90s (so Lee keeps reminding us). Mock: On another note I’m thankful that they got rid of the rape scene from the movie. I think the transition to dealing with sexual harassment and assault in the streets was the show’s strongest material especially as it bled into Darling’s art work which helped solve some of her financial problems. The personal became political then became personal again. Serwer: I think part of the reason why that subplot is so strong is that it’s based on a work called Stop Telling Women to Smile by the artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh who was also a consultant on the show. Fazlalizadeh put up a series of posters around Brooklyn with similar anti–street harassment messages she drew from women she interviewed about their experiences. Green: Spike’s long talked about regretting that rape scene (and as recently as November). I agree Brentin that the show did a really good job of making sexual trauma an undercurrent without visually exploiting female characters—from the street-art campaign to Darling’s art student replacing Lil’ Kim with herself on the Hard Core album cover for a school assignment. With the “free black female form” as its thematic throughline the show subtly deals with sex and trauma complicating the idea of autonomy and who has access to it.\nWhite: I think that the use of Raqueletta Moss and her story of abuse as a child and how she overcame it was a clever way to explicitly deal with the subject without as Adrienne suggested having to resort to exploitative rape scenes. Also Moss’s decision to take Darling on as a mentee despite having witnessed her immaturity at work was one of my favorite developments. That relationship between those two black women felt organic and important. Serwer: I liked the Moss character in part because I can remember teachers pulling me aside and giving me that kind of blunt real-talk lecture about how bad life can get in order to keep you from dealing with things they had to deal with or saw other people deal with. The character’s past isn’t what you’d call original but again it’s rescued by a strong performance by the actress De’Adre Aziza. David Lee / Netflix White: Before we wrap this we need to talk about that wild butt-implant narrative involving one of Darling’s closest friends Shemekka. This storyline was alternately framed as a comedy and a serious commentary on the way society values women. But ultimately I thought it presented some pretty major problems for the plot and the show’s portrayal of women. Mock: I’m not quite sure what they were going for with that thread. It felt like something that got cut from Chi-Raq.", "output": [ "David Lee", "Lee" ] }, { "id": "task419-9987f2528c3247e3a59ee3a10c24e37d", "input": "Because of space limitations in the minor-league clubhouse of the Mets’ spring-training complex meetings are often held in the weight room at the start of camp. Now as major league players on the opposite side of the complex pitchers and catchers gathered in the weight room at First Data Field on Wednesday to receive instructions from new manager Mickey Callaway and pitching coach Dave Eiland before the first spring workout.\n The 42-year-old Callaway who is running a spring camp for the first time in his major league career — his previous experience came as Indians pitching coach for five seasons — called the session a discussion about “routines” and “processes.” Among them ensuring each pitcher understands how many bullpen and live batting practice sessions he must throw before getting to pitch in the Grapefruit League.\n Callaway will convene his entire team for a meeting Monday that will precede the initial full-squad workout.\n“It will be a little different ” Callaway said. “We are going to get more in depth about the things we want to see out of our team and the expectations that we have so I am really excited about that meeting. It’s my chance to address everybody in the organization basically and for guys to get a chance to see everybody in the organization and not just the guys on the field. ”\n“They become an integral part of what we’re trying to do and they help us in our routines and processes ” Callaway said. “So [players] have got to make sure they are on top of their games because there’s a lot of responsibilities throughout the day and it’s not always about come here do your prep work and go out on the field and perform.”\nJacob deGrom was asked if he expects Callaway to run a tight ship.\nThe fact Callaway has such a deep pitching background is something Lugo already has come to appreciate. The right-hander mentioned a recent bullpen session Callaway was watching that turned into an instructional moment.\nBut Callaway is quick to point out that any instruction he provides to pitchers will be coordinated with Eiland to ensure both are sending the same message.\n“[ Callaway ] and Dave have a lot of knowledge so Mickey told us if we have a question for him we can ask him but Dave is going to know about it ” Zack Wheeler said. “They are working together. I think they both accept each other and work well.”", "output": [ "Mickey Callaway" ] }, { "id": "task419-4dc735eb0cab4f3aa163a8263200a7ea", "input": "The @FormerBu Twitter account that has been active since March has been confirmed to belong to former FBI Director James Comey.\n The account shows Comey in Iowa raising speculation he may be running for president in 2020.\nAn anonymous Twitter account with 39 000 followers but only 6 tweets was confirmed to be former FBI Director James Comey after the user tweeted a picture of Comey standing on a road in Iowa.\n\"Ok in light of this latest tweet I will confirm that @FormerBu is in fact James Comey himself \" Wittes tweeted on Monday.\nSpeculation had been circling for months about whether the account was being run by Comey and even before his online identity was confirmed Twitter users had already raised the possibility that the director who was fired by President Donald Trump in May might be running for president.", "output": [ "James Comey" ] }, { "id": "task419-b14d0da1efca4541ad86336ac3737d22", "input": "President Donald Trumpâs new ambassador to the Netherlands Pete Hoekstra arrived at The Hague for his first day of work on Wednesday â and it turned out to be a rough one.\nDuring his first press conference Dutch journalists refused to let Hoekstra off the hook for comments he made in 2015 about Muslims causing âchaos in the Netherlands â burning politicians and creating âno-go zonesâ in that country. The journalists peppered the former Republican congressman from Michigan with questions asking if he still believes those widely debunked claims.\n Hoekstra doggedly refused to retract his past comments or provide concrete examples to back up his claims The Washington Post reports. The Dutch journalists responded to his reluctance by piling on their questions.\nJOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images Ambassador Pete Hoekstra speaks during a press conference at the U.S. embassy in The Hague on Jan. 10 2018\nâWhy donât you answer the question?â others chimed in after Hoekstra attempted to move on.\nRoel Geeraedts a reporter at the Dutch television station RTL Nieuws tweeted a video of the tense press conference. âThe only one who did get burned today is... Hoekstra himself . By refusing to answer our questions â he wrote.\nToday Dutch press welcomed @petehoekstra as new ambassador to the Netherlands. In 2015 Hoekstra said Dutch\"politicians are being burned\" (not true). The only one who did get burned today is... Hoekstra himself . By refusing to answer our questions. pic.twitter.com/Dv2aalbhDP â Roel Geeraedts (@RGjournalist) January 10 2018\n Hoekstra made those claims about Islam during a recorded panel discussion in November 2015. The panel was sponsored by the David Horowitz Freedom Center a Los Angeles-based organization known for promoting anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim ideologies.\nâThe Islamic movement is now gotten to a point where they have put Europe into chaos â Hoekstra said back then according to Reuters. âChaos in the Netherlands â there are cars being burned. There are politicians that are being burned and yes there are no-go zones in the Netherlands.â\n Hoekstra has often made erroneous comments about Muslims and their faith. He has speculated that up to 15 percent of all Muslims could be radical extremists according to CNN. Given that there are roughly 1.8 billion Muslims in the world that would amount to about 270 million people.\n He âs also claimed in the past that Hillary Clintonâs longtime aide Huma Abedin had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. That conspiracy theory has been thoroughly debunked.\nLast month in Washington a Dutch reporter from the Nieuwsuur television program questioned Hoekstra about the âno-go zonesâ comment. Hoekstra asserted he hadnât said that â again even though his 2015 remarks were recorded.\nWhen HuffPost asked about the clash at this weekâs press conference a U.S. State Department spokesperson pointed to a tweet that Hoekstra sent out in December addressing the interview with Nieuwsuur. In that tweet the ambassador expressed âregretâ about the exchange.\nPlease see my comments regarding recent interview. Thank you. Pete pic.twitter.com/gxQOcZ8Duk â Pete Hoekstra (@petehoekstra) December 23 2017\n Hoekstra was born in the Netherlands and moved to the United States as a young child. The onetime congressman who served from 1993 to 2011 sat for a period on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.\nThe Investigative Project on Terrorism quotes Hoekstra praising it as a ânational treasure whose influence and achievements are unparalleled.â", "output": [ "Pete Hoekstra" ] }, { "id": "task419-e6fd4a5f47304951aaadab055bd99ae6", "input": "Meet Nico LaHood district attorney for Bexar County Texas home of the mostly Democratic enclave of San Antonio. LaHood is now locked in a street brawl of a primary battle against a former friend Joe Gonzales.\n“I’m a conservative guy ” LaHood told a right-wing radio host last year as reported by the San Antonio Express-News.\nThe context was LaHood complaining that while he was opposed to “sanctuary cities ” he also didn’t want the state government to tell municipalities what to do. “With all due respect to the governor how many times have you flipped off the federal government by saying ‘Hey screw you don’t tell us how to run Texas’?... I think it’s a little bit hypocritical now he ’s playing big government and telling us how to run our municipalities.”\nOn another radio talk show LaHood said that Islam is “basically a political system wrapped in a religion ” parroting far-right talking points that have been disproven by all reputable scholars of Islam. Moreover LaHood said moderate Muslims are not real Muslims: “I have some very very—and I want to emphasize this—very good friends that wear the label of a Muslim ” LaHood said. “But they don’t follow the tenets or the principle of Islam more importantly Sharia Law because they’ve been Americanized.”\n LaHood also went on record opposing “Jenny’s Law ” which was unanimously passed by the Texas Senate and provides victims and witnesses of crimes access to an attorney free of charge. It is named for a mentally ill rape victim who was imprisoned for 27 days to ensure she could testify against her rapist. While incarcerated she was severely beaten.\n LaHood publicly opposed the law saying it was “not practical.” The head of his office’s criminal trial division was the only person to testify against it in the legislature. And for good measure he hired one of the prosecutors involved in the original “Jenny” case. When these facts were reported LaHood wrote a letter attacking the newspaper that reported them.\nLaHood’s conservatism is apparently grounded in his religion. At a town meeting with constituents he said “I love Jesus and he loves me and that’s why I love you and your family.” A former drug dealer turned born-again Christian LaHood has described himself as a “man who is passionately in love with the Lord.”\nNot all of his comments have been quite so Christian however. At an earlier meeting he yelled at a constituent who had challenged whether he had held police officers accountable. “When I was a district attorney you can ask any prosecutor I went up against. Ask if I had the huevos to go against anybody and hold them accountable ” placing his hands in a gesture of said huevos for emphasis.\n“Anger motivated me to accomplish things ” LaHood said in an interview with the Rivard Report “and I believe God used my anger.”\nAnd then there’s the anti-vaxxer stuff. LaHood whose son has autism has appeared at anti-vaxxer conferences using his district attorney title as proof of credibility. And in a promotional video for the anti-vaxxer movie Vaxxed LaHood says: “I ’m Nico LaHood . I ’m the criminal district attorney in San Antonio Texas. I ’m here to tell you that vaccines can and do cause autism.”\nAsked about his views at the Feb. 8 debate LaHood said they were based on “a personal belief” based on “what my wife and I go through medically.” After his son developed autism “we have an opinion of how that happened.”", "output": [ "Nico LaHood" ] }, { "id": "task419-86900177367648e088968dd96ccd19d9", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Giancarlo Stanton is hitting home runs at a ridiculous pace this season but the distance they are traveling is equally hard to believe. USA TODAY Sports\nGiancarlo Stanton slugs his 50th home run of the season -- a two run home run in the eighth inning. (Photo: Jasen Vinlove USA TODAY Sports)\nThey want Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton and while it’s not realistic now it could be by the start of the 2018 season.\n Stanton who passed through waivers without a sniff a few weeks ago suddenly has a captive audience hitting his 50th home run Sunday earlier than any player since Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa in 2001.\nDespite his exploits no team has informed the Marlins they would be willing to pay the remainder of Stanton ’s entire salary a cool $295 million over the next 10 years beginning in 2018.\nYet not even the Marlins who will be sold as soon as their season ends to a group led by Derek Jeter and Bruce Sherman are stupid enough to trade Stanton now.\n Stanton will be wearing a Marlins’ uniform right up until the their season finale on Oct. 1 or longer if they happen to make the playoffs.\nThe Marlins with Jeter running the show once the sale closes will trade Stanton .\nIt would be altogether different of course if Jeffrey Loria was still owning the team. He would be lampooned to Cuba if he dared trade Stanton .\nThe difference now of course is that when Stanton is traded Jeter will be in charge.\nThe Marlins who want to keep their payroll around $100 million simply can’t have one-third of their payroll tied into one player no matter how many homers Stanton hits.\nLet’s face it considering Stanton ’s injury-plagued past his trade value may never be higher.\nThe Cardinals have the money and certainly the most prospects of any team interested in Stanton but Stanton also has complete no-trade rights. It’s unknown what teams he would be willing to approve a trade.\n Stanton ’s preference would be the Dodgers where he grew up in the Los Angeles area and still lives during the offseason. But sorry the Dodgers’ days of wild spending are over vowing to shed payroll.\nLet’s see if Stanton can hit two more home runs this month and break Rudy York’s record of 18 homers in August of 1937; hit 12 more homers to pass Maris; or even continue this crazy tear and produce a 70-homer season.\nWhen it’s all over and he puts away his bats for the winter we can watch Stanton establish yet another record.", "output": [ "Giancarlo Stanton" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f6ba5a0b5d342d9bfa68f4aa809d144", "input": "Conservative commentator and author Laura Ingraham claimed in her book released Tuesday that someone at the 2016 GOP convention suggested that she move to Texas to primary Sen. Ted Cruz -LRB- R-TX -RRB- in 2018 . \n\"People were so torched by Cruz 's failure to endorse Trump that talk of primarying him ignited almost the moment he walked off the stage ,\" Ingraham wrote in her new book , Billionaire at the Barricades : The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump . \nCruz eventually endorsed Trump on September 23 , four months after he dropped out of the presidential race and resumed his work in the U.S. Senate . \nIngraham witnessed the moment Cruz declined to endorse President Trump in his speech at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland , Ohio . \nMoments before he took the stage , Ingraham said she told Cruz to \"endorse\" Trump in his speech . \nInstead of endorsing Trump , Cruz told Americans to \"vote your conscience\" in his convention speech , causing the crowd to react with jeers and boos . \nIn her book , Ingraham recounted how GOP-mega donor Sheldon Adelson told security not to let Cruz into his suite following the speech .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-2c758c0613e84e97b4b7d4a9aa5eeabf", "input": "House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is giving President Donald Trump an F for \"failure in leadership\" on the anniversary of his inauguration.\n Pelosi also slammed congressional Republicans on Saturday as the government shutdown began.\nIn a speech on the House floor Pelosi said Republicans who control the White House and hold majorities in the House and Senate are \"so incompetent and negligent that they couldn't get it together to keep the government open.\"\n Pelosi urged Republicans to \"get down to business for everyday people in America.\"\n She says Trump has tweeted that the country \"needs a good shutdown.\" She says: \"Your wish has come true for your one-year anniversary.\"", "output": [ "Nancy Pelosi" ] }, { "id": "task419-e97114643e1d4ff7aad9ac406273f1ea", "input": "Novelist Emma Cline is counter-suing her ex-boyfriend's suit against her alleging that she plagiarized her 2016 bestseller The Girls from his own work.\n Cline 's novel — which features a 60s-era Manson-like cult as seen from the perspective of its followers — stuck around for 12 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and is the first installment in a three-book Penguin Random House deal that reportedly topped $2 million.\nThe former boyfriend Chaz Reetz-Laiolo alleges Cline installed spyware on her computer before selling it to him in order to record keystrokes on the computer. \"Using the spyware \" the complaint says \"she obtained his email password which she then used to access and systematically surveil his private email obsessively over a period of years.\"\nHowever Emma Cline's complaint calls this \"a ludicrous theory\" and counters with the claim that this is just the latest in a \"two-year assault on Cline ’s mental health and literary reputation\" from an abusive Reetz-Laiolo. Any alleged plagiarism the complaint states is limited to a \"few brief phrases or facts \" which are not subject to copyright protection and which don't appear in the published version of the novel. Both parties are requesting the case go to trial.\nMost plagiarism cases are tough to prove and this one is made harder by both the lack of evidence and lack of copyright protections available for most of the instances of alleged plagiarism cited by Reetz-Laiolo. So why file the complaint at all? The initial 15-page letter first sent to Cline in February 2017 by Reetz-Laiolo's law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP might hold a clue: “We believe [. . .] that it may be fruitful to engage in a confidential negotiation or mediation to determine whether our clients can reach a resolution with you rather than file our complaint ” the letter states. Cline 's argument doesn't mince words when concluding what the fruitful resolution that interests Reetz-Laiolo could turn out to be stating his actions were \"undoubtedly in the hope of a financial windfall.\"\nOne element that both parties can agree on: Cline did install spyware on her computer. According to her complaint she installed it while they were together because Reetz-Laiolo used it and she wanted to confirm his infidelity. Reetz-Laiolo's argument that she tracked his email address after selling him the laptop in 2013 after they were no longer together hinges on the assumption that she somehow updated this software to allow her to remotely access it.\nDavid Boies the founder of the Boies Schiller Flexner firm was named as an attorney in the February 2017 letter to Cline according to a New Yorker article on the firm though his name does not appear in the complaint filed by Reetz-Laiolo. David Boies has also featured in another New Yorker article reporting that he and his firm worked for Harvey Weinstein to discredit women accusing Weinstein of rape. The early letter according to the New Yorker also claimed damages nearing $2 billion and in a section titled “Cline’s History of Manipulating Older Men ” attempted to use her sexual history against her.", "output": [ "Emma Cline" ] }, { "id": "task419-f59695b276044bd499c109b61619ff83", "input": "Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Jennifer McLaughlin said before sentencing Thursday in a Youngstown courtroom that 34-year-old Arnold Perry abused the trust of the girls’ family after their mother allowed him to move in when he had nowhere to live according to The Vindicator.\nThe girls were impregnated in 2015 and 2016. McLaughlin said one of the twins had an abortion while her sisters had babies because their pregnancies were discovered too late to end them. McLaughlin said Perry committed similar crimes as a juvenile.\n Perry pleaded guilty in November to two counts of rape and one count of sexual battery. His plea deal called for a 25-year sentence.\nDefense attorney Mark Lavelle said in court that Perry ’s was the most heinous case he’d ever handled yet argued his client should be sentenced to between 15 and 16 years in prison. Lavelle said Perry suffered a brain injury as a child that prevents him from having feelings about his actions.\n Perry apologized before sentencing.\n“I know now what I did was wrong ” he said. “I wish I could take it back.”\nThe girls’ mother said she is raising two babies and that Perry ’s family isn’t helping her.\n Perry must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life after his release from prison.", "output": [ "Arnold Perry" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a759385b19d4dcc8dfea4be5031381e", "input": "“I was sure I was dead or at least severely messed up ” Ryan Campbell told ABC News. “You don't think you're going to fall that far and walk away from it.”\n Campbell 27 was camping with friends in Grays Arch Trail in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge last week when he fell asleep in a hammock.\nOne hour later early last Thursday morning Campbell got out of the hammock and began sleepwalking. While his friends watched Campbell walked right over a nearby cliff plunging 60 feet below.\nIt took rescuers nearly three hours to get to the scene but when they rappelled down the mountain to Campbell they found him miraculously alive and with no life-threatening injuries.\nRescuers took about one hour to place Campbell in a basket and hoist him back up the mountain giving Campbell a chance to see how far he had fallen.\n“It was surreal coming up the way I came down because I got to see every foot of this cliff that I'd just flown over ” Campbell said.\nRescuers attribute Campbell ’s soft landing to the fact that in an area full of rocks and boulders Campbell landed on a rhododendron bush.\n Campbell was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital where he was treated for a cut to the back of his head and a chipped vertebrae and released.\nThough he is expected to make a full recovery Campbell says rescuers will not have to worry about coming out to save him ever again.\n“I'm not going to put myself in a position to have that happen again ” Campbell said.", "output": [ "Ryan Campbell" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca4013be74ba40be82a7cf27d858790c", "input": "After allowing North Korea to research and build Nukes while Secretary of State -LRB- Bill C also -RRB- , Crooked Hillary now criticizes . \n\"After allowing North Korea to research and build Nukes while Secretary of State , Crooked Hillary now criticizes .\"", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton", "Hillary" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2e7598d7fde421e8f4b7eda407961ff", "input": "\"It's important for Russia and China to cultivate a community that respects and understands the cultures of both countries \" Pavlova said.\n Pavlova was satisfied with the bulletin boards on which students wrote their feelings about learning Chinese. Chinese motifs such as bamboos were drawn beside texts.\n The students not only learned the Chinese language but also Chinese politics economics and cultures as well Pavlova said.\n The upcoming Year of Chinese Language in Russia would extend the fruits of the reciprocal national theme years (last year was Year of the Russian Language in China) and would strengthen cultural and educational cooperation between the two countries and thus create favorable circumstances for Russia's young people to learn Chinese language and culture Pavlova said.\n \"Both the teachers and students are eager to take part in the colorful events to be held within the framework of the Year of Chinese Language \" she said.\n The school planned to launch a festival of Chinese language and culture in April as part of its contribution to the language year Pavlova said. Students from 15 schools in Moscow would be invited to the occasion.\n The students were vigorously preparing for the Chinese language contest for elementary and high school students in Moscow as well as the all-Russian Chinese writing contest while the teachers were scheduled to attend a seminar on Chinese language teaching at Moscow State University she said.\n Pavlova said she was looking forward to taking her students to various activities including exhibitions on Chinese language universities movies and literature and a performance of the Beijing People's Art Theater a famed Chinese drama troupe.\n Pavlova hoped the Year of Chinese Language increased cooperation between schools from both countries stressing her school and other Russian schools running Chinese courses were keen to establish rapport with Chinese schools especially those featuring Russian language teaching.", "output": [ "Elizabeth Pavlova", "Pavlova" ] }, { "id": "task419-4564e5388be34c76a0c5727e70f6b4e2", "input": "But Bloomberg has declared that Bettencourt's only daughter Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is now officially the world's richest woman ahead of Alice Walton the Walmart heiress. Bloomberg puts Bettencourt Meyers' net worth at $42 billion compared to $37.7 billion for Walton.\n Francoise Bettencourt Meyers in 2015 . Bertrand Rindoff Petroff—Getty Images\nAlthough raised a strict Catholic Bettencourt Meyers married the grandson of a rabbi killed in Aushwitz — all the more notable given that L'Oreal's founder Eugène Schueller was a known Nazi sympathizer .\n Bettencourt Meyers is arguably best known for bringing legal action against her mother after the elder Bettencourt began giving away millions in assets and insurance to society photographer François-Marie Banier with whom she'd struck up an unusual friendship. Bettencourt Meyers accused Banier of preying on her mother's onsetting dementia. When Bettencourt Meyers sued her mother responded by calling her daughter “une emmerdeuse” (a pain in the ass) according to Vanity Fair .\nThe case was ultimately decided in Bettencourt Meyers' favor and she and her two sons were named guardians of Liliane’s interests in 2011.", "output": [ "Francoise Bettencourt Meyers" ] }, { "id": "task419-19f3c019198a4b859ad1640280f2734b", "input": "Security forces also have struck back with targeted arrests of pro-reform activists and blocks on text messaging and pro-Mousavi Web sites used to rally his supporters.\n A top Mousavi aide Ali Reza Adeli told The Associated Press that a rally planned for later Monday was delayed. Iran's Interior Ministry rejected a request from Mousavi to hold the rally and warned any defiance would be \"illegal \" state radio said.\n But one of Mousavi's Web sites still accessible in Iran said Mousavi and another candidate Mahdi Karroubi planned to walk through Tehran streets to appeal for calm. A third candidate the conservative Mohsen Rezaei has also alleged irregularities in the voting.\n State TV quoted Khamenei urging Mousavi to try to keep the violence from escalating and saying \"it is necessary that activities are done with dignity.\"\n \"I want to stay because they beat us and we won't retreat \" he added.", "output": [ "Mir Hossein Mousavi", "Mousavi" ] }, { "id": "task419-f3fea10d230045a0aba930502533efc9", "input": "Gimpl put the pressure on Cavigelli with a high-scoring opening jump but touched his hand down on his second. He came back with a strong third run and clean landing to secure the silver.\nKoski the gold medalist in the snowboard world championships earlier this year showed his competitive mettle by coming back from a faltering first run with two skillful jumps.\nGimpl said he was pleased with his finish.\n\"I'm happy for Gian-Luca; he has been second for quite a few events now and finally he made it and it was just a good show good event \" he said. \"I'm stoked.\"", "output": [ "Stefan Gimpl", "Gimpl" ] }, { "id": "task419-c262f4f9f0f144c5bf291af4c0fd0075", "input": "As the stock market plunged on Monday taking the Dow Jones industrial average down almost 1 600 points intraday CNBC's Jim Cramer wanted to help investors assess the drop.\n\"I hate to sound glib here but ... we were due for a decline. We just were \" the \"Mad Money\" host said. \"Markets do not go up in a straight line. \"\n\"Despite the large scary red numbers you see on your screen the truth is that these things happen. You've got to be ready for them ... at all times \" Cramer said.\nFirst Cramer analyzed the causes of the sell-off. Bullish exuberance rising interest rates declines in key stock sectors and weak-handed shareholders all contributed to the losses but Europe really \"got the ball rolling \" he said.", "output": [ "Jim Cramer" ] }, { "id": "task419-e9f586e60f5f4c5381c583a62755642d", "input": "Eli Wheatley and Christian Guardino are among a growing number of patients whose lives are apparently being saved or radically improved by gene therapy.\n Guardino was diagnosed with a different condition — Leber's congenital amaurosis a disease of the eye's retina — when he was born. The disorder isn't fatal. But it was destroying his vision.\n\"I wouldn't be able to walk around outside on my own \" says Guardino . During the day he says the world looked \"incredibly dark\" and blurry. \"It was sort of like watching your world fade away.\"\nEnlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of Beth Guardino Courtesy of Beth Guardino \nNow Guardino can see things he 'd only dreamed about.\nAfter the gene therapy treatment he says \"I was able to see things for the first time — like the moon. I was able to see stars for the first time – fireworks — all these amazing things that I've never been able to see before.\"", "output": [ "Christian Guardino" ] }, { "id": "task419-bcb888b6f1954952a96db262ecb2fe8e", "input": "CLOSE Brendan Dassey's case continues through the justice system. Alison Dirr/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin\nBrendan Dassey appears in court April 16 2007 at the Manitowoc County Courthouse in Manitowoc. (Photo: Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)\nAPPLETON Wis. — Brendan Dassey 's attorneys asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear his appeal in the Teresa Halbach murder.\nThe petition for a writ of certiorari — a legal brief asking the high court to hear his case — raises “crucial issues” with relevance far beyond Dassey ’s case the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth said in a statement Tuesday.\n“Too many courts around the country for many years have been misapplying or even ignoring the Supreme Court’s instructions that confessions from mentally impaired kids like Brendan Dassey must be examined with the greatest care — and that interrogation tactics which may not be coercive when applied to an adult can overwhelm children and the mentally impaired ” Steven Drizin one of Dassey ’s attorneys from CWCY said in the statement. “Meanwhile DNA evidence has uncovered dozens of cases involving false confessions from children. The time is now for the Court to reaffirm this country’s commitment to protecting kids in the interrogation room.”\nCLOSE A federal judge on Monday ordered Brendan Dassey be released from prison as he awaits a possible retrial Time\nDassey’s case has been moving through the legal system in fits and starts. In 2016 it appeared that he was on the verge of release with his conviction overturned on the grounds that it was involuntary — only to have the Seventh Circuit reinstate it.\n Dassey was 16 when he confessed to participating in Halbach's murder. His attorneys say the confession was clearly coerced by detectives while the state contends that the questioning was proper and conformed to the law.\nDOCUMENT: Dassey 's petition for writ of certiorari\nThat court \"gave those attributes the same glancing treatment as other facts it deemed equally relevant to voluntariness — like the upholstery on the couch Dassey sat on\nduring questioning \" his attorneys wrote. \"Under an actual 'evaluation ' Dassey ’s confession would unquestionably be deemed involuntary but because of the state court’s disregard of that precedent this juvenile may spend the rest of his life in prison.\"", "output": [ "Brendan Dassey" ] }, { "id": "task419-4af5b8ae066b41a491ead02eb25475bb", "input": "Khloe Kardashian revealed her famous family once urged her to shed some weight so as not to taint their carefully curated image.\n\"I'm a huge believer of it's not what you say it's how you say it \" she said in a preview clip for her E! makeover show \"Revenge Body.\" \"You know for a long time I was told 'Khloe you've got to lose weight because you're really hurting the brand' or this or that.\"\n Kardashian said that she understood her family didn't mean anything personal but still struggled not to take offense.\n Khloe Kardashian reveals baby name — if it's a boy\n\"I understood that was coming from my management side of my family but it does hurt and there's a way to say things.\" she said.\n Khloe Kardashian through the years\nThe reality star — who is currently expecting her first child with boyfriend Tristan Thompson — has long been open about her struggle with her weight.\nIn January 2017 she explained to People that she 'd always felt self-conscious comparing herself to her slim sisters even though Khloe stood more than 8 inches taller than Kim and Kourtney.\n\"They'd always be like 'Oh I weigh 102 lbs. ' and whatever and that's good for them but I would look at the scale and be like 'Oh god ' because I weigh 140 or something \" she said. \"As a teenager you're not understanding and knowing that difference.\"\nStill Kardashian has admitted in the past that a rough divorce from Lamar Odom helped inspire her to get healthy.\n\"I have always made excuses like 'I am big-boned ' or 'I'm just not built that size ' or 'I could never be a size whatever '\" she told People in 2016. \"I know I have lost so much weight but I don't think I will ever be satisfied \" she says. \"I kind of like that because I never want to be that unhealthy again.\"\nLast year leading up to the launch of \"Revenge Body \" Kardashian shared a series of before and after photos highlighting her transition into a healthier lifestyle.\n\"If you were to ask me five years ago if I ever saw myself being completely in love with fitness and health… I would've laughed in your face. Me? The chubby one? No way!\" she wrote on Instagram.", "output": [ "Khloe Kardashian" ] }, { "id": "task419-29cd4379068f4c7ab05eb035b23b46be", "input": "TEL AVIV – Wielding a fragment of an Iranian drone downed in Israel last week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned Tehran not to “test Israel’s resolve.”\n“Through its proxies — Shiite militias in Iraq the Houthis in Yemen Hezbollah in Lebanon Hamas in Gaza — Iran is devouring huge swaths of the Middle East ” Netanyahu said at the conference.\n“Israel will not allow Iran’s regime to put a noose of terror around our neck ” he added. “We will act without hesitation to defend ourselves. And we will act if necessary not just against Iran’s proxies that are attacking us but against Iran itself.”\n The prime minister used the opportunity to express his dismay at the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers saying the deal should be scrapped altogether.\n“Let’s not repeat the mistakes of the past. Appeasement never works ” he said.\n“Concessions to Hitler only emboldened the Nazis. Well-intentioned leaders only made war more difficult and costly ” he said.\n“Iran is not Nazi Germany. One championed a master race the other champions a master faith ” said Netanyahu . “Iran looks to destroy Israel and is developing ballistic missiles that can also reach Europe and the US. Once nuclear-armed Iran will be unchecked.”\nThe Iran deal has “not made them more moderate internally it has not made them more moderate externally. It released an Iranian tiger in our region. We must speak clearly; we must act boldly. We can stop this dangerous regime ” said Netanyahu .\n“I don’t care about the agreement fixing it or nixing it. I care about preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon ” Netanyahu said calling for “the toughest crippling sanctions” against Iran’s production of ballistic missiles.\n He called Zarif the “smooth-talking mouthpiece of Iran.”\n“I’ll say this he lies eloquently ” Netanyahu said. “Zarif said it was wrong to say Iran is radical. If that’s true why do they hang gays from cranes in city squares?”\nHe branded Netanyahu “obsessive” with his belief that Iran was a threat to Israel. Iran has repeatedly threatened Israel and aids anti-Israel terrorist groups including Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. Zarif also warned against heeding Netanyahu ’s prediction that Tehran would “do nothing” if the U.S. were to pull out the nuclear deal.", "output": [ "Benjamin Netanyahu" ] }, { "id": "task419-8ba742dcd88543bdab2528926836bfe9", "input": "It was a sweltering summer day when Taronica White first stepped foot into the yard as a new correctional officer at a maximum-security federal prison in Coleman Fla. Before she started her shift her supervisor gave her an oversize jacket to wear on top of her uniform. “In this facility females cover up ” she said she was told.\n White transferred to the federal correctional complex in Coleman in 2005 after a new maximum security prison had opened because she was in search of new opportunities. The sprawling ­federal complex has five prison facilities including low- and ­medium-security facilities and two ­high-security penitentiaries.\n White became active in the union serving as a point of contact for women who were experiencing harassment. She got calls sometimes late into the night.\nIn 2013 they won the first crucial victory when an administrative judge certified the plaintiffs as a class. “I thought ‘Okay finally somebody is listening to us ’” White said.\nBy the time the case was being settled White had moved to D.C. She took a job as a compliance officer within the equal employment opportunity office at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It was a rare opportunity but she felt guilty leaving behind other women still struggling at Coleman she said.\nThese days she wears a business suit and enjoys the predictability of processing reports in her quiet cubicle while helping to root out discrimination in other workplaces.\n“I’m just happy this came to light ” she said about the settlement. “I want anyone to know that a female working in any ­male-dominated field should be treated with the same level of respect.”", "output": [ "Taronica White" ] }, { "id": "task419-e8d3424a95be429795303084ab3f9509", "input": "Updated at 7:08 p.m. ET\nWhite House communications director Hope Hicks President Trump's longest-serving aide is resigning and will depart in the next few weeks the White House says.\nIn a White House that has set records for staff turnover (and it isn't even close) the departure of Hicks still came as a shock.\nHicks who has been working with the president for three years managed to stay in his orbit even after many others had been pushed out. President Trump called Hicks \"outstanding.\"\nEarlier this month Hicks was deeply involved in the White House's botched handling of domestic abuse allegations against a former top aide to the president. But a White House official insists Hicks ' decision to resign wasn't related to either of those matters.\nAnother person close to Hicks told NPR the resignation has been in the works for weeks.\n\"There are no words to adequately express my gratitude to President Trump \" Hicks said in the statement. \"I wish the President and his administration the very best as he continues to lead our country.\"\n Hicks joined the Trump organization in 2014 — recruited by Ivanka Trump who was impressed by work Hicks had done for her clothing line while working at a New York public relations firm. Hicks was then pulled into the Trump campaign before there even was a campaign becoming de facto press secretary while initially she continued doing work for the Trump Organization.", "output": [ "Hope Hicks" ] }, { "id": "task419-b41064b3dd5c4cf197e2cb1805b893f6", "input": "But what McCaskill fails to mention is her role in the very scourge she seeks to fix by forcing businesses to spend their own money to address it.\nSo we know what the problem is but does Claire McCaskill ? While she supported E-Verify in the past (no doubt since it puts a burden on private businesses instead of holding the government accountable) she has been a good foot soldier for the Democrats' open border policy.\n She supports chain migration sanctuary cities funding for executive amnesty and funding for processing centers for Central American unaccompanied minors. She voted for the DREAM Act against a bill to prevent suing Arizona for immigration law and against defunding sanctuary cities.\n Claire has done this to the great displeasure of her Missouri constituents. So now she needs a red herring and she will boldly work with Republicans to craft legislation forcing all businesses to do a pile of sleuthing to verify the identities of applicants for their products and perhaps put those companies in danger of running afoul of civil rights laws by profiling. Claire doesn't care that this will cost the consumer or that it is abusive to make a private business do the work the government just won't do.\nBut then why should she care? She defrauded taxpayers herself using government money to finance flights on her airplane and then not paying taxes on it.\nBut then by her standards doesn't everyone?", "output": [ "Claire McCaskill" ] }, { "id": "task419-a0b1762ecce54a899e56ee659fe1f3dc", "input": "Grindhouse co-director Robert Rodriguez said in a statement Friday that he and ex-girlfriend Rose McGowan once schemed to get back at Harvey Weinstein in the most industry way possible: by working together on the 2007 cult flick.\nRelated Rose McGowan on Sexual Harassment: 'Scarlet Letter Is Theirs Not Ours' \"For all of us who have been grabbed by the motherfucking pussy no more \" actress says. \"Name it. Shame it. Call it out\"\nRodriguez who dated McGowan from 2006 to 2009 revealed that he knew about the 1997 Sundance Film Festival incident that McGowan made public earlier this month and that he intentionally cast the actress in a \"bad ass\" role as a way to spite the media mogul.\nThe director recounted how he met McGowan at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005 and the pair got to talking about Sin City which screened earlier that week. When the actress made mention that she was a fan of film noir Rodriguez commented that she should have auditioned to which she replied that she had been blacklisted from working on Weinstein movies.\n\"When I asked what she meant by that and how could she possibly be blacklisted she told me the horrifying story of what Harvey did to her seven years earlier \" Rodriguez said in the statement. ( McGowan alleged in a series of tweets earlier this month that Weinstein raped her).\n\"My reaction was one of shock \" Rodriguez continued. \"I recall clearly what I said next 'My God why didn’t you say anything? People would have stood up for you! And where was your fiancé during all this? I would have at least beaten the crap out of Harvey if I had heard that.’ Rose said they didn’t know what to do. She confided that a female attorney had told her that because she had done nudity in movies that no jury would believe her and that it would turn into a he said/ she said case.\"\n McGowan explained to Rodriguez that she had been told to sign a non-disclosure agreement not to talk about the incident. Rodriguez said he then came up with a plan – to cast McGowan in an upcoming project he was working on with Quentin Tarantino for Dimension (a division of the Weinstein Company under Bob Weinstein) which turned out to be Grindhouse.\n\"Just as I finished telling Rose this I saw Harvey walking around the party! I called Harvey over to our table and as soon as he got close enough to see that I was sitting with Rose his face dropped and went ghostly white. I said 'Hey Harvey this is Rose McGowan . I think she's amazing and really talented and I’m going to cast her in my next movie '\" the director said. \"Harvey then dribbled all over himself in the most over the top performance I'd ever seen as he gushed 'Oh she's wonderful oh she's amazing oh she's fantastic oh she's so talented… You two should definitely work together.' And then he skittered off. I knew right then that every word Rose told me was true you could see it all over his face.\"\nOn Friday however McGowan spoke out about her alleged rape at the Women’s Convention in Detroit Michigan calling on other women to come forward.\n\"I have been silenced for 20 years. I have been slut-shamed. I have been harassed. I have been maligned and you know what? I'm just like you \" she said. \"Because what happened to me behind the scenes happens to all of us in society and it cannot stand and it will not stand.\"", "output": [ "Rose McGowan" ] }, { "id": "task419-f0aa08127f29449c8ad662d9b6ed0db2", "input": "Scott Pruitt Declares War on Wind and Solar Energy While Fossil Fuels Get Billions in Subsidies\n Scott Pruitt speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor Maryland on February 25 2017.\nPhoto Credit: Gage Skidmore/Flickr\nEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt recently proposed eliminating federal tax credits for wind and solar power arguing that they should “stand on their own and compete against coal and natural gas and other sources” as opposed to “being propped up by tax incentives and other types of credits....”\nStand on their own?\n Pruitt surely must be aware that fossil fuels have been feasting at the government trough for at least 100 years. Renewables by comparison have received support only since the mid-1990s and until recently have had to subsist on scraps.\nPerhaps a review of the facts can set Administrator Pruitt straight. There’s a strong case to be made that Congress should terminate subsidies for fossil fuels and extend them for renewables not the other way around.\nA new study by Oil Change International brings us up-to-date. Published earlier this month it found that federal subsidies in 2015 and 2016 averaged $10.9 billion a year for the oil and gas industry and $3.8 billion for the coal industry. By contrast the wind industry’s so-called production tax credit renewed by Congress in December 2015 amounted to $3.3 billion last year according to a Congress Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate. Unlike the fossil fuel industry’s permanent subsidies Congress has allowed the wind tax credit to expire six times in the last 20 years and it is now set to decline incrementally until ending in 2020. Similarly Congress fixed the solar industry’s investment tax credit at 30 percent of a project’s cost through 2019 but reduced it to 10 percent for commercial projects and zeroed it out for residences by the end of 2021. The JCT estimates that the solar credit amounted to a $2.4-billion tax break last year. Totaling it up fossil fuels — at $14.7 billion — still received two-and-a-half times more in federal support than solar and wind in 2016.", "output": [ "Scott Pruitt" ] }, { "id": "task419-571ccbd63e5f47c4ac64a100da98c3dc", "input": "LONDON (Reuters) - Just hours after a Brexit deal crumbled British Prime Minister Theresa May came under pressure on Tuesday from opposition parties and even some allies to soften the EU divorce by keeping Britain in the single market and customs union after Brexit.\n British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for a meeting with European Council President Donald Tusk (not in the picture) in Brussels Belgium December 4 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir\n May’s ministers said they were confident they would soon secure an exit deal though opponents scolded May for a chaotic day in Brussels which saw a choreographed attempt to showcase the progress of Brexit talks collapse at the last minute.\nScottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson who has been tipped as a potential future leader of May’s party also suggested May should consider keeping the United Kingdom in both the single market and customs union.\n May has repeatedly said Britain will leave both the single market and the customs union when the United Kingdom ends its membership of the EU at 2300 GMT on March 29 2019 though she has called for a bespoke economic partnership.", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-7385825a9e56479ba746b151497f666d", "input": "Photographer Cody Smyth watched his high school friends’ band The Strokes — with members Julian Casablancas Nick Valensi Albert Hammond Jr. Nikolai Fraiture and Fab Moretti — go from a regular staple of New York City dive bars to what the music world hailed as the second coming of rock and roll. In this excerpt from his new book The Strokes: The First Ten Years he remembers a night he calls “the last quiet moment” before everything changed. Included is a gallery of photos Smyth took from the first ten years of The Strokes’ rise to fame.\nA lunch brought us together for the first time in 1995. From that point on we were inseparable. I had met our dear friend Claude Rene or “Gramps ” as we all called him then in an early morning chemistry class. I was habitually late which Claude found incredibly entertaining. We bonded instantly. Claude knew Julian as they had gone to elementary school together. He knew Nick as the kid who was always at the Flats or the Meadow in Central Park with his guitar. Julian and I had some classes together but didn’t talk much beyond some friendly greetings. Nick and I had met briefly in the locker room as our lockers were near each other but that was about it.\nOne morning in the hall between classes I run into Claude and we make a plan to meet out in front of school for lunch. Bell rings and I head out to meet him. “We got two more joining us ” he says as Nick and Jules approach. “I know you two!” I say. They say the same as it all clicks. We head to 86th and Columbus to the shitty Greek diner we would frequent for many a lunch that year and the remainder of high school mostly because you could smoke cigs and get fries and a coke for 2 bucks. Nutrition for a teenage boy came cheap. Our waiter was George. We called him “three fingers” because he would bring us our water with his fat fingers in the glasses. I remember Julian ripping into him once about it but it was our spot. We all hung out there most school days. It wasn’t long before we met Fab. He and Nick were in tenth grade and although Fab had his own set of friends we would always see him. He started coming to lunches with us at the diner. This was the beginning of the band.\nBetween 2000 & 2001 the bar 2A on Ave A and 2nd Street was our home base. If I couldn’t get a hold of Nick or one of the other guys I would usually head there knowing I’d find them. Transporterraum recording studio was across the street from the bar and the guys were holed up with Gordon Raphael down there for a month or two recording Is This It.", "output": [ "Nick Valensi" ] }, { "id": "task419-e2d0fb34d5b749b5ae28092d6860ad91", "input": "Back in September HGTV darlings Chip and Joanna Gaines announced they would be launching a home goods line with Target.\n Even Joanna Gaines showed off her excitement on social media by posting a silly video of her and Chip on Instagram.\n“Today’s the day! Hearth & Hand with Magnolia is not available at Target stores and on their website! We’ve had so much fun designing this line and can’t wait for you to see it ” Joanna captioned the video of her pushing Chip down the aisle in a shopping cart.\n'FIXER UPPER' STARS CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES : MAJOR MOMENTS YOU SHOULD KNOW", "output": [ "Joanna Gaines Joanna", "Joanna" ] }, { "id": "task419-88a286fc763f417c83028e3159ee12b2", "input": "The woman who accused GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexually abusing her at age 16 expressed her disgust Friday with President Trump’s support of the accused pedophile.\nBeverly Young Nelson 55 actually voted for Trump last year despite his own host of sexual abuse allegations — and now she regrets her decision.\n“President Trump has chosen to support a powerful politician like Mr. Moore over women like me who accused Roy Moore of preying on them ” the Republican voter said at a news conference.\n Roy Moore started dating wife while she was still legally married\nBeverly Young Nelson expressed her disappointment over the White House’s continued support of Moore despite allegations from eight women about his aberrant behavior. (Susan Watts/New York Daily News)\nNelson claimed she was a high school student when Moore targeted her behind an Alabama restaurant where she worked as a waitress.\nShe’s one of eight women who accused Moore of unwanted sexual contact including Nelson and five others who say they were underage when the politicians targeted them.\nThe youngest said she was just 14 when a 32-year-old Moore groped her inside his home.\nRoy Moore campaign leader blasts sex misconduct accusers as liars\nThe appearance set to air on Alabama television stations was widely viewed as a backdoor boost for the Moore campaign without the president actually traveling to the state.\n The 70-year-old Moore in a tight race against Democrat Doug Jones tweeted his thanks to Trump for the continued support.\nNelson was joined by attorney Gloria Allred at a news conference where they announced a handwriting expert had confirmed the signature in the accuser’s high school yearbook was indeed done by Roy Moore .\n Roy Moore accuser says she has evidence proving relationship\n“We are very happy to announce this important expert opinion ” said Allred. She also said a notation with the date and place where the inscription was signed was added by Nelson — which led Moore ’s supporters to blast the whole thing as a “forgery” and “fake news.”\n The 70-year-old Moore in a tight race against Democrat Doug Jones tweeted his thanks to Trump for the endorsement. (Brynn Anderson/AP)\nPastor says Roy Moore was seeking 'purity of a young woman'", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-460eab2979a94a6ca3d17072c05d7b84", "input": "Disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford a confidant to the stars who fell from grace amid Britain ' s investigation of past sexual abuse died Sunday after collapsing in prison . Once one of the most powerful figures in British entertainment Clifford was convicted in 2014 of eight counts of indecent assault stemming from attacks on teenagers dating back more than 40 years . He was serving an 8 - year prison sentence at Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire when he died Britain ' s Ministry of Justice said . Clifford was once as well known as the people he represented — the go - to guy for celebrities looking to limit the damage from drug problems legal issues or declining popularity . His clients included TV mogul Simon Cowell and former Harrods owner Mohamed al - Fayed as well as dozens of ordinary people who found themselves in the news vortex and sought to sell their stories to the press — a common practice in Britain . The public relations guru was arrested in December 2012 amid allegations that he lured girls as young as 14 into sex by offering them acting roles . Clifford immediately swung into damage - control mode vowing to clear his name of the charges some of which stemmed from the 1970s and ' 80s . \" The allegations in respect of which I have been charged are completely false — very upsetting very distressing but completely false \" he told reporters outside his home at the time . \" I have never indecently assaulted anyone in my life and this will become clear during the course of the proceedings .\" Clifford was arrested as part of an investigation called Operation Yewtree a wide - ranging inquiry into allegations of past offenses spurred by the case of Jimmy Savile a well - known British entertainer accused of abusing hundreds of girls and women . The Savile case shocked Britain and embarrassed his employer the BBC which was accused of killing an investigation into Savile ' s alleged crimes . The resulting upheaval is comparable to the stream of sexual misconduct allegations leveled at American actors politicians and media personalities following revelations about Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein . Before he was arrested Clifford told The Associated Press that he was receiving calls from many celebrities and entertainers who were worried they would be caught up in the widening Savile investigation . \" They ' re phoning me and saying ' Max I ' m worried that I ' m going to be implicated ' \" Clifford said at the time . \" A lot of them can ' t remember what they did last week never mind 30 or 40 years ago .\" Clifford ' s daughter Louise told the Mail on Sunday that her father first collapsed on Thursday as he was trying to tidy his prison cell . He collapsed again the following day and was taken to a hospital where suffered a heart attack . She told the newspaper he had been in a \" bad way \" in a critical care unit . \" It was just too much \" she said .", "output": [ "Max Clifford" ] }, { "id": "task419-12e4f7e5e192411e8b1ab773bb8ec77f", "input": "Could a small force of American soldiers have prevented Iraq from sliding back into chaos , as Governor Bush claims ? \nThe exchange started like this : at the end of Jeb Bush 's town-hall meeting in Reno , Nevada , on Wednesday , a college student named Ivy Ziedrich stood up and said that she had heard Bush blame the growth of ISIS on President Obama , in particular on his decision to withdraw American troops from Iraq in 2011 . \nThe origins of ISIS , Ziedrich said , lay in the decision by Bush 's brother , in 2003 , to disband the Iraqi Army following the toppling of Saddam Hussein 's government . \nWow ,\" Bush said . \nHere is what happened : In 2003 , the U.S. military , on orders of President Bush , invaded Iraq , and nineteen days later threw out Saddam 's government . \nHistorians -- along with Governor Bush and Ivy Ziedrich -- will be arguing about the question for a long time . \n\"All right ,\" Bush said . \nBush Administration officials involved in the decision -- like Paul Bremer and Walter Slocombe -- argued that they were effectively ratifying the reality that the Iraqi Army had already disintegrated . \nBut the Bush White House went ahead . \nWhile it 's true that George W. Bush took actions that helped enable the creation of the Iraqi insurgency , and that some leaders of the insurgency formed ISIS , it 's not true that he \"created\" ISIS . \nAnd there 's a good argument to be made that an insurgency would have formed following the invasion of Iraq even if President Bush had kept the Iraqi Army together . \nIndeed , by 2011 the situation in Iraq -- as former Governor Bush said -- was relatively stable . \nBut let 's get to Governor Bush 's assertion -- that Iraq went down the tubes because of President Obama 's decision to pull out all American forces , and that Obama could easily have left behind a residual force that would have kept the peace . \n\"When we left Iraq , security had been arranged ,\" Bush said . \nA few days after that , President Bush or someone in his Administration decreed the dissolution of the Iraqi Army . \nBush did n't like it : he offered a retort and then left the stage . \nSo , on this , Governor Bush is n't entirely accurate , but makes a good point : the Obama Administration might have been able to keep some forces in Iraq if it had really tried .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-13225b6d5c594fe5b90a0e448189ddfe", "input": "RICHMOND — Republican Ed Gillespie already capitalizing on Confederate monuments and Latino gangs has added national anthem protests to the red-meat smorgasbord he’s serving up in the homestretch of the Virginia governor’s race.\nA Gillespie flier publicized on Twitter Friday bears an image of a kneeling football player raising an emotionally charged issue on which Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam essentially agree.\n[ Gillespie rolls out ad that tries to connect Northam to Latino gang violence]\nThe issue has hardly come up the race a fairly sleepy contest until Gillespie started rolling out ads focused on the fate of Confederate monuments and the violent MS-13 Latino street gang.\n[ Ed Gillespie went from ‘big tent’ Republican to culture warrior]\nBy evoking the anthem protests Gillespie appears to be making a play for Trump voters as well as moderates who see the players’ actions as disrespectful to the flag or the military.\n Gillespie and Northam the state’s lieutenant governor were both asked about kneeling players shortly after Trump weighed in. Both men supported the players’ right to free speech. But Gillespie made it clear he was offended by the protests while Northam criticized Trump’s language.\n“My view is that I find it offensive when people don’t stand for the national anthem and honor our flag and all that it stands for ” said Gillespie a former Republican National Committee chairman Washington lobbyist and counselor to President George W. Bush. “But one of the things it stands for is freedom and you’ve got a right to be wrong in this country.”", "output": [ "Ed Gillespie" ] }, { "id": "task419-33c53c3fc54f4fd78543b322df94849b", "input": "Less than one month after U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial in the case against Cliven Bundy his two sons and a self-styled militiaman Navarro has dismissed the charges entirely. The decision Monday puts an end to the federal case against the four men for their role in the 2014 armed standoff over cattle-grazing rights in Nevada.\n Navarro found that the prosecution had committed \"flagrant misconduct\" by withholding evidence that could have supported the defendants' case. Namely Navarro explained that federal prosecutors had failed to disclose information from cameras recording video from the standoff and the presence of federal snipers around the Bundy Ranch.\n Navarro ruled that as a result the men who had been slapped with felony conspiracy and firearms charges could not receive a fair trial. She dismissed the charges \"with prejudice \" which specifically bars the possibility of bringing a new trial against them.\n\"The court finds that the universal sense of justice has been violated \" Navarro said Monday according to The Los Angeles Times.", "output": [ "Gloria Navarro" ] }, { "id": "task419-4703131580234d65a73502e59dcccbb9", "input": "Investigators say Joseph Orbeso 22 shot and killed his girlfriend Rachel Nguyen 20 and then turned the gun on himself according to a release Friday from the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department Morongo Basin station.\n Orbeso and Nguyen were reported missing July 28 after a bed-and-breakfast owner in the Morongo Basin told the Sheriff’s Department that they may have gone hiking in the park that morning.\n Rachel Nguyen and Joseph Orbeso went missing July 28 and their bodies were found earlier this week. (National Park Serivce)\n\"Based on evidence located at the scene detectives believe Orbeso shot Nguyen then shot himself. The investigation into Orbeso ’s actions remains under investigation \" the statement said.\nThe sheriff’s update comes days after Orbeso ’s father Gilbert Orbeso publicly identified the pair and authorities said they were found in an \"embrace.\"\n\"I want Joseph to be remembered as a kind caring and thoughtful person \" his father told the Southern California News Group in an email. \"The way he was found beside Rachel holding her as they were seeking shade under the brush says everything you need to know about him as a man and as a human being.\"", "output": [ "Joseph Orbeso" ] }, { "id": "task419-99b8d2d0b53a48118e933bdec2cf97a9", "input": "\"Accordingly ,\" Vecsey wrote , \"I 'm publicly terminating the pandemic of speculation surrounding LeBron James ' playing plans past this season . \nWhile this question has surrounded LeBron James for much of the offseason and will follow him when the NBA begins play next month , a decision has already been made , according to reports . \nI 'm comfortable now in stating unequivocally , LeBron will leave the Cavaliers a second time and join the Lakers , and return the team to LA Lore status .\" \nRelated : LeBron James scouts L.A. schools as Lakers rumors build .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-48ca8604ec174feaa6752b1639edf638", "input": "The cartoon caused a storm when the Times published it in 2008 two years after Jacob Zuma had been acquitted of rape charges. But van der Berg said Zuma had not followed up on threats to sue until now.\n Zuma is claiming 4 million rand (about $570 000) for humiliation and degradation and 1 million rand (about $140 000) for damage to his reputation. His spokesman Zizi Kodwa refused to comment Tuesday.\n The cartoon also showed Zuma's political allies encouraging him as they held down a writhing screaming figure with a sash identifying her as the \"justice system.\"\n It appeared in the newspaper as Zuma's political party led a protest campaign to have the corruption charges dropped against him. Zuma at the time was preparing to lead his African National Congress party in general elections. Prosecutors dropped the charges on the eve of the vote and Zuma took office in 2009.\n Buti Manamela then a leader of the Young Communist League filed a formal complaint about the cartoon before South Africa's Human Rights Commission in 2008. The South African Communist Party leader was among the ANC allies depicted in the cartoon.", "output": [ "Jacob Zuma" ] }, { "id": "task419-9eff7aa26379488d9cb431d3524a04e0", "input": "Marston elected to not consolidate the 10 loans because he found motivation in paying each one off separately and in full he said.\nFor each loan he received a letter confirming that the amount was paid off in full.\nA James Madison University collections manager wrote a letter to Marston in September 2014 confirming that his Perkins student loan had been paid in full. The letter shared with ABC News was verified by a collections manager.\nMarston's father Jeff Marston told ABC News that he knew his son would be responsible and pay off the debt but never expected him to settle as quickly as he did.", "output": [ "Amanda Taylor Marston", "Marston" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e346e765dba43e4a9b372d675178551", "input": "Former US president Bill Clinton was met by angry crowds Friday protesting the slow arrival of aid to Haitians left destitute by a huge quake as he sought to unblock distribution bottlenecks.\n Clinton said he understood the frustrations adding he also wanted to understand why more than three weeks after the January 12 quake aid was still not getting through to desperate Haitians.\n \"I'm trying to get to what the bottlenecks are part of it is just shipping the volume of food in here that is necessary \" Clinton told reporters as he visited a clinic in the ruined capital of Port-au-Prince.\n The other problem was the distances between the 16 main distribution points he said.\n As Clinton earlier visited the government's de facto headquarters in a police building in the city about 200 people demonstrated outside to protest the lack of shelter.\n Asked about his role in the country Clinton said: \"What I don't want to be is the governor of Haiti.\n Clinton said he was not involved in any talks about the case: \"That's not within my mandate. I know that the State Department and government have had these discussions.\"\n Clinton's wife US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that the US ambassador was working with Haitian officials on the case and that Washington expressed \"hope that this matter can be resolved in an expeditious way.\"\n The case has overshadowed the huge international relief effort which Bill Clinton as a special UN envoy for Haiti has helped coordinate.\n Clinton visited Port-au-Prince's Gheskio medical clinic where his foundation said he would deliver \"water food medical supplies solar flash lights portable radios and generators donated by Home Depot (and) Walmart.\"", "output": [ "Bill Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-1886c59d9ec246468c2724f34707cb06", "input": "Politicians offer condolences remembrances for pastor Billy Graham\nAfter the death of one the world's most well-known Christian evangelical pastors political figures spoke out in remembrance of Billy Graham .\n Graham who spent six decades on-air was a spiritual adviser to every president from Harry Truman to Barack Obama. He spoke out after the 9/11 attacks and crossed party lines to preach to those on the left and right.\nThe GREAT Billy Graham is dead. There was nobody like him! He will be missed by Christians and all religions. A very special man. â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 21 2018\nBilly Graham's ministry for the gospel of Jesus Christ and his matchless voice changed the lives of millions. We mourn his passing but I know with absolute certainty that today he heard those words \"well done good and faithful servant.\" Thank you Billy Graham. God bless you(2/2) â Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) February 21 2018\nSaddened by the loss of Evangelist Billy Graham . He led an impactful life touching so many people with his spiritual teachings. He will be deeply missed. â Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) February 21 2018\nBilly Graham was a humble servant who prayed for so many - and who with wisdom and grace gave hope and guidance to generations of Americans. â Barack Obama (@BarackObama) February 21 2018\n\"As soaring a figure he was Rev. Graham connected with people on an elemental level \" Ryan said in a statement.\nRev. Billy Graham dedicated his life to proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every part of the world. His service is a testament that with faith in God one person can do so much good. The whole House sends its condolences to the Graham family at this time of loss. pic.twitter.com/aH8mY8fehc â Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) February 21 2018\nMcConnell released a statement saying that \"by standing right in the middle Billy Graham could reach everyone.\"\n\"It is with great sadness that Elaine and I note the passing of the Rev. Billy Graham a man whose God-given gifts and love for souls endeared him to millions and earned for him the title âAmericaâs Pastor â\" McConnell said. \"The son of a dairy farmer Billy Graham became one of the worldâs most trusted men by preaching Godâs mercy to the rich and poor alike. His hundreds of crusades spanned more than five decades and spurred countless conversions in America and around the world.\"\n\"Hillary and I are saddened by the passing of our friend Billy Graham one of the most important religious leaders in American history \" Clinton said in a statement. \"Billy has finished his long good race leaving our world a better place and claiming his place in glory.\"\nBilly Graham lived his faith fully and his powerful words and the conviction they carried touched countless hearts and minds. [Link] â Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) February 21 2018\n\"Billy Graham was America's pastor \" Bush said in a statement. \"His faith in Christ and his totally honest evangelical spirit inspired people across the country and around the world. I think Billy touched the hearts of not only Christians but people of all faiths because he was such a good man. I was privileged to have him as a personal friend...He was a mentor to several of my children including the former president of the United States. We will miss our good friend forever.\"\nSaddened by the passing of Rev. Billy Graham a great American & faithful Christian who inspired millions of people with the gospel message. RIP. â John McCain (@SenJohnMcCain) February 21 2018\n âReverend Billy Graham a proud North Carolinian was truly Americaâs Pastor and spiritual compass \" Tillis said in a statement. \" He dedicated his life to preaching the Gospel and inspired millions of people in America and across the globe.", "output": [ "Billy Graham" ] }, { "id": "task419-cdb5c38c39f348979c7ca243b6d6e549", "input": "Close video For all the hype Nunes memo delivers sad trombone for Trump Rachel Maddow points out that despite two weeks of Fox News hype the Nunes memo is not only underwhelming as a political stunt it actually undermines the argument it was meant to make for Donald Trump . share tweet email save Embed\nIt’s genuinely difficult to find an angle to the House Republicans’ “Nunes memo” that helps its intended beneficiary: Donald Trump . Every key argument the president and his allies hoped to advance has fallen apart and after weeks of over-the-top hype Republicans are actually worse off than they were before the previously classified materials were released to the public.\n5. Trump ’s grammar use of quotation marks and capitalization of random words is bizarre for an American adult in a position of authority.\nIn early March Trump told the public that he ’d “just found out” that former President Obama illegally tapped his phones at Trump Tower before the presidential election. “This is Nixon/Watergate ” the Republican said. “Bad (or sick) guy!”\nAs regular readers may recall two weeks later as it became clear that the confused president had relied on a nonsensical report from a right-wing website Trump nevertheless told reporters he felt “somewhat” vindicated about his conspiracy theory thanks to support from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).\n Trump of course hadn’t been vindicated. On the contrary his entire conspiracy theory had been thoroughly discredited and he accused his predecessor of a felony for no reason. But in the president’s mind it was clear he’d been right from the start.\nAnd nearly a year later here we are again watching Trump once again claim vindication reality be damned.", "output": [ "Trump Rachel Maddow", "Maddow" ] }, { "id": "task419-a25c40a14c6442f6848edde79b694c0d", "input": "Another former student from Evanston Township High School has accused a now-retired theater director of molesting him in the 1980s.\n Daniel Romain who attended the school from 1981 to 1985 filed suit Tuesday against former drama director Bruce Siewerth.\n Romain said in the suit that he was a “shy” freshman when he participated in a school production of “Hamlet.” Romain claims that while dressed in his costume which included tights Siewerth pointed toward his crotch told Romain that he was “pointing the wrong way ” and then “barreled towards Romain puts his hands down Romain’s tights placed his hands upon Romain’s penis and ‘re-arranged’ him ” the lawsuit states.\nThe suit also claims Siewerth engaged in other “inappropriate” behavior with male students such as requiring them to change into costume in front of him wrestling with them spanking them on their birthdays and “helping male students get ready … by tucking in their shirt which gave him an opportunity to touch or graze their buttocks or genitalia.”\nThe school gave Siewerth “near total autonomy ” the suit alleged by providing the private theater and letting him take overnight trips with students to see plays in New York.\n Romain could not be reached Wednesday. His mother Adina Romain said her son had not reported any abuse to her or her husband when he was in school but informed her of his claims recently after discussing it with other students at a recent school reunion.", "output": [ "Daniel Romain" ] }, { "id": "task419-91fb6faeb7cc440a85038157314b1a12", "input": "New York (AFP) – Rick Hall the white fiddler who became an unlikely force in soul music and made the small town of Muscle Shoals Alabama an international destination has died at age 85 his family said Wednesday.\n Hall turned his studio in a go-to hub for soul music with distinctive horns and a steady rhythm section complementing the vocal powers of visiting singers.\nThe studio had its breakthrough when Hall licensed Percy Sledge’s “When a Man Loves a Woman ” recorded nearby and labels soon were sending star talent to Fame to make their albums.\nBut the sessions with Franklin ended in disaster when Hall got into a fistfight with the diva’s then husband Ted White who demanded that the studio owner fire musicians for allegedly harassing his wife.\n Hall often marveled at how Muscle Shoals became internationally known. Musicians under Hall in 1969 founded the separate Muscle Shoals Sound Studio where The Rolling Stones recorded parts of their acclaimed “Sticky Fingers” album.\n Hall ’s prominence in African American music was unexpected in Alabama one of the most conservative US states whose governor George Wallace had vowed to preserve segregation forever.\n“I’m one of them. I feel black ” Hall later told television host Larry King.\n Hall had grown up in grinding poverty with his father working in a sawmill and his mother leaving to help run a brothel.\n Hall after quitting a factory job became a fiddler and found his passion for country music gradually earning a living as a songwriter and taking over the local studio.", "output": [ "Rick Hall" ] }, { "id": "task419-9a6b9bad98124ae3871203f31758cb79", "input": "Keith Perkins got the phone alert and later heard the sirens going off in his southeast Alaska hometown of Sitka.\n He said people on Facebook were chattering back and forth about whether this was real or not and what they should do.\nGiven the magnitude of the earthquake Perkins said he thought it best to head to the high school a tsunami evacuation point even though in the past he felt his home was at a \"high-enough spot.\"\n\"I figured I'd probably just better play it safe \" he said.\nIn Seward at the southern end of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula residents retreated to higher ground or left on the only road out of the city fire chief Athey said. He described it as a controlled evacuation and compared it to folks driving home from a holiday fireworks show.", "output": [ "Keith Perkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-88019e37f3a4409e90bb16297306278d", "input": "Loser: Cris Collinsworth\n For his partisan commentary. It's one thing to dispute Corey Clement's touchdown reception or question the consistency of what the NFL considers a catch but it's another thing to say if that's a catch “I give up.” Then after the commercial break he grumbled “Take what you can get against the Patriots I guess.”\nWinner: Cris Collinsworth \nAfter NBC reminded viewers in the pregame that “Miracle on Ice” coach Herb Brooks hails from Minnesota Al Michaels remarked: “I can’t tell you how many people this week wanted (me) to say: ‘Do you believe in miracles?!’” Collinsworth replied: “If Nick Foles pulls this off do I get another one?”", "output": [ "Cris Collinsworth" ] }, { "id": "task419-30b7009ddc8f4522bbeb55d83e870779", "input": "Ms. Lindsley’s experience illustrates the complicated role that human resources departments play in harassment cases. The recent outpouring of complaints from women about mistreatment in the workplace has included numerous accounts of being ignored stymied or retaliated against by human resources units — accounts that portray them as part of the problem not the solution.\n Ms. Lindsley the former Omni director who started as a server at an Omni Hotel restaurant and eventually became the first woman to be named director of food and beverage at a hotel said human resources ignored virtually all of the sexual harassment and other grievances she made to the department during her 15 years with the chain according to allegations she made in her complaint and in an interview.\nThe various human resources directors she spoke with rarely interviewed people Ms. Lindsley had said were witnesses to the behavior she said. Ms. Lindsley also said there appeared to have been no confidentiality in the system — that her boss and others were made aware she had complained about them.\nIn an emailed statement a spokeswoman for Omni and its parent company TRT Holdings said: “While we do not comment on active litigation we want to be clear that we dispute Ms. Lindsley’s allegations and will defend against her lawsuit.”\n“ She has spent hours if not days trying to figure out how she ’s going to tell you and you want to have tissues there because she is going to cry in your office ” said Kate Bischoff a human resources compliance consultant. “But you can’t say ‘I’m so sorry’ because that could be an acknowledgment” of wrongdoing.\nFor Ms. Lindsley the last straw came during a wine-promotion trip in Chile in 2015. One of only two women among the 50 executives in attendance Ms. Lindsley said some of the men on the trip suggested she could make more money working as a prostitute in Chile than as a hotel executive.\n Ms. Lindsley left the chain the next year.\n“I felt like all of those sexual harassment workshops we went to were a big waste of time ” said Ms. Lindsley who now works for a hotel chain in Des Moines . “I personally never felt when I went to human resources about a sexual harassment complaint that it was handled appropriately and that I was protected.”", "output": [ "Lindsley" ] }, { "id": "task419-b474843f319c4ddf8aae3504ce58c9cf", "input": "CLOSE Head football coach Rich Rodriguez has been fired from the University of Arizona. Wochit\n Rich Rodriguez was fired as the University of Arizona's head football coach after a notice of claim alleging a hostile workplace was filed. (Photo: Casey Sapio/USA TODAY NETWORK)\nThe Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday came to the defense of fired University of Arizona football coach Rich Rodriguez questioning part of the account of his former assistant who has accused him of sexually harassing her and creating a hostile work environment.\nThe university fired Rodriguez late Tuesday following bombshell allegations in a nine-page legal claim from his former administrative assistant Melissa Wilhelmsen. University of Arizona officials said the school had grown uncomfortable with the direction of the program on the field and fired him without cause.\n Rodriguez has denied the allegations except that he had an extramarital affair that Wilhelmsen said she was forced to help cover up. Rodriguez is likely to receive a $6.3 million buyout of the remainder of his contract.\nFull details of Rich Rodriguez harassment claim\nUA official: AD made call to fire Rodriguez before investigation was done\nWilhelmsen claimed among other things that Rodriguez fondled her tried to kiss her said he was in love with her and wouldn't let Wilhelmsen leave her job in February 2016 when her husband was being considered as head security officer for the Diamondbacks.\nWilhelmsen's claim alleges Rodriguez protested saying: \"No I can't lose you \" and offered to set up an apartment for her to continue working for him . \"Melissa told him she was unwilling to do that \" the claim states.\nKen Kendrick owner of the Diamondbacks has been a close friend of Rodriguez 's for at least 15 years. Both have ties to West Virginia University where Rodriguez once coached.\nKendrick on Wednesday told The Arizona Republic he is a longtime supporter of Rodriguez and acknowledged that he is biased to defend his friend though he did not condone the affair.\nStill Kendrick said Rodriguez clearly was looking out for the best interest of his assistant when he tried to help her husband get a job with the Diamondbacks.\nKendrick said Rodriguez strongly recommended Jason Wilhelmsen Melissa's husband for the team's security job.\nCLOSE Shot Clock video: Mark Faller and Greg Moore discuss Arizona's decision to fire football coach Rich Rodriguez.\nDiamondbacks team President Derrick Hall said Melissa Wilhelmsen personally emailed her husband's resume to Kendrick's assistant on Jan. 27 2016 because she knew Rodriguez and Kendrick were close friends. Hall said the resume arrived just as the team was closing its search for candidates.\nHall said Rodriguez called Kendrick the next day and Jason Wilhelmsen was interviewed the following month.", "output": [ "Rich Rodriguez" ] }, { "id": "task419-23d5228541374a2c809a9645497ad6e1", "input": "Coach Mike D'Antoni in particular was initially enthusiastic about the idea. Walsh had to be convinced. Yet they were so close to making the leap that as of early Thursday evening people close to the team were convinced that Iverson was on his way.\n Not surprisingly there were concerns about Iverson's character. He left his last two teams Memphis and Detroit amid controversy. While renowned for his passion on the court he is infamous for his poor work habits. As the Knicks dug further they became increasingly concerned about off-court issues and that concern influenced the final decision. Iverson's agent Leon Rose did not return messages on Friday.\n James L. Dolan the Madison Square Garden chairman was opposed to Iverson from the start according to a person who was briefed on the deliberations but indicated that he would not veto the move if Walsh and D'Antoni wanted to make it.\n The Knicks might have been Iverson's last best hope to salvage his career and his reputation. Iverson in turn might have represented the Knicks' best hope for providing fans with a little excitement.\n \"I'm always concerned about that \" Walsh said of disappointing the fans. \"But I don't think you can build a basketball team based on polls.\"", "output": [ "Allen Iverson", "Iverson" ] }, { "id": "task419-6b52711b9567445e9663e6fb943361a9", "input": "Now Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez appears likely to win a second term on Sunday as well as bolstering the strength of his conservative National Party across the board.\n\" Hernandez is not just trying to win presidential re-election he 's trying to expand his power from top to bottom including in the legislature and at the mayoral level \" said James Bosworth the founder of Hxagon a consulting firm that does predictive analysis in emerging markets.\nFears of just that sort of consolidation — but by left-wing rivals — led Hernandez 's own party to back a military coup in 2009 against a president it accused of plotting to violate Honduras's seemingly iron-clad constitutional ban on re-election.\nThe country's highest court backed the 2009 ouster of Manuel Zelaya. But the current court — packed with Hernandez ' supporters — ruled in 2015 that the constitution could not prevent him from running again — outraging opposition leaders.\nAnd corruption remains a major problem for Honduras casting a shadow across Hernandez 's administration.\nAnd in September the son of a former president from Hernandez 's party Porfirio Lobo was sentenced in New York to 24 years in prison after revealing his role in a cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Fabio Lobo 46 pleaded guilty in May 2016 admitting he worked with drug traffickers and Honduran police to ship cocaine into the United States.", "output": [ "Juan Orlando Hernandez" ] }, { "id": "task419-8bec43cda0e14cd8a9983ee17678848a", "input": "The written contents of an envelope containg a white powder received Monday by Donald Trump Jr. ’s wife said the president's son would get what he \"deserves \" the NYPD confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday.\n President Trump’s daughter-in-law Vanessa opened the letter addressed to her husband around 10 a.m. She was subsequently taken to the hospital as a precaution along with two others police said.\nDONALD TRUMP JR.’S WIFE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER OPENING ENVELOPE WITH WHITE POWDER\n Trump Jr. tweeted Monday about the “scary situation ” saying it was “Truly disgusting that certain individuals choose to express their opposing views with such disturbing behavior.”\n Trump Jr. is the eldest son of the president. He married Vanessa in 2005. The couple has five children but it was unclear if any were home at the time of the incident.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-8e19f3abe5574c529879a47034e4cd01", "input": "Progressives and business groups are defending the visa lottery program which invited Islamic believer Saifullah Saipov into the United States before he apparently murdered eight cyclists in New York on November 1.\nA native of Uzbekistan “ Saipov had been in the United States since 2010 and given that all green card categories are screened equally it is highly unlikely that the fact of his status as a green card holder under the Diversity Visa Lottery is related to his subsequent terrorist act ” said a statement from the business-first advocacy group the Bipartisan Policy Center.\nPolls show the public opposes the visa-lottery program because it provides green cards to unscreened unskilled foreigners who lower wages reduce social solidarity and reduce civic security. For example Saipov was picked by the lottery and then admitted in 2010 even though his first name means “Sword of Allah.”\nThe visa lottery awards green cards to 50 000 people chosen at random from countries around the world. Winners are screened for health problems and criminal records but are otherwise accepted regardless of their character job skills or ideology. For example Saipov was accepted from Uzbekistan in 2010 despite his faith in Islam’s hostile ideology and his lack of skills. Once in the United States he worked as the trucking industry where wages for Americans and immigrants have been relentlessly pushed down by the huge wage of immigration since the 1990s.", "output": [ "Saifullah Saipov" ] }, { "id": "task419-98928fb0957d410b8ee8ed0e34c3042c", "input": "TAMPA Backup goaltender Antero Niittymaki is making it tough for the Lightning to put him back on the bench.\n Niittymaki making his second straight start came through with several spectacular saves Monday night against the Panthers with one sparking the Lightning's go-ahead goal in a 3-2 come-from-behind victory in front of an announced 14 126 at the St. Pete Times Forum.\n Tampa Bay (2-1-2) has won two straight for the first time since mid March taking advantage of another strong third-period flurry. Make no mistake: Mike Smith is the Lightning's No. 1 goalie but Niittymaki was the No. 1 star Monday night.\n Niittymaki \"was huge \" Steven Stamkos said. \"It was definitely not one of our better games and he really bailed us out. And that's what great goaltenders do. And he did that for us (Monday night). He was great.\"\n Niittymaki had 31 saves including several on Panthers odd-man rushes; he even picked up the assist on the-winner. With less than seven minutes left Niittymaki made a save on a breakaway by David Booth. Stamkos picked up the rebound and went the length of the ice ripping a shot through Florida goaltender Tomas Vokoun. The puck trickled off the post but Ryan Malone crashed the net and tapped in the rebound. \"I was lucky enough; I got the garbage there \" he said.\n Before making the rare end-to-end rush Stamkos said he looked back and saw three Panthers standing still near the red line so he decided to go for it.\n \"It was just kind of an instinct play and obviously a great save by Nitty \" Stamkos said. \"He deserves all the credit on that one.\"\n Niittymaki was tested early having to stop Booth on a first-period breakaway an experience he drew on when he came in alone in the third period.\n \"He tried to deke-backhand the first time so I was kind of guessing he might shoot and he did \" Niittymaki said. \"So I think I had a little advantage there.\"\n The Lightning didn't play its best hockey being a little too careless with the puck which is partly why Niittymaki faced so many odd-man rushes.\n And though Niittymaki 29 has played just two regular-season games for the Lightning since signing in the offseason Tocchet likes what he is made of too.\n \"Niittymaki was solid as can be he was excellent \" Tocchet said. \"He's done everything and more.\"", "output": [ "Antero Niittymaki" ] }, { "id": "task419-df71e6069f544e8fb6a7e0064f0e0973", "input": "CLEVELAND — The New York Yankees of the mid-to-late 1990s have acquired their own mythology. Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada and the rest of the dynastic Yankees seem through the lens of the present to have emerged fully formed as a colossus. Brian Cashman has a different perspective because he witnessed them come together. “That team ” Cashman said “was young too at one point.”\nThe common refrain has it that the current Yankees have arrived ahead of schedule. Maybe that’s true in part. For Cashman and for the rest of the Yankees both the Baby Bombers and ancient pinstripers such as CC Sabathia and Brett Gardner they have arrived period. They’re here among the final four teams standing in a season flush with uncommonly great teams with a sole expectation: While they have a chance win the World Series.\n“ ‘Arriving early’ implies some guarantee of arriving in the future ” Cashman said. “I’ve been around the block long enough to know listen you just seize the moment.”\nThe Yankees may have qualified for the playoffs as a wild card but they are part of the raft of “superteams ” to use Cashman ’s phrase dominating the playoffs. The Yankees finished the season with the second-best run differential in baseball behind only the Indians and won 91 games.\nThe Yankees are cast in these playoffs as an upstart. They sold off Andrew Miller Aroldis Chapman Carlos Beltran and Brian McCann and shed Alex Rodriguez last season. But they re-signed Chapman in free agency and when young stars Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez led the Yankees to a strong start Cashman added reinforcements with aggression dealing prospects for Todd Frazier Tommy Kahnle and David Robertson.", "output": [ "Brian Cashman" ] }, { "id": "task419-d74d2332ac72487bbaf9a521bd89f740", "input": "Next thing. I wrote recently about answering a casting call for extras to portray hurricane refugees in a video for the Bill White gubernatorial campaign. I showed up and played along just to get an idea of what the experience would be like.\n You can see the video at tinyurl.com/28y8sa5. I'm in the second snippet about 25 seconds in. My participation ends at about the 26-second mark. Good luck spotting me.\n Taken as a whole here's the message: White's a weird-looking dude who is very very short (at least he looks so in the photo of him with the 7-foot-6-inch Yao Ming) and who at least once attended an event with some Borat-looking folks and who tends to make babies cry (unexplained photo of a smiling White holding a crying baby).\n A current Perry attack ad twice uses a video clip in which White looks very shifty-eyed. And there's another ad that ends with a black-and-white mugshot of White in which he looks like a guy trying to smile through his booking photo or a patient asking if he should be concerned about the oozing from his left eye. Way to take the high road governor.\n Locally the best example of this genre so far is an ad (tinyurl.com/26qx8rp) for Rep. Patrick Rose D-San Marcos showing GOP opponent Jason Isaac -- who looks downright presentable in photos on his campaign website -- in slow-mo grainy action doctored to make it look like it might have been taken while Isaac was fleeing after robbing a 7-Eleven.", "output": [ "Bill White" ] }, { "id": "task419-5906bf7ae5d94fafb81adfbfd72c0c1f", "input": "(CNN) The President has excoriated football players who have joined a protest movement by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as unpatriotic. But the President is overlooking history -- which shows athletes now lauded as heroes like Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali raising their voices (or taking a seat) in protests similar to Kaepernick's.\n Jackie Robinson rightfully celebrated for showing enormous grace under pressure while breaking baseball's color line refused to stand for the National Anthem after his playing days.\nJackie Robinson as a Brooklyn Dodger.\nAs he described in his 1972 autobiography Robinson -- like contemporary NFL players -- was protesting against institutional racism. He was expressing his feelings of alienation from America's system of racial apartheid.\n Robinson 's pugnacious brand of civil rights activism set the stage for succeeding generations of black athletes. Eleven-time NBA champion Bill Russell emerged as one of the most outspoken civil rights advocates of the 1960s at a time when the city he played in Boston represented one of the most racially segregated cities in the North.\nAbove all black American athletes are citizens fathers brothers husbands and sons who have a right and responsibility to continue a long struggle for dignity exemplified by Jackie Robinson Bill Russell and many others.", "output": [ "Jackie Robinson" ] }, { "id": "task419-fa0923e18d3e4edca71c8d5514a5d389", "input": "“Equity investors are beginning to become so concerned about the potential downside for stocks that they are starting to irrationally pay up for short-term protection when longer-term protection is cheaper ” Brian Reynolds asset class strategist at New York-based Canaccord Genuity said in a note.\n“We expect this one will have a similar outcome ” said Reynolds .\nBut much will depend on how the trading session ends Reynolds said.\n“If it were to close in this fashion it may lead to a further multi-week pullback in stocks ” said Reynolds .", "output": [ "Brian Reynolds" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d80610b339c4252b806cf24fcaaeb93", "input": "SEATTLE (AP) — In the view of Mike Hopkins his first season as the head coach at Washington will be filled basically with freshmen.\nThat's not to be taken in the literal sense. What Hopkins means is that with a new coaching staff a new style and new expectations even the players that are returning from last year are just like the incoming freshmen.\n\"I think the biggest thing is we've focused on the day-to-day how we're going to do the process of getting better \" Hopkins said. \"That's the standard of excellence every day and everybody here is learning a new system. A lot of the players end up being freshmen again because they're learning from our zone to our press to how we're going to play offensively defensively. I think they've made the transition pretty smooth.\"\nAfter spending 22 seasons as an assistant at Syracuse and being the presumptive replacement for Jim Boeheim when he retired Hopkins left behind everything he knew in upstate New York and accepted the job of rebuilding the Washington program after the Huskies fired Lorenzo Romar following 15 seasons.\n Hopkins also had to recruit those who slogged through a 9-22 record a season ago to keep them around. A number considered leaving. Most including starters David Crisp Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle all ended up staying with the chance to create the new foundation for the next chapter at Washington.\n\"The biggest concern with a new coach is the buy-in there \" Hopkins said. \"I think from the beginning our staff did a great job of really connecting with the kids working with them developing them getting them to stay that was our first priority. I'm very happy with the guys.\"\nIN THE ZONE: Yes Washington will play zone. Yes it will be the same zone defense that Hopkins helped teach at Syracuse.\nDefense was a major problem in the waning years of Romar's tenure. The Huskies' defense was more of a liability that an asset. How Hopkins is able to implement the zone will be important since the Huskies don't have a lot of size on the interior. A year ago Washington allowed 81 points per game 11th in the conference.\n\"I know the benefits of it. The biggest thing I want to do is control tempo. So if you're fast I can slow you down; if you're slow I can speed you up \" Hopkins said.\nFINDING SCORING: One of Hopkins ' first tasks will be finding enough scoring. Crisp is Washington's leading returning scorer at 13.8 points per game while Dickerson averaged 12.5 points last season. But the Huskies don't have an obvious scorer on the roster that can carry the load or get points in crucial situations. In recent seasons the Huskies have had Markelle Fultz Andrew Andrews and C.J. Wilcox. Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season while Andrews scored 20.9 per game the season before.\n\"You try and figure out how you're going to score 70 to 75 points per game and who is going to do it \" Hopkins said. \"That's been one of the processes.\"\nDIFFICULT BEGINNING: Hopkins certainly isn't shying away from having a challenging schedule to begin his Washington tenure.", "output": [ "Mike Hopkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-6956de7ade964f069c22ff8e1b3ca7a5", "input": "South Africa's former police chief and ex-president of Interpol Jackie Selebi was convicted Friday of corruption for accepting bribes from organised crime.\n Selebi had denied the charges against him which he said were part of a broader political conspiracy that reached to the top levels of government.\n The trial laid out his startling links with the criminal underworld in particular with convicted drug smuggler Glenn Agliotti who was accused of giving him cash and luxury gifts.\n Selebi was accused of taking bribes from Agliotti totalling more than 1.2 million rand (166 000 dollars 122 000 euros) between 2000 and 2005.\n What finally emerged was a picture of Agliotti who was also accused in the murder of a local mining magnate indulging Selebi's fondness for designer clothing which the police chief rewarded by feeding Agliotti inside information.\n While in office Selebi acknowledged his friendship with Agliotti saying \"Glenn Agliotti is my friend finish and klaar (end of story).\"\n It was Agliotti's drugs conviction that lifted the lid on Selebi's activities sparking a lengthy investigation into his life.\n His first arrest warrant was issued in September 2007 but he was not charged reportedly due to protection by then-president Thabo Mbeki.\n On January 11 2008 he was charged with corruption and defeating the ends of justice due to his friendship with Agliotti.", "output": [ "Jackie Selebi" ] }, { "id": "task419-011130994e8346e18448b7fdcf0fcdbf", "input": "\"Millennials are making really good decisions whenever they have an opportunity to save more \" Arielle O'Shea retirement and investing specialist at NerdWallet told Business Insider.\n\"Millennials are doing themselves a big service here by saving so early and taking advantage of compound interest \" O'Shea said.\n It 's possible older Americans aren't saving as much because the cost of raising kids increases the older they get O'Shea said especially when parents \"start feeling the crunch of college.\"\n\"Everyone can use strategies millennial parents are using \" O'Shea said. \"Save more when you get a raise when you pay off debt or cut back on dining.\"\nThat's great for some people O'Shea said but \"knowing how much you need to be saving is huge and working toward a goal makes all the difference.\"", "output": [ "Arielle O'Shea" ] }, { "id": "task419-1658d9d3abc547cdadd2cf4a79eed049", "input": "Norwegian authorities were told that Ebadi's medal was seized \"within the last week or so\" from a safe-deposit box in Iran along with personal effects including the diploma awarded with the medal the Foreign Ministry said. Spokeswoman Ragnhild Imerslund said Norwegian authorities have been \"in touch\" with Ebadi since the incident.\n Ebadi a human rights lawyer won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her efforts in promoting democracy. She has long faced harassment from Iranian authorities for her activities -- including a raid on her office last year in which files were confiscated.\n Ebadi was out of the country at the time of the vote and has not returned since saying she is \"in an effective state of exile.\"\n The opposition claims that hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election was fraudulent. Ebadi urged the international community to reject the outcome and called for a new vote monitored by the United Nations. She has strongly criticized the clerical leadership's postelection crackdown on dissent. During the past months hundreds of pro-reform activists have been arrested and a mass trial has sentenced dozens to prison terms.\n Ebadi could not be reached on Thursday for comment.\n Ebadi said in an interview published Nov. 17 in the Italian daily Corriere della Sera that her apartment pension and her bank account and those of her relatives had been seized along with her Nobel and Legion of Honor.\n \"I live in an effective state of exile \" she was quoted as saying from a hotel in New York where she had been attending U.N. meetings. \"They say I owe them $410 000 in back taxes because of the Nobel; it's a complete lie given that the Iranian fiscal law says that prizes are excluded.\"\n She nevertheless said she plans to return to Iran when she can be more useful in the country than outside it.\n \"Nothing frightens me any more even if they threaten to arrest me for fiscal evasion upon my return \" she said.", "output": [ "Ebadi Nobel", "Nobel" ] }, { "id": "task419-72e3294a09fd4c42aa1e38b4658999ac", "input": "Beloved Canadian rock star Gord Downie of The Tragically Hip passed away Tuesday night at the age of 53 . He had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in December of 2015 . The band has issued a statement on social media from the Downie family emphasizing how Downie spent the last years of his life surrounded by music family and friends . Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a televised statement on Downie ' s passing during which he was unable to hold back tears . \" We are less of a country without Gord Downie in it even though we all knew it was coming \" Prime Minister Trudeau said . Trudeau was very emotional over the death of Gord Downie . # cdnpoli pic . twitter . com / EnorPDrG0H — Mackenzie Gray (@ Gray_Mackenzie ) October 18 2017 Full statement on the death of the Tragically Hip ' s Gord Downie : https :// t . co / FiHhj9Spee — Justin Trudeau (@ JustinTrudeau ) October 18 2017 An alt - rock band whose career spanned more than three decades The Tragically Hip had a prolific output of 14 studio albums two live albums one EP and 54 singles . Downie publicly revealed his cancer diagnosis in May 2016 . He and his band played an emotional farewell concert in August 2016 in the singer ' s hometown of Kingston Ontario . Gord Downie wipes tears from his eyes in the middle of the Tragically Hip ' s \" Grace Too \" https :// t . co / JFz3pEkEwk pic . twitter . com / ZFOdKuBx9F — CBC News (@ CBCNews ) August 21 2016 Since Downie ' s passing there has been an outpouring of emotional tributes on social media from politicians organizations celebrities and fans . Canada ' s identity & culture are richer for Gord Downie ' s work . — Justin Trudeau (@ JustinTrudeau ) October 18 2017 Knowing this day was coming doesn ’ t make it any less devastating . Gord and the band improved Canada . Let ’ s all cry and kiss together . — Polaris Music Prize (@ PolarisPrize ) October 18 2017 RIP Gord Downie . 🇨🇦 — Seth Rogen (@ Sethrogen ) October 18 2017 Gord Downie was an inspiration to us all . His music is an essential part of the soundtrack of Canada . His diagnosis was heartbreaking but he faced illness with courage and a commitment to continue doing what he loved . — John Tory (@ JohnTory ) October 18 2017 # RIP Gord Downie . You music spun in every locker room I ' ve ever entered and gave pride to every Canadian I ' ve ever encountered . # WheatKingsOnRepeat pic . twitter . com / GA6b9pEQS3 — Matt Lashoff (@ MattLashoff ) October 18 2017 Gord Downie . Another brilliant wonderful soul is gone . Deepest condolences to the family . Thank you for everything you gave us . pic . twitter . com / nkJ1Uu6yxd — Bubbles (@ MSmithBubbles ) October 18 2017 Was at an airport with my kids while ago . My 5 - year - old had a long long casual chat with guy in a hat next to us . Like an hour about nothing . Where you going who you gonna see what will be best . As we left realized it was Gord Downie . — Steve Ladurantaye (@ ladurantaye ) October 18 2017 Rest in peace Gord .", "output": [ "Gord Downie Seth", "Seth" ] }, { "id": "task419-91a88402a92a4b4c9c7dfaaed6fafd51", "input": "Washington (CNN) It's been five days since the White House said President Donald Trump believes Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore should drop out if the allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against him are true.\nSince then Moore has faced more allegations and the national Republican Party has cast Moore aside. Trump however has remained mum.\nBehind the scenes the President and his advisers are closely watching the developments in Alabama's special election two sources close to the White House and a White House official said. That includes in particular the reaction of influential conservative supporters such as Fox News host Sean Hannity. The White House is also mulling scenarios to prevent Moore from being elected according to the sources.\nTrump one source said believes the allegations of child sexual abuse and sexual assault against Moore are bad for the Republican brand but has decided to wait and see how the situation shakes out before publicly commenting.\n\"He's worried about the conversation moving to his past accusers \" the Republican familiar with the matter said noting that the President believes his accusers were unfair and some of Moore 's may be too.\nPressed by reporters Saturday while in Vietnam -- before a fifth alleged victim said Moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16 -- Trump said he had not been following the issue closely and declined to go beyond press secretary Sarah Sanders' earlier statement.\nJUST WATCHED Bannon compares Moore Trump WaPo stories Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Bannon compares Moore Trump WaPo stories 00:51\nBut White House officials coordinating closely with Republicans on Capitol Hill have been mulling a range of scenarios to thwart Moore 's election which despite the allegations remains a serious possibility in the deep red state.\nSen. Lindsey Graham R-South Carolina said \"It would probably be good if he would say something\" about Moore given Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.\n\"If you are no-fly list for the mall you shouldn't be in the United States Senate \" he said referring to reports that Moore had been banned from a local mall because of his pursuit of teenage girls.\nJUST WATCHED McConnell hints at Roy Moore replacement Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH McConnell hints at Roy Moore replacement 00:56\nAll eyes at the White House including the President's will be on Hannity's Wednesday night show after the Trump loyalist said Tuesday night he was giving Moore 24 hours to \"immediately and fully come up with a satisfactory explanation for your inconsistencies\" or lose his support.\n\"You must remove any doubt. If you can't do this then Judge Moore needs to get out of this race \" Hannity said.\nBut even that loss of support is unlikely to prompt Moore to exit the race where he has retained significant and fervent support as grassroots Republicans in the state have continued to dismiss the allegations as a ploy to thwart Moore 's election.\n Nationally Moore is retaining the support of the White House's former chief strategist Steve Bannon who has campaigned with Moore .\nAs the conservative Drudge Report ran a banner Wednesday suggesting Bannon was turning on Moore a source close to Bannon rejected the claim.", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-51eb17e2b15044e8bc29b4aed0e12bd2", "input": "Hanoi (AFP) – Kha’s wedding day looked perfect from the outside but she was hiding a dark secret: the 27-year-old was three months pregnant and her husband was fake hired for a staged wedding to avoid the social stigma of becoming a single mother.\n“My parents would have been the first to be filled with shame if I was pregnant and without a husband ” Kha barely showing told AFP a month after the $1 500 fake marriage which was quietly paid for by her baby’s father who is married to another woman.\nThe wedding-guests-for-hire business is growing in Vietnam — where some 70 percent of people over 15 are married — and not just among pregnant women like Kha looking for stand-in husbands.\n Kha and her fake husband were never legally married — a formality often overshadowed by lavish wedding parties in Vietnam — but she is forever grateful to him for playing the part in front of her friends and relatives.\n“I felt like I was about to drown but I grabbed a life jacket ” said a smiling Kha whose name has been changed to protect her identity .\n Her parents were in on the secret but Kha plans to tell the rest of her family that her ‘husband’ left her — preferring to be a divorced single mother than having a baby out of wedlock.\n Kha who is due around April says her fake marriage finally freed her from her lie.\n She said: “Hiding my pregnancy was so exhausting but now I feel very confident about the present and the future.”", "output": [ "Kha" ] }, { "id": "task419-482ff20916cd4faebb4119322ec0becc", "input": "\"He does a better Bernie Sanders than I do !\" \nIn July , Larry David revealed that Sen. Bernie Sanders -- whom David famously spoofed on \"Saturday Night Live\" during the lead-up to 2016 election -- was actually a distant cousin . \nSo let 's take a moment to reminisce about two years ago , when \"SNL\" was spoofing the Democratic debates -- featuring David as Sanders and Alec Baldwin merely as Jim Webb -LRB- remember him ? -RRB- \n,\" Sanders appears to be delighted .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-2eaa4af3add54bc8b2a5ffa6b3304e49", "input": "SEOUL South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said it is important to continue a reconciliatory mood between the Koreas and expressed satisfaction with the North Korean delegation's visit to the South in his first remarks since the high-level guests led by his sister returned to the North.\nThe North's state-owned Korean Central News Agency reported Tuesday that Kim was impressed with Seoul's welcome and treatment of the high-level delegation.\n Kim emphasized the importance of continuing dialogue between two Koreas according to the North's official news agency.\nNorth Korea sent its nominal head of state and Kim 's sister Kim Yo Jong who extended an invitation to South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang in the near future.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-5fcc49e387154d55b4ca25c2fda5931a", "input": "NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Time beat the clock. After rejecting at least two earlier entreaties the publisher of Fortune Sports Illustrated and other magazines agreed to be acquired by rival Meredith for $1.8 billion which includes a hefty 46 percent premium. It’s a lucky break because a go-it-alone strategy looked doomed. Bountiful cost savings however will go to the buyer and its new billionaire backers.\nFortunately for Time shareholders Meredith has been a persistent suitor. After failed merger efforts over the last few years the $18.50-a-share all-cash offer provides nearly $600 million more than the target’s market value when deal talks surfaced on Nov. 16.\nThe presence of Charles and David Koch whose private equity fund is kicking in preferred equity to help pay for the acquisition may create concern for some readers because of the brothers’ history of supporting conservative causes. They aren’t getting a board seat though. The investment which resembles one Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim made in the New York Times also includes a solid financial rationale.\n Meredith is touting between $400 million and $500 million of cost savings within two years of the companies uniting. Once taxed and capitalized at the low end of that range they would be worth some $2.4 billion today – on a $2.8 billion deal including debt. If nothing else that should buy Meredith and the Kochs some time.", "output": [ "Meredith" ] }, { "id": "task419-c89fc3a144204078b4e6463fda94897b", "input": "Cory Gardner used his power as a senator last month to freeze nominations for posts at the agency after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded Obama-era protections for states like Colorado that have broadly legalized recreational marijuana. It was a dramatic move by a Republican senator against his own party's attorney general and came after Gardner said Sessions had promised him there wouldn't be a crackdown. Gardner said he was placing holds on nominees until Sessions changed his approach.\nThe holds have created friction both with Sessions who has complained that critical posts are going unfilled and some of Gardner 's fellow GOP senators who want key law enforcement officials in their states confirmed.\nIn an interview with The Associated Press Gardner said Thursday that he 's discussed the issue with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and has been pleased with progress so far. Department leaders have \"shown in good faith their willingness to provide what I think will be hopefully the protections we sought and as sort of a good faith gesture on my behalf I'll be releasing a limited number of nominees \" Gardner said.\n He will release his holds on nominees for U.S. attorneys in a dozen federal districts U.S. marshals in every district and on John Demers who was nominated to head Justice's national security division.\n Gardner stopped short of saying Rosenstein offered his assurances that the department would not crack down on the legal cannabis industry but gave him enough comfort that Colorado's acting U.S. attorney Bob Troyer will continue to focus on prosecuting people acting outside of Colorado's voter-approved marijuana laws rather than those who follow them. That follows a pledge Troyer made the day Sessions announced his agency's new marijuana policy.\n Gardner will continue to hold the nominations of seven top Department of Justice nominees. He 's also working with a bipartisan group of members of congress to pursue legislation protecting states that have legalized marijuana.", "output": [ "Cory Gardner" ] }, { "id": "task419-2afdbd0cdee3445c8c87004171d4092f", "input": "* * * France isn’t the first killjoy to quit the smartphone party. In 2015 the Canadian artist Garnet Hertz invented a cheeky device called “Phonesafe ” a masochistic lockbox designed to incarcerate smartphones for a set period of time. Hertz meant Phonesafe as a provocation but the same idea quickly became a product. Today you can buy similar but mass-produced containers on Amazon and multi-phone lockers have become a mainstay in corporate offices and schools around the world. A McDonald’s in Singapore has even installed a locker designed to promote “family togetherness” and face-to-face conversation. If you attend a Guns n’ Roses concert or a comedy performance by Dave Chappelle ushers will require you to lock your device in a neoprene pouch and take it into the show in that state. The phone-locking pouch made by a San Francisco company called Yondr has a wide opening at the short end for inserting a smartphone. A magnetic locking mechanism similar to those on anti-theft tags in retail stores engages to hold it closed. After the show this clasp is swiped across a counter-magnet which releases the lock. Yondr is a surefire way to cut down on bootleg YouTube videos. In Wired Alice Gregory recently took a tough look at the device. Gregory recounts her experience at a Chris Rock performance where audience members waiting in the lobby had to forgo smartphone usage. The affair reduced them to “a roomful of jonesing fiends ” as she puts it. Ultimately Gregory connects Yondr to a thorny question about civil liberties: the right of the people to keep and bear smartphones.\nIt’s an ironic conclusion because Yondr is sold as a tool to provide freedom rather than to take it away. To “Be Here Now ” as the company’s tagline puts it. It’s a promise to deliver presence—a tricky calling to say the least. Presence has a long history in religion and philosophy from Buddhist practices to the metaphysics of the 20th-century philosopher Martin Heidegger. Today presence is most common in the various mindfulness trends that have overtaken individual and corporate life in Silicon Valley in particular—collectively the critic R. John Williams has called them “technê-zen.” Cutting through the history and the rhetoric it’s productive to think about presence in terms of attention. You’re present where you focus your attention—and you only have so much attention to pay. In the case of Chris Rock he wants attention directed toward him live on stage. Rock’s show might involve awkward improvisation or new material that he doesn't want circulated online. Teachers are less concerned about copyright than comedians are but they still demand attention. I have tested Yondr’s effects on mind-wandering in classroom experiments with Dan Smilek of the University of Waterloo Vision and Attention Lab. Our research is based in part on the assumption that instructors want students to focus on the course materials and not on Instagram Facebook or other distractions. Yondr can be a remarkably effective tool for enforcing digital abstinence in these contexts thanks primarily to its portability. Rather than locking away devices inside lockers or even inside a disused Catholic tabernacle as I have done in a performance piece Yondr buffers the anxiety of being isolated from your device.\nGiven that the mere presence of one’s smartphone can reduce cognitive capacity Yondr offers a way to surf between the waves of a device’s presence and absence. You can hold it but you can’t use it. This might be an especially important balance in classroom situations where students see a teacher’s “phone shoebox” as an unwelcome imposition of authority. * * * Needless to say Yondr is still an imposition. And controlling attention requires more than just locking a device in a binge-breaking neoprene pouch. Joelle Renstrom has reported the results of her own Yondr experiment in a class at Boston University where she had her 30 students lock away their devices over the course of a semester. At first 37 percent of the students found the policy annoying but by the end of the term that figure had dropped to 14 percent. Those are promising if tentative results but Renstrom’s anecdotal comments about the experiment may be more instructive than the data she collected. Renstrom describes her students’ initial experience of Yondr as “akin to caging a pet a clear denial of freedom.” Moreover she observes that some students left their cases unlocked as a sign of rebellion even though they didn’t remove the phones from them. Rather than becoming “active resistors to technology ” as the scholars Christine Satchell and Paul Dourish call people who choose to ignore their devices Yondr users are ultimately the victims of technological disenfranchisement. When implemented as a mandatory smartphone prophylactic Yondr becomes a means of control not of choice let alone of presence.\nSuch top-down tactics might be enforced easily at live performances as one of my research assistants observed firsthand at a Chris Rock show in Niagara Falls. However as a daily ritual for high-school students all-or-nothing digital abstinence enforced by an authority figure seems destined to backfire possibly leading to rejection—or even worse a legal complaint. In an attempt to tackle this disciplinary problem I have been offering workshops to schoolteachers that riff on and revise the design Yondr originated. In the workshops I provide a kit that allows students to make their own digital abstinence case but with an obnoxiously loud Velcro enclosure rather than a silent magnetic clasp. This semipermeable design—the Resistor Case I call it—is intended to promote self-regulation not authoritarian control. The Velcro acts as a gateway to conscience: It provides just enough resistance and noise to make its owner think twice before opening it. Michael I. Norton Daniel Mochon and Dan Ariely coined the “IKEA effect” to name the increase in value people assign to self-made products. With the Resistor Case I’m counting on a similar effect that students who fist construct and then choose to make use of their DIY phone lockers might be more compelled to use them. Of course the kit will only work if the teacher provides a context for it that includes a discussion of responsible smartphone use. (The kit provides a series of cards to prompt this conversation.)", "output": [ "Yondr" ] }, { "id": "task419-b753a84dfa4847888c67b3e1484c0167", "input": "“My daughter became different after that ” her father — now identified as Socialist politician Gilbert Mitterrand — told Ebdo describing how she quit her job and went travelling to get away from France.\n“Too many women have been subjected to domination and being preyed upon for too long ” it said in an editorial saying it was time for the culture of “impunity” to end.\nWhile acknowledging the case involved “one person’s word against another” it said Hulot’s status as a public figure meant it had a duty to publish the allegations.\nIn her interview Mitterrand says she reluctantly decided to file a police complaint against Hulot after reflecting on it for years.\n“My goal was not to see him brought to trial but to make him think about what he ’d done ” she said.\nThe government has rallied around the environment minister with Macron saying there is no “reason why he should resign”.", "output": [ "Gilbert Mitterrand —" ] }, { "id": "task419-8ae2e50e76064266820658dbef009af1", "input": "Mongolian PM: Mongolia attaches great importance to ties with China\nBatbold made the remarks when meeting Ma Xiaotian deputy chief of general staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who arrived here for the 5th China- Mongolia Defense Consultation.\nBatbold said Mongolia was willing to keep high-level exchanges with China and enhance political mutual trust and it was committed to consolidating and developing the friendly cooperative relations of good neighborliness with China.\nBatbold appreciated China's valuable support and assistance to Mongolia's social and economic development.\nHe also said Mongolia would continue to uphold the one-China policy firmly and was willing to foster long-term and stable ties.\nMa said China and Mongolia were important neighbors to each other and China was willing to work with Mongolia to step up cooperation and exchanges in the military field among others and unceasingly push forwards the good-neighborly partnership of mutual trust between the two countries.\nOn Thursday Ma also met with Mongolian Defense Minister Luvsanvandan Bold and other high-ranking Mongolian military officials and visited a Mongolian peacekeeping training center.", "output": [ "Sukhbaatar Batbold", "Batbold" ] }, { "id": "task419-35d2df4ac4c44aebb703f79963b7abb0", "input": "Season ticket holders Ross and Candice Finnelly of Lemont brought a “W” flag poster to Thursday’s Game 5 of the NLCS. They ’re fully supportive of the new tradition with one caveat: They only fly it after the game.\n“All the time I want to say put that away ” Candice Finnelly said with a laugh.\nAs unwitting Dodgers fans asked ballpark employees about the significance of the flag Ross Finnelly said he often finds himself explaining the history and meaning for family and friends from out of town.\n“I think it’s a symbol everyone can get behind ” Ross Finnelly said. “It’s like singing ‘Go Cubs Go.’ Now the team is winning so we get to sing a lot more. It gives something for the fans to unite around. It gives everyone a common symbol to root for to rally around.”", "output": [ "Candice Finnelly" ] }, { "id": "task419-d38d19da40204bd485bed30e322b2107", "input": "\"There's very few rock & roll bands \" Malcolm Young explained to a Dutch TV interviewer around the time of AC/DC's 2000 album Stiff Upper Lip. \"There's rock bands there's sort of metal bands there's whatever but there's no rock & roll bands – there's the Stones and us \" he chuckled. When asked by the interviewer to explain the difference between rock bands and rock & roll bands he replied \"Rock bands don't really swing ... a lot of rock is stiff. They don't understand the feel the movement you know the jungle of it all.\"\nRelated Malcolm Young AC/DC Guitarist and Co-Founder Dead at 64 Musician who co-founded Australian rock legends in 1973 with brother Angus Young dies following battle with dementia\nFew rock & rollers have ever understood \"the jungle of it all\" like Malcolm Young and fewer still have ever been as single-mindedly devoted to its perpetuation. From 1973 when he formed AC/DC with his younger brother Angus to 2014 when dementia and other health issues forced his premature retirement Malcolm never once allowed the band to deviate from its swinging swaggering riff-driven course. During Malcolm 's tenure AC/DC's recordings featured three different lead vocalists three different bassists and five different drummers; and yet the band's musical aesthetic remained so stubbornly consistent as to make the Ramones look like flighty trend-jumpers by comparison.\nBut if AC/DC's public image was largely defined by Angus's naughty schoolboy Bon's lascivious pirate and Brian's lusty bricklayer personas it was Malcom who truly defined the band's lean 'n' mean sound. In addition to serving as the captain of the good ship AC/DC he was also its chief architect and mechanic tinkering with riffs and songs as tirelessly as he tinkered with his 1963 Gretsch Jet Firebird which underwent countless modifications as he strove to unleash the ultimate guitar tone. \"He's the engine in the Mack truck that is AC/DC \" Anthrax's Scott Ian told Loudwire in 2014. \"He's the driving force behind that band; has been since Day One. To the casual listener they probably don't know who Malcolm Young is ... but Malcom's the guy. He's the greatest rhythm guitar player ever.\"\n\" Mal always had a better ear for recording and mixing than I did \" Angus told me. \" He was more involved with that when we were younger fiddling around with sounds and stuff. He tunes into it more than me ; I'm more about just picking up the thing and play it. He helped me a lot with dialing in sounds from my amp; I would be saying 'I can't get nothin' out of this Marshall ' and he would help me sort it out and get the best out of it.\"\nWhile Malcolm's death at the too-young age of 64 is certainly a massive blow for AC/DC fans everywhere it's unlikely that he would want Angus to bring it all to an end on his account. Even in his absence AC/DC has continued to function like a finely-tuned clockwork mechanism – the band successfully soldiered following his retirement recording and touring behind 2014's Rock or Bust with nephew Stevie Young taking over for his uncle on rhythm guitar. That the band continues to thrive without Malcolm isn't a reflection on his lack of importance to it but rather a testament to the enduring brilliance of the material he wrote and the perfection of the musical machine that he designed to deliver it. So long as there's enough electricity left in the world for some guitarist somewhere to hit a ringing window-rattling A chord Malcolm Young's spirit will live on. Rock in Peace Mal.", "output": [ "Malcolm Young" ] }, { "id": "task419-41aec993b1bf4df68d9cd279622221d9", "input": "A picture of Bollywood actress Sridevi Kapoor is put up outside her residence in Mumbai on Monday following her death. (Punit Pranjpe/AFP/Getty Images)\nThe sudden and mysterious death of Sridevi Kapoor a Bollywood superstar beloved to millions of Indians and a rare actor who bridged the culture gap between the North and the South is absolutely a valid news story.\nFor my entire generation Sridevi was a cult figure. She began acting at the age of 4 and her films spanned multiple languages and roles. Her impeccable sense of comic timing and her willingness to experiment made her one of the pioneering women of Indian cinema. When she returned to the movies after taking a 15-year break she gamely took on the challenge that female actors face in a shamefully unequal industry — one where 50-year-old men romance young heroines in their 20s but women upward of 30 get swiftly ousted from mainline roles.\nBut the way her death has been reported in our media especially on television is the very opposite of journalism.", "output": [ "Sridevi Kapoor" ] }, { "id": "task419-a4cf8141df234d8ca5c8f57ee5a8fc73", "input": "However it is not yet clear how any female bias will affect overall loggerhead population numbers says Dr. Jacques-Olivier Laloë a researcher in turtle sex ratios from Swansea University .\n He points out that female turtles may be able to cope with a shortage of males because they are able to store sperm. This means they can go long periods of time without encountering a male and still reproduce regularly.\nOn top of this males are able to mate with multiple females during one season meaning there does not necessarily need to be equal numbers of males and females for populations to thrive says Laloë . He tells Carbon Brief:\nBut at some point turtle populations will reach a “tipping point” where there will not be enough males for mating to take place as normal and turtle populations could quickly collapse says Laloë .\nHowever if global CO2 emissions continue to rise unchecked as in the RCP8.5 emissions scenario then this tipping point could happen earlier Laloë adds.\nA future shortage in females could very rapidly lead to a decline in reproduction and population collapse Laloë says. “A surplus of males could potentially cause a much bigger problem than a surplus of females.”", "output": [ "Jacques-Olivier Laloë" ] }, { "id": "task419-22f843a6ebe04d4399be47d1bb04bb13", "input": "Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton say the earthquake in Haiti offers a chance to put aside politics and help people in despair.\n Bush and Clinton appeared on five Sunday television talk shows as part of their effort to lead private fundraising efforts for Haitian relief including immediate needs and the long-term rebuilding effort. President Barack Obama asked them to lead the bipartisan effort.\nGeorge W. Bush and Bill Clinton say the earthquake in Haiti offers a chance to put aside politics and help people in despair.\n Bush and Clinton appeared on five Sunday television talk shows as part of their effort to lead private fundraising efforts for Haitian relief including immediate needs and the long-term rebuilding effort. President Barack Obama asked them to lead the bipartisan effort.\n \"I'd say now is not the time to focus on politics \" Bush said in an interview taped Saturday for CBS television's \"Face the Nation\" when the ex-presidents' visited the White House.\n \"You've got people who are ... children who've lost parents. People wondering where they're going to be able to drink water \" Bush said. \"There's a great sense of desperation. And so my attention is on trying to help people deal with the desperation.\"\n Bush said that he doesn't know what critics are talking about when they claim Obama is trying to score political points with a broad response to Haiti's woes. The most vocal critic has been conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh who urged people not to donate and said he wouldn't trust that money donated to Haiti through the White House Web site would go to the relief efforts. He said people contribute enough by paying income taxes.\n Clinton said a disaster like the earthquake in Haiti \"reminds us of our common humanity. It reminds us of needs that go beyond fleeting disagreements.\" He said political debate is healthy in normal times but it would be perverse in a time of disaster to let politics get in the way of helping.", "output": [ "George W. Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-2ac8da68ecb84b3c8e3b42dd44337f47", "input": "The legislature stripped a tax break on jet fuel from a broader tax bill Thursday after GOP Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle vowed to punish Delta for crossing the NRA. Cagle says they were defending the values of \"ridiculed and belittled\" conservatives.\n Cagle called Delta a \"beloved bedrock\" of Georgia's economy in an opinion piece published Friday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. But he said Delta's decision to cut ties with the National Rifle Association sent a clear message to conservatives that \"we find your views deplorable.\"\n Cagle wrote: \"We cannot continue to allow large companies to treat conservatives differently than other customers.\"\nGOP Gov. Nathan Deal has blamed election-year posturing for the Delta controversy. Deal is term-limited and Cagle is a leading Republican candidate to succeed him .", "output": [ "Casey Cagle" ] }, { "id": "task419-11ed350f9d0740e4b5c65ee5ba17ce0b", "input": "Moona is a patent-pending smart sleep system that induces and deepens sleep by smartly adjusting your head and neck temperature throughout the night. It will also help you wake up naturally and be ready for the day!\nOur body needs different temperatures at different moments in the night. Moona understands your sleeping pattern and regulates the temperature of your head and neck to help you get the best sleep. Moona is a water-based system which brings cooling and heating to your head in a smooth and natural way guaranteeing the best sleep experience.\nSmartly using temperature Moona enhances the quality of your sleep all night long.\nFall asleep faster : When it is time for you to sleep Moona will start gently cooling down your pillow. Decreasing body temperature will naturally help initiate sleep.\n: When it is time for you to sleep Moona will start gently cooling down your pillow. Decreasing body temperature will naturally help initiate sleep. Get more deep sleep : Moona will adapt the temperature under your head throughout the night and allow your body to stay cool. You will wake up less during the night and your sleep will be deeper.\n: Moona will adapt the temperature under your head throughout the night and allow your body to stay cool. You will wake up less during the night and your sleep will be deeper. Wake up refreshed : Thanks to our app you can set your wake-up time and your pillow will start warming up gently when you need to wake up. This sends signals to your body and allows you to feel perfectly rested and refreshed as soon as you open your eyes.\nGetting good sleep is very important to make the most out of your day. With Moona you will improve your mood and energy. Getting quality sleep is also key to your health. That is why from the very beginning of the project we have worked with sleep doctors. In collaboration with the University Hospital Center of Nantes we are conducting a clinical study to demonstrate Moona's efficacy.\n: Don’t you hate your noisy alarm? The Natural Wake Up feature enables to wake up with temperature. Warm temperatures will trigger a more natural awakening and prepare you to be productive quickly. If you prefer (like in hot summer) you may also use the Cool Wake Up feature. Temperature profile : Visualize how the temperature of Moona will change throughout the night and set it manually if you want (ºC or ºF).\n: Visualize how the temperature of Moona will change throughout the night and set it manually if you want (ºC or ºF). Sleep analysis : Based on your movements during the night Moona tracks your sleep. It will give you key insights on your sleep quality.\n: Based on your movements during the night Moona tracks your sleep. It will give you key insights on your sleep quality. Bedroom environment analysis : Thanks to room temperature humidity and ambient light sensors Moona analyzes your sleep environment studying the correlation between your sleep quality and your bedroom environment.\n: Thanks to room temperature humidity and ambient light sensors Moona analyzes your sleep environment studying the correlation between your sleep quality and your bedroom environment. Customized sleep tips: Moona will use the data gathered by the sensors and your inputs to help recommend improvements routine and tips to further improve your sleep. This intelligent library will evolve over time as the data gathered from the community determines which works best.\nWith a patent-pending technology the Moona smart sleep system will learn over time to adapt your temperature profile throughout the night and the year.\nBefore your first night with Moona you will fill out a sleep questionnaire to determine your sleeper's profile. Then Moona will guide you through optimizing it during a 10-day period. After that Moona will adapt the temperature profile (ºC/ºF) to optimize your sleep using data from:\n Moona is quick and easy to set up.\nEven at 3am it is very easy to change the temperature on the product if need be and of course you do not have to open the app for that. We have done more than 200 user tests to get a great experience - even in the middle of the night.\nKeep your favorite pillow: Moona goes on top of any standard pillow no matter the shape or material. Our beta-testers tried with synthetic memory foam orthopedic pillows and with all kind of shapes and sizes. We've iterated on more than 30 material combinations to guarantee optimal thermal efficiency and comfort. The pillow pad is an obsessively engineered combination of memory foam and thin water channels.", "output": [ "Moona" ] }, { "id": "task419-5799ef9b87a2434f88f64d654ddbd484", "input": "An ex-wife of Devin Patrick Kelley the Texas gunman who killed 26 people in a church said Friday in her first interview since the massacre that she lived in constant fear of him and more information is coming to light about his actions in the weeks leading up to the shooting.\n\" He just had a lot of demons or hatred inside of him \" she told \"Inside Edition.\"\nThe guilty plea earned Kelley a one-year sentence in a military prison followed by a bad-conduct discharge.\nThis week the Air Force acknowledged that it failed to notify the FBI about the conviction which would have barred Kelley from purchasing the firearms he used in the attack on the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs.\nLess than a week before the Texas church massacre Kelley showed up at a festival dressed in black and acted so strangely that people kept a close eye on him two longtime parishioners said Friday.\n Kelley \"was completely distant and way out in thought \" recalled Judy Green. She and her husband said Kelley often exhibited troubling behavior.\nAt the fall festival held on Halloween night at the First Baptist Church Kelley \"didn't even blink -- he just stared \" she said.\nRod Green a former law enforcement officer in Montana said when he saw Kelley arrive in all black he examined him closely to make sure he was not carrying a gun. The Greens both have licenses to carry handguns and they are friends with Kelley 's in-laws.\nIf Kelley had been carrying a weapon Green said he would have escorted him away because of all the children there. Judy Green said she positioned herself to keep an eye on Kelley at all times.\nAt a Christmas dinner one year Kelley had \"bragged about being armed \" Rod Green said.\nWilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt has said the church pastor saw Kelley in the crowd at the festival but that the pastor did not witness any behavior that raised alarms.\nInvestigators have said Sunday's shooting appeared to stem from a domestic dispute involving Kelley and his mother-in-law and that he had sent threatening messages to her . The mother-in-law sometimes attended services at the church but was not present on Sunday. Kelley died of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the massacre.", "output": [ "Devin Patrick Kelley" ] }, { "id": "task419-13886db3b57841c9964e5bd57f0d076e", "input": "Breitbart News Executive Chairman and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon gave a positive view of the state of the populist economic nationalist movement in an interview published Tuesday saying the movement is going well but is just getting started.\n“I think we’ve had a pretty good run so far and it’s just the top of the first inning ” Bannon told Good Luck America’s Peter Hamby in an interview available exclusively on Snapchat.\n Bannon has been recruiting candidates to run against establishment Republicans in Senate primaries in 2018 causing panic among GOP leadership. He said it was not about a war within the Republican Party but about a war with the permanent political class.\n“This kind of populist nationalist right has been having this fight with the establishment ” Bannon said. “Trump was a rejection of the entire establishment. The permanent political class has a business model and they’re not prepared to give up power.”\n Bannon also noted that the establishment Republicans have frequently not had President Trump’s back and that it is up to the populist right to support Trump in that agenda and make sure it is implemented on Capitol Hill. He also said he believes Trump is paying more attention to the movement in the wake of Judge Roy Moore’s defeat of Sen. Luther Strange (R-AL) in the Alabama Republican Senate primary.\n Bannon said:\nI think he understood after the primary in Alabama that his base believes in a handful of things: They want to build the wall. They want to stop illegal immigration. They still want to get us out of these what they consider these pointless foreign wars. And I think it’s incumbent on the “deplorables” to be out there.\nAsked about whether the populist movement by going after Republicans could actually be helping Democrats Bannon dismissed those concerns.\n“I think this whole thing is evolving ” he said. “You have this populist economic nationalism and it’s just starting to catch on and I think people who embrace the Trump agenda are going to win primaries and be the best candidates against Democrats.”\nOn the question of whether his influence had been reduced since leaving the White House Bannon said he has more influence now than he did when he was serving as a staffer in the West Wing.\n“When you’re in the White House you know you’re just another staffer and I had a lot of influence ” he said. “But there’s a difference between influence and power [and] when I’m out with Breitbart and have all my weapons I can really effect change much more and help the president.”", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-81dede3e2e1b4c62be43088a8a5ba5f6", "input": "Washington -- Mailboxes often brim with correspondence touting the accomplishments of taxpayers' representatives in Congress but none more so than the boxes of residents in Rep. Mark Schauer's south-central Michigan district.\n Schauer spent nearly $350 000 on mailings telephone town halls and other outreach efforts to constituents in 2009 according to an analysis of quarterly spending records by The Detroit News. That's about one-quarter of his nearly $1.5 million allowance for congressional expenses.\n For example after Congress passed a $787 billion economic stimulus package last year Schauer a freshman Democrat from Battle Creek who is considered to be in a tough re-election campaign sent his constituents a colorful brochure saying the legislation \"creates or saves 109 000 jobs in Michigan.\"\n Schauer declined to be interviewed. His press secretary Zack Pohl also wouldn't agree to an interview about the mailings but sent an e-mail explanation .\n A colorful six-panel foldout from Schauer trumpeting the economic stimulus -- with three photographs of the congressman.\n Schauer was the 10th highest spender overall according to an Associated Press analysis of spending by the House's 435 members.", "output": [ "Schauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-dfc4f90481a84ca4ba7c505ae550b8b6", "input": "Shaun White apologizes for calling allegations 'gossip ' says he has 'grown as a person'\nIn an appearance on the Today show on Wednesday Olympic gold-medal winner Shaun White apologized for using the word \"gossip\" to describe sexual harassment allegations that were brought against him in 2016.\n\"I'm truly sorry that I chose the word 'gossip.' It was a poor choice of words to describe such a sensitive subject in the world today \" White said. \"I'm just truly sorry. I was so overwhelmed with just wanting to talk about how amazing today was and share my experience but yeah.\"\nWhen pressed by co-anchor Savannah Guthrie about the matter White said he 's \"grown as a person over the years.\"\n\"It's amazing — you've known me for a long time now — it's amazing how life works with twists and turns and lessons learned \" White said. \"So every experience in my life I feel like it's taught me a lesson and I definitely feel like I'm a much more changed person than I was when I was younger. And yeah I'm just proud of who I am today.\"\nCHAMP: Shaun White wins gold medal in men's halfpipe\nCOMMENTARY: Shaun White 's Winter Olympics legacy is not all golden", "output": [ "Shaun White" ] }, { "id": "task419-c29fb841f16d49d6a8f2677d82905ce3", "input": "A day after a report raised the possibility that the NCAA could have done more long ago about problems at Michigan State President Mark Emmert said Saturday in an email that sexual assault allegations against Spartans athletes in 2010 were “widely reported” and already being investigated by law enforcement and the school.\n Emmert made the comments in an email to the NCAA Board of Governors and other university presidents. Spokeswoman Stacey Osborn provided Emmert’s email to The Associated Press in response to a request for comment about a report by The Athletic that cited a letter sent in 2010 to NCAA leadership by the National Coalition Against Violent Athletes.\n Emmert noted that he met with the coalition’s Katherine Redmond and legal expert Wendy Parker in November 2010. A letter sent by Emmert dated Dec. 6 and addressed to Redmond and Parker was also provided to AP. It detailed programs the NCAA was helping to implement on campuses to address sexual violence and student behavior though it made no specific reference to Michigan State.\nAs for his role Emmert told the NCAA board in his email: “The MSU cases were widely reported in the press and already being investigated by law enforcement and university officials. Kathy did not imply that these were unreported cases or that she was acting as a whistleblower to report unknown information to the letter’s recipients.”", "output": [ "Mark Emmert" ] }, { "id": "task419-89f2f4b300cb45729cf873a0909be444", "input": "Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Marshall (Chairman) Poindexter (Vice Chairman) Ware Wright Orrock Knight Edmunds Wilt Morefield Ransone Fariss Bloxom Ken Plum David Bulova Matthew James Luke Torian Mark Keam Alfonso Lopez Rip Sullivan Dawn Adams (of Richmond City) Wendy Gooditis Debra Rodman.\nCommerce and Labor: Kilgore (Chairman) Byron (Vice Chairman) Ware Hugo Marshall Cline Bell (of Albemarle) Habeeb O’Quinn Yancey Ransone Webert Jeion Ward Mark Keam Eileen Filler-Corn Kay Kory Joe Lindsey Lamont Bagby David Toscano Steve Heretick Mike Mullin Jeff Bourne.\nEducation: Landes (Chairman) Bell (of Staunton) (Vice Chairman) Cole Pogge Robinson Yancey Davis Leftwich LaRock Helsel Collins McGuire Roslyn Tyler David Bulova Mark Keam Lamont Bagby Jeff Bourne Jennifer Boysko Chris Hurst Schuyler VanValkenburg Cheryl Turpin Debra Rodman.\nFinance: Ware (Chairman) Pogge (Vice Chairman) Orrock Byron Cole Hugo Cline Fariss Fowler Bloxom Freitas Brewer Vivian Watts Mark Keam Filler-Corn Kaye Kory Rip Sullivan Steve Heretick Joe Lindsey Hala Ayala Jay Jones (of Norfolk) Lee Carter.", "output": [ "Mark Keam" ] }, { "id": "task419-be8eba744c344c799c62047342c2d085", "input": "Billions of years ago Mars was likely much wetter than it is today. The ice has a series of layers says Colin Dundas a planetary geologist at the U.S. Geological Survey and the paper's lead author. Those newly detected layers suggest that the ice was laid down over a period of time through a process that happened repeatedly.\n\"Something caused it to be deposited and then deposited again \" says Dundas . That thing was likely snowfall Dundas says which was eventually compacted into these deposits. The snowfall could have happened as recently as tens of millions of years ago he says.\nThe scientists think the exposed ice is not stable at the relatively warm surface temperatures. Dundas says ice at the surface is transforming from solid into vapor causing the slopes to collapse and become further exposed.\nThere have also been significant questions about how pure Mars ice is. But Dundas says that \"at these locations its quite a thick ice sheet of rather clean ice.\"", "output": [ "Colin Dundas" ] }, { "id": "task419-48a9c251a73346b68ef6ee7b14021eda", "input": "That's Sen. John McCain's warning to the country -- and his party -- about the dangers of submitting to the rising tide of populism isolationism and nationalism being sold by President Donald Trump.\nThe Arizona Republican's speech -- delivered at his alma mater US Naval Academy on Monday -- was the second time this month he has delivered a broad-spectrum critique of Trump and Trumpism. And the two speeches taken together are rightly understood as McCain 's attempt -- while facing down a diagnosis of terminal brain cancer -- to serve as a clarion call for a GOP he believes has wrongly and dangerously fallen under the Trump trance. (Worth noting: McCain never uses Trump's name in this speech. But the 45th President is like a black cloud looming over the proceedings. )\nDown that path lies real peril for the party and the country McCain believes and he appears to be committed to doing everything in his power in the time he has left to sound the alarm.\n(Although side note: There is roughly zero chance this speech is not directed at Trumpism but if McCain really wants people to wake up why doesn't he plainly say that?)\nNotice the sleeping metaphor McCain used in this passage from Tuesday's speech:\nThat's a series of powerful images from McCain -- a public ignorant of the necessity of its leadership siloed off in echo chambers of our own making defaulting to partisan politics and unwilling to engage with one another in search of compromise.\n McCain casts this slumber as a fundamental break from the post-World War II order (and a remarkable blindness to what our post-World War II approach to the world wrought). This line gets at that this-is-not-normal message from McCain :\nThe attack on our values -- which McCain makes clear is coming from within and without the United States -- requires an active decision to fight for what we believe in. That's the only way we can hope to keep what had made us great according to McCain .\nAt another moment in the speech McCain insisted that American values \"are under attack from forces within liberal democracies themselves parties that preach resentful nationalism rather than enlightened self-interest nativism rather than equal justice.\"\nThe stakes in McCain 's mind could not be higher. And the US populace could not be less prepared for what is increasingly a full-frontal assault on the values that make America well America.\n McCain is trying to wake people up. He 's like the town crier going around banging a pot and insisting that if we don't recognize the threat posed by the Trumpism here and its ilk around the world it may be too late.", "output": [ "John McCain" ] }, { "id": "task419-a977c60c1e1b4ee9a24cd213615d1ba6", "input": "Gary Tuchman a correspondent for the network also drew widespread laughter for effeminately handling the weapon and closing his eyes while firing.\n2. There is no such thing as full semi-automatic he should be a part of the @migos making up words like that.\n3. The gun doesn’t kick that hard this Guy is just super saiyan beta.\nThe clip begins with Tuchman struggling to hold the rifle properly as retired Lt. General Mark Hertling explains the weapon’s mechanics.\nSocial media users were also quick to pick apart the report making fun of Tuchman and Hertling in the process.", "output": [ "Gary Tuchman" ] }, { "id": "task419-1295c3be40fc473e989acd1b0950a37b", "input": "Chinese President Hu Jintao met here Thursday afternoon with Prime Minister Igor Chudinov of Kyrgyzstan.\n Hu said since the two countries established diplomatic ties 17 years ago China and Kyrgyzstan have continuously reinforced and developed their traditional friendship and leaders of the two countries have maintained frequent contact and developed a high degree of mutual trust.\n The two sides have conducted effective cooperation and achieved notable results in cooperation in such areas as economy trade transport security and culture Hu said adding the two countries have also lent support to and cooperated closely with each other within the multilateral frameworks of the United Nations(UN) and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO).\n Hu said China and Kyrgyzstan are good neighbors good friends and good partners. He said China attaches great importance to its relations with Kyrgyzstan.\n Hu said it is a firm and unchangeable policy of China to continuously deepen mutual trust strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation and realize common development of the two countries.\n Hu said China is ready to work with Kyrgyzstan to advance the good- neighborly friendly and cooperative relationship.\n He said Kyrgyzstan treasures the mutual trust and mutual understanding between the two countries. He expressed the willingness to cooperate closely with China and strictly abide by all agreements between the two countries.\n He said Kyrgyzstan is ready to deepen mutually beneficial cooperation with China and further advance the good-neighborly friendship.", "output": [ "Hu Jintao" ] }, { "id": "task419-f52d6996115c4829939459abd04afb23", "input": "President Ma pays respects to deceased village administrator\nPresident Ma Ying-jeou paid his respects Thursday to a deceased village administrator who slipped to his death during a daring effort to save his village in Yunlin County on a night when Typhoon Morakot was raging.\nPraising Miu's efforts as heroic Ma said Miu showed great courage in the face of danger and was a national role model.\nMa said he will see to it that Miu's family receives good condolence compensation from the government.", "output": [ "Ma Ying-jeou" ] }, { "id": "task419-f1497b5c9273419791ae6462bd8f1286", "input": "Dr. William Schaffner medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Disease a nonprofit organization told Business Insider that it's hard for experts for sure just how intense this flu season will be.\n\"Amongst ourselves we say if you've seen one flu season you've seen one flu season \" Schaffner said.\nEven so there are a number of reasons why getting a flu shot is an especially good idea this year Schaffner said. Here's his five reasons for everyone who still hasn't gotten the vaccine this fall.\nAustralia which heads into summer as the northern hemisphere goes into winter got hit hard the flu this year. That's especially because of the H3N2 strain of the flu virus. While that still doesn't mean it will definitely be a bad flu season this year the good news is that the particular strain is a good match to be protected against with this year's vaccine Schaffner said.\n\"I'm afraid we still hear that. No you cannot get flu from the flu vaccine \" Schaffner said. According to the CDC flu shots are either made using an inactive virus that aren't infectious or a vaccine that doesn't contain the virus at all.\n\"We can do an awful lot of good with this pretty good vaccine because it's the one we have to use today \" Schaffner said.\nThere are plenty of ways to get vaccinated for free. Most insurers cover it as a preventive treatment and Medicare covers the shot entirely. \"It's easy it's quick it's covered by insurance \" Schaffner said. Plus most drugstore clinics including Walgreens and CVS have the vaccines available so you don't even have to go to a doctor's office.", "output": [ "Schaffner" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c052c767b6544cf9c4907d5efd8b953", "input": "Three months of intense campaigning were due to officially end at midnight with 50-year-old bachelor Benigno Aquino looking set to win Monday's election in a landslide and continue the legacy of his democracy-champion parents.\n \"The dawn is near... the people are hungry for a new leadership \" Aquino told a cheering crowd of roughly 10 000 people at his final major campaign rally in Manila late on Friday night.\nBenigno Aquino looking set to win Monday's election in a landslide and continue the legacy of his democracy-champion parents.\n \"The dawn is near... the people are hungry for a new leadership \" Aquino told a cheering crowd of roughly 10 000 people at his final major campaign rally in Manila late on Friday night.\n Aquino's rally featured pop singers movie stars and comedians delivering routines that were flashed on giant screens.\n The skits included a woman dressed as an angel telling the crowd she was sent from heaven by Aquino's late mother former president Corazon Aquino who led the revolution that overthrew dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986.\n Aquino spent Saturday in his home town of Tarlac his family's political and economic stronghold for generations where he travelled in a motorcade aboard a flatbed truck in a final salute to his supporters.", "output": [ "Benigno Aquino" ] }, { "id": "task419-e2810722c5a14ea2898989abe4159bd1", "input": "He ’s back!\nLegendary talk show host David Letterman ’s new Netflix show “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction ” debuts Jan. 12 and former President Barack Obama is slated to be the first guest.\n“I had a show for a long time and then I didn’t have a show for a long time and I can’t tell you how great it is to be out of the damn house ” Letterman jokes in the trailer.\nThe trailer doesn’t indicate what Letterman and Obama will talk about but it’s possible the current administration will be a hot topic on the series considering Letterman has spoken out against President Donald Trump.", "output": [ "David Letterman" ] }, { "id": "task419-3f48e7552de842f4a5a4078983d20b18", "input": "When former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick decided to start taking a knee during the national anthem before games last preseason in a sign of protest one of his biggest supporters was his then-San Francisco teammate Eric Reid. Kaepernick kneeled during the anthem on his own prior to several preseason games before Reid and 49ers linebacker Eli Harold eventually joined him. Reid and Harold then continued to kneel with Kaepernick during the anthem throughout the entire 2016-17 NFL season. And while Reid Harold and Kaepernick are no longer teammates Reid has continued to stick by Kaepernick’s side by attending several of his \"Know Your Rights\" events in cities like New York City and Chicago. He has also reportedly maintained a close relationship with Kaepernick even though they aren’t playing for the same team anymore.\nBut in the weeks leading up to the 2017 NFL preseason Reid told reporters that he would not continue to protest the national anthem during the upcoming season like he did last year. As recently as Aug. 14 he said that \"the anthem thing went so sideways \" and while he acknowledged that he was going to continue to talk about important social issues he said that he would not kneel during the anthem before games this season. However it appears as though he changed his mind because prior to the 49ers’ preseason game against the Vikings on Sunday night Reid was spotted kneeling as a large group of his teammates surrounded him in a show of support.\nAnd after the game Reid revealed why he decided to continue his national anthem protest in spite of what he said earlier this summer. He suggested that his recent conversations with Kaepernick as well as what happened in Charlottesville Virginia recently may have played a role in it.\nVideo: #49ers Eric Reid on resuming national anthem protest pic.twitter.com/d3cBS3g8ii — Cam Inman (@CamInman) August 28 2017\n Reid continued: \"Then fast-forward to Charlottesville and the country sees what an un-American protest really looks like. That’s when I had my change of heart because what Colin Eli and I did was a peaceful protest fueled by faith in God to help make our country a better place. And I feel like I needed to regain control of that narrative and not let people say that what we’re doing is un-American because it’s not. It’s completely American. We’re doing it because we want equality for everyone. We want our country to be a better place so that’s why I decided to resume the protest.\"\n Reid is the first 49ers player to kneel during the national anthem during the 2017 preseason. In addition to explaining why he did it on Sunday night he also spoke about how he believes his protest could potentially hurt him next year when he becomes a free agent. And he said that he ’s not going to let it affect what he 's doing.\n\"This has been fueled by my faith in God \" Reid said. \"That’s the only reason I do it. You can’t serve faith and money. So if I’m not on a team next year I’ll be at home unhappy that I’m not on a team but I’ll be satisfied knowing that I did what I believe is right—and that’s being the voice for the voiceless and standing up for the oppressed.\"\nKaepernick responded to Reid kneeling on Sunday night by retweeting the clip above of him talking about why he did it.", "output": [ "Eric Reid" ] }, { "id": "task419-784cfdf7852f4f77b76462726f90b797", "input": "In his description of the wreckage NTSB investigator Stephen Stein explained there was \"evidence of a post-crash fire\" in the Quartermaster section of the Grand Canyon where the helicopter went down.\n Stein said that three NTSB investigators have been dispatched to the crash site since Sunday and plan to go through the aircraft's inspection records the pilot's certificate and status of the engine.\n He also said that everything from survivor and witness interviews to weather will be examined and included in a preliminary report in the coming days. A final report would be released after 18 months.\n\"We have reports of some wind \" Stein said but he cautioned that the reports of gusts would need to be corroborated with radar data calibrated at the time of the crash.", "output": [ "Stephen Stein" ] }, { "id": "task419-a462e73630d64a809b18e25b94e39c90", "input": "It's still unclear why it took over 36 hours to recover Sgt. La David Johnson's body from the battle space. The official told ABC News that Johnson 's locator beacon was giving unclear reports and he seemed to be moving.\n\" Johnson 's equipment might have been taken \" the official said. \"From what we now know it didn't seem like he was kidnapped and killed. He was somehow physically removed from where the combat took place.\"\nOn Thursday Joint Staff Director Lt. Gen. Kenneth McKenzie told reporters that Johnson was \"separated\" but \"no one was left behind.\" That idea was echoed by Secretary of Defense James Mattis during a meeting with the Israeli Defense Minister.\nIt was nightfall when U.S. Nigerien and French forces searched for Johnson .", "output": [ "La David Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1d8d7981f994cbba0404094db8efe1a", "input": "U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks with reporters as he visits the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 31. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)\nI have been fretting for some time about Roy Moore coming to the U.S. Senate. He embodies every negative stereotype anyone ever had of people from Alabama. As I wrote soon after his win in the GOP primary “Moore is bad for Alabama and worse for the GOP.” Well I didn’t think it was possible when I wrote that piece a couple weeks ago but things have managed to get even worse. Yesterday’s revelations in The Washington Post that he has a history of inappropriately engaging teenage girls exposed a whole new level of disqualification for Moore .\nSuffice it to say I was worried then — and more so now — that if anyone or any company considered moving jobs to Alabama holding a conference in my home state or doing anything to contribute to our economy we would have to hide Moore . Rather than use the senator and the resources a Senate office brings as a recruiting tool businesses will shy away from having anything to do with toxic Roy Moore .\nIn recent years Alabama has been particularly successful in recruiting aircraft manufacturers and hi-tech aerospace companies to the state. We’ve always had a robust delegation at the Paris Air Show and we’ve built a reputation as one of the nation’s top states for doing business. But can you imagine Moore at the Paris Air Show pitching Alabama as a modern environment for hi-tech companies? Arrrrghhh! Even if what people will hear and read about Moore wasn’t bad enough much of the time he looks the part. He ’s beyond an eccentric crazy uncle. Wearing his small cowboy hat a tight vest and sometimes displaying a tiny gun Moore looks like a reject from the Village People. The states that Alabama competes with for business development must be celebrating. Sigh.\nRepublican senators on Nov. 9 called on Roy Moore to withdraw from a Senate race in Alabama if allegations of sexual misconduct are true. President Trump echoed the sentiments calling it \"mere allegation.\" (Jordan Frasier Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post)\nTo say the least Moore would not be able to help recruit jobs to Alabama. He won’t be a positive force as an ambassador to usher in international trade for Alabama’s $20.6 billion export market. And considering what we now know from The Washington Post’s reporting no sane parent would dare to have their kids intern in his office.\nMaking matters worse is the fact that some in Alabama continue to stand up for Moore . In a defense that will go down in history as a punchline in jokes about Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler said Moore ’s actions made him think of the memory of Jesus Christ. That’s right. He actually said: “[T]ake Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became the parents of Jesus. There’s just nothing immoral or illegal here.” Well as Ron White famously said: “You can’t fix stupid. … Stupid is forever.”\nAnyway Moore is more than just another embarrassment produced by Alabama politics. His presence has had profound national implications. Specifically a traditionally safe Republican seat will likely flip to the Democrats.\nThe fact is as Josh Holmes told the New York Times: “This is what happens when you let reckless incompetent idiots like Steve Bannon go out and recruit candidates who have absolutely no business running for the U.S. Senate.” I won’t go so far as to suggest Moore ’s rise is entirely due to Bannon — after all Bannon only jumped on the Moore train a few weeks out from the election. But the presence of people like Moore and Bannon in the American political space is dangerous. Republicans everywhere need to say so and make clear that there is no justification for supporting Moore .", "output": [ "Moore Roy Moore", "Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-1259025b11cd4f53aa958b18477f3530", "input": "The home-made submarine \"UC3 Nautilus\" built by Danish inventor Peter Madsen who is charged with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall in his submarine sails in the harbour of Copenhagen Denmark August 10 2017. REUTERS/Peter Thompson\n Wall a freelance journalist who was researching a story on submarine owner Peter Madsen went missing after he took her out to sea in the 17-metre (56-foot) submarine in August.\nOn Aug. 23 police identified a headless female torso that washed ashore in Copenhagen as that of Wall. In October police said they had recovered her head and legs.\n Madsen admitted to dismembering Wall on board his submarine and dumping her body parts in the sea but he still denies murdering her and a charge of sexual assault without intercourse.", "output": [ "Peter Madsen" ] }, { "id": "task419-365c60c1909b4b7083bd6846a05dffdd", "input": "Enlarge this image toggle caption Melissa Golden for The Washington Post/Getty Images Melissa Golden for The Washington Post/ Getty Images\nDr. Brenda Fitzgerald director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned Wednesday following reports that she bought shares in a tobacco company among other financial dealings that presented a conflict of interest.\n\"Dr. Fitzgerald owns certain complex financial interests that have imposed a broad recusal limiting her ability to complete all of her duties as the CDC Director \" according to a statement issued by Matt Lloyd a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services. \"Due to the nature of these financial interests Dr. Fitzgerald could not divest from them in a definitive time period.\"\nHealth Trump Administration Appoints Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald As New CDC Director Trump Administration Appoints Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald As New CDC Director Listen · 2:36 2:36", "output": [ "Brenda Fitzgerald" ] }, { "id": "task419-286b366cf62540d4a8ac85511be9114b", "input": "Refunds will be issued in the form of a check or a gift card to Sam 's Club or Walmart stores.\nWalmart is closing 63 Sam 's Club stores and laying off thousands of employees.\nTo get a refund shoppers must call customer service at (888) 746-7726 and cancel their membership. Refunds will be issued in the form of a check or a gift card to Sam 's Club or Walmart stores.\nCustomers also have the option of transferring their membership to another Sam's Club store.", "output": [ "Sam Club", "Club" ] }, { "id": "task419-dc9d176693fe45ce91a09c22dbb3dc01", "input": "McLaughlin ordered Kancharla to pay $225 000 in reparations by Dec. 14 or another year would be added to his prison term. He also ordered Testwell to pay $1 761 099 in reparations. He said he hoped Kancharla's sentence would be a deterrent to the \"variety of schemes and conniving\" that he said characterized the building business.\n Assistant District Attorney Diana Florence asked McLaughlin to impose a penalty \"at the upper levels\" of the sentence range saying Kancharla was eligible for a term ranging from 1 to 3 years to 10 to 30 years.\n But Kancharla's lawyer Paul Shechtman said his client \"a good man\" and the \"anchor of his family \" had conducted business no differently from other testing companies.\n A moment later Kancharla rose to address the court. He wore a brace on his neck a remnant of one of two recent suicide attempts. The first was in February when he cut his wrist and took sleeping pills after a jury convicted him on one charge and deliberated on others. In April he tried to hang himself\n \"In retrospect I should have paid more attention to the concrete mix design program and should have implemented more checks and balances \" he told McLaughlin. \"Despite the jury's verdict I want you to know that Testwell was not a criminal enterprise and that I am not a criminal mastermind.\"", "output": [ "V. Reddy Kancharla", "Kancharla" ] }, { "id": "task419-d24f5f34ac1b4649bfca26d9491b3ef3", "input": "Rep. Matt Gaetz a 35-year-old Republican freshman from Florida who recently flew on Air Force One with Trump and is friends with Roger Stone is one of the believers. Gaetz has called for Mueller to be fired and said on “Hannity” on Thursday that officials might wind up in jail over what he saw in the memo.\nHuffPost ran into Gaetz on Capitol Hill on Thursday evening just a few hours after the congressman appeared on the Fox Business channel above the chyron “I JUST READ A 4-PAGE MEMO THAT THREATENS DEMOCRACY TO ITS CORE.”\n“I believe that the contents of that memo need to be made available to the public immediately and that that is a critical concern in kind of all of the Mueller Russia Trump discourse ” Gaetz told HuffPost of the memo which he said “kind of aggregates” intelligence data.\nIn the interview with HuffPost Gaetz ran into a common problem for Republicans who suggest the FBI was too rough on Trump but went too easy on Clinton during the 2016 campaign: the indisputable fact that the FBI’s actions then harmed Clinton. Comey’s conduct during the Clinton investigation was even the underlying justification the Trump administration provided last spring to explain Trump firing Comey. If people in the FBI and the so-called “deep state” were trying to get Clinton elected president then frankly they did a terrible job of it.\n Surely Gaetz could concede the FBI’s actions ahead of the 2016 election were much more damaging to the Clinton campaign than they were to Trump? “I wouldn’t agree with that characterization ” he replied.\nUnder Gaetz ’s theory the FBI was hellbent on leaking information to the press to stop Trump from being elected. Gaetz told HuffPost that texts between FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page showed they were “talking about a plan to strategically leak information to embarrass Trump.” As HuffPost recently explained a deeply flawed story by John Solomon of The Hill has left a lot of people with the inaccurate impression that the text messages show the FBI officials were leaking information to hurt Trump. That’s what Gaetz believes.\n“That was explicit in their communications to each other “ Gaetz claimed.\nGaetz: Well when they talked about the um I think it was the Wall Street Journal article and they were talking about oh was it behind a paywall and did it contain the information that ― HuffPost: What Wall Street Journal story was that that was negative against Trump? Gaetz: Uh again it’s referenced in their communications back and forth this was I think in October. HuffPost: Mhmm. But do you know what story it was? Gaetz : Yeah it was all about the contents of the dossier. HuffPost: The Wall Street Journal story on the 24th was about the contents of the dossier? The dossier wasn’t released until ― Gaetz : No it might not have been the one of the 24th. It was the communication that was referenced in the Page-Strzok text messages. HuffPost: No I know the one you’re talking about you said the Wall Street Journal story. I just think the Wall Street Journal story that they were talking about if you look at it in context they were talking about a story that was actually negative about the FBI and to Hillary Clinton. It was the story about the then-deputy attorney general [Ed. note: McCabe is the FBI’s deputy director] McCabe who was basically being accused of ― I think you’ll probably recall this [from] the time ... Gaetz: Mhmm. HuffPost: ... was basically being accused because his wife had received money so that was what the story was about. Gaetz: No yeah but I think there was other stuff that was included within that ― HuffPost: Like what? Gaetz: Well I don’t have it in front of me.\n Gaetz ’s theory ― that the FBI provided information for an Oct. 24 2016 Wall Street Journal story on the Trump dossier ― doesn’t make a whole lot of sense chiefly because no such story exists. The first story to reference the “dossier” was published by Mother Jones on Oct. 31 2016 a full week after Strzok-Page exchanged texts about a Wall Street Journal article. The Mother Jones story only came out after Comey sent a letter about the Clinton investigation on Oct. 28 that set off a media frenzy Clinton has partially blamed for her loss.\nBut the secret GOP memo gave Gaetz a convenient pivot point: the suggestion that there’s something a bombshell that he can’t reveal publicly. And it totally supports the theory he ’s been pushing this whole time.\n“I can say that if this memo become available to the public many of the concerns that have been raised by members of the Judiciary Committee will be highlighted ” Gaetz said.", "output": [ "Matt Gaetz" ] }, { "id": "task419-eed5ae09e6ea45e4807a681d07b28190", "input": "Sir John left with 'American Beauty Star' host Adriana Lima is a makeup artist (to celebs like Beyonce) and L'Oreal Paris brand ambassador. (Photo: Connor Colebrook)\nAnd that's a problem says makeup artist Sir John.\n John who's best known as Beyoncé's makeup artist serves as producer and mentor on new Lifetime competition series American Beauty Star . On the show he encourages aspiring beauty directors competing for a Teen Vogue gig and $250 000 cash prize to \"make it hot \" and more specifically stay away from the \"cookie-cutter idea of what beauty is.\"\nSo how do aspiring makeup artists and hairstylists avoid being derivative? John offers some advice.\n\"Be careful who you're following \" John says. \"Taste levels change. The blind are leading the blind at this point. Makeup artists: Don’t just follow other makeup artists. Don’t just follow YouTubers don’t follow me.\" Instead \"go to a museum look at a painter look at an unorthodox view of how you can place blush on the cheek a wash of color on the forehead translate it to skin of three-dimensional canvas \" he says. \"if you’re just following the people who are following the people then you’re never going to have anything to contribute.\"", "output": [ "John" ] }, { "id": "task419-28d9d51405ab481da04306ced0379f24", "input": "Mochi's owner Carla Rickert adopted the St. Bernard when she was just 2 years old from the Big Dogs Huge Paws breed rescue organization and told Guinness World Records it was \"love at first sight.\"\nThe dog's impressively long tongue can sometimes leave her tongue-tied Rickert said. Treats have to be fed to her in a certain way so she can grab them and her tongue sometimes causes breathing problems and extra slobber when she is nervous. Plus dirt dust and leaves can get stuck to it when Mochi picks things up.\nBut Rickert said she thinks her happy-go-lucky dog is certainly proud of the recognition.\n\"It still does not seem real. Mochi is so humble she never brags or boasts but I know that she is as proud of her new record as we are \" Rickert told Guinness World Records. \"It feels truly amazing to be a part of the 'Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals' book. We are so grateful for the opportunity to make others smile.\"", "output": [ "Rickert Rickert", "Rickert" ] }, { "id": "task419-4235557da4414217b70e7c2b05e2f5f8", "input": "''If Orrin Hatch came in third place in the Iowa caucuses that would be bigger news that George Bush winning '' said James Camp Mr. Hatch's national political director. ''The headlines would not be that Bush wins but that Hatch takes third.''\n Even Mr. Hatch said his goal was to ''do fourth or better.''\nTo that end the Hatch campaign is heavily depending on local newspaper interviews and small-town radio call-in and television talk shows to spread his word since there is no cost.\nSpeaking talk-show style on the same level as the audience rather than from the stage Mr. Hatch attacked his opponents. ''How many of those people have the experience yes the knowledge and the ability to work with Congress and really fulfill all those campaign promises?'' Mr. Hatch asked. ''I understand Congress to the last person. I passed 43 bills in the last Congress. Sure I can't get everything passed but Orrin Hatch will die trying.''\n He also said the Democrats in the race Vice President Al Gore and former Senator Bill Bradley were ''far left and you better understand that.''\nIt was difficult to tell if Mr. Hatch won any converts. Jack Croft said that while he liked what Mr. Hatch said on ''our need for more military readiness '' he was not swayed enough to vote for him .\nDavid Holzinger who said he was trying to decide between Mr. Hatch and Mr. Forbes said: ''I came because he 's a giant in the Senate. I like what he said on the ethics of the Clinton administration.''", "output": [ "Orrin Hatch" ] }, { "id": "task419-c7caa98c6e094e0986a3d696003116b9", "input": "Dan Auerbach delivers a delightfully wicked rendition of \"Stand By My Girl\" in a preview clip from his upcoming appearance on Austin City Limits.\n\"Stand By My Girl\" appears on Auerbach 's latest solo album Waiting On a Song and finds the Black Keys frontman flipping some of the conventions of a traditional rock-and-soul devotional. On ACL Auerbach partners with his guitarist for some soaring riffs and delivers the song's cheeky hook – \"I'm gonna stand by my girl/ Don't think I won't/ I'm gonna stand by my girl/ Because she'd kill me if I don't\" – as his band kicks out the plucky tune and provides backing gang vocals.\n Auerbach also sat down for an interview after his ACL performance and spoke about partnering with 63-year-old soul newcomer Robert Finley the musicians in his backing band – two of which also played in the famed American Sound Studio house band the Memphis Boys – and working with acclaimed songwriter John Prine on Waiting On a Song.\n Auerbach 's episode of Austin City Limits airs February 10th on PBS and will also feature a performance from Shinyribs. That same night in Vancouver the musician will launch a 20-date tour featuring artists signed to his label Easy Eye Sound. The Easy Eye Sound Revue lineup boasts Auerbach Finley Shannon Shaw and special guests Shannon and the Clams.", "output": [ "Dan Auerbach" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e0bb4a89a67409ea0788668922fa6e6", "input": "SEAN HANNITY HOST: Attorney general nominee Eric Holder may meet some heavy resistance when his nomination hearings begin tomorrow. Now he could again face tough questions about his involvement in the controversial pardons during his days in the Clinton administration but another problem is also emerging.\n His connection to a company with ties to a known terrorist organization during his years in private practice. Lets take a look.\nHANNITY: After seven years of lining the pockets of terrorists Chiquita admitted their wrongdoing to the Justice Department and hired and extremely influential man to bail them out former deputy attorney general Eric Holder.\n Holder had left the DOJ after the Clinton administration and was now in private practice. On March 19 2007 with Holder as lead counsel Chiquita pleaded guilty to one count of quote \"engaging in transactions with a specially designated global terrorist organization.\"\n Holder then brokered what some call a sweetheart deal in which Chiquita only had to pay a $25 million fine over five years yet not one of the half dozen company officials who approved the payments would receive any jail time.\nHANNITY: Ironically Holder 's stance on the criminal case contrast part of a 1999 document that he wrote while at the Justice Department a document that became known as the \"Holder Memorandum.\"\nHANNITY: In a 2007 Washington Post article Holder made the case for not charging individuals quote \"If what you want to encourage is voluntary self-disclosure what message does this send to other companies?\"\nVICTORIA TOENSING FMR. DEPUTY ASST. ATTORNEY GENERAL: There's no conflict whatsoever. The \" Holder Memorandum\" talks about the law as it has been ever since I've known it for decades and that is that if — the prosecutor decides to indict the corporation the prosecutor can also decide to indict individuals.\nIt wasn't Eric Holder who decided that. It was the Justice Department.\nHANNITY: But what is raising the most eyebrows is the argument that Holder made as lead attorney in the ongoing civil case against Chiquita.\nAccording to court documents Holder wanted the case dismissed because quote \"There is no clearly defined rule of international law prohibiting material support of terrorism.\"\nHANNITY: And even some Holder critics say his argument may actually hold up.\nANDY MCCARTHY NATIONAL REVIEW CONTRIBUTOR: He 's not saying that terrorism doesn't exist or that there's not a definition under American law of terrorism. He 's saying that there is not a universally recognized material support to terrorism claim that can be brought under that civil statute.\n Holder had already been mired in controversy stemming from his involvement in President Clinton's last-minute pardons and just last week the highest ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee suggested that as deputy attorney general under Bill Clinton he was all too willing to do the president's bidding.\nHANNITY: Confirmation hearings are set to begin on Thursday so will Eric Holder's representation of Chiquita a company guilty of funding terrorists raise questions about his fitness to be the top law man in this country?", "output": [ "Eric Holder" ] }, { "id": "task419-a0a54dc5072249cc951b62466b7f45b0", "input": "Nearly two years into Accor SA’s $168 million play for a piece of the home-sharing pie the multinational hotel group is throwing down the luxury gauntlet: free round-the-clock concierge service for an entire year after your vacation. Called “Higher Living ” the offering was announced on Friday by Onefinestay the luxury rental brand founded in 2009 and acquired by Accor in 2016.\nHigher Living is being pegged as a loyalty program of sorts as Accor rapidly expands its footprint becoming the first major hotel group to actively embrace home sharing. Last year they purchased Travel Keys and Squarebreak and merged them with Onefinestay quadrupling the rental company’s portfolio overnight from more than 2 000 units in 13 locales to more than 10 000 rentals in 200-plus destinations.\nWhat sets Onefinestay ’s privately owned properties apart from those on Airbnb VRBO and other peer-to-peer sites is that each one—from a beachfront villa in Anguilla to a penthouse in San Francisco—is heavily scrutinized in person and vetted against a checklist of 300 characteristics. In addition there’s a consistent hotel-like quality to every stay from the toiletries (Le Labo in the U.S. L’Occitane in Paris for example) to an on-call concierge to procure hard-to-get theater tickets private chefs or dog-sledding excursions in Courchevel. Those concierges now staff the Higher Living program.\nJavier Cedillo-Espin Onefinestay’s chief executive officer likens Higher Living to the modern-day version of a butler “almost like a guardian angel delivering local experiences ” he tells Pursuits in an interview.\nUnlike traditional loyalty programs Higher Living does not involve points a tiered structure or endless marketing emails and guests are automatically enrolled from the minute a getaway ends. Need help finding a photographer for a family photo shoot? Just call text email or use the dedicated mobile app to ask an on-staff Onefinestay concierge to find one; the only thing you pay for is the photo shoot. Planning your kid’s birthday party? Consider the venue cake and decorations handled. You can also use the service to arrange day trips or just send flowers. It’s a doubling down on Onefinestay’s view of itself as a full-fledged hospitality company rather than merely a place to go for high-end rentals.\nRebookings are the ultimate goal for any loyalty program: After 12 months the program expires unless a new booking is made (or a yet-to-be-decided fee is paid). Book a new trip and another complimentary year starts immediately. Only the person who pays for a Onefinestay property can submit requests to the concierges—something to consider when splitting a rental with another couple or family.\nNoting Onefinestay ’s strongly positive word-of-mouth reputation Cedillo-Espin pegs his company’s success on its ability to foster memorable experiences. “People trust us in a way that they seldom trust brands. And for me that’s the biggest difference.”\nTake segment-leader Airbnb Inc. Its 4 million listings and 65 000 cities include upscale properties but it is far from being perceived as a luxury company. That may all change when its “Lux” tier debuts in the coming months; the new collection will comprise about 4 000 properties from Canada-based Luxury Retreats which it acquired last year for $300 million—but the peer-to-peer rental behemoth says it has no plans yet to provide a comparable high-touch concierge service. In addition Airbnb doesn’t pay commissions to travel agents which Onefinestay does incentivizing agents to consider its properties on par with hotels.\n“I don’t think [they] necessarily add value or will be a deciding factor as to why someone should book a villa ” he says when asked about concierge programs as rewards in a general sense. (Bloomberg received Onefinestay’s announcement under embargo.) “People booking high-end vacations already have access to tickets and dinner reservations and so on.”\nThis sentiment especially makes sense when you consider that some of Onefinestay’s properties are non-exclusive and listed on booking platforms with less personalized attention; the high-touch human element is the only thing setting them apart.\nHowever Higher Living shakes out Onefinestay will continue fine-tuning its inventory proactively adding and dropping homes. Its beach collection includes more than 4 000 rentals from Hawaii to Bali; in 2018 it is looking to expand in the south of France and Greece. In the countryside Provence France Tuscany Italy and Napa Calif. will remain a focus and the ski chalet collection will see growth in the North American market including Vail and Aspen in Colorado and Lake Tahoe on the Nevada-California border.\nMore than anything else Cedillo-Espin believes he is in the business of making people happy and Onefinestay prides itself on its ability to deliver not only on wow-factor accommodations but hot-air balloon rides and Alpine motor-skiing excursions to match. “The customer has become more demanding about what they require ” he says. “There are millions of experiences out there and we’re focused on making sure they have the very best.”", "output": [ "Onefinestay" ] }, { "id": "task419-4774f60c23634ca5b3feeff5df848b85", "input": "The joy I used to feel when using computers has turned largely to anguish. These machines once provided a unique and compelling way to do things from writing to shopping to communication to entertainment. But today devices and services strive to replace every activity with computer use itself. Now I think about escaping the computer as much as using it. To combat the machine’s draw I’ve turned to more pastoral ambitions like lawn care and land-use politics. And yet to reject computers as incompatible with these and other goals seems shortsighted. Can’t these powerful magical machines still serve modest ends? I wondered this again atop a bicycle saddle on an unseasonably hot autumn afternoon. I’d just twisted a round white device called an Omata One by a Los Angeles–based start-up onto its aluminum mount on the handlebar. It looks like a complicated watch or a dashboard gauge from a luxury sports car. I turned a ring to power it on and a large red hand indicated that it was acquiring a GPS signal. A moment later I was pedaling and the Omata’s hand was moving: five then 10 then 15 miles per hour.\nWhat was remarkable was how unremarkable the experience should have been. It’s a speedometer. On a bike. So what? And yet somehow the result feels uncommon. The smartphone in my pocket buzzes—a text message or a Slack notification or who knows what else—and I remember why. Today computers wrest people from activities outside the computer to work or play back inside them. But the Omata is pushing me toward something else. It ’s nudging me to to focus on the non-computational activity I’m participating in rather than reminding me of all the other digital ones I might choose instead. What if more computers had that same ambition? * * * “Riding a bike— it ’s a very analog experience.” Rhys Newman Omata’s CEO speaks with a Welsh accent that makes the matter sound profound almost spiritual. “ It ’s man harnessing the machine in an analogous way to the effort of his body.” Not a spiritual thing after all but a corporeal one. Using technology to assist with a worldly goal rather than to displace it. Newman and his cofounder and chief technology officer Julian Bleecker met while working at Nokia. They were part of a secretive team at the company’s “Everyday Adventure” group in Los Angeles where the two designed outdoor products including a camera and a sports tracker. Once the world’s biggest mobile-handset manufacturer Nokia shed 93 percent of its value between 2000 and 2013 when Microsoft acquired its beleaguered mobile-devices division. The company was ill-prepared for the smartphone. Between 2000 and 2007 it had been focused on reducing handset size and cost while increasing battery efficiency. These were phones for the everyperson after all not executive tethers like the BlackBerry. When the iPhone proved that approach to be exactly wrong Nokia raced to follow Apple’s (and then Samsung’s) lead: devices with more connectivity bigger screens and better cameras. Maximizing attention was now the goal rather than facilitating communication. Everywhere computers are screaming at you: “Here I am! I am a computer!” Newman and Bleecker’s project spun up near Nokia’s nadir. Desperate to help reverse course the L.A. group hoped to find a novel angle on a connected camera. The two looked to their own favorite: Leica the storied German range-finder manufacturer. Leica’s flagship line the M got a digital sensor in 2006 but everything else about it remains mechanical. The photographer still adjusts focus and aperture by hand. For this reason operating a Leica requires deliberateness making the process of image creation an end as much as a means. That deliberateness would eventually show up in the Omata which promises a “deeper connection to the ride itself.”\nNokia’s “Everyday Adventure” products were canceled in the fall of 2014; Bleecker and Newman were released back onto the sunny beaches and hills of Los Angeles. While at Nokia Newman an avid cyclist had persuaded Bleecker to take up the hobby. Like a Leica Newman and Bleecker’s analog-faced speedometer exudes design craft and manufacturing quality. It also feels bespoke—designed for a particular purpose. Instead of a generic display for infinite data and apps the face displays speed distance ascent and elapsed time. The resulting face is riddled with detail like a complex instrument. Thanks to Apple attention to detail has become synonymous with minimalism. But is a big screen that can display anything really minimalist? It is harder and riskier to commit to specific information from the start. Looking at the markers on its face something strange strikes me. At idle the speedometer hand points left to 9 o’clock. At 12 o’clock is a large 18 mph indicator. Newman was eager to tell me why. “It’s a universal truth of cycling ” he explained. “There’s a comfortable speed for perceiving the world in motion and it’s about 18 miles per hour.” When you reach this benchmark Omata ’s main hand points straight out in the direction you are moving. It’s as if the gauge itself is cheering you on its needle quivering with tentative pride.\n Omata ’s analog appearance also disguises all the electronics that make it work. “It’s hard to tell that it ’s a computer on the inside ” Bleecker says. “People think it needs to be tethered to the bike.” Instead a microcontroller GPS sensor barometer and a set of motors make it work. After a ride Omata can be wired to a computer or wirelessly connected to a smartphone to download the same sort of data that its more obviously digital competitors make available: performance distance mapping and so on. “Our ambition isn’t to get rid of the computation ” Bleecker explains “but to hide it.” * * * These days people try to hide computers by escaping from them like I escape to my lawn. The machines “hide” inside offices or jacket pockets so their owners can accomplish other goals. In some cases the drive to get away from computers degenerates into wistfulness. The word “analog” has come to indicate retro nostalgia first a way of resisting or even abandoning bits in favor of atoms. Certainly Omata risks such accusation. But the line separating analog and digital isn’t as clean as popular usage makes it seem. Writing in The New York Times in 2015 Rob Walker observed an “analog fever” in contemporary culture. A counterrevolution to the digital revolution. Walker cites the rise of vinyl records and the decline of ebook sales in favor of print as evidence of this fever. It sounds right to modern ears. But strictly speaking simply not being a computer doesn’t make something analog. Analog devices represent information with a continuously variable portrayal of that information. They create an analogous depiction of a source signal in physical form. A mechanical watch for example measures the passage of time with a set of hands driven by a loaded spring that traverse the watch face. In the case of a bicycle as Newman suggests the crankcase moves the bike analogously to the rider’s physical exertion. Today almost everything is a hybrid. Even seemingly analog devices are also digital ones. By contrast digital devices sample a stream of activity at regular intervals converting those measures into discrete values for manipulation by an electronic device. Since computers are the machines that usually sense store and manipulate the resulting digital signals “digital” has come to refer to anything that makes use of computer technology. In turn analog started meaning “not involving computers” rather than continuously representing a signal with a physical quantity.\nIt’s a harmless shift in meaning but the confusion does shroud the distinctions between the computational and non-computational worlds. Some of Walker’s examples are analog in the original sense. A vinyl record for example records a continuous stream of sound as grooves on the surface of a disk. The vibrations that produced those grooves are later traced by the turntable’s needle which amplifies them for playback. But a print book is a fusion of different methods. Offset printing is an analog process but today many “analog” books are printed digitally. Binding them involves folding cutting and gluing—neither analog nor digital processes. They are hybrids. Even ebooks are hybrids—a digital file is useless without a device on which to view it made of circuits glass metal and plastic. If people tend to divide the world into computational and non-computational stuff then it’s no wonder that computers feel opposed to everything beyond them. * * * Today almost everything is a hybrid. Even seemingly analog devices are also digital ones. Modern vehicles for example are controlled mostly by computers. In the past depressing the accelerator opened a throttle to draw fuel and air into the engine. But now the pedal is just a regulator for the fuel injector which is managed by a computer. That’s a better likeness for Omata than a vinyl-record player or even a wristwatch. Its hands aren’t mechanically driven like a timepiece; instead they act as a data display. The device’s GPS radio samples the bike’s change in position translating it into speed and distance. A digital barometer calculates altitude from barometric pressure change. The Omata’s microcontroller turns those readings into data inputs for the positions of the hands. Its electronics then activate a set of stepper motors which make the hands turn smoothly to display the right reading on the face.\nThis same approach is used in many seemingly analog vehicle-dashboard instruments—more evidence that supposedly analog experiences are also computational. Omata ’s engineering feat wasn’t to make a digital speedometer—that’s old news. Rather it was shrinking down the stepper-motor equipment to fit inside a handlebar-mounted computer instead of an automotive dash. Though challenging this step was required to hide the computer effectively. Bleecker first considered a Swiss watchmaker’s part but it was too weak and too coarse. He settled on the type of motor used in autofocus camera lenses—they move a lot of weight but still hold a specific focal point. What if the Apple Watch had been inspired by Leica rather than iPhone? Digital precision also creates the illusion of analog behavior. The sample rate of Omata ’s GPS sensor calculates a resolution under one meter which is less than the typical wheel-to-wheel distance of a bicycle. Even though the device does digital sampling it’s got plenty of resolution to make the result appear analog. Just as an ebook is a merger of plastic glass silicon and software so a speedometer is a fusion of microcontrollers sensors motors and plastic or metal faces and needles. Why the temptation to call a device like Omata “analog ” then? Bleecker insists that the urge toward nostalgia is really a misplaced desire to have specific experiences with worldly materials. “Why would someone get a Leica when they already have an iPhone?” Bleecker muses. “It’s the context of use. How you’re compelled to use that apparatus to create an experience.” Deliberately operating the aperture and range finder to frame and expose an image is different from snapping an AI-assisted portrait to share on social media. Analog has become a stand-in for purpose—especially purpose that goes beyond just using computers.\n* * * When it comes to bicycles the purpose of riding might be exercise or competition or leisure or commuting. But those are just goals. The experience of cycling Bleecker and Newman insist is the coupling of human biology to mechanical movement. The feet legs heart lungs pedals chains and gears work together to push the bike forward. Omata they hope helps orient the rider to the changing relationship between body and bicycle. The computer persists behind the scenes sensing and storing the data that a smartphone or a traditional bicycle computer would. But dozens of data points aren’t useful during the ride. Instead the rider is encouraged to focus on the data that helps “maintain the pleasure of the ride ” according to Newman: speed distance and ascent. Bleecker insists that this deliberate focus on a specific experience justifies the obsession in Omata ’s design. “If a device should only do the things it needs to then it has to do them exceptionally well.” Computers have become both the path to all goals and the distraction that stands in the way of those goals. That obsession comes at a cost. At $550 some might scoff at Omata as just a luxury bauble for the wealthy. I took the gadget to Atlanta Pro Bikes a bike shop in an upscale neighborhood. The shop’s service manager John Eckert swooned over the design and build quality before sneering at the cost. “You can get an app for free that does all this ” Eckert tells me before also admitting that a fancy Garmin GPS bike computer can cost as much or more. One of them hangs from the handlebars of a bike he recently serviced—the whole build probably cost more than $10 000. Lots of money is changing hands in cycling with or without nostalgia. Omata ’s design inspirations are no less immune to criticisms of value and access. Leica cameras and Swiss watches cost thousands of dollars. Like Omata their prices could drop at higher sales volume. But that hasn’t happened. Instead alternatives arose: SLRs point-and-shoots quartz movements digital watches. Cheaper options that produce similar results.\nWhat they don’t produce are similar experiences. Learning to judge exposure or to zone focus with a range finder. Performing the ritual of manually winding a mechanical watch. Experiences like these fell out of favor but not because they were undesirable. Instead cheaper options displaced them. In so doing experience became subordinated to purpose. The smartphone is the ultimate example of a single context for action. It’s a watch a telephone a camera a bike computer—anything at all really. But in exchange for that convenience the specific material experiences of the activities smartphones automate have been abandoned. Specialized devices just can’t compete with computers’ power and ubiquity. And so computers have become both the path to all goals and the distraction that stands in the way of those goals. * * * I’m no cyclist and to be honest getting the needle to point straight up to 18 terrified more than it inspired me. But even so when I pumped hard up a hill I could see my effort represented in the movement of the Omata’s needle. Every lurch and glide was visible tracing the arc of the case rather than updating abstract numbers on an LCD display. I really did feel more connected to my bike and my journey. As I return home from my test ride I think of Bleecker’s aspiration to “hide the computation.” What if everything had the humility of the technological refusenik without giving up on the power of technology in the process? What if the Apple Watch had been inspired by Leica rather than iPhone?", "output": [ "Omata" ] }, { "id": "task419-11f2c42569e540018961bdd6267e9fc4", "input": "It makes me squirm listening to Daniel Biss squirm about pensions.\n“That was a long learning process for me and I wish I’d learned that lesson differently ” a penitent Biss said during a recent video-recorded appearance before the Crain’s Editorial Board. The bill with his name on it presented “the least bad of the bad options ” he said. It “wasn’t the best way forward … but I allowed myself to accept the idea that we can’t do better.”\n Biss confessed to the Daily Herald that “there was kind of an obsessive hysteria about (pensions) a few years ago that led a lot of people in the legislature myself included to act irresponsibly.”\n“I learned my lesson and I think the Supreme Court helped teach us a really important lesson ” said Biss in his Crain’s interview. “The Supreme Court was right. These pensions were promised to people.”\nAnd Pritzker now a pious champion on the stump of the union-friendly position is running TV ads trembling with indignation about Biss ’ lack of consistency and his dalliance with benefit cuts?", "output": [ "Daniel Biss" ] }, { "id": "task419-f7dc379be38f4539ba95c96f53874bd2", "input": "David Byers who has appeared on the covers of romance novels also agreed to make restitution of nearly $15 000 in wake of the five robberies that took place over a seven-day span earlier this year.\nProsecutors say Byers took $300 from a gas station in Nesconset Long Island on April 19 and then grabbed $2 107 from a Chase Bank in Stony Brook the following day. He would later hit a gas station in Greenwich and strike twice at a Chase Bank in the same city taking more than $12 000. He approached the same teller on both days telling him during the second robbery \"you know why I’m here.\"\nDuring at least one of the robberies he wore a bandana over his face according to the plea agreement.\nAfter the series of robberies the 35-year-old Byers somehow made it all the way home to California despite nearly getting captured several times. Officers tried to arrest him Greenwich but he was able to elude them after driving away in a \"reckless matter \" according to authorities. He later abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.\n He stayed a step ahead of authorities in New York state by pretending to be a valet and stealing a Range Rover.\nLater Arizona state police officers attempted to stop him while he was driving a truck stolen from Pennsylvania with a license plate stolen from Maryland. Following a high-speed chase Byers abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot.\nMeet 'Hot Convict' Jeremy Meeks\n Byers worked as a model and personal trainer and was a part-owner of a gym. He was also accused of stealing gym equipment in California according to the Greenwich Time.", "output": [ "David Byers" ] }, { "id": "task419-3fd883b30c4c42a5ae0faae6be535e22", "input": "But that bipartisan spirit was tested Thursday as Republican Chair Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and ranking Democrat Maria Cantwell (Wash.) clashed over whether to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling.\nWith the tax package on center stage in the House the senators sparred on the other side of the Capitol over whether to allow drilling on one of few undisturbed parcels of land in the United States. The sparring foreshadows the partisan rifts that are likely to divide the upper chamber over paying for a tax package that Republicans need to claim as an accomplishment.\n“For those of us who call Alaska home to suggest that we would despoil our environment for short-term gain is offensive ” Murkowski said.\nThe committee meeting turned tense at times with Cantwell pressing her Republican counterpart about why the bipartisan energy bill has been abandoned to take up the ANWR question yet again.\n“This hearing is a great departure from the strong working relationship that Sen. Murkowski and I have set to work together on an energy agenda that will move our country forward ” Cantwell said.\n“I almost want to call this ‘caribou for millionaires’ because it is the most ridiculous idea I’ve heard as it relates to meeting the tax reform agenda ” she added.\n Cantwell and Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) countered that that figure discounts the impact of roads airports and pipelines necessary to bring the oil out of the refuge and to the state’s primary petroleum artery the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.\nAt one point Cantwell held up a map showing she said that drilling “will take up a significant portion of the refuge.”", "output": [ "Maria Cantwell" ] }, { "id": "task419-68bfd6e3e85448ffb76d53bc507f91f5", "input": "DENPASAR Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia raised its warning for Bali’s Mount Agung volcano to the top level four alert on Monday closed the holiday island’s airport and told residents around the mountain to immediately evacuate warning of an “imminent” risk of a larger eruption.\nA Balinese man sits as Mount Agung volcano erupts at Lempuyang Temple in Karangasem Bali Indonesia November 27 2017. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo\nBali’s airport was closed for 24 hours from Monday morning disrupting 445 flights and some 59 000 passengers due to the eruption and the presence of volcanic ash from Agung but local officials said the closure could be extended.\n“The potential for a larger eruption is imminent ” it said referring to the visible glow of magma at Agung’s peak overnight.\nResidents were warned to “immediately evacuate” a danger zone that circles Agung in a radius of 8-10 km (5-6 miles).\n Agung rises majestically over eastern Bali to a height of just over 3 000 metres (9 800 feet). Eastern Bali is relatively undeveloped with traditional rice paddies doting the landscape and the occasional budget resort unlike the heavily populated southern tourist hub of Kuta-Seminyak-Nusa Dua.\n Agung ’s last eruption in 1963 left more than 1 000 people dead and razed several villages.\nAnalysis suggested the threat should not be as great this time because “energy at Mount Agung’s magma chamber is not as big” and with the ash column only around a quarter as high so far as the 20 km (12 miles) reached in 1963 said Sutopo.\nTourism business has slumped in Bali since September when Agung ’s volcanic tremors began to increase.\n Mount Agung volcano is seen erupting from Lempuyang Temple in Karangasem Bali Indonesia November 27 2017. REUTERS/Johannes P. Christo\nAccording to the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in nearby Darwin Australia there is “ash confirmed on the ground at Denpasar Airport” as well as ash at FL300 (which refers to flight level at 30 000 feet) in the vicinity of the volcano .\nBali’s I Gusti Ngurah Rai airport which is about 60 km (40 miles) from the volcano will be closed for 24 hours according to its operator. A total of 445 flights - 196 international and 249 domestic - and 59 000 passengers had been affected.\nFarmers tend their crops as Mount Agung erupts in the background in Amed Karangasem Regency Bali Indonesia November 27 2017. REUTERS/Nyimas Laula\nThe alert level on Agung had been raised to the maximum in September but was lowered in October when seismic activity calmed. However volcanologists now say the volcano has entered a new phase with magma now visible at Agung ’s peak meaning a greater risk of a larger eruption.", "output": [ "Agung" ] }, { "id": "task419-0966331d8e9b4611b3e7823522625c8c", "input": "Sen. Elizabeth Warren forgot momentarily that she hated the GOP tax bill with every fiber of her being during an interview but quickly remembered that she ’s a hard line Democrat and that the GOP tax bill is bad despite the benefits to her constituents she had just praised.\nAccording to the Washington Examiner Fox News host Bret Baier was speaking with Warren on his show Wednesday and asked her if she would repeal the tax law the GOP had passed if she and her Democrat colleagues took over after the midterms.\n“What we have to do is change it ” Warren said. “You got to take out the parts that are giant giveaways to big corporations that right now the Republicans plan for hard-working families to eventually pay for it.”\nBaier then brought up the fact that Eversource a power company in Warren ’s state of Massachusetts is reducing rates to their customers thanks to the tax cuts to corporations.\n“And good for them. I’m delighted to hear that ” said Warren .\n Warren however quickly snapped back into her role as an anti-Republican die-hard.\n“It is $1.5 trillion the Republicans gave away to billionaires and to giant corporations ” Warren said. “And they expect hardworking families to just pick up the ticket on that. I want those breaks to go directly to hardworking families. Not to a bunch of rich folks.”\nHow Warren squares that comment with the news that a power company is lightening the burden on working-class families thanks to tax cuts allowing them to do so is anyone’s guess. You would think the easing of payments toward the people she is claiming to look after would spark some sort of affinity for the tax cuts.", "output": [ "Elizabeth Warren" ] }, { "id": "task419-ee367a2692ed43eead1295fc9dea2553", "input": "CNN host Don Lemon choked up reading an open letter he wrote to President Donald Trump.\n Lemon was upset about Trump's response to backlash over Gold Star widow Myeshia Johnson's claim that he forgot her husband's name during a recent phone call.\nCNN host Don Lemon choked up after reading his open letter to President Donald Trump criticizing his response to his conversation with the widow of an American soldier killed in Niger.\nIn a four-minute monologue Monday night Lemon read an open letter he wrote to the president following Trump's tweet dismissing Myeshia Johnson's claim that Trump couldn't remember her husband's name during a call.\nDon Lemon's open letter to Trump: You're Commander in Chief act like it[Link] — CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) October 24 2017", "output": [ "Don Lemon" ] }, { "id": "task419-93038220a1af48418c18837d4f567129", "input": "China will announce further measures to promote substantial cooperation with Africa at the upcoming meeting between China and African nations Vice Minister of Commerce Chen Jian said on Monday.\n \"China will further promote cooperation with African nations on agriculture food security infrastructure trade investment and public health \" said Chen at a briefing ahead of the fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China- Africa Cooperation(FOCAC).\n The meeting will review how the consensus of Beijing Summit has been implemented and chart the path of practical cooperation for the next three years said Chen.\n The FOCAC Beijing Summit was held in November 2006. Eight measures covering trade investment and personnel exchanges were announced by the Chinese government to enhance cooperation with Africa during the meeting. Chen said all of the measures had been fully implemented.\n Chen said China's 2009 assistance to Africa would double the figure of 2006 zero-tariff treatment and debt-relief measures to African nations have been implemented and China-African Development Fund has been put into operation.", "output": [ "Chen Jian" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a1a4b0ad79e49f9bf16a39e470063da", "input": "In his first interview since the Access Hollywood tapes Billy Bush finally gets candid.\nIt's been over a year since the tape of Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault leaked and the former television host was implicated in the backlash. On Monday he voiced his concerns about Trump's denial of the tape on air just hours after he penned a New York Times op-ed regarding the situation.\n\"Last week for some reason came out with 'that's not my voice on the tape'—you can't do that. I was there you were there that's your voice on the tape \" Bush said explaining that he had read the account of women accusing the president of sexual assault. \"Twenty women don't get together and say 'You know what would be really fun? Let's take down a powerful guy together.' No they don't \" he continued. \"Stop playing around with people's lives.\"\n Bush explained that in the moment he believed that Trump was simply putting on a performance and not actually bragging about sexual assault. Colbert and Bush then analyzed the president 's remarks in the video.", "output": [ "Billy Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac16868e65b84de792d2b36dac753602", "input": "Woman who accused Roy Moore is homeless after her house burned down fire investigated as arson\nTina Johnson accused Roy Moore of sexually assualting her in 1991 when she was 28 making her a rare adult to be preyed upon by the delusional pedophile mall-crawler.\nLast week her home in Gadsden Alabama burned down. Now the fire is being investigated as a possible arson by the Etowah County Arson Task Force.\n Roy Moore ran as a \"law and order\" candidate.\n Roy Moore accuser's Gadsden home burns; arson investigation underway [Anna Claire Vollers/Al.com]", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-0894ccd29c2848db9f3f29ba9fb09f51", "input": "Earlier in the day the company appeared to side with its chairman in dismissing the Journal’s article saying in a statement that the newspaper account “reflected allegations” made by his ex-wife Elaine Wynn in her litigation against him and the company.\n“The idea that I ever assaulted any woman is preposterous ” he said. “The instigation of these accusations is the continued work of my ex-wife Elaine Wynn with whom I am involved in a terrible and nasty lawsuit in which she is seeking a revised divorce settlement.”\n A spokeswoman for Elaine Wynn 75 declined comment but her Washington-based attorney James Cole told Reuters the notion that his client fomented the allegations in the Journal article “is just not true.”\nThe couple first married in 1963 and divorced in 1986. They remarried in 1991 and divorced again in 2010 according to court papers. In an escalating battle that followed their bitter second split Elaine Wynn sued her former spouse in 2016 seeking to gain control over her 9.4 percent stock in Wynn Resorts.", "output": [ "Elaine Wynn" ] }, { "id": "task419-b7ac6810f26d488a81a88af80f3d136e", "input": "Leigh Corfman left in a photo from 1979 when she was about 14. At right from top Wendy Miller around age 16 Debbie Wesson Gibson around age 17 and Gloria Thacker Deason around age 18. (Family photos)\n Leigh Corfman says she was 14 years old when an older man approached her outside a courtroom in Etowah County Ala. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her mother they both recall when the man introduced himself as Roy Moore.\nIt was early 1979 and Moore — now the Republican nominee in Alabama for a U.S. Senate seat — was a 32-year-old assistant district attorney. He struck up a conversation Corfman and her mother say and offered to watch the girl while her mother went inside for a child custody hearing.\n“He said ‘Oh you don’t want her to go in there and hear all that. I’ll stay out here with her ’ ” says Corfman’s mother Nancy Wells 71. “I thought how nice for him to want to take care of my little girl .”\nThis undated family photo shows Leigh Corfman with her mother Nancy Wells around 1979 when Corfman was about 14 years old. (Family Photo)\nAlone with Corfman Moore chatted with her and asked for her phone number she says. Days later she says he picked her up around the corner from her house in Gadsden drove her about 30 minutes to his home in the woods told her how pretty she was and kissed her. On a second visit she says he took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes. He touched her over her bra and underpants she says and guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.\n“I wanted it over with — I wanted out ” she remembers thinking. “Please just get this over with. Whatever this is just get it over.” Corfman says she asked Moore to take her home and he did.\nTwo of Corfman’s childhood friends say she told them at the time that she was seeing an older man and one says Corfman identified the man as Moore. Wells says her daughter told her about the encounter more than a decade later as Moore was becoming more prominent as a local judge.\nAside from Corfman three other women interviewed by The Washington Post in recent weeks say Moore pursued them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18 and he was in his early 30s episodes they say they found flattering at the time but troubling as they got older. None of the three women say that Moore forced them into any sort of relationship or sexual contact.", "output": [ "Leigh Corfman" ] }, { "id": "task419-7229968b7b0142858aea6084cba64e68", "input": "Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) makes his way to a meeting in Washington about the tax bill on Dec. 1. (Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)\n Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for recovery from the side effects of another round of treatment for brain cancer according to his office.\n McCain who missed a third straight day of Senate votes Wednesday has been undergoing rounds of chemotherapy and radiation to treat glioblastoma the terminal form of brain cancer he was diagnosed with in July. McCain has been undergoing treatments since early September at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda next to Walter Reed.\nTwo friends close to McCain requesting anonymity to speak about his condition said there were no plans for the senator to resign. In a statement issued from his office McCain hopes to return “to work as soon as possible. ”\nSen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been diagnosed with a brain tumor. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)\nRepublican leaders expect to hold a vote early next week on the sweeping tax-cut plan that is currently in a House-Senate negotiation. The Senate version initially passed with 51 votes. If McCain missed the vote on final passage Republicans would not be able to afford a single additional defection or absence to pass the legislation.\n“ Senator McCain is currently receiving treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center for normal side effects of his ongoing cancer therapy ” his office said in a statement. “As ever he remains grateful to his physicians for their excellent care and his friends and supporters for their encouragement and good wishes.”", "output": [ "John McCain" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e2cc3beeb6547218a1bd7b437910f46", "input": "Byun Jong-Rak was among the first people in Seoul to hear the news of the invasion. Police came at dawn on June 25 to the dyeing factory where he worked.\n \"Leave the city! The North Koreans are coming \" they told him.\n Jo's eldest brother was in the North Korean military and another brother served in South Korea's army. \"My eldest brother told me to go to the South but I never saw him after that.\"\n Just before the end of the war Jo heard from a cousin that herher eldest brother probably survived. To this day she has had no news of him. The younger brother was killed.", "output": [ "Byun Jong-Rak" ] }, { "id": "task419-51a82164cead4f868e60727c918e1a2d", "input": "Electronic Arts Incorporated is sticking with embattled golfer Tiger Woods and plans to roll out an online game featuring the world number one this month.\nEA Sports President Peter Moore said Woods is \"still one of the greatest athletes in history\" despite the personal scandal that enveloped Woods at the end of 2009.\nT and Accenture the Dublin-based technology management and outsourcing consultancy both dropped their sponsorships of Woods in December.\nTheir moves came after Woods was embroiled in a sex scandal admitted cheating on his wife and decided to take an indefinite break from competitive golf.", "output": [ "Woods" ] }, { "id": "task419-28ae27e0ee3543258301b75712e3741f", "input": "12/19/17 12:43:36 PM -- San Francisco CA U.S.A -- Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr shows around their new home Chase Center. -- Photo by Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Images Gannett ORG XMIT: US 136858 Chase Center 12/19/2017 (Photo: Kyle Terada USA TODAY Sports Images)\n SAN FRANCISCO – Steve Kerr was surrounded by experts on a recent visit to the Chase Center construction site engineers and foremen alike who have spent the past year building the $1 billion arena that will open for the 2019-20 NBA season and serve as the X-factor to the Golden State Warriors’ financial future.\n12/19/17 1:05:38 PM -- San Francisco CA U.S.A -- Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr stands in his office at their new home Chase Center. -- Photo by Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Images Gannett ORG XMIT: US 136858 Chase Center 12/19/2017 (Photo: Kyle Terada USA TODAY Sports Images)\n“San Antonio felt like a huge victory because the Dome was meant for football and San Antonio desperately needed a basketball arena for the Spurs ” Kerr told USA TODAY Sports. “Chicago was different because everybody loved the old Chicago Stadium and the United Center was so huge that it felt more like a concession to modern needs.\nKerr jokes: Steve Kerr more concerned about 'breakfast' than Rockets' obsession\n Kerr will always have a soft spot for Oracle. After all the arena that is widely seen as one of the best in the NBA was one of the many things that attracted him to the Warriors’ job in May 2014.", "output": [ "Steve Kerr" ] }, { "id": "task419-7ceb5f75d1e7453d933a42d1763ccf96", "input": "Prince William Princess Kate and Prince Harry have invested 2 million pounds of their Royal Foundation funds in the second phase of their Heads Together campaign which is designed to create online tools to help people with mental health.\nThe 2 million pound grant will help create a \"start up for digital mental health innovation \" including digital assets and signposts to \"smash the stigma\" of mental health Prince William announced. The new startup aims to provide tools for conversation and encourage those who might otherwise be reluctant to get the help they need.\nThe organization that the grant will establish aims to create \"digital solutions for mental health \" according to the Heads Together foundation. Prince William said he hopes to create a “metaphorical barrier” which will allow those who are lacking in proper mental health treatment “to bring them into the fold and give them the help they need.”\n\"You’d struggle to find a parent out there who wouldn’t want the well-being of their child to be taken care of at school \" Prince William said Friday at Imperial College in London.\nRoughly 50 million people have viewed the royals’ “OK to Say” campaign since 2016 while 19 million watched Prince William’s conversation with Lady Gaga about mental health in April.", "output": [ "Prince William" ] }, { "id": "task419-a9414668c0fa480b88bfc9ca811782b6", "input": "Undocumented immigrant Jorge Garcia and his family today spoke out on “The View” about his deportation to Mexico this week after living in the United States for 30 years.\nJorge Garcia who joined “The View” today remotely from Mexico City where he’s staying with an aunt said he had a message for President Donald Trump: “We're supposed to only deport people that are criminals and that's not what's going on. They're only basically hurting the economy and separating families just like mine.”\nBut amid the Trump administration’s ramping up immigration arrests and deportations ICE notified the family Nov. 20 2017 that Jorge Garcia had to leave. He was going to be detained at that point but ICE allowed him to stay with his family through the holidays giving him no later than Jan. 15 to leave for Mexico.\nSo on Monday Jorge Garcia was removed pursuant to the judge's removal order ICE said.\nICE said it wasn't aware of any criminal record for Jorge Garcia .\n“Thanksgiving was very sad. It was devastating because we knew that our nightmare was coming to life since 2005 ” Cindy Garcia said of the dread the family experienced knowing they would have to say goodbye. “We knew he may have to leave but never wanted to face that fact.”", "output": [ "Jorge Garcia" ] }, { "id": "task419-caeaa1806b45464bab517ad47c91bb36", "input": "Two weeks ago on her 28th birthday Taylor Swift posted a picture to Instagram that her guitarist took during a recent show at an arena in London. The photo shows Swift center stage spotlight shining down as she plays her new music in front of thousands of fans.\n\"I couldn't have asked for a better year all thanks to you \" Swift wrote in the caption.\nA fairly innocuous post -- but not if it's 2017 one of the most tumultuous years in modern U.S. history and not if it's written by Swift .\nThe headlines started rolling in. Nylon: \"Of Course Taylor Swift is the Only Person Who Enjoyed 2017.\" HelloGiggles: \" Taylor Swift ' couldn't have asked for a better year' while we're all living in Hell.\" Cosmopolitan: \"Taylor Swift Says She 'Couldn't Have Asked for a Better Year' and The Internet Is Mad.\" (Naturally her fan base took issue with this internet anger.)\nThe incident blew over fairly quickly but really seemed to capture her year in a nutshell. Swift who reigns as one of the top musicians on the planet had many things worth celebrating: \"Reputation \" her sixth album sold 1 million copies the week it was released in November making it the highest-selling album of 2017. Her solo write for Little Big Town \"Better Man \" won the Country Music Association award for song of the year. She was featured on Time's Person of the Year cover as a \"silence breaker\" after her powerful testimony at a trial in August where a jury found a radio DJ guilty of groping her before a concert.\nSwift however also encountered backlash for glossing over current events during a grueling divisive year in which it has been impossible to avoid politics in pop culture. Even chatter in her new app the Swift Life reportedly quickly devolved into a political debate with President Donald Trump supporters on the platform.\nTaylor Swift explains her blunt testimony during her sexual assault trial\nTaylor Swift puts 'Reputation' on cruise control", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-4ce02b2de5ee4c38977e9bf0313e6415", "input": "American ski great Lindsey Vonn not only won a bronze medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics she also had a chance to scatter some of her grandfather’s ashes on a rock near the mountain where the downhill races were run.\n“I know that it would mean a lot to him to be back here a part of him is in South Korea always ” says Vonn who shared her story with The Associated Press and the Chosun Ilbo newspaper.\n Vonn says she scattered parts of Don Kildow’s ashes “just a few days ago” on a rock that she was told was special when she visited South Korea last year to be named a Pyeongchang Olympic ambassador. She described the location as “right by the men’s downhill start.”\n Vonn won a bronze medal in the downhill but skied out of Thursday’s slalom leg of the Alpine combined in what was likely her last Olympic race. Later in the day a group of elderly South Korean men gave her family some gifts and a letter of thanks to mark her grandfather’s service during the 1950-53 Korean War.", "output": [ "Lindsey Vonn" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1306449617e4218b455d66d391169a8", "input": "This week on the U.K. singles chart there is only one new entry inside the top 10 and it comes courtesy of pop superstars Liam Payne (who is becoming just as well-known for his solo material as for his days in One Direction) and Rita Ora . The powerful pairing has sent their new single “For You ” which was written and recorded specifically for the final Fifty Shades soundtrack into the highest tier on the tally giving both acts another hit to their credit. The achievement is especially noteworthy for Ora who matches an all-time record thanks to her latest.\n Ora is now tied when it comes to the most top 10 hits for a solo woman on the British singles listing as she has now collected a dozen in her relatively short career. According to the Official Charts Company she is now tied with two legendary vocalists Petula Clark and Shirley Bassey when it comes to the most placements inside the highest area on the chart.\nAll three women have managed to send a dozen tunes towards the top and while both Clark and Bassey have their places in history secured they haven’t hit the top 10 for years and it’s not likely they’ll do so again in their careers. Ora on the other hand is about to launch a new album and she is still one of the most popular artists in the U.K. and she will likely pass both Clark and Bassey by nabbing another top 10 in the coming year or two.\nAmazingly Ora has reached this milestone with only one proper album having been released though that stat is slightly misleading for those who haven’t been following her career. Two of Ora ’s top 10s—“I Will Never Let You Down” and “Poison”—were slated to appear on a full-length that never arrived (it was reportedly shelved) and both “Your Song” and “Anywhere” are set to be featured on a record Ora is prepping to release at some point in 2018.\n Ora takes a leading role on eight of her 12 top 10 smashes and most of those don’t feature another artist. She has also landed inside the highest level of the singles listing as a featured artist on four songs owned by other acts which still count toward her total. One-third of her top 10 credits rose all the way to No. 1 and she came close to securing a fifth leader with recent blockbuster “Anywhere ” though it stopped one rung shy of running the show late last year.\nHere are all of Rita Ora’s top 10 hits in the U.K.", "output": [ "Rita Ora" ] }, { "id": "task419-9b276184427d45e9be33fc1e5f1dc0fd", "input": "Author Jay Asher who wrote the novel “Thirteen Reasons Why” that was later adapted into a Netflix original series was reportedly expelled from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators late last year after allegations that he sexually harassed women in the group.\nExecutive director of the group Lin Oliver told BuzzFeed that Asher ’s membership was terminated after an investigation into anonymous email complaints about his behavior. She did not say how many complaints there were against Asher or when he had been removed specifically.\n“After we investigated we felt that terminating his membership was the proper course of action ” Oliver told BuzzFeed on Monday.\n Asher however told BuzzFeed he left the organization on his own and that he had been harassed by unspecified individuals there for “close to 10 years” and “could not deal with it anymore.”\n Asher also claims the SCBWI told him at the time that the emails “showed nothing ” BuzzFeed reported.\n Asher ’s removal had not come up publicly until Sunday when anonymous comments naming him as a sexual harasser were posted in response to an article published in the School Library Journal about sexual harassment in the children’s publishing industry BuzzFeed reported.\nThe article itself did not name Asher Vanity Fair pointed out. No specific details about actions by Asher were given.", "output": [ "Jay Asher" ] }, { "id": "task419-3bf17a9785694f3bae5b5a9affbd88fd", "input": "Sarkozy rejects cash claim says France not corrupt\n President Nicolas Sarkozy firmly rejected on Monday allegations that he took illegal cash donations from France's richest woman declaring \"France is not a corrupt country.\"\n Sarkozy backed Labour Minister Eric Woerth accused of accepting 150 000 euros (190 000 dollars) from L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt as chief fundraiser for the 2007 campaign.\n \"France is not a corrupt country \" the president declared in a prime time interview on French television. \"The political class left and right alike is in general honest. French public officials are people of great rigour.\"\n The three-week scandal has weakened Sarkozy whose poll ratings have hit their lowest level since he took office in 2007 and who is fighting a difficult battle on pension reform a centrepiece of his political agenda.\n Sarkozy said it was a disgrace to accuse him of visiting Bettencourt's home to pick up illegal cash donations and suggested those behind the allegations were taking part in \"defamation a campaign.\"\n \"Eric Woerth is an honest man a competent man. He enjoys my full confidence \" Sarkozy said during the interview broadcast on state television from the gardens of the Elysee presidential palace.\n But Sarkozy said he would advise Woerth to step down as treasurer of the majority UMP party to \"devote himself exclusively to pension reform.\"\n And in a gesture to critics who say Woerth's party and ministerial roles are incompatible Sarkozy said he wanted a cross-party commission to draft guidelines \"to avoid in the future any form of conflict of interest.\"\n Sarkozy argued that if money had been his prime motivation he would have chosen \"another career than politics serving my country as I have over the last 35 years.\"\n He spoke after police searched seven homes and offices including that of a friend to Bettencourt as part of several probes involving the billionaire from a family feud to allegations of illegal campaign financing.\n She was also one of the biggest beneficiaries of a tax break for the wealthy passed by Sarkozy after he won the 2007 election receiving a lawful 30-million- euro rebate.\n Sarkozy \"is the main obstacle in the way of independent justice. He is the main obstacle to allowing truth to emerge \" said Socialist Party spokesman Benoit Hamon.", "output": [ "Nicolas Sarkozy" ] }, { "id": "task419-a7582fd9cb60401fb8f32f83d5661afa", "input": "Long before Slingshot artists Lo Moon signed to Columbia Records lead singer Matt Lowell was writing songs in his basement.\n\"I had moved back from Boston to New York \" Lowell says. \"I was living at my sister's place I was working at this studio in Brooklyn that I helped build.\"\n He hadn't yet met bass player and keyboardist Crisanta Baker but he knew he wanted to start a band and he had a demo of a song called \"Loveless\" to share.\nGuitarist Sam Stewart heard that Lowell and Baker were looking for another band member. They got together to jam by converting Lowell 's backyard shed into a band living room and rehearsal space.\n\"I think in there that's where we learned how to feed off each other \" Lowell says. \" We would get in there at 11 a.m. and not say a word to each other until 5 p.m.\"\n Lowell thinks a lot about what kind of feeling Lo Moon's music creates. Practicing in his shed helped them hone in on their sound and style. By the time they went to the studio to record their debut album due out early this year they knew what they were looking for.\n\"The beautiful thing about that was when we were making the record we hadn't put anything out \" Lowell says. \"We had blinders on and we just trusted each other. ... We didn't really have another basis to go by besides 'this sounds like us.' \"\nLowell says he 'll never forget hearing the final produced version of \"Loveless\" for the first time.\n\"It came through the speaker and I was like 'This song is probably three and a half four years old and I've just never heard it like this.' \" he says. \"I cried. I was just like 'This is unbelievable I can't believe we made this.' \"", "output": [ "Matt Lowell" ] }, { "id": "task419-b132c82e5bf1404fbaa6a4d0d1e89a8c", "input": "(CNN) Shortly after former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about conversations with Russia's ambassador former FBI Director James Comey shared a justice-minded verse from the Bible on Twitter and Instagram.\n\"'But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream ' Amos 5:24 \" Comey wrote referring to the Bible's book of Amos.\n\"But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream\" Amos 5:24 A post shared by James Comey (@a_higher_loyalty) on Dec 1 2017 at 9:01am PST\n Comey tweeted the same biblical passage in November after President Donald Trump called the former FBI director a \"liar.\" Comey a United Methodist and one-time Sunday school teacher said it's his \"favorite scripture verse.\"\nI️ included the picture of the Great Falls of the Potomac because I️ like it and because it reminds me of my favorite scripture verse from Amos: \"But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.\" — James Comey (@Comey) November 11 2017", "output": [ "James Comey" ] }, { "id": "task419-cef1765a01224324be7fbc71a4c9d9d2", "input": "A television ad depicting minority children running from a pickup truck sporting a bumper sticker for Virginia Republican Ed Gillespie is designed to criticize the gubernatorial candidate’s ties to President Trump — and to address concerns that Democratic candidate Ralph Northam is struggling to connect with minority voters according to people familiar with the strategy.\n The ad was removed late Tuesday after a terrorism attack in New York City involved a pickup truck running down people on a bike path.\nBut before it was removed it was designed to appeal to Latino voters. Public polling shows Northam easily beating Gillespie among black and Latino voters but a recent private poll shared widely among minority advocacy groups sparked worry about the Democrat’s appeal. Northam’s campaign urged the groups not to release the poll’s findings according to multiple people familiar with the matter — a point not disputed by his campaign.\nIn the weeks since the poll was conducted progressive groups have worked to tie Gillespie to Trump whose approval rating among Latinos nationwide hovers in the teens. They worry that if Gillespie wins his campaign ads — which raised concerns about illegal immigration and “sanctuary cities” and voiced support for Confederate-era monuments — could be replicated nationwide next year by GOP candidates eager to turn out conservative voters.\nSeeking to shore up support among younger and Latino voteres Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) campaigned for Virginia GOP gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie spotted to Rubio’s right in the background on Oct. 30 2017 in Sterling Va. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)\nAlex’s group produced the new ad “American Nightmare ” which features four young children — two Latino boys an African American child and a Muslim girl wearing a headscarf — running from a white man driving a pickup truck adorned with the Gillespie sticker and a Confederate flag. The truck chases the children through a suburban neighborhood into a dead-end alley — at which point the children awake from a bad dream.\n[Ad features minority kids chased by truck adorned with Gillespie sticker Confederate flag]\n[How Ed Gillespie went from ‘big tent’ Republican to culture warrior]\nA Washington Post-Schar School poll released Tuesday did not poll enough Latino voters to generate a measurable sample. But among nonwhite voters overall Northam leads Gillespie 73 percent to 17 percent — similar to Clinton’s margins in Virginia last year. Other statewide polls conducted last month by the Wason Center and Fox News showed Northam trouncing Gillespie among nonwhite voters.\n[ Gillespie appears with Sen. Rubio as protesters accuse him of racism]\n“Ed Gillespie talks about us he demonizes us with divisive and racist language calling us criminals ” an announcer says in Spanish. “Let’s not allow Trump’s policies in Virginia.”\n[Obama rips into Gillespie ’s MS-13 ads calls them “as cynical as politics gets”]", "output": [ "Ed Gillespie" ] }, { "id": "task419-c39b17c9287a4dd2b0ab7145c4059d0d", "input": "Juicero employees found out in a letter on Friday that the company is cutting the price of its cold-press juicing system. Some employees also found out they had been cut too.\nIn a letter obtained by Fortune Juicero CEO Jeff Dunn wrote “the current prices of $399 for the Press and $5 - $7 for produce Packs are not a realistic way for us to fulfill our mission at the scale to which we aspire.”\nThe Juicero machine for those unfamiliar can whip up a fresh-squeezed fruit and veggie concoction at the press of a button. It's also WiFi-enabled and can tell you the nutritional value of your drink. It originally cost $700 when it first launched plus it received endorsements from Gwyneth Paltrow and Dr.Oz and was hailed as the ultimate Silicon Valley indulgence.\nThe company has faced blowback from consumers after an April Bloomberg article revealed the packets could be easily squeezed by hand. According to the article investors were a little peeved to learn that the machine was not actually necessary for the same \"farm to glass\" juice experience. Those investors — which include Campbell Soup Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins — helped Juicero raise $100 million in 2015 after three years in stealth mode.\nDunn responded to the Bloomberg story saying the company already knew the packs could be squeezed into juice and that the value lies in the machine's smart features and consistent pressing technique — not just the juice itself.\n Juicero packets expire quickly — 8 days according to the company — and the machine's connected features help them maintain their tight supply chain. The product even has an app that reminds you to drink your juice before it expires.\nCustomers will have to decide for themselves if the reduced price is worth it for a glass of juice. To help you decide read about Business Insider's experience testing the Juicero juicer.", "output": [ "Juicero" ] }, { "id": "task419-937f53f716404c8cb21b6e6376cfb8a8", "input": "Czechs like fellow voters from Europe to the United States must weigh promises of a more outward - looking society against protection from the uncertainties of the global economy and immigration when they elect their president later this month . In the run - off on Jan . 26 - 27 academic Jiri Drahos will face incumbent political veteran Milos Zeman in a contest that echoes a string of elections in the past two years across the European Union as well as Donald Trump ’ s battle with Hillary Clinton for the White House . Zeman - a 73 - year - old who has courted the far - right in rejecting migrants from Muslim countries while pursuing warmer relations with Russia and China - won the first round with 38 . 6 percent of the vote results showed on Saturday . However Drahos finished a solid second on 26 . 6 percent with support from liberal voters attracted by his policies favoring EU integration . The 68 - year - old has also won endorsement from most of the other candidates eliminated in the first round . Czech presidents wield limited executive powers but from their office in Prague Castle they appoint prime ministers and represent the nation abroad . They can also influence public opinion at a time when Czech political economic and social debate shows similarities to that in the United States France and Austria as well as in fellow post - Communist neighbors Poland Hungary and Slovakia . Czech voters like others are split between those who have benefited from European integration and those who fear the impact of globalization and cultural change . Tomas Klvana a professor at NYU in Prague draws parallels between Zeman ’ s voter appeal and the U . S . president ‘ s . “ The pattern is affected by domestic issues but this is similar to Trump turning to the same voters ” he told Reuters . “ On one side there are more successful better educated younger people not afraid of opening up integrating economically ... and ( on the other ) are people who are less successful less educated have lower income and live in smaller towns .” Klvana also saw similarities between Zeman and two other central European leaders right - wing Polish party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban who have both picked fights with EU partners . POLITICAL NOVICE Drahos won the first round in the capital Prague which has grown prosperous since the return to a free - market economy . Zeman won in all other regions and performed particularly strongly in areas that have struggled since the fall of Communism in 1989 . Drahos a soft - spoken political novice and professor of chemistry offers a direct contrast to Zeman who has used expletives in live debates relishes drinking and smokes heavily . In politics since the fall of Communism Zeman also suffers from diabetes and has difficulty walking . The clash is similar to Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen ’ s fight against a far - right opponent in a 2016 presidential vote Klvana said . Beyond the region French President Emmanuel Macron also offered a liberal vision when he beat far - right candidate Marine Le Pen last year . Czech President Milos Zeman attends a news conference after polling stations closed for the country ' s direct presidential election in Prague the Czech Republic January 13 2018 . REUTERS / Matej Stransky / Pool MIGRATION Zeman has won votes with a tough stance on migration . The ethnically homogenous country of 10 . 6 million is united against accepting large number of refugees even though few came in 2015 while hundreds of thousands arrived in neighboring Germany . Like Zeman Drahos opposes EU quotas that would force member states to share asylum seekers but he would accept a limited number seeking shelter if they met certain criteria . While Drahos lacks Zeman ’ s charisma among some voters opinion polls show fewer view the father of two daughters in a negative light than the incumbent . Drahos who comes from a small town on the Slovak border joined the Czech Academy of Sciences in 1976 but missed out on promotion until the 1989 Velvet Revolution as he refused offers to join the ruling Communist Party . The physical chemist who plays the piano and has sung in a chamber choir for four decades eventually chaired the academy from 2009 - 2017 . SECOND ROUND MATHS While Drahos trailed Zeman in the first round by 12 percentage points he immediately won endorsements from five other candidates who collectively won 32 . 6 percent - making him a slight favorite at betting firms . “ The aim of Zeman ’ s team will be to discourage those voters who are not rock - solid from voting for Drahos ” said Marek Vocel a former campaign leader for Karel Schwarzenberg who lost to Zeman in the last election in 2013 . “ Migration is a theme that moves almost everybody . I would expect that to feature in the debates .” Zeman has the backing of the Communists as well as the far - right anti - EU and anti - NATO SPD party . On social media and websites that often carry pro - Russian content Drahos was accused on Monday of being a weakling who would threaten the country and give in to foreign interests . Drahos brushed off allegations that he had informed for the Communist secret police or worse . “ My adversaries are hoping that if they ram down people ’ s throats that I was an StB collaborator or a pedophile it will stick with someone . I know Milos Zeman will come with blows below the belt ” he told daily Mlada fronta Dnes in an interview published on Monday . Zeman has insisted since declaring his candidacy last March that he was not actively campaigning . But he has had a weekly show on a sympathetic TV channel and traveled the country to meet voters while posters proclaiming “ Zeman Again ” hang around the country . He refused to face his first round rivals on TV but has agreed to a debate with Drahos for the run - off . Drahos ’ s biggest declared campaign donations are from self - made businessmen electronics firm founder Dalibor Dedek and real estate developer Ludek Sekyra and asset management office BPD Partners . Zeman ’ s donations include 2 million Czech crowns ($ 96 000 ) from a firm owned by arms industry entrepreneur Jaroslav Strnad . Former President Vaclav Klaus who also holds pro - Russian and anti - EU views has backed Zeman . After the first round he thanked Zeman voters for “ not bowing to foreign interests ” migration and the related “ threat of liquidation of European and Czech culture traditions and values ”.", "output": [ "Milos Zeman" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f9bcc2ca0764365b41c179e1634941c", "input": "Joshua Cooper Ramo who is co-CEO of former secretary of state Henry Kissinger’s consulting firm as well as a board member of Starbucks and FedEx had said that South Korea is grateful for Japan’s role in its economic development which remains a sore spot because of the brutality of Japan’s occupation from 1910 to 1945. Among other things Japan’s army enslaved Korean females as “comfort women” during that time.\n“Every Korean will tell you that Japan is a cultural technological and economic example that has been so important to their own transformation ” Ramo said during the Opening Ceremonies of the PyeongChang Games on Friday.\nThe Korea Times citing an unidentified NBC official reported that Ramo had been removed from his role following the remarks. However NBC issued a statement later Monday saying that Ramo had been hired only for the Opening Ceremonies a common occurrence according to the spokesman.\n“We hired Joshua Cooper Ramo to serve as an Asia expert during the Opening Ceremony ” the spokesman wrote. “ His role was to give an overview to our viewers of the host country and this region of the world. Ramo has completed his responsibilities for NBC in PyeongChang and will have no further role on our air.”", "output": [ "Joshua Cooper Ramo" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e4dbce80324433d8bcada463ceb0472", "input": "Lubna Hussein was among 13 women arrested July 3 in a raid by the public order police in Khartoum. Ten of the women were fined and flogged two days later. But Hussein and two others decided to go to trial.\n Hussein said Friday she would rather go to jail than pay any fine out of protest of the nation's strict laws on women's dress.\n The case has made headlines in Sudan and around the world and Hussein used it to rally world opinion against the country's morality laws based on a strict interpretation of Islam.\n Galal al-Sayed Hussein's lawyer said he advised her to pay the fine before appealing the decision. She refused he said \"She insisted.\"\n As a U.N. staffer Hussein should have immunity from prosecution but she has opted to resign so that she could stand trial and draw attention to the case.\n In a column published in the British daily the Guardian Friday Hussein said her case is not an isolated one but is a showcase of repressive laws in a country with a long history of civil conflicts.\n Hussein said earlier she would take the issue all the way to Sudan's Constitutional Court necessary but that if the court rules against her and orders the flogging she's ready \"to receive (even) 40 000 lashes\" if that what it takes to abolish the law.", "output": [ "Lubna Hussein" ] }, { "id": "task419-ff1f47b1c3b74081abe232c8a945ca80", "input": "No way around it - 2017 was a great year to own stocks. The S&P 500 index had risen almost 20 percent over the year. And the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 25 percent over the same period buoying portfolios dividends and retirement accounts. And it's a similar story around the world on financial markets in Japan Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. All this happened despite a wave of political turmoil in the U.S. and around the globe. To find out why 2017 was such a bull year we're joined now by NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner . Hi Uri.\n URI BERLINER BYLINE: Hey Ray.\n BERLINER : Well you know despite all this tension and political volatility and geopolitical uncertainty it actually was a good year for the global economy and remarkably kind of a stable one. Corporate earnings were very strong. Inflation is in check. Sort of the sense that the financial crisis of 2008 is really behind us now. I think economies around the world felt that more confidently. And every single country every major developed country grew last year which is a remarkable thing. It just doesn't happen that often.\n BERLINER : Well really you know since the end of the financial crisis the stock market in the U.S. has just been on a roll. It's had a number of really good years. In 2009 the S&P 500 was up more than 26 percent. In 2013 it was up more than 32 percent. So stocks have had a lot of good years but this was especially notable this one.\n BERLINER : Well I think a lot of this just has to do with corporate earnings. I mean markets look at corporate earnings very closely. This is really their bread and butter. And you know companies throughout the U.S. - technology companies all kinds of companies - posted really stellar earnings. And there was strong earnings growth overseas as well. So you know I think this market has just looked at a - an unusually stable year economically despite and in spite of all craziness all the turmoil all the threatening situations around - the world the volatility and the fear in the economy just wasn't there.\n BERLINER : Right exactly. As you said you know half of Americans own stocks. And for them it was a very good year. And to some extent if those people feel wealthier they may spend more. That's called a wealth effect. That may boost the economy a little bit. But those people who don't own stocks they don't benefit directly in any way from this big year in the stock market. And even those who do own stock they're really concentrated mostly among people who are wealthy - six-figure earners seven-figure earners. Those are the people who own most of the stock in the U.S. and even those who own some many of them don't own that much.\nSUAREZ: That's NPR's Uri Berliner . Thanks a lot Uri.\n BERLINER : You're welcome Ray.", "output": [ "Uri Berliner" ] }, { "id": "task419-12724fb361334b2ca1585abb969d36e4", "input": "Firing from the 32nd floor of a hotel near the city’s world famous neon-lit Strip at night at a range of 500 yards with an arsenal of high-velocity semi-automatic weapons modified to shoot rapidly gunman Stephen Paddock had pulled the city into a nightmare that left him virtually unopposed for crucial minutes with police unable to safely return fire.\n Paddock sprayed bullets continuously on the concert crowd of 22 000 people for about 10 minutes starting at 10:05 p.m. PT (1:05 a.m. ET on Monday) according to Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo. Police blew open Paddock’s hotel room door 75 minutes after the shooting started finding he had killed himself.\n“It did cause some challenges logistically being outgunned like that ” said Lieutenant Reggie Rader one of the MACTAC team members. He said officers did their best to get as quickly as possible to the hotel room from which Paddock was firing.\nSeroka said that many hotels in Las Vegas are equipped with technology to detect projectiles like cigarette butts coming off balconies and to pinpoint the room but said there are no balconies at the Mandalay Bay hotel where Paddock had set up.\nSeroka a former U.S. Air Force colonel and veteran of both Gulf Wars lamented the length of time Paddock ultimately had to shoot at the crowd. ”Nine minutes is an eternity when you are taking fire ” he said.", "output": [ "Stephen Paddock" ] }, { "id": "task419-8c1568e75cf744bda0d1d018edcba74b", "input": "“We’ve been lowering our allocation to stocks and have increased our allocation to bonds as well as cash ” said Charles Shriver co-head of the Asset Allocation Committee at T. Rowe Price describing changes over the past “several quarters.”\n“We have been reducing the risk profile in our portfolios ” Shriver told Reuters.\nThe near-decade-long bull market in U.S. stocks has beefed up the average investor’s stock holdings he said and it may make sense for some investors to decrease their risk. Stocks are still expensive relative to their long-run records according to Shriver .\nBonds will nonetheless retain their “role as a diversifier ” Shriver said. Bond prices tend not to move in the same direction of stocks over time a divergence that helps investors stay invested and which Shriver expects to continue.\n“You are getting compensated for liquidity ” said Shriver .\nHe said T. Rowe Price also sees relative bargains in Europe and Japan’s stock markets. The asset manager has also been increasing its allocation to small-capitalization stocks which Shriver said could benefit from U.S. corporate tax cuts.", "output": [ "Charles Shriver" ] }, { "id": "task419-f3e559c0d77d4173944549982439cd1e", "input": "“If I use a golf course metaphor right now I believe we have right (wing parties) and left (wing parties) and nothing in between. So we will present ourselves as the fairway the very centre of the way ” Koike told a policy debate by major party leaders.\nThe outlook for the election is unclear but some analysts say Koike ’s party may be losing steam because it had too little time to prepare for the snap poll. Her decision not to run for a lower house seat herself could also deter voters they said.\n Koike said her party’s policies aim to bring a new idea such as basic income and will be closer to consumers.\n“The idea of basic income is still experimental but we think this is something we should consider in the future ” she said.\nBut Koike declined to reveal who would lead a government should her party formed only about two weeks ago by her supporters and some opposition lawmakers be in a position to form one.", "output": [ "Yuriko Koike", "Koike" ] }, { "id": "task419-1139f25a89964f96b1867d612e1b3913", "input": "WARSAW Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo sent a tweet early Tuesday that seems to read like a farewell and comes amid rumors in Warsaw that she might be replaced by Finance Minister Mateusz Morawiecki next week.\nKaczynski is widely seen as the real power behind the government guiding its decisions from his party headquarters in Warsaw and from his seat in parliament where he serves as one of 460 members of the lower house or Sejm. It is not clear if Morawiecki could take an independent path or if he would also largely follow the direction Kaczynski sets.\nThe daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reported Tuesday citing unnamed sources that Kaczynski has presented to party members his plan for Morawiecki to take the helm of the Cabinet next week.\n Morawiecki 49 has won praise for overseeing an economy that has boomed in the two years since the Law and Justice party took power. He is widely considered one of the government’s most competent members and has the trust of Kaczynski.\nWhile the ruling Law and Justice party and Szydlo herself are both popular among Poles Morawiecki could be better prepared to represent the country internationally as Poland faces off against the EU over legal changes seen as attacks on the rule of law.\n Morawiecki speaks English and German and has international experience from his years as a banker while Szydlo only speaks Polish.\nIgor Janke the head of the Freedom Institute in Warsaw said on Twitter that Morawiecki would be a good choice for two reasons — “unblocking relations with Brussels” and winning votes in the political center now that the party has guaranteed support on the right.\n Morawiecki was due to attend a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels Tuesday but his office said he would not go “due to current issues.”", "output": [ "Mateusz Morawiecki" ] }, { "id": "task419-bc56eac19ab540288c5dd121558eae5a", "input": "Stephen Paddock fired hundreds of rounds out of a 32nd story window in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on Sunday night police have said killing 59 and injuring over 500 in the deadliest mass shooting in recent US history.\n Paddock had no military training. According to Paddock’s family and the ongoing police investigation he had a penchant for guns and some experience hunting. But there is no indication he had formal training.\nNevertheless he managed to kill dozens and wound hundreds from 32 stories above the ground and a distance of three to five football fields between him and his victims.\nThe reason he was able to carry out the massacre lies largely with the tools at his disposal and the completely helpless nature of his targets.\nSome of the weapons had scopes to increase his effective range. The length of the bursts of fire suggest Paddock likely used extended magazines to store many times a firearm’s normal capacity in ammunition.\nAll of Paddock’s guns legally belonged to him. Nevada where Paddock lived allows the sale of high-capacity magazines high-caliber weapons and ammunition and military-style weapons but it doesn’t allow fully automatic weapons.\n Paddock got around the limitation of government-mandated semi-automatic weapons by using something called a “bump stock ” which effectively turns a semi-automatic rifle into an automatic according to The Associated Press.\nFrom 300 to 500 yards away the crowd of 22 000 were essentially “fish in the barrel ” which is how country singer Jake Owens who was on stage in Las Vegas described that night. It wouldn’t take a military operative or master marksman to inflict grievous damage on a crowd with the tools Paddock had available.\n Paddock simply rained down bullets on an unsuspecting crowd that was focused on the stage. Because bullets from high-powered rifles travel at supersonic speeds the first shots probably hit the victims before the sound of the rifle even rang out.", "output": [ "Stephen Paddock" ] }, { "id": "task419-196637772dc4454681426f0e769d4861", "input": "Choosing Mitt Romney to be his secretary of state would be the most presidential thing Donald Trump could do . \nOne part of him thinks that Romney , the CEO of the global firm Bain Capital , a turnaround artist who saved the Salt Lake City Olympics , and the party 's nominee in 2012 , would have the stature and gravitas for the job . \nHe liked that Romney made a warm , congratulatory call . \nHe complimented Romney for \"looking the part .\" \nUnlike Romney , they do n't come as supplicants , vying for his favor . \nOK , but Romney dissed Trump bigly and Trump 's nonpresidential side likes nothing better than getting even , and then some . \nWhile Gen. David Petraeus , General John Kelly and Sen. Bob Corker came and went , Romney got the only invitation to a fancy dinner at the Trump International Hotel . \nJohn Angelillo , Bloomberg President-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney had dinner , along with Reince Priebus , to discuss the possibility of Romney joining Trump 's administration on Nov. 30 , 2016 . \nPresident-elect Donald Trump and Mitt Romney had dinner , along with Reince Priebus , to discuss the possibility of Romney joining Trump 's administration on Nov. 30 , 2016 . \nRomney ordered scallops and then ate crow for reporters waiting outside right after , which may have been Trump 's plan . \nAides said Romney would have to grovel to be considered and so he did , gushing over the man who had derided him as a \"loser\" who \"choked like a dog\" in his 2012 campaign . \nRomney said that by getting elected Trump \"did something I tried to do and was unsuccessful in ,\" and that the president-elect could be \"the very man who can lead us to that better future .\" \nAbout watching Romney recant and twist slowly in the wind , former Speaker Newt Gingrich said , \"You have never , ever , in your career seen a wealthy adult who is independent , has been a presidential candidate , suck up at the rate that Mitt Romney is sucking up ,\" adding that \"Every day they let this thing hang out there it becomes harder and more expensive to pick Romney .\"", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b5300da95e14954b52ab35c548d2ba7", "input": "Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon weighed in on the state of late-night television and Hollywood during a segment on Thursday’s edition of Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM.\nCo-hosting Thursday’s show with Breitbart London Editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam Bannon noted that late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel were steadily upping their level of anti-Trump vitriol in order to compete with one another and said Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood section was helping to expose celebrities for how “dumb” they are.\n“Andrew [Breitbart] always said ‘Culture is up-river from politics '” Bannon told a caller who asked about the influence of entertainment on the culture. “Right now as you know news is kind of everything even Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. To drive viewership the way that Kimmel and Colbert are competing in late-night right now is to make it very political very anti-Trump.”\n“So what we’re doing is exposing them ” Bannon continued. “That’s one of the reasons Big Hollywood is on fire because all we do is expose the hypocrisy of these morons in the entertainment industry.”\n“By the way you gotta understand something ” Bannon continued. “These actors and actresses; they’re all dumb as ticks. And they’re lazy. They’re like pieces of furniture… That’s why movie attendance is down people are tired of it. It’s why they’re not watching the National Football League cutting the cord on ESPN. They’ve politicized everything. And you guys are voting with your feet which I think is fantastic.”\n Bannon also predicted that a number of celebrities will seriously consider running for president in 2020.\nListen to Bannon ’s full segment above.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-97ca86f3e24d4bffb50f7f468551b558", "input": "Isaiah Thomas lasted just 15 games on LeBron James’ team. And now Cleveland has undergone a massive roster overhaul unloading six players in different deals.\nThe Cavs sent Thomas and Channing Frye to the Lakers for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr. on Thursday just before the NBA trade deadline to start things off.\nIsaiah Thomas (l.) and LeBron James part ways after just 15 games together. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)\nDespite all the upheaval it was the Thomas trade that headlined the Cavs’ moves. Cleveland landed Thomas in a shock trade with the Celtics in August after Kyrie Irving said he was tired of playing in LeBron’s shadow. The Cavs pulled off the trade despite knowing that Thomas’ hip injury would sideline him for a good chunk of the season.\nIn his brief run with the Cavs Thomas averaged 14.7 points and 4.5 assists in 14 starts. Cleveland went just 7-8 with Thomas in the lineup.\n“ He ’s worked too hard to get back and he ’s a ball dominant player ” Thomas’ agent Aaron Goodwin told ESPN. “It’s LeBron’s ball and this clearly wasn’t working. (Cavs GM) Koby (Altman) and I have had enough conversations where it was clear with the way the system was going it wasn’t beneficial for either party. This is a good opportunity for Isaiah.”\nThe Thomas trade also ends the awkwardness of a return trip to Boston this weekend. The Celtics had initially planned a tribute video to Thomas’ three seasons in Boston on the same night Paul Pierce was going to have his jersey retirement ceremony. After Pierce grumbled about having to share the stage with Thomas the 5-9 guard took the high road.\n“I’d like to thank the Celtics for their gracious offer to play a video tribute on Feb 11th celebrating my 3yrs in Boston ” Thomas tweeted in January. “But since it appears this has caused some controversy w/Paul Pierce’s night I’d ask the Celtics instead to focus all of their attention on #34’s career.”\nIt’s pretty clear Thomas — who as recently as Wednesday night was saying he was “tired of being traded” — will not be receiving a tribute video for his 15 games with the Cavaliers if he returns to play in Cleveland at some point this season or next.", "output": [ "Isaiah Thomas (" ] }, { "id": "task419-bbec076c6d5d44a1a0460c2b25d18083", "input": "These are the tough realities Floridians who evacuated in the face of Hurricane Irma last week even as they begin to return home. An unprecedented six million fled from the Category 5 storm the largest evacuation in United States history.\nI took her question and others to fuel experts. A car-dependent state with a history of hurricanes Florida had a week before Irma hit to lay in enough fuel for residents to drive out of harm's way—the choice mode of evacuation. But that wasn't enough time and the reasons why add yet another dimension to the Sunshine State's deepening vulnerability to climate change.\nLow-lying peninsular Florida is in a famously precarious place. One lesser-known vulnerability that the Hurricane Irma exposed is how difficult it can be to move fuel supplies here quickly. Unlike states with more shared borders and freight infrastructure roughly 97 percent of the refined fuel sold in Florida gets shipped in from the Gulf of Mexico. Much of it usually come from refineries on the shores of Texas—which were devastated just weeks ago by the second-costliest storm in U.S. history Hurricane Harvey.\nWith Texas refineries knocked out of commission because of Harvey Florida's fuel suppliers were already feeling the squeeze before Irma's path became clear. In fact as of the week before Labor Day according to Jim Storey the business development director of the Georgia-based fuel distributor Mansfield Oil Florida was trucking some of its own supplies over there to help out Texas. But as Irma predictions shaped up the flow of fuel out-of-state was swiftly reversed.\nThe weekend before Labor Day as the degree of Irma's threat became clearer Florida gas suppliers and emergency managers joined to strategize. They knew there would be a run on gas though it wasn't clear yet which parts of the state would be evacuating. So fuel shipments that could be steered to Florida were diverted from all over. Barges that normally deliver from offline Gulf Coast refineries were rerouted to New York and Philadelphia to bring gas south. Tankers from Louisiana and Mississippi steamed eastward to reach Florida in time having been delayed by Harvey's fearsome path. One oil trader redirected two European barges destined for Africa to Florida instead. According to Hillary Stevenson director of oil market research for the analysis firm Genscape the state took in some 570 00 barrels from Europe ahead of Irma in order to make up for supplies it had lost to Harvey.\n\"We were accepting supplies from anywhere that would send it \" says James Miller the director of communications for the Florida Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association a trade group designated to coordinate fuel supplies with the state in the event of an emergency. \"The timing of Harvey and Irma was not ideal.\"\nFortunately Irma wasn't a repeat of Hurricane Rita when dozens died trying to evacuate on Houston's traffic-clogged gas-less roads in 2005. Florida's transportation officials coordinated this evacuation remarkably well. The state was spared catastrophic damage when Irma's path veered from the biggest population center.\nWhile many gas chains companies and government agencies buy fuel at contract-bound prices others buy it \"on the spot\" at whatever the going rate. That price says Stevenson increased by 26 cents per gallon ahead of Irma. As of Tuesday the average price of a gallon is $2.71 in Florida up more than 44 cents from last month. (That price increase is also due in part to Harvey-related fuel shortages.)\nThis week as evacuees try to head home Florida gas stations are still scrambling to refuel. Florida's ports had to shut down while Irma tore through the state which means incoming shipments are now running on a delay. Now three of them are back online but with Houston refineries still incapacitated meeting gas demand is going to be a challenge for some time. Oil shipments are coming in but the lights are still out at multiple fuel terminals. Many gas stations remain without power too.\nIt might be another week before Florida's stations are topped off and back in business but those recovery efforts could be hampered if Hurricane Jose veers towards a U.S. landfall. \"Pardon the cliche but this was all a perfect storm with Harvey preceding Irma \" Stevenson says. Now the window to get Florida running again before the next hit might already be closing.\n Irma is not the last climate change-juiced hurricane Florida will experience: More storms and more evacuations loom in its future. Harvey and Irma's back-to-back blows highlight just how fragile the state's position in the global oil supply chain is—and how profoundly the state like the rest of the country relies on this limited (and not readily portable) resource. In transit-deficient South Florida personal vehicles remain the default mode of evacuation for most of the population. If there is not enough gas for them—and if other climate-related disasters are affecting supply—there ought to be other more gas-efficient ways of getting out.\nThat would have left more gas that most precious emergency commodity to go around. And there would have been fewer tailpipes spewing the emissions that are fueling climate change—and sharpening the teeth on storms like Irma .", "output": [ "Irma" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e61d5efb57546d7acfffaffc79a5d1d", "input": "The vote came after U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley issued a stern warning United Nations that the United States \"will remember\" countries that voted for the measure.\n Haley hinted that U.S. financial support for the U.N. is not guaranteed and that the U.S. should not be expected to support an organization that condemned it.\n\"The United States is by far the single largest contributor to the United Nations \" she said noting that \"our participation in the U.N. produces great good for the world.\"\n Haley said \"the United States will remember this day\" when it was \"singled out for attack.\"\n\"America will put our embassy in Jerusalem \" Haley said adding that \"no vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that. But this vote will make a difference on how Americans look on the U.N.\"", "output": [ "Nikki Haley" ] }, { "id": "task419-868db54603c34b7891332df80fd2f5b9", "input": "This is surprising. After all the Essential Phone was the perfect opportunity to see what Andy Rubin the \"Father of Android\" and leader of Essential had to say about the Android OS' direction since he left Google in 2014. Would he put his personal touch on the software showing us what the OS might have looked like had he stayed at Google? As it turns out it appears instead that Rubin had more to say about a smartphone's design than he did about the Android OS.\nI suppose I was expecting something different from Rubin . He did mention in May that the Essential Phone would run stock Android but I wasn't expecting him to have such an extremely light touch and to barely alter anything about the OS.\n Rubin created Android so he 's no stranger to developing mobile phone software. And given how much attention Essential paid to every little detail of the phone's hardware it's a good bet that Rubin didn't just go with the plain version of Android out of sheer laziness.\nThe move suggests that Rubin believes stock Android is still the best Android compared to what you see on phones from Samsung LG and the numerous Chinese companies like Huawei. Stock Android means none of the duplicate apps from the smartphone maker and carrier cluttering things up. Android looks and works exactly the way Google intended it to.\nTo be clear those companies make great phones as their popularity shows. Yet I've always believed that nothing beats stock Android. So thanks Andy Rubin for backing me up. And if you haven't tried stock Android I'd sincerely recommend doing so by trying out the Google Pixel the OnePlus 5 and now the Essential Phone.", "output": [ "Andy Rubin" ] }, { "id": "task419-0ec7fee2ea9f47a9a5a117eb5748ef35", "input": "During Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals on Saturday , LeBron James was accidentally elbowed , leading to one of the most egregious , over-the-top flops in NBA history . \nThe referee ended up handing out a technical foul to the Toronto Raptors , despite the fact that it was actually James ' teammate who elbowed him .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-fb0b3543d7174f0780df8d9fd2d38467", "input": "In what appears to be a shrewd attempt to preempt sexual harassment allegations leftist documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has published an essay detailing his own struggle with sexual impropriety — and admitting to everything from sexual harassment to marital infidelity to potentially rape.\nIn reality the essay may be an attempt to head off a wave of allegations coming Spurlock 's way. In the piece Spurlock admits to settling at least one sexual harassment lawsuit over an incident with a female employee who complained about Spurlock's on-set behavior and to cheating on all of his romantic partners including his two wives.\nA segment of the essay is devoted to a rape accusation made against him in college. Spurlock claims he got drunk and then had sex with a girl who despite appearing to give consent decided later that she felt taken advantage of.\n Spurlock also lists a host of potential excuses for his behavior from having an absent father to sexual abuse he says he suffered as a child. He also claims to have had something of a drinking problem \"since age 13.\" He says he is \"seeking help.\"\n Spurlock is most famous for his series of documentaries like \"Supersize Me \" exposing destructive American habits. Perhaps unsurprisingly his next project details issues women face in the modern world.", "output": [ "Morgan Spurlock" ] }, { "id": "task419-5a6d53c2a0724399855949bf06987239", "input": "“Unfortunately we are not secure we are not living in secure places the commute is not safe and even in the ACJC we don’t feel safe ” Chief Judge Anisa Rasooli told AFP at her office inside the ACJC compound on the edge of the Afghan capital.\n Rasooli is one of two chief judges driven in armoured vehicles that have been loaned to the ACJC by the Supreme Court — vehicles that will eventually have to be returned.\nBut Rasooli who has received threats on her phone and in court and other senior staff told AFP they have no protection at night because they do not have facilities at their homes for the guards.\n Rasooli and her fellow Chief Judge Shir Aaqa Monib said the ACJC was making a difference and they remained committed.\n“It seems that especially the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Defense they are now frightened and scared ” Rasooli said.", "output": [ "Anisa Rasooli" ] }, { "id": "task419-083c8ea79a944871850b67177fc23572", "input": "Fergie apologized on Monday for her sultry version of the national anthem the night before that didn’t go over so well at the NBA All-Star Game particularly on social media. Even Roseanne Barr chimed in.\n Fergie 42 acknowledged that her slowed-down jazzy version – as described by People magazine – didn’t strike the right note. Others described her take on the “Star Bangled Banner” as “sexy.”\n\"I've always been honored and proud to perform the national anthem and last night I wanted to try something special for the NBA \" she said per People. \"I'm a risk taker artistically but clearly this rendition didn’t strike the intended tone. I love this country and honestly tried my best.\"\n\"Something insane and terrible happened before tonight’s NBA All-Star Game \" said Chris Thompson a writer for sports website Deadspin. \"No one will ever be able to explain it to my satisfaction. Even in the context of the NBA's disastrous shriekingly awkward pregame nightmare Fergie’s national anthem was an absolute abomination. A goose being strangled in your living room would produce a much more pleasant series of noises.\"\nActress and comedian Roseanne Barr whose rendition of the national anthem in 1990 at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium was roundly criticized as one of the worse per the Sporting News even criticized Ferguson's performance on Twitter.\nWho saw Fergie 's national anthem performance at the NBA All Star Game? I think mine was better lowkey — Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) February 19 2018\nFergie’s rendition of the National Anthem was originally written by Francis Scott Out of Key. — bob saget (@bobsaget) February 19 2018\n Fergie sang that anthem so bad Kaepernick stood up and told her stop with the disrespect. — Bãlldiñhö™ 🇧🇲 (@Balldinho) February 19 2018\nFergie of the Black Eyed Peas just gave us the drunken aunt at your wedding version of the Star Spangled Banner. Yikes. — Jason Greene (@JasonGreene17) February 19 2018", "output": [ "Fergie" ] }, { "id": "task419-455e358e77624fee9397cc5c3b5fbf31", "input": "Even after Senate Republicans scrapped the vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill this week lead sponsor Sen. Lindsey Graham R-S.C. said he remains optimistic about the legislation eventually passing because the missing votes were “actually more about process than substance.”\n“With more hearings with regular order we’re going to get 50 votes ” Graham said during a press conference Tuesday. “We’re going to fulfill our promise.”\nFormer Sen. Rick Santorum who has for some reason or another partnered with Graham in this effort told The Intercept on Tuesday afternoon that he is confident Sen. Lisa Murkowski a key Republican holdout from Alaska will come around next year if the bill goes through the normal committee process. “I know having talked to Lisa just a couple hours ago she thinks it’s a good idea and she thinks the idea will stand up under public scrutiny and it makes it an easier vote for everybody ” he said.\n Graham and his co-conspirators previously said they would demand that tax cuts and health care reform be lumped together if they failed to make headway on health care in September. But on Tuesday Graham changed course saying he is now willing to let tax reform go ahead on its own because he had been unaware how complex tying the two together would be. Then in the spring Graham said he will insist on a new budget resolution that allows for another crack at repeal using a 50-vote threshold — what is called budget reconciliation in the Senate.\nIn her statement released after the bill was officially yanked from the floor Murkowski did indeed express openness to the framework Graham and co-sponsor Sen. Bill Cassidy had constructed. “I recognize the status quo with health care in this country is unacceptable. Giving control back to the states and flexibility are ideas I can get behind ” she said. “But substance matters and the ability to validate data matters.”\nThis is where it gets macabre. McCain a key “no” vote is living with a brain cancer diagnosis that is nearly always fatal. The same cancer took the life of his good friend Sen. Ted Kennedy and almost upended the push to pass the Affordable Care Act after Scott Brown filled his seat. Were McCain to lose his battle with cancer Arizona’s GOP governor would appoint a Republican rubber stamp. Depending on the circumstances some Republicans such as McCain’s best friend Graham may oppose rushing forward with repeal on pure human decency grounds.", "output": [ "Graham" ] }, { "id": "task419-6c266df62e784f73bf640bead896aab5", "input": "QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadoreans on Sunday voted to prevent presidents from holding more than two terms in office according to the elections council a win for President Lenin Moreno that blocks his mentor-turned-adversary Rafael Correa from returning to power.\nThe results from the referendum called by Moreno roll back a measure Correa pushed through Congress in 2015 to allow unlimited presidential re-election.\n“The victory of the ‘yes’ vote opens the path for us to work together confrontation is a thing of the past ” Moreno said in a televised broadcast an apparent reference to Correa ’s famously combative style. “The old politicians will not return.”\nMoreno may now be emboldened to remove Correa allies from key government posts and financial markets will likely see the result as confirming a more politically and fiscally conservative future for the South American oil exporting country.\nFILE PHOTO - Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa talks to Reuters in Quito Ecuador January 30 2018. Picture taken January 30 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia", "output": [ "Rafael Correa" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d14b6d023dc4d6d8f5247a0f63780e1", "input": "The annual report by Hans-Peter Bartels parliamentary ombudsman for the armed forces follows a spate of media reports about shortfalls in everything from tanks to body armor that have raised concerns about whether Germany will be ready to take command of a NATO rapid response force next year.\n German parliamentary armed forces ombudsman Hans-Peter Bartels whose job is to hear soldiers’ complaints presents his annual report on the state of the German military in Berlin Germany February 20 2018 . REUTERS/ Axel Schmidt\nNone of Germany’s six submarines are currently combat-ready and there have been days when no single A400M military transport was available for military use Bartels added.\n Bartels said the German navy had only nine frigates available compared to 15 that had been planned and they were more frequently in maintenance because of their increasing age.", "output": [ "Hans-Peter Bartels" ] }, { "id": "task419-93c893a85eb14d2db8addcd6c2f5c30b", "input": "At St Mary’s Liverpool moved above Tottenham into third place as goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah killed off lowly Southampton.\n– Dream season for Salah –\nSaints defender Wesley Hoedt made a hash of dealing with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s pass allowing Salah to tee up Firmino for a clinical finish.\nLiverpool increased their lead in the 42nd minute when Firmino turned provider for Salah with a fine flicked pass that the Egypt forward slotted home for his 29th club goal of a dream first season with the Reds.", "output": [ "Mohamed Salah" ] }, { "id": "task419-88ded4df502e4516a946f95393fc4f67", "input": "Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz .) on Dec. 7 said he ’ll resign after he had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)\n Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) on Dec. 7 said he ’ll resign after he had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)\n Rep. Trent Franks an Arizona Republican who is among the most conservative members of the House said he would resign his seat after House officials learned that he had asked two female employees to bear his child as a surrogate.\n Franks’s announcement came as the House Ethics Committee said it would create a special subcommittee to investigate Franks for conduct “that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment.”\nHis resignation which Franks said is effective Jan. 31 will end the ethics investigation.\n Franks said in his statement that the investigation concerns his “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates making each feel uncomfortable.”\nWhile Franks ’s statement left the circumstances of the “discussion” murky three Republicans familiar with the allegations said that he had asked the staffers who worked for him at the time but have since left his office if they would serve as a surrogate mother for his child. A spokesman for Franks did not respond to a request for comment on that claim.\nIn his statement Franks said he never “physically intimidated coerced or had or attempted to have any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff.”\n“However I do want to take full and personal responsibility for the ways I have broached a topic that unbeknownst to me until very recently made certain individuals uncomfortable ” Franks said adding “I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress.”\n Franks explained in his statement that he and his wife have long struggled with infertility. After having twins with a surrogate the couple sought additional children he said.\nHouse Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s office said in a statement Thursday that Ryan (R-Wis.) had been briefed on “credible claims of misconduct” by Franks last week after the House general counsel was contacted about the allegations and investigated them.\n Franks did not deny the allegations when Ryan confronted him according to the speaker’s statement. Ryan told Franks he should resign and said he would refer the matter to the House Ethics Committee his statement said.\nThe Franks revelations came on the same day that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) resigned his seat after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and as the House Ethics Committee opened a separate probe into Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.).\n Franks has served in the House since 2003 and is known as a fierce opponent of legal abortion recently sponsoring a bill banning abortions after 20-week gestation that passed the House. He is also an outspoken critic of the Senate’s filibuster rule blaming it for blocking conservative bills.\n Franks is also a member of the House Freedom Caucus a hard-right faction that has often clashed with Republican leaders.\n He considered a run for Senate in 2012 but dropped out suddenly. He continued as chairman of a House Judiciary subcommittee and as a member of the House Armed Services Committee.", "output": [ "Trent Franks" ] }, { "id": "task419-c68a4276859e4c12a4dc1a80ae974049", "input": "Wearing curve-hugging black workout pants and a white tank top Kim Kardashian perches on a couch in the media room of her newly renovated Bel Air estate and sips Pedialyte through a straw. The makeup-free 36-year-old appears almost normal — certainly not like a mogul who according to Forbes banked $45.5 million the past year from a brand she built on self-­aggrandizement shameless product peddling and nude selfies. At the epicenter of this unprecedented trajectory remains E!'s Keeping Up With the Kardashians a living record of her happily debauched family — Kourtney 38; Khloe 33; Rob 30; Kendall 21; and Kylie 20; as well as matriarch Kris 61 and her ex Caitlyn Jenner 67 (who in 2015 transitioned from Bruce). On Sept. 24 a 90-minute special will celebrate the series' 10th unapologetic year. It's a head-scratching milestone for a show that at its conception offered viewers little more than a voyeuristic lens into the lives of a celebrity-adjacent family — but quickly became the mother ship for all their product extensions and the platform through which Kris and her five daughters ushered in the era of the reality celebrity as a brand.\nKeeping Up With the Kardashians now airs in 167 countries boasts nine spinoffs to date and has ranked as E! Entertainment's top-rated series since 2010. And while it peaked in 2011 with 10.5 million viewers over two nights for Kim 's fairy-tale wedding to Kris Humphries (they divorced after 72 days) it still averages north of 2.1 million every Sunday in its 13th season. In 2015 E! agreed to a reported $80 million deal to keep the family through season 14. But that's a pittance compared to the fashion and lifestyle empire they've built from one boutique in the Valley. With a combined social media reach of 700 million-plus followers and five insanely profitable apps the family mints millions from a hodgepodge of endorsement deals paid appearances and can't-stay-in-stock products. And it all grew from a show that opened its pilot with these prophetic words from Kim (already notorious for the sex tape she made with her ex Ray J that was made public in 2007): \"I hate you all.\"\nKim Kardashian (star executive producer) I was going to [Pierce College] and after school I would go work the cash register at our store Dash. This all happened when I was 27 …\nKourtney Kardashian (star executive producer) We had talked to producers about doing a show about the three of us running the store Dash where Khloe and I would do the day-to-day and Kim would come in as a stylist. It didn't go anywhere.\nTed Harbert (then-CEO of E! Networks) Just like anybody else I knew of the family through [O.J. Simpson attorney] Robert Kardashian. There was a bit of the stuff with Kim hanging around Paris Hilton and of course the fun with Ray J [who made a sex tape with Kim]. That was sort of world news.\nDamla Dogan (senior vp development & programming E!) They were just crossing over into pop culture territory especially Kim . She had a look that wasn't on TV at the time. She wasn't stick thin and that was relatable.\n Kim I don't think any of us thought it would.\nKhloe Kardashian (star executive producer) I don't think we knew what we were even saying yes to. Everything was just super-fast. Kim and my mom were steering the ship. We were just like \"Tell us where to be and we'll be there.\"\nKris The watercooler chatter from the first episode was all about [9-year-old] Kylie jumping on a stripper pole. Kim had one installed in my bedroom and our friend Robin Anton who is the founder of The Pussycat Dolls was just messing around and Kylie hops up there twirls around a couple times and it became this thing.\n Kim When we would travel I remember people calling mine Kourtney and Khloe's names and we thought they knew us from high school or something. We just didn't get it. Then they started chasing us down at the airport. That was the first time that we were like \"Oh my God.\"\nKhloe In Armenia I've never seen so many people. I got separated from Kim and everyone and they all got in the van and left. I was like \"Hello? I'm still in the fucking crowd of people!\" Everyone forgot about me and Erin Paxton our audio mixer took her boom and literally fished me back into our producer's van.\nKris There was barely Twitter when we started. Ryan called Kim and said \"There's this thing called Twitter you might want to pay attention to.\" The girls [began] embracing their audience and sharing their lives.\n Dow Kim sort of paved the way for the economic structure of native influencer marketing. Before the rise of the common man YouTuber in their bedroom you had people like her . She was the one who kicked down the door and got the brands to spend money in that area because she showed success. Brands noticed that when when you would pay a celebrity to send out a branded tweet they were getting more click-throughs for the dollar so it made more monetary sense. That's why that revolution started.\nDow When Kim did the cover of CR [in 2013] that's when she was anointed. It's Carine Roitfeld's magazine Karl Lagerfeld shot it and Riccardo Tisci art-directed. Fashion washes away all sins. That's when she went next-level.\nIn August 2011 Kim married NBA player Kris Humphries. The E! special of the $6 million wedding earned the network its highest ratings to date and more than $10 million in ad revenue.\n Kim There was all this attention on the wedding and I thought maybe it was just the pressure of the show giving me this anxiety. My friends told me I just had cold feet but even the producers said \"You don't seem happy. You don't have to go through with this.\" The night before my mom pulled me aside off camera and was like \"This isn't it for you. Why don't you go away and I'll handle it?\" I felt like if I pulled out now everyone's going to think I just did it for the show. Then afterwards people were saying \"You have to stay married for a year \" but I physically couldn't do it . When I made the decision [to divorce] everyone said it was made up for the show. Everyone really wanted to take me down.", "output": [ "Kim Kardashian" ] }, { "id": "task419-6fe9c2ab6c5f47a39107db50a0e3d521", "input": "Hewlett-Packard Co.'s quarter-century alliance with Oracle Corp. has been \"strained\" by the dispute over Oracle's hiring of ousted HP CEO Mark Hurd HP's interim chief said Wednesday.\n Cathie Lesjak also said Hurd needs to be \"reminded\" that he signed agreements to keep HP's trade secrets and other confidential information secret. She said that's why HP is suing to stop him from working at Oracle.\n The ties between the two companies were fraying before Hurd's hiring as Oracle is muscling in on HP's turf by starting to sell computing hardware.\n Oracle's naming of Hurd as a co-president is a thumb in HP's eye -- assuming Oracle isn't eventually blocked from letting him work. Many legal experts believe that HP's case will be hard to win because California courts tend to side with workers and their right to take their skills to rival companies.\n Hurd abruptly resigned last month from HP after five years as CEO in the wake of a sexual-harassment investigation that turned up inaccurate expense reports connected to his accuser. Ellison loudly came to Hurd's defense.\n HP will need an order from the California court where it filed its lawsuit to stop Hurd from working for Oracle. The first hearing in the case isn't scheduled until February although HP is expected to seek a temporary restraining order before then.\n Hurd started his new job this week and is in charge of Oracle's global sales consulting marketing and technical support divisions.\n HP claims that Hurd will be dangerous to its business if he's allowed to work at Oracle because he was privy while at HP to intimate information about customer accounts and HP's strategy for countering Oracle. HP claims that Hurd won't be able to do his job without divulging HP's secrets.\n Hurd took a severance package from HP that could top $40 million. Oracle revealed in a regulatory filing Wednesday that Hurd's new job will pay an annual salary of $950 000 and makes Hurd eligible for a target bonus of $5 million in the current fiscal year.", "output": [ "Hurd" ] }, { "id": "task419-85a2c181ecdc4851a3fcefc46e819e7c", "input": "Despite the fact that the United States had paid for the cranes one senior U.S. diplomat opposed their delivery. Matthew Tueller the U.S. ambassador to Yemen argued that it was pointless to deliver the equipment because it would only be destroyed either by coalition bombs the opposition Houthis or a future military offensive by the United Arab Emirates.\n Tueller was and remains a central figure in peace negotiations which have not resulted in a peace deal or a lasting cessation of hostilities. As talks have faltered a cholera epidemic is spiraling out of control the nation’s infrastructure has been reduced to rubble and some 50 000 children are expected to die of disease and starvation by the end of this year.\nThis portrait of Tueller and his role in the failed peace negotiations is based on interviews with six current and former senior State Department and national security officials who worked closely with Tueller . All of them asked to remain anonymous in order to share diplomatically sensitive details.\nYemen’s President Abdu-Rabbu Mansour Hadi right talks with U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Matthew Tueller left during a meeting in Aden on March 2 2015. Photo: Reuters\n Tueller is a career foreign service officer who has held posts throughout the Middle East serving in Egypt Iraq and Kuwait. A graduate of Brigham Young University and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and a father of five he rose steadily through the State Department ranks gaining a reputation as a well-respected and deeply knowledgeable diplomat. He became ambassador to Kuwait in 2011 and attracted little public attention aside from a happenstance run in with Kim Kardashian.\nMultiple sources in Washington briefed on the negotiations said Abdul Salam’s version was indeed consistent with Tueller ’s position that the Houthis had to accept the agreement as is or else the Yemeni people would face worsening humanitarian conditions though the sources were not in the room for the conversation.\nWhether Tueller made that specific threat or not it ’s notable that the Houthi negotiator would make such a charge publicly. At the very least Abdul Salam’s statement suggests a deep distrust between Tueller and a key party to the conflict.\nBy the spring of 2016 — more than a year into the war – both the Obama White House and State Department began to question why Tueller was pushing such a one-sided plan.\nIn May 2016 Jon Finer Kerry’s chief of staff sent an email to Tueller asking why he didn’t support the formation of a national unity government. A unity government would include members of the various factions giving the Houthis a seat at the table in the form of ministerial positions or other roles.\nThe email was one of several exchanges with Tueller that were widely circulated around the State Department. Its contents and those of other exchanges with Tueller on the topic were described to The Intercept and confirmed by multiple former officials.\nFiner’s concerns were seconded by Eric Pelofsky senior director for Yemen on Obama’s National Security Council who also wrote directly to Tueller . Finer and Pelofsky in their emails urged Tueller to move past the framework provided by U.N. Resolution 2216 and offer something the Houthis might actually accept.\n Tueller responded by saying that the Houthis were negotiating in bad faith. Saleh had already violated the internationally brokered agreement that put Hadi in power he argued so why wouldn’t they violate a future agreement that prescribed them a limited role in government?\nAs the negotiations stretched on State Department officials in D.C. began to feel like they were in the dark about exactly what Tueller was doing. Kerry’s staff pushed to receive more frequent updates. When press reports emerged about the negotiations being deadlocked Finer pressed Tueller again on why he wasn’t pushing negotiations toward the idea of a unity government.\nBut the secretary of state didn’t trust Tueller to carry out his instructions. Kerry thought he had to be involved in the talks to push the new approach and he spent much of the remainder of 2016 participating in Yemen’s peace negotiations. Kerry even met personally with Houthi representatives who were growing frustrated with Tueller . Tueller meanwhile argued that Kerry personally intervening in the talks was premature and would not get the outcome Kerry wanted.\nIn a statement to The Intercept State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert described Tueller as a “devoted career diplomat” and said he has the “full confidence” in the new administration.\n“The U.S. policy in Yemen remains unchanged: to work with our international partners to bring peace prosperity and security to Yemen ” said Nauert. “We have consistently supported the work of the U.N. Special Envoy and comprehensive peace negotiations under the auspices of the U.N.”", "output": [ "Matthew Tueller" ] }, { "id": "task419-91d0587ed2ee4dd5a93f85fcd3ca2f7e", "input": "Call her what you want to but Taylor Swift knows how to write a song.\n She also can craft a stirring poem about reinvention which she chose to share instead of a traditional profile for British Vogue. The “Look What You Made Me Do” singer covers the magazine’s January issue in all her goth Gatsby glory.\n“Obviously she is a world-class lyricist — and has written a stunning poem just for Vogue on the timely subject of reinvention and moving on — but she also takes her duties as a role model very seriously ” editor-in-chief Edward Enninful wrote for the issue. “ Taylor is acutely aware of her following and how she communicates with young women and will never portray a character that would send the wrong message.”\nThe poem titled “The Trick to Holding On ” reads like one of singer’s famous ballads retaining all the hallmarks of her expert storytelling.\nDetails like “childlike whims and moonlight swims” or “phone numbers you know by heart” come across like classic Swift anecdotes fit for a hit single. Head to British Vogue to read the poem in full.\nA post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Dec 5 2017 at 6:51am PST\nUntil Wednesday Swift had yet to give an interview during the “Reputation” era preferring to let her music do the talking. However the pop star was honored among many “Silence Breakers” for Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. In the magazine she opened up about her sexual assault case that went to trial this summer.\n“You might be made to feel like you’re overreacting because society has made this stuff seem so casual ” she wrote in response to Time’s questions. “My advice is that you not blame yourself and do not accept the blame others will try to place on you.”", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-6b154f275e214c5fbbc0ba3703cd688e", "input": "The Washington Post reports Juli Briskman was on her bicycle last month when Trump's motorcade drove by her on a northern Virginia road. A photo that quickly went viral shows her raising the middle finger of her left hand in defiance.\nBriskman's face is not visible in the photo but the Post quoted her as saying she told her bosses at Herndon Virginia-based Akima LLC it was her.\n Briskman says she was promptly fired from the government contracting firm and escorted out for violating the \"code of conduct policy.\" The newspaper said Akima officials didn't return requests for comment.\n Briskman says she 's contacted the American Civil Liberties Union. She says she 'd do what she did again.", "output": [ "Juli Briskman" ] }, { "id": "task419-56b116ea05c54b99bcd03c019a10651e", "input": "Ed Gillespie left is the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Virginia; Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam is the Democratic candidate. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post)\nVirginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie started to close a financial gap with Democratic rival Ralph Northam in October new filings show.\n Gillespie raised $9.7 million between Oct. 1 and Oct. 26 while Northam pulled in nearly $11 million according to records compiled Tuesday by the nonpartisan Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP).\nThe late flood of campaign money is unprecedented in modern Virginia history according to VPAP. Together Gillespie and Northam raised almost twice what the gubernatorial contenders collected in the same period four years ago.\n Northam the state’s lieutenant governor also significantly outspent Gillespie in October $15 million to $10.7 million. Doing so meant losing the 2-to-1 cash advantage he had over Gillespie since the summer.\nWith 12 days before Election Day Northam had $1.7 million left in campaign accounts to Gillespie ’s $1.4 million. Libertarian candidate Cliff Hyra raised $11 000 in the October period ending with about $5 000 on hand.\nRepublican Ed Gillespie and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam are running in this year's closely watched race for Virginia governor. (Claritza Jimenez/The Washington Post)\nThe Republican Governors Association on Monday gave $2.8 million to Gillespie ’s campaign — the largest single donation to a gubernatorial candidate in recent memory according to VPAP.\nThe tightening of the money race comes as most polls show Northam with a slight lead or in a dead heat with Gillespie a longtime GOP operative. Virginia’s governor’s race is widely viewed as a test of politics in the era of President Trump and a hint of what’s to come in next year’s midterm elections.\n Gillespie has been airing hard-edge ads seeking to tie Northam to MS-13 gang violence and a sex offender who briefly got his rights restored. Northam countered with a commercial blasting Gillespie ’s ads as “false attacks” and “despicable ” while the Latino Victory Fund released a controversial commercial featuring a Gillespie supporter in a pickup truck chasing a group of minority children.\n Gillespie ’s earlier fundraising troubles raised questions about why a well-connected former head of the Republican National Committee — and a lobbyist and consultant for Fortune 500 companies — wasn’t able to keep up.\nIn the October filing period the Republican Governors Association poured $4.75 million into Gillespie ’s bid nearly half his haul. He also received $250 000 from Marlene Ricketts a conservative donor who bankrolled an effort to stop Trump from securing the GOP nomination. Investment banker and GOP donor Thomas Saunders and Haulover Creek Development Co. each pitched in $100 000.", "output": [ "Ed Gillespie" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6678f9055f449a19cdf6498d85e6e92", "input": "Jimmy Kimmel (image from YouTube)\nABC’s late-night host Jimmy Kimmel isn’t likely to stop talking about health care anytime soon — especially after the harrowing surgery experience with his infant son Billy and the massive response he ’s received from viewers. But he did reach some closure on Tuesday night.\n“Thank you for joining us on a day of great relief for many millions of Americans. Because the Graham-Cassidy health-care bill a bill I’ve been speaking out against all week we got news today — it shall not pass ” Kimmel said triumphantly as his audience broke into loud applause. “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided to pull the plug this afternoon because they didn’t have the votes. Officially now Graham-Cassidy is dead. I haven’t been this excited about something being dead since Bin Laden.”\nLast week Kimmel delivered several scorch-earth monologues about the bill co-sponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La). In May after Kimmel ’s emotional story about his son and plea to help other families afford health care Cassidy appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Cassidy said he would oppose a health-care bill in which people with preexisting conditions were not protected or had lifetime caps for insurance companies and nicknamed some of his guidelines “the Jimmy Kimmel test.”\n[ Jimmy Kimmel gets heated about health-care bill says Sen. Bill Cassidy ‘lied right to my face’]\nWhen Kimmel discovered the Cassidy-Graham bill did not meet those requirements he accused Cassidy of lying to his face. Cassidy shot back that Kimmel simply didn’t understand. Kimmel doubled down and his monologues went viral. On Tuesday Kimmel credited Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) for saying they would vote “no” on the bill.\n“On behalf of my family especially my son Billy I want to sincerely thank those of you who called your representatives and made your voices heard and got involved ” Kimmel told his viewers.\n Kimmel wasn’t finished though and quickly directed some ire toward President Trump who criticized McCain in a tweet on Tuesday.\n“I bet the walls in the Oval Office are filled with dozens of tiny little fist holes today ” Kimmel said and mocked Trump’s use of “my oh my.” “He’s so mad he’s turned into Scarlett O’Hara.\n“And by the way McCain didn’t even flip-flop ” Kimmel continued. “He’s still in favor of repealing and replacing just not repealing and replacing with a flaming bag of dog crap. And the idea that Donald Trump would criticize anyone for changing his position is very rich. It’s definitely richer than he is. Donald Trump has more flip-flops than a Jimmy Buffett concert. No one contradicts himself more.”\nHe showed a brief video of some of Trump’s past statements in various TV interviews. (“In many ways I identify more as a Democrat.” “I won’t have time to play golf.” “If I decide to run for office I’ll produce my tax returns.”) “His memory is shorter than his fingers ” Kimmel said.\n Kimmel ended with some advice to Congress adding that “we need a system that provides quality affordable health care to every American” and although Obamacare is a start it’s certainly not perfect.\nThanks to all who stood up and spoke out from this happy guy and his less-fortunate friends #GoodbyeGrahamCassidy pic.twitter.com/8QyavZElxu — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) September 26 2017\nHow Jimmy Kimmel of all people became one of the most influential voices on health care\nHow well does Jimmy Kimmel really understand the GOP health-care bill?\n Jimmy Kimmel slams critics of his emotional health-care plea calls out Newt Gingrich", "output": [ "Jimmy Kimmel" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb3dac8da3544cf9883e1134e82baf01", "input": "A woman runs past an Under Armour store in downtown Chicago on Oct. 16. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg)\nAmericans it seems are over Under Armour.\n“This is an abrupt about-turn for a company that until recently was on a mission to challenge the might of Nike ” Neil Saunders managing director of the analytical firm GlobalData Retail said in an email. “Under Armour has become just another brand in a sea of brands.”\nThe problems are multiple he said. Although Under Armour racks up billions of dollars in sales each year analysts say it has failed to drum up much loyalty among its customers. It has also been slow to resonate with women and has struggled to compete with larger rivals such as Nike and Adidas which often offer lower-priced goods. Another factor: bankruptcy filings by key retail distributors such as Sports Authority and Sports Chalet.\n“We are incredibly disappointed with our 2017 performance ” Kevin Plank Under Armour’s founder and chief executive said during the call with analysts. “We have not performed to the level we had originally aspired to.”\nUnder Armour tried to keep up he said by discounting prices and offering more promotions than usual which further cut into the company’s profit margins. But Plank added those were just temporary efforts to shore up sales and not a long-term strategy for the company which once could command higher prices than its competitors. (Men’s running shoes for example start at $74.99 at Under Armour $65 at Adidas and $60 at Nike according to the companies’ websites.)\n“In no way shape or form do we anticipate changing the pricing model that makes Under Armour special and unique ” Plank said. “We invented the $25 T-shirt. We’ve pressed the bounds as to what consumers will pay for apparel. That’ll continue. No one is looking for Under Armour to have the $25 hooded fleece. They want Under Armour at the $75 and $100 price points.”\nBut analysts say that might be a tough sell particularly as customers grow accustomed to deep discounts. Saunders added that a “marked slowdown” in demand for athletic apparel is likely to further complicate Under Armour ’s turnaround efforts.\n“While customer numbers have risen loyalty to the brand is not deep-rooted in the same way that it is at Lululemon and Nike ” he wrote. “What this means is that as demand moderated Under Armour has been quick to drop off the radar of many consumers.”\nThe latest round of disappointing earnings comes on the heels of a tough year. The company posted its first-ever loss in April and in August announced it would lay off 2 percent of its workers. There’s also been changes to the leadership team. Still shares of Under Armour stock which are currently trading at about $13 have lost more than half their value this year.", "output": [ "Armour" ] }, { "id": "task419-8aec2bbfff6f4a8391a7002ab5509b6a", "input": "Chloe Ayling who called the ordeal a “terrifying experience” during a British television interview in August recently uploaded a fully nude image to her Instagram account. Ayling however is turned from the camera and not all of her body is visible in the black and white snap.\n Ayling says she was drugged and held hostage by a group that called itself Black Death after being lured to Milan for a fake photo shoot in July. She said the kidnappers planned to auction her on the dark web to the highest bidder -- unless she paid $355 000 for her freedom.\nGeorge Hepburne Scott the lawyer for 36-year-old suspect Michal Herba has argued in court that the case might have been made up as part of an elaborate publicity stunt to boost Ayling 's career.\nThe 20-year-old model has maintained her kidnapping was real saying on Britain’s “This Morning” in August she feared she would be killed and prayed for a “non-painful death.”\n Ayling described being drugged stuffed into a suitcase transported to an isolated farmhouse and held for almost a week by her captors. The kidnappers allegedly threatened to advertise her as a sex slave or hold her for ransom.\n Ayling has also announced she will be writing a book to \"expose every little detail for the first time.\" The book titled \"Six Days \" is expected to be released in Spring 2018.", "output": [ "Chloe Ayling" ] }, { "id": "task419-49ec7cb2e0644a7d840983427e3a8b06", "input": "2018 GMC Terrain Denali competes with luxury SUVs (Photo: Vanderkaay/GMC)\nPITTSBURGH — General Motors truck division GMC stakes out its turf with the 2018 Terrain Denali a compact SUV trimmed and equipped to compete with the likes of the Acura RDX and Audi Q5.\nTerrain Denali was fast responsive and quiet in a long day of driving that included\nThe Denali ’s fuel economy rating of 21 miles per gallon in the city 26 mpg on the highway and 23 mpg combined essentially matches most competitors. The Audi Q5’s 25 mpg combined leads the class and the Lincoln MKC and Acura RDX trail at 22 mpg.\n The Denali uses premium gasoline to achieve its rated fuel economy as do all competitors except the MKC.\nGMC didn’t become General Motors’ second-largest brand by accident. Born as a provider of delivery trucks early in the 20th Century it has come to embody a compelling mix of ruggedness and sophistication. The 2018 Terrain Denali’s new vision of GMC styling comfort value and features will bolster that reputation.\nHow much? Terrain starts at $24 995 and the all-wheel-drive Denali is $39 270. Price as tested: $43 475.", "output": [ "Denali" ] }, { "id": "task419-aa688be134e64d56aa04035d08d7f0b9", "input": "Terry Collins ’ imminent firing didn’t have to get ugly if not downright reprehensible. Really it shouldn’t have been difficult at all.\nThe difference was the Phillies informed Mackanin of their decision — imagine that — and asked him to remain in the organization as an assistant to GM Matt Klentak an offer the ex-manager said he was happy to accept.\nAnd Mackanin failed to so much as manage the Phillies to a winning record never mind a World Series. He was on the job for less than three full seasons or not even half the time Collins managed in New York.\nDavid Wright bashes Mets teammates for ripping Terry Collins \nSo why couldn’t the Mets have handled their business in a similarly classy manner instead of keeping Collins in the dark about a decision that was a foregone conclusion for months and then trashing him with anonymous front-office quotes in his final few days in the big chair.\nWhat they got mad when Collins in response to names of potential successors being leaked to the media said he had no intention of retiring at the end of the season?\nIf they had given him the Mackanin treatment before the Mets’ final homestand and offered him some type of organizational job for a couple of years I’m certain Collins would have then agreed to say it was time to step down.\nAfter all he’s 68 and well aware the front office has been critical of his decision-making for years particularly his handling of pitchers. While the 2017 season was hardly Collins ’ fault his team crippled by injuries the Mets’ brass had every right if it felt the time had come for change.\n Collins refuses to address allegations he lost Mets clubhouse\nThe way the Terry Collins era of Mets baseball is ending is no laughing matter. (David Zalubowski/AP)\nAll management had to do was communicate that to him at some point and then allow him to finish the season. The team was playing out the string anyway and though Mets’ fans have had their issues over the years with his in-game strategy surely they would have given Collins an ovation or two last week at Citi Field.\nEven if Collins deserves some of the blame for what turned into a cold war of sorts this summer with the front office and ownership perhaps in part because he didn’t like being told he couldn’t talk about injuries in the end Alderson should have been bigger than that.\nAnd yes I’m aware that Fred and Jeff Wilpon have the final say but that’s no excuse for the GM leaving Collins hanging.\nWhen I spoke with Collins last week he said he hadn’t been told a thing about his future. When I asked him if he had considered going to Alderson to ask about it he shook his head.\n“I shouldn’t have to ” he said.\n He ’s right about that.", "output": [ "Collins Collins", "Collins" ] }, { "id": "task419-640e95aba3184b0fab9ae2a78b148232", "input": "PALO ALTO Calif. (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan said on Tuesday he wants to see more signs of upward inflation before raising interest rates again but that low long-term borrowing costs may limit how far and fast rates can be raised.\nThe Fed has raised rates twice this year and is widely expected to do so again in December. But even as the short-term interest rate targeted by the Fed has climbed the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury has fallen a reversal of what usually happens and a development that Kaplan said he sees as “a little ominous.”\n“I view that as a comment on future economic growth ” Kaplan said at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. “And what I don’t want to see us do is raise rates so fast that we get an inverted yield curve because history has shown an inverted yield curve has tended to be a precursor to a recession. ”\nKaplan who votes this year on Fed policy appeared on Tuesday to be wrestling with how to balance the costs of leaving rates low against the potential dangers of raising rates too fast. He repeated his concern that globalization and technology are keeping inflation muted despite unemployment that sank in September to 4.2 percent.\nWhile near-full employment is putting some upward pressure on inflation he said on Wednesday those secular forces are acting as headwinds.\n“I’ll be looking for evidence that we are making progress or likely to make progress over the medium term in reaching our 2-percent (inflation) target ” Kaplan told reporters after the event.\nAsked by a reporter what he thinks of former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh Kaplan said he believes disagreement at the Fed is healthy.\n“I think very highly of Kevin ” Kaplan said. “ He and I may disagree on some things. I think that’s a good thing....I am confident that a good decision will be made and the Fed will operate very effectively in the future including if it’s Janet Yellen who I think has done an outstanding job.”", "output": [ "Robert Kaplan" ] }, { "id": "task419-9639508bc7994b159d0882bbcba362b4", "input": "The Philippine National Police (PNP) identified the hostage taker as former Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza. Mendoza was dismissed from service for extortion and forcing a chef to swallow \"shabu.\"\n Two police officers Superintendent Orlando Yebra Jr. and Chief Inspector Romeo Salvador have started negotiations with Mendoza.\n Mendoza is demanding authorities to clear his name and be reinstated to the service.\n MPD spokesman Police Chief Inspector Erwin Margarejo said in a press briefing that the use of force against the hostage taker will be a last resort. He added that Mendoza's demand for reinstatement will be studied and will undergo undue process.\n Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has appealed to Mendoza to \"honor and respect\" the lives of hostages. The government is hoping that tourists will view it as an \"isolated incident\" and that \"it does not reflect real situation of the country.\"\n Mendoza was carrying an M-16 rifle when he abducted the bus with plate number TUU 799 Monday morning. The abduction was held near Rizal Park a major tourist site in Manila.", "output": [ "Rolando Mendoza" ] }, { "id": "task419-567ba1253da74d39b7b1d8e334a08892", "input": "Marco Rubio sure does.\nThe idea that Game of Thrones is a deep political allegory (from which maybe a certain kind of politician might learn) has been building for years now but it seems Rubio is just now getting the message.\nThe show is on its seventh season where the heck have you been? Just last month the senator advised Florida residents preparing for Hurricane Irma to \"hunker down\" and \"catch up on Game of Throne — whatever it's called \" so you know his binge began recently.\nWonder how Rubio 's liking it so far. Do you think he's a Podrick Payne or Renly Barratheon perhaps? How long would Rubio survive in Westeros?\nWho knows maybe Game of Thrones could have at least given Rubio the skills necessary to win his own state in the primary.", "output": [ "Marco Rubio" ] }, { "id": "task419-4548adf6f3b24c73a12833bc0028204f", "input": "HAVANA (Reuters) - With revolutionary leader Fidel Castro dead and his brother Raul vowing to step down as president in 15 months it will soon be the hour of heir apparent Miguel Diaz-Canel an advocate for modernizing Cuba's state-run media and abysmal internet access.\n Diaz-Canel was elevated to the position of first vice-president in 2013 putting him next in line for the presidency.\nAt 56 he is a relative youngster in the ruling Communist Party's leadership and will need to appeal to younger generations if Cuban communism is to thrive beyond the Castro brothers.\n He has already established press and internet freedom as signature concerns a potentially disruptive change in a one-party state that has monopolized the media for nearly 58 years.\nOtherwise however he has a much weaker public profile than the Castros and it is not clear what policy changes he would push through.\nUntil now he has held to the party line or avoided public comment on key issues such as economic and political reforms or relations with the United States which were overhauled by Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama over the past two years.\nStill experts say his position as heir apparent is solid and that he would have to stumble badly for someone else to leapfrog him and become the next president in Cuba's arcane system for choosing its leader.\nBorn after the Castros took power in 1959 Diaz-Canel is a child of their revolution who rose through the Communist Party by cultivating relationships within the political elite while avoiding the show-boating that ended the careers of other pretenders.\n\" He has the advantage of having outlived his predecessors (as heir apparent) \" Christopher Sabatini a Cuba expert at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs said on Monday.\n Diaz-Canel has been careful not to eclipse Raul Castro and is so cautious as to come off as dull and gray his public statements largely unmemorable.\n\" He 's sublimated any ambitions he may have had so the question is what his role and power will be among the old guard. Most people try to imagine him bridging the new generation and the historic one. That should be challenging \" Sabatini said.\nThat reserved behavior and the government's secretive nature make Diaz-Canel largely a mystery to all but Cuba's political elite.\nU.S. officials say they know little about him and most Cubans outside his hometown of Santa Clara know even less.\nIf he does take over in 2018 Diaz-Canel will be following 59 years of rule by the Castro brothers one who was gifted with abundant charisma and the other who commanded the absolute respect of top military and political figures.\n\" He will be the first civilian president of the revolution and that will require the confidence of the military \" said Arturo Lopez Levy a former political analyst for the Cuban government whose mother taught Diaz-Canel at university.\n Diaz-Canel chose to pedal. He would navigate the provincial capital Santa Clara vying for space on narrow streets clogged with horse-drawn carts motorcycle taxis and pedestrians.", "output": [ "Miguel Diaz-Canel" ] }, { "id": "task419-615f0e012b2c4a9bb6e3d346de91db68", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Frank Sinatra makes a deal with known mobster Sam Giancana on the golf course at the Tamarisk Country Club. Marilyn Chung and Brett Kelman/The Desert Sun\nFrank Sinatra's home in Rancho Mirage designed by William Cody shortly after its completion. (Photo: Courtesy of Palm Springs Historical Society)\n Sinatra ’s ‘Twin Palms’ home in Palm Springs by famed architect E. Stewart Williams (1947) is well-known but it was his base for only five years. It can be hired for events photo shoots vacation rentals and tours e.g. during Modernism Week. By contrast his home in Rancho Mirage is as much a private residence today as it was when Sinatra lived there from 1954 – 1995.\nThe reason usually given for Sinatra’s move a few miles away was because “Palm Springs was getting too crowded.” It wasn’t quite that simple. He and Ava Gardner were calling it quits in 1953 – she filed for divorce in 1954 – and Sinatra ’s career was in trouble. The ‘Twin Palms’ home was a regular reminder of his recent personal and professional problems so he sold the house in April 1953. He then stayed at songwriter friend Jimmy Van Heusen’s home in Thunderbird Heights ‘hiding from reporters’ when he was in town. Van Heusen had introduced Sinatra to the desert in the 1940s.\n Sinatra ’s career was about to reignite with the film From Here to Eternity for which Sinatra won an Oscar in 1954. February 1954 also saw the launch of his first successful album for Capitol Records Songs for Young Lovers. Around the same time Sinatra purchased a couple of lots including a modest home at Tamarisk Country Club beside the 17th fairway on Wonder Palms Road now Frank Sinatra Drive. Having a quieter place to escape to for Sinatra was vital as his career rebounded. Like many entertainment figures in the desert Sinatra enjoyed golf. He became a member of Tamarisk Country Club in 1954 and although he didn’t play often he signed up for Pro-Am fundraisers along with Danny Kaye and Groucho Marx.\n The house Sinatra bought with the land was even smaller than his Twin Palms home. Architectural Digest (1998) described it thus:\nWilliam F. Cody designed the original home (similar in style to the Cody Cottages at Thunderbird) in 1952 for client Austin H. Peterson but Sinatra saw fell in love with and purchased the home before Peterson ever moved in. Records show that Cody designed the house’s expansion and remodel for Sinatra .\nIn November 1955 Palm Springs Villager magazine ran a full-page ad for Tony Burke Realtors featuring a photo of Frank Sinatra and announcing the sale of the Tamarisk Country Club home. Was Sinatra having buyer’s remorse? Or was this a favor for the realtor? The ad read:\n“ Mr Frank Sinatra said … 'Tony find a bigger house for me .' We did. He bought the handsome estate once owned by Al Jolson. So now he has entrusted us with the disposal of his elegant home on the golf course at Tamarisk Country Club. Pictured above Frank and Jimmy Van Heusen are relaxing musically in the living room.”\n Sinatra had a change of heart. Maybe he was just too busy to move. Earl Wilson’s society column observed (Desert Sun May 10 1956):\n“ Frank Sinatra nearly washed up two years ago will have six films in release in ’56.”\nIn 1956 another room and bathroom were added then over the next few years according to Architectural Digest (1998) he added a pair of two bedroom cottages one off either end of the pool.\n“Each bedroom had its own separate his -and-her baths. Sinatra also expanded the main house adding a dining room for twenty-four and a restaurant-size kitchen with a commercial range a walk-in refrigerator and freezer and a wine closet.”\n He bought adjoining lots so that he eventually owned two-and-a-half acres.\n Sinatra also moved to Tamarisk because it was unrestricted. He couldn’t stand bigotry on any level. Frank’s best friend and Rat Pack member Sammy Davis Jr. was unwelcome most places unless he was performing. The two singers became friends in 1941. It was at Sinatra ’s Tamarisk home that Sammy Davis recuperated following the 1954 car accident that nearly killed him in which Davis lost his left eye. Davis normally wore a good luck charm around his neck a mezuzah given to him by Eddie Cantor. The night of the accident he wasn’t wearing it. Davis converted to Judaism in 1961.\n“[ Sinatra ’s] various defenses of civil rights causes and his friendship with (Sammy) Davis have hurt him commercially in the South while his contributions to Israeli charities have gotten him his records and movies banned in the Arab countries.”", "output": [ "Frank Sinatra" ] }, { "id": "task419-91b3db35290241858ff140cbd7073f8b", "input": "Los Angeles (AFP) – Lou Williams’ three-pointer was the final dagger in the Los Angeles Clippers’ wild 113-112 NBA triumph over the Washington Wizards on Saturday.\nA frenetic finish saw the lead change hands three times in the final 13 seconds but Williams had the last word with a 30-foot jump shot made over the outstretched arms of Washington’s Bradley Beal.\n Williams scored 35 points for the Clippers who snapped a three-game losing streak.\n He leads the league in points off the bench at 17.8 per game and after becoming the 96th player to amass 1 000 three-pointers in his career on Thursday added four more to take his tally to 1 007.", "output": [ "Lou Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-b559dca880ac402597f6016119288878", "input": "CLOSE Rev. Billy Graham died at the age of 99. He was known for his charisma but said \"I despise all this attention on me ... I'm not trying to bring people to myself but I know that God has sent me out as a warrior.\" USA TODAY\nThe American evangelist Rev. Billy Graham 99 has died. American evangelist Billy Graham addresses the congregation at the opening of the 32-day Greater London Crusade at the Earls Court Convention Centre London England June 1 1966. (Photo: Hulton Archive)\nLONDON — The Rev. Billy Graham who died Wednesday at age 99 was friend to a number of world leaders — and counted Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II among them.\n“No one in Britain has been more cordial toward us than Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II ” Graham the world's best-known evangelist wrote in Just As I Am his 1997 autobiography.\nMore: Was Billy Graham really friends with Queen Elizabeth like depicted in 'The Crown'?\nMore: Billy Graham America's pastor has died\nMore: Billy Graham reached millions through his crusades. Here's how he did it\nThe Grahams visited Britain’s royal family at locations including two of the queen’s homes — Windsor Castle near London and the Sandringham estate in eastern England the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association said in an article to mark the monarch’s 90th birthday in 2016.\n“Her official position has prevented her from openly endorsing our crusade meetings. But by welcoming us and having me preach on several occasions to the royal family at Windsor and Sandringham she has gone out of her way to be quietly supportive of our mission ” Graham wrote in his autobiography.\nMore: A look at all the books Billy Graham wrote\nMore: 16 lesser-known facts about Billy Graham including that time he went skinny dipping with Lyndon B. Johnson\nThe relationship between Graham and the British monarch was depicted in the Netflix series The Crown — although some historians say a few creative liberties were taken.\n“I think he’s rather handsome ” Claire Foy who plays the queen on the show tells her husband Prince Philip after seeing Graham preach.\n“You do speak with such wonderful clarity and certainty ” she later tells Graham played by Paul Sparks.\n Graham who suffered from ailments including cancer and pneumonia died Wednesday at his home in North Carolina where he retired in 2005.\nJustin Welby the leader of the Church of England and head of the worldwide Anglican Church said in a statement that Graham has \"few equals.\"", "output": [ "Billy Graham" ] }, { "id": "task419-23e77bf1cfe14f5385f8672e9dfb3daa", "input": "Bitcoin hit a record high of $16 623 per coin on Thursday December 7. Two years ago the idea of buying the virtual currency even at that price was laughable. After a rapid rise in value in 2013 the cryptocurrency's value more than halved by mid-2015. At its lowest point one bitcoin was equal to about $230. Given the currency's covert nature the average person still may not understand how buying and selling actually works. Using the app Coinbase which lets anyone trade bitcoins for a small fee we decided to find out. A brief warning: If you're going to do this tell your bank you're about to buy bitcoin. More on that later. And to read more about blockchain the technology powering bitcoin click here. View As: One Page Slides\nThis is what the Coinbase app looks like on an iPhone.\nHowever Coinbase's interface makes it simple to enter the basic personal information it needs to create your account.\nThe final step before entering my financial information was two-step verification for security which Coinbase quickly sent to my phone.\nTo sell the bitcoin Coinbase only allows users to pair their bank account with the app; a credit or debit card won't suffice.\nSince Coinbase wasn't linked to my bank account the transaction needs a few days to process before the money is transferred.", "output": [ "Coinbase" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b2b4b1b253c4828a2b18c76d2a2f36a", "input": "TAIPEI (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp chief executive Jensen Huang said on Thursday artificial intelligence would enable fully automated cars within 4 years but sought to tamp down expectations for a surge in demand for its chips from cryptocurrency miners.\nFILE PHOTO: Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang attends an event during the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei Taiwan May 30 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu\n“It will take no more than 4 years to have fully autonomous cars on the road. How long it takes for the vast majority of cars on the road to become that it really just depends ” Huang told media after a company event in Taipei.\nBut Huang joined peers taming expectations of strong revenue growth from a wave of interest in cryptocurrencies. Advanced Micro Devices Inc expected this week that there will be some leveling off of cryptocurrency demand. [nL4N1MZ5RP]\n“Revenue for us in crypto is over $100 million a quarter. For us it’s a small percentage... It’s obviously not a target market ” Huang said.", "output": [ "Jensen Huang" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f1baf1df40748b693e79a37f25a850f", "input": "“Have you been to Mamayev Kurgan yet? ” Minin asked me. He was referring to another hill where the battle was so intense it changed the hill’s shape. Now the Motherland Calls statue stands there a 170-foot concrete woman raising a sword to summon her countrymen into battle. It’s where Nazi Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus was captured Minin noted with reverence and looked into the sunny distance. “You know it’s important to see how young people defended their homeland.” When we got to the cafeteria I saw that it too was haunted by its Soviet past. Grouchy middle-aged women in hairnets dished out bland greasy cuisine. If it weren’t for students tapping at their smartphones it would have been hard to tell that the 21st century had ever arrived. I sat down at a table with a team from Astrakhan and told them I had been to their hometown once a romantically shabby old city by the Caspian Sea. The students smirked. “Everyone wants to leave ” a third-year named Anton said. “There’s nothing to do there ” his teammate Sergei added. “We did an amazing job … creating the illusion that Putin controls everything in Russia … Now it’s just funny” how much Americans attribute to him . Anton was hoping that Minin could help him get his foot in the door at one of the state security services. “It’s prestigious they pay well and the work is interesting ” he said. If he were accepted he could hope for a salary of 50 000 rubles (less than $900) a month which was almost double the average salary in Astrakhan. Was he motivated by any feelings of—“Patriotic conviction? ” Anton finished my sentence and started to chuckle. “No ” he said. “I don’t care what government I work for. If the French Foreign Legion takes me I’ll go!”\nBut most Russians don’t recognize the Russia portrayed in this story: powerful organized and led by an omniscient omnipotent leader who is able to both formulate and execute a complex and highly detailed plot. Gleb Pavlovsky a political consultant who helped Putin win his first presidential campaign in 2000 and served as a Kremlin adviser until 2011 simply laughed when I asked him about Putin ’s role in Donald Trump’s election. “We did an amazing job in the first decade of Putin ’s rule of creating the illusion that Putin controls everything in Russia ” he said. “Now it’s just funny” how much Americans attribute to him . A businessman who is high up in Putin ’s United Russia party said over an espresso at a Moscow café: “You’re telling me that everything in Russia works as poorly as it does except our hackers? Rosneft”—the state-owned oil giant—“doesn’t work well. Our health-care system doesn’t work well. Our education system doesn’t work well. And here all of a sudden are our hackers and they’re amazing?” The election hack “was a very emotional tactical decision.” The Kremlin was “very upset about the Panama Papers ” which cast light on Putin’s wealth. In the same way that Russians overestimate America seeing it as an all-powerful orchestrator of global political developments Americans project their own fears onto Russia a country that is a paradox of deftness might and profound weakness—unshakably steady yet somehow always teetering on the verge of collapse. Like America it is hostage to its peculiar history tormented by its ghosts.\nNone of these factors obviates the dangers Russia poses; rather each gives them shape. Both Putin and his country are aging declining—but the insecurities of decline present their own risks to America. The United States intelligence community is unanimous in its assessment not only that Russians interfered in the U.S. election but that in the words of former FBI Director James Comey “they will be back.” It is a stunning escalation of hostilities for a troubled country whose elites still have only a tenuous grasp of American politics. And it is classically Putin and classically Russian: using daring aggression to mask weakness to avenge deep resentments and at all costs to survive. I’d come to Russia to try to answer two key questions. The more immediate is how the Kremlin despite its limitations pulled off one of the greatest acts of political sabotage in modern history turning American democracy against itself. And the more important—for Americans anyway—is what might still be in store and how far an emboldened Vladimir Putin is prepared to go in order to get what he wants. Jeff Elkins; Alexey Kurbatov and Muti “It wasn’t a strategic operation ” says Andrei Soldatov a Russian journalist with deep sources in the security services who writes about the Kremlin’s use of cybertechnology. “Given what everyone on the inside has told me ” he says hacking the U.S. political system “was a very emotional tactical decision. People were very upset about the Panama Papers.”\nIn the spring of 2016 an international consortium of journalists began publishing revelations from a vast trove of documents belonging to a Panamanian law firm that specialized in helping its wealthy foreign clients move money some of it ill-gotten out of their home countries and away from the prying eyes of tax collectors. (The firm has denied any wrongdoing.) The documents revealed that Putin’s old friend Sergei Roldugin a cellist and the godfather to Putin’s elder daughter had his name on funds worth some $2 billion. It was an implausible fortune for a little-known musician and the journalists showed that these funds were likely a piggy bank for Putin’s inner circle. Roldugin has denied any wrongdoing but the Kremlin was furious about the revelation. Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov whose wife was also implicated angrily ascribed the reporting to “many former State Department and CIA employees” and to an effort to “destabilize” Russia ahead of its September 2016 parliamentary elections. The argument was cynical but it revealed a certain logic: The financial privacy of Russia’s leaders was on par with the sovereignty of Russia’s elections. “The Panama Papers were a personal slight to Putin ” says John Sipher a former deputy of the CIA’s Russia desk. “They think we did it.” Putin’s inner circle Soldatov says felt “they had to respond somehow.” According to Soldatov’s reporting on April 8 2016 Putin convened an urgent meeting of his national-security council; all but two of the eight people there were veterans of the KGB. Given the secrecy and timing of this meeting Soldatov believes it was then that Putin gave the signal to retaliate.\nIt was almost like one of Minin’s hacking competitions but with higher stakes. The hackers are not always guys in military-intelligence uniforms Soldatov told me; in some cases they’re mercenary freelancers willing to work for the highest bidder—or cybercriminals who have been caught and blackmailed into working for the government. ( Putin has denied “state level” involvement in election meddling but plausible deniability is the point of working through unofficial hackers.) American officials noticed the same messy and amorphous behavior as the summer of 2016 wore on. A former staffer in Barack Obama’s administration says that intercepted communications between FSB and military-intelligence officers revealed arguing and a lack of organization. “It was ad hoc ” a senior Obama-administration official who saw the intelligence in real time told me. “They were kind of throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what would stick.”\nWhen the Obama administration began to realize in the summer that the Russians were up to something more wide-ranging than what they’d done before the White House worried about only half the problem. At that point the most alarming development was Russian probing of states’ voting systems. The dumps of hacked data and the churn of false stories about Clinton seemed less troubling and also harder to combat without looking political. In September Obama approached Putin on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou China and told him to “cut it out.” That fall National-Security Adviser Susan Rice hand-delivered a warning to the Russian ambassador to Washington Sergey Kislyak. The White House tasked the Treasury and State Departments with exploring new sanctions against Russia as well as the publication of information about Putin’s personal wealth but decided that such moves might backfire. If the White House pushed too hard the Russians might dump even more stolen documents. Who knew what else they had? Nevertheless with just a month to go until the election the Obama administration took the extraordinary step of alerting the public. On October 7 2016 a joint statement from the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said “The U.S. Intelligence Community is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails” from U.S. political organizations. “These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the U.S. election process.”\nA forgery a couple of groups of hackers and a drip of well-timed leaks were all it took to throw American politics into chaos. Whether and to what extent the Trump campaign was complicit in the Russian efforts is the subject of active inquiries today. Regardless Putin pulled off a spectacular geopolitical heist on a shoestring budget—about $200 million according to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. This point is lost on many Americans: The subversion of the election was as much a product of improvisation and entropy as it was of long-range vision. What makes Putin effective what makes him dangerous is not strategic brilliance but a tactical flexibility and adaptability—a willingness to experiment to disrupt and to take big risks. “They do plan ” said a senior Obama-administration official. “They’re not stupid at all. But the idea that they have this all perfectly planned and that Putin is an amazing chess player—that’s not quite it. He knows where he wants to end up he plans the first few moves and then he figures out the rest later. People ask if he plays chess or checkers. It’s neither: He plays blackjack. He has a higher acceptance of risk. Think about it. The election interference—that was pretty risky what he did. If Hillary Clinton had won there would’ve been hell to pay.” Even the manner of the Russian attack was risky. The fact that the Russians didn’t really bother hiding their fingerprints is a testament to the change in Russia’s intent toward the U.S. Robert Hannigan a former head of the Government Communications Headquarters the British analogue to the National Security Agency said at the Aspen Forum. “The brazen recklessness of it … the fact that they don’t seem to care that it’s attributed to them very publicly is the biggest change.”\nThat recklessness nonetheless has clear precursors—both in Putin’s evolving worldview and in his changing domestic circumstances. For more than a decade America’s strategic carelessness with regard to Russia has stoked Putin’s fears of being deposed by the U.S. and pushed him toward ever higher levels of antagonism. So has his political situation—the need to take ever larger foreign risks to shore up support at home as the economy has struggled. These pressures have not abated; if anything they have accelerated in recent years. II. The History When it is snowing as it was on this spring afternoon the gray crags of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations blend into the low-slung steely sky. This is where the Soviet state once minted its diplomats and spies. Here they mastered the nuances of the world before stepping out into it. Today the university’s role is much the same although it has been watered down by corruption: The wealthy often buy their children admission. I had been invited to listen to a lecture by one of the institute’s most prominent faculty members Andranik Migranyan who himself graduated from the school in 1972. Migranyan spent much of the past decade in New York where he ran the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation a Russian think tank reported to have ties to the Russian foreign ministry. Among his old classmates is Sergei Lavrov the foreign minister whom he still counts as a friend.\nThis afternoon Migranyan was lecturing on Putin’s speech at the 2007 Munich Conference on Security Policy a speech that seems to be Russia’s sole post-Soviet ideological document—and key to understanding how the relationship between Russia and the U.S. reached today’s nadir. Putin still a painfully awkward speaker at the time was seven years into his now nearly two-decade reign. Eighteen years prior in 1989 he had been a KGB officer stationed in Dresden East Germany shoveling sensitive documents into a furnace as protesters gathered outside and the Berlin Wall crumbled. Not long after that the Soviet Union was dead and buried and the world seemed to have come to a consensus: The Soviet approach to politics—violent undemocratic—was wrong even evil. The Western liberal order was a better and more moral form of government. For a while Putin had tried to find a role for Russia within that Western order. When Boris Yeltsin Russia’s first post-Soviet president named him his successor in 1999 Russia was waging war against Islamist separatists in Chechnya. On 9/11 Putin was the first foreign leader to call President George W. Bush hoping to impress on him that they were now allies in the struggle against terrorism. He tried to be helpful in Afghanistan. But in 2003 Bush ignored his objections to the invasion of Iraq going around the United Nations Security Council where Russia has veto power. It was a humiliating reminder that in the eyes of the West Russia was irrelevant that “Russian objections carried no weight ” as Migranyan told his students. But to Putin it was something more: Under the guise of promoting democracy and human rights Washington had returned to its Cold War–era policy of deposing and installing foreign leaders. Even the open use of military force was now fair game.\nIn 2007 speaking to the representatives and defenders of the Western order Putin officially registered his dissent. “Only two decades ago the world was ideologically and economically split and its security was provided by the massive strategic potential of two superpowers ” Putin declaimed sullenly. But that order had been replaced by a “unipolar world” dominated only by America. “It is the world of one master one sovereign.” A world order controlled by a single country “has nothing in common with democracy ” he noted pointedly. The current order was both “unacceptable” and ineffective. “Unilateral illegitimate action” only created “new human tragedies and centers of conflict.” He was referring to Iraq which by that point had descended into sectarian warfare. The time had come he said “to rethink the entire architecture of global security.” This was the protest of a losing side that wanted to renegotiate the terms of surrender 16 years after the fact. Nonetheless Putin has spent the decade since that speech making sure that the United States can never again unilaterally maneuver without encountering friction—and most important that it can never ever depose him. “You should have seen the faces of [John] McCain and [Joe] Lieberman ” a delighted Migranyan told his students who appeared to be barely listening. The hawkish American senators who attended Putin’s speech “were gobsmacked. Russia had been written off! And Putin committed a mortal sin in Munich : He told the truth.”\nThe year that followed Migranyan said “was the year of deed and action.” Russia went to war with neighboring Georgia in 2008 a move that Migranyan described as a sort of comeuppance for nato which had expanded to include other former Soviet republics. But Western encroachment on Russia’s periphery was not the Kremlin’s central grievance. The U.S. Migranyan complained had also been meddling directly in Russian politics. American consultants had engineered painful post-Soviet market reforms enriching themselves all the while and had helped elect the enfeebled and unpopular Yeltsin to a second term in 1996. The U.S. government directly funded both Russian and American nongovernmental organizations such as the National Endowment for Democracy to promote democracy and civil society in Russia. Some of those same NGOs had ties to the so-called color revolutions which toppled governments in former Soviet republics and replaced them with democratic regimes friendly to the West. The Rose Revolution in Georgia the Orange Revolution in Ukraine the Tulip Revolution in Kyrgyzstan—“Russia looks at this with understandable mistrust ” Migranyan told his students. He pointed out that the United States by its own admission had spent $5 billion in Ukraine to promote democracy—that is to expand the liberal Western order. Through this prism it is not irrational to believe that the U.S. might be coming for Moscow—and Putin —next. This is why in 2012 Russia kicked out USAID. It is why Russia banned the National Endowment for Democracy in 2015 under a new law that shuttered “undesirable” organizations. Putin is said to have watched the video of Qaddafi’s lynching over and over obsessively. He feared the Americans would come for him next. Putin’s Munich doctrine has a corollary: Americans may think they’re promoting democracy but they’re really spreading chaos. “Look at what happened in Egypt ” Migranyan said beginning a litany of failed American-backed revolutions. In 2011 the Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak stepped down following protests the U.S. had supported Migranyan contended. But after “radical Islamists” won power democratically the U.S. turned a blind eye to a military coup that deposed the new leaders. Then there was Libya. “You toppled the most successful government in North Africa ” Migranyan said looking in my direction. “In the end we got a ruined government a brutally murdered American ambassador chaos and Islamic radicals.”\n“If we count all the American failures maybe it’s time you start listening to Russia? ” Migranyan said growing increasingly agitated. “If [Syrian President Bashar al-Assad] has to go then who comes in in place of Assad? … Don’t destroy regimes if you don’t know what comes after!” Putin had always been suspicious of democracy promotion but two moments convinced him that America was coming for him under its guise. The first was the 2011 nato intervention in Libya which led ultimately to the ousting and gruesome lynching of the Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi. Afterward many people who interacted with Putin noticed how deeply Qaddafi’s death troubled him . He is said to have watched the video of the killing over and over. “The way Qaddafi died made a profound impact on him ” says Jake Sullivan a former senior State Department official who met repeatedly with senior Russian officials around that time. Another former senior Obama-administration official describes Putin as “obsessed” with Qaddafi’s death. (The official concedes “I think we did overreach” in Libya.) The second moment was in November 2013 when young Ukrainians came out onto the Maidan—Independence Square—in the capital Kiev to protest then-President Viktor Yanukovych pulling out of an economic agreement with the European Union under pressure from Putin . The demonstrators stayed all winter until the police opened fire on them killing some 100 people. The next day February 21 2014 Yanukovych signed a political-reconciliation plan brokered by Russia America and the EU but that night he fled the capital. To Putin it was clear what had happened: America had toppled his closest ally in a country he regarded as an extension of Russia itself. All that money America had spent on prodemocracy NGOs in Ukraine had paid off. The presence of Victoria Nuland a State Department assistant secretary handing out snacks on the Maidan during the protests only cemented his worst fears.\n“The Maidan shifted a gear ” Ben Rhodes Obama’s deputy national-security adviser for strategic communications told me. “ Putin had always been an antagonist and aggressive. But he went on offense after the Maidan. The gloves were off in a way. To Putin Ukraine was such a part of Russia that he took it as an assault on him .” (A source close to the Kremlin confirmed this account.) Putin and Lavrov were known within the Obama administration for their long tirades chastising the American president for all the disrespect shown to Russia since 1991—like the time in 2014 that Obama listed Russia and Ebola as global threats in the same speech. Yanukovych’s fall made these tirades far more intense. “For two years afterwards there wasn’t a phone call in which [ Putin ] wouldn’t mention it ” accusing the U.S. of supporting regime change in Ukraine Rhodes recalled. Regime change in Libya and Ukraine led to Russia propping up Bashar al-Assad in Syria. “Not one more” is how Jon Finer former Secretary of State John Kerry’s chief of staff characterizes Putin’s approach in Syria. It also led inexorably to Russian meddling in the U.S. election: Russia would show the U.S. that there was more than one regime-change racket in town. III. The Player For Russia a country relentlessly focused on its history 2017 was a big year. November marked 100 years since the Bolsheviks a radical minority faction of socialists brought guns into a fledgling parliament and wrested Russia onto an equally radical path. That bloody experiment itself ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Soviet Union; December 2016 marked its 25th anniversary. Both anniversaries were largely ignored by the Kremlin-controlled media because they are uncomfortable for Putin . Bolsheviks were revolutionaries and Putin a statist to his core loathes revolutions. But he was also raised to be a person of the Soviet state to admire its many achievements which is why he famously referred to the fall of the Soviet Union as “the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.”\n Putin governs with the twin collapses of 1917 and 1991 at the forefront of his thinking. He fears for himself when another collapse comes—because collapse always comes because it has already come twice in 100 years. He is constantly trying to avoid it. The exiled oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky has publicly spoken of deposing Putin and until recently did not eschew violent means. People like Alexey Navalny the opposition leader openly talk about putting Putin and his closest associates on trial. The Russian opposition gleefully waits for Putin to fall to resign to die. Every misstep every dip in oil prices is to them just another sign of his coming personal apocalypse. The hungry anticipation is mirrored in the West especially in the United States.\nFear of collapse is also why Russian propaganda is intent on highlighting the bloody aftermath of revolutions the world over. Things may not be great in Russia now—the country has struggled mightily since 2012—but the country’s news programs suggest things can always get worse. That’s what Russians are told happened in the 1990s in the nine frenetic years between the Soviet Union’s collapse and Putin ’s ascent to power. “When you have two governmental collapses in 100 years people are scared of them ” Migranyan told me. Many Russians remember the last one personally. But the number who do is shrinking. One in four Russian men dies before the age of 55. Putin turned 65 in October and is surrounded by people who are as old as he is if not older. Russia is now “in an autumnal autocracy ” Ekaterina Schulmann a political scientist in Moscow says. “The more it tries to seem young and energetic the more it obviously fails.” As Aleksey Chesnakov a former Kremlin insider told me in Russia “the most active voters”—the people who buy in most fully to what Putin ’s selling—“are the pensioners.” To Putin ’s supporters his regime isn’t an autocracy exactly. “It can be described as demophilia ” Migranyan explained. “It is not a democracy but it is in the name of the people and for the people. Putin ’s main constituency is the people. All of his power comes from his rating with the people and therefore it’s important that he gives them the fruits of his rule.” The Kremlin calls it “managed democracy.”\nThis too is crucial to understanding why Putin acts as he does and how he is likely to think about new campaigns against the United States. The Kremlin’s direction of the press the close eye it keeps on polls and approval numbers and especially its foreign policy—they all exist to buttress Putin ’s legitimacy to curry favor with his 144 million subjects. It’s a complicated hiccuping feedback loop designed to guarantee that Putin ’s authoritarian rule remains popular and unthreatened. This is why Putin insists on having elections even if the result is always predictable. “Without renewing the mandate the system can’t survive ” Chesnakov said. “According to polls two-thirds of Russians don’t want a monarchy. They want a democracy. But they have a different sense of it than Americans and Europeans.” Putin ’s third presidential term is up in the spring of 2018. He didn’t bother to declare that he ’d run for reelection until December 6 (the election is in March) and he likely won’t campaign.* This is Putin ’s carefully cultivated image at home: the phlegmatic leader who hovers coolly above the fray as it churns on beneath him . But in the past year or so the fray has given him reason to worry. On a chilly afternoon this spring I watched college students standing on the steps of a nondescript building off Volgograd’s central square waiting to meet with Alexey Navalny. The opposition leader and anti-corruption crusader has captured the imagination of many young Russians as well as that of Westerners who see him as a potential rival of or even replacement for Putin . Navalny has declared that he is running for president in the upcoming election. Police had blocked off the street in front of the building which housed Navalny’s local campaign office. They stood groggily watching as Cossacks members of a southern Russian tribe who have historically acted as the state’s vigilante enforcers strolled up and down the block casually swinging their black-leather whips. Angry-looking young men in track pants and sneakers—the other fists-for-hire preferred by the Kremlin—paced around the students eyeing them menacingly. Young women in vertiginous heels—plainclothes cops—milled around. Every few minutes they took out identical camcorders tagged with numbered yellow stickers and filmed the students standing on the steps zooming in on their faces. Navalny had recently been attacked by progovernment thugs who splashed “Brilliant Green ” a Soviet-era antiseptic on his face. His supporters subsequently posted an image of The Motherland Calls the giant statue commemorating the Soviet victory at Stalingrad with its face Photoshopped green to publicize his rally in Volgograd. The image touched a nerve in a country where the government fetishizes World War II. Within hours pro-Kremlin social-media accounts were using the image to fuel local outrage. By the time Navalny arrived in Volgograd from Moscow the youth wing of Putin’s party was waiting with a protest. The students standing on the steps of the campaign office found the manufactured outrage funny. They were at an age when most things were funny even when the state was clearly watching them. The FSB had recently sent a summons to the home of Vlad a fourth-year student at Volgograd State University who had previously picketed in support of Navalny’s Progress Party. Roman a bespectacled third-year student in veterinary science had been called into the dean’s office for participating in a protest. “The dean said ‘Don’t go to Navalny’s protests. His political position is wrong ’ ” Roman told me shrugging and shoving his hands into the pockets of his puffy red jacket. These young men would soon graduate into an economy that had only recently started to grow again after a five-year malaise. But the growth is barely perceptible while prices for basic goods have soared. Some of their neighbors and family acquaintances hadn’t been paid in months they said. “Our parents say things have gotten worse ” Roman told me. But their parents also knew the potential cost of openly opposing the government and weren’t happy that their sons were at the rally that day. They also believed from watching state TV that Navalny was an American agent. The young men laughed at this too. Navalny had begun to build his base about a decade earlier with a blog on LiveJournal that carefully documented how government officials supposedly carved thick slices off the state budget and stashed the money in Moscow mansions or real estate abroad. A few years ago Navalny launched a YouTube channel where he posts slickly produced videos describing alleged government corruption schemes. On another YouTube channel Navalny Live he and his team at the Anti-Corruption Foundation host talk shows about politics the kind of programming that would never be allowed on state-controlled television. Together the channels have more than 1.5 million subscribers and the videos have collected hundreds of millions of views. As the students and I stood chatting a retinue of preschoolers marched past the office with their teachers. The college students broke into laughter and cheers. “Everyone says that Navalny’s supporters are really young but I didn’t know they were this young! ” Roman said. But things quickly lost their comic lightness when a young man in track pants started loudly arguing with an older Navalny supporter saying Navalny was funded by the U.S. State Department and noting the personal offense he took at the green-faced Motherland Calls statue. “It’s a monument to a great victory!” his friend another angry young man in track pants screamed. “It was built on bones! My grandfather fought for Stalingrad!” (His grandfather he later admitted to me had been born in Georgia in 1941.) Suddenly scores of anti-Navalny protesters appeared some with brooms as if preparing to sweep him out of their city. “Navalny come out!” a middle-aged man with a shaved head screamed into a megaphone as the protesters surged across the sidewalk toward the campaign office. “Navalny come out!” they yelled in response. The college students packed in tightly on the campaign office’s front steps ready to defend their leader. The two camps started pushing and shoving the crowd swaying violently. The cops watched. I looked up and saw Roman’s red jacket. He had taken off his glasses and stood on the top step blinking and squinting into the noise. The swagger and irony had gone off his face. He looked vulnerable like a child. Navalny emerged at the top of the steps calm as ever. Part of the crowd started chanting “Shame! Shame! Shame!” Navalny invited the man with the megaphone and his comrades up the steps to talk with him calmly face-to-face. They came up and grabbed him by the legs and started to drag him toward the hostile part of the crowd. Finally the cops acted freeing Navalny and pushing the crowd back toward the street. Navalny escaped into his campaign office where for the next three hours he fielded questions in a room so packed with supporters that his hair was soon dripping with sweat. He spoke about the contrast between government elites’ luxurious lifestyles and the region’s sagging wages; about rising utility fees despite falling energy prices; about the pitiful state of the roads. “Alexey!” one of his supporters yelled out. “There’s nothing left in our city since 1945 except the victory!” Everyone clapped. Navalny laughed at the state’s accusations that his supporters—the hundreds of people sweating with him in the room—had been paid by the U.S. State Department to show up. “This is the real political force of the country ” he said. “And we will win. We are destined for victory because in any culture in any civilization people like us win because they lie and we tell the truth.” I wiped clear a small rectangle on a fogged-up window. There was nothing left of the angry crowd not even the police. They had vanished as quickly as they had materialized. Two days later on March 26 Navalny rushed back to Moscow where thousands of people had heeded his call to come out and protest state corruption. Tens of thousands more came out in nearly 100 other Russian cities and towns across Russia’s 11 time zones—an unexpected showing that grabbed international headlines. Earlier that month Navalny had posted an hour-long exposé on YouTube about the extensive luxury-real-estate holdings of the prime minister and former president Dmitry Medvedev—who in 2008 had lamented that a sum equivalent to a third of the Russian federal budget had disappeared to corruption. Navalny contrasted the opulence of Medvedev’s many homes filmed by drones with his awkward call for austerity to the residents of Crimea who on joining Russia had lost access to a steady supply of water electricity and reasonably priced food. “There’s no money ” Medvedev advised them two years after the annexation in 2016 “but you hang in there.” By the time of the mass protests the exposé had been watched almost 12 million times. A couple of schoolboys climbed up on a lamppost in Moscow’s iconic Pushkin Square packed with protesters and called to the cops trying to get them down “There’s no money but we’re hanging in there!” In recent years as the economy has struggled Putin has purchased his popularity with a series of tactical measures. Putin pays extremely close attention to his approval ratings to see what works and what doesn’t. He and his advisers are addicted to polls. According to Alexander Oslon who runs the Public Opinion Foundation which does polling for the Kremlin “They can’t live without them.” Putin ’s approval rating surged in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea—and by extension Russia’s return to imperial grandeur. It was a risky maneuver the equal perhaps of Putin ’s later interference in the U.S. election. And it paid off at least in the short term. Russians rallied behind the Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine—and behind Putin their audacious president. “There was a spike in loyalty” toward “every organ of the state ” Kirill Rogov a political analyst in Moscow who studies Russian polling told me—“a conservative shift in all directions. People started paying more attention to the news they watched more TV and they became more indoctrinated.” For a decade a majority of Russians had told pollsters that they would rather be well-off than live in a great power. In 2014 those preferences flipped. But the rush of patriotism provided by the Crimean annexation proved fleeting. Connected by land only to Ukraine Crimea is hard to supply from Russia. The peninsula is facing severe water shortages in its near future and tourism a mainstay of the local economy has plummeted. On a recent trip there I was told by even the most ardently pro-Russia locals Cossacks who had staged protests supporting Moscow in 2014 that they had come to regret their stance. The violent lawlessness and corruption of Moscow had reached their home and life had become much harder as Russian citizens. In some ways they missed being Ukrainian. Meanwhile the already sluggish Russian economy has lost cheap Western financing following the imposition of American and European sanctions. Putin ’s response to those sanctions—banning food imports from the United States and the EU—made food prices climb by double-digit percentages. The economy sank into recession. By the beginning of 2017 the government’s approval numbers had nearly returned to pre-annexation levels. “It’s the brand of the year ” Minin said of Russia’s hackers. “It’s a good thing when aside from oil we have cutting-edge specialists” whom the whole world talks about. Russia’s intervention in Syria which began in the fall of 2015 offered another flag-wrapped distraction. As America shrank from its traditional role in the Middle East Russia expanded its own making an ostentatious show of fighting Islamist terrorists on behalf of a reluctant Western Christendom. Shortly after the Syrian army aided by Russian airpower and commandos retook the ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State the Russian military flew the Mariinsky Orchestra in from St. Petersburg for a concert in front of the city’s historic ruins—and a dozen press cameras. (Russian TV barely covered the loss of the city by Russian-backed forces to isis half a year later.) There will inevitably be a reckoning for the Syrian adventure too. For the entirety of his reign Putin has struggled to contain an Islamist insurgency in Russia’s North Caucasus mountains from which terrorists have launched attacks on Moscow. But on a trip this spring to Dagestan a mostly Muslim enclave in the heart of the mountains I found that the region once extremely violent was peaceful. Worried about potential terror attacks in nearby Sochi during the 2014 Olympics the Russian secret services had allowed hundreds if not thousands of Islamist rebels all of them Russian citizens to go to Syria. According to one report in Novaya Gazeta the FSB even provided some of them with a passport and transportation to the Russian border. It was a shortsighted counterterrorism strategy. Two Dagestani men who traveled to isis-controlled territories in Syria in order to bring back their children told me that they heard as much Russian as Arabic on the streets of isis cities. An October report by the Soufan Center a security-intelligence nonprofit showed that more foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria came from Russia than from any other country. What will become of these Russian fighters now better trained and battle-hardened as isis territory continues to shrink? Some 400 have already returned to Russia according to the Soufan Center report but even those who don’t return home can wreak havoc: In April a suicide bomber blew himself up at a St. Petersburg metro station killing 13 people. Russian speakers outside the country who had joined isis were suspected of having radicalized him. Russia’s interference in the U.S. election was just as shortsighted. At first Donald Trump’s victory seemed to be a great coup for Putin . Kremlin loyalists celebrated Trump’s inauguration in Moscow including at a live watch party with free-flowing champagne. And it conferred on Russia prestige of a sort. When I asked Victor Minin the former Russian-government cybersecurity specialist who runs hackathons across Russia about the effect of American media coverage of Russian hackers he said “It’s the brand of the year. It’s a good thing when aside from oil we have cutting-edge specialists and the whole world is talking about them.” But this victory has burned out even faster than the others. The fingerprints that the Russians left behind once discovered raised an uproar in Washington. Congress in a rare near-unanimous vote stripped Trump of the ability to unilaterally lift American sanctions on Russia. They will very likely remain in place indefinitely a prospect Medvedev bemoaned in a Facebook post the day Trump reluctantly signed the bill into law. Unable to get back the two diplomatic compounds in the U.S. that had been seized during the last days of the Obama administration the Russians plunged headfirst into a destructive tit for tat—which resulted in the seizure of three more Russian diplomatic posts. Ironically one of the Russian institutions to suffer the most blowback for the Russian hack is the FSB one of the agencies believed to be behind the 2016 interference. “Before 2016 the FSB had a good reputation in Washington ” Andrei Soldatov the Russian journalist told me. The head of the FSB “was considered a reliable partner in fighting terrorism.” But “it all ended in 2016 and it ended very badly.” FSB officers were put on the FBI’s most-wanted list for cybercriminals an unprecedented retaliation. The head of the FSB’s elite cyber unit and his deputy were forced out; two other top officers from the unit ended up in Moscow’s most notorious jail. “They’re now under incredible pressure both from the inside and the outside ” Soldatov said. “Sometimes ” says Michael Hayden a director of the National Security Agency under George W. Bush “you have successful covert operations that you wish hadn’t succeeded.” Meddling in the U.S. election might have destabilized the American political system but it is unclear how carefully Putin considered the potential consequences for his country. His goal is to stay in power another day another year and to deal with complications when—and if—they arise. The protests sparked by Navalny are a complication that has for now been dealt with. Police arrested 1 043 people on March 26 in Moscow alone. On October 7 following another smaller round of protests they arrested hundreds more. Navalny will not be allowed on the election ballot according to various reports and one Kremlin insider I spoke with; a recent court finding against him following trumped-up charges of embezzlement will most likely be used to disqualify him. These were hardly the first protests that Putin has weathered. Massive prodemocracy anti- Putin demonstrations rocked Moscow in the winter of 2011–12—and were followed by a violent police crackdown on May 6 2012 the day before Putin was sworn in for a third time. Dozens of people some of them first-time protesters were given multiyear prison sentences. The Kremlin soon raised the penalties for participating in any kind of unsanctioned protest. Several people are now in jail simply for sharing or liking posts on social media. Olga Romanova who founded the NGO Russia Behind Bars to provide Russians with legal assistance told me that the lesson the government is preparing for this new batch of young protesters “will be bigger and harsher” than the one in 2012 and that “it will last years.” She said the state was threatening to separate protesting minors from their parents. 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He 'd never been in a union until this year.\nRodriguez said an officer pulled him over delivering a legal shipment of pot and detained him for 12 hours as he was accused of following too closely behind a semi-truck.", "output": [ "Grier" ] }, { "id": "task419-84a91ab2328745fa9976e054652fb859", "input": "A post shared by William Jeffrey Jones (@wjeffjones) on Aug 28 2017 at 12:47am PDT\nThe cat looks fascinated by the pottery and William Jeffrey Jones as he works on sculpting a new mug.\nThe duo also have other videos of them working on pottery around the studio.\nA post shared by William Jeffrey Jones (@wjeffjones) on Sep 5 2017 at 12:42am PDT\nA post shared by William Jeffrey Jones (@wjeffjones) on Sep 8 2017 at 12:37am PDT\n\"Oh man... I'm so bummed. I need a hug.\" #potterycat #kitten #kittenvideo #catvideo #catvideos A post shared by William Jeffrey Jones (@wjeffjones) on Sep 19 2017 at 2:10pm PDT", "output": [ "William Jeffrey Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-01fd45f3595c4e869a833bded22dbbca", "input": "SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) - When diaper maker DSG International (Thailand) wants to know what its customers are thinking it often turns to Lazada an e-commerce firm majority-owned by Alibaba Group Holding (BABA.N).\nFILE PHOTO: The Singapore Lazada website is seen in this illustration photo June 20 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo\nâData from Lazada has been used to position certain products where consumer preferences are different. For example Thai customers like to buy diapers in special cartons while Malaysians prefer multiple packs â says Chan.\nTo reach more customers and get a better handle on their online behavior consumer goods companies are forging partnerships with e-commerce firms like Lazada and fashion website Zalora.\nThe conglomerate which works with the likes of Singapore online grocer RedMart Indonesiaâs Blibli and Vietnamâs Tiki said it introduced its St Ives skincare brand on Lazada after seeing a trend towards natural products and shopper search data.\nâTraditional retailers will struggle to see customer behavior â said Lazada Thailandâs CEO Alessandro Piscini. âWe can tell if a customer is pregnant from their search behavior.â\nLazada he said plans to use data science to help its merchants customize offers for specific customer groups based on age gender and other preferences.\n Lazada and Zalora are among the few e-commerce platforms that operate in multiple Southeast Asian countries. But the region is becoming a new battleground as Amazon (AMZN.O) and JD.com (JD.O) make beachheads in Singapore and Thailand.\n Lazada Thailand will focus on partnering with fast-moving consumer goods companies to maintain its lead Piscini said and is expanding its logistics footprint across a region that has poor roads clogged cities and thousands of often remote islands.\nThailandâs top consumer goods manufacturer Saha Group (SPI.BK) (SPC.BK) has seen online sales of some of its brands rise tenfold since it began a partnership with Lazada in June but online still represents just 1-2 percent of total sales.", "output": [ "Lazada" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e98af69242b49f48a9ceef49b9a7491", "input": "BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese President Michel Aoun who has refused to accept Saad Hariri’s resignation as prime minister unless Hariri returns from Saudi Arabia welcomed comments from Hariri that he plans to come home soon palace sources and visitors said on Monday.\nAoun has said he believes Hariri does not have free control over his own movements while in Saudi Arabia and that this casts doubt on any statements Hariri makes. Nevertheless those close to Aoun said the president welcomed Hariri ’s comments.\n“President Aoun expressed his pleasure at Hariri ’s announcement of his return to Lebanon soon ” a source said.\nAoun said that Hariri was “leaving all doors open including rescinding his resignation” according to one of a group of visitors who met Aoun. The visitors declined to be identified while discussing the closed-door conversations.\nThe visitors quoted Aoun as saying that Hariri ’s remarks showed that the political deal underpinning Lebanon’s coalition government -- which includes both Hariri ’s Sunni party and the heavily armed Shi‘ite movement Hezbollah -- still stands.\nAoun has been convening high level meetings with Lebanese politicians and diplomats since Hariri stepped down and the visitors said the president believed that Hariri ’s comments showed such efforts were working.\nNearly 24 hours after Hariri ’s interview which appeared on a TV station he owns Hezbollah had still not commented on his remarks. Hezbollah’s allies in Iran said Hariri ’s remarks gave hope he would return to Lebanon.\nIn his resignation speech Hariri whose father also a former prime minister was killed by a bomb in 2005 said he feared assassination. He said in his interview eight days later that he was free to leave Saudi Arabia but that his movements were also guided by concern for his family’s safety.\nIn a televised statement Future Movement lawmaker Ammar Houri said it supported Hariri ’s statement that Lebanon should stay out of regional conflicts and reject Iran’s interference.\nSaudi Arabia denies that it coerced Hariri into resigning or has kept him from leaving. It has accused Lebanon of declaring war on it because of Hezbollah and has advised Saudi citizens to leave Lebanon. Hezbollah says it was the Saudis who have declared war on Lebanon.\n Hariri ’s comments encouraged a recovery on Monday in Lebanese dollar bonds which slumped last week.", "output": [ "Saad Hariri" ] }, { "id": "task419-cc39d15068124ad89f8b8d0b4e3951af", "input": "Very much so as Chicago guitarist Joel Paterson and friends established Friday night at the Green Mill Jazz Club.\nFor starters Paterson belongs to a small but sophisticated coterie of Chicago jazz musicians who make early- and mid-20th-century musical traditions seem very nearly contemporary. Groups such as the Modern Sounds and the Fat Babies prove that great repertoire never gets old as new generations of musicians refract it via contemporary sensibilities.\nYet listen to Paterson bassist Beau Sample and drummer Alex Hall deconstruct Christmas music and youâre forced to admit that thereâs still something new to be said inside of these songs.\n Paterson and the trio opened with one of the best of the bunch âIâll Be Home for Christmas â the spare lines and elegant understatement of his solo guitar cutting to the essence of the piece. Moreover by intertwining the famous melody with alternate themes Paterson evoked the spirit of Les Paul whose innovative overdubbing techniques established the template for this kind of sound.\nPatersonâs âHi-Fi Christmasâ album amounts to an homage to Paul and by performing several compositions from the album Paterson not only articulated his debt to the old master but also showed how Paulâs influence resonates in jazz-guitar playing today.\nNowhere was that more apparent than in the cheekiest moment of the set when Paterson played a solo version of âI Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus â but accompanied by that track from the recording (minus the lead guitar). In effect Paterson was overdubbing his live solo part with the already overdubbed track as fitting a salute to Paul as one might imagine. To hear Paterson weaving all these melodic threads in real time was to appreciate anew Paulâs genius as well as Paterson âs heartfelt testament to it.\nThis was the most ambitious moment of a set that otherwise reveled in the joy of familiar tunes sweetly played. Believe it or not Paterson spun worthy new motifs from âJingle Bellsâ and stepping away from seasonal repertoire evoked Chet Atkinsâ fingerpicking manner in âCaravan.â\nBut not everything was about Christmas Paterson inviting singer Oscar Wilson and organist Chris Foreman to the stage for deep excursions into the blues. Wilsonâs urgent vocals on âReconsider Meâ benefited from Foremanâs staccato chords and abrupt swells of sound on Hammond B-3 organ.\nWhen Wilson left the stage Paterson and Foreman partnered on the slowest version of âWinter Wonderlandâ Iâve ever heard the performance just barely hanging together thanks to the guitaristâs consistently sustained melodic lines and Foremanâs atmospheric accompaniment (including an evocative blues coda).\n Joel Paterson performs at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 N. Broadway; $15; 773-878-5552 or www.greenmilljazz.com.\nRELATED: Joel Paterson gives new meaning to Modern Sounds »", "output": [ "Joel Paterson" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c5be4a1949e4adda28f145692ba5204", "input": "As Jacobin 's Branko Marcetic reminds us , U.S. forces under the Bush administration killed multiple journalists , including shelling a hotel known to be full of international reporters . \nThe Bush administration 's failure to prevent the 911 attacks , followed by the non-sequitur invasion and occupation of Iraq , gave rise to ISIS and the world we know today . \nIt 's the opening of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture , and George W. Bush is sharing a brief snuggle with Michelle Obama . \nWithout Bush 's two most fateful decisions -- letting Wall Street run amok and invading Iraq -- it 's hard to imagine Trump 's metamorphosis from a second-rate reality TV star to president of the United States . \nLeft : President Bush disavows anti-Muslim sentiment after 911 , speaking at the Islamic Center of Washington on Sept. 17 , 2001 . \nHazy nostalgia for George W. Bush carries broader risks . \nBut where reputational rehab used to take a generation or two , Bush is trying to loosen the clutches of market-fresh infamy . \nNormalizing Bush weakens our already weak grip on history , making it that much harder to see how today 's political harvest was also cultivated by the administrations of Clinton , who signed the legislation implementing NAFTA and unleashed Wall Street , and Obama , who continued the Wall Street bailouts and allowed 90 percent of wealth creation during his tenure to accrue to the top 1 percent . \nThe immediate context for the \"normalizing\" of George W. Bush is the rise of Donald Trump . \nBut Bush 's policies created the conditions that brought Trump to power , and only in the wake of his own trademarked disasters does he look tame by comparison . \nPaul J. RichardsAFPGetty Images President Bush is informed of the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11 , 2001 , while attending a school reading event in Sarasota , Florida . \nLeft : President Bush looks out over Hurricane Katrina 's devastation as he flies back to Washington on Aug. 31 , 2005 . \nRight : Bush sits with New Orleans high school students Ashantae Martin -LRB- left -RRB- and Ronjae Pleasant at an event marking the 10th anniversary of Katrina on Aug. 28 , 2015 . \nBush 's advocates and former officials knew all along that presidential records are inevitably re-evaluated . \nThe reassessments started even before Bush left office , with the rise of the tea party and the weakening of the old Republican Party establishment . \nThe \"Embrace Seen Around the World\" has shown us how much harder remembering will be under the spell of social media , which may be shrinking our historical depth of field faster than Bush 's secret energy task force helped melt the Antarctic ice sheets . \nAmong followers of Palin , who morphed into tea partiers and later into Trump die-hards , Bush was considered little better than Barack Obama . -RRB- \nThe joke concerned recycling yesterday 's fashions at Urban Outfitters , but it hinted at a world where George W. Bush is recycled on national television and the pages of Time magazine . \nDuring Obama 's second term , it helped spawn an ironic reconsideration widespread enough for Vanity Fair to declare Bush \"a hipster icon .\" \nBuzzFeed went further , describing the born-to-wealth Bush as an \"outsider artist\" and offering \"15 Reasons George W. Bush Should Come Work For BuzzFeed Animals .\" \nBush helped birth Trump , but he also revived the soul of national resistance . \nThat resistance ca n't stop Bush and his fellow ex-presidents from trying to rewrite history and making tens of millions of dollars on the lecture circuit . \nLeft : Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1 , 2003 , President Bush declares major fighting over in Iraq . \nRight : Bush 's paintings of wounded veterans hang at his presidential library in Dallas on Feb. 28 , 2017 . \nBy the time Trump clinched the GOP nomination last year , Bush 's approval numbers equaled Bill Clinton 's -- a huge turnaround since Bush 's ignominious departure from office . \nThen came the cute-bomb of the \"Embrace Seen Around the World ,\" followed more recently by the release of Bush 's coffee table art book , a sit-down on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\" and a People interview about his besties status with Michelle . \nIn these and other forums , Bush declared racism bad and criticized Trump 's ban on travelers from seven -LRB- now six -RRB- Muslim-majority countries . \nFor those desperate to escape the awful reality of the present , Bush 's comments reinforced the comforting delusion of a big-tent bipartisan #resistance that will return everything to the halcyon days of a completely sane and not-at-all racist Republican Party . \n\"Bush worked hard to sow tolerance for Muslim-Americans , convinced -- like President Obama -- that respect and openness was an asset in the fight against jihadists ,\" Slate 's Jamelle Bouie wrote in November 2015 , as Trump 's candidacy rose on the back of his proposed Muslim ban . \nAs president , Trump has shifted Americans ' vantage point on Bush , who seems competent , well-spoken , tolerant and humane by comparison . \nI 'm sitting here wistfully watching old George W. Bush speeches ,\" Ansari said . \nLeft : Ignoring reporters ' questions , President Bush turns to leave after announcing his support for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Feb. 24 , 2004 . \nRight : Bush appears as a guest on \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\" on March 2 , 2017 . \nMissing amid much of the reaction to Bush 's sensible words was the memory of his deeds . \nIf Bush really was n't so bad , then Trump is more of a dramatic switch from ages past than he 's already been judged . \nIt 's also what 's helping Bush . \nThey point out that Bush did much to create the very conditions that gave rise to Trump -- which , in turn , is driving his own expedited rehab . \nBush bears a more direct responsibility for the misery in the Middle East . \nIf Bush had never been president , or an execution-happy Texas governor , he might be a great buddy to talk baseball with . \nBush , it should be remembered , had plenty of warning : Millions marched in opposition to the Iraq invasion , a street echo of the Arab League 's ominous admonition that such a move would \"open the gates of hell .\" \nBrennan LinsleyPoolGetty Images A photo of President Bush hangs alongside other government and military leaders in the headquarters of the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , on Jan. 20 , 2009 . \nTrump is an admirer of torture and other Bush deeds that have only driven extremists ' recruitment . \nGiven the media 's role in rehabbing him , it seems necessary to note that Bush also hated the press .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e426d8c6074418697048851c7fd760d", "input": "A 'Toothless' Old Law Could Have New Fangs Thanks To Robert Mueller\nBut Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller isn't laughing — and neither may potential violators if he decides to make it his new weapon of choice.\nThen in October Mueller's office changed that when it indicted former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his longtime business associate Rick Gates — instantly becoming the highest-profile FARA prosecution ever.\nThose charges have raised the question about whether Mueller has more up his sleeve for other people swept up in the Russia probe who could be connected with lobbying and influence work for foreign governments and entities.\n Mueller 's next steps\nWith Manafort and Gates charged one next potential FARA target for Mueller is former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn belatedly filed a FARA registration in March for work his consulting firm did on behalf of the Turkish government. That in itself isn't necessarily a problem — the Justice Department makes it a policy to accept late filings rather than punish the practice as a means to encourage filing at all.", "output": [ "Robert Mueller" ] }, { "id": "task419-03eec1f1930e4014b72b9ecfc05a4ff5", "input": "Developer Sterling Bay has bought a United Soccer League expansion team to play in its planned sports and entertainment stadium along the Chicago River with the goal of beginning play in the 2020 season Sterling Bay Managing Principal Andy Gloor said.\nSterling Bay and other investors will own and operate the USL team Gloor said.\n It remains to be seen how the USL a professional league one level below Major League Soccer will fare in Chicago. But there is a passionate soccer fan base within the city and many supporters of the sport have lamented the MLS Chicago Fire’s location in southwest suburban Bridgeview as well as the team’s struggle to stay relevant in a market that includes teams in each of the major sports.\n“There are a lot of cities that have two soccer teams ” Gloor said. “New York and Los Angeles have two MLS teams. They can co-exist in a city the size of Chicago.”\nSpecific details of the Skidmore Owings & Merrill-designed stadium are still being fine-tuned but the venue is expected to have a retractable roof and about 20 000 seats. Gloor said. A retractable roof will allow the stadium to be used for events year-round potentially including international soccer matches college football and basketball games concerts and other events Gloor said.\nProspective office tenants have expressed interest in having entertainment on the campus Gloor said. “The live-work-play aspect has to be there ” Gloor said. “You just can’t build a suburban office complex there. Having the entertainment component is important.”\n Gloor said there are no current plans for Chicago’s USL team to have an MLS affiliation.\nA name has not yet been chosen for the team and Sterling Bay plans to solicit suggestions from the public before choosing one. Sterling Bay plans to build the stadium regardless of what happens with Amazon or other prospective office tenants Gloor said.", "output": [ "Andy Gloor" ] }, { "id": "task419-a013d97359f2455b832f4f7416928e8f", "input": "ROME—Seun Adigun the driver for the Nigerian bobsleigh Olympic team competing in Pyeongchang this weekend doesn’t like snow. She finds it cold and messy and most of all slippery.\n Adigun along with her brake women Akuoma Omeoga and Ngozi Onwumere are the first-ever Nigerian team competing in a winter Olympics (not to mention the first-ever bobsled team to ever represent an African nation). In their native Nigeria a country often in the headlines for corruption and terrorism most people have never even heard of the sport.\n“Just because you don't know what it means to see snow or to understand temperatures that are equivalent to ice that doesn't mean you have to shy away from it \" Adigun said at the celebration according to press reports. \"That's what Africa is representing that we can take those risks and still be able to compete with the best in the world.\"\n Adigun even built the team’s first sled which she called the Maeflower after her late sister-in-law in her student garage in Houston Texas where she is working on double masters degrees. She qualified to train with the U.S. bobsled team but in 2016 after learning Nigeria has never had a winter Olympics sports team started her own team to compete for the African nation.\n “ Adigun competed under the Nigerian flag in the 2012 summer Olympics in London and is a three-time Nigerian national track and field champion. Her teammates are also track and field stars. ”\nAdigun a track and field Olympian competed under the Nigerian flag in the 2012 summer Olympics in London and is a three-time Nigerian national track and field champion and a two-time African continental track and field champion. Her teammates are also track and field stars who have competed in African and American competitions.", "output": [ "Adigun" ] }, { "id": "task419-dadb3402478b4d8987e30b50f5d8ed73", "input": "Rick Pitino the masterful coach first lured to this basketball-besotted state in 1989 to heal somebody else’s scandal finally toppled 28 years later Wednesday in the gusts of the latest scandal in his own program. By the time the University of Louisville placed him on unpaid administrative leave and shut off his access to a promising 17th season — he previously coached the University of Kentucky from 1989 to 1997 — it left a city woozy with scandal fatigue.\n Pitino expressed dismay and surprise at the allegations Tuesday just as he had after the revelations that former Louisville assistant Andre McGee had paid a Louisville escort to entertain the Cardinals’ players and recruits.\n“These allegations come as a complete shock to me ” Pitino said in a statement released Tuesday. “If true I agree with the U.S. Attorney’s Office that these third-party schemes initiated by a few bad actors operated to commit a fraud on the impacted universities and their basketball programs including the University of Louisville. Our fans and supporters deserve better and I am committed to taking whatever steps are needed to ensure those responsible are held accountable.”\nThe men’s basketball program is already under NCAA probation for the 2015 scandal. Pitino faced a five-game suspension during the upcoming season as part of the penalties; in addition Louisville was ordered to return money received for NCAA tournament appearances from 2012 through 2015 and to vacate 123 wins during that period including the 2013 national championship. The university has appealed the ruling.\n Pitino found success at nearly every NCAA stop he made in a coaching career that began in the mid-1970s. At Boston University his first head coaching job he led the Terriers to their first NCAA tournament appearance in 24 years. Pitino parlayed that success into a two-year run at Providence where he guided the Friars to the 1987 Final Four.\nThen after a two-year run coaching the New York Knicks he left his dream NBA job in 1989 to take over at tradition-rich but scandal-plagued Kentucky even though the Wildcats would be banned from live television in his first season and from the NCAA tournament in his first two seasons.\nAfter that however Pitino quickly had Kentucky back among the nation’s elite with a memorable Elite Eight appearance in the Wildcats’ first post-probation season in 1992 and a Final Four bid the season after that his first of three appearances in the national semifinals at the school. In 1996 he led Kentucky to its first national title in 18 years.\nAfter an unsuccessful four-year run as coach and team president of the Boston Celtics he was back at another faded Kentucky power: Louisville which had not won an NCAA tournament game in Denny Crum’s last four seasons.", "output": [ "Rick Pitino" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad0d757e6c0041edb81a402a63fd2038", "input": "Speaking earlier about progress towards the merger Essilor’s Chief Operating Officer Laurent Vacherot said: “We are serene ” repeating that the deal was expected to close in the first half of 2018.\nAnnouncing its annual results Essilor said it was targeting revenue growth of around 4 percent in 2018. Revenues rose 3.1 percent on a like-for-like basis to 7.5 billion euros last year partly helped by higher sales in North America.\nA measure of profitability stripping out the cost of sales and operating expenses stood at 18.2 percent of revenue in 2017 down from 18.6 in 2016 and is forecast at a minimum of 18.3 percent in 2018. The company gave few further details.\n Vacherot said Essilor would keep pursuing its strategy of bolt-on acquisitions in 2018 particularly in China and India.", "output": [ "Laurent Vacherot" ] }, { "id": "task419-c0ab1dbd17e1473aa084300dd8c20cbd", "input": "Los Angeles (AFP) – Swimming great Michael Phelps revealed that he has battled severe anxiety and depression for much of his life which drove him to consider suicide after his success at the 2012 Olympics.\nSpeaking at a mental health conference in Chicago on Tuesday the 23-time Olympic gold medal winner talked openly about his long battle with crippling depression and is encouraging others to get help like he did.\n“After every Olympics I think I fell into a major state of depression ” the 32-year-old Phelps said.\n Phelps said he reached rock bottom following the 2012 Olympics in London where he won four gold medals and two silver. For four days he remained in his room without food or sleep.\n“I didn’t want to be in the sport anymore ” he said. “I didn’t want to be alive.”\nWhen he hit a low point in his depression Phelps said “You do contemplate suicide.”\nOver the past two years Phelps has opened up about his struggles. Once again Phelps said his depression and anxiety problems have been a staple of his life for the past 17 years.\n“We’re supposed to be this big macho physically strong human beings but this is not a weakness ” he said. “We are seeking and reaching for help.”\n Phelps won his first gold medal in 2004 at the Athens Olympic Games. That same year the 15-year-old from Baltimore experienced his first “depression spell”.\n Phelps said as he got older his depression led to his abusing drugs and alcohol.\nIn 2008 after winning a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games Phelps was photographed smoking from a bong. He has also been arrested twice for drink driving.\n“It would be just me self-medicating myself basically daily to try to fix whatever it was that I was trying to run from ” he said.\n Phelps isn’t the first Olympic national hero to battle dark demons outside the pool.\nLike Phelps Thorpe chose to “self-medicate” with alcohol to try and manage his vicious mood swings and silence the horrible thoughts going through his head.\nIn an interview with CNN this week Phelps said he wants to eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness.\n“(Mental illness) has a stigma around it and that’s something we still deal with every day ” said Phelps . “I think people actually finally understand it is real. People are talking about it and I think this is the only way that it can change.”", "output": [ "Phelps" ] }, { "id": "task419-25de9f647e3046a08bf681b51fb51463", "input": "CLOSE Robert Mueller will oversee the Russia investigation. Here's a look at his background. USA TODAY\n Then-FBI director Robert Mueller testifies during a Senate Appropriations hearing on Capitol Hill on May 16 2013. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski AFP/Getty Images)\nWASHINGTON — A Congress utterly fractured by partisan bickering came to rare bipartisan agreement Wednesday night as members of both parties effusively praised the selection of former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel in charge of the FBI's investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 election.\nSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N.Y. said “ Former Director Mueller is exactly the right kind of individual for this job. I now have significantly greater confidence that the investigation will follow the facts wherever they lead.\"\nHouse Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz R-Utah — who announced Tuesday that he was demanding from the FBI copies of memos written by former FBI director James Comey summarizing his conversations with President Trump — tweeted Wednesday that \" Mueller is a great selection. Impeccable credentials. Should be widely accepted.\"\nHouse Speaker Paul Ryan R-Wis. said \"My priority has been to ensure thorough and independent investigations are allowed to follow the facts wherever they may lead. That is what we’ve been doing here in the House. The addition of Robert Mueller as special counsel is consistent with this goal and I welcome his role at the Department of Justice.\"\nRep Adam Kinzinger R-Ill. called Mueller \" a well respected and trusted veteran of the FBI\" and said \"this special counsel appointment is a step in the right direction on getting answers on the many questions we have with Russian meddling in our election and our democracy.\"\nRepublican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio tweeted: \"The issue of Russian meddling in our election must be investigated fully & former FBI dir. Mueller is well qualified to oversee this probe.\"\nOn Wednesday McConnell said \"The decision by the Deputy Attorney General to appoint former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel confirms that the investigation into Russian intervention into our election will continue as stated last week by Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will also continue its investigation into this matter.\"\nIntelligence Chairman Richard Burr R-N.C. and Vice Chairman Mark Warner D-Va. issued a joint statement echoing McConnell's commitment to the committee's investigation. Mueller 's selection \"will provide some certainty for the American people that the investigation will proceed fairly and free of political influence “ they wrote. The committee \"will continue its own investigation and to the extent any deconfliction is required we will engage with Director Mueller and our expectation is that he will engage with the Committee as well.”\nEven as Democrats praised Mueller 's credentials many said they still plan to push for an independent commission similar to the 9/11 Commission to investigate Russian meddling in the election and issue a public report.\n\" Director Mueller will still be in the chain of command under the Trump-appointed leadership of the Justice Department \" said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. \"He cannot take the place of a truly independent outside commission that is completely free from the Trump administration’s meddling.\"", "output": [ "Robert Mueller" ] }, { "id": "task419-eed8cd7f7dff48f2ac546b08fdb3b641", "input": "Earlier Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy urged the separatist leader of the regional Catalan government Carles Puigdemont to cancel plans for declaring independence in order to avoid \"greater evils.\"\nIn an interview with Spain's official EFE news agency Rajoy said the solution in Catalonia \"is the prompt return to legality and the affirmation as early as possible that there will be no unilateral declaration of independence because that way greater evils will be avoided.\"\nIn this photo taken on Oct. 2 2017 Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy begins a meeting with socialist opposition leader Pedro Sanchez at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid Spain. Spain's Prime Minister on Thursday Oct. 5 2017 has urged the separatist leader of the regional Catalan government to cancel plans for declaring the independence of Catalonia in order to avoid \"greater evils.\" (AP Photo/Paul White)\nPablo Iglesias the leader of the Spanish opposition party Podemos called Rajoy and urged him to seek mediation. But Rajoy insists that regional president Carles Puigdemont must first drop the threat of declaring independence which was seen by some as a slight easing of his opposition to talks.\n Rajoy has been under pressure to act without further tarnishing his image or inflaming separatist sentiment in the region where a strong cultural identity has mixed with years of grievances for what many Catalans see as an unfair economic treatment of the region one of Spain's richest.", "output": [ "Mariano Rajoy" ] }, { "id": "task419-2b6da5279a264ea383bbf2cba54129ce", "input": "Northwest Side Ald. John Arena filed a complaint with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability alleging Chicago police officers may have violated the department’s code of conduct by making racially charged online comments about a controversial Jefferson Park apartment development plan that includes affordable housing.\n Arena made the complaint in mid-January amid a long-running fight over the project in which supporters have claimed opponents are trying to keep minorities from moving into the bungalow belt neighborhood.\nThe 45th Ward alderman said his office had presented the City Hall inspector general’s office with numerous examples of people identifying themselves as police officers in their online profiles or appearing in profile photos in police uniforms while using “racially charged language” to oppose the building on social media. The inspector general’s office told Arena to take the complaints to COPA because it potentially involved police officers.\n Arena said he didn’t do any kind of investigation of whether the 31 are in fact police officers saying “that will be up to COPA.” Arena ’s office declined to provide examples of the comments it forwarded to COPA citing the ongoing investigation.\nOn Friday the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police posted a letter on its website from attorney Timothy Grace to Arena saying if the alderman doesn’t withdraw the complaint the union would sue him on behalf of any police officers who turn up among the comments he submitted.\nThe letter says officers spoke out in opposition to the project while off duty and that there are congestion issues and other “race neutral” concerns. The letter states that Arena ’s “decision to threaten their job security and their reputations for expressing their opinions appears retaliatory and motivated as a means to stifle their opposition.”\n Arena declined to comment on the police union letter. After he filed the complaint Arena said that he wanted the police oversight agency to determine whether the comments breached department rules.", "output": [ "John Arena" ] }, { "id": "task419-1519b34954434642a3a5509c40e5397c", "input": "South Africa Elects Cyril Ramaphosa As Its New President\n Cyril Ramaphosa has waited for this moment a long time.\nFollowing Thursday's vote in the National Assembly Ramaphosa took words of praise from supporters and overt electoral threats from opposition leaders — then stood at the same podium where 22 years ago he shepherded the ratification of South Africa's constitution.\n Ramaphosa promised to \"continue to improve the lives of our people \" and said he would \"work very hard to try to not disappoint the people of South Africa.\"\nIt was a clear indication he plans to take the country in a different direction from his predecessor. On Friday night Ramaphosa will deliver his first State of the Nation Address which he said would outline his plans to fight corruption in the country.\nIt's a speech he will have waited decades to give.", "output": [ "Cyril Ramaphosa" ] }, { "id": "task419-2c0232cb436c428997b113d43d5c192b", "input": "A former host of 'E! News ' Catt Sadler says she left the network after learning of a 'massive disparity in pay' compared to a male co-host. (Photo: Brandon Hickman/E! Entertainment)\nFormer E! News host Catt Sadler is responding to E!'s defense of her salary which she claims was nearly half that of her male co-host Jason Kennedy.\nE! chief Frances Berwick confirmed a difference in salaries between Sadler and Kennedy during a Television Critics Association panel Tuesday but attributed the pay gap to a difference in roles.\n“ Catt Sadler and Jason Kennedy had different roles and therefore different salaries ” he said. “Catt was focused on daytime. Jason Kennedy is on primetime evening news plus red carpet. Our employees’ salaries are based on their roles and their expertise regardless of gender. We wish Catt well but I hope that sets the record straight on that.”\nThe defense echoes a statement the company provided to USA TODAY at the time of Sadler 's pay gap claims in December.\n“E! compensates employees fairly and appropriately based on their roles regardless of gender \" the statement reads. \"We appreciate Catt Sadler ’s many contributions at E! News and wish her all the best following her decision to leave the network.”\nIn an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday Sadler disagreed with the network's statement saying it wasn't about being underpaid but \"about the gross disparity between two similarly situated equals at the network.\"\n\"Time is up. We want diversity and we want intersectional gender parity. We want equal pay. You know I was so shocked to hear that E! doesn’t believe in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts \" she told E!'s Giuliana Rancic. \"I miss Catt Sadler and we stand with her. And that's something that can change tomorrow.\"\n\"We support gender equity and equal pay and we hope that E! follows that lead with Catt as well \" she said. \"We stand with you Catt .\"", "output": [ "Catt Sadler" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b1a0a67953a45ae9e1a6305432ec1d1", "input": "For his campaign , Romney assembled a veteran group of Republican staffers , consultants , and pollsters . \n-LSB- 230 -RSB- -LSB- 245 -RSB- These resources , combined with the mid-year near-collapse of nominal front-runner John McCain 's campaign , made Romney a threat to win the nomination and the focus of the other candidates ' attacks . \n-LSB- 246 -RSB- Romney 's staff suffered from internal strife ; the candidate himself was at times indecisive , often asking for more data before making a decision . \nDuring all of his political campaigns , Romney has avoided speaking publicly about Mormon doctrines , referring to the U.S. Constitution 's prohibition of religious tests for public office . \n-LSB- 248 -RSB- But persistent questions about the role of religion in Romney 's life , as well as Southern Baptist minister and former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee 's rise in the polls based upon an explicitly Christian-themed campaign , led to the December 6 , 2007 , \"Faith in America\" speech . \n-LSB- 249 -RSB- In the speech Romney declared , \"I believe in my Mormon faith and endeavor to live by it . \n-LSB- 12 -RSB- Romney added that he should neither be elected nor rejected based upon his religion , -LSB- 250 -RSB- and echoed Senator John F. Kennedy 's famous speech during his 1960 presidential campaign in saying , \"I will put no doctrine of any church above the plain duties of the office and the sovereign authority of the law .\" \nRomney became a management consultant and in 1977 secured a position at Bain & Company . \n-LSB- 356 -RSB- -LSB- 357 -RSB- That initial debate overshadowed Obama 's improved presentation in the last two debates later in October , and Romney maintained a small advantage in the debates when seen as a whole . \nThe campaign 's strategy called for winning the initial two contests -- the January 3 , 2008 , Iowa Republican caucuses and the adjacent-to-his-home-state January 8 New Hampshire primary -- and propelling Romney nationally . \nAfter stepping down from Bain Capital and his local leadership role in the LDS Church , Romney ran as the Republican candidate in the 1994 Massachusetts election for U.S. Senate . \n-LSB- 238 -RSB- -LSB- 256 -RSB- Romney seemed to approach the campaign as a management consulting exercise , and showed a lack of personal warmth and political feel ; journalist Evan Thomas wrote that Romney \"came off as a phony , even when he was perfectly sincere .\" \n-LSB- 238 -RSB- -LSB- 257 -RSB- The fervor with which Romney adopted his new stances and attitudes contributed to the perception of inauthenticity that hampered the campaign . \n-LSB- 62 -RSB- -LSB- 258 -RSB- Romney 's staff would conclude that competing as a candidate of social conservatism and ideological purity rather than of pragmatic competence had been a mistake . \nElected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002 , Romney helped develop and then signed into law the Massachusetts health care reform legislation , the first of its kind in the nation . \nA win by McCain over Huckabee in South Carolina , and by Romney over McCain in childhood-home Michigan , set up a pivotal battle in the Florida primary . \n-LSB- 259 -RSB- -LSB- 260 -RSB- Romney campaigned intensively on economic issues and the burgeoning subprime mortgage crisis , while McCain attacked Romney regarding Iraq policy and benefited from endorsements from Florida officeholders . \n-LSB- 259 -RSB- -LSB- 260 -RSB- Although many Republican officials were now lining up behind McCain , -LSB- 260 -RSB- Romney persisted through the nationwide Super Tuesday contests on February 5 . \nRomney 's considerable net worth , estimated in 2012 at $ 190 -- 250 million , helped finance his political campaigns prior to 2012 . \n-LSB- 261 -RSB- Trailing McCain in delegates by a more than two-to-one margin , Romney announced the end of his campaign on February 7 . \nRomney was the Republican Party 's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election . \nAltogether , Romney had won 11 primaries and caucuses , -LSB- 262 -RSB- receiving about 4.7 million votes -LSB- 263 -RSB- and garnering about 280 delegates . \nRomney kept a low profile for a while after the election , but later became more visible politically . \nRomney endorsed McCain for president a week later , -LSB- 264 -RSB- and McCain had Romney on a short list for vice presidential running mate , where his business experience would have balanced one of McCain 's weaknesses . \nSee also : Romney family . \nRomney supported the Bush administration 's Troubled Asset Relief Program in response to the late-2000s financial crisis , later saying that it prevented the U.S. financial system from collapsing . \nFollowing the 2008 election , Romney laid the groundwork for a likely 2012 presidential campaign by using his Free and Strong America political action committee -LRB- PAC -RRB- to raise money for other Republican candidates and pay his existing political staff 's salaries and consulting fees . \n-LSB- 281 -RSB- -LSB- 283 -RSB- In February 2010 , Romney had a minor altercation with LMFAO member Skyler Gordy , known as Sky Blu , on an airplane flight . \nRomney has three older siblings , Margo , Jane , and Scott . \n-LSB- 14 -RSB- Romney was referred to as \"Billy\" until kindergarten , when he expressed a preference for \"Mitt\" . \nRomney and Obama shaking hands . \n-LSB- 279 -RSB- Romney maintained his voting registration in Massachusetts , however , and bought a smaller condominium in Belmont during 2010 . \nRomney attended public elementary schools until the seventh grade , when he enrolled as one of only a few Mormon students at Cranbrook School , a private upscale boys ' preparatory school a few miles from his home . \nCasual photograph of Mitt Romney indoors seated and signing books . \n-LSB- 18 -RSB- -LSB- 22 -RSB- Romney took up residence at Cranbrook when his newly elected father began spending most of his time at the state capitol . \n-LSB- 287 -RSB- In the book , Romney writes of his belief in American exceptionalism , -LSB- 288 -RSB- and presents his economic and geopolitical views rather than anecdotes about his personal or political life . \nAt Cranbrook , Romney helped manage the ice hockey team , and he joined the pep squad . \nImmediately following the March 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act , Romney attacked the landmark legislation as \"an unconscionable abuse of power\" and said the act should be repealed . \n-LSB- 18 -RSB- -LSB- 20 -RSB- Romney was involved in several pranks while attending Cranbrook . \n-LSB- 291 -RSB- While acknowledging that his plan was an imperfect work in progress , Romney did not back away from it . \nIn nationwide opinion polling for the 2012 Republican Presidential primaries , Romney led or placed in the top three with Palin and Huckabee . \nA January 2010 National Journal survey of political insiders found that a majority of Republican insiders and a plurality of Democratic insiders predicted Romney would be the party 's 2012 nominee . \n-LSB- 294 -RSB- Romney campaigned heavily for Republican candidates in the 2010 midterm elections , -LSB- 295 -RSB- raising more money than the other prospective 2012 Republican presidential candidates . \nRomney attended Stanford University during the 1965-66 academic year . \n-LSB- 18 -RSB- As opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War grew , a group staged a May 1966 sit-in at Stanford 's administration building to demonstrate against draft status tests ; Romney joined a counter-protest against that group . \nOn June 2 , 2011 , Romney formally announced the start of his campaign . \nMain article : Mitt Romney presidential campaign , 2012 . \nMitt Romney sitting outdoors during daytime , with crowd behind him holding up blue and white \"Romney\" signs . \nOn April 11 , 2011 , Romney announced , via a video taped outdoors at the University of New Hampshire , that he had formed an exploratory committee for a run for the Republican presidential nomination . \n-LSB- 11 -RSB- Most individual Mormon missionaries do not gain many converts -LSB- nb 4 -RSB- and Romney was no exception : -LSB- 33 -RSB- he later estimated ten to twenty for his entire mission . \nRomney stood to benefit from the Republican electorate 's tendency to nominate candidates who had previously run for president , and thus appeared to be next in line to be chosen . \n-LSB- 40 -RSB- When the French expressed opposition to the U.S. role in the Vietnam War , Romney debated them . \n-LSB- 297 -RSB- -LSB- 299 -RSB- -LSB- 301 -RSB- As many potential Republican candidates with star power and fundraising ability decided not to run -LRB- including Mike Pence , John Thune , Haley Barbour , Mike Huckabee , and Mitch Daniels -RRB- , Republican party figures searched for plausible alternatives to Romney . \n-LSB- nb 6 -RSB- Romney then became co-president of a mission that had become demoralized and disorganized after the May 1968 general strike and student uprisings and the car accident . \n-LSB- 41 -RSB- With Romney rallying the others , the mission met its goal of 200 baptisms for the year , the most in a decade . \n-LSB- 33 -RSB- -LSB- 42 -RSB- As a result of his experience there , Romney developed a lifelong affection for France and its people and has also remained fluent in French . \nRomney raised $ 56 million during 2011 , more than double the amount raised by any of his Republican opponents , -LSB- 306 -RSB- and refrained from spending his own money on the campaign . \nAt their first meeting following his return , Romney and Ann Davies reconnected and decided to get married . \n-LSB- 45 -RSB- Romney began attending Brigham Young University -LRB- BYU -RRB- , where she had been studying . \n-LSB- 309 -RSB- Perry and Romney exchanged sharp criticisms of each other during a series of debates among the Republican candidates . \nRomney continued to seek support from a wary Republican electorate ; at this point in the race , his poll numbers were relatively flat and at a historically low level for a Republican frontrunner . \n-LSB- 311 -RSB- -LSB- 315 -RSB- -LSB- 316 -RSB- After the charges of flip-flopping that marked his 2008 campaign began to accumulate again , Romney declared in November 2011 : \"I 've been as consistent as human beings can be .\" \n-LSB- 317 -RSB- -LSB- 318 -RSB- -LSB- 319 -RSB- In the final month before voting began , Newt Gingrich experienced a significant surge -- taking a solid lead in national polls and most of the early caucus and primary states -LSB- 320 -RSB- -- before settling back into parity or worse with Romney following a barrage of negative ads from Restore Our Future , a pro-Romney Super PAC . \n-LSB- 49 -RSB- During the U.S. military draft for the Vietnam War , Romney sought and received two 2-S student deferments , then a 4-D ministerial deferment while living in France as a Mormon missionary . \nIn the initial contest , the 2012 Iowa caucuses of January 3 , election officials announced Romney as ahead with 25 percent of the vote , edging out a late-gaining Rick Santorum by eight votes -LRB- an also-strong Ron Paul finished third -RRB- . \n-LSB- 323 -RSB- A week after the Iowa caucuses , Romney earned a decisive win in the New Hampshire primary with a total of 39 percent of the vote ; Paul finished second and Jon Huntsman , Jr. third . \nAt culturally conservative BYU , Romney remained isolated from much of the upheaval of that era . \n-LSB- 254 -RSB- Huckabee and McCain criticized Romney 's image as a flip flopper -LSB- 254 -RSB- and this label would stick to Romney through the campaign -LSB- 230 -RSB- -LRB- one that Romney rejected as unfair and inaccurate , except for his acknowledged change of mind on abortion -RRB- . \nIn the run-up to the South Carolina Republican primary , Gingrich launched ads criticizing Romney for causing job losses while at Bain Capital , Perry referred to Romney 's role there as \"vulture capitalism\" , and Sarah Palin pressed Romney to prove his claim that he created 100,000 jobs during that time . \n-LSB- 325 -RSB- -LSB- 326 -RSB- Many conservatives rallied in defense of Romney , rejecting what they inferred as criticism of free-market capitalism . \n-LSB- 325 -RSB- During two debates in the state , Romney fumbled questions about releasing his income tax returns , while Gingrich gained support with audience-rousing attacks on the debate moderators . \n-LSB- 327 -RSB- -LSB- 328 -RSB- Romney 's double-digit lead in state polls evaporated ; he lost to Gingrich by 13 points in the January 21 primary . \n-LSB- 327 -RSB- Combined with the delayed loss in Iowa , Romney 's admitted poor week represented a lost chance to end the race early , and he quickly decided to release two years of his tax returns . \n-LSB- 327 -RSB- -LSB- 329 -RSB- The race turned to the Florida Republican primary , where in debates , appearances , and advertisements , Romney launched a sustained barrage against Gingrich 's past record and associations and current electability . \nBenjamin -LRB- 1978 -RRB- and Craig -LRB- 1981 -RRB- would arrive later , after Romney had begun his career . \nMitt Romney wanted to pursue a business career , but his father advised him that a law degree would be valuable to his career even if he never practiced law . \nSeveral caucuses and primaries took place during February , and Santorum won three in a single night early in the month , propelling him into the lead in national and some state polls and positioning him as Romney 's chief rival . \n-LSB- 333 -RSB- Days later , Romney told the Conservative Political Action Conference that he had been a \"severely conservative governor\" -LSB- 334 -RSB- -LRB- while during his term in 2005 he had maintained that his positions were moderate and characterized reports that he was shifting to the right to attract conservative votes a media distortion -RRB- . \n-LSB- 335 -RSB- Romney won the other five February contests , including a closely fought one in his home state of Michigan at the end of the month . \n-LSB- 291 -RSB- The antipathy Republicans felt for it created a potential problem for the former governor , since the new federal law was in many ways similar to the Massachusetts health care reform passed during Romney 's gubernatorial tenure ; as one Associated Press article stated , \"Obamacare ... looks a lot like Romneycare .\" \n-LSB- 338 -RSB- Romney maintained his delegate margin through subsequent contests , -LSB- 339 -RSB- and Santorum suspended his campaign on April 10 . \n-LSB- 340 -RSB- Following a sweep of five more contests on April 24 , the Republican National Committee put its resources to work for Romney as the party 's presumptive nominee . \n-LSB- 341 -RSB- Romney clinched a majority of the delegates with a win in the Texas primary on May 29 . \nMain article : Business career of Mitt Romney . \nRecruited by several firms in 1975 , Romney joined the Boston Consulting Group -LRB- BCG -RRB- , reasoning that working as a management consultant for a variety of companies would better prepare him for a future position as a chief executive . \n-LSB- 343 -RSB- A related issue dealt with Romney 's purported responsibility for actions at Bain Capital after taking the Olympics post . \n-LSB- 98 -RSB- -LSB- 100 -RSB- Romney faced demands from Democrats to release additional years of his tax returns , an action a number of Republicans also felt would be wise ; after being adamant that he would not do that , he released summaries of them in late September . \n-LSB- 110 -RSB- -LSB- 344 -RSB- During May and June , the Obama campaign spent heavily and was able to paint a negative image of Romney in voters ' minds before the Romney campaign could construct a positive one . \nIn July 2012 , Romney visited the United Kingdom , Israel , and Poland , meeting leaders in an effort to raise his credibility as a world statesman . \n-LSB- 56 -RSB- -LSB- 62 -RSB- -LSB- 65 -RSB- Bain himself would later say of the thirty-year-old Romney , \"He had the appearance -LSB- sic -RSB- of confidence of a guy who was maybe ten years older .\" \n-LSB- 347 -RSB- -LSB- 348 -RSB- Israeli Prime Minister -LRB- and former BCG colleague -RRB- Benjamin Netanyahu , embraced Romney , though some Palestinians criticized him for suggesting that Israel 's culture led to their greater economic success . \n-LSB- 56 -RSB- -LSB- 62 -RSB- Romney became a vice-president of the firm in 1978 , -LSB- 15 -RSB- working with such clients as the Monsanto Company , Outboard Marine Corporation , Burlington Industries , and Corning Incorporated . \n-LSB- 448 -RSB- In February 2017 , Romney stated that Trump is \"off to a very strong start\" in fulfilling his campaign promises , although he has \"no regrets\" about his anti-Trump speech . \nOn August 11 , 2012 , the Romney campaign announced the selection of Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice-presidential running mate . \nOn August 28 , 2012 , the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa , Florida , officially nominated Romney as their candidate for the presidency . \n-LSB- 351 -RSB- Romney became the first Mormon to be a major-party presidential nominee . \nTwo family incidents during this time later surfaced during Romney 's political campaigns . \n-LSB- 68 -RSB- -LSB- 69 -RSB- A state park ranger in 1981 told Romney his motorboat had an insufficiently visible license number and that he would face a $ 50 fine if he took the boat onto the lake . \nDisagreeing about the license and wanting to continue a family outing , Romney took it out anyway , saying he would pay the fine . \nRomney went on to say : \"And so my job is not to worry about those people . \n-LSB- 47 -RSB- The dog incident in particular later became fodder for Romney 's critics and political opponents . \nCounty-by-county results of the election , shaded by percentage won : Obama in blue , Romney in red . \nMedia figures and political analysts widely viewed Romney as having delivered a stronger and more focused presentation than did President Obama . \nIn 1984 , Romney left Bain & Company to cofound the spin-off private equity investment firm , Bain Capital . \n-LSB- 72 -RSB- He had initially refrained from accepting Bill Bain 's offer to head the new venture , until Bain rearranged the terms in a complicated partnership structure so that there was no financial or professional risk to Romney . \n-LSB- 56 -RSB- -LSB- 66 -RSB- -LSB- 73 -RSB- Bain and Romney raised the $ 37 million in funds needed to start the new operation , which had seven employees . \n-LSB- 59 -RSB- -LSB- 74 -RSB- Romney held the titles of president -LSB- 75 -RSB- and managing general partner . \n-LSB- 359 -RSB- Romney garnered 206 electoral college votes to Obama 's 332 , losing all but one of nine battleground states , and 47 percent of the nationwide popular vote to Obama 's 51 percent . \n-LSB- 360 -RSB- -LSB- 361 -RSB- Media accounts described Romney as \"shellshocked\" by the result . \n-LSB- 362 -RSB- But Romney 's get out the vote operation had been inferior to Obama 's , both in person-to-person organization and in voter modeling and outreach technology -LSB- 363 -RSB- -LRB- the latter exemplified by the failure of the Project Orca application -RRB- . \nRomney set up a system in which any partner could veto one of these potential opportunities , and he personally saw so many weaknesses that few venture capital investments were approved in the initial two years . \n-LSB- 56 -RSB- The firm 's first significant success was a 1986 investment to help start Staples Inc. , after founder Thomas G. Stemberg convinced Romney of the market size for office supplies and Romney convinced others ; Bain Capital eventually reaped a nearly sevenfold return on its investment , and Romney sat on the Staples board of directors for over a decade . \n-LSB- 364 -RSB- Reflecting on his defeat during a conference call to hundreds of fundraisers and donors a week after the election , Romney attributed the outcome to Obama 's having secured the votes of specific interest groups , including African Americans , Hispanic Americans , young people , and women , by offering them what Romney called \"extraordinary financial gifts .\" \nRomney soon switched Bain Capital 's focus from startups to the relatively new business of leveraged buyouts : buying existing companies with money mostly borrowed from banking institutions using the newly bought companies ' assets as collateral , then taking steps to improve the companies ' value , and finally selling those companies once their value peaked , usually within a few years . \nSee also : Issues and positions throughout Romney 's political career . \nRomney discovered few investment opportunities himself -LRB- and those that he did , often failed to make money for the firm -RRB- . \nRomney meeting with President Obama after the 2012 presidential election . \n-LSB- 84 -RSB- Within Bain Capital , Romney spread profits from deals widely within the firm to keep people motivated , often keeping less than ten percent for himself . \n-LSB- 85 -RSB- Data-driven , Romney often played the role of a devil 's advocate during exhaustive analysis of whether to go forward with a deal . \n-LSB- 56 -RSB- Romney served on the board of directors of Damon Corporation , a medical testing company later found guilty of defrauding the government ; Bain Capital tripled its investment before selling off the company , and the fraud was discovered by the new owners -LRB- Romney was never implicated -RRB- . \n-LSB- 56 -RSB- In some cases , Romney had little involvement with a company once Bain Capital acquired it . \nRomney pledged to lead an effort to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -LRB- \"Obamacare\" -RRB- and replace it with a system that gives states more control over Medicaid and makes health insurance premiums tax-advantaged for individuals in the same way they are for businesses . \n-LSB- 429 -RSB- Romney publicly criticized Trump for not releasing his taxes , saying there might be a \"bombshell\" in them . \n-LSB- 86 -RSB- Referring to the layoffs that sometimes occurred , Romney said in 2007 : \"Sometimes the medicine is a little bitter but it is necessary to save the life of the patient . \nRomney opposed the use of mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions to deal with global warming . \nIn 1990 , facing financial collapse , Bain & Company asked Romney to return . \nRomney labeled Russia as America 's \"number one geopolitical foe\" , -LSB- 384 -RSB- and asserted that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear capability should be America 's \"highest national security priority\" . \n-LSB- 385 -RSB- Romney stated his strong support for Israel . \nIn addition to calling for cuts in federal government spending to help reduce the national debt , -LSB- 370 -RSB- Romney proposed measures intended to limit the growth of entitlement programs , such as introducing means testing and gradually raising the eligibility ages for receipt of Social Security and Medicare . \n-LSB- 387 -RSB- Romney supported the Patriot Act , -LSB- 388 -RSB- the continued operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp , and use of enhanced interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists . \nRomney took a leave of absence from Bain Capital from November 1993 to November 1994 to run for the U.S. Senate . \n-LSB- 47 -RSB- -LSB- 93 -RSB- During that time , Ampad workers went on strike and asked Romney to intervene . \nAgainst the advice of Bain Capital lawyers , Romney met the strikers , but told them he had no position of active authority in the matter . \nSince 2005 , Romney described himself as \"pro-life\" . \n-LSB- 392 -RSB- -LSB- nb 10 -RSB- -LSB- nb 14 -RSB- During his 1994 campaign for the senate , Romney had said , \"I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country ,\" a stance he reiterated during his 2002 campaign for governor . \n-LSB- 137 -RSB- -LSB- 395 -RSB- While Romney would prefer to see passage of a constitutional amendment that would outlaw abortion , he did not believe the public would support such an amendment ; -LSB- 396 -RSB- as an alternative , he promised to nominate Supreme Court justices who would help overturn Roe v. Wade , allowing each state to decide on the legality of abortion . \nStarting in February 1999 , Romney took a paid leave of absence from Bain Capital in order to serve as the president and CEO of the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Organizing Committee . \n-LSB- 97 -RSB- -LSB- 98 -RSB- Billed in some public statements as keeping a part-time role , -LSB- 97 -RSB- -LSB- 99 -RSB- Romney remained the firm 's sole shareholder , managing director , CEO , and president , signing corporate and legal documents , attending to his interests within the firm , and conducting prolonged negotiations for the terms of his departure . \nIn August 2001 , Romney announced that he would not return to Bain Capital . \nDuring the first year following the election defeat , Romney generally kept a low profile , -LSB- 401 -RSB- with his ordinary daily activities around San Diego being captured via social media glimpses . \n-LSB- 403 -RSB- In March 2013 , Romney gave a reflective interview on Fox News Sunday , stating , \"It kills me not to be there , not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done\" . \n-LSB- 406 -RSB- -RRB- Romney began working as executive partner group chairman for Solamere Capital , a private capital firm in Boston owned by his son Tagg . \nAs a result of his business career , Romney and his wife had a net worth of between $ 190 and $ 250 million , -LSB- 2 -RSB- -LSB- 103 -RSB- including their retirement account , worth between $ 20 and $ 100 million . \n-LSB- 107 -RSB- -LSB- 108 -RSB- In 2010 , Romney and his wife received about $ 22 million in income , almost all of it from investments such as dividends , capital gains , and carried interest ; and they paid about $ 3 million in federal income taxes , for an effective tax rate of 14 percent . \n-LSB- 407 -RSB- -LSB- 410 -RSB- In addition , Romney and his siblings continue to own a cottage in the gated community called Beach O ' Pines located south of Grand Bend , Ontario , which has been in the family for more than sixty years . \nRomney has tithed to the LDS Church regularly , and donated generously to LDS Church-owned BYU . \n-LSB- 409 -RSB- The 2014 documentary film Mitt showed a behind-the-scenes , family-based perspective on both of Romney 's presidential campaigns and received positive notices for humanizing the candidate and illustrating the toll that campaigning takes . \n-LSB- 109 -RSB- The Romney family 's Tyler Charitable Foundation gave out about $ 650,000 in that year , some of which went to organizations that fight diseases . \n-LSB- 342 -RSB- Negative ads from both sides dominated the campaign , with Obama 's proclaiming that Romney shipped jobs overseas while at Bain Capital and kept money in offshore tax havens and Swiss bank accounts . \nRomney himself thought he might be branded a \"loser for life\" and fade into an obscurity like Michael Dukakis -LSB- 406 -RSB- -LRB- a similar figure with no obvious base of political support who had lost what his party considered a winnable presidential election -RRB- -LSB- 414 -RSB- but , to the surprise of many political observers , that did not happen . \n-LSB- 415 -RSB- Romney re-emerged onto the political scene in the run-up to the 2014 U.S. midterm elections , endorsing , campaigning , and fundraising for a number of Republican candidates , especially those running for the U.S. Senate . \nDuring his business career , Romney held several positions in the local lay clergy . \n-LSB- 330 -RSB- -LSB- 331 -RSB- Romney enjoyed a large spending advantage from both his campaign and his aligned Super PAC , and after a record-breaking rate of negative ads from both sides , Romney won Florida on January 31 , gaining 46 percent of the vote to Gingrich 's 32 percent . \n-LSB- 413 -RSB- Regarding such a possibility , Romney at first responded , \"Oh , no , no , no . \nFrom 1986 to 1994 , Romney presided over the Boston Stake , which included more than a dozen wards in eastern Massachusetts and almost 4,000 church members . \n-LSB- 419 -RSB- A poll conducted in July 2014 by CNN showed Romney with a 53 to 44 lead over Obama in a hypothetical election \"redo .\" \n-LSB- 420 -RSB- -LSB- 421 -RSB- By early 2015 , Romney was actively considering the idea and contacting his network of supporters . \n-LSB- 422 -RSB- -LSB- 423 -RSB- In doing so he was positioning himself in the invisible primary -- the preliminary jockeying for the backing of party leaders , donors , and political operatives -- against former Florida governor Jeb Bush , who had already set a likely campaign in motion and would be a rival to Romney for establishment Republican support . \n-LSB- 423 -RSB- -LSB- 424 -RSB- Despite support in some quarters for a third bid for the presidency , there was a backlash against him from conservatives who wanted a fresher face without a history of presidential losses , -LSB- 425 -RSB- and many of Romney 's past donors were not willing to commit to him again . \n-LSB- 426 -RSB- Romney announced on January 30 , 2015 that he would not run for president in 2016 , saying that while he thought he could win the nomination , \"one of our next generation of Republican leaders\" would be better positioned to win the general election . \nRomney took a hands-on role in the Belmont Stake 's matters , helping in domestic maintenance efforts , visiting the sick , and counseling burdened church members . \nAs the Republican presidential nomination race went into the primaries season , Romney had not endorsed anyone but was one of the Republican establishment figures who were becoming increasingly concerned about the front-runner status of New York businessman Donald Trump . \n-LSB- 115 -RSB- Romney tried to balance the conservative directives from church leadership in Utah with the desire of some Massachusetts members to have a more flexible application of religious doctrine . \n-LSB- 430 -RSB- Trump responded by calling Romney \"one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics .\" \n-LSB- 429 -RSB- Then Romney gave a speech on March 3 , 2016 , at the Hinckley Institute of Politics , that represented a scathing attack on Trump 's personal behavior , business performance , and domestic and foreign policy stances . \n-LSB- 67 -RSB- Romney later said that the years spent as an LDS minister gave him direct exposure to people struggling financially and empathy for those with family problems . \n-LSB- 431 -RSB- -LSB- 432 -RSB- In response Trump dismissed Romney as a \"choke artist\" . \nMitt Romney and Paul Ryan seen in medium distance on an outdoor stage , with large crowd around them . \n-LSB- 432 -RSB- -LSB- 433 -RSB- -LSB- 434 -RSB- Romney encouraged Republicans to engage in tactical voting , by supporting whichever of the remaining rivals had the best chance to beat Trump in any given state , -LSB- 435 -RSB- and as such Romney announced he was voting for , although not endorsing , Ted Cruz for president prior to the March 22 Utah caucus . \nRomney then announced that he would not support Trump in the general election , saying , \"I am dismayed at where we are now , I wish we had better choices\" . \n-LSB- 432 -RSB- Romney 's speech represented an unprecedented attack by a major U.S. party 's most recent presidential nominee against the party 's current front-runner for the nomination . \nFor much of his business career , Romney did not take public , political stances . \nIn June , Romney said that he would not vote for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton either , saying : \"It 's a matter of personal conscience . \n-LSB- 440 -RSB- When pressed on who of Trump and Clinton was more qualified to be President , Romney quoted P. J. O'Rourke : \"Hillary Clinton is wrong on every issue , but she 's wrong within the normal parameters .\" \nBy 1993 , Romney had begun thinking about entering politics , partly based upon Ann 's urging and partly to follow in his father 's footsteps . \n-LSB- 441 -RSB- In September he called for Johnson to be included in the presidential debates -LSB- 442 -RSB- and in October it emerged that Independent candidate Evan McMullin was using an email list of 2.5 million Romney supporters to raise money . \n-LSB- 443 -RSB- McMullin 's chief strategist said that it was purchased from Romney for President and that \"we 'll let other folks discuss what that may mean and certainly never speak for -LSB- Romney -RSB-\" . \n-LSB- 123 -RSB- -LSB- 124 -RSB- -LSB- 125 -RSB- Romney changed his affiliation to Republican in October 1993 and formally announced his candidacy in February 1994 . \n-LSB- 47 -RSB- In addition to his leave from Bain Capital , Romney als stepped down from his church leadership role in 1994 . \n-LSB- 444 -RSB- After Trump won the election , Romney congratulated him via phone call and on Twitter . \n-LSB- 445 -RSB- On November 19 , Romney met with the President-elect at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster , New Jersey , reportedly to discuss the position of Secretary of State , -LSB- 446 -RSB- -LSB- 447 -RSB- a position which ultimately went to Rex Tillerson . \nRadio personality Janet Jeghelian took an early lead in polls among candidates for the Republican nomination for the Senate seat , but Romney proved the most effective fundraiser . \n-LSB- 128 -RSB- Romney defeated Lakian in the September 1994 primary with more than 80 percent of the vote . \nIn September 2017 press reports said that should U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch retire , Romney would run in Utah for that seat in 2018 . \n-LSB- 123 -RSB- The younger , telegenic , and well-funded Romney ran as a businessman who stated he had created ten thousand jobs and as a Washington outsider with a solid family image and moderate stances on social issues . \n-LSB- 123 -RSB- -LSB- 130 -RSB- When Kennedy tried to tie Romney 's policies to those of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush , Romney responded , \"Look , I was an independent during the time of Reagan-Bush . \n-LSB- 131 -RSB- Romney stated , \"Ultimately , this is a campaign about change .\" \nRomney has received a number of honorary doctorates , including in business from the University of Utah in 1999 , -LSB- 451 -RSB- in law from Bentley College in 2002 , -LSB- 452 -RSB- in public administration from Suffolk University Law School in 2004 , -LSB- 453 -RSB- in public service from Hillsdale College in 2007 , -LSB- 454 -RSB- and in humanities from Liberty University in 2012 . \nRomney 's campaign was effective in portraying Kennedy as soft on crime , but had trouble establishing its own consistent positions . \n-LSB- 336 -RSB- -LSB- 337 -RSB- In the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses of March 6 , Romney won six of ten contests , including a narrow victory in Ohio over a vastly outspent Santorum . \n-LSB- 123 -RSB- -LSB- 134 -RSB- -LSB- 135 -RSB- Kennedy responded with a series of ads that focused on Romney 's seemingly shifting political views on issues such as abortion ; -LSB- 136 -RSB- Romney responded by stating , \"I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country .\" \n-LSB- 137 -RSB- Other Kennedy ads centered on layoffs of workers at the Ampad plant owned by Romney 's Bain Capital . \n-LSB- 123 -RSB- -LSB- 138 -RSB- The latter was effective in blunting Romney 's momentum . \n-LSB- 81 -RSB- Kennedy and Romney held a widely watched late-October debate that had no clear winner , but by then , Kennedy had pulled ahead in polls and stayed ahead afterward . \n-LSB- 139 -RSB- Romney spent $ 3 million of his own money in the race and more than $ 7 million overall . \n-LSB- 140 -RSB- -LSB- nb 11 -RSB- In the November general election , despite a disastrous showing for Democrats nationwide , Kennedy won the election with 58 percent of the vote to Romney 's 41 percent , -LSB- 56 -RSB- the smallest margin in any of Kennedy 's re-election campaigns for the Senate . \nThe day after the election , Romney returned to Bain Capital , but the loss had a lasting effect ; he told his brother , \"I never want to run for something again unless I can win .\" \nRomney felt restless as the decade neared a close ; the goal of simply making more money held little attraction for him . \n-LSB- 462 -RSB- In 2012 , Time magazine included Romney in their List of The 100 Most Influential People in the World . \n-LSB- 144 -RSB- -LSB- 146 -RSB- -LSB- 147 -RSB- On February 11 , 1999 , the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of 2002 hired Romney as its president and CEO . \nPhotograph of Romney standing with microphone in middle of curling lanes . \nBefore Romney took over , the event was $ 379 million short of its revenue goals . \nThey chose Romney based on his business and legal expertise as well as his connections to both the LDS Church and the state . \n-LSB- 39 -RSB- Romney donated to charity the $ 1.4 million in salary and severance payments he received for his three years as president and CEO , and also contributed $ 1 million to the Olympics . \nRomney restructured the organization 's leadership and policies . \nRomney said that he would appoint federal judges in the mold of U.S. Supreme Court justices John Roberts , Clarence Thomas , Antonin Scalia , and Samuel Alito . \n-LSB- 144 -RSB- -LSB- 147 -RSB- Romney worked to ensure the safety of the Games following the September 11 , 2001 terrorist attacks by coordinating a $ 300 million security budget . \n-LSB- 148 -RSB- The federal government provided approximately $ 400 million -LSB- 147 -RSB- -LSB- 153 -RSB- -LSB- 154 -RSB- to $ 600 million -LSB- 155 -RSB- -LSB- 156 -RSB- of that budget , much of it a result of Romney 's having aggressively lobbied Congress and federal agencies . \nRomney emerged as the local public face of the Olympic effort , appearing in photographs , in news stories , on collectible Olympics pins depicting Romney wrapped by an American flag , and on buttons carrying phrases like \"Hey , Mitt , we love you !\" \n-LSB- 144 -RSB- -LSB- 147 -RSB- -LSB- 159 -RSB- Robert H. Garff , the chair of the organizing committee , later said \"It was obvious that he had an agenda larger than just the Olympics ,\" -LSB- 144 -RSB- and that Romney wanted to use the Olympics to propel himself into the national spotlight and a political career . \n-LSB- 147 -RSB- -LSB- 160 -RSB- Garff believed the initial budget situation was not as bad as Romney portrayed , given there were still three years to reorganize . \n-LSB- 147 -RSB- Olympics critic Steve Pace , who led Utahns for Responsible Public Spending , thought Romney exaggerated the initial fiscal state to lay the groundwork for a well-publicized rescue . \n-LSB- 160 -RSB- Kenneth Bullock , another board member of the organizing committee and also head of the Utah League of Cities and Towns , often clashed with Romney at the time , and later said that Romney deserved some credit for the turnaround but not as much as he claimed . \nBy early 2014 , the lack of a clear mainstream Republican candidate for the 2016 presidential election led some supporters , donors , and pollsters to suggest Romney stage a third run . \n-LSB- 161 -RSB- President George W. Bush praised Romney 's efforts and 87 percent of Utahns approved of his performance as Olympics head . \n-LSB- 62 -RSB- U.S. Olympic Committee head William Hybl credited Romney with an extraordinary effort in overcoming a difficult time for the Olympics , culminating in \"the greatest Winter Games I have ever seen\" . \n-LSB- 147 -RSB- Romney wrote a book about his experience titled Turnaround : Crisis , Leadership , and the Olympic Games , published in 2004 . \nThe role gave Romney experience in dealing with federal , state , and local entities , a public persona he had previously lacked , and the chance to relaunch his political aspirations . \n-LSB- 296 -RSB- Beginning in early 2011 , Romney presented a more relaxed visual image , including more casual attire . \n-LSB- 162 -RSB- -LSB- 165 -RSB- Prominent party figures -- as well as the White House -- wanted Romney to run for governor -LSB- 166 -RSB- -LSB- 167 -RSB- and the opportunity appealed to him for reasons including its national visibility . \n-LSB- 168 -RSB- A poll by the Boston Herald showed Republicans favoring Romney over Swift by more than 50 percentage points . \n-LSB- 169 -RSB- On March 19 , 2002 , Swift announced she would not seek her party 's nomination , and hours later Romney declared his candidacy , -LSB- 169 -RSB- for which he would face no opposition in the primary . \n-LSB- 170 -RSB- In June 2002 , the Massachusetts Democratic Party challenged Romney 's eligibility to run for governor , noting that state law required seven years ' consecutive residence and that Romney had filed his state tax returns as a Utah resident in 1999 and 2000 . \nRomney again ran as a political outsider . \n-LSB- 413 -RSB- Nevertheless , speculation continued : the continuing unpopularity of Obama led to buyer 's remorse among some voters ; the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine made Romney 's \"No. 1 geopolitical foe\" remark look prescient ; and an August 2014 poll of Iowan Republicans showed Romney with a large lead there over other potential 2016 candidates . \nRomney released his book , No Apology : The Case for American Greatness , in March 2010 , and undertook an 18-state book tour to promote the work . \nIn an attempt to overcome the image that had damaged him in the 1994 Senate race -- that of a wealthy corporate buyout specialist out of touch with the needs of regular people -- the campaign staged a series of \"work days\" , in which Romney performed blue-collar jobs such as herding cows and baling hay , unloading a fishing boat , and hauling garbage . \n-LSB- 346 -RSB- Comments Romney made about the readiness of the 2012 Summer Olympics were perceived as undiplomatic by the British press . \n-LSB- 180 -RSB- O'Brien said that Romney 's budget plans were unrealistic ; the two also differed on capital punishment and bilingual education , with Romney supporting the former and opposing the latter . \n-LSB- 356 -RSB- Exit polls published following the election showed that voters never saw Romney as someone who cared about people like them . \nDuring the election , Romney contributed more than $ 6 million -- a state record at the time -- to the nearly $ 10 million raised for his campaign overall . \nMain article : Governorship of Mitt Romney . \nThe swearing in of Romney as the 70th governor of Massachusetts took place on January 2 , 2003 . \n-LSB- 290 -RSB- Romney donated his earnings from the book to charity . \n-LSB- 189 -RSB- -LSB- 190 -RSB- Through a combination of spending cuts , increased fees , and removal of corporate tax loopholes , -LSB- 189 -RSB- the state achieved surpluses of around $ 600 -- 700 million during Romney 's last two full fiscal years in office , although it began running deficits again after that . \nMitt Romney resting on a wooden desk , flanked by an American flag , a picture of his wife , a lamp , and a painting of mountains . \nRomney supported raising various fees , including those for drivers ' licenses and gun licenses , to raise more than $ 300 million . \n-LSB- 189 -RSB- Romney also closed tax loopholes that brought in another $ 181 million from businesses over the next two years and over $ 300 million for his term . \n-LSB- 388 -RSB- Romney opposed same-sex marriage and civil unions , although he favored domestic partnership legislation that gives certain legal rights to same-sex couples , such as hospital visitation . \n-LSB- 174 -RSB- -LSB- 189 -RSB- Romney sought additional cuts in his last year as governor by vetoing nearly 250 items in the state budget ; a heavily Democratic legislature overrode all the vetoes . \n-LSB- 174 -RSB- -LSB- 189 -RSB- The combined state and local tax burden in Massachusetts increased during Romney 's governorship . \nRomney sought to bring near-universal health insurance coverage to the state . \n-LSB- 176 -RSB- -LSB- 201 -RSB- Although the idea of universal health insurance had not come to the fore during the campaign , Romney decided that because people without insurance still received expensive health care , the money spent by the state for such care could be better used to subsidize insurance for the poor . \nDetermined that a new Massachusetts health insurance measure not raise taxes or resemble the previous decade 's failed \"Hillarycare\" proposal at the federal level , Romney formed a team of consultants from diverse political backgrounds to apply those principles . \n-LSB- 176 -RSB- -LSB- 187 -RSB- -LSB- 201 -RSB- In particular , Romney pushed for incorporating an individual mandate at the state level . \n-LSB- 21 -RSB- Past rival Ted Kennedy , who had made universal health coverage his life 's work and who , over time , had developed a warm relationship with Romney , -LSB- 202 -RSB- gave the plan a positive reception , which encouraged Democratic legislators to cooperate . \n-LSB- 176 -RSB- -LSB- 201 -RSB- The effort eventually gained the support of all major stakeholders within the state , and Romney helped break a logjam between rival Democratic leaders in the legislature . \n-LSB- 206 -RSB- The law was the first of its kind in the nation and became the signature achievement of Romney 's term in office . \nAt the beginning of his governorship , Romney opposed same-sex marriage and civil unions , but advocated tolerance and supported some domestic partnership benefits . \n-LSB- 210 -RSB- Romney reluctantly backed a state constitutional amendment in February 2004 that would have banned those marriages but still allowed civil unions , viewing it as the only feasible way to accomplish the former . \n-LSB- 208 -RSB- -LSB- 211 -RSB- In June 2005 , Romney abandoned his support for the compromise amendment , stating that it confused voters who opposed both same-sex marriage and civil unions . \nIn mid-September , a video surfaced of Romney speaking before a group of supporters in which he stated that 47 percent of the nation pays no income tax , are dependent on the federal government , see themselves as victims , and will support President Obama unconditionally . \nIn 2005 , Romney revealed a change of view regarding abortion , moving from the pro-choice positions expressed during his 1994 and 2002 campaigns to a pro-life one in opposition to Roe v. Wade . \n-LSB- 176 -RSB- Romney attributed his conversion to an interaction with Harvard University biologist Douglas Melton , an expert on embryonic stem cell biology , although Melton vehemently disputed Romney 's recollection of their conversation . \n-LSB- 214 -RSB- Romney subsequently vetoed a bill on pro-life grounds that expanded access to emergency contraception in hospitals and pharmacies -LRB- the legislature overrode the veto -RRB- . \nRomney used a bully pulpit approach towards promoting his agenda , staging well-organized media events to appeal directly to the public rather than pushing his proposals in behind-doors sessions with the state legislature . \n-LSB- 176 -RSB- After two years of negotiating the state 's participation in the landmark Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that instituted a cap-and-trade arrangement for power plant emissions in the Northeast , Romney pulled Massachusetts out of the initiative shortly before its signing in December 2005 , citing a lack of cost limits for industry . \nDuring 2004 , Romney spent considerable effort trying to bolster the state Republican Party , but it failed to gain any seats in the state legislative elections that year . \n-LSB- 218 -RSB- Midway through his term , Romney decided that he wanted to stage a full-time run for president , -LSB- 219 -RSB- and on December 14 , 2005 , announced that he would not seek re-election for a second term . \n-LSB- 220 -RSB- As chair of the Republican Governors Association , Romney traveled around the country , meeting prominent Republicans and building a national political network ; -LSB- 219 -RSB- he spent all , or parts of , more than 200 days out of state during 2006 , preparing for his run . \n-LSB- 443 -RSB- A spokeswoman for Romney said that the list had been \"rented by several political candidates in the presidential primary , and by countless other political and commercial users in the time since the 2012 campaign\" -LSB- 443 -RSB- and Romney made no public comment on McMullin 's candidacy . \n-LSB- 222 -RSB- -LSB- 223 -RSB- Romney 's approval rating stood at 34 percent in November 2006 , ranking 48th of the 50 U.S. governors . \n-LSB- 224 -RSB- Dissatisfaction with Romney 's administration and the weak condition of the Republican state party were among several factors contributing to Democrat Deval Patrick 's 20-point win over Republican Kerry Healey , Romney 's lieutenant governor , in the 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election . \nRomney filed to register a presidential campaign committee with the Federal Election Commission on his penultimate day in office as governor . \nMain article : Mitt Romney presidential campaign , 2008 . \nRomney formally announced his candidacy for the 2008 Republican nomination for president on February 13 , 2007 , in Dearborn , Michigan . \nMitt Romney addressing an audience from atop a stage . \nThe campaign emphasized Romney 's highly profitable career in the business world and his stewardship of the Olympics . \n-LSB- 238 -RSB- Media stories referred to the 6-foot-2-inch -LRB- 1.88 m -RRB- Romney as handsome . \nRomney 's liabilities included having run for senator and serving as governor in one of the nation 's most liberal states and having taken positions in opposition to the party 's conservative base during that time . \nPeople magazine included Romney in its 50 Most Beautiful People list for 2002 , -LSB- 460 -RSB- and in 2004 , a foundation that promotes the Olympic truce , gave him its inaugural Truce Ideal Award . \n-LSB- 219 -RSB- -LSB- 230 -RSB- -LSB- 237 -RSB- Skeptics , including some Republicans , charged Romney with opportunism and a lack of core principles . \n-LSB- 444 -RSB- Romney and his wife cast early ballots in Utah , but he declined to say who he voted for .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-57c529c6540942f1959b33089441b6a4", "input": "GM CEO Dan Akerson said in a speech to the Economic Club of Washington D.C. that the company faces many challenges including the retention of top talent in its executive ranks. He said he was meeting later in the day with federal officials who oversee executive pay for companies that received bailouts.\nthe retention of top talent in its executive ranks. He said he was meeting later in the day with federal officials who oversee executive pay for companies that received bailouts.\n \"We have to be competitive. We have to be able to attract and retain great people \" Akerson said adding \"We've been able to retain them but we're starting to lose them and I think that's an issue for our owners to recognize.\"\n Akerson also said GM was well-positioned to take advantage of growth markets in China and India.\n He said GM learned a lesson in humility from its bankruptcy but it was well-positioned to return to sustained profitability while reducing its debt and large pension obligations.", "output": [ "Dan Akerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-ce1ef926080340edbb0785042f8b0c19", "input": "Robert Mugabe agreed on Sunday to resign as Zimbabwe ’ s president hours after the ruling ZANU - PF party fired him as its leader following 37 years in charge a source familiar with the negotiations said . FILE PHOTO : Zimbabwe ' s President Robert Mugabe looks on as his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa reads a card during Mugabe ' s 93rd birthday celebrations in Harare Zimbabwe February 21 2017 . REUTERS / Philimon Bulawayo / File Photo ZANU - PF had given the 93 - year - old less than 24 hours to quit as head of state or face impeachment an attempt to secure a peaceful end to his tenure after a de facto coup . The source said the Zimbabwe military was working on a resignation statement by Mugabe without giving details . Zimbabwe ’ s state broadcaster ZBC said Mugabe would address the nation shortly . Earlier on Sunday the official Herald newspaper showed pictures of him meeting top generals at his State House offices . Mugabe the only leader the southern African nation has known since independence from Britain in 1980 was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa the deputy he sacked this month in a move that triggered the mid - week intervention by the army . In scenes unthinkable just a week ago the announcement drew cheers from the 200 delegates packed into ZANU - PF ’ s Harare headquarters to seal the fate of Mugabe whose support has crumbled in the four days since the army seized power . Mugabe was given until noon ( 5 . 00 a . m . ET ) on Monday to resign or face impeachment an ignominious end to the career of the “ Grand Old Man ” of African politics who was once feted across the continent as an anti - colonial liberation hero . Even in the West he was renowned in his early years as the “ Thinking Man ’ s Guerrilla ” an ironic nickname for a man who would later proudly declare he held a “ degree in violence ”. As the economy crumbled and political opposition to his rule grew in the late 1990s Mugabe seized thousands of white - owned farms detained opponents and unleashed security forces to crush dissent . When the vote was announced war veterans leader Chris Mutsvangwa who has spearheaded an 18 - month campaign to remove a man he openly described as a “ dictator ” embraced colleagues and shouted : “ The President is gone . Long live the new President .” Mugabe ’ s 52 - year - old wife Grace who had harbored ambitions of succeeding her husband was also expelled from ZANU - PF along with at least three cabinet ministers who had formed the backbone of her “ G40 ” political faction . Speaking before the meeting Mutsvangwa said Mugabe who has so far resisted calls to quit was running out of time to negotiate his departure and should leave the country while he could . “ He ’ s trying to bargain for a dignified exit ” he said . If Mugabe refused to go “ we will bring back the crowds and they will do their business ” Mutsvangwa told reporters . Mnangagwa a former state security chief known as “ The Crocodile ” is expected to head an interim post - Mugabe unity government that will focus on rebuilding ties with the outside world and stabilizing an economy in freefall . The next presidential election is due in 2018 . On Saturday hundreds of thousands of people flooded the streets of Harare singing dancing and hugging soldiers in an outpouring of elation at Mugabe ’ s expected overthrow . FILE PHOTO : Zimbabwe Vice - President Emmerson Mnangagwa listens as President Robert Mugabe ( not pictured ) delivers his state of the nation address to the country ' s parliament in Harare August 25 2015 . REUTERS / Philimon Bulawayo / File Photo His stunning downfall is likely to send shockwaves across Africa where a number of entrenched strongmen from Uganda ’ s Yoweri Museveni to Democratic Republic of Congo ’ s Joseph Kabila are facing mounting pressure to step down . “ READY TO DIE ” On Saturday men women and children ran alongside the armored cars and troops who stepped in to target what the army called “ criminals ” in Mugabe ’ s inner circle . Meanwhile the man himself remained under house arrest in his lavish “ Blue Roof ” compound watching the support from his party security services and people evaporate . Speaking from a secret location in South Africa his nephew Patrick Zhuwao told Reuters Mugabe and his wife were “ ready to die for what is correct ” rather than step down in order to legitimize what he described as a coup . Zhuwao who was also sanctioned by ZANU - PF did not answer his phone on Sunday . However Mugabe ’ s son Chatunga railed against those who had pushed out his father . Slideshow ( 11 Images ) “ You can ’ t fire a Revolutionary leader !” he wrote on this Facebook page . “ ZANU - PF is nothing without President Mugabe .” “ SECOND LIBERATION ” On Harare ’ s streets few seemed to care about the legal niceties as they heralded a “ second liberation ” and spoke of their dreams for political and economic change after two decades of deepening repression and hardship . More than 3 million Zimbabweans - around 20 percent of the population - have emigrated to neighboring South Africa in search of a better life . The huge crowds in Harare have given a quasi - democratic veneer to the army ’ s intervention backing its assertion that it is merely effecting a constitutional transfer of power rather than a plain coup which would risk a diplomatic backlash . Despite the euphoria some Mugabe opponents are uneasy about the prominent role played by the military and fear Zimbabwe might be swapping one army - backed autocrat for another rather than allowing the people to choose their next leader . “ The real danger of the current situation is that having got their new preferred candidate into State House the military will want to keep him or her there no matter what the electorate wills ” former education minister David Coltart said . The United States a longtime Mugabe critic said it was looking forward to a new era in Zimbabwe while President Ian Khama of neighboring Botswana said Mugabe had no diplomatic support in the region and should resign at once . Besides changing its leadership ZANU - PF said it wanted to change the constitution to reduce the power of the president a possible sign of its desire to move towards a more pluralistic and inclusive political system . However Mnangagwa ’ s history as state security chief during the so - called Gukurahundi crackdown when an estimated 20 000 people were killed by the North Korean - trained Fifth Brigade in Matabeleland in the early 1980s suggested that quick sweeping change was unlikely . “ The deep state that engineered this change of leadership will remain thwarting any real democratic reform ” said Miles Tendi a Zimbabwean academic at Oxford University .", "output": [ "Robert Mugabe" ] }, { "id": "task419-271683d47e0c47e98003bedc4a7100ef", "input": "“There’s really no pattern when it comes to toy discounts ” said Trae Bodge a shopping analyst. “My advice is if you see a discount on something that’s on your list: Get it because it might sell out.”\n“TVs reliably are always very deeply discounted on Black Friday and Cyber Monday ” says Bodge . Best Buy for example is offering 50-inch Sharp TVs for $179.99 while Walmart has marked down 65-inch curved TVs by Samsung to $997.99.\n“Apple is known for not offering promotions but retailers are finding their way around that with gift cards ” Bodge said.\n“Black Friday is a great time to stock up on fall clothing ” Bodge said. But don’t worry if you forget a thing or two: Cold-weather apparel and accessories she said tend to be discounted throughout December.\n“Anything that sits on the counter you’ll see good deals on ” Bodge said. “Toasters slow cookers and food processors have become a popular category especially at department stores.”\nAnd while these might not be the flashiest items on your shopping list Bodge says they can make forreliable holiday presents - particularly for someone you may not know very well.", "output": [ "Trae Bodge" ] }, { "id": "task419-a721d92d28314022a8d256b52e899bf6", "input": "Supporters of Nasralla who represents the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship coalition took to the streets in response to the contested election saying the voting results were manipulated in order for current U.S.-friendly President Juan Orlando Hernandez to remain in power.\nPresident Hernandez who represents the right-wing National Party had been running for a second term. A report from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace earlier this year criticized the president's efforts to consolidate the Honduran government under his party and the website The Intercept recently reported on Hernandez 's alleged links to drug trafficking.\nHowever after taking office in early 2014 Hernandez 's tough anti-crime push won support among many Hondurans.\nNasralla a former sportscaster challenged Hernandez by running on a platform of fighting corruption under an alliance of various center-left and left-wing parties.\nPrior to the elections held last Sunday rumblings of electoral fraud had been spreading. A day earlier The Economist released a report on an obtained recording where alleged members of Hernandez 's National Party could be heard planning to rig the election. The magazine did not confirm the recording's authenticity.\nAlmost 10 hours passed after voting ended before the electoral commission — run by members of the incumbent's National Party — released any information The New York Times reported. On Monday Nasralla had taken the lead with 57 percent of the votes counted by the commission. The opposition candidate had 45 percent of the vote a 5-point lead to Hernandez 's 40 percent. Nasralla declared himself the winner.\nCounting resumed on Tuesday afternoon but the gap began to close. Both Nasralla and Hernandez signed an Organization of American States agreement where they agreed to accept the commission's results.\nEnlarge this image toggle caption Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images\nEnlarge this image toggle caption Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images Orlando Sierra/AFP/Getty Images", "output": [ "Juan Orlando Hernandez" ] }, { "id": "task419-0f77625cfdfb4b44a91c5c95aafd8f59", "input": "In 1979 Lukasz Niec 43 was brought to the United States from Poland by his parents to escape an increasingly authoritarian government but now sits in a Calhoun County jail cell after three ICE officers came to his home last Tuesday and put him in handcuffs.\n He had been spending the day off with his daughters.\n\" He cannot go back to Poland a country he doesn't know he has no family at \" Iwona Niec-Villaire his sister and a corporate lawyer told WOOD.\n Lukasz Niec with his wife and two daughters (Facebook)\n\"Both our parents passed away in the United States. He doesn't know anyone he wouldn't know where to go.\"\nShe added \" He doesn't even speak Polish.\"\n Niec pled guilty to the charges and under the Holmes Youthful Trainee Act he got to avoid having a criminal record since he was a young first-time offender.\n\"Until this gets heard which could be up to six months he could be stuck in a prison cell and not helping and being with his family \" said Niec-Villaire.\n Niec 's arrest comes as the Trump administration continues its war on illegal immigrants.\nICE hasn't commented on what caused the agency to look into Niec 's case but a spokesman for the ICE Detroit Field Office told MLive.com he was looking into it.", "output": [ "Lukasz Niec" ] }, { "id": "task419-51b5db7249d24044816522432c9eb804", "input": "Walmart is abruptly closing 63 Sam's Club locations across the US the company told Business Insider on Thursday. Some stores have already closed; others will close within weeks.\nWalmart is closing 63 Sam's Club stores across the US the company told Business Insider on Thursday afternoon after reports of abrupt store closings began to emerge.\nIn some cases employees were not told their store had closed before showing up to work on Thursday. Those employees learned their store would be closing when they found the store's doors locked and a notice announcing the closing Sam's Club workers told Business Insider. At some stores employees were turned away by police officers.\nThe remaining stores will stay open for several weeks before closing permanently. All of the affected stores were scrubbed from the Sam's Club website on Thursday morning.\n Sam's Club CEO John Furner notified employees of the closures in a company-wide email sent Thursday.\n\"After a thorough review it became clear we had built clubs in some locations that impacted other clubs and where population had not grown as anticipated \" Furner said in the email. \"We will be closing some clubs and we notified them today. We'll convert some of them into eCommerce fulfillment centers — to better serve the growing number of members shopping with us online and continue scaling the SamsClub.com business.\"\nSam's Club membership fees — which cost $45 annually — will be refunded to customers affected by the closings a Walmart official said.\nAfter a thorough review of our existing portfolio we’ve decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy. Closing clubs is never easy and we’re committed to working with impacted members and associates through this transition. — Sam's Club (@SamsClub) January 11 2018", "output": [ "Sam" ] }, { "id": "task419-87f04b1972014fc2a9be00f4e2a6e9e6", "input": "PULLMAN Wash. (AP) — No. 21 Washington State has dismissed leading receiver Tavares Martin Jr. from the team for violation of team rules.\nA school spokesman confirmed the move Sunday. Martin led the Cougars with 70 receptions and nine touchdowns during the regular season as Washington State went 9-3 and earned a spot in the Holiday Bowl. He was named second-team all-Pac-12 by the AP.\nMartin a junior from Belle Glade Florida also was suspended for a game in October against Colorado for violating team rules. He had 150 receptions and 17 touchdowns in his three seasons with the Cougars.\nThe loss of Martin leaves the Cougars without two of their top three receivers for the Holiday Bowl matchup against Michigan State.", "output": [ "Tavares Martin Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-236ccd90f67144debbff89338cf9af38", "input": "Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic candidate J.B. Pritzker each lead their closest primary rival by double digits with the primary election about three weeks away a new poll from the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale shows.\nInternal polling in the Republican governor primary may be behind Rauner’s decision to switch TV ad tactics away from attacking Ives and back to attacking Pritzker .\nThe Rauner campaign launched a new ad based on an old theme a government-recorded conversation Pritzker had with now-imprisoned ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich over filling the U.S. Senate vacancy after Barack Obama was elected president. The recording was obtained by the Tribune which published a Feb. 5 story that included portions of the call.\nThe ad features Pritzker telling Blagojevich that of potential African-American politicians to replace Obama “the one that’s least offensive and maybe gets you the most because it gets you that secretary of state appointment is Jesse White.”\nThe ad ends with a photo of Pritzker and the phrase: “The least offensive?”\nWhite has stuck by his endorsement of Pritzker .\nRauner hits Pritzker with Blagojevich wiretap ad Pritzker responds with veterans' deaths spot »\nBiss Pritzker clash over who’s bigger Madigan ally; Kennedy sits out debate with bad back »", "output": [ "J.B. Pritzker" ] }, { "id": "task419-7e4b5634d073413797e54b9b8d1f2c81", "input": "Regional president Carles Puigdemont criticized the European Commission in an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press for turning \"deaf ears\" so far to Catalonia's desire to hold a vote.\n Puigdemont also said that the Commission has turned its back on Catalans by not defending the fundamental rights of all European citizens during the controversial measures adopted by Spain's courts and central authorities to try to stop the vote.\nIn the interview four days ahead of the vote Puigdemont also promised to turn the conflict with Spain into a European affair rather than a domestic issue.\nCatalonia's regional president Carles Puigdemont walks ahead of an interview with The Associated Press at the Palace of Generalitat or Catalan government headquarters in Barcelona Spain Wednesday Sept. 27 2017. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)", "output": [ "Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-29b5578e543341678d4dc40ac8e0c1a1", "input": "E-5 Corpsman Sean has no problem balancing giving his best to the Navy and being Dad. His wife Jessica couldn’t be more appreciative.\n Jessica says “I am so proud of him. He is a very strong hard worker. He would do anything for our family and I think for his job and I think for our country.”\nSean is quick to give Jessica just as much praise.\nSean says “Not only am I serving but she ’s serving as well. She has to deal with the sacrifices of moving away from the family dealing with the boys all by herself a lot of times when I’m out in the field. It’s awesome. I just think she ’s an amazing person.”\n Jessica continues “We really have to plan and budget what we can eat. I worry at night 'is there something I can sell in the house just to get Cohen a special meal so he can have something special this week?' I’ll look through old toys or maybe old clothes that we have. Anything that could maybe be of value to someone else just to get an extra $10 for that week.”\nWhile researching Cohen's rare condition Jessica found a physician who specialized in the disease. But the doctor didn’t accept military insurance. The couple simply couldn’t afford the cost.\n Jessica says “We know there’s somebody there that can possibly give us more answers. And it’s out of our reach. It’s the most like heart wrenching feeling ever.”\nThen the couple learned both of their vehicles needed brake repairs and new tires. As Christians Sean and Jessica relied on their faith in God to keep them going.\nTheir church New Song in Oceanside CA asked CBN’s Helping the Home Front to get involved. Pastor Hall Seed invited Sean and Jessica over to let them know we were fixing the brakes and buying four new tires for both vehicles.\nPastor Hal says “ We ’re going to do that this afternoon. We ’re going to go down there and get your car fixed. And CBN’s going to pay for it.\"\nJessica exclaims “Oh my goodness!”\n Jessica says “Wow that’s amazing. Just last night we had to go buy three almond milks for him and we had to think 'okay we have $10 to make this work. Like where can we find a coupon for it?' That’s amazing.”\nPastor Hal says “And that specialist you’ve been praying about? We are going to pay for that too. All we have to do is set the schedule.\"\nPastor Hal took Sean and Jessica to Cornerstone to repair the brakes and buy new tires. Then he took them shopping to get stocked up on food for Cohen. And the family set the schedule for the specialist who can give them answers about Cohen’s condition.\n Jessica concludes “God is so good. Even when you can’t see he’s working. He’s working if you could just trust in Him he’s always working and he’s always on your side.”", "output": [ "Jessica" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b1228e091b64ef49fff1bcba7f7ac77", "input": "Penn State's Saquon Barkley tries to run away from Indiana defenders. (Photo: Jeremy Long Lebanon Daily News)\nSTATE COLLEGE Pa. — Saquon Barkley demands your attention. He took the opening kickoff Saturday against Indiana 98 yards for a touchdown skipping over a would-be tackler just steps from the end zone to add another moment to his Heisman Trophy highlight reel. No one catches Barkley from behind especially Indiana.\n“The game has evolved and the game has changed and you have to take advantage of your playmakers in a variety of different ways ” said Penn State coach James Franklin. “ Saquon makes it easy to do that. He ’s just got so many tools in his tool box. Every week for us it’s how do you take advantage of him ?”\n Barkley can be hard if not impossible to ignore. For the first time in more than a decade this program can tout a true Heisman contender one who stands among the best players in the nation regardless of position and seems capable of shouldering enough of a load to carry the Nittany Lions back to the top of the Big Ten Conference.\nBut Penn State had this Barkley a year ago — he might be a little faster a little bigger and a little stronger but he was roughly this good as a sophomore if without the national fanfare and attention. And while very good last year’s team had its flaws; the offensive line took a step forward yet remained a concern continuing a trend and the defense ranked in the bottom half of the conference.\nRELATED: No. 4 Penn State blows out Indiana; more highlights for Saquon Barkley\nSaquon Barkley's encore after last week's performance? A 98-yard TD return ON THE OPENING KICK: pic.twitter.com/OfpOTrZNA4 — Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) September 30 2017", "output": [ "Saquon Barkley" ] }, { "id": "task419-4440f492bdab49b3b147e4aa9f4d224a", "input": "On a late-summer afternoon in a dingy San Fernando Valley apartment talent agent Mark Spiegler is having it out with a producer. Pacing the length of the living room that for the past nine years has doubled as his office Spiegler portly with thinning brown hair and a graying 5 o'clock shadow sets out his demands: If his client a top actress is going to agree to a project certain accommodations must be made. \"You want her ready at 8 you should do the makeup \" Spiegler barks as he stomps past a bookcase filled with framed photos of himself with various women. \"If you want her later she'll do her own makeup.\"\n Spiegler 's spat over the call time might seem familiar to agents at the CAAs and WMEs of Hollywood who often find themselves protecting their star clients from producer demands. But Spiegler has a particular reason for being concerned about the 8 a.m. shoot: It would require his client to get up around 4:30 a.m. to receive an enema. Because the scene calls for the woman to perform anal sex.\nYes Spiegler 54 represents porn stars -- and he 's one of the biggest agents in Los Angeles' $1 billion adult entertainment industry. As the Ari Emanuel or Kevin Huvane of hardcore he handles such top performers as Skin Diamond Chanel Preston and Asa Akira the client for whom Spiegler is arguing.\nUltimately the production company New Sensations will agree to delay the shoot for Akira 27 who will do her own makeup and be paid about $2 000 for the scene. \"That's the whole reason for us being here \" says Spiegler whose boutique firm Spiegler Girls represents a small group of elite women and is known as one of the adult industry's top agencies. \"We are the buffer -- so the girl doesn't look bad. We take the heat.\"\nAt the same time shrinking porn profits and a talent supply-and-demand imbalance have caused performers' salaries to decline. Whatever the moral qualms Americans have (40 million to 50 million people in the U.S. regularly watch pornography on the Internet according to studies) about the proliferation of movies with such titles as Orgasmic Oralists Damn She's a Lesbian and Dong of the Dead the tough U.S. economy has led to an explosion in the number of people hoping to find work in porn -- some perhaps emboldened by the dream they too could become crossover stars like Sasha Grey (Entourage) and James Deen ( the forthcoming Lindsay Lohan starrer The Canyons) . While a decade ago the average female performer would make about $100 000 a year Spiegler says she now might make as little as $50 000 -- all while juggling responsibilities such as social-media outreach and personal appearances.\nAnd where there were only two or three reputable adult agencies 10 years ago now 14 agencies are licensed and bonded though top shops L.A. Direct Models 101 Modeling and Spiegler Girls dominate the upper echelon of performers. None would discuss how much money they make but observers say that top agents can pull down $250 000 a year from their 10 to 15 percent takes. \"It's very competitive and the well-known agencies do control most of the talent \" says Dan Miller executive managing editor of industry trade magazine XBIZ. \"It's just like Hollywood in that regard.\"\nBut there is an actual skill and finesse to the real porn agents even if negotiating deals is relatively straightforward. Unlike in Hollywood most adult performers charge set rates so the conversation often centers on the availability of an actor. Still agents also help clients set up personal websites arrange for transportation and even make sure performers are staying on top of their mandatory drug-testing regimens. As if to illustrate this point during an interview Spiegler interrupts the conversation to answer his phone and discuss the scheduling of a blood test at Cutting Edge Testing in Sherman Oaks a facility popular with adult entertainers.\nAccording to Spiegler there is a relatively straightforward scale for performances: An in-demand actress is paid about $800 for a girl-girl scene $1 000 for a guy-girl scene $1 200 or more for anal sex and $4 000 or more for double penetration (guy-on-guy pornography has a separate pay scale; most agents in the mainstream straight porn world including Spiegler do not represent gay men). Spiegler takes 10 to 15 percent receiving the larger percentage if he handles transportation for the client. In an effort to ferret out rogue agents and discourage actors from working with them several agencies led by L.A. Direct banded together to form Licensed Adult Talent Agency Trade Association (LATATA) in 2009. All member agencies -- there are seven including Spiegler Girls -- meet once a month are licensed by the state and adhere to standard practices.\nMeanwhile San Dimas appeared in the 2011 Ryan Gosling crime drama Drive after Spiegler secured her an audition. And there always will be bit parts in shows like Entourage roles as strippers and prostitutes in R-rated movies or other offers like the one Akira recently got to appear in a G-Unit music video.\nThe business is lucrative for Akira though she declines to say how much money she makes. Spiegler helped her land a deal with Interactive Life Forms the makers of the Fleshlight sex toy. The company has sold tens of thousands of $67.96 interactive rubber devices that simulate Akira's vagina mouth and anus. \"I definitely love getting my Fleshlight check \" she says. \"These are the deals you work toward.\"\nFor porn agents deciding which clients to take on is a task akin to a traditional film agent scouring Sundance or Cannes in search of a breakout star. Spiegler for example receives at least 500 solicitations a year often several a day. And because most agents refuse to work with women who use drugs or are believed to be unstable there are prying questions. The queries don't just center on the aspiring stars' mental states -- agents want to know about performers' sexual boundaries. \"I have to ask these girls 'Do you do anal?' \" says Spiegler . On an ordinary weeknight in November 2011 a young woman's mother called Spiegler from West Virginia to ask whether he would represent her daughter once she turned 18. \"The mom wanted to get off to a head start \" he recalls. Spiegler asked his standard questions about sex prompting the mother to shout: \"Tiffany do you do anal? Do you have sex with girls?\" Spiegler told the mother to ring him again when Tiffany turned 18. He never heard back from her.\n Spiegler 's frank homespun style has made him a popular figure in L.A.'s adult entertainment community. But not every agent is like him. At the other end of the spectrum is Derek Hay founder and owner of L.A. Direct Models one of the industry's top agencies.\nThe World Modeling hegemony was broken by a spate of new agencies that formed in the early 2000s in an effort to capitalize on the rise of the Internet. (South did not respond to a request for comment.) Both Hay and Spiegler launched their firms in this era. However the two agents considered by many in the business to be tops in terms of clout client rosters and success couldn't be more different.\nThat both Spiegler and Hay are succeeding as porn agents says a lot about the business' roots and where it is headed.\n Spiegler grew up in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High before going to Cal State Northridge. After graduating with a degree in economics he had a lucrative run trading stocks. He first got a whiff of adult entertainment in the 1980s when he worked as a production assistant on a few films. In the '90s he was approached by an acquaintance who asked to borrow money to finance porn movies. The films were poorly made but Spiegler intrigued by the possibilities pursued more production work and ultimately wound up producing 96 films in the mid-'90s. He stopped in 1999 -- around the time digital production saturated the market with amateur pornographers -- and transitioned to the representation business. That year Spiegler teamed up with a porn actor associate to start Topp Models but grew dissatisfied with his partner when he learned that this person also was performing in films. \"I don't think agents should be doing scenes working with the talent on or off camera \" he says. \"It's just not good business.\"\nIn 2003 Spiegler broke away to form his current firm. Spiegler Girls is known for representing just 25 women; performers such as Akira (Girls Kissing Girls 9) San Dimas (Katwoman XXX) and Rose (Caught From Behind) are part of the current roster. In 2006 he signed Grey the brunette star known for her ultra-hardcore performances and later for appearing on Entourage and in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 experimental drama The Girlfriend Experience.", "output": [ "Mark Spiegler" ] }, { "id": "task419-8427b77a7bdd44bf8ccf9ff126c3fcf6", "input": "Deputy White House Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to oversee the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).\n Nielsen a former Homeland Security official nominated by President Trump was confirmed by the Senate in a 62-37 vote on Tuesday.\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that Nielsen understands the department's daily operations due to her previous experience and is ready to lead on her first day.\nMeanwhile Democrats said Nielsen lacks the experience required to run a major agency with 240 000 employees. They also cited concerns about possible White House interference in a recent DHS decision to send home thousands of Nicaraguans that have long been granted U.S. protection.", "output": [ "Kirstjen Nielsen" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6796da211ff4048a62b3950a64b8580", "input": "Russian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva told the IOC on Tuesday that its ban on Russian athletes for the 2018 Olympics was unfair.\n Medvedeva a gold-medal favorite for 2018 said the punishment affects athletes who were not involved in a state-backed doping scheme.\n Medvedeva also argued that she could not \"accept\" competing under a neutral flag if given the option.\nRussian figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva pleaded with the International Olympic Committee Executive Board on Tuesday to reconsider its ban of Russia at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea.\n\"In 2014 I was 14 years old \" Medvedeva said via Ice Network. \"I have not even entered the adult national team of my country.\n Medvedeva also said that she can't \"accept\" competing for a neutral flag. The IOC on Tuesday said some qualifying Russian athletes who have passed several drug tests will be allowed to compete at the IOC's discretion but they will do so in neutral uniforms.\n\"I can not accept the option that I would compete in the Olympic Games without the Russian flag as a neutral athlete \" Medvedeva said. \"I am proud of my country it is a great honor for me to represent it at the Games. It gives strength and inspires me during the performances.\"\n\"Everyone has dreams and you probably already had a chance to fulfill your own. Let me do the same!\" Medvedeva said. \"I do not know if there will be other Games in my sports life after Pyeongchang.\"", "output": [ "Evgenia Medvedeva Evgenia", "Evgenia" ] }, { "id": "task419-b92ab21e836d48ffb33d4f152e75706e", "input": "Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri arrived back in Lebanon two weeks after he announced his surprise resignation while in Saudi Arabia. Within hours of landing at Beirut International Airport Hariri shocked the country by announcing he had put his resignation \"on hold\" while talks with Hezb'allah and other political factions are underway.\nAl Jazeera's Zein Khodr reporting from Beirut said that Hariri's tone has shifted since he gave his resignation speech two weeks ago. \"He [Hariri] didn't even mention Hezbollah or Iran[.] ... He even said that he's looking forward to a partnership with all political parties in the country \"What is clear is that there has been intensive discussions behind closed doors \" she said. \"The resignation was an attempt by Saudi Arabia to curb Hezbollah's influence[.] ... That attempt backfired[.] ... Hariri was conciliatory in his message.\"\nWhat is going on? Whatever influence Saudi Arabia was exercising over Hariri has weakened since he left the kingdom. Before returning to Lebanon Hariri had meetings with several leaders including Macron of France and el-Sisi of Egypt. France has a keen interest in what happens in Lebanon since the tiny nation is a former French colony. And as a Sunni regional power Egypt is on the front lines of resisting the spread of Iran's influence.\nThose \"intense discussions\" almost certainly included Hezb'allah. Given that Hariri cited threats against his life by pro-Iranian and pro-Syrian factions in Lebanon as a primary reason for his resignation it is possible that some sort of backroom deal with the terrorists was struck that gives certain assurances to Hariri regarding his personal safety. For Hezb'allah part of that deal could have included Hariri promising to back away from Saudi Arabia.", "output": [ "Saad Hariri" ] }, { "id": "task419-de63ab4f5cea438a8a71d8f397bb3552", "input": "On Tuesday Russian prosecutors announced a fresh probe into the April 3 death of 60-year-old Lyudmila Chichvarkina the businessman's lawyer in Moscow said. Chichvarkina was covered in blood and bruised when she was found but paramedics ruled that she died of a heart attack.\n \"There was clear evidence of an attempted murder \" lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov told the Associated Press on Tuesday saying her body was bruised all over as if she was severely beaten and her clothes and shoes were drenched in blood from head to toe.\n It would have been a natural death only if \"she had struck herself in the head twice and fell to the ground twenty times \" he added.\n Chichvarkin also insists that his mother was murdered citing his father's visit to the crime scene and evidence in police files. He also says the extradition request by Russia is politically motivated because he had spoken out against corruption in Russia's police force.\n The murder mystery might prove to be a major factor in the London court's decision whether Britain should extradite Chichvarkin back to Russia to face kidnapping charges. His lawyer says if Chichvarkin's suspicions are proven Russia's case for his extradition will collapse.\nChichvarkin back to Russia to face kidnapping charges. His lawyer says if Chichvarkin's suspicions are proven Russia's case for his extradition will collapse.\n Chichvarkin fled Russia in December 2008. A month later a Moscow court charged him in absentia with complicity in the kidnapping and put out an international arrest warrant.\n Chichvarkin says the charges are a complete fabrication from a police department that was seeking revenge for his efforts to expose corruption.", "output": [ "Lyudmila Chichvarkina" ] }, { "id": "task419-74c59adfbedd45289bcebb65eb51e6a9", "input": "Little Linden Bartell could barely keep her eyes open when she sat on Santa’s lap during a visit to Bering’s Hardware Store in Houston USA Today reported.\nLinden’s father Allen Bartell said the toddler was probably tired due to the long weekend spent celebrating Thanksgiving with family and the 80-degree Texas weather.\nIn the end Linden requested that Santa bring her a reindeer though she never did get her nap.\n“We get in the car and we have almost a two-hour drive home ” Bartell told USA Today. “ She was awake the whole time. She slept good that night.”", "output": [ "Little Linden Bartell" ] }, { "id": "task419-e3757d8591774d468d67492a824470b1", "input": "Both Peter and Iris Robinson are lawmakers in the House of Commons in London as well as holding public office in Northern Ireland a British province with a self-rule administration led by him.\n Peter Robinson temporarily stood down as Northern Ireland first minister last month after a BBC programme claimed his wife secured 50 000 pounds (56 000 euros 80 000 dollars) to help her young lover Kirk McCambley set up a cafe.\n He ordered a probe into a claim he breached parliamentary rules by knowing about the payments but keeping quiet. The inquiry cleared him this week and he resumed his functions Wednesday.\n His wife resigned as a lawmaker in Belfast and has been undergoing psychiatric treatment.\n After the alphabetically-listed details for Iris Robinson her husband's entry read simply: \"Mr. Robinson has no issues.\"", "output": [ "Iris Robinson" ] }, { "id": "task419-e9992b0506274708b19d71e93eca8750", "input": "` MediaBuzz ' host weighs in on Hillary Clinton 's book tour and her negative remarks against conservative media while fielding softball interviews from the mainstream media . \nKurtz : Hillary Clinton vs. ` right-wing ' news . \n` MediaBuzz ' host weighs in on Hillary Clinton 's book tour and her negative remarks against conservative media while fielding softball interviews from the mainstream media . \nHillary Clinton says there 's a \"right-wing war on truth .\" \nHillary Clinton got her share of unfair press during the campaign . \nHillary also writes that by 2016 \"most liberals and conservatives got their news from distinctly different sources and no longer shared a common set of facts .\"", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a8f344b33ca49149cbdb5237f5e79b1", "input": "Story highlights BBC chief calls Jimmy Savile case \"a very very grave matter\"\nLIke American Dick Clark Savile hosted teen music show for years\nBefore he died last year Jimmy Savile was viewed as a kind of UK equivalent to American TV icon Dick Clark gaining fame by bringing music to generations of teens. Savile was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.\n He now stands accused as a predatory sex offender.\nThe shocking allegations have Britain reeling. Countless viewers who grew up watching Savile on TV's \"Top of the Pops\" and his children's program \"Jim'll Fix It\" are now questioning their trust in a social institution: the British Broadcasting Corporation.\n Savile died in October 2011 at age 84 soon after being treated in a hospital for pneumonia.\nJUST WATCHED BBC in hot seat over Savile scandal Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH BBC in hot seat over Savile scandal 04:08\nJUST WATCHED Jimmy Savile's 9-year-old Scout victim Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Jimmy Savile's 9-year-old Scout victim 03:29\n\"There is no question that what Jimmy Savile did and the way the BBC behaved in the years -- the culture and practices of the BBC seems to allow Jimmy Savile to do what he did -- will raise questions of trust for us and reputation for us \" Entwistle said.\n\"This is a gravely serious matter and one cannot look back at it with anything other than horror frankly that his activities went on as long as they did undetected.\"\nEntwistle pointed out that the BBC was not alone in failing to uncover Savile 's behavior with no newspaper exposé published in his lifetime.\nPhotos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – British radio disc jockey television star and charity fund-raiser Sir Jimmy Savile poses for a photo at Buckingham Palace London after receiving the Order of the British Empire in 1972. Since his death a year ago at age 84 Savile has been knocked off his perch as a national treasure accused of being a predatory pedophile who used his fame and position to abuse youngsters sometimes on BBC premises. Hide Caption 1 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Dancers on the BBC TV show \"Top of the Pops\" adjust Savile 's track suit top for him during the making of the show in 1973. Hide Caption 2 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Savile poses with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children fund-raising presentation in 1980. Hide Caption 3 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Savile pours a cup of tea. Hide Caption 4 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Savile calls from the Wren House International Telephone Exchange in London in 1975 as part of a \"Fun And Happiness Weekend \" organized by the National Association of Youth Clubs. Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Savile arrives in London in 1972 on his way to Buckingham Palace where he is to be awarded the Order of the British Empire. Hide Caption 6 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – The first presenter of long-running music program \"Top of the Pops \" Savile poses by a portrait of himself in February 1965 while enjoying his regular breakfast of Coke and a cigar in a central London hotel room. Hide Caption 7 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Savile and his mother pose outside Buckingham Palace in London where he receive his Order of the British Empire in 1972. Hide Caption 8 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Savile shows off his Order of the British Empire to members of the \"Second Generation\" song and dance troupe. Hide Caption 9 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Savile stands on the sidewalk with his motor home. Hide Caption 10 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Savile holds a newly-printed \"Lucky Jim\" poster. The posters feature a portrait of the DJ along with a text reading: \"The Lucky Jim poster can bring you health wealth happiness. This is a genuine duplicate signature and what's more Jimmy has actually touched YOUR poster!\" Hide Caption 11 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – British Secretary of State for Social Services Norman Fowler presents Savile with a check for half a million pounds in 1982 as the government's contribution to an appeal for a new spinal injuries unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Hide Caption 12 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Savile waves with Jersey Holiday Queen Gaynor Lacey at the Jersey Battle of Flowers carnival in 1972. Hide Caption 13 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – Days before his 80th birthday in 2006 Savile prepares for the Great North Run in Newcastle northern England. Hide Caption 14 of 15 Photos: Photos: The life of Jimmy Savile The life of Jimmy Savile – The funeral cortege of Savile arrives at Leeds Cathedral for a funeral service on November 9 2011 in Leeds England. Hide Caption 15 of 15\n\" Mr. Savile has prosecuted his activities his disgusting activities in a matter that was very successfully and skilfully concealed and experts in pedophile behavior have pointed out that's often the case \" Entwistle said.\n Savile had access to psychiatric hospital\nThe National Health Service also faces difficult questions over the access Savile was allowed to a number of hospitals. Among them was Broadmoor a high-security psychiatric hospital where Savile worked as a volunteer and had keys to the wards. In 1988 he was appointed to a senior role there a move now being investigated by the NHS.\nThe police may also be asked to explain why past abuse claims against Savile never led to investigations resulting in a prosecution in his lifetime.", "output": [ "Jimmy Savile" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2b4c05cddbe45978d208aa9ba743da6", "input": "The recent settlement capped a case that began with a descent into depression and paranoia in Janene Wallace's late twenties and eventually resulted in imprisonment a nearly three-month stint in solitary confinement and finally a death by hanging family attorney David Inscho said.\nAt the time of her suicide the George W. Hill Correctional Facility was run by private prison operator Community Education Centers but the company was recently acquired by another prison operator called The GEO Group. Pablo Paez a representative for The GEO group declined to comment on the litigation but said that \"GEO was in no way involved with the management of the facility at the time of these allegations.\"\nWallace then refused to bathe made irrational statements rubbed menstrual blood on a shower wall and accused the guards of trying to hurt her according to emails between officials at the facility that were provided by Inscho . She was placed in solitary confinement and a sign was put on her door that warned that she was \"unstable\" and instructed staffers to \"use caution.\"\n\"What she needed was a mental health evaluation and mental health treatment. That never happened \" Inscho said. \"She was mentally ill. She needed help.\"\nAfter more than 50 days in solitary which included a guard telling her to \"go ahead and choke yourself\" following a threat from Wallace that Inscho said was made after a period of 85 hours of uninterrupted confinement she hung herself from a vent with her bra.\nDavid Byrne warden of the Hill facility did not immediately respond to a voicemail seeking comment about Wallace's death. But according to a transcript of a deposition provided by Inscho he has admitted that something went wrong.", "output": [ "David Inscho" ] }, { "id": "task419-a46f5272c8084f12b613d159b69b635e", "input": "Director Oliver Stone hit back at Melissa Gilbert 's sexual harassment claim saying that she was well aware of the raunchy nature of the film when she agreed to audition.\n Gilbert 53 accused the director of sexual harassment Monday claiming that Stone purposely humiliated her during a 1991 audition for \"The Doors\" by forcing her to stage an explicit scene as retaliation for embarrassing him \"in a social situation.\"\nStone however told the Daily News in a statement that Gilbert would have been fully aware of the scene's contents before she auditioned and that he also had his casting director on hand to ensure a safe environment.\n Gilbert claimed Stone sexually harassed her as a means of humiliating her for embarrassing him . (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)\n She also denied any claim that Stone 71 purposely targeted Gilbert .\n\"Every actor who auditioned came in voluntarily and was aware of the provocative material prior to engaging in their scenes \" she said. \"No actor was forced or expected to do anything that might have been uncomfortable and most actors embraced the challenged recognizing Oliver Stone's vision and the creative process. In my experience there was no attempt to personally offend any particular actor.\"\n Gilbert told Cohen that she refused Stone's alleged request and left crying. She was auditioning for the role of Pamela Courson which eventually went to Meg Ryan.", "output": [ "Melissa Gilbert" ] }, { "id": "task419-2b9988a1c65c4b45beba53b58c629ebe", "input": "DoneGood which is a certified B Corp launched a similar browser extension and app last year alerting shoppers to ethical alternatives while they browse on any ecommerce site. But according to cofounder Cullen Schwarz the company always planned to launch its own destination website where users could search through hundreds of mission-driven brands in one place.\n\"Our goal is to make it really really easy for people to find the brands that are making great stuff and making the world better at the same time \" he said.\n Schwarz likens the new site to an \"Amazon of the social impact economy \" or a \"Kayak of the social impact space.\" DoneGood partners with more than 250 companies whose business models have a demonstrated social or environmental impact. That means you won't find brands giving 1 percent of profits to charity or just touting a one-for-one giveaway model.\n\"We're looking for companies that are making the world better through their everyday business practices. If a company doesn't pay workers well or has sub-par environmental practices but gives to charity we don’t partner with that business \" Schwarz said.\n\"One of the best parts of our jobs is talking to all these people who started brands that have a social mission and aren’t just out to make a profit ... They're working to prove that businesses can be successful and be a force for good in the world at the same time \" Schwarz said.\nIn spite of the stress and consumerism that Black Friday ushers in every year Schwarz hopes the shopping site — along with the existing Chrome extension and app — can be bring together all the good parts of the holidays. These products make more unique and meaningful gifts he explained and there's also a slew of discounts.\n Schwarz isn't just talking the talk. He and the DoneGood team are a part of a new initiative called Shop for Good Sunday which fills the gap on the Sunday in the middle of Black Friday Small Business Saturday Cyber Monday and Giving Tuesday.\nSince it launched on Cyber Monday 2016 DoneGood has raised more than $750 000 in funding so far including contest winnings from Harvard and MIT according to Schwarz .\n He said the response over the past year from both users and brands has been amazing. Multiple companies ask to join DoneGood every week and users often suggest companies to add to the platform.\n\"Most people want to know that their money is supporting things they believe in. It's just always been really hard and time-consuming to find companies that you know are doing good for the world. We work to make it easy. The easier we can make it the more often more people can join in and the bigger the impact we all have together \" Schwarz said.", "output": [ "Cullen Schwarz" ] }, { "id": "task419-22bd537fcff84d10afe6964250a003b5", "input": "Now that the three basketball players are out of China and saved from years in jail LaVar Ball the father of LiAngelo is unaccepting of what I did for his son and that shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19 2017\nShoplifting is a very big deal in China as it should be (5-10 years in jail) but not to father LaVar. Should have gotten his son out during my next trip to China instead. China told them why they were released. Very ungrateful! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 19 2017\n Last week Trump made sure everyone knew that he personally intervened in the matter after the players’ arrest asking that they thank him for pleading their case to Chinese President Xi Jinping while on his Asia trip:\nDo you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you President Trump ? They were headed for 10 years in jail! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15 2017\nBy midweek Ball Jalen Hill and Cody Riley lauded for the president’s efforts in their remarks after returning to the U.S. and he seemed appreciative telling them to “HAVE A GREAT LIFE!” on Twitter and warning them to be careful because “there are many pitfalls on the long and winding road of life!”\nTo the three UCLA basketball players I say: You're welcome go out and give a big Thank You to President Xi Jinping of China who made….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16 2017\n….your release possible and HAVE A GREAT LIFE! Be careful there are many pitfalls on the long and winding road of life! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 16 2017\n Trump was piqued because he has pointed to his record of freeing Americans held overseas as evidence of his dealmaking prowess and as a contrast with predecessor Barack Obama. Before the three basketball players the Trump administration had successfully negotiated releases including American student Otto Warmbier from North Korea and charity worker Aya Hijazi from Egypt. Although those efforts earned bipartisan welcome the apparent grievance that he has not gotten more credit or thanks in the UCLA case drew criticism.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-fada04fa4bfd49e5aa4b077ab66ffe44", "input": "A deal was struck last month between Myanmar and Bangladesh to repatriate the Rohingya who've fled since August. But Yangon-based human rights defender Abdul Rasheed 54 says repatriation must be done safely securely and with dignity.\n Abdul Rasheed who goes by both names is himself Rohingya and has been working on behalf of his people for the past several years. He 's the founder of the Rohingya Foundation a human rights organization based in Yangon and serves as an adviser to Fortify Rights a human-rights organization that specializes in Rohingya issues.\n The activist was in the U.S. this week meeting with U.N. officials in New York and lawmakers including Vice President Pence's team in Washington D.C. to raise awareness about the plight of his people.\n Abdul Rasheed previously worked with the National League for Democracy Suu Kyi's party but in 2012 after violence erupted in Rakhine he decided to devote himself full-time to Rohingya issues.\nThe government doesn't recognize them as citizens insisting they're illegal immigrants from Bangladesh even though many Rohingya — including Abdul Rasheed 's family — have lived in Myanmar since before the country gained independence from Great Britain in 1948.\nThe situation needs to \"be addressed urgently because people are suffering \" Abdul Rasheed tells NPR. \"Our people are suffering greatly.\"", "output": [ "Abdul Rasheed" ] }, { "id": "task419-6ed571c7fc5144bda03bc4885bd40b27", "input": "George Earle Hyman was born in Rocky Mount N.C. on Oct. 11 1926 and moved to New York when he was 6. Both his parents were schoolteachers and took him to his first play a Brighton Beach production of Ibsen’s “Ghosts ” when he was 13.\nThe experience inspired him to take up acting and led to a lifelong fascination with Norwegian theater. He eventually learned Norwegian and Danish and spent much of his time in Norway performing in Norwegian plays as well as translated works of Shakespeare and other English-language writers.\n Mr. Hyman said he felt like a true star only in Norway — not in the United States where he sometimes fielded questions and complaints about his decisions to play traditionally white roles in the theater.\n“As a young actor I adored Shakespeare and walked around with a volume of his work under my arm ” he told the New York Times in 1991. “One actress saw this and said ‘Ain’t somebody told that boy that he’s colored?’ But I couldn’t help it; I loved the plays that weren’t written for me .”", "output": [ "George Earle Hyman" ] }, { "id": "task419-3961ae69b8d84996a1c5bc077314d75b", "input": "“Jimmy is a player we have researched extensively since Kyle and I joined the 49ers ” General Manager John Lynch said.\n“ Kyle ” in this case is San Francisco Coach Kyle Shanahan — you know the former offensive coordinator of the Washington Redskins the son of the head coach here who drafted Kirk Cousins.\nHere are the people most directly affected by Monday’s trade: Garoppolo incumbent 49ers quarterbacks Brian Hoyer (who was released) and C.J. Beathard and Shanahan still pursuing his first victory as a head coach as the season heads to the second half. Next on that list: I’d argue it’s Cousins.\nIn the popular parlor game of “Where Will Kirk End Up?” San Francisco has toggled with the Los Angeles Rams (whom we’ll get to) as the leading destination because of the ties those franchises now have to Cousins’s career. We know the links: When Shanahan was the Washington offensive coordinator under his father Mike the team traded up to select Robert Griffin III in the 2012 draft — but then shrewdly spent a fourth-round pick on Cousins that same draft.", "output": [ "Kyle Shanahan" ] }, { "id": "task419-408fa1a1690f406babeb7a8f01ecc259", "input": "David Letterman got out ahead of an embarrassing sex scandal by breaking the news himself telling viewers Thursday that he did in fact have sexual relations with those women who by the way happened to work for him. And while the CBS host is clearly the victim of a bizarre extortion plot he has also instantly become a 62-year-old married man with an image problem.\n \"Every time he cracks one of those jokes \" says former CBS and NBC producer Steve Friedman \"you'll look at him in a different way won't you?\"\n Letterman who has been doing late-night comedy since 1982 has never marketed himself as a choirboy but admitting he had sex with subordinates leaves a whole lot of unanswered questions. He was awkward on Thursday's show veering between angst and subdued humor as he described the \"scary\" ordeal of trying to protect himself his family the other women -- and his job.\n Ken Sunshine a veteran public-relations specialist minimizes the professional fallout for Letterman: \"He didn't murder anybody. He was extorted. It's consenting adults. Nobody's accusing him of rape. This is shoplifting maybe. ... Unless someone accuses him of using his position to forcibly come on to some of the women to me it's none of my damn business.\"\n But the puzzle still has missing pieces. Did 34-year-old Stephanie Birkitt a Letterman assistant who later moved in with Halderman get a prominent on-air role because of a relationship with the comedian? Who are the other women? Did any of them feel pressured by Letterman?\n \"He's being treated differently because he's a favorite of the press \" says Tobe Berkovitz an associate professor of communication at Boston University. The liberal-leaning media Berkowitz says \"are cutting him slack they wouldn't if it was a CEO or a senator. It's still abusing your role as a boss.\" While there may be some sympathy for Letterman because of the extortion scheme he added \"he's being blackmailed for something he really did do.\"\n Radio host Don Imus struck a harsher note telling Fox News that Letterman is \"an angry mean-spirited jerk.\"\n CBS News began reporting the story online and on the radio Thursday night including details that had not been confirmed by the parent company. The Letterman saga led Friday's \"Early Show\" as well as the other network morning shows.\n Letterman's nightly platform requires viewers to see him as a fair-minded jokester. He recently poked fun at South Carolina's governor saying: \"Mark Sanford didn't really enjoy this year's Fourth of July. He left his favorite firecracker in Argentina.\" In 1997 even before the Monica Lewinsky scandal Letterman joked about a near-collision involving Air Force One: \"Thank God no one was injured though a flight attendant was thrown from President Clinton's lap.\"\n And sometimes Letterman goes too far. In June he apologized to Sarah Palin for a joke about her daughter getting \"knocked up\" by Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. After hesitating for several days Letterman said: \"I told a joke that was beyond flawed and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception.\"\nLetterman joked about a near-collision involving Air Force One: \"Thank God no one was injured though a flight attendant was thrown from President Clinton's lap.\"\n And sometimes Letterman goes too far. In June he apologized to Sarah Palin for a joke about her daughter getting \"knocked up\" by Yankees star Alex Rodriguez. After hesitating for several days Letterman said: \"I told a joke that was beyond flawed and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception.\"\n Letterman has been more openly political and tilted more to the left in the past year. He savaged John McCain during the campaign for canceling an interview with him and said that Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly \"doesn't really care much about telling the truth.\" Last month by contrast he conducted a remarkably friendly interview with President Obama.\n What happens next depends on the course of the investigation Letterman's handling of new revelations and whether other comics lay off their comrade. CBS clearly has a great deal invested in its late-night star. But it's not hard to come up with a Top Ten List of reasons why Letterman needs to tread carefully.", "output": [ "David Letterman" ] }, { "id": "task419-e62338b36b0848859e071a920d9b56ff", "input": "Only days after the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed New York developer Steven Witkoff announced that he is now surging ahead with his plans to complete the Fontainebleau resort in Las Vegas Bloomberg Politics reported.\n“Now we’re not going to be patient ” Witkoff told Bloomberg. “We’ve basically pressed the ‘go’ button to do everything necessary to finish design on the project and take down a construction loan.”\n The developer added that as soon as he saw the bill was going to become law he was ready to ease off the brakes. He quickly launched an effort to restart his financing process for the estimated $3 billion he needs to finish the project.\n Witkoff also noted that an important benefit in the tax reform law that allows full and immediate expensing of capital investments spurred him to immediate action. He also insisted to Bloomberg that the new tax law will spark great economic activity in the U.S.\n“You can just feel it ” Witkoff said. “You can feel the pent-up fervor that’s happening out there and it hasn’t even seeped through the system yet. And I’m not a Republican ideologue for God’s sake.”\nThe Fontainebleau was about 70 percent complete when billionaire Carl Icahn bought the stalled project out of bankruptcy in 2010. The site was idle until last year when Witkoff began toying with jumping in to finish the building. But until now going was slow with an uncertain economy and a slow commercial property market dogging the project.", "output": [ "Steven Witkoff" ] }, { "id": "task419-fd4b3614c1084a03b088c819c723d8db", "input": "Lindsay Lohan has moved to a substance abuse facility and signed legal papers hiring celebrity lawyer Robert Shapiro to represent her as she prepares to head to jail for violating probation in a 2007 drug case.\n Shapiro a key figure on O.J. Simpson's legal \"dream team\" in 1995 confirmed Lohan was staying at Pickford Lofts a treatment center Shapiro founded after his son died of a drug overdose.\n Shapiro told The Associated Press on Friday he had agreed to represent Lohan only if she does her jail time and complies with the terms of her probation.\n \"Ms. Lohan is suffering from a disease that I am all too familiar with \" said Shapiro whose son Brent died in 2005. \"Hopefully I can be of assistance.\"\n Lohan is scheduled to begin serving a 90-day sentence on Tuesday.\n In representing Lohan Shapiro is replacing attorney Shawn Chapman Holley another veteran of the Simpson trial in which the former football star was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.\n Holly resigned after saying Lohan's sentence was harsh and unfair.\n Shapiro filed papers in court signed by Lohan substituting him as her counsel.\n The judge also ordered Lohan to spend three months in rehab after serving her sentence and continue to undergo random drug testing until her probation expires.\n Lohan pleaded guilty in August 2007 to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of cocaine; no contest to two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent; and one count of reckless driving. She was sentenced to three years probation.\n Lohan has spent 84 minutes in jail and performed mandatory service at the county morgue.", "output": [ "Lohan" ] }, { "id": "task419-f0da1057ae4f4a219968890b3ff6f687", "input": "A man 28 was dead at the scene following the shooting about 8:10 p.m. at the Starbucks 4753 N. Broadway at Lawrence Avenue according to police.Family members identified the victim as 28-year-old Sauvignon Watkins of Chatham.\nRelatives at the scene say Watkins was known for his sense of humor and light-hearted personality.\nThe father of two children ages 1 and 2 Watkins was known to goof around and jump with kids in the family in a bouncy house. Even when teased about his name he played along responding \"Oui Oui.\"\n\" He never ceased to make me laugh about something every single day \" his mother Shawn Adams 49 said. \"I just loved to listen to his stupid anecdotes or whatever to make me laugh.\"\n Family photo Sauvignon Watkins 28 was identified as the victim of a shooting Thursday Nov. 2 2017 at an Uptown Starbucks. Sauvignon Watkins 28 was identified as the victim of a shooting Thursday Nov. 2 2017 at an Uptown Starbucks. (Family photo) (Family photo)\nRelatives arrived at the scene worried that the victim dead at the scene could be Watkins . Their fears were confirmed when they walked closer and like others saw his feet near the windows. They recognized his shoes and jacket said his godmother Renda Harris 48 of Woodlawn.", "output": [ "Sauvignon Watkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-d53243c3ea2941638b6431e7729a0a3e", "input": "'Flippy' The Fast Food Robot (Sort Of) Mans The Grill At Caliburger\nAfter months of practice in the art of fast food preparation \"Flippy \" has finally taken up a position as grill cook on the line at Caliburger's Pasadena Calif. restaurant.\nEven so it could be the beginning of a bright career for Flippy in an industry that is otherwise notorious for high employee turnover.\nIt certainly helps that Flippy a burger-flipping robot developed by Miso Robotics shows no concern about the low wages meager benefits or long hours that plague the industry. The robot is reportedly capable of grilling 150 burgers per hour.\nAccording to a press release from Miso the company — which bills Flippy as the world's first burger-flipping robot — began working with Caliburger two years ago to develop it as a \"cost-effective and highly efficient solution\" that is \"specifically designed to operate in an existing commercial kitchen layout and to serve alongside kitchen staff to safely and efficiently fulfill a variety of cooking tasks.\"\n\"The kitchen of the future will always have people in it but we see that kitchen as having people and robots \" said David Zito co-founder and CEO of Miso Robotics tells KTLA in Los Angeles. \"This technology is not about replacing jobs — we see Flippy as that third hand.\"\nIn its current version Flippy needs a human coworker to place the patties on the grill put the cheese on top at the right moment and add the extras such as lettuce and sauce before wrapping the sandwiches for customers.\n\" The Flippy robot takes the form of a relatively small wheeled cart equipped with a 6-axis robotic arm and what Miso Robotics calls a 'sensor bar ' TechCrunch writes. \"It takes in data from thermal sensors 3-D sensors and different cameras onboard to perceive its environment. Digital systems that send tickets from the counter back to the kitchen give Flippy its orders.\"\nTechCrunch says unlike rival burger bots under development such as one made by Momentum Machines Flippy uses artificial intelligence to improve its technique – so the more it works the better it gets at the job in much the same way that might be expected from a human worker.\n The website adds: \"A range of different tools like detachable grippers tongs and scrapers help Flippy to cook burgers made to order and keep a grill operating smoothly. A pneumatic pump allows the robot to swap out its own tools. Combined with Miso Robotics' AI this range of tools will allow Flippy to make more than burgers over time including chicken bacon grilled onions and other items that tend to be served in burger restaurants.\"\nAs part of its deal with Miso Caliburger gets exclusive rights to use the services of Flippy for six months but thereafter other fast-food vendors would be allowed to buy the robot . In its current form Flippy runs about $60 000 per unit but the price could go up as it becomes more sophisticated and versatile.\nFor now the robot is operating only in a single Pasadena Calif. Caliburger restaurant but the chain has plans for expansion within the U.S. after a trial period.\nAlthough Miso and Caliburger emphasize that Flippy will be part of an integrated part-robot part-human kitchen according to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute last year fast food was among the industries most vulnerable to automation.", "output": [ "Flippy" ] }, { "id": "task419-e74248f1c3bb41b6877569ecb7b8fcf8", "input": "Henry Cavill is alive and well despite what the Internet says.\nThe “Justice League” actor who is known to play Superman in recent DC Comics movies debunked rumors that he died on Monday by posting a selfie on Instagram with a split of the fake death date listed on Wikipedia. A quick search for Cavill’s name on Google shows the actor died on March 3 2018.\n Cavill ’s “death date” was taken down by 2 p.m. Monday. It's unclear when the entry was made.\n Cavill isn’t the only actor who had to fight off death rumors. Sylvester Stallone shut down rumors in mid-February after reports claimed the 71-year-old actor died.", "output": [ "Henry Cavill" ] }, { "id": "task419-d4c0c1282a074531803f92b7be79d484", "input": "Arizona Wildcats head football coach Kevin Sumlin . (Photo: Mike Christy AP)\nThe beginning of the end for Kevin Sumlin at Texas A&M was not a 59-0 loss to Alabama or an embarrassing Johnny Manziel headline or going 3-3 against Mississippi State. Instead it was the first week of December in 2013 when he signed a contract that ensured he’d never have to worry about money ever again.\nIt almost seems silly now in a world where Gus Malzahn is going to make $7 million per season and where you can set your clock by Kirk Ferentz getting his contract extended that Sumlin ’s contract became an issue in how he was perceived. But it was because even as coaches eventually signed new deals that surpassed his it was impossible to get over the idea that in his third season the only coaches whose contracts compared were Nick Saban Mack Brown Bob Stoops Urban Meyer and Les Miles as if he constantly had to prove to fans and media (I’m guilty of this too) that he deserved to be paid that much money.\n“It wasn’t distracting to me at all ” Sumlin said Tuesday during a phone conversation following his introductory news conference at Arizona. “The funny part is it was public that (the buyout) was payable within 60 days. But if you looked at it there were three or four bigger ones than mine that nobody talked about.”\n He ’s right of course. For all the hand-wringing about whether he was living up to the contract Sumlin ’s buyout ended up at $10.5 million behind what Arkansas had to pay Bret Bielema (could be as much as $15.4 million) what UCLA had to pay Jim Mora ($12 million) and what Arizona State had to pay Todd Graham ($12 million).\nThat’s important to think about as Sumlin settles into his promising new job at Arizona because in many ways you wonder in this coaching environment whether he might yet again be a step ahead of the game.\nUnless you’re competing for national championships — and realistically there are only about seven schools right now who are doing that — Sumlin ’s quality of life at Arizona is going to be better than 99% of his peers even though now he ’ll be more like the 50th highest-paid coach in the country rather than in the top 10.\n“It was the right time and right place for me ” Sumlin said. “It was a good fit.”\nTexas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin and receiver Camron Buckley. (Photo: Kim Klement USA TODAY Sports)", "output": [ "Kevin Sumlin" ] }, { "id": "task419-6c5c3debcc7044c28cc084a294068c52", "input": "“Absolutely ” Mr. Kahle said. “We think of it as news.”\nThe Internet Archive has been quietly recording the news material from all these outlets which means Mr. Kahle said capturing not only every edition of “60 Minutes” on CBS but also every minute of every day on CNN.\nAll of this will be available free to those willing to dive into the archive starting Tuesday. Mr. Kahle said the method for the search for information would be the closed-captioned words that have accompanied the news programs. The user simply plugs in the words of the search along with some kind of time frame and matches of news clips will appear.\n Mr. Kahle predicted there would often be hundreds of matches but he said the system had an interface that would make it easy to browse quickly through 30-second clips in search of the right one. If a researcher wants a copy of the entire program a DVD will be sent on loan.\nThe inspiration of the Library of Alexandria the archive of the knowledge in ancient world in Egypt was not frivolous. Mr. Kahle said that early effort to assemble the collected works of civilization was in his mind when he conceived the idea to use the almost infinite capacity of the Web to pursue the modern equivalent.\n“You could turn all the books in the Library of Congress into a stack of disks that would fit in one shopping cart in Best Buy ” Mr. Kahle said. He estimates that the Internet Archive now contains about 9 000 terabytes of data; by contrast the digital collection of the Library of Congress is a little more than 300 terabytes according to an estimate earlier this year.\n Mr. Kahle calls himself a technologist and says he moved to the archive project after previously founding and selling off two data-mining companies one to AOL the other to Amazon.\nThe television news project like his other archive projects is financed mainly through outside grants though Mr. Kahle did put up some of his own money to start. He said grants from the National Archives the Library of Congress and other government agencies and foundations made up the bulk of the financing for the project. He set the annual budget at $12 million and said about 150 people were working on the project.\nThe archive has no intention of replacing or competing with the Web outlets owned by the news organizations. Mr. Kahle said new material would not be added until 24 hours after it was first broadcast. “We don’t expect this to replace CNN.com ” he said.\nAs enormous as the news collection is it is only the beginning Mr. Kahle said. The plan is to “go back” year by year and slowly add news video going back to the start of television. That will require some new and perhaps more challenging methodology because the common use of closed-captioning only started around 2002.\n Mr. Kahle said some new technique perhaps involving word recognition would be necessary. “We need some interface that is good enough and doesn’t interrupt commerce enough that they get upset with us.”\n“Yes we want eventually to be able to make coverage of say the 1956 political conventions available ” Mr. Kahle said.", "output": [ "Kahle" ] }, { "id": "task419-d0b6b77cc8fc4ef49bd7555d393704e2", "input": "Donald Trump Jr. will return to Capitol Hill Wednesday to talk to the Senate intelligence committee as part of its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.\nThe closed-door meeting with Senate staff will come a week after Trump Jr. spoke to lawmakers on the House intelligence committee. Both panels are investigating the meddling and whether President Donald Trump's campaign was involved.\nInvestigators have been probing a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer. Trump Jr. and other campaign officials attended the meeting.\nThis will be Trump Jr.'s third interview as part of the congressional Russia probes. He also spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee in September.", "output": [ "Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-05d362d5de864d3fab51b403c0d36900", "input": "DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen’s Houthi group has buried the body of former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa allowing only a handful of relatives to attend sources from his General People’s Congress (GPC) party said on Sunday.\nFILE PHOTO Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh gestures to supporters as he arrives to a rally held to mark the 35th anniversary of the establishment of his General People's Congress party in Sanaa Yemen August 24 2017. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo\n Saleh 75 was killed by the Iran-aligned Houthis on Monday after he had called for a “new page” in ties with a Saudi-led coalition that his supporters together with the Houthis had fought for nearly three years.\nGPC Secretary-General Aref al-Zouka who was killed with Saleh was buried on Saturday in his native al-Saeed district of Shabwa province in southern Yemen after the Houthis handed over his body to tribal leaders media and GPC officials said.\n Saleh ruled Yemen for 33 years before being forced to step down in 2012 in a Gulf-brokered transition plan following months of Arab Spring protests demanding democracy.\n He remained in politics as the head of the GPC Yemen’s largest political party and in 2015 he joined forces with the Iran-aligned Houthis after they captured the capital Sanaa in a move that precipitated Saudi-led military intervention on the side of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi.", "output": [ "Ali Abdullah Saleh" ] }, { "id": "task419-5f2c7d748f784f7a914ace6165ba1356", "input": "(CNN) Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci suggested that John Kelly is handling the fallout from the Rob Porter scandal poorly by trying to \"cover it up.\"\n\"The cover-up is always worse than the crime \" Scaramucci told David Axelrod in an upcoming segment of \"The Axe Files \" a podcast from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN.\n\"I would say 'Jeez you know I knew about it. I was going to give the guy a pass because he told me it wasn't true and I apologize to the American people for that. He's been let go and I'd still like to keep my job \"' Scaramucci explained. \"That's what I would do if I was General Kelly. \"\nScaramucci said if he were the White House chief of staff he wouldn't say he \"didn't know about it when ( he ) knew about it or try to cover it.\"\n\"We're in a society now where everyone's going to find out everything anyway \" he noted.", "output": [ "Anthony Scaramucci" ] }, { "id": "task419-b0d232aeba254d8ab312a0df0afa2c7e", "input": "\"The conventional approach to developing flu vaccines today is one in which we perform surveillance worldwide \" said David Topham director of the New York Influenza Center of Excellence and professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester in New York.\n\"We collect the viruses that are circulating in people \" said Topham who was not involved in the new study . Those viruses then typically are studied in ferrets he said.\n\"We create an antigenic map of each virus and determine how similar or different that is than the (current) vaccine strain and if it's different enough from the vaccine strain then we select that virus to be in next year's vaccine \" Topham said. In other words they make their best guess on what strains will be most likely to spread and cause illness based on surveillance data\nOn the other hand the new study suggests \"using high-throughput sequencing methods and genetic engineering to rationally design a virus to use as a vaccine \" he said. \"I thought it was a very innovative and comprehensive approach.\"\nThe new study acted like \"rocket science\" compared with the conventional approach used to develop flu vaccines he said.\nSo what does the future hold for flu vaccines and where could this new approach fit in? There has been a shift among researchers around the world to focus on developing universal vaccines Topham said.\n\"These for influenza would be vaccines that would last for at least five years and protect against 75% of the viruses that are out there \" he said. \"There are many ways that we might be able to achieve that. This approach that's described in this paper is just one approach.\"", "output": [ "Topham" ] }, { "id": "task419-a024e0049f62446baa75df88c463feba", "input": "But it was not as some might have come to believe born in a Grant Park festival or a North Side club. It came up from the Mississippi Delta and was raised in Memphis before exploding in the smokey small South and West side bars of Chicago.\nThe film was born in 2007 when Smith was given a copy of a Guilfoile short story titled âO Death Where Is Thy Sting?â It was contained in a collection titled âChicago Bluesâ (Bleak House 2007). Edited by Libby Fischer Hellman with an introduction written by me it contained 21 stories. The man who reviewed the book for the Tribune Dick Adler called Guilfoileâs story âspooky.â\nâI thought the story was great â says Smith a longtime creative director for advertising agencies such as Element 79 and Leo Burnett and the co-founder in 2009 of a film/commercial production outfit called Fulton Market Films (fultonmarketfilms.com) with John Fromstein this filmâs executive producer and the man who gave Smith Guilfoileâs short story). âI immediately saw it as a feature film.â\nHe called Guilfoile whom he had met before since Guilfoile too toiled in the ad business before devoting himself to writing full time and asked âWant to collaborate on a script?â\nâI was flattered â says Guilfoile . âThough there has been some movie interest and deals involving my novels (2005âs âCast of Shadowsâ was followed by 2010âs âThe Thousandâ) but no one had ever asked me to collaborate on writing a script. I was excited to work with Scott. The structure of a screenplay is so different. This was a great learning experience for me.â\nHappy with their collaboration â even though âwe must have rewritten the ending seven times â says Guilfoile â Smith began the arduous process of getting it on screen.\nThe script sat around and was passed around for years. âI had almost forgotten there was a script when Smith called and said we might get the movie made â says Guilfoile . But eventually the project took flight getting not only attention but more crucially financing and a couple of names not huge name but names nonetheless: Jon Lovitz and Steve Guttenberg.\nâYou donât want to use actors just for their names but it helps â says Smith .\nâHe was awesome â says Guilfoile .\nâHe was very serious about the role â says Smith . âAnd he was filled with good ideas.â\nThough Smith had been a top-three finalist in the Matt Damon-Ben Affleck TV competition âProject Greenlightâ (projectgreenlight.com) for a comedy short he directed in 2007 his only previous feature length work had been the delightful 2009âs âBeing Bucky â about the seven people who play the University of Wisconsinâs mascot.\nâIt was a very tight schedule and with 30 people or so in the cast and crew sometimes a bit of chaotic but I couldnât be more pleased â said Smith .\n Guilfoile was reluctant to visit during shooting.\nâI did visit the set for one day â he says. âBut that was it. I thought that because of my days working in advertising that I would know just enough to be really annoying.â\nIn the meantime Guilfoile is working with producers/writers Joan Rater and Tony Phelan of âGreyâs Anatomyâ success on developing his novel âCast of Shadowsâ into a TV series.", "output": [ "Guilfoile — Smith", "Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-d77e85b223df46c1b83e952362af3906", "input": "Trotter had been missing since December 8 1998 when she disappeared from the Montgomery County community college where she was a first-year student. Three days later on unrelated warrants the police arrested Larry Swearingen a 27-year-old unemployed electrician with a young family and a history of run-ins with the law . Police suspected Swearingen was Trotter’s killer. He had been seen talking with Trotter two days before her disappearance outside a local store near Lake Conroe which abuts the national forest. On the day she went missing he was seen chatting with her in the college library.\nAfter the body was found some three weeks later Swearingen was charged with Trotter’s kidnapping sexual assault and murder. There was little in the way of hard evidence to back up the charges. In addition to the two times he was seen talking to Trotter prior to her disappearance the state pointed to a lie he told claiming he didn’t know who Trotter was and to a letter he wrote while jailed in which he pretended to be someone else and claimed knowledge about the murder that officials said only the killer would know.\nIn 2000 Swearingen was tried for the crime and sentenced to death.\nNearly 20 years after the murder he maintains his innocence and for more than a decade he has been fighting to clear his name in part by repeatedly requesting that key crime scene evidence be subjected to DNA testing. While the state’s case against him was built on circumstantial evidence there was also a trove of physical evidence that prosecutors seemingly either ignored or dismissed.\nThe state insisted that the length of hose matched a second piece of hosiery retrieved from the trailer home Swearingen shared with his wife Terry. But the hose from the trailer wasn’t found until weeks after Trotter’s body was discovered after police had conducted two exhaustive searches of the Swearingen property. And instead of submitting either piece for DNA testing the state had a forensic analyst line them up side by side to determine visually whether they came from the same pair of hosiery — the kind of subjective forensic pattern analysis that raises serious concerns about scientific validity and reliability. At Swearingen ’s trial the analyst testified that the two lengths of hose matched “to the exclusion of all other pantyhose.”\nAccording to court filings evidence that was tested pointed away from Swearingen . DNA collected from a cigarette butt found in Swearingen ’s trailer that prosecutors claimed belonged to Trotter excluded her as the donor. And DNA developed from blood found in fingernail scrapings taken from Trotter’s body at autopsy excluded Swearingen revealing instead the profile of an unknown male.\nTo date Texas’s highest criminal court the Court of Criminal Appeals has sided with the state concluding that the “mountain” of circumstantial evidence against Swearingen outweighs the potentially probative value of DNA evidence. The court has denied his request for testing four times — highlighting a confounding if not obstructionist approach to requests made for post-conviction DNA testing under state law.\nIn Swearingen ’s case and others the court has construed the right to testing in a way that severely narrows eligibility — an approach that Swearingen ’s lawyers say threatens to make the once powerful law a dead letter potentially closing access to testing in all cases where there is a claim of wrongful conviction.\n Swearingen is scheduled for execution on November 16.\nDeath row inmate Larry Swearingen during an interview at the Polunsky Unit in Longview Texas. Photo: Jacob Villanueva/The Texas Tribune\nWhen Swearingen first sought DNA testing in 2004 the denial was straightforward — the CCA refused to consider the request because Swearingen ’s lawyers had missed a filing deadline.\nIn its 2010 ruling the court noted that the statute only allowed testing of evidence “containing biological material” and concluded that Swearingen could not demonstrate that the items he wanted to test — the pantyhose additional fingernail scrapings and clothing — were actually “proven” to contain such material.\n“This court has held that a mere assertion or a general claim that existence of biological material is probable will fail to satisfy the appellant’s burden” under the statute the court wrote. It also faulted Swearingen for suggesting that any unknown profile developed from DNA testing should be run against state and federal databases a provision that didn’t appear in the statute.\n Swearingen filed for testing again in 2013. Newly elected District Judge Kelly Case approved his request which was accompanied by an affidavit from a DNA analyst who said the evidence would likely contain biological materials.\nFor example while the definition of biological material fit for testing included skin cells Swearingen still couldn’t confirm that skin cells existed on the pantyhose used to strangle Trotter or on the clothes she was wearing. And having a DNA analyst say such materials would likely be there was not enough. “We have explicitly held that appellee must prove biological material exists and not that it is merely probable ” the court wrote.\nBut in order to definitively prove that microscopic evidence exists you have to test for it notes Bryce Benjet a staff attorney with the Innocence Project and one of the lawyers handling Swearingen’s case . It was a frustrating conclusion if not an impossible standard to meet.", "output": [ "Swearingen" ] }, { "id": "task419-00f17c56a1c04d04abe65809ab2094b1", "input": "Opposition sympathiser and powerful cleric Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has ratcheted up the pressure on the Iranian regime ahead of the first anniversary of the disputed presidential election.\n The reappearance of Rafsanjani's comments comes just days before the June 12 anniversary of the presidential poll that returned Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power and sparked one of the worst internal crises in the Islamic republic's history.\n Iran was rocked by widespread and deadly street unrest immediately after Ahmadinejad's re-election -- a result his opponents said had been rigged.\n Now Rafsanjani's website has again reproduced the text of his year-old letter to Khamenei in which he warned of social upheaval if the leader remained silent about a remark Ahmadinejad made before the election.\n In a television debate just days before the poll Ahmadinejad accused Rafsanjani's family of corruption prompting the cleric to send his letter of complaint to the supreme leader.\n Addressing Khamenei in such a manner is unheard of in Iran where the supreme leader is the ultimate authority and has the final say on all strategic issues.\n The Rafsanjani website also repeated remarks he made during a Friday prayer sermon last July 17 as the post-election unrest raged when he openly said the election result had broken the trust of Iranians.\n \"What should we do?\" Rafsanjani asked rhetorically in the sermon. \"Our key issue is to return the trust which the people had and now to some extent is broken.\n \"It is not necessary that in this situation people be jailed. Let them join their families. We should not allow enemies to rebuke and ridicule us because of detentions. We should tolerate each other \" he said.\n Rafsanjani is a sympathiser of the opposition especially Mir Hossein Mousavi who was runner-up in the presidential election.\n Meanwhile Rafsanjani's daughter Faezeh who heads an Islamic federation of female sports issued a statement denouncing an \"attack against her office overnight Friday \" the opposition Rahesabz.net website reported.", "output": [ "Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani" ] }, { "id": "task419-40171952e52d4650a6486eab8b4112e0", "input": "The camera is an instrument of suspense. Given a movie frame you want to understand what's happening in it — and what will happen next. That balance of wonder and dread is a fundamental draw of film and a touchstone of the horror genre. The questions Kendall R. Phillips asks in A Place of Darkness: The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema are: How did we get from the nickelodeon special-effects \"cinema of attractions\" to understanding horror narratives as their own genre? And what does America's relationship with horror tell us about the idea of being American in the first place?\nA Place of Darkness is about as academic as they come; expect discussion of the \"paradigm of monstration\" and the ways weird films \"provided a counternarrative to the emerging American rationalist epistemology.\" But the book's central arguments make for great reading as Phillips lays out the ways that proto-horror movies contained distinct and disparate rhythms (suspense surprise superstition) how the need for legitimacy led to literary adaptation as a horror standard how movies developed alongside audiences to bring new immediacy to onscreen dread and how shifting visions of the Other forced movies to constantly renegotiate what exactly people were meant to be afraid of.\n Phillips draws these elements together under the idea of horror as an exploration of cultural fears within 'acceptable' parameters. When \"the pressure to create a homogeneous American culture necessitated securing the popular American movie screen for the purpose of indoctrinating immigrants \" the past was an old world fraught with terrors and the present was a new one full of uncertainty. \"Both on the screen and in the discussions surrounding early screen practice a line of demarcation was drawn between the incredulous civilized white American male and the superstitious uncivilized gendered and racialized Other.\" (Though this book ends with Dracula and Frankenstein there's a straight line to the cultural conversations modern films are having with their own genre histories — look no further than Get Out for a horror movie that tackles this dynamic head-on and radically redraws that line of demarcation.)\nAs with many academic texts this effort to frame a new argument means the book only scrapes the surface of some of its most interesting suggestions. We're duly warned that Phillips intended \"an exercise in rhetorical criticism in that its focus has been on the way these horrific elements were depicted discussed and contested \" but that question of American identity and the shifting Other is compelling enough to overwhelm some of the rhetorical specifics. (Several early thrillers that use inheritances wagers and other greed as the motive for crime and terror are listed in order to slot them into the 'melodrama' aspect of emerging horror. But was this merely a reason to fill a house with false ghosts? Was there some deeper American unease about money and the wealthy in the late 1920s that spurred so many successful movies in which the unscrupulous rich made life miserable for others? Perhaps the book's designed to prompt such questions from the reader; if there's one thing an academic text will tell you there's always room for more research.)", "output": [ "Kendall R. Phillips" ] }, { "id": "task419-0f468d96946d4f5289adcc0b2bd2f01f", "input": "\"This is a game changer \" says Thomas Garrison an archaeologist at Ithaca College who is one of the leaders of the project . It changes \"the base level at which we do Maya archaeology.\"\nThe data reveals that the area was three or four times more densely populated than originally thought. \"I mean we're talking about millions of people conservatively \" says Garrison . \"Probably more than 10 million people.\"\nThe researchers fired LiDAR technology short for \"Light Detection and Ranging \" down at the dense forest from an airplane. This research was organized by the PACUNAM LiDAR Initiative and Garrison says the area's size is \"more than double any other survey that's been done with this technology.\"\n\"As it flies the laser pulses hundreds of thousands of times per second \" Garrison adds. \"And every time one of those lasers hits a point of resistance it stops and sends back a measurement to the plane.\"\ntoggle caption PACUNAM/Thomas Garrison\nLiDAR allows scientists to accomplish years or even decades worth of mapping in a single afternoon. For example Garrison says he was part of a team that worked for some eight years to map less than a square mile at a site called El Zotz. The plane using LiDAR took data for 67 square miles in a matter of hours.\n\"It's very humbling \" says Garrison . \"For those of us that spent our lives mapping and slogging around this area ... you just sort of have to bow before the LiDAR and accept the fact that it's better than you are.\"\nThe team surveyed 10 separate areas. It took months to process the data. As the picture became clearer Garrison said he would sent emails to his colleagues expressing surprise at the magnitude.\n He recalls seeing an initial image of one area in northern Guatemala. \"I saw this image and I said the whole area is covered in Maya settlement. You won't believe it \" he adds. \"And then once we got the actual data and saw the whole scope of it. We said 'Wow we're going to be able to really do something with this.'\"", "output": [ "Thomas Garrison" ] }, { "id": "task419-433babc3e0044aabae4360d0364fb96d", "input": "And there's one more story from the White House we want to focus on now. Earlier in the week we learned that the president has asked the Pentagon to look into staging a military parade. It seems intended as a celebration of the military and a demonstration of military might. So we thought who better to ask about this than the people who served in uniform and whose service is being honored? And where better to talk about this than in the Barbershop because that's where we talk to interesting folks about what's in the news and what's on their mind? So joining us today is Jas Boothe . She served for 16 years in the Army and the Army Reserves. She served in Kosovo among other assignments. As she prepared to deploy for Operation Iraqi Freedom though she was diagnosed with cancer. She was eventually discharged. And she now runs Final Salute Inc. That's an organization that helps homeless women veterans as she once was. She 's also the mother of a son serving in the Air Force and is the wife of a former Marine. Major thank you so much for speaking with us.\nPLENZLER: Yeah I have concerns mostly around the intent and the impact of the event plus the cost. I agree with Jas on that. And you know our national military culture we have parades where we roll out the active duty when it's a victory parade. And the war in Afghanistan is still going on. And the war in Iraq and Syria is still going on. So I mean we're nowhere near the end of those two conflicts. And it may go on for some years now.\nMARTIN: And what about that Jas ? I mean one of the things that was striking to me is that a number of the people talking about this particularly some of the millennial era - millenniums millennials rather - who have been - who are very active on social media and one of their arguments was that this kind of conjures up the image of authoritarian you know governments like you know North Korea. You know obviously North Korea that these huge displays of might are kind of a signature - Venezuela Russia. I'm going to ask you the same thing - what Sherman's point is. What if - what about something that says I respect and appreciate you?\nMARTIN: OK. Well as we get closer we'll call you back and see how you all feel then. That's Sherman Gillums Jr. Marine veteran chief strategy officer for American Veterans AMVETS. Joe Plenzler another Marine veteran director of media for The American Legion. Jas Boothe former veteran founder of Final Salute. We want to emphasize they're all speaking for themselves. But thank you all so much for coming. And if I may - and I understand it's controversial - thank you for your service.", "output": [ "Jas Boothe" ] }, { "id": "task419-c1e2ef7f0bd449ab90f905d8a908d081", "input": "Anthony Milan Ross 45 was arrested just after 10 p.m. Monday in the murder of his estranged wife Iris Ross 38 and his two children — Nigel Ross 11 and 10-month-old daughter Anora Ross — at their Phoenix apartment. He was held without bail Tuesday.\nRoss’ journey to losing more than 200 pounds began in 2012 when he was a Whole Foods employee and weighed more than 500 pounds. His outspoken success also led to being featured in a full-length documentary that included celebrities such as James Cameron and Samuel L. Jackson according to AZCentral. Ross graced magazine covers and traveled the country to speak at events.\n Ross also talked about his weight loss journey last month with local Phoenix station 12News.\n“My body feels much better. I'm in better shape at 45 than I ever was when I was skinny in my 20s ” Ross told the news station.\n Ross was charged on Tuesday with three counts of first-degree murder and multiple counts of aggravated assault and assault against a police officer. He was taken into custody after he barricaded himself in the family's Phoenix home that led to a nighttime standoff with police officers.\n Ross seemed happy to spend time with his children hours before the Christmas Day killings. Ross posted on his Facebook page a video Christmas Eve of him and his 11-year-old son.\n“Hey guys I’m smiling and I’m hanging out with Nigel on Christmas Eve. We’re going to embarrass ourselves! We’re going to sing ” Ross said smiling with his son.\n Ross and his wife got divorced earlier this year according to AZCentral.\nPolice tried to talk to Ross when he was inside the unit Sgt. Jonathan Howard said. Several hours later Ross indicated he had killed the two children and began shooting at officers said authorities. There is no known motive for the deadly shooting.", "output": [ "Anora Ross" ] }, { "id": "task419-48eb8e40c4ed4667a99f9f63e0fb5ab5", "input": "House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) wants to counter all of the negative news reports about his role in investigating the Trump-Russia saga. So he recently began his own partisan online ‘magazine.’\nThe website paid for by Nunes ’ campaign committee has prominently displayed Nunes ’ photo and the headline “Understanding the process behind #ReleaseTheMemo.” Earlier this month Republicans approved the release of a classified memo that alleges bias by FBI agents investigating the alleged Trump-Russia connection.\n Nunes now faces a different kind of attack. A barrage of traffic and an apparent attack on the website’s servers gave error messages when people attempted to reach the site on Sunday. The website’s official Facebook page has about 4 700 followers.\nDid Nunes say liberals are attacking his website?\n Nunes followed up with this post on his Facebook page.\nThe website is also likely to be utilized as Nunes ’ prepares for the 2018 midterm election even though he defeated Democratic challenger Louie Campos in 2016 with 67.6 percent of the vote the Washington Examiner reported.\nTavlian of Sultana Media in California was picked by Nunes ’ campaign to handle traditional and digital advertising according to Politico.\n Nunes gained national attention for his leadership of the House intel panel investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. He has blasted members of the media several times for their negative reports about his role in investigation.\n Nunes ’ chief of staff told Politico it would not offer a comment about the website until Politico “retracts its multitude of fake stories on Congressman Nunes.”", "output": [ "Devin Nunes" ] }, { "id": "task419-3853e22228fd4659a52b3e9c89f45230", "input": "The bill passed in a 240-186 vote despite opposition from most Democrats who had sought a firmer commitment from Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) that he will bring immigration legislation to the floor for a vote that would protect immigrants who came to the United States as children from deportation. House Democrats just barely made up for the defections on the GOP side. A total of 73 Democrats voted for the legislation while 67 Republicans voted against it.\nIn his closing remarks Ryan noted the bipartisan 71-28 Senate tally and said that 75 percent of Senate Democrats and 68 percent of Senate Republicans had voted for it.\nBefore Ryan spoke Nancy Pelosi again called on him to commit to a vote on immigration saying he acts more as a Speaker of the White House than a Speaker of the House. The early vote took place because of Sen. Rand Paul who blocked action in the Senate for must of Thursday with a demand on an amendment leaving previous ceilings on federal spending in place.\nDuring the shutdown Speaker Paul Ryan ignored pleas from his fellow Republicans to include DACA provisions.", "output": [ "Paul Ryan (" ] }, { "id": "task419-9ba5e72753b545079627912ed9825399", "input": "Witnesses said Michael Love was dressed as an elderly woman wearing a brown dress stockings a wig and a mask when he approached a Sultanna Reed and Zach Guyton as they loaded children in an SUV to go to day care.\n Love approached the vehicle pulled a handgun out of a plastic grocery bag and fired multiple shots at Reed his ex-girlfriend striking her three times. Her brother tried to come to her aid and Love shot him once in the face.\nThe two victims were rushed to a hospital in critical condition but survived. Love was arrested soon after.\n Love was found guilty on Nov. 1 and sentenced Friday to 80 years in the Indiana Department of Correction.", "output": [ "Michael Love" ] }, { "id": "task419-0c5e7f34b3f44c219c73693e49ff1092", "input": "“I Donald John Trump do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the Constitution of the United States so help me God.”\nOne year ago President-Elect Donald Trump took the stage on a rainy but warm day at the United States Capitol and took the oath of office to officially become the 45th President of the United States.\nI remember that week in D.C. getting the honor of serving in some truly exhilarating roles with the Presidential Inaugural Committee. It was surreal just like election night had been. The Trump Presidency was finally materializing and with it the new optimism and hope that marks every new administration.\nOn the military side we’ve seen significantly increased funding for our troops and a true materialization of President Trump’s campaign promise to “rebuild our military.” Not only that but Daesh has been in the course of just a year been completely wiped out by a coordinated military plan and coalition led by President Trump and Secretary of Defense James Mattis .\nOn the regulatory front Trump has made major headway in reducing burdensome regulation and restoring the proper role of government oversight market stabilization and consumer protection. While measuring overall regulatory burden is complex multiple studies have shown Trump has stayed true and begun the tough process of reorienting our administrative state.\nLastly judges. Beyond the excellent and extremely essential appointment of Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court to fill Justice Antonin Scalia’s vacancy President Trump has appointed an incredible 22 judges to Federal Circuit and District Courts this year making him among the most prolific judicial vacancy fillers among Presidents.\nLastly Trump has appointed an incredible array of leaders to his cabinet and administration. From historic levels of appointing women to senior leadership positions in government to leaders such as HUD Secretary Ben Carson UN Ambassador Nikki Haley Energy Secretary Rick Perry and countless others Trump has assembled a truly all-star team in D.C. that is working every day to better the lives of the American people.", "output": [ "Donald John Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-4b595570db9a484dac53a8188bc1b92c", "input": "Sen. Bob Corker is tripling down on his criticism of President Trump as a leader telling ABC News today that he believes the \"utterly untruthful\" commander in chief is \"debasing\" the United States.\n\"I don't think there's any question that that's the case just in the way he conducts himself and goes to such a low level. I just — I do \" Corker R-Tenn. said of Trump in an interview on Capitol Hill.\n Corker added \"The worst of it is going to be the whole debasing of our nation. I think that will be the contribution that hurts our nation most.\"\nAfter the two engaged in a war of words this morning Corker said Trump wasn't being truthful.Asked whether he considered the president a liar Corker said they don't use that \"word in our family\" but reiterated Trump is \"utterly untruthful.\"\"You would think he would try to focus on things where there wasn't a witness but the whole world is a witness to these untruths \" Corker said.As for whether he regrets supporting Trump during the campaign and the early days of his administration Corker smiled and asked \"What do you think?\"\"There were many people. I was one of those that hoped he would rise to the occasion as president and aspire to lead our nation instead of dividing it \" Corker said adding \"[Trump] hasn't risen to the occasion.\"Corker earlier this morning stood by his Oct. 8 remarks criticizing the White House as an \"adult day care center\" and arguing that Trump is putting the United States on a path toward \"World War III.\"\"I don't make comments I haven't thought about \" Corker said Tuesday on \" Good Morning America .\"His remarks on \"GMA\" triggered a Twitter exchange after Trump responded that Corker who's not running for re-election \"couldn't get elected dog catcher \" and Corker then called Trump \"an utterly untruthful president.\"\n Bob Corker who helped President O give us the bad Iran Deal & couldn't get elected dog catcher in Tennessee is now fighting Tax Cuts.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24 2017\n... Corker dropped out of the race in Tennesse when I refused to endorse him and now is only negative on anything Trump. Look at his record! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 24 2017\n Corker 's office denied that he asked for Trump's endorsement instead saying that Trump urged Corker to run for re-election.\nThe senator was an early Trump ally endorsing him during the presidential campaign. But Corker has since been wary of how Trump is handling the presidency — in particular his treatment of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.\n\"When you look at the fact that we've got this issue in North Korea and the president continues to kneecap his diplomatic representative the secretary of state and really move him away from successful diplomatic negotiations with China which is key to this you're taking us on a path to combat \" Corker said on \"Good Morning America\" today.\n He added that when it comes to the diplomatic efforts underway to handle the rising tensions with North Korea he would like for Trump to \"leave it to the professionals for a while.\"\n\"The president undermines our secretary of state [and] raises tensions in the area by virtue of the tweets that he sends out \" Corker said.\nAnother negotiation Corker wants Trump to stay out of is the tax debate.\nWith Trump planning to travel to Capitol Hill today to pitch his tax overhaul to Senate Republicans during their policy lunch Corker told \"Good Morning America \" \"What I hope is going to happen is the president will leave this effort if you will to the tax-writing committees let them do their work and not begin taking things off the table that ought to be debated in these committees at the proper time.\"\nAsked whether he buys the administration's argument that economic growth under its tax plan will cut the deficit by a trillion dollars Corker remained hesitant \" We 'll have to see. Obviously we need to look at scoring mechanisms and go through the process.\"\nAs the chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Corker also weighed in this morning on the Oct. 4 ambush in Niger. The Pentagon has opened an investigation into the attack amid questions about how the mission went awry led to the deaths of four U.S. service members.\n\"Those details we don't know but we do know in that general area there are a lot of people that wish us harm \" Corker said.", "output": [ "Bob Corker" ] }, { "id": "task419-b647fcc65f0f41cb96a82587a7f1abec", "input": "Steve Bannon's controversial comments included in a new tell-all book about the Trump administration cost him any chance of returning to the White House a spokesman said Monday.\nDeputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told reporters on Air Force One Bannon 's derogatory remarks about President Donald Trump members of his family and his presidency as a whole were damaging.\n\"I don't believe there is any way back for Mr. Bannon at this point \" White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said according to The Washington Times. \"It is very obvious Mr. Bannon worked with [author Michael] Wolff in this particular book.\"\nWolff's book \"Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House\" was released Friday. It frames the early days of the Trump administration as chaotic and Bannon is quoted several times bashing Trump.\n\"When you go after somebody's family in the matter which [ Bannon ] did two of the president's children are serving this nation sacrificing in their service it is repugnant it is grotesque and I challenge anybody to go and talk about somebody's family and see if that person doesn't come back and comes back hard.\"\n Bannon addressed his remarks on Sunday saying in part \"Donald Trump Jr. is both a patriot and a good man. He has been relentless in his advocacy for his father and the agenda that has helped turn our country around. My support is also unwavering for the president and his agenda — as I have shown daily in my national radio broadcasts on the pages of Breitbart News and in speeches and appearances from Tokyo and Hong Kong to Arizona and Alabama.\"", "output": [ "Steve Bannon's" ] }, { "id": "task419-6f2fef35ec13460a9290cb961218c9c5", "input": "A day earlier Feinstein who faces a primary challenge in her re-election this year released the transcript of the Senate Judiciary Committee's closed-door August interview with an official from the political opposition research firm Fusion GPS which commissioned the dossier. She released the transcript of Glenn Simpson's interview over the objections of the committee's Republican chairman Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. She is the top Democrat on the panel.\n\"The fact that Sneaky Dianne Feinstein who has on numerous occasions stated that collusion between Trump/Russia has not been found would release testimony in such an underhanded and possibly illegal way totally without authorization is a disgrace \" Trump tweeted. \"Must have tough Primary!\"\n Feinstein 's release was not illegal because the information wasn't classified. And as the top Democrat on the committee she didn't need authorization from Grassley to release it. Her staff helped conduct the interview with Simpson.\n Feinstein also sits on the Senate intelligence committee which is conducting its own investigation into the Russian interference and whether Trump's campaign was in any way involved. Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is continuing and his probe so far has resulted in charges against four of Trump's campaign advisers.", "output": [ "Sneaky Dianne Feinstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-30b56e7e59054ea288b7513cc8613024", "input": "The Associated Press has obtained a letter sent by the NFL to Jerry Jones' attorney accusing the Dallas Cowboys owner of \"conduct detrimental to the league's best interests\" over his objection to a contract extension for Commissioner Roger Goodell .\n The letter accusing Jones of sabotaging the negotiations was sent to David Boies on Wednesday. Jones hired Boies and threatened to sue the NFL if Goodell's contract extension was approved by the compensation committee made up of six owners. All 32 owners voted unanimously in May to let the committee finalize a deal with Goodell.\nIt's the latest escalation of a feud between the NFL and one of its most powerful owners. Jones has denied that his objections to the extension are tied to Goodell's decision to suspend star running back Ezekiel Elliott for six games over alleged domestic violence.\n Jones has said he has issues with compensation in the deal along with concerns about the escalation of player protests involving the national anthem and how the league has handled them. He also has suggested that owners should revisit the power that the position wields.\nThe letter confirmed that Jones was removed as a non-voting member of the compensation committee after threatening to sue.\n Jones who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August was accused of sharing with all the owners an outdated document related to the negotiations with Goodell.\n\"Someone who is genuinely concerned 'that the owners know the truth about the negotiations' would not deliberately distribute such an outdated document particularly when he has in his possession drafts that are current and accurately reflect the actual state of negotiations or threaten to sue the league and its owners if he does not get his way \" the letter said.\n Jones has acknowledged being at odds with the compensation committee chairman Atlanta owner Arthur Blank over the Goodell talks. They didn't speak on the field before the Falcons' 27-7 victory over the Cowboys on Sunday.\nA spokesman for Jones didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.\n Jones claimed Tuesday on his radio show that \"well over half\" the owners agree with him in wanting a final vote after the committee is finished negotiating the deal.\n\"With due respect we urge Mr. Jones to drop his misguided litigation threats and media campaign to undermine the committee's mandate \" the letter said. \"And we urge Mr. Jones to support the committee's deliberations not attempt to sabotage them.\"", "output": [ "Jerry Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-1119fdcd666b49f1a61c9e4df504cbbc", "input": "But that 's exactly what dozens of veterans who participated in former President George W. Bush 's annual Warrior 100K this past weekend say it does for them . \nFor years , Bush has invited wounded servicemen and women to his Crawford ranch for camaraderie and motivation , some of them using specially designed bikes to accommodate missing limbs . \nAnd reports are that Bush was no slacker on the latest ride .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-f4fc5d4594f24b4b9728b8c5d602be15", "input": "President Trump revived his favorite insult for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during a speech at a Navajo Code Talkers event at the White House Monday. Here's how he brought up the \"Pocahontas\" insult - context and all.\n\"I just want to thank you because you're very very special people \" Trump said to his guests. \"You were here long before any of us were here although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her [ Elizabeth Warren ] 'Pocahontas '\" he said. \"But you know what I like you because you are special. You are special people. You are really incredible people. And from the heart from the absolute heart we appreciate what you've done how you've done it the bravery that you displayed and the love that you have for your country.\"\nThe senator was not amused. Warren told MSNBC she was shocked that the president had used a \"racial slur\" at a ceremony intended to honor Native American war heroes.\n She then used the incident to fundraise.\n Elizabeth Warren in an email to supporters is fundraising off Donald Trump’s Pocahontas comment pic.twitter.com/11Xb27RS8D — Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) November 28 2017\nAs Katie noted the press is missing the point. Instead of being outraged over President Trump's insults why not call out Sen. Warren for shamefully faking her heritage to game the affirmative action system?\nIn 2012 Warren reportedly touted her \"Native American heritage\" ( she 's 1/32nd Cherokee) to convince the Harvard Law School faculty she 'd increase the school's diversity. She has denied those claims noting that she listed herself as Native American to meet others like herself according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.", "output": [ "Elizabeth Warren" ] }, { "id": "task419-ab2dc4d4e7224ddcbd0a3ec39eb254f5", "input": "Louna Dennis said Friday that her son Matthew McCree \"loved everyone.\"\n McCree was fatally stabbed Wednesday at the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation in the Bronx. A second student was wounded and remains hospitalized in critical condition.\nLouna Dennis left the mother of Matthew McCree is comforted by a family member as she holds a news conference at her attorney's office Friday Sept. 29 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Fifteen-year-old McCree was stabbed to death in his Bronx high school history class by Abel Cedeno on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)\n Louna Dennis the mother of Matthew McCree holds a news conference at her attorney's office Friday Sept. 29 2017 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Fifteen-year-old McCree was stabbed to death in his Bronx high school history class by Abel Cedeno on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)", "output": [ "Matthew McCree" ] }, { "id": "task419-66aa2cf8c1884897b554f1b8ddecb5fc", "input": "JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli chip maker Mellanox Technologies saw its shares surge on the Nasdaq on Tuesday after activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP bought a 10.7 percent stake to influence strategy.\nThe logo of Mellanox Technologies is seen at the company's headquarters in Yokneam in northern Israel July 26 2016. Picture taken July 26 2016. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun\nStarboard became the biggest shareholder in Mellanox after disclosing its stake purchase - valued at around $300 million - and said the chipmaker could improve its financial performance.\nIn particular Starboard is concerned that Mellanox which makes computer networking products using InfiniBand and Ethernet technology rejected a potential merger with rival Marvell Technology. Starboard in its filing said Marvell had expressed interest in discussing a “potential strategic transaction” but Mellanox declined to enter into talks.\n Mellanox’s shares opened 14 percent higher and were still up 11 percent at $56.65 by 1552 GMT. They had risen 25 percent this year through Monday underperforming Marvell’s 56 percent rally and a 48 percent increase in the Philadelphia Semiconductor index.\nThe source noted that Starboard - which believes Mellanox is spending too much on research and development and other corporate expenses to try to boost revenue sacrificing margins compared with peers - must stop disappointing investors .\n“ They need to improve financial performance or sell the company. Either way it is to see the stock price go up significantly ” the source said noting there was a “long list of potential buyers” for Mellanox.\n Mellanox which was founded in 1999 and has a market value of nearly $3 billion said in a statement on Tuesday that it “welcomes the input and investment” from all its shareholders.\n“In line with our commitment to drive enhanced shareholder value the Mellanox board of directors and management team continually review our operational and strategic priorities and are committed to acting in the best interests of our shareholders ” it said.\nBarclays analyst Joseph Wolf who downgraded Mellanox to “underweight” after its earnings report said that while there is room for Mellanox to cut expenses its growth stems from accelerating revenue during product transitions.", "output": [ "Mellanox" ] }, { "id": "task419-3caad288033a40e98eec1e60bd6c6406", "input": "Scott Baio brought his Facebook Live story to Good Morning America.\nIn a Wednesday interview the Charles in Charge star pushed back against former co-star Nicole Eggert's allegations that he molested her during their time together on the show when she was still a minor. Much of what Baio said echoed a Facebook Live he posted on Sunday as Eggert's story started to surface.\n Scott Baio denies sexual misconduct allegations: \"My 10-year-old daughter does not need to be hearing about this from friends at school - these false allegations...that's why this has got to stop.\" pic.twitter.com/5jdJgalA9z — Good Morning America (@GMA) January 31 2018\n Baio had little to say in response to the more detailed accusations such as Eggert's account of what happened in the older actor's garage when she was just 14. More generally he stuck to flat denials of any improper activity pointing to the abundance of potential witnesses on set — crew members teachers parental guardians — that would have made such behavior impossible.\nJust before the segment ended Baio shifted gears saying \"this has got to stop\" because of the impact it's having on his family.", "output": [ "Scott Baio" ] }, { "id": "task419-b940774c737b48e8b1acb9e0fa2090b7", "input": "In mid-December Donald Fagen sat down in Sirius XM’s studios for an in-depth interview – his first since the September death of Steely Dan co-founder Walter Becker – on the Rolling Stone Music Now podcast hosted by Brian Hiatt. Here are some highlights from the conversation which spanned the entire history of Steely Dan. To hear the entire discussion see below or download and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.\n Fagen got to spend one last day with Becker in August. \"When I heard he was really ill \" he says \"I was on the road in I think Salina Kansas and I flew back. I had a day off and he was in his apartment in New York. And I was really glad that I went. I could see he was really struggling. When I put a chair next to the bed he grabbed my hand. It was something he had never done ever before. And we had a great talk and you know he was listening to hard bop – his wife had put on Dexter Gordon records. He was very weak but he was still very funny. I'm really glad I had those hours.\"\nIf it were up to Fagen he would refer to the post-Becker touring incarnation of the band as \" Donald Fagen and the Steely Dan Band.\" \"I would actually prefer to call it Donald Fagen and the Steely Dan Band or something like that \" he says noting that promoters have so far insisted that he call it Steely Dan for commercial reasons. \"That's an ongoing debate. To me Steely Dan was just me and Walter really – it was like a concept we had together.\"\n Fagen had hoped to record another Steely Dan album – which would have been the first since 2003's Everything Must Go – but Becker wasn't interested. \"Walter had some health problems \" says Fagen \"and especially after 2011-12 I think just being ill for so long he had a little bit of a personality change and he was much more isolated and he kinda wasn't that interested in working on Steely Dan records anymore. It also might have to do with the specter of doing an album that would be on the same standard that we did previously. Maybe that scared him a little bit or maybe he didn't have the energy. I did ask him once in a while if he wanted to do something – and he'd usually say 'yeah sure ' but then he wouldn't call me or whatever so it was obvious that he lost some of the enthusiasm.\"", "output": [ "Donald Fagen" ] }, { "id": "task419-9cda2acbe0e54406a59d0f44ca2646fd", "input": "The minister Gérald Darmanin stands accused in an incident dating to 2009.\n“The Prime Minister wishes to assure on the one hand that the rules determining membership in the government are known and on the other hand that Mr. Darmanin has his full confidence ” the office of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe said in an emailed statement.\nBut France’s mainstream center-right Republican party seized the opportunity to demand Monday that Darmanin step down. Some see in that intervention a hint of political revenge: Darmanin is a former member of the party who was expelled last year for having defected to Macron’s centrist coalition.\nFor the second time the same woman Sophie Spatz — a former call girl whose birth name is Olga Patterson according to French media — has accused Darmanin of forcing her to have sex with him in 2009 in exchange for his intervention in a personal legal matter.\nSpatz 46 first filed a complaint against Darmanin last year after he joined Macron’s government but the case was closed when she failed to attend a mandatory police interview. Earlier this month however she filed a second complaint and prosecutors have reopened the case.\nIn an interview with Le Monde Spatz alleged that Darmanin — after hearing the details of her case — suggestively placed his hand on hers. “You will have to help me as well ” she quoted him as saying. She said that she told him she should go home to her husband but that Darmanin pressed her to accompany him to a Parisian sex club called Les Chandelles Spatz told Le Monde.\nThe two then ended up at a cheap hotel nearby by her account. Spatz sent Darmanin out to buy shower gel and toothpaste then hid in the bathroom “to postpone the fateful moment to the maximum ” according to a statement one of her lawyers gave to Le Monde. “Nevertheless realizing that the act was still ‘on the program ’ ” the statement said “she had to end up bowing to it despite all these stall tactics.”\nAs the pressure has increased for his resignation Darmanin ’s colleagues — notably female cabinet members — have stood by him.\nSpeaking on French radio Monday morning Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet said Darmanin “can stay in the government” for the time being insofar as no formal charges are brought. Marlène Schiappa France’s gender equality minister had little to say besides observing that “it is important for the judiciary to be able to work calmly.”\nOn a political level the renewed allegations against Darmanin appear likely to add to a recent spate of embarrassments for Macron. In an administration that has been in power for less than a year four other prominent members have stepped down over charges relating to political corruption.", "output": [ "Gérald Darmanin" ] }, { "id": "task419-7b8b604a1cb6407c98e835ad957dc232", "input": "After 50 prolific years spent producing masterful black-and-white photographs Roger Ballen is ready to take his place as a master of the medium.\nThe past few years have seen major moves from the American-born South African–based artist. He earned his own wing of Cape Town's Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art after the Roger Ballen Foundation contributed the largest financial donation from a foundation the brand-new institution has seen yet. Outside of photography he 's gone from directing Die Antwoord music videos to his own short films. With a new retrospective monograph Ballenesque out October 10 from Thames & Hudson Ballen declares for all the world to hear that he is an icon.\nBallenesque opens with an essay by historian and cultural critic Robert J.C. Young. In it Young begins to define the mesmerizing \"instantly recognizable\" quality of Ballen's images which he variously calls \"prehensile portraits \" \"aleatory assemblages \" \"windowless walls \" and \"dark junctures of disjunction.\" When Young introduces these cornerstones of Ballen 's style he writes \"We isolate four; you the viewer of the photograph may add a fifth to complete the secret.\"\nThe rest of the book is a guided tour through Ballen 's work complemented by 50 pages of the artist's own anecdotes autobiography thoughts on technique and philosophy. It all starts with blurry family portraits Ballen shot with a Mamiya camera he bought at 13 years old. He shares the first photo his that he really liked a picture of a dead cat on the side of the road.\nAs he got older he became a documentarian of 60s and 70s counterculture from grimacing Vietnam War protesters to carefree nudists at Woodstock. Many photos from this period in his career are shown for the first time within the pages of Ballenesque. By 1979 Ballen had begun to travel the world collecting snapshots of kids from New York to Indonesia that would be collected into a series called Boyhood.\nWhen he moved to South Africa Ballen became fixated on the human toll of apartheid. He traveled the impoverished South African countryside as a geologist but photographed the people and places he saw along the way. He collected these images into the two series that made him famous Platteland and Outland.\nAlso debuting in the new monograph are Ballen's paintings from the 1970s which informed his abstract photography in Asylum of the Birds and The Theater of Apparitions. \"It was exciting to put those paintings in the book \" he said. Many of the paintings were lost when his father cleaned them out of their childhood home but the ones that survive have been documented for Ballenesque. \"I didn't paint for 30 years but in a way these set the foundation for my later work.\"\nBy the end of the text Ballen 's work seems to exist like one of his paintings largely within his own mind. \"From about 2002 onward you rarely see a human face in the photos \" Ballen said. His current project teased in the final pages is called Ah Rats. Now the vermin that have infested the edges of his work for years are at its center. In January Ballen art directed Die Antwoord's video for \"Tommy Can't Sleep \" which is full of the rats that are on his brain.\n Ballen still walks Johannesburg looking for places to take pictures for around five hours a day. He spends the rest of his time with his family administrating the Roger Ballen Foundation and tending his collection of more than 100 pets. \"There's rats snakes chickens ducks lizards rabbits spiders doves pigeons crows mice \" he rattles off. Around 10 percent have names including a bird named Icarus and a rat named Stoffel.\nIcarus Stoffel and Ballen 's Johannesburg home are far from the roiling American political scene but Ballen has some advice for young artists trying to distinguish themselves in a photographic era he describes as \"amorphous\" compared to when he cut his teeth.\nBallen is quick to clarify that he doesn't mean photographers should risk physical harm by \"jumping the White House fence\" to get a unique photograph. \"It's years and years and hours and hours later that you're developing an approach. My pictures are powerful because they access the subconscious mind. 'On the line' can mean psychological as well as physical.\" Years spent paying attention to places and people others would rather ignore are how Ballen put himself on the line. As a result his photographs of outsiders help the rest of us look inward.", "output": [ "Roger Ballen's", "Ballen's" ] }, { "id": "task419-8aeda6e19b234b9f98e4ab6ecbcaeca0", "input": "Smoke rises after an air strike during fighting between members of the Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamic State militants in Raqqa Syria August 15 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo\nIn the end IS suffered its most decisive defeat and watched their self-proclaimed caliphate evaporate in Iraq then in Syria as Kurdish-led forces retook Raqqa IS’s urban stronghold there.\nThe battle for Raqqa which became IS’s operational base in Syria had a different feel to it as U.S.-backed Kurds and Arabs in the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) tightened their siege.\nIn the weeks before Raqqa’s fall in October young female SDF fighters faced off against hardened militants and suffered losses. But that did not curb their enthusiasm and some said they would eventually like to join Kurdish PKK militants in Turkey and help advance their 33-year-old insurgency there.\nAfter IS’s defeat in Raqqa Raqqa residents formed a council to run the city but they had no budget when it was first set up just residents streaming into their tin run-down headquarters demanding everything from instant jobs to getting their damaged farmland back.\nThe Kurdish groups who led the fight against Islamic State in its former capital Raqqa must now navigate a complex peace to avoid ethnic tension with the city’s Arab majority and to secure critical U.S. aid.\nSo life for Raqqa ’s victors will remain fraught with risk.", "output": [ "Raqqa" ] }, { "id": "task419-e9cec085a64e421890fd3950b1f19664", "input": "Victor Julio Suarez alias \"Mono Jojoy\" or Jorge Briceno was a military chief of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) considered by the Colombian government as one of the most violent members of the guerrilla. With his death a chapter of the violence he produced has finished.\n Briceno was killed by the Colombian troops during a raid carried out on Thursday in a jungle in the south of Colombia.\n Born on Feb. 5 1953 in Cabrera in the central part of the country Briceno joined the FARC in 1975 as an insurgent and after years he achieved higher levels due to his strong character and radical stand against the government.\n According to Colombian authorities Briceno was born in a poor peasant family which took weapons against the conservative government in the 1950s.\n He was part of the FARC secretariat and had 62 capture orders against him five sentences and two extradition requests for crimes related to drug trafficking and terrorism activities.\n In Colombia he was being investigated for drug trafficking terrorism rebellion homicide with terrorist aims kidnapping injuries and extortion.\n Briceno was accused of being the head of a conspiracy of a car bomb in the social club El Nogal in Bogota with 35 people died and 200 more injured in 2003.\n He was also accused by the United States for kidnapping three U. S. citizens killing of three U.S. missionaries and drug trafficking. The U.S. offered a reward of 5 million U.S. dollars for any information leading to his capture.\n The department of Meta's former governor and former FRAC's hostage Alan Jara said that Briceno \"had a cold and calculating gaze\" to the point that the other guerrillas feared him.", "output": [ "Jorge Briceno" ] }, { "id": "task419-7560842f9cb24e2998cb5ce63c3630c2", "input": "Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos agree: It pays to take risks.\n\" Jeff Bezos — and I follow this to a T — I was reading he said 'Look you don't want to be [80] years old and look back and ask yourself ... why didn't I do this? Why didn't I try it?\" Cuban says.\nWhile speaking at the Summit Series conference in Los Angeles Bezos revealed he was indeed thinking something similar when he quit his good job on Wall Street to found Amazon.\n\"For me the best way to think about it was to project myself forward to age 80 \" Bezos says. \"When I'm 80 years old I want to have minimized the number of regrets that I have. I don't want to be 80 years old in a quiet moment of reflection thinking back over my life and cataloging a bunch of major regrets.\n\"I decided I had to give it a shot \" Bezos says in a 2010 baccalaureate address at Princeton. \"I didn't think I'd regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.\"\nCuban worth $3.3 billion agrees that pushing himself to experience new things has been worth it.\n\"Maybe it will come back to haunt me all the fun I've had but I've had fun \" he says.\nDon't miss: Mark Cuban says quitting this one common bad habit made him more successful", "output": [ "Jeff Bezos" ] }, { "id": "task419-f8aa483c73cb4874b8c50a268d865e21", "input": "The first 25 refugees from a male-only camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island had flown out of the national capital Port Moresby on Tuesday for the United States via the Philippines and Qatar Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul said.\nAnother 27 refugees flew to Port Moresby on Wednesday from a camp in Nauru he said.\nTheir journey would end in Los Angeles via the Philippines Qatar and Chicago Rintoul said.\nThe first 25 who left Port Moresby on Tuesday would settle in U.S. population centers including Atlanta Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. Rintoul said he did not know the specific locations where they were headed.\n Rintoul said there was no indication how many of the more than 2 000 asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea and Nauru would be left behind.\n\"People (in the camps) are happy that these people have gone but the big question is what happens to the rest \" Rintoul said.", "output": [ "Ian Rintoul" ] }, { "id": "task419-0cd8a6f487d248ad997e483eb4fa5ee1", "input": "Russian President Dmitry Medvedev after his meetings with Hu also underscored the importance of coordinated regional measures to combat the global crisis.\n \"Of course today our attention is centred on those measures necessary to prevent or minimise the negative influences of the global financial crisis which of course have an effect on our bilateral ties \" Medvedev said.\n \"The main goal is not only to preserve the relations existing between our states but to give them a new impulse \" he added.\n Medvedev hailed Hu's visit as \"friendly and constructive \" adding these were qualities \"that characterise relations between our two countries.\"\n The Chinese president ended his talks with the Russian for \"Thank You\".\n Medvedev and Putin did not mention these figures instead citing bilateral trade with China worth over 55 billion dollars in 2008.\n China and Russia also agreed to boost the use of their domestic currencies in trade Medvedev added as Moscow seeks to lessen the global dominance of the US dollar.\n \"Another very important task -- which today has become very timely -- is the question of using national currencies in mutual payments \" he said. \"We agreed to take additional measures in this direction.\"", "output": [ "Dmitry Medvedev" ] }, { "id": "task419-d775a33974514c1abccccb96c11e78ef", "input": "Security has been a key point for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a former military commander who presents himself as a bulwark against terrorism after leading the ouster of president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 . Sisi was elected on a landslide a year later.\nThough he has yet to declare his intentions Sisi is widely expected to run for re-election in April next year with little opposition. But critics say his popularity has been dimmed because of security and economic austerity policies.\nThat group has in the past only carried out mostly small operations since it emerged last year. Egyptian authorities say it is the armed militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood an Islamist group it outlawed in 2013. Most of its leadership has been jailed in a crackdown under Sisi .\nSince Sisi came to power hundreds of troops and police have been killed in often sophisticated attacks by militants in the northern Sinai region where Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014.", "output": [ "Abdel Fattah al-Sisi" ] }, { "id": "task419-a3a8d2b933894f47af34808090b7cda1", "input": "day uproar since news first broke that Apple intentionally slowed down older iPhone models to save battery life the company apologized Thursday and said it will be reducing the price of a replacement battery to $ 29 from $ 79 for iPhone 6 and later models . In a statement Apple said it \" have never -- and would never -- do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product .\" The company insisted the iOS upgrade from earlier this year that slowed down batteries was introduced to stop unexpected shutdowns and extend battery life . The $ 29 price tag for a replacement battery will be rolled out worldwide in late January and last until December 2018 the company said . On Dec . 20 Apple admitted that processing speeds on older iPhones were intentionally slower beginning with the iOS 10 . 2 . 1 upgrade in 2016 . The company said the move was meant to prevent phones from shutting down in cold temperatures when the battery was low or on phones with very old batteries . Aging batteries meant phones could have trouble operating or might unexpectedly shut down as was the case with some iPhone 6 and 6S devices last year CNET reported . The processors in those devices wanted to hit faster speeds but their batteries couldn ' t handle the demand prompting some phones to simply switch themselves off . The software applied to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus 6S and 6S Plus and SE . This year ' s iOS 11 . 2 extended the feature to the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus . Apple had to admit the mistake as customer dissatisfaction grew and they were even slapped with a class - action lawsuit on Dec . 22 . Apple said that in a new iOS upgrade due out in early 2018 will \" give users more visibility into the health of their iPhone ' s battery so they can see for themselves if its condition is affecting performance .\" Apple ' s announcement comes as Apple brought in nearly 60 percent of all profits generated in the global smartphone market in the third quarter according to Counterpoint Research . Apple CEO Tim Cook ' s salary increased 46 percent in 2017 . Cook received a total of $ 12 . 8 million in salary incentive pay and other compensation . Combined with his $ 89 . 2 million worth of shares that vested Cook technically brought home a whopping $ 102 million in 2017 CNET reports .", "output": [ "Tim Cook" ] }, { "id": "task419-983c78e758ae421fa4393ae1082fe449", "input": "In a video posted on Facebook on Nov. 18 the bear is seen walking towards the deer rolling it over and ultimately dragging the six-point buck away. The hunter John Wardynski who shot the buck in Alcona County Mi. can be heard yelling at the bear to leave the deer alone.\n\"No no no – go on git. My deer. Go on \" John Wardynski said to the bear in a video he posted on Facebook. The bear ignored him . \"I don’t know what to do now. I can't shoot the bear but he 's gonna … eat my deer ... I never had this before.\"\n Wardynski said in a Facebook post that he was checking the spot where he shot the buck when he spotted the bear.\n\"Turning to see the line of site of my shot there was a bear standing next to my pop up blind \" he said. \"The bear came down the ridge then proceeded to parallel me as I walked my blood trail. Thought it was pretty cool to see a bear that close so I started videoing with my iPhone.\"\nAs he realized the bear was heading for his deer he began \"shouting whistling breaking brush. She would not leave.\" He even tried firing his 9mm – away from the bear – a couple times but said it started coming toward him he said in the comments.\n Wardynski said in the post that this wasn't the first encounter he 's had with the bear.\n Wardynski said in the post he 's been hunting for more than 50 years but had never seen something like this. He said he hoped he 'd at least be able to recover the antlers.", "output": [ "John Wardynski" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac061b0fd07849ceb1f000c97568fed7", "input": "Eli Manning will not be standing at midfield after Sunday’s final episode of Nightmare In The Swamp to give an emotional goodbye speech to Big Blue Nation.\nThat’s because Manning doesn’t know if he ’s about to play his last game for the Giants or where he will be playing in 2018. He will be 37 years old next week but he ’s not ready to retire and his first choice is to continue playing for the Giants.\n“I want to play and feel like I can still play at a high level ” he said Wednesday.\nWill Manning agree to play the Kurt Warner role for Sam Darnold or Josh Rosen just as Warner who made the Hall of Fame this year did for Manning in his rookie year in 2004? Warner won the job in training camp got the Giants off to a 5-2 start but Tom Coughlin benched him after back-to-back losses and inserted Manning into the starting lineup in the 10th game.\n Manning lost his first six starts before a last-second victory over the Cowboys in the final game. Warner had been cut by the Rams and was looking for a one-and-done situation to restore his reputation to put him in position to get a starting job in 2005.\nWarner wanted to continue playing when Coughlin benched him but he never complained. He sat in front of his locker during down time and read the Bible. He signed to start for the Cardinals the next year.\n Eli Manning and the Giants will need to decide whether it is best for both parties to move on. (Norm Hall/Getty Images)\nCan Manning accept that role?\n“I don’t know ” he told the Daily News. “I haven’t thought about situations right now.”\nWould he rather go somewhere else or take his chance playing Warner and trying to hold his job longer than nine games?\n“I don’t know yet ” he said.\nI’m not sure it’s in him to hold space until the young guy is ready. Remember the Giants wanted Kerry Collins to stick around and babysit Manning his rookie year and he responded by asking to be cut. The Giants obliged and Collins signed with the Raiders and Warner signed with Giants.\nMentoring is easy. Manning has done that all season with non-threatening rookie Davis Webb who jumped up to No. 2 on the depth chart Wednesday. Babysitting until the rookie is ready to handle the job is not for everybody especially a two-time Super Bowl MVP who believes there’s a third championship in his right arm.\nSunday could be Eli Manning's final game as a Giant. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)\n Manning ’s skills have deteriorated. Whether it’s the natural erosion for QBs his age other than Tom Brady or because it’s been years since he’s played with an offensive line that can protect or a running game that can make defenses creep up a little bit the fact is Manning is no longer an elite QB.\n He is prepared to compete for his job this summer but if the situation is explained that at the first sign of trouble he ’s going to be benched just like Warner was in 2004 he may not want any part of it.", "output": [ "Eli Manning" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c1d4096c2704cd1b5e1d385ff618425", "input": "Bridget Guzior the 29-year-old head cheerleading coach at Stagg High School in Palos Hills had been suspended without pay since Aug. 30 after a text she sent a student athlete less than two weeks earlier was brought to the district's attention.\nThe text message in question according to a notice of dismissal the district sent Guzior on Oct. 17 that was provided to the Daily Southtown by her legal team reads as follows:\nThe board's statement goes on to say that Guzior 's \"failure to attend a required investigatory conference\" and her \"inadequate recordkeeping in connection with the cheer program\" also contributed to the board decision to terminate her employment.\nThe cheerleading coach and her attorney Tom Skallas did not attend Tuesday's special meeting but did provide a written response to the board's charges that laid out their side of the story.\nIn that letter which the Southtown obtained from Guzior 's legal team Skallas wrote that Guzior had been hospitalized days before the scheduled investigatory conference and that attending the meeting \"would have further exacerbated Coach Guzior's health issues.\" He wrote that Guzior offered to provide answers to the district's questions in writing only to be rebuffed.\nSkallas also rebutted the board's accusation that Guzior had failed to maintain accurate records of the cheerleading program's accounts writing \"At no time have district officials provided Coach Guzior with any specific allegations that any accounts were inappropriately handled.\"\nIn its prepared statement the board conceded that while Guzior 's recordkeeping \"violated district policies and establish (sic) procedures \" that \"no financial improprieties have been alleged or found.\"\nThe district did not immediately respond to a request for evidence of Guzior 's \"inadequate\" recordkeeping.\nOrloff said his and his son's experience with Guzior had been \"absolutely fantastic \" and credited her for turning around the school's cheerleading program.\n\" She has motivated (my son) to excel not only in athletics but in his scholastics \" he said. \" She actually cares about every member of that team how they do what their futures are helps promote the children for colleges. She goes above and beyond which I have not seen in too many coaches over the years.\"\nOrloff said his primary hope going forward is that the district applies the standard it applied to Guzior to all of its coaches.", "output": [ "Bridget Guzior" ] }, { "id": "task419-6e184787f483459aa9a7e966d5c0bc6a", "input": "The controversy of kneelers and protesters in the NFL is covered with a sort of reverence by many sports analysts but on the night of the Super Bowl all of that was eclipsed by the Christian faith of some of the Philadelphia Eagles particularly their quarterback Nick Foles .\nâCongratulations to the Eagles. Nick Foles told me last week that he felt the Lord had him in Philadelphia for a special moment and he played like it tonight â wrote Dungy.\nCongratulations to the Eagles. Nick Foles told me last week that he felt the Lord had him in Philadelphia for a special moment and he played like it tonight. pic.twitter.com/BgYvucnK6Q â Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) February 5 2018\nâAfter all the celebrations and confetti Justin caught up with the 3 Eagles QBs Nick Foles Carson Wentz & Nate Sudfeld along with Zach Ertz who scored the winning TD. They were in a room by themselvesâpraying and thanking God. It was great for him to see that â he wrote.\nAfter all the celebrations and confetti Justin caught up with the 3 Eagles QBs Nick Foles Carson Wentz & Nate Sudfeld along with Zach Ertz who scored the winning TD. They were in a room by themselvesâpraying and thanking God. It was great for him to see that. pic.twitter.com/wDWgg2u01X â Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) February 5 2018\nâNBC pays me to express my opinion â he wrote. âAnd it was my opinion that Nick Foles would play well because his Christian faith would allow him to play with confidence. And that he âs a good QB. I think I was right on both counts.â\nNBC pays me to express my opinion. And it was my opinion that Nick Foles would play well because his Christian faith would allow him to to play with confidence. And that he âs a good QB. I think I was right on both counts. [Link] â Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) February 6 2018\nWhy would you find it hard to believe that the Holy Spirit could speak to Nick Foles just as much as a coach could speak to him ? If he credited a coach for saying âStay calm and be confidentâ thatâs good. But if he tells me Christ says that to him I shouldnât report it??? [Link] â Tony Dungy (@TonyDungy) February 6 2018", "output": [ "Nick Foles" ] }, { "id": "task419-acbddc601d7845ed8c06e803e91be77f", "input": "Jan. 30 (UPI) — To help federal law enforcement disrupt illegal online opioid sales and fight online drug trafficking Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a new resource the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement or J-CODE team.\nDuring a speech Monday in Pittsburgh Pa. Sessions said the J-CODE team will help officials continue to shut down online marketplaces that drug traffickers use to ultimately help reduce addiction and overdoses across the nation.\n“Criminals think that they are safe on the darknet but they are in for a rude awakening ” Sessions said. “We have already infiltrated their networks and we are determined to bring them to justice.”\nAs part of the healthcare fraud crackdown Sessions announced in November the availability of $12 million in grants a field office and special coordinators to help law enforcement combat the crisis. His office also disclosed last summer the arrests of 120 healthcare providers accused of opioid abuse. Sessions called it the single largest roundup of opioid-related crimes by healthcare providers in the nation’s history.\n Sessions told attendees Monday that in 2016 an estimated 64 000 Americans died of drug overdoses.\n“That’s more than the population of Lancaster Pennsylvania dead in one year. And in 2017 it appears that the death toll was even higher ” Sessions said. “For Americans under the age of 50 drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death. Millions of Americans are living with the daily struggle of an addiction.”\n Sessions said the recent surge of violent crimes is directly linked to the drug with a recent study revealing nearly a quarter of the increase in homicides is drug-related.", "output": [ "Jeff Sessions" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6dc82d20dc446a1bc3b069cfdcc6498", "input": "Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said he favored mediation to find a way out of the crisis but that Spain’s central government had rejected this. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government responded by calling on Catalonia to “return to the path of law” first before any negotiations.\n Puigdemont told the BBC he would ask the region’s parliament to declare independence following the referendum which Spain’s government and constitutional court say was illegal and in which only a minority of Catalans voted.\nIn a televised address on Wednesday night Puigdemont said: “This moment calls for mediation. We have received various offers in the last hours and we will receive more.”\nWithout specifically mentioning plans for an independence declaration he added: ”I am sure that in the next few days we will show the best of our country when the institutions of Catalonia will have to apply the results of the referendum.\nPrime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government replied that Puigdemont had wasted an opportunity to put Catalonia back on a legal course. “If Mr. Puigdemont wants to talk or negotiate or wants to send mediators he knows perfectly well what he must do first: Return to the path of the law ” it said in a statement.\n Puigdemont criticized Spain’s King Felipe VI who on Tuesday lambasted the “irresponsible behavior” of the Catalan leaders.\n He said the king had disappointed many people in Catalonia by failing to call for dialogue and he accused King Felipe of endorsing the policies of Rajoy which he said had been “catastrophic” for Catalonia.\nCatalan Regional President Carles Puigdemont gestures as he makes an statement at Generalitat Palace in Barcelona Spain October 4 2017. Catalan Goverment/Jordi Bedmar Handout via REUTERS", "output": [ "Carles Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-049abeeb771a4c8f9546c5825a376dc2", "input": "Democrat Jon Ossoff might win next Tuesday 's special congressional election in Georgia , but he 's already accomplished something nearly as impressive -- forcing Mitt Romney to come to President Donald Trump 's defense . \nIn a fundraising email for Ossoff 's opponent , Republican Karen Handel , Romney asked for help to defend Trump 's agenda from the Democrats : . \nRomney called Trump a \"phony\" and a \"fraud\" during the 2016 presidential campaign , and he declined to endorse the Republican nominee . \nLast month , Romney called on Trump to abandon his promise to pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement . \nBut Ossoff , a center-left Democrat running in a district Trump barely carried , has apparently compelled Romney to come back into the fold .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-becd8f409ff4476fb1f0c02e09b1727a", "input": "The Duke Blue Devils don't look like a team ready to make a March Madness run.\nOr that they are the No. 5 team in the country. In fact coach Mike Krzyzewski called their performance Saturday disgusting.\nShamorie Ponds scored 33 points and St. John’s rallied from a seven-point halftime deficit to defeat Duke 81-77 in a non-conference clash at Madison Square Garden in New York. It ends an 11-game skid for the Red Storm.\nBashir Ahmed added 19 points and Tariq Owens had 17 for the Red Storm (11-13 0-11 Big East) who overcame an early 10-point deficit and fought off Duke’s heralded freshmen down the stretch in their biggest win under third-year coach Chris Mullin.\nAnd it's another surprising loss for Duke (19-4 7-3 ACC) who were sloppy throughout the game — 18 turnovers — and flat to open the second half.\nDuke which fell behind by double digits in the second half woke up late to regain the lead with just more than a minute to play but could not finish it off.\n15:27 to go in the second half #SJUBB leads Duke 46-43. Tariq Owens now with 12 points after this thunderous throwdown from Shamorie Ponds (17 points). pic.twitter.com/9uNg6BfKYd — St. John's BBall (@StJohnsBBall) February 3 2018\nOuthustled all afternoon Duke was coming off an easy win over Notre Dame that followed a disappointing 65-63 loss to No. 2 Virginia at home last weekend.\nIt was the first meeting between the teams since Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski got his 1 000th career win with a 77-68 victory at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 25 2015.\n Duke : Fell to 34-19 at the Garden including 29-11 under Coach K. … The Blue Devils will be back in New York City next month for the ACC Tournament across the river at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. … Duke leads the all-time series 16-7.\nDuke: Plays at North Carolina on Thursday night the first of two regular-season meetings between the longtime rivals.", "output": [ "Duke" ] }, { "id": "task419-50aa4f495e10450cadea68702a3058e3", "input": "Roseland Community President and CEO Tim Egan argued some of the information used in Leapfrog’s assessment of hospitals was dated and not representative of current conditions at his hospital. The hospital didn’t finish filling out the survey sent by Leapfrog because of a lack of resources and was instead focused on gaining re-accreditation from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program which it achieved in recent weeks he said.\n Egan also pointed to rising patient satisfaction levels. Patient satisfaction rose significantly across a dozen different measures between 2016 and 2017 according to surveys performed for the hospital. “You have to judge (based) on what the patients are saying about the hospital ” Egan said.\nAbout 60 percent of Roseland’s patients are on Medicaid a state and federally funded health insurance program for the poor Egan said. About 24 000 patients visit the hospital’s emergency department each year including victims of violence and gunshots.\nShortly before Egan took over in 2013 the hospital accepted money from the state to avoid closure. Egan was tasked with helping to turn around Roseland. The hospital was $30 million in debt when Egan took over and is now about $6 million in debt he said.", "output": [ "Egan" ] }, { "id": "task419-e24aec60a11542d6b85c3a8b5dae7174", "input": "Chidera Eggerue 23 used to resent her drooping breasts and dreamed of the day she could get a boob job. Now she is encouraging women to love their bosom buddies – no matter the size or sag.\n Chidera Eggerue has learned to love her body – saggy boobs and all – and now she wants to help others to do the same. The 23-year-old award-winning British blogger better known as the Slumflower is the driving force behind Saggy Boobs Matter an online movement that challenges unrealistic expectations of what breasts should look like. “A lack of representation of saggy-looking boobs when I used to go bra shopping in M&S [as a young teenager] made me realise that something is wrong with the way the world views women’s bodies ” Eggerue told BuzzFeed News.\n“The packaging would always have a picture of a white woman with perky boobs yet when I’d try on the same bra in my correct size my boobs just wouldn’t look like the model pictured.” Pretty soon she had developed a complex and started to resent her boobs. “It was so bad that at that age I had already decided that I’d get a boob job once I got my first job at 18 ” Eggerue said. “I reached 18 and didn’t get a job let alone a boob job so I continued self-loathing until I reached 19 and became tired of feeling like a stranger in my own body. I decided I’d had enough and made the choice to stop wearing a bra.”\nThough Eggerue feels confident in her own skin she wanted to share her journey towards self-acceptance to contribute to the wider conversation about body positivity. Since July 2017 she has been sharing pictures of herself without a bra with captions that are defiant and inspirational. “Fast-forward to 23: I’ve now reached a position of feeling comfortable in my body but I wanted other women to feel like this so I had to start the conversation by using my own body as an example ” she said.\n“Through creating #SaggyBoobsMatter I have been able to help women articulate their own body image hangups – especially slim women who don’t really know where they stand in the body positivity movement.” Eggerue sees the shaming of saggy boobs as a vicious cycle: “Saggy boobs are underrepresented. Being underrepresented makes you feel alien to society. This fosters insecurities in people who don’t have the mental strength to see value in themselves beyond other people’s standards.” Her passion however does come with a price. As her tweets and Instagram started to go viral she came under immense scrutiny not only from those who thought Saggy Boobs Matter was a bit of a joke but also from some who made disparaging remarks about her natural assets and ordered her to put a bra on. “Overall I think the movement has been received with a lot of sarcasm and insults from men and a few confused women which doesn’t surprise me ” Eggerue said. “This concerns me a lot because other women who look like me are seeing some of the horrible responses to this movement and are now probably feeling more insecure about their bodies when they see the vitriol I receive for showing up boldly and proudly. “Most of the responses have been horrible and disappointing but I’ve learnt to not take them so personally. Men are socialised to see women as vaginas that think sometimes. Because of this women’s bodies are picked apart as if we only exist to satisfy.\nThe meme was shared by Nigerian music producer Don Jazzy one of the biggest names in Afrobeats to his 3 million followers. “It was quite hurtful to see that a stranger had gone to my page stolen a photo of me that I took on my birthday and thought it would be a good idea to turn it into a meme comparing women to phone battery life ” she said. “My photo was compared to a dying phone battery meaning that I was seen as unattractive. What was more hurtful was seeing the meme shared by a famous Nigerian musician with a very large audience so the comments were full of strangers laughing at my body.” When she expressed her disappointment about the meme the abuse started. Eggerue was called an attention-seeker and told to get over it – that it wasn't a big deal. “No matter how much you love yourself randomly seeing strangers laugh at your body is not a nice feeling at all ” Eggerue said. “Cyberbullying does not stop being cyberbullying just because a person is popular/famous.” Don Jazzy later apologised and deleted his post but it made Eggerue more determined to spread her message. She wants women to know that “you were made with intention and your body is not a mistake”.\n“By force we will all have to learn that the only way to normalise something is to see it repeatedly. So if you have an issue with saggy boobs you have to ask yourself why a person’s body offends you ” she added. “For the women who look like me: Your saggy boobs matter. And from now until you die what’s going to matter ultimately is your character. Sometimes people are scared of what they haven’t been taught to accept. We still have to exist loudly though.” Eggerue said that she 's been receiving messages from women from around the world telling her that her campaign has helped them.\n Eggerue said it has been “an overwhelming experience receiving so many lovely and deeply personal messages from women who have found comfort in this movement”.", "output": [ "Chidera Eggerue" ] }, { "id": "task419-042d0895fa344bb1ab3b19a738bd1e89", "input": "But one of Silicon Valley’s most influential billionaires LinkedIn founder and Greylock Partners investor Reid Hoffman received his masters degree in philosophy from Oxford in 1993. He was originally planning to go into academia but decided that his desire to do nothing less than change the world would be more likely in the world of tech. That’s not to say however that he abandoned the lessons he learned.\nIn an interview for Business Insider’s podcast “Success! How I Did It ” he explained that his unusual educational background has proven quite helpful throughout his career.\n Hoffman told us his favorite philosophers are Aristotle Friedrich Nietzsche and Ludwig Wittgenstein and he said that studying them has proven useful in two ways.\nIt honed his critical thinking\n Hoffman said that “philosophy is a study of how to think very clearly ” and that is useful in both investing and being an entrepreneur which he said is like being “an all-in investor.”\nIt gave him deep insight into human nature\n He told us “I think what every entrepreneur in consumer internet is doing is essentially embodying a theory of human nature as individuals and as a group for how they’ll react to the service especially if it’s community or network properties how they’ll interact with each other how this will fit in their landscape of how they identify themselves and how they communicate or transact with other people.\n Hoffman said in a recent episode of his podcast “Masters of Scale” that he considers the MBA path to be potentially dangerous for entrepreneurs because it teaches them to approach business in a safe and ordered way; by studying the essence of human nature he explained in our interview he instead had an education into how humans interact with each other and the world — his business education came through trial-and-error in the real world.\n“There’s almost a sense in which part of being an entrepreneur or being an investor is being an applied philosopher or an applied anthropologist ” Hoffman said.", "output": [ "Reid Hoffman" ] }, { "id": "task419-03d7799a35104f57baf805955c016b0f", "input": "After Corinthians' elimination from the Libertadores Cup Ronaldo admitted on Thursday to be playing with pain. The star striker also insinuated that he is being negatively persecuted by the media.\n Visibly emotional after the series loss to Flamengo in the round of 16 of the Libertadores Cup Ronaldo said that he is playing with continuous pain. The athlete also declared that in no way is he a fan of Flamengo.\n \"I am 33-year-old. I have gone through eight operations and I feel a lot of pain. Despite my afflictions I still have to deal with questions about my passion for the game. As long as the fans support me as long as Corinthians supports me I will continue to play \" described Ronaldo.\n Ronaldo expressed his disappointment in his team's elimination from the tournament. However he expressed his excitement for the prospect of winning the 2010 Brazilian Championship. Additionally Ronaldo expressed his love and appreciation for not only the fans of Corinthians but the organization as a whole believing that the club's centennial year will be special.\n Corinthians opens the 2010 Brazilian Championship on May 9 against Atletico-PR at home. Ronaldo intends on beginning the tournament with a strong message proving the media wrong and showing that he still has a lot of talent left on the field.", "output": [ "Ronaldo" ] }, { "id": "task419-a13348e3fd1f4bb9a56d6a75a5a9e98d", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Hurricane Nate blasted onto the Gulf Coast and lashed much of the Southeast with heavy rains and winds Sunday. USA TODAY\nA gazebo is blown over the Mississippi Gulf Coast welcome sign near the intersection of Hewes Avenue and U.S. 90 in Gulfport Miss. on Oct. 8 2017 after Hurricane Nate made landfall on the Gulf Coast. (Photo: Justin Sellers The Clarion-Ledger via USA TODAY NETWORK)\n The remnants of Hurricane Nate are delivering heavy but much-needed rain to portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Monday.\n\"For some areas Nate will bring the biggest rainfall in six to eight weeks or longer ” AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said. Nearly half of the northeastern U.S. was described as \"abnormally dry\" in the most recent U.S. Drought Monitor so the rain will help ease the near-drought conditions.\n Nate was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm and finally a tropical depression on Sunday as it raced north after making landfall along the Gulf Coast.\n Nate crashed into the Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane Saturday near the mouth of the Mississippi River before making landfall again early Sunday near Biloxi Miss. The hurricane was the first to make landfall in the state since Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast in 2005.\nOverall Nate spared the region the kind of catastrophic damage left by a series of hurricanes that hit the southern U.S. and Caribbean in recent weeks. No storm-related deaths or injuries were immediately reported.\n Nate was the fourth hurricane to hit the U.S. and its territories in 2017 following Harvey Irma and Maria. That's most U.S. hurricane strikes since 2005 when five hurricanes hit land.\nAlthough Nate knocked out power to more than 100 000 residents in Mississippi Alabama Louisiana and Florida crews restored much of the power grid within 24 hours.\nThe Mississippi coast \"took a hard hit from Nate \" the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency tweeted on Sunday. \"The lack of major damage is a testament to the strong and smart rebuilding since Katrina.\"", "output": [ "Nate" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac5d3d51126c4f2a90c72fb4d853a55f", "input": "Spanish Prime Mariano Rajoy called on Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to drop independence plans or risk “greater evils”.\n Puigdemont said in response to a question from the German Bild daily he was not afraid of being arrested.\nNeither the Spanish government nor the judiciary has threatened to arrest Puigdemont though Madrid accuses him of breaking the law by ignoring a Constitutional Court ruling forbidding the referendum.\nOn Wednesday in a televised address Puigdemont renewed his call for mediation in the dispute but said the results of the referendum would have to be applied.\n“We will go as far as people want it. But without the use of force ” Puigdemont told Bild. “I am sure that Spain will not be able to ignore the will of so many people.”", "output": [ "Carles Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-04f3b3daf208449c8a478259e90532e9", "input": "The group’s spokesman Isaac Givovich has requested a meeting with Archbishop Charles Scicluna a Vatican envoy who traveled to Santiago to meet with witnesses accusing a bishop of covering up the sexual abuse of minors by a priest.\nFormer members of the Alonso de Ercilla Institute denounced the alleged abuse at the hands of the Marists in a recent canonical investigation. “Vatican itself must take the situation into its hands ” Givovich told reporters.\n Givovich said in January that when he was a high school student in the 1970s and ‘80s Marist brother Adolfo Fuentes continually called him out of class to abuse him in his office.\n Givovich said he hoped Scicluna could make time while he is in Santiago to hear testimony in his case.", "output": [ "Isaac Givovich" ] }, { "id": "task419-2a7b5b150d9d40128f21c915a0fed685", "input": "Premier Silvio Berlusconi is steeped in a new scandal over a dinner he had at the home of a constitutional court judge who will rule on a key decision whether to grant him immunity from prosecution while in office.\n Opposition lawmakers have called for the removal of the judge Luigi Mazzella and a colleague who participated in the mid-May dinner saying there would never be any way to know whether Berlusconi influenced their deliberations on the immunity issue.\n The court began debating the constitutionality of a law last month that grants Berlusconi the Italian president and two parliament speakers immunity from prosecution. Berlusconi's forces had pushed the legislation through parliament last summer saying it was necessary for the government to function.\n At the time the bill was passed Berlusconi was on trial on corruption charges in Milan fueling criticism that the bill was tailor-made to save him from prosecution. The premier's trial was suspended pending a decision from the constitutional court which is expected soon.\n Cabinet minister Elio Vito defended the premier saying Berlusconi hadn't organized any meeting about the legislation but was rather invited to a dinner by a friend well before the court began deliberating the case.\n Berlusconi has long been dogged by conflict of interest allegations as well as corruption charges stemming from his years as a billionaire media mogul. He has either been acquitted -- sometimes thanks to laws passed by his own government -- or seen cases against him expire under the statute of limitations. He has always maintained his innocence claiming he is the victim of a conspiracy of left-leaning magistrates.", "output": [ "Silvio Berlusconi" ] }, { "id": "task419-318aca26c7f94cecb26688c8d752e60e", "input": "Rhetoric between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has escalated. In response North Korea’s foreign minister reportedly said the nation may set off the “most powerful” hydrogen bomb detonation in the Pacific. No other details were provided but at face value such a blast would be 1 000 times as powerful as the Hiroshima bombing. Atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons can lead to multiple dangerous scenarios.\nRi Yong Ho the foreign minister of the isolated nation reportedly told journalists that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is considering such a test blast.\n“It could be the most powerful detonation of an H-bomb in the Pacific ” Yong Ho told reporters at the United Nations in New York on Thursday according to a story by South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency. “We have no idea about what actions could be taken as it will be ordered by leader Kim Jong Un.”\ncaption North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un stands before what may be a miniaturized thermonuclear weapon. source Thomson Reuters\nThe suggestion came in response to bellicose rhetoric exchanged between US President Donald Trump and Jong Un .\nIn a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday Trump called Jong Un a suicidal “rocket man” and threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if the US is “forced to defend itself or its allies.” Jong Un allegedly responded with a written statement in which he called Trump a “mentally deranged US dotard” and said that “a frightened dog barks louder.”\n“Trump is basically creating audience costs for Kim to back down ” Jeffrey Lewis director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey told Vox. “If you dare Kim it creates pressure for him to respond with his own provocation.”\n“The stakes and heat in this conflict have not been this high since the Korean War ” Tristan Webb a senior analyst for NK News said in a story published by the outlet on Friday. “Kim Jong Un said in July that the … showdown was entering its final phase. He appears psychologically prepared for conflict.”", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-f579b8d6441b48d086ede9c1d0b1d064", "input": "Trump . (AP /Carolyn Kaster)\nSo much for the metaphysics of dynamic growth. The Trump team late last year argued the tax package would unleash so much economic activity that the Treasury wouldn’t notice a permanent 40 percent reduction in the corporate rate (the real reduction turned out to be 14 percent). The contention didn't survive the winter.\n— Plan shifts burden to state and private money. NYT's Patricia Cohen and Alan Rappeport: \" Trump ’s $200 billion plan to rebuild America upends the criteria that have long been used to pick ambitious federal projects putting little emphasis on how much an infrastructure proposal benefits the public and more on finding private investors and other outside sources of money. Unveiled on Monday the infrastructure program that Mr. Trump has championed since the campaign is intended to attract a huge amount of additional money from states localities and private investors. The goal is to generate a total pot of $1.5 trillion to upgrade the country’s highways airports and railroads. Those financial priorities are crystallized in the new guidelines established by the White House. The ability to find sources of funding outside the federal government will be the most important yardstick accounting for 70 percent of the formula for choosing infrastructure projects. How “the project will spur economic and social returns on investment” ranks at the bottom at just 5 percent.\"\nDems say Trump wants to cuts more than he spends. The Post's John Wagner: \"Besides unveiling his infrastructure plan Trump also released his 2019 budget blueprint Monday. Combing through it the office of Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) identified more than $240 billion in proposed cuts over the coming decade to an array of existing infrastructure programs — a higher number than what Trump is proposing in 'new' spending.\"\n Trump weighed in this morning:\nOur infrastructure plan has been put forward and has received great reviews by everyone except of course the Democrats. After many years we have taken care of our Military now we have to fix our roads bridges tunnels airports and more. Bipartisan make deal Dems? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 13 2018\n(The SEC and CFTC requests earned a rare nod of approval for the Trump administration from the watchdog group Better Markets which called them \"an important recognition that the cops on the Wall Street beat don’t have the funding they need to do their jobs protecting the American people.\")\n— Spending plans. Politico's Sarah Ferris: \"Alongside its original budget request the Trump administration Monday also released the details of what it would recommend doing with the extra money for domestic programs included in Congress' spending deal enacted last week. That includes an increase to the State Department which the administration’s original document proposed to slash by 30 percent this coming fiscal year. The extra cash would go into the budget for the United Nations humanitarian aid and global AIDS programs. Each of those efforts would have been cut under Trump ’s original plan.\"\nThe Department of Rosy Scenario is doing a lot of work in Trump 's budget. — Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) February 13 2018\n— BAT redux. Politico's Doug Palmer: \" Trump on Monday said he wants to impose a \"reciprocal tax\" on imports from countries that have higher tariffs than the U.S. 'We are going to charge countries outside of our country — countries that take advantage of the United States ' Trump said at a White House meeting with state and local government officials about the administration's infrastructure plan... Trump seemed to be complaining about the U.S.' relatively low duty structure when compared with those of some other countries.\"\nIt surprised his aides \"who warned that no formal plans have been prepared \" per WSJ's Michael Bender.\nDollar Stores Hammered by Trump Proposal to Abandon Food Stamps A Trump administration proposal to reduce food-stamp benefits is casting a cloud over U.S. dollar-store chains. Bloomberg\nWhat did Trump propose cutting in his 2019 budget? Check out this great graphic from the Post staff:\n President Trump said the decline in U.S. infrastructure and increase in the deficit was caused by \"laziness\" after World War II:", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-109401451a8f40a0884064ad5cbbd7b6", "input": "Story highlights Tiffany Haddish dresses in traditional Eritrean clothes in honor of her Eritrean Father at the Oscars.\n She wore a zuria a dress worn by women in Eritrea and Ethiopia topped with a kaba.\nAt the 90th Academy Award ceremony the actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish wore a traditional Eritrean dress called a zuria. It 's a dress worn by women in Eritrea and Ethiopia topped with a cape called a kaba worn mostly by Habesha brides and grooms at wedding ceremonies.\n Tiffany Haddish 's #Oscars dress is a tribute to Eritrea where her father lived until he passed away last year pic.twitter.com/ebJj1ryPMm â Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 5 2018\n Haddish is a comedian and actor known for her role in \"Girls Trip\" (2017) \"Keanu\" (2016) and \"Meet the Spartans\" (2008).", "output": [ "Tiffany Haddish" ] }, { "id": "task419-707c3a6428d74004a763e0657047df4b", "input": "Jon Lester’s first hide-your-eyes throwing error of the spring occurred Sunday at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick reminding everyone of his glaring inability to throw to bases.\n Lester cleanly fielded David Peralta’s chopper to the left side of the mound in the third inning of the Cubs’ 2-0 loss to the Diamondbacks but his throw was angled downward and bounced a few times to first base on what was scored a hit and an error.\n Lester got out of the inning unscathed and it didn’t really matter in a meaningless Cactus League game. Still throwing poorly to first is a deficiency Lester can’t seem to shake and he said Sunday he has been working on a new method with third-base coach Brian Butterfield.\n“We’re working on the Jordan-to-Pippen bounce pass ” Lester said.\nThat’s what Butterfield is calling the move he wants Lester to make on grounders naming it after former Bulls stars Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen.\n“In his words just eliminate all tension and bounce it over there ” Lester said. “We’ve been working on it early in the morning. Obviously it was not a good throw but my sights were a little off on what we’ve been working on.\n Lester knows it’s unconventional and seems bizarre for one of the game’s elite pitchers to have to bounce a throw to first for an out.\n“I don’t really care what it looks like ” he said. “I don’t care if it bounces 72 times over there. An out’s an out. It goes down as a 1-3 or a 1-6 or a 1-4.\n Lester began purposely bouncing some throws to first last year but usually they were one-hoppers that Anthony Rizzo could dig out. This spring he’s working on the throws with the regular infielders and said minor league first baseman Efren Navarro who started Sunday’s game wasn’t familiar with the move.\n“I feel bad for the guy today ” Lester said. “He had no idea what’s going on. He’s never been a part of it. With Rizz probably the surprise wouldn’t have been there… Spring training. We’ll get the sight line right.”\nPhotos of Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester .\n Lester has never been efficient throwing to bases dating to his high school days. It’s why he seldom makes pickoff throws and why Cubs fans celebrate wildly whenever he does pick someone off as he did with the Cardinals’ Tommy Pham in a game last June at Wrigley Field.\nAt the Cubs Convention in January catcher Willson Contreras claimed he gave Lester some sage advice during a mound visit before the pickoff.\n Lester said Contreras’ story was true “for the most part ” but added the catcher “wasn’t that emphatic” about throwing to first.\nIn his fourth season with the Cubs Lester has addressed the throwing issue repeatedly. It started his first game in 2015 when ESPN focused on the throwing problem during its broadcast.\n“I’ve never run from it ” Lester said. “I feel like I’ve been upfront with everything. I feel like I’ve worked my butt off to get better at things. I’ve tried to speed my delivery up.", "output": [ "Jon Lester" ] }, { "id": "task419-716070316efa41e0b72e4520a4e23698", "input": "“They are the first journalists to be convicted over the July 15 2016 coup which Turkey says was orchestrated by a network led by U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. The cleric denies involvement. Their conviction came as another court in the same courthouse ordered German journalist Deniz Yucel—detained in Turkey for a year—released from jail pending trial ” the Associated Press reports.\n Yucel is a correspondent for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper. He was accused of spreading propaganda for the PKK the violent Kurdish separatist organization and for inciting violence in support of the Gulen movement.\n Yucel ’s arrest has been a source of considerable tension between the German and Turkish governments particularly since he was held so long without formal charges being filed. He was released a day after a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.\nDeutsche Welle notes that President Erdogan surprisingly stated he wished Yucel released during an interview with a German television network and takes his subsequent release as a sign Erdogan’s power “does have its limits.”\nMost international news organizations took note of the juxtaposition between Yucel being freed from jail at the same time six Turkish journalists were imprisoned on similar charges.", "output": [ "Deniz Yucel" ] }, { "id": "task419-298311d010f74c72b2cd6c6377226b95", "input": "FILE PHOTO: Pro-democracy demonstrators hold up portraits of Chinese disbarred lawyer Jiang Tianyong demanding his release during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong China December 23 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu\nIn a verdict posted on its official Weibo microblog on Tuesday morning the Changsha Intermediate People’s Court said the lawyer Jiang Tianyong developed notions of overthrowing China’s political system after being influenced by training workshops held by “anti-China foreign forces” overseas.\n Jiang ’s wife Jin Bianling who lives in the United States told Reuters on Tuesday that the verdict was “unacceptable” and that she believed her husband was being made an example to “deter or repress” other rights lawyers.\n“I do not acknowledge or accept this verdict ” she said in a telephone interview. “Jiang Tianyong is innocent”.\nThe verdict was handed down exactly one year after Jiang first disappeared last November while visiting the family of another detained rights lawyer. He was held incommunicado for six months before being formally charged.\nThe facts in the court’s ruling were broadly similar to those in a confession made by Jiang during his trial in August. Video footage of Jiang reading parts of a written statement were released by the court via social media at the time.\nBut rights groups said the trial was a show trial designed to discredit him and that Jiang was caught up in a sweeping campaign directed against lawyers and activists.\nJin said Jiang’s family was unable to appoint their own lawyers and that she had not been able to contact Jiang since his detention.\n“We don’t know what his conditions are inside or what kind of torture of mistreatment he has suffered ” she said.", "output": [ "Jiang Tianyong" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5b61a453cc0480ba409d4c2de0af7f9", "input": "Owner Trigger Smith told Grub Street that the notice has been hanging in the bar for five or six days but just recently started gaining notoriety.\nWhile Smith says the policy is tongue-in-cheek he does have a loathing for the word.\n“Since it ’s English it ’s probably happening in England and maybe Australia ” he tells Grub Street. “I had a woman from Miami the other night tell me it’s happening down there.”\n“And it’s not just millennials ” he added. “Now you hear newscasters using ‘literally’ every three minutes on the Sunday news shows. What’s annoying is people aren’t even aware they’re saying it . How could you be so unaware of your words that it ’s coming out every couple minutes?”\n Smith finds the comments laughable calling the accusations of sexism to be “even funnier than the sign.”\n Smith 's feelings about the matter might be best summed up by a sign he says hangs in the bathroom: The customer is always wrong.", "output": [ "Owner Trigger Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-4833864cb8154707abba029faf2d9679", "input": "SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean officials rushed to identify 37 victims of a hospital blaze and pinpoint the cause on Saturday as President Moon Jae-in visited the burnt-out building and decried “one tragedy after another” to strike the country.\n Moon visited the fire scene where he spoke to grieving family members and firefighters.\n“Its tragic and it hurts me to see this kind of one tragedy after another even as the government has vowed to make this country safe ” Moon said.\n He ordered a full inquiry and said “utmost government efforts” were needed to support the injured and families of the victims.\nThe opposition Liberal Party was quick to condemn Moon for the disaster.\n“The Moon administration should have at least kept South Koreans safe to justify the launch of this government ” the party said in a statement demanding a “master plan” to protect citizens.\n Moon ’s ruling Democratic Party said it would “embark on parliamentary discussions to legally support and protect citizens lives and safety” a spokesman said.\nSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in mourns at a memorial altar for victims of a hospital blaze in Miryang South Korea January 27 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS", "output": [ "Moon Jae-in" ] }, { "id": "task419-274f502768f04fdf897e3c522b3dfd48", "input": "The heir to Saudi Arabia’s throne has accused Iran of “direct military aggression” which could be an “act of war ” after Saudi air defense forces intercepted a ballistic missile on Saturday fired toward the capital Riyadh from across the border in Yemen.\nYemen has been embroiled in a civil war since 2015 between a Saudi-led military coalition in support of the Yemeni government and Houthi rebels believed to be funded by Iran .\n“The involvement of Iran in supplying missiles to the Houthis is a direct military aggression by the Iranian regime ” the Saudi news agency SPA reported Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman as saying on Monday “and may be considered an act of war against the Kingdom.” The language closely matched a statement earlier given by the Saudi-led coalition.\n Iran immediately denied it was behind the missile launch.\nThe head of the Saudi military coalition said that experts in military technology had examined other missiles and “confirmed the role of Iran ’s regime in manufacturing these missiles and smuggling them to the Houthi militias in Yemen for the purpose of attacking the Kingdom its people and vital interests.”\n The crown prince’s reported remarks mark a new height in tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia the region’s rival powers. The civil war in Yemen is widely seen to be a proxy war between the two countries and has resulted in the deaths of over 10 000 civilians and triggered a humanitarian disaster including a cholera outbreak which has infected nearly a million people.", "output": [ "Mohammed Bin Salman" ] }, { "id": "task419-56b3d83da59c4b36833b08426989a2bf", "input": "LOUISVILLE Ky. (AP) — Louisville officials are not happy with the NCAA's decision that mandates the school vacate its 2013 men's basketball championship in the wake of an embarrassing sex scandal and interim President Greg Postel did not hide his disappointment.\nIt's the first time a Division 1 men's basketball program has been stripped of a national title. While acknowledging the scandal was unacceptable Postel believes the school's cooperation with the NCAA should have counted for more than it did.\n\"I cannot say this strongly enough: We believe the NCAA is simply wrong \" Postel said Tuesday. \"We disagree with the NCAA ruling for reasons we clearly stated in our appeal. And we made a strong case — based on NCAA precedent - that supported our argument.\"\n Postel doesn't feel the punishment fits the violations.\n\"From Day One the university has admitted that the actions of the former operations director and any others involved under previous leadership were offensive and inexcusable \" Postel said in his statement. \"That is why we apologized immediately cooperated fully with the NCAA self-imposed penalties that were appropriate to the offenses and made significant changes to ensure incidents like this never happen again.\nUniversity of Louisville interim President Dr. Greg Postel speaks to the media during a news conference Tuesday Feb. 20 2018 in Louisville Ky. Louisville must vacate its 2013 men's basketball title following an NCAA appeals panel's decision to uphold sanctions against the men's program in the sex scandal case. The Cardinals will have to vacate 123 victories including the championship and return some $600 000 in conference revenue from the 2012-15 NCAA Tournaments. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)\nUniversity of Louisville interim President Dr. Greg Postel answers questions during a press conference Tuesday Feb. 20 2018 in Louisville Ky. Louisville must vacate its 2013 men's basketball title following an NCAA appeals panel's decision to uphold sanctions against the men's program in the sex scandal case. The Cardinals will have to vacate 123 victories including the championship and return some $600 000 in conference revenue from the 2012-15 NCAA Tournaments. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)", "output": [ "Greg Postel" ] }, { "id": "task419-2ad24406b29d406cbb00b49c15d6fe34", "input": "Cast aside once in Philadelphia Nick Foles delivered the city its first Super Bowl title and he outdueled the great Tom Brady to do it.\n He threw the go-ahead touchdown to tight end Zach Ertz from 11 yards on third-and-7 with 2:21 remaining capping a seven-minute 14-play drive that covered 75 yards kept Brady cooling his cleats on the sideline and allowed the Eagles' exhausted defenders to catch their collective breath in a game that featured 1 151 total yards the most in any NFL game in the Super Bowl era.\nHe started at his 9 with 58 seconds remaining and drove the Patriots to midfield before Foles and the Eagles could exhale.\nA third-round pick by former Eagles coach Andy Reid in 2012 Foles had tremendous success as a starter under Chip Kelly his sophomore season. He threw 29 TDs and only two picks in 11 starts including playoffs in 2013. Foles posted a passer rating of 119.2 third-highest in league history. He tied an NFL record with seven TD passes in a game at Oakland in November 2013 and won an offensive MVP award at a Pro Bowl.\nBut Foles was traded to St. Louis for Sam Bradford in March 2015. He lost his starting job to Case Keenum and asked for his release after Jared Goff was drafted No. 1 overall. Foles considered hanging up his cleats before Reid persuaded him to go to Kansas City to be Alex Smith's backup.\nAfter one season with the Chiefs Foles returned to Philly for $12 million over two years to provide insurance behind Wentz.\nNow he 's a folk hero for a franchise that had gone 0-for-2 in Super Bowls and for a legion of fans who were rooting for anybody other than Brady and the Patriots who were seeking their third title in four years.", "output": [ "Nick Foles" ] }, { "id": "task419-eea54287551d4914b863a5d5fe18f2fd", "input": "Story highlights Nigerian singer Lamboginny is performing at the country's prisons\n He says he wants to give prisoners a second chance\nLagos (CNN) When Yinka Lawanson (better known by his stage name \"Lamboginny\") launched his debut album in October 2017 he chose Nigeria's Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison as the venue.\n Lamboginny held his first concert at Kirikiri in Lagos in 2009 performing before a large audience of prisoners. These days he holds three or four concerts in different prisons every year.\n\"What makes me happy is when I see that smile of hope on their faces \" he says. \"This is for them to know that life has not turned its back on them.\"", "output": [ "Lamboginny" ] }, { "id": "task419-0063daf427f1441599e0239f875a7e86", "input": "On “Dr. Oz” on Monday Corey Feldman divulged the identity of another man whom he alleges sexually molested him the owner of a teeny bopper club frequented by child stars: Alphy Hoffman.\nHoffman was the owner of an underage club that was popular among Hollywood’s top teen stars ─ including Drew Barrymore Ricky Schroder and Alyssa Milano ─ from 1986 to 1989. The establishment promoted New York Seltzer and Corey Feldman and his pal Corey Haim were frequently photographed there.\n Feldman 46 hinted in an October interview with Matt Lauer that nefarious things were going on with the owner of a “teenage soda pop club ” but he came short of naming Hoffman. On Monday Dr. Oz said Hoffman’s name on the air and asked Feldman to confirm that he had accused Hoffman of molesting him and recently reported his name to the LAPD. Feldman agreed.\n He described his experience with Hoffman in detail.\n“Well he was the guy who ran Alphy’s Soda Pop Club and uh I met him when I was 12 years old ” Feldman said on “Dr. Oz.” “ He came to my house to pick me up in his car and I had heard rumors that he threw the coolest parties in town and he was very connected.”\n Feldman explained that Alphy Hoffman was the son of Bobby Hoffman a major casting director at the time who died in 1993.\n Feldman said the parties took a dark turn – but not at first.\nHaim once spoke out about Hoffman and expressed his dislike for the man. In a 2012 Vice interview the now-deceased pal of Feldman spoke negatively about Hoffman when asked about his experiences as Alphy’s Soda Pop Club.\n Feldman did not address on Dr. Oz whether or not he believes Hoffman abused Haim as well.\nThe current website for Bobby Hoffman Casting lists Alphy Hoffman as a casting director and casting associate. The last project listed on the website is from 2001. Previous projects highlighted on the site include Bobby Hoffman’s high-profile casting jobs mentioned by Feldman on “Dr. Oz ” such as “Happy Days” and “Laverne and Shirley.” The email address and phone number for the casting company are no longer in service.\n Feldman shuddered when recalling the horrible experience he said he had with Hoffman.\n“They’re treating it like you know I am being passed back and forth or something… And I just remember being terrified ” he told Dr. Oz.", "output": [ "Corey Feldman" ] }, { "id": "task419-5abbf9282f2746aaa5388655b2ceb6e1", "input": "\"We're alarmed. These are serious indications of serious neglect \" said Michael Connors spokesman for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform.\n \"It's disturbing that multiple residents suffered weight loss and injuries due to various falls \" Connors said.\n \"We've been concerned all along that the Motion Picture home pressured and coerced residents into leaving. No information was provided to them of their rights \" Connors said.\n The group is calling on operators of the home to notify all the residents of their rights and invite them back. \"If they don't \" Connors said \"we and other family members will be considering other remedies.\"\n But Mark Fleischer whose grandparents moved to the home in the 1960s and whose parents also moved there in 2005 said he did not feel pressured into transferring his mother to the Jewish Home for the Aging.", "output": [ "Michael Connors" ] }, { "id": "task419-37ba8193936c4ab9a9d8fc7fa76e31b1", "input": "Connor Lamb the Democratic nominee against GOP candidate Rick Saccone in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional district special election advocated for more focus on mental health and enforcing existing laws at a campaign stop yesterday.\n“No parent should ever drop their child off at school and be afraid they won’t be alive at the end of the day ” Mr. Lamb said. “My heart breaks for those families in Florida and in Congress I will work to make sure that people with serious mental illnesses do not have access to guns.”\nAccording to Tribune Live Lamb said “I believe we have a pretty good law on the books and it says on paper that there are a lot of people who should never get guns in their hands.\" Adding “And we know that the background check system is not achieving that result. What I think it's going to take is people in Congress who are willing to do more than just talk who are willing to actually work together and stay late if it requires that and do some things that would really produce change.”\n Lamb again emphasized the need for a focus on mental health saying “I think that the emotions that a lot of us are feeling right now are very raw because we know that there's not one thing we can do with the stroke of a pen or one thing you can ban ” he said. “We need a comprehensive answer on mental health.”", "output": [ "Lamb" ] }, { "id": "task419-e3d5cb7206074f4ba53b9126d9ed817c", "input": "President Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort Manafort's former business associate Rick Gates and Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos have all been charged in the special counsel's investigation into Russian election interference. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)\nPresident Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort Manafort's former business associate Rick Gates and Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos have all been charged in the special counsel's investigation into Russian election interference. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)\nSeparated from most of his West Wing staff — who fretted over why he was late getting to the Oval Office — Trump clicked on the television and spent the morning playing fuming media critic legal analyst and crisis communications strategist according to several people close to him .\n The president digested the news of the first indictments in special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe with exasperation and disgust these people said. He called his lawyers repeatedly. He listened intently to cable news commentary. And with rising irritation he watched live footage of his onetime campaign adviser and confidant Paul Manafort turning himself in to the FBI.\nInitially Trump felt vindicated. Though frustrated that the media were linking him to the indictment and tarnishing his presidency he cheered that the ­charges against Manafort and his deputy Rick Gates were focused primarily on activities that began before his campaign. Trump tweeted at 10:28 a.m. “there is NO COLLUSION!”\nBut the president’s celebration was short-lived. A few minutes later court documents were unsealed showing that George Papadopoulos an unpaid foreign policy adviser on Trump’s campaign pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI about his efforts to broker a relationship between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The case provides the clearest evidence yet of links between Trump ’s campaign and Russian officials.\nGeorge Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in early October to lying to federal officials about his contacts with Russian nationals. He is one of three former Trump campaign officials facing criminal charges. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)\nFor a president who revels in chaos — and in orchestrating it himself — Monday brought a political storm that Trump could not control. White House chief of staff John F. Kelly along with lawyers Ty Cobb John Dowd and Jay Sekulow advised Trump to be cautious with his public responses but they were a private sounding board for his grievances advisers said.\n“This has not been a cause of great agita or angst or activity at the White House ” said Cobb the White House lawyer overseeing Russia matters. He added that Trump is “spending all of his time on presidential work.”\n[Three former Trump campaign officials charged by special counsel]\nBut Trump ’s anger Monday was visible to those who interacted with him and the mood in the corridors of the White House was one of weariness and fear of the unknown. As the president groused upstairs many staffers — some of whom have hired lawyers to help them navigate Mueller’s investigation — privately speculated about where the special counsel might turn next.\n Trump is also increasingly agitated by the expansion of Mueller’s probe into financial issues beyond the 2016 campaign and about the potential damage to him and his family.\nThis portrait of Trump and his White House on a day of crisis is based on interviews with 20 senior administration officials Trump friends and key outside allies many of whom insisted on anonymity to discuss sensitive internal matters.\nTrump and his aides were frustrated that yet again Russia steamrolled the start of a carefully planned week of policy news. Trump is preparing to nominate a new chairman of the Federal Reserve and is scheduled to depart Friday for a high-stakes 12-day trip across Asia and House Republicans are planning to unveil their tax overhaul bill.\nAway from the podium Trump staffers fretted privately over whether Manafort or Gates might share with Mueller’s team damaging information about other colleagues. They expressed concern in particular about Gates because he has a young family may be more stretched financially than Manafort and continued to be involved in Trump ’s political operation and had access to the White House including attending West Wing meetings after Trump was sworn in.\nSome White House advisers are unhappy with Thomas J. Barrack Jr. Trump’s longtime friend and chair of his inauguration whom they hold responsible for keeping Gates in the Trump orbit long after Manafort resigned as campaign chairman in August 2016 according to people familiar with the situation. Barrack has been Gates’s patron of late steering political work to him and until Monday employing him as director of the Washington office of his real estate investment company.", "output": [ "Melania Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-928382ce521e49f991aa821ad28e2587", "input": "“They never explained they just set up an appointment ” said Luz Martinez 63 who got her letter on Nov. 30.\nIn the middle of all this Red Hook tenant Martinez got her “breach of lease” notice demanding that she show up at the development’s management office Tuesday the same day members of City Council grilled Olatoye about the scandal.\n\"They never explained they just set up an appointment \" said Luz Martinez . (Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News)\nAt the management office Martinez says she found dozens of other angry tenants who’d received the same letters. All were told NYCHA will return to their apartments in the coming weeks to do “paint correction.”\n Martinez ’s niece Tatiana says paint chips and dust have been a constant problem in the apartment for years. At times small chips collect on radiators and on the floor along with faint dust that could be lead paint.\nOn Friday Martinez took her grandchildren to a clinic to be tested. She expects the results in about a week.", "output": [ "Luz Martinez" ] }, { "id": "task419-4468a660f2814dcaa793064f1d0dae5b", "input": "Crystal Castles singer Ethan Kath filed a defamation lawsuit Friday against Alice Glass and her boyfriend Jupiter Keyes after Glass a former singer and bandmate in the Canadian electronic duo released a statement on Tuesday alleging years of abuse by Kath .\nIn her post Glass wrote \"I met ' Ethan Kath' (Claudio Palmieri) when I was in the 10th grade. The first time he took advantage of me was when I was around 15. He was 10 years older than me .\"\nGlass said that ”over a period of many months he gave me drugs and alcohol and had sex with me in an abandoned room at an apartment he managed.\" Glass also alleged that the sex \"wasn’t always consensual.\"\nAccording to Kath 's complaint he said after he ended his relationship with her in 2012 Glass began accusing him of stealing her share of the band’s profits. But Kath said five subsequent audits revealed no wrongdoing on his part. Despite the audits Kath said Glass “hatched a plan to ruin his good name and reputation in the industry destroy Crystal Castles and in turn boost her own career.”\n Kath said Glass and Keyes conspired together to spread false and malicious lies that he was physically and sexually abusive. He said he learned of the allegations in 2014 when he discovered a fan had been contacted by Glass to post “horrific and humiliating untruths” about him. Kath said the fan never went through with the post after Kath’s attorney sent a cease and desist letter. Kath also said Glass’ “illicit drug abuse became substantial and her behavior erratic” when she began dating Keyes according to his complaint.\n Kath’s attorney Shane Bernard said “my client categorically denies all the malicious lies about sexual abuse. At no time did my client ever force Alice Glass into having sex with him against her will much less by use of violence or drugs to take advantage of her .”\nDespite the fact that the two broke up five years ago Glass Kath said has persisted in trying to damage his reputation evidenced by her recent blog post. He said Glass’ false claims have damaged his reputation causing him irreparable harm including the cancellation of Crystal Castles’ North American tour costing him at minimum $300 000 in lost profits.", "output": [ "Ethan Kath" ] }, { "id": "task419-c9d6f83d50c34826a8252c6640f6c7af", "input": "Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) defends Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23) during the second half of a game in Oakland Calif. Monday Dec. 25 2017. (Photo: Tony Avelar AP)\nIf you thought LeBron James was fouled at least once in the closing minutes of Monday’s Cleveland Cavaliers-Golden State Warriors game you’re not alone.\nThe NBA ruled that referees missed three fouls committed by Kevin Durant on James in the final two minutes of the Warriors’ 99-92 victory over the Cavaliers according to the league’s Last Two-Minute Report that was released Tuesday evening.\nThe NBA also ruled that James should’ve been called for a foul on Draymond Green with 33 seconds left in the game.\nThe first foul the refs missed on Durant came with 1:12 left in the fourth quarter with Golden state ahead 95-92 as James tried driving to the basket. The report states Durant impacted James ’ SQBR – speed quickness balance and rhythm. The ball went out of bounds and on review Golden State gained possession.\nWith 27 seconds remaining and the score 95-92 Durant should’ve been called for another foul for affecting James ’ SQBR and on the same possession with 25.6 seconds to play James was again fouled by Durant as he attempted a shot. Instead of James shooting two free throws Golden State was awarded possession after replay review showed James was the last player to touch the ball before it went out of bounds.\n James said he was fouled twice on that play. “But whatever ” he told reporters. “What are you going to do about it?”", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-187408c2c1094d79bd63216fe3a9d4d1", "input": "Claremont McKenna part of the Claremont Colleges cluster outside Los Angeles acknowledged Monday that a senior officer had resigned after admitting that he had inflated the average SAT scores given to U.S. News since 2005.\nSAT score averages are also reported to credit rating firms and the Department of Education which is looking into Claremont McKenna’s actions said Justin Hamilton the agency’s press secretary. He said the department could impose fines and other penalties for supplying misinformation but rarely did particularly if the college brought the problem to light on its own.\n Iona’s case was extreme; U.S. News ranked its undergraduate college 30th among “regional universities” in the Northeast but estimated that with correct data it would have dropped to 50th.\nAlso last year the law schools of Villanova University and the University of Illinois acknowledged that they had misreported some statistics; Villanova conceded that its deception was intentional while Illinois did not say. And at the United States Naval Academy famous for its honor code a professor recently accused administrators of inflating the number of applicants which the academy has denied. In 2009 a number of institutions were found to be inflating their percentages of full-time professors — another criterion used in ranking systems. The impact and extent of Claremont McKenna’s cheating remains unclear. In a statement to the college staff and students the president Pamela B. Gann wrote “Although the degree of inaccuracies varied over time we understand that the reported critical reading and/or math SAT scores were generally inflated by an average of 10-20 points each.”\nMr. Morse said that without more precise information he could not measure how such a change might have altered the college’s ranking but it might have made the difference in cracking the top 10 of liberal arts colleges a bragging right that Claremont McKenna reached this year for only the third time.\n Claremont McKenna’s reputation has risen over the years; as recently as 1990 it was not in the U.S. News top 20. But it is often conscious of the comparison with its neighbor Pomona College which U.S. News rated fourth among liberal arts colleges.\nMr. Vos had been dean of admissions at Claremont McKenna since 1987. “He was always one of the people that I considered one of the good guys in the profession ” said Ralph Figueroa director of college guidance at Albuquerque Academy a private day school in New Mexico.\nIn her Monday statement Ms. Gann the college president said Claremont McKenna discovered the discrepancy in reported SAT scores and conducted an internal review during which one senior administrator stepped forward to take sole responsibility.", "output": [ "Claremont McKenna" ] }, { "id": "task419-8fc7680eb928481e8f31383203fa0673", "input": "CNN President Jeff Zucker has joined the chorus asking tech and ad firms to help monetize news on mobile platforms.\n“Otherwise good journalism will go away ” Zucker said at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona on Monday.\nA decade ago as president and CEO of NBCUniversal Zucker famously complained that media companies were in danger of “trading analog dollars for digital pennies.”\nAlthough Zucker modified digital pennies to digital dimes he made it clear on Monday that tech titans could still crush journalism.\n“In a Google and Facebook world monetization of digital and mobile continues to be more difficult than we would have expected or liked ” Zucker said.", "output": [ "Jeff Zucker" ] }, { "id": "task419-38054ab42c3848f58cad67aca1bee458", "input": "Vince Staples Believes He Deserves All The Grammys But He Isn't Holding His Breath\n Vince Staples is impossible to categorize. A Southern Cali MC who prides himself on his Long Beach bona fides while eschewing the prototypical gangsta rap tag with which he's often mis-labled he's a natural at bucking the status quo. Yet he also sees clear divisions between art and commerce that lead him to question how institutions choose to define — or fail to distinguish — the two.\nSo when Staples found himself the subject of a recent Grammy campaign — initiated by Uproxx hip-hop editor Aaron Williams who likened the EDM sonics of Staples ' 2017 LP Big Fish Theory to \"a post-apocalyptic pinball machine\" — he was less interested in discussing whether or not his album is Grammy-worthy than he was in questioning the very construct upon which the Recording Academy recognizes and rewards genre-bending artists of color.\nBut Staples ' argument is bigger than hip-hop. It's a critique rooted in the racial dynamic that has kept black artists in the industry categorically separate and unequal since the inception of \"race music.\"\nIn a sense Staples is the kind of artist the academy tends to clamor over — a major-label signee who subverts mainstream convention. While his peers chase after collaborations with bankable trap producers his album credits are filled with left-field collaborators Kilo Kish and Zack Seckoff a young unknown producer largely responsible for Big Fish Theory's industrial-driven electronics.\nNo doubt Staples prizes his creative idiosyncrasies: \"Hitchcock in my modern day / Where the f*** is my VMA? / Where the f*** is my Grammy?\" as he raps on Big Fish Theory's \"Homage.\"\nThe message is the easiest part of this whole thing. The hard part of music is designing the product and marketing the product — figuring out what it looks like what it sounds like what it feels like who to sell it to and how to get them to believe that it's more important than themselves . When you've figured that out that's when you become a star.\nBut yeah let's really talk about it. If we really want to have a Vince Staples Grammy campaign someone tell me why I can't be in every genre that my music is kind of reminiscent of? Because the argument within hip-hop is that my music doesn't sound hip-hop enough.\nMy only request is that it be broadened because it's no reason I shouldn't be nominated for everything we just spoke about. It's no reason I shouldn't be nominated for a packaging Grammy. It's no reason because the conceptual nature of my cover and the way that it looked is a great idea for a compact disc. Usually people go all out and put 50 pictures and give you a suitcase full of stuff to win a packaging Grammy. But it's not really about the design of it itself. It's no reason I shouldn't be nominated for that. It's no reason I shouldn't be nominated for electronic and alternative and Rap Album of the year because if we're pushing creativity and we're doing it get to be creative and to create new things I don't know what's newer than what Vince Staples is doing. And that's my only conversation.", "output": [ "Vince Staples" ] }, { "id": "task419-a689b895498a4dc682efd02bb9e8f3a7", "input": "After four years of taunting and torturing fellow Republicans , Ted Cruz is shedding his just-say-no persona in the Senate for a new identity : Team player . \nMajority Leader Mitch McConnell -- a man Cruz once derided as a liar and an ally of Democrats -- is counting on the Texan to help navigate an Obamacare repeal bill through the Senate with virtually no margin for error . \nAs a trusted voice of the conservative wing of the GOP and conduit to the House Freedom Caucus , Cruz is fast emerging as a pivotal player in the Republican bid to do away with the landmark Democratic health care law . \nBut after receiving so much blowback for that and many other episodes , there 's nary a Cruz critic in the Senate Republican Conference nowadays . \nCruz 's work on health care has been uncharacteristically low profile so far . \nIt began with a private dinner in mid-February at the upscale D.C. steakhouse Capital Grille with the more compromise-minded Alexander , who once chided Cruz for calling McConnell a liar on the Senate floor by noting that one thing \"you learn in Kindergarten is to respect one another .\" \nAlexander and Cruz agreed to assemble a group of GOP senators to prepare for the eventuality that the House would send them a health care bill riddled with flaws that could not pass the Senate as written . \nBut when it comes to passing a new health care law , Republicans believe the inclusion of Cruz and his close ally , Sen. Mike Lee -LRB- R-Utah -RRB- , could pay critical dividends by building support among conservative groups and the House Freedom Caucus . \n\"One of the challenges when the Obamacare bill was in the House , was that early on was that the different parts of the party were not talking to each other ,\" Cruz said in an interview in his office . \nCollaborative and inclusive are not typically words associated with Cruz . \nNow that President Barack Obama is out of office , Cruz said his mission in the Senate is no longer to be the \"loyal opposition .\" \n\"Different circumstances call for different approaches ,\" said Cruz , who is gearing up to run for a second term next year in a closely watched race . \nCruz 's leading role has shocked some of his colleagues . \nThe group that Cruz helped develop is , in some ways , a substitute for the traditional committee process . \n\"We have skin in the game ,\" Cruz said . \nStill , there 's concern among some more centrist senators that the end-product could appeal too much to Cruz and not enough to the dozen or so Republican senators who have grave concerns about slashing Medicaid and removing protections for preexisting conditions . \nClearly he believes Lee and Cruz are crucial ; but some GOP sources said there are deep doubts among senators that Collins or Sen. Rand Paul -LRB- R-Ky . -RRB- \nThough GOP leaders believe by getting Cruz involved they are minimizing the possibility that Cruz will later demolish their repeal efforts , the Texas firebrand is n't on the same page about everything . \nCruz wants to go as big as possible , and if Senate rules prohibit his idea , he believes Vice President Mike Pence should simply overrule the parliamentarian . \n\"The parliamentarian merely advises , the vice president decides ,\" Cruz said . \nBut on almost every other front , Republicans say , Cruz is being highly productive .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-3524356aba6446ceac46ed7e242825cb", "input": "George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in early October to lying to federal officials about his contacts with Russian nationals. He is one of three former Trump campaign officials facing criminal charges. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)\n George Papadopoulos pleaded guilty in early October to lying to federal officials about his contacts with Russian nationals. He is one of three former Trump campaign officials facing criminal charges. (Elyse Samuels/The Washington Post)\nPresident Trump on Tuesday belittled former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos who pleaded guilty this week to lying to federal agents investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election tweeting that “few people knew the young low level volunteer named George who has already proven to be a liar.”\nBut interviews and documents show that Papadopoulos was in regular contact with the Trump campaign’s most senior officials and held himself out as a Trump surrogate as he traveled the world to meet with foreign officials and reporters.\n Papadopoulos sat at the elbow of one of Trump’s top campaign advisers then-Sen. Jeff Sessions during a dinner for campaign advisers weeks before the Republican National Convention according to an individual who attended the meeting.\n He met in London in September 2016 with a mid-level representative of the British Foreign Office where he said he had contacts at the senior level of the Russian government.\nAnd he conferred at one point with the foreign minister of Greece at a meeting in New York.\nWhile some top campaign aides appeared to rebuff Papadopoulos ’s persistent offers to broker a meeting with Russian President Vladi­mir Putin there is no sign they told him directly to cease his activities or sought to end his affiliation with the campaign.\nEmails included in court documents released Monday show that Papadopoulos repeatedly told Trump campaign officials about his contacts with people he believed were representing the Russian government.\nThe court documents do not answer a key question: whether Papadopoulos also told his superiors that he had met a London-based professor who claimed to know that the Russians had “dirt” on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton including thousands of her emails.\nAn FBI agent told the court in July that Papadopoulos lied in an interview with federal agents saying he did not tell anyone on the campaign about the “dirt” because he thought the professor was a “nothing.”\n [Who’s who in the George Papadopoulos court documents]\n At 29 Papadopoulos had scant experience that qualified him to advise a presidential candidate. He had entered the Trump campaign after a six-week stint working for the campaign of Trump’s rival for the Republican nomination neurosurgeon Ben Carson.\n Carson’s campaign manager Barry Bennett recalled that Papadopoulos was hired after sending him an unsolicited message via LinkedIn seeking a job.\nBennett said his only vetting was to ask a friend at the Washington-based Hudson Institute where Papadopoulos’s résumé indicated he had worked as a researcher whether Papadopoulos was “an okay guy.”\nFor six weeks of work Bennett said Papadopoulos was paid $8 500 before he was let go from the campaign at the end of January 2016 as it shed staff.", "output": [ "George Papadopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b4506ad4adb4307a76cfa57e803b13f", "input": "The agent spotted a man at a hotel in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs and attempted to take him into custody said FBI spokesman Kevin Rowson .\n Rowson said the man fled to a vehicle and the agent went after him.\n\"The agent tried to stop the suspect from fleeing in the vehicle and somehow got caught up in the vehicle and got dragged by the suspect \" Rowson said. \"At that point the agent felt that his life was in danger so he shot the suspect and was dragged for another couple of blocks.\"\nThe suspect was taken to a hospital for surgery and the agent suffered injuries including fractures that were not life-threatening Rowson said.", "output": [ "Kevin Rowson" ] }, { "id": "task419-e83271738975401383f9a2db61decd0d", "input": "Last Saturday the couple wed outside of Dayton OH. But before the two said “I do ” their friend Jake Clark set the stage for their walk down the aisle as “flower man.”\nAccording to Yahoo Style Clark approached the couple after they got engaged and volunteered himself to be part of the wedding party. Amanda and Daniel took him up on the offer and now the pictures of Clark 's walk down the aisle have received nearly 200 reactions and over 60 shares on Facebook.\n Clark strutted down the aisle with not one but three fanny packs – all stuffed with fallen fall leaves. During the rehearsal Amanda thought the fallen leaves were pretty but Clark says of the atypical wedding foliage “Unfortunately a lot of them were shredded when I pulled them out and some people got some leaves to the face as well which they seemed to be good sports about.”\nAs for the multiple fanny packs Clark wanted to “go big or go home.”\n“I figured if I’m going to be flower man I’m going to go all out — go big or go home ” Clark tells Yahoo. “I could have just carried around a basket but I thought ‘How could I make it a little more over the top?’ So I decided three fanny packs not one. The showcase fanny pack was actually a unicorn fanny pack.”\n Clark wasn’t the only unconventional part of the wedding – later in the evening an unexpected blaze broke out.", "output": [ "Jake Clark" ] }, { "id": "task419-939da4a9ef664a449ad5c1566d9a44c8", "input": "\"We must unfortunately assume that the two German women who were missing are among the dead \" German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters. It was the first official confirmation from Germany of the reports.\n Steinmeier said the bodies had not yet been officially identified but that a team of German experts was on the way to Yemen to assist in the procedure.\n The whereabouts of the six is unknown the Yemeni government said. Steinmeier said the five Germans remain missing despite \"conflicting reports and speculation\" that they might have been killed.\n At the same time the foreign minister said German authorities \"have to assume that they are in the hands of violent criminals.\"\n He said the ministry's crisis team was working \"intensively and unabated\" to clarify the fate of the five in cooperation with authorities in Yemen.", "output": [ "Frank-Walter Steinmeier" ] }, { "id": "task419-69036732017242a48e3c44cb9135d16b", "input": "The new Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium doesn’t have just one multi-story mega-tank parading exotic fish species. There are at least three and that’s not counting the Bait Ball a basement-to-second-floor see-through aquatic sheath in which thousands of little herring swim around in what I can only imagine is abject terror while a handful of sharks circle them and sometimes glide through them.\nAnd when it came time in late September to open this new animal destination built around Bass Pro Shops’ flagship store in southwestern Missouri Johnny Morris didn’t just cut a ribbon and start taking tickets. The Bass Pro impresario threw a gala party and brought in fishing and hunting pals including country music superstars actor Kevin Costner and former Presidents Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush. The local paper the next day spoke of a “private ‘jet jam’” at the airport.\nIn other words the Wonders of Wildlife aesthetic as one employee put it is “maximalist.” If there’s an empty space Morris is going to squeeze in a live snake tank a few massive orca models suspended from the ceiling or a taxidermied puma nestled in faux rocks on an otherwise ordinary staircase.\nAnd if there’s a small city on the Ozarks plateau that could use a new family tourism draw then Morris is going to give it one that combines aspects of New York’s American Museum of Natural History and Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium in 350 000 square feet of space roughly two-thirds the size of the Shedd.\n Morris visited the Shedd and AMNH frequently in his planning a spokesman said but the result is hardly your conventional aquarium. The aquarium portion of Wonders of Wildlife doesn’t limit itself for instance to water-dwelling live animals. Owls inhabit a barn setting and brown bears live where the pathway briefly ventures out of doors. In the cave environment that fluttering you hear isn’t only the beating of your heart; it’s the live bats flapping beside you behind wire mesh.\n“I don’t know if I’d get in a car from Chicago just to see this but I’d sure put it on my trip ” said opening-day visitor Larry Smith a retiree from Springfield and unabashed Johnny Morris fan.\nThe abundance in these halls — 1.5 miles of pathway through scores of newly made natural-history dioramas and watery habitats — won’t shock anybody who has visited Bass Pro Shops the retail empire Morris built from humble beginnings selling bait in his dad’s Springfield liquor store.\nIn other words: Look at all the pretty fish and wouldn’t it be awesome to hook one? The main point is that taxes on hunting and fishing gear and licenses have funded state and federal conservation efforts to the tune of tens of billions of dollars since 1937. You can look it up by well looking up at one of the aquarium’s walls where Morris has the stats laid out.\nIt’s a worthy message to deliver especially to folks whose most vigorous hunting trips come in the aisles at Costco. But the effect in the galleries can be disquieting. The dioramas Morris has commissioned are by and large spectacular. The backdrops are hand-painted. The animals strike vivid poses: A grizzly bear chases wolves through an Alaskan tundra scene and a herd of caribou surges uphill out of a roiling river. Some dioramas are like windows onto a specific moment; others are again maximalist as in the Africa room where visitors walk in the middle of an enormous set stuffed and mounted with virtually every animal of that continent you can think of — Africa’s greatest hits.\nBut just as you are admiring the homage to the national parks in a series of dioramas showcasing marquee species from some of them a little plaque will inform you that this particular bear standing in a stream amid salmon at Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge is in fact a 10-foot 6-inch brown bear taken with bow and arrow by John Paul Morris one of Johnny ’s sons at Deadman Bay Kodiak Island Alaska in October 2011.\nElsewhere there’s the “longest alligator gar ever recorded ” an 8-foot 3 ¾-inch specimen taken by John Paul and Johnny on a Texas river in 2007. In a great hall of deer trophies — think hunting lodge gone wild — all the mounted heads act as wallpaper and have plaques describing their provenance including one fine fellow marked with the poignant “Illinois Road Kill Hancock County Ill.”", "output": [ "Johnny Morris" ] }, { "id": "task419-6390881708fb433b93e78f122445824d", "input": "On Sunday a U.S. Marine stationed in Okinawa Japan drunkenly crashed his truck into another vehicle killing the driver. NPR's Elise Hu talks with Anna Fifield Tokyo Bureau Chief for The Washington Post about what the incident means for the American military presence in Okinawa.\nThe collision is the latest in a string of incidents over the years involving U.S. personnel on the island. They include helicopter crashes and the rape and murder of a local woman last year. Joining us now is Anna Fifield the Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post.\n ANNA FIFIELD : Hi Elise.\nHU: And we're sure you'll be keeping an eye on it. Anna Fifield is the Tokyo bureau chief for The Washington Post and she joined us via Skype.\n FIFIELD : Thanks for having me Elise.", "output": [ "Anna Fifield" ] }, { "id": "task419-a453d6a849844e60b3e5296ce7606faa", "input": "The dress was Lady Diana Spencer thought so grown-up just right for her first official engagement after the announcement she was to marry Prince Charles.\n \"She just looked fantastic. At that time she was curvy. Not fat in any way but she had cleavage -- we love cleavage. And she looked great in this dress \" Emanuel said in an interview Friday. \"We in no way expected there to be such a reaction. And I think from that moment on Diana became a fashion icon.\"\n The dress had been missing for years until David Emanuel recently discovered it in a plastic bag at his home. Along with other garments worn by Diana and designed by the Emanuels it is to be auctioned off June 8 in a sale that includes the silk chiffon blouse chosen for the Princess of Wales' official engagement portrait by Lord Snowdon and the calico prototype used to fit her famous ivory wedding gown.\n For the editors of Britain's voracious press the dress -- and the snaps of Diana in it -- would kick off a long love affair with the princess.\n \"Up until that point they'd seen her as a floppy-haired puppy \" said Christopher Wilson a seasoned observer who has written extensively on the royals. \"And that's the moment Fleet Street fell in love with her.\n Taylor and Elizabeth Emanuel are hopeful the collection will go to a museum -- the black dress is expected to fetch between 30 000 and 50 000 pounds ($44 000 to $73 000) and the prototype of the wedding dress between 8 000 and 12 000 pounds ($12 000 to $17 000) -- but understand that Diana's legacy means there's a strong chance a private collector may snap up the garments.\n and Elizabeth Emanuel are hopeful the collection will go to a museum -- the black dress is expected to fetch between 30 000 and 50 000 pounds ($44 000 to $73 000) and the prototype of the wedding dress between 8 000 and 12 000 pounds ($12 000 to $17 000) -- but understand that Diana's legacy means there's a strong chance a private collector may snap up the garments.\n Despite the reaction to her ballgown Diana liked it enough to ask the Emanuels to take it in when it became too large for her as she was constantly losing weight. In the months leading up to her wedding Diana's waist dropped from 26 to 24 inches and the Emanuels decided it would be easier to just make her a new smaller version of the dress. Elizabeth Emanuel said she doesn't know what happened to the second version.\n The collection up for sale includes sketches notes invoices -- one shows Diana's mother paid 1 000 guineas for the wedding party's dresses which was the equivalent of 1 050 pounds -- and even the handbag that Elizabeth Emanuel carried to the wedding at St. Paul's Cathedral on July 29 1981. It still has the smelling salts the designer brought along in case her famous client felt faint. (She didn't Emanuel said describing Diana as the epitome of calm.)\nDiana's mother paid 1 000 guineas for the wedding party's dresses which was the equivalent of 1 050 pounds -- and even the handbag that Elizabeth Emanuel carried to the wedding at St. Paul's Cathedral on July 29 1981. It still has the smelling salts the designer brought along in case her famous client felt faint. (She didn't Emanuel said describing Diana as the epitome of calm.)\n \"Diana was just fantastic. From the moment we first met her she was just like a regular client. She was lovely down-to-earth very sweet very calm very friendly. She made a point of meeting everybody in the work room and she was just so easy to get on with \" Emanuel said. \"We had so much fun.\"", "output": [ "Lady Diana Spencer" ] }, { "id": "task419-d41b16b67cdd49a28c2931f4f3bf2a8f", "input": "Pope Francis called for people around the world to “embrace” migrants and refugees in his annual World Day for Peace address.\n Francis reiterated his advocacy for “all those fleeing from war and hunger or forced by discrimination and persecution poverty and environmental degradation to leave their homelands.”\n“Please let’s not extinguish the hope in their hearts let’s not suffocate their expectations of peace ” Francis said during his address in the Vatican where 40 000 adherents turned out for the event.\n Francis called on political educational and religious institutions alike to “make the effort to assure refugees and migrants to everyone a peaceful future.”\n Francis also addressed what he described as a rise of anti-immigration rhetoric globally suggesting that people who “foment fear of migrants instead of building peace ” possibly to achieve political ends “are sowing violence racial discrimination and xenophobia.”\n Francis ’ New Year’s remarks drew heavily from a full statement on the subject of migration released by the Vatican in November.\nOn Jan. 8 Francis will deliver another annual address to the Vatican diplomatic service according to Catholic news site Crux which is expected to be considered his most significant foreign policy statement of the year.\n Francis has been an outspoken advocate for migrants around the world traveling to Myanmar and Bangladesh in late 2017 and speaking with a group of Muslim Rohingya refugees who were displaced by violence.\nIn remarks delivered Christmas Eve he likened the plight of migrants to the biblical journey of Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem expressing his hope that no person would feel as though “there is no room for them on this Earth.”", "output": [ "Pope Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-d81404c7d29547a88dcc627011c04e33", "input": "The Adamles rely on routines but one small problem can send Mike into a spiral. Impulsivity frustration and anger set in. While Kim was trying to figure out his location Mike hung up on her.\nShe called the NBC Sports desk where Mike had worked until he went on leave in 2016 a year before he retired in March and asked if someone could go out and see if he was wandering near NBC Tower put him in a taxi and send him home.\n Mike Adamle admitted during his Tribune interview that he sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about his mortality.\n“You pop up like this. It’s hard not to it happens to a zillion people every day on the planet Earth ” he said. “I’ll be gone. I’d like to make that a little longer and I definitely don’t want to spend it in an old folks home; that’s never going to happen. So we just keep on going until.”\n Mike Adamle the retired Bear and former NBC-5 sportscaster delivers a comedy monologue about his dementia which doctors say is likely due to CTE. (Phil Thompson/Chicago Tribune) Mike Adamle the retired Bear and former NBC-5 sportscaster delivers a comedy monologue about his dementia which doctors say is likely due to CTE. (Phil Thompson/Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS\nAt the second annual CTE conference at Boston University in early November Adamle was adamant when asked how he would make the game safer. “I said ‘Listen if you have some (expletive) father grabbing you or coach that’s grabbing you and attacking your masculinity get rid of him! Don’t even let that guy coach anymore!’ ”", "output": [ "Mike Adamle Tribune", "Tribune" ] }, { "id": "task419-39bc3e0a8b684b92a75eab0013b6ac2c", "input": "Trace Lysette plays Shea on Amazon Studios' Transparent one of my favorite shows. Lysette says the star of the show Jeffrey Tambor sexually harassed and assaulted her during the second season.\nAccording to Lysette when she emerged from wardrobe in her costume — a salmon-colored lingerie top and matching short-shorts — Tambor remarked \"My God Trace. I want to attack you sexually.\" Alexandra Billings the third actor in the scene was present to hear the remark she confirms. Both \"laughed it off because it was so absurd \" Lysette says.\nA few minutes later while waiting for a camera setup between takes Lysette was standing in a corner of the soundstage set. That's when she says Tambor dressed as Maura wearing a green satin kimono and gray wig approached her.\n\" He came in close put his bare feet on top of mine so I could not move leaned his body against me and began quick discreet thrust back and forth against my body. I felt his penis on my hip through his thin pajamas \" Lysette says.\nLysette pushed Tambor away and \"rolled my eyes.\" Billings was not present for this alleged incident and several crewmembers were nearby \"but they were focused on their jobs. It was discreet. If you were behind Jeffrey you might have thought he was giving me a hug.\"", "output": [ "Jeffrey Tambor" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f36239e572b4c839cb999a83fc16547", "input": "Newark New Jersey (CNN) Twelve jurors began their deliberations Monday in the federal corruption trial of Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy ophthalmologist -- the outcome of which could determine the political future of the New Jersey Democrat.\n\"I am convinced that I will be declared not guilty innocent of all charges \" Menendez told reporters heading into court Monday morning.\nThe Justice Department's 18-count public corruption indictment accuses the senator of accepting over $600 000 in political contributions free rides on a private jet and a swanky hotel suite in Paris from Dr. Salomon Melgen.\nIn exchange prosecutors say Menendez abused the power of his office by pressuring federal officials in the Obama administration and other career diplomats to help Melgen resolve a number of business disputes.\nAddressing the jury in Menendez's defense attorney Abbe Lowell told jurors that prosecutors had tried to lead them astray with distractions about beach vacations Melgen provided but never showed any corrupt agreement.\nLowell urged jurors to focus instead on the \"true honest and lawful\" 25-year friendship between Menendez and Melgen highlighting the $1 000 wedding gift the senator gave to Melgen's daughter.\n\"Defendants want you to believe that friendship and bribery cannot co-exist -- that is not the law \" Koski said. \"The issue in this case is not whether Sen. Menendez and Melgen were friends -- the issue is whether they committed a crime together.\"\nKoski also suggested that the defense lawyers had engaged in \"sleight of hand\" by suggesting Menendez was more focused on the underlying policy issues raised by Melgen's business problems and that testimony from the senator's character witnesses was unpersuasive.\nOver the course of eight weeks the seven-woman five-man jury heard from 57 witnesses -- including FBI special agents pilots ambassadors and former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as well as a slew of character witnesses in support of Menendez .\nBoth Menendez and Melgen opted not to testify in their own defense -- a choice the judge explicitly instructed the jury to ignore as the defendants' constitutional right.\nFor the $660 000 in political donations Melgen is accused of making to benefit Menendez in 2012 however Walls told the jurors they needed to find an \"explicit agreement.\"", "output": [ "Menendez" ] }, { "id": "task419-4790028823f54fb1b3170e180a74bada", "input": "The four pitches elite starters possess are in place. The body measures at a rugged 6-foot-4 225 pounds. He made 33 starts this past season featuring a fastball that reaches 100 mph.\nAll of that may have been enough for Gerrit Cole to succeed in Pittsburgh but if the Pirates and Yankees close the much-discussed swap of the right-hander for prospects there is a big question that can’t be answered by speed guns the teeth of the slider or the action on the change-up: How will Cole handle New York?\n“He is ultra-competitive and tough as nails ’’ the person said of Cole who was taken in the first round of the 2008 draft by the Yankees out of Orange Lutheran High School in California but went to UCLA. “The kid is tough and driven. [The Yankees] will love his makeup. The fans will love him too.’’\nThat will only happen if Cole wins.\nAs for Cole the pitcher his fastball is above average and he works each side of the plate with it and there is a curveball a slider and a change-up.\n“His fastball is plus plus ’’ the NL talent evaluator said of the four-seamer that averaged 96 mph this past season and touched triple digits according to BrooksBaseball and PITCHf/x. “He can ride it and run it at both sides of the plate.’’\nHis slider and change-up which Cole fades away from left-handed hitters averaged 89 mph and his curve was at 81.\nYet before Cole is penciled in for 20 wins and the AL Cy Young there is a red flag hard to ignore: this past season Cole was bit by the home run ball for the first time in his career. In 33 starts he gave up 31 homers. From 2013 to 2016 Cole made 94 starts and surrendered 36 homers.\n“ He has the four pitches which you want but when he runs into trouble he gets away from throwing downhill and throws uphill ’’ the scout said. “That’s where the home runs came from.’’\nWith Luis Severino replacing Tanaka as the staff ace Cole could slot in anywhere from two to four in the rotation.\nWhile last year’s homers are a concern Cole is 59-42 with a career 3.50 ERA in 127 big league starts. Despite a pedestrian 12-12 record and 4.26 ERA last year Cole ’s hits (199) to innings pitched (203) were good as were the 196 strikeouts and 53 walks.", "output": [ "Gerrit Cole" ] }, { "id": "task419-eb0af05667544c0598a23e54bae45a68", "input": "Washington (CNN) Sen. Lindsey Graham R-South Carolina warned against a potential conflict with North Korea \"if things don't change.\"\n\"If we have to go to war to stop this we will \" Graham told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday. \"If there's a war with North Korea it will be because North Korea brought it on itself and we're headed to a war if things don't change.\"\n Graham 's comments on CNN's \"The Situation Room\" come amid rising tension between the US and North Korea and on Tuesday the Pentagon confirmed that North Korea had launched what the US military believes to be an intercontinental ballistic missile.\n Graham clarified that he doesn't think war would be the best outcome but said the US won't let Kim Jong Un have the ability to strike America's mainland.", "output": [ "Graham" ] }, { "id": "task419-08583db3291f444ea5db3a1b6217283e", "input": "Your smartphone camera may pack a lot of megapixels into a pocket-sized package but when it comes to keeping up with your adventures it often falls short. You probably wouldn’t use your phone to record a snowboarding run a snorkeling expedition or a freefall out of an airplane would you? No for those kinds of extracurriculars you’ll need a camera designed to capture life the way you live it a reliably durable endlessly portable device that can record every ride jump and splash in vivid detail. You’ll need the YoCam Versatile Waterproof HD Camera .\nAfter earning more than $1 million in its massively successful Indiegogo campaign YoCam is now available to the public. This all-in-one digital device is super small (about 3 inches long and 1 inch wide) super lightweight (about 2 ounces) and super waterproof (in water up to 20 feet deep) allowing you to capture mind-blowing pictures and video at 8MP resolution. It also features built-in image and video stabilization to minimize shakiness during your wildest activities and the ability to connect to a compatible smartphone app to unlock tons of cool features.\nAvailable for both iOS and Android devices the YoCam app includes functions like story generator live previewing video editing and social media sharing. There’s even a camera control feature that lets you set up your YoCam as a security monitoring device that you can activate and manipulate from miles away. If you’ve got a child or a pet at home or you just want to watch over your valuables while you’re away YoCam and its app can make it happen.\n YoCam is equipped with a built-in 700 mAh lithium-ion battery that can provide up to 2 hours of continuous recording at 1080p 320fps. When it ’s time to recharge your YoCam simply plug its included micro-USB charging cable into the USB port on your laptop desktop or wall charger. The device also comes with a handy mounting clip and a pendant cord.", "output": [ "YoCam" ] }, { "id": "task419-85d81f31acff409fbf7b364d9d1102e2", "input": "The social network said Thursday that it 's overhauling the news feed prioritize posts from family and friends as opposed to ones from brands and publishers.\n\"I'm changing the goal I give our product teams from focusing on helping you find relevant content to helping you have more meaningful social interactions \" CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page.\nYou can read Zuckerberg 's post below:\nOne of our big focus areas for 2018 is to make sure that the time we all spend on Facebook is time well spent. We built... Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday January 11 2018\n He also acknowledged that the company 's business could take a short-term hit as a result of the change -- but it was an important move to make anyway.\n\"By making these changes I expect the time people spend on Facebook and some measures of engagement will go down. But I also expect the time you do spend on Facebook will be more valuable \" he wrote. \"And if we do the right thing I believe that will be good for our community and our business over the long term too.\"", "output": [ "Zuckerberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-48b899655bbd41d6a8334d67810b7f28", "input": "David Allen owner of A&M Auctioneers and Appraisers never quite knows what’s going to turn up from the old homes and shops of the Eastern Shore.\nOnce he said he came across a box of wooden and metal washboards from an old general store 100 years old and looking new.\n Allen said this was the first time he had come across a KKK robe as part of an estate.\n Allen told her the auction house was contractually bound to sell all the items from the estate — including the robe. But together with the seller he arranged to donate proceeds from its sale toward college costs for one of his employees whom he described as an immigrant from Nigeria studying in the United States.\n“We didn’t really want it publicized ” Allen said. But the solution was “something that we feel was fair ” he said given the item’s legacy.\n Allen said that under the terms of the auction house’s contract he couldn’t reveal the buyer or the seller. But he said the robe which sold Feb. 7 during the online auction went for about $1 300.\n“Take it or leave it it’s a piece of history ” Allen said.", "output": [ "David Allen" ] }, { "id": "task419-b935471a8de841ab898d8ed16f955b84", "input": "FILE PHOTO: Maulana Masood Azhar head of Pakistan's militant Jaish-e-Mohammad party attends a pro-Taliban conference organised by the Afghan Defence Council in Islamabad August 26 2001.\nIndia backed by the United States has been trying to get Maulana Masood Azhar on a U.N. list of groups with ties to Al Qaeda blaming his group for a series of attacks in India including one on its parliament in 2002 and another last year on an airbase.\nIt said it interrogated Azhar and his associates in the Jaish-e-Mohammad group after the January 2016 attack on the Pathankot air base but found no evidence linking him to it.\n Hua said there were clear rules for listing a person or group as a terrorist and that China has always believed the relevant U.N. committee should operate on the principles of objectivity fairness and professionalism on this matter.", "output": [ "Maulana Masood Azhar" ] }, { "id": "task419-5c595006696c488f8f1025c92c3f6f40", "input": "Pop star Pink says she is raising her children to be gender-neutral because her family lives in a “label-less household.”\nThe singer who is 38 and married to motorcycle racer Carey Hart 42 told the U.K.’s The People she does not want her children defined by their gender. Pink said she is delighted her 6-year-old daughter Willow told her she wants to marry an African woman when she grows up.\n“We are a very label-less household ” Pink whose real name is Alecia Beth Moore explained “Last week Willow told me she is going to marry an African woman. I was like: ‘Great can you teach me how to make African food?’”\n“And she’s like: ‘Sure mama and we are going to live with you while our house is getting ready ’” Pink continued. “I was like ‘what the f**k who are you? Who is paying for this by the way?’”\nThe performer of international hit “Get the Party Started ” Pink is a champion of the new gender ideology that does not acknowledge the science of two biological sexes – male and female.\n“I don’t correct her ” Pink said. “And I should because it’s disrespectful but it’s like – ‘f**k it’. I feel like we are all in this ­permanent state of f**k it. I can’t imagine being a third-grader and this being the first example of what it means to be president.”", "output": [ "Pink" ] }, { "id": "task419-30716b8bf1374315b72f515039ef1c8c", "input": "For three weeks Donald Trump wouldn’t acknowledge the deadliest combat incident of his presidency. On Oct. 4 four U.S. Army Special Operations soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger and the president had said literally nothing about it and the White House refused to release a condolence statement drafted by the National Security Council.\nYesterday Trump finally mentioned the attack when a reporter asked whether the president had authorized the mission.\n TRUMP : No I didn’t. Not specifically. But I have generals that are great generals. These are great fighters. These are warriors and – REPORTER: You gave them authority to do this mission. TRUMP : I gave them authority to do what’s right so that we win. That’s the authority they have…. My generals and my military they have decision-making ability. As far as the incident that we’re talking about I’ve been seeing it just like you’ve been seeing it. I’ve been getting reports. They have to meet the enemy and they meet them tough and that’s what happens.\nIn other words the president effectively wants to be seen as a bystander. Trump has delegated his powers to military leaders; they make decisions; and the president gets “reports” on what servicemen and women have been up to. He ’s “been seeing it just like” the rest of us.\nIf this sounds familiar it’s because yesterday wasn’t the first time he’s tried to pass the buck in the wake of a U.S. combat death. Soon after taking office Trump authorized a mission in Yemen which claimed the life of Navy SEAL William “Ryan” Owens and when pressed for answers on what transpired the president said the buck stops somewhere else.\n“This was something that was you know just they wanted to do ” the president said referring to U.S. generals. “They came to see me they explained what they wanted to do the generals … and they lost Ryan.”\nThe chain of command however doesn’t work this way. The president is ultimately responsible because he ’s the Commander in Chief of the world’s most powerful military. Passing the buck doesn’t work because there’s no one to whom the buck can be passed.\nI believe the person who wrote that is named Donald J. Trump.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-fea57085d15d4fb682f2571dcff49646", "input": "A controversial mural at the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum in Massachusetts will be replaced after several children's authors complained that it promoted racial stereotypes — and that they were boycotting an upcoming festival at the newly opened museum because of it.\nWillems Yee and Curato had been invited to appear at the festival on Oct. 14 at the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum which opened in June .\nThe event was described by the museum as \"a day filled with books costumed characters and famous authors.\" But the three authors said they were skipping the festival after having learned about the mural's racial stereotype.\n\"While this image may have been considered amusing to some when it was published 80 years ago it is obviously offensive in 2017 \" they wrote. \"For some children who visit the museum their only interaction with Asian representation might be that painting. For others seeing themselves represented in such a stereotypical way may feed into internalized even subconscious shame and humiliation. It is incumbent on our public institutions to present all races in a fair manner.", "output": [ "Seuss Museum" ] }, { "id": "task419-13b228d4b9fc406191099f37e484d424", "input": "The season eight premiere -- and 100th episode -- of \"The Walking Dead\" begins with Rick Grimes apparently daydreaming in the heat. He pictures flowers in a peaceful room. In reality he 's at Hilltop staring at a grave while preparations are being made to harden vehicles.\n Rick addresses his united group of Alexandrians Hilltop residents and Kingdom subjects riling them up about their right to take back what's theirs. He vows that whoever tries to stop him will meet their end though there's only one person who has to die: Negan.\n Rick his eyes lined with red again pictures that flower-filled room ... and himself in a bed his face overgrown with a long grey beard.\n\"I'm sorry \" Negan says \"I was in a meeting.\" He tells Rick he knows he's currently outmatched and he won't sacrifice his own people. Rick offers for Negan and his leadership to surrender and only he 'd pay the price.\n He then reveals that Gregory the head of Hilltop declares his allegiance to Negan and demands any Hilltop people surrender and return to their homes.\n Rick again tells Negan's people to surrender. He counts down before opening fire at \"seven.\"\n Rick 's gang wastes a tremendous amount of ammo firing at windows before moving their fortified cars to better positions while Daryl's gang breaks up into groups with him hopping on a bike to lead the horde toward the Sanctuary.\nAt Sanctuary Rick uses the RV as a car bomb blowing through Sanctuary's outer defenses. An injured Negan hobbles out from the main building. Rick fires in vain; although he's pinned down Fr. Gabriel urges him to flee. Rick snaps a Polaroid of the pinned-down Negan and leaves.", "output": [ "Rick Grimes" ] }, { "id": "task419-e206e6234bd44861b9603916826c6316", "input": "Leading up to the Olympic figure skating men’s event Nathan Chen was a gold medal favorite. Chen ’s teammate Adam Rippon who does not perform some of the more difficult jumps that Chen does wasn’t considered a true threat for a medal in the olympic skating men’s event but managed to endear himself to the world with his exuberant — and clean — skate.\nNow Rippon sits ahead of Chen after the Olympic figure skating men’s short program. Rippon’s error-free skate albeit minus the quad jumps landed him in seventh place while teammate Vincent Zhou is in 12th. Chen who made mistakes on all of his jumps is currently 17th. That means he will skate in the second group of six skaters in the free program tomorrow since the skating order is reversed from the rankings after the short program.\n Chen who is competing in his first Olympics is having a tough time so far. First there was his error-filled short program in the team skating event earlier this week in which he botched all of his jumps. Then he did the same in the men’s short program.\n Chen ’s arsenal of quadruple jumps sets him apart from most of the competition; quadruple jumps are worth far more in points than triples are and it’s easy for Chen to add up points and pull away from the field — if he lands them cleanly.\nThe disastrous short program prompted tweets of encouragement for Chen including from Olympian Scott Hamilton. “I respect you. I admire you. I believe in you. Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow is up to you!”\nBut even if Chen skates a dazzling long program peppered with multiple quad jumps it’s numerically impossible for him to climb from 17th place into medal contention — unless most of his higher-ranking competitors all come down with the norovirus. “I’ve never been in this position before so I don’t really know exactly what to do ” he says.\nEven before the men’s short began Olympian and silver medalist Paul Wylie questioned the fluidity and uncertainty of so much of today’s Olympic athletes’ schedules. Chen has said he regularly changes the elements of his program switching jumps depending on how he is feeling and whether he needs to perform the more challenging ones to game a competition. “I am not a fan of the ultra fluidity of the planned program content ” Wylie said. “ Nathan is dealing with a lot of variables. The other variable is Nathan is always talking about his boots; he ’s got three different pairs of boots. And he has been going away [from Gangneung] to practice. So he ’s thinking where am I practicing today. I’m not sure those question marks are really what you need in the Olympics.”\nMaybe what Chen needs is some of teammate Rippon’s infectious exuberance. “I’m able to go out in the individual men’s event and show the world I am a cutthroat competitor and that I’m an awesome skater ” Rippon says. “And I want to show why everyone should be involved in skating because it is something that has brought me so much joy and can bring a lot of other people a lot of joy as well.”", "output": [ "Nathan Chen" ] }, { "id": "task419-b2007ad40e5648d3949bed6185384f82", "input": "If your mum posted a video of you belting out Madonna's \"Holiday\" in the car on your birthday you'd probably want to melt into a puddle of embarrassment.\nUnless your mum happens to be Madonna.\nCelebrating the birthday of her son David Banda Madonna posted an Instagram video to her 10.2 million followers on Sunday. The video features David having a delightful singalong worthy of Carpool Karaoke to his own mum's 1983 hit single \"Holiday.\"\nGo David!! ððð¦.Its your birthday!!! ðððððð We Gonna Party! â½ï¸â¥ï¸â½ï¸â¥ï¸â½ï¸ðâ½ï¸ Like its your birthday!! ððð¦ðð¦ðððððððð!! Its Time to Celebrate! ðð𤡠pic.twitter.com/W1WcENjb0R â Madonna (@Madonna) September 24 2017\n Madonna adopted David from Malawi in 2006. Here's another Instagram post from pop's proud proud mum posted on Sunday and featuring a mini David:\nHappy Birthday to My Beautiful baby Boy!! ðððððððððð David Banda!! ð¦ð¦ð¦ððððð I wish I could stilll carry you Bapu Style! â¥ï¸ð¯â¥ï¸ð¯â¥ï¸ð¯â¥ï¸ð¹ð²ð¼ð²ð¼ð²ð¼â¥ï¸ðð» A post shared by Madonna (@madonna) on Sep 24 2017 at 3:10am PDT", "output": [ "Madonna" ] }, { "id": "task419-b1ce6abd9c2340ea8d6f6820bbb4b5c2", "input": "Flynn who is President Trump's former national security adviser and his son Michael Flynn Jr. were allegedly were involved in a plan to deliver Fethullah Gulen to the Turkish government which views Gulen as a political enemy and has pressed the U.S. for his extradition The Journal reported. In exchange Flynn and Flynn Jr. would be paid as much as $15 million.\n Flynn — who was forced out of his White House job this year after revelations that he had misled officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador — reportedly discussed the plan with Turkish government representatives last December. The meeting caught the attention of FBI who have questioned at least four people about it.\n Flynn 's other associations with Turkey have drawn the interest of investigators including $530 000 in earnings from a Dutch firm with ties to the Turkish government.\nMore: Michael Flynn faces legal peril in Washington. In his Rhode Island hometown he 's revered.", "output": [ "Michael Flynn Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-338c2d3f61cd43ddb7e393893b14fdcc", "input": "Mr. Kasanoff started Threshold in 1992. Formerly known as Amalgamated Widgets the company billed itself as an intellectual property hub harvesting rights to video games like Duke Nukem or Lego animated projects; its subsidiary Threshold Digital Research Labs provided animation and effects work for a variety of clients including a “Star Trek” attraction in Las Vegas. Threshold also tried to court the young-male demographic of the emerging World Wide Web with content like the series “Bikini Masterpiece Theater.”\nIn 1999 Mr. Kasanoff and a Threshold employee Joshua Wexler conceived a film in which food mascots would come alive when away from prying eyes much like the playthings in “Toy Story.”\n Mr. Kasanoff raised an initial $25 million for production costs in conjunction with a Korean investment consortium and expected the rest of the budget which Threshold projected at $50 million would come from foreign presales and loans against those sales. He worked with IBM for on-demand processing power off site an early precursor to cloud computing that Mr. Kasanoff predicted would save the production millions in operating expenses.\n He also decided that he would produce and direct despite never having supervised a full-length animated feature.\n“ His approach because he had gotten the money for it and no one could say no to him was very idiosyncratic ” said Kenneth Wiatrak a layout artist on the project. “You didn’t know from day to day what would occur. Would there be a review? Would he suddenly want to change the whole thing?”\nCiting legal reasons Mr. Kasanoff declined to comment for this article.\nNothing at Threshold had ever been deemed so crucial to the company’s success. “For us ” Mr. Kasanoff told the press “this is ‘Casablanca.’ ”\nThe break had given Mr. Kasanoff a new idea one that probably sealed the film’s fate. He wanted to direct it like a live-action movie complete with retakes motion-capture performances and more spontaneity. As a result he and animators were speaking two different languages.\nA roving Mr. Kasanoff animators said would request that things be “more awesome” or “30 percent better” and didn’t understand why someone trained in texture couldn’t do modeling work. (The production’s previous software had allowed for such flexibility but the new system Maya was geared toward specialists.)\n Mr. Kasanoff sourced out part of the production to House of Moves a motion-capture company and Image Metrics which had developed software to sync animation to a voice actor’s filmed performance. But Image Metrics had a limitation: Performers had to stare straight ahead and keep still. The result was subdued with eyes appearing vacant or looking in the wrong direction.\nIn 2005 Threshold secured roughly $20 million in additional financing through private investors represented by StoryArk a financing firm that had been impressed by the brand tie-ins the celebrity voice cast and a new distribution deal Mr. Kasanoff had struck with Lionsgate. The studio balked however when planned release dates in 2006 and 2007 didn’t materialize.", "output": [ "Kasanoff" ] }, { "id": "task419-f6d7c52202ca46cfa78ffa73bfe4aae9", "input": "A Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Tuesday said the US was meddling in Russia ' s coming presidential election by condemning the decision to bar the opposition candidate Alexei Navalny from running . \" This State Department statement which I ' m sure will be repeated is a direct interference in our electoral process and internal affairs \" the spokeswoman wrote . Russia ' s Election Commission barred Navalny from running last week citing a previous embezzlement conviction . The European Court of Human Rights has called that conviction \" arbitrary \" and \" unreasonable .\" The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Tuesday accused the US of \" direct interference in our electoral process and internal affairs \" following the State Department ' s criticism of Russia ' s decision to bar the opposition leader Alexey Navalny from running in the coming presidential election against Vladimir Putin . \" This State Department statement which I ' m sure will be repeated is a direct interference in our electoral process and internal affairs \" Zakharova wrote Tuesday on Facebook . In a statement shared with Business Insider on Tuesday night a State Department representative expressed concern over the Russian government ' s \" ongoing crackdown against independent voices from journalists to civil society activists and opposition politicians .\" \" These actions indicate the Russian government has failed to protect space in Russia for the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms \" the statement said . \" More broadly we urge the government of Russia to hold genuine elections that are transparent fair and free and that guarantee the free expression of the will of the people consistent with its international human rights obligations .\" \" And these people expressed outrage over alleged Russian ' interference ' in their electoral process for an entire year ?!\" \" The funniest thing is that these are the same people who just tagged RT and Sputnik as foreign agents who are harassing Russian media around the world and who are investing huge amounts of money into ' countering Russian propaganda ' which is how they label anyone who they disagree with \" she wrote . A declassified US intelligence assessment of the 2016 election determined that Russian government actors ordered by Putin used \" cyber tools and media campaigns to influence US public opinion \" and \" undermine public faith in the US democratic process .\" Russian government - linked actors it said \" began openly supporting President - elect Trump ' s candidacy in media aimed at English - speaking audiences \" in March 2016 . Those media outlets included Sputnik and RT which the report characterized as \" the Kremlin ’ s principal international propaganda outlet .\" Sputnik and RT ' s US affiliate registered as foreign agents with the Justice Department in November . Navalny to announce ' a voters ' strike ' Navalny a lawyer and activist replaced Boris Nemtsov as leader of Russia ' s democratic opposition following Nemtsov ' s 2015 assassination in the shadow of the Kremlin . One day after Navalny registered as a candidate for Russia ' s next presidential election which will be held in March Russia ' s Central Election Commission barred him from running citing a previous embezzlement conviction according to the state - run media outlet RIA - Novosti . Navalny has known since February — when he was handed a suspended five - year jail term for embezzlement in a case that his supporters have characterized as politically motivated — that he would not be allowed on the ballot . The European Court of Human Rights determined in October that the conviction was \" arbitrary and manifestly unreasonable .\" Ella Pamfilova the head of the CEC told Russia ' s TV Rain in June that Navalny \" understands himself that he has no chance of being registered for the election due to his previous conviction .\" She accused him later of \" fundraising illegally and brainwashing young people .\" Putin who has refused to utter Navalny ' s name said during his marathon end - of - year press conference earlier this month that the opposition was hoping for a \" coup \" but would not succeed . \" Do you want us to have coup attempts here ?\" \" We ' ve already been through all that . You want to go back to that ? I am sure that the overwhelming majority of Russian citizens do not want this and will not stand for it .\" Navalny ' s lawyer told CNN on Monday that he would appeal the decision . But Navalny has said he and his movement will organize a boycott of the vote if he is not allowed to run . \" We are announcing a voters ' strike \" Navalny said in a video posted to his blog this week . \" The procedure in which we are invited to participate is not an election . It involves only Putin and those candidates whom he personally chose who do not pose a slightest threat to him .\"", "output": [ "Alexei Navalny" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6f9d999fcc54ae1b598f6161d5b4a91", "input": "“Staff are working at a pace that is unheard of (in trade negotiations) ... and any suggestion that we’re not operating beyond a normal pace is just flat wrong ” U.S. trade envoy Robert Lighthizer told reporters.\n Lighthizer said Canada had “mentioned” the U.S. ruling during talks on Wednesday.\nAsked whether the dispute could affect NAFTA talks Lighthizer told reporters: “I‘m not saying it doesn’t have an effect on relationships it does but not on this negotiation.”\n Lighthizer said the United States would “hopefully” present draft text by the next round on the thorny issue of rules of origin which outlines how much of a product needs to originate in a NAFTA country and on a dispute settlement mechanism.\n Lighthizer said the U.S. decision on Bombardier still had several stages to go through before it was finalized.\n“There are several more stages we don’t even know whether it is going to be successful and in addition there are off-ramps in the litigation ” he said. “It’s too early to tell.”\n Freeland has suggested that Canada could walk away from the NAFTA talks over the so-called Chapter 19 dispute mechanism under which binational panels make binding decisions on complaints about illegal subsidies and dumping. The United States has frequently lost such cases.", "output": [ "Robert Lighthizer" ] }, { "id": "task419-80efc810de1c4f3182130c22be79a1e9", "input": "The Hambantota port deal \"ties into what India has said about the Belt and Road initiative that many of these ventures are not being entered into by China by looking at their financial liability \" K.C. Singh former secretary at the Indian ministry of external affairs told Al Jazeera.\nBut Singh said \"this is going to be a standing example for the other countries to watch because China is not Father Christmas handing out dollar bills. They want return on the money and they want the money to come within a certain certified period.\"\n\"Is it a model then for future extension of the Chinese strategic footprint? When ... countries can’t return the money then you grab territory?\" Singh said. \"So that will be something that India will be concerned about and I’m sure it will be raised in Colombo.\"\nIf China’s projects in Sri Lanka are peaceful and benefit the latter country \"sure it’s very good \" said Singh the former Indian diplomat. \"But at the moment that’s not the impression that India has. We find that China is jostling for strategic space.\"", "output": [ "Singh" ] }, { "id": "task419-8e6c391126ce47538078d6b5be4cfde3", "input": "NEW YORK (AP) — From the time it aired nearly 30 years ago Ken Burns' Civil War documentary has been a popular sensation and subject of debate.\n\"I don't know that I'm going to get into debating the Civil War but I do know that many historians including Shelby Foote in Ken Burns' famous Civil War documentary agree that a failure to compromise was a cause of the Civil War \" Sanders said. \"There are a lot of historians that think that.\"\nBurns himself challenged Sanders' interpretation on Twitter. He wrote that \"Many factors contributed to the Civil War. One caused it: slavery.\" He noted that the documentary ends with commentary from Barbara Fields a revered scholar of slavery and the Civil War who says \"the Civil War is still going on. It's still to be fought and regrettably it can still be lost.\"\n\"Ken Burns always looks for varied voices and he always looks for characters and Shelby Foote was certainly a character \" Holzer says. \"The most amazing thing he said was that the two great geniuses of the war were Lincoln and (Confederate Gen.) Nathan Bedford Forrest. Foote somehow compared the great emancipator with a man who owned slaves murdered blacks and joined the Ku Klux Klan. \" The documentary inspired enough discussion to become a book \"Ken Burns' The Civil War: Historians Respond \" a 1995 publication featuring contributions by such leading scholars as C. Vann Woodward and Eric Foner and responses from Burns and Ward.", "output": [ "Ken Burns" ] }, { "id": "task419-019418685f88476ba3645863bb69fba3", "input": "\"I don't think that's realistic \" executive VP Andrew Friedman said at Tuesday's season wrapup media session.\n Though Friedman said they'd like to have a single pitcher to get the final three outs the high cost and limited availability plus the Rays' financial limitations make it more likely they will add two or three relievers who can face left-handers and right-handers and \"have the stuff to pitch high-leverage innings\" and handle late-game situations.\n \"Our goal is to have our bullpen be even more of a strength for us \" Friedman said.\n Manager Joe Maddon and Friedman said they expected DH Pat Burrell and C Dioner Navarro who had disappointing seasons to rebound.\n Overall Friedman said the team's performance illustrated the fine line between a disappointing season and a successful one: \"Our goal going into any season is to play competitive games in September and this year we barely accomplished that. I think that the true talent level of this club was greater than that.\"", "output": [ "Andrew Friedman" ] }, { "id": "task419-97405d298af64e61a8513049ada69feb", "input": "The newspaper quoted Ma as saying: \"Whether there will be reunification as expected by the mainland side depends very much on what is going to unfold in the next decade.\"\n Although the Presidential Office quickly produced a recording showing that Ma actually said \"decades \" the issue is not about \"decade\" or \"decades.\"\n Ma's major fault lies in his ignorance of Taiwan's independent sovereign status. There is no such issue as unification of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. The term \"unification\" is just a term coined by China to camouflage its attempt to annex Taiwan.\n Ma's other mistake is his failure to recognize that only the 23 million people of Taiwan have the right to decide Taiwan's future. Since Taiwan and China are two different countries China's 1.3 billion people should have no say in determining Taiwan's destiny. It is wrong to say that Taiwan's future would be jointly decided by people on both sides of the strait.\n Most threatening is that Ma thinks Taiwan has resisted unification because \"conditions are not ripe...We don't even know each other that well.\"\n Ma must remember that as a popularly elected president he is obligated to defend Taiwan's national security and sovereignty. If he fails in his duty and lets the people down he would be a traitor.", "output": [ "Ma Ying-jeou", "Ma" ] }, { "id": "task419-13819b7b1a9d475ea614c7a5ad3cd9cc", "input": "MANCHESTER England (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson offered Theresa May unsolicited public advice about how to make Brexit a success on Tuesday delicately testing the extent of the prime minister’s weakened authority while pledging overt loyalty.\nAfter praising May for winning a snap June election which lost her party its majority in parliament Johnson used his main speech to say that her top ministers were united behind “every syllable” of her Brexit plans set out last month in Florence.\n“The whole country owes her a debt for her steadfastness in taking Britain forward as she will to a great Brexit deal based on that Florence speech on whose every syllable I can tell you the whole cabinet is united ” Johnson said.\n British Prime Minister Theresa May is pictured in her hotel room as she prepares her conference speech that she will deliver to her party's annual conference tomorrow in Manchester Central conference center in Manchester Britain October 3 2017. REUTERS/Christopher Furlong/ Pool\nAhead of Johnson’s speech May had repeatedly faced questions from reporters about whether she would sack Johnson after he appeared to undermine her Brexit strategy by setting out his own vision. She has sidestepped those questions.", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-9d0952e93cfc4d358eba57f2ce1fb613", "input": "A brand new gourmet academy the Accademia Bocuse d'Or Italia has been created to support Italy's candidate Martino Ruggieri in his endeavor to conquer the Olympus of gastronomy.\nHowever he 's not allowed to use Italy's best weapon -- pasta.\nItalian chef Martino Ruggieri whose signature dish is this meat Trulli is the country's culinary champion. Accademia Bocuse d'Or Italia\nDuring the long live cooking race Ruggieri impressed a tough jury of Michelin-starred chefs amid stadium-like cheering with a \"metaphysical\" meat dish shaped into tiny root-style dome dwellings of his native land surrounded by a \"magical circle\" of red peppers figs pine dust and red turnip on rough grey terracotta platters.\n\"Italy deserves the Olympic podium. We've always made the mistake in attempting to replicate a French high-sounding cuisine but we need to impose the Italian style a blend of tradition creativity and innovation \" says Ruggieri .\n\"The French aren't better than us they're just good at marketing what they have\" says Ruggieri .\nChef Giuseppe Raciti who was defeated by Ruggieri in the Italian Bocuse d'Or rounds thinks French cuisine is \"more classical but heavier to digest: ours is lighter and healthier because Mediterranean.\"\nThere will be a psychologist to help Ruggieri handle stress and food designers to suggest how to turn the dish into a work of art by selecting the best tableware.\n Ruggieri will be trained hard to beat his foreign contenders.\n Ruggieri is preparing to flex his muscles. He 'll be trained according to high standards including cleanliness levels and the environmental impact of his dishes how tidy he leaves the kitchen after the cooking and how much food is wasted in the preparation.", "output": [ "Martino Ruggieri" ] }, { "id": "task419-dbc7cb3a7f8c47a89a065e51e99a281a", "input": "But Kacsmaryk and Mateer are backed by Texas Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn , whose fellow Republicans control the chamber and are likely to muster the 50 votes needed to secure their confirmation . \n\"I love the First Liberty Institute ,\" Cruz said last month . \nThe court cited VFW 's amicus brief filed by First Liberty and Cruz -- who was then with Morgan Lewis -- in saying that the cross was \"intended simply to honor our Nation 's fallen soldiers\" and was n't \"an attempt to set the imprimatur of the state on a particular creed .\"", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-ed66f613b2d04a66862a8dcac163f448", "input": "My name is Graham Weinschenk and I am a Democrat. Among other things I believe in a woman’s right to choose that diversity strengthens us that love will always win and that protecting the environment is a necessity. These are not things that “Democratic” Congressional candidate Sergio Coppola (6th CD) believes in.\nThere are a number of problems with the “Issues” page of Cappola’s website. First he fails to actually take a position on most of the issues listed. He walks a fine line of attempting to take both sides of most issues. In the process of doing this he reveals some pretty outrageous things which are enumerated below:\n Coppola Does Not Support Common Sense Gun Control\n Coppola ’s position here is incredibly unclear. He argues that guns are essential for “the ability to form a militia” and that “access to guns is a constitutional right for self-protection”. However he does support regulations that would prevent the mentally ill from buying guns. But that seems to be where he draws the line. Coppola then makes a non-specific statement that gun holders need to face more accountability. What does that mean?\n Coppola is Both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice?\nThis one is one of the strangest because Coppola seems to make both arguments here. He says that he “believes all life is important” and that he “[does] not support abortion as a method of birth control”. Then he does an immediate 360 and says that he believes “that a woman has a right to decide what should happen to her body”. Which is it?\n Coppola Doesn’t Understand Being LGBT\nAlthough Coppola does say that he is against limiting access to government programs and benefits based on sexual orientation he also says that a person’s sexual orientation is a DECISION. It’s 2017. Really.\n Coppola Believes that America Was Created Based on Christian Principles\nAgain there are some positives and negatives here. He believes that our laws should be further separated from religion yet he also believes that America was founded based on “Christian principles”. This is just factually incorrect. The principal behind both of these are very different.\n Coppola Is All Over the Place on Immigration\nThis one just really doesn’t make sense. First he says that immigration is key to American culture. Then he says that immigrants must “assimilate” to American culture.\n Coppola Wants a Flat Tax\nAgain Coppola got this right out of The Heritage Foundation. Having a flat tax is extremely regressive and would do absolutely nothing for the struggling working class. He claims that he wants a flat tax of 23% and he says that this would lead to everyone paying their “fair share.” Really? 23% for someone making $30 000 a year is a lot different than someone making $300 000 a year or $3 000 000 a year.\n Coppola Is an Isolationist\n Coppola apparently has an issue with the amount of money that the United States spends overseas on goodwill projects and development (a tiny percentage of the budget by the way with most of the money coming back to the U.S. in military sales purchases of American goods and services etc.). In other words Coppola would rather see the US isolate itself than operate as the leader of the free world. We can’t afford to take a step back from our spot on the world stage. I must add that Coppola also supports cutting military spending.", "output": [ "Sergio Coppola" ] }, { "id": "task419-21760079065940b18b2ca75ab3b9f22d", "input": "A private golf club with a $70 000 initiation fee Ballyneal opened for play just three summers ago but is already attracting rave reviews as well as golfers from around the world.\n Golfweek ranks Ballyneal the nation's eighth-best course opened since 1960. Golf Magazine has Ballyneal rated No. 82 in the world among all courses.\n \"Ballyneal is a spectacular example of the 'build it in the middle of nowhere and hope they come' genre \" Golfweek course architecture editor Bradley S. Klein said in a phone interview. \"It's an old-fashioned down-to-earth club ... that operates entirely contrary to the grotesque excesses of the 1990s.\"\n Unlike most private golf clubs Ballyneal is not a stickler for rules -- and seems to take pride in that. Play with your shirt untucked? No problem. Need to take a cell call on the course? That's OK. And for evening functions leave your sports coat at home.\n Ballyneal is so informal it doesn't even have tee markers. (The scorecard says it plays from 5 210 to 7 147 yards at a par 71). There are no yardage markers on the fairways either nor are motorized carts allowed.\n The O'Neals decided that because of its remote location amid sparse population Ballyneal should be a high-end destination club with members from across the country. To attract that type of clientele they knew Ballyneal had to be ranked among the nation's best courses.\n Ballyneal honoring the famed Ballybunion course in Ireland and the O'Neal family history has 104 members and has announced it will cap membership at 130 in order to provide a \"low volume exclusive and intimate casual feel\" for its members.\n \"Doak spent a lot of time out here with his associates and you can see that \" said Cleve Trimble a retired surgeon from Valentine Neb. and a member of several golf clubs including Ballyneal. \"He didn't design this from an air-conditioned office in Boca Raton from some topographical map.\"\n Ballyneal attracts its share of big-name CEOs and celebrities but the club protects their privacy.\n The fescue greens turn off some golfers. Rupert O'Neal said that because of the severe undulations Ballyneal's greens would be too slick if they were bent grass. The \"old-school\" putting surface reflects the character of a links course.\n One of the reasons Golf Digest left Ballyneal out of its list of top 100 courses in the U.S. is because of the fescue greens said Ron Whitten the magazine's course architecture editor.\n \"I tell people Ballyneal is an acquired taste \" Whitten said.\nBallyneal's greens would be too slick if they were bent grass. The \"old-school\" putting surface reflects the character of a links course.", "output": [ "Ballyneal" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad5429aeaa854b988ac833520cf57ff7", "input": "Blake Griffin ’s injury Monday night serves as the end of an era for the Clippers — one that was good but not as good as it could’ve been. (Jae C. Hong/AP)\nAs Blake Griffin limped off the court at Staples Center on Monday night the best era in Los Angeles Clippers history left with him .\nSome of the faces remain — at least for now. Doc Rivers is still the coach and DeAndre Jordan is the starting center. Griffin meanwhile is in the first year of a five-year max contract and the MCL sprain he suffered Monday night when Austin Rivers fell into his leg will only keep him out of the lineup for a couple of months as opposed to the rest of the season.\nThe writing on the wall for this run ended when Paul left for Houston this summer as Redick followed him out the door to Philadelphia shortly thereafter. Even though the Clippers did well in getting a nice haul for Paul — Patrick Beverley Sam Dekker Montrezl Harrell and a 2018 first-round pick — while keeping Griffin and signing Danilo Gallinari and Milos Teodosic in free agency it felt like a roster that didn’t fit together. It was also heavily reliant on several players with significant injury questions in Griffin Beverley Gallinari and Teodosic.\nNow all four of them are on the shelf — Beverley for the season following knee surgery Griffin for the next two months Teodosic for at least another month and Gallinari for at least another week. What’s also on the shelf is any hope of these Clippers making the playoffs as it seems impossible they’ll be able to remain within striking distance of a playoff spot until Griffin comes back.\nRivers has been rumored in NBA circles to be on the verge of losing his job for weeks as the Clippers have floundered to start the season (and after he was demoted from running the basketball operations department this summer) and those rumors will only intensify if the Clippers fall even further with Griffin sidelined. Meanwhile Jordan’s name is coming up in trade conversations though it could be difficult to find a landing spot that returns any kind of real value — at least without taking on bad deals for more years than Jordan’s expiring contract. Lou Williams a talented scorer on an expiring deal also feels like a piece that could be moved to a contender to bring some kind of assets back and while moving on from Gallinari would be wise his price tag (two more years at more than $20 million per) and injury history will make doing so difficult.\nThe Clippers have transformed from a laughingstock to a contender over the past several years a once unthinkable change for a franchise that was defined for so long by dysfunction and embarrassment. Monday though that run officially came to an end when Blake Griffin trudged off the floor at Staples Center and into the locker room leaving a trail of what-ifs about the past and uncertainties about the future.", "output": [ "Blake Griffin" ] }, { "id": "task419-e161852695e04f09a55556711167eccb", "input": "Mahan matched the 18-hole course record of eight-under 62 set in Thursday's opening round by fellow American Anthony Kim to seize the clubhouse lead on 268 with Tiger still on the prowl and stalking Hunter across the back nine.\n \"I don't know what golf course he was playing. I didn't see a 62 out there \" Woods said. \"He put so much pressure on us. We had to play really well. There was a lot of heat back there.\"\n Woods still shared the lead entering the par-5 16th where he sent his tee shot into the left rough put his approach into the right greenside rough and left his chip 20 feet short of the cup.\n Mahan made three birdies on the front nine and had runs of three birdies in four holes to begin and end the back nine taking his lone bogey at 14 and dropped a 15-foot birdie putt on the 18th to keep the pressure on Woods.\n Woods was on his nemesis hole the par-4 11th. He found weeds and a ditch off the tee and sank a clutch five-foot putt to salvage a bogey falling into a tie for the lead with Mahan where he stayed until the critical birdie at 16.\n The week's five-over par showing by Woods at the 489-yard 11th matched the worst hole for Woods in any non-major tournament in his career a dubious mark set at Kapalua's first hole in the 2002 Mercedes Championship.\n Mahan whose only US PGA title came at the 2007 Travelers Championship shared fourth at last week's Travelers and sixth two weeks ago at the US Open.\n \"I rolled in some putts \" Mahan said. \"The first three days were a little ugly. I swung great all week but today the putting was great. I'm just really proud of the way I finished.\"", "output": [ "Hunter Mahan", "Mahan" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a37b797779640cebeec5b642744f842", "input": "With his move from the Washington Post to CNN Chris Cillizza went from a dishonest leftwing news outlet to one with no scruples whatsoever.\nCNN’s sins range from flat-out lying to ginning up violence in predominantly black neighborhoods to pointing what looks like a sniper scope at President Trump’s office window. And with this move Cillizza has become even more dishonest than he was at the Post.\nBack in July although his very own network had already dishonestly described a meeting between Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin as “secret ” Cillizza still published a piece branding Trump a liar over his claim that the media was dishonestly describing the meeting as “secret.”\nEager to exploit Sunday’s mass-slaughter in Las Vegas for the cause of gun control Cillizza published a brand new series of lies this week with the provably false claim that neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama have ever advocated for gun confiscation laws.\nMoreover Cillizza again brands Trump a liar for claiming that they have.", "output": [ "Chris Cillizza" ] }, { "id": "task419-778b50aecc2446278edf64a98d7a3eb8", "input": "Conservative Christians in America love Texas Sen. Ted Cruz . \nWhile other Republican presidential candidates , namely Ben Carson and Mike Huckabee , are also extremely popular with many Christians , particularly evangelicals , Cruz continues to pull in more and more of the conservative Christian vote . \nFor the third year in the row , Cruz won the Values Voter Summit Presidential Straw Poll , \"the largest gathering of evangelical voters from across the country .\" \nSo why do Christians gravitate toward Cruz ? \nCruz is a Passionate Defender of Religious Liberty . \nNo political leader is a stronger defender of religious liberty than Cruz , who has pushed back strongly against the erosion of Constitutional rights , battling \"liberal fascists\" during a time when religious freedom has been tested in this country to a degree it has not seen in recent history . \n\"We were founded by men and women fleeing religious persecution ,\" Cruz said at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition summit this year . \nCruz Is Unafraid to Take On the ` Anti-Christian ' Left . \nCruz is a fighter , repeatedly proving that he 's not only willing to go to bat for Christians , he will call out those whom he perceives to be \"anti-Christian\" -- particularly those on the radical left . \n\"Today 's Democratic Party has decided there is no room for Christians in today 's Democratic Party ,\" Cruz said in April . \nIn an interview on Sean Hannity 's show in October , Cruz responded to the president 's claim in the New York Review of Books that \"it seems as if folks who take religion the most seriously sometimes are also those who are suspicious of those not like them .\" \nCruz told Hannity that Obama 's comment was indicative of the \"strong anti-American streak\" and \"antipathy for Christians\" among those , like Obama , on the \"far left .\" \nCruz went on to praise America -- which is still a majority Christian country -- as \"an incredible force of good in this world\" which has \"spilled more blood\" for freedom than any other country . \n\"And yet , the far-left , out of which Barack Obama arose , despises American leadership in the world ,\" said Cruz . \nCruz Appears to be a Genuine Believer . \nBy all accounts , Cruz is not just \"politicking\" about his Christian principles . \nOne moment captured on a cell phone after a campaign event in October revealed just one example of many in which Cruz demonstrated his genuine belief in the power of prayer and his pastoral inclinations -LRB- still shot from Facebook post below -RRB- : . \nCruz Is Unapologetically Pro-Life . \nCruz is a passionate and vocal pro-life advocate , having \"played a leading role in several important cases , including defense of the partial-birth abortion ban , parental consent laws , and prohibiting state funds from going to abortion .\" \nWhen the shocking videos showing high-level Planned Parenthood officials discussing the company 's fetal body part trade were first released , Cruz rallied evangelicals in an effort to defund the group . \nWhen the Republican House leadership caved to pressure and failed to eliminate public funding to the nation 's leading provider of abortion , Cruz blasted those who \"failed to lift a finger to protect life .\" \nSenator Ted Cruz . \nCruz Is Strongly Pro-Israel . \nCruz has consistently come to the defense of Israel , which is an important issue for most American Christians -- particularly evangelicals -- and has been undermined repeatedly by Obama since early in his presidency . \nCruz has frequently praised Israel as America 's most important ally in the Middle East and a beacon of freedom and tolerance in a troubled region . \nPerhaps no Republican candidate has been more vocal than Cruz condemning the Iran nuclear deal , which was staunchly opposed by Israel and which conservative Christians rejected overwhelmingly .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-20d4c900517940269ea79b2d9d2f0f60", "input": "Businessman Chris Kennedy jumped in with his take: “That’s why we have a divided government ” he said. “For gosh sakes if we’re not going to call out other parts of government — if you don’t see your role as governor to call out a mayor who’s not representing the people of a certain city if you’re not willing to call out an assessor who’s violating the 1964 Civil Rights Act — if you don’t think that’s the proper role of government you should go read the Constitution ...\nWell yes I’m all for calling politicians to account — pointing out their failings and demanding they do better. And while I understand that constructive criticism and attempts at engagement and compromise aren’t politically fashionable I don’t think Kennedy set the table for long-term success should he be elected with his over-the-top accusation earlier this month that Mayor Rahm Emanuel is leading a “strategic gentrification plan” to drive African-Americans and other minorities out of the city.\nI’d say the same thing about Kennedy ’s repeated claims one example seen above that successful property-tax appeals result in less money for our schools.\nThat’s not how property taxes work. Schools set an overall levy and that amount is divvied up among all the property taxpayers in the district. When your tax bill goes down after an appeal everyone else’s goes up fractionally to compensate. Candidate Daniel Biss a state senator from Evanston explained this clearly to Kennedy during a similar session Wednesday before the Chicago Sun-Times Editorial Board.", "output": [ "Chris Kennedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-10e2c5f878814250928458ba98ed0db8", "input": "Chicago will see a sunny and snowless Monday morning but the entire metro area will be under a winter weather advisory from noon to midnight according to National Weather Service meteorologist Mark Ratzer .\nSnow totals could be 2 to 6 inches including possibly 1 to 3 inches during the heart of the evening rush hour Ratzer said. The Interstate 88 and Interstate 80 corridors are expected to take the brunt of the snowstorm while the northern suburbs will receive less snowfall.\nThe next chance of snowfall won’t be until Tuesday evening to Wednesday morning when much lighter amounts are forecast Ratzer said.\nOn Monday morning temperatures are expected to hover near zero in Chicago reaching the upper teens by the afternoon Ratzer said.", "output": [ "Mark Ratzer" ] }, { "id": "task419-da133fc8857c491cb9df2a883b917fbd", "input": "In 2011 Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel A Visit From The Goon Squad. Years before that book came out Egan had begun researching the 1930s and '40s in New York City. Her new novel Manhattan Beach is the result of that research. It follows a father his daughter and a gangster whose lives intersect in New York around World War II.\nThe daughter Anna becomes the first woman to work as a deep-sea diver at the Brooklyn Navy Yard which presented a particular kind of challenge for Egan : In reality there were no women divers at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.\nIn 2011 the novelist Jennifer Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for her book \"A Visit From The Goon Squad.\" Years before it came out Egan began researching New York City in the 1930s and '40s. And that research wound up in her new novel \"Manhattan Beach.\" The book is about a father his daughter and a gangster whose lives intersect in New York City around World War II.\n\"Manhattan Beach\" was just long-listed for the National Book Award. Egan sat down to talk about it with my co-host Ari Shapiro.\n JENNIFER EGAN : She was extremely helpful to me in understanding the difficulty of being a female diver. I mean diving is a very physical undertaking and so she was very articulate about the challenges of doing that as a woman and especially the prejudice that she encountered. Men did not want her there and they made that very clear. There were certain exceptions. But she ultimately had a sad feeling about her diving career in that she felt that she would have liked to continue with it but that it was uncomfortable because she was a woman.\n EGAN : What I found was that every single time I tried to leap out of the present into the future which was a technique I used a lot in a \"Visit From The Goon Squad\" - every time I did it in this book it was worse than bad. It was actually annoying.\n EGAN : So I had to recognize that I was telling a story that could not live in a tricky structural form. It really required a total immersion in continuity.\nSHAPIRO: It's kind of a relief to hear that even Jennifer Egan writes things that are terrible sometimes.\n EGAN : I would go so far as to say that I mostly write terrible things. I mean my first drafts are so appalling. I think there's no way I can possibly get there. With this book more than any other I thought very seriously about abandoning it.\nSHAPIRO: Jennifer Egan 's new novel is called \"Manhattan Beach.\" Thank you so much for talking with us about it.", "output": [ "Jennifer Egan Jennifer", "Jennifer" ] }, { "id": "task419-45658cc3843149c8a054ae784a3fe675", "input": "Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez left Madrid staring at a 14-point deficit after leading Barcelona to a 3-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday.\nSuarez struck in the 54th minute and Messi added a penalty 10 minutes later after Madrid's Dani Carvajal received a direct red for stopping a goal-bound header by Paulinho.\n Messi also set up substitute Aleix Vidal to round off the commanding win in stoppage time.\nDespite the standings Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde and his players aren't excluding a Madrid comeback.\n Barcelona's Lionel Messi 2nd right celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the Spanish La Liga soccer match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid Spain Saturday Dec. 23 2017. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)\nThe match was a contrast in tempos: Madrid wanted a frantic up-and-down shootout with Cristiano Ronaldo having space to roam while Barcelona wanted to hold the ball and let Messi pick his moments.\nRonaldo beat Messi for the Ballon d'Or this month but the Portuguese failed to make a decisive impact on Saturday as Messi took his clasico record to 25 goals in 37 matches and his season-leading tally to 15 in the league.\n Zidane left Spain midfielder Francisco \"Isco\" Alarcon on the bench in a surprise move. Instead he gave Mateo Kovacic his first league start of the season hoping to repeat his success from the Spanish Super Cup where the Croatian was charged with man-marking Messi.\n Messi seized the moment by playing Suarez clear. After Suarez hit the post Carvajal blatantly used his arm to stop Paulinho's header from going in — a decision that earned him a direct red card and sent Messi to the penalty spot to fire his strike in.\nTrying to spark a comeback Zidane sent on forwards Marco Asensio and Gareth Bale who drew a save from Ter Stegen.\nBut it was Messi who despite losing his right boot to Marcelo's tackle reached the endline before finding Vidal to cap the win as Barcelona won a third straight league visit at Madrid for the first time in their long rivalry.", "output": [ "Lionel Messi" ] }, { "id": "task419-86a13d5ab87c4b38ac57738aa49a73ef", "input": "Trystan Reese a transgender man gave birth to a healthy boy on July 14 in Portland Ore. (Amber Ferguson/The Washington Post)\n Trystan Reese and his partner Biff Chaplow were already seasoned parents when they decided last year that they wanted another child.\nYears earlier they had adopted Chaplow’s niece and nephew after his sister was no longer able to take care of them. They raised the two children as their own bringing them up in Los Angeles where Reese and Chaplow worked in nonprofits then moving the family to Portland Ore. where they live now.\nAdoption was a taxing process Reese said and learning how to care for two toddlers ushered in a suite of new challenges and lifestyle changes as it does for any parent. But it was also eye-opening.\n“After the dust settled I just realized how much I loved our kids ” Reese told The Washington Post “and how much room there was in our life for our family to grow.”\nAfter trying for several months Reese a transgender man got pregnant. And just weeks ago he gave birth to a healthy baby boy.\n Reese and Chaplow documented the pregnancy in blog posts and on social media hoping to demystify what it means for a transgender man to give birth and to create a new sense of normalcy for people in similar situations.\n Reese and Chaplow perhaps more than anything else want to make one thing clear: They are not the first. Far from it.\n“People get the idea that this was some experiment that we embarked on ” Reese said adding that he watched friends go through the same process after transitioning. “This is tested ground. This is something that has been done in a very safe and healthy way. We’re loath to be put in that pioneer category.”", "output": [ "Trystan Reese" ] }, { "id": "task419-9bf71739c9014a16bd84a751cc1e9df1", "input": "\"I begged him not to sell to wait for me to get through college and then make me a part owner ” Jackie said.\nIn an effort to convince her dad to keep the business the 18-year-old took to Twitter and posted a video of her dad making pan dulce at the bakery.\n“Hey yall my dad has a little panaderia/ restaurant. He makes all of the pan dulce himself. He been thinking about closing but I cant [sic] let that happen spred [sic] the word 1 rt could bring in a potential customer!” she wrote in the caption along with the restaurant’s address.\nSince her post the tweet has gone viral with more than 48 000 likes nearly 60 000 retweets and over 1.1 million views. And business has been booming ever since — Jackie even posted that they had almost run out of concha (a sweet yeast roll) because of the increased demand.\n\"I know all the hard work my parents put into this. They work from early in the morning until late at night even though we close at 5 p.m \" Jackie said. \"The quality of the food and the authenticity of it is amazing.\"\n Jackie plans on expanding their digital presence by starting a website. She has already solidified a separate business Twitter account and created a Yelp page for La Casa Bakery and Cafe.", "output": [ "Jackie dad", "dad" ] }, { "id": "task419-9184405961634e4897878c73e7b65772", "input": "When Ashley Loring HeavyRunner a 20-year-old college student vanished from the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana this summer her older sister Kimberly Loring thought of a promise she once made.\n“When we were young we were in the foster care system ” Kimberly Loring told ABC News. “She told me ‘Don’t leave me ’ and I told her ‘I would never leave you and if you were to get moved I will find you.’”\n Kimberly Loring said she was only 8 years old when she made that promise. But 15 years later with her sister missing for more than four months she said it now seems more important than ever.\n“I’m going to keep this promise. Wherever she goes I’m going to find her ” Kimberly Loring said. “If I have to search my entire life I will search until I find her . ”\nKimberly Loring said she learned of her sister’s disappearance in early June after returning home from a vacation abroad. The sisters had been planning to move Ashley Loring into her sister’s apartment in the nearby city of Missoula where Kimberly Loring had landed a good job working with senior citizens. Kimberly Loring said she expected to hear from her little sister the moment she got off the plane but she didn’t call that day or the next or the day after that.\n“I tried to call Ashley and she didn’t text me or anything. There was no response from her ” Kimberly Loring said. When she couldn’t reach her she said she began reaching out to her sister’s friends on social media but none of them had seen her since June 5.\n“ She was waiting for me and I know she wouldn’t up and leave ” Kimberly Loring said adding that her sister was extremely close with her family members and would have told them where she was going. Friends and other family members also told ABC News that it was unlike her to go so long without contacting anyone.\n“Something happened to her ” Kimberly Loring said.\n Loring Family Photo\n“I don’t want to be an 80-year-old woman searching these mountains with my grandchildren ” Kimberly Loring said. “But there’s no choice because if I give up who’s going to look for her?”\nSince Ashley Loring’s disappearance Kimberly Loring quit her job in Missoula and moved back home to the reservation to help look for her . Family members filed a missing person report with tribal police in mid-June. More than four months later they said they still have not heard from her . Tribal police have also been unable to find her .\n‘ She blew everyone out of the water’\nGrowing up the Loring sisters spent several months in foster care before going to live with their grandparents and their other siblings. Life was much better on their grandparents’ horse ranch Kimberly Loring said. The sisters learned how to ride chopped wood for their grandmother’s wood stove mucked stalls and swam in a nearby creek until well after the sun disappeared behind the high plains.\n“ She was a good girl. We didn’t have no trouble with her ” Loxie Loring the girls’ grandmother said of Ashley. “I could count on her to get a little more work out of her than the other two.”\nSince Ashley Loring disappeared four months ago Loxie Loring said she has barely left the house. She said she sits by the phone for most of the day waiting for her granddaughter to call.\nAs a student at Blackfeet Community College Ashley Loring was once asked to give a presentation at a college in Bozeman about buffalo her ex-boyfriend Calvin DeRouche said. Her speech earned her praise across the reservation.", "output": [ "Kimberly Loring" ] }, { "id": "task419-63d1557ae0904854b60861bc1c4e818d", "input": "American Sage Kotsenburg won gold in the event at the Sochi Games in 2014. We brought him into the “Olympics Corner” today for his thoughts on how to watch. Keep scrolling to read that Q&A.\nThroughout the Games we’ll occasionally bring someone in to help us better understand the Olympics. Today: Sage Kotsenburg .\nFour years ago in Sochi Sage Kotsenburg shocked the snowboarding world by winning slopestyle gold. He followed that up with what President Barack Obama told him was the “chillest” interview of the Olympics. Kotsenburg has since stopped competing so he won’t be in PyeongChang. But The Post caught up with him by phone during a recent film shoot in Italy to get his thoughts on this year’s slopestyle event (8 p.m. Eastern time Saturday on NBCSN).\nA: Three people that I would look for are an American kid Red Gerard. He ’s absolutely crushing it right now. This course when I saw it I immediately thought Red can really do well here. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him on the podium if not up in the top five.\nAnd then Mark McMorris who got bronze last time around. He came back from a really really bad injury so I’d like to see him do good too. We’ve been good friends for a long time. He ’s crushing it too. He ’s doing a really really really good job right now. I’d like to see him up there.\nI’ll give a prediction for gold: It’s going to be Marcus Kleveland. He ’s from Norway. He has pretty much anything you want in a slopestyle course and more. So if he puts down his run he ’ll probably win or silver I’d guess.", "output": [ "Sage Kotsenburg" ] }, { "id": "task419-58c01040075d4656be89c572ed485649", "input": "Alabama Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Doug Jones says he is a “right-to-lifer” once a baby is born but – before then – he supports abortion up until the day of birth.\n Jones told MSNBC’s MTP Daily host Chuck Todd:\nWhen Todd asked him if he would not support legislation that banned late-term abortions Jones replied:\n Jones faces Republican candidate Judge Roy Moore in a special election on December 12 to fill the Senate seat previously held by now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions.\n Doug Jones clearly has no problem with the fact that the U.S. is only one of seven nations – alongside North Korea and China – to allow elective abortion on-demand after five months. His extremism puts him dramatically out of step with Alabama voters. Alabama is one of twenty states to take a stand against the brutality of late term abortions having approved a state limit in 2011. Polls consistently show that a large majority of Americans – women in higher numbers than men – support bringing our national laws into line with basic human decency and the House will vote on this measure next week. Jones is out to impress the big abortion lobby but this does nothing for his chances against Judge Moore.", "output": [ "Doug Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-76568fa677f14149b784f3305bc8f1e4", "input": "\"If we have a shutdown , it will be because Harry Reid holds that absolutist position and essentially holds the American people hostage ,\" Cruz told NBC 's Meet the Press days after his filibuster , and just before the shutdown began . \nOver the next couple of weeks , with much of the federal workforce furloughed , Cruz huddled with House conservatives to encourage them to dig in against a deal that included any capitulation on the Obamacare demands . \nWASHINGTON -- To hear Sen. Ted Cruz tell it , he deserves no blame for the 2013 government shutdown that cost the U.S. economy $ 24 billion . \n\"You 've left me speechless ,\" Maine Sen. Susan Collins , a moderate Republican who seethed at Cruz throughout the 2013 episode , told reporters when asked about her Texas colleague 's stance . \nCruz argued Monday that he voted repeatedly to keep the government running . \nCruz spent the summer of 2013 promoting the idea that the fight to defund Obamacare was worth the risk of shutdown , and stirring public pressure on GOP leaders . \nThe episode remains a key moment in Cruz 's five-year Senate career , elevating his status among tea partiers and propelling his 2016 presidential bid . \nBut while Cruz 's stance caused dismay and allegations of revisionism , he has always maintained that Democrats bore responsibility for the 16-day shutdown -- along with GOP congressional leaders who lacked the backbone to back him up in the crusade to defund Obamacare . \n\"There 's no end result other than shutting the government down , for which Republicans are going to be blamed ,\" Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch said after a meeting with Cruz , shortly before the shutdown . \nOn Monday , Cruz called it \"a media narrative\" that he was responsible for the 2013 shutdown . \nHouse Speaker John Boehner rejected the tactic and later called Cruz a \"jackass\" for pursuing it .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-c2f98d6062e44c54aa760fb4331e1ba5", "input": "Today it has announced that the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of Volkswagen Johann Jungwirth is joining the Foundation’s Supervisory Board. The news follows the recent acquisition of Dr. Hongquan Jiang Partner at Robert Robert Bosch Venture Capital to the Iota Foundation Advisory Board.\n Jungwirth has been the CDO at Volkswagen since November 2015 where he has been responsible for driving the digital transformation of Volkswagen Group’s 12 brands that include Porsche Audi Bentley Buggatti Lamborghini and other well-known car brands.\nPrior to Volkswagen Jungwirth was Director of Mac Systems Engineering at Apple and before that was President and CEO of Mercedez-Benz Research and Development branch of North America.\n The foundation says Jungwirth ’s broad expertise and vision of the future of mobility means the Iota Foundation can work faster to bring the technology to market and enable new business models and applications for IoT and beyond. Further collaborations between Iota and Volkswagen will be announced over the coming weeks.", "output": [ "Johann Jungwirth" ] }, { "id": "task419-ef4dd87f45bc43eb81106bce16e55f66", "input": "Democratic Comptroller Susana Mendoza blasted Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner for calling her a \"puppet\" of House Speaker Michael Madigan saying the governor won’t accept responsibility for problems he’s created for Illinois.\n“To always say first of all that a strong independent outspoken woman who holds him accountable is a puppet of someone else which is exactly what he did call me ... is just a condescending acknowledgment frankly that he cannot take criticism from anybody — much less than from a 5-foot-3 woman from Chicago ” Mendoza said on WGN 720-AM.\n Mendoza defeated Rauner’s hand-picked appointee for the comptroller's office in a special election last year that was a proxy war for Rauner and Madigan. She is seeking a full four-year term next year and is being challenged by Republican Darlene Senger a top aide in the governor's administration.\nOn Sunday Mendoza likened herself to holding a lifeline keeping Illinois’ finances from plummeting over a cliff while Rauner “is sitting there kicking me while I’m trying to hold on to the rope.”\n“When you screw up the state of Illinois to the extent that you have take ownership of it. Act like a grown man and a grown adult. Don’t blame everybody else but yourself for your colossal failures ” Mendoza said. “ This governor has a gene in his DNA code that does not allow him to take accountability or responsibility for any of the failures that he has imposed upon this state.” (Rick Pearson)", "output": [ "Susana Mendoza" ] }, { "id": "task419-c1371aaf0f48431e9d98bc4873668d2d", "input": "LOS ANGELES — Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets won the skills challenge to kick off NBA All-Star Saturday.\n Spencer Dinwiddie . (Chris Pizzello/AP)\nEight players started the competition with Dinwiddie and Markkanen advancing to the final.\nMarkkanen struggled passing the ball into the net giving Dinwiddie a big lead. Dinwiddie dribbled down the floor and missed his first 3 but drained the next one to win.", "output": [ "Spencer Dinwiddie" ] }, { "id": "task419-bcbc15c73cc64c9eac40554bae062e93", "input": "Thais put aside their political animosity Wednesday to honor the country's ailing monarch on the 60th anniversary of his coronation and his rare public appearance inspired thousands lining the streets to chant \"Long Live the King!\"\n Protest leaders want Abhisit to specify the date that Parliament would be dissolved.\n The timing of the dissolution has been a crucial issue and the Red Shirts rejected Abhisit's earlier offer to dissolve Parliament by the end of the year. Abhisit has said he wants enough time in office to pass a national budget for next year. But both sides want to be in control when a key reshuffle of top military posts occurs in September.\n The Red Shirt demonstrators -- consisting of supporters of Thaksin and others who believe the coup was a blow to democracy -- accuse Abhisit of taking power illegitimately through back-room deals and military pressure on legislators.\n Abhisit said his five-point plan takes into account the protesters' main grievances. It includes respect for the monarchy reforms to resolve economic injustice free but responsible media to be overseen by an independent watchdog agency independent investigations of violent incidents connected with the protests and amendment of the constitution to be more fair to all political parties.", "output": [ "Abhisit Vejjajiva", "Abhisit" ] }, { "id": "task419-42d603f37f9b499ebca90de697f46c27", "input": "Alena Berlanga a Floresville resident who was monitoring the chaos on a police scanner and in Facebook community groups said everyone knows everyone else in the sparsely populated county. Sutherland Springs has only a few hundred residents.\n\"This is horrific for our tiny little tight-knit town \" said Alena Berlanga . \"Everybody's going to be affected and everybody knows someone who's affected \" she said.\nRegina Rodriguez arrived at the church a couple of hours after the shooting and walked up to the police barricade. She hugged a person she was with. She had been at an amusement park with her children when she heard of the shooting.\n She said her father 51-year-old Richard Rodriguez attends the church every Sunday and she hadn't been able to reach him. She said she feared the worst.", "output": [ "Alena Berlanga" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6f7875ffec64542b06983920d3dd604", "input": "Amtrak conductor Michael Case said changes should be made to keep mentally unstable individuals from owning and having access to guns though he stressed he does not want to infringe on Second Amendment rights.\nEdward Klein 80 has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm. A DuPage County judge ruled him mentally unfit to stand trial. He has been in custody since he shot Case on May 16 while the train on which Klein was a passenger was stopped at the station near downtown Naperville. Case a Homewood resident was severely wounded and hospitalized for several months.\nOn Dec. 18 Case testified before a DuPage County judge recounting the moment Klein of West Allis Wis. shot the Amtrak conductor in the torso.\nWhile the judge weighs what to do with Klein Case a 46-year-old father of four is still recovering from the near-fatal incident strengthened by the support and efforts of those both near and far.\nIn early January Case will have his third surgery since the May shooting. The procedure is to reconnect his small and large intestines. The shooting severely damaged his pancreas and doctors removed his gall bladder completely. Case said a long scar now adorns his stomach.\nThe shooting and its aftermath radically changed his family life Case said. Instead of focusing on school his children have devoted much of their energy to him and his wife has taken significant time off from her job to be with him he said.\nWhether Case will return to his job as a conductor — he worked Amtrak routes locally in the Midwestand on the East coast for 10 years — remains to be seen said Case . He said he is seeing a therapist to help cope with anxiety that surfaced after the shooting and he struggles with having people stand right behind him.\nWorking for Amtrak showed Case large swaths of the country and he said he developed long-lasting friendships along the way. He called Amtrak \"a family.\"", "output": [ "Michael Case" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6f5aa4f6f5a4dbcb6a5715e1b5e1798", "input": "In November 2017 Reinhard shared his farewell messages with 1 700 000 people over 5 days in Lagos Nigeria. They documented 845 875 people who made salvation decisions. The new converts were ushered into 8 000 participating churches to be followed up and discipled into the kingdom of God. Hundreds of pastors reported that on the first Sunday after the crusade they were flooded with thousands of new church members! Many churches near the former crusade site began meeting together on the vacant field. People started streaming to these informal meetings and have been reporting healings and miracles that are still taking place!\nOnce when Reinhard was preaching at a meeting some of the people did not believe in the power of the Holy Spirit. Suddenly in the middle of his service Reinhard says the spirit of the Lord fell and people began rejoicing as they were filled with the Holy Spirit. As he looked around Reinhard says 3 or 4 people were standing and looking around instead of participating in the supernatural event. He says “These people must be asbestos Christians. They were fireproof even when the fire of the Holy Spirit fell.” Reinhard says we need to be people who want to burn with the fire of the Holy Spirit. He reminds us that the book of Acts reads better than any modern-day novel. Reinhard points to the book of Mark 16:8 where the disciples before Jesus ascended to heaven did not believe. That unbelief is also shared in verse 13 – they did not believe. Then in verse 15 says Jesus said to them Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. In verse 20 the disciples went out and preached everywhere the Lord working with them and confirming the Word through accompanying signs. Something happened between verse 14 and 20. Reinhard says the disciples walked out of weakness and arrived with the power to do what Jesus commissioned them to do. “Power is the essence of the Christian witness. Christianity is either supernatural or nothing at all.”\n Reinhard says when he preaches the Gospel it becomes an event. He says being baptized in the Spirit changes our very nature and surroundings. He likens the power of the Holy Spirit to an electric cable. It looks tame until it is touched. “Being filled with the Spirit is shown to have had a dynamic and energizing effect or power in the New Testament and in the lives of millions of people since then ” he says.\nReinhard Bonnke has been an evangelist to Africa since 1967 and is one of the world’s most successful promoters of the Christian message. Today the Bonnke name is known around the globe and is synonymous with gigantic meetings in Africa where millions of people have been won to Christ – in a single meeting. Over 77 million people (and counting) in the last decade have committed their lives to Christ through his ministry. Men and women have been saved delivered and literally rescued from certain death. Reinhard ’s life story and mission to spread the Gospel is captivating including one story of his team escaping by a breath with only their lives intact from the Muslim city of Kano in Nigeria. The “fire” in Reinhard’s life refers to the continual partnership with and reliance on the Holy Spirit throughout his life and ministry.\nWhen Reinhard tells of God calling him to a life of evangelism it seemed God laid out what would be expected of him. Reinhard told God that he would obey and follow what God was asking of him and before this extended conversation ended God told Reinhard “You weren’t my first choice.” Reinhard listened. “You weren’t my second choice either.” Later there was a time when Reinhard hesitated to schedule a specific crusade. He says as he wavered “God said ‘You drop the vision and I drop you.’” The evangelist attributes the tremendous responses he has seen in ministry to simple obedience to what God requires.\n Reinhard says the crusades in Africa are always the same and that’s a very good thing. They are always the same in that the Holy Spirit woos the large crowds and then large numbers of people respond to the gospel message of salvation and finally signs and wonders of all sorts follow the salvations. Blind eyes see deaf ears hear the lame give up crutches and wheel chairs and get up from sick beds. Those with incurable diseases are made whole and those with demonic oppressions and possessions are set totally free. Reinhard just obediently does what the Lord has called him to do. He preaches the truth of God’s Word and invites those in need to come.\n Reinhard is the youngest son of a German pastor. He gave his life to the Lord at the age of nine and heard the call to the African mission fields before he was a teenager. After attending Bible college in Wales and pastoring in Germany for seven years he began his missionary work in Africa. Reinhard began holding tent meetings that accommodated 800 people. As attendance steadily increased larger tents had to be purchased. In 1984 he commissioned the construction of the world’s largest mobile structure -- a tent capable of seating 34 000. This tent was destroyed in a windstorm just before a major crusade. There was a question as to how to proceed. The team decided to hold the crusade “open air.” Instead of the expected 34 000 attendees the event saw over 100 000 people significantly more than the tent would have allowed. Crowds have been exceeding “tent” size ever since.\n Reinhard founded Christ for all Nations with office locations in Johannesburg South Africa; Frankfurt Germany; Birmingham United Kingdom; Ontario London and Orlando Florida. Reinhard passed the baton of ministry to his successor Daniel Kolenda who is now CEO and President of CfaN.", "output": [ "Reinhard Bonnke" ] }, { "id": "task419-0148853ae7bf43c78431bf962f6846ba", "input": "The planned news conference from Sens. Richard Burr R-N.C. and Mark Warner D-Va. has been billed as a forum for the two panel leaders to give the public an interim status update on the committee's long-running investigation of allegations that Russia attempted to meddle in the 2016 U.S. elections and that members of the Trump campaign may have colluded with Kremlin officials to improve their chance of victory. It is one of only a handful of public events the Senate Intelligence Committee has held in the nine months since commencing its probe.\nIn the course of that investigation committee members and staff investigators have interviewed several members of the intelligence community and Trump's inner circle mostly behind closed doors - including former campaign chief Paul Manafort and current senior adviser Jared Kushner who is also President Donald Trump's son-in-law. They have also spoken with senior executives of social media companies like Facebook and Twitter which carried many of the Russian-backed ads and falsified accounts that tried to exploit popular divisions in the run-up to the election. The committee is expected to continue those conversations in a public hearing with the tech giants early next month; Burr and Warner may share additional information about the social media-focused part of their probe on Wednesday.\nThe intelligence committee has had unprecedented access to classified files during the course of this investigation and has spent significantly longer vetting the intelligence community's report than officials took to write it. Though Burr has set an aspirational deadline of wrapping up its probe by the end of the year he and Warner are not expected to release an interim report on Wednesday according to sources familiar with their plans.\n Burr Warner and the spy chiefs they have called to testify before their panel in occasional public hearings have stressed that the 2016 election likely only emboldened Russia's resolve to meddle in future American elections using similar tactics. Though 2018 is not a presidential election year it could prove to be a pivotal contest for Congress - and the primary season begins in March less than six months away.", "output": [ "Richard Burr" ] }, { "id": "task419-a9654e6484054035a0ed8e17a271d517", "input": "NEW YORK (AP) — Clearly not every actor suffered through lean times on their way up but origin stories are full of tight-money moments nevertheless.\nPatrick Wilson said recently on the red carpet that he once scraped for change at the Lincoln Tunnel. Greta Gerwig said her bank account was nearly drained when she drove past a Los Angeles movie theater with her face on the marquee.\n Gerwig 's tight-money moment came after she appeared in the 2010 film \"Greenberg \" a turning point.\n\"I was staying in L.A. for auditions and I had no money. I had very little in my bank account and I had used the last of it to get a rental car and I remember driving past a marquee in Los Feliz — there's a cinema there — and my face was on it and I didn't have a place to stay that night \" Gerwig said.", "output": [ "Gerwig" ] }, { "id": "task419-f6103291fe8d46f6b122bf94d023073b", "input": "Former President George W. Bush will be honored at West Point next week , according to a press release from the military academy . \nBush will be presented the award at a dinner ceremony Thursday , Oct. 19 , hosted by the U.S. Military Academy 's Association of Graduates following a parade open to the public . \nBush , 71 , will be presented the Thayer Award , which recognizes individuals whose service for the country reflects West Point 's motto of \"Duty , Honor , Country .\"", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-ab157ea0bb46465aa5bafea56a5c5bc9", "input": "Sep 26 2017; Jersey City NJ USA; U.S. Team assistant captain Tiger Woods during The Presidents Cup golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports\nJERSEY CITY New Jersey (Reuters) - Tiger Woods said he was “optimistic” about his golfing future while at the same time publicly acknowledging what has been obvious for some time that he might never return to competitive golf.\nThe American former world number one won the last of his 14 major titles in 2008 and the 41-year-old has only played six competitive rounds in the past two years while trying to recover from multiple back surgeries.\n“Yeah definitely. I don’t know what my future holds for me ” he said on Wednesday on the eve of the Presidents Cup when asked whether there was a scenario that would not allow him to compete again.\n“I don’t know what 100 percent (healthy) means after eight surgeries but I’ll try and get as close as I can to that number ” Woods added.\n Woods was peppered with questions during a news conference with his three assistant Presidents Cup captains and the four International assistants who often looked bored at the focus stayed on the second most prolific major champion of all time.\nSep 26 2017; Jersey City NJ USA; U.S. Team assistant captain Tiger Woods during The Presidents Cup golf tournament at Liberty National Golf Course. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports\n Woods seemed destined to become the most prolific major winner of all time when he won the 2008 U.S. Open moving within four titles of the record of 18 held by Jack Nicklaus.", "output": [ "Tiger Woods" ] }, { "id": "task419-190fdd781dbc41229579cde76d25d7e1", "input": "The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed that it has begun proceedings against Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii who won a bronze medal in curling as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics .\n Krushelnitckii finished third in the mixed-doubles curling tournament competing with his wife and teammate Anastasia Bryzgalova.\nNews that Krushelnitckii 's \"A\" doping control sample had failed a doping test for meldonium first came out on Sunday; his second \"B\" sample was opened and tested on Monday – and hours later the CAS said that its anti-doping division was opening a case against the curler.\nFurther to a request from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the CAS ADD has initiated a procedure involving the athlete Aleksandr Krushelnitckii (mixed curling; OAR). No hearing date has been fixed yet and no further information will be provided at this point.", "output": [ "Aleksandr Krushelnitckii" ] }, { "id": "task419-adb582ba642d4efd9aec96f34224f21e", "input": "A high-level delegation headed by Wang Gang vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee and member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee arrived here on Wednesday afternoon to for a four-day friendship visit to Kenya.\n\"Our bilateral relations is very cordial as this has been demonstrated by sincere trust and mutual cooperation between the two countries \" Wang Gang said in talks with Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka.\nHe said the Sino-Kenyan ties have witnessed great development of friendship and successful cooperation in such fields as politics infrastructure and trade as well as mutual support in international affairs.\nWang said the two countries have respected and accommodated each other's core interests and major concerns.\nFor his part Musyoka expressed thanks for China's assistance for Kenya in the past years and briefed Wang on Kenya's efforts to push forward regional peace stability and integration.", "output": [ "Wang Gang" ] }, { "id": "task419-91e05537d3134decae71c18baa1c7bdf", "input": "CLOSE Amid public outcry and protest Tennessee backed out of a deal to hire Greg Schiano as its new football coach. USA TODAY Sports\nOhio state defensive coordinator Greg Schiano runs on to the field before his team's game against Rutgers. (Photo: Mel Evans AP)\nIn a stunning turn of events Sunday evening Tennessee and Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano backed out of a deal for him to become the Volunteers football coach after unprecedented social media backlash to reports including one from USA TODAY Sports that the hire was imminent.\nWOLKEN: Meltdown over potential hiring of Schiano is bad look for Tennessee\nTennessee athletics director John Currie flew to Columbus Ohio on Sunday in hopes of culminating the deal and bringing Schiano back to Knoxville for a news conference. The paperwork was in the process of being finalized when the decision was made to reassess the situation.\nPart of the backlash stems from Schiano 's connection to Penn State and Jerry Sandusky. Testimony that was unsealed last year detailed former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary's claim that he heard that Schiano who was an assistant with the Nittany Lions had witnessed Sandusky \"doing something\" to a boy in the shower.", "output": [ "Greg Schiano" ] }, { "id": "task419-d2223d46575e487abc998bbff3b1734b", "input": "Beware though: “All those transactions go into your tax return ” says Bryan Skarlatos a lawyer who specializes in tax issues at Kostelanetz & Fink .\n Skarlatos is sounding the alarm on the issue because few people realize that the Internal Revenue Service does not view bitcoins as a currency like the dollars in your wallet. Instead bitcoins are treated as “property ” which means they’re subject to capital gains taxes.\nYou’re technically required to list every purchase you made in any given year with bitcoins outlining the capital gain or loss from selling the digital currency to make the transaction “no matter how small ” Skarlatos says.\nOn a larger scale it’s another issue that can hold back the mainstream appeal of a tool like bitcoin. Complications such as this tax rule prevent it from growing as an everyday option for purchases. Ease of use gives bitcoins “value ” adds Skarlatos . The more difficult it is to use the more bitcoins’ ultimate value suffers.", "output": [ "Bryan Skarlatos" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ada5e0f79f441908181a15c446b24a7", "input": "Advertisement - Continue Reading Below\nAustralian film producer Jan Chapman said she was \"devastated\" after her picture was used to show the late Janet Patterson a costume designer who passed away in October 2015 and had worked on movies such as The Piano and Bright Star.\nWhile Patterson's name and occupation were correct in the montage tribute to her the picture was most definitely not.\n\"I was devastated by the use of my image in place of my great friend and long-time collaborator Janet Patterson \" Chapman told Variety of the error.\n\"I had urged her agency to check any photograph which might be used and understand that they were told that the Academy had it covered.\"\n\"Janet was a great beauty and four-time Oscar nominee and it is very disappointing that the error was not picked up. I am alive and well and an active producer. \"\nChapman has been involved in movies such as Lantana and Holy Smoke and she had actually worked with Patterson on The Piano.", "output": [ "Jan Chapman" ] }, { "id": "task419-a42482143c4d4ddd8077139328dbbb6f", "input": "Bill Polian Hall of Fame executive. His status as a prognosticator is less solid. (NFL Network)\n Bill Polian’s track record is undeniable. As general manager of the Buffalo Bills he cobbled together the lineups that advanced to four straight Super Bowls. With Polian at the personnel helm the expansion Carolina Panthers advanced to the NFC championship game in just their second year of existence. Polian then concluded his career by shaping the Indianapolis Colts into a Super Bowl winner.\n He ’s in the Hall of Fame and deserves to be even if his post-football career as an ESPN analyst has been shall we say slightly less successful in the prediction department.\n Polian ’s latest forecast involves Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson who he says is too short — at 6-foot-3 — and not accurate enough to be a successful NFL quarterback.\n“I think wide receiver ” he said when asked about what NFL position Jackson should play Monday on ESPN’s “Golic and Wingo.” “Exceptional athlete exceptional ability to make you miss exceptional acceleration exceptional instinct with the ball in his hand and that ’s rare for wide receivers. That ’s [Steelers wideout Antonio Brown] and who else name me another one who’s like that right? Julio [Jones] is not like that. This guy is incredible in the open field and [has] a great ability to separate and again he’s short and a little bit slight and clearly clearly not the thrower that the other guys are. His accuracy isn’t there so I would say don’t wait to make that change don’t be like the kid from Ohio State [Terrelle Pryor] and be 29 when you make the change.”\nAnyway it wouldn’t be the first time Polian has been wrong.\n Polian on Johnny Manziel\n Bill Polian : Johnny Manziel has magic. If you're in the Browns draft room you owe it to the fans to consider taking him at 4. #SXMNFL — SiriusXM NFL Radio (@SiriusXMNFL) April 30 2014\n Polian on Deshaun Watson\n Polian on Robert Griffin III\n Polian on Kirk Cousins and the Redskins", "output": [ "Bill Polian" ] }, { "id": "task419-d4c3d11c39964449945acf3d4cc95ab7", "input": "Beyond the question of James and whether it 's hard to be his teammate , there are basketball mysteries that will matter much more : Will new addition Jae Crowder help the Cavaliers ' 22nd-ranked defense improve in this regular season ? \n; Will Isaiah Thomas ' ailing hip be better anytime soon so he can fill Irving 's role as James ' worthy sidekick ? \n; Will the Cavs swap their prized 2018 first round pick from Brooklyn for another star as a way of convincing James to re-sign in free agency next summer ? \nCavs forward LeBron James -LRB- 23 -RRB- high fives forward Kevin Love -LRB- 0 -RRB- during the second half against the Boston Celtics in game two of the Eastern conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at TD Garden . \n.@KyrieIrving on why he did n't inform LeBron James that he wanted out of Cleveland . \nRight about the time Kyrie Irving was dissecting his departure from Cleveland with ESPN 's \"First Take\" crew during a Monday visit in Bristol , Ct. , Cavaliers pals LeBron James and Kevin Love were strolling the beautiful UCLA campus after their latest offseason workout . \nOnly James knows if the timing of his latest Instagram story was intentional , but it was impossible not to notice the polar-opposite messaging . \nSome 3,000 miles to the West , James and Love - having clearly evolved from those days where their relationship was the one being analyzed -- were looking like the NBA 's version of Bert and Ernie . \nIn one corner , you had Irving making it clear that his relationship with James was n't good enough to warrant a conversation about the late July trade request that led to his exit to Boston . \nThe notion of James as anything other than a world-class friend and teammate was nowhere to be found . \nStephen A. Smith , to Irving : \"Did you speak to LeBron James , or talk to LeBron James , before you or your representatives met with ownership and let them know that you wanted out ?\" \nI really do ,\" James says to the Bruin alum during their lifting session . \n\"Incoming freshman , here shadowing , you know , the upper classmen ; he 's showing me around campus right now ,\" James says with a smile as they walk . \nKevin Love brought LeBron James to UCLA for a workout and campus tour . \n; Will Irving mesh with Gordon Hayward , Al Horford & Co. and help end James ' string of seven consecutive trips to the Finals ?", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-52f5f41389934aa78481cb69bad3673a", "input": "Tom Petty middle-aged and mid-career in the middle of the grunge decade released Wildflowers one of his best albums turning radios loud.\nIn 1993 shortly after the Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream and Nirvana’s In Utero dropped a lot of kids in the ‘90s got their first taste of next-era Tom Petty with the single “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” from the Heartbreakers’ Greatest Hits set. But many of those new fans probably didn't have a full-length introduction to Petty until his 1994 solo album Wildflowers. They might’ve even ordered it through the mail-order BMG Music Service (12 CDs for $.01!) like I did. Two decades after his and the Heartbreakers’ first Top 40 record there was Petty mid-career singing about middle age and slamming onto the charts with “You Don’t Know How It Feels.” The album's biggest single with its literally head-spinning music video lured young stans who at the time didn’t know their Damn the Torpedoes from their Full Moon Fever but certainly knew how to groove to its harmonious chorus: “Let’s get to the point / Let’s ro-o-oll another joint.”\nBy the early '90s Petty’s brand of rock ‘n’ roll had garnered enough superlatives to fill a tour bus. His middle-American “heartland” rock packed venues on the coasts as much as he was the medium markets where there are no airports. Pre-legacy classic AOR accessible radio rock. And “It’s Good to Be King” was the epitome of the 15-song Wildflowers album Petty's first of three with producer Rick Rubin. Like so many great Tom Petty songs it had a guitar solo you can sing (bir-nirnir-niiiiiir) with the added bonus of a Rubin-esque sparkle of strings (bah-dah-nah-nah-nah-nah-daaaaah). Petty had jacked in this pop-rock ballad somewhere between the jaunty minimalism of the album’s opener and its piano-led waltz closer “Wake Up Time.”\nThe music video for “It’s Good to Be King ” which was released in 1995 was directed by Peter Care who’d recently finished up the visuals on R.E.M.’s “What’s the Frequency Kenneth?” For Petty's video Care filmed couples the middle-class and funky outsiders throughout the world in portraits cryptically wearing backstories on their costume sleeves. A trailer park lord plucked toys from floodwater and a pretty lady writhed awkwardly in a quirkily decorated bedroom. They were royals and royal-wannabes Petty chief among them in his jean jacket with a collar that couldn’t decide if it wanted to point up or down. “It’s good to be king / Of your own little town … Can I help it if I / Still dream time to time ” he cynically sang of self-delusion. It was a public reflection on feeling like the master of a private fantastic dominion an addendum to the refrain “You don’t know how it feels / To be meeee” still ringing in the ears. And if Petty’s sincere voice fooled you out of thinking he lacked adequate sarcasm you could skip to two tracks later on Wildflowers to “Honey Bee ” a blues-schlocker where Petty’s basic-ass genius afforded him to rhyme “trance” with “pants.” He called back to this whole master concept: \"She LIKE to call me King BEE \" he yawped and you could practically imagine the shit-eating smirk on his face and those big teeth bracing over murmuring M's and hard E's — \"Mah little honey bee...\"\nThat was some of Petty’s magic hiding something exotic and distinctive in plain sight as personal as he was populist. He gathered a lot from his Traveling Wilburys contemporaries like the mystical George Harrison and the cheeky Bob Dylan. But with the eclectic Wildflowers one of the best albums of his career he managed to carve out his own cool little lane for his next 23 years. That same year in 1994 Johnny Cash also entered into Rick Rubin’s atmosphere with American Recordings; two years later Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were the backing band on Cash's follow-up American II: Unchained and the group sounded fucking awesome. As the Man in Black was initializing his descent into his final decade — the wits and hurt of age setting into his vocals — the Heartbreakers were arguably peak Heartbreakers. I like to think each artist paid witness to the other’s evolution passing through and yet part of the other’s tradition for always.\nThat’s how it is with big artists like Cash and Petty who had just finished his 40th-anniversary tour with the Heartbreakers when he died. For many fans that was 40 years of traditions of entry and re-entry through the band’s low-barrier-for-entry entry whether through a benign drug reference or familiar riffs — American Flirtin’ Draggin’ Wreckin’ Savin’ Breakin’. As the man clearly had no problem with things being too on-the-nose — he literally performed the “Learning to Fly” music video on the wings of an airplane — it wouldn’t be too dubious to say Tom Petty might have actually been a king. And he was good.", "output": [ "Tom Petty" ] }, { "id": "task419-26a516ffb8814bbca6581f53705063a9", "input": "Two recent books look at the very human (sometimes all-too-human) process of trying to make sense of the known universe: The Un-Discovered Islands: An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries Phantoms and Fakes by Malachy Tallack and The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth by Elizabeth Tasker . They 're so stylistically and scientifically disparate as to seem unrelated but reading them in close succession makes for something greater than the sum of its parts — a joint atlas of human guesses in a world that seems destined to confound us.\n Elizabeth Tasker knows all about that; The Planet Factory is all about the formation of worlds humanity might never clap eyes on. And if you're hoping for definitive answers about how things work closer to home think again; Tasker 's very clear that the scientific method is as often about being proven wrong. \"The problem (and there is always a problem)\" isn't just an aside on a particular theory but a thesis for the field. This is a book about trying to map unknown seas in real time; the ghosts of the sailors peering into the dawn looking for Thule live in every telescopic survey.\nThe Planet Factory can feel intimidating; certainly you must come to it wanting to know everything there is to know about making planets and hang in there as long as you can before the variables overwhelm you. ( Tasker offers easy analogies by the handful and while at first they may seem too easy you'll appreciate them by the time you're trying to understand the optimum timing of planetary migration.)\nThe Planet Factory Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth by Elizabeth Tasker Hardcover 336 pages purchase close overlay Buy Featured Book Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How?", "output": [ "Elizabeth Tasker" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6df7906da9f4692ada2cf1c74bdd9bf", "input": "The California wildfires were still raging last fall as Jennifer Bilstein and her 15-year-old son inched their way down Highway 101 a two-hour drive in ordinary times that took four hours through the smoke-filled air and yellow sky. She was determined to get Jacob to his doctor's appointment on time.\nIt was his second visit to the adolescent gender clinic where Jacob - a shy boy with pink cheeks a cowlick and black oversize glasses - was being medically evaluated to begin taking testosterone.\n He had already gone through puberty as a girl an experience that made him conclude he had been born into the wrong gender. \"I was always uncomfortable calling myself 'she' or 'her ' \" he explained. \"It made my skin crawl.\"\nAt 13 Jacob - then called Samantha - had informed his mother sending her the news in a Facebook message after being dropped off at school one morning in Ukiah one of Northern California's iconic hippie towns.\nAs she spoke her child studied his hands legs swinging back and forth under the examining table. \"But the reality is that Jacob 's my child and regardless of gender or whatever my child always comes first in my life \" she said. \"And realistically it's not about me. It's about Jake.\"\nIt is also one of the busiest encompassing four disciplines: Medical mental health patient advocacy and legal services. Although surgery is not available at the center its clinicians maintain close ties with local surgeons to whom they refer patients upon request. On the day that Jacob arrived for his appointment the examining rooms were filled with 15 elementary schoolchildren adolescents and teenagers who had traveled from as far away as Hawaii and Sweden and as nearby as the Bay Area. All were seeking a change in their physical sex characteristics to align with their gender identity.\n Family Photo Jacob Bilstein went through puberty as a girl named Samantha. Jacob Bilstein went through puberty as a girl named Samantha. (Family Photo) (Family Photo)", "output": [ "Jacob Bilstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-b8466f98d2f24a8dabb8a9680b56e467", "input": "Germany's Audi has abandoned plans to sell its Italian motorcycle brand Ducati its chief executive Rupert Stadler said in a sign of confidence that the carmaker expects to be able to carry the costs of its transformation.\nSteps to reduce costs by 10 billion euros ($11.8 billion) cut red tape and deepen ties with fellow Volkswagen-owned brand Porsche are \"gradually increasing our financial and organizational leeway for the strategic realignment \" chief executive Rupert Stadler told reporters.\nThere is therefore no economic need to sell Ducati Stadler said. Volkswagen asked banks to evaluate options for Ducati and transmissions maker Renk earlier this year as seeks to become more nimble in its shift towards electric and self-driving cars following its diesel emissions cheating scandal.\n\"I can assure you that Ducati belongs to the Audi family \" said Stadler . \"Ducati is the perfect implementation of our premium philosophy in the world of motorbikes.\"\nWhile pushing the costly shift to zero-emissions and autonomous technologies holding on to the profitable Ducati division and the lucrative Lamborghini brand has become more important Stadler said.\n\"Looking after a premium bouquet is as difficult as the work of a gardener \" Stadler said. \"Therefore I am pleased with every new flower with every promising new branch \" he added predicting Lamborghini's sales would double on the back of its new sport-utility vehicle.\nSeparately Stadler said Audi will spend nearly half a billion euros over the next eight years on training staff for the digital age with steps to develop as well as hire experts such as automotive app-designers and car robotics specialists.", "output": [ "Rupert Stadler" ] }, { "id": "task419-338b4418d822476d9a06b51a85c4e950", "input": "Minnie Mouse finally got her due on Monday afternoon earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 40 years after her male counterpart Mickey Mouse . Bob Iger chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company and \" American Idol \" judge Katy Perry were on - hand for the festivities and gave brief remarks about Minnie Mouse before her star was unveiled . Leron Gubler the president and CEO of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce also declared Jan . 22 Minnie Mouse Day in Hollywood . \" I ' m so grateful and I want to thank all my friends from around the world . And Mickey I ' m so happy you ' re here to share this wonderful day with me \" Minnie Mouse said . \" This really is the best day ever !\" Minnie Mouse first appeared in the 1928 film \" Steamboat Willie \" and since then has been in more than 70 movies Iger said . However many Disney characters received stars before she did including Donald Duck Tinkerbelle Winnie the Pooh Snow White and Kermit the Frog . Speaking to Minnie Mouse ' s lengthy career in Hollywood Iger called her \" the official first lady of the Walt Disney Company \" and said the honor was well - deserved . Walt Disney Family Foundation \" Minnie can hold her own in any situation \" he said . \" She ' s bopped more than one bully on the head and come to Mickey ' s rescue quite a few times !\" Meanwhile Perry who wore polka dots in homage to Minnie Mouse gushed over how nice it has been to visit with her at Disney parks around the world over the years . \" It ' s always so comforting to see her face \" she said . \" Seeing Minnie is like returning home . It is a special skill to bring joy to so many and she does it with an effortless bat of a lash .\" Walt Disney Archives Photo Library Disney is the parent company of ABC News .", "output": [ "Minnie Mouse" ] }, { "id": "task419-53ed2ea2f2024aa4a40bd41a8e716850", "input": "Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas thinks Ferrari needs to go electric to survive.\n Morgan Stanley auto analyst Adam Jonas is to be commended for pushing an investment thesis on the future of mobility so out-there that it's difficult for the rest of Wall Street to keep up.\nBut sometimes Jonas pushes too far as he did on Thursday in a research note about Ferrari and the prospects for the exotic Italian automaker switching from gas engines with their succulent Ferrari scream to all-electric powertrains.\n Jonas raises a thornier conundrum:\n Jonas then makes a second classic error when looking at Ferrari comparing it to the Tesla Model S in terms of acceleration.\n Jonas thinks he 's being stoutly contrarian in arguing that Ferrari must be seriously thinking about going electric despite an all-electric future being pretty speculative at this point (hardly beside the point with a $100 price target of Ferrari and an \"Overweight\" rating — the stock is now trading at $114 — Jonas appears to be building a bear case).\nWhat Jonas and all of Wall Street fails to understand is that Ferrari is art at many levels. And art doesn't care to survive just so investors can make money no matter what happens.", "output": [ "Adam Jonas" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d9df23eea6b4a15aec88cec19a38474", "input": "After discounting Manafort's indictment as irrelevant and shrugging off Papadopoulos' guilty plea with an \"everybody makes mistakes\" ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ Fox News host Sean Hannity turned to the person whose crimes he thought investigators should be focusing on: President Hillary Clinton .\nBut his call out of Clinton didn't necessarily go as planned...\nYep he called Hillary Clinton the President on air. (If you care to listen to Hannity's dulcet tones the President Clinton slip comes in around 3:20.)\nEven better he started to say \" Hillary Clinton \" then STOPPED and CORRECTED to \"President Clinton\" — Some nerdy chick (@imightbenerdy) October 31 2017\nNow Hannity promises \"incontrovertible evidence\" about alleged Clinton crimes regarding uranium sales to Putin. \"Few in the media will touch this story \" Hannity says. Well here's what happened when @JoyAnnReid touched it yesterday [Link] — Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) October 31 2017\nFox News: President Hillary Clinton arrested on Russian pizza collusion pedophilia emails charges! — OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) October 30 2017\nSean Hannity just called Hillary “President Clinton” — if he’s privy to some info we’re not I’m open to it. — Sarah Wood (@sarahwoodwriter) October 31 2017\nReally inappropriate of President Clinton to go on a book tour in the middle of her first term. — Molly (@isteintraum) October 31 2017\nRecently Hillary Clinton a private citizen told attendees at her book tour that with Fox News' focus on her instead of on the Mueller investigation and Trump administration it \"appears they don't know I'm not President.\" The jab is made only more hilarious with Hannity's word vomit.\nHannity just after calling her \"President Clinton \" is now going after Hillary for making a joke about how Fox News thinks she 's president. — Brian Tashman (@briantashman) October 31 2017\nHere is Sean Hannity apparently living in an alternate universe talking about \"President\" Hillary Clinton . These people have lost it. 😂 pic.twitter.com/JByC2zoyFa — Josh Sánchez (@jnsanchez) October 31 2017 Clinton for her r part is painfully aware of the actual Trump presidency universe she e's living in. On Oct. 28 when Nate Silver marked the anniversary of the Comey letter (which Clinton n partially attributes her r election loss) on Twitter she e had this perfect response.\nOh is that today? [Link] — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 29 2017", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-4087ce12707043f1b7ab197d6768062b", "input": "Beto O'Rourke Statement : Says \"the latest polls show us tied neck-and-neck\" with Sen. Ted Cruz . \nA West Texas Democrat seeking to represent the state in the U.S. Senate asserts that he 's already running even with incumbent Ted Cruz . \nWe asked Mike Baselice of Austin , a pollster for Republican clients who 's not working for Cruz , to assess the April poll results . \nIn a Facebook post , El Paso U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke 's campaign said : \"Beto O'Rourke out-raised Senator Ted Cruz in the second financial quarter without taking a DIME from PACs , and the latest polls show us tied neck-and-neck .\" \nBlank noted that among the 37 percent of respondents who did not choose between Cruz and O'Rourke , 36 percent identified as moderates , 33 percent identified as conservatives , and 19 percent identified as liberals . \nO'Rourke indeed raised more money than Cruz from April through June 2017 , but Cruz , a Republican , ended the quarter with a balance of $ 5.7 million in campaign cash compared with O'Rourke 's $ 1.9 million . \nBaselice suggested that the poll showed Cruz and O'Rourke with identical levels of support because it surveyed too few Republicans considering the actual Texas electorate . \nLet 's focus the Truth-O-Meter this time on whether the latest polls show O'Rourke \"tied neck-and-neck\" with Cruz . \nTo our inquiry , Jody Casey of O'Rourke 's campaign sent us a web link to an April 2017 USA Today Network news story headlined , \"O'Rourke , Castro running even with Cruz , poll shows .\" \n-LRB- U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro , D-San Antonio , subsequently said he would n't be challenging Cruz . -RRB- \nIn contrast , the poll found 37 percent of respondents with a favorable view of Cruz , 12 percent neither favorable or unfavorable and 45 percent unfavorable -- with 6 percent not knowing or having no opinion . \nAccording to the story , a statewide poll of 1,000 adults commissioned by the Texas Lyceum , a leadership group , found 30 percent of respondents favoring Cruz , 30 percent backing O'Rourke . \nO'Rourke said , \"the latest polls show us tied neck-and-neck\" with Cruz . \nFor the full skinny , we turned to the Lyceum 's post about the poll , which specifies that it was conducted statewide April 3-9 , 2017 , and that 890 respondents who self-identified as registered voters answered this question : \"If the 2018 election for Senate were held today , would you vote for the Republican Ted Cruz , the Democrat Beto O'Rourke , or have n't you thought enough about it ?\" \nThat poll did n't ask people to pick between Cruz and O'Rourke . \nThe April poll \"is mainly a reflection of name identification and voter attitudes about\" Cruz , he said . \nWhen they choose to tune into the race , they are going to be predisposed towards supporting Cruz over O'Rourke .\"", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-89136c9aa3f34b1b8c237a9a09fc10bd", "input": "Green Day is teaming up with Miranda Lambert for a revised version of \"Ordinary World \" a song originally released on the band's 2016 album Revolution Radio. The re-recorded track will appear on next month's Greatest Hits: God's Favorite Band as a duet with Lambert and Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong sharing lead vocals.\nRelated Miranda Lambert Plots 2018 Livin' Like Hippies Tour Jon Pardi joins Grammy winner for 23-city trek with special guest appearances by Brent Cobb Lucie Silvas and Charlie Worsham\nThe pairing of a punk-pop band with a mainstream country headliner isn't as incongruous as it might look. Lambert and Armstrong previously swapped harmonies at the 2014 Grammy Awards where the two singers paid tribute to the late Phil Everly with an acoustic performance of the Everly Brothers' 1960 hit \"When Will I Be Loved.\" One year earlier Armstrong performed a similar mix of mid-century country music and harmony-heavy folk on Foreverly his duets album with Norah Jones.\n21. \"Ordinary World: (featuring Miranda Lambert)", "output": [ "Miranda Lambert" ] }, { "id": "task419-744161ba579b45bd8fa2122c68ca59d5", "input": "Both options were in place on Wednesday when Sen. Marco Rubio R-Fla. appeared on Politico Playbook to discuss his ideas on tax reform. In that interview he introduced an odd contradiction that few have followed.\n\"The driver of the debt is the structure of Social Security and Medicare for future beneficiaries \" said Rubio . (22:34)\nThe Social Security Administration expects about half of the people turning 70 today will be alive in 2034 when current law would forcibly reduce paychecks. Rubio specifically defines approaching retirement as those people who are 47 and older. The fact is that even under optimistic assumptions; Social Security will restructure the benefits irresponsibly of future retirees long before Rubio would.\nAgainst this backdrop Sen. Rubio wants to make the payroll tax refundable against the child tax credit which currently offsets up to $1 000 of income taxes. In other words the government should pay for the contributions to Social Security of select voters. Of course expanding this credit in this fashion implies a structural change to Social Security that will mean that the program will add to the debt on a dollar for dollar basis of the applied credit.", "output": [ "Rubio" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe326a923cb3496aa68dda90c4955acf", "input": "\"We had a fundamental belief that if people found games at their fingertips if you really reduced the barriers to entry to games and you made them social then a much larger group would engage \" said Mark Pincus 44 who founded Zynga in January 2007 .\nHe was indisputably farsighted in recognizing the opportunity and has been rewarded with a company that could pull down a half billion in revenue in its fourth year. There's rampant speculation the company will go public an event that would propel Pincus into the leagues of the region's superrich.\nZynga boasts 208.8 million active players per month on Facebook and could reach $500 million in revenue this year estimates research firm Inside Network . The company has been profitable since it was nine months old Pincus said.\nIn a blog post following the TechCrunch articles Pincus stressed that the company worked hard to remove \"bad offers\" and said the worst offender had been permanently banned before the articles appeared. He committed to take additional steps to prevent questionable ads.\n\"The ads involved were created by third parties not Zynga and were removed more than a year ago before the case was filed \" he said.\nShortly after the flareup over the lead generation offers an online video came to light that suggested the company had knowingly allowed such ads. It showed Pincus speaking at a Berkeley event in 2009.\n\"I funded the company myself but I did every horrible thing in the book to just get revenues right away \" he said. \"I mean we gave our users poker chips if they downloaded this wiki toolbar.\"\n\"I downloaded it once I couldn't get rid of it \" he said. \"We did anything possible to just get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business.\"\n\"We want to build an Internet treasure \" Pincus replied. \"We want to build one of the trusted brands on the Internet. If you look at our actions they speak louder than our words and hopefully louder than my bad words.\"\nPincus who previously founded Freeloader Support.com and Tribe.net.\nHe also suspected the most engaged users would be willing to pay money for virtual goods like coins tractors or weapons that allowed them to more rapidly advance or \"level up\" in the games or simply enjoy them more.\nHe was right.\nPincus and other executives say they outmaneuvered the marketplace by designing better games adjusting them based on how people were actually playing and spending heavily on technology customer service and marketing.", "output": [ "Pincus" ] }, { "id": "task419-785c0dd8e5524652981f9f7745e6f0aa", "input": "Mike Lawlor undersecretary for Criminal Justice Policy and Planning in Connecticut says the delay is unusual and unexplained. Last year Connecticut received about $2.6 million in JAG grants.\n\"Every single state gets one of these grants and this year not a single state has gotten it and we have repeatedly asked the Department of Justice what's going on \" Lawlor said. \"They consistently can't or won't answer the question so we don't know. We assume it's because they have concerns about sanctuary cities around the country.\"\nAt this point though the DOJ hasn't just missed the disbursement date. States have not even been notified of the grant award which usually happens around April or May according to Lawlor .\n\"There's going to be more steps that have to take place before the money's actually received and typically it's about six months from the date of the award until the date you get the check \" Lawlor said. \"And it's important to keep in mind this is going on in every state in the country. The reddest of red states you know Mississippi Alabama they're having the same problem.\"", "output": [ "Lawlor" ] }, { "id": "task419-c4f8c8b523b44343b8ee469baeb41ed2", "input": "Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has admitted that she had an extramarital affair with the former head of her security detail.\n\"I'm embarrassed and I am sad and I am so sorry for all the pain that I have caused my family and his family \" she said at a news conference Wednesday. \"I know that God will forgive me but that Nashville doesn't have to. ... I hope that I can earn your trust back and that you will forgive me.\"\nBarry has stated that she will not take leave or resign over the affair as Nashville Public Radio reported. \"I made a serious mistake but this is not a tragedy \" she said.\nThis comes at a politically sensitive moment for the mayor as she tries to persuade the city's voters to endorse a $5.4 billion transit infrastructure plan. That measure will be voted on in a May referendum.\n Barry has also recently faced personal tragedy — her only son died in July of a drug overdose.\n She has denied improper use of taxpayer money during the affair with her security head identified by the Tennessean as Metro police Sgt. Robert Forrest Jr.", "output": [ "Megan Barry" ] }, { "id": "task419-6cdfbb3f71244896a9aa0e65c6516634", "input": "Moore said analysts have been ratcheting up their earnings forecasts based on what companies said during earnings season. The expectation is that earnings growth this year could now be 19 percent. Sixty percent of S&P 500 companies provided guidance that exceeded expectations.\nBlackRock monitors earnings revisions which can be a key indicator for the market and the percent of positive revisions is at a record pace. They are now running at a rate of two upgrades for every downgrade or a ratio of 2. That ratio has averaged 0.8 based in the data which goes back to 1988 Moore said.\n\"What happened to the U.S. on the back of tax cuts and fiscal stimulus is something we've never observed \" she said. All regions are showing improvements in positive earnings revisions but nothing like the U.S. Europe also has solid earnings momentum but it lags the U.S. and higher revisions in Japan are \"noisy.\"\n She added: \"While we are really making this constructive call on the U.S. in the next three to six months we do recognize the pace of upgrades and the pace of earnings growth will likely slow. We will have to watch very closely...We are on a rocket ship at the moment.\"\nBut Moore said the landing does not have to be messy. \"It can take off with a bang. I don't know if ends with a bang. Rockets can come down and land gracefully if they're well engineered \" she said.\n\"This is a very different cycle at a time when fundamentals are already solid \" said Moore . \"We will have to be very vigilant and try to stay focused not just on what happens to earnings but as to what happens with inflation pressures and the impact that could have on margins. The big risk is inflationary pressure eroding margins.\"\n Moore said her favorite sectors are technology and financials. Technology should gain from increased spending by corporations benefiting from tax law changes. She said the other boosts to the market from tax law changes should be more corporate buybacks and acquisitions.", "output": [ "Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-f43b3e4749ad4a0bbea20a25af5d97b0", "input": "Says he ‘probably’ has ‘a very good relationship’ with Kim \nPresident Donald Trump refused to say whether he has spoken directly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an interview on Thursday but said he “probably” has “a very good relationship” with the dictator.\n“I don’t want to comment on it ” Trump told the Wall Street Journal after he was asked directly if he had spoken with Kim . “I’m not saying I have or haven’t. I just don’t want to comment.”\nDirect talks between the U.S. president and Kim would be unprecedented. No conversation has been publicly reported between any sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader in decades if ever.\nTrump’s relationship with Kim has been primarily distinguished by escalating barbs and insults. North Korea’s aggressive pursuit of a ballistic missile capable of hitting the U.S. with a nuclear warhead has emerged as the president’s most fraught foreign crisis.\nTrump has mocked Kim ’s weight and called him “little rocket man” in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. He quipped on social media last week that the “nuclear button” on his desk was larger than that of the North Korean leader. Kim has dismissed Trump as a “dotard” and “frightened dog” in public statements.\nWhite House spokespeople didn’t immediately respond to questions about whether Trump and Kim had spoken.\nTrump has said North Korea won’t be allowed to develop a nuclear missile capable of striking the U.S. and has threatened war if economic sanctions and negotiations can’t avert Kim ’s ambitions for such a weapon.\n Kim has vowed never to give up his country’s nuclear weapons regarding them as his last line of defense against a U.S. invasion. Technically South Korea and the U.S. remain at war with North Korea after the Korean War ended in 1953 with an armistice instead of a peace treaty.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-58e288c901914e58b27fb1ddee13153b", "input": "Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced on Thursday that he will not run for the Republican nomination to replace retiring Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) in the 2018 election.\n“ Gov Bill Haslam will not run for the U.S. Senate seat held by retiring Sen. Bob Corker leaving U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn as the likely frontrunner if she chooses to run ” The Tennessean reported on Thursday morning:\nThe governor who is term-limited made the announcement Thursday in a news release. “While Crissy and I will always be grateful for all of the encouragement and support to run for the United States Senate I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for Senate in 2018 ” Haslam said in a statement.\nThe full statement released by the governor’s office Thursday morning offered this explanation of his decision not to run for the United States Senate in 2018:\n Haslam ’s announcement comes in the wake of a recent series of articles at Breitbart News that highlighted his political vulnerabilities:\nWhile conservatives have been coalescing around a potential candidacy of Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07) Haslam’s decision not to run leaves a void that the establishment Republicans in the state are likely to fill with another candidate.", "output": [ "Bill Haslam" ] }, { "id": "task419-ee9a9267941b463284210814780e0fbe", "input": "“The kids in this community loved him. They adored him. He was one of the greatest people I knew. He was a phenomenal man ” he said during a news conference Thursday. “When Aaron Feis died when he was killed — tragically inhumanely — he did it protecting others. You can guarantee that because that’s who Aaron Feis was.”\n Feis is one of the first victims named in the shooting that killed 17 people. Nikolas Cruz 19 is charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. Cruz allegedly used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with multiple magazines in the shooting.\n Feis was an alumnus of the school and played football there as a student graduating with the class of 1999 according to the school’s website. He spent his entire coaching career there and also acted as the college recruiting coordinator for the team the website says.\n Coach Feis leaves behind one daughter and his wife in Coral Springs Fla. according to the school.", "output": [ "Aaron Feis" ] }, { "id": "task419-5bb113daf2134a0a9b0acc3a6a7d9cde", "input": "Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) fell for a spoof by Russian pranksters who promised in a call with the top House Democrat to furnish him with“kompromat”–compromising dirt–on President Donald Trump.\nThe notorious Russian pranksters who the Daily Mail’s Alana Goodman notes are “comedians nicknamed ‘Vovan’ and ‘Lexus’” who have become famous for “their phony calls to high-ranking American officials and celebrities including UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Elton John ” posed as leading Ukrainian officials in their call to Schiff in early 2017.\n“On an audio recording of the prank call posted online Adam Schiff can be heard discussing the committee’s Russia investigation and increasingly bizarre allegations about Trump with a man who claimed to be Andriy Parubiy the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament ” Goodman wrote in the Daily Mail.\nOn April 10 2017 an assistant to Adam Schiff the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee which is investigating Donald Trump’s campaign for possible collusion with the Kremlin patched in a long-planned call from Andriy Parubiy the speaker of the Rada the Ukrainian parliament. Parubiy said he had some potentially explosive information about Trump’s visit to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant in 2013.\nThe call per the audio available on YouTube begins with platitudes and introductions and Schiff thanks the man he thinks is Parubiy for his time addressing him as “Mr. Chairman.”\nThe man then pitches that he wants to provide materials to Schiff for his committee’s investigation on “Trump” and the “Russian government ” to which Schiff cautions him that the Russians were likely listening to the call.\n“I would just caution that our Russian friends may be listening to the conversation so I wouldn’t share anything over the phone that you don’t want them to hear ” Schiff said.\nAfter the Russian prankster posing as the Ukrainian official said he had no concerns with what the Russians may or may not hear he proceeded to tell Schiff about what would have been explosive allegations against the now-sitting president of the United States if they were true.\nSobchak has extensive ties to Putin the prankster told Schiff adding that she is “also known as a person who provides girls for escort for oligarchs. And she met with Trump and she brought him one Russian girl celebrity Olga Buzova.” The prankster even told Schiff that Sobchak is a “special agent of Russian secret service.”\nIn reality Sobchak is actually anti-Putin—an ex-Playboy model running against the Russian president on an anti-corruption platform after her time as a television anchor. But no matter to Schiff ; he was entranced by the possibility of “kompromat” on Trump.\nAfter per the Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian officials in their conversation with Schiff Sobchak introduced Trump to Buzova Buzova “got compromising materials on Trump after their short relations.”\n Schiff per the Atlantic report “betrayed no emotion.”\n“And so Putin was made aware of the availability of the compromising material?” Schiff asked the man he thought was a Ukrainian leader.\nAdding insult to injury the pranksters convinced Schiff that they had a recording of Sobchak and Buzov discussing this during a recent visit to Ukraine and that the Ukrainian officials would provide said recording to the FBI and the House Intelligence Committee’s Democratic minority staff.\nBut that’s not all. The pranksters told Schiff that Trump’s ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn met with Russians in Brighton Beach in Brooklyn speaking in code words. From the Atlantic piece here is more:\n He told Schiff about meetings that Trump’s former national-security adviser Michael Flynn had had with a Russian pop singer who served as an intermediary for the Kremlin. They’d met at a café in Brighton Beach a Russian-immigrant enclave in Brooklyn where Parubiy said “they used a special password before their meetings.” One would say “Weather is good on Deribasovskaya.” The right response was “It rains again on Brighton Beach.”", "output": [ "Adam Schiff" ] }, { "id": "task419-5881f0df350c4b9bb720283884e377d8", "input": "New York Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a plan to develop 2.4 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030.\nGovernor Andrew Cuomo unveiled a plan earlier this month to develop $6 billion of offshore wind projects off the southern coast of Long Island by 2028 and predicted that the industry would bring 5 000 jobs to the state. The plan calls for developing 2.4 gigawatts — enough to power 1.2 million homes — by 2030.\n\"While the federal government continues to turn its back on protecting natural resources and plots to open up our coastline to drilling New York is doubling down on our commitment to renewable energy and the industries of tomorrow \" Cuomo said in a statement.\n Cuomo has asked Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke for an exemption from the drilling plan saying in an open letter that the plan \"undermines New York's efforts to combat climate change by shifting from greenhouse gas emitting fossil energy sources to renewable sources such as offshore wind.\"", "output": [ "Andrew Cuomo" ] }, { "id": "task419-b6c02fb2faac42629cf48a97cb408f20", "input": "LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch’s $15.7 billion takeover of Sky is not in the public interest and should be blocked unless a way is found to prevent the media tycoon from influencing the network’s news output Britain’s regulator said.\nThe initial ruling complicates a separate plan by Walt Disney Co to buy the majority of Murdoch’s assets including Sky. Disney had hoped Murdoch would own 100 percent of the European broadcaster by the time it completed its takeover.\n Murdoch ’s Twenty-First Century Fox agreed to buy the 61 percent of Sky it did not already own in December 2016 re-igniting a political row in Britain about the influence he wields through his ownership of newspapers the Sun and the Times and his stake in Sky the biggest pay-TV platform.\nCritics of the deal argue that Murdoch could hold sway over the editorial output of Sky News a loss making but award-winning 24-hour channel. Sky warned that were the deal to be rejected because of Sky News it could shut the channel itself.\nThe British government which will take the final decision on the deal asked the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to judge if Murdoch had too much influence in Britain and would uphold broadcasting standards.\nPossible ways to resolve concerns about Murdoch ’s influence in Britain could include spinning off or divesting Sky News or insulating Sky News from Fox’s influence the CMA said. A third option is to block the deal outright.", "output": [ "Rupert Murdoch" ] }, { "id": "task419-b92305939c6643929d09e857035e40ce", "input": "England’s Queen Elizabeth II will be reaching out to Rev. Billy Graham’s family following his death Fox News has learned Wednesday.\n“The Queen will be sending a private message of condolence to the family of Billy Graham ” Buckingham Palace told Fox News in a written statement.\nNetflix’s hit series “The Crown ” which tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II’s journey as a monarch briefly focused on the now-91-year-old’s interaction with Graham in the sixth episode of the second season.\nIn the episode the Queen is depicted as being enthralled while watching Graham ’s sermon on television with the Queen Mother.\nShe becomes so captivated by the charismatic preacher that she invites Graham to give a sermon in Windsor Chapel and then hosts him for lunch at the palace.\nPeople magazine reported that in real life the pair shared an unlikely friendship. Whenever Graham visited the U.K. the Queen would reportedly invite him to preach. And when she traveled to the United States she would find time to visit him.\n Graham was regularly listed in polls as one of the “Ten Most Admired Men in the World.”\n“My one purpose in life ” he said “is to help people find a personal relationship with God which I believe comes through knowing Christ.”", "output": [ "Billy Graham" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e0f737257b347e5b13a0e9d8227b23c", "input": "What started as an attack on then-candidate Donald J. Trump leading into the 2016 Presidential election appears to have been flipped completely on its head as scores of media music movie and political resignations over sex scandals have left shock waves across the country.\n2. According to Lisa Bloom’s blog the $750 000-for-sex-assault-claims story was held onto by Trump / his lawyers and leaked by *them*. This is reasonable and probably true even if she hates them.\n3. So WHY did Trump release that 750k story today? He likely had that saved for 9months+. He often saves up his attacks for the right moment. He rarely plays a card on its own – he saves up full hands of cards then plays them all at once to totally overwhelm the opponents. Sun Tzu says to do this.\n4. What am I getting at? I am saying that Trump is behind the upcoming major sex scandal shit thats about to rock the House in 72 hours. He is insulating himself from splashback.\n5. Remember the stories yesterday about suddenly Paul Ryan is about to retire from the House in early 2018? Convenient timing huh. Might be him publicly surrendering from a huge sex scandal swamp drainage aiming to leave gracefully with his reputation intact so he has a chance in the business world. Weren’t Cochran and McCain also hospitalized two days ago?\nIt makes one wonder whether President Trump may have been working behind the scenes to expose and hit back at the various interests attempting to unseat him via impeachment proceedings surrounding allegations of sexual impropriety and his purported but as of yet unproven illegal connections to Russia.\nEarlier this year former Trump adviser and Breitbart editor Steve Bannon left the White House under murky circumstances prompting the media to announce that Bannon and Trump were now enemies.\nAnd within two weeks of this declaration of war high profile individuals that had feverishly worked to defeat Trump started falling like dominoes.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-26f9177f03894d9ab2f8a9551e7b9ea0", "input": "Sen. Al Franken officially resigned on Jan. 2 nearly a month after he announced his plans to step down from Congress amid numerous sexual misconduct allegations that began in November of last year.\nAides to the senator told Fox News that Franken has provided his letter of resignation to Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton. Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith who is replacing Franken is expected to be sworn in on Wednesday.\n Franken a Minnesota Democrat who has been in office since 2009 was plagued by multiple accusations of sexual misconduct over the past month and faced a Senate Ethics Committee investigation. The allegations began after Los Angeles radio anchor Leeann Tweeden accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour.\n Franken announced he would resign after more than two dozen key Democratic lawmakers called for him to step down.\nHere’s what will happen to his Senate seat once he leaves office according to Minnesota election law.\nGov. Mark Dayton would appoint a new senator to fill Franken ’s seat when he resigns Ryan Furlong a spokesman for the Minnesota secretary of state’s office told Fox News.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b65f7bafad6453eabeec8d010bc26d1", "input": "Actor Scott Baio is denying a claim made by his former \"Charles in Charge\" co-star Nicole Eggert that something inappropriate happened between the two when she was a minor.\nEggert tweeted Saturday to ask Baio about what happened in his garage when she was a minor.\n Baio responded in a 16-minute Facebook Live video saying that he is being falsely accused of inappropriately touching and having intercourse with her when she was a minor. Baio said he and Eggert had a consensual relationship after she was over the age of 18.\nReps for Baio and Eggert did not immediately respond to request for comment.", "output": [ "Scott Baio" ] }, { "id": "task419-b84472e2d9e7467c8787a33a0f84e30c", "input": "Letitia Wright\n You may know her from: The AMC show “Humans” and December’s “Black Mirror” finale on Netflix “Black Museum”\nWhere you’ll see her this year: Playing Princess Shuri the half-sister of Chadwick Boseman’s title character in the highly anticipated Marvel movie “Black Panther ” as well as in roles in Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One ” the Liam Neeson thriller “The Commuter” and as Shuri again in “Avengers: Infinity War”\nWhy she ’s a standout: A Londoner who was born in Guyana the 24-year-old actress is a rare overtly religious Christian in Hollywood. Wright has said she ’s prioritized God over roles in the past: “I gave my life to Christ and I thought that would be it for me and he was like ‘No you’re not finished with acting acting is not finished with you ’” she told Women’s Wear Daily.\n She has also been an ardent advocate for more positive black roles in the film industry. “Shuri is one of the most exciting characters I’ve been blessed to portray ” Wright tells The Post. “I’m looking forward to the positive impact her love for technology and science will have on the younger generation. Being a part of the film feels kind of like history in the making!”\nYou may know him from: His breakout performance in the 2012 Matthew McConaughey indie “Mud” and his role as Cyclops in 2016’s “X-Men: Apocalypse”\nWhere you’ll see him this year: Starring in Steven Spielberg’s retro-tastic sci-fi thriller “Ready Player One” and the next X-Men movie “Dark Phoenix”\nWhy he ’s a standout: Sheridan got his start working with auteur Terrence Malick on “Tree of Life” at the early age of 10 but he didn’t go into the business a film-obsessed kid: “I grew up in the middle of Texas in a very rural area so we were always outside fishing or playing a sport — we were never in front of a TV watching films ” he told the Independent. The square-jawed 21-year-old actor brings an ease and authenticity to his roles that should make him the perfect centerpiece to Spielberg’s otherwise-highly-CGI’d film about virtual-reality gaming.", "output": [ "Letitia Wright" ] }, { "id": "task419-7c6047599050459385287be42dfc563d", "input": "Shaun White Wins Gold In Halfpipe At The Winter Olympics\nUpdated at 10:15 p.m. ET\nShaun White pulled off a gold-medal comeback in the halfpipe and Japan's Ayumu Hirano won silver on the strength of a phenomenal second run.\nCORRECTION: An early version of this story reported that White had won silver — that was reported after the second run had completed. On his third run White won gold.\n White missed out on a medal back in 2014 when he was hurt at the Sochi Games. He 's now the only snowboarder ever to win three gold medals at the Olympics. And he did it by winning the 100th gold medal for the U.S. Winter Olympic team.\nAfter the Japanese snowboarder's rousing run the pressure shifted to James and White . James seemed to take a very deep breath before he set off on his second run. The first section was great — but he couldn't get a clean landing on one of his final tricks. White came out with energy and speed — but he fell midway through and mustered only 55 points.\nThe situation reversed in the third and final run when White earned a 97.75 and both of his top rivals fell during their attempts.\nThis is the second Olympic medal for Hirano; he won silver in Sochi. He is also the reigning X Games champion in the halfpipe having won that title last month in a competition that White skipped.\n White led a group of four American snowboarders who qualified for the finals of the men's halfpipe at Phoenix Snow Park in Pyeongchang; joining him were Ben Ferguson Chase Josey and Jake Pates.\n Ferguson cleaned up his second run after a fall in the first. And after a strong final run earned him a 90.75 he finished 4th; Josey was 6th and Pates was 8th.", "output": [ "Shaun White" ] }, { "id": "task419-45bbcb32acdb41049e2e5a533f3cae3e", "input": "(CNN) Lobbyist Pamela Lopez walked into a bathroom and felt the rush of a large man behind her .\n He pushed her inside she said and before Lopez could turn around she heard the door lock.\n The man began to masturbate and told her to \"touch his penis \" she told CNN. \"I was terrified. I backed myself against the wall and thought 'What am I going to do?'\"\n Lopez 's story sounds similar to the ones told by more than 40 women over the last two weeks accusing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment or assault. Lopez was inspired by those women to speak up.\nThe man Lopez accuses of assault she says is a current California state legislator. She 's one of nearly 150 women who have signed a public letter decrying a culture of sexual harassment in California's state politics which takes root when lawmakers staffers and lobbyists descend on Sacramento each year for the legislative session.\n Lopez says she firmly told the man \"No I'm not going to touch you \" causing him to plead that she at least touch another part of his body as he gratified himself .\n Lopez refused and says that after he finished she insisted they \"walk out that door\" and return to the party.\n\" He said 'OK don't tell anybody this happened.'\" Lopez recalls. \"I felt like he 'd done this before; he wasn't shy.\"\n Lopez says she's not afraid to speak up now because she is a high-level partner at the K Street Consulting firm and has the support of her colleagues.\nAs for Lopez 's claim of assault by a legislator Daniel Alvarez secretary of the state Senate called it \"startling and unsettling.\" In a statement he added that even though there is no formal complaint \"We take the allegation very seriously and we are currently reviewing the matter.\"\nFor Lopez she said she continues to see the man she says assaulted her and calls his lack of apology \"dehumanizing.\"\n\"They know they can get away with it and they don't owe you the slightest apology \" Lopez said. \"It's a challenge many women in politics have to deal with.\"", "output": [ "Pamela Lopez" ] }, { "id": "task419-b9f4c20241364231a465e4d2a1cc788e", "input": "The settlement was filed Friday with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) said Chief Alaska Attorney General John Ptacin . It is subject to FERC and RCA approval which state officials hope will happen by next spring he said.\nThe settlement resolves multiple disputes over the time period. “There’s about 40 rate cases. We’re settling all of those cases in this settlement agreement ” Ptacin said.\nThe state argued that the owner companies botched the project and added costs that should not be used to reduce the value of North Slope crude or the revenues derived from that crude. The state prevailed on that point Ptacin said.\nDisputes also concerned property taxes and how they would be treated in the tariff calculations he said.\nAlso parties to the settlement are Anadarko Tesoro Flint Hills and Petro Star Inc. which shipped oil through the pipeline but held no ownership shares. Those companies generally sided with the state in the tariff disputes Ptacin said.", "output": [ "John Ptacin" ] }, { "id": "task419-83a68d02fe734ebaa27c8b797694148d", "input": "The phrase \"chain migration\" is what Durbin and his fellow liberals like to call a racist \"dog whistle \" but this dog won't hunt.\nOne wonders if Sen. Dick Durbin ever objected to the phrase \"chain of custody\" in judicial proceedings as evidence of racism in a justice system said to be unfair to blacks. Or maybe he thought \"chain smoking\" is a phrase coined by Klansmen watching slaves harvest tobacco. Has he ever participated in a chain letter?\nDemocrats like Durbin like to view everything through race-colored glasses and the phrase \"chain migration\" is no exception with Durbin claiming President Trump's use of the term reminded blacks of slavery:\n Durbin told the media on Friday that he reprimanded Trump for using the term \"chain migration\" in immigration negotiations claiming [that] it [is] associated with racism despite the Illinois senator just this week also using the term. Durbin said in an interview: That was the nature of this conversation. When it came to the issue of quote \"chain migration \" I said to the president do you realize how painful that term is to so many people? African-Americans believe they migrated to America in chains and when you talk about chain migration it hurts them personally.\nIn 2010 Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) advocated on the Senate floor for ending the process known as \"chain migration \" whereby newly naturalized citizens can bring an unlimited number of foreign relatives to the U.S. a term that he now claims insinuates racism. While asking Congress to pass the expansive and failed \"DREAM Act\" amnesty which would start by legalizing millions of illegal aliens Durbin touted the fact that the legislation at the time would have ended chain migration preventing newly amnestied illegal aliens from bringing their extended family members to the U.S. \"The DREAM Act would not allow what is known as chain migration \" Durbin said. \"In fact DREAM Act students would have very limited ability to sponsor their family members for legal status.\"\nLast week Durbin accused Republicans of forcing Lynch President Obama's African-American nominee to replace Eric Holder to \"sit in the back of the bus\" until a vote on a controversial sex trafficking bill could be held. That thinly veiled reference to the moment in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to move from her seat in a Montgomery Ala.[] bus was meant to paint Senate Republicans as racists. This came as news to Tim Scott R-S.C. the first black elected to the Senate from the Deep South since reconstruction. \"It is helpful to have a long memory and remember that Dick Durbin voted against Condoleezza Rice during the 40th anniversary of the March (on Selma) \" Scott noted. \"So I think in context it's just offensive that we have folks who are willing to race-bait on an issue as important as human trafficking.\"\nNot only did Durbin oppose the nomination of the first black woman and only the second woman to be secretary of state but he also fought President Bush's nomination of hispanic Miguel Estrada to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals:", "output": [ "Dick Durbin Dick", "Dick" ] }, { "id": "task419-15e0990be0d944ab998ca53bcc0570be", "input": "Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer will meet President Donald Trump this afternoon to talk about a 2018 budget deal and he will have to repeat or revoke the Democrats’ unpopular threats to block the 2018 budget if Republicans reject his unpopular amnesty for 3 million ‘dreamers.’\nThe meeting puts Schumer in the awkward position pushing a debate strategy that he denounced loudly in 2013. Back then Schumer blasted efforts by the GOP to extract Obamacare concessions before accepting the federal budget and insisted that Democrats would not hold up a federal budget to push their immigration priorities. He told ABC’s This Week:\nIn this battle Trump’s immigration principles are very popular in a nation that wants pro-American immigration rules .\n Schumer is in a weak position also because Democrats embrace the industry-funded “nation of immigrants” polls which shame Americans to say they welcome migrants. But the alternative “fairness” polls show that voters put a much higher priority on helping their families neighbors and fellow nationals get decent jobs in a high-tech high-immigration low-wage economy. That political power of the voters’ fairness priority was made clear during the GOP primaries and again in November 2016.", "output": [ "Chuck Schumer" ] }, { "id": "task419-67260c0c75d747df88afc0b09be39dea", "input": "There are many things that have been said about Steve Bannon in the past many things I myself have defended. From him being accused of being the second coming of Goebbels to well… him being accused of being the second coming of Goebbels. But one thing that can’t be disputed — and I can never defend about who Steve Bannon is or was — is that he is a dirty rat.\nImagine you work at the “New Breitbart.” Think about every conversation you have had with your “tough guy” boss — every intimate feeling or thought that might have been shared. Now imagine you rise to influence that exceeds Bannon’s and he needs to tear you down. You ask yourself “Am I next?” The President wasn’t safe the President’s children weren’t safe do you think will be? According to President Trump’s son “ Bannon used his privilege & turned that opportunity into a nightmare of backstabbing harassing leaking lying & undermining…” Goebbels? More like Henry Hill and Sammy the Bull. The only “egg that has cracked” is your boss and he wasn’t even testifying (can you imagine if he was)?\nYou at the “New Breitbart” fell for it your readers fell for it I fell for it and yes the President fell for it. Everything the “New Breitbart” has become is everything you espouse to hate — guilt coming before innocence gleefully naming and castigating all who have been named in the “Me Too” scandal and relentlessly demanding the deportation of close to 12 million people. Do you really think Mr. Bannon will be driving that bus? Or rather throwing his employees under it? He may dress like Indiana Jones but he ’s played many like Jim Jones. Yes many on the Left have a broken moral compass but many of you at the “New Breitbart” have also veered off the sacred trail.\nAnger booze jealousy insecurity… who knows which influences Bannon most and more importantly who cares. But what was gained by your boss’s actions? And yes he is your boss your leader your Hanoi Jane. Everything Steve Bannon hates he is and hatred often has the audacity to be contagious. To quote Andrew Breitbart “The army of the emboldened and gleefully ill-informed is growing.” Maybe “New Breitbart ” this is your come to Breitbart moment or just stay the course and be part of that “army.”\nThere is no doubt “New Breitbart” and Mr. Bannon were influential in helping the President get elected but that loyalty was and has been reciprocated. Even after you have unmercifully mocked his daughter and son-in-law using the “Javanka” moniker the President showed a relatively speaking amazing restraint of tweet and tongue. But then Bannon had to go all “Fredo ” forcing the President to go all “Don.”\nThe difference between the President and Mr. Bannon is that Mr. Bannon is an arsonist while the President is a builder. You the employees of the “New Breitbart ” and whatever chemtrail supporters Mr. Bannon has left must decide whether to build or destroy. That is now your new question. Destruction without building is just so… Leftist. No Mr. Bannon to be sure you are no Joseph Goebbels but you are also no Andrew Breitbart.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-c081fbd08f814ffbbdc30a14803df439", "input": "To do so Brooks Goldade director of digital experience at B-Dubs told CNBC that the company is looking to bolster technology that is anticipatory.\n\"Anticipatory is really being led by the tech giants the Googles and the Apples who are trying to figure out what you need when you need it or slightly before you need it \" he said.\n Goldade said that Buffalo Wild Wings has already built in some of this technology into its platforms so that it can change how its customers interact with the brand.\n He said that part of the company's plan to engage with diners is through \"personalization layers\" on its website which track things like a customers' location. Through this data the company can make customers aware of local deals and target areas with specific sports rivalries.\nWhile engaging its digital users is a priority for the brand Goldade said the company will always put the food first. The revamp of its website transformed the ordering platform to focus on convenience customization and letting diners see the food they are about to order.\n Goldade said the brand wanted to \"engage your brain in a way that makes you hungry\" by having large photos of Buffalo Wild Wings' burgers chicken sandwiches and wings in the online order form.\n\"I don't want to think about adding bacon I want to see it \" he said.\n Goldade said that Panera is the leading player in providing a visual element to the ordering process noting that the soup and sandwich company provides its diners with images of its food online and through its ordering kiosks.\n Goldade said that currently more than a quarter of takeout orders for Buffalo Wild Wings' company-owned locations are made through digital channels like mobile and online. The company hopes to see this number increase as its online platforms allow for more customization and convenience.\n The company declined to provide more specific sales information.", "output": [ "Brooks Goldade" ] }, { "id": "task419-be10d0e32b444778a8faf7bb73b7b021", "input": "Mr. Myatt used his knack for forgery and knowledge of art history to produce fake after fake more than 200 in all. Fake Giacomettis. Fake Paul Klees. Fake Chagalls. Some sold for well over $150 000. (Only 80 or so have been recovered by the police; the rest are still at large although Mr. Myatt said he did not know where.) But while he provided the art it was the smooth-talking Mr. Drewe who drove the operation cooking up the ersatz provenances and handling the sales. In 1999 Mr. Drewe was sentenced to six years in prison. Mr. Myatt who pleaded guilty to fraud and testified for the prosecution served 4 months of a 12-month sentence.\n He makes an unlikely ex-convict.\n He is so well regarded in this Staffordshire community where he is the organist and choir director at the local church that when he was in jail his neighbors banded together and refurbished his kitchen. Visitors to a recent London exhibit of his work -- new works in the style of famous artists with the words \"Genuine Fake\" written in indelible ink on the back -- included the foreman of the jury that convicted him ; his defense lawyer; and Jonathan Searle the Scotland Yard detective who arrested him and who when Mr. Myatt got out of prison commissioned a portrait from him (as did a prosecutor in the case).\n Mr. Myatt now gives lectures on art forgery alongside officers from Scotland Yard. At his London exhibit he sold everything he displayed -- 68 fake Miros Picassos Giacomettis and the like -- at prices from $875 to more than $8 000. (The cheapest picture was a Myatt original titled \"Ceci N'est Pas Une Magritte.\") Besides the Van Gogh Mr. Myatt's house is chock-full of other fake great works -- Matisses Ben Nicholsons Braques. His studio is filled with half-finished Monets. Now 60 trim with thinning gray hair and a very dry sense of humor he talks forthrightly but with a residue of shellshock about his life of crime.\nAFTER studying art in college Mr. Myatt discovered his talent for forgery when oddly enough he was working as a songwriter in the 1970's. ( His song \"Silly Games\" hit No. 1 on the British charts but that is another story.) His boss mentioned that he wanted to buy some Raoul Dufy paintings then worth more than $100 000 each.\nBut he didn't need to. \"I painted a couple of Dufys for him \" Mr. Myatt said. His boss paid £250 apiece slapped them in £600-pound frames and hung them up. \"We all thought it was very funny \" Mr. Myatt said.\nThe get-solvent-quick potential of the enterprise appealed to him later when he was broke and wondering how to raise two children under the age of 3. He placed an advertisement in the satirical magazine Private Eye offering legal forgeries for £250.\nEverything was above board at first. Someone commissioned Mr. Myatt to paint his father a retired navy commander in the style of Joshua Reynolds. \"We took a painting of some fabulous old guy gazing out with lots of medals and just changed the face \" Mr. Myatt said. \" He thought it was brilliant.\"\nThen Mr. Drewe called identifying himself as a physics professor who wanted to dazzle his girlfriend with his new art collection. Mr. Myatt painted more than a dozen pictures for him at £250 each. The enterprise crossed into illegality when Mr. Myatt painted the fake Albert Gleizes that Mr. Drewe without a word to Mr. Myatt passed off to Christie's as a family heirloom. From then on Mr. Myatt supplied the pictures and Mr. Drewe did everything else. He tipped cups of black coffee on the works to make them look old. He put them in period frames. He concocted false provenances and false explanations for how he came to have them.\n Mr. Myatt stayed willfully ignorant unquestioningly accepting whatever Mr. Drewe paid him .\nMeanwhile Mr. Drewe was getting weirder and weirder Mr. Myatt said spinning stories about the royal family and Mossad. \"And I thought this is the stupidest thing I've ever done.\" Having made about £90 000 in all ( Mr. Drewe made about £1.5 million prosecutors said) he told Mr. Drewe he had had enough.\nScotland Yard came calling a year later as part of its larger investigation into Mr. Drewe whose by then ex-girlfriend had turned him in.\nMR. MYATT passed his jail time drawing portraits of inmates and guards. When he got out he married his second wife Rosemary who sings with him in the church choir and runs the increasingly successful Genuine Fakes business. Michael Douglas has bought the rights to his story.\nUntil then there is a new wrinkle to contend with he said: an unidentified forger who has been selling fake Myatts.", "output": [ "Myatt" ] }, { "id": "task419-ce091a7d55ba4c91a581996976b3a624", "input": "Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke spoke to Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM and praised his departmentâs efforts to keep Americaâs public lands open during the âgovernment shutdown.â\nToday we are at the Lincoln WW2 and Washington giving out maps greeting visitors pic.twitter.com/3hqTE4FDlI â Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) January 21 2018\nThanks to Jeff from our Parks concessionaire/vendor Guest Services Inc. for donating porta-johns and keeping visitor services open during the #schumershutdown pic.twitter.com/dtT08eVC7z â Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) January 21 2018\nBreitbart News Deputy Political Editor Amanda House asked Zinke to compare that experience to this shutdown where he has been able to keep open a comparatively much larger amount of public land. Zinke made headlines Saturday for welcoming visitors to keep the Washington World War II Memorial open.\nâI canât think of a [bigger] difference [than] in how we view our public lands. Our public lands and monuments are the peopleâs and not the governmentâs â Zinke told House directly comparing the Trump administrationâs approach to earlier policies. âAnd so weâve given a directive to wherever possible make sure our public lands remain open. ⦠Where we can weâve opened up our parks.â\n Zinke claimed he wanted to avoid politicizing the parks and other public lands. âWeâre blessed with our park system BLM [Bureau of Land Management lands] and great public lands and treasures. ⦠To weaponize those lands for a political purpose I think quite frankly is unamerican â he told House.\nâWeâre even negotiating with New York on the Statue of Liberty â Zinke added about the famous landmark now slated to reopen Monday.\nStill Zinke reigned in his enthusiasm to emphasize the hardship his employees might face if the shutdown continues. â[The Department of the] Interior has a really noble mission: being the stewards of our greatest treasures â Zinke said. âThese are middle-class American families that work hard that love our country and they have mortgages. ⦠So to use our personnel as â somehow â a bargaining chip for political purposes quite frankly is disgraceful.â", "output": [ "Ryan Zinke" ] }, { "id": "task419-01c6c100463540b9b73523bf674316d7", "input": "Newly-elected Cleveland City Councilman Basheer Jones and community activist Mikki Smith appeared on the “Views from the 216” talk radio show with Darvio “The Kingpin” Morrow to discuss the issue and Smith did not hold back. She described how the executive director of the Union Miles Development Corporation told her about the billboards and she knew she had to take action. (Emphasis added.)\n Smith said she wasn’t surprised that the billboards targeted her community.\nIf Preterm or any other abortion provider wants to truly help the black community Smith says there are other ways.\nThe hosts of Views from the 216 have asked Preterm representatives to be on the show to talk about the placement of the billboards and answer Mikki Smith ’s questions but they replied that they were not available.", "output": [ "Mikki Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-5d02ab7a87af45b9a6285b4b91bcc048", "input": "Interested in Game of Thrones? Add Game of Thrones as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Game of Thrones news video and analysis from ABC News. Add Interest\nBehzad Mesri was charged in a seven-count indictment with computer fraud wire fraud and other crimes. He is believed to be in Iran and likely beyond the reach of American authorities but federal prosecutors and the FBI scheduled a lunchtime news conference to discuss the case.\nBill Sweeney assistant director in charge of the FBI's New York field office said that Mesri \"lurked in the alleyways of the Internet identified the vulnerabilities of his victim and pickpocketed their information from thousands of miles away. After he had successfully identified their proprietary secrets he held their future for ransom. Today's charges show that international cybercriminals are never beyond the reach of U.S. laws.\"\n Mesri was a self-professed expert in computer hacking court records said. He had worked previously “on behalf of the Iranian military” to hack military systems nuclear software systems and Israeli infrastructure.\n He was known online as Skote Vahshat a hacker pseudonym federal prosecutors said Mesri used to deface hundreds of websites in the United States and elsewhere around the world.", "output": [ "Behzad Mesri" ] }, { "id": "task419-8cef3c7a9c2d477b90c3a839357f6f0d", "input": "Oklahoma Sooners guard Trae Young drives to the basket. (Photo: Mark D. Smith USA TODAY Sports)\nNORMAN Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma guard Christian James can’t grasp what Trae Young does.\n Young scored 29 of his 43 points after halftime and No. 9 Oklahoma defeated No. 16 TCU 102-97 in overtime on Saturday.\n“Sometimes you wonder is he even human?” James said.\n“I had to continue to be aggressive and the shots were there and open for me to take so I was just trying to knock it down every time ” Young said.\nIt was Young ’s second dominant performance against TCU this season. He had 39 points and 14 assists and made the game-winning free throws with 7 seconds left in a 90-89 win over the Horned Frogs on Dec. 30.\nOklahoma led 49-47 at halftime. Manek scored 18 points and Young had 14 points six rebounds and four assists. Brodziansky led TCU with 14 points in the first half as the Horned Frogs shot 53 percent.\nA deep 3-pointer by Young helped push Oklahoma's lead to 57-52 but Brodziansky's putback jam tied it at 65.\n Young scored 11 points in a 3-minute span to help the Sooners tie the game at 85. Young found Christian James for a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining that gave the Sooners an 89-87 lead. Fisher's layup with 1.4 seconds left forced overtime.\n Young scored 11 points in a 3-minute span to help the Sooners rally from a 6-point deficit and tie the game at 85. He found James for a 3-pointer with 6 seconds remaining that gave the Sooners an 89-87 lead.\n“I mean being the competitor I am obviously I want to take the last shot and I want the game to be in my hands ” Young said “but I want to make the right play and the right play was throwing it to Christian. I have so much trust in him to knock it down and he did.”\nTrae Young is the only major-conference player in the last 20 years with 40 points 10 rebounds and 10 3-pt FG in a single game. pic.twitter.com/RFTbStQ1fQ — ESPN (@espn) January 13 2018\nOklahoma: Young continues to make adjustments and dominate after halftime. It’s another quality win for the Sooners who are in the race for the conference title and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.\n Young is averaging 21.6 points per game after halftime in Big 12 play.\n“I think it’s just competitiveness that kind of rises again in the second half and it’s not like his first half today wasn’t good ” Kruger said. “It was pretty good. He ’s a competitor and he wants his team to win and he is willing to go out there and step up when he needs to. “\n Young has Oklahoma’s freshman record for assists in a season just five games into conference play. His seven dimes on Saturday increased his season total to 160. He surpassed Tommy Masson-Griffin (154 in 2009-10). He also became the fourth player in program history to score 40 points in a game multiple times joining Wayman Tisdale (five) Stacey King (two) and Jeff Webster (two).", "output": [ "Trae Young" ] }, { "id": "task419-16e9ec3abad04926958bad2d0d02bfb6", "input": "His new vampire thriller \"The Passage \" published this month is a best-seller. The unfinished manuscript sold in a bidding war to Fox 2000 for $1.75 million. And Stephen King called during Cronin's interview on ABC's \"Good Morning America\" to tell him that he is a fan.\n Cronin talked about vampires his inspiration for \"The Passage\" and readers' reaction to his book in a recent interview.\n Cronin: It was her dare. In the fall of 2005 my daughter was 8. I was kind of wondering what to do next and she came to me and she said she thought I should write a book in her words \"about a girl that saves the world and that it should be interesting.\" I think every interesting thing a man does in his life he probably does to impress a girl and so I wrote this book to impress my daughter.\n Cronin: The word \"series\" isn't quite right. I want each of these books to be a satisfying book all in itself. ... To call it a trilogy is true but not really the whole truth and not the exact truth but there are three books all taking place in this world with this basic set of characters.\n Cronin: Oh yeah. My office is the war room. I've got a white board and photographs and maps and every kind of thing up there.", "output": [ "Justin Cronin", "Cronin" ] }, { "id": "task419-5a44608f162242a08805ef7801c5be3d", "input": "While Klay Thompson closed the game with the final seven points to give Golden State the victory the head-to-head battle between Durant and LeBron James the best players in the sport will be analyzed and dissected most.\nTwice in the final two minutes James tried to drive past Durant. Both times James lost the ball out of bounds resulting in Cleveland turnovers that essentially iced the game for Golden State.\nReplays left the impression that both plays could have been called fouls though James only took issue with the second one — when Durant blocked a shot off James’s hands and out of bounds giving the ball back to the Warriors after a replay review with 24.5 seconds left. Durant’s play prevented Cleveland from getting a shot at tying the score.\n“I lost it on the left wing ” James said. “ He got me a little bit but I lost that one. But obviously the overturned one he fouled me twice. But whatever. What are you going to do about it?”\nDurant not surprisingly saw it a bit differently — particularly the debate about whether he fouled James that was ongoing on social media in the moments after the plays.", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-6f5836cb8995468fb2d98815d8fb47fc", "input": "Hope Hicks the White House communications director and trusted confidante of President Donald Trump abruptly announced on Wednesday she was resigning from the role that made her the youngest and highest-paid White House staff member.\nThe announcement came one day after Hicks reportedly told a House intelligence panel that she had sometimes told “white lies” for President Trump. But the White House released a statement in which Trump had nothing but praise for Hicks . “She is as smart and thoughtful as they come a truly great person. I will miss having her by my side but when she approached me about pursuing other opportunities I totally understood. I am sure we will work together again in the future ” Trump said in the statement.\n Hicks is a former model and public relations professional who is 29 years old. A document released last summer by the White House revealed that the highest annual salary for staffers was $179 700. A total of 22 White House personnel earned that $179 700 per year and Hope Hicks was among them.\n Hicks was then listed as “Assistant to the President and Director of Strategic Communications.” Several of the other White House staffers who were earning $179 700 per year have already left the administration including Steve Bannon Omarosa Manigault K.T. McFarland Robert Porter Reince Priebus and Sean Spicer. Dina Powell another $179 700-per-year Trump staffer resigned recently in her role as deputy national security and has rejoined Goldman Sachs where she worked before being hired by the White House.", "output": [ "Hope Hicks" ] }, { "id": "task419-eb5a6d94d6c14b6e91ec747833105e91", "input": "Tom Petty was that rare classic rocker who didn’t turn into a nostalgia act. As a singer songwriter guitarist and band leader Petty excelled through four decades of acclaimed albums and concerts that hewed to a narrow but brilliantly realized vision of rock ’n’ roll.\n Petty 66 died Monday after being taken to UCLA Medical Center for cardiac arrest Sunday night. His death was confirmed Monday night by his family’s spokeswoman according to the Los Angeles Times. The singer-songwriter lived in Malibu Calif.\nAlong the way he and the Heartbreakers rode out the fickle ebb and flow of pop trends to carry the torch for guitar-based rock inevitably selling out stadiums around the world no matter what kind of music was atop the pop charts at the time. The band was on the road over the summer to celebrate its 40th anniversary including a sold-out concert at Wrigley Field in June. Petty acknowledged he was something of a purist with a narrow definition of what rock should be — “It’s like jazz or folk or blues — take it too far and it isn’t any of those things ” he once told the Tribune. “We see these banners at some of our shows: ‘Greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world.’ And sometimes I think we’re the only one. There aren’t many left.”\nThat “won’t back down” mentality — which later spawned one of his greatest songs — was forged while growing up in Gainesville Fla. Born in 1950 Petty had a difficult relationship with his insurance-salesman father who never understood his son’s lack of interest in sports and passion for the arts. The young Petty was smitten with music after meeting Elvis Presley as a child through the auspices of a relative working on one of Presley’s movie sets and later seeing the Beatles perform on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” He took guitar lessons from a future member of the Eagles Don Felder and began playing in a series of bands while working dead-end jobs — everything from washing dishes to digging graves.\n“Music was a safe place to be ” Petty told the Tribune in 2002. “I think that in many ways I had a pretty tough childhood and the music actually became a safe haven for me. That was where I escaped to. It really is the only true magic I’ve found in this world. Most magic is a trick of some kind. But music is actually a healing thing. It has this power to heal and inspire and to lift you right up.”\n Petty then cut a demo with Campbell Tench bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch that led to a record deal and the release of Petty and the Heartbreakers’ self-titled 1976 debut album. Later one of Petty’s heroes — the Byrds’ McGuinn — recorded a cover of “American Girl ” which emulated the Byrds’ chiming guitar-driven sound.", "output": [ "Tom Petty" ] }, { "id": "task419-d03b6fb7f3c245bea0c8f03d6eab2a09", "input": "SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean delegation had a first-ever meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday and they hoped to encourage Pyongyang and the United States to talk officials said.\nThe South Korean delegation was later invited to join Kim Jong Un for dinner the South Korean spokesman added.\nThawing relations between the Koreas have prompted speculation about direct talks between Washington and Pyongyang despite months of tension and bellicose insults between U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un that fueled fears of war.\nNorth Korea has not carried out any weapons tests since late November when it tested its largest intercontinental ballistic missile. Inter-Korean talks began after Kim Jong Un said in his New Year’s address that he wanted to engage the South.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e5c52d400134be780afa7787fb80166", "input": "La Porte County Deputy Austin Wells pulled a driver over near Michigan City Tuesday morning for speeding when he realized the woman was choking ABC station WLS reported.\n\"I was kind of in shock to be honest with you. I have made hundreds of traffic stops \" Wells told reporters during a press conference Wednesday WLS reported.\n Wells said he was traveling southbound when he clocked a vehicle traveling in the other direction at 70 miles per hour in a 45 mile-per-hour zone.\nAfter pulling over the woman for speeding Wells said he noticed she was struggling to breathe.\n\"The driver had a very deep reddish almost purple look in her face and her lips were a little blue tint \" Wells said. \"She kept making a couple of gestures towards me that she was unable to breathe.\"\n Wells said he pulled the woman 65 from her car and performed the Heimlich maneuver and dislodged \"what ended up being a honey mustard nut from her airway.\"\n\"She was very thankful. She just kept repeating 'Thank you thank you.' She was very scared and I would have been too if I was in that situation \" he added.\nWhen paramedics arrived Wells said the woman refused medical treatment and continued on her way.\nWhen asked if he felt like a hero Wells said: \"I feel like I was just doing my job and I was happy I was in the right place at the right time. It felt a lot better than issuing a citation or a warning that's for sure.\"", "output": [ "Austin Wells" ] }, { "id": "task419-199013e3654447689420d43599a78add", "input": "WASHINGTON Sept. 7— As his colleagues watched grimly Senator Bob Packwood announced his resignation today hours after the Ethics Committee released a 10-volume indictment much of it in his own hand of his personal and official conduct.\nBut Senator Bob Dole raised the possibility tonight that Senator Packwood would not leave immediately. Mr. Packwood an Oregon Republican did not set an effective date for his resignation.\n\"The Bob Packwood we heard today is the Bob Packwood we've known over the years \" said Mr. Dole who looked as if a dark storm were playing out over his visage. Indeed Mr. Dole whose Presidential campaign has been losing some of its momentum lately has been relying on Senator Packwood to steer the Republicans' sweeping economic program through the Finance Committee and shepherd it into law.\nPhoto: Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon resigned yesterday heading off a vote to expel him for sexual and official misconduct. Members of his staff left the Capitol after Mr. Packwood's announcement. (Associated Press)(pg. D17)", "output": [ "Bob Packwood" ] }, { "id": "task419-1c7d65e01d234a1e8392292f52388b25", "input": "British Prime Minister Theresa May has said that her government is \"proving the doubters wrong\" after European Union leaders agreed that Brexit negotiations can finally move on to their next phase in the new year.\nLeaders of the other 27 EU nations gave a boost to May on Friday when they declared that talks over Britain's exit can proceed to the issues of transition and future relations.\nWriting in two Sunday newspapers May also struck a defiant note and said her Brexit plans won't be \"derailed\" by anti-Brexit campaigners.\nMay who is already struggling to maintain her authority amid the fractious exit process suffered a significant political defeat in Parliament on Wednesday when the House of Commons voted to give lawmakers the final say on any Brexit agreement.", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-9e9d6bd79fe94ac9a18b0691c05daeee", "input": "House Freedom Caucus chairman Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) joined Breitbart News Sunday live from Alabama to discuss his support of former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore for U.S. Senate .\nBreitbart London editor Raheem Kassam and Washington Political editor Matt Boyle joined Congressman Meadows for an extended chat on Moore ’s Tuesday special primary election showdown with the Chamber of Commerce-endorsed appointed Sen. Luther Strange.\n“I know Judge Roy Moore to be not only be a man of character in spite of the tens of millions of dollars that are flowing into Alabama to suggest otherwise ” Meadows said laying out the case for his chosen candidate.\nMoore on the other hand is in Meadows opinion the kind of candidate who will not bend to “the Swamp.” He told Kassam and Boyle “A Judge Moore win really would make sure that the Trump agenda gets implemented ” adding “There’s all kinds of members of Congress and senators who will run and they really run so incredibly strong like they have a backbone of steel but they really have a backbone of a banana. You know when it’s peeled back it gets real mushy when they get to Washington DC. So we need to give them some steel. Judge Roy Moore has a backbone of steel. I’m glad to not only endorse him and support him but I look forward to serving with him in the coming days.”\nMeadows also laid out his case against Luther Strange whom President Trump has chosen to endorse. He focused for example on Strange’s back-and-forth record on eliminating the filibuster for legislation in the Senate telling Boyle “Luther Strange has done the infamous flip-flop. I can tell you I was never so mad to see that he signed onto a letter that says we ought to keep the 60 vote filibuster rule in place that says you gotta have 60 votes in order to move anything in the Senate. That one thing has thwarted the Trump agenda over and over and over again in this first nine months. And yet he signed onto a letter that said we need to keep it. Well it was only when he got in a real tough race in this special election did he say just a few weeks ago ‘Oh no. I’m for doing away with the filibuster.’ The American people are smarter than that. I know the people in Alabama are smarter than that. They see it for what it is: a political stunt that he pulled at the last minute in hopes of trying to convince people that he is one of them.”\nMeadows closed his appearance by offering his prediction. “Roy Moore is a man of faith. The power of prayer for so many is going up on his behalf right now. I think Tuesday night will be a great victory due in no small part to the wonderful efforts of all the listeners ” he said before signing off.", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-48ae20ea676b46509fe1e9ed75d2b6d8", "input": "J.C. Caroline a legendary running back at Illinois who went on to a decorated 10-year career primarily as a defensive back with the Chicago Bears died Friday in Urbana Ill. He was 84.\n Caroline is the second member of the 1963 Bears championship team to die this month. Joe Fortunato a linebacker on the title-winning team died Nov. 6. He was 87.\n Caroline stands with Red Grange as one of the best running backs to play for the Illini. Caroline led the nation in rushing as a sophomore in 1953 gaining 1 256 yards to set the Big Ten record at the time and helping the Illini to a 7-1-1 record and a share of the conference title. He finished seventh in Heisman Trophy balloting.\n Caroline signed with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL in 1955 and joined the Bears a year later playing primarily defensive back. He was selected to the Pro Bowl as a rookie in 1956 and finished his career with 24 interceptions. He played both ways his first three seasons getting some action as a halfback.", "output": [ "J.C. Caroline" ] }, { "id": "task419-8817a614d7464910be4332fd10cf62d0", "input": "Newspapers on Tuesday ran pictures of the urbane U.S.-educated Foreign Minister Javad Zarif laughing and hugging the commander of the guards Major-General Mohammad Ali Jafari.\n Zarif brief lawmakers on Wednesday about the expected U.S. action and about Iran’s plans for a response according to members of parliament quoted in state media.\n“In the closed session Zarif emphasized that if the Americans take any steps against the nuclear deal that the Islamic Republic of Iran will give them a more crushing response ” Shahbaz Hassanpour a lawmaker representing the city of Sirjan told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).\nLawmakers did not disclose the specific actions that Zarif had discussed as plans for Iranian retaliation.", "output": [ "Javad Zarif" ] }, { "id": "task419-0662411dbf1d46808f6fb28473027850", "input": "When Google reorganized into Alphabet in 2015 Titan was folded into X. Titan was then lumped into Project Wing the X division that works on delivery drones. An X representative Jacquelyn Miller told Business Insider that X will instead focus on Project Loon which makes high-altitude balloons for delivering internet from the sky.\n Miller said the Titan project was ended some time within the last year but declined to give specifics. Some Titan employees were reassigned to other parts of X including Project Loon. Miller did not say how many Titan employees lost their jobs if any.\n\"The team from Titan was brought into X in late 2015. We ended our exploration of high altitude UAVs for internet access shortly after \" Miller said in a written statement. \"By comparison at this stage the economics and technical feasibility of Project Loon present a much more promising way to connect rural and remote parts of the world. Many people from the Titan team are now using their expertise as part of other high flying projects at X including Loon and Project Wing.\"\nProject Wing has had its own troubles. The head of Wing Dave Vos left the company in October 2016. Miller said the company is still committed to Project Wing.", "output": [ "Miller" ] }, { "id": "task419-416b03ddbc6e4e33b62d5dbd4c8a05b9", "input": "Actress and former model Rebecca Griffin chose to use the death of 17 students and school staff to further her stance on abortion.\n“Woman puts baby up for adoption he grows up to be a violent young man who will spend the rest of his life in prison for a mass murder. Tell me more about how abortions are wrong ” Griffin tweeted Thursday.\nAfter fierce backlash Griffin would go on to blame readers for failing to properly comprehend her tweet and saying that her point was based on research showing that mental health issues are genetic and therefore the unfit parents of shooter Nikolas Cruz who gave him up for adoption are to blame for it.\n She also repeatedly tweeted a link to a research paper that claimed to offer evidence that legal abortion leads to a decrease in crime.", "output": [ "Rebecca Griffin" ] }, { "id": "task419-442ab56a66f8441a90bc29572e63ed69", "input": "French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and President Hamid Karzai spoke to journalists in the capital of Kabul after meeting earlier in the day. They discussed the recent international conference on Afghanistan in London and the need to push forward with plans to reconcile Taliban fighters with the government Fillon said.\n \"The French support is something that you can enjoy and France will remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes \" Fillon said but added that France has no plans to expand its military effort.\n France has about 3 750 troops in Afghanistan most in the mountainous east. The country increased its presence considerably in 2008 Fillon said.\n \"We have a mission to fulfill the mission that has been negotiated with our allies \" Fillon said. \"We consider that the resources that we have here are sufficient to reach that objective and fulfill that mission.\"\n Fillon said he would also be visiting French troops. Embassy officials could not be reached for further comment.", "output": [ "Fillon" ] }, { "id": "task419-ef659563251540baad8da4c30fe17147", "input": "But courtroom one is now an active crime scene after the dramatic events when former Bosnian Croat military leader Slobodan Praljak tipped the contents of a small brown bottle into his mouth and died shortly afterwards in hospital.\nThe unprecedented gesture came as Praljak 72 angrily denied being a criminal after judges rejected his appeal and upheld his 20-year jail term for atrocities committed in a breakaway Bosnian Croat statelet during the 1990s wars.\nIt remains a mystery exactly what Praljak drank and how he managed to evade tight security to smuggle the bottle into the tribunal.\nThere are also questions about how he acquired the substance and if it was in the fortress-like UN detention centre in The Hague where he was being held.\nUnder court rules everyone entering the detention centre is subjected to tight security “irrespective of his or her status nationality function or age”.", "output": [ "Slobodan Praljak" ] }, { "id": "task419-b053e5adee4f4420b603673e9f5f410d", "input": "CNN guest commentator Hilary Rosen is on the hot seat after she publicly and baselessly panned a Georgetown University sports fan as anti-Semitic — because he was wearing a bacon suit during his school’s recent basketball game against Syracuse University.\n“Hey it’s ‘bacon man.’ It’s actually Mr. Bakan — pronounced ‘bacon.’ Just a fun costume ” Bakan tweeted at Rosen .\n Rosen tried to save her own bacon by claiming she was given some bad intel.\n Rosen never clarified what “bad info” she got about the legendary ‘Cuse-Georgetown rivalry or how it had to do with Judaism.", "output": [ "Hilary Rosen" ] }, { "id": "task419-71ca29b957d44755bda4feffdb1f8af3", "input": "Quincy Jones in New York on Jan. 26 2018. (Photo: Brian Ach Getty Images)\n Quincy Jones the music maestro whose recent interviews have sparked furious rows among friends and admirers apologized on Twitter Thursday for \"silly\" things he has said.\nIn a tweet Jones said his six daughters took him aside for a \"family intervention\" after two recent interviews led to public discussion of for example whether his late pals comedian Richard Pryor and actor Marlon Brando slept together.\nJones blamed age his giving up drinking three years ago and memory problems for his garrulous interviews in Vulture and GQ recently. Among other topics in the profanity-pocked Q&As he said he didn't care for Taylor Swift's music once dated Ivanka Trump and once thought the Beatles were bad musicians.\n\"Even at 85 it's apparent that 'wordvomit' and bad-mouthing is inexcusable \" he continued. He said his \"bad-mouthing\" contradicted messages he wanted to convey about racism inequality homophobia and poverty. He said he had already reached out to his friends to apologize privately.\n\"But when you live a public life you have a responsibility to be an example & since I do live a public life I wanted to make a public apology \" he wrote.\n\"I am sorry to anyone to whom my words offended & I'm especially sorry to my friends who are still here with me & to those who aren't \" he wrote. He thanks his friends and family for their \"grace.\"\n\"Thank you for calling me out when I've clearly made a mistake...many mistakes \" he said. \"I hear ALL of you & I thank you.\"\n He signed it: \"Love an 85-year-old bow-legged man who is still learning from his mistakes.\"\n He did not explicitly retract his claim about Pryor and Brando.\nTwo weeks ago after the Vulture interview began attracting a lot of baffled attention Pryor's daughter Rain Pryor furiously denied her father and Brando ever slept together and poured scorn on everyone gleefully gossiping about it including her father's widow Jennifer Lee Pryor who confirmed Jones ' claim.\nIn two lengthy online diatribes Rain Pryor denounced Jones and her stepmother.", "output": [ "Quincy Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-0ed38450c3b44d2a94de148a62f80df3", "input": "BILOXI/PASCAGOULA Miss. (Reuters) - Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming ashore in Mississippi flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages.\nMaximum sustained winds from Nate the fourth major storm to hit the United States in less than two months dropped to 35 miles per hour (55 km per hour) as it moved through Alabama and into Tennessee.\n Nate killed at least 30 people in Central America before entering the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and bearing down on the U.S. South. It has also shut down most oil and gas production in the Gulf.\n Nate follows hurricanes Harvey Irma and Maria which have devastated areas of the Caribbean and southern United States.\nNate made its first U.S. landfall on Saturday evening near the mouth of the Mississippi River and then made a second one early on Sunday near Biloxi Mississippi.\nRelated Coverage South of New Orleans Nate spares parish devastated by Hurricane Katrina\nThree hundred guests remained in the hotel some eager to try their luck after surviving Nate.\nForecast at one point to make landfall in Louisiana Nate headed farther east and spared many New Orleans parishes that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina 12 years ago.", "output": [ "Nate" ] }, { "id": "task419-99f7ab7f85ac4657b1c1727a66dc4d66", "input": "WASHINGTON DC – Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) spoke to the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) on Friday about the danger posed by Iran and accused the U.S. State Department of listening to that dictatorship more than to those who seek a free and democratic Iran.\n Gingrich said he has lobbied for the Iranian resistance movement in the U.S. and the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) since he was the top Republican in the House.\n Gingrich said:\n Gingrich acknowledged that Iranians have suffered in exile in Iraq at Camp Liberty and Camp Ashraf where thousands of members and sympathizers of MEK have been living for the past 25 years:\n Gingrich said “And I hope that this administration will now be part of this process of beginning to unravel both the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and then ultimately the dictatorship.”\nThat unraveling should include the U.S. designating the IRGC a terrorist organization which would have a direct impact on the Iranian economy according to Gingrich .\n Gingrich said in his remarks that the extent of the danger posed by Iran cannot be understated.\n“As long as that dictatorship is in power as long as it’s able to spend money as long as it is able to project terrorism around the world it is ultimately a mortal danger to the United States ” Gingrich said. “And of course it was a terrible thing for the Iranian people.”\n“A dictatorship which in 1988 killed 30 000 people something which for some reason The New York Times and The Washington Post don’t find to be horrifying ” Gingrich said.\n Gingrich detailed the Iran’s aspirations in a chilling laundry list:\n Gingrich also praised President Donald Trump on his decision to decertify the JCPOA nuclear deal calling it “just about exactly the right path” and said that the president’s public remarks about Iran have been bold.\nThat includes Trump’s speech to the United Nations which Gingrich said was “probably the strongest condemnation of Iran of the Iranian dictatorship ever uttered in the United Nations.”", "output": [ "Newt Gingrich" ] }, { "id": "task419-a203d92ac7634d16a3bbe7ff270727e6", "input": "There would be much to investigate. A few senior officials in the West Wing had access to details of the allegations of physical and emotional abuse made by Mr. Porter’s ex-wives. A greater number of people had a sense that something was amiss but chose to avert their gaze instead of asking questions.\nThe first hours after the issue was brought to light by an article in The Daily Mail were a confused blur with officials like Mr. Kelly at first endorsing Mr. Porter ’s resignation but then agreeing to issue statements in support of him . That disarray belied the belief of some in the White House that someone — Mr. Kelly — was finally in charge after six months of drama and infighting in 2017. In reality these officials now concede no one truly was.\n“They haven’t figured out how the place operates and apparently they don’t want to learn ” said John Dean a White House counsel under President Richard M. Nixon. The Porter situation he added “is a manifestation of what happens when you have chaos.”\nMr. Kelly a four-star Marine general had been billed as uniquely qualified to bring order to Mr. Trump’s world when he took his post in July. Now he faces a morale crisis in the West Wing where aides describe a sense of betrayal by a chief of staff they no longer trust after his claims that he had not fully known about Mr. Porter ’s problems and had acted within minutes once he learned of them.\nBut in the case of Mr. Porter White House aides privately acknowledge some advisers appear to have chosen to try to protect a colleague who was generally well liked and more important too competent to lose. Mr. Trump himself often expressed his regard for Mr. Porter by describing him as “out of central casting.”\nIn the hours after the allegations against Mr. Porter became public some senior officials in fact hesitated to force him out in part because they argued that if one top adviser could be felled by accusations they could all potentially be vulnerable. Mr. Porter denied privately to his colleagues as well as publicly that he had ever physically abused his wives.\nWhat distinguished this crisis from the ones that preceded it was that it was not localized to one official such as Stephen K. Bannon the isolated chief strategist who left in August or Reince Priebus the often uninformed chief of staff who departed a month before that. Mr. Porter’s case had spread to so many aspects of the White House that it ensnared a number of staff members.\nWhile multiple officials in the West Wing were aware that he had been unable to pass his background check none appear to have made an effort to ascertain precisely why and take action on it. Several former White House counsels have said they would have made it their business to know if an official at Mr. Porter’s level was facing allegations as serious as domestic abuse but officials in the White House have privately maintained that Donald F. McGahn II the White House counsel never did.\nYet former White House advisers from both parties have been mystified at the ineptitude of Mr. Trump’s team in dealing with the fallout from Mr. Porter’s situation.", "output": [ "Porter" ] }, { "id": "task419-f13e4850fc774181a2af0081b43e9eac", "input": "ALBANY N.Y. (AP) — President Donald Trump should spend more time focusing on hurricane recovery and less time criticizing football players New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.\nIn remarks to business leaders meeting in the Adirondacks the Democratic governor took the Republican president to task for what Cuomo said is a long string of divisive comments that distract attention from more important topics. Cuomo cited the devastation in Texas Florida Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands as an example.\n\"Should you kneel stand with the football players? Meanwhile people's lives are in danger \" Cuomo said in reference to the controversy prompted by NFL players who declined to stand during the national anthem.\nTrump spent three days criticizing players who kneel during the national anthem which began with quarterback Colin Kaepernick in the 2016 season as a protest over how police treat blacks. \"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now out he 's fired he 's fired \" Trump said at a rally Friday.\nFollowing the storms Cuomo visited Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in a show of solidarity and to better understand how New York could help. The state is sending members of the National Guard state troopers helicopters and supplies such as drinking water and electric generators.\n Cuomo cited looming cuts to Medicaid funding the latest Republican effort to repeal Obamacare and escalating tensions with North Korea as other topics more deserving of the president's attention than the controversy over the NFL. He made similar comments during an appearance Monday morning on NY1 television.\nWhile he did not criticize specific details of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's response to the hurricanes he said Trump is using his position as president to divide Americans when he could be highlighting the need to help millions of Americans affected by them — or negotiating a big financial aid package for areas affected by the storms.\n\"We need the federal government to step in and the federal government has to get a financial aid package for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands by the way — and to send real help \" Cuomo said on NY1. \"Rather than talking about the nonsense that we're talking about the \"take a knee\" and football fighting with football players. Let the federal government do what it's supposed to do which is save lives.\"\n Cuomo has been mentioned as a possible White House contender in 2020. He 's seeking a third term as governor next year.", "output": [ "Andrew Cuomo" ] }, { "id": "task419-765f55d31ec14fba96796f2e431af7f0", "input": "The closest Mark Zuckerberg has come to directly addressing President Donald Trump in public was when he wrote that \"progress does not move in a straight line\" the day after the election in November.\nSince then Zuckerberg has embarked on his own tour of the U.S. that's been compared to a presidential campaign and sparked rumors that the Facebook CEO is considering a 2020 run.\nWhile Zuckerberg has been shy to publicly address Trump he has in fact spoken with the president multiple times by phone since the election Business Insider has learned. Zuckerberg revealed that he 's talked with Trump during a surprise dinner with the Moore family in Newton Ohio two weeks ago.\nExactly what Zuckerberg and Trump discussed is unclear — Zuckerberg didn't say during his dinner with the Ohio family and his spokesperson declined to comment. But the discussions show that the Facebook billionaire has held a dialogue with Trump even as he publicly opposes policies like Trump's first executive order on immigration. The White House didn't return a request for comment.\n Zuckerberg and Facebook's relationship with Trump is complicated. Facebook was widely criticized in the wake of the election for its role in the proliferation of so-called fake news which many believed help Trump win the election. Zuckerberg has called that notion \"pretty crazy \" but Facebook has made significant strides to eradicate fake news stories from its platform.\nWhen Trump called together the tech industry's top leaders for a meeting of the minds in December Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg went instead of Zuckerberg . Before Trump was elected Zuckerberg had come to the defense of the Facebook board member and Trump advisor who organized that same meeting with tech leaders Peter Thiel.\n\"We care deeply about diversity \" Zuckerberg wrote in an internal memo to Facebook employees that was leaked in October. \"That's easy to say when it means standing up for ideas you agree with. It's a lot harder when it means standing up for the rights of people with different viewpoints to say what they care about. That's even more important.\"", "output": [ "Mark Zuckerberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-560b774dad564ed9bad58ef8d50d1f47", "input": "According to the Journal Trump donor Rebekah Mercer on Aug. 26 2016 passed along to the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica Alexander Nix an email she'd gotten from someone she met at a campaign event for then-GOP presidential primary contender Sen. Ted Cruz R-Texas.\n Nix replied that he 'd already reached out to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in June 2016 to ask him to share Clinton-related emails so the company could aid in disseminating them — and Assange turned him down the Journal reported.\nIn an email that copied Peter Schweizer who co-founded the Government Accountability Institute with Trump adviser Steve Bannon in 2012 Nix added that he believed Schweizer was working on creating an index of the Clinton-related emails the Journal reported. Nix said he would order a team to \"assess the feasibility of expanding this work.\"\n Nix 's outreach to Assange came about a month before WikiLeaks began releasing its trove of emails in July 2016 which included messages stolen from the account of Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta and from the Democratic National Committee. Intelligence agencies later determined the Clinton-related emails had been stolen by Russian intelligence and given to WikiLeaks which WikiLeaks has denied.", "output": [ "Alexander Nix" ] }, { "id": "task419-638bb04c4e764d1aa39c94e20f79c2c4", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE President Donald Trump says he asked Vladimir Putin about Russian interference in the 2016 president election while in Vietnam. Video provided by Newsy Newslook\nAttorney General Jeff Sessions is sworn-in to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Justice on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 18 2017. (Photo: Michael Reynolds european pressphoto agency)\n WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions could not have been more definitive when he told a Senate panel last month that he had no knowledge of Trump campaign contacts with Russia.\n“I did not and I’m not aware of anyone else that did ” Sessions told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I don’t believe that happened.”\nDemocrats and Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are preparing a strong challenge to Sessions ’ assertions at a hearing Tuesday based largely on the guilty plea of George Papadopoulos who served as a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign and admitted to the FBI he attended a national security meeting in March 2016 with then-candidate Donald Trump Sessions and other advisers.\n\"It’s time for Jeff Sessions to name a Special Counsel and get answers for the American people \" the two congressmen wrote. \"If not he should step down.\"\nIn addition to the Russia investigation Rep. Trey Gowdy R-S.C. said Sessions should expect \"spirited questioning\" on recent spikes in violent crime firearms policy in the wake of two mass shootings immigration enforcement and the Justice Department's recent move to support harsher sentencing policy.\nBut Sessions likely will be hard-pressed to move beyond the cloud of the Russia investigation and his association with it.\nSharman said the recent Papadopoulos and Page disclosures make Sessions at least a \"witness\" in the Mueller inquiry as it churns on. ( Sessions told the Senate committee last month that the special counsel had not yet sought to interview him.)\nAnd Trump has taken no pleasure in Sessions or the Justice Department. Earlier this month the president said he was \"disappointed\" in the department for not pursuing Clinton and Democrats further.\nMore: AG Jeff Sessions declines to answer questions about the firing of FBI director", "output": [ "Jeff Sessions" ] }, { "id": "task419-53d9ae84142a4dec9ab021c26c3b23a7", "input": "As a congressman Mick Mulvaney sponsored legislation to abolish the CFPB and he still doesn't speak very highly of the agency he's leading. Speaking on CBS' Face the Nation Mulvaney said the CFPB \"has no accountability to Congress. It is perhaps the most unaccountable bureau or agency there is.\"\n He said he wants to run the agency \"with a good deal of humility and prudence.\" But critics say Mulvaney is not being humble he 's being reckless.\nUnder Mulvaney the bureau has put on hold new regulations for high-interest payday lenders. And it's dropped an investigation into a a payday lender that contributed to Mulvaney's campaign when he was in Congress. Mulvaney has said he doesn't think those contributions create a conflict of interest.\nAnd now Mulvaney has proposed steep budget cuts. He says he 's not \"gutting\" the agency but Democrats vow they won't take the move sitting down.\n\"We will fight any effort to defund the CFPB \" says Sen. Chris Van Hollen D-Md. Van Hollen pressed Mulvaney in a hearing this week about the agency head's decision to drop a lawsuit against an online lender called Golden Valley. The lawsuit said the lender is charging illegal and predatory interest rates.\nVan Hollen says an NPR report this week prompted him to start looking into the lender. That report said Mulvaney dropped the lawsuit even though the entire professional career staff at the bureau wanted to press ahead with the case.\nVan Hollen says he wants a full accounting from Mulvaney about why he did that. \"It's pretty clear right now if left to their own devices Mulvany and the Trump administration will essentially turn the keys to the agency over to the very people who are cheating consumers \" Van Hollen says.\nThe CFPB gets its funding from the Federal Reserve not Congress. But if Mulvaney tries to slash its budget Mike Calhoun of the Center for Responsible Lending says Congress could act to block the move.", "output": [ "Mick Mulvaney" ] }, { "id": "task419-a5d7cd51901b4f08965f1cae7913c739", "input": "and Ted Cruz -LRB- R-Texas -RRB- seem more libertines than libertarians .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-5fa2418a8ece4affb155d23e29da9bfe", "input": "DORTMUND Germany (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in his 150th European appearance to give Real Madrid a 3-1 victory at Borussia Dortmund their first against them in Germany and make it two wins out of two matches in their Champions League Group H.\nSoccer Football - Champions League - Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid - Westfalenstadion Dortmund Germany - September 26 2017 Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their second goal with Gareth Bale REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler\nDaniel Carvajal responded with a fine solo effort and Ronaldo also came close a little later but the Spaniards were lucky not to concede a penalty when Ramos cleared a Maximilian Philipp effort on the line with his hand.\nSoccer Football - Champions League - Borussia Dortmund vs Real Madrid - Westfalenstadion Dortmund Germany - September 26 2017 Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring their third goal with Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric REUTERS/Leon Kuegeler\n“We had our chances but Real did it really well ” said Dortmund’s Gonzalo Castro. “With players like Bale and Ronaldo they really know how to take advantage of the gaps. It is too dangerous against such teams to stand too high up the pitch.”\nIt was Real who scored again when Bale was given far too much space to cut in and find Ronaldo in the heart of the box in the 50th.\nThe Germans quickly pulled a goal back with Aubameyang stabbing in a Castro cross to keep the game tight until Ronaldo broke clear and fired in their third goal and their 14th in the last seven Champions League matches.", "output": [ "Cristiano Ronaldo" ] }, { "id": "task419-4ef6a4a7ee7f40e8b877301e69237d53", "input": "In a recent New York Times article Dr. Willie Parker says he believes “that as an abortion provider [he is] doing God’s work.” It’s his Christian faith the author contends that drives him to abort babies. His “Life’s Work” (as his new book is ironically titled) is to end life for every preborn child that comes before him.\nThe Jewish people some of whom later became the first Christians were to avoid partaking in the practices of the surrounding peoples who sacrificed their children to appease their gods. Christians have long held that to abort one’s child as an act of worship to the gods of convenience is not permitted by the God of the Bible. But abortion advocates will attempt to play the “he’s a Christian” card by spinning opposition from Christians to imply Parker is persecuted within his own faith tradition.\nThe second thing abortion elites love about Parker is his skin color. Any opposition he faces from white pro-lifers not associated with Christianity can be easily dismissed as bigotry. Sweep under the rug for a minute that even black celebrities are accusing abortion providers in black communities of genocide. While Planned Parenthood’s media arm proclaims support of black lives its other arm is reaching for a pair of forceps to end life for hundreds of black babies each day.\nIn the tradition of the black slave owners in the Confederate South Parker makes his money by breaking the backs (or spines and what-have-you) of others many of whom share his skin color. He can’t admit that his work (some have called it his “ministry”) hurts his own people or it’d affect his bottom line. Abortion advocates want us all to simply accept that black lives only matter once they’ve had the privilege of being born. This brings us to the final contradiction of Parker ’s platform.\n Parker considers himself a feminist. He believes he is bettering the future for females. Don’t think too long about the number of female lives he ’s ended before they’ve begun. This is nothing new to the insane logic of abortion advocacy. If they can successfully shift our attention off the rights of the life inside the womb to the perceived “rights” the pregnant woman has over her inhabited womb they’ve succeeded.\n Parker ’s public persona is a farce. He parades the myth that he has a moral responsibility to “help women” while he strips them of their own responsibility to the children they’ve conceived. Christianity places value upon the lives of black women so much so that it envisions a world in which their lives aren’t ended in the womb. But maybe we’re the ones who are deceiving pregnant women? Perhaps we’re the ones getting rich by volunteering with crisis pregnancy centers and giving away free pregnancy tests ultrasounds and diapers.", "output": [ "Willie Parker" ] }, { "id": "task419-807ab9df876c49f09a232c096d5ed237", "input": "Investors had all but ruled out a rate hike at the central bank’s policy meeting this week and attention has largely been focused on who will be in charge of monetary policy at the end of Fed Chair Janet Yellen ’s first term in February 2018.\nPresident Donald Trump is set to announce his nomination on Thursday afternoon with Fed Governor Jerome Powell a soft-spoken centrist who has supported Yellen ’s gradual approach to raising rates seen as having a lock on the job.\nFILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington U.S. on September 20 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo\nFILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington U.S. September 20 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo\nNevertheless Yellen and some other key policymakers have said the Fed still expects to continue to gradually raise rates given the strength of the overall economy. In its statement the central bank reiterated it expects inflation to rise back to its target over the medium term and emphasized that the unemployment rate has declined further.", "output": [ "Janet Yellen" ] }, { "id": "task419-e4d668791a0a456caa7f89376ffcd705", "input": "Fans have a royal bone to pick with Kate Middleton .\n The pregnant duchess was criticized on Sunday for walking the red carpet in a flowy green gown at the British Academy Film Awards after attendees were encouraged to wear all black in support of the Time’s Up movement. The all-black dress code first came up during the Golden Globes in January.\n Middleton who is expecting her third child with Prince William had a black velvet ribbon underneath her bust. She accessorized with a black clutch and heels along with emerald jewelry.\nHowever some viewers took to social media to criticize the 36-year-old duchess for not showing support for the women’s movement. Many people said Time’s Up isn’t about politics but rather about raising awareness about sexual harassment and assault against women.\nAnother person wrote “I know the Royals aren’t supposed to get involved with 'protests' or anything… but would it really have been THAT bad for Kate Middleton to wear black???”\n“ Kate Middleton shuns #timesup black dress code clearly not a woman’s woman!” read another tweet.\nSome people came to Middleton ’s defense and said the duchess was just following royal protocol. Actress Allison Janney also addressed the green dress controversy saying she “would never judge anyone’s choice.”", "output": [ "Kate Middleton" ] }, { "id": "task419-e342dbbaf0ac4d49bc97df86b853b623", "input": "Antonio Brown grabs his calf in the end zone. (Keith Srakocic / Associated Press)\nThe injury initially seemed little different from any garden-variety injury suffered by an NFL player in the course of the game. Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown limped off the field and was listed as questionable to return.\nWhat happened next was anything but ordinary. Not long after he was hurt early in the second quarter of the loss to the New England Patriots Brown was whisked away taken to a hospital where he was diagnosed with a partially torn calf muscle according to multiple outlets. For a Steelers team still reeling from the injury to linebacker Ryan Shazier it was easy to think the worst. But Brown will not require surgery and reportedly will be ready for the playoffs.\n“Even in adversity I can’t help but feel blessed ” Brown tweeted Monday. “Thanks to everyone who reached out. This is a minor setback for me but not this team. The goal is still the same and I’m confident that we can and will achieve it. We may not have won the game yesterday but this TEAM made a statement.”\n Brown is in the midst of a season that finds him in the conversation for the NFL MVP award a rarity for a wide receiver and was helped off the field as fans chanted “M-V-P!” after he and Duron Harmon and Eric Rowe tangled and fell while Brown was trying to catch a pass in the end zone. He was taken into the locker room for an examination and by halftime was on his way to a hospital.\n Brown had only two receptions for 24 yards but leads the NFL in catches with 101 and receiving yards with 1 533. With Brown out rookie JuJu Smith-Schuster Martavis Bryant and Eli Rogers will assume Brown ’s duties. On Sunday night Rogers was Ben Roethlisberger’s intended target on the last play of Pittsburgh’s final drive when Roethlisberger was intercepted in the Steelers’ loss.\n Brown hasn’t missed a regular-season game in more than five years.", "output": [ "Antonio Brown" ] }, { "id": "task419-726f49988d4f454f843a110f67fe2054", "input": "Hope Hicks 29 is President Donald Trump's full-time White House communications director. But before joining Trump's 2016 campaign she had no political experience.\n Hicks was born in Greenwich a town of 60 000 on the southwest tip of Connecticut that's a favorite spot for hedge-fund headquarters.\n Hicks didn't intend on playing such a large role in a presidential campaign instead falling into the gig through a job at the Trump Organization.\nAnd Hicks has been with Trump — to use his words — \"from the beginning.\" She stuck on his campaign through several staff revamps including two high-profile changes at the campaign-chair position.\nHere's what we know about Hicks .", "output": [ "Hope Hicks" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d7d5a5ec56844caa8745736dc4fed73", "input": "Eric Gultney 38 initially made contact with the girl as she walked home from school in Chicago on Oct. 24 giving the girl a $50 bill with his phone number written on it.\nThe girl blocked Gultney ’s phone number after he requested to meet her that night prosecutors said. On Nov. 2 Gultney went to the girl’s school and approached her as she was leaving giving her $20 even though she “remained dismissive” of him according to prosecutors.\nChicago police were notified by the girl’s father when he discovered the text messages on his daughter’s phone. Prosecutors said Gultney admitted to detectives that he sent a sexually explicit photo to the girl.\nHe was charged with indecent solicitation of a child a Class Two felony. Judge Sophia Atcherson ordered Gultney held on $10 000 bail and kept on electronic monitoring/", "output": [ "Eric Gultney" ] }, { "id": "task419-2303bc18d79e4250851fe420cd6dfdce", "input": "At this week's confirmation hearing of Jerome Powell for Federal Reserve chairman his views on inflation may now be question No. 1.\n Powell is scheduled to testify on Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee and the inflation issue has now become more important after comments last week by current Fed Chair Janet Yellen. She expressed increasing doubts about the inflation outlook saying she expects it \"to move back up over the next year or two\" toward the Fed's 2 percent goal.\nThat raises the question of what Powell now believes. A Fed governor for the past five years Powell has expressed some concerns about low inflation but hasn't yet gone as far as Yellen. In an Aug. 25 CNBC interview Powell called low inflation \"kind of a mystery.\"\nGiven low unemployment Powell said he would expect higher readings. He added that low inflation numbers give the Fed \"the ability to be patient\" in raising rates.\nThat was a small change from his more definitive assertion in June that \"there are good reasons to expect that inflation will resume its gradual rise.\" Powell does not appear to have spoken on the issue since his Aug. 25 CNBC interview. His last speech on monetary policy was June 1.\nIn that speech Powell supported the Fed doctrine of symmetry around its inflation objective. That is Fed members have agreed to be as concerned with inflation that runs persistently above or below its target. For policy that should mean the Fed would just as soon either not hike or cut rates in the face of low inflation as it would hike if inflation were too high.\n Powell 's views have generally followed Yellen and the consensus and there's no reason to believe he will challenge current doctrine. But Powell who is not an economist hasn't yet had an opportunity to show his own ability to develop doctrines and policies that differ from the consensus. A former private equity banker Powell may well be tested on the job if as appears to be the case now economic developments defy historical precedent.\nIf inflation remains low while the unemployment rate continues to fall it may not be long before Powell will have to devise his own unconventional policies and doctrines for handling a set of difficult and unconventional economic outcomes.", "output": [ "Jerome Powell" ] }, { "id": "task419-b272d56cbc0f4f4bba9e4203fb4ae5fb", "input": "Police officers have been using in-car dashcams for decades. Although the technology has advanced to include newer formats and higher-quality cameras the overall workflow of capturing transmitting and archiving the video remains tedious according to David Kirsch director of product management at Coban .\n“What sets the H1 apart is it embeds within it an AI-processing capable supercomputer ” said Kirsch . This allows the camera to deliver relevant data in real time while eliminating many of the back-office processes required with traditional dashcam systems.\nIf there is a threat Kirsch explained “the officer — instead of getting out of the vehicle — puts it in reverse and calls in backup.”\n“Next year if someone comes up with another idea and says ‘Can you put this sensor in here?’ we can say ‘Yes the engine is there ’” Kirsch said.\n“Our job is to not add responsibilities in using technology but the reverse ” Kirsch said. “We’re going to provide officers [with] awareness capabilities so they can do what they need to do.”", "output": [ "Kirsch" ] }, { "id": "task419-ec1b562b6c4e422f8bae9656c6afa59f", "input": "Fish came in to work and Taya Kitman a high-ranking staffer at the time and two other employees were in the conference room waiting for him . They needed to prepare the 400-person seating chart for the organization’s annual gala. Kitman wanted to get it done and pressed Fish to help her . Fish seemed annoyed by her request.\nFish who is well over 6 feet tall approached Kitman from behind put his hands around her neck and applied pressure according to four people with knowledge of the incident.\nOne person said Fish meant it as a joke but took it too far. He left red marks on Kitman ’s neck the four sources said. Shaken by the encounter Kitman tried to downplay it .\nBoard member Victor Navasky and The Nation Institute’s lawyer at the time were briefed the following day about the incident. They told Fish to apologize and Kitman didn’t want to take things further.\nIn an email to HuffPost Fish said: “The incident with Taya Kitman did not happen as described. Taya has been a friend and colleague of nearly 20 years I have the utmost regard for her and the work she had done at the institute. We were partners in building the organization and we continue to collaborate on projects that we created together. I know it sounds self-serving but anyone who knows me knows I would never harm a woman or another person.”\n Kitman declined to comment.\nReached by phone last week Navasky praised Fish and insisted he didn’t know anything about the alleged physical altercation between Fish and Kitman . “I don’t know what you’re talking about so there’s nothing to deny or not deny ” he told HuffPost on Friday. “The Nation Institute is a private thing and the trustees aren’t supposed to talk about anything that happened there and I’m obeying their rules. But I’m just telling you that Hamilton was a great partner for me. Period.”\n Kitman is now executive director of the institute.\n“I know that Taya recognized that Ham was a problem and did everything she could to get him out of there ” Berman said. “Things have been much better since Taya took over. She’s respected by the staff. She’s respected by the fellows. She’s respected by the donors. She’s very hardworking. Taya is literally the exact opposite of Ham and I mean that in the best way possible about her.”\nBerman added: “When Taya took over the office became a lot more functional and pleasant to be in.”\nAfter this story was first published Taya Kitman released the following statement:", "output": [ "Taya Kitman" ] }, { "id": "task419-8ce515b496264210bb622e6497c4a018", "input": "In other words they’ve patched the holes in the accountability system that kept Denise Rotheimer’s sexual harassment complaint against Sen. Ira Silverstein D-Chicago from going anywhere for more than a year. That’s a good start. Now what?\nA more immediate question: Why is Ira Silverstein still in the General Assembly?\nYes voters can fire him and we think they will if they have to. At least two potential opponents have stepped forward for next year’s Democratic primary and the party isn’t likely to back Silverstein . He’s toast.\nBut legislative leaders could nudge Silverstein to make an early exit. They’ve certainly done it when other members engaged in conduct that was inappropriate unethical unprofessional and embarrassing.\nThey’ve already stripped Silverstein of his leadership position and the $20 649 stipend that went with it .\nIt’s like he ’s been kicked to the couch but not the curb.\nAs a practical matter Democrats needed Silverstein ’s votes this week in several close override attempts. But they’ll be on the spot once the veto session ends. Rotheimer a victims’ rights activist who is running for a House seat says Silverstein made unwanted overtures for 18 months while sponsoring a bill she wanted to pass. She backed up her complaint with a trove of unseemly Facebook correspondence.\nReally Sen. Silverstein . We ’ve all seen enough. Why haven’t you resigned?", "output": [ "Ira Silverstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-13ce4fc21c9b4cde8e5fedc549354e8d", "input": "Andrea Ramsey a Democrat vying to unseat Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder dropped out after The Kansas City Star asked her about a 2005 lawsuit that claimed she sexually harassed a subordinate Gary Funkhouser at LabOne a firm where she was a vice president of human resources.\n Ramsey 56 of Leawood Kan. was not named as a defendant in the suit against LabOne but was mentioned in it several times. She denied the charges.\nThe suit was settled in 2006 but Ramsey said she was unaware of that and would have opposed settling the newspaper reported.\n Ramsey was one of several Democrats seeking to be on the ballot for the Kansas City-area district in next year’s midterm elections.\n She had been endorsed by Emily’s List a women’s group that has raised more than $500 000 to help female candidates who support abortion. The group later pulled the endorsement.", "output": [ "Andrea Ramsey" ] }, { "id": "task419-c3a0a2bc64a14e01b065e110da90a2f8", "input": "INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Luck looks healthy and sounds confident.\nAll he has to do now is prove he can still sling a football.\nAfter spending six weeks rehabbing his throwing shoulder in the Netherlands the Colts' quarterback returned to Indianapolis on Friday with a promising prognosis.\n\"The pain has significantly gone down and that's why I'm so optimistic \" Luck said in his first public comments in more than two months. \"I feel really good today. I do not feel like I need another surgery. I believe in the process I'm in right now.\"\nIndianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck walks to the podium for an NFL football news conference Friday Dec. 29 2017 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)\nIndianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck responds to a question during an NFL football news conference Friday Dec. 29 2017 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)\nIndianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck responds to a question during an NFL football news conference Friday Dec. 29 2017 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)", "output": [ "Andrew Luck" ] }, { "id": "task419-191f2a5d3fa74c31b947a6324cccf95c", "input": "A few months ago Larry Bing noticed that the quality of heroin that he was buying in the District had become more potent. He had no complaints about the “high ” but the lows were becoming unbearable — the cravings more intense the drug-seeking behavior more desperate the withdrawal symptoms more painful.\nA friend recommended that he see Edwin Chapman a physician who treats people addicted to drugs at his office in Northeast Washington. Blood tests showed that Bing had used heroin but there were also traces of fentanyl an increasingly lethal synthetic opioid that drug dealers often mix with heroin or cocaine to increase the quantity of their product.\n Bing was 64 and had been using heroin for decades since he was 17. And those factors put him more at risk of overdose death than he realized. In the District the typical overdose death involves a black man age 40 and older who has been using heroin for 10 years or more.\n Bing showed up in the nick of time. He was prescribed a daily dose of Suboxone a drug which blocks the effects of opioids — including relief from pain and the feelings of well-being that can lead to addiction. That was roughly 180 days ago. Bing has been clean ever since.\n“I get up every morning take my medication and that takes away the urge ” Bing said. “I had no withdrawal symptoms. The only fight I have today is getting a job and becoming productive.”\n Bing said he could count on support from his wife as well as an array of social and religious organizations that form a recovery network in the city.\n“I don’t want to stay in that small corner of the world where addiction limits you ” he said. “My world is bigger than a sidewalk and a street corner. I want to move forward and get on with my life.”\n“You go back and look at some of those [drug-using] moments in your head and you want to believe it was great ” Bing said. “That’s why you have meetings so you can talk about it and get a reality check ” he added referring to 12-step programs.\nFor Bing so far so good.", "output": [ "Larry Bing" ] }, { "id": "task419-17996341ac6c46ba9e754fb7f27f77cf", "input": "As a high-end sex doll designer Abyss founder Matt McMullen has been trying to figure out what will please his customers for years. Realism and how close to come to it is never far from his mind. Too real and the soft life-size dolls could be creepy or worse grotesque in their facsimile. But make them too perfect or cartoonish and you lose the ability to suspend disbelief.\nUntil recently decisions about the dolls involved only physical attributes: their skeletons the size of their eyes freckles pubic hair wrinkles and breasts. Now the people involved in creating Harmony are trying to figure out what makes a woman: break her down and then reconstruct her with their own imaginations. To figure this out McMullen and his collaborators mulled over the components of a woman's personality and emerged with traits like \"moody \" \"innocent\" and \"unpredictable.\" It's hard work figuring out the je ne sais quoi that could light the fire of attraction. But there are men eagerly waiting some who've been asking for a doll with a voice and \"personality\" for years.\nOf course a doll that looks and feels like a woman is one thing. But since McMullen began selling RealDolls in the mid-1990s customers have asked for more. They want movement conversation personality. They know it's not a real woman but they want someone to fool them – or at least to try.\nSo around 2013 McMullen accepted the challenge to create a partially animated doll that moves and talks like a woman in hopes it would inspire customers to form even deeper more human bonds. The project is now a joint venture with Realbotix a technology company that includes the app robotics and an eventual VR program.\n\"Human relationships have changed drastically over the last 10 to 20 years \" McMullen says. \"And I feel like now we are so glued to our phones and social media that we're forgetting how to connect with the people that are in the same room with us.\" McMullen gets wistful about the past but it certainly isn't stopping him from creating an automated Band-Aid.\nIn this early stage Harmony is a bit Frankensteinish; an automated head controlled by an app attached to an unmoving sex-doll body. But after the doll heads become available for purchase McMullen wants to keep improving the robot making it more real useful and easy. Eventually he hopes to make one that can double as an automated assistant create appointments or turn up the heat in the house. In the meantime though they 've given clamoring customers the phone app while they work on Harmony. There is still some work to do.\nWhen the robot doll springs to life the juxtaposition between her realistic face – big brown eyes straight nose and full lips – and her jerky movements are enough to make anyone ill at ease. Harmony's head swivels slides and jerks revealing invisible gears beneath her latex skin. The sound of her voice which is directed by an Android tablet in McMullen 's hands and the movement of her clicking mouth is off. It's lip-sync delay that occurs when robot connects to the app. \"We're working on that \" McMullen says.\n\"We felt it was important to get the app out there so that we could really start refining and growing the AI and deal with any bugs prior to the robot release \" McMullen says. It also allowed Realbotix to get feedback from customers – a lot of it.\n\"People always want to talk then they don't know what to ask her \" McMullen says.", "output": [ "Matt McMullen" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a5e196b62d84ef4a9156c2ad3657ce1", "input": "BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia’s central bank should take a pause in monetary policy this week and leave the interest rate stable to evaluate a decision by Standard & Poor’s to lower the nation’s long-term foreign currency rating Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas said on Tuesday.\nFILE PHOTO: Colombia's Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas speaks during an interview with Reuters in Bogota Colombia August 8 2017. REUTERS/Jaime Saldarriaga\n Cardenas is one of seven policymakers and represents the government on the board.\n He said on Monday the country had already taken steps to stabilize the economy including last year’s tax reform monetary policy that lowered inflation and adjustments to the peso to close a trade gap.", "output": [ "Mauricio Cardenas" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5de3e099115479e834983cf733d336c", "input": "Given his background how did Devin Kelley get a gun?\n Kelley previously served in the U.S. Air Force but was discharged in 2014 an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to Fox News on Monday.\n He was court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his wife and child. He was then sentenced to 12 months in custody before being given a bad conduct discharge.\nA 1968 Gun Control Act made it unlawful for a licensed firearms dealer to sell a weapon to any person who is given a dishonorable discharge. But because Kelley was discharged on bad conduct the law was not triggered Adam Winkler a professor of law and a specialist in American constitutional law at the University of California at Los Angeles told Fox News on Monday.\n Kelley purchased two firearms from two separate Academy Sports + Outdoors stores in San Antonio in 2016 and 2017 respectively the sporting goods store confirmed to Fox News in a statement on Monday. One of the purchases was allegedly a Ruger model AR-556 rifle.\nHowever Kelley ’s domestic violence charges should’ve been enough to prevent him from purchasing a gun Winkler said -- but the Air Force most likely didn’t report this information to the federal background check system thus allowing the purchase to go forward.\nAnd Winkler’s prediction was right: The Air Force announced late Monday night that the Holloman Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations -- the base where Kelley was stationed -- failed to report Kelley ’s domestic violence conviction to the FBI’s Criminal Justice Investigation Services Division for inclusion in the National Criminal Information Center database. The database is used to conduct background checks on those who want to purchase a gun.\nThe “biggest mystery ” Winkler said is how Kelley was denied a handgun permit but was allowed to purchase a gun from the sporting goods store. But this information is currently unclear.\nAdditionally Texas authorities confirmed Monday that Kelley did not have a license to carry. However he did have a private security license -- often used by armed and unarmed security guards personal protection officers private investigators and more according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.", "output": [ "Devin Kelley" ] }, { "id": "task419-d8e41a51f88a4d7dbc17da055497f8f9", "input": "A woman named Leigh Corfman says that when she was 14 years old in 1979 Roy Moore the current GOP Senate candidate in Alabama initiated a sexual encounter with her when he was 32 years old according to The Washington Post.\n Moore approached Corfman outside a courtroom in Alabama the report said while her mother was inside at a child custody hearing and struck up a conversation with her.\n He asked for Corfman's phone number and picked up a few days later near her house and drove her to his home in the woods 30 minutes away the report said. Moore told Corfman \"how pretty she was and kissed her \" the report said.\n Moore on a second visit took off Corfman's shirt and pants and he removed his own clothes the report said which added that he touched her over her bra and underwear and \" he guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.\"\nThree other women told the Post in recent weeks the report said that Moore pursued them when they were between the ages of 16 and 18 and he was in his early 30s working at the district attorney's office. He gave some of them alcohol -- at a time when the legal drinking age was 19.\nCorfman is the only woman who had sexual contact with Moore the report said and they did not have intercourse. The legal age of consent in Alabama is 16 years of age and sexual contact between someone who is 19 years of age or older and a person who is 12 to 16 years of age is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year. The Post points out that enticing a child under 16 years of age into a home with the purpose of proposing sexual contact is a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The statute of limitations on the felony charge would have run out in three years in 1979. Corfman never filed a police report.\n\"Judge Roy Moore has endured the most outlandish attacks on any candidate in the modern political arena but this story in today's Washington Post alleging sexual impropriety takes the cake. National liberal organizations know their chosen candidate Doug Jones is in a death spiral and this is their last ditch Hail Mary.\" \"The Washington Post has already endorsed the Judge's opponent and for months they have engaged in a systematic campaign to distort the truth about the Judge's record and career and derail his campaign. In fact just two days ago the Foundation for Moral Law sent a retraction demand to the Post for the false stories they wrote about the Judge's work and compensation. But apparently there is no end to what the Post will allege.\" \"The Judge has been married to Kayla for nearly 33 years has 4 children and 5 grandchildren. He has been a candidate in four hotly-contested statewide political contests twice as a gubernatorial candidate and twice as a candidate for chief justice. He has been a three-time candidate for local office and he has been a national figure in two ground-breaking judicial fights over religious liberty and traditional marriage. After over 40 years of public service if any of these allegations were true they would have been made public long before now.\" \"Judge Roy Moore is winning with a double-digit lead. So it is no surprise with just over four weeks remaining in a race for the U.S. Senate with national implications that the Democratic Party and the country's most liberal newspaper would come up with a fabrication of this kind.\" \"This garbage is the very definition of fake news and intentional defamation.\"\nIn a statement following the Post's report Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested if the allegations against Moore were in fact true \" he must step aside.\"\nNational Republican Senate Committee Chairman Cory Gardner echoed those calls calling the allegations \"deeply troubling\" adding \"If these allegations are found to be true Roy Moore must drop out of the Alabama special Senate election.\"", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-d87cf9f3b0554c88983bd5240e1a3fb9", "input": "CLOSE BET CEO and president Debra Lee is handing over her presidential title to a new executive. USA TODAY\n Debra Lee the networks' president said that she will be leaving that role at the start of the year and handing oversight of daily operations to Scott Mills currently an executive vice president and chief administrative officer at parent company Viacom.\n Lee will retain her positions as BET Networks' chairman and CEO concentrating on the company's engagement with communities. She will also advise Mills in his new role.\nBob Bakish Viacom's president and CEO said in a statement that Lee ’s “vision and leadership unmatched intuition for what audiences want and ability to attract and foster top talent — both behind and in front of the camera — have been pivotal to this success.’’\nScott Mills will replace Debra Lee as BET Networks' president starting Jan. 1. (Photo: BET Networks)", "output": [ "Debra Lee" ] }, { "id": "task419-04c057bd2c8d4962a90dd1bf562f0f6a", "input": "\"The Walking Dead\" has brought a lot of iconic and gruesome moments from the comics to life but there's one thing the show hasn't done that lead actor Andrew Lincoln would love to see happen to his character Rick Grimes .\nWhile comic book Rick doesn't lose his whole arm Grimes loses his right hand after meeting the Governor.\nThe Governor's time came and went on seasons three and four of the show without Rick losing any body parts.\n\"All that happens is the special effects department just starts sucking their teeth [like] 'That's gonna cost a lot of money to do '\" said Grimes of one reason we haven't seen Rick lose his hand on the show.\n\"The practical difficulties of having a guy who doesn’t have a hand is extremely complicated in the comic and would be impossible in the show. Because the comic book doesn't move \" Kirkman said in a 2014 episode of \"The Writer's Room.\" \"I t would add a huge complication to the TV series and probably a lot more money to the budget especially since Rick is the main character and involved in many action scenes.\"\nIn a subsequent Reddit thread that same year Kirkman told fans it would prevent them from showing things like how Rick reloads his gun. Still never say never.\n\"The CGI of cutting off Rick 's hand would be expensive but we did it with Hershel's leg so if we felt strongly about Rick losing a hand we'd do it \" Kirkman wrote on Reddit.\nThough Rick 's hand is still intact on the show it hasn't stopped the series from teasing fans that he could lose it multiple times.\nA small moment in season six made fans think Rick may have to get his hand chopped off after his blood mixed with zombie blood. More recently fans thought Rick 's hand may be in danger in the season seven premiere since it was called \"Right Hand Man.\"\nMaybe when we see the flash forward of Old Man Rick wake up at some point in season eight we'll be surprised to see him without a hand but until then it looks like the hand may be staying for good.", "output": [ "Grimes Grimes", "Grimes" ] }, { "id": "task419-55fe19b33ca14418bb5ef439eb9d4bd5", "input": "When the Cranberries broke up in 2003 O'Riordan recorded two under-the-radar solo albums and the Cranberries regrouped in 2009 eventually releasing one of their strongest albums Roses three years later. But O'Riordan 's life remained chaotic. She later claimed she tried to overdose on pills in 2012 and had a drinking problem. Her marriage ended in 2014 the same year she was arrested for stepping on the foot of a flight attendant and head-butting a police officer; a judge spared her from jail after determining she was mentally ill at the time. (\"You can't arrest me — I'm an icon!\" she yelled at the police.) She was subsequently diagnosed as bipolar. \" Dolores had a lot of things going on in her life over the past 10 years — good and bad \" says Hogan. \"But what made Dolores connect with people was her honesty. What you saw was what you got.\"\n\" Dolores was so disappointed when we had to cancel the last tour ... She did everything in her power to fix the back problem but it persisted and won in the end.\" – Cranberries co-founder Noel Hogan\nAgain O'Riordan powered through it all with music. With the end of her marriage she moved to New York and began working with a new band D.A.R.K. featuring former Smiths bassist Andy Rourke (who calls her talent \"breathtaking\") and DJ Olé Koretsky who eventually became her life partner. The band's 2016 debut Science Agrees took O'Riordan's voice into new electronica areas. But she never fully abandoned the Cranberries who last year unveiled Something Else a collection of new and old material played unplugged and orchestrated. In an interview with the BBC to promote it O'Riordan admitted \"I've had health issues the last few years.\" Those problems – specifically back pain from years of playing guitar for so many years – led to a canceled tour. \" Dolores was so disappointed when we had to cancel the last tour \" says Hogan. \" She did everything in her power to fix the back problem but it persisted and won in the end.\"\nRelated Dolores O'Riordan and the Cranberries: Strange Fruit The improbable rise of Ireland's biggest musical export since U2\nThe day before she died O'Riordan flew to London (one source says she flew from New York to Dublin where she stayed for a short while before continuing on to London). There work again beckoned. She was planning to meet with Youth about the second near-completed D.A.R.K. album and she was also carving out time to add her vocals to a new version of \"Zombie\" by the L.A. metal band Bad Wolves.\nInstead O'Riordan will be buried today in Limerick.\n Dolores O'Riordan was the lead singer of hits like \"Linger\" and \"Zombie\" with the Irish band the Cranberries. Watch below.", "output": [ "CarrolleyevineRedux Dolores O'Riordan", "O'Riordan" ] }, { "id": "task419-054c99745a9b4964acb795e196be920d", "input": "Barely 12 with large brown eyes and sticklike arms Fandi is three years older than his brother -- in his eyes almost a man.\n \"I am older \" he said sternly. \"I do more rowing. But sometimes the work is hard especially when the current is strong.\"\n The delay doesn't bother Fandi and Alfan. For them the Kampar River is their local street corner a place where they play and test themselves becoming excellent swimmers.\n On a recent day still dressed in his school uniform -- pink plaid shorts and matching tie -- Fandi launched his sampan from a sagging dock with rotting boards. Leaving school he had picked up a plastic jug of cooking kerosene for his mother which he stowed along with his green backpack.\n His gaze focused Fandi stood for better leverage extending two long oars into the water. The handles crossed at his chest he pushed outward propelling the boat forward lifting the oars from the water as he felt the craft surge forward.\n A weary Fandi sometimes hands the oars over to his brother. Secretly Alfan would like to row more but he knows his place.\n Sometimes when his Fandi is running late Alfan leaves school without him knowing his brother will catch another ride. The younger boy takes the sturdy little boat by himself and rows alongside a friend like a neighborhood kid trying out a new bike without supervision.\nAlfan would like to row more but he knows his place.\n Yet the when need arises he said \"I'm ready.\"\n Sometimes when his Fandi is running late Alfan leaves school without him knowing his brother will catch another ride. The younger boy takes the sturdy little boat by himself and rows alongside a friend like a neighborhood kid trying out a new bike without supervision.\n Even when the new bridge is finished Fandi said he isn't sure he wants to give up his daily row. The trip is quicker on water. The river is what he knows.", "output": [ "Alfan Fandi", "Fandi" ] }, { "id": "task419-1babfc5850ad4ea6a7a93b1c5eefcfa4", "input": "In an interview with NHK after polls closed Abe said he would push for an amendment.\n“The ruling parties have been granted a majority ” he said. “I think it was the people’s voice telling us to make progress in politics and bring results with a stable political base.”\nFor a leader touting stability the election had been a gamble. Abe had called the vote more than a year early justifying it by saying that he needed a new mandate to deal with the threat posed by North Korea and to work through the details of a consumption-tax increase.\nMany analysts said Abe ’s motive was more opportunistic however with the prime minister taking advantage of the disarray of the Democratic Party Japan’s main opposition party and a small bump in his approval ratings after a number of scandals earlier this year.\nThe LDP has long dominated postwar Japanese politics. For many Japanese voters Abe ’s leadership represents stability after years of short-lived governments before he returned to the prime minister’s office in 2012.\nSome analysts suggest however that the weakness of the opposition may mask discontent with Abe and a lack of support for many of his policies. One exit poll cited by Kyodo showed 51 percent of voters saying they don’t trust Abe while 44.1 percent said they do.\nKoichi Nakano a professor of political science at Sophia University said that the election exposed a lack of widespread support for Abe ’s policies. Abe did not win “because people enthusiastically support him ” Nakano said. “People are disaffected and the opposition is divided.”\nThe bad weather may have also helped Abe . The approaching Typhoon Lan left voters battling strong winds and heavy rain to make it to polling stations. On Monday Kyodo estimated the final turnout at 53.69 percent only marginally above a record low in the 2014 election.\nDespite the rain a number of voters could be found exiting a polling station in Tokyo’s cosmopolitan Roppongi neighborhood Sunday morning. Nobue Koizumi a 67-year-old retired translator said she had felt compelled to vote because of fears about Abe ’s security policies.\n“I don’t particularly support Abe but I do support” the LDP said Hiroki Shinohara a 54-year-old wholesaler at the Tsukiji fish market. “I feel it’s doing what’s right for Japan and Japan needs it.”", "output": [ "Shinzo Abe", "Abe" ] }, { "id": "task419-7c2d8aebc1c54553924b889be1cb037a", "input": "The fervor for Elsa of \"Frozen\" to swing for the rainbow team in the next installment of the Disney franchise has reached the likes of the film's director.\nAccording to HuffPo the grassroots effort to \"#GiveElsaAGirlfriend\" began shortly after the film's release in 2013 when many SJW fans began to see the famed song \"Let It Go\" as a “coming-out anthem\" based on these lyrics:\nPetitions soon began and the hashtag #GiveElsaAGirlfriend for the film's sequel began trending on Twitter:\n#GiveElsaAGirlfriend cuz damn if there was representation when I was a kid I would have known that luv isn't only between a guy and girl — gabzy (@gabzydiana) May 2 2016\nMuch of the talent behind the film has supported the idea of Elsa going LGBTQ . Idina Menzel the voice of Elsa seemed to give the idea a thumbs up at least tangentially. “Maybe at first I was a little surprised because it’s Disney but I can say that I’m excited that the conversation is happening ” Menzel said in 2016. “I can’t promise anybody that that’s what’s gonna happen... But deep down am I really happy that it’s causing people to talk about it and have these kinds of conversations? Yeah I am.” \"Frozen\" director Jennifer Lee who will be returning for the sequel said the creative team behind the film has had \"tons of conversations\" about giving Elsa a girlfriend.", "output": [ "Elsa" ] }, { "id": "task419-f04cedb850c84118919cd4e8881923cb", "input": "Just over a week ago on the evening of Dec. 7 Lloyd C. Blankfein hosted a reunion of one of the most elite clubs in American finance: former partners of Goldman Sachs the Wall Street giant he has led with remarkable and controversial success since 2006.\n The gathering held at the venerable New York Athletic Club both celebrated Goldman's past and looked toward its future. What Blankfein was asked did he want his legacy to be?\n Blankfein replied that like his predecessors he hoped to position Goldman Sachs to capitalize on whatever opportunities might arise during his tenure. As bland as that might sound few on or off Wall Street have seized opportunities in these troubled economic times as skillfully as Blankfein.\n But as President Barack Obama prods the financial industry to do more to help ordinary Americans -- he chided \"fat cat bankers\" on Sunday for increasing their pay -- some current and former Goldman executives say Blankfein has built a money machine that while it still values its customers culture and reputation puts profits above all.\n Interviews with nearly 20 current and former Goldman partners paint a portrait of a bank driven by hard-charging traders like Blankfein who wager vast sums in world markets in hopes of quick profits. Discreet bankers who give advice to corporate clients and help them raise capital -- once a major source of earnings for Goldman -- have been eclipsed these people said.\n Blankfein has surrounded himself with a tight circle of executives drawn from Goldman's trading operation. Many of these executives like Blankfein cut their teeth in the commodities division J. Aron\n After first guiding Goldman through the near-collapse of the nation's financial system and then deftly extricating his bank from a federal bailout Blankfein is now presiding over one of the richest periods in the bank's 140-year history. Blankfein has accelerated a decade-long decline of Goldman's old partnership ethos which was built around the principle that its bankers and traders can do well -- indeed very well -- while putting their customers first former partners said.\n Some Goldman alumni worry that Blankfein is jeopardizing the culture of success that defined the bank for much of its modern history. They wonder if Goldman will become as one former partner put it \"just like every other bank on Wall Street\" -- that is focused on short-term profits rather than long-term gains.\n Publicly Blankfein espouses the Goldman Sachs way. But privately current and former partners say that he has fundamentally changed the way Goldman views its customers and the broader marketplace. The changes began when Goldman went public in the late 1990s but have accelerated under Blankfein they say.\n Bowing to pressure from shareholders and the public to rein in runaway pay on Wall Street Goldman announced last week that its top executives including Blankfein would forgo cash bonuses this year. Instead the executives will be paid in the form of special stock -- an arrangement that while eliminating big paydays this year nonetheless may turn out to be enormously lucrative if Goldman's share price rises in the future.\n Today the traders -- Blankfein's camp -- are firmly in power. While Goldman employs nearly 31 000 people in business ranging from money management to traditional investment banking the bank makes the bulk of its money from trading. Van Praag said 50 percent of Goldman's revenue came from fees that it charged for services like investment banking. The other half is generated by Goldman using its capital for itself and its clients. While Blankfein's traders are minting money his investment bankers are being pressed to keep a closer eye on the bottom line. Bankers who once spent years cultivating corporate clients in hopes of one day landing lucrative work like advising on a big merger are now being urged to squeeze more revenue from their customers.", "output": [ "Lloyd C. Blankfein" ] }, { "id": "task419-9871872a55624357b2943aad9bf10a84", "input": "Kenneth D. Adams 42 and Anthony Willie 55 pleaded guilty in Alexandria federal court this week to a fraud conspiracy as did three contractors who paid the bribes.\nUntil their arrests this year the two were in charge of VDOT’s office in Burke and had the power to decide which contractors were used to plow roads during snowstorms. For at least the past six years in exchange for those contracts the two men took a cut of the profits according to court documents. Sometimes snow-removal-company owners paid them cash outside fast-food restaurants and supermarkets in the area. Other times they steered money toward a landscaping company owned by Adams .\n Adams also admitted to selling cocaine to his VDOT co-workers; his supplier was the relative of another employee.\nLawyers for Sariri wrote in a court filing that he had contacted law enforcement about “unfair practices and essentially insider trading” at VDOT. Adams and Willie “had a chokehold over the snow-removal business” in the area lawyers Peter Greenspun and Mikhail Lopez wrote.", "output": [ "Kenneth D. Adams" ] }, { "id": "task419-f4171b2dc9c44bc9a5badce743215b21", "input": "It's eight in the morning in New York and 5 000 young girls are hanging out of office-building windows and crammed onto West Fifty-first Street screaming. For conservative midtown Manhattan this is an event. For Ricky Martin it's just another day at the office. This morning it's the Today show where Martin is appearing on Today's live summer-concert series with a performance that ties up traffic for hours.\n\"Ever since I've known him \" says Robi Rosa the co-author of Martin 's smash single \"Livin' la Vida Loca\" and a former member of Menudo who roomed with Martin when Martin joined the Latin boy band \"Ricky has exuded a sense of joy.\"\nNot to mention organization. The twenty-seven-year-old CEO of Ricky Martin Inc. has managed his career in a way that is anything but crazy. Born on Christmas Eve 1971 in Puerto Rico to Nereida Morales and Enrique Martin III Enrique \"Kiki\" Martin IV started doing TV commercials at seven. At twelve he joined Menudo. After leaving the band at seventeen Martin considered quitting show business. But a role in a Mexico City musical led to soap opera work there and then to a part on General Hospital and a stint on Broadway in Les Misérables in 1996. In 1991 he began releasing a string of four solo albums which sold a total of 15 million copies worldwide.\n He did not work alone. \"When Ricky called me about 1993 saying he wanted to do a Latin album I was surprised \" says Rosa whom Martin calls his \"Latin soul\" — a bit of a dark one at that. \" Ricky and I are as much alike as Julio Iglesias and Sid Vicious \" Rosa says with a laugh. A little Sid Vicious is clearly what Martin knew he needed; it was a song Rosa co-wrote \"Maria \" that broke Martin in Spain and the rest of Europe.\nBut it wasn't until February that America heard the beat itself. Martin 's hip-popping rendition of \"The Cup of Life\" at the Grammys brought even that jaded audience to its Manolo Blahnik-shod feet. In May when his first English-language album Ricky Martin was released it shot into the top of the charts at Number One and hasn't left since. Neither has Martin .\nI was going to but didn't want it . My brothers and I went for a visit and said \"We want Puerto Rico.\" My father was very important in my life; he was my hero. So even though I loved my mother with all my heart I wasn't going to stop seeing my hero. So my mother gave everything up and came back to Puerto Rico.\nThat I was someone who was good at hiding feelings — really good. I was an expert. I was like \"No I don't want to feel this \" and I wouldn't. It was hard for me to say \"I love you.\" I wouldn't dare. I was afraid of rejection. For five years I was trained to be part of a concept not to say what I really felt: \"Be yourself but you can't be angry because we have to work. You're not Ricky Martin you're Ricky Menudo.\" So that year I began to be — accept — myself. I read a lot started painting. My paintings were a little dark. If you did a psychological test you'd say \"This guy was depressed.\" But I was also having a good time because I didn't have to follow an itinerary. If I wanted to be locked in my house for three days without leaving I was [laughs].", "output": [ "Ricky Martin" ] }, { "id": "task419-abeb696989c7410d9ac710f132d452f5", "input": "The Rev. Talitha Arnold was just 2 years old when her father a World War II veteran took his own life.\n\"You just didn't talk about those things back then. We didn't even talk about suicide when I was in the seminary \" says Arnold who leads the United Church of Santa Fe in New Mexico.\nThen when the wife of one of her divinity school professors killed herself and no one muttered a word about it during the service Arnold says she was appalled. \"I was sitting there thinking 'This was nuts. Why can't you name it?' \" That was almost 40 years ago.\n Arnold also leads that task force. \"If someone dies from heart disease for instance or in an accident they may wonder where God is but when someone dies by suicide a whole lot of other questions get raised \" she says. \"When you can't talk about this in church then it feels like God can't talk about it either.\"", "output": [ "Talitha Arnold" ] }, { "id": "task419-03b968adca2049d3b5eebd682e7ea300", "input": "But U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley expressed confidence the transfers could be blamed on Tehran.\n“These are Iranian made these are Iranian sent and these were Iranian given ” Haley told a news conference at a military hangar at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling just outside Washington.\nThe unprecedented presentation - which Haley said involved intelligence that had to be declassified - is part of President Donald Trump’s new Iran policy which promises a harder line toward Tehran. That would appear to include a new diplomatic initiative.\n“You will see us build a coalition to really push back against Iran and what they’re doing ” Haley said standing in front of what she said were the remnants of the Nov. 4 missile.", "output": [ "Nikki Haley" ] }, { "id": "task419-125a3735050f4d058050695c8a3b6006", "input": "Hillary Clinton’s faith adviser received a pass from the former First Lady when accused of sexual harassment during her 2008 presidential campaign — only to sin again.\nSpiritual counsel Burns Strider whose duties included sending Clinton a daily scripture reading was fired by a pro-Hillary group for similar misconduct during her 2016 White House run according to a Friday report in The New York Times.\nEight years earlier Clinton successfully argued to keep Strider around despite allegations that he inappropriately rubbed a subordinate’s shoulders and sent her a series of suggestive emails the Times reported.\n Hillary Clinton argued to keep Burns Strider on her 2008 campaign despite allegations of inappropriate behavior. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Child Mind Inst)\nThe law firm that represented Clinton during her failed 2008 run against Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination issued a statement about the earlier Strider case.\nSpiritual counsel Burns Strider whose duties included sending Clinton a daily scripture reading was fired by a pro-Hillary group for similar misconduct during her 2016 White House run according to a Friday report in The New York Times. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)\nThe Times report indicated that Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle along with other senior officials was bothered when the candidate supported Striker.\nDoyle was overruled after approaching Clinton with a call for Striker’s dismissal from the campaign.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-3dad843d14754aca853cfc69f198a35e", "input": "Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski during the start of the women’s singles competition. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)\nTo many viewers NBC figure skating analysts Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir are Olympic darlings — a one-stop shop for knowledge sass and brass. Others however reach for their ear plugs calling the duo mean obnoxious and distracting. This debate resurfaces every time Lipinski and Weir appear on television.\n“They’re just awful ” one commenter wrote after a Washington Post interview with Lipinski and Weir . Another added “They chatter incessantly like a couple of squirrels.”\nWhether you appreciate Lipinski’s and Weir ’s “truth” — and their newfangled approach — it appears they’re here for the long haul. Aside from anchoring the final figure skating competition Thursday night (the women’s free skate) and the exhibition gala over the weekend NBC announced that Lipinski Weir and Gannon will also host coverage of the PyeongChang Closing Ceremonies this weekend. The reaction to this news? Predictably it was both joy and agony.", "output": [ "Johnny Weir" ] }, { "id": "task419-ecb807b8704e4a8c9f796782dbebdf68", "input": "Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will spare the department’s markets room from an internal push to shutter or outsource an operation that was the agency’s nerve center as it tried to contain the 2008 financial crisis.\nThe unit staffed by about 10 career Treasury officials came into the crosshairs of some of Mnuchin’s senior advisers as the Trump administration tries to trim overall government spending according to three people familiar with the matter.\nSteven Mnuchin Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg\nBut Mnuchin says he has no intention of closing down an office that gained stature a decade ago under Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson -- his former boss at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The recent rout in share prices as bond yields became unhinged provides Mnuchin the perfect reason to keep the markets unit open.\n“The markets desk is important to have ” Mnuchin said last week in an interview with Bloomberg News. “It allows us in times of uncertainty to monitor lots of things.”\nThe operation with its roughly 10 Bloomberg and Reuters terminals prepares daily briefings for Mnuchin and President Donald Trump on financial markets can dive deep into particular regions or asset classes to help policy making and is available around the clock.\n Mnuchin has found other ways to cut costs. He has left open the department’s No. 2 post deputy secretary and reduced staffing levels. He announced plans to cut the Office of Financial Research a byproduct of the Dodd-Frank law by a third.\nHaving about 10 people inside Treasury dedicated to the job in the markets room among 70 000 employees at Treasury is “a good investment ” he said.\nDuring the recent market frenzy Mnuchin said he spoke with executives at three of the larger banks along with officials from the New York Federal Reserve the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodities and Futures Trading Commission. He checked his iPhone every few minutes for updates even during his appearance at a congressional hearing on Feb. 6.\n Mnuchin has called the volatility a correction brushing aside investor concerns about rising prices. Markets have since calmed.\n“People should actually take a lot of confidence in the fact that we could have this big of a correction and the system worked fine ” Mnuchin said.", "output": [ "Steven Mnuchin" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c7b800a8ac84699ad13a9d8393d53d2", "input": "The allegations against \"On Point\" host Tom Ashbrook include that he engaged in \"creepy\" sex talks and gave unwanted hugs neck and back rubs to 11 mostly young women and men who worked on the show. They were contained in a document and confirmed in multiple interviews by WBUR-FM the Boston station that produces the show.\n Ashbrook was put on leave last week.\nIn a text to the station Ashbrook said: \"I am sure that once the facts come out that people will see me for who I am — flawed but caring and decent in all my dealings with others.\"\n\"On Point\" is carried by more than 290 NPR stations. Ashbrook has hosted for 16 years.", "output": [ "Tom Ashbrook" ] }, { "id": "task419-db55f9cc488a4b0289e96a75f896ed2b", "input": "One way is to get rated by Oddup a research platform that rates startups the same way equity research analysts rate and recommend the shares of publicly listed companies. Oddup has seen tremendous success closing a $6 million Series A round in the spring. For founders looking to get on Oddup’s radar CEO James Giancotti reveals some factors the company looks at when considering whether to rate new startups. Not only does Oddup look at the founders when building a profile they also analyze the startup’s investors team and location.\nDuring Oddup’s Series A round Giancotti gleaned valuable insight into the fundraising process he hopes can help founders who are facing the same situation.\n“Some people look at fundraising like it’s a hobby. It’s not. You have to put in a lot of time and hard work. You must also answer the question: Who’s going to be your investor? Like any relationship you want investors you love working with who can also make connections for you and help your business grow to the next level. Be selective and don’t be afraid to say no. We did. It’s not egotistical. It’s about finding the right fit ” explained Giancotti .\nIf you’re wondering how to spot good investors Oddup has you covered with their investor ratings. Giancotti said they look at an investor’s entire portfolio for their rating not just the shining stars. By going that route their ratings reflect the whole picture.\n“I like the analogy that you’re only as good as the children you have ” Giancotti said. “If you have one amazing child and one terrible child even though you love them all there’s one that really stands out. All the children – the startups – factor into our investor ratings. How many have sold? How many failed? What’s the traction on each of them? You’ve got to evaluate the companies that investors are getting money from.”\nAs startups grow one mistake founders make is focusing on themselves at the expense of the company. When companies have a few employees the founder’s involvement is crucial. When the team grows to 50 people smart founders look to hire someone else who can grow the company long after they’ve left the picture. If you’re a founder going through a round of funding stay focused on your company not yourself. Giancotti also advocates planning early for how your startup will raise funds. “If you’re raising money to survive ” he said “you’re already out of time.”\nWhen you’re trying to gain momentum for your startup and get it off the ground you’ll probably have people tell you that your idea is terrible. When you begin to request funding you’ll likely face repeated rejection. As Giancotti points out hitting a wall shouldn’t stop you in your tracks. The successful founders learn to take everything in stride.\n“As a founder you’ve got to take criticism as an opportunity to prove people wrong ” he said. “When we started pitching Oddup we had a lot of people saying our idea was stupid it wouldn’t work and that we shouldn’t do it. Now the same people want to invest in us. It’d be easy to be upset with them but that’s pettiness and you shouldn’t be petty as an entrepreneur. At least they cared enough to give you an opinion.”\nThere’s one final key to being a successful founder that isn’t talked about enough. After Oddup’s Series A round Giancotti was told something that all startup founders need to hear: “You guys are destined to be a billion-dollar company but you need to stay alive for it.” Good health Giancotti knows is as much about effective stress management as it is keeping your body in shape with regular exercise and a nutritious diet.\n“Founders must focus on both their mental and physical health. This job takes a lot out of you. Even if you’re physically healthy the mental part can wear you down just as much. You need the right headspace to be successful in the long run ” says Giancotti .", "output": [ "James Giancotti" ] }, { "id": "task419-4114b4ebcdc74516a85981db832b9aea", "input": "Priebus is one of several current and former White House aides expected to be interviewed by Mueller’s team in the coming weeks. Those investigators besides looking into whether campaign aides coordinated with the Kremlin to influence the outcome of the presidential election are also looking into a series of White House actions since the start of the administration including the firing in May of former FBI Director James Comey.\nAs head of the Republican National Committee during the presidential campaign Priebus would have insight into the inner workings of the Trump campaign particularly during the general election. He also was present during the presidential transition and served as White House chief of staff during times crucial to Mueller investigation including while Flynn served in the administration and while Trump made the decision to fire Comey .\nIn a prepared statement in June to the Senate intelligence committee Comey described how Priebus had briefly interrupted a private White House conversation with the president in which he said Trump told him he hoped Comey would end an FBI investigation into Flynn and his contacts with the Russian ambassador.\n“After he had spoken for a few minutes about leaks Reince Priebus leaned in through the door by the grandfather clock and I could see a group of people waiting behind him ” Comey’s statement said. “The President waved at him to close the door saying he would be done shortly. The door closed.”", "output": [ "James Comey" ] }, { "id": "task419-f81907f4a2694ad1a5f29096300c5ffd", "input": "\"Bush wanted to do the right thing by fulfilling this humanitarian impulse ,\" says Chow . \nIn so doing , Chow contends , Bush paved the way for an era in which global health assistance has become a prominent new instrument of U.S. statecraft . \nBy contrast , only a few Americans have ever heard of PEPFAR , the U.S. President 's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief , which President Bush announced in his State of the Union address in 2003 . \nThe name might surprise you : it 's George W. Bush . \nThat 's partly because the United States has done very little to publicize the success of PEPFAR , and partly because the Bush presidency was overshadowed by much more high-profile aspects of his foreign policy -LRB- such as the invasion of Iraq -RRB- . \nIndeed , Bush still enjoys high popularity ratings in Africa , where he 's widely regarded as one of the continent 's great benefactors . \nAt the same time , I think it 's a tragedy that the foreign policy shortcomings of the Bush administration have conspired to obscure his most positive legacy -- not least because it saved so many lives , but because there 's so much that Americans and the rest of the world can learn from it . \n\"Bush did more to stop AIDS and more to help Africa than any president before or since ,\" says New York Times correspondent Peter Baker , who 's writing a history of the Bush-Cheney White House that 's due to appear in October . \nIf it were n't for Iraq , it would be one of the main things history would remember about Bush , and it still should be part of any accounting of his presidency .\" \nIn his 2003 speech , President Bush called upon Congress to sponsor an ambitious program to supply antiretroviral drugs and other treatments to HIV sufferers in Africa .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad2f15bba6fd4caab70b3ba0239f49e2", "input": "“Europe just looks healthy ” said Bob Michele who oversees $483 billion as head of global fixed income currency and commodities at JPMorgan Asset Management.\nBob Michele Photographer: Kholood Eid/Bloomberg\nThe biggest risk “is that inflation picks up the Fed does four hikes not three and without QE suddenly you get some steepening of the curve ” Michele said in an interview. He expects that to play out.\n Michele hedges away much of the interest-rate risk in his portfolio with futures. Credit spreads though they’ve tightened still have room to absorb broad interest-rate increases in his view.\nWhat doesn’t he like? Anything the European Central Bank bought.", "output": [ "Bob Michele" ] }, { "id": "task419-92d362a7240043c6a02060dd6efc2c04", "input": "The tax package would impose a new tax on investment income earned by some private universities and colleges. Sen. Pat Toomey R-Pa. added a provision exempting certain colleges that don't receive federal funds. Democrats said Hillsdale was the only college that would benefit.\n Toomey defended Hillsdale as \"a wonderful institution\" and said other schools might qualify for the tax break too. Toomey said a school that declines federal funds saves taxpayers \"a tremendous amount of money.\"\n\"I do understand that my colleagues on the far left do not have fond opinion of Hillsdale. But I do. I actually think it's a wonderful institution \" Toomey said.\nGraduates include Erik Prince who is DeVos' brother and the founder of the government contractor once known as Blackwater and former Rep. Chris Chocola of Indiana. Chocola once headed the conservative Club for Growth an advocacy group that Toomey also once led.", "output": [ "Toomey" ] }, { "id": "task419-d7a1756c35b545bcb37bbce916cb2ed6", "input": "That’s because at the moment the industry has other things to worry about — specifically the sexual harassment and abuses of power that have been going on far too long behind the scenes of movies and television. The allegations against super-producer Harvey Weinstein opened the floodgates and turned Hollywood introspective. As host Seth Meyers said during a People interview leading up to the awards show “It seems like this year more than ever Hollywood has its own internal politics that obviously deserve to be talked about.” And those politics were more important than whatever was happening in Washington.\n Seth Meyers hosted the 2018 Golden Globes and quickly took aim at sexual harassment during his opening monologue. (Erin Patrick O'Connor/The Washington Post)\nThat’s not to say that Trump was completely ignored. Meyers who’s known to be critical of the president on his late-night show got in a few digs. At one point he pointed to Seth Rogen and said “Remember when he was the guy making trouble with North Korea?”\n He also joked about how much the president would probably hate the Hollywood Foreign Press Association because it contains three words he despises so much. “The only name that could make him angrier is the Hillary Mexico Salad Association ” Meyers said.\n Meyers also revisited his hosting duties at the White House correspondents’ dinner in 2011 when — as legend has it — Barack Obama’s dismissive jokes and Meyers ’s minutes-long bit about Trump spurred the reality-show star to run for president. Trump denies his campaign had anything to do with getting roasted that evening but that didn’t stop Meyers from trying to make lightning strike twice. He turned his attention to Oprah Winfrey sitting in the front row as this year’s Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient and tried to pull some reverse psychology on her saying that she ’s completely unfit to run the country.\nGolden Globes: Seth Meyers roasts Trump Weinstein and more (with an assist from Amy Poehler)", "output": [ "Seth Meyers" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ddbd72a32cf482cb986f47a04b9fec3", "input": "Reid Hoffman is the billionaire cofounder of LinkedIn and served as its CEO for four years.\n He 's also an investing partner at Greylock Partners.\n Hoffman was on the early executive team at PayPal and created web-based social networks in the 1990s.\nPeople talk about Reid Hoffman as a philosopher of Silicon Valley. That's by design.\nBefore he was the billionaire cofounder of LinkedIn and a partner at Greylock he planned to be a \"public intellectual.\" Hoffman says his philosophical training guides his business and investment strategies every day.\n\"Formulating what your investment thesis is what the strategy is what the risks with the approach are what kinds of things you would be doing with it are all greatly aided by the crispness of thinking that comes with philosophical training \" Hoffman said on Business Insider's podcast \"Success! How I Did It.\"\n He 's now one of the foremost experts on entrepreneurship and careers sharing his theories through his podcast \"Masters of Scale \" presentations essays and books. He 's built one of the most robust networks in Silicon Valley — Tesla/SpaceX's Elon Musk and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg are among his many friends — and he 's always gathering insights from them.\nOn this episode of \"Success! How I Did It \" Hoffman talks about how he sees his place in the world his 30-year friendship with his political opposite Peter Thiel and his love of playing board games.\nRich Feloni: Let's start at the beginning — a young Reid Hoffman playing board games.\n Reid Hoffman : Probably my younger self would be embarrassed about how less good my older self would be. But like in Settlers of Catan I think it's one of the most entrepreneurial of the kind of social board games because it involves trading — you trade resources and so forth — and that kind of dynamic actually makes it much more entrepreneurial than your typical kind of board game slash war game.\n Hoffman : It is. I got bitten by the independence to be out of the house a little earlier than your average kid. And part of what appealed to me about Putney was that in addition to having academics it was doing blacksmithing and woodworking and working on the farm and art and a bunch of things that I wouldn't otherwise had experience to do.\n Hoffman : Yeah and very much so.\n Hoffman : So this is one of those false-dichotomy questions because the answer is massively both right?\n Hoffman : I actually never really thought about myself as an entrepreneur until years into LinkedIn which is after I had founded my second company. What I had been focused on almost from those early days at Putney was just building stuff being a public intellectual making something happen and then what's the way you do that?\n Hoffman : Oh actually I didn't turn down that investment. Because I was worried about the appearance of conflict with LinkedIn I sourced it to Peter and then I co-invested a small amount of dollars along with Peter. So it was financially very expensive but it's always good to act first and foremost with a sense of ethics and integrity and what I had been worried about was that people would say \"Oh well you're both invested in Facebook as a lead investor and you're doing LinkedIn \" and I said \"OK well Peter has no conflict so he can lead and then I can essentially co-invest.\"\n Hoffman : I had had this notion of having a network be a platform and what a platform is is a number of applications are built on top of it. But a network is a platform primarily when it has your real identity and real relationships. When it is in fact Reid Hoffman and Reid Hoffman 's colleagues and friends and so forth.", "output": [ "Reid Hoffman" ] }, { "id": "task419-06ad81b1b24d4560a17cd3a2579a02de", "input": "When does an artist become a phenomenon? It’s a rare moment on the scale of seeing a new star emerge in the night sky. Already a rising art world star American artist Kehinde Wiley seems poised now at the age of 35 and after just a little over a decade of work to take the next step and really heat things up. With not one but two big New York City exhibitions a featured appearance on a hot new album cover and the kind of retrospective lavishly illustrated critically evaluative monograph that seals the deal Kehinde Wiley has the whole world in the palm of his hand and that’s exactly what he wants.\nBorn in 1977 as the youngest of six children to a single mother Wiley grew up facing hard economic times but also enjoying the intellectual stimulation of having a mother in academia. Looking for a way to keep Kehinde occupied his mother enrolled him in art classes including some at the Huntington Library where he could study portraits such as Thomas Gainsborough’s famous Blue Boy. After graduating with an MFA from Yale in 2001 Wiley became artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem where he witnessed a steady stream of young African-American men walk past in full hip hop regalia. Joining the old school world of portraiture with this new school of personal style Wiley developed the unique subject matter and approach that has been a popular and critical success since.\nIn Kehinde Wiley the first monograph dedicated to Wiley’s career as a whole (published by Rizzoli USA) Thelma Golden chief curator and director of the Studio Museum in Harlem introduces the volume by remarking that she “was in conversation with Wiley before I ever spoke to him .” Wiley’s work touches on “the politics of representation; the power of art history; the veracity of images; notions of authorship identity and culture; the critical nexus of race and gender in contemporary art ” Golden lists—all things that she and nearly all contemporary art critics think deeply about. This combination of Wiley’s thought provoking practice and stunningly beautiful paintings makes him irresistible to both the high brows and those simply wanting to enjoy the show.\nIn addition to capturing visually Wiley ’s bravura brushwork and vast range of visual inventiveness in 275 color illustrations (including some gatefolds) the contributors Kehinde Wiley dig their critical teeth deep into Wiley’s art and come away with a mouthful. Art historian Robert Hobbs provides a detailed biography not just of Wiley’s life but of his thought mapping mental landmarks ranging from W.E.B. DuBois and Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Michel Foucault and Jacques Lacan. Hobbs sees a kind of “conceptual realism” at the heart of Wiley’s portraiture that is “coercive rather than simply mimetic.” More than just capturing a likeness Wiley’s portraits capture your mind and make you think about the power relations embedded in imagery of all kinds throughout history.\n Wiley ’s standard procedure has been to “street cast” individuals who catch his eye invite them to his studio allow them to browse art history books and pick a pose and then photograph the subjects in full regalia to use for painting later. Wiley’s 2008 painting The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia (shown above) riffs on Renaissance sculptor Stefano Maderno’s The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia from 1600. From one perspective the prone African-American male seems as powerless as the martyred saint. From another the young man takes on the gravitas of Cecilia as a modern victim of thoughtless violence. From yet another knowing that the young man chose this pose for himself he takes on the role of provocateur consciously drawing all those associations and more—paradoxically in control even when prone. This alchemical approach to art history is at the center of the “conceptual realism” Hobbs suggests.\nThe Jewish Museum New York is currently showing the latest installment of The World Stage paintings—Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel. The exhibition features 14 large-scale portraits of young Israeli men of different ethnic backgrounds and religions. A video on the museum’s website shows Wiley in Tel Aviv “street casting” and finding individuals such as Ethopian Jewish hip hop performer Kalkidan. Wiley finds hip hop in the unlikeliest places in Israel proving the global reach of the art form that began in the Bronx as a means of “black” expression.\nThe title of Sean Kelly Gallery’s current Wiley exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace could be an emblem for everything Wiley’s been doing for the past decade both locally and globally. “The phrase ‘an economy of grace’ speaks directly to the ways in which we manufacture and value grace and honor the people that we choose to bestow that honor upon and the ways in which grace is at once an ideal that we strive for and something that is considered to be a natural human right ” Wiley explains. Wiley’s trying to turn his personal economy of grace into a global economy with his portraits as the new gold standard. As technology brings us closer and closer the friction between individuals countries ideologies religions and everything else heats up faster than ever. Grace may be the only currency that can pull us out of the global spiritual debt crisis. If Kehinde Wiley seems to have the world in his hands right now it’s because he wants to save it one image at a time by showing us the grace and beauty of black men and by extension the grace and beauty of us all.\n[Image: Kehinde Wiley. The Virgin Martyr St. Cecilia 2008. Oil on canvas. 101.5 x 226.5 in. © Kehinde Wiley.]\n[Many thanks to Rizzoli USA for providing me with the image above and a review copy of the monograph Kehinde Wiley by Thelma Golden Sarah Lewis Robert Hobbs and Brian Keith Jackson. Many thanks also to Sean Kelly Gallery (whose exhibition Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace runs through June 16 2012) and to The Jewish Museum New York (whose exhibition Kehinde Wiley/The World Stage: Israel runs through July 29 2012) for press materials.]", "output": [ "Kehinde Wiley" ] }, { "id": "task419-a69a55a7008141f181b5e7ad101286d1", "input": "Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Was 2018's 'Designated Survivor'\nPresident Trump's first State of the Union address had a prestigious and eclectic audience — Vice President Pence an assortment of Cabinet secretaries Bill Nye the Science Guy Paul Ryan's likely 2018 Democratic opponent and a plethora of military heroes — but one member of Trump's Cabinet was notably missing: Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.\n Perdue was this year's \"designated survivor \" the chosen official who skips the president's speech to ensure the continuity of government in the case of a catastrophe that wipes out the president the vice president and the rest of the nation's leaders who will be in attendance.\nThe White House announced just before Tuesday's speech that Perdue would skip the State of the Union address in the House chamber at the Capitol and instead spend the evening in a secure and undisclosed location.\nThe selection of Perdue to lead the hypothetically decimated government is an arguably bipartisan one. The former governor of Georgia was one of Trump's Cabinet selections who didn't cause a stir as he was confirmed by the Senate last April by a vote of 87-11 with dozens of Democrats voting for him.\n Perdue grew up on a farm in central Georgia and worked as a veterinarian before serving as the state's governor from 2003 to 2011.\nIt's unclear where exactly he was Tuesday during Trump's speech.", "output": [ "Sonny Perdue" ] }, { "id": "task419-28d47f0d2edf4a08ac75e5a6ce053253", "input": "A grand jury indictment cites four marriages between Thai Ginger workers who have U.S. citizenship and Thai nationals three of whom were Bradford's relatives. Bradford paid three of the workers $10 000 to more than $20 000 while another who had recently been promoted to management received a loan of $3 780 the indictment said.\n Bradford's attorney Jesse Cantor and her husband declined to comment Tuesday.\n Bradford faces a maximum prison term of five years on the conspiracy charge and 10 years on each of the document fraud counts. Tangchaiwanna is only charged with immigration fraud conspiracy and could face a maximum five years.\n The indictment includes a criminal forfeiture allegation meaning the government is seeking to seize any property Bradford may have purchased with proceeds from criminal activity.", "output": [ "Varee Bradford", "Bradford" ] }, { "id": "task419-eba1e38660f44ad6a3518d3408f0008c", "input": "“He said ‘You should not run for this office ’” said Jesse Sbaih an immigrant from Jordan who is now a trial lawyer . This race for the House in a district that includes a swath of suburban Las Vegas is his first run for political office.\n Sbaih said it happened after he had entered the House race. He met with Reid in August in a meeting room at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel.\n Sbaih said he had sought the meeting in order to win Reid’s support — a key factor in Nevada where Reid is the unquestioned power broker of Democratic politics. But Reid would not give it Sbaih said and cited Sbaih’s religion as one reason why.\n“I did not feel that this was an issue. They made it an issue. My campaign is about me being an American ” Sbaih said. He said he had not faced this kind of opposition based on his religion before: “I just turned 40. Been in this country for 29 years. And it’s just absolutely shocking that this occurred.”\n“Senator Reid did not say that ” said Kristen Orthman a spokeswoman in Reid’s Senate office. “ Jesse Sbaih is a liar and that’s why he is going to lose.”\n Sbaih ’s assertion could shake up one of the most competitive House races in the country — a race made possible in a way by Reid himself.\nOn the Republican side several plausible candidates have already filed to run. On the Democratic side however the race was slow to start: late in the summer Sbaih was the best-funded and best-known candidate who had declared.\n Sbaih is an ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) who is running in part on his own remarkable life story. Sbaih ’s parents immigrated from Jordan to Virginia when he was 11 and he helped support the family by washing dishes in an Italian restaurant as a teen.\nNow Sbaih said his run for office is a way to repay the country for the way it welcomed his family.\n“I’ve always felt: The more America gave me the more I wanted to give back ” Sbaih said in an interview with The Washington Post.\nBut Sbaih said he was rebuffed when he sought to gain Reid’s support.\nFirst he said he met with a political consultant connected to Reid Rebecca Lambe. At a coffee shop Sbaih said Lambe brought up his religion and his Arab heritage: “She said basically you’re gonna have a problem winning as a Muslim as an Arab.”\n Sbaih said he did not record that meeting with Lambe or the one he had with Reid a few weeks later.\nTo bolster his account Sbaih supplied both emails and text messages from the time in which he tells another Reid ally that he is “profoundly disheartened and saddened that the Democratic Party is refusing to accept a candidate like me because of my religion and ethnicity.”\nIn the exchanges of text message and emails provided by Sbaih however Reid’s allies do not say explicitly that Sbaih ’s race or religion is a hindrance nor do they confirm that Reid himself had said so.\nOrthman Reid’s spokeswoman said that Reid had told Sbaih he should run for another office — instead of jumping straight into a highly competitive House race.", "output": [ "Jesse Sbaih" ] }, { "id": "task419-dcfde802654e4f919979e0ba14b734fc", "input": "ELMONT N.Y. -- Bob Baffert isn't supposed to win the Belmont Stakes on Saturday. Not too many people who roam the backstretch in the mornings are giving his horse Game On Dude much of a chance to get to the winner's circle in the 1-1/2-mile Belmont.\n Heck Baffert is one of them.\n \"You know \" Baffert said standing outside the barn housing Game on Dude early Thursday morning \"the Belmont can be an odd race. Horses have won this race who really didn't figure. I am one of those here.\"\n Game On Dude is a modest 10-1 in the Belmont co-fourth choice along with Uptowncharleybrown and Make Music For Me. Surely the main reason Game On Dude is 10-1 is not because he won the Lone Star Derby in Texas in his last start. It's because Baffert the Hall of Fame trainer is calling the shots.\n \"The Lone Star Derby to here is a big jump \" Baffert said. \"He has been training well at Santa Anita.\"\n Baffert was speaking to a small group of writers and didn't sound as confident as he did in the days leading up to the Preakness. Then again he wasn't talking about Lookin At Lucky here.\n \"He is smart \" Baffert said about the Preakness winner who is back home in California. \"When he realized he was not gonna run here he started to feel good. He looks great now. I would love to have him here.\"\n Baffert will roll the dice with Game On Dude who was fifth in the Derby Trail and seventh in the Florida Derby. The Florida Derby was won by Ice Box who is the 3-1 morning line favorite in the Belmont.\n Game On Dude will be ridden by California-based Martin Garcia who won the Preakness for Baffert with Lookin At Lucky.\n This will be the third race the son of Awesome Again will make under Baffert. The horse was bought by multiple owners -- including Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre -- after the Florida Derby.\n \"We bought him for the Classics we bought him for the (Kentucky) Derby \" Baffert said. \"Martin worked him the other day and I said 'Are you sure he has a chance to go a mile and a half because I don't want to embarrass myself.' He said he was doing good a one-pace type cruiser. I do think he looks better than he did before the Lone Star race. I think he will run OK. I hope he does.\"", "output": [ "Bob Baffert" ] }, { "id": "task419-84f1e5e4bfeb4840b540ab85df235b52", "input": "By mid-October the situation had become so dire that President Woodrow Wilson called his Army chief of staff to the White House suggesting that perhaps the troop ships should be halted until the flu abated. He was reassured by Gen. Peyton C. March that every medical precaution was being taken.\nA year earlier Wilson had outlined in his famous 14-point speech a blueprint to keep the world safe from future wars. He called for an end to secret treaties and proposed a plan that would consider the rights of native people who lived in colonial territories require reduction in world armaments and guarantee freedom of the seas. He also proposed the League of Nations an international organization empowered to ensure “political independence and territorial integrity [of] great and small states alike.”\n Wilson arrived in Paris for the peace talks prepared to battle with Georges Clemenceau the 77-year-old “Tiger” of France who wanted Germany to pay heavily for waging war.\nThe talks dragged on and turned so bitter that Wilson threatened to head home without an agreement. And then he came down with the flu.\n“ The president was suddenly taken violently sick with the influenza at a time when the whole of civilization seemed to be in the balance ” his doctor Cary T. Grayson wrote to a friend back home on April 14 1919. “From your side of the water you can not realize on what thin ice European civilization has been skating. . . . Some day perhaps I may be able to tell the world what a close call we had.”\nInstead Grayson told the public that Wilson had caught a cold.\n Wilson would recover sufficiently to resume the talks. But he was an enfeebled shadow of his former self quickly caving in to Clemenceau’s demands.\n“It is of course impossible to say what Wilson would have done had he not become sick ” historian John M. Barry wrote in his best-selling book “The Great Influenza.” “Influenza did weaken him physically and — precisely at the most critical point of the negotiations — influenza did at the least drain from him the stamina and the ability to concentrate. That much is certain. And it is almost certain that influenza affected his mind in other deeper ways.”\nClemenceau’s greatest triumph — and Wilson ’s greatest humiliation in his moment of weakness— was acquiescence to what became known as the “War Guilt Clause.” Germans viewed that clause as putting full responsibility for the war on Germany and it demanded payment of a sum far greater than anything the country could afford.\n Wilson’s Fourteen Points had been widely distributed in Germany and Germans saw their abandonment as a betrayal. For 14 years the Weimar Republic ruled Germany amid hyperinflation political extremism and contentious relationships with the victorious Allies.", "output": [ "Woodrow Wilson" ] }, { "id": "task419-74f02eb8a32a46b981a1c187ecc4d75f", "input": "Bernie Sanders to visit SF on Friday for state nurses convention . \nPhoto : Tom BrennerThe New York Times Image 1 of 6 Caption Close Image 1 of 6 Sen. Bernie Sanders -LRB- I-Vt . -RRB- \nless Sen. Bernie Sanders -LRB- I-Vt . -RRB- \nThe former presidential candidate will be in San Francisco on Friday to address a ... more Photo : Tom BrennerThe New York Times Image 2 of 6 Sen. Bernie Sanders -LRB- I-Vt . -RRB- \nOn the same day that Republican lawmakers were pitching a last-gasp effort to undo the Affordable Care Act , Sanders said that 15 Democratic senators have signed on to what he called a a Medicare-for-all , single-payer health care system . \n-LRB- Tom BrennerThe New York Times -RRB- less Sen. Bernie Sanders -LRB- I-Vt . -RRB- \n, holds a news conference regarding health care policy , on Capitol Hill in ... more Photo : TOM BRENNER , NYT Image 3 of 6 Senator Kamala Harris , a Democrat from California , speaks as Senator Bernie Sanders , an independent from Vermont , left , listens during a health care bill news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington , D.C. , U.S. , on Wednesday , Sept. 13 , 2017 . \nPhotographer : Andrew HarrerBloomberg less Senator Kamala Harris , a Democrat from California , speaks as Senator Bernie Sanders , an independent from Vermont , left , listens during a health care bill news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington , D.C. , ... more Photo : Andrew Harrer , Bloomberg Image 4 of 6 Sens. Elizabeth Warren -LRB- D-Mass . -RRB- \nlook on as Sen. Bernie Sanders -LRB- I-Vt . -RRB- \nSanders said that 15 Democratic senators have signed on to what he called a \"a Medicare-for-all , single-payer health care system .\" \nlook on as Sen. Bernie Sanders -LRB- I-Vt . -RRB- \nspoke at a news conference on health care policy , on Capitol Hill in Washington , ... more Photo : TOM BRENNER , NYT Image 5 of 6 Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt. , second from right , declines to speak with a reporter as he walks to a luncheon with Democrats on Capitol Hill in Washington , Tuesday , Sept. 12 , 2017 . \n-LRB- AP PhotoSusan Walsh -RRB- Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt. , second from right , declines to speak with a reporter as he walks to a luncheon with Democrats on Capitol Hill in Washington , Tuesday , Sept. 12 , 2017 . \n-LRB- AP PhotoSusan Walsh -RRB- Photo : Susan Walsh , Associated Press Image 6 of 6 A doctor and other supporters gather before Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt. , and other democratic Senators arrive for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington , Wednesday , Sept. 13 , 2017 , to unveil their Medicare for All legislation to reform health care . \n-LRB- AP PhotoAndrew Harnik -RRB- less A doctor and other supporters gather before Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt. , and other democratic Senators arrive for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington , Wednesday , Sept. 13 , 2017 , to unveil their ... more Photo : Andrew Harnik , Associated Press Bernie Sanders to visit SF on Friday for state nurses convention 1 6 Back to Gallery . \nSen. Bernie Sanders will visit San Francisco on Friday to promote his recently introduced Medicare for All plan at a convention of California nurses . \nSanders introduced his Medicare for All bill on Sept. 13 . \nThe California Nurses Association , though , welcomes Sanders ' legislation as part of a \"common fight for health care for all and social justice ,\" RoseAnn DeMoro , the union 's executive director , said in a press release announcing Sanders ' visit . \nThe event begins on Thursday and will feature speakers , including Sanders ' wife , Jane O'Meara Sanders , founder of the Sanders Institute . \nAlso set to speak are playwright Eve Ensler , political commentator Van Jones and Nina Turner , president of Our Revolution , an organization founded by leaders of Sanders ' campaign . \nSanders is scheduled to take the stage at 1 p.m. Friday .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-53302bccc27e417da39c8463094c5e17", "input": "Leading Tory Brexit supporters have urged the prime minister to take advantage German Chancellor Angela Merkel ’ s weakness and failure to form a government . Theresa May has reportedly agreed with her cabinet to roughly double the offered Brexit ‘ divorce bill ’ but Iain Duncan Smith the former Conservative Party leader urged her to “ sit tight ” The Times reports . advertisement Jacob Rees - Mogg Tory MP for North East Somerset said that it would be “ foolish ” to hike the offer at a time when Mrs . Merkel needed to reassure German voters and businesses they will still be able to trade with the UK . He told the paper : “ Approving a higher divorce bill at this stage would be foolish … As for Germany its domestic political concerns make it less likely that it would want to risk the damage that could be done to its industry from the UK imposing tariffs on its exports .” Mr . Duncan Smith added : “ When you look at what is going on in Europe the idea that out of that chaotic situation can come any sort of understanding is clearly not right so we will have to sit tight .” May Expected to Offer EU £ 40 Billion – But Leavers Ask : What Are We Getting in Return ? The German chancellor ’ s Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) and sister Christian Social Union ( CSU ) parties recently suffered their worst election result since 1949 with the populist right - wing Alternative for Germany ( AfD ) surging . Their former coalition partner the Social Democrats ( SDP ) also had their worst post - war election performance and announced they would quit the “ grand coalition ” and go into opposition . Mrs . Merkel had since failed to form a government with Germany ’ s Free Democrats and the Greens with ideological differences proving too great . On Monday she said she was “ very sceptical ” about running a minority government and hinted at fresh elections . Reports of Mrs . Merkel ’ s admission came on the same day reports claimed Mrs . May planned to double her previous offer to the European Union ( EU ) of roughly £ 20 billion to £ 40 billion . Economic commitments in the region totalling roughly £ 20 billion are to be added to the £ 20 billion already acknowledged as owed in Mrs . May ’ s Florence speech . A government source suggested that Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Environment Secretary Michael Gove had signed up to the plan despite previously opposing a large pay - out .", "output": [ "Mrs Merkel", "Merkel" ] }, { "id": "task419-4996e72f35634c8896d4313ec27c64e8", "input": "Kevin Hart 's brazen attempt to celebrate onstage with the Philadelphia Eagles after their Super Bowl victory was motivated by a little liquid confidence.\nThe comedian — who was shut down by a security guard as he approached the stage after Sunday's game — explained in an Instagram video that he 'd been drinking but was too excited about the Eagles win to feel bad about getting denied.\n Kavin Hart was not allowed onstage following the Eagles’ Super Bowl win. (Elsa)\n\"When alcohol is in your system you do dumb stuff \" Hart began in the video. \"Me trying to go on stage with the trophy (is) definitely in the top two stupidest things I've ever done but who cares? The Eagles won the Super Bowl.\"\nFootage of Hart getting blocked by the security guard on the field as he tried to get onstage went viral Sunday after it aired on the NBC post-game broadcast.\nSecurity blocks Kevin Hart from Super Bowl stage\n Hart acknowledged in his Instagram post that he was \"still a little tipsy\" and that his wife Eniko Parrish warned him not to go onstage.\nA post shared by Kevin Hart (@kevinhart4real) on Feb 5 2018 at 4:20am PST\n\"It didn't work out good \" Hart said of his plan with a laugh. \"That man did his job didn't he?\"\n Hart a longtime Eagles superfan summed up his minute-long Instagram post with a series of hashtags such as #iShouldHaveListenedToMyWife and \"AtLeastIDidntPunchaHorse \" along with the caption \"Who gives a s--t....Fllllyyyy EAGLES FLY!!!!!\"\nAfter his denial Hart appeared on NFL Network and dropped an F-bomb on air.", "output": [ "Kevin Hart" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9489a5de1cc4df0a4197eb0b87dccf4", "input": "When Melania Trump stepped onto the stage at the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump all eyes were on her hot pink blouse. Or rather the bow at the very top of it.\nYou see 48 hours after audio of Trump 's husband saying the words \"Grab them by the pussy\" leaked online Trump wore a bow style which is defined by its looseness and high placement on the neck widely known as the \"pussy bow.\"\nNow the pussy bow has the Melania Factor. Almost instantaneously after Trump showed up to the debate in that fuchsia Gucci blouse it sold out. Meaning that the bow isn't just for the runway any longer.\nSo Melania Trump whether she knows it or not very well may have inadvertently started a revival of one of the most quietly feminist garments we have. How will we ever thank her ?", "output": [ "Melania Trump's", "Melania" ] }, { "id": "task419-664a6b98255a47b689927bdafabc1daf", "input": "The Breitbart employee closest to the alt-right was Milo Yiannopoulos the site’s former tech editor known best for his outrageous public provocations such as last year’s Dangerous Faggot speaking tour and September’s canceled Free Speech Week in Berkeley. For more than a year Yiannopoulos led the site in a coy dance around the movement’s nastier edges writing stories that minimized the role of neo-Nazis and white nationalists while giving its politer voices “a fair hearing.” In March Breitbart editor Alex Marlow insisted “we’re not a hate site.” Breitbart’s media relations staff repeatedly threatened to sue outlets that described Yiannopoulos as racist. And after the violent white supremacist protest in Charlottesville Virginia in August Breitbart published an article explaining that when Bannon said the site welcomed the alt-right he was merely referring to “computer gamers and blue-collar voters who hated the GOP brand.” These new emails and documents however clearly show that Breitbart does more than tolerate the most hate-filled racist voices of the alt-right. It thrives on them fueling and being fueled by some of the most toxic beliefs on the political spectrum — and clearing the way for them to enter the American mainstream. It’s a relationship illustrated most starkly by a previously unreleased April 2016 video in which Yiannopoulos sings “America the Beautiful” in a Dallas karaoke bar as admirers including the white nationalist Richard Spencer raise their arms in Nazi salutes. These documents chart the Breitbart alt-right universe. They reveal how the website — and in particular Yiannopoulos — links the Mercer family the billionaires who fund Breitbart to underpaid trolls who fill it with provocative content and to extremists striving to create a white ethnostate. They capture what Bannon calls his “killing machine” in action as it dredges up the resentments of people around the world sifts through these grievances for ideas and content and propels them from the unsavory parts of the internet up to TrumpWorld collecting advertisers’ checks all along the way. And the cache of emails — some of the most newsworthy of which BuzzFeed News is now making public — expose the extent to which this machine depended on Yiannopoulos who channeled voices both inside and outside the establishment into a clear narrative about the threat liberal discourse posed to America. The emails tell the story of Steve Bannon’s grand plan for Yiannopoulos whom the Breitbart executive chairman transformed from a charismatic young editor into a conservative media star capable of magnetizing a new generation of reactionary anger. Often the documents reveal this anger came from a legion of secret sympathizers in Silicon Valley Hollywood academia suburbia and everywhere in between. \"I have said in the past that I find humor in breaking taboos and laughing at things that people tell me are forbidden to joke about \" Yiannopoulos wrote in a statement to BuzzFeed News. \"But everyone who knows me also knows I'm not a racist. As someone of Jewish ancestry I of course condemn racism in the strongest possible terms. I have stopped making jokes on these matters because I do not want any confusion on this subject. I disavow Richard Spencer and his entire sorry band of idiots. I have been and am a steadfast supporter of Jews and Israel. I disavow white nationalism and I disavow racism and I always have.” He added that during his karaoke performance his \"severe myopia\" made it impossible for him to see the Hitler salutes a few feet away.\nA year and a half ago Milo Yiannopoulos set himself a difficult task: to define the alt-right. It was five months before Hillary Clinton named the alt-right in a campaign speech 10 months before the alt-right’s great hope became president and 17 months before Charlottesville clinched the alt-right as a stalking horse for violent white nationalism. The movement had just begun its explosive emergence into the country’s politics and culture.\nAt the time Yiannopoulos who would later describe himself as a “fellow traveler” of the alt-right was the tech editor of Breitbart. In summer 2015 after spending a year gathering momentum through GamerGate — the opening salvo of the new culture wars — he convinced Breitbart upper management to give him his own section. And for four months he helped Bannon wage what the Breitbart boss called in emails to staff “#war.” It was a war fought story by story against the perceived forces of liberal activism on every conceivable battleground in American life. Yiannopoulos was a useful soldier whose very public identity as a gay man (one who has now married a black man) helped defend him his anti-political correctness crusade and his employer from charges of bigotry. But now Yiannopoulos had a more complicated fight on his hands. The left — and worse some on the right — had started to condemn the new conservative energy as reactionary and racist. Yiannopoulos had to take back “alt-right ” to redefine for Breitbart’s audience a poorly understood leaderless movement parts of which had already started to resist the term itself. So he reached out to key constituents who included a neo-Nazi and a white nationalist. “Finally doing my big feature on the alt right ” Yiannopoulos wrote in a March 9 2016 email to Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer a hacker who is the system administrator of the neo-Nazi hub the Daily Stormer and who would later ask his followers to disrupt the funeral of Charlottesville victim Heather Heyer. “Fancy braindumping some thoughts for me.” “It’s time for me to do my big definitive guide to the alt right ” Yiannopoulos wrote four hours later to Curtis Yarvin a software engineer who under the nom de plume Mencius Moldbug helped create the “neoreactionary” movement which holds that Enlightenment democracy has failed and that a return to feudalism and authoritarian rule is in order. “Which is my whorish way of asking if you have anything you’d like to make sure I include.” “Alt r feature figured you’d have some thoughts ” Yiannopoulos wrote the same day to Devin Saucier who helps edit the online white nationalist magazine American Renaissance under the pseudonym Henry Wolff and who wrote a story in June 2017 called “Why I Am (Among Other Things) a White Nationalist.” The three responded at length: Weev about the Daily Stormer and a podcast called The Daily Shoah Yarvin in characteristically sweeping world-historical assertions (“It’s no secret that North America contains many distinct cultural/ethnic communities. This is not optimal but with a competent king it’s not a huge problem either”) and Saucier with a list of thinkers politicians journalists films (Dune Mad Max The Dark Knight) and musical genres (folk metal martial industrial ’80s synthpop) important to the movement. Yiannopoulos forwarded it all along with the Wikipedia entries for “Alternative Right” and the esoteric far-right Italian philosopher Julius Evola — a major influence on 20th-century Italian fascists and Richard Spencer alike — to Allum Bokhari his deputy and frequent ghostwriter whom he had met during GamerGate. “Include a bit of everything ” he instructed Bokhari.\n“I think you’ll like what I’m cooking up ” Yiannopoulos wrote to Saucier the American Renaissance editor. “I look forward to it ” Saucier replied. “Bannon as you probably know is sympathetic to much of it.” Five days later Bokhari returned a 3 000-word draft a taxonomy of the movement titled “ALT-RIGHT BEHEMOTH.” It included a little bit of everything: the brains and their influences (Yarvin and Evola etc.) the “natural conservatives” (people who think different ethnic groups should stay separate for scientific reasons) the “Meme team” (4chan and 8chan) and the actual hatemongers. Of the last group Bokhari wrote: “There’s just not very many of them no-one really likes them and they’re unlikely to achieve anything significant in the alt-right.” “Magnificent start ” Yiannopoulos responded.\nOver the next three days Yiannopoulos passed the article back to Yarvin and the white nationalist Saucier the latter of whom gave line-by-line annotations. He also sent it to Vox Day a writer who was expelled from the board of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for calling a black writer an “ignorant savage ” and to Alex Marlow the editor of Breitbart. “Solid fair and fairly comprehensive ” Vox Day responded with a few suggestions. “Most of it is great but I don’t want to rush a major long form piece like this ” Marlow wrote back. “A few people will need to weigh in since it deals heavily with race.”\nAlso there was another sensitive issue to be raised: credit. “Allum did most of the work on this and wants joint [byline] but I want the glory here ” Yiannopoulos wrote back to Marlow. “I am telling him you said it’s sensitive and want my byline alone on it.” Minutes later Yiannopoulos emailed Bokhari. “I was going to have Marlow collude with me … about the byline on the alt right thing because I want to take it solo. Will you hate me too much if I do that? … Truthfully management is very edgy on this one (They love it but it’s racially charged) and they would prefer it.” “Will management definitely say no if it’s both of us?” Bokhari responded. “I think it actually lowers the risk if someone with a brown-sounding name shares the BL.” Five days later March 22nd Marlow returned with comments. He suggested that the story should show in more detail how Yiannopoulos and most of the alt-right rejected the actual neo-Nazis in the movement. And he added that Taki's Magazine and VDare two publications Yiannopoulos and Bokhari identified as part of the alt-right “are both racist. … We should disclaimer that or strike that part of the history from the article.” (The published story added in the passive voice “All of these websites have been accused of racism.”) Again the story went back to Bokhari who on the 24th sent Yiannopoulos still another draft with the subject head “ALT RIGHT MEIN FUHRER.” On the 27th now co-bylined the story was ready for upper management: Bannon and Larry Solov Breitbart’s press-shy CEO. It was also ready on a separate email chain for another read and round of comments from the white nationalist Saucier the feudalist Yarvin the neo-Nazi Weev and Vox Day. “I need to go thru this tomorrow in depth…although I do appreciate any piece that mentions evola ” Bannon wrote. On the 29th in an email titled “steve wants you to read this ” Marlow sent Yiannopoulos a list of edits and notes Bannon had solicited from James Pinkerton a former Reagan and George H.W. Bush staffer and a contributing editor of the American Conservative. The 59-year-old Pinkerton was put off by a cartoon of Pepe the Frog conducting the Trump Train. “I love art ” he wrote inline. “I think [Breitbart News Network] needs a lot more of it but I don’t get the above. Frogs? Kermit? Am I missing something here?” Later that day Breitbart published “An Establishment Conservative’s Guide to the Alt-Right.” It quickly became a touchstone cited in the New York Times the Los Angeles Times the New Yorker CNN and New York Magazine among others. And its influence is still being felt. This past July in a speech in Warsaw that was celebrated by the alt-right President Trump echoed a line from the story — a story written by a “brown-sounding” amanuensis all but line-edited by a white nationalist laundered for racism by Breitbart’s editors and supervised by the man who would in short order become the president’s chief strategist. The machine had worked well.\nThe previous November Yiannopoulos emailed Bannon with a bone to pick. Breitbart London reported that a London college student behind a popular social justice hashtag had threatened the anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller. “The story is horseshit and we should never have published it ” Yiannopoulos wrote. “Reckless and stupid. … Strongly recommend we pull. it’s insanely defamatory. I spoke to pamela geller and even she said it was rubbish. We’re outright lying about this girl and surely we’re better than that. We can and should win by telling the truth.” Six minutes later Bannon wrote back to his tech editor in a fury. “Your [sic] full of shit. When I need your advice on anything I will ask. ... The tech site is a total clusterfuck---meaningless stories written by juveniles. You don’t have a clue how to build a company or what real content is. And you don’t have long to figure it out or your [sic] gone. … You are magenalia [sic].”\nOn December 8 the New York Times published a major story about the radicalization of American Muslims on Facebook. Yiannopoulos published a story called “Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive and Crazy.” That afternoon Bannon emailed Yiannopoulos and Marlow. “Dude---we r in a global existentialist war where our enemy EXISTS in social media and u r jerking yourself off w/ marginalia!!!! U should be OWNING this conversation because u r everything they hate!!! Drop your toys pick up your tools and go help save western civilization.” “Message received ” Yiannopoulos wrote back. “I will do a Week of Islam next week.” “U don’t need that ” Bannon responded. “Just get in the fight---ur Social Media and they have made it a powerful weapon of war. … There is no war correspondent in the west yet dude and u can own it and be remember for 3 generations--or sit around wasting your God-given talents jerking off to your fan base.” Over the next several months Yiannopoulos began to find the right targets. First it was a continued attack on Shaun King the writer and Black Lives Matter activist whose ethnicity Yiannopoulos had called into question. Next it was then–Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer who Bannon called in an email to Yiannopoulos the “poster child for the narcissistic ecosystem.” And increasingly it was enemies of Donald Trump. In response to a Yiannopoulos pitch accusing a prominent Republican opponent of Trump of being a pill-popper Bannon wrote: “Dude!!! LMAO! … Epic.” And Bannon signed off on an April story by Yiannopoulos imploring #NeverTrumpers to get on board with “Trump and the alt-right.” (Bannon did however veto making it the lead story on the site writing to Yiannopoulos and Marlow “Looks like we have our thumb on the scale.”) Why was Bannon so concerned with the focus of his tech editor’s energies? In a February email exchange before Yiannopoulos appeared on Greg Gutfeld’s Sunday Fox News show Bannon wrote “Gutfeld should become an object lesson for u. Brilliant cultural commentator who really got pop culture the hipster scene and advant [sic] garde….got on fox and tried to become a political pundit...lost all credibility. … You r one of the potential heirs to his cultural leadership so act according.” Bannon was grooming the younger man for something greater. In May Bannon invited Yiannopoulos to Cannes for a week for the film festival. “Want to discuss tv and film with u ” he wrote in an email. “U get to meet my partners hang on the boat and discuss business.”\nThe boat was the Sea Owl a 200-foot yacht owned by the hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer who is a major funder of Breitbart and various other far-right enterprises. That week Yiannopoulos shuttled back and forth from the Cannes Palace Hotel to the pier next to the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès and the green-sterned “fantasy-inspired” vessel complete with a Dale Chihuly chandelier. The Mercers were in town to promote Clinton Cash a film produced by Bannon and their production studio Glittering Steel. On board Yiannopoulos drank mingled and interviewed Phil Robertson the lavishly bearded patriarch of Duck Dynasty for his podcast. “I know how lucky I am ” Yiannopoulos wrote to Bannon on May 20. “I’m going to work hard to make you some money -- and win the war! Thanks for having me this week and for the faith you’re placing in me chief. The left won’t know what hit them.” “U just focus on being who u are-- we will put a top level team around u ” Bannon wrote back. “#war.”\nBannon passed the request from Mercer to Yiannopoulos . Yiannopoulos passed it to Charlie Nash an 18-year-old Englishman whom he had met at a conference of the populist right-wing UK Independence Party conference the previous year and who started working as his intern immediately after. Like some bleach-blonde messiah of anti–political correctness Yiannopoulos tended to draw in ideologically sympathetic young men at conferences campus speeches and on social media accumulating more and more acolytes as he went along. In June 2015 it was Ben Kew who invited Yiannopoulos to speak at the University of Bristol where he was a student; he ’s now a staff writer for Breitbart. In September 2015 it was Tom Ciccotta the treasurer of the class of 2017 at Bucknell University who still writes for Breitbart. In February 2016 it was Hunter Swogger a University of Michigan student and then the editor of the conservative Michigan Review whom Yiannopoulos cultivated and brought on as a social media specialist during his Dangerous Faggot tour. Yiannopoulos called these young researchers his “trufflehounds.” Nash who had just been hired by Breitbart at $30 000 a year after months of lobbying by Yiannopoulos dutifully fielded the request from the billionaire indirectly paying his salary and turned around a story about the rejected Capitol HillAwry app on the 25th — and a follow-up five days later after Apple reversed its decision. “Huge victory ” Bannon emailed after the reversal. “Huge win.” This was the usual way stories came in from the Mercers according to a former Breitbart editor: with a request from Bannon referring to “our investors” or “our investing partners.” After Cannes as Bannon pushed Yiannopoulos to do more live events that presented expensive logistical challenges the involvement of the investing partners became increasingly obvious. Following a May event at DePaul University in Chicago in which Black Lives Matter protesters stormed a Yiannopoulos speech he wrote to Bannon “I wouldn’t confess this to anyone publicly of course but I was worried ... last night that I was going to get punched or worse. ... I need one or two people of my own.”\n“Agree 100% ” Bannon wrote. “We want you to stir up more. Milo: for your eyes only we r going to use the mercers private security company.” Copied on the email was Dan Fleuette Bannon’s coproducer at Glittering Steel and the man who acted for months as the go-between for Yiannopoulos and the Mercers. As Yiannopoulos made the transition in summer 2016 from being a writer to becoming largely the star of a traveling stage show Fleuette was enlisted to process and wrangle the legion of young assistants managers trainers and other talent the Breitbart tech editor demanded be brought along for the ride.\nFirst came Tim Gionet the former BuzzFeed social media strategist who goes by “Baked Alaska” on Twitter whom Yiannopoulos pitched to Fleuette as a tour manager in late May. Gionet accompanied Yiannopoulos to Florida after the June 2016 Pulse nightclub killings in Orlando. The two planned a press conference outside a mosque attended by the shooter Omar Mateen. (“Brilliant ” Bannon emailed. “Btw they are ALL ‘factories of hate.’”) But after some impertinent tweets and back talk from Gionet Fleuette became Yiannopoulos’s managerial confidante. “He needs to understand that ‘Baked Alaska’ is over ” Yiannopoulos wrote in one email to Fleuette. “He is not a friend he is an employee. … He is becoming a laughing stock and that reflects badly on me.” In another “I think we need to replace Tim. … [He] has no news judgment or understanding of what’s dangerous (thinks tweets about Jews are just fine). … He seems more interested in his career as an obscure Twitter personality than my tour manager.” At the Republican National Convention Yiannopoulos deliberately chose a hotel for Gionet far from the convention center writing to another Breitbart employee “Exactly where I want him. … He needs the commute to remind him of his place.” Gionet did not respond to multiple requests by BuzzFeed News for comment.\nBut Gionet who would go on to march with the alt-right in Charlottesville was still useful to Yiannopoulos as a gateway to a group of young hip social media–savvy Trump supporters. Yiannopoulos managed all of his assistants and ghostwriters under his own umbrella using “yiannopoulos.net” emails and private Slack rooms. This structure insulated Breitbart’s upper management from the 4chan savants and GamerGate vets working for Yiannopoulos . And it gave Yiannopoulos a staff loyal to him above Breitbart. (Indeed Yiannopoulos shopped a separate “Team Milo” section to Dow Jones which publishes the Wall Street Journal in July 2016.) It also sometimes led to extraordinarily fraught organizational and personal dynamics. Take Allum Bokhari the Oxford-educated former political consultant whom Yiannopoulos rewarded for his years of grunt work with a $100 000 ghostwriting contract for his book Dangerous. But the men were spying on each other. In April 2016 Yiannopoulos asked Bokhari for “a complete list of the email social media bank accounts and any other system and services of mine you have been accessing and how long you’ve had access.” Bokhari confessed to having logged into Yiannopoulos’s email and Slack and had used Yiannopoulos ’s credit card for an Airbnb a confession Yiannopoulos quickly passed on to Larry Solov the Breitbart CEO. “My basic position is that he is not stable and needs to be far away from me ” Yiannopoulos wrote to Marlow and Solov. Meanwhile Yiannopoulos had compiled a transcript of what he called “a short section of 30 hours of recording down on paper ” which appeared to be of conversations between Bokhari and a friend. The newcomers brought in by Gionet weren’t much better behaved. Yiannopoulos had to boot one prospective member of his “tour squad” for posting cocaine use on Snapchat. Mike Mahoney a then–20-year-old from North Carolina had to be monitored because of his propensity for racism and anti-Semitism on social media. (Mahoney was later banned from Twitter but he’s relocated to Gab a free speech uber alles social network where he is free to post messages such as “reminder: muslims are fags.”) “Let me know if there’s anything specific that’s really bad eg any Jew stuff ” Yiannopoulos wrote of Mahoney in an email to another member of his staff. “His entire Twitter persona will have to change dramatically once he gets the job.” On September 11 2016 Mahoney signed a $2 500-a-month contract with Glittering Steel. As the Dangerous Faggot tour swung into gear Yiannopoulos grew increasingly hostile toward Fleuette whom he excoriated for late payments to his young crew lack of support and disorganization. “The entire tour staff is demanding money ” Yiannopoulos wrote in one email to Fleuette in October. “No one knows or cares who Glittering Steel is but this represents a significantly damaging risk to my reputation if it gets out.” And in another “Your problem right now is keeping me happy.\" Yet ultimately Fleuette was necessary — he connected Yiannopoulos ’s madcap world and the massively rich people funding the machine. “I think you know who the final decision belongs to ” Fleuette wrote to Yiannopoulos after one particularly frantic request for money. “I am in daily communication with them.”\n Yiannopoulos ’s star rose throughout 2016 thanks to a succession of controversial public appearances social media conflagrations Breitbart radio spots television hits and magazine profiles. Bannon’s guidance the Mercers’ patronage and the creative energy of his young staff had come together at exactly the time Donald Trump turned offensive speech into a defining issue in American culture. And for thousands of people Yiannopoulos Breitbart’s poster child for offensive speech became a secret champion.\nAggrieved by the encroachment of so-called cultural Marxism into American public life and egged on by an endless stream of stories on Fox News about safe spaces and racially charged campus confrontations a diverse group of Americans took to Yiannopoulos ’s inbox to thank him and to confess their fears about the future of the country. He heard from ancient veterans who “binge-watched” his speeches on YouTube; from “a 58 year old asian woman” concerned about her high school daughter’s progressive teachers; from boys asking how to win classroom arguments against feminists; from a former NASA employee who said he had been “laid off by my fat female boss” and was sad that the Jet Propulsion Lab had become “completely cucked”; from a man who had bought his 11-year-old son an AR-15 and named it “Milo”; from an Indiana lesbian who said she “despised liberals” and begged Yiannopoulos to “keep triggering the special snowflakes”; from a doctoral student in philosophy who said he had been threatened with dismissal from his program for sharing his low opinion of Islam; from a Charlotte police officer thanking Yiannopoulos for his “common sense Facebook posts” about the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott (“BLUE LIVES MATTER ” Yiannopoulos responded); from a New Jersey school teacher who feared his students would become “pawns for the left social justice campaign”; from a man who said he had returned from a deployment in “an Islamic country” to discover that his wife was transitioning and wanted a divorce (subject line “Regressivism stole my wife”); from a father terrified his daughter might attend Smith College; from fans who wanted to give him jokes to use about fat people about gay people about Muslims about Hillary Clinton. He also heard with frequency from accomplished people in predominantly liberal industries — entertainment tech academia fashion and media — who resented what they felt was a censorious coastal cultural orthodoxy. Taken together they represent something like a network of sleeper James Damores vexed but silent for fear of losing their jobs or friends kvetching to Yiannopoulos as a pressure valve. For Yiannopoulos these emails weren’t just validation though they were obviously that. They sometimes became more ammunition for the culture war. “I’m a relatively recent ex-lefty who received deep liberal indoctrination via elite private schools (Yale and Andover) ” wrote one film editor who introduced herself as an “Undercover ‘pede in Hollywood.\" (“Centipede” is slang for an online Trump supporter.) “I’ve been deeply closeted thus far due to the severe personal and professional repercussions of not beating the progressive drum.” In an email titled “Working for E! Is Hell ” a production manager at the cable network wrote Yiannopoulos that her employer was a “contributor to the fake news machine and my colleagues have become insufferable. … I … offer you my services … a partner in fighting globalism.” And Adam Grandmaison whom Rolling Stone described as “underground hip-hop’s major tastemaker ” reached out to Yiannopoulos to suggest he investigate a journalist who had accused her ex-boyfriend of physical abuse. In an email to BuzzFeed News Grandmaison wrote that he was merely voicing concern about a black man being judged by the media and that \"I didn't intend for [Milo] to write about it.\" (Grandmaison's email to Yiannopoulos began \"first off i absolutely do not want credit for tipping you off to this.\") Even more tips came in from tech workers. A Google employee sent Yiannopoulos a picture of a cartoon gingerbread man named “Gogy the Googely Googler” that had been posted by a coffee machine to remind employees to tidy up. According to the Google employee the sign had turned into an HR problem after employees were angered that Gogy was identified as male.\nA Google spokesperson told BuzzFeed News the company has no record of Gogy or any related HR complaint. A Twitter software engineer who felt betrayed by the “moral company” he had worked for since 2012 when it “stood for free speech ” emailed to tell Yiannopoulos that the removal of his verification in early 2016 “was obviously politically motivated.” And some of these disgruntled tech workers reached beyond the rank and file. Vivek Wadhwa a prominent entrepreneur and academic reached out repeatedly to Yiannopoulos with stories of what he considered out-of-control political correctness. First it was about a boycott campaign against a Kickstarter with connections to GamerGate. (“These people are truly crazy and destructive. … What horrible people ” wrote Wadwha of the campaigners.) Then it was about Y-Combinator cofounder Paul Graham; Wadwha felt Graham was being unfairly targeted for an essay he wrote about gender inequality in tech. “Political correctness has gone too far ” Wadhwa wrote. “The alternative is communism — not equality. And that is a failed system…” Yiannopoulos passed Wadhwa’s email to Bokhari who promptly ghostwrote a story for Breitbart “Social Justice Warrior Knives Out For Startup Guru Paul Graham.” Wadwha told BuzzFeed News that he no longer supports Yiannopoulos.", "output": [ "Milo Yiannopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-ff39585ce51a4523945cc27d1cefdd8b", "input": "Kassandra Lawrence was desperate.\n Lawrence couldn’t afford the cost of a private attorney upfront. So in an effort to find an alternative she did an online search for “pregnancy discrimination” and “Ivanka Trump” — the only high-profile person she knew who was talking about family-leave issues. The search led her to a story that mentioned the NWLC.\n“I just knew that what happened to me wasn’t right and shouldn’t happen to anyone else ” Lawrence said. “It certainly didn’t seem right that you need to be rich or somehow have a lot of extra money for a lawyer to even get to court.”\nThe problems had started when Lawrence delivered her second child. She had been working for the Stafford County Va. sheriff’s office for eight years when she became pregnant again. The pregnancy went smoothly but the delivery did not. Lawrence lost a lot of blood during a complicated Caesarean section.\nIn the middle of her recovery the sheriff’s department told Lawrence she needed to report to work on a specific date or reapply for a job according to her lawsuit. She had 12 weeks’ leave no more under the Family and Medical Leave Act and she had already taken “too much” time off. All of it was essentially regarded as optional by a department official who said “women chose to have children ” the lawsuit says. She should have planned things in a way that wasn’t so disruptive.\n Lawrence needed her job and she liked it. She still does. So she went back to work in pain and with scar tissue wrapped around some of her organs. Lawrence put off surgery to remove it because she knew how it would be received at work.\nWhen she took time off for carpel tunnel surgery on her weapon hand — necessary to do her job — department officials accused her of medical malingering she said using leave time to be with her kids.\nThat’s when she saw it: a memo from the sheriff asking employees to donate leave time to a colleague undergoing cancer treatment. The sheriff asserted that while the man had exhausted his 12 weeks of leave he deserved the department’s help Lawrence said.\n“I had already at this point had a lot of strange conversations had a lot of things said to me about women being such an unfair burden on the department ” Lawrence said. “First you question yourself. You do. Then like most people who need their jobs you [get] angry. You get scared. But that memo I just couldn’t believe that they’d put this attitude in a memo clear as day.”", "output": [ "Kassandra Lawrence" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6f87c8c0af44d208b8f8d250bb2c3d8", "input": "Brazil's Lula talks about meeting with Paraguay president\nIn his weekly radio show Breakfast with the President Lula disclosed issues to be discussed with in his meeting with his Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo. The meeting is scheduled to be held later on Monday in Ponta Pora a Brazilian city bordering Paraguay.\nBrazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday that the country's relations with Paraguay are going through a \"exceptional moment\" and urged the neighbor to become economically strong.\nIn his weekly radio show Breakfast with the President Lula disclosed issues to be discussed with in his meeting with his Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo. The meeting is scheduled to be held later on Monday in Ponta Pora a Brazilian city bordering Paraguay.", "output": [ "Lula da Silva" ] }, { "id": "task419-2fc0e9ef416a441ab20c29b508b1ce2d", "input": "Meanwhile Wells said remotely operated vehicles trolling the sea floor around the well bore and two other capturing sonar data have not detected any breaching yet.\n The company said oil stopped leaking at 2:25 p.m. local time Thursday after engineers gradually dialed down the amount of oil flowing through the last of three valves on the cap.\n said oil stopped leaking at 2:25 p.m. local time Thursday after engineers gradually dialed down the amount of oil flowing through the last of three valves on the cap.\n Wells said BP will run a second seismic survey Friday to check for a breach in the well. It will take 24 hours to evaluate the seismic tests.\n Data gathered during the test will be reviewed at 6-hour intervals. Wells said any decisions to end the test or re-open the well will be made by federal officials.\n Meanwhile Wells said work restarted Friday on the drilling of the first of two relief wells which is seen as the only permanent way to plug and seal the breached underwater well.", "output": [ "Kent Wells", "Wells" ] }, { "id": "task419-93456d06e22842fd9615f6b12d88aa54", "input": "Reports of the film industry’s impending death have been greatly exaggerated. It’d be more accurate to say the business is consolidating with earnings for some major studios soaring in recent years and others taking big write-downs. Head and shoulders above everyone else is Disney which reported profits of $2.5 billion in 2016 and made five of the 10 most successful films of the year (including the top three). The company which owns Lucasfilm Marvel Studios and Pixar already makes almost $1 billion more than its next biggest rival. That casts the news of its reported interest in acquiring Fox in an even more daunting light.\nThe deal Disney and Fox discussed initially reported by CNBC would sell “most of” 21st Century Fox to the Walt Disney Company though not the broadcast network or its sports programming (Disney already owns ABC and ESPN making similar acquisitions moot and possibly illegal). This acquisition which has apparently been discussed “on and off” for weeks and is currently inactive according to The Wall Street Journal would focus on Fox ’s film studio smaller cable channels like FX and National Geographic and international assets like Sky TV. It would essentially amount to a merger of the first and third biggest movie studios resulting in a potential monopoly that my colleague Derek Thompson noted could be illegal.\nWhat’s unsettling is that Disney is already focused on making films on the largest scale possible leaving little room for the kinds of mid-budgeted dramas and comedies that used to thrive in Hollywood. If Fox were subsumed that would leave Disney with only four major rivals: Warner Bros. Paramount Universal and Sony all of which also rely on revenue from other sources (mainly television) to make money. Disney/Fox would be a corporate monolith like no other with an even larger stable of superheroes to throw around.\nAs the CNBC story describes Fox supposedly opened talks with Disney because of a “growing belief among its senior management that scale in media is of immediate importance and there is not a path to gain that scale in entertainment through acquisition.” Disney it seems is the only company with the “scale” that Fox has in mind—the kind of limitless funds that can compete with expected future rivals like Amazon Google and Netflix. This line of thinking may seem a little strange coming from Fox the company that distributed the most successful film ever made (James Cameron’s Avatar which has four sequels in production) and owns the rights to the X-Men franchise which has been a solid earner for almost 20 years.", "output": [ "Fox" ] }, { "id": "task419-6c30958f07784f54aa34a5c36a15ed0d", "input": "London (AFP) – Chelsea manager Antonio Conte reflected on a memorable 2017 as the Premier League champions rounded off the year with a 5-0 demolition of Stoke City.\nWhile Conte ’s side are lagging well behind leaders Manchester City in this season’s title race the Italian is still delighted with the way the last 12 months played out in west London.\nIn addition Conte was able to take off Victor Moses N’Golo Kante and Alvaro Morata all by the 71st minute to rest their legs ahead of the visit to Arsenal on Wednesday.\n“I am very happy because I made some rotation changes today and when you have this type of response from your players you must be pleased ” Conte said.", "output": [ "Antonio Conte" ] }, { "id": "task419-85bc674bab0e4059974ff9e7fac25655", "input": "Trump himself labeled the media-generated hubbub a political “gift.” Bradford Richardson of the Washington Times reported “President Trump continued his feud with Rep. Frederica S. Wilson in a tweet on Sunday calling the Florida Democrat the ‘gift that keeps on giving’ for the Republican Party...\n“[Trump tweeted:] ‘ Wacky Congresswoman Wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the Republican Party a disaster for Dems. You watch her in action & vote R!’\n“In a tweet the previous day Mr. Trump encouraged the media to focus on Mrs. Wilson .\n“[Trump tweeted:] ‘I hope the Fake News Media keeps talking about Wacky Congresswoman Wilson in that she as a representative is killing the Democrat Party!’”\nTrump is right; there would be nothing better for Republicans than to make Frederica Wilson the face of the Democrats. There is scarcely a more shining example of the utter intellectual bankruptcy of the party than the Florida congresswoman but the same could be said of most Democrats including of course Nancy Pelosi Maxine Waters Adam Schiff or Senators Chuck Schumer Elizabeth Warren or Al Franken.\nBy adding Wilson ’s name to the more well-known troupe not only do you glimpse a bad comedy act that isn’t funny you now have an elected official who dresses up for Halloween every day of the year and doesn’t even realize it. Wilson’s stood out since the beginning of her tenure in Congress having been one of the first to suggest the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin was due to racism (the facts be damned!).\n Similarly Wilson labeled General Kelly’s “empty barrel” description of her as a “racist term.” Wilson ’s become the standard-bearer for everything that’s wrong with the Democrat party today a substance-less privilege abusing politician who’s crawled her way to the top of local politics and is now entrenched in Congress for as long as she chooses to stay because there’s no organized partisan opposition in her district.\nIn other words Wilson is the poster-child for term-limits.\nCharles Hurt of the Washington Times described her best. Hurt wrote “ Congresswoman Wilson is living proof that literally anyone — no matter how stupid — can get elected to Congress. And the fact that there is actually a party in American politics that would allow someone so dumb in their caucus only proves how unseriously Democrats take themselves and how much contempt party leaders have for innocent American voters.\n“ Congresswoman Wilson has long been known for pretty much only one thing: the ridiculous colorful feathered and sequined cowboy hats she sports around the halls of Congress. Otherwise she is ignored because of her stultifying ignorance…\n“For the good of humanity — not to mention the notion of self-governance in America — this woman must be removed from public office.”\nNo doubt humanity would benefit from such an occurrence but I have to say I agree with Trump – instead of being rid of a dolt like Wilson it’s much better for the Republican Party’s cause to keep her around; and the more she talks the more enriched conservatives will be.\nAs amply noted the Republican Party has massive issues of its own; the entrenched GOP establishment will take years to vanquish and the #NeverTrump “conservatives” have dug themselves a very deep hole from which they cannot emerge without losing face within their own circles. But “clowns” like Rep. Frederica Wilson make a mockery of the entire Democrat Party – a circumstance that will only worsen with every absurd word she utters.", "output": [ "Frederica S. Wilson" ] }, { "id": "task419-dc99779b5acb4cd5b6329b2d606ad3b1", "input": "The coalition known as the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) is considered the principal opposition to Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime and includes more than a dozen political parties whose ideologies range from center-left to center-right.\n Maduro first announced he would ban some opposition leaders from running in December after they questioned the legitimacy of the latest round of elections.\nOther prominent opposition leaders such as Popular Will leader Leopoldo López and rightful Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma remain imprisoned or exiled by the regime .\nThe election which is scheduled for April is widely expected to be rigged in Maduro’s favor with his regime looking to fully consolidate its power on the country experiencing the worst political economic and humanitarian crisis in its history.", "output": [ "Nicolás Maduro" ] }, { "id": "task419-346b1720f33b422a9936505dcf6d7ca8", "input": "CLOSE Carlos Beltran was on hand in New York on Tuesday Feb. 6 2018 to accept the Legend Award at the 38th annual Thurman Munson Dinner recognizing his charitable contributions â including his foundationâs hurricane relief aid in his native Puerto Rico. Pete Caldera/NorthJersey.com\n Carlos Beltran was a nine-time all-star. (Photo: Thomas Shea USA TODAY Sports)\n Carlos Beltran said Tuesday night that he will not visit the White House with his former Houston Astros teammates and will spend time with his family instead.\n Beltran said his decision to skip the trip is not politically motivated though he has been \"disappointed\" by the U.S. government's response to Hurricane Maria damage in Puerto Rico especially when compared to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Houston.\n\"Thereâs no doubt Iâm disappointed and Iâm not the only one \" Beltran said at the Thurman Munson Dinner in New York. \"Being part of the United States you expect to at least get the same benefits (when) tragedies like this happen.\"\n Beltran said Trump's presence in the White House did not affect his decision.\n\"(Trump) is the President of the United States \" Beltran said according to the New York Daily News. \"If sometimes we donât like the things that he does or we like the things that he does at the end of the day heâs the president so (it has) nothing to do with that.\n Beltran later explained that because he has since retired from baseball he doesn't feel like he belongs to a team like the Astros.\n\"My family ... thatâs the team I feel I belong to right now \" he said.", "output": [ "Carlos Beltran" ] }, { "id": "task419-8802d1b58b264771a4673276e483c621", "input": "LONDON (Reuters) - The head of a hardline group of pro-Brexit lawmakers on Saturday gave a cautious welcome to Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans for Britain’s future ties with Europe saying now was not the time to nitpick.\nBritain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves after delivering a speech about her vision for Brexit at Mansion House in London Britain March 2 2018. REUTERS/Leon Neal/Pool\nWith just over a year to go before Britain leaves the EU on March 29 2019 May softened her tone and called on Europe to show flexibility to help solve some of the more difficult problems.\n She said she hoped to secure a tailor-made free trade deal that would include financial services and said Britain would aim for associate membership of EU agencies covering chemicals medicines and aerospace.\nBritain’s newspapers as divided over Brexit as May’s party welcomed May ’s proposals as a way to return power to London without damaging trade from the world’s sixth biggest economy.\n“For months the Brexit hardliners have called the tune ” the Financial Times said.“Mrs May has stopped dancing.”", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-d734c583422f4ee483a2af942f7dd346", "input": "(SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL \"PATTON OSWALT: ANNIHILATION\")\nPATTON OSWALT : I'm genuinely - I'm genuinely surprised that you're in such a good mood especially with what - I'm sure you guys saw what just went down on Twitter like five minutes ago. Did you - you didn't see? No? I'm kidding. Nothing happened. But that's...\n OSWALT : That's the world we're living in right now basically - is every - oh (expletive). What did he do? What? Wait. What do you mean?\n OSWALT : I almost feel like I could get out of a mugging using that for the next couple of years...\n OSWALT : Yeah. I mean I - the first time that I went onstage was at the UCB Theatre on Sunset Boulevard. And I went onstage and immediately started talking about my wife passing away and me being in grief. And I was throwing the audience right into this wall of spikes. But I was throwing myself into a wall of spikes in front of them. And it was - it just - I went on stage and immediately froze up feeling - internally I had voices saying you're being exploitative. You're being shallow and selfish and solipsistic. And every bad thing that people do to put the - because it didn't feel like the focus should be on me. It felt like - because what my focus was how is this planet still revolving without Michelle McNamara in it? The whole - life - existence felt like an insult to me to be in the world without her.\n OSWALT : I'll tell you about what I'm going - no we're totally cool with you singing about your pain but sing about it. That's why we came here. And also we need help. So you know it took me a while to start getting towards that.\nGROSS: If you're just joining us my guest is Patton Oswalt . And he has a new comedy special that's in part about his wife's death. And he manages to find a way to talk about that. And it's called \"Annihilation.\" It's on Netflix. We're going to take a short break. We'll be right back. This is FRESH AIR.\n(SOUNDBITE OF COMEDY SPECIAL \"PATTON OSWALT: ANNIHILATION\")\n OSWALT : I'm going to spend Mother's Day - we'll be at the airport and we'll travel. And I'll make that day really fun. And I'll fill that with adventure. And I'll keep her mind off it all day. And we'll be home. And we'll deal with this all again next year step by step. So now we're at the airport. We're walking up to the security gate. I'm like I think I pulled this off. Here sweetie - - here's your ticket. Give your - she loves to hand up her ticket. Here it is. So I go here's your ticket. She gives the gate lady her ticket. I give the gate lady my ticket. She's a very old sweet Polish woman.\n OSWALT : I never - I'm still so sad. My father never get over it. It broke him. He died alone. And - but when you are sad what I tell myself is that also there are so many other sad people.\n OSWALT : Oh God.\n OSWALT : Oh when I experienced it in real time there was not a comedy routine there. There was - my spine turned to ice and my stomach dropped to my feet. And I did not - you know all I - I immediately began looking at Alice to make sure that she didn't start crying. But then I realized - because then when she looked up at me I could see by the way her face was changing that I was starting to cry. So I had to then turn back to the gate attendant and go well thank you very - I'm doing that - I must have looked horrific. I put on one of those rictus smiles to stop yourself from sobbing and then took her down the jetway and sat in the seat with her.\nGROSS: Were you worried at that moment in the airport and then on the plane that you would be kind of crying your daughter would be crying and someone would recognize you and say oh Patton Oswalt love your comedy or so sorry about your wife? You probably didn't really want to deal with anybody at that moment.\n OSWALT : No. I was very worried. But luckily when you're hunched over on a plane crying I think people are OK. Unless they are the most desensitized person on the planet they get the keep-away vibe of oh give this guy and his daughter their moment. There were - I remember going to the funeral. I was - I didn't talk about this in the act because there's something - it just felt so - I didn't know how to make this funny - but I was waiting at the hotel with all the relatives. And I was waiting to get in the car. And a couple of people came up and said oh my god \"King Of Queens\" man. Hey can we get a selfie? And I didn't want to go - like be mean to them. I was like oh OK. But somewhere there's a selfie of me with two very happy people and my face is just ashen and looks like - I'm sure they're looking and going oh something was wrong with him that day. And it was literally the day of my wife's funeral.\n OSWALT : Two people in front of a hotel wanted to get a selfie with me. And I didn't know what to do.\n OSWALT : Why would I put - I can't put that on them. It's not their fault but I...", "output": [ "PATTON OSWALT" ] }, { "id": "task419-55209425c4ce47d3b300fba0c7cc9e33", "input": "Lufthansa ’ s ( LHAG . DE ) first flight from Berlin to the United States in over 16 years took off on Wednesday although a slow start to sales shows the difficulties involved in trying to replace the gaps left by insolvent rival Air Berlin . FILE PHOTO : A Lufthansa Airbus A321 - 200 plane is seen at Tegel airport in Berlin Germany November 2 2017 . REUTERS / Axel Schmidt Germany ’ s second largest carrier Air Berlin ( AB1 . DE ) filed for insolvency in August and carried out its last flight at the end of last month leaving a gap in the market for long - haul flights from the German capital in particular . “ Of course bookings are slow at this stage ” Lufthansa board member Harry Hohmeister told Reuters at Berlin ’ s Tegel airport ahead of the departure of the flight to New York ’ s JFK on Wednesday . He said that usually Lufthansa would give 12 months notice of a new long - haul route or eight months at a minimum but in this case it had only six weeks to sell tickets ahead of the first flight . “ The next four weeks will be difficult then we get a peak at Christmas time and then it will develop better otherwise we wouldn ’ t do it ” Hohmeister said . Lufthansa has traditionally shied away from long - haul flights from Berlin instead flying intercontinental routes from its hubs in Frankfurt and Munich . Hohmeister said the Lufthansa group was currently looking at other long - haul options from Berlin but that any would likely be flown by its budget arm Eurowings . Lufthansa is currently awaiting EU approval for a deal to take over large parts of Air Berlin which will see it adding 81 planes to the group . The collapse of Air Berlin means Berlin Airports will see a dip in passenger number growth this year after a period of strong demand . Britain ’ s easyJet ( EZJ . L ) which is planning to take over some Air Berlin operations at Tegel has said it expects to run a reduced schedule this winter from the airport . “ We expect that new partners will quickly bring growth ” Berlin Airports CEO Engelbert Luetke Dalderup said urging Lufthansa to “ never say never ” to the idea of Berlin as a hub .", "output": [ "Harry Hohmeister" ] }, { "id": "task419-76f58d6282bb478eb9066453f29b9926", "input": "State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by telephone on Tuesday after Washington and the United Nations both announced sanctions against North Korea in recent days.\nMoscow said Lavrov told Tillerson “Washington’s aggressive rhetoric” and beefing up of its military presence in the region had heightened tension and was unacceptable.\n Tillerson has emphasized diplomacy but the administration of President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned that all options including military ones are on the table regarding North Korea.\nIn October Trump said Tillerson was “wasting his time” trying to negotiate with North Korea and this month the White House followed up an offer by the secretary of state to begin talks with no pre-conditions by saying that no negotiations could be held until North Korea improves its behavior.", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-928ea0c273d248fe95e8d9ebc5b7c1d8", "input": "First up as the National League Division Series begins Friday night the Cubs face the Washington Nationals. The Nationals play in Washington D.C. better known as our nation’s capital or “Not the one that’s a nice place to visit the other Washington .”\n The city is wedged between Maryland and Virginia and was built in the 1790s atop a sprawling and heavily haunted pauper’s cemetery. It was founded by Douglas Cornhustler a British entrepreneur who made his fortune promising people things he never actually provided.\nPolitical pressure from President George Washington ’s super PAC led Cornhustler to name the new city “Washington ” but he was allowed to add his initials — D.C. — thanks to a “donation” of a dozen squirrel pelts to James Madison.\nWhile Cornhustler hoped to turn the area into a hotbed of erotic petticoat peep shows Washington quickly filled up with politicians eager to get away from their families and watch erotic petticoat peep shows.\n The burgeoning city became home to the federal government and Washington D.C. became an intellectually vacant city known for its primary export: hypocrisy.\nBecause nobody wanted to claim it the land Washington was built on was declared a federal district and not a state earning it a popular motto: America’s Skin Tag.\nCurrently home to an angry orange potato and thousands of people who get paid to not do much of anything Washington regularly finds itself topping lists like “Most Popular Places to Despise” and “Family Vacation Destinations Your Children Will Hate.”\n The city is so repellent that its baseball team has run away two times since 1901 with one team so desperate to get out that it moved to Texas a state that perpetually smells like stale beer and dead rodeo clowns.\nWhile the Nationals have played well of late the team has yet to win a playoff series and attending games is only the fifth-most popular activity in Washington following philandering lying legislating women’s bodies and eating human flesh. (Did I mention D.C.’s cannibalism problem?)", "output": [ "George Washington" ] }, { "id": "task419-2624cbc33e4a4830af436cc9c679377e", "input": "After the election , the campaign deployed Cruz to Florida to assist with the recount . \nCruz , the junior senator from Texas , ran for president in 2016 . \nSen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , speaks after President Donald Trump at the National Rifle Association-ILA Leadership Forum , Friday , April 28 , 2017 , in Atlanta . \nCruz was raised Baptist , graduating as valedictorian from Houston 's Second Baptist School . \nRafael Edward \"Ted\" Cruz was born Dec. 22 , 1970 , in Calgary , Alberta , in Canada . \nHeidi worked for the Treasury Department 's Latin American desk and then was a vice president at Goldman Sachs , but resigned when Cruz launched his bid for the presidency in 2015 . \nCruz 's political career got off to a rocky start . \nHe resigned in 2008 and campaigned to succeed Abbott , who ultimately decided to run again , temporarily ending Cruz 's ambitions . \nCruz took a private practice job as an attorney in downtown Houston , representing corporate clients . \nAs a candidate for Senate in 2012 , Cruz became one of the faces of the tea party movement , beating out an establishment favorite , Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst , for the Republican nomination . \nDespite his family 's immigrant past , Cruz favors stricter immigration standards , including militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border , and opposed the DREAM Act . \nCruz married Heidi Nelson , whom he met working on the Bush campaign , in 2001 . \nCruz ran for president in 2016 , before even finishing his first term as in the Senate . \nOnce Bush took office , Cruz worked at the Justice Department as an associate deputy attorney general in 2001 , but he had developed a reputation as \"abrasive\" during the campaign and ended up moving to the \"unglamorous\" position as the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission in 2002 , a job Cruz saw as \"penance\" for rubbing people the wrong way on the campaign .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9620553fc3345f9980acc854908741f", "input": "Independent news is more important than ever . Sign up for The Nation Daily and get our hard - hitting journalism in your inbox every weekday . Sign up for The Nation Daily and get our hard - hitting journalism in your inbox every weekday . Thank you for signing up . For more from The Nation check out our latest issue Subscribe now for as little as $ 2 a month ! Support Progressive Journalism The Nation is reader supported : Chip in $ 10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter . The Nation is reader supported : Chip in $ 10 or more to help us continue to write about the issues that matter . Sign up for Take Action Now and we ’ ll send you three meaningful actions you can each week . Sign up for Take Action Now and we ’ ll send you three meaningful actions you can each week . Travel With The Nation Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations and explore the world with kindred spirits . Be the first to hear about Nation Travels destinations and explore the world with kindred spirits . Sign up for our Wine Club today . Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine ? In a speech in May to graduates at his alma mater Princeton University he recounted a childhood memory : when driving with his grandmother a heavy smoker he calculated by how many years her addiction would reduce her life expectancy . Announcing the result from the back seat he expected praise for his deft math . But his grandmother just burst into tears . Ad Policy The Amazon founder ’ s geeky obsession with numbers evidently formed early and despite the glimmer of discomfort revealed by his Princeton anecdote his fervently quantitative take on the world clearly still predominates . In a letter accompanying the 2009 Amazon annual report for instance he sets out a mind - boggling 452 goals for the company in the coming year . The word \" revenue \" is mentioned only eight times yet revenue growth is central to the Amazon story . Expanding both internationally and across other products — nonbook sales represent 75 percent of total Amazon turnover — Amazon ’ s global business has increased fifteenfold over the past decade 28 percent last year alone . Sales in 2009 topped $ 24 . 5 billion . To put that in perspective in 2008 total sales by all US bookstores were less than $ 17 billion . Amazon is today by some margin the largest bookseller in the world . Related Article Commentary : Colin Robinson on Amazon ’ s Bad Business The Nation on Grit TV Of all the goals in the report Bezos proudly points out no fewer than 360 deal directly with customer needs . The customer has always been king in the Bezos ethos and the formula for keeping the king happy is straightforward . \" Amazon gives the customers what they want : low prices vast selection and extreme convenience \" he told a shareholders ’ meeting . On these terms Amazon ’ s success is stellar . It has more than 2 million titles on sale ; bestselling books are routinely discounted by 50 percent or more ; and it ranked first in BusinessWeek ‘ s \" customer service champs \" awards last year . But dig beneath the surface of the numbers and a more complex picture emerges one suggesting that stats notwithstanding readers and writers may ultimately not be best served by Amazon ’ s race to become the biggest cheapest and most convenient bookseller around . Amazon has not grown to where it is today by being touchy - feely . Sure it adopted the informal trappings that characterized many of the new technology start - ups of the 1990s . But if Bezos ’ s first desk at the company was an old door on trestles the business conducted from behind it has been as ruthless as anything he encountered in his previous gig as a Wall Street broker . Soon after Amazon ’ s launch in 1995 Bezos told his employees that he wanted a place that was both \" intense and friendly \" but that \" if you ever had to give up ‘ friendly ’ in order to have ‘ intense ’ we would do that .\"", "output": [ "Bezos" ] }, { "id": "task419-09e54e7c9e94482bbdd7506586285469", "input": "Adam Rippon the 2016 U.S. men’s figure skating champion had an outburst — telling USA Today he would prefer not to shake the vice president’s hand before the opening ceremony.\n Mr. Rippon is believed to be the first openly gay Winter Olympian — and he took great umbrage at the vice president’s devout Christian faith.\n“You mean Mike Pence the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?” Rippon snarled. “I’m not buying it.”\n“I don’t think he has a real concept of reality ” Mr. Rippon said. “To stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say he’s a devout Christian man is completely contradictory. If he’s OK with what’s being said about people and Americans and foreigners and about different countries that are being called ‘s***holes ’ I think he should really go to church.”\nSadly Mr. Rippon did not bother to do his homework before attacking the vice president. It turns out he has long been adamant he never supported conversion therapy.\n Adam Rippon may know how to land a triple axel but when it comes to civility and grace he ’s skating on thin ice.", "output": [ "Adam Rippon" ] }, { "id": "task419-cbf057b88b684347a45079d70853e94c", "input": "Benjamin McDowell 30 pleaded guilty Monday to being a felon in possession of a weapon according to reports by multiple news outlets. He also could be fined $250 000 when he ’s sentenced at a later date.\nAuthorities first began investigating McDowell in December 2016 when he threatened a Myrtle Beach synagogue on Facebook. Local officials were already keeping tabs on him because he made friends with white supremacists groups and got tattoos associated with racist groups while in prison on a felony burglary charge according to the FBI.\n McDowell then said he wanted a gun and told an undercover FBI agent who offered to get him one that he planned to attack somewhere in the name of white power and write on the building “in the spirit of Dylann Roof ” according to court records. Roof was sentenced to death last year for a racist shooting that killed nine black worshippers at a Charleston South Carolina church.\n“I seen what Dylann Roof did and in my heart I reckon I got a little bit of hatred ” the undercover agent recalled McDowell saying.\n McDowell who couldn’t legally own a gun because of the burglary conviction was arrested after the purchase. Agents said McDowell bought the gun — which had the firing pin shaved down so that it would not work — and ammunition for $109 which he had borrowed from his grandfather.", "output": [ "Benjamin McDowell" ] }, { "id": "task419-07e08e1d639b4963a725912ff4963947", "input": "The nature of the inquiry is unclear but the probe is focused on Ballou High School where allegations were first raised about diplomas wrongly awarded to chronically truant students. The federal agencies involved are the FBI and the U.S. Department of Education Inspector General’s Office. Those agencies and the D.C. Inspector General’s Office declined to comment and would not confirm or deny the existence of an investigation.\nThe current and former District employees said investigators are reviewing what happened at Ballou last year when more than half of the class graduated despite missing too much school — with some seniors racking up more than 100 absences.\nIn January a school system attorney went to Ballou and met with educators who taught ­seniors during the 2016-2017 academic year and asked them to turn over documents as part of a “federal investigation ” according to government employees familiar with the visit. The attorney asked the teachers to hand over paper documentation they still had from students including sign-in sheets notes on parent-teacher conferences or behavior incidents.\nThe existence of an investigation adds another dimension to a scandal that has engulfed the school system since November when allegations arose that Ballou permitted students to graduate even when they barely showed up to school.\nRecords shared with The Washington Post by a former schools employee showed that some students missed more than 100 days of school but still received diplomas and that other students were allowed to take makeup classes in violation of district policy. Emails shared with The Post showed that the Ballou principal instructed teachers to improperly input grades. The principal did not respond to inquiries about grading.\n[Before a graduation scandal made headlines teachers at D.C.’s Ballou High raised an alarm]\nIn the aftermath of the revelations the district removed four school leaders including the Ballou and Dunbar principals the assistant principal at Ballou and the secondary schools chief.", "output": [ "Ballou" ] }, { "id": "task419-b337f8d82e134f809260a86ec43736e0", "input": "Gillsburg Volunteer Fireman Jamie Wall was one of the first responders to the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash on Oct. 20 1977. Wall said he followed the spotlight of a Coast Guard helicopter to get to the the crash site where he helped to free trapped passengers from the mangled plane with the same hatchet he brought to the site 40 years later. (Photo: Justin Vicory)\n Jamie Wall and his brothers were volunteer firefighters in Gillsburg Miss. a small town about 8 miles southwest of the crash site.\n Wall said after hearing about the crash he set out to the site using the spotlight of a Coast Guard helicopter to guide him .\n He brought two tools: a flashlight and a hatchet.\nIn his survey of the scene Wall said he was literally on top of some of the crash victims.\n\"I found someone on the ground alive \" he said. \"When I walked to the other side of the plane I tripped on another person.\"\n\"I took out this hatchet \" Wall said as he pulled out a rusted hatchet from a sheath on his hip. \"I heard some screaming. He (Mark Howard) was pinned in a hole of the plane. I chopped him out.\"\nThe scene with mangled bodies and cries for help was overwhelming Wall said.\n\"I got down and prayed \" Wall said his voice shaking. \"I said 'I need help God to deal with this.'\"\n\"When I got there everyone was covered in blood \" he said.\nEverybody helped Wall explained to Howard at the crash site.\n\"It was people that didn't come to the site at all \" Wall said.\n\"Some of them were out on that highway directing traffic. Some of them went home and got tractors. My wife was home on a CB radio. I'm relaying messages on CB to her 10 miles away. There were other people doing the same thing \" Wall said of the crash site.\n\"It's so amazing that you could look in the plane and see my face and touch my face \" Howard said to Wall .\n\"We pulled somebody out. That was you \" Wall said.", "output": [ "Fireman Jamie Wall" ] }, { "id": "task419-6529c3fe29ef499cb89914f71a8036ad", "input": "Objectively the sketch is bad . The thick lines look like an inverted triangle with hair or a strawberry wearing a tiny cap . The two dot eyes are inexplicably paired with horizontal lines and no eyebrows . There is only one ear . And yet the Lancaster Pa . police say they have identified a suspect who they say pretended to be a farmers market worker before fleeing with cash Jan . 30 thanks to a witness who drew a picture from memory . The sketch was \" amateurish and cartoonish \" local police said Wednesday in a Facebook post . But the sketch along with a physical description of the thief reminded at least one officer of an encounter with Hung Phuoc Nguyen 44 . Police then showed the witness photos of possible suspects including Nguyen . The witness identified Nguyen and police issued a warrant for two counts of theft . Officer William Hickey of the Lancaster police told The Washington Post on Thursday that he did not know whether Nguyen was apprehended . The police have insisted that the sketch was a serious effort to find the suspect . \" We released all of those details together in our police log in the hope that someone recognizes the suspect \" Lancaster city police said in a Facebook post according to Lancaster Online . \" This was not done in jest .\" The outlet described Nguyen as homeless . In an age of omnipresent surveillance video the police sketch quietly endures . More departments are opting for software that can spit out composite photos but departments will sometimes share artists with nearby cities that have modest personnel budgets . \" Technology and machinery is cold \" Wayne Promisel a detective with the Loudoun County Sheriff ' s Office in Virginia and a former Fairfax County police detective told The Washington Post in 2013 . \" It is also missing the ability to ask the questions in a certain way in an interview while having a sense of compassion \" for victims . Speaking about the witness Hickey said : \" We appreciated their effort and continued cooperation . People like that make our job easier [ and ] more enjoyable .\" But there are currently no plans to offer the witness a position as a sketch artist he said .", "output": [ "Hung Phuoc Nguyen" ] }, { "id": "task419-b0f622e3cf1a4c63ac1ef687038189c9", "input": "Bernie Sanders has spent decades attacking inequality . \nIf you attended a Bernie Sanders rally this summer , when his seemingly quixotic Presidential campaign began gathering force , you might have noticed a few surprising things about the crowd . \nYoung people who like Bernie Sanders like him because he sounds like an old record . \nIn Portland , Maine , on an evening in July , the line to see Sanders looped around the Cross Insurance Arena . \nSanders 's popularity had clearly been exceeding his own expectations . \nAt the Portland rally , I met a group of five friends who were drawn to Sanders because of his commitment to banish money from politics : he has sharply criticized the Supreme Court 's 2010 decision , in Citizens United , to permit unlimited campaign spending by corporations , and has lamented the outsize influence exerted by billionaires . \nSeveral of the friends praised Sanders 's pledge to raise the federal minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour . \nOne member of the group , Erin Kiley , a millennial who owns Portland Flea-for-All , a marketplace of vintage and artisanal goods , said that she developed \"a huge political crush on Bernie\" in 2010 , after Sanders delivered an eight-and-a-half-hour speech on the Senate floor to protest the extension of tax cuts instituted during the Presidency of George W. Bush . \nSanders 's gruffness , didacticism , and indifference to appearances -- both he and his wife , Jane , told me how much he loathes shopping -- are central to his appeal . \nAll the friends described Sanders as \"authentic ,\" a word that many people would be hesitant to apply to Hillary Clinton . \nKiley acknowledged that Sanders 's unvarnished qualities might turn off some voters , but noted that in the current election cycle \"the whole spectrum of candidates is less schmoozy , polished , and warm .\" \nSanders has been known as a democratic socialist for decades . \nThis did n't matter much to Kiley or York , or to most other Sanders supporters I met during the next few weeks ; mainly , they were impressed that he had n't shed the term . \nYork thought that , because of Sanders and his \"social-media-driven fans ,\" socialism was \"getting a bit of a P.R. makeover .\" \nPeter Dreier , a professor of politics at Occidental College , who has written about Sanders , says that younger voters \"may not be willing to entertain a whole new system , but they are open to a pretty profound critique of the current one . \nAt a recent San Francisco gathering for Sanders , I met Derek Zender , a twenty-three-year-old marketing student . \nHe told me that his parents , who live in Orange County , dismissed Sanders as \"a decrepit old socialist who means well but does n't understand how the world works .\" \nIn Portland , Sanders took the stage , a little hunched in a gray suit jacket . \nSanders signals his moral ferocity by choosing words like \"horrific\" and \"abysmal\" and sonically italicizing them , as in \"This grotesque level of income and wealth inequality is immoral .\" \nIn the speeches I heard , Sanders rarely discussed foreign policy , though he spoke with conviction about climate change and the need for the U.S. to set an example for Russia , India , and China by using fewer fossil fuels . \nHuck Gutman , one of Sanders 's close friends , is an English professor at the University of Vermont ; from 2008 to 2012 , he served as Sanders 's chief of staff in the Senate . \nDespite this abiding interest , Sanders does not seem to have immersed himself that deeply in the extensive literature on inequality . \nSanders was interested less in academic arguments , Gutman said , than in hard numbers that \"exemplify the disparities he sees and feels and hears about from people .\" -RRB- \nSanders dutifully mentioned that the economist Stephanie Kelton is an adviser to the Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee , of which he is the ranking member , but he was ardent in his admiration for Pope Francis , who has condemned the \"economy of exclusion .\" \nSanders called the Pope \"an extraordinary figure ,\" adding , \"My God , he came along right at the time we need him !\" \nAfter speeches , Sanders spars about issues with voters or reporters . \nGarrison Nelson , a political scientist at the University of Vermont , who has known him for decades , says that if Sanders is walking down the street in Burlington \"and somebody yells at him Bernie will talk to him -- ` What 's the matter ? \nSanders does not excel , however , at the middle ground of casual , friendly conversation . \nWhen talking to voters , Hillary Clinton has perfected the head-cocked semblance of keen interest ; it 's clear when Sanders becomes bored . \nPaula Routly , who is the publisher of Seven Days , a popular weekly in Burlington , told me a story that captured the counterintuitive Sanders charm . \nOne evening , Jerry , of Ben & Jerry 's , scooped ice cream ; on another , Senator Sanders stopped by a group dinner . \nThough Sanders is steadfastly earnest , the youthful enthusiasm for him often partakes of irony . \nWhimsical buttons feature the slogan \"Feel the Bern ,\" and Tumblr is full of memes that play up the contrast between Sanders 's age and his popularity with hipsters . \nSanders 's message is particularly potent for young people who are struggling financially . \nGarrison Nelson describes Sanders as being \"more from the nineteen-thirties left than the sixties one .\" \nIn June , when NPR 's David Greene pressed Sanders on whether he embraced the phrase \"Black Lives Matter ,\" the Senator got irritated . \nSanders does not argue that greater economic equality would end racism , but for most of his career he has subsumed discussions of race under class . \nOn July 18th in Phoenix , Sanders appeared at Netroots Nation , an annual conference of progressive activists . \nAfter taking the stage , Sanders told the moderator , \"Whoa , let me talk about what I want to talk about for a moment !\" \nA week later , in his Senate office , Sanders sounded chastened . \nThe video showing the arrest of Sandra Bland , the African-American woman who died in a Texas jail , had just been released , and Sanders seemed shaken . \nSanders , speaking more broadly about police violence directed at black people , said , \"I plead guilty -- I should have been more sensitive at the beginning of this campaign to talk about this issue .\" \nOn July 25th , Sanders addressed the annual convention of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference , in Baton Rouge . \nOne of the convention 's listed sponsors was Koch Industries , and it was the first time I saw Sanders give a speech in which he did not inveigh against the company 's billionaire owners , who lavishly support conservative causes . \nIn August , Sanders 's campaign issued a racial-justice platform that recommended police reform , federal funding for police body cameras , a ban on for-profit prisons , and the elimination of mandatory-minimum jail sentences . \n-LRB- Among other things , Sanders proposes making Election Day a federal holiday . -RRB- \nAt the same time , the platform reasserted Sanders 's core philosophy : \"We must simultaneously address the structural and institutional racism which exists in this country , while at the same time we vigorously attack the grotesque level of income and wealth inequality which is making the very rich much richer while everyone else -- especially those in our minority communities -- are becoming poorer .\" \nVan Jones said of Sanders , \"He 's shown tremendous character in his willingness to engage and grow and change .\" \nBut Vermont is ninety-five per cent white , and Sanders needed to establish stronger bonds with black voters . \nSanders was \"a reliable civil-rights vote , but not somebody who has been connected to these communities , to these kids and their neighborhoods . \nElizabeth Warren , the Massachusetts senator whose critiques of income inequality presaged Sanders 's Presidential campaign , often speaks of her parents ' economic hardship to help explain her values today . \nSanders 's campaign Web site lists his educational history , says that he is married to Jane Sanders and that they have four children and seven grandchildren , and mentions that he worked as \"a carpenter and a documentary filmmaker\" before entering politics . \nThere 's something admirable about Sanders 's reluctance to attribute his political beliefs to autobiography : he does n't want voters thinking that his commitment to redistributive economics stems from anything other than a deep-seated sense of fairness . \nWhen I asked Sanders a question about his early years , he sighed with the air of a man who knows he can no longer put off that visit to the periodontist . \nSanders did say that two aspects of his upbringing had exerted a lasting influence . \nSanders 's father was a Polish Jew who , at the age of seventeen , came to America shortly after his brother , and struggled through the Depression in Brooklyn . \nBy the time Sanders was born , in 1941 , his father was working as a paint salesman . \nSanders had an older brother , Larry , and their mother stayed home , like most of the women in their lower-middle-class corner of Flatbush . \n\"There was tension about money ,\" Sanders said of his family . \nI spoke with a few of Sanders 's contemporaries who had grown up in the same neighborhood , and their memories were rosier : they recalled kids playing stickball on safe , familiar streets until their parents called them home for dinner . \nBut Sanders rarely communicates in the key of nostalgia . \nSid Ganis , a Hollywood producer who grew up in the same building as Sanders , described their neighborhood as an enclave of \"ordinary secular Jews ,\" adding , \"Some of us went to Hebrew school , but mainly it was an identity in that it got us out of school on Jewish holidays .\" \nSanders told me that , in the aftermath of the Second World War , his family \"got a call in the middle of the night about some relative of my father 's , who was in a displaced-persons camp in Europe someplace .\" \nSanders learned that many of his father 's other relatives had perished . \nSanders 's parents had been fundamentally apolitical , but he took away a lesson : \"An election in 1932 ended up killing fifty million people around the world .\" \nSanders 's close friend Richard Sugarman , an Orthodox Jew who teaches religious studies at the University of Vermont , said , \"He 's not what you would call rule-observant .\" \nSugarman and Sanders were housemates for a while in the seventies , and Sugarman says that his friend would often greet him in the morning by saying , \"We 're not crazy , you know ,\" referring to the anger they felt about social injustices . \nSanders attended Brooklyn College for a year , then transferred to the University of Chicago , where he joined the Young People 's Socialist League and the Congress on Racial Equality . \nJim Rader , a friend who first met him in Chicago , recalls that Sanders was a \"leader of the civil-rights movement on campus .\" \nSanders , who received a political-science degree in 1964 , has said that he was a mediocre student because he found the classroom boring and irrelevant -- and that he learned \"infinitely more on the streets and in the community .\" \nBy the time Sanders graduated , both his parents had died , and his brother had moved to England . \nSanders got married for the first time , to a woman named Deborah Shiling , just after college , and they took a road trip from New York to Vermont , where Sanders had never been . \nSanders told me , convincingly , \"I was n't a hippie .\" \nSanders and Shiling soon divorced . \nIt came as a surprise to reporters who 'd covered Sanders for years in Vermont , but it was n't the sort of revelation likely to scandalize his supporters in 2015 . \nSanders wore his social conscience on his sleeve , but few people who knew him in the sixties and seventies would have predicted that he would become a leading candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination . \nIt 's safe to say that had Sanders stuck with that career he would not have given Ken Burns a run for his money . \nOne filmstrip , a portrait of Sanders 's hero , the socialist Eugene V. Debs , was rendered with static images that remained on the screen for a good long while . \nSanders himself voiced Debs , an Indiana native , making him sound like a guy from Flatbush . \n-LRB- Another cultural foray of Sanders 's that makes you glad he stuck with politics : a 1987 cassette tape in which he talk-sings folk songs , William Shatner style . \nPeople who knew Sanders when he was in his thirties tend to share stories about how broke and frugal he was . \nRader told me that when Sanders first bought land in Vermont , and was still living part time in New York , he sometimes camped out in the new property 's only shelter : a maple-sugar shack . \nIn 1971 , Rader invited Sanders to a meeting of Vermont 's left-wing Liberty Union Party , in Plainfield . \nSanders brought his son along , and there 's a photograph of them at the meeting : Sanders is skinny , serious , with a luxuriant head of curls , uninhibited sideburns , and Buddy Holly glasses ; his towheaded toddler sits in his lap . \nThe organizers asked if anyone would run for the Senate , and Sanders , one of the willing few , got the nod . \nIn 1980 , Sanders 's friend Richard Sugarman suggested that he try for mayor of Burlington . \nSanders ran as an Independent , and won by ten votes . \nEven in Vermont , it was unusual to elect a socialist in the time of Ronald Reagan ; Sanders was a thirty-nine-year-old man who did n't own a suit . \nYet Sanders turned out to be a popular and effective mayor , and more pragmatic than some might have predicted . \nSanders also resisted a developer 's plan to turn the derelict Lake Champlain waterfront into a cluster of high-rises , promising instead public access and open space . \nSanders met Jane O'Meara Driscoll , a community organizer nine years his junior and a divorced mother of three young children , when she invited him to a debate during his first mayoral campaign . \nThey were married in 1988 , and spent what even Sanders admits was \"a strange honeymoon ,\" in the Soviet Union , finalizing a sister-city relationship with the city of Yaroslavl . \nAll four children in the Sanders family are now grown . \n''' She mentioned a Quinnipiac University poll showing that , in a general-election contest against Donald Trump , Sanders would win by eight percentage points . \nWhen Sanders first ran for the House of Representatives , in 1988 , he lost to a Republican named Peter Smith , the scion of a banking family . \nIn 1990 , Sanders ran again , and the N.R.A. went after Smith , sending letters to its Vermont members describing Sanders as the lesser of two evils , since he was n't publicly supporting the ban . \nSanders won . \nThis is the origin of the critique that Sanders has weak gun-control credentials for a progressive . \nIn national office , Sanders has not been a vocal proponent of strict gun control . \nSanders tends to present guns as an urban problem that Vermonters can afford not to worry about , though mass shootings can happen anywhere and suicides by gun are as much a problem in Vermont as they are in other states . \nSanders 's congressional career did not get off to a promising start . \nSanders did n't help matters by giving more than one interview denouncing Congress . \nNelson told me that , when he ran into Sanders in Burlington , he warned him not to keep \"pissing in the soup ,\" adding , \"You 're our only representative !\" \nAccording to Nelson , Sanders said , \"Gary , you have no idea how totally corrupt it is .\" \nIn time , Sanders became slightly more discriminating in his criticism , and made some allies . \nIn national matters such as curbing the excesses of the Patriot Act , Sanders found that he could at least try to make incremental changes through the amendment process ; in 2005 , a Rolling Stone profile dubbed him \"the amendment king .\" \nAt home , Sanders became a symbol of Vermont 's cussed uniqueness , as affectionately regarded as a scoop of Chunky Monkey . \nBut when Sanders has run for the Vermont governorship he has n't done well . \nBut they do n't necessarily want Sanders running the state . \nSince joining the Senate , Sanders has received the most attention for his gestures of defiance -- such as his marathon oration against tax cuts for the wealthiest , which was published in book form as \"The Speech : A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class .\" \nYet Sanders has proved himself capable of bipartisan dealmaking . \nSanders explained to reporters that it was far from the bill he would have devised on his own : \"It opens up a fear of privatization , which I strongly , strongly am opposed to .\" \nSanders is proud of a few other Senate deals . \nSanders helped lead the opposition , and the President recently stopped pushing for the proposal . \n\"It was a tough fight ,\" Sanders said . \nCould Bernie Sanders win the Democratic nomination , let alone the Presidency ? \nSanders , who refuses to take money from Super PACs , had raised forty-one million dollars , mostly in donations of less than two hundred dollars each . \nIt 's impressive , too , that in a recent YouGovCBS News poll Sanders is leading Clinton by twenty-two percentage points in New Hampshire and ten in Iowa . \nBut among black Democrats in South Carolina Clinton leads , at fifty-two per cent ; Sanders is at four per cent . \nAnd though Sanders quickly modified his platform to accommodate Black Lives Matter activists , he still has a long way to go to win over African-American voters . \nA Washington PostABC News poll released in September shows that , if Biden were in the race , he would attract more nonwhite voters than Sanders -LRB- though substantially fewer than Clinton -RRB- . \nNor is Sanders 's trajectory likely to mirror that of Obama in 2008 . \nSanders supporters like to point out that , in the summer of 2007 , Obama was polling behind Hillary Clinton among black Democrats . \nBut , as Michael Tesler , a political scientist at the University of California , Irvine , recently noted in the Washington Post , Obama enjoyed much higher favorability ratings among black Democrats than Sanders does now . \nSanders 's commitment to recapturing some of the white working-class males that the Democratic Party lost in the Reagan years wo n't necessarily help his candidacy ; indeed , it could hurt his quest to connect with minority voters . \nYet Sanders is doing well enough to concern the Clinton team , and that creates its own challenges . \nOn the trail , Clinton has avoided mention of him ; Sanders , for his part , emphasizes their policy differences . \nSanders appears to be sticking with that approach . \nCorrect the Record , a Super PAC backing Clinton , recently sent an e-mail to the Huffington Post suggesting that Sanders shared many views with the controversial new British Labour leader , Jeremy Corbyn , then noting that Corbyn had called the death of Osama bin Laden a tragedy . \nCorrect the Record has also sent trackers -- operatives who tape rival candidates , looking for gaffes -- to Sanders events . \nSanders has promised not to run for President as an Independent in the general election , saying that he does n't want to have any role in handing victory to a Republican . \nSanders often says that he is not that far outside the mainstream -- that a majority of Americans agree with him on many of his tenets . \nIn mid-September , Sanders spoke before the weekly convocation attended by the student body at Liberty University , the evangelical school in Lynchburg , Virginia , founded by the Reverend Jerry Falwell . \nUnlike many liberal élites , Sanders does not seem to prefer talking to people who share his views ; because he is not an especially convivial person , he does not require conviviality from others . \nSanders relishes the opportunity to enter enemy territory , where he believes that he can find secret allies . \nHe did not make knowing jokes about these differences : as usual , Sanders was dead serious . \nBut the occasion also played to the prophetic side of Sanders -- the register in which he can sound like an Old Testament preacher . \nUnlike his slicker rivals , Sanders is most at ease talking about the moral and ethical dimensions of politics .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-a62d09332ba24736a7a5b5b134aab5b6", "input": "Mitt Romney , in full Willard Mitt Romney -LRB- born March 12 , 1947 , Detroit , Michigan , U.S. -RRB- , American politician , who served as governor of Massachusetts -LRB- 2003 -- 07 -RRB- and who was the Republican Party 's presidential nominee in 2012 . \nThe youngest of four siblings , Romney was born into one of the most prominent families within the Mormon faith . \nThe younger Romney attended Stanford University in California , but he interrupted his studies in 1966 to undertake a 30-month missionary campaign for the Mormon church in France . \nRomney graduated summa cum laude from Brigham Young University with a B.A. degree in English in 1971 . \nRomney then moved into the private sector as an investment consultant . \nDuring his time at Bain , Romney acquired a multimillion-dollar fortune . \nHis successful turnaround of the scandal-plagued 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , chronicled by Romney in Turnaround : Crisis , Leadership , and the Olympic Games -LRB- 2004 -RRB- , served as a springboard for his successful Massachusetts gubernatorial campaign in 2002 . \nAfter taking office in 2003 , Romney addressed the state 's budget problems , implemented universal health care for the uninsured , and created a scholarship program for lower - and middle-income students to attend Massachusetts universities . \nRomney sometimes took centrist positions early in his political career -LRB- e.g. , during his 1994 campaign against Kennedy , he argued that homosexuals needed \"more support from the Republican Party\" and that \"abortion should be safe and legal\" -RRB- , but later in his career he fashioned himself as a fiscal and social conservative , maintaining that his views on such issues had evolved . \nRomney was opposed to gay marriage , and , after the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled in November 2003 that the denial of marriage licenses to same-sex couples was unconstitutional , he tried unsuccessfully to have the issue placed on the ballot . \nRomney turned next to pursuing the Republican nomination for president in 2008 . \nIn January 2008 , however , Romney placed a disappointing second in both the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary , losing to Mike Huckabee and John McCain , respectively . \nAcknowledging the gap that existed between the number of delegates that each candidate could claim , Romney suspended his campaign several days later . \nRomney remained active in politics , and he also published the book No Apology : The Case for American Greatness -LRB- 2010 -RRB- . \nRomney began the campaign as the perceived front-runner for the Republican nomination . \nIn August Romney chose U.S. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate . \nMitt Romney , 2010 . \nMitt Romney , 2010 . \nHaving emphasized his conservative credentials in the primaries -LRB- he called himself \"severely conservative\" -RRB- , Romney adopted a more-centrist position during the presidential campaign itself . \nThroughout the race , Romney sought to convince undecided voters that he could provide what the Democratic incumbent , President Barack Obama , had so far failed to deliver : a full recovery from the Great Recession of 2007 -- 09 . \nRomney presented his own experience as a successful governor and businessman as evidence of his capacity to lead the country on the road to economic recovery and growth . \nDespite a strong campaign , Romney 's bid for the presidency was unsuccessful , and Obama was reelected .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-82c14ecf757941808c2ecf6fc392d463", "input": "Nayeli Flores struggled to bring up her two children working as a legal aide and studying law so she never had time or money to set up an elaborate Day of the Dead altar as her son Julian wanted to do. This year Flores will fulfill his wish for an altar — dedicated to the 11-year-old boy and his 6-year-old sister Ximena who died when the quake collapsed their apartment building into a pile of rubble on the city's south side. The two kids had stayed home from school that day while their mom was working.\n\"My son always complained because we didn't put up an altar \" Flores said between sobs. \"So this year I am going to do it in his memory.\"\n Flores wants to make sure there are stuffed animals on the altar too. \"They used to love them; they would fight over them \" she remembered.\nMany of the residents of the 1960s-era apartment complex Flores called home are still living in tents beside buildings that survived. Some of the structures can be repaired but others will have to be torn down.\nSeven other people died along with Flores ' kids in the building that fell. Survivors are erecting a big altar honoring the nine. Yet another altar commemorates all the quake's victims.\n\"This is going to be difficult because it is all very recent but in the end we are honoring their memories \" said Carlos Luz one of Flores' neighbors. \"It means a lot to the people who lost family members.\"", "output": [ "Nayeli Flores" ] }, { "id": "task419-d132c80b88d3478a927bcf14a0ed239d", "input": "Having breathlessly reported that Florida gunman Nikolas Cruz was a member of a white supremacist group media outlets across the world failed to issue retractions when it emerged that this story was completely fake news.\nThe farce began when the Anti-Defamation League and Associated Press reported that a representative of the Republic of Florida Militia a group that believes in a âwhite ethnostate â told them that Cruz was a member of the organization.\nHowever it quickly emerged that the story had begun as a prank on the notorious 4chan messaging board after members had convinced another individual Jordan Jereb to falsely tell the media that Cruz was an âaffiliateâ of the white supremacist group.\nThis was then picked up by the ADL and the Associated Press and reported as fact. In reality Cruz was never a member of the group which is based in Tallahassee about 430 miles away from where the shooting took place.\nLaw enforcement officials in Florida subsequently confirmed that they had found no connection between Cruz and the white supremacist group.\nAlmost 24 hours after it was confirmed that the original story about Cruz being a member of a white supremacist group was fake news the AP the ADL and others have failed to remove tweets and news stories that are completely erroneous.\nJonathan Greenblatt the CEO of the ADL still has a tweet at the top of his Twitter page which claims âSpokesperson for white supremacist group Republic of Florida admitted to ADL that Nikolas Cruz alleged perpetrator of deadly Parkland school shooting was a member & trained with his group which seeks to create a âwhite ethnostate.â\nBREAKING: Spokesperson for white supremacist group Republic of Florida admitted to ADL that Nikolas Cruz alleged perpetrator of deadly Parkland school shooting was a member & trained with his group which seeks to create a âwhite ethnostate.â More info: [Link] â Jonathan Greenblatt (@JGreenblattADL) February 15 2018\nTime Magazine still has a headline up which states What to Know About Republic of Florida the White Supremacist Militia That Nikolas Cruz Attended except Cruz never attended the group at all.", "output": [ "Nikolas Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-dce1e0ac038c44cdba84656cc983273e", "input": "(CNN) This past weekend at the Aspen Security Forum the rumor mill was working overtime on the idea that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was seriously considering resigning if not immediately then by the end of the year.\nWe have written a number of pieces about Tillerson 's travails -- some self-inflicted but most undeniably a result of the stunningly idiosyncratic and harmful way the President's statements and tweets have gummed up the foreign policy machinery.\n Tillerson has indeed had a rough time. Having worked for and seen our fair share of secretaries of state come and go we've never witnessed anything like this. Usually a president will designate the secretary of state as his voice and the key repository of authority on foreign policy. And whether the President chooses to empower the nation's top diplomat on the big issues somewhat (Hillary Clinton) or all the way (Jim Baker) the secretary is the primary adviser to the President on foreign policy.\nWe understand Tillerson 's frustrations. But we'd also respectfully argue that however stacked the deck may be against him Tillerson shouldn't quit. And here's why.\nAnd to do so Tillerson would need a very compelling reason that would not only make sense to him but would also protect his public reputation and credibility. Vance left because of his profound opposition to Carter's decision to launch an almost certainly doomed military mission to rescue the American hostages in Iran. Frustration with the bureaucracy unhappiness with the President's governing style or pique over a backbiting White House just aren't compelling reasons commensurate with the status of the job.\nRight now based on everything we know Tillerson just doesn't have one such reason. And an early out particularly for a guy who took the job claiming he wanted to serve his country would damage his reputation and add a sad coda to the end of his State Department stewardship.\nIt's true that the headlines for Tillerson don't look all that good. He may have a great deal of contact with the President and have been the one Trump chose to attend the meeting with Putin on the margins at the G20 but unless the President makes it clear that the Secretary is his main adviser on some issue and Tillerson steps up to take charge of it he's not going to be seen as having much influence.\n Tillerson has a small army behind him to put out diplomatic fires and manage crises. But like any good general to achieve the mission he needs to delegate authority and trust his subordinates.\nIt's not just that Tillerson has been undercut from above; he has also not been well served from below but this is a self-inflicted wound. The secretary is squandering his most precious asset -- the immensely talented intelligent experienced hardworking and capable people who man the trenches at Foggy Bottom.\nNews flash: the bureaucracy at State is not the enemy so Tillerson should stop treating it like one. He 's trying to run the department in a highly centralized and tightly controlled manner like Jim Baker. It worked for Baker because he had the horsepower in his inner circle. Tillerson is not as fortunate.\nInstead he should emulate the more decentralized and inclusive management model of George Shultz who empowered the other senior officials in the department to take the initiative and backed them 100% even when they stumbled. If Tillerson gives these officials the authority support and tools they need to do their job they will help him and the department to be more effective.\n His successor could be worse\nAs ineffectual at times as Tillerson has been it cannot be assumed that things couldn't get any worse under new management. For all his stumbles the Secretary of State has gotten a few big things right. He has for example been a soothing voice in reassuring US allies particularly Japan and South Korea of America's defense commitments. He has developed a good relationship with Secretary of Defense James Mattis -- and on some issues (even though he's lost on a couple like US withdrawal from the Paris accord on climate change) he has moderated some of Trump's worst instincts such as walking away from the nuclear deal with Iran. He's also talked tough on maintaining existing sanctions on Russia which may have helped stiffen the President's resolve as well.\nThere's no guarantee that his successor will play well with others hand-hold the allies rather than throw bombs at them or elevate diplomacy engagement and dialogue with difficult countries rather than adopt confrontational policies that offer little prospect for success but significant risks of escalation. For all those who hope to wish Tillerson an early and happy retirement be careful what you wish for especially if his successor is more ideological and combative and less pragmatic than the more even-keeled Tillerson.\n Tillerson does not have a small ego. He doesn't want to be the answer to the question in a game of Trivial Pursuit of which Secretary of State holds the record for the shortest tenure in the modern era. And from his many years as a world class negotiator he should have a sixth sense for when to hold and when to fold. Now is not the time to fold.", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-3134e2c42ddf427a8e3ddc260574f4fb", "input": "The doctor said to my husband 'She's not crazy she's just rude' Tatijana Ilic Former resident\nTatijana Ilic who works in the laundry and sewing department was first forced into a psychiatric hospital by her husband when she was in her 20s.\nEven so Tatijana spent more than two decades on heavy medication in and out of residential homes and psychiatric hospital. She has seen and experienced some terrible things. In one institution women were tied to the staircase if they stepped out of line. In another none of the residents were allowed underwear and they were forced to line up naked in the hall to queue for the shower.\n Tatijana lived in Cepin for seven years until she moved into a flat in Osijek as part of the de-institutionalisation process. She and her flatmates are independent now - a household no longer needing an assistant to come in daily to help and support them. That says Ladislav Lamza means a financial saving.\nImage caption Tatijana dreams of having her own flat where her daughter and granddaughter can come to stay\n Tatijana dreams of having her own flat - somewhere her daughter and granddaughter can come and stay. That is unlikely unless she secures employment outside the centre. Meanwhile life is pretty good.\nMarta Gasparovic Tatijana 's psychiatrist has noticed significant changes in her patients since they moved to flats in the city.", "output": [ "Tatijana Ilic" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b87b37324ff45adbebdb69b889ea072", "input": "\"I'm very thankful for my red-hot smoking wife the first lady of Minnesota \" said Gov. Tim Pawlenty pointing to his wife Mary who was standing a few feet away.\n With that the Pawlenty road show began this weekend in Iowa the place where presidential aspirations are born. It was Pawlenty's fifth visit in less than a year one of many signs that he is working the state as intently as any prospective Republican presidential hopeful.\n road show began this weekend in Iowa the place where presidential aspirations are born. It was Pawlenty's fifth visit in less than a year one of many signs that he is working the state as intently as any prospective Republican presidential hopeful.\n While Pawlenty may not have millions of followers on Facebook like Palin or the personal wealth or name recognition of Romney he has an invaluable form of currency here: proximity to Iowa.\n Minnesota where he is finishing his second term as governor borders Iowa on the north. And just like Obama whose state adjoined Iowa on the east Pawlenty can easily stop by as he intends to do again next week for the Iowa State Fair.\n second term as governor borders Iowa on the north. And just like Obama whose state adjoined Iowa on the east Pawlenty can easily stop by as he intends to do again next week for the Iowa State Fair.\n Last weekend he was surrounded by some of the state's best Republican talent. Sara Taylor Fagen a White House political director for President George W. Bush not only introduced Pawlenty to local activists but also was behind the wheel as she gave the Pawlentys a tour of her native northeast Iowa.\n Pawlenty 49 is presenting himself as a Main Street authentic conservative who twice won statewide election as a Republican in a progressive state. He says Republicans need to shed the stereotype that their party is rooted solely in the country club and the board room. He mentions none of his potential rivals by name of course but it is not lost on Republicans that he is seeking to become an alternative to Romney.\n Pawlenty's visibility has grown in Republican circles since he was a finalist to be Sen. John McCain's running mate in 2008. Asked whether he benefited from not being chosen Pawlenty paused for a moment and said \"It seems like Sarah Palin has done very well having been selected.\"\n In addition to his Iowa trips Pawlenty has visited New Hampshire site of the first presidential primary and has traveled across the country to help Republicans. He has raised more than $2.5 million for his Freedom First political action committee some of which he is contributing to state and federal candidates.\n While Palin and Romney have made similar contributions they have done so from afar. As Pawlenty said his goodbyes on the farm outside of Waverly he pulled a $500 check from his pocket and presented it directly to Bill Dix a candidate for the Iowa Senate.\n On a sultry afternoon sweat was soaking into Pawlenty's white shirt as he spoke individually with nearly everyone in the crowd of about 100. (He positioned himself by the lunch buffet so a handshake was an easy stop on the way to the barbecued pork potato salad and baked beans.)\n His conversations and speeches were peppered with homespun one-liners including the quip about his wife which he has been telling Minnesota crowds for years.\n On why he believes Democrats have struggled creating jobs: \"It's pretty tough to be pro-job and anti-business. That's like being pro-egg and anti-chicken. It doesn't work so well.\"\n He drew respectable applause at the picnic and a few hours later at fund-raiser for a Republican candidate in Cedar Rapids where he had changed into a suit and tie. At each stop he does not leave until the last hand has been shaken. But the congeniality does not mean that people will automatically sign on if he runs for president a decision he said he would make early next year.", "output": [ "Tim Pawlenty" ] }, { "id": "task419-931f3cd689cf4b28ad8050df0bc7bb11", "input": "Fox News reports that the department is going through “several months” of text messages from former counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok to FBI attorney Lisa Page whom he had an affair with.\nWhen the inspector general notified Mueller’s office the FBI removed Strzok from the Russia probe and demoted him to a position in the FBI’s human resources department.\nThe disclosure of Strzok ’s political leanings raised questions from critics about the objectivity of Mueller’s investigation.\n Strzok had been selected in July 2016 to oversee the Russia probe and was also one of the top investigators of the probe into Hillary Clinton’s emails and use of a private server. He interviewed Clinton and her aides about the server which contained classified material.\n Strzok was also responsible for creating the statement former FBI Director James Comey delivered on July 5 2016 clearing Clinton of all criminal charges.\nSeveral members of the House Intelligence Committee expressed interest in reviewing Strzok’s text messages and emails after the Justice Department completes their investigation. The committee also wants to find out what impact he had on the Clinton investigation and why he questioned Flynn.", "output": [ "Peter Strzok" ] }, { "id": "task419-c3a9c115a84e4221882b2cd51eadaf1d", "input": "Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield was expected to go to Kansas and get a win on Saturday. Itâs what the Heisman favorite did on the sideline that was unexpected.\nOn Saturday afternoon in an exceptionally chippy game with the Kansas Jayhawks Mayfield shouted âF**k youâ at the Kansas sideline and did this:\n Baker Mayfield didn't feel like taking the high road today pic.twitter.com/30Q5UFk264 â Sports Illustrated (@SInow) November 18 2017\n Mayfield issued an apology on Twitter after the game:\n Mayfield is having an incredible season for Oklahoma. The Sooners are currently ranked fourth the College Football Playoff rankings theyâre the favorites to win the Big 12 and Mayfield is the consensus favorite to win the Heisman.", "output": [ "Baker Mayfield" ] }, { "id": "task419-82041d9f95ae4b12a7ed15daa098b775", "input": "On Tuesday Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the platform's new 280-character limit for tweets just as you'd expect—in a 280-character tweet.\nBut could he have made the same announcement in 140?\nFrom the looks of Twitter right now a lot of people think so. In fact a few users have taken out their virtual red pens and edited Dorsey 's tweet down.\nIn all fairness Dorsey seems to get the critiques. \"I'm still getting used to it \" he tweeted.", "output": [ "Jack Dorsey" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b1420e2b62a4ddd82ad3582d07986c4", "input": "This man is Art Shay and his life which is now deep into its 95th year is sprinkled with all sorts of stories of people â famous infamous and âordinary.â He has these stories in his head alongside images of them (and of many many places) because he has had a camera in his hands for 80 years and it was his job and his passion to capture life through his lens.\n Photographer Art Shay will be honored by the American Writers Museum with the installation of a special exhibit âCaptured Stories: American Writers Through the Lens of Art Shay .â (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune) Photographer Art Shay will be honored by the American Writers Museum with the installation of a special exhibit âCaptured Stories: American Writers Through the Lens of Art Shay .â (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS\nErica DeGlopper is here too. A graduate of the School of the Art Institute with degrees in photography and printmaking she first encountered Shay more than a decade ago when she saw him interviewed on television.\nâ He was so fascinating that I just had to meet him â she says. So she showed up at his house and offered to help him as she says put his âprevious life in order\" by organizing his work. She drives to Deerfield a few days a week and some weekends from her home in Wisconsin to continue cataloging more than 2 million of his photographs.\nDeGlopperâs understanding of and affection for Shay are palpable. She is friend archivist aide de camp and ardent admirer. âWe have got to keep things going until at least his 100th birthday â she says. âThatâs when I am hoping we can have a major retrospective of his work.â She wants it to be at the Art Institute.\nI am at the house of course and I have known Shay for more than 50 years because he and my father were friends and I have written about him many times including a story about the two of us dangerously searching for the apartment where Algren made love to Simone de Beauvoir.\nHere also is the photographer Jason Wambsgans recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his work with a camera taking photos and video and listening to Artâs stories some of them about people long gone but others about such contemporary stars as Corgan with whom Shay is collaborating on a yet another project.\nWe are in split-level Deerfield house where Shay has lived for nearly 60 years and it is a glorious mess of photos books racquetball trophies art work ⦠a panorama of his life.\n Art says that Florence is always on his mind and when he starts to put those thoughts into words his eyes fill with tears as he says âI miss her common sense. I miss her smile.â\nHe also misses their son Harmon who vanished presumably murdered without a trace at 20 in 1972 in what Art refers to as the âhippie jungles of Miami.â But in addition to Richard Art has three accomplished grown children (Jane an attorney in Los Angeles; Lauren a photographer also in L.A.; and Steve a photographer in Seattle). He hopes to see some or all of them soon at two big events taking place this week.\nOn Thursday he will be honored by the American Writers Museum (americanwritersmuseum.org) 180 N. Michigan Ave. with the installation of a special exhibit âCaptured Stories: American Writers Through the Lens of Art Shay.â", "output": [ "Art Shay" ] }, { "id": "task419-608536ba83e94d5386e3757cfd76eefe", "input": "Cpl. Stephens of Canton Georgia plans to start his trek at Camp Lejune in North Carolina and hopes to make the 220-mile journey to Virginia Beach in just ten days according to Fox 5 Atlanta. He is also the founder of the Georgia chapter of End 22 an organization named after the number of service members that take their own lives each day. End 22 sets out to raise awareness and provide assistance to military service members who are struggling.\n\"I'm doing 22 miles a day for 10 days that's 220 but I can throw in a little extra to make 222 miles in ten days \" said Stephens .\nThis will be the second hike for the marine. In January Stephens made his first attempt by hiking 222 miles but broke his leg 50 miles from the finish. He says that he pushed through the pain to complete his goal.\n\"This is my one last mission to go down range to save my brothers and sisters. I will not stop until we can stop these numbers from coming in \" he said.\n Stephens who is a blacksmith by trade wears around his neck red white and blue ribbons inscribed with the name of military men and women succumbed to negative thoughts.\n\"These are almost 100 names of soldiers sailors airmen and marines that we have lost to their demons from PTSD \" said Stephens .", "output": [ "Stephens" ] }, { "id": "task419-ea7cfc0eff5a4db79c7fc94111ee4ea9", "input": "Jennifer Lawrence’s acting career started at an early age — and her education ended at the same time.\nThe Oscar-winning actress revealed in an episode of “60 Minutes” that she stopped going to school at age 14 before she even made it to high school.\n“I dropped out of middle school. I don’t technically have a GED or a diploma. I am self-educated ” she told Bill Whitaker in the upcoming episode.\n Lawrence first broke out onto the scene at age 20 — and by 22 she was nominated and won her first Oscar for “Silver Linings Playbook\" in 2013.\n Jennifer Lawrence rips Weinstein for using her words for defense\n Actress Jennifer Lawrence opens up in a 60 Minutes interview about she dropped out of school at 14. (VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images)\n Lawrence 27 said reading a script is how she first felt “smart” as school was never for her .\n“I struggled through school I never felt very smart. And when I’m reading this script and I feel like I know exactly what it would look like if somebody felt that way ” she recalled to Whitaker. “That was a whole part of my brain that I didn’t even know existed. Something that I could be confident in. And I didn’t want to let it go.”\n Jennifer Lawrence 's on-set nudity made people uncomfortable\n“It’s so hard to explain it was just an overwhelming feeling of ‘I get this. This is what I was meant to do ’” Lawrence continued.", "output": [ "Jennifer Lawrence" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ad18210c5e148aea6adfa0bdc284b61", "input": "Simon Rosenberg objected to host Melissa Francis framing her question to ask what Democrats could change in the Trump tax plan to make it more palatable to them.\n“I don’t think that’s the issue Melissa ” he said before being interrupted immediately by Francis . “We’re not gonna do talking points!” she exclaimed.\n“Well you’re doing talking points ” Francis interrupted again.\n“No I’m not doing talking points ” she said “it’s insulting that you say that to me as if I don’t actually understand what I’m saying and can do my own analysis about the economy.”\n“But you’re not answering the question ” she protested.\nRosenberg and Francis then grappled over whether Trump’s plan would cut taxes for the middle class over the long term with Francis arguing on the basis of a dynamic understanding of tax cuts. “Good for you Melissa ” Rosenberg responded.\nAt the end of the segment Francis tried to give Rosenberg a peace offering saying they should get a drink sometime. “Melissa don’t worry I’m never coming back on this show again so it doesn’t matter ” he responded and stripped off his microphone.", "output": [ "Melissa Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-f851d609679947a18d7c95022e3a5c48", "input": "On Friday Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she will introduce legislation that would raise the minimum age requirements for purchasing a rifle from a gun dealer.\n Feinstein 's declaration comes after 17 people were killed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida on Wednesday.\n Feinstein 's proposal received a mixed reaction.\nI plan to introduce a bill to require ALL firearms purchases from gun dealers be restricted to individuals who are at least 21 years old. If you can’t buy a handgun or a bottle of beer you shouldn’t be able to buy an AR-15. — Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) February 17 2018", "output": [ "Dianne Feinstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-2d59d49b11da410e81dc607258898256", "input": "On Diwali evenings my mom let me eat as many sweets as I wanted. She’d buy jalebees even though she’d complain that they weren’t as good as the ones she used to get in India. These were too cold too sticky. But Diwali the Hindu festival of lights and good conquering evil is and was a day for eating so she’d also make a big vegetarian feast and sweet puris piled high in a metal bowl as a religious offering. After dinner she and I would sit in front of her makeshift temple and she’d mutter something about Lakshmi in Hindi. In a clay diya she’d make a candle from a cotton ball and ghee pull smoke from it with her hands and wrap it around my face mithai crumbs on my lips. Food is a big part of any Indian holiday but in my parents’ home hearty homemade Indian food was a fixture every day. Nightly we had mounds of basmati rice baby eggplants stewed in spices that I’d hold up to my face like bejeweled earrings collard greens and turnips (gross until I grew up). Best of all were the nights where she made Kashmiri rogan josh a lamb dish she’d whip together in a pressure cooker that was perennially broken the whistle propped up with a wooden spoon and screaming every five minutes on a Saturday afternoon. Mom cooked Mom piled food on your plate and made chutneys from scratch. When you scooped the last of your rice up with a fork she ’d instinctively know and pop up next to you with “More?” holding another cup of steaming rice aloft. (Usually she ’d dump it onto your plate without waiting for an answer.) My brother and my dad and I were all spoiled but I was the youngest which means I was the most spoiled. I moved out at 17 but it took a few years before I craved my mom’s Kashmiri food. Restaurant Indian food is too oily too bland with too much cream and too few of my mom ’s recognizable cooking quirks. I miss things that hardly matter like how her potatoes always ended up crescent-moon shaped or the way her parathas were always triangular and puckered. Instead as I’ve gotten older I’ve been trying to learn my mom’s recipes myself . She got hers from her mother who died more than a decade ago in India and who used to make the most delicate little pats of paneer. (We called it tsamen a word I learned is used only in our little corner of North India.) My mom has been cooking for maybe 40 years probably longer but unfortunately in the five years I’ve been cooking I’ve learned I have no instincts in the kitchen. I panic if more than one burner is on at a time and if there isn’t a concrete recipe I can’t wing it. I’ve burned through the bottoms of so many pots that my old roommate put a moratorium on me attempting to cook any grains. This past Sunday was another Diwali spent away from my family sorting through that inexplicable loss you feel when a holiday is happening and there’s no one to celebrate it with you — not really your cousins who are a trek away no siblings nearby no aunties you want to call. I decided I’d do it myself and invited two of my favorite (white) people hoping to not poison them. Diwali isn’t our family’s most exciting holiday but celebrating it felt important the same way I try to avoid meat on Shivaratri (when my mom calls to remind me) or the same reason I send my brother a red thread on Rakhi even though we otherwise never talk. On Diwali like most days that remind me of Hinduism and India I miss my mom. I’ve been living away from my parents for nine years long enough to make a new life in another city to have friends and a live-in partner. Two of my cousins live a half hour away. But Mom regardless refers to me as “alone out there ” like I could starve any minute. When I do come home a few times a year Mom asks me what I want for dinner and plans meals for my entire stay. She loads food on my plate and freezes the extra so I can take it on a plane with me and defrost it when I’m homesick. I’m homesick a lot these days seemingly the same way my mom was homesick for her parents after she left India. When my mom moved she took all of her mother’s little secrets with her. My mom had watched my grandmother cook for years knew her languages knew how to pleat a sari or mutter a Kashmiri insult (“Thrat”) or throw a wedding for her son 25 years after she moved away. I don’t have any of these secrets because I was born in North America and raised around white people in a family that wanted to integrate. So it felt important to at least try to remember how my own mom did things.\nLate last week I called my mom to get a refresher on a few of her recipes. I wanted to make rogan josh aloo gobi (potatoes and cauliflower) chicken biryani (chicken and rice) and paneer with palak (spinach). But my mom like so many Indian mothers I know has always avoided giving me complete recipes. Even when I visit home and watch her she somehow manages to divert my attention by say dangling in front of my face a gol gappa a globe of fried wheat flour filled with chickpeas and potatoes and yogurt. I’m always missing a spice a cook time a stove temperature. I’m never clear if when she says “ginger” she means “fresh ginger about a pinky-size cut into strips” or “ginger powder a teaspoon or two.” Or if she’s feeling really casual about a recipe she’ll say “Add the usual spices ” a mix of 5 or maybe 10 different spices that might be usual to her but are patently unclear to me. Salt? Does she just mean salt? Worse her measurements are not based on any contemporary or commonly used metric. A teaspoon to her is the size of the white plastic spoon with the snapped-off handle that she uses in all of the containers in her spice drawer that originally came from Dairy Queen when I was 6 or 7 and abandoned a half-eaten Oreo Blizzard. A tablespoon conversely is anywhere between two or three of the “teaspoons.” A cup is the cup she uses to scoop basmati rice out of the five-gallon plastic tub in the pantry on the bottom shelf. It is unclear where the cup came from but it is cloudy and cracked and significantly smaller than an actual cup. Every other measurement she has then is specific to her grocery store to her homemade spice mixtures to her butcher who hands her a hunk of lamb the size of a small toddler leaving her to break it down into digestible and cookable pieces. “How much frozen spinach do I need?” I might ask her and she will answer “One.” One block she says as if I can go to a grocery store and say “ONE BLOCK OF YOUR FINEST FROZEN SPINACH SIR.” I suspect some of this is intentional. Indian women — mothers in particular — hoard some of their recipes refusing to give them in full. So long as they are the eldest women in their families they are the gatekeepers for these particular culinary incarnations that exist only in their kitchens. (A cursory Google search for a good chicken biryani recipe yielded ingredients like chicken stock — my mom literally screamed when I suggested this — or curry paste something that has never once been in her kitchen.) I’ve started to do this too refusing to give my boyfriend a complete ingredient list even when I need help cooking because I refuse to let him in on a secret I have been scratching at for years. Maybe it’s about making herself needed as a mother or forcing me into coming home and beg for my favorite lotus root a recipe specific to Kashmir that I’ve never found at a restaurant. Regional differences are lost the little things my mother’s mother’s mother did in the kitchen get muddied — unless I ask. And I have been asking for years for as long as I’ve been away from home and have been trying to find my mom at the bottom of a 20-quart pot. All of this reduces my cooking to a kind of trial and error. Once when I tried to make her rogan josh I ended up adding three times the right amount of cinnamon; my lamb tasted like an angry ginger snap. Two years after that she casually mentioned that you’re only supposed to use flat cinnamon sticks and not the rolled up ones which apparently makes a fucking difference. When I last visited she sent me back to my home with frozen rogan josh in my suitcase. Later when I defrosted and ate it I picked through it pulling out any identifiable spices I could find. At the bottom of my bowl was a dark ball the texture of soft wood. I cleaned it off and texted it to my mom with my trademark calm: “?!?!?!?!” She gave me the Hindi word for it leaving me to creative googling to figure out what it was. (I won’t tell you; I’ve invested too much to give it up that easy.) Mom swears that she’s not actively keeping ingredients from me that she just forgets because cooking is so second-nature to her. This doesn’t explain why sometimes she’ll add an ingredient to her list for me — a year ago the rogan josh recipe had coriander powder in it — later saying something like “Why would I ever tell you to put coriander powder in it? Nothing has coriander powder in it.” Now she says it’s actually garam masala but not the kind you buy in the store (she says this with her particular brand of derision usually reserved for “white” grocery stores) but the kind that she makes at home fistfuls of unidentifiable brown spices hand-ground with a mortar and pestle. “I will give you some when you come home ” she always says but she is a liar because she never actually has. Food has always been my mom’s domain so maybe it makes sense that she doesn’t want to give me her trade secrets just yet.\nIs there a point when you stop needing your mom? I want to know if it will happen before she dies or if she’ll go and I’ll be left figuring out how to contend without her. My dad talks about dying with typically alarming frequency — a few weeks ago he answered the phone and said “My body will never be what it once was ” and then passed the handset over to my mom — but it’s my mom whose death I’m more concerned about. In terms of being needed my mom will never get a break. My dad sometimes won’t eat unless my mom is home to prepare food for him; even something as simple as a sandwich requires supervision. My brother and sister-in-law and their daughter come over every Sunday and my mom piles Kashmiri food on their plates like she does for anyone who comes to dinner. She’ll sit next to my niece and watch her eat her half-white blue-eyed granddaughter licking daal off a teaspoon. I started cooking this past Sunday around 3:30 p.m. peeling the potatoes and cutting the cauliflower into florets and quietly muttered “son of a bitch” when I realized I had forgotten to buy rosewater. I called my mom first at 4 p.m. to confirm that cumin seeds and fennel seeds are different (DON’T @ ME). Once she finished laughing at me I put the aloo gobi in the oven and marinated the chicken in star anise and “the spices from that box.” I called her again when my palak looked electric-green and tasted canned (“Well obviously you forgot to add the haldi ” she said as if I had called to ask a question as simple as “Why can’t I breathe when I place a brick on my own throat?”) While I pan-fried the rogan josh she called me back and asked “How’s it going?” I could hear her smiling and it almost felt like a taunt. I told her I was sure something was missing a spice that she considers too routine to even mention or one that she’s actively hiding from me. But by then my kitchen smelled like my mom’s a clash of turmeric and paprika and chili powder and cumin (whole and ground) and the scent that comes from fresh meat when it’s being slowly cooked in different pots at the same time. I loaded serving bowls with the food I made called everyone into the kitchen. The chicken tasted right the rogan josh looked reddish-brown the paneer had turned yellow and was easily cut with the side of a fork. It had the markings of my mom’s food but of course it wasn’t as good as hers. It wasn’t as good because my food as surprisingly palatable as it was didn’t include my mom hovering over me with a wooden spoon. (Was she going to give me more rice? Was she going to hit me a little bit for eating too fast? It’s a journey.) It wasn’t as good because it couldn’t be. I can’t replicate the things my mom does; I can only build on top of them. But still I made sure everyone had seconds preferably thirds.\nI didn’t poison anyone on Saturday. I made six maybe seven times the amount of food intended but I’m content with that being my biggest mistake. (I did use a pressure cooker for the first time and screamed every time it screamed and I forgot to add the almonds to the biryani but you know what fuck nuts.) After my guests left my house I sent a photo of my spread to Mom and she called me later that night. “The color was right ” she said paying me the highest compliment she could give me from 1 500 miles away. “So I guess you can do it yourself.” More frequently than I think is normal I imagine what we’re all going to do when my mom dies. My dad will be completely incapable of taking care of himself (he once asked me to put his jalapeño potato chips in the oven to “crisp them up some more”). My brother and I only call each other now and then because Mom begs us to so who knows how far we can drift. I’ll lose her as a tether. Mom doesn’t talk about death; it’s too macabre for our pleasant chats. But I can’t help thinking about it an anxiety that started to ramp up in my early twenties when I noticed how little I am capable of doing on my own. I still call her to consult on how to appropriately wash a lace bra and she still buys me leggings if they’re on sale and she gets this rare herb shipped in from India that I have no idea where else to get outside of her pantry. These gaps in my knowledge are terrifying enough but what about all the things I don’t know that I don’t know? Sheer chai for example is the most disgusting product her home country has ever produced — but will I one day wish I knew how to make it? When you emigrate you end up the last person to touch a lot of your family history. Somewhere along the line we’ll forget my mom’s maiden name. We’ll forget what her actual name was before she changed it when she moved. We’ll lose language and the way to make a candle from ghee and a cotton ball. I can’t pull all of this information out of her and I can’t carry all of it after she’s gone and I panic when I think about how impossible it feels to one day not need her. But at least I can try to cook. My mom’s own mother died in India seemingly suddenly from a combination of declining health and crummy care. Mom was with her when it happened but near the end my grandmother was confused and didn’t seem to register that her daughter had flown all that way just to see her off. When I imagine my mom’s death I picture her perched on her proverbial deathbed lucid but weak about to die. She’ll raise one arthritic finger toward me motioning for me to come closer to her. “Yes mother ” I will say and kneel down so her face is close to mine glistening with tears. “Closer ” she will say and I will press forward taking her hand. “What is it?” I will ask. And with one final rasp the death rattle of a long life winding down my mom will wheeze out her final words releasing me from a lifetime of trying to keep her as close to me as possible: “It was just salt.” ●", "output": [ "Mom" ] }, { "id": "task419-31d03f2692eb47edbc1ac8233ad006ca", "input": "PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nearly 17 years after a bitter breakup the Philadelphia Flyers retired Eric Lindros' jersey on Thursday night in a stirring tribute to the Hall of Fame center.\nNo. 88 was raised to the rafters of Wells Fargo Center a facility Lindros helped open in 1996 before the Flyers played his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs.\n\"Very blessed that I could've played in Philadelphia \" Lindros said as the crowd roared.\nCombining size skill and strength the 6-foot-4 Lindros averaged a franchise record 1.35 points per game in Philadelphia from 1992-2000. Lindros won the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1995 after leading the NHL with 70 points in the lockout-shortened season. He helped the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Final two years later where they were swept by Detroit.\n\"These are one of those days you take for the rest of your life. It's a special moment \" Lindros said before the ceremony. \"You feel lucky.\"\nIn an elaborate 23-minute on-ice tribute that included video highlights on a giant four-sided projector and gifts Lindros was surrounded by trophies he won with a lighted orange No. 88 serving as a backdrop.\nIt was a feud with Clarke then the Flyers general manager that led to his ugly exit from Philadelphia. It stemmed mostly from the treatment Lindros received for a number of concussions and a collapsed lung with his parents often criticizing the Flyers' medical team.\nAfter a shoulder-to-jaw hit by New Jersey's Scott Stevens in the 2000 playoffs Lindros missed all of the 2000-01 season because of post-concussion issues and a contract dispute with Clarke. His trade demand was granted in August 2001 when he was sent to the New York Rangers.\n Lindros was asked if back in 2001 he could have envisioned his number being retired in Philly.\n\"No you?\" Lindros said drawing laughter. \"No what happened it was no doubt difficult and frustrating.\"\n Lindros Clarke and the Flyers eventually patched things up with the help of Flyers president Paul Holmgren. Lindros appeared at an outdoor alumni game in Philadelphia in 2012 and Clarke pushed for Lindros ' 2016 induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame while serving on the selection committee.\n\"It was great for Bob to say what he did. It was special \" Lindros said. \"We disagreed on some things no doubt but when it came down to hockey and if winning is it I can't question Bob and his desire.\"\n Lindros skated on the Wells Fargo Center ice in the early afternoon with his wife and 3-year-old son the oldest of their three children.\n Lindros' parents Carl and Bonnie attended the ceremony along with his sister and brother Brett who spent two seasons with the New York Islanders before a concussion ended his career in 1996.\n Lindros has become a vocal advocate for concussion awareness and research.\n\"No we're nowhere near where we need to be \" he said. \"And a lot of it stems from the research dollars.\"", "output": [ "Eric Lindros" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf2af75cfe974c0896aeb0e6ccce3f18", "input": "Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Monday that the Mandalay Bay did a great job hiring police as security for the concert and “had sufficient staffing for the concert.” Firefighters joined police in responding quickly after the shooting started Lombardo said.\n“This is an individual that is described as a lone wolf ” Lombardo told a news conference as the investigation continued. “I don’t know how it could have been prevented if we didn’t have any prior knowledge as to this individual.”\nPolice planned to review the hotel’s surveillance videos of gunman Stephen Paddock 64 of Mesquite Nev. who checked into the hotel on Thursday. Paddock who killed himself when officers closed in brought the guns into the hotel himself and the weapons weren’t obvious when workers visited the room Lombardo said.\n“We do know that he brought these weapons in on his own ” Lombardo said. “Nothing nefarious was noticed.”", "output": [ "Joe Lombardo" ] }, { "id": "task419-c41f67fc824d46758c154fbefae5a3f7", "input": "Story highlights George W. Bush noticeably made Obama laugh during Clinton's speech\n The elder Bush followed up the concert Monday morning with a joke of his own\nWashington (CNN) Former President George W. Bush made his successor Barack Obama noticeably snicker at a joke delivered during Bill Clinton's speech at a hurricane relief benefit concert in Texas.\n Mischievous George W Bush cracks a joke behind Bill Clinton's back and makes Barack Obama giggle [Link] pic.twitter.com/guzehQIj0o â Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) October 23 2017\nAs Clinton discussed the importance of offering ongoing support to the communities affected by hurricanes Harvey and Maria Bush leaned over and quipped something to his successor immediately eliciting a laugh from a Obama whose reaction garnered much positive attention on social media.", "output": [ "Bush Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-529dde66b65b4b5e9b4725985d2cbf5f", "input": "Four people from southern Illinois have been arrested on charges of theft and animal torture after they allegedly stole piglets and killed them . The Southern Illinoisan in Carbondale reports Franklin County Sheriff Don Jones says two juveniles were arrested in addition to 18 - year - old Trenton H . Bennett of West Frankfort and 20 - year - old Brendan A . Shaputis of Ewing . According to Jones the four allegedly stole about 30 piglets each about 5 to 7 days old from the Logan Sow Center in Benton . Authorities allege Bennett tortured several piglets . He allegedly kicked beat and struck the animals until their deaths . One piglet was tossed off an overpass . Shaputis is also accused of killing piglets in the same manner as Bennett . Authorities say the juveniles have been released to their families . Bennett and Shaputis are being held in lieu of $ 45 000 bond . It wasn ' t immediately known if they have lawyers .", "output": [ "Bennett" ] }, { "id": "task419-1775f5671d734c86b82005acc5d46f80", "input": "CHARLOTTE N.C. (AP) — A four-day period for the public to pay respects to the late Rev. Billy Graham is beginning at his boyhood home in North Carolina.\nMourners will file past Graham ’s body starting at 8 a.m. Monday. The man called “America’s Pastor” is lying in repose in a closed casket at the home his father built in 1927 on their Charlotte dairy farm which was long ago swallowed by urban sprawl. It was moved and restored by his library and is on the same campus as the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association .\n Graham ’s body will spend two days at his library and then lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday and Thursday. Graham ’s funeral is Friday in North Carolina with President Donald Trump and others expected.\n Graham died Wednesday at age 99.", "output": [ "Billy Graham" ] }, { "id": "task419-988fdc350fd0430c854f1dc6bc61304a", "input": "Jim Burns was walking the dog on Saturday morning when he was struck by a cab making a turn onto Manhattan's Fifth Avenue police said. Burns 65 suffered a serious head injury and died from his injuries on Tuesday.\nPolice initially said Burns was with a guide dog when he was struck but that account was contradicted by family friends who said he didn't have vision problems and the dog was a pet.\nThe dog named Jules wasn't injured and was being cared for by a neighbor Burns' friend Paul Ward told the Daily News.\n\"Many of his friends have taken comfort in knowing that the end of his life came doing his favorite thing ... walking Jules to Central Park \" Ward said.", "output": [ "Jim Burns" ] }, { "id": "task419-7ff686fe38984c88bb0b7dc411f784a1", "input": "The norovirus is also referred to as the “winter vomiting bug \" Lee-Ann Jaykus the scientific director for NoroCORE a food safety initiative that’s funded through a $25 million grant from the USDA told Fox News.\nThe norovirus which has different strains can spread easily -- especially in close spaces Jaykus said.\nWhen an infected person vomits or defecates “massive amounts [of the virus] are excreted ” Jaykus explained. “There are millions to billions of particles in one just one gram.”\nFood handlers who are sick and don’t practice adequate hygiene can easily infect other people. Infected water can also spread the illness though this more commonly occurs in developing countries Jaykus noted.\nHow do you prevent it ?\n“Hand washing is hugely important. In fact it’s the single most important thing for people attending Olympics.\" - Lee-Ann Jaykus\n“Hand washing is hugely important ” Jaykus said. “In fact it’s the single most important thing for people attending Olympics ” she said.\nThe norovirus is extremely hard to kill Jaykus warned. Inactivating the virus requires a high concentration of bleach. And while it’s easy enough to clean countertops and other similar surfaces with bleach the same can’t be said for carpet and furniture. Alcohol isn’t strong enough to entirely kill the virus either Jaykus added.\n“The norovirus can be spread for weeks ” said Jaykus who added that quarantining infected people can also be useful in preventing the spread of norovirus.\n“This is really scary for the athletes -- if you have norovirus you really are incapacitated ” said Jaykus though no athletes have reported having symptoms of the virus.", "output": [ "Lee-Ann Jaykus" ] }, { "id": "task419-1c574f1163c0411f82a9fa59d6ee44da", "input": "“At Kernel our primary aim is to develop technologies to understand and treat neurological diseases in new and exciting ways ” founder Bryan Johnson said recently at a tech summit. “We will then interpret the brain’s complex workings in order to create applications towards cognitive enhancement.”\n Johnson says that the technology should be available for regular use within the next two decades. “I would expect in around 15-20 years we will have a sufficiently robust set of tools for the brain that we could pose any question we wanted ” he said.\n He listed examples of the possible applications for the microchips: “For example could I have a perfect memory? Could I delete my memories? Could I increase my rate of learning could I have brain to brain communication?”\n Johnson is the former founder of Braintree a payment service provider that was acquired by PayPal in 2013 for $800 million. Johnson plunged $100 million of his own money into the Kernel project. Thus far Kernel chips have tested on epilepsy patients to help prevent seizures.", "output": [ "Bryan Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-530891e2e3834bc296cf264294dba2de", "input": "WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump formally endorsed embattled Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race on Monday looking past sexual misconduct allegations against the GOP candidate to argue that Moore 's vote is needed in Congress.\nTrump tweeted early Monday that \"Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama.\"\nTrump also spoke with Moore by phone. White House Spokesman Raj Shah said the two discussed the state of the Alabama Senate race and that the president \"endorsed Judge Moore 's campaign.\"\nIt was Trump's strongest show of support for Moore since allegations surfaced that the candidate had sexually assaulted teenage girls decades ago including one who said he molested her when she was 14 and he was in his 30s. Many national Republicans have called on Moore to step aside in the wake of multiple sexual assault and harassment allegations.\nShortly after Trump's tweet Moore responded on Twitter: \"Thankful for President Trump's support. The America First agenda will #MAGA. Can't wait to help him #DrainTheSwamp.\"\nTrump also had assailed Moore 's Democratic rival Doug Jones tweeting that \"Putting a Pelosi/Schumer Liberal Puppet Jones into office in Alabama would hurt our great Republican Agenda of low on taxes tough on crime strong on military and borders...& so much more.\"\nFILE - In this Nov. 28 2017 file photo Alabama U.S. Senatorial candidate Doug Jones talks with the media after touring the Northport Medical Center in Northport Ala. Jones is the democratic candidate facing republican Roy Moore for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat in the Dec. 12 special election. (Vasha Hunt/AL.com via AP File)\nTrump for weeks was silent after the allegations against Moore surfaced and the White House has said he had no plans to make campaign appearances before the Dec. 12 election. But Trump in recent days has raised doubts about the allegations against Moore and he has agreed to headline a campaign-style rally in Pensacola Florida — less than 20 miles from the Alabama border — just four days before the Alabama election.\nAnd Trump tweeted of Moore on Monday: \"We need his vote on stopping crime illegal immigration Border Wall Military Pro Life V.A. Judges 2nd Amendment and more. No to Jones a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet!\"\nShort said Trump's point is that \"when allegations arise 38 years later when Roy Moore has been a very public figure for those 38 years he 's run multiple times statewide in Alabama the people in Alabama have an opportunity to choose and make some decisions about Roy Moore 's character. Putting all that together he 's encouraging the people of Alabama to make the right decision.\"", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-6915ed7173b2406ba608e0ab5f121e7e", "input": "-LRB- CNN -RRB- Senator Bernie Sanders still thinks that the Democrats do n't get it . \nSpeaking Saturday in Chicago , Sanders offered some blistering rhetoric , calling on his supporters to take down President Trump , who he believes to be a threat to the nation . \nSome Democrats , such as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo , have tried to build on Sanders ' appeal with new policy initiatives such as free higher education . \nSanders said . \nThey have to demonstrate that they are a party that is not , in fact , beholden to big interests , as Sanders has argued , and has a vision that will translate into real economic gains for all Americans .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-2579e89fc104494fa56f94424b3fedaa", "input": "Prosecutors began questioning witnesses Monday following opening statements in the trial of 63-year-old Stanley Vernon Majors. He is accused in the August 2016 killing of 37-year-old Khalid Jabara.\nThe first witnesses included 911 operators and a neighbor who testified she heard Khalid Jabara being attacked.\nProsecutors allege Majors fatally shot Jabara following years of racial epithets toward him and his family including \"filthy Lebanese\" and \"Moo-slems.\" The Jabaras are Christian.\nStanley Vernon Majors is expected to be in a Tulsa courtroom when his trial resumes Monday in district court. The 63-year-old is accused in the August 2016 killing of 37-year-old Khalid Jabara .\nProsecutors say Majors fatally shot Jabara after bombarding him and his family for years with racial epithets including \"filthy Lebanese\" and \"Moo-slems.\" The Jabaras are Christian.", "output": [ "Khalid Jabara" ] }, { "id": "task419-14c3607e7f4d4f0aad155a9769015cf8", "input": "Mark the Buckeyes 73-8 in six seasons under Coach Urban Meyer . Mark them as probably the best team outside the big ol’ 2017 playoff even if they did take that notorious 55-24 splat at Iowa. Mark them 12-2 for the season and notice how they ’ve collected two bowl wins — the 2015 Fiesta against Notre Dame and the 2017 Cotton against Southern California — as signs of an ability to combat the bummer of narrow playoff exclusion.\n“A very healthy program ” Meyer called it.\nThat happened of course in ancient times but the Trojans’ intermittent string had extended through Ohio State coaches Woody Hayes Earle Bruce John Cooper and Jim Tressel before Meyer ’s bunch finally snuffed it out.\nThe elite coach and his sixth team did so in front of another swarm of Ohio State fans in an AT&T Stadium that did have empty upper sections but did welcome 67 510. They did it in a building of fond memories site of their national championship of three Januarys ago. Along the way they looked superior if not crushingly so and even without their prized senior cornerback Denzel Ward who followed the trickling recent-years fashion of skipping bowl games while eyeing the NFL draft. If these two conference champions who suffered obliterations this season — Ohio State at Iowa and USC at Notre Dame — still felt mad at the selection committee choosing conference non-champion Alabama then Ohio State channeled better its anger.\n“We just had some a lot of not-very-many dry eyes in the locker room ” Meyer said.\nBy the semi-dreary end when the last Darnold pass sailed wide of everything and plunked down the night had sustained a Meyer era inarguably strong even if Ohio State fans never have seemed the type to go around chanting “We’re number five.”", "output": [ "Meyer" ] }, { "id": "task419-f2ef520d2d4848d4b664fd276e80017c", "input": "First responder needed a hug\nTrent Koland 36 who works in Chicago was having a drink with his sister and her fiance at the Luxor hotel which is close to Mandalay Bay when they noticed groups of people running through the lobby.\nCasino staff at first calmly told patrons they would need to move to a different bar. But within seconds staff instead told Koland and other bar patrons they were being relocated to basement tunnels with break rooms and hallways usually used only by staff.\n\"I thought it was a joke at first \" said Koland senior art director at Edelman in Chicago who was in Las Vegas with family celebrating his parents' 40th wedding anniversary. \"It was crazy so they moved us into this break room and we were watching the TV.\"\nKoland and dozens of other tourists taking shelter watched in horror as news accounts on the TV reported a growing number of victims. As more people from outside joined them in the waiting area Koland said he comforted one woman who was distraught about what she had seen.\n\"There was a woman and she needed a hug so I just went over there and gave her a hug. She said she was a first responder and she was ashamed that she didn't do more \" Koland said by telephone breaking down into tears at the thought.\n Koland estimates that he and other patrons were moved to the tunnels about 10 p.m. and were not released to go back outside until 4 a.m. Monday. During that time he and others stranded checked social media on their phones and frantically kept up with friends and family to let them know they were safe. Hotel staff brought refreshments and bedsheets so they could lie on the floors of the hallways as they waited he said.\n\"We were just lying in a hallway with other people that didn't know what was going on \" Koland said adding that some were worried about friends who were at the concert and had not been accounted for. \"We had phone service I was trying to update my Facebook letting people know I was OK.\"", "output": [ "Trent Koland" ] }, { "id": "task419-3879c0d2e50d4e9eae77c1bc7a269c5f", "input": "(Reuters) - A storm that has dumped more than 65 inches (165 cms) of snow this week on Erie Pennsylvania is expected to slightly taper off on Wednesday after leaving drifts that buried cars paralyzed the area and made the county declare an emergency.\nBut the respite for Erie a city of about 100 000 in northwest Pennsylvania on the shores of Lake Erie is expected to be short-lived with a fresh round of winter storms coming Thursday night predicted to bring as much as 10 inches more snow forecasters said.\nA general view of 1925 State Street after the record snowfall in Erie Pennsylvania U.S. December 26 2017 in this picture obtained from social media. Courtesy of Instagram @BLJEFFERYS /via REUTERS\nThe winter blast in Erie was caused by cold Arctic air moving over the lake which had relatively mild water temperatures forecasters said.\nThe storm broke a 59-year-old record for a two-day snowfall in Pennsylvania topping the 44 inches that fell in 1958. Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper issued a temporary disaster emergency declaration that mobilized resources to help the area.\n Erie resident Brian Sheridan on Wednesday posted a photo on social media showing the top of his mail box peeking out underneath a mound of snow. In a caption he wrote: “At this point it just might be easier to put a hold on our mail until spring.”", "output": [ "Erie" ] }, { "id": "task419-3da19bf0204946a092eccadbbe4fb144", "input": "Jean-Claude Trichet's comments underlined the new-found optimism about the 16-nation eurozone's prospects after it appears to have put the worst of the debt crisis behind it.\n Trichet's monthly news conference came after the bank as expected left interest rates unchanged at a record low 1 percent for the 15th consecutive month. There was no hint as to when the bank might consider raising rates -- a prospect that still appears distant given modest growth prospects and little sign of inflation.\n Trichet said that \"the available data for the third quarter are better than expected\" after picking up in the second quarter.\n Still he expected the second half of this year \"to be significantly less dynamic than the second quarter because the second quarter seems to be really exceptional \" he added. Second-quarter data are due next week.\n \"I would not elaborate more on that \" Trichet said. \"The main message is we remain cautious and prudent we consider that we have undoubtedly a recovery ... but again growth is likely to remain uneven and relatively modest.\"\n Trichet's comments followed a period when the market concern has shifted to worries about the U.S. economy losing steam and away from the government debt crisis which engulfed the eurozone for much of the beginning of the year. Europe meanwhile has benefited from a pickup in global trade.\n A relaxed-looking Trichet facing his first news conference for months that wasn't dominated by questions about potential government debt defaults shrugged aside the shift.\n \"I think that after having been extremely negative on Europe and extremely positive on the U.S. we are now observing some kind of swing in the other direction \" he said adding that the ECB \"did not declare victory.\"\n The ECB is due to issue its revised economic projections next month and Trichet's words suggested they \"will likely be revised slightly upwards again \" said Frederik Ducrozet of Credit Agricole.\n Ducrozet also noted that Trichet \"refused to send any clear signal\" on the future of its unconventional support measures ahead of next month's meeting.\n \"I am quite happy that this program -- which continues -- is meager \" Trichet said adding that he would offer \"no further indication\" on how it will proceed in future.\n Trichet declared Europe's stress tests on 91 banks whose results were published late last month \"a very impressive success.\" Only seven banks failed and many observers deemed the exercise too easy but fears of renewed market turbulence proved unfounded.\n Trichet described that as \"part of the overall picture \" and the issue barely featured at Thursday's session in Frankfurt after months of worries.\n \"I see that there is absolutely no question on Greece which I appreciate enormously \" he said as he closed his news conference.", "output": [ "Trichet" ] }, { "id": "task419-1ee625edd3874d57b6d1d891dde58f39", "input": "But could it be that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas does n't get personally grilled by constituents very often ? \nThe listed events Cruz attended from April through August 2017 demonstrate that the term ` town hall ' can be stretched every which way , even to events not open to the public . \nAll told , it looks to us like Cruz took questions at gatherings of selected constituents , mostly business employees -- with the three veterans events open to members of the public who registered . \nRegardless , the Houston lawyer was told during the 2017 Texas Tribune Festival about a Democratic challenger 's suggestion that Cruz had n't visited small Texas towns during the term he won in 2012 . \n\"Do you do enough interaction with your constituents , Sen. Cruz ?\" \nCruz , asked if he interacts enough with constituents , said : \"In 2017 , I 've done 17 town halls\" in Texas . \nCruz replied : \"That is a huge part of the job . \nA town hall , Cruz spokesman Phil Novack later noted by email , is defined by Merriam-Webster as \"an event at which a public official or political candidate addresses an audience by answering questions posed by individual members .\" \nCruz , a Republican poised to seek re-election in 2018 , hardly has a reputation of avoiding attention . \nNovack otherwise told us Cruz had held 19 town halls with Texas constituents in 2017 , all \"organized by third parties who determined attendees , where\" the senator \"has taken unvetted questions from anyone in the crowd -- at businesses , factories , chambers of commerce , and in public venues .\" \nThe businesses , including Division Laundry & Cleaners in San Antonio , Sysco Central Texas in New Braunfels and Igloo Products Corp. in Katy , had employee town halls with Cruz , the chart says . \nThe veterans group , per the chart , hosted Cruz at July events in McKinney , Austin and Houston . \nBy email to our inquiry , a CVA spokesman , Jim Fellinger , told us each CVA event with Cruz was open to the public by registration , without the group screening out anybody who registered . \nFellinger pointed us to video posts of the CVA events showing that Cruz each time took questions via a moderator , who recognized a few individuals to speak directly to Cruz . \nCruz 's office lists 19 events . \nNext , we confirmed from press releases , news stories and video snippets that Cruz made the appearances described in the Novack-provided chart . \nEvents in bold on the chart below were open to reporters , Phil Novack , a spokesman for Sen. Ted Cruz , said . \nSOURCE : Chart provided by email from Phil Novack , press secretary to U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz , Sept. 28 , 2017 . \nWe also asked Novack to share 2017 events Cruz had in Texas that were open to the public without registration -- where anyone could ask a question on any topic . \nExperts evaluate Cruz 's claim . \nNext , we shared our annotated version of the chart by email with academic experts and requested appraisals of Cruz 's statement that he 'd done 17 \"town halls .\" \nIt seems these town halls are open only to the people from the sections of ` town ' that support Ted Cruz . \nIn contrast , Trim , who directs a Pepperdine public engagement institute , said Cruz 's use of the \"town hall\" term struck her as \"valid within the common use of the term ` town hall ' in 21st century America .\" \nMark Jones , a Rice University political scientist , said Cruz 's claim fits a \"minimalist\" definition of town hall in that they involved the senator speaking to , and fielding questions from , constituents from all walks of life across the state . \nBut for a town hall \"maximalist ,\" Jones wrote , none of Cruz 's events would qualify as a town hall \"because they were held in largely controlled settings and were not open to the general public\" with the exception of the veterans gatherings open to people registering ahead of time . \nJohn Gastil , a Penn State University professor , said that while the \"town hall\" term has lost clarity of definition over the years , he thinks Cruz 's claim was made to affirm his availability to the public . \nCruz 's claim \"strikes me as dubious ,\" Gastil summed up .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-a975b2420798429585e1d3a4432f2946", "input": "Almost a third of Americans believe President Trump has kept his promise of repealing Obamacare according to a recent The Economist – YouGov poll.\nThirty-one percent of those surveyed said that Trump kept his campaign promise to repeal Obamacare 49 percent said he hasn't repealed Obamacare and 21 percent were unsure.\nMore Republicans 44 percent believe Trump has repealed Obamacare compared to just 27 percent of Democrats and 27 percent of independents.\nHowever about 40 percent of the Republicans surveyed do not believe Trump has repealed Obamacare along with 60 percent of Democrats and 45 percent of independents.\nIn a White House Cabinet meeting President Trump claimed that Obamacare was essentially repealed in the Republican tax plan which repealed Obamacare's individual mandate.\nHe said that “when the individual mandate is being repealed that means Obamacare is being repealed because they get their money from the individual mandate. \"\n“We have essentially repealed Obamacare and we will come up with something much better ” he concluded.\nAn Associated Press fact check found that while the repeal of the individual mandate was a “major change ” core parts of Obamacare remained in place and were still funded through means other than the individual mandate fines.\nThe efforts by Republicans in Congress to repeal Obamacare fell short in the Senate earlier this year after the House passed a repeal bill in May. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told NPR last week that the Senate will likely \"move on to other issues\" next year.", "output": [ "Obamacare" ] }, { "id": "task419-f82f84e1a0c847529465188eefadb664", "input": "Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke announced the promotion of Paul Daniel Smith on Wednesday.\nFrom 2004 to 2015 Smith was superintendent of Colonial National Historical Park.\n Smith had previously retired from the park service after 31 years until he was named its deputy director two weeks ago.\nIt was in his role as a special assistant to the park service director that he made headlines over a decade ago.\nA 2006 investigation by the Interior Department's inspector general found that Smith \"inappropriately used his position to apply pressure and circumvent NPS procedures\" on behalf of Dan Snyder the owner of the NFL's Washington Redskins. Snyder subsequently cut down more than 130 trees on federally protected land between his house and the C&O Canal.\nInvestigators could not corroborate Smith 's account of the events that led to the decision to allow the tree-cutting and said that he contradicted himself in separate interviews.\nThe U.S. attorney's office declined to prosecute Smith for providing false statements to investigators citing lack of prosecutorial merit according to the report.\n Smith defended his actions to The Washington Post in 2006. \"It was a legitimate request by a landowner who had a legitimate issue with the Park Service \" he said.", "output": [ "Paul Daniel Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-1ff23e39c50d4dccbed72d27c18725d0", "input": "Story highlights Winfrey made waves at the award ceremony with her speech Sunday night\nIn the past she has denied any interest in running for office\nWashington (CNN) Ivanka Trump praised Oprah Winfrey's speech at the Golden Globes in a tweet Monday night calling it \"empowering.\"\nThe White House senior adviser and daughter of President Donald Trump tweeted \"Just saw @Oprah's empowering & inspiring speech at last night's #GoldenGlobes. Let's all come together women & men & say #TIMESUP! #United\"\nWinfrey's speech had made waves at the Golden Globes on Sunday evening and fueled speculation that the influential media mogul could have her sights set on a possible 2020 presidential run -- challenging Ivanka Trump's father.", "output": [ "Ivanka Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e5b0438ccfd4efe8cc2a0e154be7091", "input": "Hellbound Glory's Leroy Virgil isn't afraid to explore the lows to which desperate people will sink. In fact it's kind of the Reno Nevada native's forte. As far as lows go robbing a strip club would seem to rank pretty high on the list and that's just what Virgil does in the new video for the band's grungy country rocker \"Hellbound Blues.\"\nRelated How a Yearlong Bender Shaped Hellbound Glory's New Album 'Pinball' No-bullshit singer-lyricist Leroy Virgil opens up about the implosion and rebirth of his scuzzy country-rock band\n\"Cocaine Kurt Cobain I've been blowing up my fucking brains \" goes the opening line of \"Hellbound Blues \" a line that proves prophetic in the video which was directed by Bob Wayne. Virgil and a female love interest show up to rob a strip club in the middle of the day and hit an unexpected jackpot upon emptying the cash registers: a small mountain of cocaine. The two celebrate by snorting the haul back at their place but the party quickly nosedives as Virgil 's partner overdoses and he commits suicide with the shotgun that he just used in the robbery. In typical Hellbound Glory fashion no grisly detail gets spared.\nThe video's lurid violent subject matter already seems to have angered some of the band's fans prompting a video response from Virgil . \"I understand. I get it. I feel you on that \" he says. \"I don't really like it that much either because I guess I just prefer comedy over drama but I think that Shooter [Jennings] and Bob [Wayne] both did a really good job on it making it and creating it.\"", "output": [ "Leroy Virgil" ] }, { "id": "task419-0be3a61beb6b4e23a9c95c1114e6d593", "input": "Director Tyler Perry's big-screen adaptation of \"For Colored Girls\" -- the landmark theatrical journey through several black women's lives -- opens to great anticipation this week. And some trepidation.\n A movie and television director and producer Perry is best known for his films about black women under duress most often featuring Madea a gun-toting auntie with lots of attitude portrayed by the filmmaker. His movies use camp and gallons of sweet tea to wash down some authentic truths.\n This month's issue of Essence the premier magazine for African-American women features the movie's cast. And \"For Colored Girls\" is populated by intriguing performers from Phylicia Rashad to Thandie Newton Janet Jackson to Whoopi Goldberg Kimberly Elise (Perry's breakout hit \"Diary of a Mad Black Woman\") to Tony winner Anika Noni Rose (\"Caroline or Change\").\n Still not everyone cheered when news broke that Perry would be taking on \"For Colored Girls.\"\n \"Literally I was like 'No. ... No! Don't do it ' \" says Ashara Ekundayo who hosted a special screening of the film for Denver audiences last week. \"I was 6 years old when this play came out. I remember the book was on my mother's nightstand. When I heard Tyler Perry was going to make a movie I thought that's like the holy grail. Why on Earth is anybody trying to make that into a movie? Let alone Tyler Perry? This is a genre unto itself that choreopoem.\"", "output": [ "Tyler Perry" ] }, { "id": "task419-3cd8e8454dbf4f98b0a6ca4f71fc6a96", "input": "PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - French drugmaker Sanofi has agreed to buy Belgian biotech company Ablynx for 3.9 billion euros ($4.8 billion) beating Novo Nordisk and marking its second big deal this month after buying Bioverativ.\nThe deal is a further sign of accelerating merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the global biotech sector and comes after Ablynx rejected a 2.6 billion euro offer from Denmark’s Novo Nordisk.\nSanofi said on Monday it would pay 45 euros per share in cash for Ablynx a premium of 21 percent over its closing price on Friday - and more than double the price before Novo went public with its initial bid.\nNovo Nordisk conceded defeat saying it did not intend to make a revised offer for Ablynx which is developing a prized experimental drug for a rare blood disorder.\nSanofi said Ablynx would boost long-term value for its shareholders while the takeover was expected to have a neutral impact on Sanofi’s business earnings per share (EPS) in 2018 and 2019.\nSanofi is already one of Ablynx ’s big pharma partners after striking a deal in July 2017 to find new treatments for inflammatory diseases.\nBy buying the company outright it will now get access to Ablynx ’s most promising asset the experimental drug caplacizumab for treating the rare bleeding disorder acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.\nSanofi will be able to use its existing infrastructure and the recently acquired platform from Bioverativ to help to commercialize caplacizumab. It will also benefit from some of the other drugs Ablynx is working on such as an infant anti-viral treatment that would not have fitted within Novo Nordisk.\nBerenberg analysts said Ablynx was a good fit but they estimated the deal would generate no more than a 4 percent return on invested capital assuming caplacizumab sales of around 400 million euros by 2023.\nThe Danish group has sat out previous rounds of M&A in the drugs sector to focus on its core diabetes business but it now needs to find new products for its struggling smaller biopharmaceutical unit where Ablynx would have been a good fit.\nMorgan Stanley and Lazard advised Sanofi on the deal while JP Morgan advised Ablynx.", "output": [ "Ablynx" ] }, { "id": "task419-b66fd0ca14464f429d364b7a4f676d80", "input": "Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testify about authorizations for the use of military force before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Oct. 30. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)\nSecretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis also told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that any attempt to place time limits or geographical constraints in a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force could cripple efforts to fight terrorists.\nLaws enacted in 2001 and 2002 gave the military the legal authority to fight international terrorism. Even though the United States is fighting groups that didn’t exist back then including the Islamic State the legal basis remains sound Mattis said. He urged Congress not to repeal existing law at least without a new authorization already in place.\n“The uncertainty accompanying that situation could only signal to our enemies and our friends that we are backing away from this fight ” he said. “It would stall our operations immediately reduce allied commitments and support and create significant opportunities for our enemies to seize the initiative.”", "output": [ "Jim Mattis" ] }, { "id": "task419-64a1b05348e64cdb9137efbf6a0286ec", "input": "Editor's note on Sept. 1: Some listeners and readers have asked why NPR pressed Red Cross operations and logistics executive Brad Kieserman about how much of the money his organization receives will actually be spent on helping those affected by Hurricane Harvey. NPR's questions were follow-ups to several years of reporting by NPR and ProPublica about shortcomings in the organization's disaster relief operations and misleading claims about its finances. NPR has asked several times in recent years to speak with Red Cross President and CEO Gail J. McGovern. Those requests have been turned down. Prior to this latest interview NPR asked again. The organization said McGovern was unavailable but did make Kieserman available.\nIn an interview with Morning Edition host Ailsa Chang Red Cross executive Brad Kieserman was asked about reports that the charity has unusually high administrative costs.\n\"We are committed I am committed my team is committed to using our resources and donor dollars in a way that best helps the people of Texas \" said Kieserman vice president of disaster operations and logistics.\n Kieserman said that as of Wednesday morning the Red Cross had spent $50 million on Harvey relief mainly on 232 shelters for 66 000 people.\nChang: Through donations how much of every dollar goes to relief? Kieserman : Yeah I don't think I know the answer to that any better than the chief fundraiser knows how many how much it costs to put a volunteer downrange for a week and how many emergency response vehicles I have on the road today. So I think if he was on this interview and you were asking how many relief vehicles in Texas I don't think he'd know the answer and I don't know the answer to the financial question I'm afraid.", "output": [ "Brad Kieserman" ] }, { "id": "task419-2a4ee73c2dd3468a836fbaba14dd419c", "input": "In an interview with BuzzFeed News Sunday Star Trek: Discovery and Broadway star Rapp — now 46 — claimed that Spacey made an unwanted sexual advance advance on him in 1986 when both actors were performing on different Broadway shows.\n Rapp alleged that Spacey then 26 invited him to his apartment for a party. When the party had concluded and the other guests had left Rapp claimed Spacey carried him on to his bed and climbed on top of him .\n“ He picked me up like a groom picks up the bride over the threshold. But I don’t like squirm away initially because I’m like ‘What’s going on?’ And then he lays down on top of me.”\n“ He was trying to seduce me ” Rapp continued. “I don’t know if I would have used that language. But I was aware that he was trying to get with me sexually.”\n Rapp also said that he has never told anyone about the experience but has grown increasingly resentful of Spacey’s success.\n“My stomach churns ” Rapp said. “I still to this day can’t wrap my head around so many aspects of it. It’s just deeply confusing to me.”", "output": [ "Rapp" ] }, { "id": "task419-3afdbffbd4764d50b4ddb00a18474812", "input": "making body — questions of war and peace life and death . But when world diplomats are building towards a weighty decision almost any diplomatic tactic seems fair game even sleight of hand . All the envoys in endless daily meetings in the vast glass - walled tower on Turtle Bay New York would say they are seeking consensus . But how then to ensure that the Council ’ s decision reflects their own national interest ? “ It plays out on a personal level . Without trust we ’ d get nowhere ” a diplomat told AFP speaking on condition of anonymity to explain the process . Within the past week for example the world body united to back an unlikely ceasefire in Syria ’ s endless war but failed to agree on censuring Iran . The United States wanted to single out Tehran for its alleged interference in the Yemen conflict but Russia stepped in and headed off the initiative . In each case the battle lines were almost the same with America and its allies opposing Russian and Iranian interventions in two regional wars . So why was the diplomatic outcome different ? “ In any negotiation the key is personal relationships ” the diplomat explained . Whatever the stark differences between the public positions of the rival member states in the UN building diplomats work together every day . Cautious friendships and friendly rivalries develop — along with occasional feuds — and personal power plays can decide matters of state . “ In private relationships are less tragic than they seem in public ” another diplomat admits . Washington ’ s ambassador former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is the only politician in a council staffed by veteran career diplomats . Last year she pulled off an impressive diplomatic coup when she brought China and Russia on board multiple times to secure unanimous support for North Korea sanctions . But on Monday Haley delegated the US seat to a colleague and was in Honduras when Russia moved in to halt efforts to condemn Iran . Sometimes a consensus is found through a savvy manipulation of procedure . Last year China balked at a resolution to condemn its neighbor Myanmar but allowed the chairman of the Security Council to issue a declaration or PRST . In theory a PRST ought to be no easier to agree upon than a resolution since any one of 15 council members can object to elements of the text . But diplomats had suggested the resolution first before falling back on the PRST allowing China to appear to have won a concession . As a diplomat recalled it ’ s important to allow an opponent and option to “ save face .” In long negotiations on fraught subjects like the slaughter in Syria the winning side is often the one that keeps its cool longest . – Constant dialogue – “ You need to respect the other side when it reveals the red lines it will not cross ” one negotiator told AFP while another said : “ It ’ s hard on the nerves .” However the talks go before a vote most ambassadors check with their national capitals before assenting abstaining or imposing a veto . Haley has the most personal freedom to maneuver being a member of President Donald Trump ’ s administration with cabinet rank . But she is also one of the more inexperienced envoys in a building that hosts constant dialogue in corridors conference rooms and text messages . Murmured conversations continue in the carpeted lobbies outside the Security Council chamber and even in the “ Quiet Room ” waiting area . One conference room is set aside for the veto - wielding Permanent Five : Britain China France Russia and the United States . Another hosts the ten non - permanent members . When a new issue comes up for discussion national experts meet to size up the diplomatic terrain . Then it is either the job of the “ coordinators ” from each mission to draw up the terms of the debate ; otherwise the ambassadors or their deputies take the reins . Specific roles are handed out . One country on a rolling basis is president of the council but each issue also has an influential “ penholder .” All members will eventually vote on each resolution but the draft is drawn up by the penholder . So for the war in Syria Kuwait and Sweden have taken the lead . For texts dealing with Yemen or Myanmar Britain has an outsized role . – Pivotal role – Sometimes if consensus proves elusive a country can switch or augment its role . In recent discussions about Syria for example France has become a “ facilitator ” and China has been invited to small group meetings . Haley who had been on a trip to Chicago did not take part in the discussions until the last minute diplomats say . Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia meanwhile told AFP he had thanked France ’ s Francois Delattre by text message for taking a pivotal role in the ceasefire . Finally theatrical gestures sometimes pay off . On February 22 all 10 ambassadors from non - permanent members appeared together in front of the press to exhibit their joint concern at Russia ’ s stalling . Two days later the world was wondering whether Russia would agree to the Syrian truce . UN television cameras suddenly jumped to Haley and Delattre arriving together apparently complicit in the Security Council chamber . “ We were within inches of failure ” a diplomat said adding it was a “ rare gesture ” to tempt fate and put pressure on Russia to vote . The other members assembled and voted .", "output": [ "Nikki Haley" ] }, { "id": "task419-263845a71df741598812ca7ec84e61ac", "input": "In this case fortunately an angry entrepreneur came to the rescue. Jeremy Kauffman hates to see valuable things disappear so right before Berkeley deleted its website Kauffman copied the videos and posted them on his website called LBRY (as in Library).\n He says the Berkeley videos are just the start of what LBRY has planned. He wants the site to be YouTube -- but without the content restrictions.\n\"LBRY is designed to be much more decentralized much more controlled by users\" and \"absolutely freer \" Kauffman explains in a video I posted this week.\n He acknowledges that with no censorship his invention may end up hosting videos of bad things -- beheadings child porn who knows what else. But he argues that if he creates a system with censorship \"it allows us to keep the bad stuff out which is great but it also allows dictatorial regimes to keep content off. Do we want to make videos available to the people in Turkey Iran and China? We say yes.\"\nLBRY will let users flag videos depicting illegal actions. Those videos may no longer be shown on LBRY. However other websites can show the illegal content using LBRY's technology and Kauffman can't stop that.\n Kauffman says he won't remove the Berkeley videos from his site even if he 's sued because there aren't captions for deaf people.\n\"Is that a reason that content shouldn't be available to everyone?\" asks Kauffman .\nThank goodness for the internet and for people like Kauffman someone willing to spend his own money to keep information free.", "output": [ "Jeremy Kauffman" ] }, { "id": "task419-31c678a950eb48d5b8e6ba6c333e8e1b", "input": "Attorney General Jeff Sessions directed senior federal prosecutors to evaluate “certain issues” requested by congressional Republicans involving the sale of Uranium One and alleged unlawful dealings related to the Clinton Foundation leaving the door open for an appointment of another special counsel.\nThe letter specifically mentioned allegations related to the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email probe including allegations that DOJ and FBI “policies or procedures” were “not followed in connection with or in actions leading up to or related to” then-FBI Director James Comey’s public announcement to close the Clinton email “matter” on July 5 2016 or the letter he sent lawmakers on October 28 2016 about newly discovered Clinton emails and that those “investigative decisions were based on improper considerations.”\nWhile the Justice Department did not confirm or deny an ongoing investigation into Clinton matters administration officials pointed Fox News to the attorney general’s testimony at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in January raising questions over whether he would recuse himself from this investigation.\n“With regard to Secretary Clinton and some of the comments I made I do believe that that could place my objectivity in question ” Sessions said in response to committee Chairman Chuck Grassley’s R-Iowa asking whether he could approach a Clinton investigation “impartially.” Sessions added at the time “I believe the proper thing for me to do would be to recuse myself from any questions involving those kind of investigations that involve Secretary Clinton and that were raised during the campaign or to be otherwise connected to it.”", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-63fd0e3acd9d4ef08675f92a1579dd7f", "input": "VANCOUVER British Columbia (AP) — Sven Baertschi fired in a picture-perfect shot under pressure.\nThe Swiss forward scored 1:07 into overtime Tuesday night ripping his 11th goal of the season shortside over Jonathan Bernier's glove to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche.\n\"I didn't know I had that in my bag to be honest \" Baertschi said. \"In overtime it can go both ways. But I thought we really deserved it tonight.\"\n Baertschi saluted the crowd in celebration a tribute to the military personnel in attendance on a night when the Canucks honored members of the Canadian Forces.\n\"Half the time you almost faint after you score it feels like \" he said. \"That's the first thing that popped in my head.\"\nVancouver Canucks left wing Sven Baertschi center celebrates his overtime goal against the Colorado Avalanche during an NHL hockey game Tuesday Jan. 30 2018 in Vancouver British Columbia. The Canucks won 4-3. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)\n Vancouver Canucks' Sven Baertschi left begins to celebrates his overtime goal against Vancouver Canucks goalie Jonathan Bernier next to Avalanche left wing J.T. Compher (37) in an NHL hockey game Tuesday Jan. 30 2018 in Vancouver British Columbia. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)\nVancouver Canucks left wing Sven Baertschi right celebrates his overtime goal against the Colorado Avalanche with teammate Christopher Tanev (8) during an NHL hockey game Tuesday Jan. 30 2018 in Vancouver British Columbia. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)", "output": [ "Sven Baertschi" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b18df383c094236883c8e03d3c03e61", "input": "Jocelyne Larocque wanted no part of the silver medal following Canadaâs 3-2 shootout loss to the U.S. in the womenâs hockey final Thursday. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)\n Canadian women's hockey player Jocelyne Larocque pulled the silver medal off her neck just seconds after it was given to her following Canada's 3-2 loss to Team USA in the gold medal game.\nWhile the 22 other members of the team stood shocked with tears in their eyes Larocque held the medal in her hand throughout the medal ceremony.\n Larocque spoke to CBC about taking the silver medal off following the loss.\n Canada's Jocelyne Larocque took off her silver medal immediately after receiving it . #WinterOlympics [Link] pic.twitter.com/CcjiKOd58W â NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 22 2018\n\"It's just hard \" Larocque said. \"We're going for gold and I'm proud of this whole team but we were chasing that gold medal and ... yeah.\"\nMany on Twitter called out the player for her actions suggested it showed poor sportsmanship.\nSo Jocelyne Larocque Of The Canadian female Olympic hockey team is a #PoorSport! You taking off your silver metal as soon as they put it on you is really good for the kids that look up to you . You should be showing them good sportsmanship!!! #USA #Gold â Jon J. (Yawn) (@NintendoLocoFan) February 22 2018\n@HC_Women very disappointed in Jocelyne Larocque âs display of incredibly un-Canadian sportsmanship and being a poor loser. Taking off her medal immediately after being presented with it. â LeslieAnneO (@LeslieAnneOsh) February 22 2018", "output": [ "Jocelyne Larocque" ] }, { "id": "task419-fcfd1bf20d1f407695fca41e895374a1", "input": "Last year Dr. Kelly Greene intensive care director at Littleton Adventist Hospital began studying delirium in her patients. She found that patients on a ventilator -- who are typically sedated -- suffered an 80 percent rate of delirium.\n Non-ventilated patients suffered delirium at a rate of 25 percent to 30 percent. Those patients with symptoms of delirium typically stayed in intensive care twice as long as more cognizant patients. They also suffered after their hospital stay with something not unlike post-traumatic stress disorder Greene said.\n \"It's a pretty traumatic experience for many folks who go through the ICU \" Greene said.\n And the mental trauma can be easy to miss. Sometimes Greene said her patients seem perfectly content even dozing through heavy sedation and pain management. Inside their head is a different case.\n \"At first glance they'd be sitting in the ICU fine with no issues. They'd come back and tell us two days later 'I thought I was being kidnapped.' Or 'I saw spiders on the wall.' Or 'I thought I was on a cruise ship ' \" Greene said.\n Since the Littleton Adventist study ended three months ago Greene is leading a systemwide change that includes a delirium assessment as part of routine care for intensive care patients in Centura Health Colorado's largest network of hospitals.", "output": [ "Kelly Greene" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb5c8b85057e4627b659da5ec17c07d3", "input": "FBI Director Christopher Wray crafted the bridge story to show why his agents shouldn't have to get a warrant before querying foreign intelligence information legally gathered overseas. The FBI's use of foreign intelligence is at the heart of the debate over the future of the 2008 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act including the controversial Section 702. The law is set to expire Dec. 31.\n\"Let's say you find out that this person photographing the Key Bridge has been communicating with a known Islamic State recruiter which is the kind of information that's in the 702 database \" Wray said at a recent forum on the subject. The FBI agent Wray said is \"not going to be able to get a warrant just based on that to search the database.\"\n\"The idea of blinding the agent — putting some restriction on his ability to see information that we already constitutionally have sitting in our own data bases — the irony of that is tragic to me \" Wray said.\n Wray said tips are flooding into the FBI by the thousands. It's at this initial stage — where leads are sifted and prioritized — when foreign intelligence helps connect dots and spot possible national security threats he said.", "output": [ "Christopher Wray" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc536323c6ae4fcca397df82e390b184", "input": "DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz told House Judiciary Democrats in a letter on Friday that the department did not consult his office before releasing text messages that are currently under OIG investigation to Congress and the press.\nIt is still unclear who authorized the decision if not Horowitz .\nThe Justice Department's inspector general Michael Horowitz told the House Judiciary Committee on Friday that his office (OIG) was not consulted before private text messages that are currently under OIG investigation were shared with members of the media on Tuesday.\n Horowitz told the committee — which had asked him in a previous letter whether the DOJ consulted his office before releasing the texts — that he testified in November that the OIG \"had no objection to the department providing to Congress pre-existing Department records in its custody in response to a Congressional oversight request.\"\n He said he noted at the time \"that the Department would need to determine whether there were any restrictions such as those affecting grand-jury information that limited its ability to produce certain records to Congress.\n\"I conveyed this position to the Department as well \" Horowitz said. \"The Department did not consult with the OIG in order to determine whether releasing the text messages met applicable ethical and legal standards before providing them to Congress.\"\nIn short Horowitz wrote the DOJ \"did not consult with the OIG before sharing the text messages with the press.\"\n\"IG had no objection to release to Congress. We then consulted senior career legal/ethics experts to determine there were no issues w releasing texts to either Congress or press \" Flores wrote. The OIG released another statement on Friday night that echoed the points Horowitz made in his letter.\nBut it is still unclear who authorized the decision if not Horowitz .\nRead Horowitz 's letter below:", "output": [ "Michael Horowitz" ] }, { "id": "task419-ee631d4787614d79a00d68672266b2d5", "input": "CNN conservative contributor Ana Navarro tweeted on Tuesday night “Roy Moore lost. Steve Bannon lost. Donald Trump lost. Pedophilia lost. Bigotry lost. Homophobia lost. Racism lost. Doug Jones won. Mitch McConnell won. African-Americans won. Women won. Victims won. Justice won. Morality won. Values won. Sanity won. Decency won. America won.”\n Steve Bannon lost.\nThe Mitch McConnell-aligned Senate Leadership Fund cheered Moore’s loss in a statement saying “This is a brutal reminder that candidate quality matters regardless of where you are running. Not only did Steve Bannon cost us a critical Senate seat in one of the most Republican states in the country but he also dragged the President of the United States into his fiasco.”\nNever-Trump Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) daughter Meghan McCain said “Suck it Bannon .”\nRepublican pollster Frank Luntz said “ Steve Bannon wanted to destroy the @GOP Senate majority. Tonight he got his wish. The civil war is far from over…”\nAlex Conant former communications director for Marco Rubio explained on Tuesday “Umm McConnell did everything in his power to stop this debacle. Meanwhile Trump & Bannon opportunistically condoned it.”\nNever-Trump GOP media consultant Rick Wilson tweeted “ Steve Bannon is a cancer. Good people in Alabama were the first dose of chemo.”\n Steve Bannon is a cancer. Good people in Alabama were the first dose of chemo. — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 13 2017\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s former Chief of Staff Josh Holmes tweeted on Tuesday “Before we get the results I’d just like to thank Steve Bannon for showing us how to lose the reddest state in the union and Governor Ivey for the opportunity to make this national embarrassment a reality.”", "output": [ "Steve Bannon Steve", "Steve" ] }, { "id": "task419-8f1d27fc857b42f7897eaa1ba365dc7e", "input": "Dr. Anna Konopka told Merrimack Superior Court Judge John Kissinger on Friday that her inability to practice is putting her patients at risk because they are having a hard time finding another physician and fill their prescriptions.\nBut Assistant Attorney General Lyn Cusack says Konopka 's request should be denied arguing the doctor has been given plenty of time to close her practice and help patients find other doctors. If she wants to get her license back Cusack says Konopka could file for reconsideration with the Board of Medicine.\nKissinger says he will take Konopka 's request under advisement.\n Dr. Anna Konopka voluntary gave up her license in October after the state Board of Medicine challenged her record keeping drug prescribing practices and medical decision making. Part of the problem is that the New London doctor doesn't use a computer and therefore doesn't participate in the state's mandatory drug monitoring program.\n Konopka has been granted an emergency court hearing on Friday to try to convince a judge that she deserves to get her license back. Though she insists her paper record keeping system works fine she says she would be willing to learn to use a computer.", "output": [ "Anna Konopka" ] }, { "id": "task419-775c08731f2e41cf8a8c75e4b47d2440", "input": "On a whim Michael Simon sprinted off to Hungary after finishing business school in St. Louis. Twenty years later he has carved out an unusual niche as perhaps Hungary's most successful software entrepreneur.\n Simon's latest creation to bubble out of Budapest is LogMeIn a 400-worker outfit that makes software that allows one computing device to take control of another. Using this technology a person can tap into a home or office PC while on the road with a laptop. Customer support technicians also use LogMeIn's products to take control of people's machines and fix their PC problems.\n Simon's Hungarian tale started in 1992 after he finished business school at Washington University. While pursuing an internship an opportunity popped up in Budapest.\n \"I bought the Lonely Planet guide to Eastern Europe on a shoestring \" Simon recalled. \"It described Budapest as the Paris of Eastern Europe and I thought 'That sounds good.\"'\n In Budapest Simon discovered a wealth of smart engineers fresh out of school and hungry for opportunities -- for relatively modest wages.\n He ended up running a software firm that contracted with companies outsourcing their engineering work. Then in 1995 he founded Uproar a software company that built Web versions of games like Family Feud and bingo.\n Simon kept in touch with the engineering team that had managed to make the most of limited computing power and turned to them again when Marton Anka a Hungarian software engineer approached him with the remote access software he had been selling out of his apartment.\n A closely held piece of technology nicknamed Gravity lets the company handle all these connections at a lower cost than other companies can Simon said.\n \"You can think of Gravity as sort of a connectomatic \" he said. \"We can serve hundreds of millions of devices from an extraordinarily small number of computers.\"", "output": [ "Michael Simon" ] }, { "id": "task419-fb72456ff67b450ca5e2121085c682da", "input": "Gov. Bruce Rauner on Monday vetoed a bill that was designed to clear the way for a major overhaul of how the state distributes dollars to public schools saying issues remain that would prevent about three dozen private schools from participating in a new scholarship program.\n Rauner used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite the measure which sponsors said was requested by the Illinois State Board of Education so officials could move forward on a new school funding formula that would prioritize poor and needy schools.\nWhile Rauner has listed the new funding formula as one of his top achievements as he seeks re-election the Republican governor said Monday that lawmakers failed to address a technicality that would prevent at least 36 Catholic and independent schools from benefiting from a new scholarship program he’s pushed.\n“Inclusivity was the spirit of this legislation to begin with and we simply must ensure that we follow through with the appropriate language to get the job done ” Rauner said in a statement.\nHowever supporters of the funding formula rewrite say Rauner’s veto could mean struggling schools left waiting on an influx of state dollars will have to wait even longer as legislators weigh the governor’s changes. Lawmakers can vote to accept the changes reject them with an override or choose not to take them up at all in which case the legislation would die.\n“Not a single penny of the new money has been spent on school districts to date ” said Sen. Andy Manar a Democrat from Bunker Hill in central Illinois who sponsored the funding changes. “Because of this veto they are going to continue to wait for the very thing Bruce Rauner is taking credit for on television — equitable school funding.”\n Rauner spokeswoman Rachel Bold said it was “unfair” for critics to say the amendatory veto would delay implementation of the new funding formula saying the board of eduction “continues to work on the new funding formula” and money is “still several months from being sent out.”\nAn education board spokeswoman declined to comment saying the agency is “evaluating the impact” of the governor’s proposed changes.\n Rauner’s issue centers on language that would require nonpublic schools to be “recognized” by the board of education to participate in the tax program. He says that eligibility should be expanded to schools that are “registered” with the board.\nThough Rauner eventually embraced the new school funding formula last summer he initially vetoed the proposal saying it amounted to a “bailout” for Chicago Public Schools. While CPS still got a major cash infusion with Rauner’s signature on the funding rewrite the governor also claimed a win with the tax credit program which he said would give families more choices in picking schools.\nLt. Gov. Sanguinetti sticks with Gov. Rauner despite disagreements »\n Rauner spends night in Quincy veterans home plagued by deadly water problems »\n Rauner lays out how second term will be different blames Emanuel for first-term failures »", "output": [ "Rauner" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac491ca3fc2948bcadd66ddc1c658347", "input": "FILE PHOTO : Pound coins are seen in this photo illustration taken in Manchester Britain September 6 2017 . REUTERS / Phil Noble / Illustration LONDON ( Reuters ) - Britain ’ s pound climbed almost a cent against a weakening dollar on Thursday after Britain ’ s Brexit secretary said “ considerable progress ” had been made in talks and the EU ’ s chief negotiator praised a “ new dynamic ” from the prime minister . Sterling had earlier been trading down on the day dipping to as low as $ 1 . 3344 after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said the bank could not by itself nullify the negative effects of Britain leaving the European Union on the economy . But it turned higher as the dollar weakened and after Barnier said the two sides in the Brexit negotiations - Britain and the European Union - had “ had a constructive week ” though despite progress they were “ not there yet ”. Barnier said further work was needed in the coming weeks and months but he praised a “ new dynamic ” created by concessions made last week by Prime Minister Theresa May in a speech in Florence Italy . Sterling strengthened to as much as $ 1 . 3456 GBP = D3 up over half a percent on the day . “ He ( Barnier ) is suggesting that they ’ re making more progress now and that there ’ s positive signs in the negotiations this week ” said MUFG currency economist Lee Hardman . “ That backs up the view that if this continues there ’ s potentially some scope for EU leaders to grant some concessions to the UK .” “ If they were to allow the UK to start talking about a transitional deal alongside the divorce talks that to us is a potentially significant positive for the pound ” he added . Barnier ’ s British counterpart Brexit Secretary David Davis said they had made “ considerable progress ” in four days of talks in Brussels and repeated his eagerness to move on to discuss what happens after Brexit in March 2019 . “ Sterling ( is rallying ) on the ‘ considerable progress ’ comments regarding Brexit talks ” said Mizuho ’ s head of hedge fund FX sales Neil Jones . Having earlier dipped against the euro sterling turned slightly higher on the day to 87 . 60 pence versus the single currency EURGBP = D3 close to a 10 - week high . Strong UK retail sales numbers on Wednesday bolstered expectations of a BoE rate hike in November - a view that lifted the pound above $ 1 . 3650 to its highest since the Brexit vote earlier this month . “ We stay of the view that the BoE is on track with tightening monetary policy as part of the November meeting ” wrote Credit Agricole strategists in a note to clients . “ This in turn suggests that there is room of rising central bank rate expectations to the benefit of the pound .”", "output": [ "Barnier" ] }, { "id": "task419-2bd44198c4d0404cafe706fdfba661a6", "input": "Eva Longoria kept bringing her red-carpet interview back to sexism in the workplace. And before Ryan Seacrest could wrap up their conversation on E! the actress had one more thing to say:\n“We support gender equity and equal pay and we hope E! follows the lead with Catt ” Longoria said.\n Longoria was talking about former E! anchor Catt Sadler who quit the network last month when she said she found out she made half of what her male co-anchor earned. “We stand with you Catt ” Longoria said on-air while flanked by Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman.\nWith Longoria Seacrest responded simply “I love Catt. We love her.”", "output": [ "Eva Longoria" ] }, { "id": "task419-b8400078c4a54edd91085a9f3109b457", "input": "North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer has reversed course and will challenge Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp finally giving Republicans a top recruit in a state that President Trump won by more than 30 points and making it a prime pickup opportunity for the GOP in 2018.\nOn Facebook Cramer posted he will be announcing his Senate candidacy on Friday in Bismarck.\n Cramer had initially said last month he wouldn't be challenging Heitkamp leaving Republicans without a top-tier candidate against what should be one of Democrats' most vulnerable incumbents this year serving in a consistently red state. The White House even reached out to Cramer to woo him to jump into the contest but initially he elected instead to remain in his safe House seat.\nBut in recent days he began to waver on that initial decision. \"There's certainly a growing snowball of encouragement coming out of the state \" Cramer told reporters at the Capitol on Tuesday according to CNN.\nFormer state party chairman Gary Emineth announced earlier this week he was dropping out of the Senate primary in anticipation that Cramer was going to run. The Atlantic also reported that if Cramer did run for Senate state Sen. Tom Campbell the other major candidate in the race was likely to run for Cramer 's open House seat instead clearing the primary field for the congressman.\n His change of heart is a bright spot for Senate Republicans who have struggled to find top recruits in other states as well despite being blessed with a very favorable 2018 map where 10 Democrats are up for re-election in states that Trump won. Republicans hold just a narrow 51-49 Senate majority and they have two vulnerable seats they're defending in Nevada and Arizona.", "output": [ "Kevin Cramer" ] }, { "id": "task419-6299626111e74ade93699a5a958d68eb", "input": "On Thursday morning President Trump made a remarkable statement: The government couldnât keep federal disaster relief efforts running in Puerto Rico forever. There would need to be some limit he hinted in a string of tweets tied to a dollar amount set by Congress.\nThe impression left by the tweets was that Trumpâs patience with the disaster in Puerto Rico had run out that it was time to start winding things down and to let the island fend for itself. Contrast that with his assertion to Texas and Louisiana after Hurricane Harvey struck in September.\nTexas & Louisiana: We are w/ you today we are w/ you tomorrow & we will be w/ you EVERY SINGLE DAY AFTER to restore recover & REBUILD! pic.twitter.com/YQb82K2VSB â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30 2017\nThat contrast is not new. Trump downplayed the looming disaster in Puerto Rico from the outset.\nBefore Harvey threatened the Gulf Coast and Hurricane Irma hit Florida Trump was providing constant updates on their approach and immediate aftermath on Twitter marveling at the stormsâ destructive power and offering praise for those responding to the storm. He spent his weekends at the White House and Camp David helping to coordinate operations.\nBefore Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico Trump tweeted twice.\n He spent the weekend it hit at his club in Bedminster N.J. â and the following weekend there too. Last weekend he was at the White House â save for several trips to his golf course in Virginia.\nAs criticism of Trumpâs handling of Maria started to mount Trumpâs first response was a string of tweets in which he criticized the islandâs âmassive debt.â He began to turn his attention to the crisis on the island scheduling a day-long visit and praising the work of federal employees who were already on the ground.\nBut everything was tinged with defensiveness. He repeatedly reminded people that Puerto Rico was harder to get to than Texas. Praise for first responders was levied with critiques of the âfake newsâ for also covering the numerous problems Puerto Ricans faced.\nFake News CNN and NBC are going out of their way to disparage our great First Responders as a way to \"get Trump.\" Not fair to FR or effort! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30 2017\nDespite the Fake News Media in conjunction with the Dems an amazing job is being done in Puerto Rico. Great people! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30 2017\n Insistences that things were going well sat next to insults aimed at a politician who had been critical of Trump for the lack of resources in her city.\nThe Mayor of San Juan who was very complimentary only a few days ago has now been told by the Democrats that you must be nasty to Trump . â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30 2017\n â¦Such poor leadership ability by the Mayor of San Juan and others in Puerto Rico who are not able to get their workers to help. Theyâ¦. â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30 2017\n Note the comment about Puerto Rican workers in that last tweet. Over the weekend Trump tweeted a video showing all the hard work that federal workers were doing.\nNobody could have done what Iâve done for #PuertoRico with so little appreciation. So much work! pic.twitter.com/k2jAkIpfjI â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8 2017", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-5816cf32658c486b9e983cda048a3bcd", "input": "A post shared by Johnny Iuzzini ® (@johnnyiuzzini) on Sep 24 2017 at 6:11pm PDT\nCelebrity chef Johnny Iuzzini currently a judge on “The Great American Baking Show ” says he’s “shattered and heartbroken” over recent accusations of sexual misconduct by four of his former employees.\nThe first woman a pastry chef told Mic she resigned after two years of employment at Jean-Georges during which time Iuzzini would sneak up beside her and put his tongue in her ear — a tactic he repeated “three or four times.” She also said he would touch the employees’ rear ends with kitchen utensils or long vegetables.\nA second pastry chef claims Iuzzini once ran up behind her and simulated a sex act on her. “He didn’t actually grind up on my butt but his hands were on my hips ” she told Mic. “He did it for five seconds and ran out.” At the time the chef says she didn’t think she should report the behavior lest it ruin her career.\nTwo externs who were unpaid also reported inappropriate behavior on Iuzzini ’s part including his frequent requests for shoulder rubs his penchant for crude humor and the time he showed one of them a photo of a woman’s genitals.\nOne extern also says she engaged in a three-month sexual relationship with Iuzzini when she was 19 which began the day before she interviewed for her extern position. According to her statement to Mic she remembers it being hard to refuse his advances. “If one person has all the power it’s not really consent ” she said.\nTwo of the women who spoke to Mic believed that the management of Jean-Georges may have learned about Iuzzuni’s behavior shortly before Iuzzini left in 2011. Iuzzini however wrote that he “maintains a good relationship” with his mentor Jean-Georges Vongerichten and gave three months’ notice of his departure.\n Iuzzini also denied that he suffered from a substance abuse problem or that he angrily assaulted an employee with a nitrogen canister — accusations leveled against him by an extern and the pastry chefs respectively — but he said he “takes responsibility if any of the members of my team felt uncomfortable ” even if their accusations are “inaccurate.”\nNevertheless he also offered an explanation for any mistakes he was “complicit in.”", "output": [ "Johnny Iuzzini" ] }, { "id": "task419-3882d17dce484d968d8531b222a33068", "input": "The Justice Department is reviving investigations involving Hillary Clinton’s emails and the degree to which the State Department during Mrs. Clinton’s tenure as secretary was put in the service of the Clinton Foundation. Good. Indeed it is long overdue. It underscores a point we’ve tried to make repeatedly here: You don’t need a special counsel for this kind of thing; such investigations are what we have a Justice Department full of career prosecutors for. The perverse institution of the independent prosecutor should be shunned whenever possible — and its jurisdiction tightly confined in the rare necessary case.\nObama’s first point led to one of the great head-fakes in modern law-enforcement history — one that reverberates to this day. Using his bully pulpit the president framed the Clinton case as one of negligence. The portrayal stuck: Incessantly the Justice Department the media and eventually James Comey then-director of the FBI addressed the case in terms of Mrs. Clinton’s purported carelessness — a hardworking public official’s regrettable but forgivable inattention to detail.\nEven now critics of Clinton and the FBI are in a lather over reports that as Comey’s team drafted his remarks exonerating Clinton (notwithstanding that key witnesses including Clinton herself had not been interviewed) agent Peter Strzok changed the term “grossly negligent” to “extremely careless.” Substantively these terms are indistinguishable. The emendation is said to be critical though because the statute applicable to Clinton ’s conduct criminalizes “gross negligence.” If Comey had said the words “grossly negligent ” so the story goes it would be the equivalent of pronouncing Clinton guilty.\nThis was a straightforward case of criminal intent. Negligence was the fallback position — for a prosecutor an “even if” theory as in: “Even if you’re not convinced by our overwhelming evidence of Clinton ’s willfully illegal retention and transmission of classified information you can still comfortably find her guilty if you conclude that she was grossly negligent — which as the judge will tell you in his instructions simply means ‘extremely careless.’”\nMrs. Clinton’s criminal intent was so clear that its obfuscation also required Obama’s second point: Mrs. Clinton’s lack of intent to imperil the United States. Director Comey hammered his boss’s legerdemain again and again. And why not? After all it was true — Clinton unquestionably had no desire to endanger our country. It’s always good to go with the truth . . . especially if you have the luxury of a Democrat-smitten media that won’t ask whether the truth you’ve highlighted is relevant to the matter under investigation.\nSecond you may be saying to yourself: “But ‘intent to harm the United States’ is significant so it should be part of a classified-information offense.” That’s right and that’s why it is a part of a classified-information offense — it just happens not to be the offense we’re talking about in Mrs. Clinton ’s case.\nIf an official illegally transmits classified information “with an intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States ” then that official commits the more serious felony offense prescribed at the top of the Espionage Act’s scale — subsection (a). If someone had suggested charging Mrs. Clinton with this treasonous offense then she President Obama and Director Comey would have been quite right to stress that she had no such intent. But no one suggested that. Rather it was urged that she had transmitted classified information on purpose but not with intent to do the country harm. That is less heinous than the treasonous offense. But it is still egregious. It is a crime that puts the lives of intelligence sources and the effectiveness of life-saving intelligence operations at risk.\nThat Clinton did not intend that any harm come to the United States does not make her innocent of willfully transmitting classified information to unauthorized persons or places.\nMoreover it is a black-letter principle that a person’s innocence of Crime A is inadmissible to prove that the person has not committed Crime B. For example the fact that I have not personally sold drugs has no bearing on whether I laundered drug money. And the fact that Mrs. Clinton did not intend that any harm come to the United States does not make her innocent of willfully transmitting classified information to unauthorized persons or places or of retaining it when she left the government and when the State Department finally requested that she surrender the government records in her possession.\nRegardless of whether my motive theory is sound however the evidence that Clinton willfully mishandled classified information is mountainous.\nBefore she was ever secretary of state Clinton lived and worked in a White House where classified-information protocols were observed. She had to apply these protocols for years as a senator whose committee assignments were intelligence-intensive. Before becoming secretary of state she was indoctrinated in the handling of classified information and signed documentation attesting that she had read and understood the relevant executive orders about intelligence classification and handling.\n Clinton well understood that the position of secretary of state involved immersion in classified information. She wrote in her memoir about the extraordinary steps she was required to take to safeguard classified information. Given the nature of her responsibilities for foreign relations and national security her decision to conduct all her government business on a private server system made it inevitable that classified information would be transmitted in and stored on the private system. There is no possibility that she did not know this. The private system she set up was in violation of government and State Department regulations. Her loyal staff fought efforts to bring her into the government email system – even though she forced the resignation of an ambassador over among other things his conducting of government business over an unauthorized private email system.\nWhen the request was made that Clinton surrender her emails to the State Department she turned them over to her own lawyers and subordinates who did not have the security clearances required for access to the information. She destroyed tens of thousands of emails even though they were under subpoena so that they could not be reviewed by the State Department or the FBI. Of the 30 000 she deigned to surrender to the State Department over 2 000 contained classified information some of it among the nation’s most highly classified national-defense secrets. And she serially lied in her public statements about her emails in congressional testimony (in which she brazenly claimed to have turned over all work-related email to the State Department and that her lawyers had carefully reviewed every email before designating which should be surrendered and which withheld) and in her FBI interview (in which she pretended not to know what the ubiquitous “[C]” designation — for confidential — in classified documents meant).\nAny prosecutor who understood there was no need to prove intent to harm the United States would be delighted to take that case to the jury — especially once the prosecutor realized he’d get to tell the jury: “Even if you suspend disbelief and buy the defense argument that she didn’t mean to horde and transmit classified information you must still find her guilty if you conclude she was grossly negligent — as in ‘extremely careless’.”", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-c94a161280d24a8690991ca0a57d983e", "input": "Tensions escalated Wednesday over the arrest of Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka with violent clashes outside the Supreme Court where his wife petitioned for his immediate release.\n Opposition parties who backed Fonseka in his failed challenge to President Mahinda Rajapakse in January elections also demanded his release and said they feared for his safety in military custody.\n Fonseka was arrested by troops at his office in Colombo on Monday night and according to the defence ministry will be court-martialled on charges of conspiring against the government.\n Anti-riot police used tear gas and water cannon Wednesday to break up a clash between thousands of Fonseka supporters and ruling party activists outside the capital's Superior Courts complex.\n As order was restored Fonseka's wife arrived to file a petition for her husband's release. Supreme Court officials said a hearing had been fixed for Friday.\n Opposition lawmaker Karu Jayasuriya said the combined opposition was seeking the support of the influential Buddhist clergy in pressuring the government to free Fonseka and curb a crackdown on dissidents and rival politicians.\n \"We are speaking to all religious leaders and will have a series of religious events to seek the release of General Fonseka from custody and ensure more democratic freedoms \" Jayasuriya said.\n Sri Lanka's former peace facilitator Norway joined the United Nations France and the United States in expressing concern over Fonseka's arrest saying it risked impeding progress towards \"lasting political stability\".\n Earlier this month Rajapakse sacked a dozen senior military officers in an unprecedented purge. The defence ministry said the officers were a threat to national security. Party workers from Fonseka's office were also arrested.\n The Sri Lankan government is also concerned about Fonseka's apparent willingness to testify at any probe into alleged war crimes committed by Sri Lankan troops last year in the final stages of the conflict with Tiger rebels.\n \"I am not prepared to protect anyone if they have committed war crimes \" Fonseka said before his arrest.", "output": [ "Sarath Fonseka" ] }, { "id": "task419-6c54b45d64e7467cb05f4ce1fcaed0d2", "input": "The demonstrations outside a federal building in Manhattan were over the detention of Ravi Ragbir (RAH'-vee RAHG'-beer) a citizen of Trinidad who has been fighting deportation after a fraud conviction.\nHis lawyer Alina Das says Ragbir was handcuffed Thursday during a scheduled check-in with immigration officials.\nA protester holds a sign demanding the release of detained Ravi Ragbir a prominent immigration activist Thursday Jan. 11 2017 in New York. New York City police have arrested 18 people including two councilmen in protests over the detention of the activist. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)\nPolice arrested demonstrators who sat in the street and blocked an ambulance thinking Ragbir was inside. City Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Jumanne Williams both Democrats were among those arrested.\nDemonstrators arrested protesting the detention of detained Ravi Ragbir a prominent immigration activist Thursday Jan. 11 2017 in New York. New York City police have arrested more than a dozen people including two councilmen in protests over the detention of the activist. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)", "output": [ "Ravi Ragbir" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca7fabf5ebdf409996b8184a74f0d325", "input": "Gov. Bruce Rauner doesn't plan to hold any public events Friday a day after he angered conservatives by signing a controversial abortion measure into law at an unorthodox afternoon news conference.\nEarlier Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case originally brought by Rauner that challenges whether government employee unions should be allowed to collect fees from nonmembers.\nEven though the high court hasn't ruled getting a hearing was a victory for the governor on an initiative dating to the early weeks of his term. An energetic Rauner touted it at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon saying a court win would be “transformative for the state of Illinois transformative for America.” Such a win in a case of national interest likely would have been the big Illinois politics story of the day.\nDemocrats put the bill on his desk Monday so Rauner had about 56 days left to act on it. Still he made courtesy calls Thursday including one to Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and went on to sign the bill.\n Rauner 's tone at that afternoon event was more somber than his earlier victorious comments about the Supreme Court. He said he signed the abortion bill because he has has “to be consistent with my values.\"\n* Rauner signs controversial bill that provides for taxpayer funding of abortions.\n*Cupich: Rauner broke his promise by signing abortion bill.\n*U.S. Supreme Court to take up union fee case first sparked by Rauner .", "output": [ "Topspin Rauner", "Rauner" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a46aac955384cecbb4b3e3c374d389b", "input": "SEOUL South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday that the United States should be aware that his country's nuclear forces are now a reality not a threat. But he also struck a conciliatory tone in his New Year's address wishing success for the Winter Olympics set to begin in South Korea in February and suggesting the North may send a delegation to participate.\n Kim wearing a Western-style gray suit and tie said in his customary annual address that his country had achieved the historic feat of \"completing\" its nuclear forces and added that he has a nuclear button on his desk.\n\"The U.S. should know that the button for nuclear weapons is on my table \" he said during the speech as translated by The Associated Press.\n\"The entire area of the U.S. mainland is within our nuclear strike range. ... The United States can never start a war against me and our country \" Kim said.\nIn this photo provided by the North Korean government North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers his New Year's speech at an undisclosed place in North Korea Monday Jan. 1 2018. Kim said Monday the United States should be aware that his country's nuclear forces are now a reality not a threat. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: \"KCNA\" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)\nSouth Koreans watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 's New Year's speech at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul South Korea Monday Jan. 1 2018. The letters read on top left \" Kim Jong Un delivers New Year's speech.\" Kim said Monday the United States should be aware that his country's nuclear forces are now a reality not a threat. But he also struck a conciliatory tone in his New Year's address wishing success for the Winter Olympics set to begin in the South in February and suggesting the North may send a delegation to participate. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)\nThe New Year's address is an annual event in North Korea and is watched closely for indications of the direction and priorities Kim may adopt in the year ahead.\nVisitors walk by a TV screen showing a TV news program reporting about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 's New Year's speech at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul South Korea Monday Jan. 1 2018. The letters read on top left \" Kim Jong Un delivers New Year's speech.\" Kim said the United States should be aware that his country's nuclear forces are now a reality not a threat. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)\n Kim also stressed North Korea's economic achievements during the speech and noted the importance of improving the nation's standard of living.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-536c34b7eb4b4826ac50d1a748a91244", "input": "Following the tragic death of his musical collaborator and bandmate Eddie Montgomery is opening up for one of the first times about what the future holds and how he remembers his dear friend Troy Gentry.\nSince 1999 the group made music together under the moniker of Montgomery Gentry. Speaking to People in its upcoming issue Montgomery revealed that the duo had previously discussed what to do if one of them passed away before the other. The 54-year-old explained that they both agreed to keep the band going no matter what.\n“It’s weird I always thought it was going to be me that went down first ” he told the outlet.\n“A little piece of my soul got lost there ” Montgomery told People. “It was a horrific day my world changed as much as the band did. It’s something that you never get over. It’s going to be in my mind and my soul for the rest of my life.”", "output": [ "Eddie Montgomery" ] }, { "id": "task419-962ad2a44d16414e9a995188283c548a", "input": "After enduring one too many maddeningly slow boarding experiences Jason Steffen a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Nevada Las Vegas began digging into the unexpectedly complicated mechanics of efficiently ushering passengers onto planes.\nIn 2008 Steffen created a computer simulation to evaluate existing boarding methods and ultimately design what he claims is the most efficient option for getting restless passengers into their seats. The results were published several years ago in the Journal of Air Transport Management (summarized here).\nIn his research Steffen identified the two most common factors responsible for slowing the boarding process to a painful crawl:\nIn fact the most routine boarding process — from back to front — is actually the slowest of them all Steffen ’s argues It’s even less efficient than boarding a plane in a completely random order.\n Steffen claims that his proposed method which minimizes the former issue and eliminates the latter could significantly reduce boarding times thus cutting down on overall door-to-door flight lengths and ultimately saving airlines hundreds of millions of dollars a year.", "output": [ "Jason Steffen" ] }, { "id": "task419-103de2a41cb2471e843c772f6cfef750", "input": "More than 30 000 brain scientists are in Washington D.C. this week attending the Society for Neuroscience meeting. One of the hot topics this year is mental disorders such as depression and schizophrenia and autism. NPR science correspondent Jon Hamilton has just come from the meeting to talk about some of what he 's been seeing and hearing. Hi John. Thanks for coming.\n JON HAMILTON BYLINE: Hi.\n HAMILTON : Twenty years ago I'd say it didn't contribute much but things are really changing. And I was really surprised. I was going through the abstracts to this year's meeting and there were nearly a thousand papers that mentioned depression. There were 500 that mentioned schizophrenia or autism. And just this morning there was this study on how - looking at the brain tissue of people with obsessive compulsive disorder and how it's different.\nMARTIN: That's NPR's science correspondent Jon Hamilton. Jon thanks so much.", "output": [ "Jon Hamilton" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b4b1c6ab3514c5bb1e6f7e09c8fa494", "input": "KINSHASA (Reuters) - The head of Congo’s Catholic church condemned President Joseph Kabila’s government on Tuesday for a deadly crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators suggesting his country was turning into a prison.\nTensions between the government and one of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s most powerful institutions has risen as the church has increasingly become a focal point for opposition to Kabila ’s efforts to stay in power without a mandate.\nCongo’s influential Roman Catholic Church has emerged as a flashpoint for opposition to Kabila while his political opposition remains flimsy and divided. The tussle is increasingly a concern for Pope Francis.\n Kabila blames delays in an election meant to replace him - it will not happen until the end of this year at the earliest - on logistical problems registering voters.", "output": [ "Joseph Kabila" ] }, { "id": "task419-cec537315fd64a65b27dec34c9b379df", "input": "In August Reuters first reported that the RNC was paying Trump 's legal bills which amounted to more than $230 000 that month.\nThe payments were made to Trump 's outside legal team which includes Dowd and Jay Sekulow.\nAdditionally Trump 's reelection campaign paid more than $300 000 this year in bills to lawyers representing his son Donald Trump Jr. according to public disclosures filed by the campaign. The campaign did not respond to a request for comment whether it will continue to pay for Trump Jr's legal expenses.\nWhile previous presidential campaigns have used these funds to pay for routine legal matters such as ballot access disputes and compliance requirements Trump was the first U.S. president in the modern campaign finance era to use such funds to cover the costs of responding to a criminal probe said election law experts.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-263b3c8d8fe74132890bc59e7f42effa", "input": "Washington (CNN) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson the stone-faced former oil executive Donald Trump tapped to serve as his global envoy is increasingly seen by administration officials and diplomats as on his way out -- just as flash-points from Iran to North Korea flare.\nThe impression that Tillerson's days as Trump's top diplomat are numbered was fueled this week by new reports of acrimony between the two men -- principally that Tillerson had questioned Trump's intelligence to other top officials.\nMore than a dozen sources inside the administration and in diplomatic circles describe the relationship between Tillerson and Trump as reaching a new low. The two men have failed to develop the type of close relationship that Trump enjoys with other members of his Cabinet. Radically different in personality Tillerson and Trump have chafed at each other's perceived slights.\n Tillerson has told friends he intends to remain in his post for at least a year a psychological deadline that would allow him -- in his own mind -- to depart with dignity. But irritation with his boss paired with frustration at the entrenched ways of Washington have led him to waver at times.\nThere were indications this week that Tillerson would remain in his job for now including public displays of support from Trump. A source familiar with the turmoil surrounding Tillerson says there is \"no indication\" the secretary's job is in jeopardy at least not immediately.\nThis source said Tillerson remains focused on his job. \"That's where his head is \" the source said.\nAt the White House Friday Trump's press secretary said the President retained confidence in Tillerson despite the growing sense in Washington that his days are numbered.\nTrump however has expressed frustration that Tillerson is stymieing aspects of his agenda. Trump grew furious on Wednesday when early morning news reports emerged that Tillerson had called him a \"moron\" during a meeting about Afghanistan over the summer. The public airing of the insult deeply angered the President who vented on Twitter that the story amounted to \"fake news.\"\nMultiple sources told CNN that Trump was aware that Tillerson had used the word to describe him before the public report emerged though it wasn't clear when he first learned of it. Having the information leaked however enraged him.\nEarly Wednesday Tillerson spoke with Trump's chief of staff John Kelly by phone as the story aired on morning television. Both agreed that Tillerson should deliver a statement refuting aspects of the report which also said he had considered resigning from his post.\n Tillerson delivered a set of remarks that adamantly denied he'd ever considered leaving the administration and offered effusive praise for Trump's foreign policy objectives.\n\"There's never been a consideration in my mind to leave \" Tillerson said from the State Department Treaty Room.\nBut he did not deny calling Trump a \"moron\" when asked directly. Later the State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Tillerson told her he'd never used that language to describe the President.\nBut he has continued to bristle amid differences with the White House. Last week Trump undercut his position on talks with North Korea after Tillerson said in Beijing that the US has direct channels of communication with Pyongyang. Trump said on Twitter that Tillerson was \"wasting him time.\" Differences also persist between the two men on the Iran nuclear deal which Trump vowed to scrap as a candidate.\nTrump according to people familiar with the dynamic has grown resentful of Tillerson's differing stances on those policy issues believing his secretary of state to be overly dismissive at times.", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f598416368f46e9b656ef0628ed2f69", "input": "Pitaro previously Disney’s head of consumer products and interactive has long been considered one of the front-runners for the position previously occupied by John Skipper .\n Skipper abruptly resigned from ESPN in December citing substance abuse issues.\n“I also want to extend my utmost thanks to George Bodenheimer for serving as Acting Chair of ESPN these past few months; he is a true industry pioneer and helped make ESPN the undisputed leader in sports.”\nBodenheimer had stepped in for Skipper in an interim role but was not seen as the long-term replacement.", "output": [ "John Skipper" ] }, { "id": "task419-5a79e398d79e42b5b24f06633fc3a862", "input": "Elliott Smith lives at the collision of three different neighborhoods in Brooklyn but the noise of the traffic and the blare of the salsa rock and rap that battle for airspace on the street are being kept at bay. It's midafternoon and Smith is tucked inside his favorite neighborhood bar the kind of dark place where every patron sits alone and says little the kind of place where Smith spends most of his days.\nIt's been a year and a half since Smith left Portland Oregon where his work with the band Heatmiser and his haunted solo albums had made him a star on the local music scene. In the spring of 1997 Heatmiser disbanded and Smith left for New York. He 'd hoped the move would give him a sense of anonymity but that goal was hampered when his song \"Miss Misery\" appeared on the Good Will Hunting soundtrack and was nominated for an Oscar. Soon he will have to contend with the attention brought by his new album XO which is his major-label debut and a lush departure from his usually spare offerings.\nBut as today can attest in New York you can always be alone in a crowd. Smith spend most of his days in coffee shops and bars reading ( he just finished Tolstoy's Resurrection) and composing songs in his head. \"I write almost exclusively in public places \" says Smith 29. \"I just think of stuff chord changes and words. I know the bartenders and they don't think it's weird if I ask to borrow a pen. \"\nSmith smiles. He is shy but his manner is sweet not distant. Because his solo albums have been quiet singer-songwriter fare there is a presumption that Smith 's life is an open book. That is not the case. Smith 's songs have always been less confession than collage – beautifully rendered glimpses of ugly realities pieced together with little more than voice and guitar.\nSo when you ask Smith to tell his story he hesitates. When he finally begins he speaks as softly as he sings. As in his songs Smith is intelligent direct unsparing. But while his voice on record gives even his darkest lyrics a quiet strength in conversation his tone betrays a sense of uncertainty. When grim details are spoken not sung there is nothing to cushion their impact.\n\"Most of the people I knew their parents were divorced \" says Smith of his childhood spent outside Dallas. \"Or else their dad beat them with a pool cue. There was a guy in the neighborhood who shot my cat for getting into the garbage. He beat up on his kid and then he shot my cat.\"\n Smith 's own parents divorced when he was a year old. His mother remarried when he was four and his new home life was not happy. \"There were family problems \" says Smith succinctly. \"It wasn't a good situation.\"\nOutside the house Smith spent most of his time getting into fights. As he talks about them he touches his nose instinctively. \"It's probably been broken more than once \" says Smith . \"I have a bunch of scars. But I don't get into fights anymore.\" He shifts in his seat – his jeans too baggy small T-shirt drooping off him – and it's impossible not to notice that Smith is more frail than anyone you'd expect to see in a bar fight.\n\"But sometimes it's the little guy who'll kick your ass \" says Smith . \"Because he 's been picked on to the point where he knows what to do.\" He pauses. \"It's probably pretty easy to put together why somebody who grew up in Texas getting in fights a lot would not want to get up on the stage and start belting out songs at the top of their lungs. I've had enough of people yelling.\"\nIt's early evening in Manhattan and Smith is polishing off another pint. It's a different day a different borough but the scene is familiar: a dark bar twilight the last drink before one too many. These are the things in Smith 's life that' remain constant. Many' others have changed.\nThe strangest changes are that \"Miss Misery\" was nominated for an Oscar; that on February 10th Smith performed the whispered tale of a broken relationship in front of 1 billion people; that he took a bow standing between Trisha Yearwood and Celine Dion.\n\"I had fully armored myself against having to be crushed by the presence of Celine Dion \" .says Smith . \"But she was the nicest person I've met in a while. Afterward I'd get these indie-rock kids saying 'I can't believe you had to hold Celine Dion's hand.' I said 'I liked holding her hand because she's a nice person. In fact right now you're being much more narrow-minded and shallow than she is. You're in a very backward position here. You should rethink it.'\"\n Smith gives his head a bewildered shake then takes a long drink. Of all the transformations that he has been through lately the most obvious is the level of scrutiny he is subjected to. And it's clear he is learning on the fly.\nSmith's musical heroes are the Beatles the Clash Hank Williams and the Kinks. His greatest inspiration for the breadth of his work is Elvis Costello. On XO for the first time in Smith 's career you can hear it all: the graceful folk he's perfected elaborate orchestrations an a cappella song piano ballads years of anger released in lilting harmony and a newfound. hopefulness couched in energized pop tunes. At times it sounds like a lost follow-up to Revolver.\n\"I love the Beatles – they're my favorite band – but I don't have any desire to cop the Beatles \" says Smith . \"The reason they're my favorite band is because they went further with melody than any other band that I've ever come across.\"\n Smith turns to his beer to escape the conversation for a moment then smiles apologetically as if he is the last person who should assess his work. Only recently did Smith even realize that people perceived his songs as bleak. \"I didn't think of them that way \" he says. \"They made me happier. But now I would agree. The second record especially was really dark.\"", "output": [ "Elliott Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-d63cc80b44fe470c9622dc853f26ad45", "input": "Actress Uma Thurman released video of a stunt she says film director Quentin Tarantino forced her to do during the filming of Pulp Fiction some time after she told him about an alleged sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein.\n“Quentin and I had an enormous fight and I accused him of trying to kill me ” Thurman told the Times of a Pulp Fiction stunt that saw her slam a car into a tree landing her in the hospital.\n Thurman said she had insisted that a stunt person drive the car fearing that it wasn’t safe to operate.\n“‘Hit 40 miles per hour or your hair won’t blow the right way and I’ll make you do it again ’” Thurman said Tarantino instructed of her .\n“But that was a deathbox that I was in ” she recalled. “The seat wasn’t screwed down properly. It was a sand road and it was not a straight road.”\n Thurman posted a clip of the crash to Instagram writing that “the circumstances of this event were negligent to the point of criminality.” She added however that “I do not believe though with malicious intent.”\n Thurman said a “deeply regretful” Tarantino gave her the video “years later so i could expose it and let it see the light of day regardless of it most likely being an event for which justice will never be possible.”\n“They lied destroyed evidence and continue to lie about the permanent harm they caused and then chose to suppress ” Thurman wrote appearing later to cast blame on talent agency CAA. “the cover up did have malicious intent and shame on these three for all eternity. CAA never sent anyone to Mexico.”", "output": [ "Uma Thurman" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d4dbd03baf149a9b8781b784d652d8c", "input": "Zimbabwe's new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed a new Cabinet that includes ruling party loyalists as well as figures linked to the military whose takeover helped oust former leader Robert Mugabe .\nNo opposition politicians are included in the list which has been seen as the first test of whether Mnangwgwa a longtime Mugabe ally would move out of his shadow.\nMoyo on Nov. 15 announced the military takeover that put Mugabe under house arrest and set in motion a national clamor leading to the former president's resignation after 37 years in power.\n Mugabe quit Nov. 21 amid impeachment proceedings. The ruling ZANU-PF party replaced him with Mnangagwa who was fired weeks ago as one of the country's vice presidents.\nFor some Zimbabweans who had hoped that the new leader would make the Cabinet more inclusive Thursday night's announcement was seen as a disappointment.", "output": [ "Robert Mugabe" ] }, { "id": "task419-de061a6584894b46bc8e542a8e9690e3", "input": "As much as Devin Hester altered the ways opponents schemed for the Bears on special teams before the end of his rookie season Dave Toub had a feeling one thing wouldn’t change in Super Bowl XLI.\n Hester fielded Adam Vinatieri’s kick to the left of the numbers cut to the middle of the field caught a key block from Brendon Ayanbadejo and turned on the burners. Ninety-two yards and 14 seconds later the Bears led the Colts 7-0.\nColts coach Tony Dungy recounted a funny story on “The Dan Patrick Show ” how the Colts planned all week to kick away from Hester . The morning of the game Dungy decided that would be playing scared and he didn’t want to do that.\n“I told the team I hope we lose the toss because if we do we're going to kick it right down the middle to Hester ” Dungy said. “We’re going to pound him. Then they know we’ve taken their best threat. They're going to be finished.”\n Hester took everyone’s best for 11 seasons and on Tuesday he made his retirement official posting on Instagram: “Good news: Commissioner Goodell you can put the kickoff back at the 30. Bad news: Y'all will have to find a new favorite returner.”\n Hester 35 last played for the Seahawks in the playoffs last season returning kickoffs 78 and 50 yards in a divisional-round loss to the Falcons. He holds NFL records with 20 return touchdowns and 14 punt return touchdowns. All but one happened with Hester wearing a Bears uniform. He was a three-time first-team All-Pro and a four-time Pro Bowl selection.\nThe answer should be a resounding yes even though it has been difficult for special teams performers to pry open the doors in Canton. Ray Guy became the first punter to be selected in 2014 28 years after he retired. Morten Andersen and Jan Stenerud are the only kickers in the Hall of Fame. Guy and Stenerud revolutionized their positions and the same can be said for Hester .\n Hester did more than score touchdowns. He affected the game in every possible way. The Bears were consistently among the league leaders in average starting field position because of Hester’s returns and the variety of ways opponents tried to avoid Hester with bloop kicks squibs and kickoffs out of bounds the last of which would put the Bears in business on their own 40-yard line.\n“They talk about Hall of Famers being guys that changed the game ” Toub said. “ Devin changed the game and all that stuff was huge. The sustainability that is the key too. They knew what was coming. They knew what Devin was and he still was able to do it year after year.”\nJaguars special teams coordinator Joe DeCamillis who coached Hester in 2013 said: “People studied and studied and studied to find out how you stopped Devin Hester . That’s definitely a game-changer.”\n Hester ran back a punt for a touchdown in the first game of his rookie season in 2006 in Green Bay. Five weeks later he had one during the “Monday Night Miracle” in Arizona. Four weeks after that he returned a missed field-goal attempt 108 yards for a touchdown against the Giants. A star was born. Hester had 12 return touchdowns after his first two seasons.\nToub was quick to credit general manager Jerry Angelo and coach Lovie Smith for investing a second-round pick in Hester at a time when return specialists were only late-round considerations.\n“Nobody thought that way ” Toub said. “They end up taking Devin and now everybody has to have a returner. It’s a normal thing now if a guy has great return skills that will kick him up one or two rounds in the draft because everybody has to have that special guy because of Devin . That’s another way he changed the game. Everybody has got to have that special returner and everyone has to have the gunners. It moved special teams to another level the focus on special teams and how important they are and how they can affect the game.”\n“They were talking about changing rules because of Devin and what he did ” Toub said.\nThat’s another reason Hester will get real consideration for the Hall of Fame along with the simple fact that when a team was kicking to Hester everyone stopped to watch. He could score any time the ball was in his hands. He ’s the best threat there has ever been.\nDevin Hester retires: 'Hopefully next time I see y'all it’ll be in Canton' »", "output": [ "Devin Hester" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d8f0d9639e14e30b2007eeddeea6c68", "input": "DEMILITARIZED ZONE South Korea (Reuters) - As U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis peered into North Korea from a lookout post on Friday he was given a blunt reminder by his South Korean counterpart of the vast amount of North Korean artillery within range of Seoul.\nU.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo visit the truce village of Panmunjom South Korea October 27 2017. Yonhap/via REUTERS\n Mattis was keen to emphasize efforts to peacefully resolve the crisis including at the DMZ as he addressed reporters with his back to the dividing line between North and South.\n“Our goal is not war but rather the complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean peninsula ” Mattis said as North Korean soldiers kept watch.\n Mattis said he and Song also made clear their mutual commitment “to a diplomatic solution to address North Korea’s reckless outlaw behavior ” when they met this week at a gathering of Asian defense chiefs in the Philippines.\n He carried that same message after his helicopter flight back to Seoul where he addressed a small group of U.S. and South Korean soldiers.\n“It comes down to you to make it work my fine young troops ... and we’ll buy time for our diplomats to solve this problem ” he said.\nThe emphasis on diplomacy came before Trump departs next week on a trip to Asia. He has declined to say whether he will visit the DMZ when he stops in South Korea telling reporters on Wednesday: “You’ll be surprised.”\nAs Mattis at one point met some of the roughly 28 000 American forces stationed in South Korea he said the role of U.S. and South Korean troops was essential.", "output": [ "Jim Mattis" ] }, { "id": "task419-12d206c511064f0fb92450f5cecd5d48", "input": "SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tiger Woods brought big crowds back to golf and he even produced a few big roars.\nIn his first PGA Tour event in a year because of a fourth back surgery Woods mixed a few mistakes with a few shots that looked familiar Thursday on his way to an even-par 72 in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open.\n“It was fun to compete again. It was fun to be out there ” Woods said.\nBut he was seven shots behind Tony Finau who led with a 65 on the North Course at Torrey Pines and Woods will play that course on Friday on the bubble to make the cut. With virtually no wind on a day for reasonable scoring he was tied for 84th.\n Woods was steady on the South Course and at times spectacular.\n His three birdie putts were from a combined 30 inches. The longest of his birdie putt was from just inside 2 feet on No. 10 that got him back to even par for the round. He was one rotation away from making a long eagle putt on the par-5 sixth.\nWhat really made the gallery delirious was his 6-iron on par-3 16th hole that rolled toward the hole and broke just in front of the cup settling 8 inches away. With the sun starting to set behind the Pacific it was hard for him to see.\n“It felt good looked good and then we were listening for some noise ” Woods said.\nBut he needed those three birdies to offset his mistakes and the sobering part of his return is that Woods didn’t make a putt longer than 4 feet. That was on the second hole when his approach from the bunker landed 6 feet behind the hole and went over the back into light rough.\n He also gave away a shot on the par-5 13th when he laid up from the rough and hit a wedge that drifted right and went into the bunker. He blasted that out to 3 feet which was the hard part. And then he missed the short par putt .\n Woods made his other two bogeys from greenside bunkers both times missing 12-foot putts.\n He played the par 5s in even par and didn’t give himself any other birdie chances inside 15 feet.\n“It’s hard to make a lot of birdies when you’re not giving yourself any looks and I didn’t do that today ” Woods said. “Tomorrow hopefully I’ll drive a little better get my irons obviously a lot closer and we get the better of the two greens tomorrow. So we’ll see what happens.”\nRegardless of the score Woods looked as though he’s back for the long haul. The fusion surgery eliminated the pain. And while he wasn’t sharp Woods hit the ball plenty far and saw at least a little bit of golf that made him such a dominant figure.\nThe South Course which hosted the 2008 U.S. Open that Woods won typically is far stronger than the North at Torrey Pines. That’s no longer the case with the North getting a makeover two years ago with bent greens that are firm this week and narrower fairways.", "output": [ "Tiger Woods" ] }, { "id": "task419-c788c43a376c450697a393da6499d7af", "input": "Williams ranked third lost to an opponent ranked 64th. Williams was playing at this tournament for the first time since 1997 when she was 17. She has lost all three of her matches at the Rogers Cup.\n \"I was definitely expecting to play well and to go very far in the tournament \" Williams said. \"It's disappointing.\"\n Bondarenko hadn't taken a set off the American in two previous matches.\n \"I was playing really good \" Bondarenko said. \"The first set I didn't know what to do with her power. The rest of the game I just tried to keep the ball in play.\"\n Williams controlled the first set but couldn't shake Bondarenko who chased down shot after shot in stifling Rexall Centre. Bondarenko won the last three games for the second set and broke Williams once more in the third. She won 20 of 28 service points in the deciding set.\n \"She played well \" Williams said. \"She really started playing consistently. Unfortunately I made too many errors. I would have liked to play a cleaner match.\"", "output": [ "Venus Williams", "Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-96d9f949bd0c4b15b90edbee964dcf33", "input": "During the war no one was more emblematic of the changing power dynamics than Farah Baker a 16-year old Palestinian girl who came to international attention for her social media updates about life in Gaza. Baker was not tied to any political group and her perspective on the war was a personal one. Yet her social media presence catapulted her to global attention and told the Palestinian story to the world in a way that resonated emotionally. It also empowered Baker as a political actor something that she had never expected and that could never have occurred in any previous conflict.\nDuring the war no one was more emblematic of the changing power dynamics than Farah Baker a 16-year old Palestinian girl who came to international attention for her social media updates about life in Gaza.\nNormally a young teenage girl living under aerial bombardment would have been considered a bystander at best or a victim at worst. But thanks to her Twitter feed where she shared both her fears as well as her attempts to maintain normal life amid the war Farah became an important part of the Palestinian effort to sway global opinion on the conflict.\n“At only sixteen Farah understood even if only instinctively the importance of social media in wartime especially to a perpetual underdog like the Palestinians ” Patrikarikos wrote. “She understood the power that it gave to a single individual and to networks of individuals power that previously would have been impossible.”\nIn her own small way with her tweets and updates during the war Farah Baker had played a role in shifting the narrative and forcing the world to grapple with the Palestinian narrative of the conflict.\n“I don’t have the ability to carry a weapon and I would never kill anyone so my only weapon was to broadcast the truth and to let people know what was happening here ” Baker told Patrikarakos in an interview at her Gaza home. “I was more effective than I ever imagined because of the amount of followers I got and because so many people told me I had changed their minds [about the war] and opened their eyes.”", "output": [ "Farah Baker" ] }, { "id": "task419-5870dab7210b4ce286d6aff4c6eb3fac", "input": "Markelle Fultz has struggled shooting the ball both in the preseason and regular season.\nAccording to his agent Fultz had his shoulder drained after an injury that is apparently so bad that he \"literally cannot raise up his arms to shoot.\"\nIt's unclear if Fultz will miss any time with the injury but the Philadelphia 76ers ought to be cautious with their No. 1 draft pick.\nOne week into his NBA career Philadelphia 76ers rookie Markelle Fultz is reportedly dealing with a shoulder injury that sounds worrisome.\nAccording to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski Fultz the No. 1 pick of the 2017 draft had his right shoulder drained one week before the season because of a shoulder injury.\nFultz's agent Raymond Brothers told Wojnarowski that Fultz \"literally cannot raise up his arms to shoot the basketball.\" Brothers said Fultz wanted to play through the pain for the team.\nThe injury has apparently completely changed the way Fultz shoots the ball something the NBA world started to notice in the preseason. Fultz who shot 47% from the field in college and 41% from three was suddenly pushing the ball in front of him most noticeably on free throw attempts.\nBiggest problem with Fultz free throw is that he starts it at shoulder height. Needs to start at waist level for rhythm and POWER pic.twitter.com/CExnUgao4r â BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) October 9 2017\nIt's only gotten worse during the season. Fultz is averaging 6.0 points per game on 33% shooting and has not yet attempted a three-pointer. His free throw shooting hasn't gotten any better either as he's shooting 50% on 12 attempts.\nMarkelle Fultz free throw shooting form is hard to watch.\nDuring preseason 76ers coach Brett Brown said he thought Fultz 's shoulder was bothering him more than he let on. However the 76ers apparently did not think the injury was bad enough to have Fultz sit.\nThe effects have been obvious. Fultz was the consensus No. 1 pick in the draft for his ability to play both guard positions. Fultz can handle the ball get to the rim and break down defenses or play off the ball and spread the floor with his shooting. Yet through four games Fultz hasn't taken a shot beyond 14 feet.", "output": [ "Markelle Fultz" ] }, { "id": "task419-00aedbe82df94c22b059463334d49f5c", "input": "… How vitiated Bill Clinton seemed at the last Democratic convention. Some of his appetites at least had waned….With a pencil neck and a sagging jacket he clambered gamely onto the stage after Hillary’s acceptance speech and played happily with the red balloons that fell from the ceiling. When the couple repeatedly reminded the crowd of their new status as grandparents it was to suggest very different associations in voters’ minds. …Yet let us not forget the sex crimes of which the younger stronger Bill Clinton was very credibly accused in the 1990s. Juanita Broaddrick reported that when she was a volunteer on one of his gubernatorial campaigns she had arranged to meet him in a hotel coffee shop. At the last minute he had changed the location to her room in the hotel where she says he very violently raped her . She said she fought against Clinton throughout a rape that left her bloodied. At a different Arkansas hotel he caught sight of a minor state employee named Paula Jones and Jones says he sent a couple of state troopers to invite her to his suite where he exposed his penis to her and told her to kiss it. Kathleen Willey said that she met him in the Oval Office for personal and professional advice and that he groped her rubbed his erect penis on her and pushed her hand to his crotch. It was a pattern of behavior; it included an alleged violent assault; the women involved had far more credible evidence than many of the most notorious accusations that have come to light in the past five weeks. But Clinton was not left to the swift and pitiless justice that today’s accused men have experienced. Rather he was rescued by a surprising force: machine feminism. The movement had by then ossified into a partisan operation and it was willing—eager—to let this friend of the sisterhood enjoy a little droit de seigneur.\nA resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Juanita Broaddrick never received a fair hearing for her charge of rape against the then-Attorney General of Arkansas William Jefferson Clinton later President of the United States.\ncondemns the actions which Ms. Broaddrick alleges occurred in Little Rock Arkansas in 1978 by then-State of Arkansas Attorney General William Jefferson Clinton as unacceptable and outrageous to be condemned by all people of all races creeds and religions; pledges to do everything in its power including holding public hearings to probe the underlying causes of this brutal alleged rape by William Jefferson Clinton and an alleged threat to silence the victim by Hillary Rodham Clinton to make sure that the United States does not return to the days when such brutality and violence against women along with threats to silence them were deemed acceptable; calls on the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Department of Justice the White House and all other Federal law enforcement agencies to conduct an immediate full and fair investigation into all of the facts of the case; calls upon each Senator and every citizen of the United States in his or her own way through his or her church synagogue mosque workplace or social organization to join in denouncing and getting others to denounce this outrageous alleged rape of a defenseless woman and pledges to join in efforts to bring an end to rape and an end to the fear and hatred which underlie it and to encourage all Americans to dedicate themselves to ending sexual violence in the United States.\nSenators Mitch McConnell John McCain Susan Collins and others like Ted Cruz and Mike Lee have condemned Judge Moore in the strongest terms and have called for his withdrawal from the Senate race. There should be no problem with these Senators and those who agree with them on the House side introducing identical resolutions that promise the American people and Ms. Broaddrick that they will at last take a serious look at her charges and act to educate the American people that both the Senate and the House will not stand for this kind of behavior as alleged by Ms. Broaddrick . Or others who accused the Clintons like Paula Jones and Kathleen Willey.\nWill this launch a demand from Democrats to do the same to President Trump? Doubtless — and having seen the allegations the American people elected him anyway. Nothing new has emerged since the President took office. The Broaddrick allegation on the other hand did not emerge until 1999 and Broaddrick herself says that NBC News withheld its explosive graphic interview with her until it was too late to affect the Clinton impeachment trial. Bill Clinton would never be on a ballot with this spectacular charge in the public domain.\nWill they do it? Will Moore opponent Doug Jones pledge to support such a resolution investigating the Clintons and the Broaddrick rape accusation if elected to the Senate?\nBut if all of a sudden so many Senators and Congressmen and Congresswomen are racing to microphones to say they are outraged? Then they need to do something about Juanita Broaddrick and what happened with the Clintons. To hold one hearing after another about Hollywood’s sex problem. To name names and hold people accountable.\nThe addition of Ted Cruz and Mike Lee to this fight bodes well for Juanita Broaddrick — and finally and at last holding Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton responsible for their deeds. As even some notable liberals like the Atlantic and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes are finally doing.\nThe real question now? There is no excuse for this kind of behavior. Period. So where are the McCains and Flakes and other GOP insiders in and out of the Senate and the House in holding to account not just Roy Moore but their friends and fellow Establishment insiders? Will they bring about the Clinton reckoning as the Atlantic asks? Will they finally turn their Senate spotlight on the infamous Ted Kennedy/Chris Dodd “waitress sandwich” and the behavior of their own colleagues? Will these Senators put their time and actions in the Senate where they now say they really stand? Will they finally give Juanita Broaddrick her due?", "output": [ "Juanita Broaddrick" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b2875d26bb64b0eabeb01a4cd842855", "input": "Then-director of Oval Office Operations Keith Schiller stands in the Red Room before President Trump speaks at an event at the White House in July. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)\n Keith Schiller told the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that he rejected the offer from the man who appeared to be Russian or Ukranian according to two people familiar with the discussion. He quickly dismissed what appeared to be a suggestion of procuring prostitutes for Trump they said.\n“No man we’re not interested in that ” Schiller told the man the people said.\nThe offer came at the end of a late-morning planning meeting that Schiller attended when he accompanied Trump to Moscow for the annual Miss Universe pageant which was produced by a company that Trump owned.\n Schiller Trump’s longtime bodyguard who frequently accompanied him on trips told congressional investigators that he saw no compromising illicit or illegal behavior by Trump while in Moscow according to the people.\nThe offer to send women to Trump’s room came after Schiller said he attended a meeting in Moscow with about 15 people to discuss details of the pageant. Among those in attendance were Russian pop star Emin Agalarov and his father Aras Agalarov a business magnate with close ties to the government of President Vladimir Putin according to the people familiar with his interview.\nAs the meeting broke up Schiller said a man he did not know approached him and asked if he would like five women to visit Trump at his hotel room later that night he told investigators.\n Schiller told the committee that he joked about the offer with Trump later that evening as they headed back to their hotel the people said.\n“Can you believe one of these guys wanted to send some women up to your room?” Schiller recalled saying.\nAn attorney for the Agalarovs said they had no knowledge of the offer to Schiller .\n“Categorically neither one of them has any knowledge of that happening ” said Scott Balber a lawyer for Emin and Aras Agalarov. “They didn’t do it they didn’t hear it and they have no reason to believe it ’s true.”\nA White House attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. An attorney for Schiller declined to comment on the details of his interview.\nNBC News first reported that the House Intelligence Committee asked Schiller for details about the episode.\n Schiller ’s long and close relationship with Trump makes him a potentially valuable witness to investigators examining Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election. The former director of security at the Trump Organization joined Trump at the White House serving as director of Oval Office Operations until September.\nIn his House interview Schiller said he traveled as many as five and six days a week with Trump when the businessman ran the Trump Organization adding that he could not remember the precise details of all their trips.\n Schiller told investigators that he and Trump stayed at a luxury hotel during their 2013 Moscow trip although he said he could not recall its name. He said he was not certain if he stayed on the same floor as Trump although he acknowledged that they usually had adjoining rooms.", "output": [ "Keith Schiller" ] }, { "id": "task419-d0d9074e3166496a9d30af089ba3d5d7", "input": "That's by design according to owner Joe Deloss who shared his story on NBC's Today show .\n\"Because we believe a crime record is often about circumstance not character ... we're giving an opportunity for somebody to demonstrate a different story for themselves \" Deloss said.\n Deloss opened Hot Chicken Takeover with his wife in 2014 and had just three employees. Today the couple own three restaurants and have nearly 200 employees. Deloss credits the success of his business to the team he 's built touting his employees' \"alternative resumes\" as a benefit to his company.\n His employees say they feel at home.\n\"Everyday I come in here I feel accepted \" Jameel H. one of Deloss' employees said. \"The love is genuine. I've worked for numerous companies and I've never felt anything like this.\"\n Deloss is conscious of these impediments to success and offers his employees benefits for housing transportation and counseling. His philosophy of fair chance employment is making a difference in their lives.", "output": [ "Joe Deloss" ] }, { "id": "task419-06e4988bc85a44b4ab8067833a752460", "input": "The switch to a federal system was one of the key planks of President Rodrigo Duterte’s election campaign aimed to remedy what he saw as neglect by a Manila-centric political establishment that has left provinces in perpetual poverty.\nThe push to change the constitution has been a divisive issue with critics accusing lawmakers of trying to prolong their stay in office or of seeking a way for Duterte to stay in power beyond the end of his term in 2022.\n Duterte has made clear he has no desire to stay longer than his term and if anything would prefer to retire earlier.\nLawmakers have yet to decide on what federal model to adopt Mercado said. Duterte ’s preference is for one similar to that of France.", "output": [ "Rodrigo Duterte" ] }, { "id": "task419-2096411a521b442cacce7696c29968c4", "input": "CHICAGO — It ended with a missed free throw by Jarrett Jack and a weird 3-point shot by Enes Kanter that Jeff Hornacek called in the huddle. It ended with the Knicks coach calling out his team for not being tough or “physical’’ enough late in games away from the Garden.\n“We got to be more physical and hit guys ’’ an agitated Hornacek said. “That’s all across the board we need to do that. Enes comes out of every game with a bloody face. He’s getting hit and I don’t think they’re calling it. It’s a disappointing loss.’’\n Afterward Hornacek said he felt the team didn’t play with enough fight down the stretch. He explained Kanter was the second option on the play — with Doug McDermott the primary guy. Kanter didn’t set the second screen for him properly Hornacek said.\n“We got to set screens throughout the game especially late in the game ’’ Hornacek said. “When I talk to the guys the game becomes different late in the game. Those screens that you might think might be illegal early in the game they’re not going to call those at the end of the game. Sometimes maybe you don’t understand late in games how physical it’s going to be you go up for shots you got to be strong. You got to expect you’re going to get hit. You’ve got to finish.”\nKanter had the open look and Hornacek was fine with him launching the key shot.\n“I don’t mind Enes taking the shot ’’ Hornacek said. “ He can shoot 3s but not as the main option. I’ve seen him make those 3s.’’\nKanter who finished with just four points after his 32-point explosion on Christmas said Hornacek called his name in the huddle.\n“Coach drew it knowing my man would be way back ’’ Kanter said. “If KP’s not open Doug’s not open just shoot it. I said OK. We talked about it. I’m comfortable but it’s the coach’s decision. If he says start taking 3s I’ll start taking 3s.’’\nIndeed Hornacek had a laundry list of complaints afterward. While they need to play with more fight he said he also charged the team became “content to walk the ball up the court’’ instead of keeping the fast pace of the first 20 minutes.\n“And we spent too much time looking for KP ’’ Hornacek said.\n Hornacek tried a new wrinkle in starting McDermott over Lance Thomas at small forward. Hornacek said he wanted Thomas off the bench as a better matchup for Chicago’s Nikola Mirotic.\nMcDermott the former Bull was awful shooting 1-of-6 and committing a turnover in the final minute on a pass intended for Lee. “The pass was soft wasn’t a nice crisp pass ’’ Hornacek said.", "output": [ "Hornacek" ] }, { "id": "task419-bff410378a314695b9262cc17b085c1b", "input": "Police said Thomas M. Murphy of the 1600 block of 44th Avenue Stone Park was charged with possession of child pornography. According to police at about 8 p.m. on Feb. 1 library employees called police after reports from staff and students that Murphy had viewed and printed photographs at the library.\nAccording to police Murphy was taken into custody and held at the police department while investigators obtained a search warrant for his home and car. Police said at about 9 p.m. on Feb. 2 authorities executed the warrant and confiscated several images of girls who appeared to be under the age of 18 along with three computers which are pending forensic analysis. No evidence was found in the car police added.\n Murphy was released on a $15 000 bond police said. He is to appear for a hearing Feb. 28 in Maybrook Court.\nEfforts to reach Murphy were unsuccessful.", "output": [ "Thomas M. Murphy" ] }, { "id": "task419-da77ca0d2e9f44d98d1d9886bae61058", "input": "Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau departs a press availability at the Canadian Embassy in Washington\nIn 2017 Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau learned a lesson about the power of social media.\n Trudeau 's January tweet \"isn't necessarily the sentiment being held by a lot of Canadians\".\n Mr Trudeau ended 2017 in an ethics quagmire partly of his own making.\nMeanwhile Trudeau 's finance minister Bill Morneau is struggling with his own ethics troubles.\nA mid-December poll by the Angus Reid Institute indicated that for the first time since his election Trudeau 's approval ratings had dropped below 50%.\n Trudeau 's ratings are still strong for a politician but Kurl says there is \"perhaps a little bit less adoration and a little bit more exasperation with the prime minister\".\nAs the two rival leaders find their feet - and if Trudeau and his ministers keep handing them easy ammunition - 2018 could also prove a rough ride.", "output": [ "Justin Trudeau" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b47d4a547a640dfa0e36809d74ba22f", "input": "There have been better times and worse times for Macy's and Kohl’s .\nIn the most recent quarter for instance Kohl’s sales dropped 0.90% and Macy’s 5.40% as Amazon’s sales soared 24.80 percent—see tables.\nCompany Qtrly Revenue Growth Qtrly Earnings Growth 12-month Equity Performance Kohl’s -0.90% 48.60% -11.10% Walmart 2.10 -23.20% 26.51 Macy’s -5.40 954.40 -48.55 Amazon 24.80 -77.00 +45.00%\nCompany Qtrly Revenue Growth Qtrly Earnings Growth 12-month Equity Performance Kohl’s 1.20% -15.5% -39.80% Walmart -1.30 -11% -23.99 Macy’s -5.20 -45.60 -36.22 Amazon 21.90 125.0 +44.00%\nWall Street has taken notice sending Macy's shares down 48.5% in the last twelve months and Kohl’s 11% . That’s on top of sizable declines last year—see tables.\nMeanwhile Amazon’s shares have been soaring 45% this year on top of a 44% gain last year.", "output": [ "Kohl" ] }, { "id": "task419-104bde9b94b4435885b91e49c2b455d5", "input": "\"For our nation , there is no denying the truth that slavery is a blight on our history , and that racism , despite all the progress , still exists today ,\" Bush said at the conference in Baltimore . \nIn the speech , Bush outlined sweeping policy proposals for education , housing and health care , and promised that , if elected president , he would enforce civil rights laws and call out discrimination . \nGeorge W. Bush addressed racism and the Republican Party head-on when he spoke to the NAACP 's annual convention in 2000 , ahead of the election that would vault him to the presidency .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-af769ce2b3e24264ac4b56460f640a89", "input": "TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abeâs ruling bloc scored a big win in Sundayâs election bolstering his chance of becoming the nationâs longest-serving premier and re-energizing his push to revise the pacifist constitution.\nâAnd as we saw in the U.K. ... a referendum could be tricky. So while Abe is likely to be prime minister for the time being it is too early to say whether he can stay in power until 2021.â Abe declined to say if he would run for a third term.\n Abe had said he needed a new mandate to tackle a \"national crisis\" from North Korea's missile and nuclear threats and a fast-aging population and to approve his idea of diverting revenue from a planned sales tax hike to education and child care from public debt repayment [reut.rs/2yC0pma].\n He called the poll amid confusion in the opposition camp and an uptick in his ratings dented earlier in the year by scandals over suspected cronyism and a perception he had grown arrogant after nearly five years in office.", "output": [ "Shinzo Abe" ] }, { "id": "task419-17a6ae70afba4c64bd218df1ffce4206", "input": "There will be a museum of course but also a basketball court maybe a room for yoga classes and a \"test kitchen\" to teach visitors “about the full production cycle of nutritious food\" (likely pushed by former first lady Michelle Obama whose signature issue during her tenure was a campaign for healthy eating).\nThere were details that offered hints about where things have gone since we saw the initial plans for a three-building complex — an obelisklike tower housing a museum a forum building and what could be a small branch of the Chicago Public Library — in Jackson Park’s northwest corner. The tower’s top floor could be a space for reflection free and open to the public with views of Lake Michigan and the surrounding city including the Collegiate Gothic spires of the University of Chicago. The museum itself a multilevel facility with exhibition spaces lodged in the tower’s midsection would be open only to visitors who buy tickets. Obama the architects said wants an outdoor plaza framed by the three buildings to be able to host food trucks. A fourth building south of the main cluster an athletic center would house facilities including a basketball court where the former president could shoot hoops. A display board showed pictures suggesting the center could also include a dance studio and a room for yoga classes. The athletic center according to the display board “will offer visitors opportunities to enjoy neighborhood athletic activities.” Other display boards pictured a recording studio in the forum building that would provide “a place of creative expression” for the center’s visitors; an outdoor garden that would pay homage to Michelle Obama’s White House garden; and a test kitchen that would teach visitors “about the full production cycle of nutritious food” — a prominent cause for the former first lady.\nMy problem isn’t the design though the centerpiece is a tower heavy around the midsection and tapering to a narrow top and bottom. To me it evokes a soft-boiled egg in a giant eggcup. What brought me up short was a space in the adjoining Forum building labeled “test kitchen.” Presumably that reflects Michelle Obama ’s war on junk food. The museum’s champions similarly suggest it could host yoga classes. President Obama is that how you want to be remembered? As the healthy-eating and meditation-advocating president?\nWe guess so. It's all a bit weird but maybe that's a perfect way to memorialize Obama .", "output": [ "Michelle Obama" ] }, { "id": "task419-d5f17d44297848ce872a27e14ddfe948", "input": "Bagpipes played as Border Patrol pallbearers in green uniforms carried the U.S. flag-draped coffin of Rogelio Martinez 36 into Our Lady of Guadalupe Church for a private funeral Mass. He died in a hospital Sunday of head and other injuries.\n Martinez was found Nov. 18 in a culvert along with his seriously injured partner whose name has not been released in a rugged area near Van Horn about 30 miles from the border with Mexico and 110 miles southeast of El Paso.\nAttorney General Jeff Sessions was scheduled to attend the funeral but it was not clear if he was there. Following the funeral a graveside ceremony was held at Restlawn Cemetery in El Paso.\nSpeculation about the cause of death has run rampant with several politicians saying the agent was attacked including President Trump who used the death to highlight his support for building a wall on the border with Mexico.", "output": [ "Rogelio Martinez" ] }, { "id": "task419-89c3c3d344f7430d8e2f7f45222128b7", "input": "CLOSE USA TODAY Sports' Lindsay H. Jones discusses what's next for Eli Manning after being benched by Giants coach Ben McAdoo . USA TODAY Sports\n1. Ben McAdoo New York Giants: As if he hadn't pushed enough of the wrong buttons this year — \"Um\" — McAdoo will now always be remembered as the guy who benched Eli Manning for ... Geno Smith? As the kids text \"smh \" which is far more tempered than what some of Manning's ex-mates are saying about McAdoo . At least the Giants headed for a rare berth in the draft's top five selections should get an elite prospect out of this shipwreck of a season but we doubt McAdoo will be around to coach him . Last week: 2\n— Week 10 rankings (Ben McAdoo)\n— Week 9 rankings (Ben McAdoo)", "output": [ "Ben McAdoo" ] }, { "id": "task419-d3245b6d211241618f9758a6c253e68f", "input": "BIRMINGHAM Ala. (AP) — A batch of letters handwritten by \"To Kill a Mockingbird\" author Harper Lee to a friend has sold for more than $12 000.\n\"On this Inauguration Day I count my blessings ... I'm also thinking of another friend Greg Peck who was a good friend of LBJ. Greg said to him 'Do you suppose we will live to see a black President?' LBJ said 'No but I wish her well '\" Lee wrote.\nThe letters track years of correspondence between Lee and Itzkoff a New York resident whom the author referred to as \"Clipper \" short for \"Yankee Clipper.\" Itzkoff died in 2011.\nIn a Christmas card from 2009 Lee wrote: \"Most-loved Clipper: Don't know if you celebrate Christmas but it makes not a jot of difference to me . I am at heart a heathen.\"\nOther letters talked about Lee 's Southern heritage and her father A.C. Lee the model for Finch.\n Lee died in her hometown of Monroeville Alabama in February 2016 about seven months after publishing \"Go Set a Watchman \" a companion book to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.", "output": [ "Harper Lee" ] }, { "id": "task419-070fed73018f43238690ada095288e73", "input": "After reviewing Hillary 's draft remarks , Huma 's mother , Saleha Abedin , -LRB- a controversial Islamist activist -RRB- , offered some advice : \"Do not use the political terms such as ` democracyelectionsfreedom . ' \nDuffy gave $ 4,600 to Hillary 's 2008 presidential campaign ; CME Group paid Hillary $ 225,000 for a speaking fee and has donated between $ 5,001 and 10,000 to the Clinton Foundation . \ngov account of Huma Abedin , Clinton 's deputy chief of staff , as well as many instances of Hillary Clinton donors receiving special favors from the State Department . \nThe details of Hillary 's arrival on November 18 , 2009 , in war-torn Kabul , Afghanistan , for the inauguration of President Karzai , were found on Abedin 's unsecure email account . \nThe email from Senator Russ Feingold was sent to Hillary Clinton regarding her upcoming Africa trip . \nMajor Clinton donor Bal Das , a New York financier who reportedly raised $ 300,000 for Hillary 's 2008 presidential campaign , asked Abedin on November 11 , 2009 if Hillary Clinton could address the Japan Society at its annual conference in 2010 . \nAbedin also offered her opinion to Clinton on administration leaders : On January 21 , 2011 , while on a trip to Mexico , Abedin emailed Hillary that , \"Biden is a disaster here .\" \nJake Sullivan emailed to Hillary 's unsecure email account classified information in which Sullivan discussed the content of conversations with UK Prime Minister Gordon regarding \"the situation\" in Northern Ireland . \nGriffin was a major donor to Hillary Clinton 's Senate and presidential campaigns . \nThe email shows that Olsen was traveling with Hillary in the Middle East , and Abedin asked him to \"work on a list of everything covered in the mbz -LSB- presumably Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan , the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi -RSB- meeting for Hillary .\" \nOther emails contain sensitive information that was sent via Hillary Clinton 's unsecure email servers . \nThese emails show ` what happened ' was that Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin obviously violated laws about the handling of classified information and turned the State Department into a pay for play tool for the corrupt Clinton Foundation . \nIs it just a coincidence that Hillary Clinton 's diplomatic efforts so often failed ?", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-fa7367bf3f1e464b83ff347780a50281", "input": "Col. Russell Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder two sexual assaults and 82 counts of breaking-and-entering during which he took hundreds of undergarments from women and young girls.\n Ontario judge Robert F. Scott sentenced Williams after the disgraced former elite pilot tearfully addressed the court lamenting his crimes and the pain he has caused the victims and their family and friends.\n \"I stand before you indescribably ashamed \" Williams said his voice cracking. \"I know that the crimes I have committed have damaged many people.\"\n Williams said he betrayed his family friends and colleagues.\n Justice Robert Scott said he believes Williams is sincere in his regrets but nonetheless declared him a \"sick and dangerous\" man.\n \"Russell Williams will forever be remembered as a sadosexual serial killer \" Scott told the court. \"The depths of the depravity shown by Russell Williams have no equal.\"\n Williams pleaded guilty Monday to murdering Jessica Lloyd 27 whose body was found in February and Marie Comeau a 37-year-old corporal under his command who was found dead in her home last November. Both women were asphyxiated.\n pleaded guilty Monday to murdering Jessica Lloyd 27 whose body was found in February and Marie Comeau a 37-year-old corporal under his command who was found dead in her home last November. Both women were asphyxiated.\n Williams took pictures of himself in the women's bedrooms posing in their underwear and he meticulously catalogued the photos on a hard drive and stored the undergarments in his home. Prosecutor David Thompson detailed in court how Williams raped photographed videotaped and killed Comeau who pleaded with Williams to \"have a heart\" and spare her life. During most of the proceedings Williams sat looking downward.\n Williams was a rising star in the military before he was charged earlier this year. The charges have shocked Canadians and shaken the military to its core. The 47-year-old once flew prime ministers and served as a pilot to Queen Elizabeth II during a 2005 visit.\n \"Our thoughts go out to all the members of the Canadian forces who knew the commander and who have been very badly wounded and betrayed by all of this \" Harper said.\n Lieutenant-General Andre Deschamps Chief of Air Staff for the Canadian military said the military has been \"deeply shaken\" by Williams. Deschamps said they can now fire Williams and remove his medals.\n Andy Lloyd one of the victim's brothers said he has been waiting for this day for a long time and that he's glad the military has moved to strip of Williams of his rank.", "output": [ "Russell Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-94b524c45736406989fdcea6e1ae81db", "input": "At the top of the list of signers was the name of Rep. Scott Taylor (VA-2) .\n Congressman Taylor you may recall was the RINO who blamed the Republican Party of Virginia’s devastating loss in the November election on President Trump’s “divisive rhetoric ” instead of the issue-free campaign run by establishment Republican Ed Gillespie and the failure of the Virginia legislative campaign committees to have an effective incumbency program for their members.\n Taylor is a classic RINO who talks a good game when he campaigns but betrays his constituents as soon as he gets to Washington and his amnesty letter is a classic example of the genre.\n Taylor wrote:\n Taylor apparently thinks he was elected to represent the interests of the people of the globe and he forgot he was elected to represent the US citizens of Virginia's second district. Then again this is the same Congressman Scott Taylor who claims to be like Obama a \"global citizen \" as he explained on the Global Citizen website ; \" Global citizenship means placing emphasis on membership of a global community not just national identity and acting accordingly .\" Representative\nOf course what Rep. Taylor is not saying in his letter to Speaker Ryan is that the DACA program he is supporting was unconstitutionally imposed by former Democratic President Barack Obama and that the “studies” he cites have been thoroughly discredited.\nWe urge every CHQ reader to call two Congressmen – their own Representative and Virginia Congressman Scott Taylor (VA-2).\nThe Toll-Free Capitol Switchboard is 1-866-220-0044. Tell Congressman Scott Taylor and your Congressman you oppose amnesty for any class of illegal alien and that you will oppose any Member of Congress who votes for an amnesty bill.\nRep. Scott Taylor (VA-2)", "output": [ "Scott Taylor" ] }, { "id": "task419-0af8eba2befe408fbf9e577064d1d833", "input": "Leah Jorgensen 33 has polycystic ovary syndrome a hormonal disorder which can cause hirsutism or abnormal male-pattern hair growth.\n Jorgensen feared people getting close to her and seeing the hair on her face which resulted in her not having her first kiss until age 27 and avoiding the dentist for 12 years.\nBut since ditching the razor and showing her hair off in public Jorgensen says she feels “empowered” — and hopes her story will give other women courage.\n Jorgensen a behavioral health technician from Madison Wisconsin said: “I had never seen women who looked like me. I was so ashamed that I didn’t want to talk about it.”\nIn December 2015 Jorgensen was hit by a car as she crossed a road and she had to be taken to a hospital by ambulance.\nParamedics cut her clothes off and she underwent surgery and therapy so people saw the extent of her hair growth up close for the first time.\n“I realized no one cared what I looked like they just saw me as a person. It really helped me to get over it ” she said.\nAround that time Jorgensen also connected with a man who found her attractive body hair and all.\n She is no longer in a relationship but said the fact that he embraced her for who she is helped give her the push she needed.\n“I realized that I never really disliked how the hair looked. The problem was not with the hair it was with people’s perception of it ” she said.\nSince she stopped removing her body hair just over a year ago Jorgensen says she feels empowered. She also wears low-cut sleeveless tops and shows her legs in public.\n She bravely wore a bikini for the first time last summer and shares photos of her hair with her 2 500-plus followers on Instagram.\nThe mindset shift also prompted her to quit her job in insurance and return to college where she is studying social work and recently got a job working with autistic children.\n Jorgensen said: “People definitely stare or try to take photos but I expect that because you don’t really see women who look like me .”", "output": [ "Leah Jorgensen" ] }, { "id": "task419-a33fb6cf55324821b842096e8f070905", "input": "The halftime score Saturday was 27-0 after Notre Dame quarterbacks Brandon Wimbush and Ian Book combined to complete 5 of 16 passes for 63 yards. And they threw three picks.\nThe first came after Brandon Wimbush threw too high for Equanimeous St. Brown and the deflection floated into the hands of safety Jaquan Johnson. Miami staffer Joel Rodriguez draped the gaudy 5 1/2-pound chain around the neck of Johnson.\nThe second pick came after Wimbush threw a mile high of Chase Claypool. Miami's Malek Young took full advantage snatching the ball.\nDown 20-0 Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly benched Wimbush in favor of Book. That move was futile.\nHere you take it: Notre Dame had been one of the nation's stingiest teams in terms of turnovers heading into its clash with Miami. The Irish had coughed it up just seven times — four interceptions and three lost fumbles — in nine games. But Miami's turnover chain choked them Saturday. Brandon Wimbush threw two picks and surrendered the ball on a fourth-quarter hit. Backup Ian Book added a pick-six to his permanent record.", "output": [ "Brandon Wimbush" ] }, { "id": "task419-fd95ecfc0cfc46f4b1b15d0c3932f2e1", "input": "Karen Byrne's left hand sometimes operates on its own terms. It has unbuttoned shirts and stubbed out cigarettes without her permission. Oh and a few times her own hand has slapped her across the face.\nInvisibilia featured Byrne and her alien hand last summer and Giant Ant Studios recently created an otherworldly animation of Byrne 's story.\n Byrne says she 's gotten used to her left hand's new attitude but alien hand syndrome is a pesky strange condition.\nThe pianist's corpus callosum showed missing connections on an MRI and Byrne 's left hand developed its disobedience after a surgeon severed her corpus callosum in an operation to treat epileptic seizures.", "output": [ "Karen Byrne" ] }, { "id": "task419-9429b2ce09eb48aab6c883993080d51e", "input": "Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has penned an op-ed explaining why she supports repealing the individual mandate. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)\n--Here's a positive signal for the GOP effort to pass a massive tax cut package next week: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said she supports its component repealing the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate to buy health insurance. âI believe that the federal government should not force anyone to buy something they do not wish to buy in order to avoid being taxed â Murkowski wrote in an opinion piece published Tuesday by the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.\n Murkowski noted that she voted against previous GOP health-care bills that would have dramatically whittled down government health benefits in the form of marketplace subsidies and Medicaid coverage. But repealing the mandate wouldn't reduce benefits for anyone she wrote -- it would just allow people to opt out if health coverage was still too expensive for them.\n\"The ACA has helped many people in our state and across the country. There is no question about that \" Murkowski wrote. \"It is important to emphasize that eliminating this tax penalty does not take care away from anyone. Instead it provides important relief to those who have been penalized for choosing not to buy unaffordable insurance.\"\n\"Repealing the individual mandate simply restores to people the freedom to choose \" she continued. \"Nothing else about the structure of the ACA would be changed. If you currently get tax credits to help pay for your insurance you could still receive those credits if you choose to buy an exchange plan. If you are enrolled on Medicaid or received coverage under Medicaid expansion you could still be enrolled if you choose to be. The only difference would be is if you choose to not buy health insurance the government would not levy a tax on you.\"\nThis does NOT mean Murkowski has decided on tax bill spox says she will review bill over Thanksgiving [Link] â Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) November 22 2017\n MURKOWSKI now wants the ACA mandate to be repealed â but she âs not yet decided on tax reform. [Link] with @seungminkim â Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) November 22 2017\n Murkowski : ð¤", "output": [ "Lisa Murkowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-4d8f4b28f1c84766841d65e6dbde10ba", "input": "Staffer Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys) registers this disconnect and leaks a top-secret government report on the war to the New York Times. And whenever the Times gets a scoop Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) gets riled.\n Bradlee 's ambitions were not modest however. He just needed time. And now suddenly when the Post also got their own copy of the report he had it.\nThe film isn't Spielberg's subtlest but it has some nicely subtle touches like when his long-lens camera peers through White House windows to catch glimpses of a president and his henchmen; we hear their actual voices from tapes Nixon was forced to give up years later.\nTom Hanks makes for a blustery Ben Bradlee and Meryl Streep plays Kay Graham as hesitant but steely seemingly the only woman in the corridors of power — and ironically the one with the power to defend the First Amendment. Bradlee can talk principle all he wants — and he does here often — but only Graham can publish.\nMONDELLO: Staffer Daniel Ellsberg registers how this doesn't jibe with what McNamara was saying on the plane or with a secret government report he has access to. When he leaks that report The New York Times gets a huge scoop and Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee...\nTOM HANKS: (As Ben Bradlee ) Is anybody else tired of reading the news instead of reporting it?\nHANKS: (As Ben Bradlee ) We are sucking hind tit in our own backyard.\nHANKS: (As Ben Bradlee ) No it's 7 000 pages detailing how the White House has been lying about the Vietnam war for 30 years. It's Truman and Eisenhower and Jack. LBJ lying - lying about Vietnam. And you think that's one story. Let's do our jobs. Find those pages.\nMONDELLO: Bradlee 's ambitions were not modest however. He just needed time and suddenly he had it.\nHANKS: (As Ben Bradlee) I'd give my left one to be in this mess.\nHANKS: (As Ben Bradlee ) Whoa.\nMONDELLO: Put to the torch - a phrase you don't hear much today in a film where the clatter of typewriters competes with the whoosh of pages sent by pneumatic tube to a press room where molten lead turns them into lines of type. And running the show - Tom Hanks as a blustery Ben Bradlee and Meryl Streep...\nMONDELLO: ...As a hesitant but steely Katharine Graham seemingly the only woman in the corridors of power and ironically the one with the power to defend the First Amendment. Bradlee can talk principle all he wants.\nHANKS: (As Ben Bradlee) If we don't hold them accountable I mean my God who will?", "output": [ "Ben Bradlee" ] }, { "id": "task419-dbbc530adc884c0d809783b792b62316", "input": "If Berlusconi wins he is assured of more time in office even though a razor-thin majority is no guarantee of stability. If he loses he has to resign -- a move that might lead to early elections.\n Berlusconi has been trying to persuade undecided lawmakers -- drawing accusations of vote-buying and even an investigation by Rome prosecutors. He has rejected any such accusations but appeared to have succeeded at least with a few lawmakers.\n On Monday Berlusconi appeared before both houses of parliament to press his case that lawmakers should continue to support his government.\n He insisted that his government had successfully protected Italy from becoming engulfed by the eurozone's debt crisis. He warned they risked plunging Italy into financial instability at a time of crisis if they force him to step down and end Italy's 62nd postwar government.", "output": [ "Silvio Berlusconi", "Berlusconi" ] }, { "id": "task419-15a19cefffb14d1a9286d69e6778ff56", "input": "Philip Scott Fournier was charged in 2016 with killing 16-year-old Joyce McLain in East Millinocket in 1980. Superior Court Justice Ann Murray issued the verdict in a packed Bangor courtroom.\nA defense lawyer said during final arguments earlier this month that \"doubts will linger\" over the case regardless whether Fournier was convicted. The defense also argued that Fournier 's memories which were central to the prosecution's case were unreliable.\nThere was no physical evidence tying Fournier to the crime scene which his attorney Jeffrey Silverstein has called unusual for a murder case. But prosecutors said he confessed numerous times over the years and Murray said Thursday that she considered the confessions to be genuine.\n Fournier was a person of interest in the case almost from the beginning. The case and trial were complicated by the fact that hours after McLain was last seen Fournier stole and crashed a fuel truck suffering a serious head injury.\n His defense has contended that Fournier 's head injury affected his memory and played a role in the inconsistency of his many statements about McLain's death over the years. Murray asserted that Fournier had recovered from the injury after several months.\n Fournier waived his right to a jury trial leaving Murray to make the decision. Sentencing was not immediately scheduled.", "output": [ "Philip Scott Fournier" ] }, { "id": "task419-70eeead578224913b43772e4a0122810", "input": "Combining his twin passions of painting and working to help military veterans , former president George W. Bush 's new book aims to help those who have served our country in their transition to civilian life . \nBush appeared on TODAY Monday with a special group of four veterans for an exclusive interview about his new book , \"Portraits of Courage : A Commander in Chief 's Tribute to America 's Warriors .\" \nThe book features paintings by Bush of several veterans and an in-depth look at their stories of perseverance after suffering from visible wounds on the battlefield as well as PTSD and other invisible trauma . \nRELATED : George W. Bush opens up on Trump 's war with the media , Russia and travel ban . \n\"It starts with -- and this is why these vets are very important -- vets saying , ` I 've got a problem ,\" ' Bush told Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie . \nBush will donate proceeds of the book , which can be pre-ordered online , to the George W. Bush Presidential Center , a non-profit organization that helps post-Sept . \nRELATED : Former president George W. Bush to appear on TODAY for his ` Portraits of Courage ' book . \nArmy Sgt. Major Christopher Self , Army First Lt. Melissa Stockwell , Army Sgt. First Class Michael Rodriguez and Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro appeared alongside Bush to speak about their lives after the military .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-1036e010a39a468280ea1acfdee38aef", "input": "Since you mentioned The Promise I wanted to tell you that when I interviewed Chris Cornell about his song for the film shortly before his death he said he consulted you to make sure he got the tone right. What do you remember about that?\nWe were both friends with [producer] Eric Esrailian and we were both giving him advice on the music. He was asking for support. So Chris and I became closer as friends because of The Promise. At one point I think they wanted us to do the main theme music together and then they realized they were going to need two end tracks. So he did the title track and I did this beautiful classical-jazz rendition of an old Armenian folk song called \"Sari Siroun Yar.\" But he sent me an email and he goes \"What do you think?\" And I loved it. I told him \"It's really emotional and you're bringing everything out.\" He made a great connection in the song. The most important thing to realize about the Armenian Genocide is not just what happened 100 years ago but how it's relevant today because that shit's happening now. That's what he did with the song; he made that connection. I was really grateful for that.\nAnd I'm a huge fan of Soundgarden and Chris Cornell growing up. And he knows that [laughs]. We became friends but I've still always been his fan you know? So his support on the film was incredibly important.\nHe was like that man. He was very gracious with his emotions his time. He was careful and conscientious. He did a great job in not just the music but supporting it whether it's interviews or TV specials with the song and talking about it and the need to take care of survivors that are around today in Syria and around the world. Him and his wife Vicky have a charity and I had the honor a few weeks back of giving Vicky in Chris ' name a human rights award from Human Rights Watch at their yearly gala in Los Angeles. Matt Cameron and Kim Thayil were there. It was very special.", "output": [ "Chris Cornell" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a26346d1fc6439f86809163d7071c87", "input": "Senior White House aide Jared Kushner -- who is President Donald Trump's son-in-law -- met this month with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators Fox News has confirmed via a source with direct knowledge of the meeting.\nInvestigators questioned Kushner about a meeting he had with an unnamed Russian ambassador and former national security adviser Michael Flynn the New York Times reported. The Associated Press also reported about the meeting citing an anonymous source.\n Kushner 's questioning took about 90 minutes or less and was aimed in part on establishing whether Kushner had any information on Flynn that might be exculpatory the AP source said.\nThe revelation of Kushner ’s meeting with Mueller investigators came days after it was reported that Flynn cut ties with Trump’s legal team.\n Kushner was previously accused by leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee of not being fully forthcoming in its Russia probe.\nIn response Kushner 's lawyer Abbe Lowell said in a statement that his client encouraged members of the Trump campaign to decline meetings with foreigners.", "output": [ "Jared Kushner" ] }, { "id": "task419-461dc056b4644be28ecd0bed7b68c053", "input": "Princess Kate pregnant with her third child made her first public appearance in six weeks to join Prince William and Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace to mark World Mental Health Day.\n Kate 35 showed a slight baby bump beneath the tea-length Temperley dress she wore to the event thanking supporters for helping to change public perceptions about mental health.\nKensington Palace announced Kate 's pregnancy on Sept. 4 when she was forced to cancel a planned engagement as a result of hyperemesis gravidarum. Kate also missed the first day of school for her son Prince George a few days later.\n Kate has suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum or acute morning sickness with each of her pregnancies. The palace announced that with this pregnancy Kate is being cared for at Kensington Palace.\nThe last time Kate was seen in public prior to today was in late August when she joined William and Harry in viewing the Diana Memorial Garden at Kensington Palace on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana's death.\n\"The Duchess' condition is improving but she is still suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum \" an aide to Princess Kate said today. \"The Duchess is delighted to be here tonight.\"\nWilliam Kate and Harry founded Heads Together in 2016 to change the conversation on mental health.\nWilliam told guests that it was Kate who first pointed out the royal trio's shared interest in mental health advocacy. They have each been engaged with their individual charitable work on the issue: Harry with the armed forces; William with young men suicide and homelessness; and Kate on addiction and childhood mental health issues.\n William Kate and Harry announced Sunday they have invested 2 million pounds of their Royal Foundation funds in the second phase of their Heads Together campaign which is designed to create online tools to help people with mental health issues.", "output": [ "Kate" ] }, { "id": "task419-ae992c43ef904a0689a2434c0b88a3fc", "input": "The documents filed in connection with charges against six South Hadley High School students raise new questions about how much school officials knew about the bullying. They also provide a glimpse into the final tortured hours of Phoebe Prince's life shortly before the 15-year-old hanged herself at home Jan. 14.\n On Jan. 7 according to the documents Prince went to a school administrator after learning that one of the defendants Flannery Mullins had told fellow students that she was going to \"beat Phoebe up\" and that she \"needed to watch out at break after second block.\"\n The documents do not reveal the official to whom Prince spoke or provide details of the conversation.\n A witness who was interviewed by investigators said Prince had gone to administrators because she was \"scared and wanted to go home.\" After the meeting the witness said Prince returned to class and said that no action was going to be taken and that \"she was still going to get beat up.\"\n In a recent interview Superintendent Gus Sayer said school administrators were not aware of the bullying until Jan. 7 a week before Prince committed suicide. On that day two teachers reported separate bullying incidents to the principal Sayer said.\n Prosecutors said Prince endured months of verbal assaults and threats after she briefly dated a popular boy. She was harassed mostly in school but also on Facebook and through other electronic forms.\n The documents detail in length the final 24 hours of the girl's life. On Jan. 13 Prince told a confidant that school \"has been close to intolerable lately.\"\n On the day of her death according to the documents Prince was in the school library at the same time as three of the charged teens -- Sean Mulveyhill Kayla Narey and Ashley Longe. Witnesses told investigators that Prince was subjected to crude sexual taunts from Longe including \"whore\" and \"Irish slut.\"\n At the end of the school day Jan. 14 witnesses said Prince was again subjected to verbal abuse as she walked out of the building. After Prince had left school grounds a witness said Longe as she rode by in a friend's car threw an empty beverage can at Prince and started laughing.\n According to the documents Prince was crying as she walked home. Investigators said she exchanged several text messages with a friend about two hours before her death in which she discussed the verbal abuse she had received that day and the ongoing taunts.\n Later in the day Prince's body was found hanging in a rear stairwell of her family's apartment.", "output": [ "Phoebe Prince" ] }, { "id": "task419-8fca445cb93b48dba9e7467cb7cf3d49", "input": "Lee Gelernt deputy director of the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project and one of the attorneys representing Ms. L and her daughter said in an interview: “ She has a genuine fear she ’s not a criminal she ’s not a terrorist she presented herself at the border and said she needs help.”\nFour days after their arrival Gelernt said immigration officers in San Diego took the daughter into another room. Once the little girl was gone Ms. L was handcuffed.\n“Then she hears the daughter screaming frantically ” Gelernt said. “The daughter is taken away and the mother doesn’t speak to the daughter for four days. In those four days she has no idea what has happened to her daughter.”\n“Chicago might as well be the moon for this family from a little village in the Congo ” Gelernt said. “They have no idea why they’re separated where each other are.”", "output": [ "Lee Gelernt" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e16dcbc5a7f46eeb0ae7c4dad499bf1", "input": "Contrast that with the God invoked by Wayne R. LaPierre CEO of the National Rifle Association at CPAC.\n“There is no greater personal individual freedom than the right to keep and bear arms the right to protect yourself and the right to survive ” LaPierre said. “It’s not bestowed by man but granted by God to all Americans as our American birthright.”\nTrump and LaPierre played to the fears. And even as LaPierre calls on God he seems to put more faith in guns.\n LaPierre reminded the audience of his solution to stop school shootings — arming teachers. Or as he likes to say: “To stop a bad guy with a gun it takes a good guy with a gun.”\n“I said five years ago after that horrible tragedy in Newtown and I wish . . . ” LaPierre paused. “Oh God ” he started up again “I wish more had heeded my words.”", "output": [ "Wayne R. LaPierre" ] }, { "id": "task419-b8f3e5c246444f0d90555a0e51456a2d", "input": "Candi Holyfield said in the protective order that the abuse against her began about six months after they were married July 1 2003 and started again when she was pregnant with their first child. She said at first it was \"mainly emotional\" abuse but physical incidents have escalated since 2008.\n She claimed her husband choked her in front of their daughter and housekeeper in 2008 and that last year he hit and grabbed her in front of their children. A few weeks ago she said he threw a bottle of water at her.\n In a statement released by the publicist Candi Holyfield said there were \"misunderstandings in the representation of what happened in the situation between me and my husband\" but did not elaborate.\n \"Out of respect for our family I ask that the media please respect our privacy \" she said in the statement. \"This is a private matter and your consideration of this would be much appreciated.\"\n One of Holyfield's most memorable fights came against Mike Tyson in 1997 when Tyson was disqualified after biting off part of Holyfield's right ear.", "output": [ "Candi Holyfield" ] }, { "id": "task419-5fce903063a44e6ba2bce9a08305712b", "input": "MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Saturday he would not rule out using the constitutional powers to remove Catalonia’s autonomous status if it claimed independence as tens of thousands took to the streets to call for talks.\nUntil now Rajoy has remained vague on whether he would use article 155 the so-called nuclear option of the constitution which enables him to sack the regional government and call a fresh local election.\nIn an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais on Saturday Rajoy was asked if he was ready to trigger the article 155 of the constitution and said: “I don’t rule out absolutely anything that is within the law ... Ideally it shouldn’t be necessary to implement extreme solutions but for that not to happen things would have to be changed.”\nWhile Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont has said he is open to mediation Rajoy has demanded he give up the independence campaign before discussions can be held.\n Rajoy ’s government mobilized thousands of national police to stop Sunday’s vote leading to clashes with would-be voters as they tried to close polling stations in schools and remove ballot boxes.\nIn the El Pais interview Rajoy said the around 4 000 extra police shipped in to the region would stay until the conflict had been resolved.", "output": [ "Mariano Rajoy" ] }, { "id": "task419-54a379a1d5d54db6a883b83eae401954", "input": "Liam Gallagherâs Twitter feed is legendary.\nSEE ALSO: 42 bizarre and hilarious Liam Gallagher tweets to improve your day\n Liam just got back to the UK from America where he âs been promoting his new album As You Were. He âs taking the weekend off to chill ahead of next week: \"I'm reserving all energy until Wednesday when I take on the fucking Q Awards and show them how itâs done.\"\nWe had the chance to catch up with him in a moment of downtime and he gave us the ultimate guide to being good at Twitter.\nGood afternoon all 2 million of you just checking in hope life is treating you well as you were LG x â Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) July 20 2017\nI know itâs a good record and I know the songs on there are good so I just want it to do well but everyone seems to be like hungry for a Liam Gallagher record which is the most important thing. Iâm 45 and thereâs a new generation listening and Iâm surprised by how many people were wanting a record by me.\nIâve got a lot more to say and I think Iâm a lot more honest everything he does is a bit filtered â he âs trying to pull the wool over peopleâs eyes and Iâm pretty much telling it how it is whether you agree or not. Like I said itâs a truth juice.\nCall me on the shell phone I know when my hot line bling ha ha LG x pic.twitter.com/SgKcYEoJEc â Liam Gallagher (@liamgallagher) January 10 2016\nWhat do you think about the fact that everyoneâs saying Liam Gallagher for prime minister?", "output": [ "Liam Gallagher" ] }, { "id": "task419-6fb82b3e2193483cab9dd1c520c40369", "input": "But there’s tragedy too. On November 7 2010 Mr. Douglas Poole died in the Virginia Beach jail. He had spent ten days there after being arrested for driving with a suspended license. Mr. Poole suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure and had his medications with him but was denied both his blood pressure medication (and initially his insulin) and medical treatment by jail and medical staff. Douglas Poole was 54 years old the father of three and grandfather of five. The medical staff were employees of a for-profit medical care company Conmed Health Management which had been awarded the Virginia Beach contract by Ken Stolle in 2010 after donating to his campaign. Here’s a description of Douglas Poole’s suffering and death from the decision in the lawsuit filed by his sister.\n Plaintiff has pleaded sufficient facts to show that jail employees may have violated plaintiff’s constitutional rights. Indeed that Mr. Poole had known serious medical issues that he was never provided his blood pressure medication that he was turned away after complaining of headaches sudden blindness and an inability to walk and that his care was so direly neglected that he ultimately died from lack of treatment may be sufficient to satisfy the low threshold of Rule 8(a)(2) in proving that jail staff acted indifferently toward Mr. Poole’s serious medical need.\nConmed which according to the same legal decision had retained nearly all of the medical and nursing staff of the prior healthcare company which itself had also come under scrutiny for providing sub-par medical care to inmates ended up settling with the family out of court for $300 000. In 2011 and 2012 Conmed increased its annual donations from $1 000 to $2 500. That’s right Douglas Poole ’s days of suffering and entirely preventable death did not cause Stolle to end the contract or refuse donations from Conmed.\nNow contrast the Douglas Poole tragedy with the crime of Kenneth Stolle Jr. Ken Stolle’s son and a Sheriff’s Deputy in Chesapeake. He was arrested for a DUI hit-and-run in Virginia Beach and got off with a $250 fine. Dad’s the Sheriff Uncle Colin’s the county prosecutor: Connections can be the difference between life and death in Virginia Beach.", "output": [ "Douglas Poole" ] }, { "id": "task419-7c5216b4b99145f4beaafe5434c9bf4a", "input": "-- Mitt Romney -LRB- @MittRomney -RRB- September 25 , 2017 . \nRomney said he had spoken with former Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuño , who said the island is on the \"brink of humanitarian disaster .\" \nMeanwhile , Mitt Romney is among a number of high-profile political figures stepping in to fill the void .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-62a8d324531444b6a8fee423817f6caf", "input": "The woman who is reportedly also a police officer was visiting a Starbucks with her child when Sgt. Bryan Klevens approached the two with goodwill in his heart and money in his pocket according to the Houston Chronicle .\nIn addition to being an officer at the Houston Police Department Klevens is also the owner of Prison Break Tattoos in Houston.\nWhat did Klevens do?\nDetailing his encounter Klevens wrote on Facebook “As I walked into the Starbucks this morning outside of downtown and close to the studio I noticed a young officer full uniform having coffee with her date.”\n Klevens wrote that the young boy was drinking milk and chatting with his mother inside the store.\n“As I sat down at a table in front of them it was obvious from conversation that she was waiting for the ex to pick up the kiddo for church ” Klevens wrote. “As I drank my coffee the conversation turned to going to Disneyland. It was kind of one way as you can imagine … every sentence out of his mouth was about the NEED to go and he just HAD TO see Mickey.”\n Klevens said that the young boy had everyone in the store cracking up with his antics.\n“As mom sat listening her face was of understating ” Klevens wrote. “‘Baby you know we have talked about this and this year momma won’t be able to afford for us to go but I’m gonna work like crazy so we can go next year.'”\n Klevens said the little boy’s voice cracked as he told his mother “I know … but I really wanna go.”\n“My voice cracked as I turned and handed her $1 500 out of my wallet to take her baby to Disney ” Klevens wrote. “I had the store manager in tears as was mom when I said take a few days off from the extra job and enjoy a short vacation with your date. Make sure I get pictures.”", "output": [ "Bryan Klevens" ] }, { "id": "task419-26c0028f2acd43d59fd51ecc9547706a", "input": "Student Joe Chermak said that in the spring of 2016 during the music department's student showcase he saw another man whom he believed to be the 25-year-old's father David Turpin with several children in matching clothes.\n David Turpin 57 and Louise Turpin 49 have each been charged with 12 counts of torture 12 counts of false imprisonment seven counts of abuse of a dependent adult and six counts of child abuse. David Turpin was also charged with one count of a lewd act on a child under the age of 14 by force fear or duress. They have pleaded not guilty.\n Frederic J. Brown Pool via Getty Images\nDavid Macher a lawyer for David Turpin told ABC News \"What we would like the public to know is that our clients are presumed to be innocent and that’s a very important presumption.\" He added \"We’re going to provide a vigorous defense.\"", "output": [ "David Turpin" ] }, { "id": "task419-131ea1f8c2174e7ea184c6a615a8d680", "input": "Sen. Al Franken Hit With Second Groping Allegation\nMinnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken is facing a second allegation that he groped a woman without consent while her husband took a photo of her with the senator at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010.\n Franken \"pulled me in really close like awkward close and as my husband took the picture he put his hand full-fledged on my rear \" said Lindsay Menz who told her story to CNN. \"It wasn't around my waist. It wasn't around my hip or side. It was definitely on my butt \" she said.\nCNN confirmed the account with Menz's husband mother and father whom she told of the interaction at the time. CNN reports Menz also posted the photo on Facebook at the time and commented to her sister: \"Dude — Al Franken TOTALLY molested me! Creeper!\"\n\"I take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people and I certainly don't remember taking this picture \" Franken told CNN in a statement. \"I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected.\"\nMenz told CNN that she came forward following broadcaster Leeann Tweeden's account of a 2006 interaction with Franken in which she alleges he forcibly kissed her and took a photo in which he appears to touch her chest while she is asleep.\n Franken issued an apology to Tweeden last week and called for the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the matter. Tweeden's account occurred before Franken was a senator which cast some doubt on how the ethics panel would conduct an inquiry. However Menz's 2010 account occurred while Franken was a first-term senator and clearly falls within the committee's jurisdiction to investigate.\n Franken will largely be cut out of the PBS broadcast on Monday evening of this year's Mark Twain Prize ceremony honoring David Letterman. WETA the PBS station based in the Washington D.C. area that produced the broadcast said in a statement \"PBS and WETA the producing station felt that the inclusion of Senator Franken in the broadcast at this time would distract from the show's purpose as a celebration of American humor.\"\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have echoed the call for an ethics investigation. While an inquiry seems likely the panel has not commented on the Franken matter yet.\nA Franken spokesperson told the Minnesota Star Tribune over the weekend that Franken has no plans to resign and that he is spending the Thanksgiving holiday in Washington D.C. with his family \"and he 's doing a lot of reflecting.\"\nThe allegations against Franken come as the Republican Party is grappling with allegations of sexual assault and other misconduct against Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore ahead of a Dec. 12 special election. Moore is accused of a range of predatory behavior toward teenage girls as young as 14 including one allegation of sexual assault. Top Senate Republicans including McConnell and longtime Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby have called on Moore to get out of the race. Moore remains defiant and the state GOP largely stands behind him as does GOP Gov. Kay Ivey.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-c8d10f2ad38e4d37b12621764bd1db75", "input": "Peggy Humanick is probably thanking her lucky stars that 19-year-old Matt Cureton was working at the Wendy’s in Fort Pierce Fla. on Monday.\nLucky for Peggy Cureton found her purse hanging off the back of a chair while he was bussing their table and turned over the lost item to his manager Betsy Hersha to hold.\n“I just did what I would hope everyone would do in that situation ” Cureton told the Sun Sentinel. “If I lost my wallet I would hope someone would return it rather than taking from it. I try to live by that standard — the golden rule.”\nThe Humanicks then hopped in their car and headed straight back to Fort Pierce where Cureton and Hersha were waiting.\n Cureton was rewarded $100 by the Humanicks for his honesty which Hersha says she had to convince him to take.\n“I hugged him I told him I’m very proud of him use the money on himself ” Hersha said.\n“It was very considerate of them they were a very nice couple ” he said. “They didn’t have to give me anything.”\n Cureton said he is working at the fast food chain to save money for college. He told the Sun Sentinel all of the reward money will go into his college savings.", "output": [ "Matt Cureton" ] }, { "id": "task419-3667a828a7d14e63b5bf82c9c6b7f2ab", "input": "On Friday Tyler Barriss made his first court appearance and Sedgwick County District Court judge Faith Maughan set his bond at $500 000. He also was charged with giving false information in notifying emergency services and falsely reporting a felony.\n He was arrested in South Los Angeles on Dec. 29 one day after Wichita police received a 911 call from a man saying his father had been shot in the head and that he was holding his mother and sibling at gunpoint. The caller also claimed gasoline was poured on the home and he “might just set it on fire.”\n Barriss was extradited to Kansas and held in the Sedgwick County Jail on Thursday afternoon. He wrote in a financial affidavit that he hasn’t worked for six months.\n Barriss reportedly called after a feud between between people playing Call of Duty on Dec. 28. Finch and Barriss had nothing to do with the game police have said but gamers involved asked Barriss to make the 911 call.\nOne week before the killing in Kansas Barriss was charged with mischief and fraud by police in Calgary Canada for a similar prank.\nIn an interview with KWCH TV Barriss said “I never intended for anyone to get shot and killed.”\n He added: “There is no inspiration. I don’t get bored and just sit around and decide I’m going to make a SWAT call.”", "output": [ "Tyler Barriss" ] }, { "id": "task419-99375a3aec1d4343b99b54917a3d1469", "input": "Waste Management is taking nearly all of the money it saved because of the lower corporate tax rate and reinvesting it back into the economy CEO Jim Fish said Friday . Fish appeared on CNBC ' s \" Squawk Box \" and discussed the tax reform legislation that was signed into law before Christmas . \" We ' re a pretty good barometer for the economy because we see it on every segment of the economy whether it ' s the industrial side or services side \" Fish said . \" Right now we ' re seeing a very good economy . \" We grew our revenue by over 6 percent last year organically in a 2 to 3 percent economy . We like what tax reform has done for us so far .\" Fish said the Houston - based company paid slightly over 36 percent of its 2017 revenue on federal taxes a figure he said will drop to roughly 26 percent under the new guidelines . \" The benefit to us was about $ 275 million \" Fish said . \" We gave about $ 70 million back to employees through a bonus and then we ' re spending an extra $ 150 [ million ] by accelerating some spending on trucks and some IT spends . So about three - quarters to 80 percent of it ' s gonna go back into the economy . And then we think it will benefit shareholders on the back end of the cycle .\" The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 25 percent in 2017 and in the wake of the tax law ' s passage had a strong start to 2018 . The market has been volatile in recent weeks however but Americans don ' t seem too worried about the losses .", "output": [ "Jim Fish" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6a4f5ae097d493b94a055c485da82a8", "input": "The Case\nNicki Minaj posted an Instagram of herself in front of the distinctive blue-and-white Casper mattress box on Dec. 30 with this caption: “Love it @casper haven’t slept in daze.”\nCasper confirmed to BuzzFeed News in an email on Monday that it compensated Nicki Minaj to post about the mattress. It wasn’t just a gift — she was paid $$$.\nSo shouldn’t she have disclosed it was an ad in the caption? Casper said “We asked that she include the proper disclosure (#ad) in her caption. After she posted we reached out — early last week — to ask that she update the copy to clarify.”\nAs of yesterday afternoon Minaj had still not updated her post to say that it was an ad. Her record label did not reply to BuzzFeed News’ request for comment.", "output": [ "Nicki Minaj Nicki", "Nicki" ] }, { "id": "task419-574aaeaef8c647eb8b121181360e2c18", "input": "The quickest turnaround in Michael Bisping's storied UFC career resulted in the quickest loss of his career as he was knocked out in less than three minutes by Kelvin Gastelum on Saturday.\nFor Bisping (30-9) it's his second loss in three weeks. The future Hall of Famer surrendered his middleweight title to Georges St-Pierre in a submission loss at UFC 217 in New York. He agreed to face Gastelum on short notice when his original opponent Anderson Silva was flagged with a potential doping violation.\n\"I just want to say congratulations to Kelvin Gastelum \" Bisping said. \"Job well done tonight. I was enjoying myself and he caught me with a good shot.\nIt was the southpaw's stinging left hand that got the job done again on Saturday. Gastelum opened with a hard kick to the body which certainly caught Bisping's attention. But the primary weapon in his offense has always been the left hand which he landed shortly after slipping a right cross from Bisping.\nBisping's legs went out from under him on the shot and Gastelum followed with strikes. Referee Marc Goddard stepped in immediately.\nAfterward Gastelum called out interim champion Robert Whittaker. Whittaker (19-4) won the interim title last summer and was expected to unify the belts against St-Pierre however St-Pierre has already expressed interest in moving down in weight.\n\"This is the biggest one of my career \" Gastelum said. \"I have a huge amount of respect for Bisping for stepping up.", "output": [ "Kelvin Gastelum" ] }, { "id": "task419-e7a17f3a821c47c483a8f9d35ea728b5", "input": "Terror victim Darren Drake’s father struggled to say his final goodbye to his only child after a deeply emotional funeral service Monday.\nUnder cloudy skies James Drake said a brief prayer and placed roses on his 32-year-old son’s wooden casket at Fairview Cemetery.\n He patted the casket three times before stepping away to watch the body be lowered into the ground.\nEarlier several hundred mourners filled the New Milford church in New Jersey to say farewell to the “gentle giant” who was killed on Oct. 31 while riding a CitiBike during a break from his job at Moody’s Investors Services in the World Trade Center.\n New Jersey grad student Darren Drake killed in terror attack\n “Darren was closely-knit in both his family and his community ” Father David Milliken told the mourners. “As a co-worker he was someone who was able to just get along with people.”\n Jimmy Drake (r.) arrives for the funeral of his son Darren Drake in New Milford N.J. (James Keivom/New York Daily News)\nLast Tuesday Drake was on a CitiBike listening to an audio book when he was hit by 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov who drove a rented Home Depot truck through the lower Manhattan bike lane.\n Darren Drake terror victim remembered as ' beautiful man'\nDrake who worked as a project manager at Moody’s took bike rides frequently in between meetings his family said.\nDarren Drake (SOCIAL MEDIA/REUTERS)\nDays after his death Drake received a book in the mail titled “Imagine Heaven: Near-Death Experiences God’s Promises and the Exhilarating Future That Awaits You ” Milliken said.\nPallbearers place the casket of Darren Drake into a hearse during his funeral. (James Keivom/New York Daily News)\n Drake an only son lived with his parents in their New Milford home. There he frequently talked with them about the latest book he was reading his family said. He also was a loyal Jets fan and wore a Gang Green cap in his casket during the wake.\nMourners console each other during the funeral of Darren Drake. (James Keivom/New York Daily News)", "output": [ "Darren Drake" ] }, { "id": "task419-7b1d7beb4cdb4bd7b9a4b7e1b265acce", "input": "The right-leaning Saskatchewan Party chose Scott Moe to replace Brad Wall as party leader and the province’s premier. Moe is expected to be sworn in as premier in the coming days.\n Moe won the race after five rounds of voting beating out five rivals who sought to replace Wall who is retiring after serving as premier for a decade.\n Moe will become premier as the province struggles to end budget deficits caused by steep declines in commodity prices.\n Moe a former provincial environment minister has vowed to continue to fight the Liberal government plan saying it would do nothing to reduce carbon emissions while costing Saskatchewan’s economy more than C$2 billion ($1.6 billion).", "output": [ "Scott Moe" ] }, { "id": "task419-ed03561cab664205a3ea684fd91d3c39", "input": "Kim Kardashian's family may be growing with baby No. 3 but her professional inner circle is shrinking.\n Kardashian 37 has cut ties with her longtime assistant Stephanie Shepherd — just after Kim expressed her displeasure with Shepherd's cozy relationship with sister Kourtney.\nShepherd has been by Kardashian 's side since 2013 when she scored the gig as Kim 's assistant with a connection from former Pussycat Doll Robin Antin.\nSince joining the Kardashian crew Shepherd's role has expanded — though it seems her attempt to assume more responsibility was ultimately what made Kim cut her loose.\n Kim Kardashian accidentally reveals her new baby’s gender\n\" Kim made a decision to let Stephanie go. She was a good assistant but when Stephanie wanted to transition into a larger role with Kim 's brand and businesses it just didn't work \" sources told People. \" Kim gave her the chance but after a short period of time it became clear that Stephane just didn't have the knowledge to take on a role like that. Kim made an executive decision to part ways.\"\n Kim Kardashian fired her longtime assistant Stephanie Shepherd. (Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for Full Picture)\nShepherd revealed in May that she'd been promoted to COO of Kardashian West Brands and considered herself \" Kim 's liaison\" rather than her assistant.\nAnd though the formerly inseparable pair \"aren't really speaking\" at the moment according to sources Shepherd is likely still speaking to Kim 's sister Kourtney.\nIn a recent episode of \"Keeping Up with the Kardashians \" Kim grilled Kourtney on her close relationship with Shepherd which Kim deemed \"unprofessional.\"\nKim Kardashian says surrogacy is 'harder' than being pregnant\n\"Do you find it weird that you're like 'wifey' with my assistant?\" Kim asked Kourtney who then asked if it bothered her.\n\"Kind of \" Kim responded. \"What if all of a sudden I became BFF with Megan? I think you would definitely be like 'That's weird.'\"\nKourtney then revealed that Shepherd had been confiding in her about her problems with working for Kim .\n Kim Kardashian drinks sardine smoothie to avoid tough question\nShepherd previously gushed about her relationship with Kourtney in a Refinery 29 profile.", "output": [ "Kim Kardashian" ] }, { "id": "task419-b4ec541134db435f9d29dc16ed101f79", "input": "Northwestern athletics dodged a bullet on Bryant McIntosh’s knee injury. But not Clayton Thorson’s.\n Thorson got carted off Friday in the Music City Bowl after making a 24-yard catch on a trick play. He immediately grabbed his right knee as Nissan Stadium hushed and teammates approached to offer encouragement.\nAfter the game NU coach Pat Fitzgerald said that a preliminary exam revealed “nothing overly alarming … I think he hyperextended it from my vantage point.”\nBut subsequent tests revealed a tear and there is no timetable for his return. Surgery is expected in a few weeks. Torn ACLs typically have a 9- to 12-month recovery period.\n Thorson announced Dec. 19 that he would return to Evanston for his fifth season and fourth as a starter. Had he been healthy and entered the NFL draft he figured to be a late-round pick.\nIf Thorson isn’t ready for NU’s Aug. 30 (Thursday night) season-opener at Purdue Northwestern likely will turn to either TJ Green or Andrew Marty.\n Thorson ’s 27 victories as the starting quarterback are the most in NU history. The 6-foot-4 220-pound Wheaton North alumnus ranks second in program history in passing yards (7 513) and completions (688). He’s a career 57.4 percent passer and made third-team all-Big Ten in 2017.\n Clayton Thorson 's return gives NU a fourth-year starter at QB »", "output": [ "Clayton Thorson" ] }, { "id": "task419-9021507d27c444f6bdee2b162e05ed45", "input": "Henda Ayari a 39-year-old French Muslim author says she was emboldened by all the French women outing and denouncing their sexual aggressors.\n\"I thought these women are no different from me \" said Ayari in an interview with Le Parisian. \"I also have to denounce what he did to me .\"\nSo this week five years after the alleged incident she did just that.\n Her alleged aggressor is Tariq Ramadan a top scholar of Islam. The 55-year-old theologian's bona fides include being professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford University.\n Ayari says Ramadan assaulted and raped her when she turned up for a meeting with him in a hotel suite in Paris in 2012. She says he slapped her in the face when she resisted.\n\" He told me I came for that and I deserved what I got. That I didn't wear the veil so I was a prostitute \" she told Le Parisian.\n Ayari says it never entered her mind that she was in any danger when she went to his room. \"I considered him like a father figure \" she said.", "output": [ "Henda Ayari" ] }, { "id": "task419-16d2d1dabbe24935ab0f3ffcf681258b", "input": "Weeks after proposing to Becca Kufrin Arie revealed that he missed Lauren Burnham the show's runner-up. His feelings led to the two calling off their engagement and Luyendyk looking to rekindle his romance with Burnham.\n Kufrin then came on last night's after-show and revealed what it was like to be dumped in that way saying she \"cried for probably four days straight.\"\n She 's now opening up to People magazine about the heartbreak calling the split on national TV \"a slap in the face.\"\n\"At the end of the day I don’t think he thought through everything of how ending things with Lauren would be how being engaged to me would be and what breaking up with me and going back to her would be \" she told the magazine. \"I don’t think he thought it through but I don’t think he did it maliciously to break my heart.\"\nStill while she doesn't have any ill will towards Arie she said \"I never thought for a million years that once the going started to get tough that he would throw in the towel and jump ship and say 'Oh sorry I changed my mind.'\"\n She also didn't think the cameras needed to be involved in their breakup.\n\"There was a better and more tactful way to do it \" she said. \"A breakup is hard enough and to have it all filmed and have to re-watch it and know that people all across the country are watching you get your heart broken it is embarrassing ... It was like a slap in the face.\"\n She continued \"I wish he hadn’t proposed. At that point I loved him and I wanted to be with him. Even if on that last day he said 'I’m still uncertain this is a big move I don’t want to get down on one knee unless I’m 1 000 percent sure but I still want to be with you ' I would have been fine with that.\"\nAll in all she said she has no hard feelings for Burnham either and if the two work out she wants them to be happy.\n\"At the end of the day I do forgive him \" she added.\n\"I think all of our hearts are breaking for Becca and you know Becca said it best she had to mourn the loss of this relationship \" he added.", "output": [ "Becca Kufrin" ] }, { "id": "task419-f97923171ad4425ca14834f5aaaf7989", "input": "MANILA Philippines -- Human rights groups condemned the Philippine president on Tuesday for saying that troops should shoot female communist rebels in the genitals to render them \"useless \" which they said could encourage sexual violence and war crimes. The left-wing group Karapatan said President Rodrigo Duterte \"has distinguished himself as a frothing-in-the-mouth fascist who incites the worst violations of international humanitarian law.\"\n Duterte 's remarks \"are but the latest of the series of this madman's display of tyranny lunacy and machismo \" Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said.\nIn a rambling speech before surrendered communist rebels Duterte spoke about the futility of their decades-old insurgency and how his administration can help them return to normal life.\n Duterte asked why even women join the insurgency and abandon their families.\nAt one point he said without elaborating: \"Tell the soldiers. There's a new order coming from the mayor. We won't kill you. We will just shoot your vagina so that ... if there is no vagina it would be useless.\"\n Duterte spoke in the Bisaya dialect. An official transcript of the president's speech issued by the government omitted the word \"vagina\" and expletives from his remarks.\nA longtime mayor of southern Davao city where he built a reputation for his extra-tough approach to criminality and his brash often sex-laden remarks Duterte has acknowledged his rough ways but suggested many Filipinos have come to accept him .\nWestern governments and human rights watchdogs have expressed alarm over his crackdown on illegal drugs which has left thousands of mostly poor suspects dead. He has lashed out at critics including European governments which he told Monday \"to go to hell\" for imposing conditions on financial aid.\n Duterte said he has told European officials he won't attend an upcoming meeting between Southeast Asian and European leaders.\n\"They say that I have a bad mouth. It's true. They say that I'm not a statesman not fit for a president and that's true \" Duterte said in a speech Monday referring to his critics. \"But the problem here is that I won.\"\nSteve Rood a Manila-based political analyst said many Filipinos like Duterte 's unorthodox style and his charm when he talks to them in an intimate way as if his speeches were not being broadcast.\nWith crime easing and recent public surveys showing satisfaction with Duterte 's administration the president's opponents may do better if they focus on issues such as traffic jams in the capital and rising rice prices he said.", "output": [ "Rodrigo Duterte" ] }, { "id": "task419-c358ed5ecdb94a269173e21b8b3389a3", "input": "A group of NFL owners led by Jerry Jones the Dallas Cowboys owner are reportedly making moves to stall the contract extension of commissioner Roger Goodell and they ’re citing the mishandling of player protests among their reasons.\nHow are the owners pushing against Goodell?\nAccording to the New York Times’ Ken Belson Jones has hired a powerful lawyer and threatened to sue the NFL over Goodell’s contract extension.\n Jones is angry because of the suspension of Cowboys’ running back Ezekiel Elliot over allegations of domestic violence and also over mismanagement of the controversy stemming from player protests during the national anthem.\n Jones also tried to thread the needle over the protests by appearing on field with his players to kneel before the national anthem was sung and then standing together during the anthem. Afterward he said that any player who would be seen protesting during the anthem would be benched.", "output": [ "Jerry Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-4d44af47e6524d6b98ab81e7dfaa5b33", "input": "Corinthians striker Ronaldo expressed the need for his team to hire another striker for the 2011 season on Friday.\n Foreseeing a year in which he will not be able to play in every game the striker stated that the team needs a strong striker.\n Ronaldo guaranteed that he will continue to play with Corinthians in 2011. However he warned that next year's schedule will be rigorous and that he will most likely be unable to play in as many games as he would like.\n With tournaments such as the Libertadores Cup Ronaldo demanded that Corinthians acquire a striker of high caliber.\n Insistent Ronaldo returned to cite the name of long-time friend Adriano. However Adriano recently rejected the possible transaction claiming that he is content with this Italian club Roma. Nevertheless Ronaldo returned to say that Adriano's integration with Corinthians depends entirely on his own will.\n Ronaldo claims that the current cast of strikers at Corinthians is unfit to replace him. He envisions Adriano as the perfect addition to the club next year not only to fill in for him in his times of absence but also to create a formidable duo on the attack.\n Listening to Ronaldo's request Corinthians is looking to Argentina to supply a striker for next year. The club is currently observing striker Juan Martinez of Velez Sarsfield as a possible addition.\nCorinthians\n Foreseeing a year in which he will not be able to play in every game the striker stated that the team needs a strong striker.", "output": [ "Ronaldo" ] }, { "id": "task419-79f825c799bd4152ad65069089380d61", "input": "As frigid air temperatures and wintry conditions move into the area for the season a key part of the work that Justine Janis does at the Evanston Public Library becomes even more critical: working with homeless individuals.\n\"As it started getting colder there were new faces new people coming in \" said Justine Janis an employee of Presence Behavioral Health who is assigned to the main library in downtown Evanston .\nSince then she 's become a go-to for librarians and other staff who typically are the first contact for patrons as they enter the halls of the library whether in need for a place to warm up or assistance in another way.\nAt a training in October where Janis discussed the needs of and best ways to communicate with homeless patrons staff described Janis as a lynch pin who can help them connect visitors in need with the public and social services that can help them.\nAbout 25 libraries nationwide employ social workers and the small-but-growing group holds a regular conference call to discuss the issues they're facing and brainstorm ways to address them among other concerns Janis said.\nBut it's harder to help homeless patrons when there are limited overnight shelters in Evanston to refer them to Janis said. She hopes the interfaith group will consider opening on nights that drop to 20 degrees but knows finding volunteers to staff those overnight shifts is hard.", "output": [ "Justine Janis" ] }, { "id": "task419-c199ce4b81184884a6ea2e6bbec17515", "input": "Little evidence has surfaced yet that the protests are organized or have spawned any opposition leaders. It is too early to tell how long the protesters can keep the pressure on the regime to change. In their endeavors however it is precisely to Latin America that Iranian protesters should look for guidance – in Iran’s ally Venezuela where nearly a year of daily protests did nothing to stop socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro from consolidating his power.\nWhere Venezuela’s street protesters succeeded in attracting international attention the government’s official opposition failed by adopting policies that enabled the regime. For years the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) a Venezuelan opposition coalition led by socialists attempted to engage in dialogue with the regime. Venezuela saw minimal protests throughout 2016 largely because the opposition leadership was too busy in “dialogues” with Maduro that resulted in no concrete changes in the country. It happened again last year when Maduro called for a round of elections in which he decreed who could run for office and controlled the institutions counting the votes.\nThe protesters on the streets rejected Maduro’s mockery of democracy. The MUD participated losing a number of member parties along the way. By November the MUD had called for another round of talks with the government and protests in the country were all but unheard of.\nVenezuela’s protesters only met half of this challenge. As noted above the opposition appeared united only in their rejection of Maduro . Some leaders of the opposition were socialists and demanded only that elections occur – without specifying that they be free and fair. Others identified the socialist system as the problem and have demanded a full overhaul of Venezuela’s institutions to create a free and democratic capitalist state. Yet more leaders demanded individual fixes like the liberation of political prisoners or humanitarian aid for the hungry. Outside of “no more Maduro ” the opposition’s message was and sadly continues to be a mess.", "output": [ "Nicolás Maduro" ] }, { "id": "task419-8bb2a7cc02c443abadf4749fc36b1b37", "input": "As the White House and GOP prepared to reveal the first details of its tax plan , Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told the FOX Business Network that Republicans should pursue \"Reagan-style\" tax cuts for individuals and small businesses to boost U.S. economic growth . \nCruz believes it will take at least a couple months to get a consensus in Congress . \nCruz , a proponent of a flat tax , argued for a single rate on individual wages when he was a contender in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries . \nCruz , speaking in an interview with Maria Bartiromo on \"Mornings with Maria ,\" argued that a tax plan that promotes \"growth , fairness and simplicity\" will bring an end to a period of slow growth . \nI think it 's important to have it in there ,\" Cruz said . \n\"If you want to see Reagan-era economic growth , if you want to see booming GDP -LSB- and -RSB- small businesses growing , you 've got to have Reagan-style tax cuts ,\" Cruz said Wednesday , adding that tax reform led by President Ronald Reagan spurred \"China-level numbers\" for economic growth . \nCruz said broad tax cuts will help the U.S. return to 3 % - plus GDP growth . \nCruz also said Congress has been unable to agree on slashing government spending , leaving tax cuts as the best way to lower deficits .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-82cca06153bd4ebaa016b4a6267fb4e0", "input": "Lawrence Argent stands under \"I See What You Mean\" a 40 foot tall sculpture of a blue bear that peers into the east windows of the Colorado Convention Center. (RJ SANGOSTI/THE DENVER POST)\n Lawrence Argent a sculptor whose monumental brightly colored works — including a 40-foot bear of lapis lazuli blue perched on its hind legs and peering inside the Denver convention center — brought a sense of lighthearted wonder to public spaces on two continents died Oct. 4 at a hospital in Denver. He was 60.\n Mr. Argent a onetime medical student in Australia who went on to lead the sculpture program at the University of Denver spent more than three decades creating playful photographs sculptures and art installations often featuring found objects and what Mr. Argent called “an edge of humor.”\nHanging two blood-red street sweeper brushes together he formed a testicular work he titled “Cojones” (1999). Pairs of antique women’s gloves framed side by side in polyester resin created a “Library of Applause” (1994) and the birth of his sons inspired a series of abstract 250-pound bronze and marble sculptures in the shape of pacifiers.\n Mr. Argent became best known as a whimsical artist of the public realm beginning with “I See What You Mean ” erected just outside the Colorado Convention Center in 2005. Commonly known as “the big blue bear ” the work has become an emblem of hip 21st-century Denver though its construction initially led some friends to ask whether Mr. Argent was now working for Disney.\n“Leap ” a glass and aluminum sculpture of a rabbit that Mr. Argent completed at the Sacramento International Airport in 2011. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)", "output": [ "Lawrence Argent" ] }, { "id": "task419-d97952dfe1b945208f0c9caf7e744064", "input": "Former \"Access Hollywood\" host Billy Bush appeared on CBS' \"The Late Show With Stephen Colbert\" Monday night in his first interview that Bush has done since Donald Trump became president and since Mr. Trump has publicly denied that it was not his voice. Bush said he was \"infuriated\" when he learned President Trump didn't take responsibility for the 2005 recording. Bush also mentioned he \"would have called the FBI\" had he known \"there was a man detailing a sexual assault strategy.\"\n\"Last week he [Mr. Trump] came out saying 'that's not my voice on the tape ' \" Bush said. \"Like I said ... you can't say that ... that is your voice ... I was there ... you were there ... that's your voice on the tape.\"\n Bush then went on to say: \"Then you got 20 women at the time -- I don't know what the exact number is because there is more -- but 20 women who used their names. We've got powerful people being held accountable now and sometimes there are anonymous sources. All of these women came out with their names and told their detailed accounts. So when he said this ... it infuriated me on the personal front and then I ended up Googling and I read an article with all of these women's accounts -- when that article came out it was 13 days after I was fired so I was in my own personal shock -- fight or flight -- and so I never really read it all the way.\"\n He continued: \"20 women don't get together and say 'Hey you know what would be really fun? Let's take down a powerful guy together ... haha.' No they don't ... and I say you're reopening wounds on them too. Enough's enough ... stop playing around with people's lives.\" The audience then cheered and clapped. \"That upset me ... so I wrote!\"\n\"Enough's enough. Stop playing around with people's lives\": Billy Bush slammed Pres. Trump over the infamous \"Hollywood Access\" tape again this time on @colbertlateshow [Link] pic.twitter.com/fu4y5Vm0W3 â CBS News (@CBSNews) December 5 2017\nMoments later \"Late Show\" rebroadcast a portion of the \"Access Hollywood\" tape and got Bush 's reaction almost a year and half later to Mr. Trump's boasting of grabbing \"women by the p****.\"\n\"The first time I ever heard it was about three days before it leaked ... and so it was like a gut punch ... and it's a gut punch now ... it will always be \" Bush said. \"At the time it was 2005 and his ratings went through the roof. He was the big star of NBC and I sort of equated what he was saying to some kind of crass standup act.\"\nWhen Colbert pointed out that there was no audience Bush said that he and the crew on the bus were Mr. Trump's audience.\n\" He was just regaling the seven guys on there and doing his bit \" he said. Bush continued \"If I had thought there was a man detailing a sexual assault strategy I would have called the FBI not just reported to my executive producer so that was it for me .\"\n Bush added that he was with Mr. Trump \"all the time\" because \"The Apprentice\" was doing so well.\n\"Like I wrote in the op-ed I think a lot of us were complicit ... everyone kind of had to kiss the ring of The Donald because he was making so much money for NBC ... so I was with him all the time \" Bush told Colbert.\n Bush then explained how he felt shame with his behavior being associated with Mr. Trump.\nColbert cross-examined Bush on the contents of the \"Access Hollywood\" tape and asked what it meant when Mr. Trump said \"I moved on her like a b***h but I couldn't get there.\"\n Bush said he was confused as well. \"I think he meant [ himself ] ... which I was totally confused and backwards. He gets going and I don't think he really knows \" he said.\nColbert cracked \"'I took her furniture shopping.' Does that seem like common foreplay to you? \"\nBush said one very sobering moment was after he checked himself into a a soul-searching retreat center in California to \"get better be a better man\" the day Mr. Trump was being sworn in as president. He said as he checked into his cabin he saw a TV screen with Mr. Trump on it.", "output": [ "Billy Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6862d18d35149509b3059f32446c99e", "input": "After a long period of sobriety Charles Henry Mosley III lost his life on November 9th 2017 due to the disease of addiction. We’re sharing the manner in which he passed in the hopes that it might serve as a warning or wake up call or beacon to anyone else struggling to fight for sobriety.\n Mosley joined Faith No More in 1983 and sang on the band’s first two studio albums 1985’s ”We Care a Lot” and 1987’s ”Introduce Yourself.”\nIn the process he helped pioneer the genre of California funk-metal including the use of rap-style cadences in songs according to Stereogum.\n Mosley was fired from the band in 1988. The band went on to reach its highest level of popularity with singer Mike Patton in the early ’90s. After his firing Mosley sued his former Faith No More bandmates claiming he was due a partnership stake according to Billboard.\nThe two parties eventually settled out of court and Mosley had a stint as frontman for the pioneering punk-reggae band Bad Brains.\nIn recent years Mosley toured as a solo artist but occasionally sat in with Faith No More during that band’s 2016 reunion tour according to Metal Injection.\n Mosley is survived by is survived by Pip Logan his long-term partner two daughters and a grandson.", "output": [ "Charles Henry Mosley" ] }, { "id": "task419-8264c29ea9714676a8c6862528409158", "input": "NEW YORK (AP) — Lowell Hawthorne the founder and CEO of Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery and Grill has died in New York City. He was 57.\nThe city's medical examiner's said Hawthorne shot himself in the head at his Bronx factory on Saturday.\n Hawthorne started the successful Caribbean fast food chain in 1989 by selling Jamaican beef patties jerk chicken and breads. He built the business into a national franchise with more than 120 restaurants in nine states.\n Hawthorne once appeared in an episode of CBS' \"Undercover Boss.\" At the time of his death his company was planning on building a new $37 million headquarters in Rockland County.\n\" He was a nice boss a wonderful guy \" longtime employee Everald Woods told the Daily News. \" He 's the kind of guy you want to work for for that long. He takes care of his employees.\"", "output": [ "Lowell Hawthorne" ] }, { "id": "task419-2b584725940542d68824878bb0453bf3", "input": "The Rainy Day Foundation advertises that it can help lenders remain in the FHA's good graces. For a fee of about $600 per borrower paid by lenders home builders and real estate firms to cover the cost of making mortgage payments for distressed borrowers the group promises to limit defaults during the two years after a loan is made the period watched most closely by the FHA. Rick Del Sontro chief executive of the Rainy Day Foundation said in an interview that his group provides an important service to borrowers and lenders.\n Del Sontro said in the interview that his nonprofit benefits borrowers lenders and the FHA by helping people deal with unexpected financial setbacks.\n \"The first financial challenge that hits (borrowers) can be potentially disastrous \" Del Sontro said. \"And that's why we created the Rainy Day program.\"\n Del Sontro did not respond to subsequent voice-mail messages requesting comment on Rainy Day's marketing techniques and on the Justice Department's allegations about the group. In response to one of three text messages sent to him by a reporter he wrote \"I am not familiar with the allegations so I can't really comment on them.\"\n Del Sontro said in an interview that from the beginning he regarded Rainy Day's services primarily as a way for lenders to reduce defaults particularly during the first two years after a loan was made the critical period tracked by HUD in its database of lender performance. Del Sontro said his group's services were also valuable to lenders for another reason: because loans often were sold to investors with the promise of a reimbursement in the event of an early default.\n \"We thought of the program as a risk mitigation tool for lenders \" Del Sontro said. Before launching his nonprofits Del Sontro worked as senior vice president of franchise and sales development for Cendant Real Estate a unit of the New York-based conglomerate Cendant Corp. That company split up after disclosing accounting irregularities in 1998.", "output": [ "Rick Del Sontro" ] }, { "id": "task419-a956f977d009425cae00c83ba5661c9b", "input": "One aim of Ford's \"Team Edison\" is to identify and develop electric-vehicle partnerships with other companies including suppliers in some markets according to Sherif Marakby vice president of autonomous vehicles and electrification.\nGlobal demand for electric vehicles has \"a significant potential to increase\" as governments implement EV mandates and quotas Marakby said in an interview.\n He said the group will be based in the Detroit area and work with regional Ford vehicle electrification teams in China and Europe.\n Marakby said Team Edison \"will look holistically at the electric vehicle market.\"\nFord has not altered its previously announced plan to spend $4.5 billion over five years on electrified vehicles including plug-in hybrids Marakby said.\n He declined to say how many new electric vehicles Ford expects to add in the future.", "output": [ "Marakby" ] }, { "id": "task419-0353161802ca4d2a86bd4424b48631f5", "input": "\"The best result of the global climate talks may be a solution that dissatisfies every one but is accepted by all \" he said. \"To reach the result every party needs compromise and work to find the biggest common ground. If one country refuses to do anything and ask others to do many this is definitely not acceptable.\"\n When asked about one of the most controversial issue on how to manage the fast start fund Xie said as a developing country China is fully qualified to receive funds and technical supports from developed countries.\n \"But provided that the amount of current fast start fund is much less than what developing countries need China would not compete with those who need the money most such as the least developing countries and island countries \" he said.\n Countries like China can do a great deal and have made very clear that they intend to do a great deal he told reporters.\n \"It (China) has made commitment that was made on a series of actions on intensity on renewable energy and on forests that are examples of what a really powerful country with enormous commitment can deliver \" he said.\n Xie Zhenhua said China will also provide as much assistance to these countries as it is able to through South-South cooperation.\n \"We are not only saying it but have also begun doing it. In the past few years we have provided training programs to people from least developed countries and worked with them in programs to cope with climate changes \" Xie said.\n However Xie strongly argued that developed countries should actually add new money in the fast start fund as a majority of current identified fast start fund was in fact included in the existing Official Development Assistance (ODA).\n \"I think it is very very odd to have a negotiating process when you reach an agreement and a day after the agreement is done you dismiss it as irrelevant. We don't think that's fair \" he said.\n \"So just for climate change we made a commitment almost double all of the world's assistance. So an enormous commitment was made in Copenhagen and I think no one seemed that \" he said.\n Commenting on the idea of a new way outside the United Nations raised by the United States Xie said China will stick to the principle of reaching consensus through broad consultation.\n The U.S. proposal of small group discussions where decisions are made by some major countries will not be accepted by a majority of countries though the current UN talks do face the problem of low efficiency he said.\n \"We think that small group discussions can supplement the UN talks \" he said.\n China suggested to hold minister-level talks of some representative countries where they can close the difference at the UN talks and reach common understanding. The results of such talks can be brought back to the UN talks and speed up the broad consultation he said.\n \"We should learn the lesson from the Copenhagen Accord reached after negotiations by some countries while many others did not think they participate in the consultation and refused to accept it \" he said.", "output": [ "Xie Zhenhua" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6b81f9c71bf441c898fb4d2342d2601", "input": "\"He used to appear invincible \" McDowell noted after he delivered two brilliant clutch putts and beat Woods at the first hole of sudden death at Sherwood Country Club on Sunday.\n Plenty of talk swirled around Woods in 2010 and much of it had less to do with his golf game than with the revelations of marital infidelity that exploded in November of 2009.\n By August his marriage was over he had lost millions in endorsement deals and for the first time since he turned pro Woods finished a season without a victory.\n But Woods admitted that the off-course turmoil affected him and he also struggled to get to grips with the swing changes he was implementing with coach Sean Foley.\nTiger Woods' bid to end a tumultuous year with a victory at his World Challenge fell short but Graeme McDowell predicted the US star will again be a dominant force in golf - and soon.\n \"He used to appear invincible \" McDowell noted after he delivered two brilliant clutch putts and beat Woods at the first hole of sudden death at Sherwood Country Club on Sunday.\n \"Of course he has made himself appear more human in the last 12 months... But there's something a bit special about his golf game and I fully expect that mystique to return as the golf clubs start doing the talking again.\"\n Plenty of talk swirled around Woods in 2010 and much of it had less to do with his golf game than with the revelations of marital infidelity that exploded in November of 2009.\n By August his marriage was over he had lost millions in endorsement deals and for the first time since he turned pro Woods finished a season without a victory.\n He played only 15 stroke-play events worldwide and got a nod as a captain's pick for the US Ryder Cup team.\n But Woods admitted that the off-course turmoil affected him and he also struggled to get to grips with the swing changes he was implementing with coach Sean Foley.\n A storming singles triumph on the last day of the Ryder Cup as well as a six- under final round at the Australian Masters in November were signs that his game was coming together.\n But it wasn't until this week that Woods was able to put it together for multiple rounds.\n \"I've played well in stretches now the stretches are lasting longer \" Woods said. \"It was just a few holes and then it became nine holes. First day it was all 18 holes.\n \"So it was progress ... I'm just really excited about this off-season \" Woods added. \"I haven't been that way in a while.\"", "output": [ "Tiger Woods" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a135288672e4a239d1fd1b8fb244852", "input": "Democratic leader Sen. Dick Durbin is retreating from his threats to block federal spending unless the GOP agrees to his no-strings DREAM Act amnesty â but is now trying to find GOP allies for an amnesty which includes token border-security measures.\nThe retreat was called during his December 10 appearance on âFace the Nation â where Durbin was reminded of his prior claim that âIâm not prepared to go home for the holidays until we get our work done.â In response the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate said the amnesty is just one of several issues in the budget debate effectively dropping his amnesty-or-shutdown threat:\n Durbin âs fallback tactic is reviving the âGang of Eightâ group with several new GOP Senators to demand an amnesty in exchange for a few symbolic border security measures such as extra video cameras. His plan was highlighted by a report in TheDenverChannel.com.\nThe new discussion involves pairing the Dream Act with some border security measures in an attempt to pass a bipartisan solution for the undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children three Senate aides told Denver7 in interviews this week⦠Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) who were all part of the bipartisan âGang of Eightâ that passed a comprehensive immigration reform package through the Senate in 2013 are leading the discussions according to the three aides with knowledge of the talks⦠Two of the Senate aides also told Denver7 that Republican Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina were involved in the talks. Graham was also a member of the âGang of Eightâ and is the sponsor of this yearâs version of the Dream Act â¦\nThe âGang of Eightâ proved to be a political disaster for Durbin and for Sen. Chuck Schumer the two leaders of the project. It was introduced in 2013 and it generated massive national opposition which helped cost the Democrats nine seats in 2014. In 2016 real-estate investor Donald Trump used the issue to win the GOP nomination and the Presidency sending Schumer and Durbin back into the minority.\nPresident Donald Trump is expected to reject Durbin âs new pitch. On October 8 Trump announced his popular immigration principles which include making E-Verify mandatory plus ending chain-migration and the visa-lottery. The biggest element in Trumpâs plan is ending chain-migration which would raise Americansâ salaries by halving the inflow of legal immigrant workers.\nGOP Senators are wary of Durbin âs project. For example Durbin claimed Sunday that GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski backs an amnesty for the 3 million young illegals usually dubbed âdreamersâ by Democrats and the media. Durbin told âFace the Nationâ that:\nColoradoâs Sen. Cory Gardner has kept a low profile in the debate but he announced in September that he supported Durbin âs no-strings DREAM Act amnesty:\nWhen asked about Durbin âs plan Gardnerâs office gave an evasive answer to TheDenverChannel.com:\nOther GOP Senators denied any role when Breitbart asked them if they were working with Durbin . âThat is absolutely not true â said Megan Taylor a spokeswoman for Nevada GOP Sen. Dean Heller. âThat is not accurate â said Brook Ramlet a spokeswoman for Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst.\nGOP Sen. Lindsey Graham created the Gang of Eight in late 2012 and is now working with both rivals groups headed by Grassley and Durbin . When recently asked about Grassleyâs plan â which only offers three-year work permits to 690 000 DACA illegals â Graham insisted that the larger population of 3 million younger illegals must get citizenship.\nSen. Marco Rubioâs office did not respond to questions from Breitbart News about possible talks with Durbin . His presidential hopes were destroyed by his support of the Gang of Eight deal which would have reduced Americans salaries while increasing Wall Street stock-values according to a 2013 report by the Congressional Budget Office.", "output": [ "Dick Durbin" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b42d9a8aed8480abecbcacd5ce0beea", "input": "The armed forces officially took over Rio's police on Friday under a decree signed by President Michel Temer.\n Temer 's extraordinary decree came after Rio's governor asked for federal help following an exceptionally violent Carnival. During the holiday there were several muggings armed robberies and violent confrontations.\n Temer met Monday with ministers and lawmakers to discuss the intervention.\nHours before Congress was to take up the measure an opposition party asked the Supreme Court to suspend the vote saying Temer had not followed the rules for issuing such a decree and saying the move had \"political and electoral motivations.\" No ruling had come from the top court by the time the session began.\n Temer and his ministers have gone to great lengths to emphasize that the president is ultimately in charge of the operation providing civilian oversight of the military. That reflects deep unease in a society where many still remember the 1964-1985 military regime.", "output": [ "Michel Temer" ] }, { "id": "task419-406ab905e1d8447cbc3d2177b8a2b3f0", "input": "caption Susan Collins and Donald Trump source Kevin Lamarque/Reuters\n Sen. Susan Collins of Maine announced Monday that she will vote “no” on the latest Republican healthcare bill all but surely ending the latest effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.\n Collins joins Sens. John McCain and Rand Paul in opposition and since two GOP members could oppose the bill for it to pass the bill is likely dead. The Maine senator also opposed the previous iterations of the Republican healthcare bills helping to end that push in July.\n“Sweeping reforms to our health care system and to Medicaid can’t be done well in a compressed time frame especially when the actual bill is a moving target ” said a statement from Collins . “Today we find out that there is now a fourth version of the Graham-Cassidy proposal which is as deeply flawed as the previous iterations.”\n Collins pointed to three primary issues with the bill that caused her to oppose it:\nCuts to Medicaid estimated at roughly $1 trillion from 2020 to 2036 by shifting to a block grant system: “This would have a devastating impact to a program that has been on the books for 50 years and provides health care to our most vulnerable citizens including disabled children and low-income seniors ” Collins said.Weakened protections for people with pre-existing conditions: “Some states could allow higher premiums for individuals with pre-existing conditions potentially making their insurance unaffordable.”Health insurance coverage losses: “Third physicians patient advocates insurers and hospitals agree that both versions of this legislation would lead to higher premiums and reduced coverage for tens of millions of Americans ” said the statement.\n Collins also said that despite the recent change by the authors of the Graham-Cassidy bill to include more money for her state in their formula for the new block grants the overall cut was still too great for her to stomach. Additionally Collins took issue with the seat-of-the-pants changes to the formula that lead to her state gaining more money.\n“But even more important if Senators can adjust a funding formula over a weekend to help a single state they could just as easily adjust that formula in the future to hurt that state ” Collins wrote. “This is simply not the way that we should be approaching an important and complex issue that must be handled thoughtfully and fairly for all Americans.”\nSen. Bill Cassidy one of the authors of the new proposal was frank about the prospects for the bill if Collins was not on board during an appearance with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer just hours before the announcement.\n“If you lose Susan Collins it’s over right?” asked Blitzer.", "output": [ "Susan Collins" ] }, { "id": "task419-8d4c5346d7bc487580747f5f63f84975", "input": "It was a gamble but polling suggested it might be working. His opponent Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam saw his lead over Gillespie erode over the past few weeks. Trump weighed in for Gillespie in a series of tweets and with automated Election Day phone calls encouraging turnout.\n.@EdWGillespie will totally turn around the high crime and poor economic performance of VA. MS-13 and crime will be gone. Vote today ASAP! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7 2017\n Trump wasted no time in distancing himself from Gillespie enjoying the spaciousness of his now-280-character tweets.\nEd Gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what I stand for. Don’t forget Republicans won 4 out of 4 House seats and with the economy doing record numbers we will continue to win even bigger than before! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8 2017\nWe’ve noted before that Trump has an insurance premium against any calls for his impeachment. His popularity with Republicans has slipped since the beginning of his presidency but he ’s still very popular with them particularly more conservative members of his party. (Per Gallup more than 9 in 10 conservative Republicans approve of Trump .) Because Republican Party primaries see an overrepresentation of conservatives that meant that Republicans eager to win reelection to Congress were less likely to turn on the president.\n Trump’s tweet distancing himself from Gillespie sugarcoats the election in a way that may make Trump feel better but probably isn’t fooling anyone on Capitol Hill. His claim that the GOP won four of four federal races misses a few important points. The first is that those races were in Republican-held districts. The second is that the Democrats saw big gains in most of those races relative to past elections. The third is that the figure is actually four of five; Trump likes to ignore a race in California won by the Democrats.\nBut it also does something very dangerous for Trump right now. It shows yet again that he isn’t loyal to his political partners.\nWe’ve seen this before. When Trump backed the House effort to repeal and replace Obamacare (having no plan of his own) he responded to its passage by declaring the bill to be “mean” — as though he hadn’t previously claimed it was nearly without flaws. (It was health care not immigration that was the big issue in Virginia according to exit polls. Northam won among voters concerned about health care by a more than 3-to-1 margin.) Even before Election Day in Alabama earlier this year Trump began to distance himself from his preferred candidate Republican Senate primary Luther Strange hinting that he had perhaps made a mistake — a shift that was certainly informed by polls showing a likely Strange loss. When that happened Trump deleted some of his tweets of endorsement.\nStrange’s campaign unlike Gillespie’s didn’t embrace Trumpist politics such as the threat of the gang MS-13. He tried to win as a more typical establishment conservative to no avail. Gillespie tried to more directly embrace Trump politics — and lost badly. And then saw Trump turn on him.\nThink of the message that Trump has sent to Republicans. Stand with him on policy and have him bad-mouth what you passed. Embrace his endorsement and see a loss followed by Trump playing down his support. Embrace his endorsement and his politics and see a loss followed by actual criticism. These are all one-offs — but politics generally suffers from a small sample size from which to draw conclusions and no one spends more time trying to draw conclusions than politicians.\nBannon’s track record in electoral politics? He helped Trump lose the popular vote and win the electoral college in 2016. He embraced Luther Strange’s opponent after Strange was trailing. And now he watched the “Trump-Stewart talking points” lead nowhere.\nOn its home page Breitbart also championed Trump ’s argument that Gillespie should have embraced him more robustly. That’s a flawed theory. Trump is very unpopular in Virginia and Northam won among those who disapprove of Trump by a 7-to-1 margin according to preliminary exit polls. A third of voters said their vote in the race was meant to send a message of opposition to Trump — twice as many as said it was a message of support.\nWhat’s more Trump made his feelings clear. Those who wanted to vote for Trump’s candidate knew who that candidate was. As in Alabama voters went in another direction.\nIt’s critical to remember that Democrats were supposed to win this race albeit not necessarily by as wide a margin as they did. Democrats hold the governor’s mansion and Hillary Clinton won by five points last year. Trump could have congratulated Gillespie on a hard-fought race and noted the uphill battle. Instead he decided to try to spin the loss to his advantage.\nIt’s unlikely that many Republicans worried about next November will be convinced by Trump ’s argument. Instead they’re likely to take another lesson: Trump can’t deliver a victory for you when you’re trailing and neither can Trumpism. (In fact there’s every reason to think that Trump was the liability that his poll numbers would suggest with Gillespie doing fine in western Virginia but getting beaten badly in more-Democratic Northern Virginia.) Nor will Trump stand with you should things go south.\nIf next summer the question of Trump ’s fate as president is raised how might Republicans in center-right districts be expected to evaluate that decision?", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-4f5032357f7448c697f40c5341a41ddf", "input": "Actor Alec Baldwin discussed rampant allegations of sexual misconduct with Megyn Kelly on her NBC morning show Thursday and stated that while many perpetrators have admitted their guilt there are innocents who stand accused of sexual impropriety.\nEarlier this week Baldwin shared a Twitter update calling out late-night TV hosts — such as Stephen Colbert and John Oliver — over their propensity to act as figurative grand juries with regard to targets of sexual misconduct allegations.\n Baldwin tweeted Wednesday: “Talk shows were once promotional pit stops for some blithe chit chat about movies etc. Now the likes of @iamjohnoliver and @StephenAtHome have flipped that and they are beginning to resemble grand juries.”\nWhat did Baldwin say to Kelly?\n Baldwin told Kelly that he stands by his tweet and added that he doesn’t want to “see people who are innocent get into trouble.”\n“I do find that that whole issue which is a big can of worms to open up really it is really really tough because you certainly want to see everyone who is guilty of something who have done bad things wrong things that hurt people you want to see those people get punished ” Baldwin explained. “But I don’t want to see other people get pulled into that who … there’s a lot of accusations and no proof yet I don’t want to see people to get hurt.”\n He added “[People] think that those hosts of those shows are perfectly — not only within their rights — but it’s very attractive or very necessary for them to be pressing this cause. I just don’t want to see people who are innocent get into trouble.”\n Baldwin pointed to embattled film producer Harvey Weinstein and the plethora of accusations laid against him .\n“Like Weinstein for example is in a rehab hiding behind millions of dollars’ worth of lawyers ” Baldwin explained “and I want to see the people who really did something get convicted.”\n He added “I mean I want the people who are in the wrong I want them to be punished but I don’t want to see innocent people get hurt either.”", "output": [ "Alec Baldwin Alec", "Alec" ] }, { "id": "task419-03d83f2a93bb480f83315115a407d28b", "input": "“Guns? What for?...to fight the government? The Cuban people don’t need guns nowadays!” ( Fidel Castro during his very first speech upon entering Havana Jan. 8 1959.)\nShortly after Castro ’s famous speech the process of gun confiscation started in Cuba—but gradually. Initially it was aimed at disarming rival revolutionary groups who had fought Batista but weren’t Communist-backed. Soon the definition of these “rival revolutionaries” grew pretty sweeping. Soon it included just about every Cuban with a gun. Significantly Castro ’s famous anti-gun speech was proclaimed a full two years BEFORE he came out of the closet as a full-fledged Marxist-Leninist.\nOver the past week Castro ’s media has been in a tizzy celebrating the Parkland high school students and especially Emma Gonzalez's NRA and Republican bashing.\nAs it turns out the few guns still in the hands of (mostly redneck) Cubans from 1960-1966 caused great panic for the Soviet satrap Castroites. These few guns resulted in the only genuine Cuban guerrilla war of the 20th century. And it can’t be repeated often enough—it was fought AGAINST the utterly bogus “guerrillas” Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.\nFarm collectivization was no more voluntary in Cuba than in the Ukraine. And Cuba's Kulaks (rednecks) had guns a few at first anyway. Around 1960 thousands of Cuba’s enraged campesinos grabbed their guns and started fighting desperately as Castro and Che started stealing their land to build Soviet Kolkhozes while murdering and jailing all who resisted.\nI won’t bother asking if you’ve ever heard of this ferocious insurgency on our very doorstep from The FAKE History Channel FAKE News Media or your professors amigos. These valiant and desperate insurgents were fighting the Left’s premier pin-up boys: Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. That’s all you need to know about the media/ Hollywood silence. This (thoroughly-documented) insurgency turns on its very head everything the Media/Hollywood complex would have us believe about Che Guevara and Fidel Castro .\nAlarmed by the widespread and savage insurgency Castro and Che sent a special emissary named Flavio Bravo whimpering to their sugar-daddy Khrushchev. “We are on a crusade against kulaks like you were in 1930 ” whimpered this old–line Cuban Communist party member.\nChe Guevara had a very bloody (and typically cowardly) hand in one of the major anti-insurgency wars on this continent. Most of these anti-communist redneck/guerrillas were executed on the spot upon capture a Che specialty. \"We fought with the fury of cornered beasts \" said one to describe their desperate freedom fight against the Soviet occupation of Cuba through their proxies Fidel Castro and Che Guevara.\nIn 1962 Che got a chance to do more than cheer from the sidelines. He had a hand in the following: \"Cuban militia units commanded by Russian officers employed flame-throwers to burn the palm-thatched cottages in the Escambray countryside. The peasant occupants were accused of feeding the counterrevolutionaries and bandits.\" At one point in 1962 one of every 17 Cubans was a political prisoner. Fidel himself admits that they faced 179 bands of \"counter-revolutionaries\" and \"bandits.\"", "output": [ "Fidel Castro" ] }, { "id": "task419-0aa5716e3d1a43de830b75f9fc37b620", "input": "Mike Kinsch hopped a fence last year and sneaked into the abandoned Edgewater Medical Center.\n He wore a mask to protect himself from air thickened by two decades of decay. As paint chips crunched beneath his boots Kinsch strolled the dark hallways of the former hospital where Hillary Clinton and John Wayne Gacy were born. Kinsch said he found discarded desks old photos and even prescription drugs.\n“It’s really about exploring your own curiosity ” Kinsch said.\nEven well-prepared explorers face danger however. Kinsch said the Edgewater hospital's basement is flooded and during a return trip in the winter he had to crawl over thin ice.\n“It’s a scary experience (because) there’s 5 feet of water \" he said. “You don’t know what’s in the water.”\n“I was climbing up to get up to it and the steps of the building were collapsing below my feet so I couldn't go down ” he recalled. “These places are closed for a reason because they aren't safe. So it comes with the territory.”", "output": [ "Mike Kinsch" ] }, { "id": "task419-cfda82e82b1b4eb7a6c590a082818cc5", "input": "Allen Robinson will be one of the most sought-after receivers in free agency this year. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)\nHigh-level target: Allen Robinson Jaguars \n Robinson looked well on his way to becoming one of the top receivers in the NFL after his first three seasons but this last season was cut short during the first game after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The injury will likely cause teams to hesitate before giving him a big contract but assuming his recovery is on track he ’s the best free agent receiver available. He ’s become a well-rounded threat with the potential to win deep or turn short passes into big gains with his run-after-catch ability.\nOn this play from 2016 Robinson runs a deep in-breaking route against off-coverage.\n Robinson angles his routes outside initially to sell a vertical route to the corner. As he reaches the top of his route he manages to get the corner to open his hips to the sideline creating lots of separation as Robinson cuts inside. Robinson makes the catch and then shows his ability to create after the catch eluding defenders on his way to a nearly 40-yard gain.\nOne of Robinson ’s best traits is his body control when adjusting to the flight of the ball. He makes a number of spectacular catches to pull in back-shoulder throws or correct inaccurate passes.\nHere Robinson is isolated to the left of the formation. He runs a simple go route but quarterback Blake Bortles throws to his back-shoulder. Robinson does an excellent job not only getting his head around and locating the throw but turning his body around completely to make an incredible one-handed grab.\n Robinson if healthy has the ability to be a true number one receiver for whichever team he signs for. The injury might put some teams off but his talent makes an investment in him worth the risk.", "output": [ "Allen Robinson" ] }, { "id": "task419-a4b0880af48f44eca36c822a769a8fc2", "input": "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accompanied by his wife Sara cuts the ribbon during the opening ceremony for a bomb-proof emergency room in a hospital in Ashkelon Israel Tuesday Feb. 20 2018. (Tsafrir Abayov/Associated Press)\nJERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting for his political life as a dizzying array of scandals has engulfed him his family and his inner circle.\nPolice last week announced they have sufficient evidence to indict Netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust in two separate cases. And this week a new case emerged that threatens to be the most damaging of all after one of his closest confidants agreed to testify against him in an influence-peddling scandal.\n Netanyahu and his wife Sara have long been saddled with a penchant for expensive tastes and questionable use of public funds. Netanyahu has denied all wrongdoing and accuses the media of orchestrating a campaign aimed at ousting him from office.\nBut with those closest to him under intense police and public scrutiny and his typically loyal political allies suddenly turning silent Netanyahu faces the stiffest challenge yet to his lengthy rule.\nPolice have recommended indicting Netanyahu over accepting nearly $300 000 in gifts from Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer. Police say that in return for lavish gifts that included jewelry expensive cigars and champagne Netanyahu had operated on Milchan’s behalf on U.S. visa matters tried to legislate a generous tax break for him and sought to promote his interests in the Israeli media market.\nPolice have not commented on what Packer may have received and Netanyahu has said everything he received were gifts from friends. Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit a Netanyahu appointee will make the final decision on whether to file charges — a process that is expected to take several months.\nPolice have also recommended indicting Netanyahu for supposedly offering a newspaper publisher legislation that would weaken his paper’s main rival in return for more favorable coverage. Netanyahu reportedly was recorded asking Arnon Mozes the publisher of the Yediot Ahronot daily for positive coverage in exchange for helping to weaken Israel Hayom a free pro-Netanyahu newspaper that had cut into Yediot’s business.\nIsrael Hayom is financed by Netanyahu’s American billionaire friend Sheldon Adelson and largely serves as the prime minister’s mouthpiece. Netanyahu has noted that a proposed law to weaken Israel Hayom never passed and this week said he had even dissolved his coalition and called a new election in 2015 because of his opposition to the proposal. The attorney general will have to rule on this case as well.\nThis week two close Netanyahu confidants were arrested on suspicion of promoting regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Israel’s Bezeq telecom company. In return Bezeq’s popular news site Walla allegedly provided favorable coverage of Netanyahu and his family. Nir Hefetz a former Netanyahu family spokesman and Shlomo Filber the former director of the Communications Ministry under Netanyahu are in custody as well as Bezeq’s controlling shareholder Shaul Elovitch along with his wife son and other top Bezeq executives.\nFormer journalists at the Walla news site have attested to being pressured to refrain from negative reporting of Netanyahu . Netanyahu who held the communications portfolio until last year has not yet been named as a suspect in the case but is expected to be questioned. Filber has reportedly agreed to turn state witness against Netanyahu in return for a lesser sentence.\n Netanyahu has not been named as a suspect but some of his closest associates have been implicated in probe related to a possible conflict of interest involving a $2 billion purchase of German submarines. Netanyahu ’s personal attorney who is also his cousin represented the German firm involved and is suspected of using his influence over the prime minister in return for a hefty cut of the deal.\nAs if Netanyahu didn’t have enough problems police said Tuesday that Hefetz his former media adviser is suspected of trying to bribe a judge in exchange for dropping a corruption case against the Israeli leader’s wife. Hefetz is suspected of suggesting through a middleman to Judge Hila Gerstel in 2015 that she could be appointed attorney general if she dismissed a pending case against Sara Netanyahu’s excessive household spending.", "output": [ "Benjamin Netanyahu" ] }, { "id": "task419-ded4b3e745ce40b5bf5f46ee45079b4b", "input": "Paris Fashion Week has arrived and so have two of the most iconic queens to ever grace your television screens: Helen Mirren and Jane Fonda.\nIt's true. Mirren and Fonda were spotted strutting their stuff down the runway of the L’Oréal Paris show on Sunday and we promise they look ten times better than any of us would.\nWhile Mirren claimed the cool factor Fonda age 79 went for a more classic elegant look. The actress walked down the runway in a form-fitting floor length Balmain dress but it did have a tiger print so still very edgy. Oh and did we mention Fonda threw up peace signs then high-fived a fellow model?! *sobs*\nHelen Mirren walks the runway during Le Defile L'Oreal Paris. Image: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for L'Oreal Paris", "output": [ "Helen Mirren" ] }, { "id": "task419-d22180842e934b3599d45dcf9be0ba72", "input": "Under the terms of his release from a Scottish jail on compassionate grounds in August Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi cannot leave Tripoli or change his address and must keep in regular contact with East Renfrewshire Council.\n They were unable to contact the Libyan on Tuesday while The Times newspaper could not track him down at either his house or the hospital where the terminal prostate cancer sufferer has had treatment.\n \"We have now spoken to Mr Megrahi who is in his house. There is no cause for alarm he is in his house \" said a spokesman for East Renfrewshire Council in western Scotland.\n \"He wasn't able to speak to us yesterday but he was able to do so today. We have spoken to him and we don't have any concerns. He is definitely at home in Tripoli.\"\n The spokesman said that if staff had been unable to contact Megrahi this time they would have reported the situation to the Scottish government.\n The council is next due to speak to Megrahi next Tuesday.\n Megrahi is the only person convicted over the December 1988 bombing of a New York-bound Pan Am Boeing 747 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie which killed 270 people.\n He was freed on August 20 after doctors said he had only three months to live and returned to a hero's welcome in Libya angering relatives of those killed.\n His release also caused tensions between Britain the devolved Scottish government and the United States and sparked questions about London's growing trade relationship with Tripoli.", "output": [ "Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b0133fc9f344396b968cbd62fff1b6c", "input": "The piece by my wife April Moore told about how — by an “emotional alchemy” — the pain she felt about what’s happening in the world could be turned into joy by joining with other people to take action to advance their shared purpose.\nIn her case the pain is about the destructive process of climate change. And the action she was writing about — the occasion for “joy” — was a “Polar Bear Plunge” into the Potomac organized by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network to raise funds to campaign for responsible policies to combat climate change.\n She wrote:\nThese are indeed difficult times when so much on which our climate and also our democracy depend is getting battered and may even be up for grabs. So I encourage anyone who is feeling that kind of pain to use it to become a force for good. Joining with others in effective action will not only move the world in a good direction but it will also lift your spirits.–April Moore", "output": [ "April Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-80a0ec256845480da4e01aed8d2db1af", "input": "Rachel Maddow Explains How Money Could Be Laundered in Russia\nMSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow imagined how she would launder $10 million out of Russia if she were a criminal instead of a broadcaster.\n“The first important thing to know about Deutsche Bank in this story it’s up to its German neck in Russian money laundering ” Maddow noted.\n“I’m a Russian crook and I grew up practicing judo with Vladimir Putin and he’s given me leave to steal stuff or strip the assets out of some formally state-run company ” Maddow said explaining the character she would play in her role-playing. “I’m a Russian bad guy. I’ve got ill gotten gains.”\n“I’ve got stolen money and I would like to enjoy my stolen money and so in order to do so I have to secret those funds away somewhere where they won’t get noticed by law enforcement. Where they won’t get taxed. And where anybody who might prosecute me or persecute me for the way I got this money they won’t be able to find it and reclaim it and trace it back to me ” Maddow continued.\n“If I want to get $10 million out of Russia I want to convert it from Rubles into some other currency. To get it out without anybody noticing it has to look like that money is leaving the country as some part of legitimate transaction ” Maddow noted. “That’s where Deutsche Bank comes in.”\n“So you need to have something you’re going to buy for a lot of money. So you have somebody abroad go to the bank and say ‘I have this highlighter and the price of this highlighter I want to sell is $10 million.’ Miraculously simultaneously at that same moment you pop up in Moscow with your $10 million in ill gotten Rubles and say hey office ‘do you know anybody selling something I might be able to buy for $10 million? I was thinking of investing in a highlighter. Do you know anybody selling one for $10 million?’ Maddow explained holding up a highlighter.\n“I’m the dude in Russia I hand $10 million in dirty Rubles into the Moscow office. They say you purchased a highlighter ” Maddow recapped. “Then over in their other office abroad in London or wherever that bank’s office they pay their client $10 million in euros or dollars or whatever and they you know collect the highlighter that’s just been sold. And that’s it that’s how the money moves.”", "output": [ "Rachel Maddow" ] }, { "id": "task419-d61b391dcd944f68bb53e9ba305ce9ed", "input": "Jeff Chiu/AP\n Jeff Chiu/AP\n Getty Images\nSanta Rosa resident Jeff Okrepkie said he fled his home of five years knowing that it could very well be leveled when he returned.\n\"All that good stuff I'm never going to see it again \" he told ABC's San Francisco station KGO on Monday.\n Okrepkie said he and his wife tried their best to gather their most precious documents photos and mementos but it was impossible to grab everything in time.", "output": [ "Jeff Okrepkie" ] }, { "id": "task419-c1e62405c68f49dd9fdf72f3ad187b03", "input": "President Dmitry Medvedev and his visiting Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov exchanged views on the situation in Kyrgyzstan and bilateral ties during formal talks held here Tuesday with a number of agreements signed.\n Both Medvedev and Karimov expected a strong government in their neighboring Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan after an unrest that broke out there two weeks ago.\n \"Both Russia and Uzbekistan want Kyrgyzstan's government to be strong its people to develop and prosper and the state to be modern \" said Medvedev as quoted by news agencies.\n In the informal talks with Karimov on Monday he has already touched upon the issue of Kyrgyzstan according to the Russian head of state.\n Medvedev said after their meeting Russia was able to engage in economic partnership with the impoverished Kyrgyzstan only after its neighbor established more state institutions.\n \"Russia has provided humanitarian assistance to Kyrgyzstan but full-fledged economic cooperation is only possible if administration institutions are created there \" Medvedev said.\n He also called on the interim government to maintain political stability in the country.\n \"Essentially we need to revive the state ... We are hoping that the interim administration of Kyrgyzstan will make all necessary efforts to achieve that \" he said.\n Regarding bilateral relations Medvedev said: \"Uzbekistan is Russia's strategic partner. We did and we will broaden all possible ties with the friendly state.\"", "output": [ "Dmitry Medvedev" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e2ada0ad64e4438bf99cce322c92e40", "input": "year - old autistic son overcome his intense fear of indoor spaces might not have been right or even safe . Doctors didn ’ t recommend it . The people who witnessed it were appalled understandably . I don ’ t suggest this for others . I could have been more patient with conventional methods but I wasn ’ t . I am not certified in restraining children though doctors say anyone attempting what I did should be . They would also recommend a much slower approach . I am writing this because I hope to educate people about the burden families face when their autistic children have tantrums in public spaces so next time you witness such a struggle you don ’ t immediately resort to blaming the parents . I ’ m also reaching out to fellow parents in pain to remind them to cast off shame because I believe nothing is more important than getting your autistic children out into the world . It was a desperate time . Nothing else had worked for Zack — flashcards photos play therapy . gradual exposure to feared indoor spaces . That is how very much against his will I ended up physically dragging Zack into Verizon Center ( now Capital One Arena ) one day 10 years ago to see his favorite character Elmo perform as part of a “ Sesame Street Live !” show . There is nothing anyone could have said that would have convinced me my son was anything other than precious and worthy of the extreme measures I intended to take to save him from a life entrapped by autistic phobias . My mind - set that day : If I can get him through this without either of us getting physically hurt his fear of this place will be behind him for good . He will reset his association with this arena and it will no longer be frightening . I believe this deeply but getting him over the hurdle is terrifying . [‘ I have this thing called autism ’: A boy ’ s eloquent message to his fourth - grade classmates ] We enter Verizon Center and the moment the exterior door closes behind us Zack reels back and plunges toward it trying frantically to get back outside . At 50 pounds his furious strength is a troubling match for mine . He is a thoroughbred of resistance . My usually buoyant child is slamming his fists and clawing at the metal door ’ s push bar . I quickly seize him by the shoulders and pry his fingers from the bar as he jerks his head back in a sudden motion . His skull smashes into my chin and I taste the metallic taint of my own blood . I give up trying to pry his fingers away wrap both arms tightly around his torso and yank him back fiercely . We both tumble to the floor . Zack momentarily escapes my grip and scrambles back toward the door but I leap on top of him pinning his entire body flat to the ground . We are still in the vestibule . This was a mistake too ambitious I think to myself . Everything is happening too quickly . Breathlessly I pivot myself to secure Zack ’ s entire body between my thighs as I clamp down tightly and interlock my feet to prevent him from breaking free . Zack is shrieking at an alarmingly high pitch but I keep heaving and dragging us both inch by dreadful inch closer to the show ’ s main entrance area which we are separated from by a red curtain . I can hear voices around us . Your kid obviously doesn ’ t want to go to the show !” An icy shock sprints down my back and I reflexively arch and look around wildly . Someone has just thrown their soda at me . No I ’ m not giving up . Suddenly I feel an imaginary cloak descend and slowly envelop me . These are the moments I ’ ve been dreading but also building toward and I don this invisible armor now impervious to ridicule because I don ’ t care what anyone thinks . My singular focus is getting Zack where he needs to be : inside the main area looking at Elmo . The show has already begun inside and I know Elmo is on the stage . Okay get in his head now talk back to his thoughts . “ Zack you are doing it ! I know you ’ re afraid but all you have to do is stay here you ’ re already doing it you ’ ve already won . Just stay and watch sit and watch that ’ s it . You ’ re doing it . You did it !” A simple and repetitive mantra to penetrate the panic and break through the force field . In a now recovered and controlled voice I loudly announce “ My son has autism and he ’ s terrified . I ’ m working with him to get his fears under control .” A manager strides toward us summoned to calm the explosive scene . “ Miss I ’ m afraid this is too disruptive to the other patrons to let this continue you ’ ll have to leave .” No response . “ Miss you are creating a public disturbance and I need to escort you and your child out of the auditorium right now .” “ No ” I respond calmly without looking up . “ I ’ m not going anywhere . I ’ m a paying customer too and I have a right to be here and so does my autistic son .” Suddenly from the far reaches of my mind the legal jargon jettisons to the surface . What was that ADA language about the right of disabled people to access public facilities ? That they have a right not be discriminated against because of their disability a right to reasonable accommodations to access public venues . My son is not legally required to enter the auditorium quietly . He ’ s allowed to enter on his own disabled terms . I am his reasonable accommodation . Zack will ride in on me . Okay one more push forward with Zack squeezed between my legs and that curtain that separates the hallway where we are and the seated auditorium is within arm ’ s reach . Once the curtain is pulled back he will see all the children in their seats and he will see Elmo on the stage . But I am on the floor and I can ’ t reach the curtain . I quickly gesture with my hand to the woman guarding the entrance to please pull back that curtain so my son can finally see inside and glimpse the purpose behind the long bitter altercation . I need her to act quickly . She tries a few times to reach my son with chirpy words that fall on deaf ears . “ LADY he ’ s got AUTISM please just pull back the curtain !” I hiss . She wordlessly pulls back the plush red velvet in a single swoop to reveal a bright - red singing caricature on a large stage clearly visible even from our long distance . I quickly point Zack in his direction and exclaim “ There ’ s ELMO ! Look Zack it ’ s Elmo !” Zack ’ s eyes catch hold of Elmo and suddenly he ’ s too stunned to scream or speak his hysteria abruptly interrupted by the sight of a familiar friend . Transfixed by the furry creature Zack sits still and stares intently . I quickly move to slide him further along the floor closer to the cushioned seats . The rigidness in Zack ’ s body gives way as he relaxes a literal crossover to the other side . Zack is as smooth and malleable as liquid as he sits upright almost unaware of his own physical existence and wholly locked in on Elmo . I calmly walk him to his seat . The past and future are of no consequence ; for him there is only the present . As I gaze around the auditorium Zack is indistinguishable from his peers . In these precious moments I can savor the reality that Zack has succeeded in the greatest challenge of his life — overriding his intense phobia of indoor spaces — long enough to access something beloved . It took 36 minutes and 45 seconds . And yes it was worth it . [‘ I ’ m more awesomer ’: How kids with facial differences are reacting to the movie ‘ Wonder ’] It was the first in a series of exposures to crowded public places for Zack and me . His transition at the Verizon Center allowed him to enjoy the Elmo show and also return repeatedly to that auditorium without fear because he replaced his previous negative association with a positive one . For Zack the gradual exposure approach was not effective . What worked for him was a single traumatic episode in which he could grasp the purpose of the exposure and feel good about it . I spoke with his doctor afterward and he confirmed that by refusing to allow Zack to escape the place he feared I broke the pattern of negative reinforcement and allowed him to “ reset the record .” I also learned that as a last resort in a controlled way and only after years of therapy a licensed behavioral clinician might have physically restrained Zack to force him to confront his fears had he not responded to more gradual methods . In the past when I ’ d retreated home with him during a tantrum I was unintentionally reinforcing his phobia . But the doctor made it clear to me he would not recommend this method for any child unless all other methods had been exhausted and the child was able to handle it without causing harm to himself or others . For us the Elmo success paved the way for outings to other indoor places he feared — Disney World movie theaters airplanes the Baltimore Aquarium . Each exposure required less time for him to acclimate . We found that while Zack was initially confused and frightened he always adjusted . Over time he became less fearful of all indoor places . He also gained self - esteem once he realized he was conquering his fears and accessing more of the world . And in possibly his biggest win his overall demeanor became as calm and predictable as his perception of life itself . Ellenby is a lawyer writer and mother based in Montgomery County . This piece was adapted from her upcoming book “ Autism Uncensored : Pulling Back the Curtain ” which details her struggles and triumphs with her son ’ s autism . Read more : Lucas was just named 2018 Gerber baby . For children with autism haircuts can be traumatic . Here ’ s how one barber changed that . ‘ I ’ m finally a weather girl ’: Woman with Down syndrome fulfills a lifelong dream", "output": [ "Zack" ] }, { "id": "task419-07cf3a8391f842d0b77c80ced687d03b", "input": "TAMPA — Aaron Judge still rehabbing from offseason shoulder surgery has been doing most of his work outside of public view.\nSo when Judge was seen Saturday working with Yankees outfield coordinator Reggie Willets in center field new manager Aaron Boone was forced to tackle the subject of whether the 2017 AL Rookie of the Year would see time in center.\n“You never say never ” Boone said. “But there are no plans for that right now.”\nBut there are plans to use Judge in left field thanks to the arrival of fellow right fielder Giancarlo Stanton.\nAnd it will be up to Willets who worked with Judge in the minors to make sure Judge (and perhaps Stanton) can play left.\n“I think no matter what there’s gonna be an adjustment ’’ Willets said of Judge switching corners. “But when you’re as athletic as him and you’ve played before it’s not gonna be a problem. He ’s done it in college and as hard as he works I know he ’s gonna get it no matter what it is.”\nAs he jogged off the practice field Saturday Judge was asked how it felt to be back in center — even if temporarily.\n“Pretty natural ” Judge said. “It was just like college.”\n Judge is older and larger than he was during his days at Fresno State and having already banged himself up playing right last season seems like an unlikely candidate to move to center.\nThe manager also said he is pleased with how well Judge worked with Willets.\nWillets was confident Judge would be up for the challenge.", "output": [ "Aaron Judge" ] }, { "id": "task419-4fdf515b8d42422d86f1fa616e66eb77", "input": "The logo of Kobe Steel is seen at the group's Tokyo headquarters building in Tokyo Japan October 10 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato\nTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s government sought on Tuesday to contain the fallout from the disclosure by the nation’s third-biggest steel maker Kobe Steel Ltd (5406.T) that it had fabricated data on components used in cars aircraft and space rockets sending shock waves through the Japanese manufacturing sector.\nFaced with the latest in a series of missteps that have undermined Japan’s reputation for high-quality production the industry ministry instructed Kobe Steel to assess the safety impact from the scandal.\n The company said products used by about 200 companies were certified with falsified data. They included Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) Central Japan Railway (9022.T) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011.T) Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T) and Subaru Corp (7270.T) the companies confirmed.\n Kobe Steel shares closed at the limit low after being untraded for the whole session diving 22 percent to 1068 yen.\nIn a statement on Sunday Kobe Steel said some aluminium and copper products shipped from September 2016 to August 2017 were falsely labeled.\n Kobe Steel said the misconduct involved dozens of staff and possibly stretched back 10 years. It apologized and said it had appointed lawyers to investigate.\nA man walks past the signboard of Kobe Steel at the group's Tokyo headquarters in Tokyo Japan October 10 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato\nAluminium castings forgings and flat-rolled items along with copper strips and tubes were among the products affected the company said in a statement.\n“We want Kobe Steel to make the utmost effort to restore trust from society” he said.\nThe logo of Kobe Steel is seen on the group's Tokyo headquarter building in Tokyo Japan October 10 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato\nMHI said Kobe Steel products were used on its Mitsubishi Regional Jet and rockets including a H-2A rocket launched on Tuesday to put a navigation satellite into orbit. There were no technical problems with the components MHI said.\nIndustry ministry officials said Kobe Steel materials were used in some defense equipment made by Kawasaki Heavy MHI IHI Corp (7013.T) and Subaru and checks were being made for any safety issues.\n Kobe Steel has said the impact of the data falsification on its earnings is still unknown.\n The steelmaker has reported losses in the last two full financial years but is expecting to return to profit in the current period.\nSales of Kobe Steel’s aluminium and copper division fell 6.4 percent year on year to 323.3 billion yen ($2.87 billion) in the financial year ending March 2017 with recurring profit falling 20.5 percent to 12 billion yen.", "output": [ "Kobe Steel" ] }, { "id": "task419-7eb0f427ca344d6eaa7b92928c986caa", "input": "\"The arduous process of peace-building and national reconciliation can only advance through a commitment to justice and respect for human rights \" the pope said after Myanmar's nominal leader Aung San Suu Kyi had made an address.\nFrancis who has spoken forcefully and passionately in the past of the plight of the world's displaced and persecuted minorities met with Suu Kyi and was to have also met separately with the country's powerful military chief and Buddhist monks.\n Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her long campaign for democracy – much of it spent under house arrest. But although she has no direct authority over the country's military Suu Kyi has come under intense international pressure for not denouncing the army's crackdown.\nSince the crackdown began in August refugees have poured across the border into Bangladesh carrying with them stories of brutality including beatings shootings and rape. Many bear the physical scars of abuse to back up their claims. Suu Kyi has remained largely silent on the alleged atrocities and Myanmar's military has denied they've taken place.", "output": [ "Suu Kyi" ] }, { "id": "task419-1d95f107c1e14ecdaf39a51f31e59516", "input": "CeCe Winans Hillsong Worship Zach Williams and Reba McEntire were the artists taking home Grammy trophies in the Christian categories.\nWinans took home two awards winning for the \"Best Gospel Performance/Song\" for \"Never Have to Be Alone\" and for the \"Best Gospel Album\" with Let Them Fall in Love.\n They celebrated their victory on Sunday via Twitter by emphasizing the message of \"What a Beautiful Name.\"\n Zach Williams won the Grammy \"Best Contemporary Christian Music Album\" with his Chain Breaker. He told his fans on Twitter that he was shocked by his win.\n\"Blown away. Completely shocked. I'm a huge fan of everyone in the category and honored to win but without God none of this would be possible. Thank you all for your love and support \" Williams tweeted.\nBlown away. Completely shocked. I'm a huge fan of everyone in the category and honored to win but without God none of this would be possible. Thank you all for your love and support! #Grammys pic.twitter.com/HKxE055TJG â Zach Williams (@zwilliamslive) January 28 2018", "output": [ "Zach Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-2998213e201c44c88bcd807e1da5f846", "input": "Angela Stancik's grandmother Marjorie committed suicide with just $69 in her bank account after investing her savings in a scam. She wishes her grandmother had reached out to her family sooner and urges others who may be caught up in a scam not to be ashamed to ask for help.\n She urges family members to monitor elderly relatives to help protect them from financial predators.\n\"Watch what they're doing watch how they're spending their money. …Check their phones check their mail \" she said.\nDorothy's money is gone but she hopes her story will help other victims come forward.\n\"We've got to stop these people from hurting other people and it hurts so much – it hurts more than people know \" she said.\nAnother common type of elder exploitation: \"grandparent schemes \" where scammers convince seniors that a grandchild has been arrested and needs bail money. Sessions said that one of his own staffers got a call from her distraught grandmother afraid that her granddaughter was in jail. The FBI urges people to check with law enforcement before sending money to anyone they don't know.", "output": [ "Angela Stancik" ] }, { "id": "task419-0c5852b204e7494ca48a3252c549d899", "input": "Paul said neighbor Rene Boucher attacked him in November while he was mowing his lawn and wearing headphones. The Kentucky senator received six broken ribs and developed pneumonia from the incident and has described the injuries as a “living hell.”\n Boucher ’s attorney Matthew Baker said the retired anesthesiologist shouldn’t be jailed and would pay Paul restitution for his injuries.\nBoucher 58 has lived next to the senator for years in an upscale subdivision of Bowling Green. The two though have disagreed on lawn maintenance.\n Boucher said he saw Paul stacking brush onto an existing pile and on the day of the incident he’d had “enough” — and executed a “running tackle” of Paul. Because the senator didn’t see Boucher coming he didn’t brace for the impact.\nAfter the incident Boucher pleaded not guilty to fourth-degree assault charges.\nNo date has been set for Boucher ’s sentencing.", "output": [ "Rene Boucher" ] }, { "id": "task419-6bf4a0dc0fad40e1982dcc307afb0ac7", "input": "Tyler Barriss the 25-year-old man suspected of making a fatal prank \"swatting\" call to police after an argument over the video game Call of Duty has waived extradition to Kansas according to the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office. The fugitive from justice warrant lists Barriss' charge as making a false alarm according to NBC News.\nAuthorities in Los Angeles arrested Barriss on Friday. Wichita police say they received a call on Thursday from someone claiming they had killed their father doused the home in gas and planned to set it on fire with their mother and brother inside. Police went to the given address where they found 28-year-old Andrew Finch. Finch was fatally shot during the incident.\nThis isn't the first time Barriss has been arrested in connection to a fake 911 call. In October 2015 police in California arrested Barriss for making bomb threats to KABC-TV. He was charged with two felony counts of false report of a bomb to an agency of business and one felony count of criminal threats. According to Los Angeles Sheriff's Office records Barriss was sentenced to 972 days in the adjudicated case.\nNow that Barriss has waived extradition he will be transported back to Kansas within the next two to three weeks. When he arrives in Wichita he will make his first appearance in a district court. Glixel has reached out to the DA's office to see if Barriss faces any additional charges.", "output": [ "Tyler Barriss" ] }, { "id": "task419-87941e71ea204951858bc2a6963839bf", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Montana will sign contracts only with internet service providers that honor “net neutrality” firms Governor Steve Bullock said on Monday the latest effort by a state to undermine a Federal Communications Commission order rolling back rules introduced in 2015.\n Bullock signed an executive order requiring state contract recipients to adhere to so-called net neutrality which barred internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes also known as paid prioritization.\nA spokeswoman for the FCC declined to comment on the decision by Bullock a Democrat.\n“There has been a lot of talk around the country about how to respond to the recent decision by Federal Communications Commission to repeal net neutrality rules which keep the internet free and open. It’s time to actually do something about it ” Bullock said in a statement. “This is a simple step states can take to preserve and protect net neutrality. We can’t wait for folks in Washington DC to come to their senses and reinstate these rules.”", "output": [ "Steve Bullock" ] }, { "id": "task419-c353f4d72b794777ba385b6c1736c19c", "input": "It’s at a bereavement therapy group that meets on the Southwest Side of Chicago far from her North Shore home where Tina Nelson has found some measure of comfort and validation as she copes with her son’s sudden and violent death.\n Grant Nelson was killed in May while driving for ride-share company Uber. A 16-year-old Chicago girl is accused of attacking him with a knife and a machete that authorities say she had just stolen from a Walmart in Skokie.\nSince July Tina Nelson has been attending a support group for crime victims’ families that’s held each month at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago.\n Tina Nelson had experienced other losses in recent years. A sister-in-law died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm. And just a month before Grant another sister-in-law lost a “torturous battle with cancer.”\nBut her son’s death is “a different sphere of experience ” Tina Nelson said.\n“You have to reconcile the fact that someone chose to take the life of your loved one ” said Tina ’s daughter Alex Nelson who also has been attending the bereavement group. “It is not a freak accident or illness. It’s that someone made a conscious choice and that adds to the grieving process. You are not just mourning the person. You are trying to reconcile the feelings about (the accused) whether it be forgiveness or anger.”\n Tina and Alex Nelson spoke with the Tribune on Dec. 4 — what would have been Grant’s 35th birthday — about how the family is coping. Tina Nelson describes how she finds herself daily longing to talk to him particularly to tell him things she knows he ’d find funny. She demonstrated how he would throw his head back when he laughed.\n He had “the best laugh ” she said. “I miss his laugh.”\n“ It has been a lifesaver for my husband and myself ” she said. “ It ’s the camaraderie. You get to know people that walked in your shoes. And no one looks down at you. They are all sympathetic.”\n Tina Nelson said she ’s found the bereavement group so helpful that she was moved to write to County Board President Toni Preckwinkle to tell her . Preckwinkle wrote her back to explain that services for the victims of violent crimes and their families are largely supported by federal grant programs.", "output": [ "Tina NelsonIt", "Tina" ] }, { "id": "task419-443b104159464af09b7225c1fb66d059", "input": "In a statement issued in France by his Stade Francais club 20-year-old center Matthieu Bastareaud said he lied to Wellington police last Sunday when he said four or five men had attacked him after returning home late from a bar.\n \"I have to return to the events in New Zealand \" Bastareaud said. \"I owe the truth to everybody. On Saturday evening I went back to the hotel after drinking too much. I fell in my room I hit a table and I snicked my cheekbone.\"\n Bastareaud added that he panicked and was afraid of being axed from the French team.\n \"I didn't want to shock my family. I freaked out and I dug myself deeper into a hole \" he added.\n The admission wasn't a total surprise to New Zealand government officials and police many of whom had doubted Bastareaud's version of events from the outset.\n Wellington city mayor Kerry Prendergast said Friday that several French players and possibly the French team coach and doctor were likely to have known that Bastareaud's claims to have been assaulted were untrue.\n The New Zealand Rugby Union expressed \"outrage\" that Bastareaud's claim had \"cast a negative light on rugby Wellington and New Zealand.\n In Paris the French Rugby Federation said it will begin disciplinary proceedings against Bastareaud. The FFR said in statement it was \"shocked by the player's lies\" and apologized to the New Zealand Rugby Union.", "output": [ "Matthieu Bastareaud" ] }, { "id": "task419-2127f6b30737484ab2deaac2641543dd", "input": "MOSCOW -- Russia's Culture Ministry banned a satirical film about Soviet leader Josef Stalin's death from movie theaters Tuesday following criticism from communists and others that the British-French production made a mockery of Russia's history. The Culture Ministry declared it was rescinding the permit that would have allowed Scottish writer-director Armando Iannucci's \"The Death of Stalin \" to be shown in Russian theaters.\nThe ministry's move reflects an admiration many in Russia still have for Stalin despite the dictator's brutal purges that killed millions as well as the government's nervousness about the country's history.\nMany Russians have been dismayed in recent years by government-sponsored school textbooks that painted Stalin in a largely positive light. Old Soviet national anthem lyrics praising Stalin were restored during a Moscow subway station's reconstruction.\nLast fall the Russian Military-Historical Society an organization founded by Putin and led by his culture minister unveiled a bust of Stalin as part of an \"alley of rulers\" in a park outside its Moscow offices.\nKremlin critics have denounced such actions as attempts to whitewash Stalin 's image and part of Putin's rollback on democracy.", "output": [ "Josef Stalin" ] }, { "id": "task419-b49058fa33cf4e3e8cac3fc6872601b4", "input": "Jarrett Jack ’s two free throws with 9.1 seconds remaining sealed the victory just the Knicks’ third away triumph of the season.\nNew Orleans were up 99-91 with 2:57 to play when the Knicks’ French veteran Joakim Noah drove for a basket and Jack came up with a steal and a three-pointer.\nBut Jack was fouled by Jrue Holiday and made both free throws.\n Jack added 15 points for the Knicks and Michael Beasley scored 15 off the bench as the New York reserves out-scored the Pelicans bench 42-10.", "output": [ "Jarrett Jack" ] }, { "id": "task419-948a90e6e1ce420898ef34cc3591acc6", "input": "There is nothing the US can do to North Korea that will lead to its renunciation of its nuclear weapons program. That is because North Korea already holds US allies hostage to violence we cannot control—and may already or will soon pose a similar threat to the US homeland—and thus presents an unacceptable risk of retaliation for any American offensive military action. There is nothing the US can do for North Korea that might induce it to denuclearize because keeping North Korea on a war footing vis-à-vis the US keeps the regime of Kim Jong Un in power. There is nothing the international community including China can do to North Korea by enforcing sanctions or for North Korea by relieving it of sanctions that would convince North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons because the regime is convinced with some reason that it is only the threats it poses to others that keep it from suffering regime change. Nevertheless the US cannot tolerate or co-exist with a North Korean nuclear capability; that is because such a capability would deter the US from protecting its allies were they threatened extorted or attacked by North Korea. This result would risk dissolution of the American-Pacific alliance and the rapid proliferation of nuclear weapons to former allies that had become intensely nationalistic and anti-American. There is however one option that has yet to be considered and that has some promise.\nIt’s true that North Korea used to seek financial assistance in exchange for promises to restrain its weapons programs. Kim has changed all that. This isn’t because of his ferocious and aggressive personality so much as it arises from the evolution of the North Korean regime and its political role in the world.\nThat role has developed in an ominous new direction since 1989. When Russian subsidies to North Korea disappeared in 1990 the resulting famine killed up to 10% of the North Korean population but North Korea neither collapsed nor moderated its policies. In fact we can now see that the development of a nuclear weapons program was a crucial part of the regime’s domestic survival strategy after 1989 precisely because this program provokes US hostility and concern.\nDuring the Cold War North Korea and South Korea had comparable economic development and South Korea had a series of highly authoritarian if not totalitarian governments. With the end of the Cold War South Korea enjoyed a booming economy and a very promising democracy. Internationally communist governments were collapsing everywhere. But the response of Kim Jung Il was to increase its reliance on military force and put the nation on a war footing for an imminent US invasion. Consumer shortages famine rationing were all justified in order to maintain an immense military—its active duty army is the fourth largest in the world. The external threat also justified political oppression to identify and destroy traitors. B. R. Myers a North Korea scholar at Dongseo University in South Korea has suggested that the famine “may have strengthened support for the regime by [animating a] sense of ethnic victimhood.” Myers concluded in a 2010 book “it is the regime ’s awareness of a pending legitimacy crisis not a fear of attack from without which makes it behave evermore provocatively on the world stage.” Thus US reactions tend to consolidate power in North Korea; and there is nothing we can do to ease the threat to North Korean legitimacy in the long run because the threat to the regime derives from global trends that are weakening the domestic hold on power of all industrial nation-state regimes (though as we shall see there are steps that can ease Kim ’s domestic anxieties in the near term.)\nMoreover North Korean weakness—as to which their aggressive foreign policy is a compensation—also tends to limit US options. I suppose it might be said “When you ain’t got nothing you got nothing to lose.” But it is true with respect to all states that while sanctions can force small foreign policy changes they cannot effectuate changes that fundamentally threaten the stability and continuity of the government. North Korea sees its weapons as essential to its survival—not only by keeping its enemies at bay (this is the lesson of Saddam Hussein Mouammar Khadafy and the Ukraine)—but nuclear weapons are also essential to the internal stature of the regime . It is a feature that is not often appreciated of sanctions that they work or can work quite successfully only within a rather narrow sphere because that is their utility. People who say “Sanctions don’t work ” don’t appreciate that if sanctions could result in the kind of policy changes that are wrought from military action a military response would ensue. It’s their very limitation that makes sanctions useful.\nThis suggests that the Chinese who cannot be indifferent to the proliferation of nuclear weapons to South Korea and Japan ought to be willing to pressure North Korea into denuclearization. And indeed pressuring the Chinese to pressure the North Koreans is the substance of current US policy. There are risks in pursuing this policy; China would probably insist on the withdrawal of the THAAD systems from South Korea because they not only protect South Korea from North Korea but also degrade the effectiveness of the Chinese deterrent (even if only marginally). But more important than this is the fact that China really has very little leverage over North Korea. Indeed it should be noted that Kim has steadily weakened Chinese influence by purging pro-Chinese North Korean officials. Moreover there is no negative pressure—cutting off fuel supplies or reducing an already modest trading relationship—that could force the North Korean regime to change course because as has been remarked one does not commit suicide for fear of death. Thus I have concluded that there is nothing the US or China can do to North Korea—no coercive acts at an acceptable cost to the US–that will yield the denuclearization of the North Korean arsenal.\nBut that doesn’t mean that there is no conceivable way out of this crisis. On the contrary one can already see the outlines of a possible negotiation. What follows is a rather radical proposal that has many counterintuitive aspects but which I have come to believe represents the best way out of a rapidly deteriorating position. This option would be to induce a nuclear guarantee for the North Korean regime from China —an instance of Chinese extended deterrence.\nJang Song Thaek Kim’s uncle was North Korea’s principal interlocutor with China. His arrest and execution—as well as the removal of dozens of other officials associated with closer ties to China—marked a turning point in Kim’s rejection of a foreign policy that attempted to promote economic growth in favor of a “military first” policy. His truculent indifference to Chinese sensibilities was confirmed when he ordered the assassination in February of his brother Kim Jong Nam who had been living in Macao under Chinese protection. Then earlier this month Kim Jong Un pointedly chose the week of Xi Jinping’s BRICS summit in Beijing to detonate a nuclear test. So one mustn’t oversell the chance of success for this proposal.\nBut if the policy I propose is the least bad for the US to pursue—if it is imperative that we at least try this new option before resorting to war or accepting defeat—is it not also the least bad option for North Korea in light of the certain decline of its long-term security in the face of advancing US first-strike technology? Remember that it was Kim ’s awareness of a crisis in legitimacy that drove him to the “military-first” policy. The integration of China into the international system rather than the collapse of the Soviet satellite regimes could show a new path toward the domestic legitimation of Kim’s regime . Our aim must be to re-orient Kim ’s paranoia making him more afraid of losing an attractive opportunity for security in the eyes of his own people than he is afraid of dependence on China.\nNo one will take this radical proposal seriously unless we stop deluding ourselves about the incentives we can realistically employ to compel the North Korean regime . There is no chance that anything short of an ironclad guarantee of their preservation as a dynastic regime free from outside intervention will modify their behavior. They will starve their people and run almost incalculable risks because they have no other credible choice. And no guarantee that the US gives is credible to the North Korean leadership.\nThis observation leads one to draw a couple of further conclusions that are sometimes absent in the public debate. The first is that as our alliances are what are actually threatened we should move swiftly to shore these up. Consultations with our allies in Tokyo Canberra and Seoul are paramount. What do they want to see from us? How can we avoid embarrassing them in front of their own publics without hamstringing the protection of our legitimate security interests? Second we should not make threats that validate Kim’s rhetoric by making it appear that we are planning to punish him for his rhetoric. That there is a plot by the Americans to destroy his regime is the fundamental premise of his domestic propaganda as well as his thinking.\nIn summary economic sanctions and/or threats of our military action can push Kim towards negotiations but in the end those negotiations will be highly likely to founder on his need for nuclear guarantees. We need to prepare for the fact that a resolution of the current crisis will likely require a PRC guarantee. Are we prepared to support that? I think we should be. The course I propose is not without costs: it might increase the risk of a Chinese-US confrontation and it would link Chinese nuclear strategy to a surrogate state that is inclined to get into conflicts. It is however a more promising option than any being canvassed at the present. And time at this juncture is not on our side.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-1984a05fd912462e80db5d6249e1c5f5", "input": "Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies announced the hefty donation in his address to the 51st Synod of the Diocese of Sydney on Monday afternoon.\n He told the gathering that the diocese had been a founding member of the Coalition for Marriage along with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney Marriage Alliance and the Australian Christian Lobby.\n\"The Standing Committee has also enthusiastically backed our participation in the Coalition For Marriage and has taken the bold step of drawing down one million dollars from the Diocesan Endowment to promote the 'no' case \" he said.\n Davies told the gathering that \"the stakes are high and the cost is high\".", "output": [ "Glenn Davies" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6ace3a768d141bd8ddac99d4f1199d4", "input": "NEW YORK (AP) — Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley's \"Firing Line \" which aired from 1966 to 1999.\nThe hosts plan to interview two guests each show hoping for an in-depth discussion on issues and their formative political experiences. No guests have been announced yet but Gerson said he 'd like to discuss issues like race gun control and whether conservatism is the right message for the working class.\n\"I find when I go around the country that there is actually a hunger for serious civil dialogue as an alternative to the bitterness of our civic discourse \" Gerson said.\n Gerson is known to the PBS audience as a frequent guest on \"NewsHour.\" Holmes worked on MSNBC and on Glenn Beck's media company The Blaze.\nAlthough the show is beginning at a time of Republican dominance in both the White House and Congress Gerson has often found himself at odds with President Donald Trump. He said Holmes more often takes the president's side or acts as the \"anti-anti-Trump.\"\n\"I think the Trump era has been a very difficult time for traditional conservative discourse \" he said. \"I think a lot of institutions and places have been co-opted in this era. I view conservatism not only as a belief but a state of mind a respect for tradition but also a respect for facts.\"", "output": [ "Michael Gerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-e00320c104b94ca6a13eaf4bc407815c", "input": "In barely a month since North Korean leader Kim Jong Un surprised the world and said his nation was ready to join the Games South Korean President Moon Jae-in has delayed military exercises feted Kim’s sister at the Pyeongchang Olympics and given conditional consent to a bilateral summit in the North.\n“Its delegation and athletes are getting all the spotlight and Kim Jong Un’s sister is showing elegant smiles before the South Korean public and the world. Even for a moment it appears to be a normal state.”\nPence cast one of the loneliest figures at the opening event. He remained seated when the joint Korean team entered the stadium in contrast to Moon who stood along with Kim Jong Un’s younger sister Kim Yo Jong to applaud.\nSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in shakes hands with Kim Yo Jong the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un in Seoul South Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) February 10 2018. KCNA/via REUTERS\nAfter years of ineffective implementation those sanctions may have begun to finally bite which according to a Japanese government official and experts helps explain why Kim Jong Un agreed to send a national team and his sister to the Olympics.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-4439f4bc2d8b460cabb3f864ccd1c44d", "input": "Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has bitcoin on his mind a day after reports broke that his firm was considering setting up a bitcoin trading operation.\nThe billionaire banker tweeted on Tuesday that he wasn't completely sure about his stance on the red-hot cryptocurrency.\n Blankfein said he 's \"still thinking about bitcoin\" and that he was not flat out endorsing or denouncing the digital currency. Here's the full tweet:\nStill thinking about #Bitcoin. No conclusion - not endorsing/rejecting. Know that folks also were skeptical when paper money displaced gold. — Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) October 3 2017", "output": [ "Lloyd Blankfein" ] }, { "id": "task419-296904fd45ba46898b65958d994b33ef", "input": "(CNN ) FBI Director Chris Wray upended the White House's timeline about when it learned of domestic abuse allegations leveled against disgraced aide Rob Porter.\n Wray testified Tuesday that the FBI repeatedly briefed the White House on its investigation into the aide last year despite how the White House has presented their timeline.\nThe FBI submitted information to the White House on its background investigation into the former White House staff secretary that uncovered allegations of domestic abuse four times before those allegations became public Wray told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday. The FBI director 's testimony raises fresh questions about why Porter remained in a senior position after the White House learned of the allegations of domestic abuse leveled by two of Porter's ex-wives to the FBI -- extending a controversy the White House has struggled to shake.\n\"I can't get into the content of what was briefed to the White House ... What I can tell you is that the FBI submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in March. And then a completed background investigation in late July. That soon thereafter we received request for follow-up inquiry and we did the follow-up and provided that information in November and that we administratively closed the file in January \" Wray said in response to questions from Sen. Ron Wyden a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee.\n Wray added that the FBI \"received some additional information\" earlier this month and \"passed that along as well.\"", "output": [ "Chris Wray" ] }, { "id": "task419-1aba0edb7c5b4e35914515f6123ec89c", "input": "It has been a long time since two teams induced as many sofa spasms as the New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers did with those three false endings in the last two minutes. You thought finally the NFL is all about the game again. But just then the skin-crawly headline came across the bottom of the screen turning attention away from Tom Brady and Ben Roethlisberger to an old pot-belly named Jerry Richardson.\n[Panthers owner Jerry Richardson announces plan to sell team amid NFL investigation]\nYet the viewer’s head swiveled back and forth between the Patriots-Steelers epic in the icing rain and the alleged fetishes and racial attitudes of Carolina Panthers owner Richardson in his owner suite. On Friday the Panthers announced that Richardson was being investigated for workplace abuses and by Sunday morning the story had exploded when Sports Illustrated published a host of sordid specific accusations ranging from sexual harassment to using a racial slur against an employee. These included Richardson supposedly asking to shave the legs of female employees and demanding to examine their backsides in their jeans.\nBut that wasn’t the end of the NFL day. Not thirty minutes after the final play in Pittsburgh with fans still filing out of the stadium came the seismic announcement that Richardson will be selling the Panthers the franchise he has owned since it was founded in 1993. No explanation was offered or needed. You have to assume that the disclosures were going to get uglier.\n[Analysis: Forget the catch rule. The league has a replay problem] \nRichardson is a perfect example of the extent to which the sheer girths of owners’ egos are eclipsing what should be the NFL’s true narrative: the game. Their incessant internecine rivalries and power struggles have become a chronic story line. It was Richardson who set the poisonous current tone of management-player relations when he declared during the 2011 collective bargaining that the owners had “a [expletive] deal and we’re going to take back our league and [expletive] do something about it.” It was Richardson who inexplicably grown arrogant on his Hardees franchise money sat across a table and barked at Peyton Manning: “Do I need to help you read a revenue chart son? Because I don’t know if you know how to read that.”\nRichardson no doubt is also capable of individual kindness and other owners will profess sorrow over his decision to sell and wax nostalgic over the fact that he once caught passes from Johnny Unitas with the 1959-60 Baltimore Colts. Richardson is a self-made man the first player since George Halas to acquire an ownership stake. But Richardson sadly has acted as a toxic hardliner devoted to ensuring that no other player would ever be treated like a partner or equal.", "output": [ "Jerry Richardson" ] }, { "id": "task419-2cb1994fa05e4e85ba896117fe7b4073", "input": "Galtsog Gantulga right helps Brandon Coghill left with some dance steps at the Arthur Murray dance studio in Alexandria on Dec. 20. Gantulga an undocumented immigrant from Mongolia had his work permit revoked after being convicted of drunken driving. His students from the dance studio are trying to win him a reprieve. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Washington D.C.)\nBut the ballroom dancers say Galtsog Gantulga is a gifted instructor who senses when his students need to talk or want to dance but are too shy to take the initiative. He hurt no one in the two drunken driving incidents they point out and has served time behind bars. He also sold his car and joined Alcoholics Anonymous.\n\" He built his life over here \" said Mealy Chhim a retired software engineer who was part of the effort. \" He just messed up.\"\nRetired Air Force colonel Charlie Heimach takes a phone call from Galtsog Gantulga (pictured in background) during Gantulga’s detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington D.C.)\nLiving alone for the first time Gantulga landed a job at the Arthur Murray Dance Center in Alexandria and worked his way up to a top instructor.\n Gantulga dances at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Alexandria Va. (Michael Robinson Chavez/Washington D.C.)\n Gantulga lost his DACA protection while his second criminal charge was pending. Soon the government told him they would try to deport him.\n\" Mr. Gantulga entered the United States on a nonimmigrant visa but currently does not have lawful status in the United States \" said ICE spokeswoman Carissa Cutrell. \" Gantulga has proven himself to be a public safety threat.\"\n Gantulga says the drinking and driving \"definitely wouldn't have happened if my parents were here.\"\nBut he also said he took responsibility: \"It was something that I did.\"\nWith the federal government pushing to expel Gantulga the dance students and studio managers mobilized to keep him in the United States getting a firsthand look at the nation's immigration system in the process.\nThey were stunned that Gantulga only appeared at his immigration court hearings via video link from the detention center where he was being held 150 miles away.\nThey were shocked that immigrants facing deportation proceedings didn't have a right to a court-appointed lawyer that an immigration judge could refuse to set bond and that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could keep Gantulga locked up for months even after bond was set and Heimach rushed over with a check.\nHeimach offered to let Gantulga stay at his house while he fought his case.\nInstructors Anusha Rouse second from left and Brandon Coghill right and students at the Arthur Murray Dance Studio laugh as they speak by cellphone to Galtsog Gantulga a former instructor at the school who was being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this summer and now faces deportation. The Arthur Murray students and teachers are trying to win his a reprieve. (Jahi Chikwendiu/Washington D.C.)\nOver the objections of Nicholas J. Bolzman the prosecutor from the Department of Homeland Security Immigration Judge Helaine Perlman granted Gantulga release on $12 000 bond saying his crimes weren't serious enough to be eligible for mandatory detention.", "output": [ "Galtsog Gantulga" ] }, { "id": "task419-8834f02030d04a52b93bd00b82d19c10", "input": "Halsey raised her voice Saturday at the Women’s March in New York to shed light on sexual assault rape and a culture rooted in misogyny.\n Halsey delivered one of Saturday’s most poignant moments when she recited an original poem about sexual assault. (Erik Pendzich/REX/Shutterstock/Erik Pendzich/REX/Shutterstock)\n“A Story Like Mine” shares Halsey ’s personal experiences with sexual assault which include being assaulted as a child accompanying her best friend to Planned Parenthood being forced by a boyfriend to have sex and performing after having a miscarriage.\n Halsey also addresses how she believed her fame could protect her from being assaulted but that she realizes “nobody is safe (as) long as she is alive.”\n Halsey 's powerful poem had some choice words for President Trump. (Evan Vucci/AP)\n“And that’s why we’re here and that’s why we rally ” Halsey read “It’s Olympians and a medical resident and not one f---ng word from the man who is President.”\nAlthough Halsey ’s poem explores past traumas “A Story Like Mine” ends on a hopeful note.\nThis is extraordinary. Thank you @Halsey for your art your words your ferocity. [Link] — Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) January 21 2018\nKaty Perry Reese Witherspoon Debra Messing and other celebrities praised Halsey's poem on social media.", "output": [ "Halsey" ] }, { "id": "task419-7c4828c22a3e4939897b3b076918b8a2", "input": "The famed New York gossip columnist Liz Smith has died at 94. Her decades long column in the New York Daily News gave people a look into the lives of the rich and famous and powerful.\nFor decades if you wanted to know where a famous person was last night and with whom you'd see what Liz Smith was writing. Smith was a famed gossip columnist who chronicled the lives of the rich and powerful in New York's tabloids. She died Sunday at the age of 94. NPR's Andrew Limbong has this appreciation.\nANDREW LIMBONG BYLINE: Liz Smith liked to compare gossip to Greek tragedy. She was especially fond of this quote from an academic calling gossip an emotional release valve that allows us to express a whole range of human findings - envy anger compassion - and to find solace in other people's woes. But she herself wasn't that high-minded about it.\n LIZ SMITH : It wasn't just about people doing terrible things all the time. A lot of it was just wannabe news.\nLIMBONG: This is Smith on NPR in 2009. She talked about bringing readers to places where all the rich and famous people hung out.\n SMITH : You wanted to go. You wanted to know how - what would it be? How much did you tip the hat check girl in a place like that? You know looking through the keyhole at how your betters lived I guess.\nLIMBONG: Liz Smith was born in Fort Worth Texas in 1923. Her babysitter used to take her to movies where she 'd be captivated by movie stars. She moved to New York and began ghost writing gossip. In the '70s she eventually got her own column in the New York Daily News simply titled Liz Smith . She never wanted her columns to be mean and they were far removed from the sort of bloggy online snark of the gossip that came after her . But she had insider information on the likes of Rock Hudson Elizabeth Taylor Elaine Stritch.\nDOREE SHAFRIR: And you could tell that she was writing them sort of from a place of almost like love of the people she was writing about. Like she really enjoyed the world that she was writing about and the characters in it.\nLIMBONG: That's Doree Shafrir. She covers tech for BuzzFeed now but she used to work at Gawker and profiled Smith for the New York Observer in 2008.\nSHAFRIR: Like a lot of people in media but probably especially for gossip columnists of her era the line between friends and sources and subjects necessarily got very blurred.\nLIMBONG: Smith was criticized for not being objective but she didn't pretend to be. She told NPR in 2009 about her biggest scoop. She got it from her friend Ivana Trump.\n SMITH : One day Ivana called me and asked me to come to the Plaza Hotel. And when I got there she threw herself in my arms and told me that Donald didn't want her anymore and that she had just gone through all of this plastic surgery to enhance her looks. And I tried to give her some motherly advice.\nLIMBONG: The Trumps' divorce was a big deal and Smith knew what the fallout would look like.\n SMITH : I said get yourself a PR person who's respectable and defend yourself against him.\nLIMBONG: Donald Trump who was a celebrity real estate developer at the time wasn't thrilled Smith was writing about his divorce.\n SMITH : He said he was going to buy the New York Daily News in order to fire me.", "output": [ "Liz Smith Liz", "Liz" ] }, { "id": "task419-161c1f2886234c2cb07f5b303d9e8c21", "input": "Majed Shafie grew up in a prominent Muslim family in Egypt. But even at a young age he struggled with Islamic beliefs and practices.\n He was also troubled by the persecution of people in other religions especially when he started making Christian friends in college.\n Majed says “I saw how peaceful they are. I saw how forgiving they are. I saw the principles and the values that they have. So I didn’t understand why you want to persecute people that they are that peaceful. And I needed to know what truth that this Christians have that I was not even allowed to hear.”\nTo get answers Majed went to his Christian friend tamer who in turn gave him a bible.\n Majed committed his life to Jesus Christ.\n“This feeling of freedom this feeling of liberation there is nothing like when you know that you’re a child of God and you’re not a slave ” says Majed .\n Majed escaped and continued his work.\n3 months later Egyptian police forced their way into his home and arrested him .\n Majed remembers “An officer came and he said I need to know everything about you who you are who working with you. I told him I don't know anything I don't know what you’re talking about I don't know what organization and He told me you want to play tough we can play tough together. I told him tough is my middle name you don’t need to worry about that. Next day they transfer me to Abu Zaabel Prison. For the locals Abu Zaabel Prison is called hell on earth.”\nTrying to get information interrogators began systematically torturing Majed .\nAfter two days Majed feared he would betray his friends.\n“Lying down in a pool of my own blood this was my prayer. I told Him Lord I want to thank you for your gift on the cross. I don’t regret believing in you. You died for me and I will live and I will die for you. However Lord You made me out of flesh and blood you know how weak I am. And my only request to you is to kill me before tomorrow morning ” says Majed .\nThe next day his captors brought in dogs. Majed braced himself for the attack.\n“There was absolute quiet and calm. So I removed my hand away from my face just little by little and that’s what I saw. By God all three dogs sitting around me . None of them moved one single step. Then another three dogs came. Sat in the same position with one little difference. The middle one took a step forward and he licked my face. I got the same message that the officers got. That maybe I’m alone but I’m not lonely. Somebody else here with me.”\n His interrogator returned the following day. This time he made him an offer.\n Majed says “ He said you tell me the name of your friends I will release you. I will make you witness in the case I will release you. He listed everything that any man will desire. I looked at him I told him oh that’s that’s a very good deal. I-I will take it. Go get me food and water and after that we’ll talk together. He said whatever you like I will bring it to you. I told him shish kebab. He went he bring an Egyptian food I sit down I ate. He told me now you tell me the name of your friends. I told him listen. We are a big group. Thousands of us. I will not remember all of us // But I can give you the name of our leader. He told me okay give me the name of your leader. I told him the name of our leader is Jesus Christ. If you can catch Him catch Him.”", "output": [ "Majed Shafie Christian", "Christian" ] }, { "id": "task419-0836a117533f43ed81909be53c968f7e", "input": "Branson 's adventurous spirit however wasn't just a quality he picked up in adulthood but dates back to his upbringing.\n\"And there was the moment when I was four that we were going to Granny's house in Devon \" Branson recalled. \"About three miles before we got there — I think I must have been misbehaving or something in the back of it — she just pushed me out of the car and said 'Right you make your own way there.'\"\nNot only is Eve Branson the billionaire entrepreneur's mother she is also an author and founder of the Eve Branson Foundation a nonprofit organization that offers training and income-producing projects to local Moroccan communities.\nAccording to Eve's foundation website even though her philanthropic adventure began when Richard attempted to fly from Morocco to France in a hot air balloon during the 1990s she always looked for adventure from a young age including enlisting in the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRENS) to provide help during World War II.", "output": [ "Eve Branson" ] }, { "id": "task419-c4d01058e9a14f69b5c045adb32153ad", "input": "Bay Area political events : Bernie Sanders , no-hate march . \nBernie Sanders : Sen. Bernie Sanders , independent-Vt. , speaks at a California Nurses Association-sponsored rally in favor of a single-payer health care system . \nFifteen Senate Democrats are flirting with a ... more Photo : Andrew Harrer , Bloomberg Bay Area political events : Bernie Sanders , no-hate march 1 1 Back to Gallery .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-559ee706f0ae46d0a02c7a47280a65bc", "input": "Matchup Weight Class Odds Prediction DraftKings Pick? Anthony Hamilton Vs. Adam Wieczorek Heavyweight Wieczorek -160 Hamilton +130 Wieczorek by TKO Wieczorek Jenel Lausa Vs. Eric Shelton Men's Flyweight Shelton -400 Lausa +300 Shelton by UD Alex Chambers Vs. Nadia Kaseem Strawweight Kaseem -150 Chambers +125 Kaseem by TKO Kaseem Damien Brown Vs. Frank Camacho Lightweight Brown -114 -114 Camacho Brown by TKO Brown Rashad Coulter Vs. Tai Tuivasa Heavyweight Tuivasa -187 Coulter +165 Coulter by TKO Coulter Nik Lentz Vs. Will Brooks Lightweight Brooks -315 Lentz +270 Brooks by SUB Ryan Benoit Vs. Ashkan Mokhtarian Men's Flyweight Benoit -221 Mokhtarian +179 Benoit by SUB Alexander Volkanovski Vs. Shane Young Featherweight/ Lightweight Volkanovski -526 Young +375 Volkanovski by TKO Elias Theodorou Vs. Daniel Kelly Middleweight Theodorou -221 Kelly +179 Theodorou by UD Jake Matthews Vs. Bojan Velickovic Welterweight Matthews -169 Velickovic +141 Matthews by UD Matthews Tim Means Vs. Belal Muhammad Welterweight Means -248 Muhammad +192 Means by TKO Bec Rawlings Vs. Jessica Rose-Clark Women's Flyweight Rawlings -145 Clark +118 Rawlings by UD Rawlings Fabricio Werdum Vs. Marcin Tybura Heavyweight Werdum -286 Tybura +190 Werdum by SUB\nSaturday's event will be the 12th from the promotion in Australia. It's the sixth in the Qudos Bank Arena (formerly known as Acer and AllPhones Arena). Eight of the fighters have fought in Australia for the UFC in the past. Matthews and Kelly have the most fights in Australia for the promotion at five apiece.\n Matthews is 3-2 in his home country while Kelly has one loss in five fights before his countrymen. Rawlings is the only fighter on the card with two or more fights in Australia and no losses Down Under.\nBrooks came to the UFC with some fanfare but he's lost his last two fights after winning his debut. If the former Bellator champion hopes to rise to similar heights in the UFC he needs to beat Lentz. Matthews is another fighter hoping to avoid a three-fight losing streak. He has long been considered one of the best young prospects in the UFC.\nAt 23 years old it's time he starts to get his arrow pointing upward again. A loss to the dangerous Velickovic could be disastrous. Rawlings has also lost two in a row. She's a major draw in Australia but she has to be getting concerned about a potential release if she continues to look less than stellar in the Octagon.", "output": [ "Velickovic Welterweight Matthews" ] }, { "id": "task419-f351901bb2014b16b948caa154149e72", "input": "Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel said the change amounts to \"a foreign policy decision therefore sovereign \" and there is no intention to reverse it.\n Guatemala's Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel answers questions during a news conference in Guatemala City Tuesday Dec. 26 2017. Guatemala's president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)\n Jovel played down a possible fallout for Guatemala's cardamom trade for which Arab and Islamic nations are the largest buyers. She noted it represents just 0.37 percent of the country's GDP.\n\"It is not an issue that should really worry us too much \" Jovel said.\n Guatemala's Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel answers questions during a news conference in Guatemala City Tuesday Dec. 26 2017. Guatemala's president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem becoming the first nation to follow the lead of U.S. President Donald Trump in ordering the change. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)", "output": [ "Sandra Jovel" ] }, { "id": "task419-d0e10e4acbcb4419afcbf2e60eaf96aa", "input": "SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Christian singer Fabricio Alvarado Munoz will face a center-left fiction writer in Costa Rica’s presidential election runoff seeking to thwart the advance of gay rights with a victory for evangelical conservatives in the Central American nation.\nThe rise of Alvarado Munoz on a ticket fiercely opposing gay marriage was helped by the decline of a centrist two-party system that stretched back decades in a country long considered one of the most stable in Latin America.\n“There’s nothing more progressive than defending life and family ” Alvarado Munoz said on Sunday. He added on Monday that no members of his cabinet would support gay marriage or abortion.\nThe telegenic writer of Christian songs such as “Your Love is Everything ” won 24.9 percent of Sunday’s vote. He was elected to the national assembly in 2014 as the only federal deputy representing the Christian-backed National Restoration Party (PRN).\nA well-known television news anchor before he turned to religion Alvarado Munoz shot to political prominence during the campaign by denouncing a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights calling on Costa Rica to give civil marriage rights to same-sex couples.\n“All the vestiges of gender ideology will be eliminated from public policy in Costa Rica ” he said in his government plan.", "output": [ "Fabricio Alvarado Munoz" ] }, { "id": "task419-c0e914ae8cef47c784518b4f6aa09491", "input": "Before Ryan spoke Nancy Pelosi again called on him to commit to a vote on immigration saying he acts more as a Speaker of the White House than a Speaker of the House. The early vote took place because of Sen. Rand Paul who blocked action in the Senate for must of Thursday with a demand on an amendment leaving previous ceilings on federal spending in place.\nâI ran for office because I was very critical of President Obamaâs trillion-dollar deficits â said the Kentucky senator . âNow we have Republicans hand in hand with Democrats offering us trillion-dollar deficits. I canât in all honesty look the other way.â\nâI have been offering all day to vote. I would like nothing more than to vote. But itâs the other side. Itâs the leadership that has refused to allow any amendments â he said.\n Nancy Pelosi even shared a strange anecdote during an eight hour Wednesday floor speech about a Guatamalan boy with âbeautiful tan skinâ and âbeautiful brown eyesâ that her grandson wished he looked like.\nListen to Nancy Pelosi talk about her grandson wanting to have âbeautiful tan skinâ and âbeautiful brown eyesâ. like his friend Antonio â a Guatemalan. White guilt is disgusting. Itâs even worse when you brainwash a child to hate his own skin and eye color. pic.twitter.com/nLXp5OIfDD â Based Monitored ðºð¸ð®ðª (@BasedMonitored) February 8 2018\nRepresentative Nancy Pelosi of California the Democratic leader told a closed-door meeting of House Democrats that she would oppose the deal and said that Democrats would have leverage if they held together to demand a debate on immigration legislation. But she suggested that she would not stand in the way of lawmakers who wanted to vote their conscience. Pressing the issue further Ms. Pelosi and the next two highest-ranking House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin noting their desire for the government to remain open and imploring him to make a public statement about the scheduling of a vote on legislation to protect young immigrants brought illegally to the country as children who are now shielded by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA. âNYT", "output": [ "Nancy Pelosi" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb6881db5848408ea2615248510dfcc3", "input": "Bernie Sanders . \nSenator Bernie Sanders . \nSenator Bernie Sanders received rapturous applause from progressives for his foreign-policy speech at Westminster College in Fulton , Missouri , last week . \nJacob Heilbrunn of the more conservative National Interest suggested Sanders was bringing \"regime change\" to the liberal interventionism of the Democratic establishment . \nThe Sanders speech indeed opened a new debate and offered the first steps towards a fundamentally different policy , but it also leaves many questions unanswered . \nSanders 's central contribution is to upend the military-dominated definition of national security . \nSanders also called out the threat posed by extreme inequality and the \"movement toward international oligarchy\" in which \"a small number of billionaire and corporate interests have control over our economic life .\" \nThat 's not a new argument from Sanders , but here he explicitly framed it as a matter of national security . \n\"This planet ,\" Sanders argued , \"will not be secure or peaceful when so few have so much , and so many have so little ... . \nSanders revived traditional liberal concerns about the domestic costs of policing the globe . \nIn so doing , Sanders sought to define a new progressive internationalism . \nSanders laid down markers for a new debate , particularly within the Democratic Party . \nSanders was one of only five Democratic senators to vote against the Republican initiative to lard another $ 80 billion onto the military budget , and those who voted for it should be questioned by their constituents . \nWhile Sanders redefined our security challenges in the Westminster speech , he offered few ideas on how to deal with them . \nThe United States does have to \"get serious\" on climate change , but Sanders 's only policy advice was to remain in the Paris climate agreements . \nYet Sanders offered no way out of the endless wars without victory across the greater Middle East . \nInequality , corruption , oligarchy , authoritarianism are \"inseparable ,\" and must be \"fought in the same way ,\" but Sanders offered no plan on how to do that . \nSanders said we are \"confronted by North Korea ,\" and called for international sanctions to force abandonment of nuclear weapons and missiles . \nRelations with Russia and China also received little attention in Sanders 's speech . \nSanders also embraced the Democrats ' aggressive posture on Russian interference in the 2016 elections , calling out Putin while condemning Trump for not saying a word about it at the United Nations . \nSanders even echoed neoconservative rhetoric , suggesting that \"In the struggle of democracy versus authoritarianism , we intend to win ,\" as if \"authoritarianism\" were somehow like communism -- a global , ideological movement . \nSanders 's speech opened a new debate .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-5841ff54158d471297a77bade58f46f6", "input": "CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James couldn’t get to 30 000 career points and he and his Cleveland teammates couldn’t stop Paul George Russell Westbrook or Carmelo Anthony as the Oklahoma City Thunder thumped the Cavaliers 148-124 on Saturday for their fourth straight win.\n James finished with 18 points and is seven shy of becoming the seventh player in NBA history to reach the 30 000-point plateau. His next chance is Tuesday when the Cavs visit San Antonio.\n James entered the fourth within reach of 30 000. But after he missed two shots James was replaced with 6:37 remaining and the Cavs trailing 128-101. The 33-year-old wanted to make history in front of his home fans and family but it wasn’t to be and he dejectedly took a seat on the bench as the Thunder finished off the rout.\n James will eventually get to 30 000 and join Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38 387 points) Karl Malone (36 928) Kobe Bryant (33 643) Michael Jordan (32 292) Wilt Chamberlain (31 419) and Dirk Nowitzki (30 808) on the select list.\nThe Cavs made one last push with James making a layup to cut the Thunder’s lead to 12. But Oklahoma City didn’t let up and eventually pushed the lead to 31.\nThunder: G Andre Roberson played his second game after missing eight with left patellar tendinitis. He had a forgettable six-second span missing four straight free throws and committing a foul. … Coach Billy Donovan first watched James play as a high school sophomore when he stood out more than others. “In seeing him at that age you see a lot of times young kids that are sophomores with his ability — maybe not all of his ability — but you see talented players ” Donovan said. “They never get better. A lot of times it’s difficult to get better because there’s such a microscope. The thing that’s amazing to me is he’s had a lot of attention on him and a very very young age and he always got better.”", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-28d661e159a04e8dafcad39b93522cff", "input": "In June the sector contracted 0.1 percent month-on-month after growing 9.6 percent in May Abdus Salam Murshedy president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association told reporters late Tuesday.\n He said prices for Bangladeshi garment products have fallen 20 to 25 percent in the global market and the situation is taking a \"serious turn\". About 25 factories were shut down over June and July.\n \"The buyers do not want to offer good rate anymore \" he said as the entrepreneurs late Tuesday held a meeting with Members of Parliament in the capital Dhaka to discuss the crisis.\n \"We are under tremendous pressure to keep us afloat \" Murshedy said.\n Murshedy said the next three months till October would be the most challenging period for the industry as domestic issues including frequent power outages and a gas crisis are aggravating the situation.\n He demanded the government bring the entrepreneurs under a special stimulus package to support the sector at least until June 2010.", "output": [ "Abdus Salam Murshedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-e51c6f90dc244e1e8f23ea4be68a2b76", "input": "Jackie “ The Joke Man” Martling settles a few scores with his former employer Howard Stern in his upcoming memoir “Bow to Stern.” The 69-year-old comedian recounts the excruciatingly drawn out negotiations over his contract at the end of 2000.\nMartling admits that he was drinking heavily and knew that he wouldn't be able to quit alcohol if he stayed on the show. Also his marriage to wife Nancy was falling apart and the idea of announcing it on air was horrifying.\nThe Long Island native says that he was earning just shy of $578 000 and decided to ask for an average of $1 million over five years. K-Rock's general manager Tom Chiusano offered $611 000 and finally bumped it up to $650 000 although he admits he would have settled for $800 000.\nThe King of All Media Howard Stern had fun with Jackie Martling . (Elsa/Getty Images)\n Martling complains that Stern theatrically complained “Where’s Jackie” that morning knowing full well that he wouldn’t be in. That night they spoke on the phone but Martling writes: “I could tell as I spoke to him that his relatively new girlfriend was sitting there because he was acting somewhat “on ” and posing a bit. We weren't on the same wavelength.”\nThe crude comic admits that initially it was very difficult not being on the show and at least twice tried to accept the station's offer and return. Martling says he even wrote a heartfelt note after 9/11 telling his old boss that he thought the tragedy would be a perfect opportunity for him to return to the airwaves and bring some levity to listeners but he was rebuffed.\nTellingly there are no photos of Stern or Robin Quivers in the book although there are photos of show members Gary Dell'Abate and Fred Norris. Troubled comedian Artie Lange who took over for Martling wrote the book’s foreword.\n Martling 's book hits shelves on Tuesday.", "output": [ "“ Jackie Martling", "Martling" ] }, { "id": "task419-a77682caa51349baba09957d275d3b8f", "input": "BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria’s army and its allies will keep fighting in Syria after the battle ends in Deir al-Zor province where Islamic State has its last significant stronghold President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday.\n“The victories against terrorist organizations starting in Aleppo and not ending in Deir al-Zor formed a critical strike that foiled partition projects and terrorist goals ” Assad ’s office quoted him as saying.\n Assad regards all the groups fighting against the Syrian state as terrorist groups.\n Assad said in his meeting with Velayati that the battle would last “until the recovery of security and stability to all Syrian lands” his office said.", "output": [ "Assad" ] }, { "id": "task419-c3a13f1b561d4e7d8d8ffd3137190155", "input": "Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon told congressional investigators that the controversial June 2016 Trump Tower meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton was “unpatriotic ” an acknowledgement of comments he ’s tried to publicly distance himself from according to sources familiar with his closed-door testimony before the House Intelligence Committee earlier this week.\nBannon according to “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” by Michael Wolff said the meeting attended by Donald Trump Jr. Jared Kushner and then campaign chairman Paul Manafort was “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.\"\n“Even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad sh-- and I happen to think it’s all of that you should have called the FBI immediately ” Bannon said according to Wolff.\n He later attempted to walk back the comments which reportedly angered President Trump saying in a statement that the eldest Trump son “is both a patriot and a good man ” and that the “treasonous” comments were directed at Manafort.\nTwo sources familiar with Bannon ’s congressional appearance tell ABC News that Bannon stood by his description of the meeting as “unpatriotic ” but told lawmakers his initial description of the meeting as “treasonous” was exaggerated.\nA third source familiar with Bannon ’s interview told ABC News that Bannon ’s characterization of the meeting as “unpatriotic” behind closed doors was only a reference to Manafort not Trump Jr. or Kushner.\n Bannon only said that the meeting “displayed poor judgment” on the part of Trump Jr. and Kushner but was “excusable because they were newcomers to political campaigns ” the source said.\n Bannon also told the committee he was speculating when he suggested to Wolff that it was likely that Trump Jr. brought the Russian lawyer and other individuals in the meeting to meet with Donald Trump in Trump Tower according to two sources.\n\"The chance that Don Jr did not walk these jumos up to his father's office on the twenty-sixth floor is zero ” Bannon told Wolff.\nSources familiar with Bannon 's interview said he also told the committee that he had communicated with former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus press secretary Sean Spicer and Mark Corallo the former spokesman for the president’s legal team about the Trump Tower meeting after the New York Times broke the news of the meeting in July of 2017. Bannon ’s comments to the committee about these conversations were first reported by Axios.\n Bannon is expected back before the committee later this month after he refused to answer questions about his time working for Trump during the transition and in the Oval Office.\n Bannon did not respond to a request for comment.", "output": [ "Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-1758196fb76a41e28ded5786839ea4df", "input": "In late March Timothy Nguyen a 25-year-old coach at Quicksilver a USA Swimming-affiliated club in San Jose quit after an underage swimmer told the club’s head coach that Nguyen had sent her suggestive messages through social media. The head coach informed USA Swimming officials but no one told law enforcement.\nTwo months later on May 30 Elizabeth Hoendervoogt a USA Swimming official and abuse prevention specialist called San Jose police to report Nguyen and send over messages the coach had exchanged with three swimmers all aged 14 to 16.\nIn one exchange police allege Nguyen asked a girl if she’d been sexually active yet discussed the specifics of several sex acts and then suggested they could be “friends with benefits.” In another police say Nguyen asked a girl for nude photos. One girl told police she had improved as a swimmer under Nguyen and she had been concerned he would stop coaching her if she didn’t respond.\nIn late June police arrested Nguyen . Then they learned Quicksilver’s head coach and USA Swimming officials had known about some of Nguyen’s behavior in March. In California coaches are mandatory reporters and must inform authorities within 36 hours of learning of suspected sex crimes involving children.\nUSA Swimming spokesman Matthew Farrell said it took two months for the Olympic sports organization to report Nguyen to police because it took time to collect the text messages. When asked whether USA Swimming or the club should have handled the report differently Farrell replied: “I’m not aware of any substantive changes that USA Swimming or the club would make.”", "output": [ "Timothy Nguyen" ] }, { "id": "task419-6a587b683420487fb371c9e66283ab51", "input": "Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson gave what was probably the most spiritually dry prayer outside of âGood food good meat. Good God letâs eat!â than you are likely to hear in some time during a cabinet meeting on the day of the Senate vote on the Republican tax reform bill.\n Prayed Carson:\n âWe thank you for the president and for Cabinet members who are courageous who are willing to face the winds of controversy in order to provide a better future for those who come behind us â Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said in the prayer. âWeâre thankful for the unity in Congress that has presented an opportunity for our economy to expand so we can fight the coercive debt that has been destroying our future. And we hope that unity will expand beyond party lines â he added. âIn this time of discord distrust and dishonesty we ask that you would give us a spirit of gratitude compassion and common sense â and wisdom âin the name of the father the son and the Holy Spirit â Carson concluded.\nPres. Trump offers to allow reporters to stay for Ben Carson's prayer : \"You need the prayer more than I do I think. You may be the only ones.\" [Link] pic.twitter.com/33To4DShvc â ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) December 20 2017", "output": [ "Ben Carson" ] }, { "id": "task419-8f7d881f532a42fabf9ef00173803e98", "input": "Bush owes us an apology . \n\"If there 's any comparison between the compassion and decency of the American people and the terrorist tactics of extremists , it 's flawed logic ,\" Bush said .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-54b24b9b59d34519932559f677ca3611", "input": "Co-Founder and CEO of Vivaldi Jon Von Tetzchner poses for a photo during the Web Summit Europe's biggest tech conference in Lisbon Portugal November 9 2017. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes\nCo-Founder and CEO of Vivaldi Jon Von Tetzchner talks with a Reuters reporter during the Web Summit Europe's biggest tech conference in Lisbon Portugal November 9 2017. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes\n He has since launched Vivaldi which includes functions he says bigger browsers lack. Vivaldi.net does not track searches and is based on an online community of users who recommend features he said.\nCo-Founder and CEO of Vivaldi Jon Von Tetzchner talks with a Reuters reporter during the Web Summit Europe's biggest tech conference in Lisbon Portugal November 9 2017. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes\nGoogle (GOOGL.O) dominates the online advertisement market and it closed Vivaldiâs advertising account. Google partnered Opera before launching the Chrome browser in 2008.\n He said he was increasingly concerned about data collection and tracking by tech giants like Google and Facebook.", "output": [ "Pedro Nunes" ] }, { "id": "task419-3bcb9b8ca8fa478ca5dfb4bc2a1852f3", "input": "Perennial country favorite Dierks Bentley has revealed the first details of his upcoming ninth studio album The Mountain.\nRelated Watch Dierks Bentley Perform Driving New Song 'Burning Man' \"Somewhere on a Beach\" singer road tests new tune at Las Vegas show\nSet for release early this year Bentley says the album owes its creative genesis to a recent experience at Telluride Bluegrass Festival – a long-running roots music gathering held each year in the Rocky Mountains resort town of Telluride Colorado.\nThe singer-songwriter has a well-established love of bluegrass and released the bluegrass-inspired album Up on the Ridge in 2010. His most recent album – 2016's Black – featured a more polished rock-infused sound. Bentley describes The Mountain to Rolling Stone Country as a combination of those two musical impulses.\n\"The Mountain mixes Up on the Ridge with Black \" he says. \"This record covers more ground in that Up on the Ridge area than I thought it would. The most successful part of my career is in large part due to [songwriter-producer] Ross Copperman and these sounds and ideas that he has. But we've reached a place where we've pushed that as far as we can so how do we grab some of the stuff I love from the first part of my career and blow that up even more and put it all together in a cauldron.\"\nA new teaser video for the project released as part of the announcement seems to confirm that analysis highlighting a marriage of roots instrumentation and a modern rock-focused drive. In the video Bentley walks through a sweeping backcountry landscape as the fat-bottomed electric groove of The Mountain's title track plays in the background.\n\"Well I bet my soul on a six string gamble / I climbed like hell through the brush and the bramble / Even though I had my doubts / Told myself don’t look down / And I turned that hill into a pile of gravel / It was only a mountain \" Bentley sings.\nRecorded and also largely written in Telluride the album was produced by Copperman Jon Randall and executive producer Arturo Buenahora Jr. and features songs co-written by Bentley with hitmakers like Natalie Hemby Luke Dick Copperman Randall Jon Nite and Ashley Gorley.\n Bentley previously debuted two new songs at a pair of year-end concerts in Las Vegas road-testing the driving rocker \"Burning Man\" and optimistic ballad \"Living\" for enthusiastic crowds. His most-recent release is \"Hold the Light \" a collaboration with Bon Iver's S. Carey from the Only the Brave soundtrack memorializing the 19 firefighters who died battling a wildfire in Bentley 's native Arizona in 2013.", "output": [ "Dierks Bentley" ] }, { "id": "task419-7ea1913ce1a3499e80ad0e0ccda5d50c", "input": "Despite his outspoken liberalism , Franken has worked hard to make friends with Republicans , Cruz excepted . \nOf late , Cruz has shown a humbler , more compassionate side . \nFranken was unsparing in his criticism of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in his book , \"Al Franken : Giant of the Senate .\" \nWould America be better off if it had elected Cruz and not Trump president ? \nThe second , Chapter 37 , \"Sophistry ,\" details how much he loathes Sen. Ted Cruz , whom he describes as a smarmy , condescending grandstander . \n\"He 's the exception that proves the rule ,\" Franken told the American-Statesman , explaining his decision to abandon normal senatorial courtesy in writing about Cruz . \nSmith said that he did n't know Cruz would figure so importantly in Franken 's book when he arranged for Franken 's prime spot at the conference , but said , \"It 's the cherry on the sundae .\" \nAs for Cruz , Franken said he has no regrets about committing his misgivings to print . \nFranken and Cruz will bookend the Texas Tribune Festival this weekend . \nOn Sunday , Smith will moderate a discussion with Cruz and his Texas Republican Senate colleague , John Cornyn . \nWhen the book came out in May , Cruz told Politico , \"Al is trying to sell books and apparently he 's decided that being obnoxious and insulting me is good for causing liberals to buy his books . \nSmith will moderate a discussion with Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz at 9 a.m. on Sunday , also at Hogg Auditorium . \nAs far as he knows , Smith said , \"it 's the only event that has both Al Franken and Ted Cruz on the program ,\" and , he said , no speaker in the festival 's history has generated as much advance interest and excitement as Franken . \nAlso , American-Statesman chief political writer Jonathan Tilove will interview U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke , D-El Paso , who is running for Cruz 's Senate seat .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-f2e29cf5f9644876bcf7f121de05826d", "input": "In an interview with Fox News Sunday 's Chris Wallace , Mitt Romney acknowledged just how much his \"47 percent\" comments -- in which he all but wrote off the votes of half the country -- had negatively impacted his chances of being president : \"That hurt . \nRomney 's admission of the damage done got us to thinking -LRB- again -RRB- about why exactly the remark hurt him so badly . \nCandidates need to adjust accordingly or face the prospect of adding their names to a list that Romney headlines at the moment . \nThe conventional wisdom is that \"47 percent\" hurt so much because it played directly into the stereotype of Romney as an out-of-touch rich guy that President Obama and his campaign were playing up . \nThe power of these \"candid candidate\" moments is that they present a jarringly different image of a politician than the one he or she is presenting to the public and raise questions among voters about who the real Mitt Romney or Tom Daschle or Bob Etheridge actually is . \nThe truly terrible thing for Romney was that the remarks not only came directly out of Romney 's mouth but were also documented on video . \nImagine for a second if Romney 's \"47 percent\" comments had never been captured on video and rather only been quoted by someone in attendance . \nYes , it still would have been a story that Romney would have had to address but it 's hard to imagine that it would have been the definitive moment of the campaign -- as it turned out to be .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-6309933b155f4923b06fde3e095a3c57", "input": "Police busted Michael Cognato 35 on Thursday for violating an order of protection barring him from any contact with the student.\n Cognato is accused in the original October case with sending the girl naked pictures and at least 15 videos of himself masturbating between August and October.\n He had taught the teen while she was in eighth grade at Intermediate School 93 in Ridgewood and the two remained in contact when she went on to high school. Cognato tutored the teen and often contacted her via Facebook messaging and Skype officials said.\n He soon began sending explicit photos of himself and convinced the teen to send him back naked pictures of herself cops said.\nIn October police charged Cognato of Bethpage L.I. with using a child in a sexual performance promoting a sexual performance by a child and acting in a manner injurious to a child after the teen’s mother contacted cops.\nEducation Department officials said Cognato began working as a teacher at IS 93 in 2001. He has no previous disciplinary history.\nAfter his arrest he was taken out of IS 93 and transferred to a central Education Department office for administrative duties. Meanwhile Education Department officials began the process of taking him off the payroll.", "output": [ "Michael Cognato" ] }, { "id": "task419-2ffa4b67b1ae4fa88662e6d19cf8cb9b", "input": "The Florida primary Tuesday was once going to be Rubio's chance to dispatch his main Republican opponent Gov. Charlie Crist. But Crist bolted the party four months ago rather than face Rubio in the primary and is running as an independent in a three-way race.\n Now facing intense competition for the moderate Republicans and independents who could be the keys to victory in one of the nation's most closely divided states Rubio is trying to show that he is more than just an insurgent protest candidate -- and he is breaking with some Tea Party orthodoxy in the process.\n Rubio spends less and less time trying to tap into the discontent that has been at the forefront of the midterm elections. A wiser course for Republicans he said is offering an alternative not simply being the angry opposition.\n His course bears little resemblance to those of other insurgent candidates many of whom hope to ride a combative streak -- and little else -- to Washington. Rubio is increasingly trying to turn his candidacy into one built more on ideas than outrage which is why he delivered three detailed speeches in the past week alone on education veterans' affairs and retiree issues.\n In an expansive interview as he rode in a white minivan from Pensacola to Fort Walton Beach Rubio did not agree with flashpoints Republican candidates elsewhere have seized on.\n Does he support changing the 14th Amendment as some Republicans have suggested which grants the right to citizenship to anyone born in the United States?\n \"You're taking energy and focus away from that fundamental debate and spending time on something that quite frankly is not the highest and best use of our political attention \" Rubio said. \"I don't think that's where the problem is.\"\n \"Yeah there's a lot \" Rubio said. \"Obviously his personal story of someone who didn't come from wealth is a testament not just to his tenacity but to America. I just strongly disagree with him on public policy.\"", "output": [ "Marco Rubio", "Rubio" ] }, { "id": "task419-d67825e85b9a42dcbc15a47fc3f352e6", "input": "President Donald Trump claimed that Hillary Clinton “lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened to her .” In fact the FBI director told Congress that there was “no basis to conclude she lied to the FBI.”\nTrump also left the false impression that the FBI deviated from its standard practice by not putting Clinton under oath when she was interviewed last year about her email use while secretary of state. He claimed it was “the most incredible thing anyone has ever seen.” It’s not incredible or even unusual.\nTrump Dec. 4: I will say this: Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI and nothing happened to her . Flynn lied and they destroyed his life. I think it’s a shame. Hillary Clinton on the Fourth of July weekend went to the FBI not under oath — it was the most incredible thing anyone has ever seen. She lied many times. Nothing happened to her . Flynn lied and it’s like they ruined his life. It’s very unfair.\nTrump is referring to the FBI’s three-hour-plus interview with Clinton on July 2 2016 near the end of the agency’s investigation into whether she or her staff mishandled classified information. The investigation stemmed from Clinton ’s decision to exclusively use a private email account and personal server when conducting official government business.\nThree days after the FBI interviewed Clinton then-FBI Director James Comey announced that he would not recommend filing charges against Clinton . He said that she and her staff were “extremely careless” in handling classified information but the FBI did not find evidence that their actions were intentional.\nThe FBI also did not find that Clinton lied to the FBI contrary to Trump’s claim.\nAfter announcing the outcome of the FBI investigation Comey testified on July 7 2016 before the House oversight committee about his decision not to recommend pressing charges. Chairman Jason Chaffetz specifically asked Comey if Clinton lied.\nChaffetz July 7 2016: Did Hillary Clinton lie? Comey: To the FBI? We have no basis to conclude she lied to the FBI. Chaffetz: Did she lie to the public? Comey: That’s a question I’m not qualified to answer. I can speak about what she said to the FBI.\nRepublicans have long maintained that Clinton “lied” to the public about her email use. And we have certainly written numerous stories about how Clinton provided the public with false and misleading information about her email use.\nThat’s what happened in Clinton ’s case. On Sept. 2 2016 the FBI released a summary of Clinton ’s statements to the FBI.\nAs for Clinton the FBI had “no basis to conclude she lied to the FBI ” as Comey said. But under the law if she “knowingly and willfully” made false statements to conceal “a material fact ” then she could have been charged with a crime whether she was under oath or not.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb1178cdf8414712ba4a189e83713f85", "input": "You may remember what seems like 15 years ago when Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter to offer a candy-related metaphor. In this metaphor a bowl full of Skittles were refugees but three of the Skittles were poison. There were many problems with this metaphor.\n Trump is back at it with the candy-related metaphors seeking to make a point about socialism using his daughter's trick-or-treating haul from Halloween on Tuesday night.\nAnd yet again he doesn't seem to have thought it through completely.\nIâm going to take half of Chloeâs candy tonight & give it to some kid who sat at home. Itâs never to early to teach her about socialism. pic.twitter.com/3ie9C0jv2G â Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) October 31 2017\nâI'm going to take half of Chloe's candy tonight & give it to some kid who sat at home â Trump Jr. declared. âIt's never to early to teach her about socialism.â\nAs with the Skittles tweet Trump appears to have cribbed this idea from someone else. Alex Jones's conspiracy-theory website posted something Monday featuring a video of kids having to turn over their candy in the name of âsocialism.â âWATCH: Kids Learn Painful Lesson on Socialism with Their Halloween Candy â reads the headline.\nAnd as with the Skittles tweet this one was met with plenty of skepticism and derision. There are clearly problems with it â not the least of which is that we're now using cute little kids on Halloween to make political points and that Trump misspelled âtooâ while talking about teaching his daughter something.\n Donald Trump Jr. took to Twitter to offer a Halloween candy-related metaphor to socialism on Oct. 31. Here is how the Internet reacted. (Taylor Turner/The Washington Post)\nSomeone in the highest income bracket already pays 39.6 percent of their income beyond $418 000 (or beyond $470 000 if married filing jointly) in federal taxes and in fact the marginal tax rate for high earners in Trump's home state of New York is already around 50 percent. So that's actually about the correct amount of candy for Trump to confiscate -- if we're considering candy as \"income\" -- even in our capitalist country.\nThere are certainly ways in which the wealthy avoid taxes â which many noted in response to Trump 's tweet â and income via investments is taxed differently. But the point stands that turning over a large chunk of candy would be expected from someone with the last name â Trump .â\nAnd then there's the inescapable fact that Trump 's daughter just literally accepted handouts from other people rather than earning the candy herself via hard work. As some noted that's pretty socialism-y.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-1d4a20b4367943ab8111cfcfa269bdd1", "input": "Henry Olsen author of The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism discussed the similarities between the Reagan and Trump coalitions with SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Breitbart News Daily.\nMarlow asked how Reagan came to be seen as a libertarian icon “basically the type of guy that just wants to cut taxes on the nine smartest people in the country so that they can save us from ourselves with the lack of government ” when in truth he “fought for the dignity of working people and had a huge appeal to blue-collar Americans.”\n“ Ronald Reagan talked a lot about freedom. What happened I think was that libertarian Koch sort of people as you put it latched onto this guy who interpreted them for the masses in their own light ” Olsen replied.\n“We tend to forget that one of the Koch brothers ran against Ronald Reagan in 1980 because David Koch was a libertarian. Ronald Reagan wasn’t ” he pointed out. “Because Ronald Reagan was so staunchly in favor of freedom they have interpreted him in a way that took out all the nuance and all the detail. The fact is that Ronald Reagan was somebody who raised taxes to support working people in the dignified pursuit of their own lives.”\nOlsen recalled his own history with the Republican Party beginning with volunteer work when he was just twelve years old. “I was so diehard I went in on the day that Nixon resigned. I worked my way through the party was a candidate at one point and I got into Reagan because that was what you breathed in California in the 1970s ” he said.\n“But after 2008 I looked and I saw a Republican Party that was worse off than at any time in my adult lifetime ” he continued. “I thought ‘ Reagan turned it around. How did he do it?’ I started studying him and that’s when I learned that everything I knew about Reagan was wrong that Reagan turned it around precisely because he wasn’t the archetypal Ayn Rand libertarian that I had been told he was.”\n“ Ronald Reagan first and foremost was somebody who put people first ” Olsen said. “ He loved the American people. His epitaph says it all. You’ll go to Thomas Jefferson’s grave and you’ll see ‘Author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights’ and ‘Creator of the University of Virginia.’ Well Ronald Reagan’s says on his last words is that he knows man is good that right will eventually triumph and there is purpose and worth to each and every human life. That is the heart of Reaganism.”\n“ He believed that freedom was important and essential to that but he also believed that government support was essential to that. That’s why he supported Social Security it’s why he supported federal aid to help the poor pay medical bills and it’s why he always supported a social safety net – and immigration and trade restrictions when doing that would help the American worker ” Olsen noted.\n He was critical of modern politicians attempting to appropriate Reagan ’s memory for their own purposes including Senator Ted Cruz. “Nobody quotes Reagan more and understands him less ” Olsen said.\n“Regan said that the Republican platform should be ‘no pale pastels only bold colors.’ Then you read what he actually proposed in that same speech and it had an energetic support for environmental protection an energetic support for a real safety net a very limited attempt to restrict federal spending no discussion of entitlements. Ronald Reagan’s bold colors would be called pale pastels by Ted Cruz ” he charged.\n“ Reagan was so far ahead of the curve that people only turned around the curve decades after he had already laid it out ” Olsen said.\n“The thing to remember about Reagan is that you know Sylvester Stallone was an out-of-work actor who wrote his vehicle to stardom. He wrote ‘Rocky.’ Ronald Reagan is the political version of that ” he explained. “ He wrote his own speeches all the way up until really the presidency and then he still had a big hand in his speeches. He thought through his principles. He created all the words that made him governor and then president. He was somebody who created the working class Republican-libertarian alliance that was the Reagan coalition and that Donald Trump is recreating today.”\nOlsen said Reagan had no difficulty reconciling his famed “Eleventh Commandment” – “Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican” – with vigorous primary challenges such as those seen in the 2018 election cycle.\n“ He criticized Gerald Ford but he criticized his policies. He didn’t criticize his person. He didn’t make personal attacks ” he recalled. “That was what Reagan was really talking about was that you don’t want to drag your opponents through the mud because after the primary you’re going to have more in common than you do with the Democrat. So don’t drag somebody’s character through the mud but make clear that there are real principled differences between you and let that be the method of decision for Republicans and people who want to participate in the Republican primary.”\n“One thing also about Reagan is that he never throughout his career only limited his appeal to Republicans. When his career was on the line against Gerald Ford in March 1976 he goes on national TV as a candidate for the Republican primary and says ‘I want Democrats and independents to listen too because you’re part of my coalition ’” Olsen said.\nOlsen saw the Reagan and Trump coalitions as “mirror images of each other.”", "output": [ "Ronald Reagan" ] }, { "id": "task419-f14871fb2bdb402a9167ca6c5614c80f", "input": "LONDON (Reuters) - Harry Potter is continuing to work his magic for publisher Bloomsbury (BLPU.L) 20 years after his debut with special editions of his first adventure helping revenue rise 15 percent.\nFILE PHOTO: Copies of the book of the play of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child parts One and Two are displayed at a bookstore in London Britain July 31 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo\nBloomsbury released new editions of J.K. Rowling’s “ Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” with covers dedicated to wizarding school Hogwarts’ houses Gryffindor Slytherin Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw to mark the anniversary in June.\n Revenue from Harry Potter grew 40 percent in the period the company said on Tuesday and the young wizard and his magical world will feature strongly in the publisher’s assault on the important Christmas market.\n“We have a strong second-half list including the illustrated edition of ‘ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ’ the illustrated edition of ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ and two major books to accompany the British Library’s Harry Potter exhibition ” said Chief Executive Nigel Newton.\nFILE PHOTO: A woman holds copies of the book of the play of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child parts One and Two at a bookstore in London Britain July 31 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo\nAnalyst Steve Liechti at Investec said Bloomsbury’s second-half list looked strong with cookery titles from Paul Hollywood Tom Kerridge and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as well as the new Harry Potter editions.", "output": [ "Harry Potter" ] }, { "id": "task419-ce30a63d4493452a8bb2be216ec21a75", "input": "Watch CBN News' Heather Sells interview with Sadie Robertson about her latest book and what's next for her .\n Sadie Robertson is well known for her captivating smile and role in the reality TV series \"Duck Dynasty\"\nThe show ended last year but the 20 year-old continues to make a name for herself . She has acted in God's Not Dead 2 danced her way to first runner up on Dancing with the Stars and continues to inspire fans and share her faith on YouTube.\nNow she 's traveling the world and sharing how she learned how to conquer fear in her new book \"Live Fearless.\"\n\"I used to live in a lot of fear. I had a lot of anxiety and really dealt with panic attacks - the whole nine yards. Anything fear I was totally living in it. It was actually in the season of my life when I was very very public \" Robertson told CBN News. \" I don't feel like people were really seeing the fullness of who I was because I was so afraid.\"\nDespite Robertson 's life being so public she was engaged in a very private war against fear for years until she learned how to beat it.\n\"Finally I found freedom through my faith and totally over fear. All of a sudden I become a totally different person. I start speaking all of a sudden. I'm a lot more confident in what I'm saying. I have a lot more life more joy-filled and people started to see the change in me \" she said.\n Robertson says one of the biggest ways to fight anxiety is to take every fearful thought into captivity.\n\"You can be in like literally a room where there's no fear around you but because your mind is so consumed with fearful thoughts. It's really a mind thing. And so really finding freedom and captivating the thoughts of your mind is a huge way out of it \" she shared.\n Robertson wrote this book for anyone who struggles with fear like she did.\n Robertson 's life hasn't shown any signs of slowing down since she wrote her book. She recently completed her \"Live Original Tour\" which brings thousands of young people together to worship God and learn how to live as He created them to be.", "output": [ "Sadie Robertson" ] }, { "id": "task419-f0d9f36acc1b4767a4084c42aebe9289", "input": "Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Lili Fini Zanuck has directed a new documentary about rock legend Eric Clapton\n Lili Fini Zanuck who was only the second woman to ever win a best picture Oscar when she took the award for Driving Miss Daisy in 1990 also produced Cocoon and directed 1991's Rush.\n\"No we haven't turned a corner \" she says when asked whether the tumultuous events of 2017 meant the climate was changing for women in the entertainment industry.\nImage copyright Getty Images Image caption Zanuck won a Critics' Choice TV Award for Bessie starring Queen Latifah (second left) in 2015\n Zanuck also warns of \"tokenism\" rather than real change following the allegations of sexual assault and harassment made against prominent Hollywood figures in 2017 including producer Harvey Weinstein.\nFor part of her career Lili Fini Zanuck made films with her husband Richard D Zanuck a producer on the original Jaws movie who died in 2012. While he co-produced Driving Miss Daisy she was the force behind it.\nThe story of an elderly woman and her African American chauffeur played by Morgan Freeman started as an independent film and went on to win four Oscars including for Miss Daisy herself Jessica Tandy. It was nominated for another five.\n Zanuck says she didn't necessarily think she'd come back to directing but her decades-long friendship with Clapton ( he did the score for her movie Rush) meant that he approached her to make Life in 12 Bars.\n\" He was asked to do the film and he said he would only participate if I directed it \" she says. She wasn't surprised she adds that the 18-time Grammy winner hadn't been willing to put his name to a film about his career before now.\n Zanuck says the \"luxury\" of directing only came after Driving Miss Daisy adding that she used the Oscar \"to grab my chance but one doesn't necessarily lead into the other\".\nEric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars is released in the UK on 12 January. A Q&A with Clapton and Zanuck will be broadcast live to cinemas around the UK with a preview screening of the film on 10 January.", "output": [ "Lili Fini Zanuck", "Zanuck" ] }, { "id": "task419-0c1eaec5d33b48eaa139f8d9d732babd", "input": "TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaking before leaving for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics said on Friday he wanted to convey to the world that cooperation among the United States Japan and South Korea on the North Korean threat remained firm.\n Abe who is set to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in later on Friday said he and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence had reconfirmed that Washington and Tokyo stood together “100 percent” at meetings in the Japanese capital this week.\n“Taking that into account I want to make the leaders’ meeting (with Moon) one that sends the message to the world that U.S.-Japan-South Korea cooperation toward the North Korea threat will not waver ” Abe said.\nThe North’s high-ranking delegation including the younger sister of its leader Kim Jong Un will meet Moon and have lunch with him on Saturday.\n Abe also said he would convey to Moon Tokyo’s position on a 2015 bilateral agreement on “comfort women” - many Korean - who were forced to work in Japanese military brothels during World War Two while urging “future-oriented” two-way ties.\nUnder the 2015 deal between Japan and South Korea reached by Abe and Moon’s predecessor Japan apologized to former “comfort women” and provided a 1 billion yen ($9 million) fund to help them. But South Korea has said the agreement failed to meet victims’ needs calling for more steps.\nAbe whose decision to attend the Games opening ceremony angered some of his conservative backers has rejected those calls saying the agreement will not be altered “by even one millimeter”.", "output": [ "Shinzo Abe" ] }, { "id": "task419-44663ad2fcc34aac95f4609cb670cb94", "input": "“Despite the government shutdown (the department) determined the operational necessity of television and radio broadcasts constitutes them as essential activities ” chief Defense Department spokeswoman Dana White said. “We will continue to find solutions to support our troops at home and abroad.”\n Her announcement followed outcry about overseas U.S. service members not being able to see the two games Sunday afternoon particularly since officials have said military personnel won’t get paid during the furlough which started overnight Friday.\n White described some legal and manpower maneuvering to get the games on air. She said two of the eight Armed Forces Network channels -- news and sports -- will remain on despite the network being run by civilians who have been furloughed in the shutdown.\n“With minimal manning we can keep the sports channel up without incurring any additional cost or manpower-complying with shutdown guidance \" White said in a statement. “Thanks to uniform leadership at AFN our comptroller and legal team.”\n She said the news channel remains on because the contract has already been paid and the sports channel was turned on because “it doesn't cost any more money or manpower to manage a second channel.”\nStill White had some sharp words for Congress whose failure to pass a temporary spending resulted in the shutdown.\n“The shutdown requires us to do a lot of tedious work ” she said. “Congress needs to pass a budget.”", "output": [ "Dana White" ] }, { "id": "task419-332ac503a2644fc3a53f21b7c1bea740", "input": "MSNBC star Rachel Maddow’s latest anti-Trump conspiracy theory was so outlandish that even the dependably liberal HuffPost criticized it as \"so flimsy that it could be debunked by a quick glance at a map.\"\nOn Thursday evening \"The Rachel Maddow Show\" opened with a somber 25-minute diatribe that attempted to connect the tragic ambush attack that killed four American soldiers in Niger to the latest version of President Trump’s proposed travel ban which included the nation of Chad. Maddow essentially claimed that the inclusion of Chad which recently pulled its troops out of Niger in the revised travel ban resulted in extremist attacks such as the one that left four Americans dead.\nThe HuffPost which is so anti-Trump that it refused to even cover him in the political section during the early stages of his campaign published a story headlined \"What the hell was this Rachel Maddow segment?\" The MSNBC host proclaimed that Chad’s pullout from Niger \"had an immediate effect in emboldening ISIS attacks \" but the HuffPost easily shot down her theory.\nColby College Department of Government assistant professor Laura Seay told the HuffPost that \"any expert\" would have said Maddow 's conspiracy theory was \"crazy\" and the pullout of Chadian troops isn’t necessarily related to the Trump’s travel ban.\n\"Everybody that I know is appalled by this. I would like to think that Maddow 's researchers are more responsible \" Seay told the HuffPost.\n\"The Rachel Maddow Show\" declined to comment to HuffPost but the host addressed the situation on Friday night’s episode.\n\"Over the course of the day today lots of people have been very upset with me for reporting that last night which is fine. I didn’t know you cared. But the upset over my reporting doesn’t mean that anything I reported wasn’t true \" Maddow said. \"Everything I reported was true.\"\n Maddow continued: \"Now this doesn’t mean that Chad withdrawing their troops was necessarily the cause of what happened to those U.S. troops who were ambushed. That ambush is being described by the Pentagon as a shock.\"\nThe HuffPost’s Willa Frej wrote that Maddow built \"myths\" using unrelated or unreliable information and \"reduced the story so thoroughly that it lost any semblance of the larger truth.\"\n Maddow has seen increased viewership as the triggered left tunes in to watch her condemn Trump on a nightly basis butit seems the MSNBC host this time went too far for one of the most liberal publications in America.", "output": [ "Rachel Maddow" ] }, { "id": "task419-c747bdae68ae43deb9bf7676b2507a16", "input": "Guardian and HuffPost contributor Karen Geier expressed hope on Twitter that North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong Un would “drop a bomb on CPAC” this week.\n“My thoughts and prayers are with Kim Jong Un today. Hopefully he can drop a bomb on CPAC ” declared Geier on Twitter Thursday. “Before you report this tweet: Thoughts n prayers don’t do shit… I’m probably going to get put on the naughty stool for this tweet but I am blocked by most of the conservative diarrhoea train accounts.”\nShortly after making the post Geier set her Twitter account to private.\n Geier has previously contributed to the Guardian HuffPost Global News and is known for making controversial posts on Twitter.\n“I am sorry that people had to tolerate Roger Ailes in life ” Geier posted just one day after Ailes’ death in May 2017 while in a January 2017 post she declared “PUNCH NAZIS… SAVE LIVES.”\nTwitter has taken no action against Geier ’s account yet which remains verified. This is in stark contrast to the action it took against the popular right-winger Clarkhat last week who had his account permabanned after making a similar poor-taste joke about mass murder.\nHe joked that it would be “nuclear-grade comedy” if there were a terrorist attack at an anti-gun violence rally with the caveat that he doesn’t “wish ill on anyone.” This is slightly tamer than Geier ’s tweet which included no such caveat.\nBoth Geier and Clarkhat may have been joking but only one is banned from Twitter.", "output": [ "Karen Geier" ] }, { "id": "task419-19c8b2c93b874a1ca586c8c3f2ab98e9", "input": "Sam Coverick was enjoying the first month of his senior year at Lincoln-Way East.\n He was attending Friday night football games. He went to homecoming. He was making lifelong memories all the while maintaining his grades with an eye toward the basketball season.\n Coverick was hoping to challenge for a starting position at guard.\n\"Senior year is supposed to be your best year of high school \" Coverick said. \"I was having fun. I was putting a lot of effort into my AP classes and getting ready for the basketball season. But then my world was turned upside down.\"\n Coverick was getting over a cold in the middle of September when he noticed a lump on his neck.\nAt first he didn't think much of it .\n\"I gave it a week and it still didn't go away \" Coverick said. \"I brought it to my mom's attention and right away she took me to see a doctor.\"\nAfter a series of tests Coverick was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin's lymphoma. It's a type of cancer that compromises the body's ability to fight infection.\n Coverick was sleeping on a Saturday morning when his mother returned home with the diagnosis.\n\"I woke up to see my mom's crying face \" Coverick said. \"I knew I was in for a long journey. I was in shock. I never had any health issues up to that point. I was scared. \"\nThe one thing Coverick 's doctors insisted he do was try to live as close to a normal life as possible while undergoing chemo.\n Coverick made it to DeKalb to cheer on East during its Class 8A football state championship victory over Loyola. He 's also been attending basketball practices and games when he feels up for it .\nEast coach Rich Kolimas has marveled at Coverick 's determination.\n\"It's amazing to me \" Kolimas said. \"You can tell he 's wiped out from the chemo but he 's still out there trying to do drills. An incredible kid. He 's been an inspiration.\"\n\"It's devastating to see him go through this \" Buggemi said. \" He 's a strong person. He 's been a huge inspiration to me my teammates and the entire school. Seeing this happen to one of my best friends has changed me. This could happen to anyone.\"\nIf there's one thing Coverick would like to see come out of his illness is for people particularly teenagers to not take life for granted. Treat others with kindness and respect. Don't take family and friends for granted.", "output": [ "Sam Coverick" ] }, { "id": "task419-3ab38fd2cf8d453693dcd7a6f6dcca29", "input": "JOHANNESBURG -- South African President Jacob Zuma said he has resigned \"with immediate effect.\" The scandal-tainted leader made the announcement late Wednesday in a televised address to the nation avoiding his almost certain ouster in a parliamentary vote scheduled for Thursday after years of corruption scandals.\n Zuma 's resignation came after the ruling African National Congress party instructed him to leave office by the end of Wednesday or face the motion of no confidence in parliament. His departure ended a leadership crisis in one of Africa's biggest economies and set the stage for ruling party lawmakers to elect acting president Cyril Ramaphosa previously deputy president as Zuma 's successor.\n\"I have served the people of South Africa to the best of my ability \" Zuma said AFP reported. \"I am forever grateful that they trusted me with the highest office in the land.\"\n\"I don't fear exiting political office however I have only asked my party to articulate my transgressions and the reason for its instructions that I vacate office \" he said.\n Zuma 's tenure has been marred by years of corruption scandals. He has been in a vulnerable position since December when his rival Ramaphosa was chosen to lead the party the BBC reports.\nSouth Africa's ruling party welcomed Zuma 's resignation after months of growing public anger over multiple corruption allegations. The ANC expressed gratitude for Zuma 's \"loyal service\" and issued a statement saying his resignation provided \"certainty to the people of South Africa.\"\n The former president was defiant in a television interview earlier Wednesday saying he had done nothing wrong. \"I'm being victimized here \" Zuma told state broadcaster SABC. He complained that Ramaphosa and other ANC leaders had not given him clear reasons about why he should go.\nOn Wednesday morning police raided the home of prominent business associates of Zuma who are accused of being at the center of corruption scandals that have infuriated the country hurt the ANC's popularity and weakened the economy. An elite police unit entered the compound of the Gupta family which has been accused of using its connections to the president to influence Cabinet appointments and win state contracts. The Guptas deny any wrongdoing.\nThe ANC which has led South Africa since the end of white minority rule in 1994 had wanted Zuma to end his second five-year term early so that it could build up support ahead of 2019 elections.\n Zuma had been in power since 2009.", "output": [ "Jacob Zuma" ] }, { "id": "task419-060d668e31714f378dde8c5ad1e89564", "input": "Stocks are overpriced but that may not be a problem Peter Costa president of Empire Executions told CNBC on Tuesday.\n\"There's a confluence of really good things. There's good earnings [and] low interest rates even with the rate hike next week or next month or whenever it is. You've got a really good environment for stocks \" Costa said on CNBC's \"Closing Bell.\"\nThis environment also means that stocks are \"absolutely\" overpriced Costa said.\nStill Costa said \"I don't know if overpriced is an issue anymore.\"", "output": [ "Peter Costa" ] }, { "id": "task419-15ea25204f0b4c05952d26b86de653b5", "input": "A military tank is seen on a street in Harare Zimbabwe Thursday Nov. 16 2017. People across the country are starting another day of uncertainty amid quiet talks to resolve the country’s political turmoil and the likely end of President Robert Mugabe’s decades-long rule. Mugabe has been in military custody and there is no sign of the recently fired deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa who fled the country last week. (Associated Press)\nCabinet ministers from four countries in the 15-nation SADC have called for an emergency summit to discuss the turmoil in Zimbabwe. It is widely seen as essential to giving Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a dignified exit from power after the military stepped in this week.\nThe account @presmnangagwa claimed to represent Emmerson Mnangagwa whose firing as vice president last week led the military to move in and put President Robert Mugabe under house arrest.\nCabinet ministers from four countries in the 15-nation Southern African Development Community have called for an emergency summit to discuss the political turmoil in Zimbabwe. It is widely seen as essential to giving Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a dignified exit from power after the military stepped in this week.\nThe meeting of the heads of state of the 15-nation Southern African Development Community is widely seen as essential to giving Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe a dignified exit from power.\nZimbabwe’s state-run newspaper has published what it calls new photos of President Robert Mugabe meeting with army commander Constantino Chiwenga as talks continue on a resolution to the political turmoil and the likely end to Mugabe ’s decades-long rule.\n The photos published by the Zimbabwe Herald show Mugabe and the army commander meeting at the state house.\nChiwenga on Monday threatened to “step in” to calm tensions after Mugabe last week fired deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa who enjoys military support. Mugabe had been under house arrest since the military moved in overnight Tuesday.\nSouth African broadcaster eNCA says it has confirmed that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is meeting with a South African delegation at the state house.\nWitnesses have confirmed seeing the Mugabe motorcade moving through the capital Harare.\nThe talks are trying to find a solution to the political turmoil and the likely end of Mugabe ’s decades-long rule. Participants in the talks with the military are said to include the Catholic church.\nZimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe must resign. He calls for a negotiated inclusive transitional mechanism as well as comprehensive reforms before elections.\nTsvangirai shared power with Mugabe between 2009 and 2013 before losing disputed elections. He has been receiving treatment for cancer.\nAn analyst says he believes negotiations in Zimbabwe “have pretty much reached an end point” to get President Robert Mugabe to step aside.\nKnox Chitiyo associate fellow with the Africa program at Chatham House cautions that speculation remains high but it appears that the Catholic church is involved in the talks with the military and Mugabe .\nHe says the aim is a peaceful managed transition. “What is clear it is now a matter of hours or days before he steps down.” Witnesses have confirmed the movement of Mugabe ’s motorcade in the capital.", "output": [ "Robert Mugabe" ] }, { "id": "task419-d88cc49b3fa34a22a3a9cffba80ae8f6", "input": "DAVID GREENE HOST:\n GREENE : All right people have a lot of questions. Let's try to answer as many as we can with David Harrison. He has been covering this story for The Wall Street Journal. David thanks for coming in.\n GREENE : This sounds like a total mess.\n GREENE : So in just a few seconds I mean any last-minute advice for people who have no idea what to do here.\n GREENE : OK (laughter) we should say you are not an adviser. You are a reporter.\n GREENE : So no one should take your advice necessarily. Call your tax adviser. All right David Harrison is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Thanks for coming in.", "output": [ "DAVID GREENE" ] }, { "id": "task419-fdbbb241c92946308fbd7508d8999ac8", "input": "CHICAGO — The frustration was certainly building within Brendan Smith and if this kept up it was eventually going to boil over. But the Rangers’ veteran defenseman doesn’t have to wait much longer. He is set to return to the lineup for Friday’s road match against the Blue Jackets after six-game stretch as a healthy scratch.\nIt might not have been such a big deal had Smith not signed a four-year $17.4 million deal this summer just days before he could have reached unrestricted free agency. After he came over last season in a deadline trade from the Red Wings Smith had shown an edge to his game the Blueshirts coveted enough to offer him a contract with a $4.35 million annual salary-cap hit. The 28-year-old was then slated to be in the Blueshirts’ top four and yet his performance had led to coach Alain Vigneault deciding to dress him in only 11 of the team’s first 19 games.\n“It’s definitely hard to stay positive ” Smith said after the team’s practice Thursday when he was paired with Marc Staal. “But it’s how you bring it it’s how your attitude [is] every day. If you’re grouchy or grumpy you’re bringing down other people too. I tried not to do that.Thought I did a good job of staying positive.”\n Smith is set to bump Steven Kampfer from the lineup after he and Staal had a very difficult night against the Blackhawks on Wednesday at United Center a 6-3 loss that ended the Blueshirts’ six-game winning streak. That team-wide success got the season back on solid ground but it’s also what kept Smith from the lineup. He had not quite built up enough capital with Vigneault to stay in.\n“Logically some guys have more money in the bank than others ” Vigneault said. “Everybody has to show me something he ’s not the only one. Everyone has to come out and play well that’s what we expect as a group.”\nThis was the longest time Smith has sat out in his seven-year career and it wasn’t made any easier by constantly having to answer the questions about it. But he understood that was part of the process especially after signing a new deal.\n“There are a lot of ups and downs when it comes to being sat out ” Smith said. “Yeah you have to try to stay positive and make sure you’re getting better every day because [if not] then you’re going to find yourself in a hole and I didn’t want to do that. I’m going to try to get that rust off real quick at the start and then play my game.”\nBut what had undercut his own individual performance early in the season was very similar to what undid the team — when things were going badly they all tried to do too much. So now that Smith was finally getting another chance to play he didn’t want to overdo it.\n“That’s the hardest thing to do ” Smith said. “Whenever you’ve sat even for whatever the period [of time] has been you want to prove yourself you should be there on a day-to-day basis. But you have to play your own game. So there is that happy medium.\n“For myself I think I’ve been around the league long enough that I’ve seen it and I understand it . I know when I’m playing my best is when I’m letting the game come to me and I’m being aggressive and I’m making good reads and helping us break out the puck.I think that’s one of my best qualities.So I think that’s what I’m going to try to do and not try to force things.”", "output": [ "Brendan Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-118c2a05f78a4e1991f1e20539fe2bdd", "input": "ROBERT SIEGEL HOST:\nDonald Malarkey was one of those brothers. He died last week. But 73 years ago Malarkey was in a plane over France hunched under gear and a parachute waiting to jump. It was D-Day - June 6 1944.\nSIEGEL: And Easy Company succeeded. Then Malarkey and his platoon pushed through France to the Netherlands into Belgium Luxembourg and Germany.\nSIEGEL: Donald Malarkey spent 172 days on the front lines more than any other man in Easy Company.\nKELLY: For his actions the U.S. gave Donald Malarkey a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. Malarkey got married had a family. He became an Oregon county commissioner. Later he worked in insurance and real estate.\nSIEGEL: Here's Donald Malarkey of Easy Company speaking in 2009 to Oregon Public Broadcasting.\nKELLY: Malarkey died September 30 in Oregon. He was 96 years old. Transcript provided by NPR Copyright NPR.", "output": [ "Donald Malarkey" ] }, { "id": "task419-04e73c54ef1e4b72908d7bcb09b9d723", "input": "These are not the sentiments one would expect from Simone Biles the greatest gymnast to ever live. In public the four-time Olympic gold medalist lights up every room she walks into or red carpet she struts down with her infectious smile and sports-legend charisma. She may be 4-foot-eight but she is truly larger than life. (Having all-too-briefly basked in her presence I can attest to this.)\n Biles came forward with her story on January 15th in a note posted to Twitter accompanied with the #MeToo. It read in part: “Most of you know me as a happy giggly and energetic girl. But lately…I’ve felt a bit broken and the more I try to shut off the voice in my head the louder it screams. I am not afraid to tell my story anymore. I too am one of the many survivors that was sexually abused by Larry Nassar…After hearing the brave stories of my friends and other survivors I know that this horrific experience does not define me. I am much more than this.”\nWhen I ask Biles about the above tweets she posted on January 25 as the Nassar trial unfolded—which included several emotional impact statements read in court by his accusers—that wonderful smile disappears.\n“It takes a lot ” she says. “I start counseling soon. For one human being to be put through so much it’s very emotionally draining physically draining and it takes more energy out of you to almost hide it than it takes to give. I’m working on that part. Inside the gym is all good but outside I’m still stuck in my thoughts all the time. So I’m going to counseling to deal with that.”\n Biles has a ridiculous amount on her plate right now. In addition to the Nassar trial she is in the midst of training for the 2020 Summer Olympics (six hours a day) and is taking a business administration class at University of the People an online college (three hours a day). There’s also a Lifetime movie on her The Simone Biles Story : Courage to Soar premiering Feb. 3.\nWith all that going on she still managed to take some time to sit down with me in New York and discuss all things Simone Biles.\nI saw that Halsey gave you a shout-out at the recent Women’s March here in New York. She called you and the other gymnasts targeted by Larry Nassar “heroes” who remind her “why we rally.”\n“ Most of us block out a lot of feelings because we’re told as elite athletes that we’re not allowed to feel the same things that other people feel or we’re not allowed to show emotions. ” — Simone Biles\nYou’ve also helped establish the Simone Biles Legacy Scholarship Fund there which is billed as being “ designed to assist foster children”—like you—“achieve their college dreams.”\nThere’s this Lifetime movie about your life The Simone Biles Story : Courage to Soar premiering on Feb. 3. That must be pretty weird having a movie attempt to tell your story .", "output": [ "Simone Biles" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e6cd4148b2b418f810e948e91b17905", "input": "FILE PHOTO : Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike head of Japan's Party of Hope attends a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo Japan September 28 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo\nTOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike whose new party is challenging Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc in the Oct. 22 national election said she would “100 percent” not run in the poll the latest twist in a drama giving voters whiplash.\nSpeculation has persisted that Koike a former LDP member and defence minister would resign to run for a seat in parliament needed to make a bid for the premiership.\n“I have been saying I will not run for the election from the beginning ” Koike said in an interview with the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday.\nIf Koike does not personally contest this election then analysts believe she would hope her party positions itself to win the next national poll and that she gains a voter boost from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.\nBut Koike ’s new ”Party of Hope - launched just last week as a “reformist conservative” alternative to Abe’s equally conservative LDP - has clouded the outlook amid signs voters are disillusioned with Abe after nearly five years in power.\n Koike ’s dilemma was whether to run for a seat now and face a backlash from voters for quitting as governor little more than a year since she defied the LDP to run successfully for the post or risk letting a shot at the top job slip through her fingers.\nSome analysts saw her decision not to seek a seat now as a sign Koike thinks her party’s momentum was fading.\n Koike has been getting negative media coverage for saying she would “exclude” candidates who do not agree with her party’s policies - a stance seen as barring liberal members of the failed main opposition Democratic Party from joining.\nLeaders of the Democratic Party - a fractious mix of conservatives and liberals - decided last week it would not run candidates of its own but let members run from Koike ’s party.\n Koike ’s comment was applauded by some as an effort to ensure policy consistency but by others as a dictatorial manoeuvre.\n Koike ’s party is insisting those who want to run on its ticket sign a policy pledge including revising the pacifist constitution and exercising the right of collective self-defence or militarily aiding allies under attack-defence a document seen by Reuters showed.\n“ Koike is tough she’s resilient and she can tap into the fact that Abe’s negative ratings are pretty high and a lot of people out there are unhappy with him ” Kingston said.", "output": [ "Yuriko Koike" ] }, { "id": "task419-ddfe8b102cbe4265b8470257ad9cc740", "input": "Kara Alaimo an assistant professor of public relations at Hofstra University is the author of \" Pitch Tweet or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication .\" She was spokeswoman for international affairs in the Treasury Department during the Obama administration. Follow her on Twitter @karaalaimo . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.\n\"sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me... ugh this is so sad \" Kylie Jenner tweeted the day before.\nEarlier this month Jenner 's picture of her baby Stormi got more likes than any photo ever before on Instagram. And celebs don't just capture the attention of America on social media. They also profoundly influence behavior. A 2014 study by Defy Media found that 63% of millennials would take a YouTube celebrity's advice to check out a company or product.\nAnd while celebs sometimes talk about social issues on the Internet regrettably it isn't their usual focus. Wouldn't it be better if our conversations on social media focused on things like what our country should do about health care immigration and the opioid epidemic rather than what brands celebs like Jenner are wearing?\nSocial media companies should also pay more attention to users themselves. Well before Jenner 's tweet more than 1.2 million people signed a Change.org petition letting Snapchat know they didn't like its new layout. If Snapchat had responded to these people faster the company wouldn't be facing the losses it just experienced.\nOn Thursday Snapchat became a victim of the undue influence Jenner wields in America. But companies like Snapchat are also part of the solution. They and all of us need to start paying less attention to celebrities and more attention to the people in our society who really matter.", "output": [ "Kylie Jenner Kylie", "Kylie" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe6d8a12756a4dd69f04ec740c5bde3f", "input": "As chief executive of his family’s real estate empire Jared Kushner planned two apartment projects across the street from each other in Jersey City.\nBoth would be luxury skyscrapers complete with retail space and sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline. A new crosswalk would connect them intended to link the two Kushner Cos. developments practically and visually.\nBut when Kushner prepared an ethics plan ahead of joining the White House as a top adviser to his father-in-law President Trump he drew a curious distinction between the two projects. He sold his stake in one while keeping his share of up to $5 million in the other.\n Kushner 36 who is emerging as a singularly powerful figure in the Trump White House is keeping nearly 90 percent of his vast real estate holdings even after resigning from the family business and pledging a clear divide between his private interests and public duties.\nThe value of his retained real estate interests is between $132 million and $407 million and could leave him in a position to financially benefit from his family’s business.\nThe documents reflect the opaque decisions that Kushner and his attorneys made to allow him to keep much of his outside investments while seeking to remain within the boundaries that government ethics officials would find acceptable.\n Kushner ’s form lists hundreds of private companies. Some of the investments he kept are held by shell companies that are virtually impossible to track and Kushner has declined to make public more information on those entities.\nThe 124 real estate assets that Kushner has kept include residential real estate in suburban Maryland a Times Square retail complex and apartments across the Midwest from Toledo to the small town of Speedway Ind. Kushner also kept his stake in a New Jersey mobile-home park.\n His decision to divest from one of the Jersey City projects One Journal Square gained attention this month after his sister appeared at a conference in China promoting the use of a special U.S. visa program to lure investors for the development and publicly noting her brother’s connection to the president.\nThe White House said Kushner had recused himself from discussions of the EB-5 visa program.\nIt is not clear from Kushner ’s financial filings whether any of his holdings might intersect with his broad and evolving responsibilities in the White House. This week Kushner has been close by the president during the administration’s first international trip with stops in Saudi Arabia Israel the Vatican Belgium and Italy.\n Kushner rejected a request by The Washington Post to review his ethics agreement with the White House which would lay out the topics that he has pledged to avoid because of concerns about conflicts of interest. White House officials have said that it is a long-standing policy for the agreements to remain confidential.\nAs a result ethics experts say Kushner is asking Americans to take his word for it.\n Kushner declined to comment for this article. One of his attorneys former Clinton administration Justice Department official Jamie Gorelick said that they were “striving for simplicity” in choosing which assets to sell and which ones to keep to minimize potential areas of conflict.\nFor instance Kushner sold his interests in 666 Fifth Avenue the company’s landmark building in Manhattan because it may be refinanced and posed many uncertainties.\n He also sold his interests in a venture capital firm because of its investments in broad sectors of the economy including a health-care company. Had he kept his interests Kushner might have needed to recuse himself from discussions related to health care or risk violating a conflicts of interest statute.", "output": [ "Kushner" ] }, { "id": "task419-3862f88b458e481588076aa851322560", "input": "Actor Corey Feldman has been outspoken in his efforts to expose what he describes as Hollywood's massive pedophilia problem. Feldman has publicly named three of his abusers and has repeatedly said that in 1993 he provided the Santa Barbara police with a list of men he says abused him and others in Hollywood. At the time Feldman was being interviewed related to the Michael Jackson investigation. Feldman denies he was ever abused by Jackson.\nUntil Wednesday the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office denied that these recordings existed and said that Feldman did not name anybody over two decades ago. Now they've changed their tune as they've located the interview and turned it over to the Los Angeles Police Department.\nSanta Barbara County Sheriffâs Office public information officer Kelly Hoover told Fox News on Tuesday night in an emailed statement âFollowing the recent inquiries into the Sheriffâs Office interview of Mr. Feldman in 1993 the Santa Barbara County Sheriffâs Office conducted an additional review for any stored items remaining from the Michael Jackson investigation. In a container which included the original reports from the investigation the Sheriffâs Office located some detective working copies of audio recordings made during the investigation. A copy of Mr. Feldman âs interview was located. The recording is being turned over to the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to the fact that this case involves the alleged sexual abuse of a child we are unable to comment further and any documentation or evidence related to this case is exempt from release.â Fox News had originally reached out to the Sheriffâs Office in October at which time they responded âWe are aware of the statements that Mr. Feldman is making regarding an investigation in 1993. Our records do not indicate that he named any suspects.\"\nWell that's quite the development and certainly shifts the narrative on Feldman 's story to his favor. Throughout his quest to expose abusive men in entertainment Feldman has been repeatedly mocked derided and accused of lying. Feldman says that he believes that his life is at risk.\nOn Twitter Feldman celebrated this new news saying that it was time for the LAPD to re-open the case against the men he says abused him . The 1993 tapes prove he says that he reported the crimes within the statute of limitations.\nTIME 2 REOPEN THAT CASE @LAPD I DID REPORT IT WITHIN THE STATUTE SO NOW IT SHOULD B ADMISSIBLE RIGHT?: Corey Feldman report child sexual abuse audio tape found Santa Barbara [Link] via @usatoday â Corey Feldman (@Corey_Feldman) December 7 2017\n He also said that he himself has a copy of the interview and that he may release it if the LAPD will not.", "output": [ "Corey Feldman" ] }, { "id": "task419-c34b55f76fad4d8fb6cbef6b637402fc", "input": "Despite their hard-line open borders demands Senate Democrats Flake and Graham knew the terms of an immigration deal with the White House as the Trump administration has said for months that no deal would be made unless legal immigration levels were reduced to raise the wages of American workers and full funding for the border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border was handed over.\nSenate Democrats Flake and Graham have been unwilling to stray from their “Gang of Six” amnesty plan and thus have attempted to blame Trump and senior adviser Stephen Miller for the shutdown despite the terms of an immigration agreement remaining unchanged for months.\nThe Democrats are turning down services and security for citizens in favor of services and security for non-citizens. Not good! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22 2018\nDemocrats have shut down our government in the interests of their far left base. They don’t want to do it but are powerless! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 22 2018", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6d597d7180141c39ce189085a49c9c8", "input": "On Saturday Mark Wahlberg pledged to donate $1.5 million to Time's Up in Michelle Williams's name the amount he was paid to reshoot scenes from All the Money in the World compared to his co-star's $80 per day. But it doesn't change the fact that the actress's salary was still a hell of a lot less than her male co-star's for her work on the film.\nAccording to the Hollywood Reporter Williams earned an eighth of Wahlberg's salary for her leading role in All the Money in the World despite the fact that they shared the screen for about the same amount of time. He reportedly took home $5 million while she walked away with just $625 000.\nThe massive salary difference may not seem that surprising to many female performers in Hollywood but it's worth noting that Williams has been nominated for four Oscars to Wahlberg's two as Vulture points out. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe for role in the John Paul Getty III biopic.\nThe pay disparity is a particularly brutal dagger considering how passionate Williams is about the Ridley Scott project. She reportedly gave up her Thanksgiving to reshoot the scenes with Christopher Plummer who replaced disgraced actor Kevin Spacey at the last minute.\n\"I said I'd be wherever they needed me whenever they needed me \" she told USA Today. \"And they could have my salary they could have my holiday whatever they wanted. Because I appreciated so much that they were making this massive effort.\"", "output": [ "Michelle Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-a93eb3143ee14dbda20b5cdd04087881", "input": "But LeBron James has committed himself to Cleveland when he came back . \nNow , LeBron has orchestrated his contract in such a special way , even when he went to Miami , that there was always a chance that he could leave . \nAnd until LeBron says , I 'm leaving , we have to think that he 's going to stay in Cleveland .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-a3eb93c641084ae59de9295fa4c68dea", "input": "Marilyn Hartman 66 faces a felony theft charge in connection with flying to the United Kingdom on a British Airways jet without a $2 400 plane ticket and a misdemeanor trespass charge in connection with getting into the airport illegally. In a hearing Saturday afternoon a judge ordered her released on her own recognizance but ordered her to undergo psychiatric treatment and stay away from O’Hare and any British Airways planes.\n Hartman also will be required to have an ankle monitor until the conclusion of her case.\n“There is no pun intended for your client but she is a flight risk given the number of offenses ” Judge Stephanie K. Miller said to Hartman’s court-appointed attorney.\nDressed in a dark gray sweater and wearing black-framed eyeglasses Hartman said nothing during the hearing but her lips curled into a smile after the judge granted her release.\n Hartman used her hair to hide her face and walk past two federal TSA Precheck agents who were checking boarding passes around 2 p.m. on Jan. 14 at O'Hare prosecutors said Saturday.\nAfter entering a security checkpoint she then went to a terminal and tried to board a plane to Connecticut but as she tried to “dart around” another passenger in line she was stopped by a flight agent and told to sit down Assistant State’s Attorney Maria McCarthy told the court.\n Hartman got onto a shuttle bus to the International Terminal and slept there overnight prosecutors said.\nThe next day Hartman managed to get past British Airways ticket agents and a Customs and Border Patrol officer and onto a plane prosecutors said. She sat in an empty seat and flew to London’s Heathrow Airport but when she showed her documents to a Customs agent she was identified as someone who entered England without proper documentation McCarthy said.\n Hartman of the 100 block of Hamelitz Court in Grayslake was flown back to O’Hare and Chicago police and other officials were waiting for her when she arrived prosecutors said. She later admitted to boarding the London-bound flight without buying a ticket McCarthy added.\n Hartman ’s movements through the airport were captured on high-definition surveillance video according to authorities.\nThe TSA is investigating how Hartman was able to get through security a spokesman said in a statement Friday.\nThis is Hartman ’s first arrest in Chicago since 2016 but she has a long history of trying to sneak onto airplanes.\n Hartman was given probation when she originally was sentenced after pleading guilty in a February 2016 trespassing charge but she was sentenced to 364 days in jail a few weeks later according to court records. She was credited for 23 days already served and could have spent less than six months in jail if given credit for good behavior according to court records.\nAt the time she was sentenced to jail Hartman had been living at a mental health facility on the Near North Side before violating the terms of her probation by leaving the facility and going to O’Hare.\n Hartman has been detained several times across the country for trying to bypass airport security. In a court filing after her arrest in July 2015 at O'Hare on trespass charges Cook County prosecutors described Hartman as a \"serial stowaway.\" She told NBC-Ch. 5 in December 2015 that she \"may have\" boarded planes without a ticket eight times.\n Hartman also has three misdemeanor convictions for similar crimes in California McCarthy said.", "output": [ "Marilyn Hartman" ] }, { "id": "task419-efe0b5a4669e4ba5af7d069a0b6396ab", "input": "Earlier this morning radio newscaster Leeann Tweeden revealed that Sen. Al Franken had behaved inappropriately toward her during a USO tour of the Middle East in 2006. During a rehearsal for a skit that included a kiss she says he stuck his tongue in her mouth and then took this picture on the way home:\n Franken immediately acknowledged what had happened and apologized. This prompted the now drearily familiar round of pronouncements that he hadnât apologized enough. âNo matter what your political affiliation â wrote Chris Cillizza at CNN âyou have to see how inadequate Frankenâs first apology is.â So Franken apologized again. Oddly Tweeden herself thought his apology had been just fine. Both of them:\n.@jaketapper: âDo you accept his apology?â @LeeannTweeden: âI doâ¦the one that came out this morning I accepted that one tooâ¦I believe him . I think it is heartfelt.â â Saba (@saba_h) November 16 2017\nNo matter. Ed Kilgore thinks Franken is toast:\n Franken is almost certainly going down and the only question is whether he can somehow tough it out until the end of his current term in 2020. The odds are very low that he can particularly since his entire career in politics and comedy is now going to come under fresh scrutiny for misogyny and/or hypocrisy.\nBy contrast Franken thought he was joking around but went farther than he should have. Once.¹ Itâs no whitewash to say that this is a considerably lesser offense. But if the only response we have to any kind of sexual abuse is to insist on resignation from office and expulsion from public lifeâmostly to protect our own reputationsâwe are not acting with any sense of proportionality. We need to start. Listen to Leeann Tweeden folks.\nDo you think Al Franken should step down or be expelled from the Senate? Leeann Tweeden: Iâm not asking for that [Link] pic.twitter.com/Nx0xcZkUyz â The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 16 2017", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-db4fbc8d65eb4f99ba58a45bc6493a62", "input": "Actress Elisabeth Moss came under fire on social media for her involvement in the Church of Scientology following her feminist-driven acceptance speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday.\nMoss who won the award for Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama for her role in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale used her acceptance speech to rally in favor of women’s rights after a tumultuous year for an entertainment industry that has seen the downfall of dozens of prominent and powerful male figures.\n“This is for Margaret Atwood and all the women who came before and after you who were brave enough to speak out against intolerance and injustice and to fight for equality and freedom in this world ” Moss said.\nHowever many people were quick to criticize Moss for what they called hypocrisy given that she is an active Scientologist — a religion accused of routinely silencing its members while restricting their freedoms.\n Elizabeth Moss is a scientologist. #GoldenGlobes — your friend john (@johnsemley3000) January 8 2018\n Elizabeth Moss is a Scientologist a religion that actively silences women (see: Danny Masterson) while covering up their own faults and they aggressively go after those who dare speak up against them. But she 's wearing black in support of #TimesUp . So… ??? #GoldenGlobes — Yolanda Machado (@SassyMamainLA) January 8 2018\nI like Elizabeth Moss 's speech but she belongs to a repressive cult doing the things she 's railing against. — Jeremy Repanich (@racefortheprize) January 8 2018\nWatching Scientologist Elizabeth Moss speak about \"intolerance\" is equally sad and amusing. — Kira (@RealKiraDavis) January 8 2018\nMoss has previously claimed her faith gives her personal stability but has also criticized the church for its “rampant homophobia.”\n“Personal freedom is a very important concept in my religion and I translate that to sexual orientation ” she said in an interview with ABC.\n“If we’re all supposed to have the right to the life that we want to lead then that should apply to the gay community. There isn’t really any dogma or scripture yes or no right or wrong on that particular subject in my church ” she added.\n“I think until there is complete pay for women I don’t think that we’re out of the dark ” she said in a 2015 interview with InStyle.\n“The great thing that’s happening now is there’s such a resurgence in girls in youth culture ” she continued. “Of women kind of recognizing what feminism is again. Of taking ownership of feminism again. Of not being ashamed of it. There’s sort of this new wave of feminism that I’ve seen happen over the last decade. And I think it’s fantastic.”", "output": [ "Elisabeth Moss" ] }, { "id": "task419-70942549550e40f7b53ffb6258535712", "input": "President Trump isn’t on Stephen Curry’s side but his rival LeBron James is.\nJames and other athletes around the league came to Curry ’s defense Saturday after Trump like he often does went on Twitter to blast Curry for criticizing the administration.\n Stephen Curry on Friday said that he doesn’t want the Warriors to go to D.C. and it would be a “short conversation” if the decision was solely up to him . (Janie McCauley/AP)\n“U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!” James tweeted in response to Trump withdrawing Curry ’s invitation to the White House.\n“It was amazing to see all of these guys (NBA players) rally around each other. That’s what this about \" Curry told the Washington Post.\nPresident Trump singled out Stephen Curry on Twitter over his opinion on the administration. (Evan Vucci/AP)\nGoing to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating therefore invitation is withdrawn! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23 2017", "output": [ "Stephen Curry" ] }, { "id": "task419-f54ad2293994439b856737479c11c8aa", "input": "Fergie tried something different with her national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game and not everybody was cheering.\nA low chuckle rumbled through the sold-out arena after Fergie finished the first line of the song with a throaty growl on \"the dawn's early light.\"\nFans throughout the star-studded crowd reacted with varying levels of bemusement and enthusiasm while her languid 2 ½-minute version of the song continued. Although Fergie was on pitch her tempo musical accompaniment and sexy delivery were not exactly typical for a sporting event or a patriotic song.\nAfter a forceful finish Fergie finally got big cheers when she shouted \"Let's play some basketball!\"\nFamed basketball commentator Charles Barkley joked that he \"needed a cigarette\" after Fergie 's performance during the TNT halftime show.\nFormer Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal leaped to Fergie 's defense saying: \"Fergie I love you. It was different. It was sexy. I liked it. Leave her alone.\"\nInstead Fergie is more likely to join the long list of curious versions of the anthem even though she showed far more impressive vocal chops than the likes of Roseanne Barr or Carl Lewis.", "output": [ "FergieFergie" ] }, { "id": "task419-2993ba6343ac411581d102e26329fb18", "input": "Senator Elizabeth Warren (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)\nDonald Trump’s taunts may turn out to be the least of Elizabeth Warren’s problems if her refusal to apologize for her false claims of native American heritage angers the Left.\nSince the issue was first raised during her 2012 Senate election campaign Senator Elizabeth Warren has acted as if questions about her past claims of Native American ancestry were simply racist. Her assumption was that the more President Donald Trump called her “Pocahontas ” the better it was for her since his insults are a badge of honor on the left. But as she prepares for what looks like a run at the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination it turns out the man in the White House is not the only one who thinks there’s something fishy about Warren ’s attempt to brush off criticism of her fibs.\nThe fact that Warren has been involving herself in Native American issues and spoke to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) earlier this month is a tipoff that she is thinking about more than what will be a cakewalk to reelection in Massachusetts this fall. The Native American controversy is a potential liability and not just because Republicans will never let her forget about it. In what is likely to be a brutally competitive 2020 Democratic race with a large field of candidates for the first time she can expect some fellow Democrats to chime in about her past claims.\nThat ought to provide plenty of motivation for Warren to dispose of the issue by apologizing for what she can call a misunderstanding based on what turned out to be a family myth. Simply saying you’re sorry and leaving it at that goes a long way toward silencing critics in any crisis. But it appears that Warren isn’t choosing that path. Instead of putting the controversy to rest Warren has chosen to embrace it.\nIf it was only Trump calling her “Fauxcahontas ” Warren would probably have let the issue rest and relied on the willingness of the media and other liberals to label the president and anyone else lobbing the epithet at her as racists. But once Warren heard The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah mock her false claims of Cherokee ancestry she likely realized that Republicans weren’t the only ones ready to finally hold her accountable for her decades-long pose as a minority. A similarly critical piece about the issue by a Cherokee activist published on the left-wing ThinkProgress website also made it clear that the cover she ’s received from fellow liberals on this point is vanishing. More important she ’ll likely be facing off against actual minority candidates such as Kamala Harris and Cory Booker in 2020 at which point the authenticity of her background will again become an issue.\n Her solution was to give a series of interviews and speeches in which she admits that her past assertions cannot be backed up by the record but continues to insist that she did no wrong asserting that the notion of her Cherokee identity is a long-cherished part of her family lore that was handed down to her . When she told the Boston Globe “I know who I am ” it came across as defiant.\nThe falseness of Warren’s claims about her heritage seems clear by now. Though Warren keeps saying that she was told her mother’s family was part Cherokee and Delaware there is no proof that this is true. Both genealogists and historians have examined the birth marriage and death records of her family and found no trace of either tribe. The tribal rolls also show no one in her family as having been a registered Cherokee or Delaware. That’s a point on which Native American activists have been assertive with respect to other whites seeking to gain either a fake minority status or access to some of the privileges or income available to tribal members in an era when casinos have become a lifeline for their communities.\nWhile Warren ’s puzzling choice to try and have it both ways can be attributed to poor judgment it also demonstrates the fatal appeal of identity politics on the left.\nFaced with these inconvenient facts Warren appears to think a strategy in which she can be anointed as a sort of honorary Native American might serve to undermine any criticism. In her speech to the NCAI Warren admitted that “You won’t find my family members on any rolls and I’m not enrolled in a tribe. And I want to make something clear: I respect that distinction I understand that tribal membership is determined by tribes and only by tribes.”\nYet rather than leave it at that Warren didn’t apologize for past claims of identity and then asserted that she had never used those claims to get ahead in her career even though that is disputed. She also went on to say that whenever she is attacked for her past fibs in the future she would “use it to lift up the story of your families and communities.” And indeed she has lately signed up to co-sponsor some bills of interest to Native Americans that were promulgated by other senators.\nBut at the same time she hasn’t apologized for listing herself as a Native American during the course of her career as a law professor which may have given her a leg up in the fierce competition for coveted spots on the Harvard Law School faculty. Nor has she stopped sticking to her unsubstantiated story about her father’s family opposing her parents’ marriage because of her mother’s tribal ties; she even retold it during her speech to the NCAI.\nWhile Warren ’s puzzling choice to try and have it both ways can be attributed to poor judgment it also demonstrates the fatal appeal of identity politics on the left. In a political culture that prizes any link to victimization Warren still can’t resist holding onto her past claims even though a simple apology would seem the smarter move.\n Warren ’s supporters point to the fact that Scott Brown her 2012 Senate opponent didn’t seem to profit from his campaign’s emphasis on the “fake Indian” issue. But once she ’s competing for liberal votes in Democratic primaries rather than counting as she did then on her party uniting behind her no matter what the opposition says it will be a very different story. She ’ll likely discover that the game she ’s playing is a lot more dangerous on the national stage than it was in Massachusetts.", "output": [ "Elizabeth Warren" ] }, { "id": "task419-0b67daa4af1f4acc8114a1ff704074e2", "input": "Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has spoken to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch tries to publicly prod Romney into running for his seat . \nFormer Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has spoken to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch tries to publicly prod Romney into running for his seat . \nTalk about Romney , meanwhile , is viewed as much more hypothetical -- particularly because Romney has always been hesitant to close doors . \nWashington -LRB- CNN -RRB- Mitt Romney has spoken with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell amid speculation that the 2012 GOP presidential nominee could run for the Senate in Utah , McConnell said Friday . \nA long-time adviser to Romney told CNN that \"it 's just a hypothetical exercise\" fueled by Utah Republicans ' desire for Romney to run unless Hatch decides against seeking re-election . \nRomney 's talks with then President-elect Donald Trump about the position of secretary of state suggested Romney is willing to consider a return to politics . \nA Senate seat would give Romney -- though just one of 100 members -- a platform to counter Trump , as well , much as he did during the 2016 campaign . \n\"I 've had some conversations with Mitt Romney ,\" McConnell told reporters . \nCurrently , though , Romney is on a charity trip in Indonesia . \nOf course they 're going to approach Mitt Romney and say , ` Hey , would you run , what do you think ? '\" \nHatch told CNN on Friday that he speaks to Romney regularly -- but deflected questions about Romney , the former Massachusetts governor who is Mormon and owns a home in Utah , replacing him , saying it is \"early to talk about this stuff .\" \nUtah Republican Party Chairman James Evans downplayed a potential Romney bid , casting it as speculative at this point . \nSpeculation about a Romney Senate bid has swirled since Hatch told the National Journal last week that he has \"expressed interest\" to Romney in having him seek his seat , and could step aside \"if I could get a really outstanding person to run for my position .\" \n\"While it 's no secret that I hold Mitt Romney in extraordinarily high esteem , my musing aloud on the subject has apparently snowballed into a frenzy of premature speculation .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-34a835a0e634460196d7eb1df814ea0d", "input": "1. He was resigning his seat by the end of the year.\n2. He didn't believe he had done anything for which he should have been forced to resign.\n Franken 's speech was defined primarily by his lack of any real apology and the clear bitterness he carries for being pushed out amid allegations that he had groped several women and forcibly tried to kiss others.\nHere's the key bit from Franken (bolding is mine):\nThat's a remarkable statement. Franken is simultaneously saying that he believes the women who have accused him have a right to be heard while also making very clear that he is not admitting he had done the things they alleged.\n He went on to note that \"I know in my heart that nothing I have done as a senator nothing has brought dishonor on this institution \" adding: \"I am confident that the ethics committee would agree.\"\nAnd just in case there was any question that Franken believed he was being unfairly railroaded the senator's turn to Donald Trump and Roy Moore cleared all that up.\nSaid Franken :\n\"I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office and a man who repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party. But this decision is not about me. It's about the people of Minnesota.\"\n Franken got support in that view from an unlikely source on Thursday: Former Bush White House press secretary Ari Fleischer. \" Franken should not have resigned. His fate should have been left 2 the people of MN. Moore who had sexual contact w a 14-yr old should drop out. Conyers who hit on his employees should have resigned. Franken is a creep who acted inappropriatly but his facts are different \" tweeted Fleischer shortly after Franken 's resignation announcement.\nThe second part of Franken 's conclusion will have a lot of Democratic heads nodding. Why is Franken resigning for allegations of groping and unwanted kissing while Trump is in office after more than a dozen women accused him during the campaign of sexual harassment? Why is Franken resigning when Roy Moore who faces multiple allegations of pursuing relationships with teenagers as young as 14 when he was in his 30s is looking more and more like a winner in next Tuesday's special election?\nThose are fair questions. The simple reason is because Franken gave in to the pressure to step aside while Trump and Moore just kept saying they didn't do anything wrong and had no plans to leave their respective races. And the political willpower didn't exist in Alabama or the country to get rid of them.\nBut the first part of Franken 's contention -- that he did not do anything wrong and these women were either mistaken or misremembering -- will sit less well even with his most ardent supporters.\nIf Franken truly believes -- as he said -- that he did nothing wrong here then why is he resigning? His explanation was that he couldn't simultaneously deal with an ethics investigation and represent the state effectively. But he was the one who called for an ethics investigation when he announced last week that he was planning to stay on the job and work to win back the trust of his colleagues and his constituents!\nThe answer is that almost three dozen of Franken 's colleagues called for him to step down over the last 24 hours -- including a united front of Democratic female senators . There was just no way that Franken could realistically stay on amid that depth of condemnation. (Although per Trump and Moore maybe he could have.)\n Franken bowed to what he believed to be the inevitable political reality facing him. But in so doing he wanted to make sure everyone -- in the chamber and outside of it -- didn't see his resignation as an admission of guilt. Because Franken just doesn't think he 's guilty.", "output": [ "Al Franken", "Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-d76f4bed829e4c2d992d57bf1d870e4f", "input": "Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo delivers a speech during the inauguration of the IP Statistics for Decision Makers (IPSDM) Forum in Mexico City Mexico November 14 2017. REUTERS/ Edgard Garrido\n Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo floated the idea this week of reviewing NAFTA instead and said on Thursday it was better to allow the 1994 accord to be analyzed regularly than to expose it to sudden changes in the political mood.\n“It’s in the national interest to review the effects of public policy and actually that’s why we’re in this fix just now because we’ve spent 20 years without talking about how we perceive the effects of a public policy ” he told Mexican radio.\n Guajardo and the officials were speaking as a fifth round of talks among the United States Mexico and Canada on overhauling the trade deal was taking place in Mexico City.\n Guajardo also said he did not agree with statements by U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross this week that it would be devastating for Mexico if the United States quit NAFTA.\n“Without a doubt Mexico could face a short-term impact because the market is very sensitive to marketing branding ” he said. “Our ability to adjust and the manner in which we do it is what will allow us to resist any potential change.”\n Guajardo also noted that if the NAFTA negotiations ended up stretching into March the United States would need to ask itself if it wants the trade talks to influence Mexico’s July 2018 presidential election.", "output": [ "Ildefonso Guajardo" ] }, { "id": "task419-8ebc962cfeb14908b978d47f46bc4070", "input": "“If you’re coming to Chicago for a leisure visit you just can’t beat it ” said Bob Habeeb president and chief executive officer of Rosemont-based First Hospitality Group which is developing the hotel. “You’re going to be staying right on Navy Pier; you can look out and see this incredible view. You’re going to be able to get off at the elevator and walk over to the Ferris wheel and restaurant.”\nThe development first announced in 2016 is set to begin construction next month with an opening targeted for summer 2019 Habeeb said. It will build five stories atop a mostly vacant two-story structure whose current tenants include a fun house.\nNavy Pier has implemented a construction plan intended to minimize disruptions but it may nonetheless affect visitors. The plan calls for doing the most invasive work during the winter months when there is less foot traffic along the pier Habeeb said.\nTour boat boarding will remain accessible while restrictions on the construction footprint will allow pedestrians to walk the length of the pier throughout the 18-month construction process Habeeb said.\nThe $100 million Navy Pier hotel is being developed with private funding and First Hospitality Group has received no financial incentives from the city Habeeb said.\n“We’ll pay real estate taxes — there’s no tax waivers or abatements; there’s no (tax increment financing) ” Habeeb said. “In fact it’s been a costly development. We just see the business promise there.”\nAs part of Hilton’s Curio Collection the hotel will be given its own name and will have the feel of an independent boutique operation Habeeb said. London House which opened last year at the southwest corner of Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue is one of 40 Curio Collection hotels worldwide.\n Habeeb said the Navy Pier hotel will be very busy during the summer tourist season with prices reflecting demand.\n“It will be a very expensive place to have a room on season and not so much off ” he said.\nThe hotel will work with Festival Hall on special events taking place at Navy Pier throughout the year and then look to book meetings and outings on its own Habeeb said.", "output": [ "Bob Habeeb" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac680a665703483b9bda274d6afd46c8", "input": "Black Cube a private agency run by former Israeli intelligence officers that Harvey Weinstein enlisted to gather information on his alleged accusers will donate profits from the case to organizations benefiting sexual assault victims according to a statement from the company.\nInterested in Harvey Weinstein ? Add Harvey Weinstein as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Harvey Weinstein news video and analysis from ABC News. Add Interest\nWeinstein 65 is currently under investigation by police in New York City Los Angeles Beverly Hills and the United Kingdom. Last week New York City Police Department Chief of Detectives Bob Boyce said that there was enough evidence to arrest Weinstein for rape but added that no warrant has been issued and it's not clear whether there's enough evidence to bring the case to trial. Weinstein 's representative told ABC News in a statement Wednesday that his team does not believe that an indictment is imminent.\n“A formal presentation will be made on Mr. Weinstein’s behalf in the appropriate course of the investigation and we strongly believe we will demonstrate that no criminal charges are warranted \" the statement read.", "output": [ "Harvey WeinsteinThe", "Harvey" ] }, { "id": "task419-203cfe3711934cb58a3744a96aad2521", "input": "Image copyright AFP Image caption Guillermo del Toro with two of the four Oscars his film won\n Mexico's Guillermo del Toro won best director and his The Shape of Water took the top honour for best film.\nWell that depends on your definition of a Latin American film. There is no doubt that Mexico did extremely well by getting the two most coveted awards of the night. Guillermo del Toro the 53-year-old from Guadalajara won both best director and best picture.\nImage copyright AFP Image caption Before Guillermo del Toro Alfonso Cuarón was the golden boy of Mexican cinema\nJudging by the reaction on social media where Guillermo del Toro's name trended the 2018 did highlight the achievements of Latin American filmmakers if not of actors.", "output": [ "Guillermo del Toro" ] }, { "id": "task419-e2ed6711d74943d494673ec248752e1d", "input": "Lavoris Hightower 36 turned himself in Thursday night after the Cincinnati Police Department identified him publicly as the man who shot Ellie Richardson 27 Fox 19 reported.\nHightower had already been indicted for attempted murder felonious assault weapons under disability and tampering with evidence in Richardson 's shooting the police department tweeted.\n Richardson was leaving work at Lachey’s Bar around 3 a.m. Thanksgiving morning when she was walking across the street in the city’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood when a van nearly hit her police said.\n Richardson and Hightower who was driving the van got into an argument before Hightower shot her in the face according to Fox 19.\n“There is a $5 000 reward to help us get Hightower arrested and off of our streets \" Hamilton County prosecutor Joseph Deters said prior to the suspect turning himself in according to Fox 19. \"First Hightower nearly runs Ms. Richardson over with his car and then he shoots her — unbelievable.”\n Richardson sustained injuries to her face and jaw from the shooting a YouCaring fundraising page — which has as of Thursday received nearly $60 000 in donations — stated. A Facebook page titled “Ellie Richardson Recovery” said that “ Ellie is doing fantastic!” and that the swelling and bruising near her eyes “is nearly gone.”\nDoctors believe she ’ll be able to go home in the next few days according to the Facebook post which added that she ’ll be undergoing “surgery next week to repair her cheek bone eye socket and a few other fractures.”\nFormer boy band star Lachey had written after the shooting that Richardson “is the brightest light and she will find a way to shine through this darkness.”", "output": [ "Ellie Richardson" ] }, { "id": "task419-6a4609fd13a04266bc9af820644083a5", "input": "Summarizing the stereotypes Zach LaVine was a risk coming off surgery to repair his left ACL. Kris Dunn was a bust a broken-down shell of a former lottery pick. And Lauri Markkanen was an unknown a soft European headed the way of Andrea Bargnani.\n“ Zach is going to be terrific ” Thibodeau said in an interview last July at the Vegas Summer League. “ He ’s a great worker. He puts a lot into it. He has made great strides each year. And he ’ll continue to because of the way he approaches things.\n LaVine made his debut Saturday — albeit on a 20-minute limit — look about as effortless as one could after an 11-month layoff. That’s testament not only to LaVine ’s work ethic and skill but his athleticism.\n“ He gives you the ability at the end of the shot clock when you don't have anything to just rise up and freeze a defender and make a shot with a high degree of difficulty ” coach Fred Hoiberg said. “That's a skill obviously that you have to have at this level. Zach at times makes the game look very easy.”", "output": [ "Zach LaVineSteve Kerr", "Zach" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e95e0d85a1240fa9bf0c674099b5d06", "input": "“We’re playing with fire ” said pepper breeder Ed Currie when announcing his new pepper on a recent episode of First We Feast’s “Hot Ones” web series.\n“Pepper X is three times hotter than any other peppers that are out there available commercially ” he claimed. “It’s twice as hot as the Reaper at 1.6 million so this is a dangerous pepper.”\nMeasuring in at an alleged 3.18 Scoville units Pepper X would be hotter than Carolina Reaper by a margin of more than 1 million Scoville units. (The Carolina Reaper measures an average of 1.9 million on the Scoville scale Currie says. However when it was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2013 it was listed at around 1.56 million Scoville units reports Food & Wine.) Currie’s claims would also make Pepper X effectively hotter than the Dragon’s Breath which was recently reported to be hotter than the Carolina Reaper when it debuted in May boasting a Scoville score of 2.4 million.\n Currie says his new Pepper X peppers have not yet been officially recognized as the world’s hottest by the Guinness Book of World Records though he’s hopeful the results will come through in November.\nFurthermore Currie is confident that a Pepper X sauce he made for \"Hot Ones \" which is exclusively available at a site called Heatonist will be found to be “the hottest natural sauce on the planet” when more lab test results come in. Meanwhile the first 1 000 already sold out within two minutes according to First We Feast.\n Currie later revealed on Twitter that “Pepper X” is only a “temporary” name for his new pepper. He also says he has no official plans to make the peppers or the seeds themselves available for purchase at least until “the record is secured.”", "output": [ "Ed Currie" ] }, { "id": "task419-783a8cd143ab4443a9e21883a9ac9f43", "input": "Here is your lifeline Washington Nationals. We have gone from theory to reality in 24 hours. Joe Girardi no longer manages the New York Yankees. There is one potential managerial candidate who represents an obvious upgrade from Dusty Baker both in the near term and long range. He is Joseph Elliott Girardi .\nGo get him .\nIf the Nationals — and by “the Nationals” here we are speaking of the Lerner family which owns the team — even are going to consider Girardi they have to go in with two things wide open: their eyes and their wallet.\nBaker whom they didn’t invite back felt he was woefully underpaid at $2 million annually and the main reason he is no longer here anymore is because his contract was only for two years. Those two years expired the Lerners had no further financial commitment there was some ham-handedness in both public relations and game management in the division series against the Cubs and so he ’s gone.\n[ Girardi made sense for the Nats even before the Yankees let him go]\n Girardi isn’t coming here for any two years and $4 million. His last contract with the Yankees the one that expired following this year was for twice that — four years and $16 million. There’s your starting point. If you want him Mr. Lerner be prepared to value the position of manager more than you have at any point in the past. Take a number you’re comfortable with — and triple it.\nJoe Maddon hadn’t won a World Series when he agreed to a five-year deal worth a reported $25 million. Could Girardi ask for such a sum? Sure.\nWe don’t yet know that Girardi will require that or that the Nationals will even inquire about Girardi ’s needs. But logic tells you General Manager Mike Rizzo who did not return a message Thursday has to reach out. Follow that logic further and Rizzo has the toughest sell job of his career to his own bosses.\nIf Rizzo calls Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman and gets a favorable report on Girardi — and given their long run together why wouldn’t he ? — and the rest of Rizzo’s reporting reveals no red flags then he must present a case to ownership that what they have before them is an opportunity. Forget the money it will cost. Consider it found money.\n Girardi ’s side is important in this too. On Thursday in the hours after the Yankees announced they would not bring him back a person close to the (now former) manager said the situation was too “fresh ” and we couldn’t yet analyze whether Girardi would want to move on to the Nationals — or anywhere else — immediately.\nBut we do know a bit more about Girardi ’s state of mind than we did at the end of the American League Championship Series when he said he would have to consult with his family — his wife and three children live in South Florida — before deciding whether he could be all-in as a manager again.\nOn Thursday Girardi issued a statement that thanked just about everybody in the Yankee organization. But it opened with this: “With a heavy heart I come to you because the Yankees have decided not to bring me back.”\nSounds like someone who was ready to reload for another run. He just needed to be asked.\nOne reasonable question Girardi would have — and one that once a manager is in place could hang over the entire 2018 season — is: Who would I be working for? Not next year but down the line. Rizzo’s contract runs only through 2018. He and his front office built the team that won four division titles in six years and is poised to contend again. If he convinces Girardi to come here and convinces the Lerners to pay for him wouldn’t another extension be in line for the general manager?\nA final piece: At 53 Girardi is too young to really be into evaluating his “legacy.” But here is a list of managers who have won World Series titles with two franchises: Sparky Anderson who did it in Cincinnati and Detroit and Tony La Russa who did it in Oakland and St. Louis. Short list. Everyone on it is in the Hall of Fame.\nIf Girardi wins another World Series he joins that group. Could he do it in Washington? The Nationals have stated that’s the only goal that matters. A manager who has done it is now available.", "output": [ "Joe Girardi" ] }, { "id": "task419-d32c43520a0742cd8adbfa17c5a47ca9", "input": "The Sun Sentinel of South Florida reports 35-year-old Andre McGriff was arrested in connection to a Dec. 4 attack of a 13-year-old girl and a Jan. 11 attack on a 50-year-old woman.\nIn both instances McGriff sneaked into the victim’s home in the early hours demanded money and then assaulted them.\nA police report says DNA from both crime scenes pointed to Tony McGriff an alias used by Andre McGriff .\n McGriff pleaded no contest last year for peeping into apartment windows. He was convicted of possessing cocaine with intent to sell and burglary of an occupied dwelling in 2001 and 2010.\n McGriff is being held without bail. It was not immediately known if McGriff has an attorney.", "output": [ "Andre McGriff" ] }, { "id": "task419-f0dff1498c174d6082cc968ca9c6d2b9", "input": "After the Big 12 was saved from extinction by Texas' decision to stay Commissioner Dan Beebe said Tuesday that he was content with a 10-team conference and that he had no desire for expansion.\n \"The 12 teams we had was the ideal number \" Beebe said in a teleconference. \"But with the 10 that we have there is a lot of positive feelings about having 10 teams.\"\n After Colorado announced its decision to leave for the Pacific-10 and Nebraska accepted an invitation from the Big Ten Beebe said he spoke to the networks the conference has deals with and was told they would not seek to reduce their rights fees because of the conference's smaller membership. Beebe said initially the universities left in the conference would receive more television money because they would be splitting it among only 10 teams.\n Although it is unclear how the deal with Fox will work ABC/ESPN will have access to 18 top football games every year and pay $60 million annually as it does under its current deal which includes basketball. To keep the fee at $60 million the Big 12's universities promised to play a nine-game conference football schedule which would increase the value of the ESPN deal. They also said they would play a double round-robin format in basketball which would also enhance their conference schedule because Kansas for example will now play Texas twice.\n But Beebe also said that money was not the driving factor in the events of the weekend and that it was not foremost on the minds of the five universities that were not being recruited by other conferences. In fact he said those five universities offered to give their extra revenue to Texas Texas A\nM and Oklahoma to entice them to stay. Beebe said he did not find that unfair or surprising.\n \"Texas has a lot of influence \" Beebe said. \"The same could be said of Texas A\n One casualty of the contracting conference will probably be the Big 12 championship game in football. The NCAA requires at least 12 teams in a conference for it to hold a championship game. A 10-team Big 12 could request a waiver of that rule but Beebe said it might not.\n He also said the universities would meet and consider changing the name of the conference but it is hardly unusual for conferences with numbers in their names to be a little off.", "output": [ "Dan Beebe" ] }, { "id": "task419-8a7c0fffc001474fb63b85de77de628c", "input": "MIAMI GARDENS Fla. (AP) — Alex Hornibrook 's first pass of the night was a wobbler one that seemed to slip out of his hand.\nNearly everything else he threw was just about perfect.\n Hornibrook threw four touchdown passes three to Danny Davis and No. 6 Wisconsin capped off the winningest season in school history by topping No. 11 Miami 34-24 in the Orange Bowl on Saturday night.\n\"We were pretty relaxed \" Hornibrook said. \"We knew we had what it takes to win this game.\"\nThe Badgers dominated time of possession holding the ball for nearly 40 minutes. Hornibrook completed 23 of 34 passes for 258 yards going 20 for 25 in the final three quarters.\nTravis Homer and Deejay Dallas had rushing scores for Miami (10-3) which lost on its home field for the first time in 2017. Lawrence Cager had a touchdown catch for the Hurricanes while quarterback Malik Rosier was 11 for 26 passing for 203 yards — with three interceptions.\n\"We're all coming back \" Hornibrook said. \"But nothing is going to happen if we don't put in the work.\"\nWisconsin: Hornibrook became just the third Badgers quarterback in the last 15 years to have multiple games with at least four touchdown passes in the same season. Scott Tolzien had a pair of four-TD games in 2009 and Jim Sorgi had games of four and five TDs in consecutive weeks back in 2003. From 2012 through 2016 the Badgers never had a quarterback throw for four scores in a game.", "output": [ "Alex Hornibrook" ] }, { "id": "task419-ff8ad668d1eb497da88f13dda85c23f4", "input": "Scott Lloyd and other Trump-Pence administration officials are willing to put women's health lives and rights at risk to further their own extreme agendas. This ends now. [Link] pic.twitter.com/81evfdwg3F â Planned Parenthood (@PPact) December 22 2017\nIn declining to authorize the illegal immigrantâs abortion ORR director Scott Lloyd wrote in a memo âI disagree â with the notion that declining to help a woman who became pregnant as a result of rape to obtain an abortion is âa form of violence against the mother.â\nâThis memo makes clear that Scott Lloyd should immediately be removed from his position as director of ORR â said Dana Singiser Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs of Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). âHe is unfit to serve in government. Lloyd is imposing his personal beliefs on the young women in his agencyâs careâto control their bodies and violate their constitutional rights. His overreach and abuse of power puts these young womenâs lives in danger.â\n Scott Lloyd may think that undocumented women are not entitled to basic rights or control over their own bodies but they deserve support and justice. Scott Lloyd must go: [Link] #JusticeForJane pic.twitter.com/wvGjMzl559 â Planned Parenthood (@PPact) December 24 2017\nPlanned Parenthood is urging its supporters to send letters to their members of Congress demanding that Lloyd be fired.\nâ Scott Lloyd and other Trump-Pence administration officials are willing to put womenâs health lives and rights at risk to further their own extreme agendas â states the abortion provider adding:\n Scott Lloyd may think that as undocumented immigrants these women are not entitled to basic rights or control over their own bodies but these women deserve support and justice. This is unconstitutional and unacceptable. Itâs time for Scott Lloyd to go.\nJane Poe asked again and again to exercise her right to an abortion. Scott Lloyd â against her legal rights *and* her wishes for her body and life â said no. This is downright dystopian. pic.twitter.com/bcVDlm2KXh â Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) December 21 2017\nTrump administration official Scott Lloyd whose body and life is NOT on the line decided it wasnât in a young womanâs âbest interestâ to have an abortion. [Link] #JusticeForJane â NARAL (@NARAL) December 22 2017\n Scott Lloyd director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement knew that Jane Poe was pregnant as a result of rape and that her mind was made up about wanting an abortion. He still denied her right to abortion care. #JusticeforJane â ACLU (@ACLU) December 21 2017\n Lloyd explained in his memo that the illegal immigrant teen referred to as âJane Poe â claimed she became pregnant as a result of rape by an attacker but also said she had âa boyfriend in her home country with whom she had intercourse.â\nâSeveral weeks after the assault she made the journey to the United States where she attempted to cross the border illegally but was apprehended at the border â he continued further indicating the teen was persistent in expressing her desire for an abortion.\nâAt nearly 22 weeks the child has at least a fighting chance at survival if born â Lloyd wrote. âThe most likely method of abortion in this instance is Dilation and Evacuation abortion. This particular form of abortion is one that even many abortionists find troublesome.â\n Lloyd cited the words of abortionist Dr. Lisa Harris who admitted âThere is violence in abortion especially in second trimester procedures.â\n Lloyd continued:\nCertainly it is understandable that a woman who is pregnant from the vile actions of a criminal would want to terminate her pregnancy. I do not and am in no position to judge anyone who has taken such an action or supported another in doing so. But I cannot authorize our program to participate in the abortion requested here even in this most difficult case. Here where the pregnancy is advanced to such a late stage we have in stark relief the reality that abortion entails as Dr. Harris candidly admitted violence that has the ultimate destruction of another human being as its goal. ⦠Implicit here are the dubious notions that it is possible to cure violence with further violence and that the destruction of an unborn childâs life can in some instances be acceptable as a means to an end. To decline to assist in an abortion here is to decline to participate in violence against an innocent life. She remains pregnant but this is not the intent of our actions. Moral and criminal responsibility for the pregnancy lies with the attacker and no one else.", "output": [ "Scott Lloyd" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb79a2e87e284dc3b67220ccca4bdc49", "input": "FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe a target of frequent and aggressive criticism by President Donald Trump abruptly stepped down from his position Monday ahead of his planned retirement this spring.\n McCabe who has held a number of FBI leadership roles and been heavily involved in investigations into major crimes including the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing becomes eligible for retirement in a matter of weeks. FBI staff learned Monday that McCabe was leaving the bureau's No. 2 post effective immediately according to people who spoke only on condition of anonymity to discuss an internal personnel move. He is expected to retire with full pension benefits.\nIn a message Monday to FBI employees Wray said McCabe would be retiring on March 18 and denied that the move stemmed from political pressure.\nThe exit comes amid multiple ongoing investigations including a Justice Department watchdog probe into the actions of McCabe and other top FBI officials during the Clinton email probe. In addition special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether the Trump campaign improperly coordinated with Russia during the 2016 presidential election and whether Trump sought to obstruct the inquiry by among other actions firing Comey.\n McCabe has been repeatedly assailed by Trump since the fall of 2016 when it was revealed that his wife had accepted campaign contributions from the political action committee of then-Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe a Democrat and close Clinton ally during a failed state Senate run. That episode is among the decisions under review by the Justice Department's inspector general which is expected to complete its report soon.\nThe FBI has said McCabe received the necessary ethics approval and that at the time of the contributions he was not in a supervisory role on the Clinton email investigation. But that has not stopped Trump and Republicans in Congress from repeatedly asserting that McCabe and other FBI officials are partisan law enforcement officials harboring a bias against him.\nResponding to December news reports that McCabe would retire the president wrote: \"How can FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe the man in charge along with leakin' James Comey of the Phony Hillary Clinton investigation (including her 33 000 illegally deleted emails) be given $700 000 for wife's campaign by Clinton Puppets during investigation?\"\nAnother of the president's tweets from last year said: \"Why didn't A.G. Sessions replace Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe a Comey friend who was in charge of Clinton investigation \" referring to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.\nThough McCabe has pushed back against White House narratives that Comey was not well-liked within the bureau and that an ongoing FBI investigation into Trump campaign ties to Russia was not a significant matter for the FBI he has not publicly discussed in detail his interactions with Trump or shared any personal observations of the president.\nThat could change upon his departure from the FBI. Comey for instance after his firing authorized a close friend to share with reporters details of his own encounters with the president that he said troubled him. And former CIA Director John Brennan and James Clapper the retired director of national intelligence have been outspoken about their own views of Trump.\nHe took over as acting director following Trump's May 9 firing of Comey and was among the officials interviewed for the position which ultimately went to Wray a former Justice Department official. The Washington Post reported last week that Trump asked McCabe whom he had voted for in the presidential election. Trump has said he does not recall asking that question.\n McCabe 's defenders call him a thoughtful intelligent and committed career agent.\nComey tweeted that McCabe \"stood tall over the last 8 months when small people were trying to tear down an institution we all depend on.\"\nFormer Attorney General Eric Holder tweeted: \" FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is and has been a dedicated public servant who has served this country well. Bogus attacks on the FBI and DOJ to distract attention from a legitimate criminal inquiry does long term unnecessary damage to these foundations of our government.\"\nTwo days after Comey's firing McCabe appeared at a congressional hearing and contradicted a White House assertion that Comey had lost the support of FBI rank-and-file. He declared \"I can tell you that the majority the vast majority of FBI employees enjoyed a deep and positive connection to Director Comey.\"", "output": [ "Andrew McCabe" ] }, { "id": "task419-a0b18bf59b904870bacbdbd0cd948942", "input": "“This elevates this issue as a priority ” said Rhonda Richards senior legislative representative of AARP . As the initial driving force behind the legislation AARP rallied more than 60 aging and disability organizations to support the idea including the Elizabeth Dole Foundation Paralyzed Veterans of America Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Alzheimer’s Association and then championed the appeal to legislators. The senior advocate organization has nearly 38 million members and offices in every state the District of Columbia Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands\n Richards said whether you have been a caregiver will be a caregiver or may need a caregiver at some point “This issue has touched just about everyone. It’s non-partisan. It’s bi-partisan. Most people have a personal story. The law helps bring together stakeholders to better recognize and support families and caregivers to help make sure caregivers get the training and support they need to navigate the healthcare system.”\nWhile RAISE does not authorize additional funding for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) it does mandate the development of a strategy within a 3-year period. Richards said RAISE calls for the creation of an advisory council that will be required to issue a report to HHS Secretary Eric D. Hargan within a year of the law’s enactment. Hargan will then be required to issue a national strategy within 18 months of the law’s enactment. Going forward the advisory council will be required to provide the secretary annual progress reports.\nSome of the topics that will likely be addressed to support caregivers according to Richards include:\n“The idea is to come up with best practices for health care providers and others for employers to better support family caregivers and for government to better support family caregivers ” Richards said. “The reports and strategy provide important information and steps that can be acted upon.”", "output": [ "Rhonda Richards" ] }, { "id": "task419-c38b277e7c5d41f6ac3068cbe40e6d18", "input": "Back in 2000 Rich Cohen went on a mission.\nThe magazine writer put on the literary map two years earlier with the book \"Tough Jews \" flew to Chicago to chronicle the legendary losing of his favorite baseball team for the esteemed pages of Harper's. It was such an unlikely assignment that the Cubs' hitting coach Hall of Fame slugger Billy Williams was convinced there was no such magazine as Harper's; Cohen must have made it up to get free tickets.\n Cohen 's observations included Mark Grace's smoking habits (a cigarette at his locker before and after every game) Joe Girardi's naked body (\"old-fashioned a body from the Great Depression: thick torso and heavy arms social realism a WPA poster\") and Sammy Sosa's daily boombox battles with his teammates. They liked loud Pearl Jam. He liked even louder salsa music. Cohen wrote: \"Today and each day it ended with the Pearl Jam turned down and turned off. It was not hard to tell how Sosa's teammates felt about this.\"\nThe Cubs lost seven straight games while Cohen was on their trail reinforcing everything he was there to see: misery piled up for generations. The piece is essential reading for any Cubs fan precisely because Cohen is one of us trying to make sense of it all: \"For every Cub fan there is a season an inning an at bat when all hope is lost when at long last he becomes disillusioned and realizes with dread certainty that no matter how good its prospects the team will never win.\"\nNow at last Cohen gets to update the story.\nBut how did we get here? Why did such futility endure? What scars were wrought across generations of the fan base? These are the questions Cohen takes up and he hints at his own scars as early as the dedication. It is to his four sons who \"will grow up with the nonsensical idea that the Chicago Cubs are a great baseball team.\"\nTo those of us who suffered long enough — Cohen me probably you (any White Sox fan stumbling onto this presumably bailed paragraphs ago) — it still sometimes doesn't quite seem possible. That shared sentiment is part of the book's power. Cohen tells a story that is all of ours: \"When I was 13 I began going to Cubs games on my own. This was my first taste of adulthood. I've associated Wrigley Field with freedom ever since.\"\nJessica Medoff / Farrar Straus and Giroux Magazine writer Rich Cohen chronicles the Cubs’ journey to a World Series championship in “The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse.” Magazine writer Rich Cohen chronicles the Cubs’ journey to a World Series championship in “The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse.” (Jessica Medoff / Farrar Straus and Giroux) (Jessica Medoff / Farrar Straus and Giroux)\nWeaving between history lesson memoir and fairly faithful sports reporting \"The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse\" is a brisk and engaging read. It's hard to say much new or novel about the Cubs — probably no team has had more words spent in a bid to understand it — but Cohen does his best and employs an advantage even beyond his skilled storytelling: He has lived a life of good fortune.\nNot only has he been on the front lines for Harper's Sports Illustrated Vanity Fair Rolling Stone and The New Yorker but also we learn that Cohen 's father legendary negotiation expert Herb Cohen was friendly with former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda (we get an amusing personal anecdote from it) and Ernie Banks (an even better personal anecdote).\nAlong the way Cohen grapples with the hiccups — '84 '89 '03 '07 and '08 — along with the question of why the Cubs could never pull it out. The answer of course is not a literal curse. There may be no single answer but Cohen sifts through a handful of compelling options. The \"schizo\" ballpark which offered no true home field advantage. Bad ownership (meaning in part the Tribune Company — sorry everyone!). Bad organizational culture. It's not a new insight but it's a fascinating one: In Chapter 11 current Cubs owner Tom Ricketts says winning the World Series is a fluke. Once you're in the playoffs he says any team can win it: \"The fact is when you go back and look you'll see there's little correlation between how many games you win during a season and how far you go in the postseason. Almost zero.\" Simply all the Cubs needed to do all these years was build a core of talent to consistently reach the playoffs. Then a World Series would inevitably have happened. Instead the franchise was doomed by a lack of vision.", "output": [ "Rich Cohen" ] }, { "id": "task419-c74eac3e578844bc9a6c7371266b4ccc", "input": "Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said on Sunday that he ’s not sure if President Trump will seek re-election at this time.\nTalking to MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt on Sunday Paul was asked if a 2020 Republican primary was on the horizon. Paul said “no one can stop primaries from happening and there could well be a primary that happens ” but added that a Trump re-election attempts would have to be signaled for first.\nThing is Paul isn’t sure — at least at the time — whether or not Trump is wanting a second term.\n“Before you even get to that you need to know is President Trump running for reelection? I think you won’t know that until you get into sort of — second third year of his presidency ” said Paul .\n Paul said he doesn’t seem himself supporting anyone else but Trump at this time noting that Trump has repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years has a very conservative cabinet and may get a couple more Supreme Court appointees out of his run.\n“So I see the glass as half full. Doesn’t mean I agree with him on everything ” Paul said.\n Paul said that one issue would tempt Paul away from Trump should another candidate rise against him .\n“You know there would be people that — if we could end the Afghan war that’s who I would support. But I don’t think that’s going to be an alternative to President Trump ” said Paul .", "output": [ "Rand Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-ede27739313e4ccb90e578c20ab65e22", "input": "\"I believe history will remember him like John Dean \" said Italian-born Simona Mangiante referring to the former White House counsel who pleaded guilty to his role in the Watergate coverup and then became a key witness against other aides to President Richard Nixon.\n Mangiante said she was advised by Papadopoulos' lawyers not to answer specific questions about his activities during the 2016 presidential campaign or what he has told the FBI.\nBut she indicated in an interview that she believes he ultimately will emerge as more than a bit player in the Russia probe — and that his decision to cooperate after he was arrested getting off an airplane at Dulles International Airport in July was a key turning point.\nWithout offering specifics Mangiante said there is much more that has not yet been told publicly about Papadopoulos' 10 months as an informal national security adviser to Trump and his interactions with a London-based professor who told Papadopoulos according to court filings that the Russians had \"dirt\" on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.\n\"There's a lot to come \" she said. \"He was the first one to break a hole on all of this.\"\n She said Papadopoulos was not a \"coffee boy \" as he was once tagged by former Trump adviser Michael Caputo a nickname she found especially galling. \"I know what it means as a young person to do all the efforts you do to build your career and be dismissed as a coffee boy \" she said.\nDespite restraints placed on her by the terms of Papadopoulos' ongoing cooperation agreement with the special counsel Mangiante said she has been speaking to reporters to defend his reputation and try to explain how the lives of her and the Chicago-born former energy consultant have been upended by the events of the last year.\n Mangiante said she has been extensively interviewed by Mueller's team who asked about her own brief stint working for Joseph Mifsud the same London professor who offered to connect the young Trump aide with the Russians.\nMangiante who was born near Naples and trained in law and international relations said she met Mifsud while working with the European Parliament in Brussels.\nMifsud a former Maltese government official who had an affiliation with an Italian university was friendly with the head of the parliament's socialist party and was often at receptions or events she recalled. Eventually Mifsud offered her a job at one of his London organizations.\n Mangiante accepted in July 2016 but said she only worked for the group for three months quickly concluding that it was \"a facade for something else.\"\n She said she never heard Mifsud discuss Russians but quit when she was asked by his partner to attend a secret meeting to discuss Iraq in Tripoli. \"I thought it was very suspicious \" she said.\n Mangiante said she heard about Papadopoulos who at the time was serving as a Trump adviser during her brief time at Mifsud's group. But she said did not meet him until the spring of 2017 after his involvement with Trump had ended. He sent her a message through LinkedIn noting that they had both had connections to Mifsud's group.\nSoon the two were communicating online and after meeting in London quickly fell into a romance she said. They spent the spring and summer traveling together in Europe. Though Papadopoulos had been quietly interviewed by the FBI in January and again in February she said he did not seem concerned at the time about what could be coming.\n\"We went from paradise to hell \" she said.\n She said she was in Chicago with his family at the time and the following weeks were stressful and scary. His decision to make a deal with prosecutors and plead guilty to one felony while cooperating with the FBI she said was ultimately not a tough one.", "output": [ "Simona Mangiante" ] }, { "id": "task419-ceebc590dc2240a9b8ed224dbfe07d8f", "input": "The Senate passed a sweeping bipartisan spending bill Friday morning but not before the federal government shut down when Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) delayed the vote past midnight to complain about the budget deficit. It was the second government shutdown in less than three weeks.\nSen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Feb. 8 spoke on the Senate floor against a bipartisan budget deal and delayed a vote on the measure. (U.S. Senate)\nThen as an expected vote approached in the Senate Paul began to throw up roadblocks demanding a vote on his amendment that would demonstrate how the two-year budget deal breaks past pledges to rein in federal spending.\nGOP leaders refused to allow him to offer the amendment arguing that if Paul got an amendment vote many other senators might want one too. Paul in turn refused to allow the vote to go forward making use of Senate rules that allow individual senators to slow down proceedings that require the consent of all.\n“I can’t in all good honesty in all good faith just look the other way because my party is now complicit in the deficits ” Paul said on the Senate floor as evening pushed into night.\n Paul objected after a visibly irritated McConnell tried to move to a vote. Then Paul launched into a lengthy floor speech deriding bipartisan complicity on deficit spending while the country goes “on and on and on finding new wars to fight that make no sense.” The senator direly predicted a “day of reckoning ” possibly in the form of the collapse of the stock market.\nAs the hours ticked on Paul repeatedly refused to consent to allowing the vote to happen as lawmakers and aides of both parties grew increasingly annoyed at him . Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) leaving the floor after an unsuccessful attempt to curtail Paul ’s standoff called the gambit “grossly irresponsible” and said that leaders would not entertain his demand for a vote.\nSenators of both parties were left fuming with most of their ire directed toward Paul .\n“ He has mastered the art of ticking off his colleagues ” said Sen. Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.).\n“It’s a colossal waste of everybody’s time ” said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.). Of Paul Thune said “He never gets a result.”\n Paul himself made no apologies as he delivered one floor speech after another casting himself as a lone defender of fiscal austerity despite having voted in December for a tax bill that added at least $1 trillion to the debt.", "output": [ "Rand Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-241ed56738274e3daee4471cd4bf4d51", "input": "Former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama participate in the unveiling of their official portraits during a ceremony at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on February 12 2018 in Washington DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images\n Former first lady Michelle Obama had a busy schedule during her years in the White House.\nTo make sure her personal life didn't get the short end of the stick Obama would plan out her year adding date nights vacations and even workouts before signing on to any meetings or events.\n\"Oftentimes we don't do that as professionals \" Obama said. \"We schedule work before we schedule us.\"\n Former first lady Michelle Obama speaking at Klick Health's Muse event in New York said that was especially challenging after uprooting her family while her children were young to move to the White House.\n\"What we learned we had to do is start prioritizing us alongside — and often before — the work \" Obama said.\n\"Oftentimes we don't do that as professionals. We schedule work before we schedule us \" Obama said. But it doesn't have to be that way she said. \"The truth is even when you schedule your family there's still plenty of time for work. But we don't plan like that.\"\n\"We always scheduled family dinners. He was always home in time to sit down for that family dinner \" Obama said. \"We had our regular vacations and Barack never missed a parent-teacher conference.\"", "output": [ "Michelle Obama" ] }, { "id": "task419-2384690286664075838a44628b9cdfc9", "input": "What’s the winning combination? The Super Bowl is an ideal event to highlight TVs especially those with larger screens. Also current TV models have been out for nearly a year by February so there’s been a natural decrease in price says Jim Willcox senior electronics editor at Consumer Reports.\nScour social media. Retailers often reward their social media followers with notifications about sales. These act as another “tool in your arsenal” in your pursuit of a good deal Willcox says.\nLook for a price match guarantee. Check a retailer’s price matching policy. Some stores will refund you the difference if an item drops in price within a certain window after purchase. The one caveat? Willcox says items purchased during sale periods like Black Friday are often excluded from price matching.\nCheck a retailer’s price matching policy. Some stores will refund you the difference if an item drops in price within a certain window after purchase. The one caveat? Willcox says items purchased during sale periods like Black Friday are often excluded from price matching. Do your homework. Electronics retailer Best Buy also said the lead-up to the Super Bowl and the holiday season are two of the best times to buy a TV. But if you’re shopping in a pinch the store also offers a Weekly Ad and Deal of the Day section. If you can’t time your TV purchase you might still be able to find a deal. Other retailers may have similar options — check their websites or follow their social media to get their deals.", "output": [ "Jim Willcox" ] }, { "id": "task419-9ae428a1cddf44baadfea4f1043d37f4", "input": "Taylor Swift has a new squad thanks to Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” honor.\n#TimePOY A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Dec 6 2017 at 6:21am PST\n Swift went to trial on August 10 to face off against David Mueller who she said groped her by grabbing her bare butt in 2013.\n“When I testified I had already been in court all week and had to watch this man’s attorney bully badger and harass my team including my mother over insane details and ridiculous minutiae accusing them and me of lying ” Swift told Time. “I was angry. In that moment I decided to forgo any courtroom formalities and just answer the questions the way it happened. This man hadn’t considered any formalities when we assaulted me and his lawyer didn’t hold back on my mom – why should I be polite? I’m told it was most amount of times the word 'ass' has ever been said in Colorado Federal Court.”\n“My advice is that you do not blame yourself and do not accept the blame others will try to place on you ” Swift said. “You should not be blamed for waiting 15 minutes 15 days or 15 years to report sexual assault or harassment or for the outcome of what happens to a person after or she makes the choice to sexually harass or assault you.”\nIn addition to her Time magazine cover Swift has also made headlines for her edgier new look on the cover of British Vogue. Throughout the spread the singer poses in an array of racy sheer and punk inspired looks. The fashion spread also comes after news that the singer has reignited her long-time feud with Kim Kardashian West.\nBut despite the bad blood between Swift and Kardashian Taylor still hopes that she and all the others who have come forward about sexual harassment this year have helped to make a difference.", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-cab43d22cf204a5da4c9c161b4c8d819", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY's NFL insider Jarrett Bell explains why no one should be surprised by Michael Bennett 's encounter with police and that should embolden players and the league to take a stand. USA TODAY Sports\nLas Vegas police undersheriff Kevin McMahill shows body-camera footage from officers near where the Michael Bennett incident took place. However the officers involved in detaining Bennett did not have their cameras activated. (Photo: John Locher AP)\n Seattle Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett the Las Vegas police and the union that represents the officers have each given their version of what occurred when Bennett was detained in the early morning hours of Aug. 27.\nA device that could reconcile what happened was not activated as Bennett was confronted at gunpoint and handcuffed: body-worn cameras that are required to be used in such situations by officers of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.\nMore: Michael Bennett under investigation for possible involvement in altercation before detention\nMore: Roger Goodell's support for Michael Bennett might contain multiple messages\nBennett who attended the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight earlier in the evening said he was among several hundred people who ran after hearing what they believed were gunshots fired nearby. USA TODAY Sports reported that police are investigating whether Bennett was involved in an altercation at the Cromwell Las Vegas Hotel & Casino before the false reports of gunfire.\nWhile Bennett said in a statement on Wednesday he was detained \"for doing nothing more than simply being a black man in the wrong place at the wrong time ” Las Vegas police undersheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters an officer observed Bennett crouching behind a gaming machine before he ran out of the casino.", "output": [ "Michael Bennett" ] }, { "id": "task419-207761c685bf4c5c86f22075baba7852", "input": "The flying taxi developed by German drone firm Volocopter resembles a small two-seater helicopter cabin topped by a wide hoop studded with 18 propellers.\n It was unmanned for its maiden test run in a ceremony arranged for Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed.\n Volocopter is in a race with more than a dozen well-funded European and U.S. firms each with its own science fiction-inspired vision for creating a new form of urban transport that is a cross between a driverless electric car and a short-haul vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft.\n“Implementation would see you using your smartphone having an app and ordering a Volocopter to the next voloport near you. The volocopter would come and autonomously pick you up and take you to your destination ” CEO Florian Reuter said.", "output": [ "Volocopter" ] }, { "id": "task419-10f1b33e9c894d0f99fc753f2983f293", "input": "TALLAHASSEE Fla. (AP) — Willie Taggart grew up a Florida State fan and dreamed of playing for the Seminoles.\n He never donned the garnet and gold as a player but has managed to one-up that goal.\n Taggart was introduced as the 11th head coach in Florida State history on Wednesday as he returns to the Sunshine State after one season at Oregon. The 41-year old Bradenton native coached at South Florida from 2013-16 before taking the Ducks job.\n\"Guess I wasn't good enough to get a scholarship to play here \" quipped Taggart who played and later coached at Western Kentucky. \"No matter where I went I rooted for the Seminoles. Until I went to South Florida. That was the first time I had to root against the Seminoles.\n Willie Taggart gestures as he is introduced as Florida State's new football coach during an NCAA college football news conference in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)\nThree days after Fisher resigned Taggart met with Florida State President John Thrasher athletic director Stan Wilcox and board of trustees member Ed Burr on Monday in Scottsdale Arizona. After weighing the offer overnight Taggart accepted on Tuesday and informed his players at Oregon .\n He arrived in Tallahassee early Wednesday morning and met with the team before the news conference. Taggart said he appreciated Oregon athletic director Rod Mullens for giving him his first chance at a Power Five job but that the chance to coach at the school he has followed since childhood was too good to pass up.\n\"I know I let him down and I'm sorry. The timing was probably not right but it is never right \" Taggart said. \"This one chance was perfect. To be closer to family and coach in a Power Five and an opportunity to win a national championship are personal goals.\"\nWilcox said there were a number of candidates for the job but that Taggart was his top choice.\n\"We had a number of candidates but knew his passion would rise to the top \" he said.\nThrasher said he had a feeling early last week that Fisher was going to leave and that it was time to look at their options.\n Willie Taggart does the Seminole chop in front of Doak Campbell Stadium before being introduced as Florida State University's new NCAA college football coach in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)\n\"The university is bigger than one person we're resilient \" he said. \"To get a guy with the quality he has is a remarkable thing particularly in the time frame that we did it.\"\n Taggart will earn $30 million over six years. Florida State will also pay the remaining $1 370 122.28 he still owes South Florida and $3 million owed to Oregon as part of buyouts of his previous contracts.\n Taggart has a 47-50 career record including 7-5 at Oregon this season. He has a reputation of rebuilding Western Kentucky USF and Oregon but he views coming to Florida State as more of a realignment effort.\nThe Seminoles ran a pro-style offense under Fisher but Taggart 's \"Gulf Coast Offense\" is spread based. Taggart 's offenses have ranked in the top 20 in scoring the past two years.", "output": [ "Willie Taggart" ] }, { "id": "task419-0fa013d8883f48478ff8b02f34ab515f", "input": "Theresa Rowley turned 104 on Monday Jan. 1 2018. She believes the secret to her longevity is her daily consumption of Diet Coke. (Photo: WZZM-TV Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo-Battle Creek Mich.)\nGRAND RAPIDS Mich. — Theresa Rowley has been a resident at a Michigan retirement community for the last 15 years.\n She moved into Sentinel Pointe Retirement Community in Grand Rapids Mich. when she was 89.\nOn Monday she turned 104.\n\"I'm surprised that I'm 104 \" said Rowley on Tuesday. It just doesn't seem like I should be that old.\"\nWhen asked when she and her family moved to Grand Rapids Rowley couldn't remember the exact year only saying that she was born in Illinois in 1914 then moved to North Dakota before eventually coming to Michigan.\n\"When I was 100 I thought I'd never be 104; I thought I'd pass away by that time but it just didn't happen \" Rowley said. \"Then I turn 101 and nothing happens.\nMaybe the reason why nothing has happened is because of her daily intake of her favorite beverage — Diet Coke.\n\"I drink it because I like it \" Rowley said. She said she was going shopping Wednesday because she needed more Diet Coke. \"I have a bag full of empty Diet Coke cans that I need to return to buy more Diet Coke.\"\n Rowley said she drinks at least one can of Diet Coke each day.\nOn Tuesday morning Rowley celebrated her 104th birthday in style with a cake and with the support of many of the members of her retirement community.", "output": [ "Theresa Rowley" ] }, { "id": "task419-a4dcdccbc86d4392a73765964b736832", "input": "If you're looking for a job at PayPal and you score an interview with chief learning officer Derek Hann consider yourself lucky. His interviews are like an open-book test.\nBefore the interview starts Hann said he makes sure the individual is familiar with the STAR method.\nAs part of this interviewing method he sticks to a series of behavioral questions which typically start with the phrase \"Tell me about a time when.\"\n Hann said he encourages candidates to take a second to think about their responses. He 'll even suggest jotting down notes breaking down the required elements of each answer — situation task action and result.\n\"A real response reflects not only on your past experience but how you think about those opportunities \" he said.\n He said candidates are most likely to forget to include the most important aspect of their response — the result. Instead they focus on the situation task and action without going into impact. He wants job candidates to explain why what they've done matters.\n\"What are the fingerprints that you left behind?\" Hann asked.", "output": [ "Derek Hann" ] }, { "id": "task419-a72b79d153fe42f385a3e3bca44ebdd8", "input": "On Tuesday a guy named Tim Hoekstra released his full-length remake of Attack of the Clones starring his friends. It's over two hours long and recreates just about every scene from the movie sometimes shot for shot using toy lightsabers bad wigs and what appears to be someone's parents' two-car garage.\nSure Hoekstra's version is maybe a little hard to follow if you don't know the original already but Attack of the Clones barely makes sense on its own.\nThis is the second time Hoekstra and his pals have remade an entire Star Wars movie from scratch following a brilliant Revenge of the Sith remake that reenacted the entire climactic Anakin/Obi-Wan fight scene on a beach at low tide or whatever. This new one doesn't have as many iconic moments as the first but the low-budget remake of Clones drastically improves on that wack-ass battle between Dooku and Yoda and somehow manages to sell those wooden romance lines better than Natalie Portman. The arena scene is also particularly transcendent.\n\"The entire film was once again shot on a Samsung J5 and our total budget was $25 \" Hoekstra wrote about the new remake. \"All the props were junk we had lying around... our main motivation was to have some fun and hang out.\"", "output": [ "Hoekstra" ] }, { "id": "task419-830a3c1634c34ff4a955521a58232bf2", "input": "Only five of the 11 crossbench senators elected in 2016 remain in parliament after Nick Xenophon Teamâs former senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore âs hopes of rejoining the upper house were dashed.\nKakoschke-Mooreâs bid to fill her own vacancy â caused when she resigned from the Senate after learning she was entitled to dual British citizenship â was shut down unanimously within three minutes by the full bench of the High Court on Tuesday. The court ruled Kakoschke-Moore couldn't replace herself even though she's now renounced her British citizenship. Instead her vacant South Australian seat will be filled by a special count by the electoral commission on Thursday and is likely to be won by the fourth person on the NXT ticket ex-NXT member Tim Storer. Storer quit the party last year after a dispute over who would replace outgoing NXT leader Nick Xenophon. Storer could serve as an independent if NXT fails to woo him back.\n Former NXT senator Skye Kakoschke-Moore says she welcomes the High Court decision against her and looks forward to⦠[Link]\nThe High Court's Kakoschke-Moore decision is a big blow to NXT's once powerful Senate voting bloc. Not only has the party potentially dropped from three to two seats but also gone is its influence to block legislation or force the government into negotiations over key bills. The demise of NXT will cause a Senate crossbench power vacuum which could potentially be filled by an unlikely alliance between lone wolves Cory Bernardi Fraser Anning and David Leyonhjelm. Despite having vastly different political views the three have formed a voting bloc in a power play. So where does this leave the numbers in the Senate?\nIgnoring the current three paired vacancies left by Kakoschke-Moore Labor's Sam Dastaryi (to be filled by Kristina Keneally later this week) and Liberal George Brandis (to be filled next month) the government needs nine of the 11 crossbenchers to pass legislation opposed by Labor and the Greens.", "output": [ "Skye Kakoschke-Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-fa25fd39f42447c9a740be89d441f69b", "input": "Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader attends an election campaign rally in Fukushima Japan October 10 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai\nTOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc could come close to keeping its two-thirds “super” majority in an Oct. 22 lower house election defying some predictions of substantial losses and solidifying his grip on power a survey published by the Nikkei business daily on Wednesday showed.\n Abe’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its more dovish junior partner the Komeito are likely to secure more than 290 seats in the 465-seat chamber the Nikkei said.\nThe Nikkei forecast was broadly in line with a Kyodo news agency forecast released on Thursday that saw Abe ’s coalition winning more than 300 seats.\nA strong showing by Abe’s coalition would boost his chances of winning a third term as LDP leader from next September putting him on track to become Japan’s longest-serving premier.\n Abe called the snap election amid confusion in the opposition camp and after an uptick in his ratings which had been hurt earlier this year by suspected cronyism scandals in hopes of gaining a fresh mandate after nearly five years in power.", "output": [ "Shinzo Abe" ] }, { "id": "task419-c583c4ea72094077aca9fa40c021189a", "input": "Investors picked up stakes in BigBasket through secondary share purchases as well chief executive Hari Menon told Reuters on Friday declining to give a breakdown other than to say Alibaba now owns the biggest slice.\nBigBasket which sells everything from vegetables to shampoo will use the funds to improve its technology analytics infrastructure and marketing Menon said.\nThe Bengaluru-headquartered firm which also plans to build farmer networks and expand deeper into Indian cities where they operate expects to break even between 2020 and 2022 Menon added.\nBigBasket is planning to sign a deal with Paytm E-Commerce that runs online marketplace Paytm Mall allowing both firms to leverage each others strengths Menon said.\nUnder the deal which will become effective in the first half of this year Paytm will become the default payments provider to BigBasket while BigBasket will be able to cross-sell groceries on Paytm Mall Menon said.", "output": [ "Hari Menon" ] }, { "id": "task419-505370446db6439aa4c30a34a2cd8d52", "input": "More than 40 000 people have signed an online petition calling on the University of Calgary in Alberta Canada to expel Connor Neurauter 21.\nThe University of Calgary said it is reviewing Neurauter 's status.\n Neurauter was an accomplished athlete who played hockey across Canada and in Sweden.\n He is in his second year of a bachelor's of science degree in chemistry.\nDuring his sentencing the court heard how he had solicited nude photos from the girl after the two began a brief sexual relationship that did not involve intercourse.\nThe girl said that at one point he choked her before giving her a bra as a present.\n He then threatened to release the nude photos to her family if she did not keep their relationship a secret.\nThe victim's mother supports the petition to expel Neurauter and told her daughter she is proud of her for coming forward.", "output": [ "Connor Neurauter" ] }, { "id": "task419-c8180926b7184a13b7c37b7f7cab0562", "input": "The 3-year-old daughter of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Richard Ratcliffe can no longer talk to her father – because she has forgotten English Zaghari-Ratcliffe's MP said today.\n Ratcliffe said he was extremely concerned about his wife's health after 19 months of imprisonment. \"She was clearly very traumatised \" he said. \"She talked about being on the verge of a mental breakdown and I absolutely think that's true.\"\n He went on to say that he was becoming \"exponentially\" concerned about his wife's health especially given that she had discovered lumps in her breast.\nA statement from the Foreign Office said Johnson would leave \"no stone unturned\" in attempting to get Zaghari-Ratcliffe back to her family. He said his \"overriding principle\" was to secure a permanent and not temporary release.", "output": [ "Richard Ratcliffe" ] }, { "id": "task419-682c801ced124745a803ecbc2f5fa187", "input": "Rose McGowan at the Women's Convention in Detroit on Oct. 27 2017. (Photo: Junfu Han/ Detroit Free Press-US)\nSoon you'll be able to keep up with actress/artist Rose McGowan — pugnacious punk activist commandant of #RoseArmy and #MeToo rager against the Hollywood machine — as she navigates the tumult of her current life in an E! reality TV series.\nThe pop-culture network that brought you Keeping Up with the Kardashians announced Tuesday that it has picked up Citizen Rose a two-hour documentary special on McGowan 's activist lifestyle airing Jan. 30 (8 ET/PT) with four more episodes due this spring.\n\"You are formally invited into my mind and world \" McGowan said in a press release from E! \"I am thrilled to partner with E! to amplify my message of bravery art joy and survival.\"\n Rose McGowan makes the list: These 10 people made the biggest impact in entertainment this year\n McGowan accused Weinstein of raping her then reached a private settlement with him in 1997 a fact The New York Times disclosed in a bombshell investigation of Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct reaching back decades. ( He denies all allegations of non-consensual sex.)\nInstantly McGowan catapulted to prominence as the loudest and angriest leader of the #MeToo movement to shame predators and claim solidarity among accusers. Soon she was directing an online army — #RoseArmy — of women seeking revenge justice and a reckoning for abusers.\n Rose McGowan on Oct. 27 2017 in Detroit at the inaugural Women's Convention. (Photo: Paul Sancya AP)\nIn the span of 10 days McGowan was arraigned (on drug charges) met with former President Barack Obama and became one of Time magazine's silence-breaking \"People of the Year\" for her role in calling out Hollywood predators.\n\"By going up against the Hollywood machine McGowan has shown true courage in the face of adversity and this documentary will take you behind the scenes of her tumultuous and fascinating life \" E! gushed in its announcement. \"She will process in almost real time the massive social change she has helped usher in as well as fight back against those who have hurt so many including her.\"\n McGowan and E! describe Citizen Rose ( McGowan will be an executive producer) as a glimpse into her world — her art her army her music her activism and the book she is preparing to publish Brave.\n\"I realized I wanted to show how we can heal through art even when being hounded by evil \" McGowan said in her statement. \"I want to have a conversation with everyone and most especially you about looking at things differently and seeing beauty everywhere. E!’s tremendous reach and impressive platform allow me to globally communicate the importance of living a BRAVE life.\"\nAmy Introcaso-Davis E!'s executive vice president for development and production said McGowan 's courage ignited a conversation and inspired other women to speak out against their abusers.", "output": [ "Rose McGowan" ] }, { "id": "task419-519526ed5e87403fbae2512d2cd5fdb5", "input": "Walmart confirmed Thursday that it is closing dozens of Sam's Club warehouse stores — a move that a union-backed group estimated could cost thousands of jobs — on the same day the company announced that it was boosting its starting salary for U.S. workers and handing out bonuses.\nThe world's largest private employer said it was closing 63 of its 660 Sam 's Clubs over the next weeks with some shut already. Ten are being converted into e-commerce distribution centers according to a company official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss details of the decision publicly.\nHe said it was too early to say how many people overall would lose their jobs since some will be placed at other Walmart locations or rehired at the e-commerce sites. Making Change at Walmart a campaign backed by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union estimates that 150 to 160 people work at each Sam's Club store meaning the closures could affect about 10 000 people.\nLauren Fitz 22 said she was at her other job as a church secretary when a colleague texted to say that the Sam's Club where they both worked in Loveland Ohio had closed. Fitz had been pleased earlier to read the news that Walmart was boosting starting salaries and offering bonuses.\n\"I thought 'this is really cool.' And then to find out that my store is closing \" said Fitz who said she had worked as a sales associate in the jewelry department for two months. At home she got a call from her manager and had a letter in the mail saying the store had closed and she could seek employment at another Sam's Club or Walmart store.\nOn Twitter Sam's Club responded to people's queries by saying \"After a thorough review of our existing portfolio we've decided to close a series of clubs and better align our locations with our strategy.\"\nPresident Donald Trump cheered the announcement with a tweet saying \"Great news as a result of our TAX CUTS & JOBS ACT!\" White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders later said she would not comment on the Sam's Club closings but that the wage increases were a sign that the tax measures \"are having the impact that we had hoped.\"\nWalmart announced years ago that it would actively manage its store portfolio as it strives to put a dent in Amazon's dominance online. With Thursday's closing that strategy is now extending to Sam's Club.\nThe company said the wage increase benefits all hourly U.S. workers at its stores including Sam's Club as well as hourly employees at its websites distribution centers and its Bentonville Arkansas headquarters. The one-time bonus between $200 and $1 000 will be given to Walmart employees who won't receive a pay raise.", "output": [ "Sam" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a791db666374735b1d91fe78e9f3b81", "input": "— Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) on Twitter Nov. 17\nOne of the most widely shared claims came from Sen. Kamala D. Harris who tweeted “Retweet if you would *not* benefit from a private jet tax break ” on Nov. 17 linking to a Business Insider article with the headline “The Republican tax bill has a provision that would end a headache for private jet owners.” Harris ’s tweet prompted nearly 69 000 retweets and more than 35 000 likes.\n Harris ’s claim that the Senate bill contains a provision for a tax break on private jets comes from the Business Insider article she linked to in her tweet. The article explains how the Senate version of the GOP tax bill makes tax changes to specific industries noting that the “the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would correct a long-running dispute between owners and operators of private jets and the IRS.”\n Harris defends her tweet arguing that they are simply describing the provision as it was reported in the media as a tax break. But that was not the case with the article she retweeted — which also noted that the tax provision was valued at less than $50 000 a year. Moreover several outlets offered a detailed take on the provision making clear it the clause aimed to settle a decades-long dispute between the IRS and private jet management companies.\nStill these tweets are not alike. Harris earns Three Pinocchios for referring to a “private jet tax break” and suggesting wealthy owners would gain.", "output": [ "Kamala D. Harris" ] }, { "id": "task419-59c02ad9a6bb4e21aaae3614cc47dab0", "input": "(CNN) George W. Bush doesn't talk much about politics in public. Which makes the speech he gave Thursday in New York City -- a point-by-point rejection of Trumpism -- all the more important and noteworthy.\nThe 43rd president of the United States -- and the last Republican to hold the office before Donald Trump -- didn't mention the 45th president by name in his speech at the George W. Bush Institute . But Trump -- and his views -- were ever-present in the former President's address.\n Bush condemned \"nationalism distorted into nativism.\"\n He derided \"discourse degraded by casual cruelty.\"\n He acknowledged that \"our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication.\"\nAnd most importantly Bush said that \"bigotry seems emboldened.\"\nThe two speeches taken together amount to a verbal lapel-shaking by Bush and McCain of the Republican Party they have led over the past two decades. \"Wake up!\" Bush and McCain are saying to their party. \"What Trump represents is neither Republican nor conservative. It is Trump. Which is fine for Trump but far less fine for the medium-to-long-term health of the Grand Old Party.\"\nThere will be some who question Bush 's motives. (Trump via Twitter may be one of them.) After all Trump savaged \"low-energy\" Jeb Bush during the 2016 campaign. And the Bush family is literally one of the cornerstones of the Republican political establishment. Of course they don't like that someone like Trump is overthrowing them -- and their failed policies and political tactics!\nBut it's important to remember that the presidency is viewed by those who have held the office as a sort of sacred trust. Yes George W. Bush saw the world differently than Barack Obama did -- and each man pursued divergent policies in office. What they shared however was a fundamental desire to remind Americans of our common humanity to look to the future as a more optimistic more tolerant and yes better place. They believed in the idea that America was forever moving toward a more perfect union and that their job was to help steer the country in that direction as quickly and safely as possible.\nIt's easy to paint Trumpism as solely a rejection of Obama's presidency. But to do so would be to ignore the degree to which Trump has sought to undo Bush 's focus on on free trade agreements as a way to guard against global protectionism his belief in the need for comprehensive immigration reform as consistent with the founding ideals of the country and his unwillingness to paint Islam with the broad brush of terrorism.\n Bush 's speech Thursday was a re-assertion of those views and as such a rejection of Trumpism.\n\"We become the heirs of Martin Luther King Jr. by recognizing one another not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character \" Bush said toward the end of his speech. \"This means people of every race ethnicity and religion can be fully and equally American. It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed. It means the very identity of our nation depends on the passing of civic ideals to the next generation.\"", "output": [ "George W. Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1060764439e458a8d4ebfc8b9afd7df", "input": "\"He has not said one word about them , about other American citizens in the U.S. Virgin Islands ,\" Clinton said , before Trump tweeted . \nClinton also criticized Trump for his silence on Puerto Rico 's recovery while devoting several days toward attacks against hundreds of NFL players who knelt in protest against the president , demonstrations that continued through \"Monday Night Football .\" \n\"I 'm not sure he knows that Puerto Ricans are American citizens ,\" Clinton told Sirius XM 's Zerlina Maxwell on Monday afternoon . \nFormer Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday launched a blistering attack against President Donald Trump for his near-silence on the humanitarian disaster in Puerto Rico , questioning the president 's focus on a days-long campaign against NFL athletes on Twitter while the U.S. territory has struggled with universal devastation . \nDuring appearances on Sirius XM and MSNBC 's \"All In With Chris Hayes ,\" Clinton described the president 's approach as a political calculus and being disinterest in the fate of the 3.5 million American residents living on the island . \n\"He does n't think that has any political relevance and it 's certainly not personally important ,\" Clinton told Chris Hayes on Monday evening . \nClinton comments echoed those she made just hours earlier while chatting with Sirius XM 's Maxwell .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-fee71b7b8a834f608958c74942158e24", "input": "Larry Fink is probably the most powerful person most Americans have never heard of. And now he is deploying his vast power to cajole corporate America into pursuing a left wing agenda under the guise of asking them to “contribute to society.”\n Laurence D. Fink is the founder and chief executive of the enormous investment firm BlackRock which manages in the neighborhood of $6 trillion of assets. That enormous hoard of financial assets–which it invests on behalf of individuals with 401(k) plans institutions such as pension funds state and local governments Fortune 500 companies sovereign wealth funds and college endowments–makes BlackRock the largest investor in the world. It gives BlackRock–and Fink himself–enormous sway in corporate boardrooms and the stock market.\nNow Fink is deploying his financial clout by demanding business leaders adhere to a left-wing agenda. In his annual letter released Tuesday Fink announced that BlackRock will require that companies make a “positive contribution to society” and “serve a social purpose.”\nUnfortunately Fink goes beyond calling for increased corporate responsibility. His letter makes it clear that he defines the act of making a contribution very narrowly. He wants companies to adopt left-wing policy goals in the name of corporate responsibility.", "output": [ "Larry Fink" ] }, { "id": "task419-6aeed790235f4b5fb805cc4b44e9c006", "input": "LAURA SULLIVAN BYLINE: There are two ways to describe the man called Khraish Khraish in West Dallas . He 's either a landlord saving the poor from homelessness or he 's one of the city's worst slumlords.\nSULLIVAN: Khraish works out of a small West Dallas office where he manages about 300 homes he and his dad own in the neighborhood. They're mostly crumbling 1940s one-story wooden houses but at 400 or 500 a month they're some of the cheapest in the city.\nSULLIVAN: Neighbors stop by. So does her daughter. Pearline Brown Harper wastes no time when I ask her about Khraish .\nSULLIVAN: Harper is right about at least one thing. The homes have brought in a lot of money. With 300 homes at 400 or 500 a month Khraish could be collecting as much as $150 000 a month in rent. But Khraish isn't the only one to see the investment potential here. Across the country mom-and-pop landlords are on the decline and studies show owners with dozens or hundreds of properties are on the rise. The less a landlord has to spend on repairs the more money he or she stands to make. In Brown's house a neighbor pops in to see what's going on.\nSULLIVAN: And she's right not just in West Dallas but in cities all across the country. Median rent has increased 70 percent over the past two decades while housing conditions haven't improved. And according to government data the majority of poor families are spending more than half of their already small incomes just to cover rent. In Dallas two years ago the city decided it was going to get serious about living conditions in West Dallas. Assistant City Attorney Melissa Miles and others went into dozens of Khraish 's homes.\nSULLIVAN: They sent Khraish a binder with hundreds of citations. He said it was devastating.\n KHRAISH : It was just bankruptcy. And they want me to bring them to a standard that these houses cannot attain. It's like how do you make a 1930s engine meet modern-day emission standards? You cannot.\nSULLIVAN: But the bigger question looming over all of this is not why the city intervened but why they intervened now. And Khraish had a theory.\n KHRAISH : The city of Dallas does not want low-income households in the city.\nSULLIVAN: Khraish 's theory goes like this. The city wants him to renovate his homes because if he renovates he'll have to charge more to recoup the costs. His tenants can't pay more so they'll go live somewhere else somewhere other than revitalized West Dallas or maybe all of Dallas.\n KHRAISH : Their affordable housing policy is not to have one.\nSULLIVAN: But the answer Khraish came up with was not what anyone was expecting. Last spring he decided he wasn't going to renovate his homes. Instead he said he was going to tear them down and evict the tenants.\nSULLIVAN: As he said this we stopped in front of a lot where Khraish had already demolished the house that was on it. I told him city officials said they were stunned he was tearing houses down.\nSULLIVAN: Except in those ashes he says only wealthy people get to live and you don't even need to do code enforcement. And that could have been the end of the story except Khraish had one more coda to add. A few months ago he announced he was sparing half his tenants from eviction. Instead he says he's making them homeowners.\nSULLIVAN: He's going to loan the tenants the money to buy the houses from him. Seller-financed deals are often controversial and can sometimes leave buyers with less-than-favorable terms. For example Khraish's contract says if buyers miss one payment he can demand that they pay off the entire house immediately or lose it. Whether or not that happens Khraish will collect payments but will no longer have to worry about repairs.\nPearlie Mae Brown signed a similar contract with Khraish . She can't afford to fix the house but she told us she has no choice. She has nowhere to go. When we asked Mayor Mike Rawlings about this he said it was a happy ending. More than a hundred people will get to stay in West Dallas.", "output": [ "Khraish Khraish" ] }, { "id": "task419-c95344db7d8d4d769d5d7e6a4f248ee9", "input": "For many people , Rachel Platten 's Fight Song remains so indelibly associated with Hillary Clinton 's presidential campaign , they ca n't hear the power anthem without picturing the Democratic nominee stepping onstage at a rally . \nPast : Fight Song singer Rachel Platten -LRB- pictured -RRB- has revealed she does n't feel as though the tune is connected with Hillary Clinton although the former candidate used it for her campaign . \n` For me , that song was never anymore Hillary 's song than it was the little kids who used the song while fighting cancer 's song , or the US women 's soccer team 's song , ' she told Glamour in a new interview published this weekend .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-ece31969d2764006a4babb830416b7fb", "input": "CLEVELAND -- LeBron James is leaving the Cavaliers next summer . \nLeBron left the Cavs AND the Heat .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-f25d382a2a2547629a9c73da4822d02d", "input": "F. William McNabb Vanguard Group’s chairman cautioned investors to consider reducing their stock exposure before the nearly 9-year-old rally ends.\n“We would expect the next decade to actually be very modest on the equities side in the U.S. a little less so in Europe and a little less so in Asia ” McNabb said in a Bloomberg Television interview that aired Thursday. “But it’s still overall lower than long-term historical averages.”\n McNabb whose firm oversees about $5 trillion said long-term investors may benefit by holding balanced portfolios with bonds as well as stocks.\n“No one can predict what’s going to happen in the next 12 months ” he said. “Having just said that I’m sure the equity market will continue to skyrocket for the next few months.”", "output": [ "F. William McNabb" ] }, { "id": "task419-845a2ee5a85c48efa4a5c547a0100813", "input": "MILWAUKEE (AP) — Emery Lehman won the 5 000 meters at the U.S. speedskating trials. Except he didn't earn an Olympic berth. Not yet anyway.\nThe U.S. doesn't have a spot in the 5 000 next month in Pyeongchang South Korea so Lehman will try to make the team in a different event.\nThe Americans have second priority and third reserve for the 5 000. They won't find out until later this month whether a spot opens up for someone not necessarily Lehman to skate at the Olympics. That could happen if other countries decide not to enter their skaters.\nHowever Lehman still needs to make the team in another event in order to skate the 5 000 if the U.S. earns a spot. Otherwise the U.S. would choose a skater already in Pyeongchang to compete.\n Lehman is skating on home ice this week. He trains and coaches skaters ranging from first grade to junior high at the Pettit National Ice Center and attends nearby Marquette University where he 's taking a break from his civil engineering studies.\n\"They say you don't really know something until you can explain it or try and make other people understand it \" he said. \"That really relates to speedskating. I have to explain it to these really little kids who may not understand it fully. Half the time I probably don't fully understand what I'm saying until I try to explain it 100 times and finally it clicks in my head.\"", "output": [ "Emery Lehman" ] }, { "id": "task419-f8f6e3e490d749de823023678b21f00b", "input": "Bright starring Will Smith hasn't been received well by critics including Chance the Rapper.\nThe movie which is streaming on Netflix and currently has a 28 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes is \"Training Day meets Lord of the Rings \" as Smith described it . It was directed by David Ayer — the same dude who helmed Suicide Squad.\nOne critique that keeps popping up is how it deals with issues like racism and on Tuesday Chance had something to say about it.\nAnother fan asked if making connections to the very real racism of the world was a stretch of the imagination or if it was just an attempt at an \"interesting story.\" During the press tour for the film Smith has discussed about how the movie is about race but Chance also shared his thoughts.", "output": [ "Will Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-34213ac0c5f04a92b0241b1b7c1b787e", "input": "“Your stock market is at an all-time high ” Trump told Forbes.com.\n\"Your jobs your unemployment is at the lowest point in almost 17 years. We have fantastic numbers coming out \" Trump said.\nAnd while Forbes told Trump U.S. Stock markets are up 20 percent during his term he stretches the time period to yield an even glossier figure. \"No 25 since the election. You have to go since the election \" Trump said.\n“That depends on the index of course (he's conveniently using the most Trump -friendly one Nasdaq) ” Forbes explained.\n\"Since Election Day it's 25 percent. It has gone up since Election Day $5.2 trillion -- $5.2 trillion. If Hillary Clinton would have won the markets would have gone down substantially \" Trump said.\nAside from stocks Trump also is proud of tAmerica's gross domestic product (GDP) Forbes explained.\n\"So GDP last quarter was 3.1%. Most of the folks that are in your business and elsewhere were saying that would not be hit for a long time. You know Obama never hit the number \" Trump said.\n\"He never hit it on a yearly basis. Never hit it on a yearly basis. That's eight years. I think we'll go substantially higher than that. And I think this quarter would have been phenomenal except for the hurricanes \" Trump said.\nFor his part Trump has struck a constant tone of optimism over the economy touting the high stock market and low unemployment.\nStock Market hits an ALL-TIME high! Unemployment lowest in 16 years! Business and manufacturing enthusiasm at highest level in decades! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5 2017\nRECORD HIGH FOR S & P 500! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29 2017", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-f24911be305f4af7b6dd55758467d26d", "input": "Actress Jennifer Lawrence has a “pretty good speech” prepared for when she meets President Donald Trump.\nThough the actress has never met Trump she revealed in an interview last year that she had once come close to crossing paths with the president at a concert. Lawrence told the UK’s Graham Norton Show that she had been at a concert and heard Trump was in attendance and ordered her security team to find the then-presidential candidate.\n“Because I was adamant on finding him and then making a video of me going ‘Hey Trump f*ck you!'” she said then.\n Lawrence has been a vocal critic of Trump since well before the November 2016 presidential election.\nAnd just a few days after the election Lawrence penned an essay urging liberals to become energized by Trump’s victory.\n Lawrence announced this year that she would take a hiatus from acting. Her last film the horror thriller mother! marked the worst opening-weekend box office of her career and earned a rare “F” CinemaScore from audiences.\n The actress has also begun working with Represent.us an organization working to end political corruption.", "output": [ "Jennifer Lawrence" ] }, { "id": "task419-8a29674ece8940928026ec18f43b00bc", "input": "Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends ” political commentator Michelle Malkin said President Donald Trump needed to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.\nWhen asked what she wants the Trump administration to accomplish in 2018 Malkin said “The wall the wall the wall.”\n She continued “In Congress guys now we’ve got this clamor from both parties for a so-called DACA fix. I am one of those unrepentant children of legal immigrants to this country who absolutely support everything this president is doing to put immigration enforcement and border security first period.\n She added “You know we have this clamor now for multi-billion dollar infrastructure deal. Right now President Trump until the end of his first term has one infrastructure priority – the wall the wall the wall.”", "output": [ "Michelle Malkin" ] }, { "id": "task419-af96df69b9644b60874c77ee442318bd", "input": "FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) - Gucci-owner Kering (PRTP.PA) plans to spin off German sports brand Puma (PUMG.DE) to the French conglomerate’s shareholders as it sharpens the group’s focus squarely on its luxury brands.\n Kering said it planned to distribute 70 percent of Puma shares in kind to its investors leaving it with only a 16 percent stake in the sportwear group confirming an exclusive Reuters report.\n Kering is a little more than 40 percent controlled by the French Pinault family who would receive about 29 percent of the sporting goods company while Puma’s free float would stand at about 55 percent.\nShedding Puma meanwhile would turn Kering into a pure player in the high-margin luxury business where it rivals larger peers such as French conglomerate LVMH (LVMH.PA).\n “Kering would dedicate itself entirely to the development of its luxury houses ” Kering Chairman and CEO Francois-Henri Pinault said in a statement.\nPuma struggled for years after it was bought by Kering for 5.3 billion euros ($6.4 billion) in 2007 but recent improved performance has raised expectations that the French group would sell its stake this year.\nPuma’s shares rose by 45 percent over the past year bringing its market capitalisation to 5.3 billion euros back at the level at which Kering bought.\n Kering emerged as one of the big winners in a luxury goods revival last year as Chinese demand picked up with a stellar turn at brand-of-the-moment Gucci helping earnings and other labels such as Yves Saint Laurent and Balenciaga.", "output": [ "Kering" ] }, { "id": "task419-d75cc9b320af4b88bd713e6f2ddb611d", "input": "\"The state attorneys general are natural partners for the consumer agency \" Warren 61 said in an interview. \"There are regulators in Washington that used to prevent state attorneys general from protecting consumers.\"\n The attorneys general say they are now invited to the nation's capital and talk with Warren by telephone almost weekly as she sets up the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. On Tuesday Warren traveled to Fort Lauderdale to plot strategy at the prosecutors' winter meeting.\n Washington lawyer Bernard Nash said Warren's alliance with state prosecutors will strengthen both her hand and theirs. It will also antagonize banks who opposed the creation of the consumer bureau.\n Roy Cooper the attorney general of North Carolina said Warren has told them she wants states to help formulate new policies around mortgages and credit cards her two top priorities. Last month Cooper formed a group of attorneys general from Washington Indiana Illinois and Iowa to work with Warren on those issues and others.\nWarren has told them she wants states to help formulate new policies around mortgages and credit cards her two top priorities. Last month Cooper formed a group of attorneys general from Washington Indiana Illinois and Iowa to work with Warren on those issues and others.\n \"We are the initial portal of complaints from consumers and we can react more quickly than a federal agency \" said Cooper a Democrat who heads the National Association of Attorneys General. \"But it will be interesting to see how nimble this new bureau will be.\"\n The state AGs may help the bureau spot national trends more quickly allowing faster enforcement Cooper said.\n A key goal of state attorneys general in forging a close relationship with Warren is to influence regulations on \"preemption \" the legal doctrine that allows federal law to trump state law when they conflict Cooper said.\n \"One of the reasons we are getting in early is to have a say on what these regulations say regarding preemption \" Cooper said.\n During this week's Florida meeting Warren said state attorneys general asked whether she could make federal money available to fund state enforcement efforts. She was non- committal: \"It's one of the ideas on the table but it's early in the game \" Warren said.", "output": [ "Cooper Warren", "Warren" ] }, { "id": "task419-a1c7dcb10ecd449190e8fd392f62d3f1", "input": "The start to the end of the world is coming this fall according to doomsday writer David Meade .\n Meade who said he is using astronomy and the Biblical book of Revelations has predicted that Oct. 15 will be the start of the tribulation – the seven-year period that brings the demise of the world.\n“Hold on and watch – wait until the middle of October and I don’t believe you’ll be disappointed ” said Meade who also predicted a “magnificent sign in the skies” will occur on Sept. 23.\n Meade certainly isn’t the first person who predicted the end of the world. Here’s a look at some other recent times the world was supposed to end.", "output": [ "David Meade" ] }, { "id": "task419-c72b85f2156e45939ce5bee719d9bcaa", "input": "Bernie Sanders appears to be eyeing opportunities to further develop his support base in California ahead of a potential 2020 presidential run . \nIndeed , receiving policy support from California is nothing new for Sanders , who saw some of his 2016 campaign 's biggest donors coming from the West Coast state , with $ 17.1 million of donations coming from California - $ 4.2 million of that just from Los Angeles and Long Beach and $ 2.7 million coming from San Francisco , a report from McClatchy 's Washington Bureau states . \nSpeaking at the California Nurses Association , Sanders , who has not yet confirmed whether he intends to run in 2020 , said in comments carried by Mercury News : \"Medicare for senior citizens has worked , and we want Medicare to work for every man , woman and child in this country . \nIn addition , California is a good fit for Sanders because he is believed to be one of few candidates who has the experience , backing and resources to win delegates in such a large , and costly , state in which to garner support .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-ddb52e887bd44fdb87fbd923e1c46289", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney a frequent critic of President Donald Trump announced on Friday he would run for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah confirming months of speculation about a return to national politics.\n“I’ve decided to run for United States Senate because I’ve decided I can help bring Utah’s values and Utah’s lessons to Washington ” Romney who is seeking to replace retiring Senator Orrin Hatch said in a video posted to Twitter.\nMuch of Romney ’s video focused on Utah values versus the Washington culture.\nFILE PHOTO - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks after a dinner meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Jean-Georges inside of the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York U.S. November 29 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson\nHatch 83 the most senior Republican in the Senate said last month he would not seek an eighth term. Trump had urged Hatch to run again in an apparent attempt to head off Romney .\nDuring the 2016 presidential campaign Romney excoriated Trump as a “fraud” who was “playing the American public for suckers.” Trump responded that Romney had “choked like a dog” in his race against Obama.\nHowever after Trump won the presidency in November 2016 he briefly considered whether to pick Romney as his secretary of state.\nTrump had lobbied Hatch to run for re-election in 2018 in what was viewed as an effort to prevent Romney from getting into the Senate. Trump and Romney spoke in January after Hatch announced his retirement a White House official said.\nHouse Speaker Paul Ryan who had been Romney ’s vice presidential running mate in 2012 said in a statement on Friday that he was thrilled with Romney ’s decision to run for Senate.\n“ His campaign has my unwavering support and the people of Utah will be getting an accomplished and decent man when they make him their next Senator ” Ryan said.\n Romney had successful treatment for prostate cancer in 2017 a source close to him said in January.", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-1da40ed832904200b7fa3355bde4574e", "input": "A scene from Hillary Clinton 's 2016 Election Night event. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty\nSusan Sarandon is about to get a large tax cut for her role in saving the US from a Hillary Clinton presidency; so is Colin Kaepernick. That’s 2017 in a nutshell: The country is beginning to experience the fruits of a misguided hatred of Clinton that helped make Donald Trump president.\nI single Kaepernick and Sarandon out not because they are bad people but because even conscientious Americans like them made a grave mistake when they allowed their distaste for Clinton and an imperfect Democratic Party to blind them to the threat of Trump. As the country continues to grapple with the consequences of his presidency we should remember that we are here in part because some underestimated the threat he posed.\nIn June 2016 Sarandon (who supported Bernie Sanders in the primary before endorsing Jill Stein) said on the Young Turks that “in a way” Clinton was more dangerous than Trump. “They’re both talking to Henry Kissinger apparently ” she said. “She did not learn from Iraq and she is an interventionist and she has done horrible things and very callously. I don’t know if she is overcompensating or what her trip is. That scares me. I think we’ll be in Iran in two seconds.”\nWell Clinton lost—and many observers are worried that the US is inching closer to war with Iran.\nKaepernick has used his voice to raise incredibly important issues even while being ridiculed and jeopardizing his professional football career. But he bought into a false narrative in September 2016 when he claimed there was little difference between Clinton and Trump saying it was embarrassing to see the US have two “proven liars” as the presidential nominees. “You have to pick the lesser of two evils. But in the end it’s still evil ” he said.\nHe couldn’t even stick to that and didn’t vote in the end claiming that either Trump or Clinton would just be “another face that’s going to be the face of that system of oppression. And to me it didn’t really matter who went in there the system still remains intact that oppresses people of color.”\nNeither is this an attempt to absolve Clinton of her flaws and faults. She was one of the least popular presidential nominees in American history because of choices she made. She should have anticipated the potential ramifications of setting up a private server for her emails while secretary of State. She could have mustered the courage or had the foresight to vote against the Iraq war. She and her husband could have decided against making high-dollar Wall Street speeches and other dubious choices that haunted her during the campaign. She used the term “super predator ” popularized by an Ivy League criminologist who wrongly anticipated a surge in violent crime among young men particularly young men of color to argue in favor of her husband’s 1994 crime bill. As secretary of state she argued in favor of a robust military role in parts of the Middle East policies that are still playing out in ugly ways in places such as Yemen and Libya and Syria.\nIt is also true that her high level of unpopularity was partially built upon conspiracies the sins of her husband and double standards. She had been in the sights of America's right wing for decades and was accused of murder and being involved in a supposed secret child sex scheme. She was criticized for staying with her husband after his well-publicized affairs but surely would have been criticized had she left him. She took the lion’s share of criticism about policies—like the Iraq War and crime bill—that had widespread bipartisan support. The crime bill for instance was backed by most of the Congressional Black Caucus and many black activists concerned by drug-fueled gang wars in their communities. Bernie Sanders voted for it too.\nThere were honest critiques of Clinton . But there was also a caricature of her as a liar and a fraud that ultimately helped Trump.\nAnd despite the claims that Clinton did not do enough for vulnerable and people of color after college she did not head to Wall Street when she could have— she went to the Children’s Defense Fund instead. And she went undercover to expose racial discrimination in Alabama. And she was an important figure in the formation of a program that still provides health insurance for millions of poor children. And she like so many other talented women often sacrificed her own ambitions to help further her husband’s. When she was a senator she was praised by colleagues from both parties for her ability to get things done. She was not in favor of going into Libya because she wanted another war; she believed it would help prevent what some believed was a pending massacre. No she is not from the anti-war wing of the Democratic Party but neither is she an amoral warmonger. If she seemed likely to continue Obama’s interventionist policies and continue to use drones—well Sanders said he would use drones to fight terrorism as well.\nThere were honest critiques of Clinton . But there was also a caricature of her as a liar and a fraud that ultimately helped Trump—who didn’t have her record of public service or her experience. The narrative that both candidates were equally tainted by scandal was pushed by many disillusioned leftists and helped along by a media that gave a disproportionate amount of coverage to Clinton ’s emails. Voters looking for an excuse to cast a ballot for Trump or stay home in disgust were given one by the anti-Clinton brigade.\nThere were many other reasons why Clinton lost by a razor-thin margin including James Comey’s last-minute decision to announce a reopening of the email investigation and her campaign’s own poor decision not to aggressively campaign in the upper Midwest.\nSarandon and Kaepernick likely have real empathy for 800 000 or so DACA recipients whose future is uncertain. They may cry for the record number of civilian casualties that have resulted from the way Trump has prosecuted long-simmering wars in the Middle East. They probably hate that the Justice Department has rolled back the police oversight policies from the Obama administration. I’m sure they are terrified by how emboldened white supremacists are in the Trump era. But the decision made by voters like them in November—to prioritize their disdain for Clinton over everything else—helped pave the way for all of that and more.\nIt wasn’t just 63 million mostly white voters who put Trump in office; he was helped by Americans who deluded themselves into thinking there would be no material difference between a Trump and Clinton presidency.\nHad Clinton been president this year instead of Trump DACA recipients and their supporters would not have to wonder whether they would face deportation come March and could be pushing for actual immigration reform. Had Clinton been president 2017 would have been spent debating how best to improve and expand the Affordable Care Act rather than by a desperate attempt to save it. Democrats would have had a fifth vote on the Supreme Court to shore up women’s rights and voting rights. If there was a tax reform bill it would have been better constructed to help the poor and middle class. Kaepernick and Sarandon were wrong: There was a big difference between Clinton and Trump and we’ve been seeing it all year.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-19f488bc625b4169a746ffbc4ee57ec6", "input": "In what he described as a \"leap of faith \" Mayor Luke Ravenstahl of Pittsburgh agreed Monday to shelve his plans for the nation's first tax on college tuition in exchange for an increase in voluntary contributions from local colleges and universities to the city.\n City officials said the mayor also had a promise from university officials to help lobby state lawmakers in Harrisburg for changes to enable the city to raise certain taxes and fees.\n Earlier this month Ravenstahl said he had asked the universities and other tax-exempt nonprofit organizations to pay $5 million annually to the city and that in lieu of the tax he would find the other $10 million by dipping into reserves cutting services and pushing Harrisburg to increase the commuter tax rate.\n After universities initially turned down his request to increase their voluntary payments to the city Ravenstahl said he was left with no alternative to imposing a tax. He said the money was needed to pay for pension costs and to offset the roughly $50 million in property taxes that the city forgoes from the tax-exempt status of nonprofit institutions.\n Ravenstahl said the city had already begun tightening its belt.\n \"We continue to consolidate services with other governments achieving cost savings through joint purchasing joint provision of services and any other avenue we can pursue \" he said. \"We have reduced our work force by about 1 000 employees. We have stopped issuing new debt going to a 'pay as you go' capital budgeting system.\"\n He added: \"We have cut everything we can to the bone. Today is not the end of our work together. Today is only the beginning.\"", "output": [ "Luke Ravenstahl" ] }, { "id": "task419-9ef316ef131c4520b4632d079a1ed6fe", "input": "TOKYO (Reuters) - Kobe Steel Ltd admitted on Tuesday its data fraud has been going on nearly five decades and also revealed new cases of cheating highlighting the challenges facing the 112-year-old company mired in compliance failures and malfeasance.\nKobe Steel which supplies steel parts to manufacturers of cars planes and trains around the world admitted last year to supplying products with falsified specifications to about 500 customers throwing global supply chains into turmoil.\n Kobe Steel also announced the resignation of Executive Vice President Akira Kaneko and temporary pay cuts for up to 80 percent of all internal directors and executive officers.\n Kobe Steel President and CEO Hiroya Kawasaki attends a news conference in Tokyo Japan March 6 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai\n PROBLEMS LONG ENTRENCHED\nKobe Steel said the data cheating started at least as early as the 1970s based on testimony from multiple sources interviewed by the external investigation team.\n The company mapped out various preventive measures including setting up an external committee to oversee quality issues but those familiar with the company say its problems are entrenched.\n Kobe Steel has had a series of scandals in the last dozen years including taking part in bid-rigging for a bridge project in 2005 failing to report income to tax authorities in 2008 2011 and 2013 and falsifying emissions data in 2006. Illegal political funding to candidates in local elections in 2009 also prompted the resignations of the then CEO and chairman.\nThe data fraud scandal though so far appears to have left Kobe Steel’s finances unscathed. In February the company reinstated a forecast for its first annual profit in three years for the year ending March 31.\nBut the company is also undergoing a U.S. Justice Department probe meaning it still faces legal and financial risk. A Japanese government-sanctioned seal of quality has been revoked on some of its product as well.\n“There is a pending risk for Kobe Steel as customers at home or abroad may cancel their contracts and take legal actions and the U.S. Justice Department may seek a penalty ” said Makiko Yoshimura director at S&P Global Rating Japan.", "output": [ "Kobe Steel" ] }, { "id": "task419-4eb4f79982e943f1a2b0a22f6d2820d8", "input": "The report on the investigation which was conducted by a panel at Washington University into a study by Dr. Timothy R. Kuklo was completed on Wednesday.\n Kuklo resigned his post at Washington University this summer amid a controversy over the study which involved a Medtronic bone growth product called Infuse.\n Kuklo conducted the research in question while a surgeon at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. He became a highly paid consultant to Medtronic when he joined Washington University in St. Louis in mid-2006.\n In a report last year Army officials accused him of inflating the number of combat soldiers whose leg injuries had been successfully treated with the product. Officials also found that he had forged the names of four Army doctors before submitting the study to a medical journal for publication.\n After a lengthy review the Washington University panel concluded that it had been possible for Kuklo to support the number of leg injuries he reported if such injuries were defined broadly. The panel also raised the possibility that some of the data discrepancies had reflected problems in Walter Reed's patient record-keeping system.\nKuklo to support the number of leg injuries he reported if such injuries were defined broadly. The panel also raised the possibility that some of the data discrepancies had reflected problems in Walter Reed's patient record-keeping system.\n Seizing on that finding Kuklo's lawyer sent a letter on Thursday to Sen. Charles E. Grassley describing it as exonerating his client. Grassley a R-Iowa began an investigation of Kuklo's study after it was the subject of a Page 1 article in The New York Times in May.\n In his presentations to the panel Kuklo maintained that he had included the other doctors' names as a courtesy and had not intended to mislead any one. But the committee disagreed finding that Kuklo's decision to use four different handwriting styles to sign for the physicians suggested \"intentional deception.\"\n The panel also found that Kuklo had committed research misconduct in representations he made about another study. As a result of the controversy surrounding his Infuse study Medtronic suspended his consulting agreement.\n In recommending sanctions the panel pointed out that Kuklo had already left the institution voluntarily. In its statement Washington University said that his resignation was not being reconsidered.", "output": [ "Timothy R. Kuklo" ] }, { "id": "task419-1e25e2526846434582d6a5545a99fd3a", "input": "I had my white secretary who typically booked my band and assisted me with my music business set up a meeting with the Maryland grand dragon Roger Kelly explaining that her boss was writing a book on the Klan and would like his input. Per my instructions she did not reveal the color of my skin.\n Kelly agreed to participate and we secured a room at a Frederick Md. motel where my secretary filled an ice bucket with cans of soda so I could offer my guest a drink. Regardless of how and what he felt about me if he entered my room after seeing the color of my skin I was going to treat him with hospitality.\nPunctual to the minute there was a knock on the door. The grand nighthawk (the grand dragon’s bodyguard) entered first and then the dragon himself. “Hello ” I began “I’m Daryl Davis.” I offered my palm and Kelly shook my hand as he and the nighthawk introduced themselves. He sat in the chair I had set out and the nighthawk stood at attention beside him .\nWe were both apprehensive of the other and the interview started haltingly. We discussed what he had hoped to achieve by joining the Klan; what his thoughts were on blacks Asians Jews and Hispanics; and whether he thought it would ever be possible for different races to get along. A little while later we heard an inexplicable crackling noise and we both tensed. The dragon and I stared each other in the eye silently asking “What did you just do?” The nighthawk reached for his gun. Nobody spoke. I barely breathed.\nEven though Kelly had told me he knew that white people were superior to blacks our dialogue continued over the years. He would visit me in my home and I would eventually be a guest in his . We would share many meals together even though he thought I was inferior. Within a couple of years he rose to the rank of imperial wizard the top national leadership position in the Klan.", "output": [ "Roger Kelly" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e20889bb9dd4344ad0c71f0fc3e700f", "input": "White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers is among what she said are about 10 percent of the 1 044 White House staff members who have not completed the FBI clearance process that produces the first level of clearance for access to classified material. Myers said she has routine access to secret material.\nLast week House Republicans raised the issue of White House officials failing to complete the clearance process. Myers acknowledged that she had not due to the press of other business and said that only one other senior official fit that category. That is Ricki Seidman who has served as deputy communications director as a counselor to the chief of staff and now as head of the scheduling operation. She did not return phone calls.\n Myers said in clarifying the numbers of those lacking clearances that of the 125 most senior jobs at the White House all but 15 have completed the FBI background checks and have security clearances. All National Security Council staff members fit that category she said.\nBut of the White House staff overall which includes workers from secretaries in the social secretary's office to computer operators a little more than 100 lack the clearances. \"Most of them don't have a need to deal with secure documents \" Myers said. But she could not estimate how many have access to such documents or could see them if they tried.\n Myers said the slowness of the White House to hire its staff the slowness of staff members to submit paperwork that launches the FBI background check and plain \"procrastination\" are the reasons for most of the clearance problems. \"Things got off to a slow start \" she said but added that with congressional -- and press -- attention on the issue the White House staff is making a strong effort to comply.\n\"By next week there will be almost no one left\" who has not submitted paperwork to begin the process she said. Officials said White House lawyer William Kennedy and others repeatedly had urged non-complying officials to complete the clearance process but the warning frequently was ignored. Lloyd Cutler the new White House counsel said yesterday he takes the problem seriously.", "output": [ "Dee Dee Myers" ] }, { "id": "task419-c90ea40c66374d46ae979cffce3e62a0", "input": "Cyril Ramaphosa greets a party member during the 54th national conference of the African National Congress in Johannesburg on Dec. 18. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)\nHistory awaits Cyril Ramaphosa . On Monday delegates from South Africa's ruling African National Congress party elected him as their new president paving the way for Ramaphosa to become the country's next leader.\n Ramaphosa 65 was active in the revolutionary struggle against apartheid that set his country on the path of democracy and greater racial equality — and brought the ANC into power it hasn't lost since Nelson Mandela won South Africa's first free elections in 1994.\n Cyril Ramaphosa South Africa's deputy president was named the new leader of South Africa's ruling African National Congress Party on Dec. 18. Here's how President Jacob Zuma his predecessor reacted. (Nickolaus Bauer)\n Ramaphosa is part of that last category — and that's an understatement. Once best known as a trade unionist who organized giant strikes against white-owned mines he is now a magnate with hands in almost every sector of the economy and a personal net worth of nearly half a billion dollars. In recent years he has sat on the boards of mining conglomerates and served as the director of huge companies including South African Breweries. He is married to the sister of South Africa's richest black businessman.\nIn 2014 he stepped back from his soaring business career to reenter politics and Zuma named him his deputy president.\n Ramaphosa ran on an anti-corruption platform and ultimately beat his main opponent by just 179 out of more than 4 700 total votes at the ANC's convention on Monday. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma 68 who conceded defeat is considered a party stalwart having served in ministerial roles in addition to being an ex-wife of Jacob Zuma. Many of her supporters are likely to get high positions in a Ramaphosa-led ANC which may limit his ability to enact sweeping reforms.\nThe expectations for Ramaphosa to lead the ANC in a new direction are high.\n He brings an urbane and pragmatic sensibility to the ANC's leadership though he has often come under fire for a lavish lifestyle so clearly at odds with the lives of most South Africans. Nevertheless he has pledged to root out corruption from a government whose officials — at all levels — often brazenly use their power to enrich themselves.\nThat rhetoric won Ramaphosa the support of some of Zuma's main detractors: business leaders and middle-class urban blacks. It also has many wondering whether Ramaphosa will pursue the ongoing corruption cases against Zuma. Had Dlamini-Zuma won on Monday it was widely expected that she would protect her ex-husband who supported her candidacy.\nNkosazana Dlamini-Zuma an ex-wife of Jacob Zuma was Cyril Ramaphosa's main challenger. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)\nPerhaps the greatest expectation for Ramaphosa is that he will save the ANC from itself. A stagnant economy coupled with near-continuous scandals have for the first time in South Africa's history driven large numbers of voters away from the party. Last year the ANC lost control of three of the country's largest cities: Johannesburg Pretoria and Nelson Mandela Bay.\n“A moment of great renewal is upon us and we should not let it go by ” Ramaphosa said on the campaign trail. “We should grasp it unite our country around one goal. The goal of making South Africa great. The goal of making South Africa corruption-free.”", "output": [ "Cyril Ramaphosa" ] }, { "id": "task419-619db4f27e3c44dbb438f4dbba4e9981", "input": "U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans on using tactics similar to the takedown of mobster Al Capone to get MS-13 gang members off the streets and behind bars.\nIn a speech Monday at the International Association of Chiefs of Police in Philadelphia Sessions said MS-13 was a priority for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task and they have been given permission to use \"every lawful tool\" to take down the violent gang.\n Sessions compared the plan to how officials captured Capone in the 1930s NBC reports. The notorious gangster was arrested and sentenced to 11 years in prison on tax evasion.\n Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he will use every lawful took to take down MS-13. (ROBERTO ESCOBAR/AFP/Getty Images)", "output": [ "Jeff Sessions" ] }, { "id": "task419-e47e59d8bbf245c896aa3b139c250893", "input": "\"We are taught that humans can taste only five taste categories \" said Juyun Lim associate professor at Oregon State University's Department of Food Science and Technology and lead author of the study. \"It seems however that we can taste other chemicals that comprise foods such as starch degradation products and fatty acids.\"\n Lim added that some compounds such as starch are abundant in nature and that we use them as a source of energy.\n\"Understanding how we can detect and recognize our food sources is very important since it will directly impact our ingestive behavior and health \" she said.\nIt was previously assumed that starch was tasteless but the new findings suggest that starch is broken down into glucose oligomers by an enzyme in our saliva called alpha-amylase and these so-called glucose oligomers can be tasted Lim said.\n\"It has long been assumed that simple sugars are the only class of carbohydrates that humans can taste. Thus our findings are surprising \" Lim said.\nFor instance \"as much as we know that glucose oligomer detection is not through the sweet taste receptor we do not yet know the exact mechanism of how we detect them \" Lim said.", "output": [ "Lim" ] }, { "id": "task419-f1aef4091e804a4382a925f3bdd34af0", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Thursday he would try to stop publication of a book that portrays an inept president in a fumbling White House and threatened legal action against former top aide Steve Bannon over “defamatory” comments in the book.\nHarder also told Reuters “legal action is imminent” against Bannon .\nTrump cut ties with Bannon on Wednesday saying his former adviser had “lost his mind ” in a blistering statement issued after comments attributed to Bannon in the book were made public.\nTrump lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bannon on Wednesday asking him not to disclose any confidential information. They said Bannon had breached an agreement by communicating with Wolff about Trump his family and the campaign and made “disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements” about them.\nIn the book Bannon was quoted as describing a June 2016 meeting with a group of Russians at Trump Tower in New York as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” The meeting held after the Russians promised damaging information on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was attended by Donald Trump Jr. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort who was Trump’s campaign manager at the time.\nTrump’s statement also diminished Bannon ’s role in the election victory and accused him of leaking to the media. Before joining the campaign Bannon had headed conservative Breitbart News website and he proved to be a divisive figure in the White House. He returned to Breitbart after being fired although he reportedly continued to talk with Trump.\nFILE PHOTO: White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon (L) attends a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and congressional leaders to discuss trade deals at the at the Roosevelt room of the White House in Washington U.S. February 2 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo\n Bannon ’s reaction to the book controversy has been muted. In interviews with Breitbart News after the news broke he called Trump a “great man” and pledged continued support for his agenda.\nBradley Moss a Washington lawyer specializing in national security law said any non-disclosure agreement would not apply to Bannon once he became a government employee. The government has far less power to limit speech by employees than private companies Moss said.\nA lawsuit could hurt Trump because Bannon ’s lawyers would be entitled to interview White House officials and collect potentially damaging documents from them in his defense Moss said.\nOn Thursday the White House said no personal devices including cellphones would be allowed in the West Wing beginning next week for security purposes. The moves followed the Bannon split but had been considered for some time.\n Bannon helped Trump shape a populist anti-establishment message and had been the president’s link to his hard-line conservative base of support which is often at odds with the Republican Party establishment.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-9a660b8607124cc0ae18e7017347bf64", "input": "The newly released trailer for Salman Khan’s upcoming Tiger Zinda Hai (English: \"Tiger is Back\") is stirring up a frenzy among fans of the Bollywood superstar who are eager for their idol’s return to the role that launched one of the highest-grossing action franchises in Indian movie history.\n The trailer features a buff and menacing Khan riding horses snowboards motorcyles and ATV's firing automatic machine guns and raining down a Hollywood-worthy storm of mayhem on an ISIS-style terrorist group that has had the nerve to kidnap 25 Indian nurses for ransom.\nIt’s a stark contrast from the simple sensitive character Khan played in his last picture Tubelight which failed to catch on with all but the Bollywood superstar's most loyal fans. The picture was widely deemed a bust and a money-loser for the distributors who bought rights and for the investors who backed it. With its promise of big-budget thrills and adventure Tiger Zinda Hai should get Khan’s jolted career back on track.\n The trailer also prominently shows off Katrina Kaif as the martial arts expert and alluring Pakistani spy who teams up with Khan 's Tiger to rescue the nurses and send terrorist leader Abu Usman to meet his maker.\nThe new picture is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar (Sultan) produced by Aditya Chopra of Yash Raj Films and features Bollywood megastars Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in the lead roles.", "output": [ "Salman Khan" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca966c0418ec432e9e469117b754d574", "input": "These Wall Street veterans all know who Blythe Masters is. She ’s the wunderkind who made managing director at JPMorgan Chase at age 28 the financial engineer who helped develop the credit-default swap and bring to life a market that peaked at $58 trillion in notional terms in 2007. She ’s the banker later vilified by pundits unfairly some say after those instruments compounded the damage wrought by the subprime mortgage crash in 2008. Now one year after quitting JPMorgan amid another controversy Blythe Masters is back. She isn’t pitching a newly minted derivative or trading stratagem to this room. She ’s promoting something wilder: It’s called the blockchain and it’s the digital ledger software code that powers bitcoin.\n Masters is the CEO of Digital Asset Holdings a New York tech startup. She says her firm is designing software that will enable banks investors and other market players to use blockchain technology to change the way they trade loans bonds and other assets. If she ’s right she ’ll be at the center of yet another whirlwind that will change the markets.\n Masters had a hard time believing Digital Asset's Sunil Hirani was serious when he first talked to her about bitcoin. Photographer: Guzman/Bloomberg Markets\n Blythe Masters swings open the door of her ninth-floor offices parks her suitcase and exhales. Fresh off a flight from London she’s relieved to be back on solid ground. Masters says her airliner was landing when it suddenly roared back into the sky to avoid a collision on the runway. “That’s the most dangerous moment I’ve ever had on a plane!” says Masters who’s dressed in a black knit tunic black tights and Burberry-plaid flats.\nHer new digs at Digital Asset Holdings with a worn wooden floor and views of air shafts are a far cry from the Park Avenue executive suite at JPMorgan. The glass walls are covered in scribbled pieces of code and diagrams with a lot of boxes and arrows. A gray terrier named Luna the office pooch scampers under the conference room table. A guest notes that Nasdaq has just hired a “blockchain technology evangelist.” “We have a blockchain artist ” Masters replies pointing out the one decorative object in the place a painting depicting a network of black and blue lines. “That is our COO’s homegrown work ” she says with delight. “I rather like it.”\n“ Blythe has about as much wrapped up in one brain as I’ve ever encountered in finance ” says John “Mac” McQuown co-founder of KMV a maker of widely used credit analysis tools. McQuown 81 has known Masters since the early 1990s. “ She is inventive a risk taker and beyond a doubt a force to be reckoned with.”\nMasters advanced quickly up JPMorgan’s ranks. Following a stint as CFO of its global investment bank from 2004 to 2007 she was appointed chief of a newly formed unit that helped clients manage risk in commodities markets. During the next five years she built it into a profitable business that oversaw billions of dollars of physical assets. At the same time Masters served as a board member and then chair of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association known as SIFMA. Along the way she earned a reputation as that rare figure on the Street a corporate player with the innovative chops of an entrepreneur.\n“ Blythe sees that a new industry is being created ” says Hirani who’s known Masters for 17 years. “There’s no infrastructure. There’s no companies that have any kind of scale. She ’s done the bank thing. She did commodities. She did derivatives. She did loan portfolio management. This allows her to bring all of that experience to bear in creating an ecosystem—and a company around it.”\nTwenty-three years ago Masters opened up fresh territory with credit derivatives. Now she ’s determined to do it again although this time it’s with a technology that was initially designed to bypass the financial system. Masters with a very British dose of understatement puts it this way: “I’ve always been motivated to innovate where the implications are significant.”", "output": [ "Blythe Masters" ] }, { "id": "task419-e1087f0ee8ed4228b2e45a6b94094ee5", "input": "Lately we’ve been seeing a boom in TV dystopias. Two of the most successful premieres in the past few years have been HBO’s Westworld and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale: the former a solemn plodding update of Michael Crichton’s 1973 film in which subjugated androids revolt and take over a theme park; the latter a stylish and compelling adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel in which the United States becomes a patriarchal theocracy. Other recent examples include Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle (based on Philip K. Dick’s 1962 novel about an alternate reality in which the Axis powers have won World War II) HBO’s The Leftovers (about a world in which 2 percent of the population has mysteriously disappeared) and Netflix’s new Altered Carbon (a cyberpunk gorefest based on a 2002 novel by Richard K. Morgan). Stretching the criteria a bit one could perhaps include the long-running zombie odyssey The Walking Dead and its spin-off Fear the Walking Dead and sitcoms that play with dystopic elements like The Good Place and The Last Man on Earth.\nThe success of Black Mirror is the proximate cause for the existence of Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams also produced by Channel 4 and available here on Amazon. Dick of course is one of the past masters of the dystopia genre: His 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was the basis for the seminal Ridley Scott film Blade Runner and his work has been mined by Hollywood countless times ever since. Electric Dreams adapts 10 of Dick’s short stories including “The Hood Maker” (which imagines a class war between telepaths and normal citizens who resent their minds’ being invaded) and “The Father Thing” (in which a child’s father is replaced by a sinister alien doppelgänger).\n Electric Dreams is slickly made and intermittently effective but despite some half-hearted attempts to reimagine or update the material (the boy in “The Father Thing ” upon uncovering the alien conspiracy posts a video on the Internet with the hashtag “#RESIST”) it doesn’t really feel of our moment. Part of the problem is that Dick’s work has been adapted for film so many times already that it’s hard to watch a given episode of Electric Dreams however well executed and not compare it unfavorably if unfairly with Blade Runner or Paul Verhoeven’s Total Recall or Steven Spielberg ’s Minority Report. Dick’s sensibility is idiosyncratic and sui generis but at this point it feels more like a piece of intellectual property than the amphetamine-fueled gnostic vision it once was. Is anybody ’s mind really blown by the is-our-world-real-or-just-a-simulation conundrum posed by “Real Life ” for example after we’ve seen not only Total Recall but The Matrix and Westworld and a hundred other iterations of it?\nThe problem however isn’t just overfamiliarity. Dystopias draw their power from an analysis of the present and Dick ’s once-radical vision of the future is now as far in the past as H.G. Wells’s was for Dick when he began writing. This is what Black Mirror for all its flaws has over Electric Dreams: The series feels like it’s about things that Brooker is genuinely worried about not a dutiful tribute to what someone was worried about in the 1960s; it’s the future as seen from the 21st century not the 20th. This problem is endemic to many of the recent dystopian shows. The fact that Westworld is based on a movie from 1973 and The Handmaid’s Tale on a novel from 1985 doesn’t invalidate their value as entertainments or as cultural commentaries. But it does introduce concerns alien to the dystopia’s imperative to take the worst of the present day and amplify it.", "output": [ "Philip K. Dick" ] }, { "id": "task419-afa793ce17af44b0b2a8e9ce1dec5ebc", "input": "Climate change was not the cause of Hurricane Harvey but there's reason to think a warmer planet can make such storms more devastating.\n\" Harvey was almost certainly more intense than it would have been in the absence of human-caused warming \" said one scientist.\nClimate change didn't cause Hurricane Harvey . But scientists can say it likely made the storm worse according to Michael Mann a distinguished professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State.\n\"If you look at the ocean temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico they're at near-record warm levels about 87 Fahrenheit underneath Harvey right now that's about 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average for this time of year. That's a lot of extra heat energy available to evaporate water vapor into the air \" Jeff Masters a meteorologist at The Weather Company who cofounded the weather-data website Weather Underground told Business Insider on Thursday.\nAs Harvey picked up more moisture it rapidly strengthened from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane before making landfall after which it stalled as a tropical storm dumping so much rain that the National Weather Service had to add more colors to its map.\n Harvey has been described as a once-in-500-years-event though some spots could hit the once-in-a-million-years benchmark. But such events seem to be becoming more common as evidenced by major recent storms like Allison in 2001 Rita in 2005 and Ike in 2008. By some definitions the Houston area faced 500-year floods in both 2015 and 2016.", "output": [ "Hurricane Harvey" ] }, { "id": "task419-629327957bfb47faacf7620492cef7a1", "input": "China is “the most important fishing nation ” David Kroodsma Global Fishing Watch’s research and development director who was the study’s lead author said in an interview.\nThe project’s next steps Kroodsma said would be to take the data and see how it can be applied to policy and additional research.\nFor instance he said researchers are comparing maps of different species of fish with the areas where various fleets are operating.\n“People ask are we overfishing? People ask what kinds of regulations are good ones versus bad ones? How do fishermen respond to subsidies?” he said. “All these questions about how we manage the oceans we can now answer. We can bring data to the table.”\nPrevious studies have inferred fishing activity rather than directly studied it he said. But the advent of wide-ranging commercial satellite coverage plus access to data from ships’ transponders allowed the Global Fishing Watch researchers to paint a much more detailed picture.", "output": [ "David Kroodsma" ] }, { "id": "task419-db14c45d863b46f79c9034bbbd9f332f", "input": "Former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown couldn’t please everyone. In her timely new book “The Vanity Fair Diaries ” she recalls a run-in with gossip legend Liz Smith who died over the weekend at 94.\nAccording to Brown Smith’s girlfriend Iris Love submitted a story about her trip up the Nile to Vanity Fair in 1985 shortly after Brown had started her new job.\n“Trouble is picture’s great copy not ” Brown recalled. According to Brown 31 at the time she decided to run the piece anyway but only after a heavy edit that she knew would not go over well with Smith. As expected Smith “got on the horn to give me the full Texan bawl-out.”\nIn her new book Tina Brown recounts a run-in with the late gossip great Liz Smith seen here at an event in March. (Gary Gershoff/WireImage)", "output": [ "Tina Brown" ] }, { "id": "task419-412212845f094282a7b11cef0f883332", "input": "Fox News host Tucker Carlson invited Ald. George Cardenas onto his show Wednesday night to discuss immigration policy and ... well you can guess how it ended.\n“What a loathsome little demagogue you are Mr. Cardenas ” Carlson told the Chicago City Council member.\n Carlson wanted Cardenas the 12th Ward alderman to tell him why he won’t prioritize serving American citizens over immigrants in his ward who are living in the country illegally. Cardenas said he has no way of knowing who is here legally and who is not and that he’s not about to start asking.\nCardenas told Inc. though that he’d go back on Carlson ’s show if given the chance against the advice of his staff.\n“They don’t want me to because they think it ’s a setup but part of what we get from it is a conversation that shows everyone who these people are.", "output": [ "Tucker Carlson" ] }, { "id": "task419-8821ae7b242c470c8d2ce949fdebc647", "input": "Jon Gruden has a career record of 95-81 (.540) with nine playoff appearances and one Super Bowl victory in 11 seasons as a coach. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)\n Jon Gruden was welcomed back for a second stint as Oakland Raiders coach on Tuesday now he ’ll be tasked with getting them back to the postseason. Based on his starting point however an immediate return to the playoffs is unlikely in 2018.\n[Brewer: Jon Gruden is ‘a big effin’ deal’ to the Raiders but perhaps even bigger for all coaches]\nSo where can Gruden make up ground and quickly improve this roster? The wide receivers — once thought to be a strength of this team — may need a makeover.\nAmari Cooper produced even fewer yards per route run than Crabtree (1.5) and was ranked 60th out of 78 qualified receivers for his on-field performance. Both need to be better in 2018. If not Gruden is going to have to find Carr a top target to throw to.\n Gruden has even more work cut out for him on the defensive side of the ball. Oakland allowed 2.1 points per drive last season the fourth-most in the league with a 101.8 passer rating against the third-worst in football in 2017. To put that in perspective opposing quarterbacks performed as well as Carson Wentz — an MVP candidate before his season-ending injury in Week 14 — against the Raiders while the league average was closer to that of Andy Dalton (86.6).", "output": [ "Jon Gruden" ] }, { "id": "task419-4a22b3dca35b4077b43acdc68feab947", "input": "For some Alabama voters supporting abortion rights may be a sin worse than some of the sexual misdeeds Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore has been accused of — allegations Moore has denied.\nThat's the conundrum facing the state's conservative deeply religious electorate: Embrace Democrat Doug Jones despite his liberal stance on abortion and other social issues or vote for Moore anyway even if they believe there is some truth to the sexual assault allegations against him.\n\"The abortion issue alone is enough to buy [ Moore ] a win \" predicted Brent Buchanan an Alabama GOP pollster and consultant. \"That's the one nonnegotiable for social conservatives. You're not as hardcore on taxes. 'I can give up on that ' some voters might think. But when you're talking about somebody else's life that's a whole different ballgame. And I think that's the big difference.\"\n Moore has underscored that major divide frequently at his campaign events where he 's continued to deny the accusations against him but also refused to answer questions from the media about the swirling scandals. Multiple women have accused the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice of pursuing them romantically decades ago when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s and one woman has said he initiated sexual contact with her when she was just 14.\n Moore 's allies have also doubled down on the abortion issue in the race's final stretch. America First PAC a pro-President Trump superPAC that's supporting Moore in the race released an ad this week calling Jones's position on abortion \"unforgivable \" showing an ultrasound and a heartbeat that then flatlines.\n Moore spokeswoman Jane Porter was even less subtle when she appeared on CNN Tuesday talking to pregnant anchor Poppy Harlow and congratulating her on her \"unborn child.\"\nBut Moore has seized upon the initial comments to MSNBC with his wife Kayla claiming that Jones supports \"full-term abortion.\" PolitiFact rated that claim as false since there is no such thing as \"full-term abortion.\"\nSteven Taylor a political science professor at Alabama's Troy University agreed that social issues may be a sticking point that many conservative voters aren't able to overcome in voting for Jones. In addition to abortion Moore has hammered home his opposition to same-sex marriage and transgender rights.\n\"I think that without a doubt the social issues will motivate voters even if they are skeptical of the allegations against Moore \" Taylor said. \"Quite clearly abortion is probably the most salient issue in the race and more generally social issues.\"\nThe fact that Moore is seen as a champion on social issues is nothing new. It's what propelled him to national political stardom — and into plenty of controversy. In 2003 he was first removed from the state bench when he erected a statue of the Ten Commandments in the Alabama Judicial Building and refused to remove it even when ordered to do so by a federal court. He was elected again in 2012 but then subsequently suspended when he ordered state judges to defy the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide under the federal Constitution.\nTo Moore and his supporters that defiance is a badge of honor. And it's a big reason why many voters are likely reluctant to believe the sexual misconduct and sexual assault allegations against him too given the Christian nationalist positions he's wholeheartedly embraced in the past. And at the crux of that is a stringent opposition to abortion.", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-82fdf094097c47c3a2b493bce9300f62", "input": "Police recovered the bodies of six women from the home last week and a television station reported Tuesday that two more bodies were removed from Sowell's home.\n The bodies were removed after investigators excavated the yard of the home where Sowell lives WKYC-TV of Cleveland reported on its Web site.\n Police discovered the six bodies Thursday and Friday after a woman reported being raped at Sowell's home. The coroner is attempting to identify the bodies found last week through DNA and dental records. All six women were black and five were strangled.\n Sowell is a registered sex offender and required to check in regularly at the sheriff's office. Officers didn't have the right to enter his house but they would stop by to make sure he was there. Their most recent visit was Sept. 22 just hours before the woman reported being raped.\n For the past few years Sowell's neighbors assumed the foul smell enveloping their street corner had been coming from a brick building where workers churned out sausage and head cheese.", "output": [ "Anthony Sowell", "Sowell" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a21c1ae18214f319d598824ddaec67f", "input": "BOSTON (Reuters) - More than half a century after U.S. President John F. Kennedy was struck down by an assassin’s bullet in Dallas Texas the United States is due on Thursday to release the final files on the investigation into the killing that rattled a nation.\nFILE PHOTO: President John F. Kennedy in an undated photograph courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum . REUTERS/JFK Presidential Library and Museum/Handout/File Photo via REUTERS\nAcademics who have studied Kennedy ’s slaying on Nov. 22 1963 said they expected the final batch of files to offer no major new details on why Lee Harvey Oswald gunned down the first and only Irish-American Roman Catholic to hold the office.\nThey also feared that the final batch of more than 5 million total pages on the Kennedy assassination held in the National Archives will do little to quell long-held conspiracy theories that the 46-year-old president’s killing was organized by the Mafia by Cuba or a cabal of rogue agents.\nThousands of books articles TV shows and films have explored the idea that Kennedy ’s assassination was the result of an elaborate conspiracy. None have produced conclusive proof that Oswald who was shot dead a day after killing Kennedy worked with anyone else though they retain a powerful cultural currency.\n“My students are really skeptical that Oswald was the lone assassin ” said Patrick Maney a professor of history at Boston College. “It’s hard to get our minds around this that someone like a loner a loser could on his own have murdered Kennedy and changed the course of world history. But that’s where the evidence is.”\nFILE PHOTO: U.S. President John F. Kennedy signs a proclamation for the interdiction of the delivery of offensive weapons to Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis at the White House in Washington DC October 23 1962. Cecil Stoughton/The White House/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library/File Photo via REUTERS\nIn 1992 Congress ordered that all records relating to the investigation into Kennedy ’s death should be open to the public and set a final deadline of Oct. 26 2017 for the entire set to be made public.\n Kennedy ’s assassination was the first in a string of politically motivated killings including those of his brother Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. that stunned the United States during the turbulent 1960s. He remains one of the most admired U.S. presidents.", "output": [ "John F. Kennedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-71ddf844b49d49738f1aea4a338c2260", "input": "The logo of Russia's Kaspersky Lab is on displayat the company's office in Moscow Russia October 27 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov\nJeanette Manfra assistant secretary for cyber security at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS ) said that 94 percent of agencies had responded to an order to survey their networks to identify any use of Kaspersky Lab products and to remove them.\n Manfra told a U.S. House of Representatives panel the DHS did “not currently have conclusive evidence” that any networks had been breached because of their use of Kaspersky software.\nNinety-six of 102 federal agencies have reported to DHS on whether they have found Kaspersky Lab software on their networks Manfra told the oversight subcommittee of the House Science Space and Technology Committee.\nDHS is working with the remaining six “very small” agencies to assess their networks Manfra said. She did not name the agencies that detected Kaspersky Lab products or those that were still auditing their systems. The government was generally complying with the directive to remove the software Manfra said.\n She told lawmakers it was possible the action against Kaspersky Lab could prompt litigation but she did not elaborate. Asked if the company is considering suing the U.S. government a spokeswoman for Kaspersky Lab said in a statement that the company “continues to consider all possible options.”\n Manfra said she became personally aware of concerns about the firm in 2014 and that while DHS promptly took steps to remove software other agencies may have lagged in part because they did not have access to classified information.\nThe company’s products generally appeared to land on U.S. government networks through larger technology purchases that included Kaspersky Lab products as pre-bundled software making it more difficult to track according to Manfra and other officials who were testifying on Tuesday.\n Manfra said such a step while welcomed would “not be sufficient” to address concerns the U.S. government has about Kaspersky Lab.", "output": [ "Manfra" ] }, { "id": "task419-b37987a065404dcf8bbd4c4e98d3ffde", "input": "Downey was the youngest of the four. At 22 with one year of CIA service he was destined to spend the next 20 years three months and 14 days in Chinese prisons. His CIA partner Fecteau was 25. He was behind bars for 19 years and 14 days.\n Donald Gregg who came into the CIA with Downey in 1951 and had dinner with him the night before his ill-fated flight faults those in the CIA who oversold the program.\n On Nov. 29 1952 above the foothills of the Changbai mountains Downey and Fecteau flew into Chinese air space in an unarmed C-47 Skytrain. They planned to swoop low over a rendezvous point marked with three small bonfires and use a tail hook to pick up a Chinese agent off the ground without landing. Downey was to reel in the agent with a winch aboard the plane.\n Also Downey was well known to the Chinese operatives because he trained them. When Downey was captured a Chinese security officer pointed at him and said in English \"You are Jack. Your future is very dark.\"\n For two years until China announced that Downey and Fecteau had been convicted of espionage and sentenced -- Fecteau for 20 years Downey for life -- neither the CIA nor the men's families knew their fate. The families received letters in December 1953 saying the two men were \"presumed dead.\"\n The CIA historian says Downey told a debriefer after his release that he felt no bitterness toward his CIA boss.\n \"I felt for him \" Downey said. \"It turned out to be such a goddamned disaster from his point of view.\"\nDowney in March 1973 shortly after President Richard Nixon publicly acknowledged Downey's CIA connection.\n Downey for example said he would rise each morning and begin a series of activities in his cell: calisthenics cleaning eating reading listening to the radio and reviewing an occasional package of letters books and magazines. Fecteau had a similar approach but varied his routine by the day of the week.", "output": [ "John T. Downey", "Downey" ] }, { "id": "task419-d78e320f7f244904a73b81168a7d121f", "input": "A man purported to be the reclusive leader of the militant Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has made what would be his first public appearance at a mosque in the centre of Iraq's second city Mosul according to a video recording posted on the Internet on July 5 2014 in this still image taken from video. REUTERS/Social Media Website via Reuters TV\nThe audio partly dedicated to religious scriptures came after several reports Baghdadi had been killed. His last recording was in November 2016 two weeks after the start of the battle to recapture the city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS).\n“Beware of retreat or the feeling of defeat beware of negotiations or surrender. Do not lay down your arms ” Baghdadi said referring to followers in Iraq Syria Saudi Arabia North Africa and elsewhere in Africa.\nThe date of the 46-minute recording released via the Al-Furqan news organization was not clear. But in it Baghdadi makes an apparent reference to recent events including North Korean threats against Japan and United States and the recapture two months ago of Mosul by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces.\nSince Baghdadi proclaimed the caliphate stretching across Iraq and Syria in 2014 Iraqi forces have retaken a string of cities in western and northern Iraq including Mosul where Baghdadi made his announcement from the city’s El Nuri mosque.\n Baghdadi also called for attacks on Western media saying: “Oh soldiers of Islam in every location increase blow after blow and make the media centers of the infidels from where they wage their intellectual wars among the targets.”\nThe fall of Mosul in July effectively marked the end of the Iraqi half of Baghdadi ’s “caliphate” even though Islamic State continues to fight in some territory outside of Mosul the largest city they came to control in both Iraq and Syria.\n“With God’s will and his strength we are staying determined patient...The abundance of killing will not stop us ” Baghdadi said in the audio recording.\nOfficials have said they believed it could take years to capture or kill Baghdadi as he is thought to be hiding in a vast swathe of sparsely-populated desert between Mosul and Raqqa where attacking drones are easy to spot.\nThe United States has offered a $25 million bounty for information that would locate Baghdadi .\nRussia’s defense ministry said earlier this year it might have killed Baghdadi in an air strike on a gathering of IS commanders on the outskirts of Raqqa. But U.S. officials said they could not corroborate the death and other Western as well as Iraqi officials were skeptical.", "output": [ "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi" ] }, { "id": "task419-18d2d4478b1746d3bac1f10cd0e0087b", "input": "Rep. Joe Barton whose nude pic was spread on the internet Wednesday contacted Capitol Police in regards to the woman who had possession of it — possibly making him a victim of “revenge porn.”\nThe woman told the paper that at that time she had became aware that Barton who is not married was involved in relationships with other women.\n“I want your word that this ends ” Barton said in a 2015 phone call to the woman.\n Barton told the paper Wednesday that the phone conversation contained evidence of a “potential crime” against him.\nThe Dallas Morning News noted that Barton ’s situation could apply to a “revenge porn law” enacted by Texas legislators in 2015.\n He added that Capitol Police had opened an inquiry on the matter.", "output": [ "Joe Barton" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b2c6220884140e5bebb742805403eea", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Nashville Predator Kyle Turris speaks during media availability at Centennial Sportsplex in Nashville Tenn. Wednesday Nov. 8 2017. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean\n Kyle Turris had two points in the Predators' 5-4 shootout win against the Pittsburgh Penguins which stretched Nashville's season-long winning streak to four games.\n Turris' strong first impression\n Turris acquired last Sunday as part of a three-team deal involving the Ottawa Senators and Colorado Avalanche immediately demonstrated his value Saturday.\nMatched up primarily against Penguins captain Sidney Crosby's line Turris centered forwards Kevin Fiala and Craig Smith. He generated multiple high-quality scoring chances for himself and others with his speed and playmaking ability netting his first Predators goal in the second period from the slot.\nMore: Kyle Turris scores his first goal with the Predators barely two periods into his first game\n\"It felt great \" Turris said. \"It was real exciting. The crowd was awesome.\"\n Turris' goal was one of several Nashville scoring chances from the preferred high-danger areas surrounding the Pittsburgh net. The Predators swarmed the slot Saturday with both of their even-strength goals originating from that section of the ice. Turris and Smith each had three high-danger scoring chances according to naturalstattrick.com.", "output": [ "Kyle Turris" ] }, { "id": "task419-61c3eb1c8e9743848132fb559f9ba5bd", "input": "The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to researchers Jacques Dubochet Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson for their work that developed cryo-electron microscopy which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says \"both simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules.\"\nSpeaking to the prize committee by phone Wednesday morning Frank said he had thought the chance of him winning the prestigious honor was \"minuscule.\"\n He added that cryo-electron microscopy \"is about to completely transform structural biology \" saying the technology is being taken up by a new generation of medical researchers.\nDubochet is affiliated with the University of Lausanne in Switzerland; Frank is affiliated with Columbia University in New York; Henderson is affiliated with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge U.K.\n\"Electron microscopes were long believed to only be suitable for imaging dead matter because the powerful electron beam destroys biological material. But in 1990 Richard Henderson succeeded in using an electron microscope to generate a three-dimensional image of a protein at atomic resolution. This breakthrough proved the technology's potential. \" Joachim Frank made the technology generally applicable. Between 1975 and 1986 he developed an image processing method in which the electron microscope's fuzzy twodimensional images are analysed and merged to reveal a sharp three-dimensional structure. \"Jacques Dubochet added water to electron microscopy. Liquid water evaporates in the electron microscope's vacuum which makes the biomolecules collapse. In the early 1980s Dubochet succeeded in vitrifying water – he cooled water so rapidly that it solidified in its liquid form around a biological sample allowing the biomolecules to retain their natural shape even in a vacuum.\"", "output": [ "Joachim Frank" ] }, { "id": "task419-69b686ac357544eebbc0fba658f6c048", "input": "Republican Ed Gillespie and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam are running in this year's closely watched race for Virginia governor. (Claritza Jimenez/The Washington Post)\nA relatively unified party base gives Democrat Ralph Northam a clear lead over Republican Ed Gillespie heading into the final month of the Virginia governor’s race according to a new Washington Post-Schar School poll.\nNortham leads Gillespie by 53 percent to 40 percent among likely voters with 4 percent supporting Libertarian Cliff Hyra. The advantage is similar to a Post-Schar School poll this spring but larger than in other public polls of likely voters released over the past month most of which found Northam up by single digits.\n Gillespie could close the gap by consolidating support among Republicans who historically have been more apt than Democrats to vote in low-turnout off-year elections.\nNortham is the sitting lieutenant governor and a pediatric neurologist. Gillespie is a longtime GOP operative who led the Republican National Committee and nearly unseated U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D) in 2014.\nTrump and his actions in nearby Washington continue to distract and preoccupy Virginia voters. Roughly 6 in 10 Virginia likely voters disapprove of his performance as president and more than 8 in 10 Trump detractors support Democrat Northam. But in a positive sign for Gillespie just over half of all likely voters say Trump is not a factor in their choice. Some 17 percent of voters say they plan to vote to send a message of support for Trump while 30 percent say they are voting to express disapproval.\nNearly 7 in 10 likely voters said they feel that Gillespie supports Trump a perception that continues to hound his candidacy. While Trump is unpopular in Virginia — the only Southern state to vote for Hillary Clinton last fall — most Republican likely voters — 82 percent — approve of Trump’s job performance. Gillespie cannot afford to alienate them as he tries to woo independent and moderate voters turned off by the president.\n“That creates a difficult tightrope act to perform ” Rozell said. Gillespie is “using some of these issues like immigration to drive the conservative vote which he has not solidified but he has to expand his support among groups of voters he ’s not doing well with particularly women [and] people in the D.C. suburbs and exurbs where they’re not as conservative. How he pulls this off is his candidacy going forward.”\nNortham has a few factors working in his favor at this stage according to the survey of 1 121 adults including 720 likely voters conducted Sept. 28 through Oct. 2. Among likely voters a near-unanimous 97 percent of Democrats support Northam compared with 89 percent of Republicans who back Gillespie . Among independents 47 percent back Northam while 40 percent support Gillespie a margin within the range of sampling error.\nWhile Gillespie draws 51 percent of white likely voters compared with 41 percent for Northam and 4 percent for Hyra the Democrat has a huge edge among African American likely voters — with 90 percent support — and nonwhites in general at 80 percent.\nWomen are also a big factor in Northam’s support with 58 percent favoring the Democrat compared with 37 percent for Gillespie among likely voters. Male likely voters split 48 percent for Northam and 43 percent for Gillespie .\nAs has been the case in recent years populous Northern Virginia is leaning heavily toward the Democrat. Northam garners 61 percent of voters in the D.C. suburbs and 55 percent in the exurbs compared with 35 percent for Gillespie around D.C. and 33 percent in the exurbs where Hyra peaks at 8 percent.\n Gillespie has a big edge in the rural southwest portion of the state with 53 percent to Northam’s 37 percent. But Northam has a comfortable margin in Hampton Roads and the Richmond area.\n Gillespie who has proposed an across-the-board 10 percent cut to Virginia’s income tax leads Northam by 58 percent to 36 percent among likely voters who say the economy is most important in their choice.\nScott Parker a 49-year-old owner of a construction business said Gillespie represents “capitalism at its finest” and would be the best governor to support the private sector.\n“I don’t think [Gov. Terry] McAuliffe has ruined anything but I just think it can be better ” said Parker who is drawn to Gillespie ’s promise of income tax cuts.", "output": [ "Ed Gillespie" ] }, { "id": "task419-d48f69bd4fd246a0bd8c975d8da8feb0", "input": "Once Ryan McDonagh realized his play on the ice was being compromised by the muscle strain in his abdomen and once the doctors realized it was getting worse and negatively affecting other parts of his body the Rangers defenseman finally shut it down.\nBut the captain is inching closer to a return as he skated on his own Monday and took part in the morning skate Tuesday before sitting out his fourth consecutive game a 5-4 loss to the Panthers at the Garden.\n“Starting to feel stronger on the ice and do the things I need to do ” McDonagh said. “Been a while there we were trying to work through it and it started to get worse and affect some other things. Just try to be smart here with the time we have at this point in the season.”\nThe schedule had been spread out enough that there wasn’t an immediate rush — nor is there one now — to get McDonagh back on the ice.\nThough he said a return for Friday night’s Garden match against the Hurricanes was “what I’m hoping for ” coach Alain Vigneault said he’d first like to see how McDonagh reacts to a full practice Thursday.\n“I think a couple more practice days ” Vigneault said “and he should be on pace for a full recovery.”\n McDonagh played through the injury for weeks struggling to regain his previous high level and often necessitating “maintenance days” off from practice. But following a 3-0 win over the Senators on Nov. 19 he knew it was only getting worse. And he knew his individual play was suffering.\n“At times it felt like you’re not able to shoot as well and be as explosive ” McDonagh said. “Skating I always talk about as being a big strength of mine. Not having quite the same explosive step first couple steps you start thinking and compensating trying to play around it. That’s not going to help anything. In that aspect it was time to do something about it.”", "output": [ "McDonagh" ] }, { "id": "task419-5331f99cf5104860b0a1f21e1bf3fd7d", "input": "Lisa and Greg Pace were drawn to the tiny town which boasts about 600 residents because of its ties to World War II with the Courtland Air Base which was built during the war as an instrumental training center.\n Lisa told the Decatur Daily this past is what they pulled from for their restaurant The Warbird Diner’s aesthetic.\n“The design for the interior came from the 1940s when the Courtland Air Base was a training facility for the Army Air Corps pilots ” Lisa Pace said. “The airbase has a lot of history that many people don’t know about.”\nThe restaurant is decorated with war memorabilia photographs and ceiling fans that look like a nose from a WWII fighter jet. She also said they are planning to recreate the restaurant’s sign using parts of an old plane.\nThe diner which opened early this month serves traditional American and southern fare like catfish chicken wings pork chops and burgers. Lisa told the Daily that the fried apple pie is the most popular dessert on the menu.\n“We are proud to recognize all men and women from Lawrence County and Courtland who served in the military in any capacity ” Lisa said.", "output": [ "Lisa Pace" ] }, { "id": "task419-8f47018fab574cc8bfd005217b6dc166", "input": "Michael Jackson's mother sued a concert promoter Wednesday alleging the company failed to provide life-saving equipment and oversee a doctor who was hired to protect the pop star's well-being as he prepared for what were intended to be his comeback concerts.\n The suit contends AEG and its agents told Jackson the company would provide the equipment and hire Dr. Conrad Murray to care for Jackson so he could perform at the concerts in London.\n \"AEG's representations to Jackson were false because in reality AEG was merely doing whatever it took to make sure that Michael Jackson could make it to rehearsals and shows and AEG did not provide a doctor who was truly looking out for Jackson's well-being and did not provide equipment \" the lawsuit states.\n AEG Live President and CEO Randy Phillips said soon after Jackson's death in June 2009 that Murray was enlisted to act as Jackson's personal physician and was to be paid $150 000 a month by AEG Live as the singer prepared for the concerts.\n However Jackson died before signing the agreement. As a result Phillips said the agreement was not binding.\n The suit also said AEG Live was responsible for the actions of Murray in the care of Jackson. Murray however was not named as a defendant in the lawsuit.\n \"At the time of his death Michael Jackson was under the immediate care of a doctor selected by hired by and controlled by AEG; indeed AEG demanded and required that Michael Jackson be treated by this particular doctor to ensure that Michael Jackson would attend all rehearsals and shows on the tour \" the complaint states.\n Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in Jackson's death at age 50. Police said Murray gave Jackson an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.\n The suit claims Jackson's eldest son Prince suffered great trauma and severe emotional distress because he witnessed his father's final moments.\n Despite years of self-imposed exile he retained a huge loyal following of fans overjoyed at the prospect of seeing him reclaim the glory he'd attained with albums like \"Thriller\" and songs like \"Beat It!\" and \"Billie Jean.\"", "output": [ "Michael Jackson" ] }, { "id": "task419-1dc8fc5947d34667b1c0e4ee2559d57f", "input": "A US judge on Wednesday postponed until September the trial in New York of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin \"El Chapo\" Guzman.\nOn Monday Cogan had delayed the latest pre-trial hearing from January 19 to February 15 after Guzman 's lawyer demanded more time to review several hundred thousand pages of documents in the case.\n Guzman has been held in solitary confinement in New York since being extradited to the United States a year ago.\nAccused of running the Sinaloa cartel he is facing 17 charges and if convicted he is likely to spend the rest of his life in a maximum security US prison.", "output": [ "Guzman" ] }, { "id": "task419-f68cc0f6882a4837aebad04589f39bdf", "input": "I’ve made no secret of my belief that Robert Mueller has created more of a hit squad than an investigatory team. I’ve never had it explained to my satisfaction why in a nation awash in lawyers that Mueller has assembled a team which consists in its majority Democrat donors and partisans. Primary among those is Mueller’s deputy a guy named Andrew Weissman . Weissman is a civil service employee in the upper ranks of Department of Justice. He was at Hillary Clinton’s “victory” party on the night of November 8 2016. He praised Sally Yates for refusing to do her duty under the Constitution and defend President Trump’s travel executive order in court.\n Weissman also has a history of being willing to prosecute people on scant evidence and bullsh** legal theories letting them rot in jail as their appeals run their course then seeing the freed but ruined professionally and financially.\nA senior Justice Department prosecutor in Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel office held a meeting with Associated Press journalists last spring to discuss an investigation into Paul Manafort’s financial record a day before the wire service published a major expose disclosing alleged money laundering made by the former and now embattled Trump campaign chairman. Federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann now a senior attorney in the special counsel’s office met with AP journalists on April 11 after reporters informed him of their own investigation into Manafort’s dealings with Ukrainian officials. The reporters had reached out to Weissman on a different story earlier in the year and it was during that conversation that the AP team told Weissmann of their investigation into Manafort stated the sources. The AP published the explosive expose on April 12 a day after their meeting with Weissmann . According to sources familiar with the meeting the reporters had promised to share documents and other information gleaned from the own investigation with the Justice Department.\nMost of this is utter bullsh** as Mueller wasn’t appointed until May 17. BUT AP reporters don’t meet with the head of Justice’s Criminal Fraud Section for funsies. And a senior official doesn’t take a meeting on the day before a major story runs for sh**s and grins. It doesn’t work that way. AP obviously had information they wanted corroborated by Justice. Weissman didn’t have to meet with them but he did. Now you have to ask yourself why? According to the stories there was no open investigation into Manafort. So what could he possibly contribute that a press officer couldn’t. Perhaps the AP animated by civic spirit decided to just give Weissman all their source material. Perhaps they flew there on broomsticks too. I’d rate both options just as likely.\nThen you have to ask why Weissman made the jump to Mueller’s team? Did him having AP’s source material represent his buy-in to get on a high profile investigation that could offer him the satisfaction of a bit of payback after sitting in the “victory celebration ” shell-shocked and dumbfounded as the election was called for Donald Trump?\nAnd you saw Weissman try to get Manafort’s bond revoked for editing an op-ed.\nWeissman’s history of legalized thuggery his obvious and egregious partisanship his collaboration with AP on their investigative work on Paul Manafort and the abusive way Weissman has gone after Manafort all reeks of a personal animus. One hopes that eventually there will be enough heat on Rosenstein that he’ll remember who the boss is and impose some type of discipline on Mueller posse. But I’m not counting on it.", "output": [ "Andrew Weissmann" ] }, { "id": "task419-45d1826da23145209cb98c3b9c3596de", "input": "Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn't said if he is running for a fourth term. But none of the potential candidates hoping to unseat him appear in a position to do so.\nThe most visible and adept foe of the Putin regime Alexei Navalny wants to enter the race but is legally barred. TV host Ksenia Sobchak has tossed her hat in the ring but no one knows if she can meet the registration requirements or if she's effectively a red herring.\n Putin is expected to wait until December to state his intentions. The election is scheduled for March.\n His approval ratings consistently register 80 percent or higher.", "output": [ "Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-52e02d0d928b4c00922961a0a587d1cd", "input": "On Oct. 27 Maui 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo ordered Daren Young to write 144 compliments to his ex-girlfriend in response to the 144 “nasty” text messages and calls that he allegedly sent her in a three-hour span the AP reports.\nJust two months later Young sent the woman the 100-plus text messages and calls in a span of about three hours.\nAccording to the Maui News Young received time served for spending 157 days in jail. He was also sentenced to two years of probation $2 400 in fines and 200 hours of community service in addition to the unique writing assignment.\n\"I don't know whether I should cut off your fingers or take away your phone to get you to stop texting \" Loo told Young . \"You probably shouldn't get a phone period. I hope she changed her number.\"\nMoving forward Young told the judge he will not reach out to his ex-girlfriend again and will carry on with his life.", "output": [ "Daren Young" ] }, { "id": "task419-307bdf5a6f32403fb0f8ae82b6c2b6b1", "input": "British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on Dec. 6 2017 for Prime Ministers Questions in the Houses of Parliament. (Andy Rain/European Pressphoto Agency-Efe/Rex/Shutterstock)\nIt is obvious that Prime Minister Theresa May is no longer negotiating with just the Europeans over Britain’s messy exit from the union. Talks are far tougher at home — where she faces blistering arguments on all sides including revolt among her own ministers.\nMore worrying for May members of her own Conservative Party challenged her too wondering aloud whether she had the resolve to negotiate a tough decisive exit from the European Union or was getting wobbly under the mounting pressure of deadlines coming next week.\nRees-Mogg was referring to the spectacular meltdown on Monday in Brussels when May was just hours away from presenting a preliminary Phase 1 kind of deal on exiting the European Union only to have it snatched away by her coalition partner in government the tiny Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland.\nThe unionists who appear to have been kept mostly in the dark rebelled at the last minute against vague but still meaningful language from May that was designed to maintain an open border between Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which is in the E.U.\nAs May was fending off mockery in Parliament the British political press reported that hard-line Brexiteers in her cabinet led by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson were expressing “genuine fear ” according to the Telegraph newspaper that May was leading Britain toward a dreaded “soft Brexit.”\n British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Dec. 4 that no deal had been reached in the first phase of Brexit talks. The two said they would reconvene for further talks before the European Council summit on Dec. 15. (The Washington Post)\nIn Parliament opposition leader Corbyn began his grilling of the prime minister on Wednesday by quoting her trade secretary Liam Fox who last summer said Brexit negotiations would be “the easiest in human history.”\n May replied “Negotiations are in progress and very good progress has been made.” She said that only “a couple of things” need to be agreed upon with the Europeans before talks on trade and future relations can begin.\nIt was not only May in a harsh light but also her Brexit secretary David Davis who on Wednesday was accused of misleading Parliament after he conceded that his government had not done a deep analysis economic sector by economic sector on the possible effects of Brexit — even after his repeated suggestions that such studies were ongoing.\nBritish Prime Minister Theresa May offers Brexit details in landmark speech", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-ae1297827e044783b8bc601044b32cd5", "input": "South African golfing legend Gary Player said Thursday he was delighted with South African Ernie Els' impending induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame\nSouth African golfing legend Gary Player said Thursday he was delighted with South African Ernie Els' impending induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame\nPlayer is a global ambassador for the World Golf Hall of Fame\nThree-time Major winner Els told Sport24 in South Africa he was shocked and extremely honored when the call came through to say that he was to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.\nEls is known as the \"Big Easy\" because of his size and disposition.\nHe has won more than 60 professional tournaments worldwide. In 1994 and 1997 he won the US Open. In 2002 he was British Open champion.\nOn the 2010 PGA Tour he has won twice.\nPlayer said in Cape Town that he was pleased to hear the news that fellow South African Els has been selected to be inducted.\n\"Ernie certainly deserves this recognition as he epitomizes a 'world' golfer. He is a credit to the game and an ambassador for the sport. Ernie has been a wonderful friend over the years and I am very fond of him and his family \" Player said.", "output": [ "Gary Player" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d0053d14310445abb00d5bc768a7e64", "input": "Kim Yo Jong the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in South Korea with the North Korean delegation on Feb. 9 for the Winter Olympics. (Reuters)\nThose on their feet included South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the two senior North Koreans sent to the Opening Ceremonies — Kim Yo Jong the sister of leader Kim Jong Un and Kim Yong Nam North Korea’s official head of state.\nMoon warmly greeted Kim Yo Jong at Friday’s ceremony. He will host her and the other senior North Korean officials for lunch on Saturday.\n Choe and Kim Yo Jong also are both under direct American sanctions for human rights abuses related to their roles in censoring information in North Korea.", "output": [ "Kim Yo Jong" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b45a3004be24933b0c62739f63f460b", "input": "A Republican congressman plans to introduce a bill Monday that would threaten huge fines and prison time for elected officials accused of sheltering illegal immigrant criminals from deportation in the wake of the not-guilty verdict in the Kate Steinle murder trial.\nOn Thursday Jose Ines Garcia Zarate an illegal immigrant who already had been deported back to Mexico five times was acquitted in the 2015 murder of Steinle on a San Francisco pier.\nZarate’s attorneys argued Zarate had found a gun that accidentally discharged and the bullet ricocheted off the ground before hitting Steinle . Prosecutors argued Zarate intentionally shot 32-year-old Steinle.\nThe killing revived a national debate over sanctuary city policies as some lawmakers as well as Steinle ’s family faulted San Francisco for releasing the suspect from a local jail without notifying federal immigration officials.\nPresident Trump who frequently cited Steinle ’s case on the campaign trail called the not-guilty verdict “disgraceful” and a “complete travesty of justice.”\nAttorney General Jeff Sessions took direct aim at the city saying San Francisco’s “decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventable and heartbreaking death of Kate Steinle.”\nIn an interview prior to Thursday’s verdict Steinle’s family said they wanted the case out of the national spotlight. “We just want to get this over with and move on with our lives and think about Kate on our terms ” Jim Steinle Kate ’s father told the San Francisco Chronicle.\nFollowing the verdict he said his family was shocked Zarate was convicted only of firearm possession.", "output": [ "Kate Steinle" ] }, { "id": "task419-f55d9ecc10024133a4444314912bbecd", "input": "(CNN) The elevation of Emmerson Mnangagwa to the presidency of Zimbabwe would amount to an act of political survival matched only by the man he'd replace Robert Mugabe.\nUntil Mugabe fired him as Vice President last week Mnangagwa 's entire political career had been hitched to Zimbabwe's 93-year-old leader.\nNow with the military in control in Harare and Mugabe confined to his residency Mnangagwa is believed to be at the center of moves to install himself at the head of a transitional government.\nThis wouldn't be the first time Mnangagwa has been in line to lead Zimbabwe\nThey also hint at Mnangagwa 's dark past. In late 2000 a cable written by Earl Irving then a US diplomat in Harare described Mnangagwa as \"widely feared and despised throughout the country \" warning he could be \"an even more repressive leader\" than Mugabe if he were to succeed him .\nFear of Mnangagwa stems from his position as Mugabe's enforcer and head of the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) or secret police and his alleged role in the 1983-84 massacres of the Ndebele ethnic group in Matabeleland a region in Zimbabwe's southwest that was a center of political opposition to Mugabe's regime.\nMnangagwa's elevation without an election would be viewed with suspicion abroad. Kate Hoey a British Labour MP who has campaigned for years to highlight oppression under the Mugabe regime described Mnangagwa 's in a parliamentary debate as \"probably the one person in Zimbabwe who inspires even greater terror than Mugabe.\"\nNicknamed the \"crocodile\" on account of his political longevity and survival skills Mnangagwa has for years been thought to be biding his time ready to takeover from Mugabe when the nonagenarian finally stepped aside or died.\n His impeccable revolutionary credentials coupled with his strong support among key parts of Zimbabwe's elite -- specifically within the military and security services -- singled him out as an obvious and non-controversial successor.\nBut this was to dramatically change earlier last week when Mugabe sacked Mnangagwa in a move seen as shoring up the power of his wife and chosen successor Grace Mugabe.\nA statement from the country's information ministry accused Mnangagwa of \"disloyalty disrespect deceitfulness and unreliability \" sending him into hiding amid reports he was attempting to build a coalition to take on Grace Mugabe in the next election.\n\"One after the other (Mugabe's) vice presidents and people around him were estranged by Grace Mugabe \" said Geoff Hill author of \"What happens after Mugabe?\".", "output": [ "Emmerson Mnangagwa" ] }, { "id": "task419-44bdad143db748be8afc61918959c478", "input": "Democrats Barack Obama Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and Republicans George H.W. and George W. Bush gathered in College Station Texas home of Texas A&M University to try to unite the country after the storms.\nTexas A&M is home to the presidential library of the elder Bush . At 93 he has a form of Parkinson’s disease and appeared in a wheelchair at the event. His wife Barbara and George W. Bush’s wife Laura were in the audience.\n“This wonderful effort reminds us that we truly are one nation under God all unified by our values and devotion to one another ” Trump said in the greeting played during the concert.\nFour of the five former presidents — Obama George W. Bush Carter and Clinton — made brief remarks that did not mention Trump. The elder Bush did not speak but smiled and waved to the crowd. They appealed for national unity to help those hurt by the hurricanes.\nThe last time the five were together was in 2013 when Obama was still in office at the dedication of George W. Bush’s presidential library in Dallas.\nThere is precedent for former presidents joining forces for post-disaster fundraising. George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton raised money together after the 2004 South Asia tsunami and Hurricane Katrina the next year. Clinton and George W. Bush combined to seek donations after Haiti’s 2011 earthquake.\nHurricane Harvey slammed into Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane on Aug. 25 unleashing historic flooding in Houston and killing more than 80 people. Shortly thereafter all five ex-presidents appeared in a commercial for a fundraising effort known as “One America Appeal.” In it George W. Bush says “People are hurting down here.” His father George H.W. Bush then replies “We love you Texas.”", "output": [ "George W. Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-1d1e24c852d540d382fbda1ac9671c74", "input": "The clues are out there if you know where to look. Scattered across far-flung corners of the internet there is evidence that Zulfi Hoxha the son of an Albanian-American pizza-shop owner from New Jersey had sinister plans. First there’s the defunct Twitter profile which at one point engaged in a conversation with a State Department counter-propaganda account about the Islamic State. Then there’s the fact that he used the social-networking site Paltalk a communications platform reportedly popular among Western jihadis. But none of it compares to the ISIS propaganda video that according to multiple law-enforcement officials shows Hoxha beheading captured Kurdish soldiers. If they are right about his identity Hoxha is the first American Islamic State member known to be beheading individuals in such a video. Hoxha is now known to have become a senior commander of Islamic State and one of the faces of the group’s recruitment efforts according to federal court records. Hoxha left the United States on April 6 2015. Four days later he was in an Islamic State training camp. Within just six months according to multiple law-enforcement officials he was featured in that gruesome video. Related Story The American Climbing the Ranks of ISIS As cases of Islamic State supporters continue to trickle through the American justice system details are slowly emerging of both the extent of American involvement in the upper echelons of the group and the role of recruitment and mobilization networks in the country. Investigations have already uncovered the stories of Americans like John Georgelas and Abdullah Ramo Pazara both of whom were part of wider jihadi networks in America and eventually reached relatively high-ranking and influential positions within the Islamic State hierarchy. While the ISIS presence in America is often characterized by so-called “lone wolves ” attackers who claim allegiance to the Islamic State but show little formal connections either to its operatives overseas or other likeminded Americans stories like that of Zulfi Hoxha are a reminder of the existence and importance of jihadist recruitment networks in the United States. The extent of these networks does not compare to those in Europe but they nonetheless play a crucial role in recruiting and mobilizing American foreign fighters for ISIS who number in the dozens. Indeed the majority of American foreign fighters we have identified had close connections to other American supporters of ISIS prior to their departure. Some like Hoxha made these connections through the internet and via their new contacts were able to liaise with ISIS facilitators who helped them travel to Syria.\nAs the physical caliphate quickly disappears media reports speak of foreign fighters including Americans attempting to lay low in Turkey before deciding their next move. Others have returned to their home countries much to the concern of law-enforcement officials who sometimes lack the personnel and legal tools to address the issue. However for the time being the once-feared “wave” of returning Western foreign fighters has only amounted to a trickle. Yet even from afar Western ISIS recruits wield influence on their sympathizers back home. * * * In May 2017 the Islamic State media office in Iraq’s Nineveh province released a 45-minute video entitled “We Will Surely Guide Them To Our Ways.” Like many Islamic State media productions the video includes cameos of foreign fighters from several countries. One of the masked men depicted in the video is an American going by the name of “Abu Hamza al-Amriki.” Speaking in an inflected American accent he criticizes the United States-led efforts against Islamic State and exhorts the “muwahiddin [believers]” in America to carry out domestic attacks: “Are you incapable of stabbing a kaffir [non-Muslim] with a knife throwing him off of a building or running him over with a car? Liberate yourself from hellfire by killing a kaffir.” Later he shows off American-made rocket launchers reportedly taken from Shia and Kurdish militias after Islamic State defeated them on the battlefield. During a two-year investigation on the cadre of Americans who successfully travelled to Syria and Iraq to join the group federal records revealed that Abu Hamza al-Amriki is Zulfi Hoxha.\nBy the time of the video’s release the U.S. Department of Justice was already knee-deep in the prosecution of several domestic Islamic State supporters who allegedly assisted Hoxha in his travel to join the group. One of these individuals David “Daoud” Wright was sentenced in December 2017 to 28 years in federal prison after being convicted of providing material support to Islamic State and conspiring to murder U.S. citizens. As a result of evidence introduced at Wright’s trial a number of details about Hoxha his connections to Wright and his co-conspirators and his role in Islamic State quietly became available. At the time of the video’s filming Hoxha was around 25 years old. Records of his travel from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection filed as court exhibits show Hoxha departing the United States for Istanbul Turkey on April 6 2015. He arrived in Islamic State-held territory in Syria shortly thereafter. According to its sentencing memorandum in the Wright case U.S. law enforcement now assesses that Hoxha “has become an ISIS senior commander ” but the filing provides no further details as to his role or current whereabouts. However the May 2017 video puts him in northwestern Iraq. This is so far the only instance in which the U.S. government has confirmed the name (and American citizenship) of an Islamic State member who appears in one of the group’s media products. While a number of Americans have appeared in terrorist propaganda videos over the years law enforcement rarely comments on their identity. Moreover the government does not often publicly release its assessments of American Islamic State members’ role or rank. Hoxha ’s apparent status in the group places him in an elite category of the group’s American members who have risen to some level of leadership. Most American Islamic State supporters never made it to Syria. In the last three years more than 50 were arrested attempting to the make the journey. Still others were charged for activities ranging from raising money for the group to planning attacks.\nFollowing the Wright trial we made repeated attempts to gain more information on Hoxha from official channels. A representative from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Massachusetts declined to comment as did the FBI’s national office. Matthew Reilly spokesman for the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office stated “no defendant by that name has been charged in the District of New Jersey.” Unofficially intelligence sources confirmed a rumor we had quietly chased for months. In October 2015 a video was released by the Islamic State of a purported American brutally beheading a Kurdish peshmerga soldier. The 15-minute video shot from multiple camera angles features four individuals dressed in black and standing behind captured Kurdish soldiers. Its subject speaks with the same accent and inflection as Hoxha in the May 2017 release. Multiple law-enforcement officials told us that the individual who says he is “delivering a message to Obama” and then commits the first execution is Hoxha . If officially confirmed it would be the first case of an American Islamic State member beheading someone in a propaganda video. * * * Little is known about Hoxha ’s personal background. A search for his online activity finds a defunct Twitter account bearing his name which interacted with other Islamic State supporters as well as detractors. In October 2014 for example the account engaged in conversation with the State Department’s “Think Again Turn Away” account which at the time was trying to counter Islamic State messaging on the platform. He was actually not the first American jihadi to do so. Around the same time a 17-year-old Ali Amin was also trolling the State Department Twitter account. A short time later he was arrested and ultimately sentenced to 11 years for encouraging his high school friend to join the Islamic State.\n Hoxha ’s presence elsewhere online also reveals links to how he connected with his future co-conspirators. An account on the gaming website Steam bearing the username “Hohxa77” lists his favorite titles including Splinter Cell Mortal Kombat and Left 4 Dead. Indeed this shared interest in video games may have been one of the first things that brought Hoxha together with David Wright who was listed as a friend on his Steam account under the name “d.sharifwright.” During Wright’s trial prosecutors argued that he used several video games including Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and other titles to “virtually prepare” for jihad. His defense attorneys however painted Wright who weighed over 400 pounds at the time of the conspiracy as a “fat failed loser” who used video games as a substitute for real-life violent activity according to the trial transcript. Unfortunately one can be both a gamer who veers towards violence and weigh in at 400 pounds of loneliness and isolation. Islamic State’s 2015 instructional manual for its Western supporters “How to Survive in the West ” includes references to video games as a method of training to join the group. More importantly it may have brought together Wright and Hoxha who unlike Wright successfully followed through on his intentions to support the Islamic State using violence. At the trial investigators claimed that Wright and Hoxha ’s conspiracy began in November 2014 although the two may have virtually met one another as early as 2010. The two most revealing elements of Wright and Hoxha ’s online interactions are their use of Skype and the social-networking site Paltalk. According to court records at the time Wright (under the alias Umar Mukhtar Abdul-Qadir) and Hoxha were both members of chatrooms on Paltalk called “The Solution for Humanity” and “Road to Jannah.”\nDuring Wright’s interrogation which was recounted at trial in testimony by a local police officer he claimed that Hoxha reached out to him via Paltalk and asked him if he was interested in Islamic State. Wright told the officer that he responded three weeks later after conducting research telling Hoxha that he believed that Islamic State’s’ mission was legitimate and necessary. From this point on Hoxha and Wright were in frequent contact via Paltalk and Skype’s instant messenger service sharing videos issues of Islamic State’s official magazine Dabiq and news articles about the group and its activities. These conversations between Wright and Hoxha continued until April 2015 when Hoxha left the U.S. to join Islamic State. Among the subjects of most interest were the best options for joining and what would ensure the maximum religious reward. Some early Western travelers believed that they could migrate to Islamic State-held territory (an act that the group refers to as hijrah) but only participate in the societal aspects of the self-declared Caliphate while avoiding combat and violence. Neither Wright nor Hoxha appear to have held that naïve delusion. According to trial exhibits of their conversations Wright cautioned Hoxha that “if you want to travel and live under a dawla [Islamic state] there is no harm in that but you won’t receive the reward from Allah like those who are assembled in the ranks unless you assemble in the ranks.”\n Hoxha and Wright’s respective commitments to violence are demonstrated elsewhere in their conversations which were introduced into the trial exhibits. The two men sent each other links to Islamic State propaganda material including the February 2015 video that depicted the burning of Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh. They also exchanged information about how to buy guns online. As with most known cases of Americans travelling to join Islamic State the internet proved a useful tool for Hoxha . While it is often tempting to assume that individuals are “radicalized online” through their consumption of propaganda this is rarely the case. More commonly the internet allows people to make contacts with and plug themselves into pre-existing real-world recruitment and radicalization networks. In Hoxha ’s case the network he found would encourage and eventually facilitate his travel to Islamic State territory. The court records show that prior to Hoxha ’s departure David Wright put him in touch with another American Islamic State supporter his uncle Usaamah Rahim and together they began helping Hoxha as he prepared to travel in the spring of 2015. The two men raised money for Hoxha ’s plane ticket to Istanbul by selling Rahim’s laptop on Craigslist. Hoxha departed for Istanbul on April 6. A day earlier Rahim contacted Wright on Skype with instructions from Hoxha . “AsSalaamu A'laikum Zulfi asked me if you could delete his name off Skype ” Rahim writes. “But before you do it if you have any saved messages to him go to ‘tools ’ go to ‘options ’ then click on ‘privacy ’ and click ‘clear history.’” These steps removed the interactions between Hoxha and Wright on Skype but did not clear the metadata that would later be used in Wright’s trial.\nThroughout his journey trial exhibits show Hoxha remained in contact with Rahim via various encrypted messengers confirming his arrival at a safe house and then dropping out of contact after saying he was leaving for training. Thereafter Rahim kept tabs on Hoxha ’s activity via another Islamic State member who he contacted on encrypted messengers: the influential British Islamic State facilitator and virtual attack planner Junaid Hussain. In later conversations between Hussain and Rahim Hussain comments on Hoxha ’s location and whereabouts saying that he was “in training” at an Islamic State camp. This indicates that Hussain may have helped Hoxha cross into the group’s territory. Wright Rahim and a third member of the group Nicholas Rovinski eventually decided on a different path than that taken by Hoxha . They were in the early stages of a plot to kidnap and behead the anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller when on June 2 2015 Rahim was stopped by police outside of CVS in Roslindale Massachusetts. They wanted to question him after wiretapping a conversation between Rahim and Wright that morning during which they discussed attack plans. Refusing to co-operate Rahim pulled a hunting knife on the officers and was shot dead. Wright and Rovinski were arrested shortly afterward and charged with a range of offences; in 2016 Rovinski pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges related to the plot . He testified against Wright who was convicted in 2017 and is now serving a 28-year sentence.", "output": [ "Zulfi Hoxha" ] }, { "id": "task419-df5ff9c6230846b0a42df877494dfd5c", "input": "Catalan regional police officers walk through a street covered with ballots for the banned independence referendum thrown by people outside People ' s Party ( PP ) regional headquarters during a protest in Barcelona Spain October 3 2017 . REUTERS / Jon Nazca MADRID ( Reuters ) - Leaders of Spain ’ s industrialised northeastern region of Catalonia said the regional population had voted for independence in a ballot on Sunday that the central government said was illegal and non - representative . With 95 percent of the vote counted authorities said the “ Yes ” vote stood at 90 . 1 percent albeit with a turnout of just a little over 40 percent - 2 . 26 million out of 5 . 34 million registered voters . On Tuesday Barcelona metro stations were closed pickets blocked main roads and civil servants walked out in response to a strike called by pro - independence groups . The stand - off could now take three different paths . TENSIONS ESCALATE Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont continues with his pledge to declare unilateral independence likely prompting the central government to trigger Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution which would strip the region of its autonomous status and put it under direct Madrid rule . If Article 155 is triggered the next step would be snap elections in Catalonia . Pro - independence parties only hold the majority in the regional parliament with the help of the far - left group CUP and polls before Sunday ’ s ballot suggest these groups could lose their hold on power if a new election was called . However after events on Sunday when police swung truncheons and fired rubber bullets in the direction of mostly peaceful demonstrators to shut down the referendum pro - independence parties may again win the election . Such a result would raise doubts surrounding Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy ’ s ability to govern . Students wrapped with Esteladas ( Catalan separatist flags ) walk through a street as they arrive to attend a protest two days after the banned independence referendum in Barcelona Spain October 3 2017 . REUTERS / Jon Nazca Rajoy ’ s immediate opposition in the national parliament lacks the numbers to force him out through a no - confidence vote but without cross - party support on Catalonia he may be forced to call a snap national election himself . Rajoy was voted in as a minority leader twice in last year ’ s two elections and a fractious parliament suggests a snap election may prompt a similar result . TALKS Students hold Catalan separatist flags during a demonstration two days after the banned independence referendum in Barcelona Spain October 3 2017 . REUTERS / Enrique Calvo If the Catalan parliament gives up the push for independence Rajoy may sit down with Puigdemont to hammer out a new deal for the region including a better tax deal and greater fiscal autonomy . Budget Minister Cristobal Montoro and Economy Minister Luis de Guindos have suggested this may be a possibility if the independence drive is completely abandoned . Puigdemont has yet to make a unilateral declaration of independence instead calling for a period of reflection leaving the door open for such a scenario . However after the violent scenes on Sunday and continued protests on Tuesday via a partial strike across the region the Catalan leader may be keen to keep face and avoid being seen bowing down to Madrid . COURTS If the Catalans do not go ahead with a declaration of independence but also fail to sit down for talks with Rajoy as the two party ’ s positions diverge beyond a possible compromise Madrid may refer the matter to the constitutional courts . Legal and financial action against Catalan leaders is likely to fuel animosity and could prompt further protests pushing leaders on both sides into difficult positions .", "output": [ "Carles Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-f77961e59e024240b86c6a4c54bf6331", "input": "The Penguins appeared to tie it 2-2 on a Jake Guentzel shot at 11:33 but Quenneville successfully challenged that defenseman Olli Maatta interfered with goalie Corey Crawford .\nThe Hawks had a couple of injury scares in the second period. Defenseman Connor Murphy exited briefly after blocking a shot but the major concern came when Evgeni Malkin collided with Crawford in a chilling moment at 8:43. Malkin's thigh appeared to make contact with Crawford 's head sending Crawford backward onto the ice and Malkin to the penalty box for goaltender interference.\n Crawford went back into the Hawks' locker room for further evaluation of a potential concussion. Quenneville said Crawford had his \"bell rung a little bit there\" but Crawford said he felt fine and the evaluation was more \"precautionary\" than anything.\n Crawford wasn't out for long. He re-entered the game 2:52 later — and he returned in peak form. He finished with 35 saves while saving his best for last. With less than 18 seconds remaining he stuck out a pad in the hope it would stop a Phil Kessel shot from going in an open net. With a little help from Brent Seabrook who got a stick on it Crawford made the stop.\n\"I don't know how it stayed out \" Crawford said.\n2. Corey Crawford Blackhawks: Left briefly but returned to make 35 saves.", "output": [ "Corey Crawford" ] }, { "id": "task419-dca32ecca4044c50b260b297506938c5", "input": "I love science. I love Will Smith. I love the original content that Nat Geo is producing these days. That’s why “One Strange Rock” is shaping up to be an epic series that I can’t wait to see.\nWill Smith revealed the news that he will be hosting the new 10-part Nat Geo series with a brief teaser video on his Facebook page. The premise of the series is to provide viewers with a thrilling and unique perspective on planet Earth and how this particular rock hurtling through space happens to be brimming with wonderfully diverse life.\nOther astronauts in the lineup include Mae Jemison and Peggy Whitson. Jemison was the first African-American woman to go to space and a consultant for the phenomenal Nat Geo series Mars. Whitson recently completed her third journey to space and set a NASA record for the most days in space with 665.\nThe series claims to redefine both the natural history and science genres taking viewers on an epic journey that spans 45 countries six continents and even outer space. ‘One Strange Rock’ will premier on Nat Geo in March of 2018 in 43 languages across 172 countries.", "output": [ "Nat Geo" ] }, { "id": "task419-588e7ea880d047f1afca261655c35cce", "input": "Pope Francis revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission by naming new members Saturday after coming under fire for his overall handling of the scandal and his support for a Chilean bishop accused by victims of witnessing and ignoring their abuse.\n Francis tasked Archbishop Charles Scicluna with the fact-finding mission into Bishop Juan Barros after he came under blistering criticism in Chile for defending Barros and calling the victims' cover-up accusations against him slander.\nThe initial three-year mandate of commission members had lapsed two months ago on Dec. 17. Francis named nine new members Saturday and kept seven from the initial group. A Vatican statement said survivors of abuse are included but didn't identify them to protect their privacy.\n Francis created the commission in December 2013 responding to complaints that he hadn't prioritized the fight against clerical abuse and cover-up enough. The group's mission was to advise the pope on best practices to protect children but it faced strong in-house resistance to some of its core proposals.\nThe commission's most significant proposal came in 2015 when it successfully persuaded Francis and his \"kitchen cabinet\" to create a tribunal section inside the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to judge bishops who botched handling cases of their abuser priests. Francis approved funding and personnel for an initial five-year term.\nBut amid resistance the tribunal never got off the ground and Francis scrapped it entirely in 2016. Instead he issued a document laying out essentially existing procedures for the Vatican to investigate negligence. There is no transparency to the process however.", "output": [ "Pope Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a5ac50838a74640a3e4e77eab529c31", "input": "And with a mangled racket and plenty of kicking and screaming including a couple of arguments with the chair umpire then a postmatch parting shot at a line judge Safin called \"a little bit too blind.\"\n Safin used to rant about disliking tennis on grass and he once complained about the high price and low quality of food at the players' restaurant at the All England Club. Well he doesn't have to worry about any of that again after bowing out in his final Wimbledon with a 6-2 3-6 7-6 (4) 6-4 loss to Levine.\n After confirming this would be his last appearance at the grass-court Grand Slam tournament -- Safin has vowed to retire at season's end -- he was asked how he feels about being done with Wimbledon.\n He's a former No. 1 player who won the 2000 U.S. Open and 2005 Australian Open but a series of injuries slowed him recently. Still Safin came to Wimbledon ranked 24th and seeded 14th and had to be considered quite a favorite against Levine who never had defeated anyone ranked better than 67th.\nSafin has vowed to retire at season's end -- he was asked how he feels about being done with Wimbledon.\n He's a former No. 1 player who won the 2000 U.S. Open and 2005 Australian Open but a series of injuries slowed him recently. Still Safin came to Wimbledon ranked 24th and seeded 14th and had to be considered quite a favorite against Levine who never had defeated anyone ranked better than 67th.\n \"He's an amazing player and I'm still kind of feeling weird right now that I just beat Safin because I've always watched him play on TV \" said Levine who turned pro in 2007. \"I just kind of went out there with nothing to lose and played some good tennis.\"\n Levine was a teen when Safin burst onto the scene as a brash big-hitting 20-year-old who knocked off Sampras to win the U.S. Open.\n \"I really had to ... focus on playing against the ball and not worrying about 'Oh wow I'm playing against Marat Safin on the other side of the court '\" Levine said. \"Because then things could have gotten a lot more interesting.\"\n As is his wont Safin made things interesting enough. In the early going he broke his racket by spiking it on the court.\n Leading 4-3 in the third-set tiebreaker Safin hit a shot near a line that was ruled out. Afterward Safin said: \"Thanks for the guy who made the call. I want to say hello to him. Too bad that he was a little bit too blind.\"\n In the fourth set Safin told the chair umpire he could check for chalk on the ball to confirm a call. Rebuffed Safin added: \"So all players are stupid?\"\n Safin reached at least the semifinals at all four majors including at Wimbledon last year but he has been criticized for not living up to the potential stored in his 6-foot-4 (1.93-meter) frame -- about 7 inches (18 centimeters) taller than Levine.\n \"In the history of tennis everybody's an underachiever \" Safin said. \"Agassi should have been winning I don't know 15 Grand Slams. Sampras should have been winning 20 Grand Slams. Federer should be winning -- already should have 25.\"\n \"I should probably have (won) a couple of more \" he said \"but I'm pretty satisfied with what I did.\"", "output": [ "Marat Safin" ] }, { "id": "task419-170851cf586d44038031416490fda9db", "input": "Ozawa -- regarded by many pundits as the power behind the throne occupied by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama -- is now expected to stay on as DPJ secretary general as the party heads into upper house elections in July.\n A bare-knuckle political fighter who defected from the conservative party Ozawa has denied any wrongdoing repeatedly saying that he had left the details of any funds transactions up to his secretaries.\n Hatoyama again defended Ozawa whom he replaced as DPJ president last year after Ozawa stepped down over a separate political funding scandal in which he also professed his innocence.\n \"He has offered explanations in questioning by prosecutors \" the premier told reporters. \"He has also held many press conferences on this issue. I think he has accounted for himself to the best of his knowledge.\"\n An unidentified DPJ executive told Jiji Press: \"We are now over the hump -- no more pressure for him to step down.\"\n Opposition lawmakers carried on their attacks against Ozawa.\n Political observers said that even if Ozawa is vindicated the funds scandal will inevitably affect the party in the upper house elections in which the DPJ hopes to achieve sole control of parliament.\n \"I don't think many people will be convinced that Ozawa was perfectly clean even if that is the conclusion \" said Tomoaki Iwai politics professor at Nihon University. \"Now it's the public's turn to give its verdict.\"", "output": [ "Ichiro Ozawa", "Ozawa" ] }, { "id": "task419-8db0184cb57745059f79e88742c5e52d", "input": "( CNN ) This time last year Steve Bannon was on top of the world . He had shepherded Donald Trump to the most unlikely presidential victory ever . He was preparing to go with Trump to the White House as a senior strategist . He was the new hot thing . Bannon is suddenly a man without a friend left in the world . So what ' s his next act ? To answer that I reached out to my friend Josh Green who wrote the incredible Bannon biography \" Devil ' s Bargain : Steve Bannon Donald Trump and the Storming of the Presidency .\" Our email conversation about all things Bannon is below . Cillizza : Josh as the foremost Bannonologist in the country -- if that ' s not a thing I am making it a thing right now -- I turn to you for wisdom at this amazing moment . Steve Bannon appears to be totally and completely on the outs with Donald Trump his political patron after talking ( at length ) to Michael Wolff for \" Fire and Fury .\" Trump said that Bannon lost his mind ! Trump appears to be WAY angrier at Bannon than when he actually fired him a few months back . So is this the end of the end ? A seven - year political friendship turned into \" Sloppy Steve \" Green : What Bannon did by talking to Wolff for this book -- and by extension probably talking to me for my book -- is pour a can of gasoline over his head and light a match . Trump appears to have broken with him in a way that seems final and ultimate even tagging him with a dreaded nickname \" Sloppy Steve \" which I think we can all admit is pretty fantastic . Bannon has been in the doghouse before and come back . I hear that he thinks he can come back from this too . We ' ll see ; nothing ' s ever quite impossible in Trump ' s world . You can never say never . As Bannon has told people in the past Trump is entirely transactional . But if he loses his platform at Breitbart News then it ' s hard for me to see how he ' ll be able to wield the kind of influence that I describe in \" Devil ' s Bargain \" and that he seemed to have regained after leaving the White House last year . Cillizza : Let ' s talk about Bannon and Breitbart . There ' s reporting out there they may oust him . And Rebekah Mercer one of the major financial patrons of Breitbart ( and Bannon ) said publicly that she and he are not on speaking terms and she ' s not going to be funding what he does anymore . What ' s weird to me is that it appears Bannon ' s quotes on Trump to Wolff have had a far more profound effect on his role at Breitbart -- and in the conservative firmament more generally -- then when he was fired by Trump ! After that he was welcomed as a conquering hero back into Breitbart ! Is it solely the Wolff book ? And is Bannon really in danger of losing his Breitbart platform ? Green : The reason uber - wealthy people like the Mercers become involved in politics is to exert influence . Bannon was an agent of that influence and the architect . And he did for a time have a profound influence on American politics that culminated in Trump ' s election . Bannon was the real force behind Breitbart ; the head honcho at GAI which produced the \" Clinton Cash \" book so damaging to Hillary ' s candidacy ; and a board member at Cambridge Analytica : The reason uber - wealthy people like the Mercers become involved in politics is to exert influence . Bannon was an agent of that influence and the architect . And he did for a time have a profound influence on American politics that culminated in Trump ' s election . Bannon was the real force behind Breitbart ; the head honcho at GAI which produced the \" Clinton Cash \" book so damaging to Hillary ' s candidacy ; and a board member at Cambridge Analytica the data research firm that worked on the Trump campaign So as an investment Bannon really did pay off for the Mercers like early -' 80s Apple stock . The problem is that effectiveness waned almost immediately upon entering the White House and that coupled with his megalomania and his belief that he was the true leader of the nationalist movement backfired on him big time . Trump obviously doesn ' t value him the way that he did a year ago . With the humiliation of Moore ' s loss in Alabama and the devastating quotes in Wolff ' s book attacking Trump ' s family there was really no reason to keep him around . And when Trump turns on someone he really TURNS on them ! Cillizza : I am STUNNED that Bannon ever entertained the idea of a presidential bid . That would um never work . But let ' s assume -- just for the purpose of the conversation -- he hangs on at Breitbart . How does he start to rebuild what he ' s lost ? And just for the thought experiment : If Breitbart jettisons Bannon -- where does he go then ? Green : Look here on planet Earth we ' re all rightly astonished that Bannon holds ( held ?) But the psychology would work as follows : Bannon has always thought that Trump was riding a global nationalist wave that ' d swept across Europe the UK and now the US . Trump embraced that politics -- Bannon ' s politics -- and got elected . So clearly the ideas resonate in the US . If Trump were to decide against running for re - election Bannon believing he ' s the true carrier of the faith must ' ve thought \" Why not me ?\" Like his ex - boss he ' s always been a guy with a healthy ego . But if he were to lose the Breitbart platform it ' s hard for me to envision what vehicle he would use to lead such a movement and how he would fund it . But he ' s not self - fund - a - presidential - campaign rich . So a presidential bid is off . [ Shakes hands nods walks away .] BUT what then does Bannon do ? This guy is a news animal . He appears to be totally obsessed with the media the battle of ideas between the two parties all of it . It feels impossible for someone like Steve Bannon to just disappear from well anywhere -- especially a world in which Donald Trump is president . Green : In the near term Bannon does ( and is doing ) what everybody who wants to influence and ingratiate themselves to Trump does : Flatter him with obsequious praise . It shouldn ' t be lost on anyone that after Bannon called Trump a \" great man \" on his radio show on the evening of his own defenestration Trump quickly learned about it ( probably from a cable TV chyron ) and mentioned this to reporters at the White House pool spray on Thursday . I ' m skeptical it ' ll work . But that ' s the only path back for Bannon that I can imagine . Or heck why doesn ' t he run for president ? It ' s an automatic way to get in front of the cameras and spread a message .", "output": [ "Trump Steve Bannon", "Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e81da503c3641718dec8fbb2ac27bed", "input": "\"To be honest , the collection was not inspired by Bernie Sanders , it was inspired by -LSB- all things -RSB- corporate ,\" Gvasalia explained . \nIn his short time there , he 's introduced his fair share of cult-favorite statement pieces , including items adorned with a very conspicuous take on the Bernie Sanders logo that debuted on the Fall 2017 men 's runway . \nIn my research , Bernie Sanders 's was most present at that time ; that 's why it resembles it so directly and obviously I was very aware of it .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-b36ff03565f14ecdbec072a79b49c215", "input": "But company president Chris Cocks tells Glixel that to stay that way they need to shake loose from some of the trepidation that comes with such successes and continue to chase risky ventures push changes despite the reluctance of long-time fans and invest in new ideas. With nearly two years at the company Cocks seems to be already having an impact.\nSo Cocks went about figuring out a new approach for the company as a whole he landed on something he describes to Glixel as the Castles and Boats approach. “The castles are the big brands with large fan bases high expectations lots of history and lore. We spend a lot of resources on those ” he says. “The boat is more of a test. It’s very fast very flexible. If a boat doesn’t succeed that’s OK; you can launch a new one. D&D and Magic are both castles for us.” And a game like the upcoming Transformers title is a boat. “With the Transformers trading card game we can be nimble ” he says.\nThe game hasn’t been formally announced yet but Cocks says it’s a title aimed both at young teens and the collector and toy audience. It will come out in September or October. “We think Transformers are cool and the game has interesting unique mechanics ” he says. “All cards are two-sided over-sized and feel bigger weightier in your hand.” Cocks says the game has a relatively light learning curve but a lot of depth. “It should take one or two times to understand how to play ” he says.\nWhile Dungeons & Dragons’ history traces back to the ‘70s Avalon Hill’s history of miniature wargames role-playing and tabletop titles started hitting in the ‘50s. The library of the Baltimore Maryland company includes a dizzying array of titles that touch on everything from Robin Hood and Shakespeare to WWI and WWII to Dune Starship Troopers and Dr. Ruth. After Hasbro purchased the company in 1998 the toy creator added many of its strategy games to the label including Axis and Allies Risk and Stratego. Not surprisingly Cocks sees a lot of value in the company. “I think there is a big place at the table for them ” he says. “Board games sales have been increasing 25 percent a year and are projected to continue to grow at that rate.”\nWizards approach to Avalon Hill is in many ways the most evident sign of how it likes to sort through both a long-lived history and create new properties. In figuring out what to do next from Avalon Hill’s library Cocks says they look for the Zeitgeist. “What are players asking for ” he says. “We watch social media. We survey our players.” That also ties in nicely with the company’s approach to hiring. “The most important if not fundamental thing we do to have a holistic approach is to hire fans of the games ” he says. “We want people who are passionate and feel ownership. What that tends to do is create authentic experiences.”\nAlong with that comes a bit of tough love when it comes to the company’s and brands biggest fans he adds. “We call it 'kicking in the door of the clubhouse '” he says. “One thing about gamers and the gaming community is that a lot of people want to go in and play and be a part of the community. But they also want to be the last one in because they want to feel special. We think the community feels more special the bigger it gets. You see that in how we address D&D stories and rulesets making them as open-ended as possible. You see that in what we’re doing in Magic with Magic open house that we do in 6 000 stores around the world. And you see that with what we’re doing with games like Arena. There’s a huge developer focus to help people learn the game to feel like the champion.”", "output": [ "Chris Cocks" ] }, { "id": "task419-a3fff26a3a7245c5ad7c26729c0d7f3b", "input": "The financial services sector which accounts for about 12 percent of Britain’s economic output and pays more tax than any other industry potentially has a lot to lose from the end of unfettered access to the EU’s post-Brexit market of 440 million people.\nBut it is particularly vulnerable to a Brexit shock because about a third of the transactions which take place on its exchanges and in its trading rooms involve clients in the EU.\nThis has led some politicians and economists to predict London will lose its pre-eminence as a financial center after Brexit although supporters of leaving the EU say Britain will benefit over the long term by being able to set its own rules.\nAccording to Savills commercial property prices in the City of London have dropped more since the Brexit vote in June 2016 than at any point since 2009 the last year of the global financial crisis.\nSo far Brexit seems to be having no impact here. The number of venues such as bars and restaurants applying for new licenses to sell alcohol in the City of London in the first eight months of 2017 is at a record high data from the municipal local authority that runs the district shows.\n“Businesses are naturally hesitant to plan and execute growth hires due to the uncertainty around Brexit ” said Hakan Enver a director at Morgan McKinley.\nThe findings suggest that the first wave of job losses from Brexit may be at the lower end of estimates by industry lobby groups and firms which could mean London will keep its place as the continent’s top finance center at least in the short term.", "output": [ "Brexit" ] }, { "id": "task419-779534bfd5894ce1a51828713213712a", "input": "\"This is n't just a team sport ,\" Cruz defended his position . \nOn September 23 , 2016 , Cruz finally endorsed his former rival just days before Trump 's first presidential debate with his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton . \nWorking as an attorney for some time , Cruz later served as an adviser on the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush . \nIn his long explanation supporting his endorsement , Cruz wrote : \"Our country is in crisis . \nBorn on December 22 , 1970 , in Calgary , Canada , conservative politician Ted Cruz first rose to national prominence in 2012 with his surprising win of a U.S. Senate seat . \nTrump responded in a statement to CNN :\" I am greatly honored by the endorsement of Senator Cruz ,\" he said . \nCruz 's parents split up for a time , but they reunited after Rafael developed a newfound interest in religion . \nCruz demonstrated his gift for public speaking at early age . \nCruz joined the group , and he and his fellow Constitutional Corroborators gave speeches around Texas on related issues . \nThe valedictorian of his class at Houston 's Second Baptist High School , Cruz went on to Princeton University . \nBorn on December 22 , 1970 , American conservative politician Ted Cruz grew up in Houston , Texas , earning his bachelor 's at Princeton University and going on to Harvard Law School . \nAfter graduating from Princeton in 1992 , Cruz continued his education at Harvard Law School . \nAfter law school , Cruz worked as a law clerk for several judges , including Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist from 1996 to 1997 . \nIn a Facebook post , Cruz wrote : \"After many months of careful consideration , of prayer and searching my own conscience , I have decided that on Election Day , I will vote for the Republican nominee , Donald Trump .\" \nCruz worked as a lawyer for a few years before jumping into politics , eventually serving as a policy adviser to George W. Bush 's 2000 presidential campaign . \nCruz explained to The New Yorker , \"I essentially had responsibility for all the policy that touched on law\" during the campaign . \nAfter a stint as associate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice , Cruz became director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission in July 2001 . \nIn 2003 , Cruz became the solicitor general of Texas . \nCruz then returned to private practice briefly before launching his own campaign for the Senate . \nCruz came in second to Dewhurst in the first round of voting , but he won in the run-off election . \nAfter taking office in 2013 , Cruz made a name for himself with his speeches and tactics . \nHolding the Senate floor , Cruz tried to convince his colleagues to cut funding for the program . \nCruz 's actions have drawn the ire of some of the more seasoned \"establishment\" Republicans . \nAccording to The Huffington Post , Senator John McCain said that Cruz , along with fellow ultraconservatives Rand Paul and Representative Justin Amash , were \"wacko birds\" who got the most media attention . \nTed Cruz . \nTed Cruz official portrait -LRB- via WikiCommons -RRB- . \nIn 2014 , Cruz renounced his dual Canadian citizenship , though his eligibility to run for president was not in jeopardy . \nIn March 2015 , Cruz officially announced his candidacy for president over Twitter . \nOn social issues , Cruz is pro-life and has stated his belief in \"marriage between a man and a woman .\" \nAs the son of a Cuban immigrant , Cruz says he \"celebrates legal immigration ,\" according to his official website . \nIn 2014 , Cruz proposed legislation to prevent President Obama from expanding amnesty , and he is a vocal critic of the Obama administration 's immigration policies . \nCruz is also in favor of abolishing the IRS and instituting a flat tax system . \nIn February 2016 , Cruz scored an important victory in his pursuit of the presidency . \nTrump and Marco Rubio were close behind Cruz in the final results , however , with Trump at 24.4 percent and Rubio at 23.1 percent , according to the Wall Street Journal . \nIn March , after Rubio lost his home state of Florida to Trump , he dropped out , making it a three-way race between Trump , Cruz and Ohio governor John Kasich . \nIn April 2016 , Cruz announced Carly Fiorina as his vice presidential running mate . \nFiorina , the former Hewlitt-Packard CEO , had dropped out of the presidential race in February and endorsed Cruz in March . \nAfter losing the Indiana primary to Trump in May 2016 , Cruz suspended his campaign . \n\"From the beginning , I have said that I will continue on as long as there is a viable path to victory ,\" Cruz told his supporters . \nOn July 20 , 2016 , Cruz delivered a controversial speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland , Ohio , a day after his former opponent Donald Trump officially won the party 's presidential nomination . \nAddressing the convention in primetime , Cruz congratulated Trump , but did not endorse him , drawing boos from the audience of delegates and chants of \"Vote for Trump !\" \n\"If you love our country , and love our children as much as you do , stand , and speak , and vote your conscience , vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom , and to be faithful to the constitution ,\" Cruz said , eliciting jeers and chants of \"Endorse Trump ! \nNear the end of Cruz 's speech , Trump arrived in the arena and television cameras cut away to show the presidential nominee . \nTrump reacted to Cruz 's controversial speech on Twitter , criticizing Cruz for not honoring his pledge to support the party 's nominee . \n\"Wow , Ted Cruz got booed off the stage , did n't honor the pledge ! \nThe next day Cruz addressed delegates from his home state of Texas , many of whom were angry about his unwillingness to back Trump .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-f27b44a3bf4744d1ad884fb9e5292477", "input": "Kirti Tiwari was elated when he learned last year that he'd been nominated by his higher-ups at the United States Army to become a NASA astronaut. Tiwari who first enlisted in the military in 2014 was excited by the prospect of what he felt was a huge career advancement opportunity. \"I always had this idea of wearing a uniform \" he says.\nTiwari who first came to the U.S. on a student visa qualified for the program on account of both his fluency in Hindi and his academic performance. Prior to enlisting he had earned a master's degree in molecular biology from the University of Houston and worked as a research specialist at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital. He enlisted in June of 2014; one year later he was naturalized through the Army after completing basic combat training and advanced individual training. In 2016 after a months-long process Tiwari simultaneously applied for a NASA astronaut candidate program through the Army and a military microbiologist posting.\nA few months later Tiwari learned the Army had selected him as a microbiologist and also nominated him for the NASA astronaut program. Tiwari was working as an Army health-care specialist at a military base near Tacoma Washington where he was told that he had been retroactively declared ineligible for either career opportunity—precisely because he was a foreign-born recruit.\nSome soldiers find themselves unable to enter the U.S. Army medical department's programs for dentistry physician assistantship and other health professions. \"Some people are being told they can't apply to regular officer-producing programs \" Tiwari says. \"Sometimes they are told the previous restriction has been removed only to receive a clearance but no commission.\"\nDespite this the Department of Defense says it is still processing security clearances for MAVNIs and claims there is reason for optimism for soldiers in the program. Tiwari remains hopeful about the approval of his own pending security clearance— he plans to move to Georgia this winter to serve as an Army microbiologist in the medical service corps. He will also press forward with his lawsuit he says as a way to seek justice for fellow soldiers.\nFor now foreign enlistees remain in limbo hoping the Department of Defense will determine that they're fit to serve. \"I really hope one day I can become an astronaut \" Tiwari says. For now his dream job has been grounded.", "output": [ "Kirti Tiwari" ] }, { "id": "task419-b326b7c931454c62a266ada04d95c2aa", "input": "Jordan Anthony Swain an artist and entrepreneur says that over the past two years he 's tried to curtail a lot of his email use and tries to get most of his work done off-email. Time is of the essence for Swain and he feels that email is a huge drain on his limited time.\n Swain has pretty much replaced email through his use of Asana which he feels has minimised \"a lot of the back and forth email threads regarding work flow and projects.\" He loves WhatsApp's ability to send large files voice notes and multimedia through an encrypted platform and he uses Facebook for banking and messaging. \"I also do a lot of my communicating business development and marketing through social media like Instagram Skype and Google Hangouts \" adds Swain .\n He believes email is \"on its way out\" for millennials and subsequent generations. \"I feel like email is becoming obsolete \" says Swain . He says that for many young entrepreneurs \"time is the ultimate luxury \" which is why they prefer faster communication methods. \"Simplicity is key to millennials and anything that feels like a job added onto our already jam-packed schedules will be left behind \" says Swain .\nStephanie Dunleavy who works at Soul Analyse—a \"self-love eHub\"—says she 's slowed down her use of email over the past two years because she feels email has become \"irrelevant in many senses.\"\nDunleavy only checks her email once a day and she often finds herself hitting \"delete\" over and over again. She prefers to use Pushfor a business tool that allows you to engage with colleagues in real-time using chat voice or video.\n\"With Pushfor I know that anything I receive is from someone I know and it's either important or useful whereas many of emails I receive are either marketing promotion or sales pitches \" she says.", "output": [ "Jordan Anthony Swain" ] }, { "id": "task419-906536c4298340ec9474c92494283d73", "input": "A Jeremy Piven assault allegation has been \"unequivocally\" denied by the \"Entourage\" star while Hollywood's widening sexual harassment crisis brought forth a second actor's allegation against Kevin Spacey on Tuesday.\nThe claims halted production on Spacey 's Netflix series \"House of Cards\" and prompted CBS to check into an actress' claim she was groped by Piven The Associated Press reported.\nMexican actor Robert Cavazos wrote on his Facebook page that he encountered Spacey at the bar of London's Old Vic Theatre where Spacey was artistic director and the actor tried to fondle him against his will.\nHow Spacey 's cast mates are reacting to the allegations remains to be seen. Robin Wright who stars opposite Spacey as his wife hasn't commented publicly but her Twitter feed includes a number of posts backing social issues including female rights and education.\nNetflix and \"House of Cards\" producer Media Rights Capital had already decided to end the series at the end of next season its sixth but on Tuesday they chose to pause the production which is filmed in Baltimore \"to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew.\" Spacey was not scheduled to work that day.\nThe move comes after actor Anthony Rapp came forward with claims Spacey made inappropriate sexual advances toward him in 1986 when he was 14.\n Spacey responded by saying he doesn't remember the alleged encounter but if he acted the way Rapp alleges \"I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.\" He also spoke publicly for the first time about being gay which draw backlash from some observers as an attempt at deflection.\nThe fallout for Spacey also included the loss of an award he was going to get later this month by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The group says \"it will not honor Kevin Spacey with the 2017 International Emmy Founders Award \" which is to honor \"an individual who crosses cultural boundaries to touch humanity.\" Spacey was to get it at a gala on Nov. 20 in New York City. Past recipients include Rhimes Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams.", "output": [ "Kevin Spacey" ] }, { "id": "task419-79a9047d8010428b9f374d6055f268fa", "input": "Peter Thiel has reportedly made an offer to buy Gawker.\nSEE ALSO: Y Combinator cuts ties with Peter Thiel \nThis isn't a total surprise. He filed a motion in November claiming he was being unfairly prevented from bidding on the site.\nA representative for Thiel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\n Thiel is competing with other bidders to acquire Gawker domain names and nearly 200 000 archived articles according to Reuters. Don't worry other Gawker assets like Deadspin and Jezebel were already sold to Univision Holdings Inc. back in 2016.\n Thiel hasn't said what he 'll do with the assets. Maybe he 'll take them off the internet or scowl at them in his vampire lair while wearing Ayn Rand pajamas.\nIt should be noted that Thiel is currently on the board of Facebook a company with an absurd amount of influence over what media the world consumes. So overall not a great day for the press.\nWe should all donate money so someone can revive Valleywag and only write about Peter Thiel . — Julia 💀 Alexander (@loudmouthjulia) January 11 2018\nI think it's time to explore the idea that Peter Thiel is actually a stupid person with bad ideas and also is highly reflective of Silicon Valley culture. Having money doesn't make you smart. The ability to make money doesn't either. — Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) January 11 2018\nThere's no guarantee he'll win the bid or be able to clear the legal challenges involved so there's still hope that Thiel goes home empty-handed.", "output": [ "Peter Thiel" ] }, { "id": "task419-66cc01fdf63f4d47b10ddfe0a8b8b727", "input": "During the first session at the Boys & Girls Club of Westminster recently facilitator Jeovan Davila asked the group of students what percentage of eighth-graders they believed used marijuana over the past 30 days. The guesses ranged from 10 percent to 60 percent. When Davila told them the correct answer was about 7 percent the group looked surprised.\n Davila said he doesn't lecture teens about what's right and wrong. Rather he gives them facts to help them make their own decisions in the future. For example if they know that most of their peers don't use marijuana perhaps they will be less likely to use it.\nWith the legalization of marijuana and the discussion on social media Davila has seen young people talking about the drug more. During the class some said teens might want to use because they see their family members using marijuana legally.\n\"The kids do bring it up \" he says. \"We've just got to be ready letting them know the facts.\"", "output": [ "Jeovan Davila" ] }, { "id": "task419-6b9111047ad54a14801fa7e19a2c131b", "input": "Mariah Carey undeterred by last year’s performance will take to the stage once again in Times Square to ring in the new year on live TV.\nThe star along with Dick Clark Productions issued a joint statement on Friday announcing Carey as the headliner for “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest” broadcast.\nCarey’s manager blamed the production and technical difficulties that producers knowingly failed to fix. Dick Clark Productions called the accusations “outrageous and frankly absurd.” Carey eventually broke her silence on the troubled performance saying she was “mortified” and that she intended to take a break from social media.\nNow it seems as though everyone is ready to put the messy past behind them. Carey will join the likes of Britney Spears Nick Jonas Kelly Clarkson and Shawn Mendes as the world rings in 2018.\n Carey’s forthcoming New Year’s Eve performance will top an already merry holiday season for the star. In addition to performing her annual Christmas tour Carey’s famous single “All I Want For Christmas Is You” has been played more than 100 million times this month alone according to Forbes.", "output": [ "Mariah Carey" ] }, { "id": "task419-9e93cabf2810455682f3f5fa501e93bc", "input": "Sen. Al Franken is speaking to friends and supporters in Minnesota ahead of his resignation from the Senate which he announced earlier this month amid a storm of sexual misconduct allegations. At times becoming choked up Franken said it is the \"honor of my life\" to serve the people of Minnesota.\n\"Here is my promise to you: I may be leaving the Senate but I am not giving up my voice \" Franken said. \"We still have a lot of work to do together on issues ranging from net neutrality and climate change ... and we still have to be ready to speak out for economic justice and to defend the truth.\"\n Franken kicked off his speech by saying \"I am here to thank you.\" He extended gratitude for nearly 30 minutes to those who helped him achieve an eight-year run as a U.S. Senator most notably his wife Franni CBS Minnesota reports.\n\"Whatever it is that we do next we will do it together \" Franken said. \"And while I can never thank her enough for her love and support I am willing to spend the rest of my life trying.\n He also highlighted achievements like helping pass the Affordable Care Act and the Farm Bill.\n\"All these years later I am deeply proud of the work I've been able to do on Minnesotans' behalf \" Franken said.\nThe move came after a wave of calls for his resignation from his Democratic colleagues. Multiple women have alleged he inappropriately touched them or tried to forcibly kiss them.\n\"Let me be clear I may be resigning my seat but I am not giving up my voice \" Franken said on the Senate floor. \"I will continue to stand up for the things I believe in as a citizen and as an activist.\"\n He 'll officially step down on Tuesday. His successor current Minnesota Lt. Gov. Tina Smith is set to be sworn in on Wednesday.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-7dad97976a9146ccb6767f22c572b4dd", "input": "The U.S. Attorney’s Office in California said Los Angeles Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Collins 50 told an undercover agent that he would lead a team to accompany the narcotics shipment and “take calculated steps to prevent legitimate law enforcement from intercepting the drugs” in exchange for up to $250 000.\nWhen asked why he charged so much Collins allegedly told the undercover agent “We’re cops” and “all of our transports make it through.”\nOn Tuesday morning Collins and two other men arrived in Pasadena Calif. to allegedly carry out the security task but were met with FBI agents and placed under arrest.\n“ Deputy Collins sold his badge to assist an individual he thought was a drug trafficker ” U.S. Attorney Nicola T. Hanna said in a statement. “ The deputy allegedly used his status as a law enforcement officer as a guarantee when he promised safe travels for large quantities of illegal narcotics. This case is part of our long-standing and ongoing commitment to root out corruption particularly when it involves sworn law enforcement officers.”\nThe U.S. Attorney’s Office said Collins Easter and Valencia carried out a similar security operation for an undercover agent in November. At the time the three men allegedly helped transport what they believed was six kilograms of methamphetamine along with marijuana and counterfeit cigarettes.\nAccording to the affidavit the FBI began investigating Collins after they suspected him of accepting cash payments to provide illegal security for illegal marijuana grow facilities and distributing other controlled substances.\n Collins a 15-year veteran of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department also allegedly told the undercover agent who was posing as a drug dealer he was available for other services such as assaulting people who posed problems to the undercover agent in exchange for cash.\n Collins and the other two men arrested Tuesday each face life in prison for federal drug trafficking conspiracy charges.\nThe LASD said it is cooperating with the FBI in the investigation and Collins has been placed on administrative leave.", "output": [ "Kenneth Collins" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d2eb33db391416aafa8f20e22bed5c1", "input": "Nine years after he bought an 89-acre parcel near Martins Beach in San Mateo County California Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla appears to have given up on his battle to block public access to the shore.\n Khosla was found to be in violation of the California Coastal Act when in 2009 he began locking a gate to a road that leads down to a parking lot on the beach. Khosla reportedly paid $37.5 million for a beach-adjacent property in 2008 and the path that provides access to Martins Beach passes through land he owns. Khosla who runs his own firm Khosla Ventures and is a cofounder of Sun Microsystems has an estimated net worth of $2.1 billion.\nBy ruling that Khosla must open Martins Beach to the public in August California's First District Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a 2014 ruling by the San Mateo County Superior Court. The Surfrider Foundation had originally filed suit against Khosla in March 2013.\nAccording to The Mercury News Khosla 's attorneys told the California Coastal Commission that the gate would be open for limited hours or \"certain days from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. \" in the words of commission spokesperson Noaki Schwartz. The commission had threatened to fine Khosla more than $11 000 a day if he did not comply.", "output": [ "Vinod Khosla" ] }, { "id": "task419-454b818b3e35467ca259a05a90081066", "input": "Bush delivers a speech to crew onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to declare combat operations over in Iraq , as the carrier steamed toward San Diego , California on May 1 , 2003 . \nBush felt a heavy burden of responsibility for protecting the nation . \nThey included the chairman of Bush 's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board , Brent Scowcroft ; the former CENTCOM commander Anthony Zinni , and the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee , Ike Skelton . \nWhen George W. Bush entered office , \"nation building\" was anathema . \nHe also felt that those pushing for war had no idea that the war might last ten years .52 Skelton sent Bush multiple questions about the cost and duration of the occupation , noting that he should not \"take the first step without considering the last .\" \nBush 's decision-making style was based on his gut instincts .58 His snap judgment that somehow Saddam was behind September 11 , or might be behind the next attack on America , remained with him . \n-- President George W. Bush , State of the Union , January 29 , 2002 . \nOnce it became clear that Bush was on a track to war , they sought to find a diplomatic exit or , failing that , to garner international support and create legitimacy for an invasion . \nThe fact that Saddam \"tried to kill -LSB- his -RSB- dad\" weighed on Bush 's decision making . \nPresident George W. Bush 's decision to invade Iraq on March 20 , 2003 , was not a blunder on the scale of those of Napoleon , Hitler and Tojo . \nPowell also told Bush that the United States would \"own\" Iraq after an invasion and that it would dominate all other foreign - policy initiatives . \nBush 's decision-making style was based on his gut instincts . \nBush was reelected in November of 2004 as much because of as despite his invasion of Iraq . \nInspections were moving too slowly for the Bush team . \nThis unfinished business concerned Bush directly . \nBush considered himself to be \"the decider .\" \nIn this environment different factors conspired to lead Bush to a decision to pursue an optional war that most Americans believe in retrospect did much more harm than good to their interests . \nBush felt that September 11 was the \"Pearl Harbor of the 21st Century ,\" 59 and that his new and transcending purpose as president was to prevent another , possibly worse , one .60 . \nAnd yet this flawed concept drove the Bush administration to an early and uncoordinated decision for war , brushing aside the need for analysis , distorting intelligence , marginalizing senior officers who raised doubts and neglecting postconflict stabilization requirements . \nIn March , when the French threatened to veto a second resolution , Bush dropped the effort and gave Saddam a forty-eight-hour ultimatum to leave Iraq . \nBush was quick to reach decisions , and , once reached , he saw change as a sign of weakness .61 After he reached an early decision on war , he was prepared to try a UN resolution , but not change his fundamental course . \nRice was Bush 's closest confidant . \nBush made the case for this during a June 2002 speech at West Point , arguing that the United States could not rely on Cold War concepts such as deterrence and containment to deal with terrorists who are willing to commit suicide for their cause . \nDuring his UN General Assembly speech in September 2002 , Bush tied the doctrine of preemption to Iraq , noting \"with every step the Iraqi regime takes towards gaining and deploying the most terrible weapons , our own options to confront that regime will narrow .\" \nIf there was a debate inside the Bush Administration , it was one - sided and muted .\" \non the fifth anniversary of U.S. President George W. Bush 's \"Mission Accomplished\" speech which declared an end to major hostilities in Iraq during a rally on Pennsylvania Avenue in Front of the White House in Washington , DC , May 1 , 2008 . \nShortly after the September 11 attacks , Tenet presented Bush with a list of countries malevolent enough to help al Qaeda get a dirty bomb : Iraq was on the top of that list . \nThat notion had a profound impact on Bush .66 Bush said : \"I made my decision -LSB- for war -RSB- based upon enough intelligence to tell me that -LSB- our -RSB- country was threatened with Saddam Hussein in power .\" \nBush did not back down from his decision to proceed toward war , but he did agree to give a UN resolution a try . \nEven before the inauguration , Cheney asked outgoing Secretary of Defense William Cohen to provide Bush with a briefing focused on Iraq . \nIt is not clear exactly when Bush decided to invade Iraq . \nWhen the George W. Bush administration entered office , its initial focus was on China and military transformation . \n31 On September 17 , Bush told his advisors : \"I believe Iraq was involved .\" \nThe fifth was impatience on the part of the Bush team to wait for the results of the arms inspectors who were making progress in Iraq , results that could have obviated the need for war . \nA week after the attack , Wolfowitz began sending memos to Rumsfeld making the case for an attack on Iraq .34 Cheney soon began talking about Iraq as a threat to peace .35 Bush told the British prime minister , Tony Blair , in mid-September that Iraq was not the immediate problem .36 But that changed after the fall of Kabul .37 . \nThat all changed on September 11 , 2001.10 Initially , Bush , Wolfowitz and others thought that Iraq might be behind the attacks .11 So did a large majority of the American people , a belief reinforced by the speculation of administration officials . \nIt became clear that this was not the case , as Bush finally revealed ,12 but for many this connection stuck . \nBush indicated that as soon as the Taliban were driven from Afghanistan , he would turn his attention to Saddam .13 . \nIn March of 2002 , Bush informally told a group of senators : \"We 're taking him -LSB- Saddam -RSB- out .\" \nBureaucratically they formed the leading position within the Bush administration in 2002 , with Cheney dominating the White House and Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz controlling Defense . \nCheney had daily contact with Bush and was his closest advisor on national security matters . \nThe CIA had missed several indications that might have given specific warning about the September 11 attack and was not about to be caught off guard again .15 Because the Bush administration had not acted on more-general intelligence warnings of the al Qaeda threat to the U.S. homeland , it would take any future warning much more seriously . \nThe intelligence that Bush and others received was based on outdated and incorrect evidence , material from untrustworthy human sources , and worst-case analysis .70 The United States had no reliable intelligence assets in Iraq .71 International WMD inspectors had been kicked out of Iraq since 1998 ; so in that sense Saddam brought this about himself . \nOn November 21 , 2001 , Bush asked that the war plan for Iraq be secretly updated , which shocked the military .38 By the end of December 2001 , Central Command -LRB- CENTCOM -RRB- Commander Tommy Franks was at the Bush ranch in Crawford , Texas , briefing the President and his national security team on the war plan .39 .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-a06d4a18b08b4915b27816f6bf3504ac", "input": "But no matter who wins the national election few believe that Greece can go on without a major overhaul of its government. In Thessaloniki Mr. Boutaris has been trying to do that on a local scale for 18 months bringing his experience as a businessman to bear on the bloated work force the tangled regulations and the huge debt that afflicts the city much as it does the country.\nMany of his efforts have prompted city workers to strike and protest. But he is undeterred. Nor does he have any patience for the shop owners who have ignored his efforts to clean up the look of this gracious but somewhat shabby city by enforcing rules about modest signage.\n“There was one guy who said to me he wants Thessaloniki to be like Hong Kong ” Mr. Boutaris said with a shake of his head and an expletive. “Well I said ‘I don’t want to be like Hong Kong. You think your business will be destroyed because you don’t have a sign on the fifth floor? I don’t think so.’ ”\nThessaloniki was about $126 million in debt when Mr. Boutaris a successful winemaker was sworn into office. ( His predecessor has since been indicted along with 17 others. They are accused of stealing almost $38 million.) The city was doing a poor job of delivering basic services most importantly in garbage collection. It was losing manufacturing jobs to Bulgaria. And as far as Mr. Boutaris was concerned Thessaloniki was far from meeting its potential as a tourist attraction and a port city that offers easy access to the Balkans.\n Mr. Boutaris has hardly solved all the issues. But he is already widely credited with increasing tourism which he sees as a way of generating revenues without the need for expensive investment. Brushing aside centuries of tense relations with Turkey Mr. Boutaris set off to Istanbul to initiate a campaign to attract tourists.\nShortly afterward Turkish Airlines resumed flights here and the number of Turks visiting the city — the birthplace of Turkey’s first president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk — doubled last year. Mr. Boutaris has also reached out to Israel because the Thessaloniki region with a population of about one million once had a large Jewish population. Cruise ships now stop here more frequently.\nAt the same time Mr. Boutaris has taken measures large and small to rein in the budget. He hired an auditor to get to the bottom of the city’s finances which until recently still involved cash transactions into city pension funds. (Employees were handed stacks of bills and told to make deposits. This is said to have played a large roll in the indictments.) He has forced workers to account for their overtime started a recycling program and traded in his limousine for an economy model. So far Mr. Boutaris has reduced costs by 30 percent.\n“What I am trying to do is to open all fronts and create a huge turbulence ” Mr. Boutaris said. “When you propose the slightest change people say no. If you do it all at once it is a different thing. Something has to break through.”\n“And you cannot step back ” he added. “If you step back you lose.”\n Mr. Boutaris is a rarity in Greece where most people who seek higher office are career politicians. He won election by just 300 votes. He is unusually candid by Greek standards about himself . He has admitted to being an alcoholic and no longer drinks. And he was divorced for seven years and then remarried his wife.\nResidents here talk about how approachable he is compared with the usual politician. He rides a bicycle around town and sits in cafes like everyone else debating the city’s problems. In fact Mr. Boutaris denies he is a politician. He says running the city is just a project something to keep him busy now that he has turned his wine business over to his three children.\n“My wife said ‘You need to find something else to do ’ ” Mr. Boutaris says of his decision to go into politics.\n HE initially joined the Communist Party but soon resigned. He considers himself a socialist but belongs to no party. His goal he said is to make Thessaloniki a place where businesses can flourish. But he is not happy with the local merchants. The small shopkeepers he said do not want to pay taxes and complain that the malls are undercutting their business.\n Mr. Boutaris says they must stay open later to compete with the malls which are open until 9 p.m. But the shop owners are not interested. Another expletive.\nBefore taking office Mr. Boutaris was known for his winery and for establishing a preserve to protect bears and wolves. He says his intent was to preserve the forest but the bears were an easier selling point. “Everybody likes bears ” he said. “The forest would have been harder.”\nThe garbage trucks are also a problem. More than half are out for repairs at any given time. So Mr. Boutaris has decided to contract the maintenance to a private company. City workers promptly went on strike fearing further privatization. “It will be settled soon ” he said. “I’m 70 years old and I believe I know what I am doing.”", "output": [ "Boutaris" ] }, { "id": "task419-d81f3f9c749d4373b7f9b1fe14e3c453", "input": "LeBron James who opted to enter the NBA without playing college basketball has a solution for the NCAA’s one-and-done problem. (Tony Dejak/Associated Press)\nThe NCAA is “corrupt ” LeBron James said Tuesday echoing a sentiment that’s seemingly growing louder as more coaches are implicated in an FBI pay-for-play scandal.\nSaid James considering the NBA’s G League for player development:\nSo where does that leave LeBron and his ideas?", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-62e292cf7efc47e2b943246e7d87fee0", "input": "WASHINGTON (AP) — \"Many of you have jobs many of you have families \" Sen. Al Franken told Democratic leaders gathered on the eve of a hotly contested governor's election in Virginia. After an expectant pause he leaned into the microphone and added \"Ignore them.\"\n Franken was jokingly beseeching activists to get out the vote the following day in what ended up as a surprisingly decisive victory for Democratic candidate Ralph Northam. But the moment barely two weeks ago also underscored how high the one-time \"Saturday Night Live\" comic had risen in his party's firmament.\nAfter spending much of his nearly nine years as senator trying to shed his funnyman image and quietly digging into issues like internet access and consumer protection he was now a draw at political events and mentioned by some as a 2020 presidential possibility. Months of savaging some of President Donald Trump's appointees had turned the Harvard-educated Franken into a weapon of choice for Democrats eager to attack the administration and energize party voters. He brandished comedy as a bludgeon.\nNow Franken 's rising trajectory has been interrupted by allegations he had physical contact with four women without their permission. He faces a Senate ethics investigation for improper conduct and hasn't been seen publicly since the first claims of misbehavior last week. His future is suddenly unclear.\n\"It's always a great disappointment when leaders you like and admire do bad stuff \" said Mike Lux a liberal Democratic consultant. He said it was premature to say how the allegations would affect Franken 's career. But Lux added \"If more incidents come to light he 's got a real problem.\"\nLos Angeles radio anchor Leeann Tweeden last week said Franken had put his tongue in her mouth during a 2006 USO tour before he became senator. She also posted a photo of him with his hands above her chest as she slept wearing a flak vest aboard a military plane. Franken 66 has apologized.\nIn a story published Wednesday by the Huffington Post two more women alleged that Franken touched their buttocks during campaign events in 2007 and 2008.\n Franken canceled a sold-out appearance in Atlanta to promote his book \"Al Franken Giant of the Senate.\" His aides have said he 's \"spending time with his family and doing a lot of reflecting.\"\nFILE - In this May 3 2017 file photo Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken listens on Capitol Hill in Washington as FBI Director James Comey testified before the committee on oversight of the FBI. Franken has spent much of his nine years as senator trying to shed his funnyman image and digging into issues. That rising trajectory has been interrupted by allegations that he forcibly kissed one woman and squeezed another’s buttocks without their permission. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster File)\n Franken came to the Senate after a months-long recount gave him a 312-vote victory in his 2008 election. He immediately distanced himself from his decades of professional comedy which included off-color jokes about rape and disparaging women and avoided national reporters.\nInstead he focused on building a reputation as a studious senator pushing legislation to crack down on Wall Street rating agencies he considered complicit in the 2007 economic collapse. As a signature issue he adopted the push to protect \"net neutrality \" an Obama administration policy barring internet providers from blocking or hindering websites. The Trump administration's Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday it will dismantle the rule.\n Franken helped shape parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law and tackled farm and mental health issues. He easily secured a second six-year term in 2014 defeating a Republican businessman.\n Franken appeared on his first Sunday network talk show late in his first term amid signs he was bolstering his national profile. But it was Trump's emergence that teased out a new Franken and had him pivot from staid senator to liberal attack dog.\nIn withering interrogations in the Senate Franken has clashed with a parade of Trump Cabinet appointees.\n\" He made those guys sweat \" former Senate Democratic aide Jim Manley said. \" He 's got the ability to channel some of the populist rage against the administration.\"\n Franken had a celebrated clash last month with Jeff Sessions over the attorney general's evolving descriptions of his contacts with Russian officials during last year's presidential campaign. Sessions a Trump campaign official told Congress in January he 'd not communicated with the Russians. He later said he didn't recall such contact. Then last month he told the Senate Judiciary Committee he 'd had no \"improper discussions\" with them.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-886c3c4dba6843b28d1a4451b7522c95", "input": "Some market watchers say most such trading is conducted outside Germany and Schaeuble said Wednesday that Berlin's move -- which applies only to domestic markets -- effectively bans naked short-selling only of German and Austrian government debt.\n \"The criticism made of our plans that we are impairing trading of other European government bonds is unfounded \" he argued. He added that the legislation will allow his ministry to authorize exceptions.\n Schaeuble said he acted after hearing that the European Commission wouldn't be able to propose rules on naked short-selling before October.\n He noted that a German decision earlier this year to introduce a levy on banks which would pay into a fund to cover the costs of future financial crises was followed by European proposals.", "output": [ "Wolfgang Schaeuble", "Schaeuble" ] }, { "id": "task419-cfad86af0d9d450795d812cdcb16069c", "input": "As the youngest Kardashian sister Kylie Jenner has been an unforeseen success arguably eclipsing even Kim in social media influence and general notoriety. Given Jenner ’s #impact not to mention her age her rumored pregnancy made more waves than Kim’s or Khloé’s and has been the subject of intense scrutiny ever since. Unfortunately for a legion of Daily Mail reporters a folder of zoomed-in grainy images of Jenner in a loose T-shirt does not a pregnancy confirmation make. Despite (allegedly) being due to deliver an (alleged) baby in February Kylie hasn’t actually confirmed any of this—not on her Instagram her Snapchat or her family’s flagship reality TV show.\nDiehard Kylie devotees (and one or two Travis Scott fans I guess) have all sorts of ideas about how and when Kylie will announce her progeny. One widespread theory held that the Kardashians would reveal a pregnant Kylie on their annual Christmas card. Although the month-long countdown kept tensions high the 25th came and went without a festive baby bump; in fact Jenner was entirely absent from the photo shoot.\nOver the weekend the lazy Kylie pregnancy beat (lots of unconvincing social media “clues ” miscellaneous Travis Scott gossip) was revived when a host of rumors placed Jenner in labor. A handful of social media users claimed to have seen the elusive lip-kit mogul at Cedars-Sinai hospital where they deduced she had likely come to deliver her Kardashian heir. This happy news was complicated by an army of Kardashian sources that quickly flocked to tabloid outfits trying to squash the story. As “multiple” anonymous tipsters told TMZ “Kylie isn’t due this month and she hasn’t gone into premature labor. Rumors began heating up Friday that Kylie had checked into Cedars-Sinai in L.A.—where all the other Kardashian sisters gave birth—but we’re told it’s definitely not true.”\nOf course anyone with a passing knowledge of the Kardashian empire knows that any Kardashian “source” could very well be Kris Jenner in hair extensions with a funny accent. Jenner has a talent for controlling her family’s narrative and it would make perfect sense for her to try and quell these rumors buying some time for Kylie’s big news to dominate Sunday and Monday night’s Keeping Up with the Kardashians two-night special—aptly titled “Bun In The Oven.”\nInstead I spent two hours listening to Kris Jenner talk about her earlobe insecurities culminating in an all-family announcement of Khloé Kardashian’s already confirmed pregnancy (Kendall and Kylie FaceTimed in Rob was MIA).\nTo truly understand the rudeness of this much-hyped two-part special you have to realize that Kris Jenner spent the majority of the first hour handcuffed to a mime. While this “prank” was exactly as excruciating as you might imagine it did produce the best quote of the entire episode courtesy of Khloé: “Being handcuffed to this mime is exactly what my mom needs to get going.” Elsewhere in Calabasas the Kardashians are using their potent platform to paint Rob as the victim in his ongoing custody battle with ex Blac Chyna (you know the woman who he published revenge porn of on social media).\nBut back to the real issue at hand: Kris Jenner’s huge embarrassingly low-hanging earlobes . “Ever since Kim made a comment” about her momager’s lobes Kris has been out scrounging for flattering earmuffs and strategically-placed hair extensions (essentially Payot). Instead of accessorizing like a young Hasidic boy Kris decides to get her earlobes cut off. Meanwhile Khloé is feeling sluggish during her workouts and takes a pregnancy test. Or more likely Khloé pretends to take a pregnancy test for the cameras. Keeping Up with the Kardashians is shot at odd intervals according to its casts’ busy schedules and it’s not uncommon to watch a Kardashian anxiously prepare for an event that’s already taken place or seemingly reenact a dramatic conversation. Still judging from earlier episodes this season we can assume that most of this episode was shot in the summer or early fall—at which point Kylie Jenner would already know that she’s pregnant. With that in mind it’s possible that this episode actually does confirm the rumored pregnancy.\nIn one scene Kris Jenner picks up a phone call from a frantic Kylie who says that one of her employees is surreptitiously trying to take pictures of her. While this is objectively creepy it would only be a real situation if Kylie had something to hide. “To have somebody in her own home trying to snap pictures they shouldn’t be snapping is really really stressful ” Kris narrates. “You want to be able to trust the people that you’re surrounded by but we have to really be on alert at all time and that’s extremely upsetting when you feel like you can’t be in your own bedroom or bathroom.”\nJenner continued “I really feel bad for Kylie because there’s always somebody that’s trying to exploit a certain situation.” If as Kris ’s outfit suggests this scene was shot in late August the “certain situation” she’s referring to is almost certainly Kylie’s fertility. It’s seeming more and more likely that this is the most overt confirmation Keeping Up viewers will get—even if Kylie hasn’t already given birth her alleged due date is fast approaching. Now that this “special” episode has come and gone without an announcement it’s likely that Kylie will eventually break her silence to debut a baby not a baby bump.", "output": [ "Kris Jenner" ] }, { "id": "task419-bbbad5d811204c669e17c92a5694c3ca", "input": "In such a crowded field then the essential question is simple: Who has been the best hitter? As long as he has also played capably on defense he should get the award. Votto it is.\nLegacy should not matter in the voting but it offers a compelling backdrop: Washington’s Max Scherzer is seeking his third Cy Young Award and the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw his fourth. Kershaw should win but the margin is really close.\nScherzer has 26⅓ more innings than Kershaw — again heading into the weekend — and has allowed 14 more earned runs. That comes to a 4.78 E.R.A. So imagine that the pitchers had the same stats through 171 innings but Kershaw stopped and Scherzer continued — but was generally ineffective.\n Kershaw gets the edge but there is no wrong choice between the two. This much is certain: The two richest pitching contracts in N.L. history ($215 million for Kershaw $210 million for Scherzer) have been wise investments this season.", "output": [ "Kershaw Max Scherzer", "Scherzer" ] }, { "id": "task419-fd4a98a7f34a41c7b3c00f583490ef9c", "input": "Two weeks ago I reported that former Oklahoma City Police Department senior forensic analyst Elaine Taylor is the mother-in-law of Detective Rocky Gregory who co-led the investigation of former OCPD officer Daniel Holtzclaw. This information was not disclosed by police or prosecutors before during or after a biased investigation botched forensic analysis and testimony and chaotic trial that resulted in a 263-year sentence for Holtzclaw -- who has maintained his complete and actual innocence from the start and is appealing his convictions.\n2) How was Taylor assigned to the Daniel Holtzclaw case on which Det. Gregory served as co-lead sex-crimes unit investigator?\nSmith failed to answer how Taylor was assigned to the case. He did however admit that the \"administration of the OCPD was aware of the relationship between Elaine Taylor and Rocky Gregory.\" Yet the administration did not disclose this relationship to Holtzclaw 's defense team which was then denied an opportunity to cross-examine Taylor and Gregory about that relationship to impeach the witnesses by uncovering potential bias and prejudice against Holtzclaw .\nFinally Smith glibly asserted \"the forensic lab did not have a Holtzclaw case.\"\n1) Forensic analyst Elaine Taylor's son-in-law Det. Rocky Gregory interrogated Holtzclaw with Det. Davis on June 18 2014 just 14 hours after Holtzclaw pulled over Jannie Ligons at an end-of-shift traffic stop.\n2) Forensic analyst Elaine Taylor's son-in-law Det. Rocky Gregory mishandled and potentially contaminated the evidence bag used to store Holtzclaw 's uniform pants -- the linchpin forensic evidence examined and tested by his mother-in-law.\nAs forensic expert Dr. Michael Spence noted in a sworn affidavit supporting Holtzclaw 's motion for an evidentiary hearing:\n\"At the June 18 2014 interrogation of Officer Holtzclaw investigators secured the uniform pants at about 6:00 p.m. At the beginning of this process video footage showed Detective Gregory placing his bare hand into the evidence bag. The detective proceeded to push on the bottom of the bag -- in order to fully open it. Officer Holtzclaw could then be seen handling his utility belt his cell phone his pockets his wallet and his keys -- (SET ITAL) all prior (END ITAL) to unclasping his belt unzipping his fly and removing his pants. In addition to the obvious DNA transfer issues associated with this order of events both the belt and the pants collected from Officer Holtzclaw were placed in (SET ITAL) one bag (END ITAL). Consequently these items were stored together transported together and remained together until the moment that the lab analyst accessed the contents of the evidence bag.\"\n3) Forensic analyst Elaine Taylor's son-in-law Det. Rocky Gregory was present during the search of Holtzclaw 's car in the wake of Ligons' sexual assault allegation. All of the swabs taken from the car were submitted to the OCPD crime lab. In fact when Elaine Taylor called Det. Davis to ask a question about the swabs Det. Davis replied that she could not answer the questions because \"I did not ask for those swabs to be taken.\"\n4) Forensic analyst Elaine Taylor's son-in-law Det. Gregory was one of six participants in a meeting at the Springlake Division before Holtzclaw was taken to headquarters to be questioned about the Ligons stop.\n6) After Holtzclaw 's interrogation forensic analyst Elaine Taylor's son-in-law Det. Gregory accompanied Holtzclaw to his home where Det. Gregory failed to take key pieces of forensic evidence including Holtzclaw 's underwear (which Det. Gregory incorrectly assumed had been washed) and other uniforms.\n7) Richard Smith's denial that the crime lab handled a \"Holtzclaw case\" is contradicted by the lab's own assignment of just two case numbers -- SD14-273 and SD14-399 -- for all the evidence tested. Both lab case numbers list the defendant as \"Holtzclaw Daniel.\" Lab case No. SD14-273 combined evidence from several accusers' allegations under that one case beginning with Ligons' allegations and including DNA from nine other accusers (Terri Morris Sherry Ellis Florene Mathis Carla Johnson Rosetta Grate Kala Lyles Regina Copeland Adaira Gardner and Syrita Bowen) as well as DNA from Holtzclaw and his then-girlfriend Kerri Hunt.\n8) Forensic analyst Elaine Taylor's son-in-law Det. Gregory was one of 12 OCPD officials who executed a search warrant at 633 Culbertson Drive on Sept. 3 2014 the residence where accuser Rosetta Grate alleged Holtzclaw assaulted her and where she alleged she had left DNA evidence on the back of a chair and on a towel she claimed she left in a bedroom closet. Taylor conducted testing on evidence collected at this scene where her son-in-law who had earlier mishandled DNA evidence collection at Holtzclaw 's interrogation was present.\nIn other words Det. Gregory and Det. Davis supervised by Lt. Muzny consolidated the forensic evidence in the Morris and Ligons cases under 14-049050 (the case number assigned to Ligons' incident) since they were both \"related\" to Holtzclaw . As described previously the police submitted DNA from Ligons and nine other accusers under Ligons' lab case No. SD14-273. Police incident number 14-49050 (Ligons' case) is present on many evidence documents signed by Elaine Taylor (such as chain of custody forms for accusers' buccal swabs). This means that Taylor was well aware that numerous alleged victims were involved in No. 14-049050 -- not just Jannie Ligons.\nIn sum Det. Gregory was actively and intimately involved in the Holtzclaw investigation from day one including participating in a strategic meeting with higher-ups before Holtzclaw 's interrogation conducting the interrogation with Det. Davis overseeing the search of Holtzclaw 's vehicle and participating in the formulation of a photo lineup for accuser Ligons (which Det. Davis nixed). Det. Gregory personally collected and directly submitted DNA evidence in the Holtzclaw case to his mother-in-law and participated in a raid of a home where more DNA evidence in the Holtzclaw case was collected and submitted to his mother-in-law.\nTaylor's collaboration with the prosecution to emphasize that the DNA on Holtzclaw 's pants that she matched to accuser Adaira Gardner was most likely from vaginal fluid transfer \"not only contradicted the scientific results \" according to Dr. Spence but also \"defied the logic that wearers typically leave DNA on their frequently used garments.\" He further noted that the minuscule quantities of DNA mixtures found on Holtzclaw 's pants \"were quite consistent with the expected transfer of epithelial skin cells during incidental handling events.\"", "output": [ "Daniel Holtzclaw" ] }, { "id": "task419-b7015b70b3bc4d9a9cf239c4861d07af", "input": "Ralph Northam beat Ed Gillespie in the governor’s race 53.9 to 45 percent — by nearly nine points. Justin Fairfax beat Jill Vogel in the lieutenant governor’s race 52.7 to 47.3. And Mark Herring beat John Adams 53.3 to 46.7 percent.\nBy comparison Hillary Clinton won 52.8 percent of the two-party portion of the 2016 vote to Donald Trump’s 47.2 percent. Vogel and Adams were known as strong Trump supporters whereas Gillespie was known as an establishment Republican who tried to embrace Trumpism without talking about Trump. Vogel and Adams performed state-wide roughly the same as Trump did whereas Gillespie just got crushed. Gillespie only lost his 2014 Senate race to Warner by less than a percentage point.\nWhat does it mean that Gillespie performed not just worse than Trump and worse than he did in 2014 but worse than his top-of-the-ballot cohorts who were openly Trump-supportive? Many theories have been offered.\nSome say his attempt at fusionism failed and that you can’t be half a populist and expect voters to buy it. Others say he didn’t have the benefit of running against Clinton a candidate who managed to lose nationwide despite having so many resources supporting her. Others say it’s just Gillespie himself — a seasoned swamp lobbyist and establishment figure running for office at a time when voters have had enough of that sort. But Gillespie performed quite well with downstate traditional conservative Republican voters failing to resonate in his own homeland of Northern Virginia. He only did a tiny bit better than Trump in the heart of the swamp — Fairfax County. That’s Gillespie’s home county!\nNo matter the cause Gillespie didn’t do as well as Trump in a race where his running mate Vogel did slightly better than Trump had.\nIf Gillespie had won his race for the governorship and the Republicans kept the House of Delegates despite the lack of progress by Republicans who control the congressional and executive branches maybe there would be an argument for continuing in that vein. But with Democrats emboldened by their huge win in Virginia and a demoralized Republican base members of Congress are delusional if they think they can keep their jobs without passing tax reform repealing Obamacare and some other dramatic achievement.", "output": [ "Ed Gillespie" ] }, { "id": "task419-10a1bc4e29ac459db517a62ef7342fb8", "input": "Donald Trump and Chris Christie campaign in 2016. (Photo: John Minchillo AP)\nI recall Chris Christie’s first interview with our editorial board after he won the 2009 election. We asked what had changed in his life now that he was governor of New Jersey.\nMore: Chris Christie polishes his Trump brand as the swamp beckons\nMore: Chris Christie on the beach: New Jersey had a bad day why should he suffer?\nThe governor’s fight against opioid abuse won him national praise. But the standing ovation really should go to the Christie who pushed for drug courts treatment over incarceration and the near elimination of cash bail. No other governor could have done so much to right the scales of justice for minorities and low-income defendants. None of this is sexy to voters in national primaries which makes these initiatives so much more important in judging all that was Christie . He was capable of being a great leader.\nThen came Superstorm Sandy— the event that made Christie a national figure even as it pretty much set in motion everything that destroyed him. It fed his ego. The national attention he received in his blue fleece telling someone to get off the beach the bombast that was akin to a happy King Lear not howling at the wind but pushing the wind back. He seemed invincible.\nAfter Sandy Christie was a rising Republican star. Everything he did was now seen through a rosy prism. He was the Republican governor of a blue state getting things done. To be clear: New Jersey is neither blue nor red. It’s madras. Tom Kean Christie Whitman — Republicans had won statewide before. New Jersey wanted a reformer in 2009 and Christie seemed to fit that bill.\nThe most telling moment from Christie’s final State of the State address this month was a sentence he ad-libbed. The prepared text read: “We ran to be a Governor who did not just mark time. We ran to win and to be a Governor of consequence.” What Christie said during the speech was “I ran to win. I always ran to win. I ran to be a governor of consequence.”\nThat’s it in a nutshell. The fatal flaw. A chief executive consumed with winning who would assemble a team consumed with his winning. It explains more than anything how Bridgegate could come to pass how a smart politically savvy man like Christie could put so many of the wrong people in high-profile jobs. Did he know before the George Washington Bridge lane closures during the lane closures or shortly after the lane closures that created a massive four-day traffic jam? At this point it matters less than that he always knew too many people on his team were capable of being punitive petty and destructive in the cause of Christie winning.\n Christie tried to minimize the scandal. He wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on a whitewash report prepared by high-priced lawyers. He bled NJ Transit dry.\n He bullied. He baited. And just as Sandy had made him a star Bridgegate made him a pariah. Not all at once. But by the time he left New Jersey to raise money for Republican governors across the nation and then to openly pursue the presidency he was already failing in New Jersey.\nI once was as close to a Christie cheerleader as he could find in the New Jersey media. There was a time when I believed he was the real deal. He was funny well informed and enjoyed a vigorous debate on issues — at least off the record.\nThe brilliance of Christie remains somewhere inside him but he was not the greatest natural politician I will ever see. The greatest natural politician would never forget that he was entirely dependent on the charity of others — voters. Christie once told a young man at a town hall who asked how to get into politics that you first have to ask people for their votes. He said a candidate had to recognize that voters could choose anyone they wanted that receiving a vote was a gift.\nThe governor forgot that lesson or as his ratings tanked decided it no longer mattered. He became more important than anything. It was not about New Jersey winning but Christie winning.\nVoters elected Christie to serve until Jan. 16 2018 but he checked out on Election Day 2013.", "output": [ "Chris Christie Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-0dacca89a05a4083be0f818f4ab83e54", "input": "(CNN) Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said he aspires to a united Ireland based on \"cross-community support\" in remarks released on Tuesday the UK Press Association reported.\n\"In terms of a united Ireland our constitution is clear on this \" he said. \"Our constitution aspires to there being a united Ireland. I share that aspiration.\"\nBut Varadkar made clear that unity between Ireland and Northern Ireland -- which is part of the United Kingdom -- could come about only \"by consent.\"\n\"When it does come about I would like to see it command a degree of cross-community support \" he added.\nBuilding support for Irish unity across both Catholic and Protestant communities in Northern Ireland is \"a 50-year project \" Bew said. Varadkar 's remarks are \"a way of saying ... we don't want unity any time soon.\"\nWhatever his motivation Varadkar is likely to come under renewed fire from pro-unionist parties in Northern Ireland.\nIn the days before the border deal was brokered Varadkar and his government were accused of exploiting the negotiations to forward their ambitions for a united Ireland. Varadkar was insisting that talks should not progress until London committed to preventing a \"hard\" border.", "output": [ "Leo Varadkar" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a8325f8de504403be364ae916460e77", "input": "Travis Kalanick has to get Uber's bet on self-driving cars right.\n\"It starts with understanding that the world is going to go self-driving and autonomous \" he told Business Insider in an interview.\n\"So if that's happening what would happen if we weren't a part of that future? If we weren't part of the autonomy thing? Then the future passes us by basically in a very expeditious and efficient way \" he said.\nThese are big bold and aggressive moves characteristic of the Uber that has already changed how millions get around in cities across the globe. But they also show the growing existential threat that Kalanick feels if his company doesn't wake up to the impending revolution in transportation.\nAnd he 's not willing to cede any ground to giants with hundreds of billions of dollars in the bank like Apple or Google.\n\"If we are not tied for first then the person who is in first or the entity that's in first then rolls out a ride-sharing network that is far cheaper or far higher-quality than Uber's then Uber is no longer a thing \" Kalanick said.\nBusiness Insider spoke to Kalanick about what an Uber that relies on self-driving cars looks like — and what will happen to all of those drivers who tote people around if this is its future.\n Kalanick : I think it starts with understanding that the world is going to go self-driving and autonomous. Because well a million fewer people are going to die a year. Traffic in all cities will be gone. Significantly reduced pollution and trillions of hours will be given back to people — quality of life goes way up. Once you go \"All right there's a lot of upsides there\" and you have folks like the folks in Mountain View [California ] a few different companies working hard on this problem this thing is going to happen.\n Kalanick : That is the trillion-dollar question and I wish I had an answer for you on that one but I don't. What I know is that I can't be wrong. Right? I have to make sure that I'm ready when it's ready or that I'm making it ready. So I have to be tied for first at the least.\n Kalanick : No I don't. I think we're catching up. Look at some of the folks and how long they've been working on it. Lots of respect for an area that they've pioneered and we've got to do some catch-up. And that's OK but it means we gotta wake up early and we're going to bed late.\n Kalanick : Isn't that the thing? [Laughs] I could give you self-driving nirvana if it's in the desert there's no oncoming traffic and there are no pedestrians. I can do it right now. The problem is I don't think I could take you anywhere that you wanted to go. [Laughs] So that's just the state of technology.\n Kalanick : Well it's not about whether I think it is — it's that it has to be. So if we are not tied for first then the person who is in first or the entity that's in first then rolls out a ride-sharing network that is far cheaper or far higher-quality than Uber's then Uber is no longer a thing.\n Kalanick : I wish I had the exact timeline. If you had the exact timeline then it would mean everything was deterministic that you knew exactly what needed to be built and you could sort of logically figure it out. That is not the case. We just don't know all the things. There are still things to be invented. But this is a years thing not a decade thing. But how many? Shoot I don't know but I'm going to be hustling to get it out there.\n Kalanick : The first part is that the timescale is pretty long. We've got income opportunities today and we got ways of serving the city today. That's part 1.\n Kalanick : It'll be city by city but I promise you we will go to all of them.", "output": [ "Travis Kalanick" ] }, { "id": "task419-12bf53737c10469ba9e1dd89b6438403", "input": "We know President Donald Trump during the campaign publicly encouraged the Russians to hack and release Hillary Clinton's emails. We know he referenced the WikiLeaks email dump 145 times in the closing days of the campaign. We also know that Donald Trump Jr. Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort met with Russians in June 2016 with the promise of \"dirt\" on Hillary Clinton and we have learned that campaign adviser George Papadopoulos had extensive contacts with Russian officials that included discussion of \"dirt\" on Clinton. To say that there is no evidence of collusion then would be one more big lie in a series of big lies the administration has deployed to defend itself in the Russia investigation that threatens to sink this presidency.\n\"Trump's eldest son exchanged private messages with WikiLeaks during the presidential campaign at the same time the website was publishing hacked emails from Democratic officials according to correspondence made public Monday. Donald Trump Jr. did not respond to many of the notes which were sent using the direct message feature on Twitter. But he alerted senior advisers on his father's campaign including his brother-in-law Jared Kushner according to two people familiar with the exchanges.\nEven more directly Donald Trump Jr. was urged to have his father tweet a link to the leaked email:\nHowever at bottom this is also a political question namely whether Trump's conduct violated his oath of office and whether he abused the powers of the presidency to protect himself from embarrassment. Republican tribalists likely will never reach that conclusion but a member of Congress viewing in good faith all this evidence in context (plus Trump 's attacks on the courts and press his compulsive lying and his refusal to protect the country against further Russian interference) could — and I would suggest should — reach a different result. Surely if Hillary Clinton were president the Republicans would have already commenced impeachment proceedings.\n Donald Trump 's biggest flaw: He 's not that bright", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-e71ff9b1008d4bf8924c2beec201f68e", "input": "Biles now 20 called Nassar's behavior \"completely unacceptable disgusting and abusive especially from someone whom I was told to trust.\" She joins a list of high-profile gymnasts who have come out against Nassar including six-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman 2012 all-around champion Gabby Douglas and two-time Olympic medalist McKayla Maroney.\nLike her Olympic teammates Biles detailed abuse by Nassar that he disguised as treatment.\n\"It is impossibly difficult to relive these experiences and it breaks my heart even more to think that as I work towards my dream of competing in Tokyo 2020 I will have to continually return to the same training facility where I was abused \" Biles wrote.\n Biles says she initially wondered if she was to blame.\n\"For too long I've asked myself 'Was I too naive? Was it may fault?'\" Biles wrote. \"I now know the answer to those questions. No. No. It was not my fault. No I will not and should not carry the guilt that belongs to Larry Nassar USAG and others.\"\nUSA Gymnastics said in a statement it is \"heartbroken sorry and angry\" that Biles and other athletes were harmed by Nassar.\nThat's not far enough for some. Raisman has urged the organization to remove chairman of the board Paul Parilla among others. Biles like Raisman wants USA Gymnastics to take a deeper look at the conditions that allowed Nassar's behavior to run unchecked for so long.\n\"We need to know why this was able to take place for so long and to so many of us \" Biles said. \"We need to make sure something like this never happens again.\"", "output": [ "Nassar Simone Biles", "Biles" ] }, { "id": "task419-96b1e27c067f4f33a96670dd769fcd0a", "input": "The attempts to curtail testimony to congressional investigators became clear this week when former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon appeared before the House Intelligence Committee and infuriated both sides of the aisle by refusing to answer questions about his work during the presidential transition and in the White House.\nAt some points during Bannon 's six hours of closed-door testimony his attorney took breaks to confer via telephone with the White House counsel's office to clarify what questions could be answered and came back with the same guidance: Bannon could not discuss any activities related to the transition or his tenure in the White House.\n Bannon 's team negotiated ground rules with the White House counsel's office the week prior to his appearance before the House Intelligence Committee according to a source familiar with the situation.\nThe President's personal legal team was aware of discussions between the White House counsel's office and Bannon 's lawyer about protecting a possible privilege claim. But it wasn't their decision according to a person familiar with the discussions. The protection of the privilege is a matter for the White House not the President's legal team because it relates to the office.\nBefore the hearing Bannon 's lawyer informed a staff member of Rep. Devin Nunes the California Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee that Bannon planned to claim executive privilege on topics beyond the presidential campaign a source said.\nBut that information was apparently tightly held. \"It caught me personally by surprise\" that Bannon asserted executive privilege said Rep. Mike Conaway the Texas Republican leading the committee's Russia investigation.\nSouth Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy and Florida Rep. Tom Rooney the other two Republicans leading the Russia probe along with Conaway also said they weren't aware of any agreement between the White House and committee staff about the scope of Bannon 's testimony.\n\"They wouldn't do that because I'd ask what I think is relevant to ask and if you've got a legal privilege you can assert it \" Gowdy said adding that Bannon was in a \"legally indefensible position.\"\nAs it became clear on Tuesday that Bannon was refusing to answer questions the committee served him with a subpoena to compel him to divulge additional information.\nBut the scope of what Bannon was claiming was privileged shocked members from both parties.\n\" His version of executive privilege is it covers the transition the time he was at the White House and covers time forever \" Gowdy told Fox News Wednesday. \"That is no one's definition of executive privilege.\"\nLawmakers were also offended that Bannon had already divulged details about some of his post-campaign activities in Michael Wolff's explosive book \"Fire and Fury \" but then refused to discuss those events with the committee. Bannon 's attorney also informed members that he would in fact answer those questions when he meets with special counsel Robert Mueller's team because executive privilege doesn't apply to Mueller's investigation.\nDemocrats charge that Bannon 's appearance before the House committee marks the broadest attempt so far at using privilege to shield events that occurred from the moment Trump was elected.\nRepublicans haven't ruled out the possibility of holding Bannon in contempt but at least one GOP member -- Gowdy -- suggested it was unlikely.\nHouse Speaker Paul Ryan downplayed the issue of whether witnesses like Bannon might be abusing the bounds of executive privilege.\nStill Bannon 's stonewalling sparked a sharp warning from Conaway -- the Republican leading the House Russia probe -- to White House aides who might follow the Bannon model: \"We're going to insist on getting questions we need to answer our report.\"", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-2c54dd2191fb46c9a15a7552f2f1995d", "input": "Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Tim Murphy who reportedly encouraged a woman with whom he admitted to having an affair with to have an abortion won’t seek re-election according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.\nIn a series of text messages obtained by the Post-Gazette Edwards criticized Murphy for a pro-life statement posted on his official Facebook page.\n“And you have zero issue posting your pro-life stance all over the place when you had no issue asking me to abort our unborn child just last week when we thought that was one of the options ” Edwards wrote to Murphy in a January text amid what the Post-Gazette called “an unfounded pregnancy scare.”\n Murphy appeared to acknowledge the claim writing in response “I get what you say about my [March for Life] messages.”\nAfter the report’s publication many characterized Murphy as a hypocrite for privately disavowing his public pro-life position.\n Murphy 65 is married and has an adult daughter.\nIn a statement to Pittsburgh’s KDKA-TV following the Post-Gazette’s report Murphy said he has “come to the decision that I will not seek re-election to Congress at the end of my current term.”\n He said he wants to spend his remaining time in office “on mental health care reform as well as issues affecting working families in southwestern Pennsylvania.”\n“In the coming weeks I will take personal time to seek help as my family and I continue to work through our personal difficulties and seek healing ” he added. “I ask you to respect our privacy during this time.”", "output": [ "Tim Murphy" ] }, { "id": "task419-20dbf24cb24b46149dde243789b293ed", "input": "Lincoln-Way East defensive end Devin O'Rourke knew the significance of stopping Homewood-Flossmoor from scoring on its first series of the second half.\nWith O'Rourke leading the charge East forced H-F into a three-and-out and the offense responded with two straight scores for a 29-7 SouthWest Suburban win in Flossmoor.\n\"The defense knew it had to stop them \" O'Rourke said. \"We did that and the offense came up with the score. This is the best defense I've played on.\"\nThe 6-foot-6 250-pound O'Rourke not only was a force on defense the Northwestern recruit provided the offensive line with some firepower when he substituted in at right tackle.\n O'Rourke hadn't played on the offensive line since his freshman year. He's more than willing to step in when needed.\n\"I'm used to attacking on defense \" O'Rourke said. \"It's been a little different blocking. It's a little tiring going both ways but it's fun when we score and celebrate.\"\nMax Cesario Sam Broda Dylan Shelton and O'Rourke had seven tackles each for the Griffins. Shelton O'Rourke and Pedersen recorded sacks.", "output": [ "Devin O'Rourke" ] }, { "id": "task419-e450fc76cdb54b6fb6ccbd4e86bb2053", "input": "Baltimore's police commissioner asked the FBI on Friday to take over an investigation into the fatal shooting of a city homicide detective on the eve of his scheduled testimony to a federal grand jury looking into alleged police corruption.\n Commissioner Kevin Davis made the request a day after a U.S. District Court grand jury in Baltimore indicted former Sgt. Wayne Jenkins on charges of duping colleague Sean Suiter in 2010 into \"discovering\" drug evidence Jenkins had planted in a car.\n Davis said police the FBI and federal prosecutors don't believe there's a connection between Suiter's planned testimony and his death Nov. 15.\n Davis suggested at a news conference however that the FBI and U.S. attorney's office haven't been forthcoming with information that could help his investigators in probing Suiter's shooting.\n\"Right now there is no DNA evidence or other forensic evidence — blood etc. — that identifies the perpetrator \" Davis said.\n\"The circumstances surrounding Detective Suiter's killing are significantly complicated by the fact that he was to appear before a federal grand jury the following day \" Davis wrote in a letter Friday to FBI Director Christopher Wray. \"I am growing increasingly uncomfortable that my homicide detectives do not know all of the facts known to the FBI or USAO that could if revealed to us assist in furthering this murder investigation.\"\n Davis has said he didn't know about Suiter's scheduled testimony until nearly a week after his death and that he learned of the latest indictment of Jenkins at the same time as the media.\n Davis said his department is continuing to run down leads in Suiter's killing and is not ruling out anything including homicide by a still-unknown person suicide or a conspiracy.\n\"We will follow the evidence where the evidence goes. ... We are not going to discount any possibility whatsoever \" he said.\nAt the same time Davis distinguished between \"probabilities\" and \"possibilities \" and repeatedly referred to Suiter's death as a \"murder.\" He also said as he had in the past that physical evidence including a garbled radio transmission from Suiter that ended with the sound of a gunshot and the condition of the detective's clothing indicates he was engaged in a struggle before he died.\nPolice have said Suiter and his partner were in a crime-ridden neighborhood seeking information involving a 2016 triple homicide when Suiter approached the suspicious man in a vacant lot leading to a confrontation in which he was shot in the head. His partner can be seen on private surveillance video taking cover across the street according to Davis .\nWith no arrests in the case despite a $215 000 reward and a churning rumor mill about the death and the investigation Davis said he also sought to address public concerns.\n\"I understand the anxiety and folks say 'Something just doesn't jive here.' ... So in the best interest of the integrity of the investigation I just believe it's the right thing to do to ask the FBI to assume the lead \" Davis said.", "output": [ "Kevin Davis" ] }, { "id": "task419-cabb59bf4b584a45a0cd8e51218edb5c", "input": "Robert Dudley who will replace Tony Hayward on Oct. 1 promised changes in light of the environmental disaster. \"There's no question we are going to learn things from this investigation of the incident \" he said.\n Hayward has some sympathy in his native Britain where many pensions rely on BP stock and some consider U.S. outrage at the company to be over the top. A recurring theme in newspaper editorials and discussions among many Britons is that there simply wasn't much one man could do in the face of relentless American wrath.\n \"BP sends Tony Hayward to Siberia to appease US \" read a headline in the Guardian.\n Hayward who will stay on BP's board until Nov. 30 will receive a year's salary of 1.045 million pounds (US$1.6 million) as part of his severance package. His pension benefits are valued at about 11 million pounds (US$16.8 million) and he retains his rights to shares under a long-term performance program that could eventually be worth several million pounds if BP's share price recovers.\n Hayward said it was right that BP embark on its next phase under new leadership and expressed his condolences for the families of the workers killed in the explosion.\n \"The Gulf of Mexico explosion was a terrible tragedy for which -- as the man in charge of BP when it happened -- I will always feel a deep responsibility regardless of where blame is ultimately found to lie \" he said.\n President Barack Obama who once said he would fire Hayward if he could discussed the change in BP's leadership with Svanberg on Monday Gibbs said Tuesday. No details about the conversation were released.\n Dudley spent some of his childhood in Mississippi and worked for 20 years at Amoco Corp. which merged with BP in 1998. He lost out to Hayward on the CEO slot three years ago.\nHayward if he could discussed the change in BP's leadership with Svanberg on Monday Gibbs said Tuesday. No details about the conversation were released.\n \"Our concern is not who heads BP \" Gibbs said. \"Mr. Hayward is leaving. The key is that BP can't leave and should not leave the Gulf. ... They have obligations and responsibilities as the responsible party in this instance that have to be met regardless of who the CEO is.\"", "output": [ "Tony Hayward" ] }, { "id": "task419-2a04a9136a6d41bf9d4e1073dc4f5e5e", "input": "Lewandowski and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Rick Dearbon’s interviews with the House Intelligence Committee come after ex-White House chief strategist Steve Bannon met with congressional investigators for almost 12 hours on Tuesday.\n Lewandowski said on Fox Business Network's \"Mornings with Maria\" Wednesday that he was not instructed by the White House to withhold any information.\n\"I'll tell you anything \" Lewandowski said.\n Lewandowski who led the Trump campaign for almost two years through the Republican primaries said they welcomed the “opportunity” to testify before the committee.\n“Steve was [with the campaign] for a short period of time. I was there almost two years every day next to the candidate next to President Trump ” Lewandowski said on Fox News Channel's “Outnumbered Overtime” Tuesday. “Never ever ever did we coordinate or cooperate or collude with any Russians.”\n Lewandowski told Fox News that he would “answer every question truthfully honestly to the best of my ability and the best of my recollection.”\n“But because I have nothing to hide I’m looking forward to this opportunity help finally bring this to a close ” he said.\n Lewandowski added that he hopes Democrats come to a “realization” that there was no Trump-Russia collusion.", "output": [ "Corey Lewandowski", "Lewandowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-73bd515249244148a9ed420a0c3accf9", "input": "In what has been dubbed the biggest loan fraud in India’s history the No. 2 state-run lender PNB (PNBK.NS) has alleged that two employees at a Mumbai branch colluded with firms linked to well-known jewelers Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi.\nA lawyer for Modi has denied his client was involved in any fraud. Choksi has not commented but his firm Gitanjali Gems (GTGM.NS) has also denied involvement in the alleged fraud.\nSeparately PNB said a news report that it had approached the global accounting firm PwC to conduct a probe into the alleged fraud that would help it build a case against Nirav Modi and his associates was “totally incorrect”.\nBollywood actor Priyanka Chopra who also stars in the U.S. television series “Quantico” terminated her contract as the brand ambassador for Nirav Modi’s eponymous high-end diamond jeweler stores which stretch from New York to Beijing her spokesman said.", "output": [ "Nirav Modi" ] }, { "id": "task419-66237c7db8ec43b8992cee81ab17dc7f", "input": "FILE - This is a Thursday Aug. 31 2017. file photo of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker left as he welcomes former British Prime Minister Tony Blair prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. Blair on Thursday Jan. 4 2018 was pressing his view that voters should be given a chance to re-think Brexit once plans for Britain’s departure from the European Union are clear. (Virginia Mayo File/Associated Press)\nLONDON — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is pressing his long-held view that voters should be given a chance to re-think Brexit once plans for Britain’s departure from the European Union are clear.\n Blair said Thursday that the Labour Party he led for 13 years should be actively challenging Brexit rather than going along with plans laid out by Prime Minister Theresa May and her Conservative Party allies.\n Blair and other opponents argue that voters should be able to review these terms and decide whether to go ahead rather than be bound by the 2016 referendum which saw Britons back Brexit by a four-point margin.\n“I’m simply saying one very very simple thing which is that in 2016 you knew you wanted to get out of the European Union but you didn’t see the terms of the alternative relationship ” Blair told the BBC radio. “If when you see those terms you think it is better to stick with Europe you are entitled to have that say.”\nIn an article on his website Blair said Labour should challenge May every week at prime minister’s question time by asking why the Conservatives are “weakening our country.” That approach is only credible he said if Labour is clearly opposed to Brexit.\n Blair ’s political stock fell dramatically with public opposition to his decision to join the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and there are no indications that his opposition to Brexit is gaining traction within the party which has moved sharply to the left since making Corbyn its leader in 2105.", "output": [ "Tony Blair" ] }, { "id": "task419-c3105885277b4b7bb2d5fd5a94c209d9", "input": "And yet , as just about everyone with internet access is now aware , Texas Sen. Ted Cruz , a Republican presidential candidate in 2016 , appeared to have liked a pornographic video on Twitter overnight . \nWe do n't know for sure it was Cruz himself who did the \"liking\" -- as the senator explained this morning , \"There are a number of people on the team that have access to the account and it appears that someone inadvertently hit the like button .\" \nBelow Cruz discusses the scene -LRB- that is , the one inside the court -RRB- with CNN 's Jake Tapper . \nJUST WATCHED Ted Cruz on watching porn with Justice O'Connor Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Ted Cruz on watching porn with Justice O'Connor 01:38 . \nBut that conversation , and others surrounding his book , did n't come close to being the first time Cruz happily discussed pornography on camera . \nIn February 2016 , during the Republican primary season , the Cruz campaign posted a web video featuring an actress who had appeared in erotic films . \nAsked by some unknown interviewer about his life 's ambitions , the young Cruz pauses for effect , then announces : \"Well my aspiration is to , oh I do n't know , be in a teen tit film like that guy who played Horatio . \n-LRB- Politico guessed Cruz was referencing 1986 's The Malibu Bikini Shop . -RRB- \n\"It happened that one of the actresses who was there had a more colorful film history than we were aware ,\" Cruz told reporters on the trail . \nCruz 's talents would send him in other directions . \nCruz did not appear in the scrubbed campaign clip , but he has spoken -- and written -- at some length about another unlikely run-in with the adult film industry . \nThis was years ago , when Cruz was a clerk on the high court for the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist . \nAs Cruz recalled it in his memoir , O'Connor , Rehnquist , and their respective clerks gathered for an exhibition -- as it related to a case they were considering on the regulation of online porn -- in a small room .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-3400bbab64554ca5875c82d988c64c47", "input": "It was Petty who hired Wallace last October to drive his famous No. 43 stock car making him the first black driver to race regularly at NASCAR’s top level since Scott in 1971. In fact Scott had been the only African-American to race regularly at NASCAR’s top level.\nWhen Almirola then Petty’s driver was injured last season Wallace replaced him for four races doing better in each race. Petty had hired Wallace before Almirola even jumped to Stewart-Haas Racing in the offseason taking Danica Patrick’s spot.\nPetty said he hired Wallace because of his vast potential not his skin color. But diversity is important to NASCAR which is trying to appeal to younger fans to fortify sagging TV ratings and live attendance. Essentially Wallace replaced Patrick who wrecked Sunday in what she said would be her last NASCAR race finishing 35th.\nPatrick never finished in the top five in 191 top-series races but Wallace can top that now. He received a good-luck call before the race from Hammerin’ Hank Aaron. The four-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton who is black also tweeted his best wishes.\n“Luckily I was sitting down when I was replying to him ” Wallace said Sunday of Hamilton. “I think I was taking a golf cart ride out to an appearance and I replied back. Really cool and really special for Hank Aaron also to call right there before was really special and just knowing that people are tuning in and hopefully noticing the new face and the new change that's coming to NASCAR and they get behind it and support it. Just exciting.”\nEven before he finished third in a qualifying race Thursday Wallace was a popular person around Daytona. He then ran near the front all afternoon in a race that was splotched by three big wrecks. Wallace avoided them all and won a joust with Denny Hamlin to finish second.\nThe next race is Sunday at Atlanta an event that is much less prestigious than Daytona. But NASCAR appears to have some traction. Dillon 27 is one of several emerging young drivers but Wallace has a unusual background for a stock-car driver. He tweeted last year “You’re not going to stop hearing about `the black driver’ for years.”\nOn Sunday he said “I'm really looking forward to Atlanta. Don't know what the hell we'll have there because it's all new for us. I know this will carry over to Atlanta and be good.”", "output": [ "Bubba Wallace", "Wallace" ] }, { "id": "task419-abb5799624b24b5095088641d722aef4", "input": "SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Latest on Tiger Woods ’ second round at the Farmers Insurance Open (all times local):\nFor the first time in 29 months Tiger Woods is playing the weekend on the PGA Tour.\n Woods rallied with four birdies on his back nine of the North Course at Torrey Pines none bigger than the last one. He was one shot out of the cut line when he reached the far right side of the green on the par-5 ninth hole some 75 feet away. Needing two putts for a birdie he lagged it beautifully to a few feet short and tapped in for a 1-under 71.\nAs soon as Tiger Woods got inside the cut line he dropped back outside of it when he bogeyed the par-3 No. 8 at Torrey Pines North his second-to-last hole of the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open.\n Woods ’ tee shot was badly hit and came up short. His chip didn’t bite and rolled past the cup and onto the fringe. He chose to putt from there and the ball stopped about 3 1/2 feet short. He made his second putt for a par that dropped him back to even with one hole to play.\n Tiger Woods got inside the cut line with a birdie on his 16th hole of the day and went to 1-under for the first time in the first two rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.\n Woods shot an even-par 72 on the South Course on Thursday.\nTiger Woods saved par on No. 6 at Torrey Pines North toward the end of his round to remain at even par in the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open.\n Woods shot an even-par 72 on the South Course on Thursday. The North Course used to be easier than the South but was toughened up during a recent renovation.\nAfter making his first birdie of the round on the first hole of his back nine at Torrey Pines North Tiger Woods has shot par on three straight holes in the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.\n Woods made the turn at 2-over 38 thanks in large part to a double-bogey on the par-4 No. 13 before making birdie on the par-4 No. 1.\n Woods is in danger of missing the cut in his season debut on the PGA Tour.\n Woods is returning after fusion surgery on his lower back last April his fourth back operation in three years. When he tried to return after a 16-month break last year at Torrey Pines he missed the cut.\n Tiger Woods got off to a bad start in the second round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines and things got even worse leaving him in danger of missing the cut.\n Woods made the turn at 2-over 38 Friday on the North Course which was toughened up during a recent renovation.\n Woods ’ first shot of the day was a drive on the 536-yard par-5 No. 10 that went 65 yards left of the fairway. He laid up in the rough hit to 35 feet and took a par on what is considered a birdie hole.", "output": [ "Tiger Woods" ] }, { "id": "task419-748023154f2b4d9580b91c9edf3c8332", "input": "Six years ago the contested story of Sen. Elizabeth Warren's Native American heritage began its rise from local newspapers to national headlines and eventually into presidential speeches and Twitter feeds.\nOn Wednesday Warren raised the subject herself — not budging from the story she has relayed for years — in a surprise speech to the National Congress of American Indians.\nAnd I want to make something clear. I respect that distinction. I understand that tribal membership is determined by tribes — and only by tribes. I never used my family tree to get a break or get ahead. I never used it to advance my career ” Warren said.\nThe stories she grew up with are real Warren said which is what she has regularly said on the matter. There is no known documentation of Warren ’s Native American ancestry (though somewhere in the 2012 back-and-forth a genealogist estimated Warren was 1/32 Cherokee) but the senator has steadfastly argued that she was raised on stories of Native American family members and this is what she knows to be her family's heritage.\n Warren has been adamant about the pride she feels to be Native American — though the topic has dogged her politically. At the event a days-long policy summit in Washington D.C. attended by a wide range of tribal leaders Warren described her dedication to fight against the “country’s disrespect of Native people.”\n“For far too long your story has been pushed aside to be trotted out only in cartoons and commercials ” she said.\n Warren used President Donald Trump’s nickname for her Pocahontas as an example of the disrespect.\nThe questions began however four years earlier. At the time the Republican incumbent senator of Massachusetts Scott Brown was up against Warren for the senate seat. He brought up Warren ’s undocumented claim of Native American heritage in a debate and asserted that she’d been using it to get ahead in jobs.\nThe main evidence of Warren ’s use of her heritage was to list herself as a minority in a legal directory in the 1980s and 90s. She was later described as the only minority female faculty member at Harvard Law School in a 1996 survey report on diversity.\n Warren has repeatedly denied that she ever used it to advance her career. “All I can say is I busted my tail as a teacher. I am qualified for my job \" she said in 2012.\nOn her family Warren said “They’re gone but the love they shared the struggles they endured the family they built and the story they lived will always be a part of me. And no one — not even the president of the United States — will ever take that part of me away.”", "output": [ "Elizabeth Warren" ] }, { "id": "task419-073bea0494c04523871d4c74e8c4be73", "input": "FILE - This Dec. 12 2017 file photo shows Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich speaking with members of the media during a news conference at the team's NFL football training facility in Philadelphia. The Indianapolis Colts have hired Reich as their new head coach. Team officials made the announcement Sunday Feb. 11 2018. Reich is expected to be introduced at a news conference Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke file) (Photo: The Associated Press)\nAnd Frank Reich has the Super Bowl championship gear to prove it.\nFive days after New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels reneged on a deal to take the Colts' job Ballard hired Reich the man who outwitted McDaniels last week and helped lead the Philadelphia Eagles to their first NFL title since 1960.\n\" Frank is a leader of men who will demand excellence from our players on and off the field \" Ballard said in a statement released Sunday. \"I look forward to working with Frank to deliver a championship-caliber team to the city of Indianapolis.\"\nTerms of the deal were not immediately available but Reich is expected to be introduced at a news conference Tuesday.\nColts officials posted a photo of Reich signing the deal on the team's website.\nBy hiring Reich another touted offensive coordinator and a potential leading candidate next season only added another chapter to the long and bitter series.\nAnd the Colts already have three assistants on Reich 's staff — probable defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus Mike Phair and Dave DeGuglielmo. All three agreed to join McDaniels' staff in Indy and have been promised by Ballard that they will remain on the staff.\n Reich meanwhile returns to the franchise where he started his coaching career as an intern in 2006. He was named an offensive assistant in 2008 succeeded Jim Caldwell as quarterbacks coach the next season and became receivers coach in 2011.\nIn 2012 he coached the receivers in Arizona and then was hired as San Diego's quarterbacks coach in 2013. The Chargers promoted him to offensive coordinator in 2014 where he stayed until joining the Eagles in 2016.\n Reich may be best known however for rallying the Buffalo Bills from a 35-3 deficit to a 41-38 overtime victory over the Houston Oilers in January 1993 — the biggest comeback in playoff history.\n\" Frank Reich was with me at the end of my tenure with the Colts \" Hall of Fame coach Tony Dungy wrote on Twitter. \"He has a creative offensive mind. He's a great communicator and a high quality person. The Colts are in great hands.\"\n Reich graduated from the University of Maryland where he was a backup to Boomer Esiason. He won the starting quarterback job as a senior and spent 14 seasons in the NFL playing for Buffalo Carolina the New York Jets and Detroit.", "output": [ "Frank Reich" ] }, { "id": "task419-c390ba9c9b0349b5afb0012484a6f117", "input": "In court Friday morning Flynn 's only comments were to answer yes and no to questions from the judge. He told the judge he has not been coerced to plead guilty or been promised a specific sentence. Flynn faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison according to federal sentencing guidelines though the judge Friday morning stressed he could impose a harsher or lighter sentence.\nIn a statement Flynn said he acknowledged that his actions \"were wrong and through my faith in God I am working to set things right.\n Flynn 's plea agreement stipulates that he 'll cooperate with federal state or even local investigators in any way Mueller's office might need according to a document filed in court Friday. He could also be required to participate in covert law enforcement operations (such as wearing a wire) if asked or share details of his past dealings with the Trump transition and administration.\nThe agreement adds that Mueller's office won't prosecute Flynn for additional crimes they outlined in his statement of offense Friday such as his misreported foreign lobbying filings about his work for Turkey. If other prosecutors outside the special counsel's office such as US attorneys or state law enforcement wanted to charge Flynn with alleged crimes they still could and he 's not protected if he lies to investigators again in the future or breaks the terms of his plea agreement.\nJUST WATCHED What Trump has said about Michael Flynn Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH What Trump has said about Michael Flynn 01:33\nIn court prosecutors detailed calls made by Flynn in late December 2016 to the senior Trump transition team at Mar-a-Lago to discuss conversations with Kislyak. There were multiple conversations with the transition while he was having conversations with Kisyak about Russia sanctions and the Russian response.\nAccording to a statement of offense filed in court Flynn conducted several calls with senior officials on the Trump transition team about his discussions with Kislyak related to US sanctions of Russia.\n Flynn and Trump advisers discussed US sanctions three times. The first call discussed the potential impact on the \"incoming administration's foreign policy goals \" according to the court filing from which details were partially read during Flynn 's plea hearing.\n Flynn then called Kislyak to ask that Russia not respond too harshly to US sanctions the statement of offense said. He told a Trump transition official about that call. Russia responded by choosing not to retaliate to the sanctions.\nKT McFarland was a senior transition official at Mar-a-Lago who was described as discussing with Flynn what if anything to communicate to the Russian ambassador about US sanctions according to sources familiar with the matter. McFarland was not named in the document but sources confirmed she was one of the transition officials described in the court filings.\nMcFarland met with Mueller investigators recently to answer questions about Flynn according to the sources.\nAccording to the special counsel charges McFarland and Flynn talked about the potential impact of the sanctions on the incoming Trump administration's foreign policy and that the transition team did not want Russia to escalate the situation.\nThe bulk of the back-and-forth calls from Flynn to the Russian ambassador and to Trump advisers happened around December 29 while the advisers were at Mar-a-Lago in Florida.\n Flynn lied to investigators about these calls with the ambassador according to his guilty plea and the criminal statement of offense.\nThe charging document states that Flynn made a false statement to the FBI when he stated that in December 2016 he did not ask Kislyak \"to refrain from escalating the situation in response to sanctions that the United States had imposed against Russia that same day; and Flynn did not recall the Russian ambassador subsequently telling him that Russia had chosen to moderate its response to those sanctions as a result of his request.\"\nThe document also says that Flynn falsely said he did not ask Kislyak to delay the vote on a pending United Nations Security Council resolution.", "output": [ "Michael Flynn Jr.", "Michael" ] }, { "id": "task419-91831ed781c64fc296e078bafc7026fa", "input": "JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli media reported Wednesday that one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's closest confidants has turned state witness and will incriminate him in corruption allegations the latest in a dizzying series of developments that threaten to topple the beleaguered Israeli leader.\nFilber the former director of the Communications Ministry under Netanyahu is under arrest on suspicion of promoting regulation worth hundreds of millions of dollars to Israel's Bezeq telecom company. In return Bezeq's popular news site Walla allegedly provided favorable coverage of Netanyahu and his family.\nThe reports came shortly after another bombshell allegation that a different confidant attempted to bribe a judge in exchange for dropping a corruption case against Netanyahu 's wife. Nir Hefetz a longtime media adviser to Netanyahu and his family remains in custody.\nThe prime minister who held the communications portfolio until last year has not yet been named a suspect though he may soon be questioned. Netanyahu has denied all the charges calling them part of a media-orchestrated witch hunt that has swept up the police and prosecution as well and has vowed to carry on.\nStill the string of accusations appears to be taking its toll. Senior Cabinet ministers from his ruling Likud party who until just recently have marched out dutifully to defend him have largely gone silent. Netanyahu himself appeared ashen in a video released late Tuesday calling the claims \"total madness.\"\nAluf Benn editor-in-chief of the Haaretz daily wrote Wednesday that \"these are the final days of Benjamin Netanyahu 's rule.\"\nOther leading columnists suggested that if Filber told all he knew Netanyahu was probably more worried about avoiding prison than staying in office.\nFilber is one of the closest people to Netanyahu a loyal aide dating back to when Netanyahu first took office in 1996. Netanyahu 's former chief of staff Ari Harow has also signed a state witness settlement in which he agreed to testify against his former mentor. The collapse of Netanyahu 's inner circle has spawned rampant speculation that he may step down in return for a deal that offers him amnesty.\n\"The Netanyahu era is over \" he said. \"These are not easy days. Netanyahu 's personal battle for survival has been accompanied by the corrupting of the public service and the harming of the free press.\"\nThe latest probes come days after police announced that there was sufficient evidence to indict Netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust in two separate cases.\nAttorney General Avihai Mandelblit a Netanyahu appointee will make the final decision on whether to file charges — a process that is expected to take several months.\n Netanyahu is accused of receiving lavish gifts from Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer. In return police say Netanyahu operated on Milchan's behalf on U.S. visa matters legislated a tax break and connected him with an Indian businessman.\nIn the second case Netanyahu is accused of offering a newspaper publisher legislation that would weaken his paper's main rival in return for more favorable coverage.", "output": [ "Benjamin Netanyahu" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e54bf1afe5549f4b76c6474d251f70d", "input": "It's easy to forget that a phrase that has become so ubiquitous came about just a few years ago in 2013 by the efforts of three women: Alicia Garza Opal Tometi and Patrisse Khan-Cullors. Their hashtag became an organizing tool to express their frustration anger and pain over the violent deaths of unarmed black children and adults.\n Khan-Cullors remembers when she first realized the power of the three words.\n\"I was watching this young black woman stand in front of a tank in Ferguson with a Black Lives Matter sign \" she says. \"I said 'How did this get to Ferguson? Oh like this is now in the public imagination.' Folks don't even know where it came from but they're using it and they're understanding how important it is. And she was this thin woman — she had the sign and she was yelling into that camera like 'Look at this look what's behind me. Where are we? We're in Ferguson and there's a tank on the street.' And it was this very very powerful visceral moment for me.\"\nPatrisse Khan-Cullors describes how all this came about in a new book When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir co-written with journalist asha bandele. We spoke at NPR headquarters in Washington D.C.", "output": [ "Patrisse Khan-Cullors" ] }, { "id": "task419-714e9fd6d30a4338a95d9e734d5274a4", "input": "This private club has been open 24 hours a day seven days a week 364 days a year closing only on Christmas Eve according to owner Ron Ehemann . It has served as a backdrop to some of the enormous achievements and challenges faced by Chicago’s LGBTQ community over the decades.\nThe property on which Man’s Country sits at 5015 N. Clark St. is being sold. Ehemann said much of the complex will be demolished to make way for condominiums in a new building to be called The Renslow a reference to Chuck Renslow the LGBTQ businessman and gay rights pioneer who started the bathhouse in a former fraternal lodge. ( Ehemann said one part of the complex will remain: Full Kit Gear at 5021 N. Clark St.)\n Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune Ron Ehemann owner of Man's Country talks about the club's history on Dec. 26 2017 . Ehemann was founder Chuck Renslow's business and life partner. Ron Ehemann owner of Man's Country talks about the club's history on Dec. 26 2017. Ehemann was founder Chuck Renslow's business and life partner. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)\nRenslow and Ehemann responded to the changing business climate by converting some of the space into Bistro Too in 1987. This dance club named for the famed Dugan’s Bistro of the 1970s drew upward of a thousand people on weekend nights to watch such stars as Boy George the Village People and Divine in what would be his last performance. “All the disco divas ” including Thelma Houston and Pamala Stanley performed as well Ehemann added. But after six years the business started to slip.\n“Bistro was a really large bar. If we didn’t get 300 people it looked empty. So it’s hard to keep the numbers up ” Ehemann said. So the decision was made to open the Chicago Eagle in one area of the complex as Bistro Too was closed he said. Man’s Country took over the space again in 1993; male strippers and porn stars were the entertainment until about four years ago.", "output": [ "Ron Ehemann" ] }, { "id": "task419-0b00f984ee874805b5991dd2d485dc16", "input": "NEW YORK (AP) — A private equity executive and Republican Party fundraiser has announced that she's running for the U.S. Senate seat held by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (KEER'-sten JIHL'-uh-brand) a popular Democrat.\nIn it Farley accuses Gillibrand of being a political opportunist more focused on advancing her career than serving the needs of New Yorkers.\n She promises to bring \"tax dollars back home and rebuild New York.\"\n Gillibrand 's spokesman says the senator is proud of her record and \"looks forward to the opportunity of earning the privilege to continue serving New Yorkers for another term.\"", "output": [ "Kirsten Gillibrand" ] }, { "id": "task419-97d3376faa68408ab82ed05bdbc5ee55", "input": "E! has no plans to drop Ryan Seacrest from his long-held red carpet hosting duties for this Sunday's Academy Awards despite his former stylist going public Monday with claims that he repeatedly sexual harassed her — allegations the TV star denies.\nThis awards season has been dominated by the Time's Up movement but Seacrest will be on the Oscars red carpet for what is arguably the biggest event of the season. E! conducted a probe into the allegation which was brought to its attention in November but found \"insufficient evidence\" to substantiate the claims.\nAn ABC spokesperson also said Seacrest would continue his duties on Live with Kelly and Ryan as well as the reboot of American Idol which is slated to premiere March 11.\nSuzie Hardy who said Seacrest harassed her went public with her story Monday telling Variety that he grabbed her genitals gave her a \"bear hug\" while wearing only underpants and forcefully slapped her buttocks leaving a red welt.\nShe told Variety that E!'s human resources department sought her out for an interview in 2013 to inquire about the relationship between her and Seacrest . “I was very proud to say ‘No I don’t [have a physical relationship with Seacrest ] ’” she said she told them. “I never touched him I never kissed him I never fucked him nothing. But I said ‘But he touched me.’”", "output": [ "Ryan Seacrest" ] }, { "id": "task419-aac9c348b69243bea43eac67b9d0484e", "input": "Sean Spicer has some regrets.\n“Did I make mistakes? Absolutely ” Spicer said Monday in an interview with MSNBC.\n“I regret things that I did that brought embarrassment to myself my family friends of mine who have been very big supporters ” he added.\n“I think frankly when you have a job like that Craig the thing that no one can fully appreciate until you’re in the job is that you’re representing the American people… and when you screw up… it’s not just on you. It’s now going in and having to tell the President of the United States ‘Hey I embarrassed myself your administration and in some cases I think did something the American people are not pleased with.'”\nMelvin had asked Spicer to watch a highlight reel of his “greatest hits” as press secretary — which included clips of him repeatedly defending the presidential inauguration numbers and his infamous claim that Adolf Hitler didn’t use chemical weapons — before questioning him about his time in the Trump administration.\nsee also Sean Spicer makes mind-blowingly insensitive Holocaust remark President Trump’s spokesman Sean Spicer stunned the White House press...\n“You made some mistakes ” Melvin told Spicer at the end of the video.\n“No ” replied Spicer . “I think in terms of net I enjoyed having a front-row seat to history. Was an opportunity of a lifetime.”\n Spicer added “The funny part is in most of the clips that you played when I screwed up and walked in and said Mr. President I need to tell you that…He’d say ‘I say it I know what you meant and I know you were trying.’ Most of the time he actually said ‘Hey I know you were trying really hard. We’ll get over this.’ That’s what made me actually get through a lot of it was knowing that he actually was forgiving in a lot of my mistakes.”", "output": [ "Sean Spicer" ] }, { "id": "task419-11521858adb7411c9229aad642327a56", "input": "Beyond their considerable personal skills as politicians and candidates , Cruz and Rubio have benefited from the anti-establishment revolution that has swept through the Republican Party . \nRepublican presidential candidate , Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , greets supporters during a caucus night rally , Monday , Feb. 1 , 2016 , in Des Moines , Iowa . \nCruz sealed a victory in the Republican Iowa caucuses , winning on the strength of his relentless campaigning and support from his party ' s diehard conservatives . \nRepublican presidential candidate , Sen. Ted Cruz , R-Texas , greets supporters during a caucus night rally , Monday , Feb. 1 , 2016 , in Des Moines , Iowa . \nCruz sealed a victory in the Republican Iowa caucuses , winning on the strength of his relentless campaigning and support from his party 's diehard conservatives . \nIf and when that happens , regardless of the political and ideological differences of their positions , they will be following in the footsteps of Ted Cruz . \nTed Cruz has made Latino history . \nThe irony of Cruz 's Latino milestone is , of course , that he does not think of himself as Latino . \nBy coming in a close third , and by dint of being the last establishment friendly Republican standing , Senator Marco Rubio of Texas , has also placed himself in the position of being able to win primaries further down the line , and join Cruz as a Hispanic trailblazer . \nUnlike Cruz , Rubio does identify himself as Hispanic , and as a proud heir to the great American immigrant dream . \nCruz , and Rubio too , have come further than any Latino politician has before them . \nPrevious to Senator Cruz , the Hispanic politician who had gone the furthest in Iowa had been Bill Richardson , former Democratic Governor of New Mexico . \nThe fact that Cruz , Hispanic trailblazer , is a Republican is yet another of the surprising aspects of the current electoral season .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2308a3713b347e8abbb97f52e96e88e", "input": "The impetus for the talks came in Kim ’s annual New Year’s speech on January 1 when he proposed direct discussions with Seoul “over the issue of improving inter-Korean relations by our nation itself ” with the goal to “defuse the current military tension.” Kim also welcomed the upcoming Winter Olympics as a “good occasion for demonstrating our nation’s prestige ” and said he wanted to send a delegation.\nBut while the bilateral talks were widely praised in South Korea’s media the US media seemed like a deer caught in the headlights from the first announcement of the breakthrough. Unclear how to respond to a possible outbreak of peace the press immediately zeroed in on the section of Kim’s New Year’s speech where he declared that his “nuclear forces are capable of thwarting and countering” anything from the United States. Kim also reminded Washington that the “nuclear button” is on his office desk “all the time.”\nAlthough the Supreme Leader left out some of the harsh anti-US language he’s used in previous declarations the implied threat became the story for nearly every US media outlet covering his New Year’s speech. At CNN for example reporter Brian Todd went on the air to warn Wolf Blitzer that the prospect of talks was dangerous because it could mask a North Korean military attack during the Olympics. In some broadcasts Kim’s offer to talk and Moon’s quick endorsement were barely mentioned.\n Kim ’s reference to his nuclear arsenal also drew a typical response from President Trump. He took to Twitter to declare that he too had a “button ” but it was “much bigger & more powerful” than Kim’s. His childish taunt quickly led to speculation about his state of mind and fitness to be president a topic that dominated the White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s first media briefing of the year.\nAsked at a press briefing at Camp David about the potential for negotiations with Kim he replied: “Sure I always believe in talking.… absolutely I would do that.” Trump “appeared to be strongly indicating that he would join talks with North Korea after the high-level inter-Korean talks if the conditions are right ” South Korea’s liberal Hankyoreh concluded.\nIn the lead-up to the talks in Seoul the mood was close to jubilant. “Hopes are high that inter-Korean relations will improve ” Hankyoreh reported on January 4. “Since Kim delivered his New Year’s address on Jan. 1 North Korea’s actions have been completely aligned with the South’s response.”\nThe pace was set early on by The New York Times in a front-page story on January 1 posted literally hours after Kim’s New Year’s speech . It instantly became the leitmotif for media coverage throughout the week.\nBehind Kim’s New Year’s declaration “lies a canny new strategy to initiate direct talks with South Korea in the hope of driving a wedge into its seven-decade alliance with the United States ” reported Choe Sang-Hun and David Sanger the latter a recipient of dozens of US intelligence leaks about North Korea over the years.\nIn the Choe-Sanger article the Times cited Robert Litwak—a senior vice president at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars who is well-known in Japan and Korea for his hard-right views on security issues—to back its claim that Kim is seeking to “take the side of the South Koreans against President Trump.” He was then given a large block of space on the Times’s January 3 op-ed page to spell out his grave concerns for the wayward South Koreans.\n“Washington and Seoul should not take Mr. Kim’s bait ” Litwak argued. “Instead the North Korean offer should be put to the diplomatic test through a united Washington-Seoul front.”\nYet despite the clear signals of disapproval from US hard-liners the Moon and Kim governments pressed on saying they would soon embark on “working-level” talks to discuss the details of the North’s participation in the Olympics the family visits and “solve bilateral issues among themselves without relying on outside” forces according to the Joongang Daily.", "output": [ "Kim" ] }, { "id": "task419-ef3854be7b8f40dd912827fc7110f40c", "input": "U.S. alpine skier Ted Ligety may have had a tough time on the slopes at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea on Sunday.\nBut after a disappointing performance in the men’s giant slalom event the athlete’s 8-month-old son Jax was on hand to put everything into context.\n“ He is the bright spot on the day ” Ligety captioned a photograph of the pair which he shared to Instagram:\nA post shared by Ted Ligety (@ted_ligety) on Feb 17 2018 at 11:23pm PST\n“ Jax could give two s___s that daddy sucked at work today ” he added.\n Ligety a two-time Olympic champion who scooped golds at both Sochi 2014 in Russia and Turin 2006 in Italy placed joint 15th in the giant slalom. It followed his earlier fifth place in the alpine combined and a failure to finish the super-G.\nThe 33-year-old still has the men’s slalom event to come but suggested Sunday that he may now call it quits in Pyeongchang. “This is probably it for me (at) these games ” he said per Reuters.", "output": [ "Ted Ligety" ] }, { "id": "task419-57a7cb201bcf451389c1934899726c06", "input": "That virus — called Shamoon after a word embedded in its code — was designed to do two things: replace the data on hard drives with an image of a burning American flag and report the addresses of infected computers — a bragging list of sorts — back to a computer inside the company’s network.\n Shamoon’s code included a so-called kill switch a timer set to attack at 11:08 a.m. the exact time that Aramco’s computers were wiped of memory. Shamoon’s creators even gave the erasing mechanism a name: Wiper.\nComputer security researchers noted that the same name Wiper had been given to an erasing component of Flame a computer virus that attacked Iranian oil companies and came to light in May. Iranian oil ministry officials have claimed that the Wiper software code forced them to cut Internet connections to their oil ministry oil rigs and the Kharg Island oil terminal a conduit for 80 percent of Iran’s oil exports.\n It raised suspicions that the Aramco hacking was retaliation. The United States fired one of the first shots in the computer war and has long maintained the upper hand. The New York Times reported in June that the United States together with Israel was responsible for Stuxnet the computer virus used to destroy centrifuges in an Iranian nuclear facility in 2010.\nIf American officials are correct that Shamoon was designed by Iran then clues in its code may have been intended to misdirect blame. Shamoon ’s programmers inserted the word “Arabian Gulf” into its code. But Iranians refer to that body of water as the Persian Gulf and are very protective of the name. (This year Iran threatened to sue Google for removing the name Persian Gulf from its online maps.)", "output": [ "Shamoon" ] }, { "id": "task419-63691d73a9454da78081d1d5bafb7673", "input": "CLOSE John Schnatter is leaving as CEO of Papa John's Pizza. No reason was given for Schnatter 's decision but he recently faced criticism for blaming protesting NFL players for slumping pizza sales. Wochit\nPapa John's founder and CEO John Schnatter is stepping down. (Photo: Mark J. Rebilas Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)\n Papa John's CEO John Schnatter who overcame the odds to build his home-delivery pizza chain into a national powerhouse against entrenched rivals is stepping down.\n Schnatter who founded the pizza chain in 1984 will remain as chairman of the board. No immediate reason was given for his decision which takes effect Jan. 1. He is being replaced CEO is company President Steve Ritchie.\nAs the founder Schnatter has been one of the biggest names in fast food. But he recently ran into controversy when he blamed NFL players' mass move to drop to one knee during the playing of the national anthem as affecting his company's sales.\n Schnatter has been one of the last CEOs who also act as their brand's advertising pitchman a list that once included Col. Harland Sanders for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Dave Thomas of Wendy's. By stressing that Papa John's had better ingredients and a better tasting product he was able to turn the burgeoning chain into a national force against giants like Domino's Pizza and Pizza Hut.\nThe company which has more than 5 000 locations worldwide said in a statement that Schnatter will continue to \"pursue his personal passion for entrepreneurship leadership development and education.\"\nLouisville-based Papa John's is the official pizza sponsor of the National Football League which Schnatter slammed in November for not dealing with players who've been kneeling during the Star Spangled Banner to protest racial injustice. The movement began with then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in 2016.\n\"The NFL has been a long and valued partner over the years. But we're certainly disappointed that the NFL and its leadership did not resolve the ongoing situation to the satisfaction of all parties long ago \" Schnatter said during a Nov. 1 analyst call. \"This should've been nipped in the bud a year-and-a-half ago.\"\n Schnatter isn't the first founder to step away recently from CEO duties at the company he built from scratch. Last month Chipotle Mexican Grill CEO Steve Ells would become executive chairman and Panera Bread's Ron Shaich announced that he would step down but retain his position as board chairman.\nAnd Schnatter himself has said goodbye to the CEO gig before. He stepped down in 2005 but returned in 2008. In 2010 he took on a co-CEO Jude Thompson but that arrangement ended the following year.\nNow Papa John's may decide to find a new pitchman besides Schnatter .\n“ He ’s in every ad \" Gordon said. \"That’s very CEO-centric marketing which is pretty unusual these days. We’ll see if he steps back from that.”\n He added “ He and/or the board see the need to get him out of the line on fire and to continue his involvement in a less visible way.”", "output": [ "John Schnatter" ] }, { "id": "task419-3cd2b6efb8054d44a9180382eee9da23", "input": "The Blackhawks spent three days in Las Vegas before Tuesday night's 4-2 loss to the Golden Knights but general manager Stan Bowman said he stayed away from the casinos.\n\"I have not gambled for one second \" Bowman said with a smile Tuesday.\nThat doesn't match up with who Bowman is as a general manager the type of executive who isn't afraid to put all of his chips in to make a trade deadline acquisition. And with about $2.5 million in cap space to play with after putting winger Marian Hossa on long-term injured reserve to start the season Bowman has room to make a move.\nBut 10 games into the season Bowman who spoke with reporters Tuesday said he isn't \"itching to make a trade\" just because he has cap room. He has liked how the Hawks have started the season especially against a schedule that included eight consecutive games against playoff teams from last season.\n\"We have got a lot of good players who are sitting out every night so I don't know if we're going to be acquiring another player \" Bowman said. \"Things are going to change. Whether players' play will drop off or players get injured. … If there's something that makes sense down the road whether it's in a month or in three months then we would look into it. But I don't think that's a top priority right now.\"\n Bowman likes that the Hawks have become a more physical team on the bottom line an emphasis of Bowman 's in the offseason with the addition of Lance Bouma and Tommy Wingels and he said some of the Hawks' younger players such as forwards Nick Schmaltz and Alex DeBrincat have exceeded expectations so far.\n\"I'm a little surprised in a good way that Alex has been as good as he has been \" Bowman said. \"Over the summer I expected him to play in Chicago. I wasn't sure if it was going to be October or if it was going to be January but he has played really well. That has been a pleasant surprise. Nick missed some time (injured) but obviously he's showing the signs of having a breakout year.\"\n Bowman also singled out defenseman Jan Rutta who the Hawks signed out of the Czech league as another player who has stood out.\n His play has helped create a logjam of defensemen for the Hawks. The Hawks have eight capable blue-liners and it has been difficult for coach Joel Quenneville to balance who will play on a nightly basis. The Hawks scratched Cody Franson and Michal Kempny for Tuesday's game. Bowman said this wasn't a bad thing.\n\"Until someone starts struggling or until we have injuries it's probably going to be that a good player who is playing well is going to be sitting out \" Bowman said. \"If you want to say it's a good problem to have it's better than the alternative when you have (only) four defensemen you have faith in and you're scrambling to find five and six. We have to stay patient and things change quickly.\"\n Bowman may be a gambler but he doesn't believe now isn't the time to strike.", "output": [ "Stan Bowman" ] }, { "id": "task419-ae1bc8b75990446084da74cf417f5185", "input": "-LRB- CNN -RRB- Hillary Clinton slammed what she called \"endemic\" sexism and misogyny in America during an interview with Fareed Zakaria , which aired Sunday . \nClinton , who was interviewed by Zakaria on his show , \"GPS ,\" said sexism was so inherent that she purposely had n't highlighted her career history of fighting for women 's rights when she ran for president in 2016 .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-741829136a804e829b1f95dfe48fe10a", "input": "Mark Sedwill said the end of 2014 was not a deadline. \"It's a goal \" he told reporters in the capital. \"It's realistic but not guaranteed.\"\n He said the transition to Afghan control of security will be slow and piecemeal -- often starting with individual districts and building up to the province level. Each area will be evaluated for transfer based on four criteria -- the security situation the capacity of Afghan security forces in the area the preparations of NATO forces and the progress toward governance reforms.\n In addition specialist strike units that target terrorist operatives are likely to keep conducting operations even after the Afghan government has taken over responsibility Sedwill said.\n He said both 2011 -- the date set for U.S. troops to begin drawing down -- and 2014 are \"intermediate milestones\" in a larger mission that will last much longer.\n A summit of Afghan leaders and allies Lisbon this weekend will aim to set broad terms for that longer mission. NATO and the Afghan government plan to sign an agreement that will set out the international community's commitment to Afghanistan including support for training forces the growth of the Afghan military and intelligence sharing Sedwill said.\n \"We want to build the Afghan leadership so they're taking more and more responsibility for themselves but we recognize it has got to be underwritten by long-term international commitment \" Sedwill said.\n Even with the NATO mission appearing to stretch out longer and longer Sedwill said that the momentum had shifted in NATO's favor.\n \"It's still clearly fragile. There are significant risks and there will be a long and hard campaign ahead but we believe that in 2010 we have achieved what we wished to which is that we've regained the initiative -- having candidly lost it in the past few years \" Sedwill said.\n He said that this assessment was the conclusion of an assessment of the Afghan campaign that he had conducted with Gen. David Petraeus the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.", "output": [ "Mark Sedwill" ] }, { "id": "task419-2401e2f5a0b046e5a59e0533f193038a", "input": "It started when White read a news report that Dr. Donald Cline a retired Indianapolis fertility specialist faced charges for lying when he denied he 'd inseminated unwitting patients with his own sperm decades earlier. He searched out Cline 's address online recognizing it as the location of his mother's former doctor. Then he Googled the doctor's name. When a photo popped up he was stunned: He looked like Cline .\n\"It was just too similar to be coincidental \" he says. White had long known he was a donor baby but that day he had an eerie feeling he was staring at the man who was likely his biological father.\nAround the same time Julie Harmon saw a TV news story about Cline . She'd discovered years earlier that her blood type indicated she was not the child of both her parents. She didn't follow up to find out why but the report about Cline her mother's fertility doctor was unnerving.\nThe TV story featured Jacoba Ballard whose mother had also gone to Cline and whose complaint to the state helped launched an investigation. Harmon contacted Ballard through Facebook and they traded photos. There were striking similarities.\nThese two women and White recently crowded into an Indianapolis courtroom to hear Cline receive a one-year suspended sentence for lying to investigators when he denied wrongdoing; DNA tests determined he is the biological father of Ballard and another woman whose mother was his patient. Cline apologized \"for the pain my actions have caused\" but didn't specify how often he used his own sperm in procedures â court documents say he told Ballard about 50 times.\n Cline 's sentencing though was not the end of this story. Instead in an extraordinary epilogue three one-time strangers â White Harmon and Ballard â have forged a kinship as brother and sisters even as they wrestle with the revelation about their identities. They've also reached out to 21 other men and women all in their 30s who've been identified through DNA tests as half-siblings â evidence they say that Cline is likely their father as well. About a half-dozen of them live in central Indiana.\nMany stay in touch through a private Facebook page and several gathered last fall for a cookout with their spouses children and three mothers who'd been Cline patients. Others have gone on social outings shared childhood photos taken note of similarities (most of the men are over 6 feet tall) and at times confided in one another private details of their lives.\nJacoba Ballard was angry when she sat in court in December describing a three-year ordeal that determined Cline is her biological father.\nBallard 37 says Cline told her mother he used donor sperm from medical residents. She 'd known since she was 10 that she was a donor child but in 2014 Ballard grew curious about her family history and thought she might be able to track down some brothers and sisters. She took a DNA test from 23andMe.com a biotech company that uses saliva samples to determine ancestry and identify distant and close relatives health risks and physical traits.\nClients can choose whether to be identified in a \"DNA relatives tool\" that connects them to others. When Ballard's results came back they listed seven half-siblings all but one identified by name. Ballard and two others got together assembled a family tree and realized one common thread: Their mothers had gone to Cline for fertility treatments.\nBallard and a half-sister arranged to meet with two of Cline 's adult children. At first she says they denied their father had been a donor then said he'd done so in a small number of cases. About a month later Ballard and a group of the half-siblings met with Cline himself and she says he told conflicting stories finally saying he'd donated sperm about 50 times to help unknowing patients who desperately wanted children.\nWhen Ballard filed a complaint with the Indiana attorney general's office Cline responded in a letter that anyone accusing him of being a donor \"was guilty of slander and/or libel.\" At his sentencing he acknowledged using his sperm. \"I was foolish in my actions and I should not have lied \" he said.\nBallard's DNA match to Cline was 99.9997 court records show.\nThe case wasn't the first of its kind. In Virginia Dr. Cecil Jacobson was convicted in 1992 of fraud and perjury for using his sperm to impregnate patients without telling them. Cline was convicted of obstruction of justice for lying to investigators but a measure pushed by Ballard and others was introduced in the Indiana Senate this year to make it a crime for doctors to treat patients for infertility by using their own sperm or egg without consent. The measure didn't receive a hearing so it's dead for this session; its sponsor has not yet decided if he'll reintroduce it.\nIf there is any comfort she says it's in the camaraderie that's developed among several half-siblings. They've gotten together for concerts an occasional softball game for one of their kids and a few Christmas celebrations. White and Harmon attended the high school graduation ceremonies of Ballard's two children and the two women speak every day. They laugh about their similar tastes; they even prefer the same order at McDonald's â no onions.\n\"I went from not having a care to wanting to know everything \" says the 34-year-old White. He tracked down a medical school graduation photo of Cline and studied photos of Cline's son online noticing similar facial traits â a round face and high forehead.", "output": [ "Donald Cline" ] }, { "id": "task419-387cd11202d2407baf45e2d6721b6a76", "input": "Scott Kern the director of ministries at Park Chapel Christian Church in Greenfield Ind. said the security team would be made up of 10 local officers who were also members of the church FOX59 reported.\n Kern said the officers would be dressed in casual clothing but have weapons on them during services. Another 10 people would be guarding the church’s entrances and doors but would not be armed.\n“We’re hoping that it won’t be very noticeable to the congregation it’ll mostly be us knowing where people are and what our responsibilities are ” Kern told Fox59. “And again we’re watching entrances we’re watching exits if somebody were to come in the building then we’ll have a plan in place to make sure we can deal with that.”\n Kern said the church was working on a security plan but accelerated the process following last month’s mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs Texas which left 26 people dead.\n\"We want to make sure people are safe and they feel safe when they come to church on Sunday.\" - Scott Kern", "output": [ "Scott Kern" ] }, { "id": "task419-a8d0af0bae0a40efa27302334344d426", "input": "FILE PHOTO - A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of the U.S. Iran China Russia Britain Germany France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks at the Vienna International Center in Vienna Austria July 14 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/ File Photo\nGerman Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has spoken out repeatedly against Trump’s likely step but his latest comments aimed to spell out the impact it would have in starker terms.\n“It’s imperative that Europe sticks together on this issue ” Gabriel a Social Democrat told the RND German newspaper group. “We also have to tell the Americans that their behavior on the Iran issue will drive us Europeans into a common position with Russia and China against the USA.”\n Gabriel is expected to leave his post in coming months since his Social Democrats have vowed to go into opposition after slumping badly in the Sept. 24 election opting not to reprise an awkward “grand coalition” with Merkel’s conservatives.\n Gabriel on Monday urged the White House not to jeopardize the nuclear agreement saying such a move would worsen instability in the Middle East and could make it more difficult to halt nuclear arms programs in other countries.\nIn the interview released on Thursday he said the nuclear agreement was being treated “like a football” in U.S. domestic politics but the issue could have serious consequences.\n He said Russia was watching developments closely including the divisions between Europe and the United States. “That doesn’t exactly strengthen our position in Europe.”\nUltimately Gabriel told the newspaper group there were only three countries - the United States Russia and China - that could avert a new nuclear arms race.", "output": [ "Sigmar Gabriel" ] }, { "id": "task419-645b36a542214273916f86ef525cad90", "input": "Jose Ines Garcia Zarate a homeless undocumented immigrant who was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of San Francisco resident Kate Steinle on a city pier was sentenced to time already served for being a felon in possession of a gun.\n Zarate had faced a maximum sentence of three years for his conviction on the state charge of being a felon in possession of a gun. He 's been in custody for about 30 months since his arrest for killing Steinle as she was walking arm-in-arm with her father.\nSuperior Court Judge Samuel Feng denied a defense motion for a new trial on the gun possession charge. Zarate 's public defenders had argued that the judge did not properly instruct the jury on the issue that the defendant may have had only \"momentary\" possession of the gun and therefore did not commit a crime.\nThe jury of six men and six women decided in November that Zarate had not intentionally killed Steinle after hearing evidence that the single fatal shot fired had ricocheted off the ground and travelled about 78 feet before striking her. The defense had argued that Zarate found the gun in a cloth under his bench seat and the gun accidentally discharged.\n Zarate had been deported five times and was slated to be removed from the United States again in early 2015 when he was transferred by federal authorities to San Francisco to face a local 20-year-old marijuana charge. That charge eventually was dropped and local authorities released him in accordance with San Francisco's sanctuary-city policies. Steinle's death occurred several weeks later.\nA week after his acquittal Zarate was indicted on two federal charges of being a felon and undocumented immigrant in possession of a firearm and ammunition. San Francisco authorities say they will turn Garcia Zarate over to federal immigration authorities although it is not immediately clear as to when. The federal gun charges carry a penalty of up to ten years in prison after which — if he were convicted — he presumably would be deported.", "output": [ "Ines Garcia Zarate" ] }, { "id": "task419-138defbf164a45e38dacbc34a9be7339", "input": "Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is trying to get into the baseball world , and he hopes to join the most prestigious organization in the sport . \nAccording to a report from FanRag Sports , the 69-year-old Romney and his son Tagg are bidding to buy a small piece of the Yankees after their attempt to purchase the Marlins fell through . \nLater , Mitt Romney denied that he is involved in the talks in a statement to FanRag Sports . \nOne odd side note : Romney , the former governor of Massachusetts , is a Red Sox fan .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-d00493d732464eb5ad9c1399ef211fa3", "input": "The adviser George Papadopoulos offered to set up “a meeting between us and the Russian leadership to discuss US-Russia ties under President Trump ” telling them his Russian contacts welcomed the opportunity according to internal campaign emails read to The Washington Post.\nBut Papadopoulos a campaign volunteer with scant foreign policy experience persisted. Between March and September the self-described energy consultant sent at least a half-dozen requests for Trump as he turned from primary candidate to party nominee or for members of his team to meet with Russian officials. Among those to express concern about the effort was then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort who rejected in May 2016 a proposal from Papadopoulos for Trump to do so.\nThe exchanges are among more than 20 000 pages of documents the Trump campaign turned over to congressional committees this month after review by White House and defense lawyers. The selection of Papadopoulos ’s emails were read to The Post by a person with access to them. Two other people with access to the emails confirmed the general tone of the exchanges and some specific passages within them.\nA 2016 tweet from Donald Trump shows George Papadopoulos third from left. (Twitter)\n Papadopoulos emerges from the sample of emails as a new and puzzling figure in the examination of the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials and their proxies during the 2016 election now the subject of a special-counsel investigation.\nLess than a decade out of college Papadopoulos appeared to hold little sway within the campaign and it is unclear whether he was acting as an intermediary for the Russian government although he told campaign officials he was.\nWhile the emails illustrate his eagerness to strengthen the campaign’s connections to the Russian government Papadopoulos does not spell out in them why it would be in Trump’s interest to do so. His entreaties appear to have generated more concern than excitement within the campaign which at the time was looking to seal the Republican nomination and take on a heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the general election.\nThree months after Papadopoulos raised the possibility of a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner met with a delegation led by a Russian lawyer offering to provide damaging information on Clinton.\nManafort attended that Trump Tower session in June 2016 a meeting now under scrutiny in the special counsel’s collusion inquiry. But the new emails reveal that Manafort had rejected a request from Papadopoulos just the previous month to set up a meeting between Trump and Russian officials.\nAnd also in July a few weeks after Papadopoulos asked his superiors whether other campaign advisers or aides could accept some of the Russians’ invitations Carter Page another foreign policy adviser spoke at a Russian university in Moscow. Page said he made the trip independently of the campaign.\nPapadopoulos a former intern and researcher at the conservative Hudson Institute was on a list of campaign volunteers that Trump announced as his foreign policy advisory team during a meeting with The Post’s editorial board in March 2016. Trump called Papadopoulos an “excellent guy.”\nAlmost immediately Papadopoulos came under scrutiny for his lack of experience. He graduated from college in 2009 and his LinkedIn profile cited his participation in a Model U.N. program for students among his qualifications. Papadopoulos did not respond to repeated requests for comment.\nPage who has been the subject of a foreign surveillance warrant over his connections to Russia said the Papadopoulos email exchange was another sign that the Russia communications were inconsequential.\n“The entirely benign offer from a volunteer member of the Trump movement is infinitely less relevant than the real collusion in the 2016 election ” said Page who was copied on the first Papadopoulos email communication in March. Page said in an email exchange Saturday that “the real scandal lies among Clinton and Obama associates who fed false evidence” to investigators that he said formed the basis of the federal warrant concerning him.\n Papadopoulos made more than a half-dozen overtures on behalf of Russians or people with Russia contacts whom he claimed to know.\nUndeterred Papadopoulos alerted then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski in an April email that he was receiving “a lot of calls over the past month” about arranging a Russia meeting.", "output": [ "George Papadopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-972a431d07d14c72b394fbb6ac98a268", "input": "Football: Red-carded Wilshere not dirty says Wenger\n Arsene Wenger admitted Jack Wilshere deserved to be sent off at the end of Arsenal's 2-1 victory over Birmingham but insisted the England youngster is not a dirty player.\n Arsenal manager Wenger has been one of the most vocal critics of the nature of some of the challenges and addressed the issue in his programme notes for Birmingham's visit to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.\n In his notes Wenger demanded an improvement in the standard of tackling and claimed managers are responsible for the behaviour of their teams.\n The Frenchman's words were quickly put to the test by Wilshere but Wenger is adamant the teenager is not a malicious player.\n \"He mistimed his tackle and got a red card he deserved \" Wenger said. \"But it was his first tackle in the game. You have to acknowledge that he got a red card and deserved it but he didn't spend the whole game kicking people.\n \"He played football and was one of the best players on the pitch. Unfortunately it happened to him. He did not want to hurt the player but he mistimed his tackle.\n \"We are the team who have most fouls committed against us and I encourage our players to play football. We got a red card and deserved it.", "output": [ "Wenger" ] }, { "id": "task419-9441f949812d4054ae5bb71a46d8bdc4", "input": "Ministers from the 27 other states took just two minutes in Brussels to endorse new instructions to their negotiator Michel Barnier who will launch talks soon with the aim of sealing a transition package within a couple of months.\nPressed on how that might work Barnier said the offer was principally in Britain’s interests and not open to significant negotiation:\n“The United Kingdom must acknowledge these rules of the game and accept them from the outset ” he told reporters.\nEuropean Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attends a meeting of European Union Home/European affairs ministers in Brussels Belgium January 29 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir\n Barnier said this timetable was still subject to May and her ministers agreeing a plan among themselves and presenting it to Brussels -- and also depends on finalizing many issues on the divorce treaty.\n Barnier said: “I want to remind you without agreement on all the withdrawal issues there is no transition.”\n He also made clear that talks on the future relationship might start after an EU summit in late March -- but only if May spells out what she wants in time for Brussels to put together its own responses. An outline trade package could then be agreed by the time the divorce and transition deal is ready in October.\nShowing some willingness to be flexible the EU ministers are open to extending the transition period if need be to reach a trade pact -- though Barnier warned it could not be very long -- and also voiced a will to endorse Britain concluding trade agreements with other countries before the transition ends.", "output": [ "Michel Barnier" ] }, { "id": "task419-34dc496ba3f84f53a0622cbf8ab06534", "input": "Bush did this all the time . \nFor all the run-up talk about how Trump was pivoting back to \"populism ,\" and how he would describe reform as a way to \"un-rig\" * the economy , Trump said less about gains for average taxpayers than George W. Bush did when he successfully sold his 2001 tax cuts . \nCompare this with the aggressive sales pitch that George W. Bush used to pitch his first round of tax cuts . \nIn his first address to Congress , Bush told several stories to describe the most needful beneficiaries of tax cuts -- the working class . \nIt would also be fair to say that , while Trump won a smaller share of the popular vote than Bush ever did , hundreds of thousands of voters in key Rust Belt states who 'd rarely voted for a Republican went for Trump , which should say something about his version of populism . \nBush tucked that information inside a couple of memorable examples -- the cost of gas and tuition . \nBush went on to describe a hokey , but effective , appeal for help from two voters from the important swing state of Pennsylvania .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-08167b74707a4ce495b1e1ef30d3fbad", "input": "Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney tweeted out his condolences to affected families and the victims .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-51be2fe662f943a0950bd23e5fcb9a3e", "input": "\"Just buying formula for my baby was awful \" Krystal Weston a mother in Durham North Carolina told Business Insider in a previous interview.\nAs a dietary aide working in the kitchen of a rehabilitation center in Durham Weston was granted 12 weeks of unpaid maternity leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 when she had her baby Noah in December 2013.\nWithout the guarantee of paid leave while caring for her child she was faced with the choice between economic hardship and returning to work prematurely. She chose to go without pay for almost 12 weeks to take care of him a decision she didn't take lightly.\nNoah's father and Weston's partner Jamal Mustafa moved in with Weston after Noah was born to help support the family. As an assistant manager at a clothing store in Durham he brought home about $575 per paycheck. The couple's rent was $525 a month.\n\"Plenty of nights I would stay up with Jamal and budget out our bills so that we could possibly have some funds left over to save for the next month \" Weston said.\nSoon after becoming pregnant Weston applied for public assistance. She was initially granted $75 a month on food stamps which increased to about $300 a month after she gave birth to Noah and she used this to buy household necessities and formula.\nSince Weston was nursing she qualified for The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) to receive free milk wheat bread eggs and cheese. \"I was appreciative of anything I could get without having to buy with real money \" she said.", "output": [ "Krystal Weston" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf834bbf03684f429a949b3695f2a97d", "input": "In the Nick of Time! Collins has been moving toward formally supporting the tax bill all day. Now it’s official. Collins office has released a statement saying she will support The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. “We need a tax system that will boost the economy help the middle class and encourage small business to grow and create jobs ” Collins said. “If we stimulate the economy through tax reform we can significantly increase federal revenue while boosting Americans’ take-home pay.” Collins statement also touted the value of doubling the child tax credit to “lower- and-middle-income taxpayers.” For those of you keeping score at home that’s fifty-one GOP votes for the bill. Corker is still the holdout. And of course every single Democratic Senator.\n Collins has been moving toward formally supporting the tax bill all day. Now it’s official. Collins office has released a statement saying she will support The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. “We need a tax system that will boost the economy help the middle class and encourage small business to grow and create jobs ” Collins said. “If we stimulate the economy through tax reform we can significantly increase federal revenue while boosting Americans’ take-home pay.” Collins statement also touted the value of doubling the child tax credit to “lower- and-middle-income taxpayers.” For those of you keeping score at home that’s fifty-one GOP votes for the bill. Corker is still the holdout. And of course every single Democratic Senator.\nThe Sen. bill will include my amendment to reverse ill-advised elimination of catch-up contributions to retirement accounts for church charity school & public employees. Amend. will protect ability of employees including firefighters & police officers to save for retirement. — Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017\nThe Senate bill will include my amendment to reduce the threshold for deducting medical expenses which helps people with high medical costs particularly seniors & people with chronic conditions. 8.8 million Americans use this deduction half with incomes of $50 000 or less. — Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017\nStill some moving parts. Joseph Lawler of the Washington Examiner reports (via twitter) that Senators Rubio and Lee still want to expand child tax credit to lower-income families in tax bill and “are open to offsets besides higher corp rate.” You Asked Me For A Place to Sleep. A follow-up tweet from Collins noting her delight and the benefit of the bill for the people of Maine. Now it really sounds like she will be the fifty-first vote enabling Republicans to pass the tax bill without calling upon the Vice President to break a tie.\nDelighted that the Senate has agreed to include my property tax deduction amendment that will allow 166 000 Maine taxpayers who itemize to deduct a total of $725 million in property taxes each year. #MEPolitics — Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017\n They Once Belonged To Me . Collins looks like she ’s a yes too although it is not confirmed. She tweeted out that the Senate bill will include a deduction of up to $10 000 for state and local property taxes her last remaining issue with the bill.\nThe Senate tax bill will include my SALT amendment to allow taxpayers to deduct up to $10 000 for state and local property taxes. — Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) December 1 2017", "output": [ "Susan Collins" ] }, { "id": "task419-bc8f23608bac42c4bca5e2f9658265b3", "input": "On the day Floyd Little the football player was to receive assurance that he would live forever Floyd Douglas Little the man born on the Fourth of July picked at his breakfast.\n The Broncos' first star with national appeal Little had to wait 30 years after he was eligible for election to become the franchise's third player inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday at Fawcett Field the high school home field of Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels.\n Halfway through his two-egg omelet Saturday morning Little got a call from McDaniels who was kicking from inside his mother's womb when Little took his final handoff in 1975.\n The story goes that Little saved the Broncos franchise. A college sensation at Syracuse Little became the Broncos' first first-round draft pick to snub the National Football League and sign with Denver's struggling American Football League franchise. The excitement of Little's arrival coupled with a nonprofit group that funded the expansion of Bears Stadium to what became Mile High Stadium in 1968 scuttled relocation plans and kept the team in Denver.\n As members of the new Hall class were waiting in a holding room for ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman to stop talking Friday Little was filled with calm and peace. And a little feistiness.\n Joining him among the senior players who were elected was Dick LeBeau the former Detroit Lions defensive back who is now the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator. LeBeau has taken on a protective never-let-them-read-you persona that is typical of longtime NFL coaches. But Little poked away at LeBeau's guard.\n LeBeau couldn't help smiling at Little's playfulness.", "output": [ "Floyd Little" ] }, { "id": "task419-fea3b4450724421aa22b35d53d98f4d4", "input": "Long Artwork Is A Sign Of Peace Lebanese twins Omar and Mohamed Kabbani painted \" salam \" — the Arabic word for peace — in bright green across 82 rooftops in the northern city of Tripoli . NPR ' s Ari Shapiro speaks with Omar about the ambitious art project that can only be seen from the sky . ARI SHAPIRO HOST : In Lebanon twin brothers welcomed the new year with a work of art nearly a mile long . Mohamed and Omar Kabbani are 34 - year - old graffiti artists . They painted the rooftops of more than 80 buildings lime green . Seen from above the green roofs spell out salam which means peace in Arabic . The brothers hope it will help change how people think of their home . OMAR KABBANI : Whenever they talk about the Middle East or Lebanon all they think about is extremism and terrorism . By painting a big word salam we want to show people that we ' re creative and positive things coming out from the Middle East . I think we made our goal happen . SHAPIRO : Omar Kabbani joined us from Lebanon on Skype to explain how he and his brother Mohamed put this project together . KABBANI : We had this idea almost three years ago and we wanted to paint a big word that can be seen from space . We chose the northern part of Lebanon an area - a region called Tripoli . It ' s the second biggest city in Lebanon . There was like two fighting militias fighting a small civil war between two areas and we decided to go up and paint the word salam above this area in particular . We recruited 62 ex - militiamen or ex - fighters . KABBANI : So basically they dropped their guns and they started helping us with painting their own rooftops . SHAPIRO : And I understand some of these buildings had bullet holes . Some of them were uninhabitable . You could really see the signs of the violence in this neighborhood . It was a battle zone . There ' s plenty of bullets . The buildings were on fire . So it was funny but sad at the same moment . Like when we used to go up to scout they used to tell us yeah I used to sit here and point my sniper rifle . So ... SHAPIRO : Wow . KABBANI : It was like a really true story . Like people who lived violence and lived like war started going up to their rooftop without the fear of being shot . SHAPIRO : I imagine that for some of these fighters who had sat on these rooftops with guns to come back to those rooftops and paint them bright green to spell out the word peace must have been a very emotional experience . KABBANI : It was very challenging for us . And it was challenging for them . We stayed there for three weeks . Every day we go up . And you can hear their stories . And you know like they are in rock bottom complete poverty . So whenever someone gives them like - I don ' t know - a small amount of money they would go and hold the gun and start shooting . But if the people give them an opportunity to work they will work . There are like really good - hearted people . They want to do something positive . And we used not just bright green paint - regular paint . We used like - it ' s anti - leakage and it prevents from - anti - UV also . SHAPIRO : Oh like waterproof and reflecting the sun so it cools the houses and keeps them dry . So it has - so people were really happy that we ' re in a way fixing the rooftops you know ? SHAPIRO : Has the crew actually seen the finished work of art - because you can really only see it from a drone . There are photographs but you could be standing on one of these rooftops and not know that it ' s spelling out the word salam . KABBANI : Yeah of course . When we first briefed them about the project we showed them what we were painting . And like every two days we flew a drone to show them and for us to see the progress of the work . And of course we showed them the end results . SHAPIRO : Omar Kabbani thanks a lot . KABBANI : You ' re welcome . SHAPIRO : Omar Kabbani his brother Mohamed and their crew painted more than 80 rooftops in the Lebanese city of Tripoli to say salam - peace in Arabic . He ' s looking forward to Google updating its map images so everyone who searches for the city can see the artwork . ( SOUNDBITE OF TOBACCO ' S \" SPIRITS OF PERVERSION \") Copyright © 2018 NPR . Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www . npr . org for further information . NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm Inc . an NPR contractor and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR . This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future . Accuracy and availability may vary . The authoritative record of NPR ’ s programming is the audio record .", "output": [ "Omar Kabbani" ] }, { "id": "task419-65dd70fd4345456faf7630af7f2a5205", "input": "The officers told a public inquiry in British Columbia that they fired because they felt threatened by Dziekanski who was holding a stapler but Kennedy said he doesn't find any of the officers' statements credible.\n \"The fact that the members met together prior to providing statements causes me to further question their versions of events \" Kennedy wrote.\n Kennedy repeated his earlier recommendations that the force tighten its Taser policies and create an independent body to investigate officers in serious cases such as those involving a death.\n Kennedy's recommendations aren't binding on the RCMP or the federal government.\n The commission's reports often include a response from the RCMP but in this case Kennedy's findings were released without including the force's input.\n Kennedy's investigation as well as several others including the public inquiry were launched after the amateur video of the confrontation was made public.", "output": [ "Paul Kennedy", "Kennedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-9e8ddcccd0f643a88aabaf200def5ea1", "input": "David Shapiro’s smear of Jeff Sessions in a Chicago Tribune op-ed suggesting that the attorney general is a racist is consistent with other failed partisan efforts to distort and delegitimize the former senator’s record on race and law enforcement. Apparently Shapiro missed Sessions’s confirmation hearing in which the same smears were attempted only to be refuted one by one by witnesses — mostly black — who actually know the facts and the man.\n Shapiro asserts Sessions’s directive to staff on criminal sentencing related to drug crimes is “the latest in a series of attempts by the Attorney General to tear down protections for people of color.” Mr. Shapiro seems to have forgotten that during the height of the crack epidemic ravaging the black community in the ’80s it was Congressman Charlie Rangel and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus who voted for the Anti-Drug Abuse Act (“ADAA”) which established the 100-1 sentencing ratio for crack and powder cocaine. Were Rangel and other members of Congress racist?\nThe rest of Shapiro ’s piece is character assassination of the worst kind. As U.S. attorney for Alabama Sessions successfully sought the death penalty for Klan members. He defended black voting rights. He hired blacks for prominent positions. As a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights I’ve known and worked with Jeff Sessions for years and consider him the most principled and decent person in Washington a man of the highest integrity.\n Shapiro ’s complaint seems to be that Attorney General Sessions is actually doing his job — enforcing the law as Congress passed it. In contrast former attorneys general Holder and Lynch under the veil of “prosecutorial discretion ” failed to enforce the law. Select immigration and sentencing laws were simply ignored virtually wholesale. That’s not the role of the attorney general whether his name is Holder or Sessions. Such a sweeping use of prosecutorial discretion effectively nullifies or rewrites federal law. If drug laws need to be changed Congress needs to change them. Holder’s and Lynch’s actions were a plain derogation if not usurpation of legislative authority. That Attorney General Sessions is being criticized for restoring both the rule of law and the Justice Department to their proper roles is an indication of how debased respect for the rule of law has become.", "output": [ "David Shapiro" ] }, { "id": "task419-24767a2b1189477c8ab9131159f0e0e3", "input": "CLOSE YouTube star Logan Paul came under fire for posting a video of an apparent suicide victim in Japan’s “suicide forest \" Aokigahara. USA TODAY\nThis file photo taken on May 21 2017 shows actor Logan Paul arriving at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas Nevada. (Photo: MARK RALSTON AFP/Getty Images)\n SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube star Logan Paul is back after a three-week break from the streaming service officially launching his redemption tour with a video on suicide prevention in which he pledges to donate $1 million to organizations on the front lines.\n\"It's time to start a new chapter in my life as I continue to educate both myself and others on suicide \" Paul says in the video posted Wednesday which by the end of the day had been viewed more than 6 million times.\nThe 22-year-old vlogger is trying to repair the damage to the mini digital empire he built out of his prank-and-stunt-filled daily missives on YouTube watched by millions of followers many of them tweens teens and kids. His video showing a dead body hanging from a tree in Aokigahara the Japanese \"suicide forest\" where dozens of corpses are discovered every year fetched millions of views before Paul took it down. Millions more viewers tuned into his apology.\nEarlier this month Google lowered the boom on Paul with a punishment for the \"suicide forest\" video that limits his earning power and visibility on YouTube. Paul was dropped by Google Preferred a special advertising program that connects top YouTube channels with brand advertisers and from Foursome a series on YouTube Red the premium subscription service.\nThe backlash reverberated through his young fan base and with parents who blocked their kids from watching Paul . YouTube too came under fire for its lax approach to the billions of videos that stream through the service.\nThe tone of Paul 's latest video is strikingly different and the message it sends far more positive and life-affirming the result he says of three weeks spent understanding \"the complexity\" of suicide. He chalks up his lack of sensitivity during his visit to Aokigahara in part to having never known anyone who committed suicide even though he was raised in Ohio where it's the second leading cause of death.\n\"Logan Paul has a long way to go and people are right to continue to question his motives but today's video was a thoughtful first step \" Casey Neistat wrote on Twitter. \"Hopefully this is part of a true effort to move on from sensationalist content.\"\nWill he? Paul 's young fans — who call themselves the \"Logang\" — never abandoned him. In fact since his video in the suicide forest he has gained subscribers.\nAccording to Eric Schiffer chairman of Reputation Management Consultants Paul returned to YouTube too soon. \" He needed to stay dark and in a no WiFi cave. He ’s too radioactive to do a re-entry right now \" Schiffer said in an email.", "output": [ "Logan Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-f6b46ea0269e418ead855e82d44b9016", "input": "Jack and Laurie Beaton attended the Route 91 Harvest festival in Las Vegas to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary. They sat sipping beers and enjoying the concert on the grass.\n Laurie posted to Facebook 'Here's to 23 wonderful years and looking forward to 23 more.'\nLess than an hour later Laurie felt a bullet fly by her shoulder. Jerry Cook Laurie 's father recalled a conversation with her in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.\n'Jack got on top of Laurie to protect her . He laid on top of her and said ' Laurie I love you.' She said 'I love you too ' and boom -- he got hit. I don't know how many times ' Cook said.\nRescue workers ushered Laurie and others members of her group to safety. Jack had already been removed from the scene when she returned looking for his body.", "output": [ "Laurie Beaton" ] }, { "id": "task419-3bf7f63e41fb46de813fc8c62b94cded", "input": "After missing last year's U.S. Open with a shoulder injury former champion Maria Sharapova returned to the spotlight with an impressive 6-3 6-0 victory over Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria on Tuesday.\n Sharapova's game was as glittery as her black-and-silver dress and matching headwrap an outfit she described as a tribute to New York's skyline.\n Sharapova showed no signs of the shoulder tear that forced her to have surgery in October and kept her off the tour for nearly 10 months.\n \"This is a Grand Slam. You've got to get going from the first match \" Sharapova said. \"After being gone this is what it's all about.\"\n In addition to tennis skills and grit that once placed her No. 1 in the rankings Sharapova always has placed an emphasis on fashion. On this night her black dress carried bold metallic accents that would gain her entry into even the trendiest of New York clubs. She paired it with a matching '60s-style silver headband.\n As often happens with Sharapova the postmatch on-court interview dealt as much with her getup as her game. \"It's always 50-50: You never know when people are going to like it or not \" Sharapova told the crowd.\n game. \"It's always 50-50: You never know when people are going to like it or not \" Sharapova told the crowd.\n The Serb had the worst showing ever by a top-seeded woman in New York last year when she exited in the second round. Ivanovic did herself one worse this time.\n At least the 2008 French Open champion had a big support group in the stands cheering for her wildly. Safina in contrast would look up at her coach for positive body language and instead he'd cover his eyes with his hands or turn his head with a wince.\n \"Well \" Safina would say later \"I guess I had to think: 'What I'm doing wrong?'\"\n There's been some debate this season about whether Safina deserves the top ranking one spot ahead of Serena Williams. The Russian did not bolster her case on Tuesday.\n Nearly undone by 11 double-faults and 48 total unforced errors Safina was a point away from a 4-0 deficit in the third set before coming back to beat Olivia Rogowska of Australia 6-7 (5) 6-2 6-4.\n Safina younger sister of 2000 U.S. Open champion Marat Safin is used to faring well in the early stages of Grand Slam tournaments. Usually it's later on that problems arise: She is winless in three major finals all lopsided losses and she managed to win only one game against Venus Williams in the Wimbledon semifinals in July.", "output": [ "Sharapova" ] }, { "id": "task419-705498e18b7747faac57e1ea3b540c9d", "input": "JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon predicts President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax cut will enable the economy and American businesses to flourish and U.S. workers will be rewarded with hefty pay hikes.\n He said the tax cut will drive wages higher and spark an economic boom in this country by boosting job creation.\n\"I think it's possible you're going to hit 4 percent some time this year \" Dimon told CNBC from the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland.\n\"I promise you we are going to be sitting here in a year and you all will be worrying about inflation and wages going up too high \" he said.\n\"I can't believe that people think having an uncompetitive tax system is a good thing \" he added.\n The bank said Tuesday it will spend $20 billion over five years to raise hourly pay for works and open branches in new U.S. locations in the wake of the tax cut.\n\"We're adding sales people opening more branches \" he said. \"We think it is good for J.P. Morgan and we think it's going to be very good for the economy.\"", "output": [ "Jamie Dimon" ] }, { "id": "task419-b336d327c40343c99d33fd6aa997e08a", "input": "Ben & Jerry’s is promising to improve the pay and working conditions of the dairy farmers who provide milk to the Vermont-based company — but it comes more than two years after they initially expressed interest in doing so.\nThe ice cream makers and the Migrant Justice Group announced on Tuesday that they had signed an agreement in support of the new Milk With Dignity Program a worker-driven initiative to bring together farmworkers farmers and dairy buyers to ensure just and dignified working conditions in Ben & Jerry's dairy supply chain according to a press release.\nThe agreement comes several months after dairy workers and activists marched to the Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury Vt . to protest what they say were \"slow negotiations\" in reaching the Milk With Dignity deal and more than two years since the company initially agreed to implement the campaign.\nAccording to the Will Lambeck of Migrant Justice Ben & Jerry's had first committed to work with Migrant Justice in 2015 to implement changes to their supply chain but had not not actually implemented any of the programs as of the April 2017\nA post shared by Ben & Jerry's (@benandjerrys) on Sep 20 2017 at 2:21pm PDT\n“In 2015 the commitment that was signed [between Ben & Jerry’s and Migrant Justice ] was a commitment to work with Migrant Justice to implement that program in their supply chain and that’s what they ’ve yet to do ” said Will Lambek of Migrant Justice in an April 2015 statement to Huffington Post.\nThe new agreement however requires Ben & Jerry’s to acquire its milk from farms that adhere to the standards of the Milk With Dignity program which ensures workers are paid at least $10 an hour Vermont’s minimum wage. Workers will also be guaranteed one day off a week at least eight consecutive hours of rest between shifts and housing accommodations that include a bed and access to electricity and clean running water New York Times reports.\n\"It's an agreement that puts the worker in charge of workers' rights \" he said. \"It's a worker-led movement but it's a very clever system. It's a system that really does create a win win win \" said Jostein Solheim Ben & Jerry’s CEO.\nBut while Ben & Jerry’s has committed to sourcing 100 percent of its dairy ingredients through this program “over a period of years ” it won’t affect the purchase price of the final product. Stolheim said the extra money paid to farmers would not result in more expensive ice cream and the company will absorb the cost as a part of doing business.", "output": [ "Ben" ] }, { "id": "task419-751c767518674bf9bb07ddee0ebb60df", "input": "But Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told reporters he found it hard to believe that the arsenal of weapons ammunition and explosives recovered by police in their investigation could have been assembled by Paddock completely on his own.\n“You have to make an assumption that he had some help at some point ” Lombardo said at a news briefing. Lombardo said the attack was the obvious outcome of meticulous planning.\n“What we know is that Stephen Paddock is a man who spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo and living a secret life much of which will never be fully understood ” the sheriff said.\nIn response to a question Lombardo said investigators were examining the possibility Paddock’s purchase of more than 30 guns in October 2016 may have been precipitated by some triggering event in his life. He did not elaborate.\n“We’ve had a couple good leads and we’re working our way through it ” Sheriff Joseph Lombardo told the president.", "output": [ "Joseph Lombardo" ] }, { "id": "task419-e632d9e150254c74be4f7d5177359341", "input": "HBO is severing ties with Louis C.K. following a New York Times report that the comedian sexually harassed five women with allegations spanning back to the late '90s.\nThe premium cable network has confirmed that it has cut C.K. from its Night of Too Many Stars charity telecast an annual event which raises funds for autism services. HBO also announced that it will be pulling the comedian's stand-up specials and previous TV series — including Lucky Louie — from its on-demand platforms.\n“ Louis C.K. will no longer be participating in the Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs which will be presented live on HBO on November 18 ” an HBO spokesperson said per Variety. “In addition HBO is removing Louis C.K. ’s past projects from its On Demand services.”\nMeanwhile FX Networks — the home of C.K. 's Emmy-winning comedy Louie where the showrunner has an overall deal and also executive produces Pamela Adlon's Better Things and Zach Galifianakis' Baskets — issued a statement in response to the report.\n“We are obviously very troubled by the allegations about Louis C.K. published in The New York Times today. The network has received no allegations of misconduct by Louis C.K. related to any of our 5 shows produced together over the past 8 years. FX Networks and FXP take all necessary actions to protect our employees and thoroughly investigate any allegations of misconduct within our workplace. That said the matter is currently under review.”\nEarlier Thursday the premiere for C.K. 's upcoming film I Love You Daddy was canceled ahead of the New York Times' story with the indie's distributor The Orchard revealing that the release plan for the film was being reviewed.\n“In light of the allegations concerning Louis C.K. referenced in today’s New York Times we are cancelling tonight’s premiere of I Love You Daddy \" the statement read. \"There is never a place for the behavior detailed in these allegations. As a result we are giving careful consideration to the timing and release of the film and continuing to review the situation.”\n C.K. was also scheduled to appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night before canceling his appearance with William H. Macy now set to replace him as a guest according to the Hollywood Reporter.\nAllegations against C.K. come on the heels of accusations of sexual misconduct leveled against a number of high-profile Hollywood figures including Harvey Weinstein James Toback Kevin Spacey Roy Price Brett Ratner Ed Westwick Steven Seagal and Jeffrey Tambor. Hours after the C.K. report broke an allegation of harassment against Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner also surfaced.", "output": [ "Louis C.K" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6c8a6bf399e49979c373a4ca4236aa5", "input": "Meanwhile accounts surfaced of two more protesters killed in recent days. Fresh clashes broke out between security forces and demonstrators charging vote fraud in Ahmadinejad's recent re-election victory outside a canceled funeral service for another of the dead. Reformist leaders meanwhile sought to obtain a permit to hold a massive commemoration for those killed in the violence that has followed the disputed June 12 presidential vote.\n Ahmadinejad's latest personnel moves suggests that neither the burgeoning reformist movement shaking the country nor a week-long effort by conservatives against his pick for vice president have spurred the president to change his confrontational approach. It also highlights rising tensions between the president and fellow conservatives in parliament and elsewhere in Iran's political establishment.\n The controversy marked the second time in recent days that Ahmadinejad has faced off against fellow conservatives but ultimately been forced to back down.\n Conservative news agencies close to the government reported that Ahmadinejad abruptly sacked his ministers of Intelligence and Culture and possibly two others early Sunday in what many considered retribution for the ministers' efforts to scuttle Esfandiar Rahim Mashai's appointment as first in line to succeed the president.\n Hours later Ahmadinejad changed his mind after he ignited a storm of criticism and was told by conservative senior lawmakers that according to the nation's constitution he'd have to submit his entire Cabinet to a new vote of parliament if he changed more than one minister since he had already replaced so many during his four-year tenure.\n The president's office issued a statement saying that only Minister of Intelligence and Security Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei had been fired. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hossein Saffar Harandi a dedicated hard-liner announced in a blistering note late Sunday that he would resign immediately after receiving \"verbal instructions\" from Ahmadinejad that he was fired.\n Though Ahmadinejad had long announced plans to reshuffle the Cabinet following his inauguration to a new term in less than two weeks the sudden nature of the dismissals just days before the government was to expire anyway was considered an insulting rejoinder to conservative supporters of Ahmadinejad who had opposed Mashai's appointment.\n After bowing to Khamenei's request to remove Mashai as first vice-president Ahmadinejad appointed him chief of staff.\n On Sunday Ahmadinejad also appointed former Interior Minister Ali Kordan who had resigned his post after admitting he had tried to bolster his resume with a phony Oxford degree as his special inspector who monitors the activities of the ministries and government.\n Ahmadinejad's confirmation for a second-term by Khamenei is set for Aug. 4 and his swearing-in ceremony will take place the next day a lawmaker announced. Protesters supporting opposition candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi have vowed to stage another day of peaceful protest when Ahmadinejad is formally sworn in.", "output": [ "Ahmadinejad" ] }, { "id": "task419-3df35ba4ea174090ad95531e75605036", "input": "Chinese President Hu Jintao arrived here Wednesday for a state visit to Uzbekistan where he will also attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.\n This is Hu's second trip to the Central Asian state since he became China's head of state in 2003. In June 2004 Hu visited Uzbekistan and attended an SCO summit in Tashkent.\n During his stay in Tashkent he will meet his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov to exchange views on the current situation and prospects of bilateral ties as well as international and regional issues of common concern said Chinese diplomats.\n \"Hu's visit is expected to help strengthen the China-Uzbekistan friendly and cooperative partnership \" Cheng Guoping assistant foreign minister of China told a press conference last Friday.\n In Tashkent Hu will join leaders of other SCO members for a summit on Friday. The participating leaders will mainly discuss strategies for fighting the \"three evil forces \" safeguarding security and stability and advancing pragmatic cooperation.", "output": [ "Hu Jintao" ] }, { "id": "task419-de482454e8464abda84ea69d212436d0", "input": "Many fascinating ― and at times disturbing ― truths about our world were uncovered in 2017 thanks in large part to the ingenuity and dogged reporting of dozens of journalists . While President Donald Trump would have you believe the press is “ the enemy of the people ” much of 2017 ′ s most important journalistic initiatives proved otherwise . From explosive revelations in the Trump - Russia investigations to dramatic accounts of sexual misconduct this year ’ s investigative reporting helped keep powerful figures in check . These 14 stories in chronological order show what an influential and essential tool great journalism can be in starting conversations shaping society and helping mold a safer more transparent world for its consumers . Brendan McDermid / Reuters Former Fox News Channel host Bill O ' Reilly Rumors about conservative pundit Bill O ’ Reilly ’ s pattern of sexually harassment towards women staffers at Fox News where he was a star for two decades were confirmed by The New York Times ’ reporters Emily Steel and Michael S . Schmidt in April . The Times ’ investigation revealed at least $ 13 million had been paid out to five women over the years about his inappropriate behavior . O ’ Reilly denied the allegations but less than two weeks later Fox News ’ biggest name was fired . The story likely empowered other women to come forward about their own sexual harassment experiences helping to ignite the # MeToo movement months later . It also shed light on the questionable ethics of non - disclosure agreements that prevent many women from speaking out . Memorable line : The women who made allegations against Mr . O ’ Reilly ... complained about a wide range of behavior including verbal abuse lewd comments unwanted advances and phone calls in which it sounded as if Mr . O ’ Reilly was masturbating according to documents and interviews . The New York Times : “ Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him To End Flynn Investigation ” ( May 16 ) The Washington Post via Getty Images Former FBI director James Comey Americans were captivated when the Times published an explosive report describing memos written by former FBI director James Comey about his interactions with President Trump . Comey who had been fired by Trump a week before the Times ’ story alleged the president had urged him to shut down the federal investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn . The report was published just weeks prior to Comey ’ s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee which was part of a federal investigation into whether Trump ’ s 2016 presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government . Some lawmakers and political commentators suggested Trump ’ s remarks to Comey which the president has denied making constitute obstruction of justice . Flynn pleaded guilty earlier this month on charges of lying to the FBI about his interactions with Russian officials . Memorable line : “ I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go to letting Flynn go ” Mr . Trump told Mr . Comey according to the memo . “ He is a good guy . I hope you can let this go .” Spencer Platt via Getty Images A boy attends a march through the streets of Norwalk agains the epidemic of heroin . In this eye - opening report Mother Jones ’ Julia Lurie highlighted one of the many heart - breaking side effects of the United States ’ opioid epidemic : the growing number of children in foster care . More and more parents using or overdosing on drugs are losing custody of their children burdening an already under - resourced foster care system . Between 2012 and 2015 children in foster care grew by roughly 30 000 according to the report . Lurie ’ s piece caught the attention of lawmakers and advocacy groups across the country including Rep . Katherine Clark ( D - Mass .) Memorable line : Then there was Jake a 16 - year - old with boy - band looks who holed up for months in a motel ... while his mom went out to use . “ I just want her to go into rehab and get right ” he told me over chicken nuggets at Dairy Queen . “ If that could be my birthday present or my Christmas present that ’ s what it would be .” Brian Snyder / Reuters Donald Trump Jr . On July 8 the Times published a report describing a previously undisclosed meeting between Russian operatives and Donald Trump Jr . during his father ’ s 2016 presidential campaign . Trump Jr . dismissed the meeting as one simply about an “ adoption program .” But three days later the Times published an even more damning report . The story included details from an email chain between Trump Jr . and the Russian meeting attendees in which he describes his eagerness to get Kremlin - produced dirt on his father ’ s political opponent Hillary Clinton . For some lawmakers and their constituents this revelation fueled their growing concerns over potential links between Trump ’ s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia . Memorable line : If the future president ’ s eldest son was surprised or disturbed by ... the notion that it was part of a continuing effort by the Russian government to aid his father ’ s campaign ... he gave no indication . He replied within minutes : “ If it ’ s what you say I love it especially later in the summer .” Rick Kern via Getty Images R . Kelly R . Kelly is no stranger to sexual misconduct and abuse allegations . Despite decades of accusations against the R & B star including sex with underage girls and battery Kelly has come out relatively unscathed and managed to keep a low - ish profile for the past few years . And then Buzzfeed News contributor Jim DeRogatis published a shocking report alleging several women between the ages of 31 and 19 are being held against their will in a “ cult ” run by Kelly in which he dictates how they dress what they eat when they sleep and how they sexually pleasure him while he records it . R . Kelly has denied the accusations vehemently but parents of the women involved with his “ cult ” say he ’ s a “ monster ” and claim their daughters have been “ brainwashed .” Over 36 000 people have signed an online petition calling on Sony Music to drop Kelly from its record label . Memorable line : “ It was as if she was brainwashed . [ She ] looked like a prisoner — it was horrible ... I hugged her and hugged her . But she just kept saying she ’ s in love and [ R . Kelly ] is the one who cares for her .” Vice correspondent Elle Reeve ’ s video coverage of the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville Virginia created a buzz on the internet over its up - close look at the horrifying beliefs of a hate movement . The enthralling documentary followed several white nationalists including Christopher Cantwell an unabashedly racist alt - right personality . Cantwell made many alarming statements throughout the video but perhaps most sickening was his remark that a fellow white nationalist at the rally was “ justified ” in ramming his car into a crowd of counterprotesters killing 32 - year - old Heather Heyer . Cantwell posted a tearful video days after Vice released the video claiming his band of white nationalists have been treated unfairly . Social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram disabled his accounts following the Vice report . By Aug . 21 Cantwell turned himself into police on warrants of illegal use of teargas during his time in Charlottesville . Memorable line : “ As you can see we greatly outnumbered the anti - white anti - American filth and at some point we will have enough power that we will clear them from the streets forever . That which is degenerate in white countries will be removed .” KCNA KCNA / Reuters North Korea ' s leader Kim Jong Un Seasoned North Korea correspondent Evan Osnos dissected the possibility of a nuclear war between the U . S . and North Korea in this deep dive into the two feuding countries ’ tumultuous relationship . His on - the - ground perspective from Pyongyang offered an enlightening and unique look into the enigmatic authoritarian regime . Osnos gained rare access to North Korean military leaders and citizens who offered reactions to President Trump ’ s bombastic rhetoric and threats to the country ’ s leader Kim Jon Un . Military conflict with the U . S . was not a goal they said but certainly not out of the realm of possibility if provoked . Memorable line : “ A few thousand would survive ” Pak said . “ And the military would say ‘ Who cares ? As long as the United States is destroyed then we are all starting from the same line again .’ ” He added “ A lot of people would die . But not everyone would die .” Phototreat via Getty Images Pentagon Despite the military ’ s promise to crackdown on sexual misconduct the Post ’ s Craig Whitlock uncovered one woman ’ s chilling account of an Air Force colonel relentlessly harassing her sending her X - rated recordings ― and essentially getting away with it . Col . Ronald S . Jobo avoided criminal charges ― and even walked away with a hefty pension ― after bombarding his female subordinate with inappropriate sexual messages and requests . The victim filed a report to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations who found evidence that Jobo sexually harassed her . But Jobo ’ s commander Lt . Gen . John F . Thompson took a lenient approach in disciplining him . Jobo was merely demoted and forced to retire which allowed him to collect a pension worth roughly $ 72 000 per year according to the report . The reported prompted outrage from lawmakers including Sens . Kirsten Gillibrand ( D - N . Y .) and Sherrod Brown ( D - Ohio ) who demanded a review of the Air Force ’ s adjudication process for cases of sexual assault and harassment . Memorable line : The woman said that she tried once more to leave but that he told her he wouldn ’ t let go of her arm until she agreed to respond to his texts . Instead crying she swore at him again . Rick Diamond via Getty Images Penn State University Caitlin Flanagan contributing editor for The Atlantic put the spotlight on some fraternities ’ harmful ― and at times deadly ― hazing rituals taking place on college campuses across the U . S . Her findings made her question why such institutions even continue to exist . Flanagan focused on one particularly horrifying case in which Penn State University sophomore Tim Piazza fell down a flight of stairs at a Beta Theta Pi hazing event . It wasn ’ t until 12 hours later that some of the fraternity ’ s members called 911 when they noticed their pledge “ looked fucking dead .” The student underwent surgery but died the next day . Penn State shut down the fraternity in February and over two dozen people have been charged in relation to the student ’ s death . Since Flanagan ’ s report at least two other fraternity - related deaths have occurred according to The New York Times . Memorable line : Once again a student is dead and a family is shattered . And all of us are co - authors of these grim facts as we grant both the fraternities and their host institutions tax - exempt status and allow them to carry on year after year with little change . Is it time we reconsidered what we ’ re doing ? The New York Times : “ Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers For Decades ” ( Oct . 5 ) Alexander Koerner via Getty Images Harvey Weinstein This is the explosive report that helped catapult the # MeToo movement into existence . The Times ’ Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey unearthed previously undisclosed allegations that Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein used his position of power to sexually harass women for decades telling women to accept his sexual advances if they wanted his help with their careers . Days later the New Yorker published Ronan Farrow ’ s disturbing investigation into Weinstein ’ s history of sexual abuse revealing the film producer had been accused not only of sexual harassment but of rape as well . The reports prompted the firing of Weinstein from his company as well as the rescinding of several awards . The NYPD announced in October that it was investigating sexual assault claims against him . Since the Weinstein allegations a powerful man has been publicly accused of sexual misconduct once every 20 hours according to the Los Angeles Times . Memorable line : In interviews eight women described varying behavior by Mr . Weinstein : appearing nearly or fully naked in front of them requiring them to be present while he bathed or repeatedly asking for a massage or initiating one himself . 11 . International Consortium of Investigative Journalists : “ Paradise Papers ” ( Nov . 5 ) Francois Lenoir / Reuters Activists stage a protest on a mock tropical island representing a tax haven . Journalists from 96 media organizations across the world worked together to investigate over 13 million leaked documents that revealed elaborate offshore assets of politicians and corporations . The investigation known as the “ Paradise Papers ” concluded that such assets allowed the high - profile figures and companies to dodge millions of dollars in taxes . One of the most notable findings for U . S . politics is a report that Trump ’ s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross shares business interests with Russian President Vladimir Putin ’ s son - in - law . Ross previously failed to disclose the connection during his confirmation hearing . Many U . S . lawmakers expressed dismay over the findings . Several senators including Sen . Bernie Sanders ( I - Vt .) called for an investigation into the findings . The Paradise Papers “ raise serious questions about the integrity of our tax system and the ability of the top one percent to rig it in order to benefit themselves at the expense of everyone else ” Sanders wrote in a letter to the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee last month . Memorable line : In the United States the files reveal personal or corporate offshore ties of key Trump associates who are charged with helping to put “ America First .” Bloomberg via Getty Images Roy Moore Judge Roy Moore had all but cinched his position as Alabama ’ s next senator despite his overtly racist and homophobic views . But then the allegations of sexual assault on minors began rolling in . Leigh Corfman told the Post that she was 14 when Moore then a 32 - year - old district attorney kissed her touched her breast and forced her to touch him over his underwear . Corfman ’ s accusation prompted other women to come forward though Moore has denied accusations of wrongdoing . The report likely cost Moore the race despite having Trump ’ s endorsement . He lost to Democratic opponent Doug Jones but has yet to officially concede . Memorable line : He took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes . He touched her over her bra and underpants she says and guided her hand to touch him over his underwear . “ I wanted it over with — I wanted out ” she remembers thinking . “ Please just get this over with .” MOHAMED EL - SHAHED via Getty Images Iraqi forces An on - the - ground account from veteran investigative reporter Azmat Khan and writer Anand Gopal found coalition airstrikes in Iraq are not nearly as precise as U . S . officials claim with more civilians dying from the bombs than previously reported . Khan and Gopal discovered flawed or outdated intelligence contributed to accidental bombing of Iraqi civilians by the U . S . military . According to the report one in five airstrikes resulted in the death of civilians ― a rate more than 31 times acknowledged by the coalition . The report prompted Rep . Ted Lieu ( D - Calif .) to send a letter to Defense Secretary James Mattis requesting he take “ corrective actions ” in light of the investigation . Memorable line : When Basim asked who in his home survived he was told : nobody . The blast killed Mayada and Tuqa instantly . A second strike hit next door and Mohannad and Najib were also dead . Only Azza Najib ’ s mother was alive because the explosion had flung her through a second - story window . Jason Wong / HuffPost The impending financial doom facing most millennials has been a hot topic for the past few years but no report has laid out the disaster quite as effectively and hauntingly as HuffPost contributor Michael Hobbes . Hobbes explained how decades of irresponsible political and corporate decisions have led this generation into a downward spiral of financial ruin . One in five millennials live in poverty according to the report and people ages 26 to 34 are more likely than any other age bracket to not have health insurance . Some lawmakers called on Congress to make a more concerted effort to help millennials including Rep . Keith Ellison ( D - Minn .) and Sen . Bernie Sanders ( I - Vt .) whose cornerstone issue is tackling wealth inequality . “ This is the direct result of an economy built to maximize corporate profits and protect the assets of the wealthy — an economy that is rigged against working class people who also cannot count on a stable safety net like generations before ” Sanders wrote in a Facebook post .", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr" ] }, { "id": "task419-bfd2810efd9d44edab2fc04d7d6e1436", "input": "The athletes did not fly through the air with the greatest of ease during the wind-whipped womenâs slopestyle at the Winter Olympics on Monday. But reigning Olympic champion Jamie Anderson tamed the conditions enough to win the gold medal in Pyeongchang South Korea â defending the gold she won four years ago in the same event.\n She became the first female snowboarder to win multiple golds and notched the second gold for the United States at this yearâs games.\nMother Nature couldn't stop a force of nature. Jamie Anderson won gold for Team USA in women's slopestyle. #BestOfUS #WinterOlympics [Link] pic.twitter.com/zUSS5G2wpf â NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 12 2018\nâIâm feeling so happy â Anderson said per the Olympicsâ news service. âIâve gone through so much this last year just preparing for the Games and defending the gold is definitely not an easy position to be in. â\nSergei Bobylev via Getty Images Jamie Anderson celebrates her victory Monday.\nBut the conditions remained dangerous. After a 75-minute delay Anderson and the rest of the field went to work. Much of the field struggled mightily against the elements but Anderson managed to record an 83 on her first run to take the lead and that score held up.", "output": [ "Jamie Anderson" ] }, { "id": "task419-cfb804a510a4403fae8eefd6534efec7", "input": "In a case of literary serendipity right after I read Beck's piece I stumbled onto an essay called \"The Simplest Course I Ever Taught\" in The Chronicle of Higher Education by Paula Marantz Cohen dean of the Pennoni Honors College and professor of English at Drexel University.\n Cohen describes her embrace of \"slow teaching \" an approach that designs a college course to \"look closely — and by extension slowly — at one major idea or text over the course of ten weeks.\"\nThough the focus of Cohen 's essay is a one-credit course she developed that \"took the slow teaching approach to a new level\" — she read aloud Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to her students and they discussed the plot and characters together — she explains that the honors program she heads offers a whole set of slow-taught courses. One of them focused on Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species an indication that science as well as the humanities is involved.\nA deliberate change on professors' part from trying \"to cram in as much material as possible over the course of a term \" Cohen suggests brings benefits to the students. \"I am convinced that key concepts and texts will adhere better to memory and understanding if their presentation is slowed down \" she says in her essay.\nGiven what I wrote here last year about celebrating intellectual engagement on college campuses it's no surprise that I'm convinced by Cohen 's points. I'm not a skeptic about the slow-teaching approach.\nDid Cohen have any thoughts on whether slow teaching would be as effective in the science as in the humanities? She replied in part:", "output": [ "Paula Marantz Cohen" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f2604c83d474ae69f630b400c7bfa57", "input": "Madonna gave an explosive address at the Women's March on Washington on Saturday that likely has many news networks wishing they had played her remarks on delay.\n\"Yes I am outraged. Yes I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House ... but I choose love \" Madonna said from the main stage area near the National Mall.\n Her remarks are now going viral.\n Madonna during her #WomensMarch speech: \"Yes I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House\" pic.twitter.com/Z9ILmznAIw — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 21 2017\nMadonna an icon of both pop music and feminism took the stage later in the event. While the march's organizers have insisted the event is pro-women more than anti-Trump the singer did not pass on an opportunity to take public digs at the new president.\n\"It took this horrific moment of darkness to wake us the f--k up \" Madonna said.\n She repeated expletives multiple times on stage.\n Madonna cheered on those who turned out for the march and delivered choice words to others.\n Madonna ended her address with a rendition of her song \"Express Yourself \" in which she sang \"Donald Trump suck a d--k I'm not your b---h.\"\n Madonna singing at #WomensMarch: \"Donald Trump suck a dick I'm not your bitch\" pic.twitter.com/iHThRt5rEu — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) January 21 2017\nYou can watch more of Madonna 's remarks below.", "output": [ "Madonna" ] }, { "id": "task419-a60f183a395c404dac74165ad1a54ef3", "input": "Marilou Danley the girlfriend of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock arrived back in the United States from the Philippines on Tuesday night. Investigators are hoping she can help answer questions about her live-in partner of many years who killed himself after carrying out the worst mass shooting in recent US history.\n She immediately met with FBI investigators but is not in custody.\nIn a statement read by her attorney Wednesday Danley claimed she did not see any warning signs that Paddock was planning the attack and that she believed he sent her to the Philippines — and later wired her money — as a way of breaking up with her.\n\"I was grateful but honestly I was worried that first the unexpected trip home and then the money was a way of breaking up with me \" she said. \"It never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone. \"\nDanley's lawyer Los Angeles-based Matthew Lombard told reporters Tuesday that she is cooperating fully with the investigation and returned to the US voluntarily to speak with authorities. Danley flew to the Philippines on Sept. 15.\n Her brother Reynaldo Bustos who lives in the Philippines said in an interview with ABC News that Danley told him she has a \"clean conscience.\"\n Danley is described as a friendly mother and grandmother who met Paddock while still married to her ex-husband and has spent the last few years living with him in Mesquite Nevada.\nBorn in the Philippines on Dec. 12 1954 Danley later moved to Queensland Australia with her young daughter Sheila married a local and became a citizen.\n Danley lived on the Gold Coast in Queensland for a decade until the late 1980s according to Australia's ABC.\nTwo of her sisters who live in Australia told Seven News that Danley was completely unaware of her partner's actions until after he perpetrated the mass shooting that left 58 people dead. Paddock killed himself before police could capture him.\nAccording to the sisters Danley believes she was sent away so that she couldn't stop Paddock from committing the shooting. Her sisters also said Paddock had sent Danley $100 000 while she was in the Philippines.\n\" She was sent away. She was away so that she will not be there to interfere with what he's planning \" said one of her sisters crying during the interview.\n\" She didn't even know that she was going to the Philippines until Steve said 'Marilou I found you a cheap ticket to the Philippines' \" said another sister.\n\"In that sense I thank him for sparing my sister's life. But that won't be to compensate the 59 people's lives \" she added describing Danley as a \"gentle soul.\"\nNow an artist Darcey wrote on her website that she feared pursuing art as she didn't want to disappoint her mother but that after she changed her college major from computer science to fine art Danley supported her completely.\nKnights added that he was certain Danley wasn't involved with the shooting. “I knew that she would have had nothing to do with it ” he said.", "output": [ "Marilou Danley" ] }, { "id": "task419-fee4ac77122f491ea6ae31a2297a93a3", "input": "A stethoscope lay on the bed upstairs in case someone asked Shae Brown to listen to her triumphant heartbeat.\n Shae placed the medical instrument there anticipating an opportunity to share the joyous sound with new friends. The Millers from Glencoe had traveled to Shiner Texas — a small town of 2 069 people in the southeast part of the state — to meet Shae whose heart once pumped inside their beloved daughter and sister. Shae 's successful heart transplant occurred May 20 2013 in Houston after her donor Alyssa Miller died at 24 after a long illness leaving behind a twin sister Eva and parents Fred and Barbara.\nOn the second day of the Millers' visit to Texas Fred's daughter Eva worked up the nerve to ask Shae something she expected.\n\"Eva said 'This is probably a really strange question but is there any way we could listen to Alyssa's heart beating inside of you?'\" recalled Shae 49 a dental hygienist. \"I said 'That's not a strange question and yes you can.' So I went up the stairs and got my stethoscope.\"\nEva pressed the device against Shae 's chest and listened emotionally. Then Barbara leaned in close and heard the beating that once had provided the rhythm for so much joy in her life. When it was Fred's turn he wanted to hear too but hesitated. A father still struggling to cope found the timing too soon the pain surprisingly fresh.\n Shae Brown 's successful heart transplant occurred May 20 2013 in Houston after her donor Alyssa Miller passed away at the age of 24 following a long illness. (Jay Janner / Austin American Statesman / Chicago Tribune) Shae Brown 's successful heart transplant occurred May 20 2013 in Houston after her donor Alyssa Miller passed away at the age of 24 following a long illness. (Jay Janner / Austin American Statesman / Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS\n\"I think I was more shocked by my own reaction that day than I was that Eva brought it up to Shae \" said Fred 62 a psychiatrist for NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston. \"But no I just … couldn't do it. I couldn't listen. It's a very surreal experience knowing that there is a part of my daughter that is still here. To be clear this is Shae's heart. This is Shae's life. We get that and don't want to put any burdens on her. We want her to be herself. That said it is kind of a weird thing.\"\nMedical professionals encourage heart-transplant recipients to wait a minimum of one year to contact the donor's family and Shae was counting the days. But as the anniversary arrived reality hit her.\n\"I was like 'You can't write that letter now on the one-year mark when it's going to be all new and fresh to them '\" Shae said. \"I couldn't have them relive that. So I clammed up.\"\nAnother year of doubt and curiosity passed until Shae received some good advice: Instead of sending what amounts to a thank-you card tell the Millers her story — and what an inspiring one it was.\nAt 16 doctors diagnosed Shae with rhabdomyosarcoma – a cancer of cells that normally develop into skeletal muscles. At Stage 4 the scared teenager faced long odds of survival. Shae recalled one doctor giving her three months. The chemotherapy drug doxorubicin damaged Shae's heart but her cancer required the most aggressive treatment possible to stop the tumors from spreading.\n Fred Miller Heart transplant recipient Shae Brown of Texas with Fred Miller from Glencoe . Miller's daughter Alyssa was Brown 's heart donor. Heart transplant recipient Shae Brown of Texas with Fred Miller from Glencoe. Miller's daughter Alyssa was Brown's heart donor. (Fred Miller) (Fred Miller)\nOne Sunday hours after Shae remembers the local pastor visiting nurses noticed a difference in the color of fluid in the bag connected to her catheter. Shae's abdomen softened. Unbelievably her prognosis changed by the time she went to bed.\n\"I'll never forget my doctor saying before he walked out of my room that night 'It looks like the man above is doing some work here '\" Shae said. \"They were shocked my tumor started shrinking. Most people who had that kind of cancer didn't make it but here I am.\"\nThere she was almost a lifetime later hitting the highlights of her incredible journey in a letter to the Miller family she desperately wanted to meet. Shae included how the chemo drug weakened her heart enough to need a pacemaker installed at the age of 35. How in 2012 at 43 years old Shae was placed on a transplant list where she remained for 14 months of uncertainty. How after the transplant doctors told Shae her heart had been functioning at 1 percent of its capacity.\n\"I didn't realize how close to death I was \" Shae said. \"I learned at 16 you don't take life for granted. You're never guaranteed tomorrow. Each day since then I've lived with an extreme thankfulness that you get to wake up every day.\"", "output": [ "Shae Brown" ] }, { "id": "task419-ba3d5aaec4da4fcfb27ea25118b94a7b", "input": "A complicated era is over. Carmelo Anthony finally escaped New York.\nAfter months of posturing and misdirection regarding his future the Knicks agreed to ship the greatest Knick since Patrick Ewing to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Doug McDermott Enes Kanter and a 2018 second-round pick a source confirmed Saturday.\nTwo role players is a small haul for a player of Anthony’s stature and scoring prowess but the Knicks were never getting a comparable return. Both sides just needed to move on after a long and contentious divorce period.\n Carmelo Anthony is getting his wish and will be leaving the Knicks just days before start of training camp.\nDuring and after Phil Jackson’s tenure the Knicks made it known that Anthony was no longer part of their plans. But they couldn’t agree to a deal to satisfy Anthony’s desire of playing for the Rockets setting in motion fears that the small forward would make it to another Knicks training camp.\n Knicks reach out to Cavs about a potential Carmelo Anthony trade\n He didn’t want that.\nLess than two weeks ago according to a source Anthony opened up his options to three destinations — including the Rockets — to pressure the Knicks to get a deal done before having to attend Media Day in New York on Monday. As the Daily News first reported the Knicks reached out to the Cavs recently with the understanding that Anthony would waive his no-trade clause to join buddy LeBron James. However the Cavs were unwilling to part with Tristan Thompson or Kevin Love.\nThe Thunder were also on Anthony ’s list and there is an important connection: Assistant GM Troy Weaver formerly coached Anthony at Syracuse and the two remain close. Beyond that the Thunder will boast a trio (Anthony Russell Westbrook Paul George) as lethal offensively as any in the NBA. To complete the deal Anthony not only had to waive his no-trade clause he sacrificed a trade kicker worth $8.1 million. He leaves the biggest NBA market for one of the smallest an ironic move considering he pushed so hard to travel the opposite way six years ago for his trade to the Knicks. New York is the city that never sleeps and Oklahoma City’s stores all close by 6 p.m. But digital media has changed the landscape such that stars can get exposure and endorsements in any market. The Thunder have 27 games on national television this season compared to New York’s eight.\n Carmelo Anthony will be sporting a new look this season. (Jennifer Pottheiser/NBAE/Getty Images)\nThe Knicks are projected to land in the lottery again while challenged to replace Anthony’s 22-plus points per game. They’ll be really bad but it’s easy to find the long-term reasons for dealing Anthony : it creates a faster transition into the Kristaps Porzingis era; it eliminates potential distractions and another controversy; it jibes with New York’s tanking strategy in the final year of the current draft lottery system.\n Carmelo Anthony spends seven seasons with the Knicks but fails to deliver a true contender. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)\n Anthony would’ve been traded long ago if he wasn’t one of only three NBA players with a no-trade clause. It was given to Anthony by Jackson — along with a $124 million contract — in 2014. Before that he led the Knicks to a division title a playoff series victory and set the franchise record for most points in a game (62).\nBut everything went downhill after Jackson took over as president culminating Saturday with Anthony leaving the Knicks — a marriage once meant to save the franchise.\nKnicks Carmelo Anthony headed toward awkward reunion next week", "output": [ "Carmelo Anthony" ] }, { "id": "task419-a11571f862e843218cc8b690a79fb093", "input": "The lawsuit by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson accused Purdue of deceptive marketing of OxyContin and convincing doctors and the public that its drugs had a low-risk of addiction and were effective for treating chronic pain.\n\"I don't know how executives at Purdue sleep at night \" Ferguson told reporters.\nIn filing his lawsuit in King County Superior Court in Seattle on Thursday Ferguson said he was breaking off from an ongoing multi-state probe by various attorneys general into companies that manufacture and distribute opioids.\nWhile Ferguson said looked forward to seeing its results \"we felt we had a case ready to go.\"", "output": [ "Ferguson" ] }, { "id": "task419-c78c97a2bed54dee8b2055e213d7906a", "input": "Ryan Blaney drives down the front straightaway during qualifying at Phoenix International Raceway on Friday. (Photo: Ralph Freso AP)\nAVONDALE Ariz. (AP) — Ryan Blaney probably needs to win at Phoenix Raceway to earn a shot at NASCAR’s championship.\n He ’ll at least start up front Sunday in his bid to put The Wood Brothers in the final four contenders next weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Blaney won the pole in his final chance to qualify for NASCAR’s championship race with a lap at 137.942 mph around Phoenix in a Ford.\nIt gave Blaney the top starting spot for Sunday’s penultimate race of the playoffs. There is one slot available in the field of four that will race for the championship next week and Blaney is one of five drivers chasing that spot.\n“Our mindset coming into this weekend was really trying to win the race and sitting on the pole. My mindset doesn’t change ” Blaney said. “I still want to go try to win the race so that’s the mindset we’ve had all week and hopefully we can keep that and I think that’s our goal.”\n Blaney bested Denny Hamlin in Friday qualifying. Both playoff drivers need to win to grab the final spot in the finale and Hamlin waited until the third and final round to cut a corner on the track in an attempt to better his time.\nHamlin’s lap at 137.936 briefly put his Toyota on top of the leaderboard but Blaney bumped him moments later.\n1. (21) Ryan Blaney Ford 137.942 mph.", "output": [ "Ryan Blaney" ] }, { "id": "task419-7314cfc6016341e68d5f79bd71d615e0", "input": "WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey scorned the memo that was released by House Republicans after being declassified Friday by President Donald Trump saying it doesn't add up to much. \"That's it?\" Comey said on Twitter.\n\"Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee destroyed trust with Intelligence Community damaged relationship with FISA court and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what?\" Comey wrote adding: \"DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs.\"\nThe tweet was the latest in a series from Comey this week as Trump clashed with the FBI over the release of the GOP-written memo. On Thursday Comey stood up for the bureau's position against the document's disclosure and took aim at unnamed people he calls \"weasels and liars.\"\n\"All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would \" Comey tweeted Thursday night amid news that the FBI had lobbied the White House to block the release of a partisan memo on the Russia investigation.\nOn Friday morning the president continued his verbal attacks against the FBI writing on Twitter \"The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans — something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!\"\nOn Twitter Comey urged his former colleagues to \"take heart: American history shows that in the long run weasels and liars never hold the field so long as good people stand up.\"\n He concluded \"Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy\" — a reference to the senator who in the 1950s conducted hearings aimed at rooting out Communists in the U.S. government.\nSince his firing last May Comey has made his personal feelings about Trump known testifying in detail about personal interactions he says troubled him .\n He also authorized a close friend to share with reporters details from a memo he produced documenting one such encounter — a February conversation in the Oval Office in which he said Trump encouraged him to drop an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. That revelation prompted the Justice Department's appointment of a special counsel to run the Russia investigation.\n Comey has also used language about \"weasels\" before most notably in a September 2016 congressional hearing when he defended the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.\n\"You can call us wrong but don't call us weasels \" Comey said. \"We are not weasels. We are honest people and we did this in that way.\"", "output": [ "Comey" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac48e14b0d73413ca11fe508e5afe859", "input": "(Reuters) - Alabama voters elected conservative firebrand Roy Moore as the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday dealing a blow to President Donald Trump and other party leaders who had argued that rival Luther Strange was a better bet to advance their priorities in Washington.\nAn outspoken evangelical Christian who has twice lost his position as the state’s top judge Moore won election with a fierce anti-Washington message and a call to put religion at the center of public life.\nWith all 67 counties reporting Moore led Strange by 55 percent to 45 percent.\nDespite campaigning for Strange Trump congratulated Moore for his victory and urged him to defeat Democrat Doug Jones in the December election to fill a seat that was held by Jeff Sessions before he became U.S. Attorney General in February.\n“Congratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican Primary win in Alabama. Luther Strange started way back & ran a good race. Roy WIN in Dec!” Trump wrote on Twitter.\n Republican candidate Roy Moore makes his victory speech after defeating incumbent Luther Strange to his supporters at the RSA Activity center in Montgomery Alabama U.S. September 26 2017 during the runoff election for the Republican nomination for Alabama's U.S. Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry\n“You’re going to see in state after state people that follow the model of Judge Roy Moore that do not need to raise money from the elites ” he said at Moore’s victory party.\nStrange 64 a former state attorney general earned a reputation as a reliable Republican vote after he was appointed to the seat in February.\nBut his close ties to party leaders proved to be a liability with some voters who questioned whether former Governor Robert Bentley appointed him to Sessions’s seat in an attempt to avoid prosecution for a sex scandal. Bentley pleaded guilty to misusing campaign funds and stepped down in April.\n“It was sort of a ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours '” said R.L. Barber 77 a Moore supporter from Birmingham.\n Moore’s uncompromising style could bring a new level of turbulence to the Senate where Republicans have struggled to reach consensus on tax and spending issues and have failed repeatedly to roll back Obamacare.\nBut Moore said he would back the president.\n“Don’t let anybody in the press think that because he supported my opponent I do not support him and support his agenda ” Moore said.", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-11f86386af864611978e8a42add0eb2d", "input": "Conor McGregor has been warned he could be stripped of his UFC lightweight title if he doesn’t fight again until September The Daily Mail reported.\n McGregor has not fought in the cagefighting octagon since November 2016 and the division has been put on hold since.\nUFC president Dana White revealed that the 155-pound McGregor planned to only make his comeback towards the end of the year – a move White thinks is unfair to the champion’s competitors.\nShould McGregor be stripped of his lightweight belt it would mark the first time that he has not held some form of title in the sport Bleacher Report said.\nCommenting on the fight White said: “You do Khabib versus Tony we’re working on that fight now. If and when Conor comes back he would get the first crack at the title.”", "output": [ "Conor McGregor" ] }, { "id": "task419-9dad17f22e1649d595953a0264b1ed17", "input": "A manhunt was underway in western Pennsylvania early Saturday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a rookie police officer Friday night in a town outside Pittsburgh.\n Officer Brian Shaw had been with the New Kensington Pa. police department for less than a year police Chief Jim Klein said at a news conference the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.\nAlthough Shaw was new to the force his impact seemed to be felt throughout the community as evident in WTAE’s David Kaplan’s tweet.\nCiara Herbst a former co-worker and friend of Shaw described him as “the most genuine guy” who “honestly cared about everyone ” reported the Pittsburgh Tribune Review.\n\" He was a great family man and always thought about his community and always wanted to help anyone he could \" classmate David Fleck told the paper.\nAllie Wilhelm Shaw’s friend told the Tribune Review that becoming a police officer was “all he talked about” since he was in his late teens telling her 'It's my calling.'\"\nPolice did not say if Shaw returned fire.\n Shaw was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead.", "output": [ "Shaw" ] }, { "id": "task419-c311eaee4a8a48d6a04f09eea5391f37", "input": "Hours after Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) acknowledged his inappropriate behavior toward radio host Leeann Tweeden President Trump added his thoughts.\nThe Al Frankenstien picture is really bad speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures 2 3 4 5 & 6 while she sleeps? â¦.. â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17 2017\n .And to think that just last week he was lecturing anyone who would listen about sexual harassment and respect for women. Lesley Stahl tape? â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 17 2017\n Trump though has been quiet about the allegations against Moore. Through his press secretary the president has said that the allegations against Moore are âtroublingâ and that if proven to be true he should leave the Senate race. Asked on Thursday how the allegations might be proven to be true White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that it âshould be determined possibly by a court of lawâ â which of course wonât happen by next monthâs election. She left the final judgment to âthe people of Alabama . . . not the president whether they want Roy Moore to support them in the Senate.â\n Trump offered no tweets about Moore after the allegations emerged. Before The Post revealed the first of the stories involving Moore Trump tweeted his congratulations to the candidate saying that he âsounds like a really great guy.â\n100% fabricated and made-up charges pushed strongly by the media and the Clinton Campaign may poison the minds of the American Voter. FIX! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15 2016\n Nothing ever happened with any of these women. Totally made up nonsense to steal the election. Nobody has more respect for women than me! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15 2016\n The failing @nytimes reporters don't even call us anymore they just write whatever they want to write making up sources along the way! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 15 2016\n New polls are good because the media has deceived the public by putting women front and center with made-up stories and lies and got caught â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17 2016\nCan't believe these totally phoney stories 100% made up by women (many already proven false) and pushed big time by press have impact! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 17 2016\n All of those comments were before Election Day last year. As we noted last month television news coverage moved on from the allegations against Trump to the WikiLeaks documents and the letter from FBI Director James B. Comey.\nThe White House has addressed the allegations since Trump was inaugurated. At a news conference last month Trump again dismissed the charges out-of-hand.\nThere were other allegations that Trump preferred to talk about during 2016: those against Bill Clinton. In the wake of the release of the âAccess Hollywoodâ tape in which Trump described groping women without their consent Trump and his campaign began to focus on Clintonâs behavior. Before the second presidential debate Trump invited three women who said theyâd been assaulted by Clinton or had a relationship with him to join him for a news conference.\nExclusive VideoâBroaddrick Willey Jones to Bill's Defenders: âThese Are Crimes â âTerrifiedâ of âEnablerâ Hillary [Link] â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 9 2016\nThereâs never been anyone more abusive to women in politics than Bill Clinton.My words were unfortunate-the Clintonsâ actions were far worse â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 10 2016\n Itâs worth noting that this was a dramatic shift from how Trump spoke about the allegations against Clinton during the late 1990s.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-1080b927a88546d7b09ab03ea99778e2", "input": "Disney's purchase of 21st Century Fox 's studio assets brings clarity to an industry facing a change in consumer habits. Disney is paying a steep price-- Fox shareholders will receive 0.2745 DIS shares for each FOXA share and control about 25% of the combined company--with the acquired businesses carrying an equity value of $52 billion and an enterprise value of $66 billion.\nAs a studio Fox is in a clear slump and it is difficult to see the Fox content moving the needle on filmed entertainment at the new Disney. Disney is about to release The Last Jedi a surefire hit that I believe will outshine its predecessor The Force Awakens as the top-selling movie in terms of all-time global box office receipts. In contrast Fox has been unable to produce hits recently with none of its films featuring in the 2017 global box office top 10 (Logan is currently #11.) It is clear that Disney CEO Bob Iger is looking for quantity over quality.\nThat's the key factor: As Disney looks to launch its own over-the-top network in 2019 having a critical mass of popular franchises is key. After the deal closes Disney will control movie franchises such as Avatar X-Men Deadpool and the Fantastic Four. Just as importantly Disney gains control of Fox 's TV studios which created The Simpsons and Modern Family.\nSo that's the calculus here. The deal is clearly dilutive to DIS shareholders in the short-term. Disney's press release included management's forecast that the purchase of Fox assets will be \"accretive to earnings before the impact of purchase accounting for the second fiscal year after the close of the transaction.\"\nWhen there are that many weasel words in a guidance paragraph an analyst knows that management is not confident on the financials of the acquired company. Also Disney's projection of \"at least $2 billion\" in cost savings from the Fox deal tellingly does not include a time-frame. I think that's a stretch. If anything I believe Disney will likely end up spending incremental dollars not saving them to try and grow the Sky and Star India businesses that were languishing in the Fox corporate family.\nObviously though for Disney this deal is about assets not earnings per share. Currently there are five major studios globally with Lionsgate and Paramount occupying what I would classify as strong second-tier positions. After this deal obviously there will only be four first-time filed entertainment providers and Warner Brothers Universal and Sony/Columbia will have to deal with an Evil Empire that will eventually control its own version of a Death Star a direct-to-consumer network.\nSo Netflix's dominance is challenged and I believe that Netflix is the big loser in the Disney-Fox deal . At 17.2x analyst consensus for 2018 EPS Disney shares are not particularly expensive. Finally clinching the Fox deal (actual closure is expected by June 30th 2018) will allow Disney management to shift shareholder focus from the sinking ship that is ESPN to the high-quality stable of filmed entertainment properties that are controlled by the combined entity. Content is still king.", "output": [ "Fox" ] }, { "id": "task419-2fc1ecb0a90c4230a85540beae42854e", "input": "Stephen Paddock ’s missing hard drive has left one more puzzle for investigators to solve as they try to make sense of events surrounding one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern history The New York Times reported.\nAuthorities don't know what drove Paddock to open fire on a Las Vegas concert killing 58 people and injuring hundreds more and now new information has emerged to further complicate the case.\nOn Wednesday ABC News reported that Paddock is believed to have removed the hard drive from a computer recovered from his suite at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.\nSources told the network that Paddock had removed the hard drive sometime before he fatally shot himself in the hotel room and it is yet to be recovered.\nAdditionally is has been discovered that Paddock purchased software designed specifically to erase files from a hard drive although it cannot be established whether this was used or not without the hard drive to examine.\nInvestigators are going over all aspects of Paddock ’s life from finances to travel patterns but a motive remains elusive.\nIt has been established that Stephen Paddock was an avid gambler and held the title of \"lifetime winner\" at MGM Resorts properties The New York Times noted.\n He also went to great lengths to collect his large cache of guns traveling extensively to build up his armory. All weapons were purchased legally.\nIn an unrelated turn of events Stephen Paddock’s estranged 58-year-old brother Bruce Paddock was arrested on Wednesday on charges of child pornography.", "output": [ "Stephen Paddock" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb2bd57f809c4f2593590b048caeb1bb", "input": "\"We -LSB- Republicans -RSB- have to win in November 2016 ,\" Cruz added later in the program . \nCruz 's father , a pastor , is also expected to help the 44-year-old first-term senator make inroads with these voters . \nTexas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz , ticking off a litany of President Obama policies he opposes , promised Monday to return to a government by Constitution and \"stand for liberty\" as he officially announced his 2016 presidential bid . \nCruz is already a familiar figure on the circuit for presidential hopefuls , having made repeated visits to the early voting states , the big conservative activist conferences and more . \nCruz , speaking to an energetic crowd of students at Liberty University in Lynchburg , Va. , drew from his background to address his faith and what he sees for the future of the country . \nBy announcing what has long been obvious , Cruz triggers a host of accounting and reporting requirements about money he is raising and how he is spending it . \nCruz continued his pledge by telling the crowd to \"imagine a president who says I will honor the Constitution and under no circumstances will Iran be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon .\" \nFor his announcement , Cruz bypassed Texas , which he represents in the Senate , as well as early nominating states such as New Hampshire , where Mitt Romney kicked off his own campaign for the GOP nomination in 2012 , and Iowa . \nThe son of an American mother and Cuban-born father , Cruz is positioning himself to become potentially the nation 's first Hispanic president . \nWhile he was born in Canada , two lawyers who represented presidents from both parties at the Supreme Court recently wrote in the Harvard Law Review that they think Cruz meets the constitutional standard to run . \nCruz spoke on the fifth anniversary of Obama 's health care law -- legislation that prompted Cruz to stand for more than 21 hours in the Senate to denounce it in a marathon speech that delighted his Tea Party constituency and other foes of the law . \nCheers rose in the hall when Cruz reminded the crowd Monday that Liberty University filed a suit against the law right after its enactment . \nShould he fail to win the nomination or the presidency , Cruz would retain his Senate seat through 2019 . \nCruz earlier declared his candidacy via a Twitter post early Monday , becoming the first major candidate to officially declare . \n\"It 's time to get in there ,\" Cruz told Fox News ' Sean Hannity Monday night . \nA 30-second video accompanying the tweet featured Cruz speaking over a montage of farm fields , city skylines and American landmarks and symbols , calling on \"a new generation of courageous conservatives to help make America great again .\" \nBy getting in early -- and at Liberty -- Cruz was hoping to claim ownership of the influential and highly vocal corner of the Republican Party for whom cultural issues are supreme . \n\"I 'm ready to stand with you to lead the fight ,\" Cruz says as the video concludes . \nCruz , a divisive figure in his own party , is not expected to be the sole GOP contender for long .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-f2154e8849c14e3cb7c5137460b9d7f0", "input": "CLOSE ESPN produced a short documentary on Zaevion Dobson who was killed protecting his friends from gunfire . Courtesy of ESPN Films\n Zenobia Dobson wipes away tears as she recalls the night she learned her son Zaevion had been shot. (Photo: Ruth White/News Sentinel)\n Zenobia Dobson watched her sons walk out the door. Then she heard the gunshots.\n\"I knew my sons were out there \" she testified Thursday. \"I just started praying. I was hoping wherever they were that they were safe.\"\nA phone call sent her running out the door to the friend's home they'd gone to visit. Her older son Zack met her in tears.\n A gathering of friends\nZaevion Dobson 15 never made it home. The mother relived that night of Dec. 17 2015 on Wednesday before a Knox County Criminal Court jury hearing the case of the three men accused of killing him.\nMore: Fulton football retires Zaevion Dobson's jersey\nMore: Playground dedicated in honor of Zaevion Dobson\n Editorial: Zaevion Dobson's legacy of heroism\n CLOSE Zaevion Dobson a former Fulton football player would have been a member of the 2018 senior class. Diana C. Nearhos USA TODAY - Tennessee\n His sacrifice drew nationwide recognition including ESPN's Arthur Ashe Courage Award and a tribute from President Barack Obama during a speech on gun violence.\nChristopher Drone Bassett 22 Richard Gregory Williams III 23 and Kipling Colbert Jr. 22 are standing trial on charges that include first-degree murder and eight counts of attempted murder in Dobson 's death. Williams already has been convicted of shooting a witness in the case for \"snitching\" on him.\n Zaevion Dobson a 15-year-old Fulton High School student was fatally shot on Dec. 17 2015. (Photo: Courtesy of Fulton High School)\n Dobson and friends had just finished the last day of school before Christmas break and gone to a basketball game. He and his brother swung home to check in with their mother and then headed to Badgett Drive to meet a friend Faith Gordon and others at her aunt's apartment.\nMore: Tennessee's Todd Kelly Jr. LaTroy Lewis honor Zaevion Dobson with speeches", "output": [ "Zaevion Dobson" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d076a3649154b9cb829a489552dddc8", "input": "Jimmy Kimmel has already said what he needs to say about the events in Las Vegas.\nBut on Tuesday night Kimmel dedicated a small part of his opening monologue to take aim the \"nuts\" who spent time criticising him and others for wanting to do something about gun control following what happened on Sunday.\nSEE ALSO: Jimmy Kimmel tears up talking about his hometown Las Vegas\n He got straight to the point.\n\"So we will talk about it and shame on you for suggesting otherwise.\" And with that Kimmel returned to the show riffing about none other than Trump's visit to Puerto Rico.", "output": [ "Jimmy Kimmel" ] }, { "id": "task419-cc836951324c49a9a8980f8610339a69", "input": "Lawmakers facing midterm elections have put pressure on the Obama administration to impose trade sanctions on China. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Wednesday stepped up pressure on Beijing to make more progress to let its currency fluctuate. In a speech at the Brookings Institution Geithner said the United States would make currencies a major topic at international finance meetings this weekend in Washington.\n In a question-and-answer session Geithner rejected the notion that other nations are letting the United States take the lead in trying to get China to revalue its currency. Critics say other countries fear upsetting Chinese leaders and losing sales for their companies. But Geithner did say the IMF should play a bigger role in monitoring how countries manage their currencies.\n \"It is not good for the world for the burden of solving this broader problem the exchange rate problem to rest on the shoulders of the United States \" he said.\n He said other nations have been hurt by China's undervalued currency and would like to see Beijing adjust its currency.", "output": [ "Timothy Geithner" ] }, { "id": "task419-e42e2bd94b074a1a82094aed8f13f2da", "input": "South Africa’s ruling Africa National Congress (ANC) party has decided to formally ask corruption-dogged President Jacob Zuma to step down following a marathon meeting by the party’s leadership this week.\n The ANC’s executive committee gave the embattled president a 48-hour deadline to resign Reuters reports.\n Zuma has refused repeated calls to relinquish the presidency amid mounting graft scandals and despite the election of deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa as leader in December. Zuma who has served as South Africa’s president since 2009 has insisted on seeing out the end of his term in mid-2019.\nIt remains unclear if Zuma 75 will relent on Tuesday but if he does not he is expected to face a vote of confidence in parliament that he is likely lose further jeopardizing his grip on power the BBC reports.\n Zuma ’s popularity has plunged as his second presidential term has been married by allegations of corruption and mismanagement of state funds.\nIn 2016 South Africa’s highest court ruled that Zuma violated his oath of office when he used an estimated $15 million of government money to upgrade his private home. Zuma later repaid some of the funds but the BBC says a court ruled that parliament failed to properly hold the president to account and must lay down guidelines for impeachment.\nIn October South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal moved to reopen nearly 800 corruption charges against Zuma related to a $2 billion government arms deal in the 1990s.\n Zuma ’s alleged links to South Africa’s influential Gupta family who are suspected of brokering influence in the government also led the ANC to open a probe last year.", "output": [ "Jacob Zuma" ] }, { "id": "task419-8ab222db492e4fddbf29e80be0fb7109", "input": "This frame grab from a video released on Nov. 2 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows a Syrian army tank firing during a battle against Islamic State militants in Deir el-Zour Syria . The Syrian army announced on Friday Nov. 3 it liberated the long-contested eastern city of Deir el-Zour from the Islamic State group. (SANA via AP) (Associated Press)\nDAMASCUS Syria — The Syrian army announced on Friday it liberated the long-contested eastern city of Deir el-Zour from the Islamic State group marking another defeat of the extremists as their self-proclaimed “caliphate” crumbles and almost all their urban strongholds in Syria and Iraq have been lost.\nThe recapture of Deir el-Zour on the west bank of the Euphrates River is also another victory for President Bashar Assad’s forces though largely symbolic in the Syrian military’s bigger fight to capture most of the oil-rich province along the border with Iraq.\nDeir el-Zour which had been divided into a government-held and an IS-held part for nearly three years is the largest city in eastern Syria and the capital of the province with the same name. It is also the largest to be recaptured by the Syrian government from IS.\nThe Syrian army backed by Russia and Iran and Kurdish-led Syrian forces backed by the United States are now racing to take the rest of the oil-rich eastern province of Deir el-Zour including the key town of Boukamal near the Iraqi border.\nFootage posted on the website of the Syrian state news agency SANA shows the last moments of the fighting between the Syrian army and IS in Deir el-Zour including shelling by Syrian tanks and plumes of smoke rising over the city’s IS-held and mostly destroyed neighborhoods of Jamiayat and Jabiliyeh before they were liberated.", "output": [ "Deir el-Zour" ] }, { "id": "task419-04fa5f2b900045808851ead0fa46cd83", "input": "Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) is “quietly” working with Democrats on new legislation to dole out amnesty to nearly 800 000 to 3.5 million illegal aliens a new report reveals.\nAccording to POLITICO Flake has been working with Democrat Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) on a “Gang of Eight”-style amnesty deal for illegal aliens who are enrolled and eligible for the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.\n Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) quietly began working with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) several weeks ago in a new “gang” to craft Dreamer legislation that could pick up 60 votes according to a Flake spokesman. Flake and Bennet worked together nearly five years ago to write the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform measure. Aides declined to name all the senators who are involved although Democratic officials said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois is also engaged in the talks. “To have those kids go through another end of the year without knowing what their status is is not good ” Flake said Monday evening. “There are a couple of issues we still need consensus on but we’re getting close on a number of them.”\n Flake’s latest push for amnesty comes after the House and Senate passed tax reform legislation in which Flake claimed that the Senate Republican leadership promised him a DACA amnesty in exchange for his support for tax reform as Breitbart News reported.", "output": [ "Jeff Flake" ] }, { "id": "task419-a4735f77f8d34c578bd9e6d7bc4abd1b", "input": "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi missed the mark in her interpretation of the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act voted into law by Republicans last week. That legislation Pelosi declared on Twitter comes with some unwanted invitations.\nYet the @HouseGOP just voted to do exactly that #StopCCR — Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) December 6 2017\nThe Washington Post Fact Checker gave Pelosi three Pinocchios for the misleading tweet. Contrary to the picture Pelosi tried to paint federal law already prohibits violent criminals from obtaining guns.\n The House Minority Leader was supposedly relying on information she obtained from the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety which declared that the bill “forces\" states to allow concealed carry by many people who have never been subjected to a background check to carry throughout the country.\n Pelosi earned the third Pinocchio however thanks to her last line.\n“We wavered between Two and Three Pinocchios but ultimately settled on Three because her last line — 'the @House GOP just voted to do exactly that' — is so over the top and exaggerated ” the Fact Checker explained.", "output": [ "Nancy Pelosi" ] }, { "id": "task419-0ed8487904d545a78108cc897fee7515", "input": "What many of those selfie-snapping tourists outside may not realize is that the former home of late fashion designer Gianni Versace isn't a museum or private home but a hotel.\nIf a $1 000-plus-a-night hotel room is out of reach members of the public can indulge in the villa's Baroque grandeur with a dinner reservation at Gianni 's and an aperitif in the intimate clubby Onyx Bar in the space that used to be Versace's kitchen.\nSince Versace's death -- he was shot dead on the steps of his mansion in 1997 thus the camera-wielding tourists outside -- the property has changed management a couple of times.\n1 / 9 House-turned-hotel: The former home of late fashion designer Gianni Versace has been transformed into one of Miami's most opulent hotels. Courtesy Ken Hayden Photography\nThe unapologetic opulence of Casa Casuarina made it an obvious location for filming the TV series \"The Assassination of Gianni Versace : American Crime Story\" which will premiere on FX on January 19 2018.\nIn May 2017 tourists along Ocean Drive were treated to in-costume sightings of the show's stars including Penelope Cruz as Donatella Ricky Martin as Versace's longtime partner Antonio D'Amico and Edgar Ramirez as the designer -- who appeared on the balcony of Versace 's former bedroom clad in a pink bathrobe.\nThe room is now known as The Villa Suite and like the rest of the mansion's interiors it's as over-the-top on glitz as Versace 's collections. The most arresting feature also available in Donatella's bedroom the Venus Suite is a custom-made double-king-size bed.\nNo longer on show is Versace 's $10 000 marble toilet with 24-karat gold-plated seat -- one of the items auctioned off by Donatella after her brother's death.\nItalian fashion designer Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of the Miami mansion in July 1997. Courtesy Ken Hayden Photography\nThe Medusa mosaic was crafted in Versace 's home town Reggio Calabria Italy and then taken apart and shipped to Miami Beach in pieces where it was painstakingly reassembled.\nAdjacent to the garden in the \"new wing\" that Versace built when he acquired the mansion is The Moroccan Lounge which used to be his gym and still houses his eight-person hamam Turkish steam room and shower.", "output": [ "Gianni Versace" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d3b8b544d174cf1bc531b0078572caa", "input": "Popular conservative/libertarian channel Prager U is once again being censored by Google and YouTube for a video deemed too “hateful.”\nThe video is titled “Born to Hate Jews ” and while the title seems dark the message is the exact opposite. The speaker this time around is Kasim Hafeez founder of the Israel Campaign and in the video he tells the story of his journey from being a Muslim who came very close to being a terrorist against Israel to a man whose first hand education led him to stand with country he previously hated.\nThe core of his message is that he discovered that Israel is not the horrible oppressive and murderous state that many Muslim parents teach their children and college professors teach their students. He uses the story to point out that education about his enemy turned his enemy into his friend.\n“YouTube’s removal of PragerU’s video is particularly alarming. YouTube labeled the video as ‘hate speech ’ which is ironic since the video is about fighting hatred and anti-Semitism and is presented by a Muslim ” said Prager U’s Communication Director Jared Sichel.\nGoogle and YouTube have censored Prager U in the past as well having placed some of their educational content in the “restricted” column which would block videos from being seen in places like schools where these videos would have the most impact.\nWhile Prager U’s videos have not carried mainstream messages and even covered topics from views that are not politically correct they have never been inflammatory obscene or hateful. That YouTube is labeling this video promoting peace understanding and factuality as “hate speech” raises questions that should be asked about what values lay at the heart of the company.", "output": [ "Prager U" ] }, { "id": "task419-a866ad49ca2d40948f6ff831b5a26be5", "input": "Cmdr. Paul Bauer 53 was shot to death at the Thompson Center after chasing a man fleeing from tactical officers who tried to stop him police officials said. Bauer a 31-year-veteran who had been in the area for training and had a meeting with aldermen scheduled later confronted the man according to police officials and other sources. He opened fire hitting the commander multiple times police said.\n Bauer the married father of a 13-year-old daughter is the first Chicago cop shot and killed since 2011 and he is the highest-ranking officer killed in decades.\nChicago Police Department Cmdr. Paul Bauer was shot and killed in Chicago on Feb. 13 2018. Cmdr. Paul Bauer was shot and killed in Chicago on Feb. 13 2018. (Chicago Police Department) (Chicago Police Department)\n Bauer heard the radio traffic saw a man matching the description and tried to approach and question him in or near a stairwell according to Guglielmi. A struggle ensued and Bauer was shot multiple times.\n Bauer was in uniform Guglielmi said.\nThe tactical officers apprehended the man and Bauer was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m.\nMayor Rahm Emanuel was preparing to board a flight in Los Angeles to head home Tuesday afternoon when he was told of the shooting. He arrived in Chicago around 7 p.m. and headed straight to a meeting with Johnson the mayor’s staff said. Emanuel said in a statement that Bauer ’s death was a sad reminder of the perils of police work.\n“ Commander Bauer stood for the highest ideals of our police department and our city - to serve and protect the people of Chicago ” the statement said.\nA statement from the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation called his death “senseless.”\n“The idea that Paul would act so unselfishly and would sacrifice his own safety for the safety of the people of Chicago and his fellow officers comes as no surprise to those of us who knew him ” the statement read.\nTuesday evening firefighters at a station near Bauer ’s police district headquarters lowered their flags to half-staff. Anthony Goulet 13 came to pay his respects to the officer he said he had recently met at a community event.\nRELATED: Slain Chicago cop advocated for stiffer sentences — the suspect in his shooting is a four-time felon. »\nWhat we know now about the shooting of Chicago police Cmdr . Paul Bauer »", "output": [ "Paul Bauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-0ccfd18704ef47ca99aa3a24dbaa6711", "input": "CLOSE First lady Melania Trump has opted for a more traditional decor for her family's first Christmas in the White House adding a few new touches to the standards. (Nov. 27) AP\nFirst lady Melania Trump stands in the Grand Foyer as she tours Christmas decorations at the White House Nov. 27 2017. (Photo: SAUL LOEB AFP/Getty Images)\nWASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump has opted for a more traditional decor for her family's first Christmas in the White House adding a few new touches to the standards.\nThe family Christmas card is framed and on display. \"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year \" says the card signed by President Donald Trump the first lady and Barron their 11-year-old son.\n Melania Trump hugs children in the East Room as she tours Christmas decorations at the White House. (Photo: SAUL LOEB AFP/Getty Images)\nThe first lady's office previewed the decorations for journalists on Monday after more than 150 volunteers from 29 states spent 1 600 hours during the long holiday weekend decking the White House halls. Mrs. Trump has also invited children and students from a nearby military base to come see the decorations and work on holiday arts and crafts.\nThe White House said she personally chose every detail of the decor. She did a final check late Sunday after returning from the family's Thanksgiving at their home in Palm Beach Fla.\nMelania Trump participates in arts and crafts projects with children and students from Joint Base Andrews in various rooms throughout the White House. (Photo: OLIVIER DOULIERY / POOL EPA-EFE)", "output": [ "Melania Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-67e8bd68c74647d589fc282764fc02ee", "input": "Serena Williams Will Face Zarina Diyas in Comeback Match at Indian Wells Image Serena Williams during a match against Zhang Shuai at the Tie Break Tens exhibition at Madison Square Garden on Monday. Williams is set to play her first WTA match in more than a year on Thursday. Credit Kathy Willens/Associated Press \nSerena Williams is scheduled to play Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan on Thursday night in Indian Wells Calif. in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open her first WTA tournament since the birth of her daughter.\n Williams 36 has not played a tour event since winning the Australian Open on Jan. 28 2017 when she was about two months pregnant. She gave birth to her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. on Sept. 1 and then spent six weeks in bed because of serious complications from childbirth. She did not resume practicing until December.\n Williams officially returned to professional tennis on Feb. 11 by playing a Fed Cup doubles match with her sister Venus against the Netherlands. They were beaten 6-2 6-3 by Lesley Kerkhove and Demi Schuurs after the United States had already clinched the victory in the first-round matchup.\n Williams looked rusty at that event as she did in an exhibition against Jelena Ostapenko in late December. Williams also played in the Tie Break Tens exhibition at Madison Square Garden on Monday night.\nAfter more than a year away from the tour Williams has no official ranking. If she defeats the 53rd-ranked Diyas she would face No. 29 seed Kiki Bertens in the second round with her sister Venus a possible third-round opponent.\nIn an interview with WTATennis.com Williams ’s coach Patrick Mouratoglou said: “The plan is to get back to her best level. She has been practicing hard for that and competition is part of the process. She needs more than anything to compete and that is why she will plan to play Indian Wells and Miami.\n“We do not know how much time she will need to get her best level back and I think that we should give her the necessary time for that without having too much expectations at the start.”\nHe added that her target was to win Grand Slam titles and that he expected Williams to be back to her best by the French Open in May.\nThe Indian Wells tournament also marks the return of Victoria Azarenka. She has not played a tour event since Wimbledon last July. She has decided not to play outside of California where she lives until a custody dispute over her son Leo is resolved. Azarenka now ranked 204th will face Heather Watson in the first round and with a win would play 13th-seeded Sloane Stephens in the second round.", "output": [ "Serena Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-d981609506a54b8091c86549fa7d5c28", "input": "PYEONGCHANG South Korea -- Shaun White dismissed the sexual misconduct allegations made against him in a 2016 lawsuit as \"gossip\" and hurried away from reporters trying to ask him more about the allegations Wednesday just hours after winning his third gold medal in the men's halfpipe.\n White has been the world's dominant snowboarder for more than a decade winning gold medals in 2006 2010 and again this year completing a comeback after finishing fourth in 2014.\nAs White was competing many on social media resurfaced the details from the lawsuit by a former drummer in White 's rock band Bad Things. Lena Zawaideh said White sexually harassed and refused to pay her wages after he fired her. The lawsuit was settled in May for an undisclosed amount.\n White was asked if the allegations might tarnish his reputation.\n White immediately left the stage following the news conference while reporters continued to question him .\n\"I have to get to the medal ceremony \" he said while being ushered away by Alexakos.\nIn the lawsuit Zawaideh said White repeatedly sexually harassed her forced her to watch pornography and told her how to get her hair cut.\nThe lawsuit included screengrabs of text messages allegedly sent by White asking about the haircut and suggesting she wear a provocative outfit.\nThe lawsuit also said White grabbed Zawaideh's buttocks shortly after leaving a band practice and that he once shoved a bottle of vodka into her mouth and forced her to drink from it. It also said that \" White stuck his hands down his pants approached Zawaideh and stuck his hands in her face trying to make her smell them.\" The lawsuit also says White tried to kiss Zawaideh at a Halloween party.\nPraise for White 's performance in Pyeongchang drew backlash on social media at a time when #MeToo and other movements are calling for more accountability about harassment and abuse.", "output": [ "Shaun White", "White" ] }, { "id": "task419-ef6a5ac5b9dc4d269f0a1fa3e7921fb2", "input": "\"Our growth was driven by gains in almost all regions of the world particularly China and other emerging markets \" CEO Yang Yuanqing said in a conference call.\n Still Yang cautioned that corporate spending was not expected to revive until at least the second half of 2010 which could weigh on revenues. He said Lenovo also faces pressure from rising component costs.\n Yang said Lenovo plans to expand aggressively in mobile Internet after launching a netbook and a Web-enabled smart phone last month. The company paid $200 million in November to buy back mobile phone assets that it sold earlier to focus on PCs.\n \"We believe Lenovo's mobile Internet products have high potential \" Yang said. \"We will continue to invest heavily in emerging markets and in consumer businesses -- especially mobile Internet -- to achieve sustainable growth.\"", "output": [ "Yang Yuanqing" ] }, { "id": "task419-948cfbbe8b9a4ca0b939dc516aae1332", "input": "IMF chief mission Thomas R. Rumbaugh said at the end of its annual assessment of Indonesian's economy that volatile capital flow complicated the country's policy strategy but it urged the government to maintain its policy of exchange-rate flexibility in responding to changing global conditions.\n Rumbaugh observed the fiscal outlook this year is also supportive of economic stability and consistent with plans to further reduce public debts relative to gross domestic product which is currently less than 30 percent.\n But he urged the government to focus its fiscal policy on structural reforms.\n He also warned that the government should promulgate clear-cut precise legal guidelines for dealing with problem banks because the legal framework currently in place was not adequate.", "output": [ "Thomas R. Rumbaugh" ] }, { "id": "task419-da6f53d8b11449b390b3eab65de68a28", "input": "Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders took aim at President Donald Trump’s proposal to spend $18 billion over the next decade to extend a border wall with Mexico.\n“The American people in fact do not want to spend billions of dollars on a wall which Trump told us would be paid for by the Mexican government which of course is not going to be paid for by” Mexico Sanders told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” Sunday.\nStephanopoulos noting that Democrats have in the past voted to double the size of existing border fencing with Mexico asked Sanders if his party would agree to extending the wall in exchange for protecting young immigrants under DACA the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.\n Sanders responded “I don't think there's anybody who disagrees that we need strong border security. If the president wants to work with us to make sure we have strong border security let’s do that. But the idea of spending some $18 billion on a wall that most people think will not do what he says it will do does not make any sense.”\nStephanopoulos also asked Sanders about his views of Trump’s fitness for office in light of allegations in an explosive new book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”\n“Tax breaks for the wealthy cutting people off of health insurance ignoring the needs of children not dealing with the prescription drug crisis in the country that he said he would deal with ” Sanders said. “I worry about him being a pathological liar. Those are some of the concerns I have.”", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-e40dbbd2b0c742f187a036f200158355", "input": "The actor who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s 2004 biblical blockbuster “The Passion Of The Christ” is in talks to resurrect that role.\nJim Caviezel is in negotiations with Gibson to participate in an upcoming sequel to “Passion” that will focus on the resurrection of Jesus Christ according to The Hollywood Reporter.\nKevork Djansezian / Reuters Jim Caviezel played Jesus in the original 2004 \"The Passion Of The Christ.\"\nIt’s been nearly 14 years since the original “Passion” opened in theaters. The R-rated film focused on the final hours of Jesus ’ life and was filled with violent graphic imagery of the religious figure’s torture and crucifixion.\nBut some Jewish and interfaith groups protested how the film portrayed Jews as being responsible for Jesus ’ death. The Anti-Defamation League expressed concerns that the film could fuel anti-Semitism.", "output": [ "Jesus Christ" ] }, { "id": "task419-30314e9a4f4743c0a7b5149f2aa582bf", "input": "Holmes’ and the establishment Republicans’ influence in the 2018 Senate election continues to fade. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley whom Holmes’ labeled as their first choice for the 2018 midterm election refuses to endorse Mitch McConnell for majority leader.\n“He was our No. 1 recruit of the cycle ” Holmes charged. “We worked our tail off to recruit Josh Hawley .”\nHawley’s spokesman Scott Paradise responded in an email questioning whether Hawley would back McConnell.\n“ Josh is running because he is not willing to tolerate the failure of the D.C. establishment any longer ” Paradise added. “ He won’t tolerate Claire McCaskill’s failure. And he won’t tolerate Republican failure either.”", "output": [ "Josh Hawley" ] }, { "id": "task419-34fa4af700d34205966807d03d15dbbc", "input": "The inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 20 2017. (Jonathan Newton /The Washington Post)\nDuring his campaign and tumultuous first year in office President Trump demonstrated little knowledge of policy details. He was not interested in advice that conflicted with his instincts and it was often impossible for White House staff to figure out what course he wanted to take. One compared it to “trying to figure out what a child wants.”\n Trump is depicted as presiding over a chaotic White House struggling to settle into his new reality and eagerly trying to maintain his normal golf habits.\nIn the book set to be officially released next week Wolff writes that Trump became upset that he couldn’t give a Supreme Court seat to a friend rather than someone he didn’t know. He casts Trump as having “little or no interest” in Republican attempts to overhaul the Affordable Care Act. And Wolff says aides were incredulous over Trump’s claims that President Obama had “wiretapped” Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign.\n Trump aides vigorously sought to undermine the book on Wednesday with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders saying in a statement that it is “filled with false and misleading accounts from individuals who have no access or influence with the White House.”\nWolff says that his book is based on 200 conversations over the past 18 months with Trump most members of his senior staff some of whom he talked to dozens of times and many people with whom they had spoken. Some conversations were on the record while others were off the record or on “deep background ” allowing him to relay a “disembodied description of events provided by an unnamed witness to them.”\nAt a White House briefing Wednesday afternoon Sanders said Trump only had “one brief conversation” with Wolff and that most dialogue with White House staff was coordinated by one person: former chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon whom Trump dismissed in an unusually harsh statement saying he “has nothing to do with me or my presidency.”\n[ Trump slams Bannon: ‘When he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind’]\nDuring the campaign — which few aides expected Trump to win — and the transition that followed Wolff writes about several instances in which Trump’s lack of knowledge and interest in public affairs was evident.\nEarly in the campaign for example Trump aide Sam Nunberg was sent to explain the Constitution to the candidate Wolff writes and Nunberg offered this assessment of the experience: “I got as far as the Fourth Amendment before his finger is pulling down on his lip and his eyes are rolling back in his head.”\nWolff reports that in early August 2016 Trump asked former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes to take over management of the campaign. Ailes turned him down Wolff writes because he knew of Trump’s disinclination to take advice “or even listen to it.”\nAfter Trump prevailed Trump turned to Ailes for advice on a chief of staff the book says.\n“Who’s that?” Trump reportedly asked unaware that Boehner had been the speaker of the House until he was forced out in a tea party putsch in 2015.\nWolff also writes that Reince Priebus — the chairman of the Republican National Committee who later became the chief of staff — was alarmed how often during the transition Trump offered people jobs on the spot including many he had never met before.\nWolff writes that one of the reasons Trump didn’t want John Bolton a famously hawkish diplomat as his national security adviser was because of his mustache.\n“Bolton’s mustache is a problem ” Wolff quotes Bannon saying. “ Trump doesn’t think he looks the part.”", "output": [ "Melania Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-57e3f0a9f9c643d185d5f315063fecec", "input": "DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh opposition leader and former prime minister Khaleda Zia will appeal against a five-year jail term for corruption handed down by a court on Thursday as thousands of supporters took to the streets of the capital to protest her innocence.\n“We didn’t get justice. We’ll go to the higher court ” Khandker Mahbub Hossain the leader of Khaleda ’s legal team told reporters.\n Khaleda ’s son Tarique Rahman and four others were jailed for 10 years at the end of a case that lasted nearly 10 years.\nKhaleda and her Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) say the charges are part of a plot to keep her and her family out of politics. Party leaders said more than 3 500 supporters have been detained over the past few days.\nThe renewed tension between them raises the specter of a long destabilizing spell of unrest for Bangladesh and its economy. Khaleda is due to run in parliamentary polls set for December and can still do so if an appeal is pending.\n Her party announced a plan for protests on Friday against what it called a “biased and compromised” ruling.\n Khaleda ’s conviction “proves that Bangladesh has the rule of law and that no one is above the law ” Law Minister Anisul Huq told reporters after the ruling.\n“ She can challenge the ruling in the High Court after getting a certified copy of the verdict ” he added. “ She can also seek bail.”", "output": [ "Khaleda Zia" ] }, { "id": "task419-807ddd962642461e8693550b29cdef5c", "input": "Jill Goodacre a former model and the wife of musician and actor Harry Connick Jr. revealed Wednesday her secret five-year battle with breast cancer.\n Goodacre 53 told People that she went for a routine annual mammogram in October 2012 and though that test came back clear her sonogram didn't.\nAfter undergoing a biopsy the model learned she had Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma the most common form of breast cancer.\n She immediately underwent a lumpectomy and radiation which she says \"absolutely wiped ( her ) out.\"\n\"I was scared I was going to lose her absolutely \" he told People. \"I wasn't going to let her see that but I was. I know from losing my mom that the worst can happen. She 's my best friend and I really don't know what I would do without her .\"\nThe couple also revealed that one of the most difficult parts of learning Goodacre had cancer was breaking the news to their three daughters.\n\"It broke my heart \" she said.\n Goodacre was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2012. (John Salangsang/John Salangsang/Invision/AP)", "output": [ "Jill Goodacre" ] }, { "id": "task419-44ea67a85d0c4e08b23586845e3344e9", "input": "Consider the case of Edgar Martinez who baseball writers for years treated as a marginal candidate for induction. The fact he was a DH most of his career worked against him as did his relative lack of home runs and playing most of his career in relative obscurity in Seattle.\nBut Martinez surged in voting the last two years propelled by supporters that used WAR and OPS to make his case. He received 70.4 percent of the latest vote falling just 20 votes shy of joining Jones Thome Vladimir Guerrero and Trevor Hoffman in this year's class.\n\"We are trending up \" Martinez tweeted. \"Next year may be the year.\"\nBut is the fact that Martinez is tied for 32nd in history for OPS enough to get him in the Hall of Fame? Or is it more important to have the kind of impact DiMaggio had on a Yankees team that won a staggering nine World Series titles in his 13 years in pinstripes?\n Martinez may indeed make it on his 10th and final year of eligibility. Next year's newcomers won't crowd ballots too much with Mariano Rivera looking to be the only first-ballot pick. There's a good chance both Martinez and Mussina pick up votes.", "output": [ "Edgar Martinez" ] }, { "id": "task419-d9f43b9fce444f28878f91b4dd765d45", "input": "Greg Johnson one of Anxo's cider-makers attaches an air of romance to cider.\n\"There's something special about apples that like a husk of corn doesn't have \" Johnson says.\nWine has long had its connoisseurs. With the rise of the craft beer movement drinkers have learned to appreciate the nuances of that brewed beverage too. But cider in many drinkers' imagination remains an unrefined blandly sweet drink says Johnson . The reality is far different he says.\n\"There's a whole expansive world just as expansive as beer just as expansive as wine. I just keep working to show people that \" Johnson says.", "output": [ "Greg Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-916fea5e5e02499ea30d3c3a24cf1c5c", "input": "Bill Gates and Richard Branson have some big goals.\nBranson wants to go to space and send hyperloop pods shooting through underground tunnels at the speed of airplanes. Gates wants to rid the world of Polio and Alzheimer's disease as well as implement the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's extensive list of other moonshots. Both the Microsoft founder and Virgin Group founder backed a start-up that grows meat in a lab and hopes to reduce the environmental impact of raising livestock.\nAnd while some challenges seem insurmountable — even for a pair of the world's most powerful people — Branson and Gates agree it's crucial to chase big ideas even if success isn't immediate.\n\" Bill and I spoke about the importance backing long-shot projects \" Branson writes on his blog about a meeting the billionaires had Tuesday. The two met in Paris for a summit focused on one such challenge climate change.\n\"I've learned so much from Bill . He built a formidable company and decided to put his vast wealth into solving the problems of the world \" Branson writes.\nFor Branson himself dreaming big has also been key to his success.", "output": [ "Bill Gates" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a1bd84eec3c46e4b593388cea24f3a1", "input": "Actress Mayim Bialik says she 's \"truly sorry for causing so much pain\" with her New York Times opinion piece that critics suggested put blame on women who've accused movie mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and sexual harassment.\n Bialik wrote in the piece published Friday that she makes choices to be \"self-protecting and wise \" like dressing modestly and not acting flirtatiously. She later added that nothing \"excuses men for assaulting or abusing women\" and women should be able to wear whatever they want and act however they want.\n Bialik addressed the backlash in a Facebook Live interview with the Times on Monday saying she regrets it \"became what it became.\"\n She said Wednesday on Twitter that \"what you wear and how you behave does not provide any protection from assault.\"", "output": [ "Mayim Bialik" ] }, { "id": "task419-9c337f0bc85c43f898d0b414fdee1e0c", "input": "\"I think it's generally recognized that washing by machine would involve less water \" says Ed Osann water efficiency project director for the Natural Resources Defense Council . \"In part it comes down to someone's washing technique.\"\nAccording to Osann when people wash by hand they often use the same method. They fill one sink basin with sudsy water for soaking and run the faucet in the other basin for rinsing. That's an efficient way to do dishes from a time perspective but not from a water perspective. The Department of Energy sets standards that a full-sized dishwasher can use no more than five gallons of water per cycle and a compact dishwasher no more than 3.5 gallons. Osann says that's probably less water than most people's dishwashing styles use. Because heating water requires energy using less water also translates to being more energy efficient.\nToday both Osann and Amann say people should scrape plates clean rather than rinsing them before putting the plates in the dishwasher. For small households that tend not to fill the dishwasher quickly Amann suggests the rinse cycle which generally uses only half a gallon of water and still effectively cleans dishes that haven't been sitting in the dishwasher too long. (I tried this approach. My dishwasher's rinse cycle worked well on peanut butter but remnants of Greek yogurt stubbornly stuck around.)\nFor those who can't break their manual scrubbing habits Osann recommends filling up a large metal pot rather than filling up the sink to do washing in. Nonetheless he makes a final plug for the dishwasher. \"People could be more cognizant of their use of water while washing dishes by hand. Are people likely to do that when friends are over for Thanksgiving? Probably not.\"", "output": [ "Ed Osann" ] }, { "id": "task419-547c036f21744d5b8bee08159bbbc3c5", "input": "Now we'd like to hear a bit more about the Thomas fire the biggest fire in the region right now. Thomas has been burning since Monday across Ventura County north of Los Angeles. Reporter Stephanie O'Neill lives in the city of Ojai and has been witnessing the destruction firsthand. Stephanie thanks so much for speaking with us.\n STEPHANIE O'NEILL: You're welcome.\nMARTIN: That's reporter Stephanie O'Neill talking to us from Ojai Calif. - that's north of Los Angeles - with an update on the devastating fire that's burning there right now. Stephanie thanks so much for speaking with us.\n O'NEILL : You're welcome.", "output": [ "Stephanie O'Neill" ] }, { "id": "task419-f24bebd162ab4eeca65638487ca694a3", "input": "The price of shares in LVMH (Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton) fell by 0.53 percent to 121.05 euros. LVMH is a leading global luxury products and retailing group owning a long list of top brand names.\n The decision by the Hermes family to lock away more than 50.0 percent of the business in readiness for a siege was taken by a meeting of 73 inheritors in response to a raid by LVMH which captured 17.1 percent of the capital in October.\n The creation of the holding company is intended to prevent LVMH now the second- biggest shareholder after family interests from taking control by buying more shares.\n LVMH has said the purchase of its stake was a \"friendly\" courtship but it has rejected a request from Puech to sell its shares.\n Puech who chairs the family management board said that the decision to block LVMH \"is one more demonstration to all those who do not want to believe us. We are a united family driven by the same spirit of transmitting to our descendants the unique jewel which we have received from our parents.\"", "output": [ "Hennessy Louis Vuitton" ] }, { "id": "task419-02bc195a4c04441b9cf6445ff0b4fcea", "input": "Premier Silvio Berlusconi skipped a hearing Friday in a trial accusing him of bribing a British lawyer to lie on the stand.\n Berlusconi had not been expected at the technical hearing his lawyer Niccolo Ghedini said adding that the premier would attend when there were issues of substance at hand beginning next month.\n Prosecutors accuse Berlusconi of ordering the 1997 payment of $600 000 to lawyer David Mills in exchange for his false testimony in two trials. Both Berlusconi and Mills have denied wrongdoing. Mills is in the second and final round of appeals against his conviction in the case.\n of ordering the 1997 payment of $600 000 to lawyer David Mills in exchange for his false testimony in two trials. Both Berlusconi and MillsBerlusconi and Mills have denied wrongdoing. Mills is in the second and final round of appeals against his conviction in the case.\n On Friday the three-judge panel rejected a defense motion arguing that Berlusconi's portion of the trial should restart from scratch without allowing any evidence heard by the previous court to carry over on the grounds it would be prejudicial.\n The case is one of two in Milan courts restarted against the premier after Italy's Constitutional Court overturned a law sparing Berlusconi from prosecution while in office.\n In the other case Berlusconi and others are accused of overpaying for rights to show U.S. movies on Berlusconi's Mediaset television empire and pocketing the difference.\n Although defendants in Italian trials are not required to be present Berlusconi has said he wants to defend himself in person against the charges.", "output": [ "Berlusconi" ] }, { "id": "task419-cbd3045ab62d4c8fbdb60548984cab9a", "input": "Fire Marshal Kevin Goodwin 41 was charged with felony and misdemeanor assault and weapons possession for allegedly attacking his wife inside their Carroll Gardens home at 10:15 p.m. Monday.\n Goodwin âs wife claimed he shoved her to the ground during an argument and threw a cup at her causing a bruise to her arm.\n His arraignment was pending Tuesday.\n Goodwin made $95 000 last year as a Fire Marshal according to the website Seethroughny.net.", "output": [ "Kevin Goodwin" ] }, { "id": "task419-687bde7af82146bbb8bd82a6fb3f06d6", "input": "Lena Dunham took permanent measures to help her fight her years-long battle with endometriosis.\nThe “Girls” alum revealed in a personal essay for Vogue that she underwent a hysterectomy — the removal of her uterus and cervix — after “years of complex surgeries measuring in the double digits.”\nDunham 31 has been open about her endometriosis which occurs when the tissue lining of the uterus is found outside the uterus.\nIn April she wrote in her Lenny newsletter that she was endometriosis-free after several surgeries but more was discovered after she was rushed to the hospital during the Met Gala in May.\n Lena Dunham wasn’t involved in Time’s Up says Tessa Thompson\nLena Dunham had her uterus and cervix removed to help her battle with endometriosis. (Rich Fury/Rich Fury/Invision/AP)\nDuring her hysterectomy Dunham wrote surgeons discovered more medical problems.\n“In addition to endometrial disease an odd hump-like protrusion and a septum running down the middle I have retrograde bleeding a.k.a. my period running in reverse so that my stomach is full of blood ” she said in her essay according to the Endometriosis Foundation of America.\nNow unable to have children herself Dunham who recently split from boyfriend Jack Antonoff after five years said she will explore other options including adoption and surrogacy.", "output": [ "Lena Dunham" ] }, { "id": "task419-da7fa9e96720494e9f784a0da61b7973", "input": "When the animated special A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired on CBS in 1965 both the television network and the show’s own producers expected it to be a disaster.\nFortunately for generations of children who have grown up loving Charlie Brown’s heartfelt quest for the true meaning of Christmas the network management had little choice but to go ahead and allow the show to air. It had been finished a mere ten days before the broadcast date and they had promised sponsor Coca-Cola a Christmas special featuring Charlie Brown .\n A Charlie Brown Christmas was an instant classic securing an annual place on the December television schedule paving the way for future Charlie Brown films and specials and lighting a creative spark in the hearts of countless aspiring artists and musicians.\nIn this famous scene our hero Charlie Brown has been tasked with getting a Christmas tree to use in the Christmas pageant he is trying to organize with his friends. Repelled by the commercialism of the flashy aluminum trees Charlie selects the sole remaining real tree on the lot a frail sapling that seems in danger of losing all its needles.\nWhen Charlie returns to the theater with his little tree the other children mock him as a hopeless failure. Even Snoopy — his own dog! — laughs mercilessly at him .\nIn despair Charlie cries out “Isn’t there anyone who knows what Christmas is all about?”\n His faithful friend Linus is there with the answer and it comes from the Gospel of Luke chapter 2 verses 8 through 14 which he delivers in a poignant soliloquy from center stage:\nLinus walks back over to Charlie and gently tells him “That’s what Christmas is all about Charlie Brown.”", "output": [ "Charlie Brown" ] }, { "id": "task419-dad1fcd2807a4ea0ac7747648b8cbe30", "input": "It's hard to hear Kip Moore's emotional songs telling tales from the American heartland and not immediately think of Tom Petty . And indeed Petty is one of Moore's treasured influences listed himself as up there with some of country's greatest icons. \"I've never been driven by having number one songs \" Moore told Rolling Stone Country this summer. \"I look to Petty Merle Haggard.\"\nRelated Tom Petty 's 50 Greatest Songs His hits have defined rock radio since the Seventies and he never stopped writing great music. Here's the definitive guide to his best songs\n Petty died Monday after suffering cardiac arrest age at 66 and Moore abroad on tour in the UK worked up a cover of Petty's \"Learning to Fly\" on stage at the Ritz Manchester on Tuesday. Stripped down and full of Moore's raspy belt the parallels to his newest LP Slowheart are clear. Like Petty he 's a rocker at heart with a keen understanding of the small town American soul.\nMoore also took to his Instagram yesterday to further discuss Petty's legacy. \" Tom Petty influenced so many in music and I was definitely one of those \" he wrote. \"My buddy Tom Pritchett turned me on to his music when I was about 15. He had a low riding Honda prelude that had a stereo system I've yet to see matched and he would crank this song as loud as it would go... we felt like kings riding those back roads and Petty was the reason for that feeling.\"\nA dedicated fan Moore's been covering Petty for years: he's also offered live versions of \"Free Fallin'\" and \"I Won't Back Down.\"", "output": [ "Tom Petty" ] }, { "id": "task419-c96f40e427d94239b64b3c859a3cd308", "input": "Federal prosecutors have intensified their criminal investigation of the cyclist Lance Armstrong since the Tour de France ended last month. They questioned many of his former associates -- including cyclists who have supported and further detailed claims that Armstrong and his former U.S. Postal Service team participated in systematic doping according to a cyclist who has been interviewed and two others privy to the inquiry.\n In May Armstrong's former teammate Floyd Landis shocked the cycling world by publicly accusing Armstrong and other team members of using performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions to gain an unfair advantage. Landis said that Armstrong -- the biggest name in the sport -- had encouraged the doping and that the team had sold its bikes to help finance an expensive doping program.\n Armstrong has denied any wrongdoing and has said that Landis who was stripped of his 2006 Tour title for doping and received a two-year ban from the sport had no credibility.\n A former teammate of Armstrong's said in a telephone interview Wednesday that he has spoken with investigators. He said he detailed some of his own drug use as well as the widespread cheating that he said went on as part of the Postal Service team -- all of which was done with Armstrong's knowledge and encouragement.\n Armstrong is considered one of the more remarkable athletes in American history someone who dominated his sport and also had a compelling personal story having beaten testicular cancer.\n Jeff Novitzky a special agent for the Food and Drug Administration is in charge of the investigation and has been interviewing Armstrong's former teammates and associates. Novitzky -- the head investigator in the Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative steroids case -- is trying to determine if Armstrong his teammates the owners or managers of his former team conspired to defraud their sponsors by doping to improve their performance and win more money and prizes.\n Armstrong did not respond to requests for comment put directly to his agent and his manager on Wednesday.\n Toward the end of the Tour de France Armstrong a seven-time winner of the event said he would deny any involvement in doping \"as long as I live.\"\n Bryan D. Daly a defense lawyer representing Armstrong said any cyclists who claim that Armstrong had doped were not telling the truth.\n \"They just want them to incriminate Lance Armstrong and that's my concern \" Daly said adding that the prosecutors were working closely with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency to pressure Armstrong's former teammates. \"To the extent that there's anyone besides Floyd Landis saying things the bottom line is if you take away the soap opera and look at the scientific evidence there is nothing.\"\n \"If Lance Armstrong came in second in those Tour de France races there's no way that Lance Armstrong would be involved in these cases \" Daly said. \"I think that the concern is that they are caught up in the pursuit of a celebrity to catch him in a lie.\"\n Armstrong who has just returned from a post-Tour vacation in the Bahamas was in Denver Wednesday to announce a weeklong stage race to be held next August in Colorado. To promote the event he rode through the city's downtown streets with Gov. Bill Ritter drawing a large crowd.\n In Denver Armstrong told The Associated Press that he had \"nothing to say\" about the federal investigation.", "output": [ "Lance Armstrong" ] }, { "id": "task419-416970bc5b2746eea24380b32f846ae1", "input": "Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan's cause of death will not be revealed until at least April a London coroner's office announced Friday.\nRelated Dolores O'Riordan: Cranberries' Noel Hogan Talks Singer's Life and Legacy \"There are only a few artists who get to have maybe one song they are remembered by. Dolores has so many.\"\nThe coroner's officer Stephen Earl provided more details about the circumstances of O'Riordan 's death on January 15th at the age of 46.\n\"The London ambulance service was contacted and verified her death at the scene \" Earl told The Guardian; O'Riordan was found unresponsive in her London hotel room Monday. \"Subsequently the Met police attended and they determined the death to be non-suspicious.\" Earl added that a postmortem exam had been carried out and that the coroners' office was waiting on the results.\nThe BBC reported that O'Riordan would eventually be buried in her native Ireland. \"The plan is for her to be buried here at home. When that will be will depend on when her body is released \" a parish priest in Limerick told BBC.", "output": [ "Dolores O'Riordan" ] }, { "id": "task419-68f97497c8d44a629e51405ed4caba48", "input": "\"I don’t need to get any more famous \" says Liam Gallagher now 45. \"God no. I didn’t miss it terribly. I just wanted the universe to plow me some songs which it did. If you’re good to rock ‘n’ roll it’ll be good to you. And I’ve been good to rock ‘n’ roll.” (Photo: Rankin/Warner Bros.)\nThere’s a village in England that Liam Gallagher calls home. Like everyone else there who isn’t a one-time lead singer for Oasis and/or recipient of Q Magazine’s benediction as the Greatest Rock Band Frontman of All Time he occasionally putters around town on errands now and then bumping into one particular neighbor with whom he has a lot in common.\nLike Gallagher Ray Davies is a massive figure in pop music history. They draw from a similar stream each conjuring the sound of mid-1960s English rock ‘n’ roll though only Davies was actually there at the time. Each has a brother with whom he has famously feuded Noel Gallagher and Dave Davies respectively to the point of brawling onstage as fans watched in horror and delight.\nNothing more needs to be said especially now that Gallagher 45 has stepped out with his debut solo album As You Were out now. The Lennonesque edginess in Wall Of Glass the guitar chords and rhythms in Bold that recall Across The Universe the tambourine beat and waltz time of You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away resurrected for When I’m In Need even the title of the track You Better Run and the lyric that quotes “happiness is a warm gun” — all of these elements a debt to The Beatles that Gallagher freely acknowledges.\nLooking back at the antics of his younger days Gallagher says “I was drinking too much.\" (Photo: Bebeto Matthews Associated Press)\nAs You Were also confirms that he ’s back at full strength after a long hiatus. “A lot of personal stuff was going on ” he says. “I was drinking too much. Then I thought “You know what? I’m gonna go live in Spain get me head together and get some sun on me bones.’”\nSomehow that didn’t happen. But he did pick up his guitar and to his surprise out came a new song ‘Bold.’ “Obviously I didn’t write it in a day — I wrote it in half a day ” he remembers.\nOthers followed quickly. “I didn’t go ‘I just write a song because I’m not famous anymore and I must get back to the top of the charts ’” he explains. “There’s none of that nonsense. I don’t need to get any more famous. God no. I didn’t miss it terribly. I just wanted the universe to plow me some songs which it did. If you’re good to rock ‘n’ roll it’ll be good to you. And I’ve been good to rock ‘n’ roll.”\n His voice showed no rust either. “I should have taken better care of it ” he admits. “But I’m a snarly rock ‘n’ roll singer. You don’t want to start watering it down because you’ll end up sounding like Noel Gallagher. And we don’t want that.”\nMaybe not. But neither does Liam feel apologetic for sinking his sound even deeper into the bedrock of the 1960s with As You Were. “Yeah maybe I wish I’d been around back then ” he concedes. “These days there’s a lot of genres which I guess is a good thing but it can also get in the way. I’d have liked the times when it was just The Stones The Kinks The Who The Small Faces The Beatles and all that stuff. I reckon they were more my people.”", "output": [ "Liam Gallagher" ] }, { "id": "task419-a5a63bac4c7048da9e5d4bef3763ae91", "input": "A royal commission — the highest form of investigation in Australia — will review the banking pension and financial services industries Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced.\n Turnbull 's conservative coalition has been resisting calls from the center-left opposition Labor Party for such an inquiry for almost two years. His stance changed after the chief executives of Australia's four largest banks wrote to the government on Thursday requesting a \"properly constituted inquiry.\"\nBy establishing a royal commission Turnbull has staved off a bid by Labor to have Parliament conduct its own inquiry into misconduct allegations.\n\"Ongoing speculation and fear-mongering about a banking inquiry or royal commission is disruptive and risks undermining the reputation of Australia's world-class financial system \" Turnbull said in a statement.\n\"The government has decided to establish this royal commission to further ensure our financial system is working efficiently and effectively \" he added.\nBut Turnbull said the royal commission \"will not put capitalism on trial.\"", "output": [ "Malcolm Turnbull" ] }, { "id": "task419-7e77fa91777f4b50a5e31fbb343142e3", "input": "ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo on Monday plans to sign into law new restrictions on electronic cigarettes that effectively ban their use in most restaurants bars and workplaces the Daily News has learned.\n“These products are marketed as a healthier alternative to cigarettes but the reality is they also carry long-term risks to the health of users and those around them ” Cuomo said.\n Cuomo ’s decision to sign the bill had been expected. He proposed similar restrictions on e-cigarette use as part of his executive budget proposal in January.\nSupporters of the measure including the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association had been lobbying lawmakers and Cuomo to approve the measure arguing that smoke from e-cigarettes posed health risks akin to those of regular cigarettes.\nIn July Gov. Cuomo signed into a law a measure that outlawed the smoking of e-cigarettes in all public and private schools.", "output": [ "Cuomo" ] }, { "id": "task419-4981d09549d74e3c9835a039a2a73d6a", "input": "For his part Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Newsmax TV that the economy would be growing at a very healthy clip if it weren’t for the recent string of deadly hurricanes.\n“So the notion that we were in some sort of 1.8 percent prison is simply wrong ” Ross said of financial pundits who allege that economic growth is struggling.\n Ross also said there are other plans in the wings to boost economic growth.\n\"Remember too after we get the tax (cut) the next program is going to be a big infrastructure program ” he said.\n Ross also explained to Kudlow that Trump’s plan to lower corporate taxes will also eventually benefit middle-class workers.\n“Most middle-income wage earners are employed by somebody. Most of them are not self-employed people and if more employment comes in if there are more capital expenditures more growth clearly it will benefit those folks ” Ross said.", "output": [ "Wilbur Ross" ] }, { "id": "task419-a9897eaa58aa45e1863ad7b9f96340b9", "input": "Outgoing Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that New Jersey needed \"tough and plain-spoken leadership\" when he took office eight years ago and he delivered it pulling the state from \"the brink of financial ruin\" by confronting problems leaders of both parties had ignored for decades.\n Christie hands over state government to Democrat Phil Murphy in a week.\n Christie said he was the first governor in America to try to tackle the huge and escalating burden of state pension costs saying previous governors from both parties and Legislatures \"virtually ignored the growing menace of increased costs and no real contributions.\" Among the steps taken during his administration was dedicating lottery proceeds to the pension system for the next 30 years.\nWhen he took office Christie said New Jersey was \"on the brink of financial ruin as a state.\"\n\"We needed tough and plain-spoken leadership to deal with these problems \" he said.\n He said he vetoed more than $7 billion in spending helped cut the state workforce pushed through a cap on property tax increases and at the same time made sure the state invested heavily to help protect the New Jersey Shore from the kind of devastation it suffered during Superstorm Sandy in 2012.\nThe prepared text of his remarks didn't show him invoking the name of his friend President Donald Trump. But he called it an \"honor\" to chair the White House's opioid commission.\n Christie 's speech caps his stint as one of America's best-known governors.\n He was on the cover of Time magazine under the headline \"The Boss\" and a periodic guest on late-night television where he memorably appeared in a skit about \"dad dancing\" with Jimmy Fallon and poked fun at his weight by eating a doughnut on David Letterman's show.\nAt least in the beginning he won acclaim for his forthrightness like when he told beachcombers to \"get the hell off the beach\" in 2011 during Hurricane Irene. He told it like it was before Trump brought the practice to the White House.\n He also was exceedingly popular and widely praised for guiding the state in its recovery from Superstorm Sandy which ravaged the coastline. He was briefly seen as a top GOP contender for president.\nBut he was also criticized for testy exchanges with the public during town hall meetings and other encounters.\n His popularity and job approval fell sharply particularly after the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal in which three of his allies were convicted in a political retribution scheme. He also lost the home crowd after spending much of 2015 and early 2016 campaigning for president out of state a contest he dropped out of after failing to emerge from the back of the pack.\n He returned to New Jersey and focused on the state's — and country's — opioid addiction crisis after failing to get a top job in the Trump administration. A regular theme in his remarks around the state included \"second chances \" and the idea that people can make a comeback.", "output": [ "Chris Christie" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5d314502ecf4333969fa35edfd86a80", "input": "Navarro’s decision apparently was a reflection on federal officials. It follows release of a memo by BLM investigator Larry Wooten that described “a widespread pattern of bad judgment lack of discipline incredible bias unprofessionalism and misconduct as well as likely policy ethical and legal violations among senior and supervisory staff” in the BLM’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security.\n Wooten wrote that he had seen “excessive force ” described officers grinding Bundy’s son Dave’s face in gravel and opined that federal officials were intent on commanding “the most intrusive oppressive large scale and militaristic cattle impound possible.”\nIn an apparently partisan reference that used a term Hillary Clinton designated for some of Trump’s supporters Wooten wrote that a federal prosecutor said let’s get these “shall we say Deplorables.”\n Wooten also wrote that the Bundy case “closely mirrors” the circumstances behind the trial of former Sen. Ted Stevens R-Alaska.\n Wooten is no fan of Cliven Bundy who he wrote instead of “properly using the court system or other avenues to properly address his grievances he chose an illegal uncivilized and dangerous strategy in which a tragedy was narrowly and thankfully avoided.”", "output": [ "Larry Wooten" ] }, { "id": "task419-acc6434770274c39a1fd89b4b99b2dc5", "input": "It is not clear what if anything she knew about Mr. Paddock’s methodical plans to stockpile weapons and ferry them into a 32nd-floor hotel suite to commit mass murder.\nIn the statement she said that she had no warning something so horrible was going to happen and that she would continue to pray for those who were harmed.\n“I am a mother and a grandmother and my heart breaks for all who have lost loved ones ” she said.\nSheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday at a news conference that he thought Ms. Danley had responded as one would expect. “I think any person put in her situation would probably answer the same way ” he said adding that he had not yet been briefed by the F.B.I. on the interview.\n“No one can put the puzzles together. No one ” one said during the interview. “Except Marilou . Because Steve is not here to talk anymore. Only Marilou can maybe help.”", "output": [ "Marilou Danley", "Danley" ] }, { "id": "task419-bd74d709b7604a54b241ceb8c21d3f83", "input": "Founded out of Huang’s New Jersey garage in 2013 Boxed took off as a digital alternative to stores such as Costco BJ’s and Sam’s Club offering about 1 600 different bulk goods from paper towels to potato chips. By signing exclusive deals with brands to only carry one of a certain type of item Boxed was able to lock in prices more attractive to the company than those many retailers get allowing the company to shun membership fees and provide free delivery across the continental U.S. on orders of more than $49.\nIn a previously unpublished interview with Forbes from November Huang said “the secret was out” on Boxed increasingly turning to business-to-business sales for its long-term growth. “Staples and Office Depot are challenged these days ” he said. “It’s a huge industry and the incumbents are in a weaker position. B2B will be larger than B2C [business-to-consumer] sales.”\nAmazon remains the 800-pound gorilla looming over Boxed. “I don’t want to deflect away from the fact that yes Amazon is in the space in a big way ” Huang said in November. “Amazon is just trying everything everywhere. Anything you use around your daily life they’ll try to get into over the next five or 10 years.”\n“Traditional places have more red tape ” Rick Zumpano Boxed’ vice president of distribution said during Forbes’ tour. “The team here is more nimble.” If Huang and Boxed decide to sell they ’ll need to work to keep it that way under a new regime.", "output": [ "Huang" ] }, { "id": "task419-4408257b880c48dbac939df8e549c119", "input": "Best drama: Did . . . did . . . did the Redskins leave the Seahawks too much time? Almost! Seattle drove to the Washington 38-yard line and had time for a Hail Mary after Russell Wilson was ruled down by contact on a play that was initially ruled an incomplete pass with four seconds remaining. Wilson’s desperation heave bounced off a pair of hands in the back of the end zone before falling harmlessly incomplete. The Redskins would escape with one of their most unlikely wins in some time.\nBest fourth-quarter quarterbacks: Wilson was dreadful for much of the game a credit to Washington’s defense but he was masterful with the game on the line. Wilson capped Seattle’s 71-yard go-ahead touchdown drive with a 30-yard pass to Doug Baldwin at the 1:34 mark and finished 24 for 45 for 297 yards and two touchdowns. He also threw two interceptions. Cousins’s final numbers (21 for 30 247 yards) probably didn’t win many fantasy matchups this week but he didn’t the turn the ball over despite facing constant pressure and he made two perfect throws when the Redskins needed it most.\nWorst inevitability: The Seahawks’ offense which scored 41 points in a home win last week and looked completely out of sorts for three quarters on Sunday finally got into the end zone with 11:53 remaining in the game. Wilson ’s 10-yard pass to Luke Willson capped a six-play 66-yard drive that pulled Seattle to within 10-8. Flutists will appreciate the Seahawks’ touchdown celebration.\nWorst poise under pressure: They didn’t have a sack to show for it in the first half but the Redskins hounded Wilson from the start. With Seattle at midfield and driving more than halfway through the third quarter Wilson was flushed out of the pocket by linebacker Zach Brown and floated an ill-advised pass back across the field. The ball was intended for Baldwin but intercepted by Will Compton at the Washington 46. Compton almost had his second interception of the game on back-to-back plays on Seattle’s next drive.\nBest interception: Kendall Fuller ended Seattle’s fourth possession by driving on a slant route intended for Baldwin and picking off Wilson . Fuller’s 24-yard return was negated after officials ruled he was down by contact upon replay review but his team-leading third interception of the season was still a thing of beauty.", "output": [ "Russell Wilson" ] }, { "id": "task419-e8645adf63374a9685d22f3f5cfc66ec", "input": "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos convened a special committee to rewrite the policy in June saying the regulations are \"overly burdensome and confusing\" and need to be streamlined.\n\"It is the Department's aim and this Administration's commitment to protect students from predatory practices while also providing clear fair and balanced rules for colleges and universities to follow \" DeVos said in a statement at the time.\nIn June NPR reported that attorneys general from 18 states and Washington D.C. filed suit against DeVos and her department accusing DeVos of breaking federal law and giving free rein to for-profit colleges by rescinding the borrower defense rule.\nThe rule had been put on hold less than one month after DeVos said her agency would re-evaluate it.\nThe potential rules will be discussed next week at a three-day meeting starting Monday of the special committee assembled by DeVos according to Education Department spokesman Alberto Betancourt. It is the second round of negotiations to establish new guidelines.", "output": [ "Betsy DeVos" ] }, { "id": "task419-1f692b3dd359463c8ee62e66d31ff94d", "input": "Dr. Fari Kamalpour the hospital's director of internal medicine told ABC News that her \"first impression\" when she saw the siblings was that she was in the pediatric unit.\nThe malnourishment that the siblings endured was \"systematic\" and occurred over a long period of time Kamalpour said.\nThe malnutrition \"absolutely\" impacted the children's cognitive and physical development and the staggering development tends to progressively get worse over time Kamalpour said.\n Kamalpour said the \"main sign\" that someone is malnourished or mistreated is \"pale skin that you can see from a normal distance.\"\n\"Basically you don't see much muscle mass on the face or the arms \" or other extremities that are exposed when they venture outside Kamalpour said.\nPeople who are malnourished do not walk steadily and have poor posture Kamalpour said.\n\"As a parent if you know what is normal in a child you can easily find out what is abnormal in a child \" Kamalpour said. \"You don't need a medical degree.\"\n Kamalpour said it is the \"responsibility\" of members of the community to watch out for each other.\n\"If you see a child that doesn't go to school and is putting sod on the ground at midnight or looks pale and doesn't walk appropriately that kid probably has some issues that need to be paid attention to \" Kamalpour said.", "output": [ "Fari Kamalpour" ] }, { "id": "task419-8c31f2bd0bf449d1b419b9a5e6b74879", "input": "A letter sent to all 32 NFL teams by Commissioner Roger Goodell makes clear that the league wants to \"move past\" the anthem controversy. The league will propose a standardized policy on behavior during the playing of the National Anthem that will include all players and team personnel standing.\n The letter does not mention any punishment for players who refuse to stand which makes enforcement of the policy problematic.\n Goodell made it clear in the letter obtained by ESPN's Adam Schefter that he wants players to stand during the anthem. He did not provide specifics on how he intends to ensure it but he wrote that it would \"include such elements as an in-season platform to promote the work of our players on these core issues.\" The issue will be discussed and likely acted upon during the NFL's regularly-scheduled fall meetings on Oct. 17-18. In the letter Goodell said he wanted to end the controversy by agreeing on a uniform approach for all teams. \"Like many of our fans \" Goodell wrote \"we believe that everyone should stand for the national anthem. It is an important moment in our game. We want to honor our flag and our country and our fans expect that of us. \"We also care deeply about our players and respect their opinions and concerns about critical social issues. The controversy over the Anthem is a barrier to having honest conversations and making real progress on the underlying issues. We need to move past this controversy and we want to do that together with our players.\" The NFL's current anthem policy states that players \"should\" stand for the anthem but it stops short of requiring it. The proposed new policy is the result of \"many of discussions with clubs and players \" Goodell added.\nLocal 100 of the United Labor Unions has filed a complaint charging that Jones's implicit demands of players violated the National Labor Relations Act. \"[T]he employer evidenced by repeated public statements is attempting to threaten coerce and intimidate all Dallas Cowboys players on the roster in order to prevent them from exercising concerted activity protected under the act by saying that he will fire any players involved in such concerted activity \" the National Labor Relations Board said in its filing. Jones has not actually threatened to fire players instead saying they \"will not play \" but a labor union spokesman told ESPN that is a \"distinction without difference when it comes to the law.\" The NFL's game operations manual has said players \"should\" stand for the anthem a stance NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reaffirmed Tuesday in a memo to team owners. \"Like many of our fans we believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem \" Goodell wrote. But there's a gap between \"should\" and \"must \" and in trying to bridge that gap Jones overreached the labor union contends. The NLRB will investigate the case and will take it to trial if it determines a violation occurred and a settlement can't be reached. Meanwhile Jones appeared to moderate his stance the tiniest bit on Tuesday allowing for the possibility of pre-anthem protests similar to what the Cowboys did prior to their game against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 3. \"If we're going to have any other recognition the place to have it is before the anthem in my view and be real clear that it's not associated with the anthem \" Jones told 105.3 The Fan in Dallas. \"I think it's real important for our players that they have that to reply to anybody whether they're asking them to express themselves or not that the way we do it where I work where I earn my livelihood is that we stand for the flag.\" It's impossible to overstate the distraction that Jones has created in the Cowboys' locker room as well as others across the NFL. Players must decide whether paychecks outweigh principles and star players must decide whether to take the heat for lesser-known teammates. This story isn't going away and it's no longer just the players driving the narrative.", "output": [ "Roger Goodell" ] }, { "id": "task419-1cba208663d54661b150d355a4b9b8e9", "input": "As Hanson explains using a document paid for by the Clinton campaign (the discredited Russian dossier) the Obama administration engaged in an unprecedented abuse of power through the FISA courts as a means to spy on the Trump campaign and as we now know this of course included actual wiretaps.\nThis brazen spying and the overall Russia hoax was almost certainly the “insurance policy” Strzok and Page discussed with McCabe in the event of an unlikely Trump victory.\nBut even if Trump had lost that policy was still going to be used by President Hillary and her minions within the media and federal law enforcement as a bludgeon to personally destroy Trump as a Russian stooge — and by extension to destroy his MAGA movement which terrifies the political and media establishment even more than the Tea Party.\nHowever Trump did win and as we now know almost immediately after this victory the “insurance policy” was given the green-light. The first wave of this insurance policy came in the form of unceasing leaks to the Deep State’s most reliable co-conspirators — a compliant media.\nIf they did not already know it was through these illegal leaks that the media learned that the Obama administration had spied on Team Trump both during and after the election. Although they now regret reporting this fact we know the media knew about Obama’s spying because time and again and again the media gleefully reported the fact that the Obama administration had spied on Team Trump (these media reports are all documented in detail here).\nYou see in their own fevered minds the media seemed certain that if the public was told that Trump ’s collusion with the Russians was so serious his team had to be surveilled by federal law enforcement his presidency would be over even before it began. Hence the insurance policy.\nWhat the Deep State and its media collaborators did not count on though was Trump .\nOn March 4 early on a Saturday morning Trump tweeted “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!” — and this tweet blew the #ReleaseTheMemo scandal wide open.\nSo soothed were media provincials by the velvet-lined bubble’s reassurance that Trump had no chance of becoming president they did not plan far enough about what to do if Trump won.\nAnd so after Trump did win for two whole weeks the media did something it had not done for eight years albeit accidentally — told the truth about the Obama administration’s unprecedented politicization of the surveillance state.", "output": [ "Team Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-ffa9ffe657a6435984c4c6b745542693", "input": "He also got some love from SportsCenter and NBA superstar LeBron James . \n\"Sheesh ,\" James commented along with a few emojis on an Instagram post with Tate 's highlights : .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-e6c3cd1b170f4a05b142d7ba4ab2bf5c", "input": "Rihanna has emerged as the unlikely inspiration behind Arsenal's thumping 5-1 win against Everton.\n The singer was at the Emirates to watch the match and enjoy the Gunner's work work work work work ethic.\nAfter the match she posed with midfielder Mesut Ozil who described her as the team's \"lucky charm\".\nThe German said he was \"still unbeaten with Riri\" - a reference to when she came to watch the 2014 World Cup Final between Germany and Argentina.\nOzil himself couldn't get on the scoresheet but with Rihanna pulling the inspirational strings during a pre-match meet and greet other players stepped up.\nIt's just a shame that whoever was looking after her social accounts still referred to the game as \"soccer\".\nAfter the game manager Arsene Wenger seemed to play down the importance of Rihanna 's contribution focusing instead on his side's \"penetration and sharper game\".\nGiven Arsenal's up and down season there are probably high level talks with Rihanna 's people to see if her schedule allows any more trips to watch the team - with one eye surely on their next Europa League match away at Ostersunds FK.", "output": [ "Rihanna" ] }, { "id": "task419-6514c2d04a83486b805e8497561ab57f", "input": "Steve Bannon just met Sen. Mitch McConnell in a showdown at the OK Corral and it didn’t go well for Steve.\nAdelson’s top political adviser Andy Abboud told Politico that Adelson and his wife “are supporting Mitch McConnell 100 percent.”\nAdelson is a strong conservative who backed Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump over the party’s establishment in their presidential bids. Despite the considerable press coverage given to Bannon’s call Thursday for McConnell to “tender his resignation ” Bannon apparently showed up at the gunfight with no partners.\nNewsmax spoke to dozens of sources in and outside the Republican-controlled Senate and all agreed that despite criticism he receives from Bannon Trump supporters and even the president himself McConnell remains popular with nearly all of his Senate colleagues.\nThat may have a lot to do with the previous president. McConnell almost single-handedly blocked most of President Obama’s initiatives during his last six years in office. And some argue that McConnell may be the most conservative majority leader in recent memory with a lifetime American Conservative Union rating of close to 90 percent.\nAdd to that there is no evidence that any of the Kentuckian’s 51 fellow GOP senators has any desire to wage a challenge to his leadership or even in seconding Bannon's battle call.\n McConnell is particularly well-liked among the 13 new Republican senators elected in 2014 and with several who survived Democratic assaults to win re-election in 2016. This group includes Roy Blunt of Missouri Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Rep. Todd Young of Indiana who began as an underdog to Democratic former Sen. Evan Bayh and emerged the winner to keep the open seat in Republican hands.\n“In just about every close Senate race in the last two cycles Mitch’s Senate Leadership Fund was plowing big money into Republican coffers ” one lobbyist and former GOP Senate staffer told Newsmax. “Just the fact he plowed $25 million into six tight races in 2016 and Republicans won in five [the exception was New Hampshire’s Sen. Kelly Ayotte] says it all about Mitch . Bannon’s way off on this one.”\nAnother senator told Newsmax “If Mitch hadn’t won the Senate for us in 2016 the Democrats would not only have blocked nearly every Trump appointee they would be launching investigations into his business affairs. This would have been the president’s worst nightmare.”\n McConnell and the president did meet at the White House on Oct. 16 and apparently worked out any differences.\nAt a joint appearance in the Rose Garden following their meeting Trump hailed McConnell as “a friend of mine for a long time long before my world of politics.”", "output": [ "Mitch McConnell" ] }, { "id": "task419-ba81afcabea34c1ea678d4745d7973a7", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has struck a deal to be interviewed by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team rather than appearing before a grand jury CNN reported on Wednesday citing sources close to Bannon .\n Bannon had been subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury in Mueller’s probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and any ties with President Donald Trump’s campaign according to a person familiar with the matter.\nA spokesman for Mueller declined to comment on the CNN report. A lawyer who represented Bannon in an appearance before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee on Tuesday could not be immediately reached.\nAn interview with prosecutors would allow Bannon to have an attorney present during his appearance as lawyers are not permitted in grand jury rooms.\n Bannon was a close adviser during Trump’s campaign and in his first months in office but he was fired from his White House job in August as the president sought to bring more order to his staff operations.\nEarlier this month Trump attacked Bannon for comments he made to Michael Wolff the author of a book highly critical of the president and his family. They included scathing remarks about Donald Trump Jr. the president’s eldest son for meeting during the campaign with a Russian lawyer who was said to have damaging information on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.\n Mueller is investigating allegations that Russia interfered in the 2016 campaign to try to tip the vote in Trump’s favor as well as any potential collusion by Trump’s campaign with Moscow.\nAccording to a person familiar with the arrangement the attorney who represented Bannon for Tuesday’s House appearance William Burck is not representing him in connection with Mueller’s investigation. The person did not believe Bannon had hired a counsel for that yet.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-a02beff4b63945d39cf63461084cc4db", "input": "Story highlights Clinton outpaced Trump by almost 2.9 million votes\n She lost the Electoral College however\n(CNN) More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton than any other losing presidential candidate in US history.\nmargin ranks third among defeated candidates according to statistics from Clinton 's 2.1%margin ranks third among defeated candidates according to statistics from US Elections Atlas . Andrew Jackson won by more than 10% in 1824 but was denied the presidency which went to John Quincy Adams. In 1876 Samuel Tilden received 3% more votes than Rutherford B. Hayes who eventually triumphed by one electoral vote.\n\"I would have done even better in the election if that is possible if the winner was based on popular vote -- but would campaign differently \" he tweeted as recently as Wednesday morning more than six weeks after the election. In late November Trump also falsely claimed that \"millions\" of Clinton voters had cast ballots \"illegally.\"", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-42927d49cd3d44fa86aae3e7a0f0205e", "input": "MANILA (Reuters) - A group of Philippine lawyers on Wednesday filed an injunction with the Supreme Court to try to stop President Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody war on drugs calling it as an illegal campaign that lets police kill and circumvent legal procedures.\nThe petition comes as public scrutiny intensifies on Duterte ’s signature campaign which he insists will not stop regardless of the bloodshed. He says he is prepared to go to jail to protect Filipinos from crimes fueled by addiction.\n Duterte rejects criticism that his notoriously bellicose public remarks have been interpreted by some police as veiled instructions to kill drug users with impunity.\nThough Filipinos are largely supportive of Duterte’s iron-fisted approach recent opinion polls indicate public doubts that his drugs war is above board and effective as the government says. Analysts say unease about the campaign has contributed to Duterte ’s ratings decline.\nPNP data shows 3 900 people have been killed in operations in which police say armed suspects violently resisted arrest. Duterte ’s opponents and activists dispute that and say executions and cover-ups are commonplace which police deny.\nFLAG has also represented two men who testified before the Senate that they were part of an alleged “death squad” that killed drug dealers and criminals at Duterte ’s behest when he was Davao City mayor long before his presidency.\n Duterte dismisses the allegation as nonsense.", "output": [ "Rodrigo Duterte" ] }, { "id": "task419-5df5d3d2673a4add84c5239ba9ec97eb", "input": "Marty Hurney will be calling the shots once again with the Carolina Panthers.\n Carolina re-hired Hurney as its general manager on Wednesday marking his second full-time stint as general manager. Hurney previously worked for the Panthers from 1998-2012 beginning as GM in 2002. He rejoined the Panthers last July as on an interim basis.\nPanthers COO Tina Becker said Hurney did an \"exceptional\" job in helping the Panthers to an 11-5 season last year.\nThe Panthers reinstated Hurney as interim general manager last week after an NFL investigation found no wrongdoing into charges of harassment by his ex-wife.\n Hurney had been on a paid leave of absence during the investigation and had disputed all accusations through his attorney.\n Hurney returned to the Panthers in an interim capacity in late July 2017 prior to the start of training camp after owner Jerry Richardson abruptly fired Dave Gettleman. Gettleman had served as the team's general manager since 2013 and had helped the Panthers get to the playoffs three times in four seasons behind a team that Hurney largely constructed.\n\"I have always felt a strong connection to this organization and viewed this job as one of the very best in the NFL because of the people here \" Hurney said. \"Mr. Richardson and Tina have been open and honest with me from the beginning and I am thankful for the trust they have placed in me.\"\nThe Panthers made three playoff appearances won two NFC South titles and played in two NFC Championship games and a Super Bowl under Hurney during his first tenure.\nFILE - In this July 19 2017 file photo Carolina Panthers interim general manager Marty Hurney speaks to the media during a news conference in Charlotte N.C. The Panthers have re-hired Marty Hurney as their full-time general manager. This will be Hurney’s second stint as Carolina’s general manager having previously worked for the Panthers from 1998-2012 beginning as GM in 2002. Hurney also worked with the Panthers since last July as the interim general manager.(AP Photo/Chuck Burton File)\n Hurney also traded for tight end Greg Olsen and hit home runs on draft picks like center Ryan Kalil.\n He also made a few mistakes along the way including overpaying to keep some veteran players and trading up to get wide receiver Armanti Edwards from Appalachian State a move that never panned out.\n\"I gained a lot of perspective being away and then back in an interim role last season \" Hurney said. \"I feel that I am the best person to help (coach) Ron (Rivera) and this team moving forward. We have a really special core of players in place and I'm extremely excited about the direction we are headed.\"\nThe Panthers went 11-5 last season with Hurney as their interim general manager but lost in the wild card round of the playoffs to the New Orleans Saints.", "output": [ "Marty Hurney" ] }, { "id": "task419-547efc0724b943899f1890af5fa59706", "input": "Comments on Kylie Jenner's most recent Instagram post. Image: instagram\n Kylie Jenner is not happy that commenters are using her Instagram photos for their own personal gain in an effort to build engagement on their Insta pages.\nSTOP WRITING LB ON ALL MY INSTAGRAM PHOTOS AND USING ME AS A WAY TO ADVERTISE YOURSELF. â Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) November 30 2012\n\"This annoys a lot of Instagram users including Kylie Jenner as it is an inauthentic way to try and create the image of influence. It damages actual organically built influencers and Instagram stars \" says Cruel.\nBut lately Kylie seems to have made a small effort to embrace the \"lb\" concept for her own personal gain; to promote her new TV show Life of Kylie .\nFollow #LifeofKylie IG page ([Link] + find out tomorrow 9PM ET how you might get a like back from me... pic.twitter.com/JapG3jLy8n â Kylie Jenner (@KylieJenner) July 22 2017\nDon't be fooled: Kylie 's recent volte-face doesn't suggest she 's in any hurry to embrace the relentless commenters in search of Instagram fame. She 's likely exploiting this phenomenon in the interests of promoting her show. And who can blame her .", "output": [ "Kylie Jenner" ] }, { "id": "task419-401aea281a6c4726a653335de1adda89", "input": "A record-breaking snowfall of more than 60 inches (150 cm) has hit the Pennsylvanian city of Erie over the Christmas period with even more said to be on the way.\n The city has declared a citywide emergency as a result of the storm which began on Sunday.\n\"We're used to snow don't get me wrong \" Erie's mayor Joe Sinnott told the New York Times. \"But this amount trying to deal with this is very atypical.\"\nSkip Twitter post by @NWSCLE With an additional 3.5\" of snow at the Erie PA airport as of 5PM this brings the two day (12/25-26) total up to 58\" and the storm total (From 7PM Christmas Eve thru 5PM 12/26) up to 60.0\". Heavy snow continues to fall. Here is a look at some of the records. #pawx pic.twitter.com/BN5txOpByZ â NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) December 26 2017 Report\nThe National Weather Center said that Christmas Day in Erie brought a new all-time high for any single day (34in) beating the previous record set in 1956 (22in).\nSome flights to and from Erie International airport were cancelled. The airport has seen 63.8in of snow since Christmas Eve according to the National Weather Center.", "output": [ "Erie" ] }, { "id": "task419-baa8a72cef8e416796b9e2724ce96c84", "input": "Jay Bruce back for ‘unfinished business’ with Mets\nScouts who watched him last year debate whether it is age or injury that affected him . Clearly recovering from back injuries is harder for older players and the Mets have had plenty of experience with that and David Wright.\nBut Gonzalez is confident in his comeback and said he is expecting to be the Mets’ starting first baseman this year.\n He switched his offseason workouts from weight training to flexibility and conditioning including pilates and water aerobics. He does a core workout to keep his back strong which he will have to continue into the season.", "output": [ "Jay Bruce" ] }, { "id": "task419-c88ef3e81c7f4a9b8c2d4257a41fc6f0", "input": "U.S. Alpine director Patrick Riml began his trek back to Utah before the last ski race of the Olympics was done. He knows he has work to do after the country produced its fewest golds in the sport since 2002 fewest medals since 2006.\nIn a telephone interview Saturday Riml called his men's team's Olympic performance \"disappointing\" and acknowledged that \"we definitely have to rebuild\" before the 2022 Beijing Games.\n\"We had quite a few up and downs \" Riml said about the past two weeks. \"We had some very strong performances and in other events we definitely were struggling.\"\n He said he was pleased with the U.S. women including having three members of the top seven finishers in the downhill.\nBut \"on the men's side the performance was disappointing. ... We definitely would have hoped for better results there \" Riml said adding: \"Not just talking about medals but the performances on each day.\"\nLooking ahead to the next Winter Olympics Riml noted that Vonn and Ligety — who have earned a combined five Olympic medals including three golds — are not expected to still be competing. Both would be 37 years old.\n\"We know we have to go into a rebuilding phase and develop some young skiers \" Riml said \"and hopefully next time around we can be competitive and perform on a high level.\"", "output": [ "Patrick Riml" ] }, { "id": "task419-d2435faaf9d1437c8f176bf08f82d192", "input": "In her new book \" Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II \" journalist Liza Mundy tells the stories of many of these women who because they were sworn to secrecy about the nature of their work have been all but forgotten. Just because these women agreed to be invisible to the enemy however doesn't mean they need to be invisible to history.\n Liza Mundy \nSome of these barrier-breaking code breakers are still alive and in Mundy 's estimation would be \"delighted\" by developments like the renaming of a residential college at Yale for Grace Hopper \"the queen of code\" and \"mother of computing\" who was a pioneering American computer scientist and United States Navy rear admiral.\nSays Mundy : \"We need a few more buildings to be renamed or named after some of these figures and I hope that happens. I think it will.\"\nOn the occasion of the publication of \"Code Girls \" and International Day of the Girl on Wednesday CNN Opinion spoke with Mundy about her experience writing a book about the women she calls \"the hidden figures of the greatest generation.\"\n Liza Mundy : In a way it's thanks to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He insisted that the government consider declassifying its records around the Russian code-breaking project In a way it's thanks to Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. He insisted that the government consider declassifying its records around the Russian code-breaking project Venona which started during the war and then continued for many decades during the Cold War. And because he prevailed there was a document that was declassified in which a wonderful NSA historian named Lou Benson wrote about the recruitment of a number of schoolteachers to work on it. Almost alone among historians Lou not only noticed that there were a lot of women working on the Venona project but he also thought that it was worthwhile to interview them. So while it was still possible he interviewed a number of schoolteachers who were recruited during the war. And in many cases these women continued working on it for decades for the NSA. And I thought \"Well that's an interesting kind of small story for an article of a short book.\"\n Mundy : It's really the work of : It's really the work of Agnes Driscoll who was working on the Japanese fleet code throughout the 1920s and 1930s and kept diagnosing and re-diagnosing it as it was changing. If Agnes Driscoll had not diagnosed overall how their system worked we would have gone into World War II with no ability to read the naval communications of the Japanese. It had taken her years to diagnose that entire system of code. We would have been a lot worse off if she hadn't spent more than a decade working on that code system and then teaching it to the male naval officers who would go out to the Pacific and then ultimately write the memoirs and get the credit.\n Mundy : It's hard even to convey what it was like. I was desperate to do it as fast as I could because I knew that I was up against an actuarial deadline -- women might be passing away as I was trying to find their phone number. I would obtain rosters with maiden names and I had a researcher with the Washington Post helping me track down what their married names might have been and if they still had a phone number. Sometimes [the researcher] would give me a list of 12 and 11 wouldn't work or they would have passed away but then I would call the one and leave a message and they would call me back -- or they would answer the phone.\n Mundy : When I was doing my research I read the memoir of Virginia Gildersleeve who was the dean of Barnard College. She was older than some of the women who served in the WAVES [the women's branch of the US Naval Reserve better known as Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service] like Wellesley's Mildred McAfee. She and others clearly saw what was an opportunity. Before the war women's colleges had taught women math and science but they were reluctant to train very many women because they knew they couldn't get jobs. And so when the war started they were still skeptical about putting too many women into math majors because they just worried that all of this was going to be yanked away after the war. But I also thought Virginia Gildersleeve was very crafty. She and some of the other leaders did see this as a way to try to persuade MIT and Columbia and other places to open up some more slots in graduate school for women. I was fascinated by the way they did see [code breaking and military recruitment] as an opportunity to expand opportunities for women even as they were worried that it would be temporary after the war.\n Mundy : The Army women were civilians and the Navy women weren't. And the Navy really agonized over its no-pregnancy rule because they worried women would get abortions. And they did. But they were just so uncomfortable with the idea of a pregnant woman in uniform or a pregnant woman serving in the military that they were actually willing to force women to resign even if they were married when they became pregnant. It was very hard on the women who got pregnant because they loved the work and suddenly had to leave. Obviously men did not have to leave if their wives got pregnant. There were several women who described really being traumatized by becoming accidentally pregnant -- married women who didn't have enough information about birth control -- and having to leave this work that they loved and that they thought was so valuable. So even during the war we were willing to sacrifice female talent because we didn't know how to cope with a pregnant woman in uniform.\n Mundy : At the very beginning [of the book] there's a letter from one of the Navy code-breaking officers that shows they didn't want Jewish women from the Seven Sisters schools they didn't want women with family ties to occupied European countries who might feel sympathy to European countries. The Navy was always paranoid about any sort of \"unconventional\" background. And when African-American women were admitted to the WAVES in 1945 they were not admitted to the code-breaking facility for that same fear of anybody who seemed like an outsider.\n Mundy : The thought that recurs to me in addition to just being grateful to be able to try to tell this story is the phrase \"hidden figures.\" These women really were the hidden figures of the greatest generation.\n Mundy : I worried at the outset of this project that there wouldn't be enough information out there to tell the story. I was astonished when I went to the National Archives that although it was scattered and uneven that there really was a great deal of material -- rosters memos oral histories. It had been overlooked by I think it's fair to say the many historians who have gone through these collections. I was surprised that there was more out there that was hiding in plain sight than I thought.", "output": [ "Liza Mundy" ] }, { "id": "task419-880178ab00b34637bcb598dd295534bf", "input": "The British cook attacked Nine Network's \"A Current Affair\" presenter Tracy Grimshaw at a Melbourne cooking expo on Saturday the day after she interviewed him.\nIn front of thousands of onlookers Ramsay suggested Grimshaw was a lesbian and needed \"to see Simon Cowell's botox doctor.\"\nHe also showed a picture of a woman apparently naked on all fours with the face of a pig and said \"that's Tracy Grimshaw.\" His publicist has since said the comments were a joke and not intended to cause offence.\nGrimshaw also hit back at the \"Hell's Kitchen\" supremo labelling him an \"arrogant narcissist\" on her current affairs show on Monday night.\nShe said there was nothing funny about Ramsay's insults which had upset her friends and family including her mother.\n\"Truly I wonder how many people would laugh if they were effectively described as an old ugly pig \" she said adding that she had agreed not to probe Ramsay over an extra-marital affair when he appeared on the show.\nGrimshaw said she initially considered not responding to Ramsay's comments but decided she had to stand up for herself.\n\"We all know that bullies thrive when no one takes them on and I'm not going to sit meekly and let some arrogant narcissist bully me \" she said.\n\"Obviously Gordon thinks that any woman who doesn't find him attractive must be gay \" she added. \"For the record I don't. And I'm not.\"", "output": [ "Tracy Grimshaw" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf9b2729a90844b3bbb28e2906ab6e30", "input": "Jason Burle owner of the SNAFU bar made news for duct taping the jerseys of both Oakland Raider Marshawn Lynch and San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick to the ground outside his Lake Ozark Missouri establishment according to the Associated Press.\n Burle hastened to switch the placement and insisted he was making no other statement than that he disagreed with the two players’ political positions and was not advocating violence.\n“We pulled them out of the box taped them down. There was no ill-intent ” Burle told KOMU Channel 8.\n“If someone thinks that I mean personal harm to someone they don’t know me ” Burle added.\nThe bar owner also said that his display had no racial component. “A lot of people want to twist it around to be a race thing ” Burle complained.\n Burle insisted that as a military veteran his only message is that he disagrees with millionaire players kneeling as the national anthem is played.", "output": [ "Jason Burle" ] }, { "id": "task419-14f4b4907a9a44529dcd28dbeb94fcba", "input": "Justin Townes Earle has a habit of doing things on his own terms. Last year he broke with convention in leaving Nashville for Omaha Nebraska to cut his latest LP the acclaimed Kids in the Street. This spring he 's hitting the road for a fresh 34-date tour which he 'll be conducting all on his own in a solo acoustic format.\nRelated Hear Justin Townes Earle Chris Shiflett Talk Addiction Nirvana Singer discusses his new album 'Kids in the Street' and old Nashville on Shiflett's 'Walking the Floor' podcast\n Earle frequently performs by himself but the news is a break in its own way given that Kids in the Street was one of his most fleshed-out records one that thrived on its full-band arrangements. The Music City native will nonetheless be right at home considering he 'll be playing the sorts of theaters and small clubs where he 's most comfortable.\n He begins his trek at Pitchfork Social in Salt Spring Island British Columbia on May 6th and wraps things up six weeks later at the Crocodile in Seattle Washington. Those two gigs are only 100 miles away from each other but in between Earle loops around the country hitting cities like St. Paul Minnesota Brooklyn New York and Austin Texas before returning to the west coast.\nThe full list of Justin Townes Earle's spring tour dates:", "output": [ "Justin Townes Earle" ] }, { "id": "task419-7cd13170f5aa4b82b362f893beff882f", "input": "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said she would not pursue a coordinated effort to vote against the plan though a senior Democratic aide told Business Insider that Pelosi agreed with Hoyer.\n\"I'm just telling people why I'm voting the way I'm voting \" Pelosi told reporters.\nLater Thursday Pelosi sent a letter to Democratic members urging them to vote against the budget deal saying that \"the Republicans do not have the votes to pass this caps bill on their own.\"\n Pelosi on Wednesday delivered an eight-hour speech on the House floor calling out House Speaker Paul Ryan for not bringing forth a bill to address DACA.", "output": [ "Nancy Pelosi Pelosi", "Pelosi" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b3f3042a2944cbeba864b4d9095f265", "input": "It wasn’t the White House it wasn’t the State Department it wasn’t father LaVar’s so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence – IT WAS ME. Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man’s version of Don King but without the hair. Just think.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22 2017\n…LaVar you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China but no NBA contract to support you. But remember LaVar shoplifting is NOT a little thing. It’s a really big deal especially in China. Ungrateful fool! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22 2017\n“You’re welcome ” Trump tweeted at the trio upon their return to the United States urging Ball Cody Riley and Jalen Hill to “HAVE A GREAT LIFE!” He also suggested that they “give a big Thank You to President Xi Jinping of China.”\n Trump said last week that he had personally intervened in the case with his Chinese counterpart asking Xi to help resolve the case.\nWhen the president returned from a 12-day trip through Asia he wrote on Twitter: “Do you think the three UCLA Basketball Players will say thank you to President Trump ? They were headed for 10 years in jail!”\nEnter LaVar Ball who was asked by ESPN about Trump ’s role in securing his son’s release.\n[Why LaVar Ball is a perfect foil for President Trump ]\n Trump fumed tweeting Sunday: “I should have left them in jail!” (The White House later said Trump wasn’t serious calling it “a rhetorical response to a criticism by the father.”)\nBut the following night the outspoken Ball went on CNN and took aim at the president .\nBall said insisted that Trump has overstated his role in freeing the three Americans and added that if he would thank anyone it would be Xi.\nBut he added: “I don’t have to go around saying thank you to everybody.”\nLaVar Ball the father of one of three UCLA players who were released by Chinese authorities appeared on CNN and was asked why he would not thank President Trump . It was a very testy interview. (Amber Ferguson/The Washington Post)\n Trump raised the arrests during a two-day state visit to Beijing arriving after the three freshman players were accused of stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store next to the team’s hotel.\n“The basketball players by the way — I know a lot of people are asking — I will tell you when I heard about it two days ago I had a great conversation with President Xi ” Trump said after boarding Air Force One in Manila at the conclusion his Asia trip. “What they did was unfortunate. You know you’re talking about very long prison sentences. [The Chinese] do not play games.”\nWhen asked specifically whether Xi was helping to resolve the matter Trump said last week: “Yes he is. And he ’s been terrific. President Xi has been terrific on that subject.\nFor Trump fighting with athletes is political sport", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-8db94d46c18c4c9ebab8a604b7d40acb", "input": "For army veterans Joe Cox Russ Collins and Adam Lingo the journey to the Washington Redskins’ FedExField and Sunday’s “Salute to Service” game began nine years ago when their fellow soldiers and teenage Iraqi translator “Roy” died as brothers in Sinsil Iraq after a house rigged with explosives collapsed.\n“We’re basically becoming (a) dating website for veterans groups. Every group has something they do but none of them have a network ” Cox said.\nInside his rucksack Cox carries the scorched badges of his army brothers killed in Sinsil Iraq in 2008. He ’s carried them for nine years and now across the country. On Saturday November 11 at Arlington National Cemetery they visited their buddies’ graves. It brought them another step closer to coming home.\n Cox added “It’s a lot overwhelming.”", "output": [ "Joe Cox" ] }, { "id": "task419-8c45a8af3b6a4acc9bb8da6e3aea377f", "input": "Meister Seelig & Fein will no longer represent far-right pot-stirrer Milo Yiannopoulos due to a “breakdown in the relationship ” according to an emergency motion filed by the New York-based law firm this past Friday.\n Yiannopoulos is currently in a legal battle against publisher Simon & Schuster over his (now) self-published book Dangerous. The former Breitbart editor said the disagreement with his counsel arose because Simon & Schuster persuaded the court to make certain documents available only to his lawyers.\n“I will now be representing myself pro se so I can directly see the material ” Yiannopoulos said in a statement.\nUPDATE: A representative for Milo Yiannopoulos confirms that he will now be representing himself in his lawsuit against Simon & Schuster pic.twitter.com/APGJ8opQMy — Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) January 8 2018", "output": [ "Milo Yiannopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-91d41a54f30d441da1e160b3e7055d51", "input": "Tensions between Republicans and Democrats over the investigation of Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election intensified Sunday with President Donald Trump demanding to know why his campaign is under federal scrutiny while his former opponent Hillary Clinton is not.\nDemocratic lawmakers mostly stayed out of the Sunday fray after a week in which Clinton 's 2016 campaign came under fresh scrutiny. The campaign funded political opposition research into Trump that helped create a highly publicized \"dossier\" on the Republican candidate and fueled some allegations now under scrutiny by Mueller.\nIt's unclear how much the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee paid for the opposition research by Fusion GPS a Washington D.C. firm that conducts investigations for private clients. The Clinton campaign paid $5.6 million in legal fees to a law firm from June 2015 to December 2016 according to campaign finance records and the DNC paid the firm $3.6 million in \"legal and compliance consulting'' since November 2015. It's impossible to tell from the filings how much of that work was for other legal matters and how much of it related to Fusion GPS.\nTrump tweeted Sunday morning that the dossier which he called \" Clinton made Fake Dossier \" could have cost as much as $12 million although he did not explain how he reached that number.\nIn April 2016 an attorney representing Clinton 's presidential campaign and the DNC hired Fusion GPS which then hired Steele. Brian Fallon a former spokesman for the Clinton campaign said he learned about Steele and the dossier after the election. People familiar with the matter told The Washington Post that the Clinton campaign and the DNC did not direct Steele's activities.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca4f4d1d2bf54db2b652298a5e593571", "input": "In holdover news that has little to do with the Oscars the lack of new releases helped the older hits and the Oscar contenders maintain their legs for at least one more weekend. It will be interesting to see how the likes of Jumanji and Greatest Showman play when we start getting more “big” movies over the next two weeks. But even while it came in third on Friday Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle is expected to retake the weekend crown.\nThe top movie on Friday was the lone new release namely Winchester with $3.6 million. But second place belonged to Maze Runner: The Death Cure. The Fox threequel earned another $3.01m (-64%) on its second Friday. That sets the film up for a $9.6m (-60%) weekend and $39.1m ten-day total.\n Sony’s Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle earned another $2.875 million (-24%) on its seventh Friday which sets the mega-smash up for a chart-topping $11m (-32%) weekend and obscene $352.6m domestic total. That means that sometime early next week Jumanji will pass Furious 7 ($353m in 2015) to become Dwayne Johnson’s biggest domestic grosser of all time. No it won’t top the last two Fast/Furious movies in terms of global grosses but it has already surpassed everything else on The Rock’s filmography.\nBy the way fun fact now that Jumanji has outgrossed Inception ($822 million in 2010) it is the biggest-grossing video game-ish movie of all time. It will be interesting to see if Sony’s kid-friendly success offers Peter Rabbit any kind of bump due to trailer placement when it opens next weekend against Fifty Shades Freed. But yeah Jumanji is now all-but-guaranteed to pass Spider-Man 2 ($373m in 2004) to become Sony’s second-biggest domestic grosser.", "output": [ "Jumanji" ] }, { "id": "task419-99aa99842bc84da9a94fa4a4daba1efd", "input": "By Stephen Nellis\n(Reuters) - Andrew Ng who formerly led artificial intelligence projects at Alphabet Inc's Google and Chinese firm Baidu Inc has raised a $175 million fund to invest in AI startups starting with one of his own aimed at computers detecting defects in products.\n Ng announced Tuesday that he raised money from venture capital firms New Enterprise Associates Sequoia Capital and Greylock Partners as well as SoftBank Group Corp.\nIn an interview with Reuters Ng said his goal was to identify new business ideas around artificial intelligence and be able to put cash into them quickly from the so-called AI Fund of which he will serve as general partner so that founders of the portfolio companies will not need to burn time pitching traditional venture capitalists.\n Ng said he plans to draw on his experience at Baidu one of China's largest internet companies where he led the artificial intelligence team to develop a range of new business lines. Under Ng Baidu released a voice-based operating system that users can talk to - much like Amazon's Alexa voice assistant or Apple's Siri - and also started working on self-driving cars and face recognition technology to open things like transit turnstiles when users approach.\n“Based on that experience I have an unusual point of view on the building of AI businesses. I think it’s a more systematic repeatable process than most people think \" said Ng who also taught artificial intelligence courses at Stanford University.\nThe first company to receive money from the fund will be Landing.ai a company Ng founded. Landing.ai is working with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd better known as electronics assembler Foxconn on using artificial intelligence to make factories more efficient.", "output": [ "Andrew Ng" ] }, { "id": "task419-f55f89ef6005494092f29573e9a30458", "input": "EASTERN GHOUTA Syria (Reuters) - His brow dripping with blood and his skin caked with brick dust Abu Abdallah was pulled out from under the rubble of his house near Damascus after it was blown up in an air raid.\n He was lucky to survive the bomb that fell while he was having breakfast dropped by one of the countless warplanes that emergency workers say have pounded the rebel-held Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta in recent days.\n His three-year-old son was not so fortunate.\n“We were sitting around eating ” said Abu Abdallah - a sobriquet meaning ‘ Abdallah ’s father’ - as he recalled Tuesday’s strike. “My son wanted to use the toilet so his mother took him. Then the missile came down.”\n“I was under the rubble... and my head was bent down I couldn’t raise it ” said Abu Abdallah who declined to give his full name. “I said that’s it this will be the end of me .”\nAbu Abdallah 26 who was rescued from under the rubble after an airstrike is seen at a relative's home in the Saqba area in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta Syria January 11 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh\n Abu Abdallah 26 comes from the eastern Ghouta village of Marj al-Sultan which the Syrian army recaptured from insurgents in late 2015. He had moved deeper into the enclave to the town of Saqba with his family to try to escape the bombing.\n“Now it’s still not clear what we will do ” he said. His family is staying with relatives while he recovers from a head injury and a back strain.\n“The (world) should have mercy on these children and women because they have nothing to do with the fighting ” Abu Abdallah said. “If they want to fight let them go fight on the frontlines. But why are they bombing us?”", "output": [ "Abu Abdallah" ] }, { "id": "task419-2458ba6c4bf44385ab1350ce7400af4e", "input": "Mississippi State quarterback Nick Fitzgerald suffered a severe injury to his right leg in the first quarter of the Bulldogs' rivalry game against Ole Miss Thursday night.\n Fitzgerald 's leg bent in an awkward position when he was tackled following a running play. The game was delayed for several minutes while Fitzgerald received treatment on the field before being carted off.\n Fitzgerald came into the game leading the SEC in yards rushing for a quarterback with 968 yards on the ground in 11 games. He also has thrown for 1 770 yards 15 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.\n Fitzgerald was replaced by freshman Keytaon Thompson who has thrown for 66 yards and a touchdown this season.", "output": [ "Nick Fitzgerald" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d8a7a39ac16445790cc86e8f5a98d96", "input": "CLEVELAND , Ohio -- LeBron James has earned another spot on the cover of Sports Illustrated , shown linking arms with Stephen Curry , NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and a handful of other prominent sports figures -- a powerful cover about unity . \nWhile James has been outspoken about his beliefs and the state of the country , others have expressed their right to protest freely and peacefully in different ways . \n\"I 'm not going to let while I have this platform -- to let one individual , no matter the power , no matter the impact that he should have or she should have , ever use sport as a platform to divide us ,\" James said Monday afternoon during a passionate speech at Cavs Media Day .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-31ddcb023fa24d0b963515eb06d4b879", "input": "A top Senate Republican complained Wednesday that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan hasn't been revealing during her confirmation hearings despite her previous statements that judicial nominees should be more open.\n In 1995 Kagan authored an article in the University of Chicago Law Review in which she described the Senate confirmation process as \"a vapid and hollow charade.\"\n Back then Kagan lamented that senators \"do not insist that any nominee reveal what kind of justice she would make by disclosing her views on important legal issues.\"\n Another leading Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions R-Ala. the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee contended that Kagan had given incomplete testimony about her actions as the dean of Harvard Law School when she limited the activities of military recruiters there.\n Kagan told the committee that she had imposed the restrictions because the military's \"Don't Ask Don't Tell\" policy amounted to discrimination against homosexuals a violation of Harvard University's institutional policy that bars discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.\n On Wednesday Kagan's final day of testimony before the Senate panel Sessions told Kagan her comments about the episode \"didn't frankly set forth what you did.\"\n Sessions continued with his questioning and did not give Kagan time to respond to that specific charge.\n Kagan is expected to win the approval of the committee of 12 Democrats and seven Republicans.", "output": [ "Elena Kagan" ] }, { "id": "task419-745ef7767d4c4aa7bbeac1fc37c402dc", "input": "Mark Dreyer who has closely followed the Chinese sports industry since 2007 told ABC News China was seen as a safe bet because Beijing has already pulled off a successful Summer Games.\n Dreyer said Beijing was able to woo the International Olympic Committee or the IOC with the prospect of having 300 more participants in winter sports.\n\"Even if it's a fraction of that [China] could still revolutionize the winter global sports industry which is not particularly big ” Dreyer added.\n\"So [China] really could haul itself up very very quickly \" Dreyer added. \"Perhaps 2022 is going to come just a little bit too soon but they're not going to embarrass themselves.”\n Dreyer points out that China is putting a lot of funding into its ice hockey program and hiring North American coaches for its men's and women’s Olympic teams.\n“They’ve been talking about the 'Beijing Miracle' for 2022 \" Dreyer said referring the United States' own 'Miracle on Ice' in 1980 when the American hockey team defeated the seemingly unbeatable Soviet team.\n\"That shows you the kind of ambition they have to basically go from nobody on the world stage to potential medalists four years from now \" Dreyer said. \"Which goes hand-in-hand with China's ambitions everywhere else.\"", "output": [ "Mark Dreyer" ] }, { "id": "task419-b4a43c02937b4e0cbca0fea7027939b5", "input": "But maybe — just maybe — this one game this one Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden is a hint that there’s life yet in the old bear in the St. John’s basketball team which had no business sharing a court with the fourth-ranked Duke Blue Devils yet somehow walked off that court with an 81-77 victory.\n“I’m happy for the guys ” St. John’s coach Chris Mullin said. “They needed it more than anything.”\nIt is what this program needed too as much as anything. As the losses mounted the helplessness did too. Nobody expected Mullin ’s return to his Utopia Parkway kingdom to be a magic elixir but nobody figured on 0-11 in the Big East in Year 3 either. It has been hard for Mullin ’s guys yes but it has been just as hard for the faithful to keep their faith.\n“The month of January was rough for us ” forward Tariq Owens said. “But Coach never stopped preaching to us and we never left the gym and finally it paid off.”\nIt’s one game yes. Two years ago St. John’s hammered a Syracuse team bound for the Final Four and it proved merely an outlier. Maybe this will be the same thing.\nOr maybe it won’t be. If you care about St. John’s and about college basketball in this city it really is the only way to root.", "output": [ "St. John" ] }, { "id": "task419-8f37a08430dc41bbb28c1d47a139f39b", "input": "Mikaela Shiffrin makes it all looks so easy sometimes. For the world’s most dominant female ski racer the trip from the starting gate to the medals podium is a well-trodden path.\nTwo difficult runs on Friday offered a harsh reminder for Shiffrin and the world just how difficult this medal pursuit could be how difficult it will be to leave PyeongChang with a suitcase full of gold. Less than 24 hours after winning the giant slalom Shiffrin was back on the course at Yongpyong Alpine Centre to defend her Olympic gold in the slalom.\nBut at the Winter Games things don’t always go as planned and in her most dominant and consistent discipline Shiffrin finished in a disappointing fourth place endangering her hopes of leaving here with multiple medals. Shiffrin ’s total time of 1:39.03 was 0.40 seconds behind first-place finisher Frida Hansdotter of Sweden and just 0.08 seconds away from a spot on the podium.\n[Mikaela Shiffrin’s fourth-place finish is surprising — but not disappointing] \nMikaela Shiffrin was in fourth after her first run in the women’s slalom. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)\n Shiffrin seemed to know from the start of the day that something was amiss. Before her first run Shiffrin stood at the top of the course and vomited before launching down the hill.\n“I just had this terrible feeling ” she explained later. “It was almost like a food poisoning feeling like what is happening? I felt like my warm-up skiing was good my turns and my free skiing was good. But when it came to putting it into the race I was not like myself at all.”\n Shiffrin has been open about her competitive anxieties and her ongoing battle with nerves. Last season she frequently became ill before races and sought the help of Lauren Loberg a sports psychologist who works with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association.\nOn Friday in PyeongChang in her best discipline and with an empty stomach she wasn’t her usual dominant self and clocked a time of 49.37 seconds the fourth-best of the day’s initial runs. Entering the second run she trailed Switzerland’s Wendy Holdener by 0.48 seconds not an insurmountable margin by any means.\n“Rather than just focusing on the good skiing I know I can do I was conservative ” Shiffrin said. “I was almost trying to do something special. I don’t need to do something special. I just need to ski like myself and it’ll be fine.”\nOf the 2 900 athletes competing in the Winter Games few are as dominant in their chosen discipline as Shiffrin has been in the slalom. In addition to the Sochi title Shiffrin has won the past three world titles dating to 2013 when she was all of 17 years old. She ’s now 22 and already has won 30 World Cup slalom events; only two female skiers all time — Austria’s Marlies Schild (35) and Switzerland’s Vreni Schneider (34) — have more. And Shiffrin has won the World Cup slalom title five of the past six years. (In 2016 she missed two months of competition because of a knee injury but still won all five slalom races she entered.)\n She had about four hours before her second run enough time to nap regroup and calm her nerves. Coming from behind is not a familiar position for Shiffrin in large part because it’s such unfamiliar territory. This season she has competed in seven World Cup slalom races. She led after the first run in six eventually winning five and finishing second in another. The only slalom she didn’t lead this season was Jan. 9 in Flachau Austria where she was second trailing only one racer — Austria’s Bernadette Schild — by 0.37 seconds. She scorched through her second run and won the race over Schild by nearly a full second.\nU.S. alpine ski racer Mikaela Shiffrin is about to embark on the races of her life at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in a quest for multiple gold medals. She won gold in 2014 in women’s slalom. (Alice Li Lee Powell/The Washington Post)\n Shiffrin came to PyeongChang contemplating as many as five races. But weather wiped out two days of competition forcing Olympic officials to shuffle and condense the Alpine schedule. For Shiffrin it meant races wouldn’t be spaced out as much and she wouldn’t have as much time to rest and prepare for the speed events.\n[Mikaela Shiffrin captures gold in women’s giant slalom]\n Her team decided to pull out of Saturday’s super-G race and haven’t yet made a final decision on next week’s downhill though the combined is still likely. Having to open these Olympics racing the giant slalom and slalom on back-to-back days was exhausting in every way Shiffrin said.", "output": [ "Mikaela Shiffrin" ] }, { "id": "task419-966767ec63af47bab76402d2c34e6f4a", "input": "It's called Fast Food Genocide: How Processed Food is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It by nutrition expert Joel Fuhrman MD.\nPat Robertson talks with Dr. Joel Fuhrman about Fast Food Genocide on Wednesday's 700 Club.\nHeart attacks strokes cancer obesity ADHD autism allergies and autoimmune diseases all have the same root cause – our addiction to toxic ingredients. New York Times bestselling author board-certified physician nutritional researcher and leading voice in the health field Joel Fuhrman M.D. explains why the problem of poor nutrition is deeper more serious and more pervasive than anyone imagined.\nThe solution hiding in plain sight — a nutrient-dense healthful diet — can save lives and enable humans to reach their intellectual potential and achieve successful and fulfilling lives. Dr. Fuhrman offers a life-changing scientifically sound approach that can alter American history and perhaps save your life in the process.\nBELOW: Nutrition Expert Dr. Joel Fuhrman Reveals Secrets to Health & Longevity", "output": [ "Joel Fuhrman" ] }, { "id": "task419-ec5de17954f74deb90929d2f10abaca4", "input": "Image copyright Supplied Image caption Hayley Smith lost her job when she told her employer about her depression\nHayley Smith was diagnosed with chronic depression in her early twenties: \"I'd been bottling up quite a bit through most of my teens. Then it hit me a like a brick wall \" she said.\n She was so depressed she didn't leave the house for six months.\nThings began to improve and when she was 23 years-old she got a job at a food and drink company. But she had weekly counselling to attend.\n\"Every Thursday I'd have to take the afternoon off. So I spoke to my boss. In the meeting she was fine with it and said 'do what you need to do' \".\nBut after the meeting she received an email being told she was going to be taken off her accounts and that she should think about seeking employment at a mental health charity as \"they might relate\".\nThe manager also told people in the office: \"It went round. It was horrible - I felt really exposed \" she said.\nWorking there for a few further months triggered Hayley to experience anxiety depression and \"massive trust issues\".\nEventually she left. She started her own company in London which she still runs five years on: \"In the long-term it's given me awareness of mental health - and the awareness to make sure I was never going to make people feel the way I was made to feel.\"", "output": [ "Hayley Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1a727bc93b34cfe9b9b830b9b3a95b7", "input": "In April the firm’s veteran pollster Stan Greenberg briefed House Democrats on the findings with a presentation at the offices of the Democratic National Committee.\nThe polling memorandum produced by GBA Strategies and Greenberg ’s firm was composed by surveying 52 so-called battleground districts half of which are currently held by Democrats and half by Republicans.\nThe question that Greenberg put before Democrats to make the case against single-payer though is a highly unusual one (emphasis in original): “If you could change one thing about your healthcare or health insurance what would it be?”\n Greenberg is the spouse of Connecticut Democratic Rep. Rosa Delauro. She is not one of the 121 House Democrats who back the single-payer legislation before Congress and one of only 11 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus who did not sign the bill.\nIn a comment to The Intercept Greenberg noted that Alan Quinlan a partner at his firm led the work on the poll. On the firm’s website Quinlan lists Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as one of his former clients.", "output": [ "Stan Greenberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-b7e426c183c44a1dbdb207244e7e0e74", "input": "\"There have been different schools of thought on what this disease was. Could it have been plague? Could it have been typhoid fever? Could it have been a litany of other diseases?\" says Kirsten Bos a molecular paleopathologist at the Max Planck Institute in Germany and an author of a new study published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution.\nA new algorithm allowed Bos and her team to identify fragments of ancient salmonella DNA with extreme specificity.\n\"It was an analytical technique that was really the game-changer for us \" Bos explains. While scientists have been able to extract ancient DNA from bones and other tissue until recently it was impossible to compare that extracted DNA to a wide variety of potential matches.\nBut a new computer program called MALT allowed them to do just that. \"The major advancement was this algorithm \" Bos says. \"It offers a method of analyzing many many many small DNA fragments that we get and actually identifying by species name the bacteria that are represented.\"\n Bos and her team used MALT to match up the DNA fragments extracted from teeth of epidemic victims with a database of known pathogens. The program didn't entire save them from mind-numbing work — at one point PhD student and study author Ashild Vagene had to go through the results of the program by hand.", "output": [ "Kirsten Bos" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ca71796e05a4064a922833a86e73523", "input": "This brawl may not be the reason Damontre Moore got cut but it won’t help him get a new job.\nThe Giants’ 2013 third-round draft pick was cut by the Cowboys on Oct. 24 just days after he was in this altercation outside a Dallas-area nightclub. TMZ Sports published footage of the video on Thursday. Moore is fighting several men and tries jumping in through the sunroof of a Porsche of one of the attackers. The sound of what could be a gunshot is heard during the video. A witness told the website the fight was over a woman.\nDallas claimed at the time the fight had nothing to do with Moore ’s release.\n“We had to make a roster move and we just felt like the best decision for our team was to release Damontre Moore ” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said in October with speculation also circulating Moore’s release was linked to his decision to raise his fist during the national anthem.\n Moore was already a borderline NFL player and has not received any reported interest from around the league since that release six weeks ago.\nThe Giants cut Moore in December 2015 after he got into a fight with teammate Cullen Jenkins over a pair of headphones.", "output": [ "Damontre Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e71d077227248d69b00c592d27ab5de", "input": "The public schools in gentrifying neighborhoods seem on the cusp of becoming truly diverse as historically underserved neighborhoods fill up with younger whiter families. But the schools remain stubbornly segregated. Nikole Hannah-Jones has chronicled this phenomenon around the country and seen it firsthand in her neighborhood in Brooklyn. “White communities want neighborhood schools if their neighborhood school is white ” she says. “If their neighborhood school is black they want choice.” Charter schools and magnet schools spring up in place of neighborhood schools where white students can be in the majority. “We have a system where white people control the outcomes and the outcome that most white Americans want is segregation ” she says. In a recent episode of The Atlantic Interview Nikole Hannah-Jones and The Atlantic’s editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg discuss how integrated schools are good for white children and black children.\n“If one were to believe that having people who are different from you makes you smarter that you engage in a higher level of thinking that you solve problems better there are higher-level ways that integration is good for white folks ” Jones says. For black children the benefits of attending an integrated school are much more drastic. “It’s literally will you receive a quality education or not? Will you be a full citizen in the country of your birth?” In a hyper-competitive economy where test scores and college admissions and lifetimes earnings are all linked Hannah-Jones has seen that the soft benefits of integration like empathy or compassion are low on a family’s priority list. “Most white people are willing to trade that ” she has found. An edited transcript of their conversation is below. Jeffrey Goldberg : You and I have both had these conversations with my colleague Ta-Nehisi Coates about the arc of history and which way it bends. I’ve adopted the viewpoint of Barack Obama that history is an arrow and the moral arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice. And Ta-Nehisi says that there really is no moral arc but if there were it would just bend toward chaos. Are you in the camp of people who say that long-term optimism is premature?\nNikole Hannah-Jones: I think it has not a lot of basis in historical fact. I would say the arc is actually a circle. It just perpetually turns back on itself. Goldberg : But let’s use African-Americans as an example. Life has gotten better no? Before there was before there was Brown v. Board of Education there was no Brown v. Board of Education. Before there was a Civil Rights Act there was no Civil Rights Act. We don’t live in a period of history free of lynchings but the number of lynchings has gone down. There are more African-Americans in the middle class since Reconstruction. Life in America for African-Americans has gotten better. It’s been stutter stepped but we ain’t in 1866 or 1873. Hannah-Jones: I am not a slave. That's true. Goldberg : Well … All right. Hannah-Jones: If that’s the bar. Goldberg : No no no. Hannah-Jones: None of us would argue that there hasn’t been progress in a range of things. I guess I get almost offended by people who want us to pause and be congratulatory about forward progress. Goldberg : I just want it known for the record that I'm offending you already. And we haven’t even started. Hannah-Jones: I mean in a country that has set itself apart as a beacon of democracy the fact that we’re applauding that black folks now have had for 40 years full citizenship rights in the country of their birth in the country of their grandparents’ birth in the country their great grandparents’ birth—it's just hard to feel a lot of optimism.\n Goldberg : I’m not arguing for applauding. Obviously there is a long road to go. I’m just saying that there is a direction to things. Hannah-Jones: Well there’s forward progress and then we move back. We’re clearly right now moving back. So yes we get the Voting Rights Act and now we get the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. We see a wave of voter suppression. We get Brown v. Board of Education and now black children are more segregated than they’ve been since the 1970s. We never made any real progress on housing segregation outside of the South and the West even though we outlawed housing discrimination in 1968. The wealth gap for black and white Americans is the largest that it’s been since we started really recording this in the 1970s. There are more black men incarcerated than were black men enslaved during slavery. There are more black men killed by police than there were black men lynched in a year. Goldberg : Okay fine. You win. Hannah-Jones: For small numbers of us there’s a lot of progress. And for large numbers of us I think the progress can be very hard. It’s still really bad. Goldberg : I’m not disagreeing with your analysis on any of those. It just seemed two years ago that we were moving in the right direction. Hannah-Jones: And then what happened? Goldberg : Well a reaction. I want you to analyze the root of these continuing dilemmas. Is at the bottom what we’re talking about a lack of understanding on the part of white America about the actual lived lives of African-Americans? I mean Germany grappled with what it did in a way that America’s never grappled with what it did. As Ta-Nehisi—who can always out-pessimism me—once said Germany’s easy because Germany killed all the people it hated.\nHannah-Jones: I would say we’re not grappling what this country is about. Period. Not for African Americans. Goldberg : You’re not one of these people who says “This is not who we are.” Hannah-Jones: No this is clearly who we are. I write about race from the year 1619. The English landed at Jamestown is 1607. Twelve years later we have imported Africans to be enslaved and determined that they will be a wholly different caste of people with no legal rights in this country. That’s one hundred and forty years before we declare independence and decide that we want to be a country. This is embedded in the DNA of this country. I mean Ta-Nehisi’s claim to fame is “The Case For Reparations ” which says we’ve never even repaired the damage that we’ve done and we only grudgingly even give legal rights—on paper—to this group of people. Goldberg : It is amazing that we are talking about Robert E. Lee and voter suppression as issues in 2017. Hannah-Jones: I mean tell me another country where a group of people break off from a country try to fight that country and lose and those people are glorified and defended by the highest office in the land. Goldberg : So the South won in one key cognitive way—in a narrative way? Hannah-Jones: Yes of course. What we were fighting in the South was a national sin. We want to pretend it was a Southern sin but it was a national sin. We can’t grapple with the South unless we grapple with ourselves.\n Goldberg : Two issues preoccupy you: housing segregation and education segregation. They’re linked obviously. To get to a place where there’s actual equality in housing and actual equality in educational opportunities for African-Americans what has to happen? It’s not just a legislative process. Hannah-Jones: It is not. Though equal rights for black Americans has always had to be legislated. It’s never been willingly given. What it would take if we’re honest is a fundamental restructuring of society. Our public schools are not broken but are operating as designed. Our public schools were set up to provide unequal inadequate education for black children. So that’s what they do. Goldberg : But aren’t the public schools just a downstream problem of housing segregation policies? Hannah-Jones: No. They are clearly linked but whether you have integrated communities or segregated communities we have school segregation. In communities that are gentrifying the gentrification stops at the schoolhouse door. White communities want neighborhood schools if their neighborhood school is white. If their neighborhood school is black they want choice. Housing segregation just becomes a convenient excuse. The problem—and I never use the phrase “white supremacy” because it’s a word that people automatically discount as soon as you use it but that is the problem. We have a system where white people control the outcomes. And the outcome that most white Americans want is segregation. And I don’t mean the type of segregation that we saw in 1955. I don't mean complete segregation. I don't think there are very many white Americans who want entirely white schools. What they do want is a limited number of black kids in their schools.\n Goldberg : What do you call “curated diversity.” Hannah-Jones: I never talk about school inequality in terms of “diversity” because I think it’s a useless word. I think it’s a word that white people love. When I say “curated diversity ” it means white parents like a type of diversity so they’ll still be the majority and there won’t be too many black kids. White Americans in general are willing to accept about the ratio of black Americans at large: 10 to 15 percent. Goldberg : But you get into the 20s... Hannah-Jones: When you get into the 20s white folks start to exaggerate how large the percentage is. So in New York City one of the most segregated school systems in the country if you’re a white parent in the public schools you don’t want all-white schools. Goldberg : Because you’re a liberal? Hannah-Jones: Yeah. But what you want is a majority-white school with a small number of black kids and a good number of Latino a good number of Asian. That makes you feel very good about yourself because you feel like your child is getting this beautiful integrated experience. The problem is that the public schools in New York City are 70 percent black and Latino. So for you to have your beautiful diversity that means that most black and Latino kids get absolutely none. The tolerance for increasing particularly the percentage of black kids is very low and even lower if those black kids are poor. No white parents in New York City mind having my kid in their school because they feel like I’m on their level. But if you get too many of kids like mine who are black but poor there’s very little tolerance.\n Goldberg : Do most white parents in New York City achieve curated diversity for their children? Hannah-Jones: Yes. Goldberg : They’re winning that? Hannah-Jones: Oh definitely. Goldberg : And it’s the black and Latino kids who are not winning because there’s not enough whites in that sense to go around? Hannah-Jones: There would be. I hear this all the time: “You can’t integrate schools in York City because there’s not enough white kids.” But that's only based on the premise that you can’t expect white kids to be in the minority. The demographics of the New York City public schools are about 40 percent Latino almost 30 percent black 15 percent Asian 15 percent white. If you picture a classroom like that that's a beautiful school. That’s a beautifully diverse integrated school. You could have that if you chose. We just don’t choose it because we automatically say “You can’t expect that a white parent will put their kid in school with all those black kids.” Goldberg : If you were the dictator of America would you outlaw private schools? Would you force all the white kids and all the upper-middle class and upper-class African-American kids into the public-school system? You’d have a deep level of parental involvement right? Are private schools immoral in this context? Hannah-Jones: Interestingly right after Brown there was consideration of whether or not Brown had to apply to private schools or whether we should get rid of private schools in the United States altogether understanding that the way to subvert Brown is to simply withdraw from public schools. Which is what happened all across the South—rather than share a public good with black folks state legislatures decided to shut down public schools altogether and pay vouchers for white students to go to private segregation academies. We think it sounds absolutely crazy to consider ending private schools but that was a consideration.\nThe answer to your question is yes you would have to. If you truly wanted to equalize and integrate schools you would have to. But you can go a step shorter than that. New York City public schools are majority black and Latino. But you can go to any of the suburbs around and they’re very heavily white. So in New York and all across the North you could simply move into an all-white community and go to all-white public schools. And that’s how you avoided desegregation. In the South most school districts were countywide. So you either paid for private school or you dealt with desegregation. In the North you didn’t have to do that. The key difference between the North and the South is for the vast majority of the history of this country 90 percent of all black people lived in the South. The South responds with Jim Crow by passing laws that restrict the movement of black people. The North doesn’t have to do that. It has a very tiny black population. It’s only once black people start migrating out of the South in the 1900s that the North shows its true ugly racist head. Goldberg : You’ve described something that I actually experienced as a kid in the 70s. I was in a school system growing up that was about 60 percent black 35 white—the local system right outside New York City. Very unusual. My experience going from kindergarten through 12th grade in that situation was fairly tension-free. People actually got along. There was mixing there was interracial dating…\nHannah-Jones: Your first crush was a black girl? Goldberg : No we’re not even going there. Hannah-Jones: OK. Goldberg : But yes. And the second and the third. Hannah-Jones: Why are you turning red right now? Goldberg : Because I’m interviewing you and you’re not interviewing me. But yes. My high-school sweetheart for many years was an African-American woman who’s a very delightful person. It was an atmosphere where that could happen without consequence. Granted a lot of the people from the white parts of town went to Catholic parochial schools. If the school district actually took in all of the kids who lived within the boundaries it probably would have been 30 percent black. For the whites who went it was a fairly beneficial experience. I can look back on that and say it was better for my intellectual moral civic development—my emotional development—to do that. That you argue is disappearing slowly as an experience for whites and blacks. The country is resegregating. Talk a little bit about the benefits for whites of integration. Hannah-Jones: I think this is where you struggle trying to convince white people they should do this. There’s a clear imbalance for black kids. It’s literally will you receive a quality education or not? That is what integration means for black kids. Will you be able to transcend poverty? Will you be a full citizen in the country of your birth? Goldberg : Hitching a ride to the white majority…\nHannah-Jones: Hitching a ride to the white majority with the understanding that in a country built on racial caste they get an inordinate amount of the resources. Things that are acceptable for black children are never acceptable for white children. So if you want what white children get you have to be where white children are. White kids don’t need black kids in the same way. Segregation does benefit white families. That is why the whole institution of segregation comes about. Goldberg : How does it benefit white families though in a practical way? Hannah-Jones: In a practical way because you get to hoard resources. You get the best of everything. Even in a community where the schools pretty much suck if there’s a school with black kids it’s going to suck worse. Goldberg : I would disagree with the whole premise. Hannah-Jones: Would you? Goldberg : Well going to the second half. The benefits of integration for whites I think outweigh whatever resource hoarding you could do. Hannah-Jones: It’s soft benefits versus hard benefits. The soft benefits of integration which I think are also very important—it’s just a much harder argument. White people understand that they’re fighting to get into white schools for a reason. It is a benefit. They’re going to get the best teachers. They’re going to get the best instruction. They’re going to get the best curriculum. Goldberg : With the assumption that it’s a zero-sum game.\nHannah-Jones: With the assumption that there are good teachers and bad teachers. Goldberg : And that the bad teachers are going to be... Hannah-Jones: ...overwhelmingly put into our schools. Yes. Nothing about the American experiment tells us that we value black kids the same. We just don’t. I wrote about school resegregation in Tuscaloosa for The Atlantic. They created an all-black high school and an integrated high school. They promised the all-black high school it would have the same courses and they just don’t do it. There was actually no reason not to do it. The white parents who wanted the integrated school didn’t give a damn what courses you offered in the black school. They weren’t fighting against giving those kids physics. They just didn’t care. In the end they were poor black kids and they didn’t have that much value and no one thought they were going to go to college anyway. Now if one were to believe—which I believe—that having people who are different from you makes you smarter that you engage in a higher level of thinking—and there’s been research that shows that—that you solve problems better there are all these higher-level ways that integration is good for white folks. Goldberg : The richness of the human experience. Hannah-Jones: Right. My daughter is in a high-poverty school. We’re clearly not poor. I think it makes her a better human being. I think she gets to see that these kids aren’t any less than her. They just have less than her. But those are all hard soft-arguments to make to people who fundamentally view education as how my kid will rise to the top above every other kid and get into Harvard. They don’t actually give a damn about their kid being a better person.\n Goldberg : You talk about “hard” benefits and “soft” benefits. I don't think they are that soft. Hannah-Jones: Most white people are willing to trade that. There is an explicit racial fear that black kids are more dangerous that if they put their kids in these schools their kids are going to be exposed to violence they’re going to be exposed to bad culture. There’s no longer the belief that black people are racially inferior but that black culture is inferior. Goldberg : They don’t say it in such a blunt way do they? Hannah-Jones: They said it in a blunt way. In my daughter’s school when white parents who lived next door to my daughter’s school would come and tour they would tell the principal “We'll bring our kids but only if our kids are in classroom by themselves and you keep them together through fifth grade.” Goldberg : You mean a white class. Hannah-Jones: Yes. This is what is being demanded. Goldberg : And this is in “progressive” Brooklyn. Hannah-Jones: This is Brooklyn. Hipster Brooklyn. There is this intrinsic racial fear that cannot be mitigated by facts. That’s the thing that is really embedded in all of us—the belief that black children are not as smart. There are exceptional black children right? “Of course I know little Johnny is smart but he’s not like the rest of the black kids that are culturally depraved. That bad culture is going to rub off. We need to protect our kids from large numbers of these kids.” I've had parents tell me “The middle-class black parents at the school are fine.”\n Goldberg : What’s so interesting here is that you're not talking about stereotypical Trump voters in Alabama. You're talking about hipster Brooklyn. Liberals kind of piss you off? Hannah-Jones: I am only writing and speaking to liberals at this point. I'm trying to get people who say they believe in equality and integration but act in ways that maintain inequality and segregation to live their own values. The most segregated parts of the country are all in the progressive North. If you could just get white liberals to live their values you could have a significant amount of integration. Goldberg : You know what group of people who would be really uncomfortable listening to you talk? The heads of progressive private schools in New York City Boston Washington. Hannah-Jones: But here’s the thing. We’re in a capitalist country and if you can pay for something then so be it. What I’m dealing with are public schools which are publicly funded for the public good. Every child should walk into a public school and get the same education. Those are the parents that I’m speaking to. What we are finding are parents who say they believe in a common good but they want a public school that operates like a private school—you can screen out the kids you don’t want you can hoard resources in the school you can hoard all the best teachers you can determine what curriculum you’re going to get. And if that means that two miles down the road another publicly-funded school doesn’t get any of that then so be it. That to me is the height of hypocrisy.", "output": [ "Jeffrey Goldberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-b827da2d396d45b18e7509f95a9213cf", "input": "Fannie and Freddie buy mortgages and package them into securities with a guarantee against default.\n Fannie and Freddie have a legal right to return bad loans especially if they later discover fraudulent statements on applications. Any money they recover offsets their losses.\n A bigger headache for lawmakers is figuring out what to do with Fannie and Freddie in the future.\n The Obama administration is working on a plan to restructure the mortgage market and make sure home loans are affordable. Officials don't plan to release details until next year. But Michael Barr an assistant Treasury secretary told the panel Wednesday that Fannie and Freddie \"will not exist in the same form as they did in the past.\"\n Republicans have seized on the administration's management of Fannie and Freddie to illustrate Democrats' push for broadening the reach of the federal government. They say loans acquired by Fannie and Freddie since the September 2008 takeover have put taxpayers at risk.\n But Democrats and regulators say the loans acquired by Fannie and Freddie before their takeover represent the overwhelming majority of the companies' losses. New loans acquired since then have been performing well they note.\n \"There is no urgency \" to reform the two companies said Rep. Barney Frank the committee's chairman. \"The pattern of abuse they had engaged in has been changed...Fannie and Freddie are behaving differently and are causing far less problems.\"", "output": [ "Freddie Freddie", "Freddie" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e782058236c40169fd12506ba54af68", "input": "The answer to that seemingly unimportant question is suddenly a key element of the deepening scandal surrounding the campaign’s contacts with Russia following revelations that one member of the team George Papadopoulos communicated with Russians connected to the Kremlin. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has said several times that the answer is one implying that the foreign policy council was an unimportant body and Papadopoulos was a minor player in the campaign.\n Papadopoulos admitted to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team that he had ongoing contacts with Kremlin intermediaries during the campaign. The White House quickly downplayed the significance of the revelation last week claiming that Papadopoulos was barely involved with the campaign. The campaign was certainly aware of his connections to Russia because Papadopoulos suggested using them to set up a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a March 2016 meeting of the foreign policy team with Trump present. But Sanders has emphasized that that was it—that the campaign’s foreign policy team a group of volunteer advisers headed by now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions met only that one time.\n“I’m telling you that he was a volunteer member of an advisory council that literally met one time ” Sanders said during a press briefing on October 30.\nBut on Thursday Page told the House Intelligence Committee that he spoke to Sessions at a dinner in Washington DC in June 2016 about an upcoming trip he was making to Russia. According to CNN the dinner was a gathering of members of the foreign policy council. “A source familiar with the meeting told CNN that the encounter occurred at a dinner at the Capitol Hill Club attended by members of the Trump national security team including Sessions ” the network reported. “Near the end of the dinner Page approached Sessions to say hello and thanked the then-senator for the dinner and Page also mentioned he was headed to Russia. Sessions didn’t respond and moved on to the next person waiting to shake his hand this source said.”", "output": [ "George Papadopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-9b9c1f85f443414fb2d4cabc8039d470", "input": "Taylor Swift praised 2017 and all hell broke loose.\nIn an Instagram post the pop star shared Wednesday to mark her 28th birthday Swift said she “couldn’t have asked for a better year.”\nIt was “all thanks” to her fans she added.\nA post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) on Dec 13 2017 at 5:01pm PST\nCommenters on Twitter were divided with some calling out Swift ’s unflinching admiration for 12 months marked by Donald Trump’s presidency the emboldening of white nationalists mass shootings and a steady flow of sexual misconduct allegations against high-profile men.\nOthers however defended Swift noting that her post was simply a celebration of her personal achievements.\n Swift ’s new album “Reputation” went triple platinum she appeared on Time magazine’s cover with other “Silence Breakers” for its “Person of the Year” issue and she performed to acclaim on “Saturday Night Live.”\nGasp Taylor Swift’s personal life was good this year clearly she isn’t paying attention to the rest of the world.", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-014999e8cab949299a6ca30a5a6e35c3", "input": "bus drivers have been disciplined for disgusting and dangerous behavior — from taking photos up a child ’ s skirt to drinking booze behind the wheel — but the vast majority remain on the job a Post analysis of city records shows . From December 2015 to July 2017 the city Department of Education punished bus drivers and attendants in 281 incidents that endangered kids . Yet in only 32 cases did the employee lose the ability to work with city schoolkids according to data The Post acquired through a Freedom of Information Law request after suing the DOE . Only in rare cases did student - transport workers lose their city school - bus driver certifications : Driver Sergot Medy was decertified after children reported that he watched porn while driving — and that his inattention nearly caused him to hit a car a DOE report says . Medy said the kids made up the accusations because he was strict and they didn ’ t like him . “ I only have one hour with the kids ” he told The Post . “ I have the whole day to do what you say . That don ’ t make no sense .” Medy said the kids made up the accusations because he was strict and they didn ’ t like him . “ I only have one hour with the kids ” he told The Post . “ I have the whole day to do what you say . That don ’ t make no sense .” Driver Michael Laveaux ’ s driving privileges were yanked after he took photos up a child ’ s skirt with his cellphone the records say . He was arrested and charged and the NYPD said the records were sealed . Laveaux could not be reached for comment . Cops arrested bus attendant Jose Collado - Mena in June for allegedly showing a 13 - year - old student “ animated pornography ” including images of nude women on his cellphone while on a school bus a criminal complaint says . He was charged with child endangerment and the DOE ’ s Office of Pupil Transportation decertified him . His attorney called the allegations “ baseless .” In the vast majority of cases workers were slapped with suspensions but returned to work :", "output": [ "Michael Laveaux" ] }, { "id": "task419-deb06c6a41b540baa0f116320b5de0dd", "input": "Bernie Sanders helps celebrate free City College tuition . \nWith all the fervor of a revival meeting , about 700 people at City College of San Francisco today cheered U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and the supervisor who helped make tuition at the college free to city residents . \nI want to use my life to help other people , like Bernie ,\" Headrick said .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-73417cb069bf482797c6a609ccf0a15f", "input": "The respiratory illness can also be deadly -- 43 000 people in the United States die from it each year Dr. Neil Fishman an infectious disease specialist and associate professor of medicine at the Hospital for the University of Pennsylvania told Fox News.\nFor one type of the virus called Influenza A the “classic” presentation is a sudden onset Fishman said. People may first have a headache “more in the front of your head or behind your eyes ” with other symptoms being a fever of at least 103 degrees chills sweats and body aches.\n\"Generally people should start getting vaccinated now \" Fishman said and that they should do so by Halloween to Thanksgiving.\nThese types of drugs can also be used in less serious cases according to Fishman . Other flu remedies include getting lots of rest following a healthy diet and taking Tylenol or Advil he said.\n“None of the homeopathic drugs have really been shown to help influenza ” he said noting that you should check with a doctor or a pharmacist to see if “natural” products interfere with other medications.", "output": [ "Fishman" ] }, { "id": "task419-74238d24e6cc4ab3a1f814a0ee7743f4", "input": "Scott Brunton had just gone through a bad breakup when actor George Takei offered to take him out on the town . It was the summer of 1981 and Takei then 44 was well - known for his role as Lt . Hikaru Sulu on Star Trek . The two men knew each other socially . “ It was a very hard breakup for me and he said ‘ Well let me take you out to dinner and the theater and we will talk ’\" said Brunton who was 23 at the time . “ And I thought OK that would be nice .” The two men — who hadn ’ t spent time together one - on - one before — spent the evening out before returning to Takei ’ s Los Angeles condo for a cocktail Brunton said . Takei prepared a drink in the kitchen and brought it out to Brunton who was in the living room . Brunton recalled that Takei served it in a Star Trek glass which he found “ a bit cheesy .” “ I ’ m pouring my heart out on my sleeve to him ” talking about the breakup Brunton said . “ He is very sympathetic . And then he asked if I would like another drink and I said ‘ Sure .’” But by the second cocktail Brunton said he felt like he was going to pass out . “ I was shaky ” he told BuzzFeed News in an interview . “ I said ‘ I have to lie down .’ He said ‘ Come over here and sit .’” Brunton recalls sitting down on a yellow beanbag chair . He doesn ’ t know how much time passed but the next thing he remembers is waking up his pants down around his ankles and Takei on top of him pushing his hand down his underwear Brunton said . “ He ’ s on top of me trying with his hand down my underwear [ to ] pull my underwear down ” said Brunton . Brunton said he then pushed Takei off and asked what he was doing . He said Takei told him he was trying to make him comfortable . Brunton said he told Takei he had to go home though he was “ still a little bit out of it .” Takei told him that he was in no condition to drive Brunton said and he agreed but told the older actor he was leaving anyway . \" I got my pants up composed myself and I just couldn ’ t believe this whole thing happened \" Brunton told BuzzFeed News . \" I went out to my car and I sat in it and that was that .\" A representative for Takei denied multiple detailed requests for comment saying the actor was traveling . After this story was published Takei tweeted on Saturday morning saying the events Brunton described \" simply did not occur .\" He also said he did not remember Brunton . \" I want to assure you all that I am as shocked and bewildered at these claims as you must feel reading them \" Takei said . \" The events he describes back in the 1980s simply did not occur and I do not know why he has claimed them now . I have wracked my brain to ask if I remember Mr . Brunton and I cannot say I do .\" Takei said he took the claims very seriously and wanted to provide a thoughtful response . \" Right now it is a he said / he said situation over alleged events nearly 40 years ago . But those that know me understand that non - consensual acts are so antithetical to my values and my practices the very idea that someone would accuse me of this is quite personally painful \" Takei said . Five of Brunton ’ s friends independently told BuzzFeed News that they have heard Brunton tell the story at various times over the years . One of those friends Jan Steward told BuzzFeed News she recalled Brunton telling her the story at the dinner table roughly a decade ago . “ It was clearly very very upsetting to him ” she said .", "output": [ "Scott Brunton" ] }, { "id": "task419-2d9b029f23bb403e9a1801fcf0864944", "input": "Two prisoners took advantage of the hullabaloo surrounding Pope Francis ’ recent lunch with inmates in Bologna to slip off unnoticed and the two convicts are reportedly still at large.\nDuring his October 1 trip to Bologna Italy the Pope held a during a “Lunch of Solidarity” at San Petronio Basilica to which 20 prisoners from a local correctional facility were invited as well as refugees and some of the poor of the area.\nAn hour-long search ensued which produced no clues as to the men’s whereabouts. The operating hypothesis at the moment is that the two inmates executed their escape between the prayer of the Angelus and the actual sit-down meal with the Pope .\nLaw enforcement officers charges with investigating the case visited the diocesan administrative offices in Bologna to get a better idea of the organization of the lunch with Pope Francis in the hope of finding some indication of how the men escaped and where they might be headed.\n Francis often includes prisoners in his trips and events and has washed the feet of prisoners on Holy Thursday. Last year he held a special Jubilee Mass for prisoners at the Vatican.", "output": [ "Pope Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-4a5fb13a378c4c6f8e213d41a57df795", "input": "How To Make The World A Better Place In 2018 According To Pope Francis\n Pope Francis has some surprising things to say about the state of the world.\nOn Monday Pope Francis delivered his annual address to his diplomatic corps ambassadors from 183 nations to the Holy See. The speech outlined a bold vision for a peaceful free and just world. The pontiff touched on themes that have been in the headlines like the Syrian war and the Rohingya refugee crisis.\nBut he also drilled down on development topics like child labor global inequality and the threat of technological advances that may put millions of people especially the poorest out of work.\nHere are a few highlights from his speech delivered at the Vatican Apostolic Palace in Vatican City:", "output": [ "Pope Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-54c5ffcf13ba4da69f06271849b56921", "input": "NEW DELHI (AP) — Against the backdrop of a bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor and accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with Pakistani officials to impact the vote.\nIn a written statement Singh accused Modi of dealing in \"falsehood and canards\" because he feared \"imminent defeat in Gujarat.\"\nThe western state of Gujarat is Modi 's home turf. He ruled it without any real opposition for over a decade before he arrived at the national center stage. The election that is underway there is being called the closest fight that Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have faced in two decades.\nEven though Modi no longer heads the state the election has become a referendum of sorts on his popularity and that of his party. He has headlined the party's election campaign over the last month addressing rallies across the state. Several top federal lawmakers and party functionaries have joined him to rally support for the party.\nFILE - In this Wednesday Dec. 13 2017 file photo Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi front stands with his former counterpart Manmohan Singh left in one minute silence to pay homage to security officials who lost their lives in the 2001 attack on Indian parliament in New Delhi India. Against the backdrop of an increasingly personal and bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with officials from archrival Pakistan to impact the polls. The unsubstantiated allegations have prompted a sharply worded response from Singh. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup File)\n\"He has staked his own personal prestige on Gujarat \" said political analyst Neerja Chowdhury. As someone removed from local politics for over three years there was no need for Modi to make the campaign about himself he said.\n\"It's become a personal election for him . Now that it has there is a lot more at stake \" Chowdhury said.\nEven by the rough and tumble standards of a chaotic and closely fought Indian election Modi 's words were in sharp deviation from the campaigning style of former prime ministers.\n\"What is the reason to have such a secret meeting with the Pakistan high commissioner? And while elections are on in Gujarat what is the reason for this type of secret meeting?\" Modi said at an election rally.\nAt a separate rally he suggested that Pakistani officials were trying to ensure that a Muslim leader of the Congress party becomes the state's next leader. He offered no proof.\nIn an editorial Tuesday The Indian Express newspaper said that Modi 's \"none-too-veiled innuendo\" had \"severely let down his constitutional commitment and office.\"\nFILE - In this Nov. 27 2017 file photo Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's supporters wear his masks during an election campaign rally addressed by Modi at Jasdan in Gujarat India. Against the backdrop of an increasingly personal and bitterly fought local election India is witnessing the unusual spectacle of Modi locked in a bitter verbal duel with his predecessor accusing the opposition of holding secret meetings with officials from archrival Pakistan to impact the polls. The unsubstantiated allegations have prompted a sharply worded response from former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki File)\nIn the three years since Modi and his Hindu nationalist party won a massive victory in national elections rights groups have reported a spike in attacks on minority groups especially Muslims. Most of the attacks have been linked to fringe Hindu hard-liners. Modi has largely kept silent with many seeing his silence as tacit support.\n His own oratory is powerful and scathing at election rallies but as prime minister he has so far refrained from making controversial remarks leaving those to junior party members.\n\"Whether he wins or loses in Gujarat he is spreading a poison from which Indian politics will find it hard to recover for quite some time \" analyst and commentator Pratap Bhanu Mehta wrote in a newspaper column Wednesday.", "output": [ "Narendra Modi" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9374ae988384e729cf6394cf76434c2", "input": "RIO DE JANEIRO — High on a hill in South America’s largest slum Samantha Almeida startled at the latest volley of gunfire. It was close. Too close. She knew she had to get her girls moving.\nSuddenly the bullets were buzzing just above the roof. The family members had started sleeping in one room because they felt safer together and Samantha a 33-year old who sold coffee in a park had drilled her girls on an escape plan. When she gave the sign they would move fast keeping low to a windowless bunkerlike terrace.\nAnother shot rang out and Samantha rose telling the girls to follow she later recalled. Eight-year-old Natasha moved quickly. But Nicolly her painfully shy 16-year-old was still struggling to her feet when they heard the window crack.\n“Mama ” the girl said before slumping. “I’ve been shot.”", "output": [ "Samantha Almeida" ] }, { "id": "task419-16f739728576401baef5fe086bd3cf10", "input": "CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Sam Amick and AJ Neuharth-Keusch break down the drama between LeBron James and the New York Knicks. USA TODAY Sports\nOn one side of the NBA ledger the 11-3 defending champions have won seven consecutive games by an average of 19.8 points while boasting the league’s best offense (116.2 points scored per 100 possessions) and the 7th-best defense (101.8 points allowed per 100). On the other where the revamped Cavaliers have been working in seven new players while waiting for new point guard Isaiah Thomas to recover from his hip injury and make his debut the 7-7 Cavs have been the league’s worst defensive squad by a long shot (111.1 points allowed per 100; Dallas is 29th at 108.7) while leaning ever-so heavily on LeBron James.\nCleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James (23 right) defends against Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during the fourth quarter in game four of the 2017 NBA Finals at Quicken Loans Arena. (Photo: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports)\nA: “To a certain extent yes. And to a certain extent no. I don't think anyone should be panicking 12 games in or 13 games in. However there are some glaring concerns with them. And at the same time you're missing a 30-point (per game) player (in Thomas) on the bench who's hurt. So my concern would be that LeBron is playing so many minutes right now (James in his 15th season is leading the league in minutes at 38.1 per game; it’s his highest mark since the 2010-11 season).\n“Yeah he's super human but eventually his super human powers go away so that would be more of my concern if I'm a Cavs fan or somebody with the Cavs or a player is like 'Man he's been playing a lot of 40 minute (nights) and it's only Nov. 12.' But I wouldn't be pressing the panic button just yet. At the end of the day they know how to win. They've got a guy who knows how to win so I wouldn't necessarily press the panic button. I would see certain things and I would panic about those certain things just because…I don't think nobody should be playing 40 minutes a game in November ( James has played 40-plus minutes in six of his 14 games).", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-3fa3134e34e64b2385e87c1919bcf0b1", "input": "Jonathan Morita of California who served as an Army corporal was reservist and Iraq veteran taking college classes when he was recalled for Afghanistan duty.\n\"I was at home enjoying life as a civilian — going to school working at a job \" he said by phone earlier this year.\nDuring the search mission that left Allen wounded a rocket-propelled grenade shattered Morita 's hand. The projectile didn't explode but he needed multiple surgeries.\n Morita can't bend the thumb or index finger on his right hand. He 's had to learn again how to brush his teeth and write.\n\"Imagine doing things with your three fingers \" Morita said. \"I can't even change the oil on my car.\"\n He said he 's trying to live as normally as possible but still feels anger toward Bergdahl: \"Every time I hit my finger on something there's only one image that pops in my head and it's him .\"\nIn a second interview Morita said he was struck by Bergdahl's comment in court that he didn't think such a large search would be mounted for him .\n\"I manned those missions \" he said. \"I mean anybody who's ever watched 'Black Hawk Down' would know that we do that.\"", "output": [ "Jonathan Morita" ] }, { "id": "task419-9822353db27944b0a47426774fb3a615", "input": "Sarah L. Myers 41 worked as a special ed teacher at North Boone High School in Poplar Grove Illinois — just northeast of Rockford the state’s third-largest city. The ex-teacher was sentenced to a ten-year prison term after pleading guilty to two sex acts Fox News reported.\nThe victim who was not a special ed student reported the sexual encounters with the teacher in April and told authorities he had been having regular sexual encounters with Myers since November of last year.\n Myers was credited with 261 days of time spent but she will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life the judge ruled. She will not be eligible for parole until 85 percent of her sentence has been served.\nBut during the hearing news broke that yet another student implicated the teacher in a sex act. Myers is now accused of a sexual encounter with a student in nearby Champaign County. She will also face charges in that case officials say.", "output": [ "Sarah L. Myers" ] }, { "id": "task419-f44b634d06d74082bbb9a77ff01b60bd", "input": "Virginia's Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he would respond physically to President Donald Trump if he ever used intimidation tactics and got in his \"space \" the Washington Examiner reported Friday.\n\"You would have to pick him up off the floor \" McAuliffe told MSNBC's Chris Matthews on \"Hardball\" Thursday.\n\"Listen if this guy got in my space — you wanna get in my space? I've always said 'Chris you punch me I'm going to punch back twice as hard.' And it wouldn't be hard to do it. But you know this guy thinks he can intimidate everybody. It's disgraceful. It's embarrassing.\n\"If he ever came over and leaned on me and got in my space that would be the last time Donald Trump ever did that \" McAuliffe said.\n McAuliffe has been a vocal opponent of Trump especially on immigration issues. He served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2001 to 2005 and was chairman of the presidential campaigns of former President Bill Clinton in 1996 and Hillary Clinton in 2008.\n McAuliffe is due to leave office on Saturday when newly-elected Democratic Gov.-elect Ralph Northam takes office.", "output": [ "Terry McAuliffe" ] }, { "id": "task419-83d3b0f24d1f40d5974a43267c3bc2cb", "input": "Tesla Model 3 production really is hell.\n Elon Musk Tesla’s founder and CEO warned us in July as he delivered the first 30 all-electric Model 3 cars to buyers who also happened to be employees.\nSEE ALSO: Driving a Tesla Model 3 is pretty damn awesome\nOn Monday Tesla reported it has produced just 260 Tesla Model 3 cars its first mass-market all-electric sedan in the last quarter. That’s approximately 120 cars a month a number that would be less distressing if Musk himself hadn’t predicted producing as many as 20 000 Model 3 cars a month by December of this year.\nTesla reported half a million Model 3 pre-orders in late July. At the company’s current production pace Tesla Model 3 customer 500 000 might not see her all-electric sedan until the year 2363.\nWhat’s far more likely is that it will be a few years or more before Tesla gets through all its orders and those who ordered first will endure the highest level of frustration as their cars will probably be delayed the most. A lot of people in the middle of the product delivery queue could receive their Model 3’s at the same time and eventually ordering a Model 3 could be as easy and commonplace as buying a Ford Focus.\nDoes Musk's tendency to talk production numbers hurt Tesla? Image: lance ulanoff/mashable\nThere’s been a lot of calamity in the world in the last few months but apparently it’s not the source of the production issues. “…there are no fundamental issues with the Model 3 production or supply chain ” Tesla said in the release.\n It might be a while before you see your Model 3. Image: lance ulanoff/mashable\nThe cause is Tesla ’s own facilities: “production bottlenecks” at both its Fremont production plant and the massive Gigafactory in Nevada.\nConsidering how much Musk said Tesla learned from the production hell it went through with its previous Tesla models this is surprising. Musk recalled in July how the Roadster its first electric car was the worst. “We went through hell and then actually did a return journey ” Musk said “We had to redo almost the entire car and recapitalize the company which sucked.”\nThere were roughly 30 Model 3's ready to go on July 29. Tesla managed to produce another 230 Model 3 cars since then. Image: lance ulanoff/mashable\nDoug Field Tesla ’s VP of Engineering said they designed the Model 3 to move as quickly through production as possible while maintaining as high production quality as possible.\nWhere exactly those production bottlenecks exist is since Tesla isn’t saying anyone’s guess but it doesn’t take much to slow down a production line like this. As Musk explained in July “There’s 10 000 unique components in the car and production will move as fast as the slowest one.”\nBeyond statements made in the release Tesla wouldn't comment on the delays.\nNo matter where it is the numbers speak for themselves: 260 Model 3 cars off the production line. Even with an S-Curve it’s is hard to imagine that in fewer than three months Tesla will rocket to 20 000 a month.", "output": [ "Tesla" ] }, { "id": "task419-09d96b7700a44b07800602fb24c6f69d", "input": "This weekend's bloodshed broke out Sunday in the southern port city of Aden where forces loyal to the separatist Southern Transitional Council traded gunfire with loyalists of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi . The scattered fighting has claimed at least 12 lives and injured scores more.\nThe two sides had shared an uneasy alliance since 2014 when they were united in their opposition to the Houthi rebels who seized cities in the country's northwest including the capital Sanaa. Together the STC and Hadi 's forces managed to repel the Houthis from Yemen's southern governates and Aden the large city where Hadi's government had presided since its ouster from the capital.\nAs Reuters notes the fighting follows the expiration of a deadline set last week by the southern separatists. Irate at what they call corruption and the deep erosion of public services in the areas still governed by Hadi the STC had delivered him an ultimatum: shake up the cabinet and sack bin Daghir or face ouster. That deadline came and went without sign that Hadi had any intention of complying.\nThe new fault that has opened between Hadi and his erstwhile allies in the STC adds another dimension to a war already packed with a dizzying array of players — and a long tortuous history dating back at least to 1990. That's when South Yemen a formerly independent state with Aden for its capital agreed to unification with its northern counterpart. The union has never quite been an easy one strained by a 1994 civil war and more recently calls for greater autonomy in the south.\nAdd to that latent friction the bloodshed of recent years which has seen Yemen's internal conflicts take on the character of a proxy war among competing powers in the Gulf region. The Houthis a Shiite group based in the northwest have been backed by Iran while Saudi Arabia has led a coalition conducting an air campaign since 2015 supporting Hadi and his Sunni allies.", "output": [ "Rabbo Mansour Hadi" ] }, { "id": "task419-8645f8a91e174604a35f7db780fcb06f", "input": "A secretive British police investigation focusing on journalists who have worked with Edward Snowden’s leaked documents is still active more than four years after it was launched The Intercept has learned.\nThe disclosure that the probe remains active prompted criticism on Monday from the National Union of Journalists the U.K.’s largest journalists’ organization. Sarah Kavanagh a spokesperson for the group said that news reports based on the Snowden documents had exposed unlawful covert surveillance activities in the public interest.\n“The media are often the only group in society able to reveal the intelligence and security forces have exceeded their legitimate powers and remit ” Kavanagh said. “The Met Police should be condemned for keeping journalists under investigation because they worked on the Snowden leaks. The investigation should be halted immediately. Journalism is not a crime.”\nThe origins of the investigation can be traced back to May 2013 when Snowden a National Security Agency contractor turned over a cache of classified documents about government surveillance to journalists including Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald who was at that time working for British news organization The Guardian. Among the documents were details about mass surveillance programs operated by the U.K.’s largest spy agency Government Communications Headquarters or GCHQ.\nIn August 2013 detectives from the Metropolitan Police used a counterterrorism law to detain and interrogate David Miranda Greenwald’s partner while he was passing through London’s largest airport. Miranda was carrying a batch of encrypted Snowden documents to aid Greenwald’s reporting on the files. The police seized Miranda’s possessions – including a mobile phone laptop camera and flash drives – and began a criminal investigation.\nBritish authorities argued that publishing the Snowden files was itself a terrorist act thereby explicitly conflating journalism with terrorism. Prior to Miranda’s arrival in London a memo authored by the Metropolitan Police and domestic spy agency MI5 was circulated to U.K. border entry points. It asserted that “the disclosure [of the Snowden documents] or threat of disclosure is designed to influence a government and is made for the purpose of promoting a political or ideological cause. This therefore falls within the definition of terrorism.”", "output": [ "Edward Snowden" ] }, { "id": "task419-05592d609e364d61879841fff5c7836b", "input": "Meryl Streep tells the Hollywood Reporter âwe are on the way to something betterâ in the aftermath of the deluge of sex assault scandals but the actress remains silent about one thing; Her support for child rapist and multiple time sex abuser Roman Polanski.\n Streep appears on the front cover of this monthâs Hollywood Reporter magazine with Steven Spielberg alongside the words âSpielbergâs post-feminismâ and a blurb about how their new movie is perfectly timed âamid todayâs attacks on womenâ.\nDoes \" feminist\" Meryl Streep still support Roman Polanski who raped a 13-year-old girl & now faces 7 new accusations of sexual assault against women & children? pic.twitter.com/BL4LSXLFrt â Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) December 5 2017\nItâs somewhat odd that Streep sees herself as a feminist champion of powerful women in the face of an army of male sexual abusers given that she has vehemently supported and failed to disavow one of the biggest abusers of them all â pedophile Roman Polanski.\nAnd what does Meryl Streep have to say about all this?\n She was part of a Hollywood movement that repeatedly campaigned for Polanskiâs release and for his ability to return to the United States over the past 15 years.\n Streep along with numerous other members of the Hollywood elite gave Polanksi a standing ovation at the Academy Awards in 2003 after Polanski was awarded an Oscar for The Pianist.\nThereâs no plausible deniability here. Unlike with Weinstein Streep canât claim she didnât know Polanski was a child rapist. Everybody knew.\nEvery time she has been asked about Roman Polanski Streep has defended him. She has not disavowed the admitted child rapist and accused serial sex abuser of women and children in the two months since the Hollywood and political sex abuse scandal broke.\nHow can Streep legitimately call herself a âfeministâ and say she is standing up for female victims of sexual assault given this refusal to disavow?\n Meryl Streep herself referred to Harvey Weinstein as âGodâ during a 2012 speech labeling him âthe punisherâ.\n Meryl Streep 2017: Weinstein is \"disgraceful\". Meryl Streep 2012: Weinstein is \"God \" he's \"the punisher\".[Link] pic.twitter.com/QCvdLy47s0 â Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) October 9 2017\nThis kind of rampant hypocrisy is par for the course when dealing with Hollywood celebrities but Streep takes it to another level.\nLena Dunham was vilified when she took the side of a male colleague accused of sexual assault yet Streep has refused to withdraw her support for admitted rapist Roman Polanski and she is given a free pass.", "output": [ "Meryl Streep" ] }, { "id": "task419-af0f8028b3dd4fd2a2850054f3f218b9", "input": "( CNN ) Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has been named the prime ministerial candidate for the country ' s opposition in the next elections completing a stunning return to politics at the age of 92 . The doctor who served 22 years as the country ' s leader before retiring in 2003 is determined to topple the party he once led -- and in his quest to do so has joined forces with his arch nemesis former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim whom he once jailed for corruption and sodomy . The former leader told CNN in an exclusive interview that his return to the political spotlight is down to his determination to oust the current prime minister Najib Razak . \" I think it ' s a job I have to do . I cannot accept this country being destroyed by selfish people who only think about themselves ... who steal money \" Mahathir told CNN last week . Malaysia ' s next elections will be held before August 2018 with many people widely expecting it to occur sometime in March . \" They [ the political opposition parties ] have not been able to get rural Malay votes \" Mahathir said explaining the rationale behind the opposition ' s decision to welcome him into their pact . \" They had a majority of popular votes in 2013 but they were not able to get [ the ] constituencies with Malay voters . Mahathir has made a bad habit of sniping at those who stepped into his shoes as prime minister . Post - retirement Mahathir criticized his anointed successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi incessantly from the sidelines . But that is nothing compared to the energy and viciousness with which he has torn into Najib . Mahathir who said he attacked his successors because ' they were doing wrong things ' told CNN he doesn ' t mind \" being used by the opposition \" to oust Najib who for years has been embroiled in accusations that hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen from state investments . The US Justice Department filed lawsuits in 2016 amended earlier this year to recover more than $ 1 . 7 billion that prosecutors said were laundered through a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund headed by Najib . JUST WATCHED Malaysian prime minister Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Malaysian prime minister 12 : 19 Besides the United States several other countries are investigating state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad ( 1MDB ) which Najib founded . US justice officials said that between 2009 and 2015 more than $ 3 . 5 billion from 1MDB was misappropriated by high - level officials of the board and associates . Najib has been accused of siphoning money from the investment fund after $ 681 million was transferred into his accounts . He has consistently denied any wrongdoing and said the money was donated by a member of the Saudi royal family . The 1MDB scandal rising costs of living and a growing rift among the country ' s multiracial multi - religious populace have been often blamed on Najib ' s party and the question now is can Mahathir the former leader help the opposition boot the ruling government from power ? Mahathir and Anwar : From friends to foes and now friends again The opposition in Malaysia is weaker now compared with the last election in 2013 when the Barisan Nasional coalition led by Najib limped to the finish line losing the popular vote and failing to snag a two - thirds majority in parliament . Embroiled in internal squabbles and sullied by scandals of their own the opposition for the longest time could not even agree on who would lead the country should they win the elections . Cue the strange alliance between Mahathir and Anwar who is back behind bars after being found guilty of sodomy a second time in 2015 . The opposition convention on Sunday declared that while Mahathir would be their candidate for prime minister at the next elections Anwar would assume the position if they manage to upset Barisan Nasional at the polls and Anwar is able to obtain a royal pardon for his sodomy conviction which disqualifies him from contesting the elections or holding office . Dr Mahathir was interviewed by CNN at his office in Putrajaya on Tuesday Jan 2 2018 Anwar ' s wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is the candidate for the deputy prime minister role . In his interview with CNN Mahathir praised Anwar a man he ' d once mentored and then maligned fired and incarcerated . Mahathir said they are putting aside a bitter rivalry to focus on defeating Najib and United Malays National Organisation ( UMNO ) the Najib - helmed party that forms the largest constituent in the Barisan Nasional coalition . \" It is to get rid of this government . He [ Anwar ] wants to get rid of Najib and I want to get rid of Najib \" Mahathir told CNN . \" If you want to get rid of Najib we have to work together . We have to forget the past .\" \" I am 92 going on 93 \" Mahathir pointed out . \" I won ' t last long and I am prepared for that . But for as long as I can contribute I will continue and I will back Anwar if that is the wish of the party .\" Can Mahathir bring in the votes ? Analysts are split over whether Mahathir has the x - factor needed to oust Barisan Nasional which has ruled uninterrupted since the country ' s independence in 1957 . Wan Saiful Wan Jan chief executive of the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs in Kuala Lumpur said Mahathir clearly has influence judging by how quickly the opposition accepted him . Mahathir \" has the capabilities to bring in and influence people ... just like Anwar \" Wan Saiful said . \" He is very attractive among the rural voters who feel Pakatan Harapan ( the opposition pact ) has not been defending the rights of the Malays \" he said referring to the country ' s majority race which forms the bulk of the electorate . Wan Saiful added that support for the opposition is growing especially in states where Barisan Nasional rules . \" Regardless what you think of the opposition people want democracy to flourish . There are those who may disagree with Mahathir returning to active politics but for the sake of democracy they feel UMNO must lose \" he says . However Jayum Jawan a professor of government and politics from Universiti Putra Malaysia feels differently and said Mahathir ' s shelf life as a politician has ended . \" He will have no impact on the election . The opposition has not been able to penetrate rural areas as the people there seem comfortable with what the government has done for them . Rural voters want stability \" he says . ' He has done a lot of damage ' While opposition leaders have welcomed Mahathir some rank and file politicians remain skeptical . S . Manikumar an opposition politician said many party members are reluctant to back Mahathir openly because policies drafted during his reign favor the Malay majority at the expense of ethnic Chinese and Indian nationals . \" He has done a lot of damage in the past 30 years . He has no doubt developed the nation but many still view him as a racist \" Manikumar said . \" The Indians for one were marginalized during his tenure as policies were not in their favor . As far as the lower and middle - class Indians are concerned their votes may sway to Najib .\" JUST WATCHED Trump meets Malaysian PM under investigation Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Trump meets Malaysian PM under investigation 02 : 45 Other opposition politicians such as Othman Karim said while those in the party may have their differences with Mahathir \" an enemy of an enemy is a friend .\" Yet others believe that Mahathir ' s alliance with the opposition and his willingness to admit to past mistakes means he will atone for previous political blunders . Charles Santiago an opposition Member of Parliament said the opposition needs a strong personality like Mahathir to lead its mission . \" Many say the country is headed in the wrong direction and we need someone strong from the Malay community to counter Najib \" he said . \" Dr Mahathir is our top dog right now . Politics is a very strange thing . One minute you are enemies the next minute you are friends .\"", "output": [ "Mahathir Mohamad" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a849121c43741d894fded2c194878be", "input": "Wray's predecessor James Comey was fired by Trump in May amid the ratcheting tensions of a criminal probe into the president's former national security adviser Michael Flynn. At the time Trump called Comey a \"showboat\" and a \"grandstander.\"\nThat approach though is a subtle rejection of some of Comey 's most controversial decisions. Comey famously held a news conference in July 2016 to announce he would not recommend any criminal charges in the probe of Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state. Then in October of that year less than two weeks before the presidential election he sent a letter to Congress informing them the FBI was investigating new emails in the case.\nBoth moves were significant departures from normal Justice Department procedure and Clinton and her supporters blame Comey for costing her the election.\n Comey 's firing shocked the FBI's workforce. In the aftermath many employees posted pictures of him at their desks or other workspaces.\n\"In some offices you'd go in and it was just ' Comey Comey Comey' everywhere \" said one law enforcement official. \"There's still a lot of that but not as much.\"", "output": [ "James Comey" ] }, { "id": "task419-4ed76c132ca54c52a7cbec4e6e176645", "input": "Bloom was quick to add that she’s not part of any litigation against the Times. Another attorney Charles Harder — who represented wrestler Hulk Hogan in the defamation suit that led to the demise of the website Gawker last year — is handling that part of Weinstein ’s response she said.\nBut she said the newspaper gave Weinstein 48 hours to respond to a long list of accusations and that it refused to grant him more time when “we begged for it.” (A Times spokeswoman said Weinstein was given adequate time to respond to “events he had first-hand knowledge of” and that the newspaper had included “all relevant comments from Mr. Weinstein ” in its story. She added “Mr. Weinstein and his lawyer . . . have not pointed to any errors or challenged any facts in our story.”)\nBloom said her role over the past year or so has been to counsel Weinstein about his workplace behavior especially his treatment of women. She said she has had “frank talks” with him about his legendary temper his use of profanity in public settings and his propensity for “loose talk about sex” around women he employs or has worked with.\nIn a statement Thursday she said Weinstein “is reading books and going to therapy. He is an old dinosaur learning new ways.”\nBloom said Weinstein hired her about a year ago after he and the rapper Jay-Z jointly bought the TV rights to her 2014 book “Suspicion Nation ” about the Trayvon Martin case. She said she began speaking with him at that time about long-standing rumors in Hollywood about him. “I don’t hold back and I didn’t ” she said. “ Harvey can take it and he did. He said ‘I’ve been stupid. I’m a dinosaur and I’ve got to change.’ I thought ‘Perhaps I can do something to make a difference.’ ”", "output": [ "Weinstein Harvey", "Harvey" ] }, { "id": "task419-23e959d4a5ef4381b9b75c19fcfccdb0", "input": "But there could be another significant factor at work. During the heyday of The X-Files alien conspiracy mania was mainstream. Independence Day used the Roswell incident of 1947 as a key plot point and Men in Black suggested constant alien cover-ups while a supposed alien autopsy aired in prime time. It was hip and cool to know the various plots associated with \"the grays \" and when the Lindsay Lohan vehicle I Know Who Killed Me cast radio show host Art Bell (of the conspiracy-themed Coast to Coast show) as himself it played like an attempt at an in-joke for cool kids. These days however the most prominent talker about aliens and secret plots is no longer Bell who kept things relatively apolitical on-air and is a centrist Libertarian. It's now Alex Jones a Trump supporter and peddler of doomsday supply wares. Jones whose conspiracy-mongering actually prompted NASA to deny they were hiding child slaves on Mars is also known for more politically targeted rants like the government turning children gay Barack Obama being the head of ISIS and the Sandy Hook massacre being faked to help facilitate a government gun grab.\n Jones and his contributors also have issues with \"anti-white racism \" all while a separate school of thought has emerged that tales of ancient aliens are racist as they assume ancient civilizations of color like the Egyptians could only have come up with the pyramids and such by getting outside help from a more advanced race. Throw into that mix the \"birther\" theories that were all the rage during the Obama presidency -- promoted by our current president -- that the chief executive was some kind of secret Kenyan Muslim usurper and you start to get a picture of what conspiracy theorists look like in today's media. Being into aliens and cover-ups is less associated now with young and sexy TV stars and more the domain of aggrieved middle-aged men.\nX-Files creator Chris Carter is clearly having none of that though given the overall storylines of the show he seems at the very least to be inspired by a favorite left-wing conspiracy notion of contaminated vaccines. A montage of the achievements of archvillain Carl \"Cigarette-Smoking Man\" Busch includes a whole lot of Donald Trump and Steve Bannon (masterful timing it turned out as the spat between those two was making headlines almost simultaneously) as well as a line about how people are easier to fool now because they don't believe in science (cough... GlobalWarming... cough cough) and don't know what fake news is. Meanwhile our heroes remain FBI agents who in the minds of Alex Jones devotees would be considered part of the anti-Trump \"Deep State.\" Jones was arguably an inspiration for Joel McHale's YouTube host character in season 10 and written semi-sympathetically...but that was January of 2016 when nobody assumed the election would go the way it did or that Jones would get a big thumbs-up from candidate Trump.\nIn an episode that also definitively stated the moon landing was faked and that Busch is definitely the father of two very significant characters we also caught hints of two different conspiracies at war with one another. Their most obvious point of disagreement on the show is whether Dana Scully should live or die -- but in real life they may be representative of the Art Bell and Alex Jones wings of Conspiracystan. We get a strong sense of what side Carter is on...but the low ratings suggest that those who pore over cover-ups and aliens nowadays may no longer feel politically simpatico with the creator.\nOr perhaps they can just go to any corner of the Internet and find similarly intricate stories many of which are shared as memes on Facebook by that uncle who turns out to have been a lot crazier than you ever suspected. Even as Jones semi-admitted in court that he's playing a character akin to of all things Jack Nicholson's Joker I've seen family members share his stories about a coming race war with utter seriousness. Though when he talks about lizard people of course he's \"joking.\"", "output": [ "Alex Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-da6dc04e874d4634a04c156428c920fa", "input": "LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood's widening sexual harassment crisis brought forth a second actor's allegation against Kevin Spacey on Tuesday halted production on his Netflix series \"House of Cards\" and prompted CBS to check into an actress' claim she was groped by Jeremy Piven.\nThis image released by Netflix shows Kevin Spacey in a scene from \"House Of Cards.\" Netflix says it's suspending production on \"House of Cards\" following harassment allegations against Spacey . (David Giesbrecht/Netflix via AP)\nThis image released by Netflix shows Kevin Spacey in a scene from \"House Of Cards.\" Netflix says it's suspending production on \"House of Cards\" following harassment allegations against Spacey . (David Giesbrecht/Netflix via AP)\nHow Spacey 's cast mates are reacting to the allegations remains to be seen. Robin Wright who stars opposite Spacey as his wife hasn't commented publicly but her Twitter feed includes a number of posts backing social issues including female rights and education.\nNetflix and \"House of Cards\" producer Media Rights Capital had already decided to end the series at the end of next season its sixth but on Tuesday they chose to pause the production which is filmed in Baltimore \"to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew.\" Spacey was not scheduled to work that day.\nThe move comes after actor Anthony Rapp came forward with claims Spacey made inappropriate sexual advances toward him in 1986 when he was 14.\n Spacey responded by saying he doesn't remember the alleged encounter but if he acted the way Rapp alleges \"I owe him the sincerest apology for what would have been deeply inappropriate drunken behavior.\" He also spoke publicly for the first time about being gay which draw backlash from some observers as an attempt at deflection.\nThe fallout for Spacey also included the loss of an award he was going to get later this month by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The group says \"it will not honor Kevin Spacey with the 2017 International Emmy Founders Award \" which is to honor \"an individual who crosses cultural boundaries to touch humanity.\" Spacey was to get it at a gala on Nov. 20 in New York City. Past recipients include Rhimes Steven Spielberg and J.J. Abrams.", "output": [ "Kevin Spacey" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca09ff52ed12496e98d3fcb9773aecfd", "input": "PYEONGCHANG South Korea (AP) — Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz were thoroughly confused when they crossed the finish line. They knew they had just won an Olympic gold medal for Canada and were puzzled why the rival Germans were running their way to celebrate.\nThe closest Olympic sliding race in history had two sets of winners Monday. Canada and Germany will share gold from the two-man bobsled event at the Pyeongchang Olympics after Kripps and Kopacz finished their four runs in the exact same time as the German duo of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis.\n\"I managed to see the clock that said No. 1 on it \" Kripps said as the German team sat to his right after the race. \"At first I thought that we won outright and then these guys jumped over and they were super-excited. And I was like 'These guys are really happy for us.'\"\n\"It's really special that we managed to come out on top and tie with such a good team \" Kripps said. \"We pushed hard from the first heat to the last and in general I thought we executed better as we went ... and we needed every bit of it too.\"\n Kripps finished no lower than fourth in every two-man race all year and was the World Cup overall champion. Friedrich was first or second in each of his last five races. Lochner ended the regular season by winning consecutive medals. Walther was one of only two pilots with multiple two-man victories this season. The surprise was Melbardis who medaled in only two of his most recent 17 World Cup two-man events.", "output": [ "Justin Kripps" ] }, { "id": "task419-052c3704b12e465ab6041ff8d7d7dfa5", "input": "Andy Weir author of sci-fi blockbuster \"The Martian\" is publishing a novel about the moon \"Artemis\" on November 14.\n Weir told Business Insider he 's convinced humans will colonize the moon before Mars because it has one thing the red planet doesn't: an economic rationale.\n The author says Elon Musk's and SpaceX's plan to colonize Mars before the moon is not realistic.\n Andy Weir author of \"The Martian\" a realistic tale of survival in space is about to release his second and highly anticipated novel \"Artemis\".\nIn Weir 's typical style the novel — which goes on sale on November 14 — is wildly entertaining and far-fetched but stays surprisingly believable by leaning heavily on real-life science and engineering.\nBusiness Insider spoke with Weir about the book's genesis why he thinks humanity will colonize the moon first his major criticism of Elon Musk's and SpaceX's plans to inhabit Mars and why he'd never visit Artemis if he could.\n ANDY WEIR : I wanted to write a story about the first human settlement somewhere other than Earth. And I just really think that's going to be the moon. That'll definitely be the first place that we colonize outside of Earth.", "output": [ "Andy Weir" ] }, { "id": "task419-572c0f516e34434ca5bc651eb69a3b3d", "input": "SYDNEY (Reuters) - A New Zealand political party has been ordered to pay more than $400 000 to U.S. rapper Eminem for using music similar to his 2002 hit \"Lose Yourself\" in a television commercial to help win a national election.\nThe track played during the National Party's successful 2014 election campaign and titled \"Eminem Esque\" was found by a New Zealand court to have \"substantially copied\" Lose Yourself.\n\"This decision is a warning to sound-alike music producers and their clients everywhere \" Adam Simpson director of Simpsons Solicitors who acted for Eminem ’s music company Eight Mile Style said in a statement.\n\"It was no coincidence that the works sounded the same and the undeniable inference to be drawn from the evidence is that the composer of Eminem Esque had 'Lose Yourself' in front of him at the time of composition \" the court added.", "output": [ "Eminem" ] }, { "id": "task419-6e5083dd454f4fdfa7e997b11d82128b", "input": "The comment comes after Papa John's CEO John Schnatter blamed his company's plummeting sales on NFL players' #TakeAKnee protests of police brutality during the national anthem.\nPapa John's is a sponsor of the NFL so Schnatter claimed that the on-field NFL anthem protests have resulted in boycotts of games (by the way those boycotts were proposed and encouraged by President Trump) which have hurt pizza sales.\n\"The NFL has hurt us. We are disappointed the NFL and its leadership did not resolve this \" Schnatter said on a conference call.\nIn response to Schnatter 's statement the alt-right sprung into action. A blog post on white supremacist site The Daily Stormer which featured a photo of a pizza with pepperonis in the shape of a swastika declared Papa John's the \"official pizza of the alt-right.\"", "output": [ "John Schnatter" ] }, { "id": "task419-6f2b96bc1d2d47fea2ea4a973ee8a1b1", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Some experts are wary of the treatment sought by accused sexual abusers like Kevin Spacey or Harvey Weinstein. Video provided by Newsy Newslook\n Kevin Spacey on Oct. 27 in Beverly Hills. (Photo: Chris Pizzello Invision/AP)\nBesieged by allegations of sexual harassment and assault the repercussions for Kevin Spacey now are engulfing his next movie All the Money in the World: It's been pulled from the schedule of an upcoming film festival.\nMore: Harry Dreyfuss son of Richard Dreyfuss says Spacey groped him at age 18\nEarlier: Netflix dumps Kevin Spacey from 'House of Cards ' shelves film\nAlso: Kevin Spacey plans to 'seek evaluation and treatment' amid scandal\nIn the movie Spacey plays billionaire American oil tycoon J. Paul Getty Sr. known for his extreme frugality and his irascible personality. When his grandson was kidnapped by Italian gangsters the elder Getty resisted paying the multimillion-dollar ransom. In response the kidnappers cut off the grandson's ear and sent it to his family threatening to cut off more body parts until the demand was met.\nSince Oct. 29 two-time Oscar winner Spacey has been accused by more than a dozen men — including at least five who were teenage boys at the time — who say he sexually harassed groped assaulted or attempted to rape them in episodes going back decades.\nSkip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Kevin Spacey is facing new allegations of sexual misconduct including one involving a 16-year-old boy Time", "output": [ "Kevin Spacey" ] }, { "id": "task419-3707d8cb0c3649a7ad6d0d6b07185a28", "input": "OTHER PRIORITIES\nNLD Party spokesman Aung Shin told Reuters prison reform was not yet on the legislative agenda because of other priorities.\n“There are so many things to do as MPs it may be a part of the reasons for not including prison reform in the parliament discussions ” Aung Shin said.\n He also said however prisons should be part of a broader examination of legal and judicial reform that the party and legislature was planning. He did not give a time frame for any contemplated legislation.", "output": [ "Aung Shin" ] }, { "id": "task419-8fbc53ee5f3c483eaaab4c9771bc73dd", "input": "GOVERNOR TURNS UP THE HEAT ON BAKER\n Governor Deval Patrick Wednesday took some of his most pointed shots yet at Republican gubernatorial rival Charles D. Baker Jr. accusing the former chief executive of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care of doing nothing to stop dramatic increases in health care costs that he said are crushing small businesses and families.\n \"Today's events represent a clear example of the choices Massachusetts voters have before them in this election \" said the appeal from Patrick's campaign manager Sydney Asbury. \"Governor Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Murray care about working people and take on entrenched and powerful interests on their behalf while other candidates are either beholden to those interests or too timid to do anything about the problems facing our Commonwealth.\"\n Patrick's aggressive tack seemed to mark a new more heated phase of the campaign on the same day a new poll showed Baker gaining ground on Patrick. Baker's campaign manager Lenny Alcivar said on Twitter that Patrick's comments were sad and that the governor had been \"reduced from testimony to meltdown to empty campaign fund-raising ploy in minutes.\"\n \"The governor had 3? years to take action on health care costs but he didn't \" Alcivar said. \"For 3? years Deval Patrick had the existing authority to do something anything to address this problem and he wouldn't. Today hours after waking up to polling results that show his reelection prospects dwindling by the minute Governor Patrick was forced to testify on a proposal aimed more toward salvaging his political career than helping small businesses.\"\n Patrick's comments were notable because he often passes up opportunities to directly engage his challengers particularly when at the State House.\n But he seized the chance Wednesday after speaking in support of a bill he filed that would allow state regulators to reject \"unreasonable or excessive\" cost increases from hospitals and other health care providers.\n \"While we've been dealing with this crisis at least one of the candidates in this race has been in the middle of this industry and hasn't offered any solutions yet \" the governor said taking aim at Baker.\n The Rasmussen Reports automated telephone survey of likely voters showed Patrick earning 35 percent of the vote compared with 32 percent for Baker and 19 percent for state Treasurer Timothy P. Cahill who is running as an independent. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4? percentage points. A Rasmussen survey in November showed Patrick at 33 percent Baker at 28 percent and Cahill at 25 percent.\n Political analysts said Patrick is trying to more actively define Baker in the minds of voters before Baker can introduce himself on his own terms.\n \"Given the Rasmussen poll today essentially showing a dead heat it's clear that Governor Patrick really has to step up and go on offense more not only touting what he's done but go on offense against his real challenger in this race and that's Charlie Baker \" said Mary Anne Marsh a Democratic political strategist. \"It signals a stage in this race and it shows you we'll see an even more aggressive Deval Patrick going into the spring and the summer.\"\n The Patrick campaign has been honing two main lines of attack against Baker as it looks toward the November election. One is to tie Baker to the exorbitant cost increases of the Big Dig whose finances Baker helped oversee as the top budget aide to governors William F. Weld and Paul Cellucci in the 1990s.\n \"They talk about why it is they can't help but charge double-digit increases every year to small businesses and families \" Patrick said. \"Those small business and families don't have a voice at the table. They have my voice at that table.\"\n Baker's running mate Senate minority leader Richard R. Tisei Republican of Wakefield joined Alcivar in dismissing Patrick's comments as a political ploy. \"The governor is really electioneering instead of taking a more thoughtful approach \" he said.", "output": [ "Deval Patrick" ] }, { "id": "task419-e5313e08c8b04953aa3b96a0b7649b4f", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is considering a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson whose relationship has been strained by the top U.S. diplomat’s softer line on North Korea and other differences senior administration officials said on Thursday.\n Tillerson was reported in October to have privately called Trump a “moron ” something the secretary of state sought to dismiss.\nThat followed a tweet by Trump that Tillerson should not waste his time by seeking negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear and missile program widely seen as a sign of the secretary of state being marginalized.\nAsked whether he wanted Tillerson to remain in his job Trump sidestepped the question telling reporters at the White House: “He’s here. Rex is here.”\nState Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Kelly told Tillerson’s chief of staff on Thursday the reports on Tillerson being replaced were not true. Nauert added that Tillerson “serves at the pleasure of the president.”\nAsked about Tillerson White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the secretary of state remained in his post. “When the president loses confidence in someone they will no longer serve here ” she said.\nA combination photo of Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo (L) on May 11 2017 and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington U.S. November 28 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Yuri Gripas/File Photos\n Tillerson has at times put distance between himself and Trump’s positions.\nAt a private dinner of foreign policy veterans last month a senior White House official criticized Tillerson for failing to support the president’s agenda according to a person familiar with the matter.\n Tillerson joined Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in pressing Trump not to pull the United States out of an agreement with Iran and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear capabilities.\n Tillerson has taken a more hawkish view than Trump on Russia and tried to mediate a dispute after four Arab nations launched a boycott of Qatar.\nIn September in Beijing Tillerson said Washington was probing North Korea to see whether it was interested in dialogue and had multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang.\nTensions have also run high between Tillerson and veteran diplomats who oppose his proposed staff and budget cuts.", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc6761b73fbd49bb8b617a5f850c962a", "input": "At a Saturday afternoon rally in Seattle , Washington , Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders was shut down by screeching Black Lives Matters protestors . \nBernie 's arrival in Seattle is largely significant in the context of the state of emergency Black lives are in locally as well as across America . \nThis city is filled with white progressives , which is why Bernie Sanders ' camp was obviously expecting a friendly and consenting audience for today 's campaign visit . \nWhite progressive Seattle and Bernie Sanders can not call themselves liberals while they participate in the racist system that claims Black lives . \nBernie Sanders will not continue to call himself a man of the people , while ignoring the plight of Black people . \nToday BLM Seattle , with the support of other Black organizers and non-Black allies and accomplices , held Bernie Sanders publicly accountable for his lack of support for the Black Lives Matter movement and his blatantly silencing response to the # SayHerName # IfIDieInPoliceCustody action that took place at Netroots this year .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-abcb69ed736649deb641a92a6094b64c", "input": "Jets Chairman and CEO Christopher Johnson navigated through the cacophony and made the smart decision not to institute a playoff mandate next season for Mike Maccagnan and Todd Bowles. Such an ultimatum during this critical juncture of the organization’s rebuild would only serve to undermine the ultimate goal. It would be reckless and counterproductive. It would threaten to screw everything up.\n“It’s always going to be about progress ” Johnson said this week about how he ’ll evaluate the 2018 season. “We can’t get there fast enough. I want to get to the playoffs. I want to get to the Super Bowl. I was serious about that desire to get to the Super Bowl before my brother gets back here. I would love to have that happen. But there are no mandates. I think the fans are going to be happy with the way we move forward here. I just can’t put down a mandate for these guys.”\n Johnson you see is smart. He knows that setting a postseason-or-else directive is counterproductive. Nothing good frankly can come from it.\n Christopher Johnson made the right decision not to mandate a return to the playoffs in 2018. (Al Bello/Getty Images)", "output": [ "Christopher Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-c7c86a6fd7d849579ea5ce8093e1764b", "input": "62153 62153 62153 Booker co-sponsoring Bernie Sanders ' health care bill Booker is signing on to the health care plan , along with other senators likely to contend for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination . \nSanders ' office has announced he will introduce the bill on Wednesday . \nSen. Cory Booker announced first on NJTV News that he is co-sponsoring Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ' single-payer health care bill . \nThe \"Medicare for all\" plan has been estimated to cost $ 1.38 trillion per year and would be paid for with a combination of limiting tax deductions and increasing income tax for the wealthy , according to Sanders ' website . \n\"The only long-term solution to America 's health care crisis is a single-payer national health care program ,\" said Sanders . \nAs a presidential candidate in 2016 , Sanders made single-payer health care a key part of his platform . \nSen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and California Sen. Kamala Harris have already announced they are co-sponsoring Sanders ' bill .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-b6609e85db6c4bbe869f232dcab91810", "input": "Five years ago Ben Lipkowitz who is now 28 was living with some friends in Bloomington Ind. and he found himself wondering how much time he spent doing one of his roommates’ dishes. Lipkowitz had a handheld electronic datebook that he purchased on a trip to Tokyo and on May 11 2005 at 2:20 p.m. he started using it to keep a record of his actions. Instead of entering his future appointments he entered his past activities creating a remarkably complete account of his life. In one sense this was just a normal personal journal albeit in a digital format and unusually detailed. But the format and detail made all the difference. Lipkowitz eventually transferred the data to his computer and now using a few keyboard commands he can call up his history. He knows how much he has eaten and how much he has spent. He knows what books he has read and what objects he has purchased. And of course he knows the answer to his original question. “I was thinking I was spending an hour a day cleaning up after this person ” Lipkowitz says. He shrugs. “It turned out it was more like 20 minutes.”\nThese men all know that their behavior is abnormal. They are outliers. Geeks. But why does what they are doing seem so strange? In other contexts it is normal to seek data. A fetish for numbers is the defining trait of the modern manager. Corporate executives facing down hostile shareholders load their pockets full of numbers. So do politicians on the hustings doctors counseling patients and fans abusing their local sports franchise on talk radio. Charles Dickens was already making fun of this obsession in 1854 with his sketch of the fact-mad schoolmaster Gradgrind who blasted his students with memorized trivia. But Dickens’s great caricature only proved the durability of the type. For another century and a half it got worse.\nOr by another standard you could say it got better. We tolerate the pathologies of quantification — a dry abstract mechanical type of knowledge — because the results are so powerful. Numbering things allows tests comparisons experiments. Numbers make problems less resonant emotionally but more tractable intellectually. In science in business and in the more reasonable sectors of government numbers have won fair and square.\nI recently received an e-mail message from a 26-year-old filmmaker named Toli Galanis who keeps track of about 50 different streams of personal data including activities health films watched and books read the friends he talks with and the topics they discuss. While Galanis acknowledged that he gets pleasure from gathering data and organizing it intelligently it was a different aspect of his report that caught my attention. “I know that immediately after watching a bad movie I am more apt to be negative about my career prospects as a filmmaker ” he wrote explaining that tracking has made him better able to detect the influence of seemingly trivial circumstances on his mood and decisions.\nThe idea that our mental life is affected by hidden causes is a mainstay of psychology. Facility in managing the flow of thought and emotion is a sign of happiness and good adjustment. But how is it done? Nearly every therapeutic prescription involves an invitation to notice to pay attention. Once we have a notion in our sights we can attack it with an arsenal of tools: cognitive psychoanalytic even spiritual. But none of these will tell us if we’ve missed something. You may simply have failed to notice a debilitating habit a negative correlation a bad influence.", "output": [ "Ben Lipkowitz" ] }, { "id": "task419-071bc96acce0403db9caced4970723a0", "input": "The Cook County medical examiner's office has determined that Kenneka Jenkins' death at a Rosemont hotel was an accident. She died of hypothermia from exposure to cold in a walk-in freezer it said.\nSurveillance videos released by police days later show Jenkins alone wandering through a kitchen area near the freezer not long after she disappeared.\nThe initial lack of information released by authorities drew activists and sparked online conspiracy theories that she was attacked and killed. The speculation was fueled by a number of videos on social media appearing to show the party and some of Jenkins ' friends.\nThe autopsy found mucosal erosions a type of lesion that indicated Jenkins had suffered from hypothermia the medical examiner's office said in a statement.\nThe combination of alcohol and topiramate found in Jenkins 's blood can cause \"impaired memory and concentration poor coordination confusion and impaired judgement \" among other adverse effects the office said. This plus cold exposure could speed the onset of hypothermia and death the medical examiner's office said.\nOn Sept. 27 the medical examiner's office went back for a follow-up investigation. A forensic pathologist assigned to Jenkins ' case and the office's chief of investigations a former New Orleans Police Department homicide detective lieutenant went to the hotel and followed the path Jenkins took to a kitchen on the lower level of the hotel the office said.\nRosemont police led the staff through the main kitchen area up a set of stairs into a second kitchen area that was said to be unused at the time of Jenkins ' death the office said.\nInside the cooler is the walk-in freezer where Jenkins was discovered the office said. At the time of the inspection the cooler's thermometer indicated a temperature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit and the freezer's thermometer indicated a temperature of 10 degrees Fahrenheit the office said.\n The freezer Jenkins was found in was capable of getting to a temperature of 8 degrees the medical examiner's office noted.\n Kenneka Jenkins 19 was pronouced dead early Sept. 10 2017 after she was found in a walk-in freezer at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Rosemont. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office released photos on Oct. 6 2017 related to the cause and manner of death for Jenkins . (Tribune and Cook Co. Medical Examiner's Office photos) (Tribune and Cook Co. Medical Examiner's Office photos)\nRosemont police told the medical examiner's staff that the light inside the freezer was not on when Jenkins was found. There is a light switch outside the cooler door the office said.\nVideo surveillance showed Jenkins entering the kitchen at approximately 3:32 a.m. on Sept. 9 but the recordings do not clearly show her entering the cooler and freezer because there are no cameras that directly show those doors the office said.\n Jenkins was discovered in the freezer approximately 21 hours after the video documented her entering the kitchen the office said.\nCiting the police investigation the medical examiner said there's no evidence Jenkins was forced to consume the alcohol or the drug. There also was no evidence of another person near the kitchen with Jenkins and there was no evidence of an altercation or interaction with another individual immediately prior to her death the office said.\nThe court filings also revealed that attorneys for Jenkins ' family conducted a private investigation of the 19-year-old's death and found no evidence of injury from a physical attack or sexual assault.\nKenneka's mother had sought police assistance a few hours after her daughter disappeared but a dispatcher told her Jenkins might have gone to a friend's place or passed out after drinking too much.", "output": [ "Kenneka Jenkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-5a5f74ffe793465a88c62bf1d617b15e", "input": "After Gram-Moreno mistakenly let an interview with Eva Longoria slip through in which Longoria did exactly that she said she was fired and was replaced by a man.\nâThey said if thereâs any mention of [Sadler] in the pre-show make sure you flag it â she told the Times recalling her instructions. âYouâre censoring celebrities; itâs just not a good idea in my humble opinion. But it wasnât my decision.â\nSadler very publicly split with the network in December after she said she learned her male co-host âmade close to double my salary for the past several years â yet she had been denied a pay raise.\nHereâs the interview with Longoria that Gram-Moreno says led to her termination:\n Eva Longoria brings up women equal pay and says \"We stand with you Catt Sadler\" to Ryan Seacrest and E!. Debra Messing also called out E ! on the red carpet. #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/nzBVTI0WVz â Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 8 2018\nDebra Messing drags E ! (while being interviewed on E!): \"I was so shocked to hear that E ! doesn't believing in paying their female co-hosts the same as their male co-hosts\" pic.twitter.com/HF3B2uhwtF â David Mack (@davidmackau) January 7 2018\nHowever Gram-Morenoâs attorney Katherine Atkinson said E ! never questioned her work.\nâIn the 12 years Aileen has been working on red carpet shows for E ! they never once raised a performance issue â Atkinson said in a statement. âThat is a convenient excuse for covering up attempts to silence women speaking out. Employers often attack women speaking out about discrimination â so I am disappointed in E! but not surprised.\nâE! canât have it both ways. They support their position that they were not censoring references to Catt Sadler by pointing to the Eva Longoria interview . But they fired my client for failing to censor that very interview . If you attempt to censor and then fire the person for not catching the speech you intended to censor for letting it go through you canât then claim that you arenât so bad after all because you âletâ it air. Their argument defies logic.â\nCORRECTION: An earlier version of this article said that the interview with Debra Messing was the one that led to Gram-Morenoâs dismissal. The interview she cited in her complaint was the one with Eva Longoria .", "output": [ "Eva Longoria" ] }, { "id": "task419-43f34d4fbc9548628509f050ff74b16d", "input": "Matt Ryan shook off three interceptions to guide the Falcons to Matt Bryant’s 52-yard field goal with 3:49 to go. The Saints (9-4) were in position to pull out the victory driving to the Atlanta 11 after Drew Brees converted on fourth-and-1 with a quarterback sneak as coach Sean Payton passed on attempting a tying field goal.\n Ryan had three interceptions in a stretch of nine plays at the end of the first half and the beginning of the second. But he tied the game with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Mohamed Sanu with 9:55 remaining finishing 15 of 27 for 221 yards.\nBrees was 26 of 35 for 271 yards and two TDs. Yet he was kicking himself for trying to force one at the end.\nAfter getting picked off on Atlanta’s last play of the first half Ryan went to the air again on the first play of the second half.\nSame result though it wasn’t Ryan ’s fault.\nOn Atlanta’s next possession Ryan guided the Falcons to the New Orleans 9. On third down he attempted to force a pass into the end zone for Julio Jones only to be picked off again by Marcus Williams.\nIt was the second time this season and ninth time in his career that Ryan has thrown three interceptions in a game.", "output": [ "Matt Ryan" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b36d48642b243f7b6a2cb3b87e016a5", "input": "Volkan Oezdemir had a quick rise up the ranks of the UFC light heavyweight division. Originally signed as a late injury replacement for the injured Jan Blachowicz Oezdemir earned a split decision win over Ovince Saint Preux in February. Oezdemir followed that victory with first-round knockouts of Misha Cirkunov and Jimi Manuwa. He disposed of those fighters in a combined 70 seconds.\nOn January 20 Oezdemir will face UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in the co-main event of UFC 220.\n“I once said that if I’m hanging around and fighting guys like Volkan Oezdemir I’ve done something terribly wrong with my money and my time. ” Cormier said at the recent UFC 220 press conference. “I just never expected him to do what he did so fast. He’s put himself in this position because he’s been impressive.”\n“I wanted to fight for the belt as fast as I can because I know I’m capable of anything ” said Oezdemir . “I’m there to win. In the UFC I wanted to fight the top (fighters) right away. It’s the place for the top guys in the world. I fought my first fight against the No. 6 in the world on two weeks’ notice and I just kept on going. I fought two months later and six weeks after that I was fighting for the third time. Always against a ranked opponent and I’m ready for the champion now.”\nWhile Oezdemir is confident he can pull off the upset victory over Cormier the champion had some words of warning for his younger opponent.\n“They turn over they present their neck and they tap out. That’s about to happen to Volkan Oezdemir .”\n Oezdemir doesn’t think he will become the seventh submission win on Cormier’s record.\n“I got a heart man. It’s not going to be that easy ” Oezdemir said. “You saw my fight you saw everything I did. I don’t think you’ve seen everything I’m capable of. All fights were so fast and you’re not gonna be different.”", "output": [ "Volkan Oezdemir" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a1994637f734da89f290cc33e61431d", "input": "The more I hear about Quentin Tarantino's “Charles Manson movie ” now titled Once Upon A Time In Hollywood the more intriguing it sounds. The film is reportedly similar to Tarantino's beloved masterpiece Pulp Fiction and revolves around a fading actor (Leo DiCaprio) and his stunt double (Brad Pitt) in seventies Hollywood struggling to adapt to the changing industry.\nBut the two also happen to live next door to real-life murder victim Sharon Tate and it’s unclear how the film will handle this delicate subject matter - Tarantino isn’t exactly known for his sense of restraint.\nIndeed Tarantino has to navigate some rough waters in order to make this inherently controversial concept a success in the era of perpetual Twitter outrage. We live in a time where snarky entertainment writers like myself are always looking for the next controversy be it real or imagined. For example the groundbreaking Black Panther was recently criticized for a lack of LGBT representation for some reason and Netflix was accused of whitewashing for casting Jared Leto in the role of a western man entering the unfamiliar world of the Yakuza in a film literally titled “The Outsider.”\nBut Tarantino ’s filmography has always attracted controversy. His scripts are peppered with more racial slurs than pop culture references smatterings of misogynistic violence and a ton of historical revisionism. But Once Upon A Time In Hollywood practically seems to be begging for controversy - he ’s not the first filmmaker to retell the gruesome tale of Sharon Tate but releasing his film on the anniversary of her death is a bit … gratuitous even for Tarantino.\nBut I have a strong suspicion that Tarantino is going to go down the “revenge fantasy” route for this one. When exploring the atrocities of history the man gleefully paints over the facts splashing the screen with the blood of slaveholders and Nazis. This (inevitably) angers some but Tarantino isn’t exactly striving for historical accuracy.\nMost of us are aware of the tragic realities of history but you’re not always in the mood to watch The Pianist - most of us would rather watch Inglourious Basterds for the fifth time. Despite repeatedly targeting the most distasteful subject matter imaginable Tarantino has always understood exactly how far he can push his audience.\nAnd that’s one of the most impressive qualities of Tarantino ’s movies in my opinion. His films might feature rape torture and exceedingly bloody murder but you could happily watch one while snacking and never lose your appetite for a moment because the violence never crosses a certain line; his bloodsoaked cinematic universe is closer to Looney Tunes than torture porn.\nTarantino's personal life on the other hand might be the biggest obstacle facing the film. The man was recently hit with a wave of much-deserved criticism after Uma Thurman exposed his tyrannical reckless behavior on the set of Kill Bill. The story does not paint Tarantino in a sympathetic light and his long friendship with the predatory Harvey Weinstein doesn’t help.", "output": [ "Quentin Tarantino" ] }, { "id": "task419-b00253ee9e5944878d097a8382cf6425", "input": "And Senator Cruz is not just blowing holy smoke . \nAmong the policies recommended to Cruz : . \nAmerica 's Christian bakers and florists and wedding planners will be safe under a Ted Cruz presidency . \nCruz 's religious liberty council includes Paige Patterson , president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary ; Tony Beam , North Greenville University ; David and Jason Benham ; former Ambassador Ken Blackwell ; Teresa Collett , University of St. Thomas ; Jim Garlow , Skyline Church ; Mark Harris ; First Baptist Church of Charlotte , NC ; Jack Hibbs , Calvary Chapel Chino Hills ; Bishop Harry Jackson , Hope Christian Church ; Richard Lee , president of There 's Hope America ; Everett Piper , Oklahoma Wesleyan University ; Jay Richards , The Catholic University of America ; Steve Riggle , Grace Community Church ; Samuel Rodriguez , National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference ; and Kelly Shackelford , First Liberty Institute . \n\"I am absolutely convinced in my discussions with the senator that religious liberty will be a lot better off in America with a Cruz administration ,\" said Tony Perkins , president of the Family Research Council and Chair of Cruz 's Religious Liberty Advisory Council . \nAnd if Cruz follows their suggestions , American Christians will be able to sleep soundly at night . \nThe council also urged Cruz to protect the religious liberty of military personnel -- especially the rights of chaplains . \nCruz has been a passionate advocate of religious liberty for years . \nThe council is also calling on Cruz to direct a review of the IRS ' treatment of religious organizations and to direct federal agencies to respect the free exercise of religion . \n\"As president , I have pledged on my first day in office to rescind every single one of President Obama 's unconstitutional executive actions , and to direct every federal agency to respect and protect the religious liberty of every American ,\" Cruz said . \nSo will a Cruz presidency defend and protect small business owners facing assault for refusing to violate their religious beliefs ? \n\"Our constitutional liberties should not be subject to the whims of the current administration , and -- whether Hobby Lobby or the Little Sisters of the Poor -- people of faith should not be made to bow down at the altar of political correctness ,\" Cruz said .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-622d1527025e4db59b6ee6e89e092adb", "input": "The Air Force says a mistake allowed Devin Patrick Kelley to buy guns. On Sunday Kelley opened fire on a small church in Sutherland Springs Texas.\n\"Initial information indicates that Kelley 's domestic violence offense was not entered into the National Criminal Information Center database by the Holloman Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations \" said Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek in an email.\n Kelley purchased four guns over a four-year period beginning in 2014 according to federal officials; all those purchases were made after his court-martial conviction and discharge.\n\"This was mishandled by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico where Kelley was serving when he was arrested \" Tom reports. \"An investigation is now underway and the Air Force is taking it very seriously said the source.\"\nRetired Col. Don Christensen who was the chief prosecutor for the Air Force at the time of Kelley 's general court-martial tells NPR that the case was serious.\n Kelley accepted a deal pleading guilty to a charge of assault on his wife and to a charge of \"intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm\" on the child Christensen says. His crimes were punishable by up to five years confinement (the military equivalent of a prison term). As part of the deal Kelley received an 18-month cap on his confinement and was ultimately sentenced to 12 months.\n Kelley 's punitive discharge — a bad conduct discharge — did not prohibit him from owning a gun as a dishonorable discharge would have.\n Kelley 's conviction qualified under both categories Christensen says.\nNPR's Martin Kaste reports that Academy Sports & Outdoors a store that sold Kelley guns says it ran a background check on Kelley twice in the past two years. Kelley passed each time the company says.\nIf Kelley 's convictions were never uploaded into the system that could easily explain how he passed. But even if they had been uploaded there might still have been trouble getting information into the right hands — there's a sort of language barrier between military and civilian justice systems Christensen says with different terms for the same kinds of crimes. If the military described a general court-martial for assault with a sentence of one year the civilian authorities might \"never realize\" it was a domestic violence conviction punishable by five years he says.\nIn general there are some \"gaping holes\" in the current background check system as NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reported last year which can allow people who should fail background checks to buy guns anyway. And if Kelley had purchased a gun from a private seller he wouldn't have had to pass a background check at all Martin notes.\nMeanwhile Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says Kelley applied for a license to carry a gun and was rejected Martin reports. He notes that Texas requires a background check but also has additional training and tests that Kelley may not have completed.", "output": [ "Devin Patrick Kelley" ] }, { "id": "task419-884e69d5c0e34052886bc680ed84140a", "input": "(Reuters) - Guess Inc (GES.N) said on Tuesday its co-founder Paul Marciano will give up his day-to-day responsibilities at the company on an unpaid basis pending the completion of a probe into accusations of improper conduct.\nEarlier this month model and actress Kate Upton accused Marciano of using his power in the fashion industry to harass women. Marciano and the company have both denied the claims.\nGuess’ shares fell more than 17 percent in early February following Upton’s accusations against Marciano made on Twitter.\n“ He shouldn’t be allowed to use his power in the industry to sexually and emotionally harass women #metoo” Upton tweeted using a popular hashtag designed to highlight the wide spread of sexual harassment without elaborating.\nShortly after the company’s board formed a special committee made up of two independent directors to oversee an investigation into accusations against Marciano .", "output": [ "Paul Marciano" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad4d4b5f08244acb9dd3183dba186cb4", "input": "IKEA Founder Ingvar Kamprad Dies At 91\n Ingvar Kamprad the man who created IKEA leaves behind a professional legacy that's all about simplicity: sleek affordable Scandinavian-designed furniture with wordless assembly instructions.\n His personal legacy however is more complicated: from a reputation for strict frugality to flirtations with fascism.\n Kamprad died Saturday at the age of 91 at his home in Smaland in southern Sweden with his loved ones by his side according to a statement from IKEA. The company says he had faced a \"short illness.\"\n\" His legacy will be admired for many years to come and his vision – to create a better everyday life for the many people – will continue to guide and inspire us \" says Jesper Brodin the CEO and president of the IKEA Group.\n The company Kamprad founded at 17 grew into a multinational behemoth with nearly 400 stores worldwide almost a billion store visits per year and more than $36 billion in annual retail sales in Europe alone.\nThough the company — which never went public — was and remains secretive about its finances it did reveal its balance sheet for the 2009 fiscal year. NPR's Jacob Goldstein reported the upshot of the financial disclosure in 2010:\n\" The company is sitting on a huge pile of cash and managed to grow throughout the economic turbulence of the past few years. \"In its 2009 fiscal year Ikea made $3.5 billion in profits on $30.2 billion in revenues. And the company was holding $19.7 billlion in cash at the end of that year. (Ikea reported results in euros; I converted the figures to dollars at the current exchange rate.)\"\n Kamprad was born March 30 1926 and — despite struggles with dyslexia — exhibited an entrepreneurial spirit from a young age selling matchboxes as a small child. He quickly realized he could buy them dirt cheap in bulk and then sell them for a low price while still earning a profit. He later moved on to selling fish Christmas decorations and pens. He ran advertisements in local papers and also distributed a \"makeshift mail-order catalog \" as the Associated Press reports.\nAt the age of 17 he formed IKEA an acronym built from his own initials and those of his family farm (Elmtaryd) and the local parish (Agunnaryd).\nIn 1950 he added furniture sourced from local manufacturers to his catalogs and when it became evident that it was his most popular product it became his sole focus.\n Kamprad 's lightbulb moment arrived in the 1950s when he saw an employee removing the legs from a table to help a customers transport it. He pioneered flat-pack furniture that would fit snugly inside its box saving space and money. What's more the costs of assembly would be eliminated by letting consumers build their own furniture.\n Kamprad prioritized an image of austerity for himself and his company even though Bloomberg Billionaires Index calculated his wealth at $58.7 billion and ranked him the eighth wealthiest man in the world. In a book he wrote about IKEA's history he wrote that he often perused local vegetable markets just before they rolled up shop for the night always on the hunt for a better deal. He reportedly drove a modest Volvo flew economy class (and made his executives do the same) ate cheap meals and stayed in budget hotels. He spent many years living in Switzerland to avoid Sweden's steep taxes a decision that rankled some in his home country.\nThrift was one of the virtues he laid out in a manifesto he published in the 1970's titled \"The Testament of a Furniture Dealer.\"\nReporters later found that his reputation for penny-pinching was not entirely accurate however as the New York Times reports:\n\" His home was a villa overlooking Lake Geneva and he had an estate in Sweden and vineyards in Provence. He drove a Porsche as well as the Volvo. His cut-rate flights hotels and meals were taken in part as an exemplar to his executives who were expected to follow suit to regard employment by Ikea as a life's commitment — and to write on both sides of a piece of paper.\"", "output": [ "Ingvar Kamprad" ] }, { "id": "task419-474a127fc4fc4355903bfec8f9e75236", "input": "The SABC aired the interview with Bathabile Dlamini an ally of President Jacob Zuma and senior figure in the ruling African National Congress (ANC) on a popular talk show just a week before the ANC elected its new leadership.\n Dlamini was sharply criticized by South Africa’s top court last year for her role in a fiasco which threatened the payment of welfare benefits to 17 million people. She was re-elected to the ANC’s national executive in December.\n Dlamini’s spokeswoman said it was normal practice for the social development ministry to pay to get its message across and that the interview was not been timed to coincide with the ANC leadership conference.\nAs president Zuma appoints the board of the SABC. His presidency has been tarnished by a series of corruption scandals including allegations that Zuma’s friends have influenced government appointments. Zuma denies any wrongdoing.\nAnton Harber a professor of journalism at Wits University in Johannesburg said the Dlamini interview had harmed the SABC’s journalistic credibility because the broadcaster had not disclosed that it was paid for.", "output": [ "Dlamini" ] }, { "id": "task419-1f0ae23064264bc6b079d85e4f5d9b96", "input": "Callista Gingrich Nikki Haley and Scott Brown are all running afoul of federal guidelines on social media while the State Department whistles in the wind.\n US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has her staff support her personal Twitter account.\n US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown has a gag Twitter account for his dog Gracie. And US ambassador-designate to the Vatican Callista Gingrich is tweeting about her job before starting in an official capacity. Some of President Donald Trumpâs highest-profile political appointees are running afoul of the governmentâs social media rules enshrined in the State Departmentâs Foreign Affairs Manual. The rules pushed through in January after years of internal deliberations are designed to prevent political appointees from exploiting public office by using their official title to build a massive social media presence and then taking their account with them when they re-enter the private sector or retire. Brown the short lived former senator from Massachusetts and Haley the former governor of South Carolina both use their personal Twitter accounts for official business alongside their government-owned accounts.\n Haley âs staff also helps service her Twitter account including tasks such as taking photos that are disseminated to her more than 770 000 followers.\nWe are so proud of this yearâs @USYouthObserver Munira Khalif. She has a great American story. We discussed the glo⦠[Link]", "output": [ "Nikki Haley" ] }, { "id": "task419-662c450f0d8b4bb9be413cf413a8b022", "input": "ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Braves have released third baseman Adonis Garcia so he can play overseas.\nThe team says on Twitter that Garcia has a \"desire to play in South Korea for the 2018 season.\"\n The 32-year-old Garcia likely would have entered spring training behind Johan Camargo and Rio Ruiz in Atlanta's competition at third base. New president of baseball operations Alex Anthopoulos has said the team may add another option at third through a trade or free agency.\n Garcia hit .273 with 14 homers and 65 RBI in 134 games in 2016. His playing time decreased in 2017 when he hit .237 with five homers in 52 games. He missed about three months while recovering from finger surgery.", "output": [ "Garcia" ] }, { "id": "task419-7bd073d7f2c04b399acd839c9fa2fb31", "input": "Comedian Louis C . K . is being accused of sexual misconduct by five women in a New York Times report . The premiere of his controversial new movie \" I Love You Daddy \" has been cancelled and C . K . has not commented on the allegations . ( Nicki DeMarco / The Washington Post ) On Thursday afternoon the New York Times released a story about sexual harassment allegations against comedian Louis C . K . Most big - name comedians have remained silent on the subject so far but others in the entertainment industry are reacting and let ’ s just say there isn ’ t a lot of shock over the accusations that the “ Louie ” creator allegedly masturbated in front of multiple women . Rumors about C . K . had been circulating for years most explicitly in a Defamer story written in 2015 . So when the premiere of the comedian ’ s new movie “ I Love You Daddy ” was canceled along with an appearance on Stephen Colbert something was clearly up . That something was the Times exposé with allegations from five women . We are I am guessing hours from all the Louis CK stories breaking and I will admit this one I ' ve been waiting for . — roxane gay (@ rgay ) November 9 2017 The silence from the men in comedy on Twitter right now speaks volumes # yesallmen # himtoo https :// t . co / 4Dnp2YbvYO — Sean L . McCarthy (@ thecomicscomic ) November 9 2017 As the article recounted women in the comedy industry who were allegedly harassed by C . K . were open about what happened to them . And yet people didn ’ t want to hear what they had to say . [ Louis C . K . accused of sexual misconduct in New York Times report ] “ Guys were backing away from us ” Julia Wolov said in the story . Wolov alleges that while at a comedy festival in 2002 she and a friend were invited to C . K .’ s hotel room where he disrobed and masturbated in front of them . The next day when the two women started telling other comedians what had happened “ we could already feel the backlash .” Other women are chiming in with similar stories about being silenced . I was told to delete a tweet I wrote about Louis CK abusing women before I applied to a high - profile comedy job because the people conducting the hiring process might not like it . These women who have spoken up are brave and we owe them so much . https :// t . co / yECc41l1Uz — Nicole Silverberg (@ nsilverberg ) November 9 2017 Jen Kirkman who ’ s been linked to C . K . allegations for years — though insisted more recently that he never exposed himself to her — also weighed in . Though he apologized for his one time comment to me I will no longer casually call Louie a friend . I can ' t support what I now KNOW are his contributions to the power dynamic in this business . — JEN KIRKMAN (@ JenKirkman ) November 9 2017 Even “ Parks and Recreation ” co - creator Michael Schur admitted that he knew about the rumors but cast C . K . On Twitter he expressed remorse over that decision . I don ' t remember when I heard the rumors about him . But I ' m sure it was before the last time he was on Parks and Rec . And I ' m sorry . — Ken Tremendous (@ KenTremendous ) November 9 2017 “ Seinfeld ” comedian Jason Alexander also delivered a Twitter PSA to other men in comedy . Gentlemen comedy is often inappropriate . It is sometimes daring and audacious and shocking . But our behavior in the real world toward women – that doesn ’ t get a pass on inappropriate . — jason alexander (@ IJasonAlexander ) November 9 2017 Meanwhile actor James Urbaniak dug up an old Q & A with Jon Stewart in which an audience member asks why Stewart didn ’ t ask C . K . about harassment allegations on “ The Daily Show .” ( Stewart pleaded ignorance .) May 2016 : Jon Stewart is asked about the Louis CK accusations then laughs at the questioner & makes fun of the internet ( 1 : 13 : 52 ). Quaint and enabling responses from a different time . And some other takes from writers and comedians : Much respect to @ TheRebeccaCorry Dana Min Goodman Julia Wolov & Abby Schachner for having the bravery to speak up about the abuses & crimes that happened to them . — Judah Friedlander (@ JudahWorldChamp ) November 9 2017 wow i guess nothing will ever surprise me again regarding men Louis C . K . – https :// t . co / brUoHJT78y — ROSIE (@ Rosie ) November 9 2017 it ' s so disappointing to say farewell to my comedic hero louis ck the guy who engineers his entire life around cramming the n - word into his overrated comedy routines . I was really rooting for him . — Mitra Jouhari (@ tweetrajouhari ) November 9 2017", "output": [ "Louis C K", "K" ] }, { "id": "task419-9ade4657ed1a49ae87d172e736ea0bbb", "input": "PALO ALTO Calif. (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday the United States is receiving evidence that international sanctions are “really starting to hurt” North Korea and praised China for putting pressure on Pyongyang.\nSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in had attributed North Korea’s recent willingness to talk to South Korea to the pain of sanctions Tillerson told an event at Stanford University in California.\n Tillerson said that he was confident the pressure would eventually bring North Korea to the negotiating table over its nuclear and missile programs. Pyongyang has carried out nuclear and missiles tests in defiance of United Nations and other sanctions.\n“We are getting a lot of evidence that these sanctions are really starting to hurt ” Tillerson said citing intelligence and anecdotal evidence from defectors.\n He said Japan told a conference on North Korea in Vancouver on Tuesday that more than 100 North Korean fishing boats had drifted into its waters and two thirds of those aboard them had died.\n“What they learned is that they are being sent out in the winter time because there’s food shortages and they are being sent out to fish with inadequate fuel to get back ” he said.\nChina did not attend the Vancouver meeting where 20 nations agreed to step up sanctions pressure on North Korea but Tillerson highlighted Beijing’s role.\n“We have never had Chinese support for sanctions like we’re getting now ” he said.\n U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives for a photo op during the Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on Security and Stability on the Korean Peninsula in Vancouver British Columbia Canada January 16 2018. REUTERS/Ben Nelms\nSlideshow ( 5 Images)\n He said it was possible North Korea’s presence “may be their early effort to break the ice.”\n“We’ll see - nothing may come of it ” he said.\n Tillerson said of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un: “ he knows how to reach me if he wants to talk. But he ’s go to tell me he wants to talk. We’re not going to chase him .”\n Tillerson said he was confident the sides would eventually get to the negotiating table and he wanted to know when that happened that the United States had “very very strong military options standing behind me .”", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-7333e6099d0e45fb97eb47b63df17ca8", "input": "The counties surrounding Hatfield's Ferry -- which are home to multiple universities -- are an example of what hangs in the balance as this debate plays out.\n Last year when Hatfield's Ferry asked the state for permission to dump scrubber wastewater into the Monongahela River the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection approved the request with proposed limits on some chemicals.\n Records show and company officials concede that Hatfield's Ferry is already dumping scrubber wastewater into the Monongahela that violates the state's few proposed pollution rules. Moreover those rules have been suspended until a judge decides on the plant's appeal of the proposed limits.\n \"It's really important to set a precedent that tells power plants that they need to genuinely clean up pollution rather than just shift it from the air to the water \" said Abigail Dillen a lawyer with the law firm Earthjustice which represents two advocacy organizations the Environmental Integrity Project and the Citizens Coal Council in asking a Pennsylvania court to toughen regulations on Hatfield's Ferry.\n State officials say they have established appropriate water pollution limits for Hatfield's Ferry and have strict standards for landfill disposal.\n However environmental groups have argued in court documents and interviews that Hatfield's Ferry probably will emit dangerous chemicals and that they fear the state is unlikely to intervene.\n For instance Pennsylvania has opposed designating the waste from Hatfield's Ferry and other power plants as hazardous. In a statement the Department of Environmental Protection said the state had \"sufficient state and federal laws and regulations at our disposal to control wastewater discharges at levels protective of the environment and public health.\"\nHatfield's Ferry. \"But I see people suffering every day because of this pollution.\"\n Officials at Hatfield's Ferry say there is no reason for residents to be concerned. They say that lawsuits against the plant are without merit and that they have installed a $25 million water treatment plant that removes many of the toxic particles and solids from scrubber wastewater. The solids are put into a 106-acre landfill that contains a synthetic liner to prevent leaks.", "output": [ "Hatfieldprobably" ] }, { "id": "task419-fd76696ca26c44579d8d8e8c865281ef", "input": "Image copyright Shutterstock Image caption BBC News presenter Emily Maitlis met Edward Vines when they were students at Cambridge University\n A former friend of Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis who harassed her for two decades has been jailed for contacting her from prison.\n Ms Maitlis said she had been left \"jumpy around strangers\".\n The presenter first met Vines of Clarkes Row Oxford when they were students at Cambridge University.\nIn a statement read to Oxford Crown Court Ms Maitlis said she had felt \"scared and let down\" after she heard Vines had breached the restraining order \"even from within the prison system\".\n She said it had affected her relationship with her husband and scared her children \"who thought the threats had gone away... while he was behind bars\".\n\"It has affected my ability to do my work what time I feel able to come home at night (I work late nights often). It also makes me jumpy around strangers for no reason as I fear any advance might be him \" she wrote.", "output": [ "Emily Maitlis" ] }, { "id": "task419-be5fc0f009914bfca09145b314e3f25e", "input": "The Paris Club has agreed to talks on renegotiating $6.5 billion in outstanding Argentine debt without the participation of the International Monetary Fund President Cristina Fernandez said Monday.\n Argentina had sought to have the IMF excluded from the negotiations; Fernandez and many others in Argentina blame the institution in part for the country's collapse a decade ago.\n Fernandez did not say how Argentina plans to pay off the debt but the government has tapped Central Bank reserves in the past to pay private creditors and the IMF.\n \"The negotiation must be realistic for Argentina with a payment schedule that allows continued support of economic growth with social inclusion \" Fernandez said.\n She said the goal is to reach a deal by early 2011 effectively ending Argentina's default.\n \"It took us exactly one decade \" Fernandez added.", "output": [ "Cristina Fernandez" ] }, { "id": "task419-e82e134f74194dce803a952b05049eef", "input": "The Los Angeles Police Department says it is no longer investigating sexual assault claims filed by actor Corey Feldman . (Photo: Katy Winn AP)\nThe Los Angeles Police Department says it is no longer investigating a sexual assault report filed by actor Corey Feldman .\nThe LAPD said in a statement Thursday that the events were so long ago that the statute of limitations has expired on Feldman 's allegations and detectives have no further avenues to pursue.\n Feldman said in a lengthy online post Wednesday that he is grateful to the women who came forward with sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein because the story has resurrected interest in Feldman 's own reports of abuse.\nA spokeswoman for Feldman did not immediately respond to a request seeking further comment.", "output": [ "Corey Feldman" ] }, { "id": "task419-210276de63a94f329a26d71e2a3f942d", "input": "California Democrats Decline To Endorse Another Term For Sen. Dianne Feinstein\nBefore U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein could finish her speech at the California Democratic Party convention Saturday the music began playing to indicate she had used her allotted time.\n She kept talking. The music got louder. \"I guess my time is up \" Feinstein conceded as what sounded like a 1940s movie score continued playing.\nWithout missing a beat supporters of her opponent state Sen. Kevin de León echoed her statement in a chant: \"Your time is up! Your time is up!\" — a not-so-subtle reference to Feinstein 's 25 years in the U.S. Senate.\nIt was a sign of things to come. The grass-roots Democratic activists gathered at the party's annual convention in San Diego this weekend implicitly rebuked the state's senior U.S. senator by denying her the party's endorsement for her re-election bid.\n Feinstein finished far behind de León the top Democrat in the state Senate. De León received 54 percent of delegates' votes to just 37 percent for Feinstein . It takes 60 percent to receive an endorsement.\nWhile the lack of an endorsement certainly won't keep Feinstein off the ballot it's a sign that grass-roots Democrats are eager to supplant leaders who are seen as too moderate and willing to compromise.\nDemocratic Party activists have never really been Feinstein 's people. In 1990 when she was running for governor she came to the party convention and expressed her support for the death penalty eliciting boos from the liberal crowd. She lost the party endorsement to John Van de Kamp but got the nomination anyway ultimately losing the November election to Pete Wilson.\n Feinstein has always been a little to the right of where the party's activists are. Now at age 84 and in her final campaign Feinstein is once again at odds with progressives despite her efforts to move left by more strongly opposing President Trump's agenda.\n She said the Senate Appropriations Committee which she sits on would never approve $25 billion for Trump's wall along the Mexico boarder. But minutes later de León's team sent texts noting that Feinstein had just voted for exactly that as part of the \"Common Sense Coalition\" immigration plan that failed to get through the Senate.\n Feinstein also reminded the crowd of her longstanding leadership on gun control including her success against long odds at getting an assault weapons ban signed into law in 1994.\nIn his speech to the convention de León reminded the crowd that his opponent hasn't always been a reliable liberal. \"Democrats you'll never have to guess where I stand \" de León said before noting that he has championed issues such as raising the minimum wage single-payer health care and the environment.", "output": [ "Dianne Feinstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-32d6ba18c17f45088ae08c7e4d20dbab", "input": "Netflix just published the new “Defenders” series the culmination of several years of work by Marvel Television to get Marvel into prestige serial storytelling. (We have to find a new word for this: we can’t call it “TV” much longer.) The Marvel-Netflix deal now includes two seasons of “Daredevil ” and one each of “Jessica Jones ” “Luke Cage ” and “Iron Fist.” That’s 65 episodes plus the new eight-episode “Defenders ” around 50 minutes each. That’s more than 60 hours on screen in the last two years.\nNow you can blame what’s wrong with “The Defenders” on the Marvel shtick: America has no enemies but its own divisions. The heroes inevitably fight each other. That could work if you had writers who understood America’s divisions but it’s disastrous when all you’ve got is pettiness and liberal identity politics. “The Defenders” does better than any Marvel movie to give you thrilling fights however. At least Daredevil does; Luke Cage is also pretty good; the other two were deficient to begin with and apparently not getting better.\nThere is a deep argument hidden somewhere in this mess of a story. But to see it develop the viewer has to ask himself: why is Daredevil so scared of his own heroism which might lead him to kill people? He’s a Catholic of course. And we’re reminded of that in an important scene in a confessional. But what’s the import of that fact? Why is Luke Cage telling a grieving mother he learned about the power of prayer from his own father? He ’s an heir to MLK’s sacrifice and hope as we know from his own show but why does that matter here? The evil guys too: why is their quest for immortality so evil or wrong? We all want to live as long as possible anyway!\nInstead we get this mess of American social pathologies of individualism and evil ninjas. This is worthless for articulating the fight between two worlds one dedicated to equality the other inequality. Maybe future stories will get better. A friend pointed out that there’s a lot of Christianity in the first season of “Luke Cage ” and the second season is supposed to be more serious about civil rights. He also pointed out another sign of hope: civil rights are connected with the Second Amendment.\nIn my previous essay I said high-flying civil rights rhetoric collapses in “Luke Cage.” Behold: in an emotional moment mid-season Luke Cage tells a young black man-turned-criminal about Crispus Attucks—the first man killed in the Boston Massacre of 1770 and thus the first martyr of the American Revolution. He was black. We see his legacy exploited by a gangster and a politician who abuse Harlem while pretending to save it. Unlike Attucks they always put themselves first because when they were poor weak and needed protection nobody put them first.\n Luke Cage takes a shot to the head from that stupid scared young criminal—but it makes no dramatic sense with a literally bulletproof hero. Luke Cage is no Crispus Attucks. Our stories fake sacrifice and thus betray our deepest awareness of our neediness. That’s because of our politics and our fear of death.", "output": [ "Luke Cage" ] }, { "id": "task419-19132ddf33ca4f9484bc6988de4e946b", "input": "The event took place at the RDS Arena in Dublin Ireland this weekend. The event was organised by the EFDD (Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy) group and featured guest speakers including Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage Irish journalist John Waters Professor Anthony Coughlan Dr. Karen Devine Cormac Lucey and Councillor James Charity. The event was moderated by the EFDD groups communications director Hermann Kelly.\nAfter Waters’s speech UKIP MEP Nigel Farage appeared to discuss Brexit and the state of the European Union. The veteran campaigner stated during his speech that Brexit was the proudest moment of his career and he referred to the EU as a “con from the very start” and questioned what was happening in the politics of Ireland and who was representing the country abroad.\n Farage asked “What on earth is going on in the politics of this country? … How much more humiliated can the Irish nation be than for years being run by the Troika?”\n Farage also noted that Ireland was now a net contributor to the EU stating: “You are paying into the European budget and your Taoiseach said in Strasbourg the other week he is happy for Ireland to pay even more into the European budget… Are you pleased about that?”\nBreitbart London has published an exclusive interview with Farage which can be read here.\nHundreds packed the RDS auditorium to watch the event fans of the UK MEP were present throughout the crowd some even donning T-shirts featuring Farage ’s face \n Farage left the stage stating that while it was now up to Ireland to decide their fate in the EU he would be happy to “hop on a plane to Dublin ” if he could be of any help in the future. Following Farage ’s speech the crowd rose to their feet giving the politician a standing ovation", "output": [ "Nigel Farage" ] }, { "id": "task419-976c4e51750b442aa50940742aa314d4", "input": "Miranda Lambert shares the stage with the songwriters whose contributions helped shape her double album The Weight of These Wings in a new episode of PBS' Front and Center. Lambert 's appearance is part of a CMA Songwriters Series episode of the acclaimed music series which returns for an eighth season beginning Friday February 2nd.\nRelated Miranda Lambert Little Big Town Plot Co-Headlining Summer 2018 Tour The Bandwagon Tour unites country titans for 13 shows beginning in July\nIn an episode spotlighting the 12-time CMA award winner Lambert welcomes an army of songwriters including Jessi Alexander Brent Cobb Luke Dick Anderson East Natalie Hemby Adam Hood Jack Ingram Shane McAnally Waylon Payne Aaron Raitiere Jon Randall Liz Rose Gwen Sebastian and Scotty Wray. In addition to sharing stories and inspiration behind the album with her fellow writers Lambert is also joined by her father Rick Lambert for a special performance of \"Greyhound Bound for Nowhere \" which the pair co-wrote for her 2005 debut album Kerosene.\n\"Vice\" is a highlight of the installment with Lambert delivering an acoustic performance of the emotionally charged tune with McAnally who co-wrote the song with Lambert and Josh Osborne.", "output": [ "Miranda Lambert" ] }, { "id": "task419-888a4b9c682e4c8bb59b0dd1d56c71ec", "input": "Rick Pitino admitted to having sexual relations with the wife of his team’s equipment manager. Louisville brought him back. A former Cardinals staffer arranged for strippers and prostitutes to have sex with players and recruits in the team’s dormitory. Pitino denied any knowledge of it and kept his job. Only when the feds got involved did the ax finally fall: Louisville fired the Hall of Fame coach last month after an FBI investigation found an executive from Adidas and others conspired to steer top recruits to Louisville via six-figure payments to their families with Pitino allegedly being aware of the scheme.\nESPN commentator Dick Vitale for one thinks Pitino deserves yet another chance.\nAuriemma the Hall of Fame coach of the Connecticut women’s team told the “Pardon My Take” podcast earlier this month that he would hire Pitino for his coaching staff if he had an opening.\n Pitino was officially fired Oct. 16 so Auriemma’s definition of time served is rather peculiar. In any case more has come out about Pitino’s alleged role in the scheme since the U.S. Justice Department’s initial announcement which maintained that an AAU coach named Christian Dawkins called Pitino to ask him for help in securing a six-figure payment to the family of highly regarded recruit Brian Bowen. A new federal indictment against former Adidas executive Jim Gatto released this week alleges Pitino not only was aware of the scheme — as was previously thought — but agreed to participate in it.\n“Dawkins explained that while [ Pitino ] and the University of Louisville were recruiting [Bowen] Dawkins asked [ Pitino ] to call James Gatto to request that [Adidas] provide the money requested by the family of [Bowen] which [ Pitino ] agreed to do ” the indictment reads.", "output": [ "Rick Pitino" ] }, { "id": "task419-2001f894333a4ea6acc4ae070c3e4c8e", "input": "CLOSE Listen to Justin Timberlake tell reporters at his news conference that his son would not play football. USA TODAY Sports\nMINNEAPOLIS -- Justin Timberlake stood on the dais Thursday in front of two huge NFL logos and answered questions about performing at Sunday's Super Bowl LII halftime show. He was asked about his 2-year-old son Silas going into the entertainment business.\n Timberlake said he would support his son “getting into the arts or sports” -- with one exception.\n“He will never play football ” Timberlake said. \"My main objective is that he becomes a great person.\"\n Timberlake 's words come at a time when the sport is facing questions about the long-term implications of concussions and other head trauma.\nMORE: 'Nipplegate' revisited: What really happened between Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake ?\nMORE: Super Bowl LII players want Justin Timberlake Janet Jackson to reunite for halftime show", "output": [ "Justin Timberlake Justin", "Justin" ] }, { "id": "task419-647e77a219c1407eb5e4b742a4d6083d", "input": "Appearing on CBS’s \"Face The Nation\" with host John Dickerson on Sunday Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) described his painful recovery from the attack by his Democratic neighbor as a \"living hell.\" Law enforcement officials arrested and charged Paul ’s neighbor Rene Boucher for the attack in which he allegedly ran up and tackled Paul from behind.\n\"It was sort of I guess a living hell for the first four or five weeks \" Paul said. \"Couldn't get out of bed without assistance. Six broken ribs damage to my lungs. Two bouts of pneumonia. It was really a tough go of it but each day I feel a little bit better. This last month I've been doing better.\"\nDickerson then asked Paul if he has discussed with his colleagues how politics has become uglier in recent years. Paul was one of the Republicans that was attacked last summer during a baseball practice by Democrat activist-turned-terrorist James Hodgkinson who attempted to murder the group of Republican lawmakers.\n\"You know my colleagues come up all the time and they want to make sure that there is some kind of deterrence because people don`t want to think that it`s open season on our elected officials \" Paul continued. \"I was also at the baseball field when we were shot at with automatic — semiautomatic fire and Steve Scalise was severely wounded. And I was 10 feet from a young staffer who was shot in the leg.\"\n\"We usually don't ask if someone's raped or mugged — why the person did it \" Paul noted. \"We want punishment and deterrence and I guess that's what I'm mostly about. I just don't think of any kind of motivation or justification whether it's political or personal to attack someone who's unaware from behind in their own yard.\"", "output": [ "Rand Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9395a1e1e4f499393128ad201f5390c", "input": "Two months after it found her the Nabiya Irion Hope Project an animal welfare group in South Korea sent Chi Chi to the Animal Rescue Media and Education (ARME) group in Los Angeles where both organizations believed she stood a better chance of adoption. Howell said she saw one video of the dog and “couldn’t get her off my mind.”\nThe Howells who have owned eight dogs in nearly 24 years of marriage decided they wanted to make Chi Chi their next. ARME drove her from Los Angeles to Phoenix in March 2016. Six months later she was fitted with custom prosthetics that allow her to walk and run.\nAfter a short but traumatic lifetime of abuse Howell said Chi Chi was reticent to interact at first. But that changed in a matter of months. Now Howell said the dog is free to trust humans “without any fear or risk to her well-being. That’s been amazing to watch her grow and watch her transform into this dog that now can’t wait to visit people and meet new people.”\nSo far Chi Chi’s biggest fan base is virtual — more than 45 000 followers on her Facebook and Instagram accounts. Howell said her hope though is that Chi Chi ’s greatest impact will be at schools and that she will teach young children to be kind.", "output": [ "Chi Chi The", "The" ] }, { "id": "task419-8edf357bf5f54b2f85cdb516b2747b9f", "input": "Former first lady Michelle Obama revealed to Ellen DeGeneres what was inside the Tiffany box she received from Melania Trump on Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day. Obama ’s perplexed expression and inability to find a place to put the box generated some laughs and the contents apparently remained unknown until now.\n“It was a lovely frame ” Obama told DeGeneres in a preview clip of her sit-down with the talk show host to air Thursday.\nLet’s rewind to Inauguration Day in January 2017 for a moment. Melania Trump presented the Tiffany & Co. box to Obama at the White House before the ceremony. Watch the awkwardness ensue.\n“Well there’s all this protocol Obama ma said to DeGeneres in the footage posted by People. “I mean this is like a state visit so they tell you that you’re going to do this they’re going to stand here. Never before do you get this gift so I’m sort of like OK. Obama ma acknowledged tha she he was a bit flummoxed by the presentation. “What am I supposed to do with this gift? And everyone cleared out and no one would come and take the box. Barack Obama ma stepped in to smooth out the awkwardness.", "output": [ "Michelle Obama" ] }, { "id": "task419-a509ceb83f9d4cf692590aa7ed7d9cdb", "input": "Matt Damon has apologized for his comments about sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement which drew a slew of well-deserved controversy when he waded into the debate last month.\n“I really wish I’d listened a lot more before I weighed in on this ” Damon admitted during an interview on TODAY. “I don’t want to further anybody’s pain with anything that I do or say. So for that I am really sorry. A lot of those women are my dear friends and I love them and respect them and support what they’re doing and want to be a part of that change...but I should get in the back seat and close my mouth for a while.”\nDuring an ABC News interview in December Damon pointed out that sexual misconduct encompasses \"a spectrum of behavior \" and made the revolutionary observation that there is \"a difference between patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation.\"\nWhile he acknowledged that both types of behavior \"need to be confronted and eradicated without question they shouldn't be conflated.\" In a separate interview with Business Insider Damon also noted \"one thing that's not being talked about is there are a whole shitload of guys—the preponderance of men I've worked with—who don't do this kind of thing and whose lives aren't going to be affected.\" Because our real priority here should be celebrating the brave men who manage not to sexually abuse women.\nFollowing Damon 's comments a number of people—including Damon 's former co-star and ex-girlfriend Minnie Driver—sharply criticized him for failing to recognize that even \"minor\" incidents of harassment are symptomatic of a much bigger problem. \"It's the micro that makes the macro \" actress Alyssa Milano wrote in an open letter to Damon on Twitter. \"I have been a victim of each component of the sexual assault spectrum of which you speak. They all hurt. And they are all connected to a patriarchy intertwined with normalized accepted—even welcomed—misogyny.\"", "output": [ "Matt Damon" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac8e330aa70044aba1fcdc87864f900a", "input": "A potent and lethal dose of propofol was the likely factor that induced the death of pop king Michael Jackson his personal doctor Conrad Murray told the authorities the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.\n In a search warrant affidavit declassified in Houston Murray told the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) that he had kept giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol every night for about six weeks in an effort to treat his insomnia.\n Fearing an addiction was taking root in Jackson Murray began to wean him off the drug by reducing the daily dosage by half and mixing it with two other sedatives lorazepam and midazolam. From June 23 on he administered only two medications excluding the propofol.\n Two days later Murray tried to help Jackson go into sleep also without using propofol. From 2 a.m. (0900GMT) he injected lorazepam intravenously twice. He then gave the pop star midazolam since Jackson was still awake the report said.\n He used various drugs before 10:40 a.m. (1740GMT) when he injected 25 milligrams of propofol after Jackson insisted in getting the drug.\n Murray has already admitted to obtaining and administering propofol on Jackson the morning he died in an interview with LAPD detectives before the court document was made known. Making telephone calls to his Houston office and family members Murray left Jackson alone under the influence of the drug only found that Jackson stopped breathing when he was back. He performed Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and one of Jackson's aide called 911 but to no avail. Jackson was pronounced dead later after he was rushed to the Medical Center of University of California Los Angeles.\n An investigation is still underway aiming to make clear the role propofol played in Jackson's death and whether there is any wrongdoings on the part of Murray.", "output": [ "Conrad Murray" ] }, { "id": "task419-43e6a392087b47079ea3a9f03bff84e3", "input": "Bill Cosby seen here at an August court appearance is set for a retrial on sexual assault charges in April after his first trial last spring ended in a hung jury. (Matt Rourke/AP)\nThe prosecutor in the Bill Cosby case asked a Pennsylvania judge to allow testimony from 19 alleged prior victims of the entertainer whose retrial on sex assault charges is set to begin April 2.\nThe request is the first public indication of the shape and parameters of the prosecution case and it represents a significant expansion of the government’s effort to portray Cosby as a serial predator. When Cosby was tried in June prosecutors sought to include testimony from just 13 women who said they had been assaulted by the comic legend.\nBut it remains to be seen how this latest move by prosecutors will play out: Last year’s effort by prosecutors to introduce so-called “prior bad acts” testimony was largely unsuccessful as the judge allowed only one of the 13 to appear at Cosby ’s trial which ended with a hung jury.\n[What’s next for the Bill Cosby sex-assault case?]\nIn their request Thursday prosecutors said that Cosby “has spent a lifetime entertaining audiences in front of the camera. Off camera he has followed and indeed mastered a more nefarious script — a victimizing sexual script. . . . To satiate his desire he has engaged over the course of a lifetime in a pattern of serial sexual abuse.”\n[‘I’ve run out of clean socks and underwear’: The wait for a verdict in Bill Cosby’s trial turns into a test of endurance]\n Cosby faces felony charges for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand a former Temple University employee at his suburban Philadelphia estate in 2004. Cosby now 80 has denied sexually assaulting women.", "output": [ "Bill Cosby" ] }, { "id": "task419-b84503bf83af4798b5c4f9c76af351aa", "input": "Back in 2015 then Vice President Joe Biden appeared on The Late Show and host Stephen Colbert peppered him with questions about whether he ’d run for president in 2016. However Biden was still reeling from the death of his son Beau and Biden said that he was unable to commit “110 per cent” to the task of running for president despite the fact that Beau had urged him to continue to serve. Biden returned to The Late Show on Monday night and Colbert was ready for him . “I’m not gonna ask ” said Colbert before immediately asking Biden if he planned to run in 2020.\nAs for that whole 2020 question Biden wouldn’t answer other than to say that “the country’s never been more divided we need a unifier.”\n He also provided an update on his thoughts on President Donald Trump.\nWhen Biden was on the show back in 2015 Biden suggested that the American public give Trump a shot before judging him . “Have we given him enough of a shot at this point?” Colbert asked. Biden said he reached his tipping point with Trump after his “deafening” during the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville Va. where neo-Nazis were chanting “the same exact bile” against Jews that the Nazis used in the 1930s in Germany and a protester was killed by a white supremacist. Biden said there is now “a battle for the soul of this country ” and called for Americans to say “enough is enough.”\nThey also discussed the risks of “normalizing” Trump’s behavior. “What do you think has changed about the presidency with him being President?” asked Colbert. “How will this influence future presidencies?” Biden replied “God willing this will go down as the single exception in American history.”\nWhen Colbert pressed him about who such a unifier could be Biden didn’t give any specifics but he said there’s a whole new generation of Democrats entering politics who are ready to step up.", "output": [ "Joe Biden" ] }, { "id": "task419-f72cca23cc054d319267c8a2176f934e", "input": "NBC News Fires Matt Lauer After Complaint Of 'Inappropriate Sexual Behavior'\nNBC News says it has fired longtime Today host Matt Lauer following a complaint about \"inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\"\n\"On Monday night we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer . It represented after serious review a clear violation of our company's standards. As a result we've decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he's been at NBC News we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.\"\n Lauer joined Today as the news anchor in 1994 and became a co-anchor in 1997 according to NBC. He was the highest-paid person at NBC News NPR's David Folkenflik notes.", "output": [ "Matt Lauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-6532e273699e4d8b89d900a1fefe8041", "input": "Logan Paul has a legion of young fans but he 'd prefer it if they were older.\n Paul sat down with Michael Strahan on Thursday's Good Morning America. It's a somewhat soft interview considering the serious backlash he's faced after his suicide forest video. While Paul stands by the fact that he thinks releasing the video was wrong he also sidestepped some major responsibility as an \"influencer\" who makes millions of dollars off of his diehard fans known as the Logang.\n\"When you put out content like that do you realize the age of your audience?\" Strahan asked Paul after admitting his own kids know the vlogger.\n\"It's odd because Michael I'm 22-years-old it's not like I'm making content necessarily for kids. Sometimes I cuss sometimes I make inappropriate jokes. I want to make jokes that kids my age are going to like. I am my own demographic \" Paul responded.\"\nWhile Paul admitting he 's very much still a kid was pleasing to the ears the fact that he thinks his demographic is 20-somethings is wishful thinking at best. Paul knows his fiercely faithful band of followers are mostly comprised of teens and tweens because he sees them all the time. They show up at his apartment they ambushed him at VidCon and stalk him outside his hotel room. He 's been nominated for five Teen Choice Awards and has won two.\n Paul constantly thanks his young fans he releases videos of them going nuts for him and he also actively sells them merch. Logan Paul profits off children without any of the responsibility or moral ethics that come with it.\n Paul knows his fans are young he just wishes they were older.\n\"I'm gonna be honest with you Michael. I think parents should be monitoring what their children are watching more \" Paul said in the interview. \"Every parent I meet who's kids are under the age of like 12 I go 'Hey you let your kids watch my stuff?'\"\nAnd Paul 's right parents should monitor what their kids watch. But Paul has also made millions of dollars off of these kids and if he is \"starting a new chapter\" in his life maybe he should start by being a positive influence on the kids who follow him . He needs to start by recognizing that it's 8 to 14-year-old who are his demographic not 20-somethings.\nPaul acting shocked that young kids watch his stuff is a straight PR move but you shouldn't buy it especially if you're a parent.", "output": [ "Logan Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-683c9d3c98e54a328f441b8644fedd2e", "input": "Last Monday in Vancouver the feisty Canucks wing Alex Burrows -- suddenly a hot scorer -- was named the NHL's first star of the week. But the referee Stephane Auger was not congratulating him later that evening when television cameras caught him with his arm around Burrows' shoulder before a game against Nashville.\n \"It was personal \" Burrows told reporters after the game. He said that Auger complained that he had made him look bad in a game on Dec. 8 against Nashville.\n \"He said he was going to get me back tonight and that's what he did in the third I think \" Burrows said.\n Burrows said the league should suspend Auger for the rest of the season something the league declined to do.\n In the first game at Nashville Burrows was hit by the Predators' Jerred Smithson. Auger assessed Smithson a five-minute charging major and a game misconduct but the league later rescinded the misconduct.\n In the third period of the second game Auger called two penalties on Burrows. In the final moments Burrows complained to Auger who slapped him with an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty.\n On Wednesday the NHL fined Burrows $2 500 for his remarks and issued no sanction against Auger saying that the nature of the pregame conversation between the two men \"could not be substantiated.\"\n Colin Campbell said that Auger told Burrows he did not need his help in making calls and did not appreciate the embellishment. Campbell added that Burrows did not notify his coach after the conversation with Auger.\n \"The first time he mentioned it was after the game in the press conference \" Campbell said.", "output": [ "Alex Burrows" ] }, { "id": "task419-8066931c198c4030bf3738977635e5d3", "input": "Fellinger pointed us to video posts of the CVA events showing that Cruz each time took questions via a moderator , who recognized a few individuals to speak directly to Cruz . \nBut could it be that U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz does n't get personally grilled by constituents very often ? \nCruz , poised to seek re-election as Texas ' junior Republican senator in 2018 , hardly has a reputation for avoiding attention . \nA Concerned Veterans for America spokesman , Jim Fellinger , told us each CVA event with Cruz was open to the public by registration , without the group screening out anybody who registered . \nRegardless , the Houston lawyer was told during the 2017 Texas Tribune Festival about a Democratic challenger 's suggestion that Cruz had n't visited small Texas towns during the term he won in 2012 . \n\"Do you do enough interaction with your constituents , Sen. Cruz ?\" \nCruz , asked if he interacts enough with constituents , said : \"In 2017 , I 've done 17 town halls\" in Texas . \nCruz replied : \"That is a huge part of the job . \nThe events Cruz attended from April through August demonstrate that the term \"town hall\" can be stretched every which way , even to events not open to the public . \nAll told , it looks to us as if Cruz took questions at gatherings of selected constituents , mostly business employees , with the three veterans events open to members of the public who registered . \nWe wondered about that , finding that Cruz 's count largely turned on one 's definition of \"town hall .\" \nNext , we spoke with several experts about whether Cruz 's events should be considered town halls . \nA town hall , Cruz spokesman Phil Novack told us , is defined by Merriam-Webster as \"an event at which a public official or political candidate addresses an audience by answering questions posed by individual members .\" \nWe also asked Novack to share a list of Cruz 's 2017 events in Texas that were open to the public without registration -- where anyone could ask a question on any topic . \nTed Cruz Statement : \"In 2017 , I 've done 17 town halls .\" \nIt seems these town halls are open only to the people from the sections of ` town ' that support Ted Cruz . \nNovack told us Cruz had held 19 town halls with Texas constituents in 2017 , all \"organized by third parties who determined attendees , where\" the senator \"has taken unvetted questions from anyone in the crowd -- at businesses , factories , chambers of commerce , and in public venues .\"", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-55660f9ce42e4d529c8db09fb7a599b7", "input": "During an MSNBC interview on Saturday morning Republican National Committee spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany said that the Trump White House “stands with women unmistakably.”\nAbout an hour later Trump completely undercut McEnany’s talking point with a tweet in which he defended men accused of sexual assault.\n“Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation ” Trump said alluding to two White House staffers who departed this week amid accusations of domestic assault.\nPeoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are true and some are false. Some are old and some are new. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused – life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as Due Process? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10 2018\nMcEnany’s MSNBC appearance came the morning after Trump praised Rob Porter the former top White House aide who was publicly accused of domestic abuse by both of his ex-wives this week. Porter’s first wife Colbie Holderness provided media outlets with a photo of her with a black eye she said Porter gave her in 2005 while his second Jennifer Willoughby said she got a restraining order against Porter after they separated. Apparently Trump does not find that evidence persuasive.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-c631bed1e4dd4c7eb2109d13461f53d5", "input": "“She was the most radiant woman I ever met ” Mr. Hurst wrote of Ms. Parker after the shooting. “And for some reason she loved me back.”\n Mr. Hurst was the only House candidate in Virginia who was endorsed by the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. But he chose not to make gun control a key campaign issue even as he ran against Mr. Yost a three-term incumbent with an A rating from the N.R.A. Mr. Hurst focused instead on mental health as well as issues like health care and education funding.\n Mr. Hurst described himself as a gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment but said that he was intent on trying “to reduce gun homicides suicides and accidental deaths.”\nThe victory came on a banner night for Virginia Democrats. Lt. Gov. Ralph S. Northam soundly defeated the Republican nominee Ed Gillespie to win the governorship. And Mr. Hurst was one of at least 14 Democrats to retake what had formerly been Republican seats putting the party in contention to retake the House of Delegates for the first time in more than 15 years.\nAsked if he thought the results were a rebuke to President Trump Mr. Hurst paused to consider.\n“I still think politics is local ” he said. “But I think there are many people who got active and started organizing who were trying to send a message as a sign of resistance against President Trump and his administration.”\nMs. Parker’s parents Andy and Barbara attended Mr. Hurst’s victory celebration Tuesday evening at a Hyatt in Blacksburg Va. along with a crowd of about 100.\nHe said that if his daughter had been alive she would have been by Mr. Hurst ’s side making sure he followed through on his campaign promises.\n Mr. Hurst had insisted from the beginning of his campaign that he was not trying to earn sympathy votes and did not want people’s pity even as he explained that Ms. Parker’s death had been instrumental in his decision to change careers. He said that he hoped his victory would show people that “anyone can turn tragedy into triumph.”\n“It’s not what happens on our worst day that defines us ” he said. “It’s what we do in response to it.”", "output": [ "Hurst" ] }, { "id": "task419-06ea2f086afa40b4a132134ede38afe7", "input": "Federal prosecutors unveiled a 13-count indictment charging six members and associates of the Gambino organized crime family and a member of the Bonanno organized crime family with racketeering conspiracy illegal gambling and obstruction of justice.\nIn one intercepted call one of the suspects John (Johnny Boy) Ambrosio an acting captain in the Gambino family was caught on tape telling someone there was no need to travel to a casino — \"you can play right here\" and \"save gas money.\"\nArrested along with Ambrosio were Frank (Frankie Boy) Salerno a soldier in the Bonanno family Thomas Anzaone Alessandro (Sandro) Damelio Joseph Durso Anthony Rodolico and Anthony Saladino associates of the Gambino family who were busted Tuesday.\nTwin brothers busted in mob-style murder of Gambino associate", "output": [ "Gambino" ] }, { "id": "task419-560fa725c910497c82ebf46fc3b82b5b", "input": "CLOSE After his sudden firing for alleged sexual misbehavior in the workplace Matt Lauer responded in a written statement read by his former co-anchor Savannah Guthrie on 'Today.' USA TODAY\nNBC fired Matt Lauer longtime anchor of the Today show on Nov. 28th following allegations of sexual misconduct with a colleague. Following the dismissal more allegations have surfaced. Lauer has admitted that there's enough truth in the allegations to make him feel embarrassed and ashamed. He expressed sorrow for the hurt he 's caused. Lauer had been a part of the Today team since 1994. (Photo: Zach Pagano NBC)\nMany are still reeling two days after NBC News fired long-time morning host Matt Lauer Wednesday for inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.\n Lauer released a statement Thursday saying some \"of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly.\"\nToday shows first photos of Lauer after firing\nAt the top of the Today show Friday Hoda Kotb reported that the first image of Lauer had emerged taken at his home on Long Island.\nWATCH: First photo of Matt Lauer surfaces after firing as NBC and former executives deny prior knowledge of compaints pic.twitter.com/ymQgFuMzec â TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 1 2017\nOn Thursday NBC News' Stephanie Gosk reported on Megyn Kelly Today there may be as many as eight women who have come forward since Lauer was fired to accuse him of misconduct though that number was lower in Friday's report.\nMore: After Matt Lauer firing NBC chief Andy Lack faces more questions about a network in crisis\nMore: Matt Lauer scandal: There may be as many as 8 victims Lauer breaks his silence\n Lauer 's ex-wife speaks out\nWriter and producer Nancy Alspaugh who was married to Lauer from 1981 to 1988 told Entertainment Tonight that she was shocked by his firing in an interview published Thursday.", "output": [ "Matt Lauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-0c78def564c4420080a27a12e59f0081", "input": "Jeremy Lin is an Asian-American NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets and he has dreadlocks. Most people simply found that eye-catching but one former player took it a step further.\nFormer Nets forward Kenyon Martin tore into Lin in an Instagram video Wednesday for the dreadlocks but Lin ’s response showed class and the composure of someone who has been judged for being an Asian in a predominantly black league for years.\n“Do I need to remind this damn boy that his last name Lin?” Martin said. “Like come on man. Let’s stop with these people. There is no way possible he would’ve made it on one of our teams with that bulls**t on his head. “Come on man somebody need to tell him like ‘alright bro we get it. You wanna be black.’ Like we get it. But your last name is Lin ” Martin continued.\n Lin ’s response\n Lin avoided taking any direct shots at Martin in his reply but did point out one glaring bit of hypocrisy in Martin’s cultural appropriation accusation.\n Lin posted this in an Instagram comment (emphasis added):\nMartin a black man was accusing Lin of trying to be black because of his hair while Martin himself has tattoos of Chinese lettering on his forearm.\n Lin explained his reasons for his unique hairstyle choice in a column on The Players’ Tribune.\n“But I liked how the process of changing my look actually made me feel more like myself again. I realized that in the years since Linsanity I had spent a lot of time in a box worrying about other people’s opinions on what I should and shouldn’t be doing. I wanted to stop basing my decisions so much on what strangers or critics might say about me . It was cool how something as simple as how I wore my hair could pull me out of my comfort zone and make me feel more free.”\n Lin a Harvard graduate who made it to the NBA despite being undrafted enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame with the New York Knicks followed by an injury-ridden fall from grace.", "output": [ "Jeremy Lin" ] }, { "id": "task419-06701dd856de417281bc035dad4ff10d", "input": "Two impersonators of President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un were booted from the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony on Friday for causing confusion among spectators.\nAccording to Reuters \"people dressed up as U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un caused a commotion when they appeared in the stands at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on Friday before swiftly being shown out by security staff.\"\n\"We’re getting along great ” said the Kim lookalike.\nUnity and peace was the theme at this year's opening ceremony with both North and South Korea entering the arena under one flag. American Vice President Mike Pence and Kim ’s sister Kim Yo Jong watched from a VIP box.\n“Is my sister getting the same treatment?” the Kim lookalike said upon being escorted out.\nAccording to Time Kim 's sister appeared to greet South Korean Moon Jae-in and his wife with smiles in the VIP spectating box.\n\"As South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his wife greeted VIPs in their dignitary box to watch the opening ceremony they turned to shake hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister who arrived earlier in the day on an unprecedented visit to the South by a member of the North’s ruling Kim family \" reports Time. \"All broke out in broad smiles.\"", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-dabdd9aff8714475bc9ae8183cc52006", "input": "ARI SHAPIRO HOST:\n SHAPIRO : I understand you have a bit of news to begin this interview. Who's going to actually do the drawing?\n SHAPIRO : Should I offer you congratulations or condolences?\n SHAPIRO : Last week you tweeted we should find a nice hat for the drawing. So at least it sounds like you're keeping a sense of humor about this.\n SHAPIRO : I would have no idea where to find a film canister in 2017. Does the state have a stash of them somewhere?\n SHAPIRO : (Laughter) It's one thing to use this technique to determine who's name appears first on a ballot but there is so much at stake here determining who controls the Virginia House of Delegates. I know that this is the rule but do you really think it's the best way to go about this?", "output": [ "ARI SHAPIRO" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d6fd3b999c94ecc85c8931a23bf4997", "input": "\"Trump was outspent by Clinton by 1.7 times , she had 2.4 more personnel than us . \nAddressing the Oxford Union on Monday night , Mr Scaramucci discussed how Mr Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in November , despite the Democratic nominee 's greater financial clout .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-d2d3f96a73de433ba308819bdb54d960", "input": "The next Colonel Sanders is giving the character a little bit of \"country music flair.\" KFC has picked singer Reba McEntire to play the founder of the fried chicken chain the first female celebrity in the role.\nIn commercials starting next week McEntire dons the Colonel's famous white suit and black tie but with a twist.\n McEntire 's outfit has fringe on the back and a glittery shine giving the getup \"a little bit of the country music flair \" she told The Associated Press in an interview. McEntire sings on stage as the Colonel with a white wig and white facial hair.\n\"I thought the transformation was really funny \" said McEntire who will appear in the ads until the end of April. \"I got a big kick out of it.\"\nA rotating cast of famous names have portrayed the Colonel since 2015 but McEntire is the first famous female to do it and the first musician. She may also be the first woman in KFC's nearly 90-year-history to depict the Colonel. The company said the \"best historical minds at KFC\" could not remember a woman having stepped into the role.\n McEntire was approached about doing so in December. \"I said 'Holy smokes!' \" McEntire told The AP. \"KFC has been a part of my life forever.\"\n Reba McEntire can cross playing KFC's Colonel Sanders off her bucket list.\nKFC said it picked McEntire because of her Southern roots and to help promote its new Smoky Mountain BBQ which combines fried chicken with a taste of barbeque. McEntire said she 's eaten at KFC all her life since her days growing up in Oklahoma.\n She sings in the ad in a tongue-in-cheek approach: \"I'm Colonel Sanders the same as always \" McEntire sings. \"I'm definitely not a woman.\" McEntire also appears as herself in the commercial as an audience member.", "output": [ "Reba McEntire Reba", "Reba" ] }, { "id": "task419-d727c8b8f77446fcb03649620553f333", "input": "Amber Harding a staff attorney at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless said her organization is arguing for multiple changes to the legislation including requirements for proof of residency and the creation of a presumption absent proof to the contrary that anyone named as an occupant on a lease is ineligible for shelter.\n She said both provisions would be especially burdensome for the young parents — commonly between the ages of 18 and 24 — who often seek shelter since they may not have adequate documentation of where they live or may still be listed on leases at the homes of parents unwilling to host their families.\n“The purpose of the right to shelter is to prevent people from freezing to death ” Harding said. With the current bill she added “We will guarantee that people will be left out on freezing nights who are D.C. residents and are eligible for shelter just because they’ve put up these bureaucratic hurdles.”\nNadeau said the bill has evolved in a way that softens some of the original shelter eligibility rules proposed by the mayor. It now includes a provision that shelter applicants would meet the residence requirement if they are already receiving certain other D.C. government benefits for the poor she said. The bill has also been modified to require only one proof of residency rather than the original two she said.\n“When we say that we can’t keep spending $80 000 a night . . . it’s not because we don’t want to support the people in hotels ” she said. “It’s because we want a better intervention for them. We can spend $80 000 a night in so many ways that help people more.”", "output": [ "Amber Harding" ] }, { "id": "task419-b03359b2de304043b232c3696bc3133e", "input": "Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story had the incorrect years for when John Kasich and Mary Taylor ran for office. They were 2010 and 2014.\nLt. Gov. Mary Taylor told a large group of Clermont County (Ohio) Republicans during her interview for their endorsement Jan. 17 that Kasich had endorsed Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and his running mate Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted two Republicans in the room confirmed to The Cincinnati Enquirer.\n\"She said it’s widely known that Jon Husted and Mike DeWine have been endorsed by Gov. Kasich \" said Greg Simpson a township executive for the Clermont County Republican Party. \"I about fell off my chair because it’s widely known that John Kasich had endorsed Mary Taylor .\"\n Taylor was responding to a question about how she separated herself from the governor in a conservative county where that separation could make a difference. Simpson voted to endorse DeWine but the county party ultimately backed Taylor by a two-to-one margin.\n\"During ( Taylor 's) speech at the endorsement meeting last Wednesday she said that she has not seen the governor for about a year and that Kasich is endorsing DeWine \" Dave Uible Clermont County GOP chairman said in a text message.\n\"Siri who did John Kasich endorse in the governor's race?\" Husted asked his iPhone already knowing the answer. An article from The Cincinnati Enquirer popped up titled \"John Kasich backs Mary Taylor for Ohio governor. Will it help?\"\nHusted held the cellphone up for Clermont County Republicans during his interview. See he told them Kasich was backing Taylor .\nKasich's decisions to expand Medicaid to lower-income Ohioans and bash President Trump have upset Republicans there. Distancing herself from Kasich helped Taylor secure the Clermont County endorsement Uible said.\n Taylor 's campaign spokesman Michael Duchesne said Taylor didn't lie to the Clermont County Republican Party about Kasich's endorsement.\nBut Taylor did point out Duchesne said that she had not spoken to Kasich in more than a year Kasich has not been an active participant in the Taylor campaign and DeWine's campaign manager Dave Luketic is a Kasich veteran. (Luketic was the political director of both a Super PAC supporting Kasich's presidential bid and the governor's 2014 re-election bid with Taylor .)\n Taylor might be distancing herself from Kasich now that she 's seeking endorsements from Ohio's conservatives for her gubernatorial campaign but that wasn't always the case.\n Taylor campaigned for Kasich in his presidential bid against a slew of GOP candidates including Trump in 2015 and 2016. She stumped for Kasich from New Hampshire and Utah to Ohio and she was a delegate for Kasich at the Republican convention.\n\"We have a chance now in our country to send somebody to Washington who displays the conservative leadership that is going to get our country back on track. He's done it in Ohio \" Taylor told a crowd before a presidential debate in Boulder Colo. in 2015. \"He is a proven leader. That proves he can win.\"\nAnd now? \"The majority of his team and people close to him are supporting Mike DeWine \" Taylor told the Columbus Dispatch during a podcast last week. \"I expect that that's the way it's going to continue and we're going to continue to run this race and be the alternative to the establishment.\"\nDeWine hasn't sought Kasich's endorsement because the governor gave it to Taylor DeWine spokesman Ryan Stubenrauch said.", "output": [ "Mary Taylor" ] }, { "id": "task419-e916b78a93504d28bd77eab934bb8945", "input": "CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court put former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Abol Fotouh on a terrorism list on Tuesday state news agency MENA reported following his arrest for alleged contacts with the banned Muslim Brotherhood.\n Abol Fotouh a former Islamist who leads the Strong Egypt party was arrested last week a day after returning from London where he had given interviews sharply critical of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ahead of next month’s presidential election.\nThe Interior Ministry said at the time that Abol Fotouh held secret meetings with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood while in London to implement a plot to stir unrest and instability in the country accusations he denied.\n Abol Fotouh was among the first of several high-profile Egyptians to call last month for a boycott of the election.\n Abol Fotouh ’s lawyer Abdelrahman Haridy told Reuters he had not yet been notified of the court’s decision but that the designation could “easily” be appealed in court.\n Abol Fotouh along with 15 others were added to the list after an investigation by the state security prosecution found they had joined an outlawed organization “aiming to harm the interests of the state ” MENA said without naming the organization.", "output": [ "Abdel Moneim Abol" ] }, { "id": "task419-e20f83bf41cf468d897b6f741486d6e5", "input": "DAVOS Switzerland (Reuters) - The United States is not starting a trade war but trying to level the playing field of global commerce and fend off Chinese protectionism including a “direct threat” in high-tech goods U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Wednesday.\n Ross was speaking a day after Washington imposed steep import tariffs on washing machines and solar panels billed as a way to protect American jobs by President Donald Trump who is widely expected to take further action on steel aluminum and intellectual property.\n“The Chinese have been for quite a little while been superb at free trade rhetoric and even more superb at highly protectionist behavior ” Ross said.\nThe “next area of challenge” would be China’s high tech ambitions under its 2025 plan which aimed to make China a world leader with enormous market share “in most all of the new technologies that you can name and spell” Ross said.", "output": [ "Wilbur Ross" ] }, { "id": "task419-33cbf219f44943cfb1aadb9d544e80f7", "input": "Alabama defensive lineman Raekwon Davis (99) sacks Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant (2) in the first half of the Sugar Bowl semi-final playoff game for the NCAA college football national championship in New Orleans Monday Jan. 1 2018. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) (Photo: The Associated Press)\nNEW ORLEANS (AP) — For Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant replacing Deshaun Watson was never going to be easy.\n Bryant played well enough to get Clemson to a third straight College Football Playoff meeting with Alabama — and then it all went wrong.\n He was intercepted twice — with both turnovers leading to Alabama touchdowns — and was sacked a season-high five times in a 24-6 loss in the Sugar Bowl on Monday night.\nThis season they met in a CFP semifinal with Bryant hoping to lead the ACC champs past an Alabama squad that made it this far despite finishing second to Auburn in the Southeastern Conference's West Division.\nComing in Bryant had accounted for 3 504 yards and 24 touchdowns from scrimmage this season: 2 678 yards and 13 TDs through the air and 826 yards and 11 TDs on the ground.\n \"Kelly Bryant I think he is actually a little more athletic than Deshaun Watson. He 's definitely faster and he likes to run \" Alabama defensive back Anthony Averett said. \"We disguised very well and confused him a little bit and I think that made a difference.\"\n Bryant finished with 18 completions on 36 passes for 124 yards. He also was held to 19 yards rushing against Alabama whose swarming defense unsettled him much of the night.\n\"It was just us making critical errors and shooting ourselves in the foot \" Bryant said. \"We had great play calls but everybody wasn't on the same page. We'll learn from it.\"\nBoth of Bryant 's interceptions occurred on altered or tipped passes.\nThe first came when Jennings hit Bryant 's arm as he released the ball. The errant pass fluttered to Payne who returned his interception 21 yards — 2 yards more than Bryant 's longest completion of the game.\nLater Bryant 's pass intended for Deon Cain was tipped by Levi Wallace and intercepted by middle linebacker Mack Wilson who ran it back 18 yards to make it 24-6 in the third quarter.\n Bryant was nearly intercepted again one play after Jennings had taken the QB down for the fifth time in the game. Bryant 's pass under duress almost looked as if it were intended for Alabama's Wilson who saw a chance for his second interception of the game bounce off his hands.\n Bryant 's New Orleans nightmare ended with a fourth-down incompletion from the Alabama 5-yard line with 1:43 to go. But even if he had finally gotten the Tigers in the end zone it would have been far too late.", "output": [ "Kelly Bryant" ] }, { "id": "task419-1598941763cc4ff9b47bc748ed04eb5a", "input": "Richard Heene will plead guilty to attempting to influence a public servant a felony his attorney David Lane said. Mayumi Heene -- a Japanese citizen who could have been deported if convicted of more serious charges -- will plead guilty to false reporting to authorities a misdemeanor he said.\n \"Upon reviewing the evidence arguably Mayumi could have possibly ended up being deported and Richard could have proceeded to trial and had a good chance at an acquittal \" Lane said. \"This however would have put the family at grave risk of seeing a loving caring compassionate wife and mother ripped from the family and deported. That was not an acceptable risk thus these pleas.\"\n Richard and Mayumi Heene's frantic calls to authorities saying they feared their son Falcon might be aboard a homemade balloon that had escaped from their suburban Fort Collins back yard triggered a frenzied response before the balloon landed in a dusty farm field without the boy inside. The Heenes said they found Falcon at home -- hiding they said.\n The Heenes had twice appeared on the ABC reality show \"Wife Swap \" and former business partners said Richard Heene wanted a show of his own called \"The Science Detectives\" or \"The Psyience Detectives.\"", "output": [ "Richard Heene" ] }, { "id": "task419-80978e5ec5b24d1f8b1c59add74af6ee", "input": "When the Belgian cartoonist Hergé died in 1983 at the age of 75 The New York Times saw fit to run only a brief 182-word obituary picked up from Reuters. But in the Francophone world Hergé’s death was front-page news inspiring the kind of orgylike coverage reserved in America for fallen statesmen and overdosed pop stars. Belgian politicians asserted Hergé’s greatness while the French philosopher Michel Serres went so far as to declare that the cartoonist was the author who has had the “most impact on contemporary French life.”\nGranted many people on this side of the Atlantic are also fans of Hergé’s best-loved creation the tuft-haired boy reporter Tintin who along with his trusty dog Snowy foiled serial bands of smugglers gangsters kidnappers spies and crude ethnic caricatures across the pages of 24 book-length Saturday-morning-serial-style adventures. But even Tintin’s most passionate American devotees may choke on the French author Pierre Assouline’s observation in his scrupulous but stolid biography HERGÉ: The Man Who Created Tintin (Oxford $24.95) translated by Charles Ruas that “today some speak with some justification of a ‘Tintin century ’ signifying the 20th.” American exceptionalist that I am I had presumed the 1900s belonged to Mickey Mouse or Batman — or maybe to that relative latecomer Bart Simpson. Though I like Tintin too I wouldn’t even give him a decade. A year or two seems about right alongside other not-quite-epochal worthies like Zonker Harris and the Fantastic Four.\nAnd perhaps that year is the one now ending which marked the 80th anniversary of Tintin’s inauspicious birth in the children’s pages of Le Vingtième Siècle an anti-Semitic and pro-Fascist Catholic newspaper. Publishers have taken note: in addition to Assouline’s biography originally published in France in 1996 we have an academic study “The Metamorphosis of Tintin: Or Tintin for Adults ” by Jean-Marie Apostolidès translated by Jocelyn Hoy (Stanford University) as well as “The Art of Hergé ” a planned three-volume anthology from Last Gasp press devoted not just to the cartoons but also to Hergé ’s impressive sometimes glorious work as an illustrator and graphic designer. (The second volume will be out in March.) Back in Belgium a Musée Hergé opened this past June in Louvain-la-Neuve (which should have been the name of a 1920s screen siren) while in Hollywood Steven Spielberg has been busy directing “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn ” set for release in 2011 and the first of a projected series.\nAside from earnestness an interest in world affairs and a slapstick sense of humor one doesn’t glean much sense of authorial presence in the Tintin books for all their lively charm. Hergé is a somewhat remote presence even in Assouline’s biography — the author himself concedes he is “elusive” — though to be fair the cartoonist seems to have been a tough nut to crack. Like Tintin Hergé rarely revealed much of himself beyond a public facade of wholesome cheerful industriousness. Of course Tintin the relentless do-gooder didn’t possess any private life at all a perpetual adolescent with no family of origin and no hint of angst or hormones — even the Hardy Boys had girlfriends — or anything else that makes real adolescents interesting (if impossible). We don’t even know why he insists on having his hair cut like a blue jay’s. Hergé born in 1907 as Georges Remi ( his pen name derives from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials — AIR-zhay) was a darker and more conflicted character: a workhorse who suffered from depression and periodically chucked his responsibilities for months at time; a moralist who was also a philanderer; a staunch Catholic who in later life embraced Taoism; an entertainer of children who didn’t particularly like them or have any of his own except for an adopted 7- or 8-year-old orphan he forced his first wife to return after a couple of weeks which is just about the cruelest thing I can imagine.\nTintin’s adventures began in 1929 with a trip to the Soviet Union where our hero blew the lid off Bolshevik perfidy. Next up was a jaunt to the Congo where he instructed childlike natives about the wise and benevolent glories of Belgium’s colonial system. Full of inner-tube lips and appalling dialogue (“White master you come quick! Lion him get mad!”) “Tintin in the Congo” has in recent years been quarantined by libraries and purged from the canon by Hergé’s American publisher Little Brown. It is often cited as a stain on his legacy as it should be though I would point out that many other beloved cartoon characters — Bugs Bunny and Popeye come to mind — have similar skeletons in their closets. Years later Hergé would dismiss his early books by saying “They are not very intelligent I know and do me no honor: they are ‘Belgian’ books” — meaning in Assouline’s explication that they were “self-satisfied and narrow.” Fortunately Hergé’s skills as an artist and story­teller waxed as his taste for bourgeois agitprop waned.\nBut then there is “The Shooting Star ” begun in 1941 under Nazi occupation when Hergé was working for the collaborationist newspaper Le Soir in which Tintin faces off against Blumenstein a greedy hook-nosed Jewish-American financier. In later years an apologetic but defensive Hergé — he would tone down Blumenstein’s nose in postwar editions and change his name to Bohlwinkel — shrugged off accusations of anti-Semitism by saying “That was the style then” (well yes) or comparing his Jewish caricatures to ethnic jokes about “people from Marseille or the Scotch.” As Assouline plainly points out “Hergé’s equations seem willfully obtuse.” Not that he suffered for them or his other wartime sins: he avoided retribution following liberation and Tintin’s popularity only grew.", "output": [ "Hergé" ] }, { "id": "task419-0ba8d03d48ab433c8b3143e01e1ab3d6", "input": "Legendary director James Cameron is standing by his comments about the hit film \"Wonder Woman \" adding that he doesn't think the way actress Gal Gadot portrayed the superhero is \"breaking ground.\"\n\"I’ll stand by that ... She was wearing a kind of bustier costume that was very form-fitting \" he told the Hollywood Reporter. \"She’s absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. To me that’s not breaking ground. They had Raquel Welch doing stuff like that in the ’60s.\"\n Cameron 's comments echo his remarks to The Guardian last month when he said Gadot's \"Wonder Woman\" was \"an objectified icon.\"\nIn contrast he said he believes the character of the heroine Sarah Connor he helped to create in the original \"Terminator\" franchise was more modern and unique.\n\"It was all in a context of talking about why Sarah Connor — what [actress Linda Hamilton] created in 1991 — was if not ahead of its time at least a breakthrough in its time \" he added in the new interview with the Hollywood Reporter. \"I don’t think it was really ahead of its time because we’re still not [giving women these types of roles].\"\n\"Wonder Woman\" director Patty Jenkins fired back on social media in August after the original slight from the \"Titanic\" director saying \"James Cameron's inability to understand what 'Wonder Woman' is or stands for to women all over the world is unsurprising as though he is a great filmmaker he is not a woman. I believe women can and should be EVERYTHING just like male lead characters should be.\"", "output": [ "James Cameron" ] }, { "id": "task419-1bf50b0136f94d66a0655828ff668bea", "input": "Yes it's been a big year or two or 100 for the word. In 2017 lookups for feminism increased 70 percent over 2016 on Merriam-Webster.com and spiked several times after key events lexicographer Peter Sokolowski the company's editor at large told The Associated Press ahead of Tuesday's annual word reveal.\n\"The word feminism was being use in a kind of general way \" Sokolowski said by phone from the company's headquarters in Springfield Massachusetts. \"The feminism of this big protest but it was also used in a kind of specific way: What does it mean to be a feminist in 2017? Those kinds of questions are the kinds of things I think that send people to the dictionary.\"\nFeminism's roots are in the Latin for \"woman\" and the word \"female \" which dates to 14th century English. Sokolowski had to look no further than his company's founder Noah Webster for the first dictionary reference in 1841 which isn't all that old in the history of English.\n\"It was a very new word at that time \" Sokolowski said. \" His definition is not the definition that you and I would understand today. His definition was 'The qualities of females ' so basically feminism to Noah Webster meant femaleness. We do see evidence that the word was used in the 19th century in a medical sense for the physical characteristics of a developing teenager before it was used as a political term if you will.\"\n\"We had no idea he was the original dictionary source of feminism. We don't have a lot of evidence of what he was looking at \" Sokolowski said.\nShe was applauded and she sent many people to their dictionaries Sokolowski said. The company would not release actual lookup numbers.\nOther events that drew interest to the word feminism was the popular Hulu series \"The Handmaid's Tale \" and the blockbuster movie \"Wonder Woman \" directed by a woman Patty Jenkins Sokolowski said.\nâ Hurricane which Sokolowski suspects is because people are confused about wind speed.\nâ Gaffe such as what happened at the Academy Awards when the wrong best picture winner was announced. That was a go-to word for the media Sokolowski said.", "output": [ "Peter Sokolowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-cf43696be07b4ca4b09fc96b9a408029", "input": "Sweet Dixie Kitchen owner Kim Sanchez saw the Yelp review and responded boldly defending the origins of her chicken.\n“We PROUDLY SERVE Popeyes' spicy tenders — the best fried chicken anywhere and from New Orleans — which are delivered twice a day. We also in case you need to know buy our gumbo from a friend who sells it at a local farmers market ” Sanchez said in her response.\nIn an interview with Fox News Sanchez said that she started using Popeyes two months ago for two new dishes – fried chicken and waffles and their fried chicken sandwich.\n“I tried Costco chicken I tried Restaurant Depot chicken and then I went to dinner at Popeyes and knew this was the chicken we had to use for the store. It’s the best chicken ” she says.\n Sanchez claims that she has always been upfront with the use of the chicken chain’s spicy fried chicken strips.\nHowever despite the complaints rolling in Sanchez has doubled down on her decision to outsource the restaurant’s fried chicken in a long rant on Facebook detailing where the brunch outpost gets its ingredients.", "output": [ "Kim Sanchez" ] }, { "id": "task419-d9217d8b17964f82b4dc6f3c56c55b17", "input": "The shooter Stephen Paddock 64 was seen on numerous occasions in Las Vegas without any person accompanying him and he gambled the night before the shooting Clark County Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said at a news conference. He killed himself after the attack.\n“This individual purposely hid his actions leading up to this event and it is difficult for us to find the answers ” said Lombardo who said he was frustrated with the speed of the investigation.\nPaddock sprayed an outdoor concert with bursts of gunfire from high above in a Las Vegas hotel window on Oct. 1 killing 58 and wounding hundreds more before shooting himself .\n“In coordination with the FBI’s behavioral analysis unit a comprehensive picture is being drawn as to the suspect’s mental state and currently we do not believe there is one particular event in the suspect’s life for us to key on ” Lombardo said.\nThere is no indication anyone other than Paddock fired on the crowd Lombardo said adding investigators are talking to family members and the girlfriend of the gunman.\nPaddock shot and wounded a security guard who came to his floor at the Mandalay Bay hotel to investigate an open door down near Paddock’s suite Lombardo said providing new details on what occurred immediately before the mass shooting.\nPaddock shot the guard at 9:59 p.m. local time Lombardo said shortly before raining down bullets on the Route 91 Harvest festival in an attack that began at 10:05 p.m. and lasted 10 minutes.\nPaddock had a document in the room with him that contained numbers Lombardo said adding he could not immediately say what purpose the figures served.\nLas Vegas police officer David Newton told CBS News program “60 Minutes” on Sunday that he entered the room and saw a note on the shooter’s nightstand with numbers that appeared to be designed to help his aim.\nIt was unclear why Paddock stopped firing at the crowd suggesting he may have initially planned to escape Lombardo said.\n He shot at jet fuel tanks at McCarran International Airport and had protective gear in the hotel suite and explosives in his parked car Lombardo said.", "output": [ "Joseph Lombardo" ] }, { "id": "task419-32443dbf63904c41b0908fe4d5155a58", "input": "Alessia Cara defended herself for winning the Grammy for best new artist after critics said she didnât deserve the award over her fellow nominees.\nThe 21-year-old was criticized because many people argued she shouldn't be considered a ânewâ artist. Cara won the Grammy Sunday night beating out Khalid Lil Uzi Vert Julia Michaels and SZA.\nIn a lengthy Instagram post Cara responded to the backlash and said she wasnât âgoing to be upsetâ about winning an award she âworked really hard for.â\nâTo address the apparent backlash regarding winning something I had no control over: I didnât log onto grammy.com and submit myself. thatâs not how it works. I didnât ask to be submitted either because there are other artists that deserve the acknowledgment â she wrote.\nâBut I was nominated and won and I am not going to be upset about something Iâve wanted since I was a kid not to mention have worked really hard for â Cara added.\n She referenced her acceptance speech where she said every artist deserves a chance to be noticed and slammed the music industryâs focus on popularity rather than a singerâs talent and hard work.\n Cara continued âIâm aware that my music wasnât released yesterday Iâm aware that yes my music has become fairly popular in the last year. but Iâm trying very hard to use the platform Iâve been given to talk about these things and bring light to issues that arenât fair all while trying to make the most of the weird amazing success Iâve been lucky enough to have.â\nâI will not let everything Iâve worked for be diminished by people taking offence [sic] to my accomplishments and feeling the need to tell me how much I suck. hereâs something fun! Iâve been thinking I suck since I was old enough to know what sucking meant. Iâve beat u to it. And thatâs why this means a lot to me â Cara said.\n The singer said her musicâs reach has shown that her dreams of being a successful artist âhave paid offâ and that she is still processing the moment. She ended the post by thanking her fans for supporting her early on in her career.", "output": [ "Alessia Cara" ] }, { "id": "task419-a9e4832583d845999850d0a582118c3e", "input": "When Giancarlo Stanton took the stage at the Baseball Writers of Association of America annual awards dinner he seemed ready for the life in the Big Apple.\n\"The Big City. Bright Lights. This is going to be a lot of fun for me \" Stanton said during his 2017 NL MVP acceptance speech.\nWell looks like he 's hit New York's party scene running.\nShortly after taking home a little hardware from the BBWAA Stanton and his new Bronx Bash Brother teammate Aaron Judge who accepted his AL Rookie of the Year award hit the New York club scene as the two were spotted at an A-list event at Marquee New York hosted by Miami nightclub LIV.\nGiancarlo Stanton (right) and new Yankee teammate Aaron Judge seem to be enjoying life in the Big Apple. (Marquee NY/Chris Lavado)\nBoth Big Apple bashers who were seated at a table by the DJ booth were dressed to the nines in black tie having just left the BBWAA dinner which is also a black tie event. However there was one big-league difference. Judge showing he 's no longer a rookie changed his look for the party going from a white shirt skinny bow tie and flat lapels to a black-on-black look with stylized lapels and robust bow tie.\nLooks like the young Judge showed Stanton a thing or two about life in the Bright Lights of the Big City.", "output": [ "Giancarlo Stanton" ] }, { "id": "task419-28523b86bbcd4a6aa6af15f52cce3648", "input": "Sergei W 28 told a court in Dortmund that he had not intended to kill anyone. He is a German of Russian origin. His full name was not revealed.\nProsecutors believe Sergei W gambled on the team's share price plunging.\n He has been charged with 28 counts of attempted murder which he denies. But he told the court: \"I deeply regret my behaviour\". He went on trial on 21 December.\n Sergei W was arrested 10 days later in Rottenburg southern Germany. Prosecutors say he had bought more than 26 000 put options on Borussia Dortmund shares predicting that the share price would plunge after the attack.\nIt is reckoned that if the share price had fallen to one euro Sergei W could have made a profit of more than 500 000 euros (£443 270; $600 000) German media report.", "output": [ "Monaco Sergei W", "W" ] }, { "id": "task419-b9abeff53586498c81934c57ada9deeb", "input": "LONDON (Reuters) - Britain hopes a provisional U.S. ruling imposing tariffs on Canadian aerospace manufacturer Bombardier (BBDb.TO) will not be politically influenced when new evidence is considered UK Business Secretary Greg Clark said on Tuesday.\n Clark said he was confident the British government could successfully fight the complaint which was brought by Boeing (BA.N) and could cost jobs in the British province of Northern Ireland.\n“Following the initial determination there is then a further call for evidence ... we look to the U.S. to make sure that this is a rigorous process and is not politically influenced ” Clark told lawmakers.\n Britain's Business Secretary Greg Clark arrives for a meeting in Downing Street in central London Britain October 9 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville\n Clark said British Prime Minister Theresa May had twice discussed the dispute with U.S. President Donald Trump and that several members of the British government had reinforced their “serious concerns” with the U.S. administration over the ruling.", "output": [ "Greg Clark" ] }, { "id": "task419-83bbc74d282d43d491e04a0381f46cc6", "input": "Former Miss America Mallory Hagan hopes the email scandal polluting the pageant “signals the reinvention” of the competition moving forward she told “Good Morning America.”\n“Hindsight is always 20-20 ” Hagan who was crowned the winner of the 2013 pageant winner told GMA when asked if she ’d witnessed demeaning behavior first-hand. She added that it’s essential now to look ahead — not in the rear-view.\nAsked if the scandal marks the pageant’s demise or the reinvention Hagan said: “I hope it signals the reinvention ... I hope that we’re starting a larger conversation ” she added.\nThe focus of that conversation is “about how we’re going to move forward in the future. This is an opportunity to see how women can come together support each other rise up take over the things that they want to see happen ” she said.\nApologies from former Miss America CEO Sam Haskell and others aren't the point said Mallory Hagan . (Donald Kravitz/Getty Images for Dick Clark Prod)\n Hagan singled out Brent Adams the former pageant employee who spoke out about the emails “the unsung hero. He stood up for me; he stood up for all these women.”\nAs she expressed gratitude for his support and that of fans she said that mea culpas from pageant honchos involved in the derogatory emails isn’t “the point.”", "output": [ "Mallory Hagan" ] }, { "id": "task419-3810158a1d7c427ba7564cfc6fd2d7c3", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Justin Thomas wins FedExCup title $10 million bonus; Xander Schauffele wins Tour Championship. USA TODAY Sports\nATLANTA — With six holes to play in last week’s BMW Championship the third event of the FedExCup Playoffs rookie Xander Schauffele ’s chances of advancing to The Tour Championship seemed remote.\nSeven days later he won the PGA Tour’s season finale.\nWith nerves of a veteran and a game that held up under the pressure in a battle against some of the game’s best players Schauffele claimed his biggest win and largest paycheck Sunday when he birdied the 72nd hole at East Lake Golf Club to topple Justin Thomas by one shot. The two were tied before Schauffele two-putted from just off the green on the par-5 18th for the separating birdie the final putt circling nearly the entire cup before dropping. He signed for a 2-under-par 68 to finish at 12 under and one clear of Thomas (66).", "output": [ "Xander Schauffele" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe01e787599846b3b39ff7e41f5efd16", "input": "Republicans picked up a key vote on tax reform when Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska on Wednesday said she would back the legislation MSNBC reports.\nAlaska's Sen. @lisamurkowski will vote YES on the GOP tax bill her office tells me. — Garrett Haake (@GarrettHaake) November 29 2017\n Murkowski on Tuesday told reporters she was \"feeling better\" and was more \"optimistic\" about the bill. The tax plan will be combined with a bill that would open Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling an issue important to Murkowski.\n\"I am certainly trying to be helpful and constructive although as you know I've been focused on the energy committee's piece and how that all fits in \" she told CNN earlier this month adding she is \"looking very very carefully at what the finance committee is doing\" on the tax bill.", "output": [ "Lisa Murkowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-0c390e9020b64ea581bebfdc760d0f9a", "input": "In the latest episode of the team's continual inability to properly address its quarterback situation the Browns reportedly failed to complete a deal for the Bengals' AJ McCarron just as the league's deadline arrived at 3 p.m. Tuesday. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter Cleveland and Cincinnati actually came to an agreement at 2:55 p.m. but while the Bengals sent their approval of the trade to the NFL in time the Browns did not.\nSpeaking of that price if those reports are accurate they raise the question of why the Browns were offering so much for McCarron when the Patriots' more highly regarded Jimmy Garoppolo went to the 49ers on Monday for just one second-round pick. Pro Football Talk's Michael David Smith offered an explanation positing that since Garoppolo will be an unrestricted free agent after this season while McCarron will be restricted the latter figures to be much cheaper to sign.\nIt can't be very comforting to Cleveland fans to think that their squad may be nickel-and-dime-ing its quarterback position. In fairness Browns Coach Hue Jackson worked with McCarron when he was the Bengals' offensive coordinator so he may well have considered the former fifth-round draft pick a better fit for his offense.\nCleveland is now 0-8 tied with the 49ers for the worst record in the NFL this after going 1-15 last year. Little wonder then that some internet observers felt that McCarron was lucky to have barely avoided being thrust into such a dysfunctional situation.", "output": [ "McCarron" ] }, { "id": "task419-d40754cf0c5c495f970897591aba859c", "input": "President Hugo Chavez suspended rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital a day after they began and sacked his electricity minister saying government officials imposed a rationing plan riddled with mistakes.\nCaracas\n Chavez's announcement late Wednesday was a significant shift in his attempts to avoid a widespread power collapse in the coming months through rolling blackouts of up to four hours a day throughout the country. Other rationing measures are to remain in place including outages in other areas.\n \"I have ordered the electrical outages to be suspended only in Caracas \" Chavez said on state television. \"Because this government has to be capable of recognizing mistakes made and fixing them in time.\"\n The rolling blackouts have been unpopular in a city already plagued by violent crime traffic and trash-strewn streets and opposition leaders accused Chavez on Thursday of backtracking to try to head off damage to his political support.\n But the president cited tactical errors instead saying power was cut in the wrong sectors of the city in some cases.\n \"I think in one area they repeated the outage a few hours later \" he said. He added that some stoplights also went dark.\n \"Enough. I said if that's what is going on there was an error there \" Chavez said.\n Chavez said he asked Electricity Minister Angel Rodriguez to resign and that \"he has taken it like a soldier.\"\n Chavez said he ordered the blackouts \"interrupted indefinitely\" in Caracas and told the city's state electric utility not to schedule any more until the process is reviewed. It was unclear when or if the government may attempt to restart the measures.\n Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma a Chavez opponent said the government was forced to call off rationing in the metropolitan area of about 6 million people because it was highly unpopular. He urged Venezuelans to join a protest later this month against faulty public services water and electricity rationing and a currency devaluation expected to drive up already-soaring inflation.\n Chavez announced he was calling off the blackouts in Caracas just hours after he urged Venezuelans to accept the cutbacks and likened them to a national energy diet. He called a late-night talk show to announce the change shortly before some parts of Caracas were to begin four-hour outages at midnight.\n Chavez has fended off criticism that his government has failed to complete enough power upgrades to keep up with increasing demand saying the drought is the primary culprit and that his government is acting to extend the Guri Dam's capacity to feed the electrical grid. Rains are expected to return at the end of the traditional dry season in May.", "output": [ "Hugo Chavez" ] }, { "id": "task419-a57104adaa8945ed8355b9a3610ae463", "input": "NASA hopes to take advantage of the island’s erupting volcano — Mount Agung — to study the effects the belching beast has on Earth. They hope that by tracking Mount Agung’s eruption they’ll be able to learn more about how chemicals released into the atmosphere might be used to fight climate change.\nAfter Mount Agung woke up and began erupting at the end of November it has been consistently pouring steam and gas into the atmosphere. This is pretty typical though some volcanoes are so powerful they can cause what is known as a “volcanic winter” that stretches near and far after they erupt.\nFor researchers Agung could be their chance to figure out just how volcanoes affect the climate like Mount Tambora did.\nThe research into Agung began with a ten-hour flight away from Agung when a volcano in the Philippines erupted in a big way in 1991. Scientists had picked up the trend during a smaller scale eruption in 1982 of the El Chichon volcano in Mexico but nothing quite like what they saw at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippine dubbed the biggest eruption of the 20th century.\n Mount Agung’s eruptions bear similar trademarks to Pinatubo which is why NASA is hoping to send balloons into the air fitted with gadgets to measure the effects of the volcanic eruption on the Earth’s atmosphere. NASA hopes to study the effects for years to come.\nIf Agung was to blow again with a similar fury to Pinatubo’s 1963 eruption it could pump enough sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere to have a significant cooling effect and temporarily damage the ozone layer.\nAlan Robock a Rutgers University researcher who models the effects of eruptions and who has been involved in discussions about the rapid-response project told The Times that though it’s hard to predict whether it’s Mount Agung or not an eruption is inevitable.", "output": [ "Mount Agung" ] }, { "id": "task419-8c92752160cc420a8b076764f80acdf8", "input": "''' James said at poine point . \nJames had waded back into the fray over the weekend . \nINDEPENDENCE , Ohio -- LeBron James helped move the conversation forward Monday after the latest collision of sports and politics over the weekend . \nWhere Gilbert was right , and where James could meet him in using his voice instead of his knee and encouraging the same from his peers , is in taking steps toward those highly sought constructive conversations and positive resolutions . \n\"He does n't understand the power that he has , for being the leader of this beautiful country ,\" James said . \nMinutes later , though , James felt obliged to explain that kneeling during the national anthem is \"not about disrespect of the flag and our military and everybody who has made this world free . \nJames , the Cleveland Cavaliers ' star as well as the NBA 's top performer and perhaps its most polarizing figure , was in a good mood , engaged and willing to entertain questions about anything , from anyone , in the most notable exchange at the Cavs ' media day . \nJames was savvy enough at the start of what became a 40-minute Q&A session to request that reporters clump their questions together by topic -- and there were a good half dozen meaty ones hanging over him and his team after a tumultuous offseason -- rather than skip randomly back and forth . \nJames said he would lend his voice , his passion , his money and his resources to causes , particularly involving young people . \nHis foundation launched a school in his hometown of Akron for at-risk students , helping 1,300 students at a cost of nearly $ 45 million , James said Monday . \nThe Trump topic in particular ate up nearly half of his time on the platform , during which James shined a light and sharpened focus on an unwieldy issue that largely has been defined by and debated according to kneeling vs. standing , asserting one 's right to protest vs. respecting America and its flag , and most recently pushing back against or knuckling under to President Trump . \nWhere James veered into dicey territory was when he said : \"No matter whether you voted for him or not , you may have made a mistake and that 's OK , if you voted for him . \nJames was asked if he expected the NFL 's controversy over players ' sideline protests to draw attention to what they feel is racial discrimination in law enforcement , up to and including brutality involving lethal force , to trickle down to the NBA when the league 's 2017-18 regular season begins Oct. 17 . \nIt was n't as simple as second-guessing the 1984 Trail Blazers for drafting Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan , which James mentioned . \n\"I did n't name-call ,\" James said . \nThe state in which James was born , lives and works -- and the state in which the Cavaliers do business -- was carried by Trump in the 2016 election . \nThe current president took Ohio with 51 percent of the vote , compared to 43 who voted for Hillary Clinton , who had the benefit of James ' public endorsement . \nRight there , James nudged the whole issue a bit . \nJames at one point eloquently made a case for keeping politics out of sports . \nAsked how he would reconcile the idea of his neighbors , presumably many Cavaliers fans , voting that way , James doubled down .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-b992bd3733074dc1911bf44f8890abeb", "input": "Music teacher Timothy King is getting the band back together.\nA day after the Tribune reported the theft of 30 instruments from his elementary classroom in the Back of the Yards neighborhood King not only will have his classroom’s instruments fully replaced but will be able to build up Fulton Elementary’s music program better than before.\n“The kids were excited ” King said. “They were in just as much disbelief as I was at how quickly the amount was raised and that was just the morning classes.”\n“It’s just good to know people are concerned about the arts despite the lack of funds and not just in this community ” King said.\nWednesday was a whirlwind for the Fulton music teacher. His full day of teaching classes was made busier by endless phone calls with people offering money or replacement instruments from across the city and even the suburbs. The story picked up steam on social media and attracted the attention of musicians Josh Groban and Jeff Tweedy both of whom tweeted about the loss. Both are in contact with King to donate instruments or money to the classroom King said.\nPatrick Monaghan former owner of Carrot Top Records in Chicago on Tuesday solicited instrument donations for the school on Twitter. On Wednesday afternoon he delivered a couple of guitars amplifiers and ukuleles to the school that King was able to share with the students the same day.\n“It was going around the school that it was in the news but no one expected to actually receive instruments today ” King said.\nThe money raised won’t have to be used to replace the stolen instruments but will instead help King strengthen and expand the school’s music program. Little Kids Rock the organization that provided Fulton Elementary with many of the original instruments in 2016 is providing King’s classroom with an entirely new set to fully replace what was stolen.\n“I’m just telling people anything you want to donate whether it’s a physical instrument or it’s monetary we’ll accept it ” King said. “Because it’s not just about replacing the instruments that were stolen; I want to add on to the program.”\nCrucial to expanding the music program at Fulton will be storage lockers King said to prevent another theft from happening. He also wants to buy insurance for the new equipment. A quick glance at prices online showed him instrument cabinets will be expensive but King insists they are “worth the investment.”\nThe outpouring of generosity and support was a lot to absorb for King who barely had time to check the GoFundMe page during the day. When he finally did he found support from strangers and loved ones alike.\n“Yes your goal has been met. For that I am extremely grateful ” wrote Kimberly Branch-King Timothy King’s wife. “But as your wife friend and fellow educator I am compelled to also donate because … I know the energy love and time that goes into your lesson planning.”\n King also received an offer for a different kind of support. Arturs Weible a music teacher at Chopin Elementary School in Humboldt Park has had help from the community funding his own music program. He’s now offering to have his orchestra students come perform at Fulton for King’s classes.", "output": [ "Timothy King" ] }, { "id": "task419-7504ee8a058746a6892b929259d65342", "input": "Unfortunately for the driving force behind the soda tax imposed on Cook County Illinois Board president Toni Preckwinkle the voters caught on the industry sued (and were threatened over it) and now county supervisors are to vote on repeal.\nSuddenly when push is to come to shove Preckwinkle has dropped the health issue and admits that it's all about the money. Andy Grimm of the Chicago Sun-Times:\n[A] day ahead of making her budget address to a Board of Commissioners said to be lined up for a close vote on pulling back the county's penny-per-ounce tax on sodas and sweetened beverages Preckwinkle was not shy about saying what would happen without the estimated $200 million in tax revenue projected to come from the tax. \"(We will) make significant cuts to public health and public safety because that's where 87 percent of our money goes \" Preckwinkle told reporters following an unrelated press conference on criminal justice reform.\nThe tax narrowly passed last year with the president casting a tie-breaking vote. Furor over the tax stoked in part by a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign by soda industry groups reached a fever pitch this summer when consumers around the county first saw the beverage tax tacked onto their grocery receipts. Preckwinkle reminded commissioners of the financial implications for the county if the tax is pulled back in a fiscal note sent out Friday which said the county health system and public safety funds which were slated to receive 75 percent of the new soda tax revenue. The lost revenue would require an 11-percent cut to those departments' budget according to the memo.\n Preckwinkle sweetened the deal by giving each commissioner control over $500 000 in gas tax revenue to spend on transportation projects in their districts.", "output": [ "Toni Preckwinkle" ] }, { "id": "task419-fd7b5aaf9c3c46b28b21b14bb942bec6", "input": "Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Katie Snooks posted videos online of her skin's transformation with a new treatment\nLorde said some people simply assume her skin is unclean.\n\"'Do you wash your face?' It's like yes I wash my face I'm just genetically cursed \" she said.\n The singer added that she believes it can get better.", "output": [ "Katie Snooks" ] }, { "id": "task419-42cc447cfc6a40d5ac1b1cef9d194458", "input": "Bernie Sanders makes 2016 push for drug-pricing measure U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders made a stop in Sacramento to make a final push for Proposition 61 on the West steps of the state Capitol on Monday , November 7 , 2016 . \nU.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders made a stop in Sacramento to make a final push for Proposition 61 on the West steps of the state Capitol on Monday , November 7 , 2016 . \nU.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders made a stop in Sacramento to make a final push for Proposition 61 on the West steps of the state Capitol on Monday , November 7 , 2016 .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-d8604f1664534f34902c536936bdccb7", "input": "There’s a lot going on here at Yankees camp. There is the Great Aaron Boone Experiment . Can he dive from the broadcast booth to managing even though he has never managed before?\nThere is the Great Left Field Experiment .\n Boone pretty much solidified Green’s bullpen future when he said after the game “I think probably our preference is to eventually move him back [to the bullpen] but we want to at least be in that position should something come up.”\nThe move back to the pen would be “pretty soon ” Boone said.\nGreen’s numbers were off the charts last season as he went 5-0 over 39 relief appearances in his first real season as a reliever. In 67 relief innings he posted a 1.61 ERA and struck out 100 batters. With two outs and runners in scoring position he held hitters to an .045 batting average. He still had enough left in the tank to throw 6 ¹/₃ innings against the Astros in the ALCS over three games and did not allow an earned run against that mighty Houston lineup while striking out seven.\nGreen 26 is working on a changeup as well to get weak contact. “I just need to throw it more ’’ he said.\nGreen believes he could maintain the same kind of velocity as a starter as he does out of the bullpen.\n“Everybody is hoping to start but I’m comfortable with whatever role ’’ Green said. He said the key is to be confident as a reliever.\nToo many players worry about tomorrow. Not Green. He ’s not about to demand anything from the manager.\n“This will all play itself out ’’ he said of the possibility of staying in the bullpen or going back to starter. He has a bounce-back arm that can fit any role. “I’ll find a way to get it done.’’", "output": [ "Aaron Boone" ] }, { "id": "task419-513eaa1367fe4210b0265386d2cffe77", "input": "Tanner Roark will take the mound with the Nationals facing elimination in Game 4. (Jeff Roberson/AP)\nCHICAGO — Tanner Roark was born and raised in Wilmington Ill. which is southwest of Chicago which means he grew up closer to Comiskey Park than to Wrigley Field. But geography didn’t impact baseball team allegiances in the Roark household. He grew up a die-hard Cubs fan like his mother and siblings diverging from his father’s loyalty to the White Sox and the Cardinals.\n“Growing up yeah there was always some trash-talking in the house between us and my dad ” Roark said.\nOn Tuesday barring rain Roark will find himself on the mound at Wrigley Field the ballpark he visited countless times as a fan to face the Cubs. It won’t be his first start there; he has four on his résumé and appeared in another game out of the bullpen. But none of the previous outings carried the same weight Tuesday’s will place on Roark’s right arm: Game 4 of the National League Division Series with his Nationals facing elimination.\n“It’s pretty surreal to pitch in Wrigley and just the history that they have here and everything ” Roark said. “It’s very exciting and I’m anxious to get out there.”\n Roark hasn’t pitched since the Nationals’ regular season finale on Oct. 1 when he allowed two runs in an inning of relief against the Pirates and he hasn’t started a game since Sept. 27. He lasted 4 2/3 innings that day surrendering six runs on seven hits to the Phillies. But Roark was significantly better before the poor finish; he had posted a 3.39 ERA in 57 innings over his previous nine starts to rebound from an inconsistent four months after his stint with Team USA at the World Baseball Classic made for an unusual spring training.\n“ Tanner didn’t have many innings coming out of spring training and that kind of got him behind the eight-ball so to speak because you know he didn’t have the innings ” Nationals Manager Dusty Baker said. “ He was with the WBC and he didn’t pitch very much. And so things get in your head when you’re used to getting guys out and all of a sudden you’re not getting them out. So it’s a new season now for Tanner brand-new season and this is what people are going to remember you by.”\n“ Tanner you know is a guy that you would like on your side if you’re in an alley and you’re in a fight because you know Tanner he has that warrior mentality ” Baker said. “ He doesn’t make any excuses or alibis. He just goes out and pitches and this guy has not had an easy road you know from the beginning to get here. We feel very comfortable with Tanner on the mound because you know he ’s going to fight tooth and nail and do everything he can to win the ballgame for you.”\n Roark recalled 300 people from Wilmington congregated in a section in right center field for his Wrigley Field debut in 2013. He doesn’t expect that again Tuesday. He hasn’t been hounded for tickets. Five relatives his wife and their two children will be in attendance to watch his biggest game of his career.\n“They are good about getting their own tickets ” Roark said laughing. “Which is very good on me . It’s a lot less stress that I have to worry about.”", "output": [ "Tanner Roark" ] }, { "id": "task419-05ef94e7b5a44e4890c248a94b0cbe50", "input": "BOSTON (AP) — Gloria Steinem has called President Donald Trump the \"harasser in chief\" on the opening night of a sold-out women's conference in Boston.\nThe feminist icon on Wednesday night addressed the wave of sexual harassment allegations against some of the nation's most powerful men. She said the actions were about power not sex and women are gaining their voices in a way that has never happened before.\nFILE - In this Oct. 7 2015 file photo Meryl Streep appears at the premiere of the film \"Suffragette \" at the opening gala of the London film festival in London. Streep Gloria Steinem Viola Davis and others are headlining a sold-out women's conference in Boston. Steinem a feminist icon and the Academy Award-winning actresses are scheduled to participate in the 13th annual Massachusetts Conference for Women. It opens Thursday Dec. 7 2017 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center against a backdrop of expanding allegations of sexual misconduct against prominent men in Hollywood politics and the media. (Photo by Grant Pollard/Invision/AP File)\nFILE - In this Sunday Aug. 6 2017 file photo Viola Davis attends the Disney ABC Television Critics Association 2017 Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills Calif. Davis Gloria Steinem Meryl Streep and others are headlining a sold-out women's conference in Boston. Steinem a feminist icon and the Academy Award-winning actresses are scheduled to participate in the 13th annual Massachusetts Conference for Women. It opens Thursday Dec. 7 2017 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center against a backdrop of expanding allegations of sexual misconduct against prominent men in Hollywood politics and the media. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP File)", "output": [ "Gloria Steinem" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ce18f123150467482271897a0cc151e", "input": "Police shot Mudasir accused of killing five-year-old Iman Fatima in February 2017 saying he tried to escape.\nHowever a BBC Newsnight investigation has uncovered allegations that Iman 's real killer is still at large.\nDNA tests suggest Iman was killed by the same man suspected of murdering another child this month.\nUntil now police and Iman's family thought her case had already been solved - but her family now believe the real killer is still on the run while Mudasir was innocent.\n Iman Fatima had been playing outside in the street with her five-year-old cousin Adeel.\nSitting next to his father Adeel told the BBC \"The kidnapper made me stand against the wall and took Iman Fatima away. He took her upstairs put her in a sack and took her away.\"\nImage caption Iman Fatima with her mother\nAfter the discovery of Iman Fatima 's body local residents began to protest against the perceived inaction by authorities. A month earlier in January 2017 another 5-year-old girl Ayesha Asif had also been sexually assaulted and murdered.\nMudasir's family say he was taken into custody the same evening Iman Fatima was abducted and killed. They allege they then went with police to recover his body from a local hospital.\nSpeaking to the BBC a relative of Iman Fatima said police had called him into the police station to hear Mudasir confess to the killing.\nFollowing Mudasir's death in February 2017 another four young girls were attacked including Zainab. Three of them died one is still in hospital. Traces of the same DNA were found on their bodies as of Iman Fatima .\n Iman Fatima's father told the BBC \"I'm so worried - the real killer is still roaming free and an innocent man has been killed.\"", "output": [ "Iman Fatima" ] }, { "id": "task419-e4867b76b0fd47fc9842d173d4c7dbfe", "input": "Mazda’s North America CEO Masamichi Kogai told the automotive publication that the Japanese automaker is poised to get back on track with an all-new crossover exclusively built for the U.S.\n“We are actually going to introduce a totally new and different type of SUV ” Kogai told Automotive News.\nHoping to get back on its feet after suffering from a serious sales slump Kogai told Automotive News that the automaker expects to bounce back from a two-year decline by banking on the crossover craze sweeping the U.S.\n Kogai said Mazda predicted four years ago it would be selling 400 000 vehicles by this time. So far the Japanese automaker hasn’t even cracked 300 000 units.", "output": [ "Masamichi Kogai" ] }, { "id": "task419-339026eaeef34006a937f8b411f3bd41", "input": "\"It's the same principle for when doctors advise moms not to overeat and gain too much weight during the pregnancy. The bottom line is a healthy weight gain gives pregnant moms an easier time during the birth as well as recovering after birth. \"\nBritish model Emma McVey has been slammed in recent weeks by people criticizing her tiny baby bump. She is due in January with her first child.\nRecently she posted a photo of herself in a bikini to mark her sixth month.\nAccording to The Mirror she was flooded with nasty comments from people who said the picture was \"depressing\" and \"wrong in so many ways.\"\n\"How is she 6 months pregnant I look like that after thinking about bread \" joked one commenter.\nStage hit back at the people who criticized her for working out late into her pregnancy.\n\"As I'm nearing #8months I've wanted to share what's been on my mind. Since I've announced my second pregnancy I've had certain 'Instagram medical experts' tell me what I should and shouldn't do \" she wrote in the caption of a workout video she posted.\nStage kept up her workouts at a lower intensity throughout her pregnancy.", "output": [ "Emma McVey" ] }, { "id": "task419-e66ebac2fa514b4db5afb59a7232a08d", "input": "It's not enough to tell people that if they see something they should say something as often people do not know what to watch for and report former Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said Tuesday.\n\"There are a lot of people 350 million people in the United States \" Clarke told Fox News' \"Fox & Friends\" program while commenting about the deadly Las Vegas concert shooting. \"They are not all known to law enforcement so where I would start is doing a better job of engaging the public to help us out.\"\n Clarke described Paddock Tuesday at the \"needle in the haystack reference that you hear in homeland security enterprise and environment and at times like this the call to report troubled people starts over.\n\"We don't tell people specifically you know what to do what to look for \" said Clarke . \"I have been in law enforcement for nearly 40 years. I'm suspicious about everything.\"\n Clarke said he has no doubt that as the investigation unfolds there will be details that are now obvious in hindsight.\n\"We [should] do a better job of engaging the public say here are the sort of things you need to look for and an ongoing campaign to do that \" said Clarke . \"We spent a lot of money to see something say something campaign. I wonder what the results are.\"\nNews broke Monday that Paddock's father had been on the FBI's Most Wanted List back in the 1960s and Clarke said it will take a behavioral scientist to unwrap the shooter and his motives.\n\"We saw it in Orlando \" said Clarke . \"We saw it in San Bernardino. We saw it a Fort Hood. After a while you look and what you hear over and over again is like some of the people's closest neighbors and friends saying 'hey he seemed like a normal guy to me.' Oftentimes not.\"\n Clarke said he expects Paddock's girlfriend Marilou Danley who was out of the country at the time of the shooting will shed some light on his motives.", "output": [ "David Clarke" ] }, { "id": "task419-27af0b6ab1054cd38d024197c9e8a902", "input": "Profitable firms that close factories to outsource jobs should be taken under state judicial control Aubry told activists.\n And on the environment she attacked Sarkozy's flagship plan for a domestic carbon tax another hot-button issue saying it would penalise poor families and that the state's priority should be investment in clean transport.\n But in her closing speech Aubry batted away talk of working with the ModDem saying she was determined to build a new rainbow alliance of the left from the Greens to the Communist party.\n \"The left is our history but it is our future too \" Aubry said.", "output": [ "Martine Aubry", "Aubry" ] }, { "id": "task419-5a3327e6b4dd424d8858a0d1e1216fa7", "input": "German President Christian Wulff said here Friday that Germany is willing to deepen cooperation with China in various fields and raise bilateral ties to a new height.\n Wulff made the remarks when meeting with Chinese State Councilor Ma Kai.\n Wulff said that in recent years Germany-China relations have witnessed frequent exchanges of high-level visits the deepening of mutual understanding between the two peoples and an increasing integration of bilateral interests.\n He added that both sides also share similar positions on issues like opposing protectionism and maintaining financial stability.\n Germany will always keep its door open to China and looks forward to promoting cooperation with China in all fields Wulff said. He also spoke highly of China's great contributions to the world economic recovery.\n Stressing that China attaches great importance to its relations with Germany Ma said that the strategic partnership forged by leaders of the two countries in July has offered a new framework for broadening bilateral cooperation from a strategic perspective.\n China is ready to make joint efforts with Germany to enrich the content of the strategic partnership and promote world peace and development Ma added.\n Ma briefed the German minister on China's economic situation and its macro- control policies.", "output": [ "Christian Wulff" ] }, { "id": "task419-2a6ac5d0f86042bc8043165a9e40255c", "input": "The gun control group founded by former Arizona Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has raised more than $1.2 million in the week since a deadly mass shooting at a South Florida high school The Daily Beast reported.\nMore than 450 000 people have also signed the group 's \"vote courage\" pledge which encourages electoral activism around the issue of gun control the Daily Beast reported.\n The group has already announced this week it was financing a six-figure ad buy targeting Florida GOP Gov. Rick Scott's record on gun safety issues the news outlet reported.\n Giffords who was critically injured in a mass shooting in 2011 has become a leading advocate for tighter firearms restrictions.", "output": [ "Gabrielle Giffords" ] }, { "id": "task419-4dbe82eb340048a3a3ea4dfb4de7f92d", "input": "Laura Moser a candidate in a Democratic congressional primary in Texas . (Michael Stravato for The Washington Post)\nThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is taking fire from the left after months of relative peace thanks to a document put online the night of Feb. 22 — a collection of opposition research on Laura Moser a progressive candidate in Texas’s competitive 7th Congressional District.\nAs Moser was attending a campaign event the DCCC posted a short but brutal collection of hits on Moser that would be likely used against her if she won the Democratic nomination. The 7th District is one of 23 where Hillary Clinton outpolled Donald Trump in 2016 while voters sent a Republican congressman to Washington.\n“Democratic voters need to hear that Laura Moser is not going to change Washington ” the committee wrote. “ She is a Washington insider who begrudgingly moved to Houston to run for Congress.”\n Moser responded later Thursday night saying in a statement that the DCCC’s tactics represented “why people hate politics” and hurt the effort to take Congress back from Republicans.\n“We’re used to tough talk here in Texas but it’s disappointing to hear it from Washington operatives ” she said.\n Moser did relocate to her native Houston last year and began running for Congress with her move back home — after launching Daily Action a campaign tool for progressives frustrated by Trump — as part of the story. The DCCC which has seen plenty of candidates brought down by residence issues came to view her as unelectable.\n“Voters in Houston have organized for over a year to hold [Republican Rep. John Abney] Culberson accountable and win this Clinton district ” said DCCC communications director Meredith Kelly. “Unfortunately Laura Moser’s outright disgust for life in Texas disqualifies her as a general election candidate and would rob voters of their opportunity to flip Texas’s 7th in November.”\nThe DCCC’s memo hit Moser for paying Revolution Messaging the firm where her husband Arun Chaudhary had worked since 2012 to produce her TV ads. But its main attack lines were backed up by an article Moser wrote for Washingtonian in 2014 where she joked that she ’d “sooner have my teeth pulled out without anesthesia” than move to her grandparents’ home in Paris Tex. Paris is a small city more than 300 miles from the 7th District; the DCCC warned that voters would not process the nuance.\nBoth Moser ’s campaign and the DCCC saw her in a strong position to win one of two runoff slots in the March 6 Democratic primary. With early voting underway and Democratic turnout in Houston’s Harris County undergoing a historic surge the DCCC pounced.\nBut the way it did so advertising what Republicans might use to beat Moser sparked outrage across the left. At Daily Kos a popular group blog that crowdfunds for Democratic candidates a diarist wondered whether the move against Moser “may have something to do with the candidate selection role the Blue Dog Coalition is playing at the DCCC.” The People for Bernie Sanders a progressive group organized to support the Vermont senator’s 2016 presidential campaign called “for the DCCC board to investigate how the decision was reached and publish the findings publicly.” There was an additional factor: Revolution Messaging had worked for Sanders and Chaudhary had worked as the campaign’s photographer.\n Moser is not the only progressive candidate in the district primary and several of her rivals back universal Medicare which has become a litmus test on the left. But her race has attracted national attention as an example of progressive candidates bristling as well-established Democratic organizations backed their rivals. On Thursday morning the Intercept which has been publishing articles on how the DCCC works highlighted Moser ’s race and the involvement of Emily’s List with party donor Lizzie Pannill Fletcher.", "output": [ "Laura Moser" ] }, { "id": "task419-1434d8f7beff437aa92cc142889032e8", "input": "Greta Gerwig directed the Golden Globe-winning film 'Lady Bird.' (Photo: Paul Drinkwater NBC)\n BEVERLY HILLS — Director Greta Gerwig fresh off a Golden Globe victory for her film Lady Bird didn't have anything definitive to say about her work with controversial director Woody Allen.\n Gerwig who acted in Allen's 2012 film To Rome with Love was asked if she regretted having worked with Allen in light of heightened concerns in Hollywood and elsewhere over sexual harassment and abuse. Allen's adopted daughter Dylan has accused him of sexually assaulting her when she was a child.\nBut Gerwig avoided the question on Sunday night.\n\"It's something I have thought deeply about and care deeply about. And I haven't had an opportunity to come down on one side or the other \" Gerwig said speaking to reporters with the film's star Saoirse Ronan.\n\"I've definitely taken it to heart \" she said before shifting back to her own directorial work. \"But my job is to occupy the position of writer and director and be that person and to tell these stories.\"", "output": [ "Greta Gerwig" ] }, { "id": "task419-5fe4a7a1c811421b81b01a6b8639e142", "input": "If you wondered just how insane the NFL season would get fans were treated to a video over the weekend that reportedly featured former Dolphins offensive line coach Christopher Foerster snorting what seemed to be cocaine while he whispered sweet somethings to a Las Vegas model who would later post that very video to her social media feed.\nThe reason she did such a thing was in part the ongoing national anthem controversy that continues to polarize a country.\n Foerster took full responsibility for the video and has since resigned from his post with the Dolphins.\n He states via The Sun-Sentinel: “I am resigning from my position with the Miami Dolphins and accept full responsibility for my actions. I want to apologize to the organization and my sole focus is on getting the help that I need with the support of my family and medical professions.”", "output": [ "Christopher Foerster" ] }, { "id": "task419-93fe397c51fb4438b4ebb8abdf97be41", "input": "Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates has hired a top white-collar attorney to his defense team CNN reported Tuesday.\n Gates who pleaded not guilty in October to charges stemming from Russia special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has hired Thomas Green senior counsel with the Sidley Austin law firm in Washington .\n Gates is facing eight charges of money laundering — from allegedly transferring more than $3 million from offshore accounts — and of failing to register for foreign lobbying and other business.\nPaul Manafort who was President Donald Trump's campaign manager and Gates' longtime business partner pleaded not guilty to nine counts including allegedly laundering over $18 million to buy properties and services in the same case as Gates .", "output": [ "Rick Gates" ] }, { "id": "task419-60d8577b25c74823ad3e5760118dbb40", "input": "Gonzo street artist Sabo has once again targeted Hollywood for their hypocrisy and dangerous ignorance.\nIn the past Sabo has called out Meryl Streep for her collusion in keeping Harvey Weinstein’s scandalous reputation a secret. He ’s also targeted the Grammys and their attending artists for supporting the cause-du-jour #MeToo while simultaneously over-sexualizing women and promoting women as sexual objects.\nWith the Oscars just around the corner Sabo has struck again. Our friends over at An Open Secret – an incredible documentary about the horrific pedophiliac culture being covered up in Hollywood – shared some pictures of the billboards that have been put up in Hollywood.\nGreat Hollywood billboards by Sabo just in time for the Oscars. pic.twitter.com/ZYMnANivDF — An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) February 28 2018", "output": [ "Sabo" ] }, { "id": "task419-15899e743bf44612b98095ef4b0d8b91", "input": "A letter from Ramsey Orta dated Oct. 16 says he was roughed up by correction officers at Franklin Correctional Facility that day and taken into isolation. He said a nurse was uninterested in taking a report of the abuse.\n“I fear for my life in this facility and can’t take the ongoing abuse anymore please help me!” Orta wrote in the letter shared with the Daily News by his lawyer.\n Ramsey Orta who filmed Garner video files suit against NYPD\nOrta 26 pleaded guilty in Staten Island court to drugs and weapons charges last year resulting in a four-year sentence. Authorities said they caught him selling crack heroin oxycodone and marijuana in the Staten Island park across from where Garner died. Orta was busted with a gun in a separate incident.\n Ramsey Orta says he fears for his life in prison over correction officers' \"ongoing abuse.\" (Alec Tabak/for New York Daily News)\n Orta said in his letter from prison that five to seven correction officers were involved in moving him to solitary. One of them “shoved my face into the wall very hard and started to pull my hair from behind and began to slap me on the right side of my face a few times ” he wrote.\nDuring a pat-down he said the same correction officer “grabbed and pulled” his genitals twice. Orta says he was then slapped again.\nRamsey Orta who filmed Eric Garner death sentenced to 4 years\n Orta was thrown in solitary for a “tier 3” infraction typically linked to contraband or fighting Plasse said. Orta hopes to be out of solitary by Thanksgiving.\nA notice of claim filed by Plasse says Orta was duped in December into trusting an inmate at Fishkill. The inmate lured Orta into an ambush where he was slashed the legal papers say.\nThe attorney said he is still preparing a lawsuit over the incident to be filed in the Court of Claims. The notice says Orta will seek $10 million for the slashing.\n Orta has at least five ongoing lawsuits against the city stemming from his frequent run-ins with the law — most while participating in protests.\nHis most recent suit filed last month says he was wrongfully arrested at an anti-police-brutality demonstration in September 2016. The lawsuit notes that Orta is the only person at the scene of Garner’s death who has gone to prison.", "output": [ "Ramsey Orta" ] }, { "id": "task419-771edfc6ec374d4e9a687ffd7685397e", "input": "The first time I saw Titanic my father left the theater in the middle of the movie to get a haircut. I didn’t notice he was gone. I wasn’t conscious of any reality but Titanic even though I already knew exactly what was going to happen. One of my friends had briefed me on what to expect: Jack and Rose fall in love the ship sinks and Jack finds a piece of wreckage floating in the sea and helps Rose clamber onto it saving her from the freezing death that claims him before the lifeboats return for survivors. But it wasn’t fair my friend explained: It was obvious to her that there was room for them both. It didn’t matter that I knew exactly what was coming. I couldn’t think about anything else while the movie played. And even when the lights came up and I realized my father was missing his absence didn’t seem to matter much. I was 9 but I already understood he had a habit of wandering off when he got bored. I was even used to it. What was new was this feeling: that I had to get back to Titanic as soon as possible. The credits were barely rolling as I began to strategize my next viewing. I knew that the movie had completely devastated me and I knew that all I wanted was to be devastated again. But why? Viewers — many of them adolescent and preadolescent girls like me — would go back to Titanic over and over again while it was in theaters. It was the No. 1 movie in the US for 15 consecutive weeks a feat that has yet to be surpassed and likely never will be. Well before it was released James Cameron’s passion project became notorious as the most expensive movie ever made with a final budget of $200 million. Then it became the first movie in history to earn $1 billion at the box office. And it achieved this success despite months of advance press claiming that the movie was all but doomed; despite the widespread belief that James Cameron who previously helmed the Alien and Terminator franchises had no business trying to tell a story about love; and despite the fact that Titanic in a way that is now all too easy to forget is an immensely difficult movie to watch. When Titanic was released on video in September 1998 its 3 hours and 14 minutes had to be split across two VHS tapes. The same studio heads who were convinced Titanic could only recoup its budget at best (success was almost mathematically impossible) had seen its gargantuan runtime as just one of its many liabilities. Critics also pointed to its ungainly length as proof of its failure to play by the rules: It was a “bloated leviathan ” a “behemoth ” and a tiresome epic that according to the Washington Post’s Desson Howe left viewers “thinking the unpardonable thought: ‘OK sink already.’” Titanic’s length was also bad news for movie theaters since it meant they had to schedule fewer showings — and sell fewer tickets — than they could with a normal movie. After screening Titanic for a test audience in Minneapolis however executives at Paramount and Fox which had jointly financed the production began wondering if Cameron ’s folly might not be a disaster of Waterworld proportions. The audience laughed and cheered and gasped at all the right moments and gave the movie and its characters astoundingly high ratings on the survey cards they filled out after the showing. “It went well ” a Fox executive said cagily. “Not great but well.” When all was said and done Titanic had cost a little over $1 million per minute of screentime and it was sometimes hard for studio executives to look at the movie Cameron described as a way to honor the disaster’s victims without wondering just how much this history lesson would end up costing them. Cameron had been dreaming of Titanic since Robert Ballard located the ship’s remains in 1985 (“I’ll be goddamned!” Ballard exclaimed as Titanic loomed into view a line Cameron later borrowed for his own characters). After watching National Geographic’s special on Ballard in 1987 Cameron made a few notes: “Do story with bookends of present-day [wreckage] scene...intercut with memory of a survivor...needs a mystery or driving plot element.”\n Cameron had always loved diving and deep-sea exploration and The Abyss his third film as director and sole writer had been a love letter to both. But that was fantasy; Titanic was real. And when Cameron first decided to pursue the project the prospect of going to the wreck of Titanic might have been incentive enough to pitch the movie. When he first met with 20th Century Fox Chairman Peter Chernin to discuss Titanic in the spring of 1995 he asked for $2 million to fund a deep-sea expedition. It was an amazing sum of money to the Russian scientists and submersible pilots who took Cameron to the wreck. It was nothing compared to Titanic’s final price tag. When Titanic opened in theaters across the US on the weekend of Dec. 19 1997 it became the No. 1 movie in America by the skin of its teeth edging out the latest James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies by a margin of $3.5 million. But to the executives who had nervously overseen Titanic’s production — and watched its budget nearly double from $110 to $200 million — this wasn’t particularly encouraging news. For Titanic to earn a profit executives calculated it would have to attract viewers in utterly unprecedented numbers: Even if it sold more tickets than Dances With Wolves the most profitable three-hour-long movie ever released Fox would still be $70 million in the red. And to be a success? It would have to somehow repeat its $28 million opening-weekend ticket sales — and stay the No. 1 movie in America — for weeks and weeks in a row in a way no movie had in nearly a decade. It would have to be more than just a movie. It would have to become a cultural obsession. And it did. Cameron had once — optimistically as the final budget reflected — called Titanic \"a $190 million chick flick.\" By Jan. 31 1998 20th Century Fox estimated that 7% of all American teenage girls had seen the movie twice. They weren’t the only ones going back to see Titanic a second time and perhaps a third though they did receive the most press. In 1997 the average return viewer rate for a theatrically released movie was 2%. Meanwhile Titanic’s was 20%. In February 1998 a survey found that 76% of Titanic's repeat viewers still planned to see it again. It made more money — $32 million — during its 11th weekend in theaters than it did during its first. (It helped that this weekend also happened to fall on Valentine’s Day.) Theaters that previously worried about losing money on a movie they could screen only two or three times a day started squeezing in showings as early as 8 a.m. and as late as midnight letting out satisfied viewers at 3:30 in the morning. Adults people with families responsibilities and jobs flocked to see Titanic. Because for a little while — for 3 hours and 14 minutes to be precise — the rest of their lives disappeared. Titanic gave people a way to make the rest of their lives disappear and so they kept coming back and finding that the world James Cameron had created for them still felt just as real as it had the first time. What made Titanic not just a movie but a destination? And what did it take to will such a world into solid reality?\n“It is the night before shooting starts ” Kate Winslet wrote in her diary on Sept. 15 1996 “and here I am all pin-curled up and hungry ready to go. Thinking about Rose. She was so young. I need to think about her childhood her youth and find my way through the 17 years of her life. I'll never sleep tonight.” The next morning Winslet added: “No sleep. This is it… My life is not my own and probably never will be — and that's Rose talking.” During Titanic’s seven months of production the line between Kate and Rose would sometimes blur — but it had been that way from the beginning. After she auditioned for the part and Cameron left her waiting as he deliberated casting Winslet tracked him down on his car phone reaching him when he was on the freeway. “You don’t understand ” she told him . “I am Rose.” And she was. Kate Winslet was 20 when she began filming Titanic and spent her 21st birthday shooting Jack ’s death scene. “We were lying there on the raft sort of shivering together ” she told Rosie O’Donnell while promoting the movie “and I said ‘Leo it’s my birthday today.’ And he said ‘That’s great sweetie. You know what? I don’t care.’” DiCaprio himself turned 22 while Titanic was in production. In the same Rosie appearance Winslet said she and Leo had been “the naughty children on the set ” and remembered how while filming the scenes where Jack and Rose waited for the lifeboats to return after the ship’s sinking “Leo would sometimes say to me ‘Sweetie sweetie I gotta pee.’ “I’d go ‘So have I.’” They would pee in shifts taking turns swimming over to another part of the tank — which was about the most romantic gesture anyone could get either of them to recall from Titanic’s set though people tried. “He doesn’t think that he’s gorgeous ” Kate Winslet told Vanity Fair around the time Leomania became a bona fide pandemic. “And to me he’s just smelly farty Leo.” When she wasn’t called on to talk about his sex appeal Winslet sang DiCaprio’s praises as an artist. “He’s gifted from God as far as I’m concerned ” she told O’Donnell. In another interview she mused “Leo is such a brilliant actor. And he doesn’t know it. He really doesn’t know it.”\nHe had started his career with commercials for Kraft cheese (“Hands off the Free Singles are for Daddy!” “Aw but Mom!”) Matchbox cars Bubble Yum (“Only Yum is the fun that never blows out!”) and Fred Meyer fashions (“You wanna dance?” a girl asks him. “I like your sweater”). He won his first TV roles — after being kicked off the set of Romper Room at 3 years old — in The New Lassie and Parenthood. He was good at playing junior-high heartthrobs and squeaky-clean sons but the more he got cast in those parts the less interested in them he seemed to be. By the time he was cast as Jack Dawson Leonardo DiCaprio had already been nominated for a best supporting actor Academy Award for his role as the title character’s developmentally disabled younger brother Arnie in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Initially director Lasse Hallström had believed DiCaprio was too handsome for the role — a judgment born out by the fact that fan mail for him was already streaming onto the set of Growing Pains. “When I was doing Growing Pains I had quite a teen following ” DiCaprio said in a 1993 interview. “For a while I was third in fan mail or something like that. To tell you the truth I don't like that. Being the hunk-of-the-month annoys me. ... I don't care about being a star. Anybody can be a star with a little makeup and a music video. I'm concerned about being an actor.” James Cameron knew he wanted DiCaprio to be his Jack Dawson but DiCaprio didn’t want to be his Jack . When DiCaprio auditioned for the role Cameron later remembered he first refused to read a scene with Kate Winslet then “read it once [and started] goofing around.” After that Cameron said “I could never get him to focus on it again. But for one split second a shaft of light came down from the heavens and lit up the forest.” DiCaprio had never played a character like Jack before: one who forced him to be so relentlessly in the light. Instead he had spent his early career playing roles like the heroin-addicted Jim Carroll in 1995’s The Basketball Diaries and Arthur Rimbaud (“young gorgeous and deranged”) in Total Eclipse. “How do you do that?” DiCaprio said of his role in Titanic even after filming had ended. “I was asking Jim ‘Can’t we add some dark things to his character?’ And he was like ‘No Leo you can’t.’”\n“I just wasn't used to playing an openhearted free-spirited guy ” DiCaprio told the Los Angeles Times shortly after the Titanic premiere. “I've played the more tortured roles in the past. It was difficult to be someone closer to 'me' than anyone else.” “His character doesn’t go through torment ” Cameron later said of the role “and Leo previously and subsequently in his career was always looking for that dark cloud. ... [It was] only when I convinced him [this] was actually the harder thing to do that he got excited.” Titanic represented a new challenge for James Cameron too. It wasn’t his first romantic movie (try listening to the love theme from The Terminator sometime) but it was the first movie he had ever made where a love story served as the primary dramatic engine. When he pitched Titanic to Fox Chairman Peter Chernin in 1995 Cameron — who had cracked into the big leagues after making 1984’s The Terminator and had seen his sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day become the highest-grossing movie of 1991 — found himself in the odd position of trying to sell studio executives on exactly the kind of movie they didn’t think he could make. \"They were like 'Oooooohkaaaaaay ’\" he later told Paula Parisi author of Titanic and the Making of James Cameron . “‘A three-hour romantic epic? Sure that's just what we want. Is there a little bit of Terminator in that? Any Harrier jets shoot-outs or car chases?' I said 'No no no. It's not like that.'\" Yet James Cameron was in a sense a natural choice for the helm of a romantic epic: He knew how to translate love into action. From the beginning his heroes and heroines had been made powerful by their ability to love and by love’s ability to instill in them greater strength than any opponent could hope to defeat. The Terminator ends with Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) speaking gently to her unborn son as she drives into a mounting storm; in Aliens Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) balances a little girl on one hip and a flamethrower on the other; and in Judgment Day the Terminator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) programmed to protect the adolescent John Connor tells John “I know now why you cry” as he destroys himself to save the future of humanity. “Building Better Worlds” is the space conglomerate slogan on display in James Cameron’s Aliens but it could just as easily apply to the worlds Cameron builds in his movies — or rather the worlds he allows to come into being by stripping away the rules as they have always previously applied. In The Terminator Terminator 2 and Aliens this idea seems to go hand in hand with getting rid of men — and Titanic follows this example. Even if men aren’t actively oppressing women Cameron’s movies suggest they still have a way of holding women back from doing what they need to. Even if all you want is to save John Connor you’re still a product of Skynet. The best protection you can offer the world is to leave it.\nBefore filming even began Cameron knew his $110 million budget projection was only an educated guess. To begin with Fox would have to build a brand-new studio from the ground up something neither it nor any other major movie company had done since the 1930s. No one knew how much it cost to do that kind of thing anymore — to say nothing of the price tag for conjuring the past with computer-generated effects so brand-new that their final cost was also impossible to estimate. But if anyone could make Titanic work Fox executives felt it was James Cameron . He had made Terminator 2 from script to premiere in 13 months: He shot the movie six days a week and on the seventh day he edited. (Crew members somehow found enough time away from their grueling production schedule to make shirts reading “You can’t scare me I work for James Cameron .”) He liked to say he had won his first directing gig — for Piranha II: The Spawning the sequel to a Jaws knockoff — because he convinced producers he could make mealworms writhe on command. (He had called “Action!” and then electrified them with an AC current.) He had a reputation as a miracle worker and he encouraged it. How else could you convince a roomful of businessmen to give you the money you needed to project your dreams and nightmares directly into the American mind? The question was just how much this dream was going to cost. Cameron asked for $125 million to make Titanic. Fox Chairman Peter Chernin balked and told Cameron he could make the movie he had first pitched as “Romeo and Juliet on a boat” if he could have it ready for a July 1997 release and keep the budget to $110 million. Cameron perhaps believing this might really be possible at the time — and perhaps also figuring it was better to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission — said he could do it offering to forfeit $4 million of his own salary to squeeze under the line. Almost as soon as Titanic went into production it began to go over budget. In 1996 shooting a typical action blockbuster — a Batman Forever or a Tomorrow Never Dies — cost an average of $100 000 to $150 000 a day. Titanic averaged between $225 000 and $300 000 — and this was after construction ended on the brand-new 40-acre movie studio Cameron needed to film it. He had considered locations all over the world and ultimately decided on a spot 15 miles south of the border in Rosarito Mexico. Workers needed 10 000 tons of dynamite to blast a hole in the coastline big enough for the 17-million-gallon open-air tank — the largest ever built — that Cameron needed to hold his ship. And in a detail that becomes noteworthy when the movie in question is so concerned with the politics and hierarchies of labor — and Titanic never for a moment lets you forget that the captain’s pleasure in his “unsinkable” ship is powered by the sweat of the stokers in the hold — Cameron shot Titanic in Mexico in part to keep labor costs down. (“This is NAFTA at work!” Fox’s Tom Sherak told journalists who visited the set.)\nLess than halfway through its seven-month shooting schedule the movie had gobbled up nearly three-quarters of its budget and showed no signs of slowing down — and Cameron seemed unwilling to make it slow down. So Paula Parisi writes in Titanic and the Making of James Cameron the studio did its best to persuade him . One night in the fall of 1996 20th Century Fox President Bill Mechanic visited Cameron onset during his 2 a.m. lunch hour a schedule necessitated by the movie’s endless night shoots. “From a financial standpoint ” Mechanic told him “this film is wildly out of control. Nothing is going to change that. All we can do now is contain it. So here are some scenes we’d like you to cut from the shooting schedule.” Cameron studied the list of scenes and immediately refused to cut any of them. “If you want to cut my film ” James Cameron told the president of Fox “you’ll have to fire me and to fire me you’ll have to kill me.” Then he stormed off set. The scenes stayed in the picture. Mechanic had little choice but to relent: No other director could manage all the moving parts Titanic required. When Cameron asked Peter Chernin to fund his submersible expedition to Titanic he wanted not just to see the wreck himself but to film it in a way that would allow viewers to feel they were there with him . Doing so would also allow him to do Bob Ballard one better: Ballard may have found the ship but he had only been able to capture video of it with his underwater remote operating vehicle Jason. (Ballard had also initially wished to keep Titanic’s location secret.) Cameron might not be shooting Titanic first but he was going to do it right. His engineer brother Mike — the only Cameron boy who finished college — developed a titanium-encased film camera capable of independently withstanding the pressure of the ocean floor and of capturing images of Titanic as it had never been seen before. Each dive would cost $25 000 and could record only 10 minutes of film. Some of the footage Cameron brought back from Titanic appears in the movie. Some is recreated. But what Cameron also seems to have brought back from those dives was a new sense of humility about the task before him . After his second trip to Titanic Cameron told Paula Parisi “I just sat there and I just started to cry thinking about the dive and everything I’d seen and experienced.” Later he wrote in James Cameron’s Titanic: “That night I realized that my project my film was doomed to failure if it could not convey the emotion of that night rather than the fact of it.” More and more it seemed to him that he could only let viewers experience Titanic’s sinking by letting them fully experience the ship itself — and he could only do that by recreating it.\n“I wanted to be able to say to an audience without the slightest pang of guilt: This is real ” Cameron wrote of Titanic. “This is what happened. Exactly like this. If you went back in a time machine and stood on the deck this is what you would have seen… Second Officer Lightoller would be over there … and Wallace Hartley would be leading the band in a lively waltz just there a few yards away … [and] slaloming between these immovable pylons of historical fact are Jack and Rose.” In this way Cameron wrote “The film comes full circle from being a film about Titanic to being a love story that happens merely to be set on Titanic back to being about the emotional truth of Titanic after all. By feeling the fear the loss the heartbreak of Jack and Rose we finally can feel for the 1 500.” After seeing Titanic for the first time Harry Knowles compared the experience to traveling to the past through self-willed hypnosis like the hero of Somewhere in Time. Titanic experts who visited Cameron’s set had the same experience in the flesh. Cameron ’s devotion to history was exacting and at times excruciating: Every possible detail from the davits used to lower the lifeboats to the carpet in the first-class dining saloon (recreated all 18 000 square feet of it by the same company that had manufactured the original) was identical to what Titanic’s passengers would have seen. When the furniture being artificially aged for a scene recreating the wreck didn’t look quite right to Cameron he spent a day and a half working on the props himself. ( He was supposed to be finishing the screenplay at the time.) “ Cameron wanted real wallpaper and things like that \" the movie’s head of physical production Fred Gallo recalled. \"I said 'Why don't you build the sets and have them paint on the wallpaper? No one will ever know.'” But Cameron would. Thousands of props from ashtrays to teacups to forks had to be stamped with the White Star Line emblem even if it was impossible for viewers to see. The costumes alone cost $8.4 million. The chandeliers couldn’t be Lucite Cameron decided because then they wouldn’t chime ominously as the ship began to tilt; they would have to be crystal just as they had been in 1912. “There should be a little brass sign right here that says ‘Push ’” Cameron said apologetically to Ken Marschall as he led the Titanic expert through a doorway on D deck during a set visit. “It was one delight after another ” Marschall said of his time on Titanic. But he didn’t have to work there.\n\"You don't just join one of his films \" editor Mark Goldblatt said of James Cameron . “You sign on for a tour of duty.\" On Titanic two-thirds of the shoot had to be done at night and even the cast sometimes worked 20-hour days. “Nothing could have prepared me for it ” Kate Winslet later said. Night after night as Titanic sank again and again she and Leonardo DiCaprio had to struggle through water pumped in straight from the ocean. “I bet people will think it's heated ” she wrote in her diary “but it isn't.” The crew watched actors vigilantly for signs of hypothermia. (Later they would begin heating the water even though Winslet had believed the cold would make her performance more authentic). \"I chipped a small bone in my elbow and at one point I had deep bruises all over my arms \" Kate Winslet told the Los Angeles Times once Titanic’s arduous shoot was over. \"I looked like a battered wife.\" Filming underwater close-ups where Winslet had to be weighted in a tank while completely submerged terrified her. Cameron she wrote “wouldn't have made me do that if I didn't say ‘No I'm okay.’\" But even though it was a highly supervised set with safety divers everywhere she sometimes felt like she was drowning. “Take after take ” Winslet wrote in her diary “I reminded myself that I wanted to be part of this. I will not admit defeat.”\nNo one would. Titanic’s budget continued to swell as Cameron continued to fall behind schedule and its release date was pushed back from July to December. Fox shunted Speed 2 — which some executives had higher hopes for anyway — into the summer release slot Titanic was meant to fill. It flopped and Titanic plunged ahead its budget once rising by $20 million in the space of two chaotic weeks. “I cannot think of one crew member who didn't say 'I've had it ’” first assistant director Sebastián Silva said. “But no one walked.\" As far as Cameron ’s temper went Kate Winslet said “the actors got off lightly. I think Jim knew he couldn't shout at us the way he did to his crew because our performances would be no good.” “Any idiot could figure this out!” This Paula Parisi wrote was a standard Cameron response to crew members who couldn’t make his vision a reality fast enough. He raged at workers and he raged at executives and he seemed sometimes to want more than anything to simply be able to do every single job on Titanic himself. When the ice arrived in hundred-pound blocks Cameron picked up an ax and started chopping preparing it for the scene where it was to splinter off the iceberg and fall onto the deck. “Getting over their initial disbelief ” Paula Parisi wrote “the crew followed suit. ... Giving up his ax Cameron stepped back and watched for thirty seconds then he just couldn’t stand it anymore. He pushed a puny guy aside taking his ax. It was just too much fun.” Cameron Parisi wrote was “showing that he knew full well the film was going to be hard work but no one would work harder than he would.” Maybe. But Titanic Parisi also observed “was a factory ” and it had only one product: Cameron ’s dream. Cameron’s recreation of the ship itself contained 300 tons of steel bolted together at a breakneck pace by 30 laborers. The wardrobe department needed 8 000 separate articles of clothing to dress the extras for the Southampton scene alone. Every time Cameron sank the first-class dining saloon and raised it again for another take crew members spent the next workday drying carpets righting furniture collecting 1 800 pieces of flatware off the floor and recreating Titanic all over again. Titanic had one boss and hundreds of workers and though it amassed superlative after superlative in terms of monetary costs well over a year before it even reached theaters its cost in terms of human labor may be yet more staggering. What does it feel like to surrender seven months of your life for nearly every waking hour of the day to one man’s vision? What does it do to you? What makes you stay?\nFor the laborers and extras hired in Rosarito it probably had something to do with the pay; for the crew it probably had something to do with the prestige; for the cast it probably had something to do with the exposure. But among the cast and crew members who described not just the tortuous process of making Titanic but their own dedication to the film a shared conviction is always present: They were doing something real and they could feel it. “One thing that’s very important to me in life ” Kate Winslet said while Titanic was in production “is [that] through having a relationship with somebody and loving that person and being allowed to feel the whole emotion of love despite all of the risks you can find out who you are. And when Rose meets Jack she cuts through all of the class and money nonsense and connects with something real and alive and passionate in his soul. And when I read the script I was in floods of tears because it takes you to the point where you would do anything — absolutely anything — to stop that ship from sinking.” If Titanic felt real — if it was real — then perhaps this painfully conjured time travel was the only way to make Jack and Rose and the love between them become real as well. James Cameron spent the summer of 1997 in an at-home editing room darkened by blackout curtains faceting the dream he had now poured years of his life into. In late July he took a day off to marry Linda Hamilton his girlfriend of seven years in a backyard ceremony. The next day he went back to his editing suite and back to Titanic. “Taped to his editing machine ” Entertainment Weekly reported in November 1997 “is a suicide device — a razor blade with the simple instruction ‘Use only if film sucks.’”\nOn TitanicShack — one of the many websites and forums that sprang up after the movie’s release as outlets for people confronted by the grim fact that they couldn’t spend every single day in the theater watching Titanic again and again — fans wondered why the movie had such a hold on them. Some felt as mystified as the movie’s harshest critics did about just why they couldn’t stop themselves from returning to Titanic: I've seen this movie 13 times (and yes I must go back if only because 13's unlucky! :-) Why do I a thirty-something sane woman keep going back? Because I love this movie — everything about it — and I know they'll letterbox it when it comes out on video and it just WON'T be the same on my tiny 19-inch tv screen. Someone told me a story about a woman in the States who was kicked out of the theatre for reciting every line with the movie. She had ticket stubs to prove she had seen it 84 times!! Now that's a bit excessive!!!! I can't really pinpoint why I keep going back. All I can say is that this movie gets to me every single time... The life lessons it teaches are many but there is one theme in particular that all humankind never tires of hearing: love really is the greatest power of all. As it continued its dominance of Americans’ hearts and minds almost anything Titanic touched became a guaranteed moneymaker. The J. Peterman catalog began selling what it advertised as a “fairly enormous” $198 Heart of the Ocean necklace and quickly ran out of stock (disappointed customers could however content themselves with a $19 knockoff called “the Jewel of the Sea ” at least until Fox sued the company that made it). Céline Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On” became the world's best-selling single of 1998 and pushed the Titanic soundtrack to the top of the charts too. ( Cameron had initially resisted including any song over the closing credits feeling it was akin to commissioning a pop single for the soundtrack to Schindler’s List. But Horner and Dion cut a demo in secret and won him over.) Even — maybe especially — after the movie was gone from theaters any piece of media that summoned its world would suffice for fans. James Cameron ’s Titanic a glossy coffee table book detailing the movie’s production shot to the top of the New York Times best-seller list and candy-hued unauthorized biographies of Leonardo DiCaprio began appearing in bookstores and in smitten girls’ backpacks. \"There's a lot of me in Jack definitely \" James Cameron told Rolling Stone in 1998 in an interview in which he also discussed his recent separation from Linda Hamilton. She had been his fourth wife and his Sarah Connor. \"Actually ” Cameron clarified “I shouldn't say that. Jack is the guy I wished I could have been. I wished I had the courage and the openness.”\nReading the Titanic screenplay it’s easy to tell which character Cameron wished he could have been: Even the simplest descriptions of Jack find a way to be adoring. One of Jack’s sketches “captures [Cora and her father] perfectly with a great sense of the humanity of the moment.” Jack’s sketchbook is “a celebration of the human condition.” As Jack stargazes before his first conversation with Rose he is thinking not just any thoughts but “artist thoughts.” And as Rose begins to fall for Jack we listen in on her first impressions of him: He “is so open and real...not like anyone she has ever known.” Remembering the iconic “king of the world” scene — one he later reenacted to near-universal disdain at the 1998 Academy Awards — Cameron described the kind of power the kind of joy that even the experience of commanding a vast and imposing structure — a ship a movie set — couldn’t necessarily allow you to feel. “You see the power of [Titanic] ” he said of the scene “and you see the satisfaction of the officers who run the ship and their domination of the elements. And then I take that energy and I give it to Jack. He’s an artist. He’s a guy who’s able to have his heart soar. It’s his ship man. It doesn’t matter that he doesn’t have a dime. This is his ship and his moment. He owns the moment.” To survey (and enjoy) the power of the vast system he commands the captain — “a great patriarch of the sea” in Cameron’s script — must stand on the bridge and look at Titanic itself. But Jack because this is not his ship and not his dream can stand at Titanic’s prow as it cuts through the water feeling the sun on his face and watching the dolphins that leap and swim “for the sheer joy and exultation of motion.” He can fully experience Titanic’s power because he feels no need to convince himself he commands it — and then he can give it to Rose. \"I've been part of a film that's broken cultural boundaries ” DiCaprio reflected in 2004. “I went to the middle of Brazil in the rainforest and the Indians there knew [Titanic]. It's surreal.” From the beginning it was clear Titanic’s success transcended borders. When it finally left US theaters in the fall of 1998 — staying on the big screen even after it was released on video — it had made $659 million domestically. In the process it became the highest-grossing movie in US history shattering the record comfortably held for 20 years by Star Wars. (George Lucas took out an ad in Variety where Han and Leia posed like Jack and Rose to publicly congratulate Cameron perhaps with some sense of relief: Heavy is the head that wears the big-gross crown.) But Titanic’s worldwide theatrical gross was nearly $2.2 billion. In a March 1998 article titled “Fan Sinks into Titanic Obsession ” the Associated Press reported that a 12-year-old girl named Gloria had gone to see Titanic at the only movie theater in the town of Castelfranco Emilia Italy every single night since its release and that she would go on watching it until she couldn’t anymore. She had seen it 50 times so far and wasn’t tired of it yet; the theater no longer charged her admission and — recognizing that the love of an adolescent girl is nothing to be trifled with — saved her favorite seat for her every night. “Jack is cuter than Leo ” Gloria clarified for anyone who wondered.\n“Experts say that the pure passion that pre-adolescent girls have for their idols represents a time in their lives that is brief intense and — once it's run its course — gone forever ” Frances Grandy Taylor wrote in the Hartford Courant in March 1998 in one of the countless articles and TV segments that tried to help parents understand Leomania. The “gone forever” part must have seemed particularly comforting. When the unafflicted tried to make sense of the phenomenon following the movie’s release they tended to focus on Leo’s looks and his celebrity and of course they weren’t wrong. Like all adolescent crushes he was perfect and remote: He couldn’t hurt you couldn’t reject you couldn’t disappoint you. And as Jack Dawson he was pure fantasy: so handsome as to seem almost unearthly; an androgynous angel who wanted only to love you to worship you and to be the idea of a romantic partner one with whom reality could never try to compete. He was a dream the argument went and that was why adolescent girls — who were overwhelmingly presented in the media as the driving force behind Titanic’s success regardless of whether this was quite true or not — kept going back to the theater for more. It was wish fulfillment. But what were we really wishing for? More than any Cameron protagonist before him Jack Dawson is heroic for his ability to love. He can watch the world as he knew it fall apart around him and not feel that everything he believed in — hierarchy order masculinity — is being yanked out from under his feet because he never felt much of a need to believe in it anyway. When Jack turns up in a tuxedo to accompany Rose to dinner in first class he first exaggerates the aristocracy’s manners just enough to make them seem absurd then captivates some of the wealthiest people in the world with stories of the kind of freedom they can barely allow themselves to imagine. Rose’s life as she has lived it so far has taught her that she is an object to be bought and sold: All women are and the best you can hope for as a woman is to be the most expensive object sold to the richest buyer. Jack saves Rose from literal death — twice — but he also saves her from the society- and self-imposed prison of believing that she can only ever inhabit the role she was born into. “'Titanic' is starting to sail out of movie theaters ” conservative commentator Betsy Hart wrote in 1998 “but it may have left a wake of devastation in its path in the hearts of teenage girls everywhere.” As heartbreaking as the movie’s ending was Hart found that she was “saddened much more” by the thought of “the millions of teenage girls” who had helped make the movie a hit and who had been duped into thinking that “the intense sentiment and easy sex over a few days that formed the romantic centerpiece of Titanic is the kind of love they should strive for.” “It's little wonder ” Hart concluded that “our society has so many young people that need so much rescuing.”\nThis analysis has always been obviously wrong in at least one more way: Titanic is not a fun movie to watch. You aren’t escaping from anything so much as putting yourself through an emotional ordeal: a decathlon of passion dread terror numbness and finally cathartic hope. You yourself have survived something by the end of Titanic; you have sat immersed in death in dying in questions about your own behavior in such a situation and have asked yourself to believe in love in the face of all this — and perhaps have been able to. For that experience we were willing to go back to Titanic over and over again. And if we’re focusing on the girls in the audience then please — let’s really think about them. Who were these girls and why were they there? Why was I? When Titanic was in theaters girls of 9 and 10 and 11 and 12 and 13 shaped their lives around it and fell in love not just with Leo but with the whole story they had first found him in. We had a sense maybe that life as we knew it was not so different from Titanic: that we too lived in a world where society might have to fall apart completely before we could be liberated from the roles that gender and class and race forced us to occupy. In Titanic Rose is freed not because her mother and her fiancé die (they don’t) but because a microcosm of the world as she knows it collapses around her and in that moment she realizes its rules no longer dictate her existence. They were never really real of course — but now that she has seen the spectacular defeat of every system the society that raised her guaranteed would work forever she can no longer even feel its laws governing her. Something breaks when you no longer believe that anyone anywhere can build an unsinkable ship. And if you can’t put your faith in a system like a ship — or a government — you have to start directing all your trust all your love to the people around you. Titanic poses the question of what we can hold onto when the structures and beliefs we have built our lives on founder beneath us and one of the answers it allows us to reach is: each other. We hold onto each other. Recently a writer friend told me that this year as the world has started to feel like it’s falling apart he has found himself turning again and again to W.H. Auden’s closing lines in “September 1 1939”: Hunger allows no choice To the citizen or the police; We must love one another or die. In the past year I have developed the same kind of relationship — have been taking the same kind of refuge grasping for the same kind of wisdom — with Titanic. When I first fell in love with Titanic at 9 years old I wanted to be Jack as much as I wanted to be loved by him. I wanted the freedom he enjoyed: freedom that seemed to give him the ability to love so deeply and so selflessly. It was the kind of freedom the world around me said a girl could never have. But the world had also told Rose that and she had found that freedom in the end. Yet no matter how vast James Cameron’s abilities were his imagination — big enough to bring a lost ship back to life; big enough even to let the viewer feel some sense of what 1 500 lost souls really means — still couldn’t conjure a vision so radical that it could let Jack survive. If it were possible for James Cameron to imagine masculinity doing anything in the long term but infecting everything around it with violence and arrogance and greed and destruction then Jack could have survived. If Cameron were able to imagine a world beyond the hierarchy of patriarchal control — instead of just spectacularly destroying one — then Jack could have survived. If he could have imagined possibilities for men beyond either blindly following the patriarchy or dying for its sins then Jack could have survived. But instead Jack has to die and to love Rose in the only way a world of patriarchal masculinity even one reduced to flotsam will allow: by giving his life for hers. Beyond even Titanic’s unresolved questions about masculinity the one radical possibility James Cameron seems unable to imagine is one in which partners can lovingly empower each other through a life lived together. This is where we have no choice but to do what he couldn’t: to imagine such love and live it. To focus on nurture and let go of heroism. To know that love is the only way through. To say: Get on this board you idiot. There’s room for us both.", "output": [ "James Cameron Jack", "Jack" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad97ca45f6154455bb2b8d310f5bec8e", "input": "US President Barack Obama says disgraced National Football League quarterback Michael Vick deserves a second chance after serving a jail sentence for his involvement in a dog-fighting ring.\nWhite House spokesman Bill Burton says the president told Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie that people in Vick's position should be able to contribute to society once they have served time in jail for their crimes.\nVick's position should be able to contribute to society once they have served time in jail for their crimes.\nVick served 18 months after being convicted in connection with a dog-fighting ring. The president also added he condemns the crime Vick was charged with.\nVick signed with Philadelphia last year and helped lead the Eagles to this year's National Football League playoffs.", "output": [ "Vick" ] }, { "id": "task419-03aa3321689c4961b768d8d63834fd73", "input": "Feb. 19 (UPI) — Figure skater Adam Rippon decided to turn down an offer from NBC to serve as an Olympic correspondent because he wants to stay with Team USA in the Olympic Village.\n Rippon made the decision on Monday morning Pyeongchang time.\n“I am flattered that NBC wanted me to work as a correspondent for them here in Pyeongchang ” Rippon tweeted Monday. “Doing this would require me to leave Team USA and move out of the Olympic Village. I don’t want to do that so I had to declined the opportunity.”\nAn NBC spokesman told USA Today on Sunday that Rippon was hired by the network to serve as a correspondent during the remainder of the Olympics working on television digital and social media platforms.\nUSA Today later reported that Rippon decided not to take the NBC offer when he realized he would have to move out of Team USA housing and couldn’t march in the closing ceremony.\nThe 28-year-old Pennsylvania native was part of Team USA’s bronze medal winning mixed team figure skating squad. Rippon placed 10th in the men’s singles final on Friday. He is finished competing at the 2018 Winter Games.", "output": [ "Adam Rippon" ] }, { "id": "task419-5589311da92344b29295fce2f572a69f", "input": "High profile gastroenterologist Dr. Gina Sam suffered duress over a dress.\n Sam a media savvy M.D. who frequently turns up on TV and has graced the pages of Elle Forbes and People found herself in a Wednesday morning run-in with employees at the Burlington Coat Factory in Chelsea. She says the incident happened when they insisted she couldn’t wear a dress she’d planned to purchase into the bathroom.\nAccording to Sam she arrived at the outlet store shortly after 8 a.m. following a morning workout. She says she'd spent more than four hours compiling clothes toiletries and toys to donate to the Red Cross for disaster relief in the Caribbean. That’s when she saw a white dress she decided to buy for herself then tried it on. Since Sam had on gym clothes under her fur coat matching hat and Ugg boots she figured she’d save time by wearing the dress out of the store and heading straight to her afternoon events. But first she had to use the ladies room.\n“They said ‘we can not have you leave the dress on and go pee’!” she claimed one of the five store employees who'd come to deal with the situation told her. Sam said she demanded to speak to a manager and told the employees “I feel like I’m being cornered.”\nAccording to the Tufts medical school grad she had two bins full of merchandise totaling $1 300 and had every intention of buying the $40 dress too. But management insisted she had to go downstairs pay for the dress first then she could use the facilities. Sam said she paid for the dress then ran out to a nearby bank to get more cash so that she could come back and buy the rest of her merchandise.\n Sam also said that she asked a bank teller for a glass of water and an aspirin because she was feeling such anxiety over the run-in.\n“People should not be made to feel this way ” she told us.\n Sam plans to have her attorney write a letter to the retailer.", "output": [ "Sam" ] }, { "id": "task419-e18ef2d6ae4e41689e2cbca343f068b8", "input": "So let ' s do \" Overreaction Day ” and talk about Tuesday ' s elections . For many years sports journalist Randy Galloway had a radio sports show in the Dallas - Ft Worth area . On Mondays or the day after the Cowboys ' game he ' d call it \" Overreaction Monday \" or an opportunity for every fan to say whatever was in their minds about the team players or coaches . It was often hilarious especially when fans called in their latest conspiracy theories about this or that . Just saw a headline on AOL about a \" bombshell election .\" Did I miss a huge upset somewhere ? In reality we saw Democrats win elections that they were supposed to win . Did anyone seriously think that Mayor De Blasio would be defeated in New York City ? I think that the real story in New York City had to be electoral apathy . Maybe that ' s what happens when a small group of voters pay the overwhelming majority of taxes ! Governor Kim Guadagno of New Jersey to keep the seat after Governor Christie ? I ' m amazed that she got 44 % of the vote . Over in Virginia I expected a closer vote but not necessarily a GOP victory . Mr . Northam got 53 % a majority but no landslide ! So what can we say about Tuesday ? The Democrats are winning elections in \" blue areas \" or a state like Virginia gradually flooded by federal employees . First Tuesday ' s results confirmed that Democrats are excited although I have not seen any evidence that they can win a district or state held by a strong incumbent Republican . Second the GOP Congress needs to get the message that voters expect tax and health care reform . You can ' t promise to repeal Obama Care and then not do it when you have the votes . Congratulations to the winners although Governor - elect Murphy will soon realize that New Jersey voters are angry and will turn on him quickly . Yes Christie had \" Bridgegate \" and \" Beachgate \" but Mr . Murphy will now inherit a total mess with unfunded public pensions collapsing infrastructure and voters who are sick and tired of paying taxes . Governor elect Northam will face an angry left that has already turned on him over sanctuary cities . As in sports there are no guarantees . However the GOP could guarantee itself winning in 2018 by keeping its promises and showing that it can govern . Or the GOP can continue to look incompetent and give the Democrats any opening in 2018 ! You can listen to my show ( Canto Talk ) and follow me on Twitter .", "output": [ "Murphy" ] }, { "id": "task419-3748f38a1d7d47949b7534c6092ef1fd", "input": "Braden Matejka barely escaped the Route 91 Harvest festival with his life after Stephen Paddock fired a barrage of bullets from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino down on the outdoor concert below. The 64-year-old gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds more Matejka among them.\n“You are a lying piece of s--- and I hope someone truly shoots you in the head ” one person wrote to Matejka on Facebook in the days after the worst shooting in modern U.S. history.\nAmanda Homulos right hugs her boyfriend Braden Matejka at the Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas Wednesday Oct. 4 2017. (Robert Ray/AP)\n Matejka’s family told the Guardian people have also taken to making memes with his photos and pairing them with crude captions. The shooting survivor was forced to shut down his social media accounts but his loved ones are still being targeted by those who believe the deadly incident was a hoax.\n Matejka traveled to the festival from his native Canada with girlfriend Amanda Homulos to celebrate his 30th birthday.\nWhen the gunfire broke out Matejka was knocked to the ground after a bullet struck him the head. Homulos who was not injured was able to make it inside the car of another concertgoer who drove them to the hospital.\nLas Vegas victim wakes up from coma after getting shot in head", "output": [ "Braden Matejka" ] }, { "id": "task419-92316a9b84b8415cb99a188877d16421", "input": "The House Oversight Committee has opened an investigation into Rob Porter 's White House employment while he was being accused of abusing his ex-wives.\n The probe comes as the White House more than a week into the scandal has continued to offer shifting explanations of the circumstances of Porter 's tenure as a top aide to President Donald Trump.\nWednesday morning the Oversight Committee's chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy R-S.C. sent White House chief of staff John Kelly and FBI Director Christopher Wray letters asking for details about Porter 's background check and the decision to keep him on the job before he quit last week.\nGowdy in his letters specifically asked for \"the date on which any White House employee became aware of potential derogatory or disqualifying information on Porter from the date of his appointment to February 12 2018 and which individual was notified.\"", "output": [ "Porter" ] }, { "id": "task419-2873fcfdad36438f846b84e51be60ea3", "input": "Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George ( 13 ) shoots the ball defended by LA Clippers forward Blake Griffin ( 32 ) during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena . ( Photo : Mark D . Smith USA TODAY Sports ) OKLAHOMA CITY ( AP ) — This was the Paul George that Thunder fans had been waiting for . George scored 42 points and Oklahoma City snapped a four - game losing streak with a 120 - 111 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night . It was George ' s highest scoring performance since joining the Thunder in an offseason trade with Indiana . He said his new teammates are starting to figure out how his game works . \" It really is just chemistry \" he said . \" When I got here one of the talks we had about what was best with offense was the movement . Coach ( Billy ) Donovan was happy that he could utilize me in that situation of moving and getting some flow in offense so I ' m comfortable with that . It ' s good for me to get going and move around a little bit .\" Russell Westbrook had 22 points and eight assists in the Thunder ' s highest - scoring game of the season . Carmelo Anthony and Alex Abrines each scored 14 points . Westbrook and Anthony made it tough for Los Angeles to deal with George . \" It ' s hard because they have so many options \" Clippers coach Doc Rivers said . \" A lot of times you have the one - two option they ' ve got the one - two - three option . George made 13 of 22 shots and had nine rebounds and seven assists . \" I was just trying to stay in attack mode \" he said . \" If plays opened up and there was opportunities to find guys I was trying to but it just seems that a lot of the plays just ended up me one on one with a big at the rim .\" Lou Williams scored 35 points for the Clippers and Blake Griffin had 17 points on 5 - for - 19 shooting . Los Angeles has lost four straight . The Thunder led 63 - 55 at halftime behind 21 points by George . \" All of the sudden he got it going \" Rivers said . \" I thought that changed the game when he got it going . That stretched the floor some more .\" The Thunder continued their surge early in the third quarter . A 3 - pointer by Anthony pushed Oklahoma City ' s lead to 15 . The Thunder increased their advantage to 20 before the Clippers chipped away late in the quarter to close to 94 - 86 at the end of the period . A 3 - pointer by Austin Rivers tied it at 105 midway through the fourth but the Thunder held the Clippers to one field goal in the final three minutes to regain control . MORE : TIP - INS Clippers : G Jawun Evans who played at nearby Oklahoma State last season scored three points in 16 minutes . ... G Patrick Beverley sat out with a sore right knee . F Danilo Gallinari missed the game with a strained left glute . ... G Sindarius Thornwell got his first career start in place of Beverley and scored 10 points . ... Williams hit a double - clutch shot from half court to end the first quarter . He was called for a technical foul in the fourth . Thunder : C Steven Adams missed the game with a right calf contusion . ... Dakari Johnson got his first career start in Adams ' place and finished with nine points . He was a G - League All - Star last season . ... George hit a short jumper at the halftime buzzer . He was issued a technical foul in the third quarter . ... G Andre Roberson had 11 rebounds . STAT LINES Each of the Thunder ' s wins has been by at least nine points . All their losses have been by nine or fewer . Even with a 5 - 7 record the Thunder have outscored their opponents by 58 points this season . QUOTABLE Johnson on facing DeAndre Jordan in his first career start : \" It was good . I just tried to go out there and be competitive just compete . He ' s a very great player . I ' m not scared of anybody so I just went out there and competed .\" Jordan finished with nine points and 12 rebounds . DROPPING DIMES Griffin had five assists to surpass 2 000 in his career . He led the team in assists and the team finished with just 13 . UP NEXT Clippers : At New Orleans on Saturday night . Thunder : Host Dallas on Sunday night . NBA photo of the day The Associated Press .", "output": [ "Paul George" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6cf00d02b144e178c010867d145618b", "input": "Clinton said the session in Geneva \"was a worthwhile meeting \" as the Iranians had agreed to inspections of all nuclear sites to ship low-enriched uranium abroad for processing and to another round of talks later this month.\n \"But as the president has said and I and others have also made clear this is not by any means a stopping point. There is much more to be done. We expect much more \" Clinton told CNN in a joint interview with Gates.\n has said and I and others have also made clear this is not by any means a stopping point. There is much more to be done. We expect much more \" Clinton told CNN in a joint interview with Gates.\n She added that \"on balance what came out of the meeting in Geneva was positive.\"\n Asked if the Iranians were committed to resolving the dispute over their nuclear program Clinton said: \"We don't know yet. We don't know.\"\n Clinton in an interview taped before an audience at George Washington University said a team of technical experts would meet later this month \"to see how to put into action what we certainly believed was an agreement in principle.\"\n She added: \"nothing is finished until it's finished.\"\n Clinton said the progress at the Geneva talks had bought time to assess Iran's actions and that while engaging with Tehran the administration was working with other world powers to prepare punitive sanctions in case negotiations failed.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton", "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-665916f851864bcb8aa9ab060fee053c", "input": "\"So I think that announcing yourself as a sanctuary has its implications whether you're a mosque a church a synagogue or anything \" Imam Omar Suleiman told NPR's Renee Montagne.\n Suleiman is the founder and president of the Yaqueen Institute for Islamic Research near Dallas Texas. He says ICE has been particularly aggressive in Dallas where the area leads the country in the number of deportations since the election of Donald Trump.\nLast year Suleiman was one of the people calling for mosques to join the sanctuary movement in response to increased deportation. The adversity that the Muslim and Latino communities face is similar he said.\n\"I think the tools that have been employed against immigrants are the same tools that have been employed against refugees which are the same tools that have been employed against the Muslim community as a whole which is the dehumanization — the 'otherizing' — that allows people to subconsciously accept this idea that we somehow do not deserve the same level of dignity and respect and liberty that everybody else does \" Suleiman says.\nBut there is already a deep anti-Muslim sentiment he adds pointing at mosque burnings that have taken place since President Trump was elected. He says Muslims are already under a lot of scrutiny and an additional layer to that could exacerbate something that is already an issue and endanger both the Muslim and the Latino communities.", "output": [ "Omar Suleiman" ] }, { "id": "task419-4820175a305b4166afcdc5fa73e044d6", "input": "The head of Japanese automaker Subaru bowed deeply in apology Friday as the company admitted that it has been carrying out flawed inspections of its Japan-made cars for years.\nThe announcement by Subaru 's chief executive and president Yasuyuki Yoshinaga was the latest in a flurry of such scandals. Earlier this month Nissan Motor Co. recalled more than 1 million domestically made cars because of faulty routine tests.\n Subaru will submit a report on the problem to the government on Monday Yoshinaga told reporters. He said a domestic recall is likely spanning the entire Subaru lineup totaling 255 000 vehicles.\nYoshinaga said the faulty inspections for Subaru 's finished products had been going on for 30 years. The workers involved did not fully realize their method was wrong and a thorough review of the entire inspection system is needed he said.\n Subaru formerly called Fuji Heavy Industries is partnered with Toyota Motor Corp. a top shareholder. Toyota and Honda Motor Co. have said they did not have dubious inspections. Toyota said it was checking with Subaru on the reported irregularities.\nReporters peppered Subaru 's Yoshinaga with questions about why it took so long after the Nissan scandal for Subaru to come forward.", "output": [ "Subaru" ] }, { "id": "task419-be6638d92384434fa62ae0cbf396ed1d", "input": "Whenever such a chance presents itself I pick homies who've never flown before. (Recently on a trip to Washington D.C. one of them asked “Are we flying Virgin Airlines because it is our first time?”) When I went to Spokane I took Mario and Bobby.\nWe flew out of Burbank where passengers walk onto the airport tarmac and go up stairs to get into the planes. Of the hundreds of first-timers I've traveled with over the years no one has ever been as terrified as Mario . He was gasping and flushed — and we were still inside the terminal. Out the window I could see flight attendants climbing the stairs each holding two Venti-sized drinks. Mario emerged from his terror tunnel long enough to ask in a panicky whine “When are we gonna board?”\n Tall and gangly Mario may be the most tattooed individual ever at Homeboy. He is all “sleeved out ” neck blackened with the name of his gang and his entire face covered in tattoos. I had never been in public with him and I watched as people sidestepped us in the airport. Mothers pulled their kids in tightly. The recoiling was pronounced and widespread. And yet everyone at Homeboy would agree that Mario is the gentlest of men. He calmed himself and we got to Spokane without event.\nAt Gonzaga the auditorium was full maybe 1 000 people. Mario and Bobby spoke first. Nervous (again) hands and voices shaking they told their stories of violence terror and abuse of all kinds. Honest to God their words were like flames; you had to keep your distance or get scorched.\nI asked Bobby and Mario to join me for the question-and-answer period. A woman near the front spoke first.\n“You say you're a father ” she said to Mario “and your son and daughter are starting to reach their teenage years. What wisdom do you impart to them ?” She recalibrated. “What advice do you give them ?”\nShe sat and Mario sifted her words looking for a response. “I just ...”\nThere wasn't much of a pause before the audience stood and began to clap. All Mario could do was hold his face in his hands.", "output": [ "Mario" ] }, { "id": "task419-f6de1c07a89d42c59a012e0d50aea211", "input": "Pence’s remarks which marked the first time a White House official has publicly raised the plight of jailed Egyptian-Americans were a positive sign for the families of Kassem and Etiwy though Pence did not mention the other 18 Americans in jail nor did he bring up the plight of two American green card holders being held in solitary confinement.\nTheir efforts seemed to have worked. Pence told reporters that he brought up the cases of Kassem and Ahmed Etiwy another imprisoned American during his talk with Sisi. “Sisi assured me” that he would give “very serious attention” to those cases Pence said.\n Kassem also spoke out from his jail cell before Pence arrived. In a handwritten letter smuggled out of prison Kassem wrote to President Donald Trump that all he longs for is “to be reunited with my children back in New York” — a “dream of reunion that is many times interrupted with the grim reality of my prison cell and screams of torture in a faint distance.” The letter was sent to the White House on January 18.\nFor the past four years the Kassem family has had to learn how to fight for Moustafa without the help of their government. That battle started on August 14 2013 the last time the Kassem family saw Moustafa for 20 days. After he was arrested Kassem disappeared into the black hole of Egypt’s prison system until his family after calling Egyptian officials around the country located him in Abu Zaabal prison north of Cairo. When Ahmed his brother-in-law visited him he said he could not recognize Kassem because of how badly he had been beaten by jail officers.\nAccording to family members Kassem has skin cancer and diabetes and his health is deteriorating.\n“I’m so afraid that he will get worse and worse and I don’t know what’s going to happen ” said Eman Kassem Moustafa Kassem’s sister .\nOver four years later however Kassem has not been convicted. His trial has been delayed over 40 times. And his lawyer says Egyptian prosecutors have presented no specific evidence tying him to the crimes he is charged with — a common defect of these mass trials.\nAs Kassem spends his days in Tora prison in southern Cairo where he was transferred about seven months into his detention his family and advocates are busy trying to get the attention of lawmakers and most importantly the White House.\nAccording to Ahmed Kassem was routinely beaten up in jail during the beginning of his detention in an effort to make him confess to the charges. Even more dangerously for Kassem his insulin pump was taken away when he was first arrested. Kassem managed to survive for the first few months by eating little and taking sugar control pills that jail officers allowed in.\nThe family however has managed to stop the abuse and get Kassem medical help thanks to their communication with Rep. Peter King R-N.Y. Kassem’s representative in Congress. As soon as Ahmed got back to New York in September 2013 he got in touch with King’s office. Staffers there in turn contacted the U.S. embassy in Cairo about Kassem ’s situation. About five months after Kassem was arrested U.S. officials brought Kassem his insulin pump according to Ahmed. The U.S. embassy’s involvement also seems to have halted the beatings.\nEmbassy officials have continued to monitor Kassem’s case. “The Department of State takes seriously its responsibilities to assist U.S. citizens abroad ” a State Department official told The Intercept speaking anonymously in keeping with department protocol. “We are aware of media reports on the arrest of Mustafa Kassem in Egypt. When a U.S. citizen is detained overseas the Department works to provide all appropriate consular assistance.”\nIn recent months Soltan worked with the office of Sen. John McCain R-Ariz. to bring attention to the plight of Kassem and Ahmed Etiwy another Egyptian-American arrested in August 2013. McCain sent a letter to Trump in August writing that the imprisonment of Etiwy “seems to be part of a troubling crackdown on independent voices across Egypt over the past several years.” McCain a critic of Egyptian authoritarianism also raised Kassem’s case in an accompanying statement.\nOn the other hand Democratic New York Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand who represent Kassem and Etiwy’s mothers have been publically silent on the cases. Praveen Madhiraju the U.S. lawyer for Kassem and Etiwy has briefed their staffs but the senators have not made any statements. (Schumer and Gillibrand’s offices did not return requests for comment.)\nTo get Kassem and the other Egyptian-Americans out of jail now the families need more than a congressional intervention. They need the White House to intervene on a sustained basis.", "output": [ "Eman Kassem" ] }, { "id": "task419-fd95280cf634477a85831110e6de50af", "input": "South Africa's parliament spokesman says the speaker has received Jacob Zuma's resignation letter and his departure as president is effective immediately.\n Zuma announced his resignation late Wednesday after the ruling African National Congress ordered him to step down. The ANC has been hurt by multiple corruption allegations around Zuma who has denied wrongdoing.\nSouth Africa's government says acting President Cyril Ramaphosa is in charge until parliament elects a new leader Thursday afternoon following the resignation of Jacob Zuma .\n Zuma resigned late Wednesday after the ANC which has lost popularity because of corruption scandals during his tenure instructed him to leave. Ramaphosa has promised to fight graft.\nThe South African currency strengthened against the dollar in early trading Thursday after Zuma 's resignation which ended a leadership crisis that had stalled some government business.\nThe Nelson Mandela Foundation welcomes Zuma 's departure but says the state must act against \"networks of criminality\" that have hurt South Africa's democracy.", "output": [ "Jacob Zuma" ] }, { "id": "task419-51c47c03cd954aa28a63395fd237614e", "input": "CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Steve Gardner tells you which players to add and which to drop heading into Week 7 of the fantasy football season. USA TODAY Sports\nSan Francisco 49ers linebacker Reuben Foster . (Photo: Brace Hemmelgarn USA TODAY Sports)\nSan Francisco 49ers players Reuben Foster and Ray-Ray Armstrong were among victims in an attempted armed robbery Monday a San Francisco Police Department spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY Sports.\nSince the investigation is active the department cannot release full details of the report or names of the victims. However the SFPD provided a synopsis of an attempted robbery that matched one that Foster and the 49ers organization acknowledged earlier this week following an initial report in Mission Local.\n“We are aware of the reports regarding the robbery and are very thankful no one was harmed ” the 49ers said in a statement earlier this week. “ Reuben and Ray-Ray have been and will continue to be cooperative with any further police investigation.”\nThe incident took place Monday around 2 a.m. according to police and also involved two other victims who accompanied individuals believed to be Foster and Armstrong (Mission Local reported one of the victims was a security guard).\n\"We're safe \" Foster told reporters earlier this week of the incident. \"I'm blessed to be safe. ...I don't want to get in no detail I'm just happy me and Ray and the rest of the people are safe.", "output": [ "Reuben Foster" ] }, { "id": "task419-f20a0c77aa9d41b9a041ec81b04d0024", "input": "As a boy Bucs cornerback Elbert Mack watched many of his favorite NFL players wear protective visors and wanted one of his own. But he refused to wait for his parents to purchase one. Mack went the unconventional route. He cut out a section of a clear plastic 2-liter pop bottle and attached it to his youth league helmet using twist ties. \"Those were the most fun days I had \" Mack said. \"I even played with it in the games too.\" His ingenuity is no surprise for a young man who years later still is proving his ability to make something out of nothing.\n Division I football seemed a long shot when Mack enrolled in junior college out of high school in Wichita Kan. Making an NFL roster looked improbable when he went undrafted out of Troy in 2008. And securing a long-term role on an NFL defense appeared implausible even after the wiry baby-faced prospect surprisingly made the Bucs' final roster last fall.\n But Mack 23 has established that he's the sort of player the new regime in Tampa Bay is looking for to stock its roster.\n During a great first week of training camp Mack was one of the most intriguing players on the field. He made numerous interceptions in full-squad drills and got his hands on many other passes. He also was willing to mix it up physically in a new defensive scheme that often calls for cornerbacks to engage receivers at the line of scrimmage.\n \"We're definitely a little bit more in-your-face defense \" he said.\n \"I like people to think they're going to push me over \" he said. \"Then when they see the fight in me it changes things. I'm not going to say that I'm going to always win but I'm definitely going to fight.\"\nMack is holding up just fine.\n In Mack's likely role as the nickel back Morris said Mack can expect to be viewed as a weakness. When the defense goes to a three-cornerback lineup the third one to enter the game is the most likely to be targeted. Who better to fill that role than perhaps the team's most defiant player?\n Mack has been in this position before. At Troy in Alabama balls flew in his direction as opponents tried to avoid testing his feared teammate Leodis McKelvin the Bills' 2008 first-round draft pick. And Mack snatched eight interceptions to lead the nation his senior year.\n The next phase of Mack's development is to thrive in his expanded role. He also will look to establish himself as a possible long-term solution when Barber 34 departs.\n \"I'm not trying to replace Ronde \" Mack said of his fellow 5-foot-10 cornerback. \"Ronde will never be replaced. But you can't play the game forever.\"\n If Mack can follow in Barber's large footprints he will continue a trend he started long ago.\n \"Everywhere I go it seems like I go through the back but leave out the front \" Mack said. \"This is the last step so hopefully I can leave that legacy here.\"", "output": [ "Elbert Mack" ] }, { "id": "task419-bc63ccbb4ce941b9942209f2c437686a", "input": "Authorities seized another 200 million yuan in assets from Huang once known as the \"Price Butcher\" for GOME's low prices.\n Huang in his 40s was named China's richest man in October 2008 with an estimated net worth of 6.3 billion dollars by the Hurun Report magazine.\n He was detained and placed under investigation a month later and resigned as GOME director and chairman in January 2009. He was held for more than a year without charge and tried in April in a Beijing court.\n He stood accused of bribing five government officials with 4.56 million yuan in cash and properties from 2006 to 2008 Xinhua reported previously.\n The bribes were offered in exchange for \"improper benefits\" for Huang's GOME Electrical Appliances Holdings and Beijing Pengrun Real Estate Development Company a private equity group which Huang headed the reports said.\n Before his arrest Huang was revered in the media as a model entrepreneur who rose from nothing by successfully capitalising on China's decades of economic reforms.", "output": [ "Huang Guangyu", "Huang" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad4368e7ebf4495c8b932e2a31683d40", "input": "Cruz knows exactly what he 's doing . \nIn no particular order , Texas senator and Republican presidential aspirant Ted Cruz has : said acts of Christian terrorism stopped centuries ago , forgetting the Ku Klux Klan and the shooting in Colorado last week ; claimed he has never met an anti-abortion activist who advocates violence , despite being endorsed by one just days before ; dismissed the need for Planned Parenthood because there is n't a shortage of \"rubbers\" in America ; and made an offhand comment that Colorado mass shooter Robert Dear could be a \"transgendered leftist activist .\" \nIt even worked in Houston , a city in a state Ted Cruz is from . \nIt 's typical Cruz : both self-aggrandizing and distant from the truth , with a little temporizing statement -LRB- \"to some extent\" -RRB- that rescues the self-aggrandizing part from being an outright lie . \nIt shifts the conversation to candidate Ted Cruz . \nIt distracts from conservatism 's violent rhetoric against Planned Parenthood and forces the fact-check process to address Cruz 's accusation . \nTed Cruz is too smart not to know that replacing all of Planned Parenthood 's services with \"rubbers\" is objectively stupid . \nTed Cruz is far from crazy , which is the essential Ted Cruz problem . \nAnd , sure , this sort of discussion might constitute playing the game of interpretation , but if Cruz would condemn Politifact for not engaging in the practice , he can hardly fault others for taking his exhortation seriously . \nBut Ted Cruz knows exactly what he 's doing . \nCruz is being interpretively nasty in part because of who he is , but also because fictionalizing America 's crisis moments is dramatically successful . \nAs the Ted Cruz phenomenon glides on , without a change in tone or a moment of hesitancy , it 's easy to think of an old expression pro-wrestling expression : \"Live the gimmick , brother .\" \nTed Cruz does awful things by intelligent design . \nOn the other hand , it 's hard to believe that Cruz would seriously consider the breaking-news reporting of someone widely referred to as \"The Dumbest Man on the Internet .\" \nTed Cruz is n't any different , and buying his line that he 's uniquely earned \"Democrats '\" label of crazy not only obscures the work , it 's part of it . \nTed Cruz knows that , for all his erudition , he 's still an intellectual one-percenter in a party that rejects elites and revels in combative anti-knowledge . \nReading his book is like watching him put his mask on in the morning : the pages wear on , and the incisive first half gets quieter , as the volume on the demagoguing second half gets louder , until there he is -- Ted Cruz , brother -- and the arena goes nuts . \nEven if he is not always likable , Young Ted Cruz is an interesting person . \nCruz has mastered the useful gaffe . \nBut once you get about halfway through the book -- to national events that were part of your own memory , where you could pen the story yourself , where you are no longer reading memories so far outside the fact checker 's reach that you have to take Cruz 's word for it -- suddenly you realize that what makes Ted Cruz 's book so exceptional is what makes him exceptionally nasty . \nFor one thing , there is no plausible excuse for someone who graduated cum laude from Princeton , went to Harvard Law and clerked on the Supreme Court not doing the reading , but the Cruz argument , whatever it is , coasts through an environment in which there is no data to challenge it . \nFor instance , despite being a 340-page work , the book possesses only 66 end notes , the plurality of which are dedicated to citing quotes from famous conservatives or noteworthy persons Cruz expects resonate with a right-wing audience . \nBut it stands out when someone like Cruz inveighs against Obamacare -- his senatorial career 's Moby-Dick -- and only comes up with ham-handed anecdotes about meeting struggling Americans in the heartland . \nDuring Tuesday 's primary , candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz had a bitter Twitter exchange . \nCruz also has a favorite line he likes to use , which appears on the stump and in his book . \nNaturally , Cruz ignores that premiums rose before Obamacare , that insurance companies Chicken Little all the time about rate hikes before rolling them back , and that part of the rise relates to people who are actually sick being able to get medical care that insurance companies actually have to pay for now . \nOn that last point , for a litigator , Cruz seems really allergic to using a wonderful legal word like \"rescission ,\" which is too bad , because it explains rate hikes and changing plans . \nBut mentioning that would spoil the image of poor insurance companies that Cruz suggests were \"lured into bed with Obamacare\" via the Leninist thinking that \"the capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them .\" \nShe hugs Cruz and says , \"I 'm a single mom ... I 've got six kids at home , and I 'm working five jobs . \nCruz describes the Bush 2000 campaign as reeling from John McCain 's win in New Hampshire and needing to refocus . \nLuckily , Cruz notes , the Bush campaign could run to the right of McCain on tort and campaign finance reform , two issues that get the people to the polls in droves ! \nAs it happens , those were two issues that Ted Cruz briefed George W. Bush on , while touring the state with him , which Bush later won . \nBut if you want the Ted Cruz experience in a pinch , take his condemnation of biased journalism . \nTed Cruz 's book , A Time for Truth , is , by comparison , almost delightful . \nNever mind that the rest of the speech , like most Cruz speeches , might have been recycled and already fact checked . \nNever mind that newspapers are limited by space and that Fisking an average Cruz speech requires a ream of paper . \nGiven that , please never mind that the fact that has Ted Cruz in high dudgeon was about the game Space Invaders . \nMoreover , Politifact evidently shamelessly editorialized when they fact-checked Cruz -LRB- and every conservative 's -RRB- assertion that Obama kicked off his presidency by going on \"a worldwide apology tour .\" \nThen , before confronting the issue , Cruz concedes , \"It 's true that he did n't explicitly add the words ` And I 'm sorry . '\" \nSo the new front in the liberal propaganda war is a fact check website that checked facts Cruz admits are not literally true without any poetical ear for interpretation . \nBusting Ted Cruz for selective narrative and hanging massive public policy decisions on anecdotal evidence -LRB- the most reliable kind ! -RRB- \nYou have to deal with Ted Cruz differently because he demands it , because his endless invocation of his scholarship and the sharp , nimble way he chooses to tell his own story signals that this is how deftly his brain operates . \nSo when a Ted Cruz spokesman later walks back the candidate 's comment that Robert Dear might have been a \"transgendered leftist activist\" by insisting that the candidate was just commenting on the lack of available information , you have to take it with a huge grain of salt . \nYes , the full context of Cruz 's statement is more openly speculative : .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-ff3b15edfb7144d090c22f5aef877fe6", "input": "Story highlights An Iranian-Turkish gold trader alleged Erdogan helped Iran avoid sanctions\n(CNN) Turkey cannot be tried by \"virtual courts\" in the United States President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said a thinly-veiled response to the testimony of a gold trader with ties to the Turkish government who said Erdogan played a role in a scheme to help Iran avoid US and UN sanctions.\n Erdogan 's comments came in a televised speech to members of his AK Party Saturday on the heels of Reza Zarrab's Thursday testimony in US federal court in New York.\nZarrab an Iranian-Turkish gold trader claimed Erdogan was linked to a scheme to help Iran avoid US sanctions by laundering Iranian funds from oil and gas sales through Turkish banks. It was the first time Erdogan had been implicated in the US criminal case over Iran's violations of international sanctions.\nDuring a televised speech to members of his AK party on Saturday Erdogan said \"virtual courts\" in the United States had no jurisdiction over Turkey.", "output": [ "Erdogan" ] }, { "id": "task419-1d0cee4717c24eeb863480127e927c42", "input": "“I found this was a population that had almost no response. Very passive ” said Filippo Grandi the U.N. high commissioner for refugees describing his visit late in September to camps where the refugees were staying.\n“You almost felt there was nothing left and that everything had been drained by this ” he told Reuters in an interview in his first visit to the South Korean capital.\n He saw the lassitude as a symptom of trauma he added.\nFilippo Grandi High Commissioner for Refugees addresses a news conference next to William Lacy Swing Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) after the morning session of the Pledging Conference for Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh at the United Nations in Geneva Switzerland October 23 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse", "output": [ "Filippo Grandi" ] }, { "id": "task419-4a9656ba901848459c2bcd1fd2e6052f", "input": "\"I have to be better than everyone , I have to work harder ,\" Hillary Clinton said recently in an interview printed in the New York Times on November 16 . \nOh , Hillary -- please . \nWhether his heir or his victim , Hillary Clinton won her Senate seat because of Bill Clinton , and for no other reason at all . \nBill was the man whose connections and money made it possible for Hillary to enter the presidential races as the prohibitive favorite in 2008 and 2016 , though she would go on to lose both of them ; Bill who cleared the field so effectively in 2016 through pressure and threats -LRB- and campaigning against prior defectors in intervening elections -RRB- that only a 74-year-old socialist was willing to challenge her . \nThat she struggled to put even him away is not a case of Hillary being \"better\" than others or her being a weak candidate who needed a man to protect her -- whatever she or her fan base may say .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-9477e5f63bf04366a93d66b5c9b72215", "input": "\"We could face a bloodbath ,\" Sen. Ted Cruz -LRB- R-Texas -RRB- told more than 100 donors gathered at the tony St. Regis Hotel in midtown Manhattan , forewarning of the \"potential for a Watergate-level blowout .\"", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-c7d7f6c643c9486580650cd7053ca310", "input": "Randall tosses out a few suggestions for the next few minutes of foreplay. Then she calls action and the kissing and moaning resumes.\n Randall and her crew defy this stereotype and they're making a steady living doing it.\nTheir glamorous approach may in fact be the key to how Randall 's productions make money even as the porn industry struggles more than ever to compete with free content on the internet.\n\"You have to carve out a niche that people are interested in that people are willing to pay for \" Randall says.\nOver the summer I was invited to spend a day on Randall 's set and unravel my perceptions of adult film production. If there's one thing I learned it's this: Making good porn isn't easy.\nA few hours earlier the entire crew gathered in a white ranch house atop the hill to eat lunch. Randall 's assistant a bubbly twenty-something who says she found the position on Craigslist arrived with a buffet of falafel chicken shawarma pita bread and salad.\nIn one corner the tan blonde actress Nicole Aniston sat picking a morsel of Mediterranean food out of her cleavage. Her hair fell in barrel rolls down the front of her white robe and she laughed swapping stories with the crew. They had spent most of the morning constructing a Gothic-style lair for a Halloween shoot later in the day.\nThe mood was hearty. Twistys a pay-for-play site known for its softer more glamorous approach to adult content commissioned Randall to shoot its big Treat of the Year package. The feature celebrates the company's most popular star of 2015. The recipient's photos and movies receive special promotion on the site.\nAcross the room Randall hardly paused during the break. She conferenced with the makeup artist on how to style Aniston's hair suggesting they use a bandana for the \"Thelma & Louise\" inspired scene. Then she chatted with the wardrobe stylist running her hands and eyes over denim booty-shorts and a fringe jacket.\nOf course those clothes would come off and the hair would likely come undone in minutes. But Randall 's attention to detail and high production quality are what set her videos apart — and keep her in business.\n\"Gone are the days when you could just build a website put up whatever and make money \" Randall later tells me over the phone explaining that her original material will inevitably by torrented and made available online for free.\n\"You have to be really competitive and you have to be good at what you do \" she says.\nFortunately Randall is both. She comes from a family of pornographers: Her mother Suze came to the US in the '70s to become the first female staff photographer at Playboy and later Hustler. Randall joined the business as a college student helping to run her parents' website and now leads one of the most illustrious careers in the industry. Her clients include Playboy Plus Adult DVD Empire and Twistys.\n She explains that when internet porn first exploded in the early 2000s its availability was coupled with the arrival of a consumer professional-grade hand camera. Anyone could buy an affordable video recorder shoot decent quality content and share it to a platform that transcended distribution laws. She calls it \"a perfect storm.\"\n\"You saw the beginning of this really hard-core 'Gonzo' type material where it was almost like the porn Olympics \" Randall laughs. She rattles off examples of sodomy feats that are far too lewd to name here.\nFortunately for Randall and the crew she hires some consumers are getting bored of that old smut.", "output": [ "Holly Randall Holly" ] }, { "id": "task419-094de12a45f544af9d523d2005043a6a", "input": "It’s not too late for Congress to create such a commission because the American public has lost faith in the objectivity of congressional committees. Many Americans though certainly not all have also lost faith in the investigation currently being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller .\n Mueller himself continues to be held in high regard by most Americans but many of his underlings are widely regarded as partisan.\n Mueller did the right thing by reassigning FBI agent Peter Strozk after his anti-Trump communications with his girlfriend were revealed. But Strozk should have recused himself from the Clinton investigation based on his own knowledge of his bias against Trump.\nWhen a president or a presidential candidate is being investigated everyone involved in the investigation must be “Caesar’s wife” – above reproach. Several of Mueller ’s appointees do not pass that test.", "output": [ "Robert Mueller" ] }, { "id": "task419-5290a92648fb4e348b785ed334b309d4", "input": "Mrs May was applauded by other leaders at dinner in Brussels on Thursday night after she made a speech about Brexit.\nBut the round of applause during Thursday's dinner suggests the process is more or less on track - and indicates a degree of support in Europe for Mrs May says the BBC's Europe correspondent Kevin Connolly.\nDuring the dinner with the 27 other EU leaders Mrs May urged them to approve an agreement to move Brexit talks on to a second phase.\nIn a brief speech she stressed her keenness to get on with shaping a \"deep and special\" future partnership as quickly as possible leaving no doubt that she believes she was \"on course to deliver Brexit\".\n She said she made \"no secret\" of wanting to move on to the next phase and to approaching it with \"ambition and creativity\".\n\"A particular priority should be agreement on the implementation period so that we can bring greater certainty to businesses in the UK and across the 27 \" she said.\nIn applauding Mrs May Mr Juncker said her EU colleagues \"felt that she did make a big effort and this has to be recognised\" while Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said he appreciated \" her efforts and engagement\".\n Mrs May has said the Brexit process is still \"on course\" despite her defeat in a Parliamentary vote on Wednesday night.\nSpeaking in Brussels Mrs May said she was \"disappointed\" at the vote on the EU Withdrawal Bill but the legislation was making \"good progress\".\nMeanwhile Mrs May is facing a further challenge next week when MPs vote on a government amendment to enshrine the Brexit date of 29 March 2019 in law.\nThe BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg said there was no sign so far that Mrs May was going to budge on the issue but further compromises could be \"forced on her \".", "output": [ "Mrs May" ] }, { "id": "task419-551875e16ea54e5d80d2f140dbcb369f", "input": "Haiphong (Vietnam) (AFP) – During four years of compulsory rehab in Vietnam Trung spent his drug-free days gluing together false eyelashes as part of what authorities billed as valuable ‘work therapy’ for his heroin addiction.\nBut critics say the work of Trung and tens of thousands of others is tantamount to forced labour that rarely helps users extinguish their addiction.\nPolice sent Trung to a state-sponsored rehab centre on the outskirts of Hanoi one of 132 in Vietnam where he says he faced routine beatings from guards and hours of labour for nominal pay.\n He started using again soon after his release in 2014 — up to 80 percent of addicts from the centres relapse according to official figures.\n Trung ’s labour therapy has since been replaced by a daily shot of methadone from a government-run drop-in clinic which he insists is the only effective treatment he ’s had.\nToday he says he is keeping the addiction at bay and is trying to mend ties with his only son.\nSometimes they house other marginal groups — the mentally ill and disabled the homeless the elderly — along with addicts like Trung who support the treatment model on paper even if they resent the abuse inside.", "output": [ "Trung" ] }, { "id": "task419-47c9853155734629b1752e57f100308e", "input": "Timothee Chalamet announced in an Instagram post Monday night that he was \"learning that a good role isn't the only criteria for accepting a job.\"\n\"I don't want to profit from my work on the film and to that end I am going to donate my entire salary \" he said.\n Chalamet said that he had been asked \"in a few recent interviews\" about the film \"A Rainy Day in New York \" but was unable to answer because of \"contractual obligations.\"\nCNN and PBS's Christiane Amanpour spoke with Chalamet in New York last week alongside Armie Hammer his co-star in \"Call Me By Your Name \" which has shot Chalamet to fame.\n Timothee Chalamet on set with Woody Allen and Selena Gomez on September 11 2017 in New York.", "output": [ "Timothee Chalamet" ] }, { "id": "task419-e5a18f88f79843359be85ad780b57f42", "input": "CHRIS WALLACE \" FOX NEWS SUNDAY\" HOST: I'm Chris Wallace .\n WALLACE : Partisan finger-pointing and uncertainty after a standoff in the Senate over immigration. We'll discuss the fallout for Americans and who will get the blame with White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney and Democratic Senator Chris Coons part of a bipartisan group trying to work out a compromise.\n WALLACE : We'll ask our Sunday panel about the Trump presidency one year after his inauguration.\n WALLACE : All right now on \"Fox News Sunday.\"\n WALLACE : Not good if they are arguing over posters.\n WALLACE : Describe the extent of the shutdown both in terms of personnel and programs.\n WALLACE : You are calling this -- we heard it saw it in the open the Schumer shutdown. But the fact is you only have 46 Republicans willing to vote for this congressional this continuing resolution. So even if there hadn't been a Democratic filibuster you didn't have the majority needed to pass the C.R. All the more reason isn't this on Republicans and the White House and control of the House and the Senate?\n WALLACE : It's not just because of Democrats.\n WALLACE : The point is you do not have your own house in order. You only have 46 Republicans supporting this.\n WALLACE : But you only had 46 Republicans.\n WALLACE : Well you don't have 46 Republicans either. I mean you don't have 51 Republicans either.\n WALLACE : Back in 2013 when Republicans insisted on shutting down the government because they wanted to remove all funding of ObamaCare and they did it for 16 days private citizen Trump placed the responsibility squarely. Here he is.\n WALLACE : But why doesn't he -- I mean he didn't have a meeting a bipartisan meeting with congressional meetings yesterday. Does he have one on the schedule for today?\n WALLACE : You blame Democrats for holding the government hostage now but back in 2013 you supported holding the government hostage on this question of ObamaCare. Take a look.\n CHRIS WALLACE FOX NEWS HOST: Why was that legitimate then the right reason to have a fight but it's not legitimate now?\n WALLACE : I wasn't saying a word.", "output": [ "CHRIS WALLACE" ] }, { "id": "task419-aa24eeeca38947e9af6d361a7373675c", "input": "\"This programme to cut public expenses was inevitable \" President Traian Basescu said during a press conference on Thursday after a meeting with IMF and European Union representatives in Bucharest.\n Wages in the public sector are to be cut by 25 percent Basescu said adding that \"all salaries including the minimum one will be affected.\"\n These cuts should help Romania \"avoid an extremely difficult situation generated not so much by what is going on in its own economy as by developments in the region \" he said in a reference to the Greek crisis.\n Basescu's announcement came as the IMF prepared to give its verdict on whether or not to give Romania a fifth instalment of the loan package.\n Basescu said the government had chosen the \"bitter pill\" of slashing public spending instead of raising taxes.\n \"Hoping economic growth will return wages can be restored to their present level in 2011 \" he added.\n But Basescu said the \"fat state\" could not keep on growing at the expense of a \"slim\" private sector.\n \"More than 60 percent of the public revenues go to public wages pensions and other benefits. Then where can we find money for schools hospitals and the military?\" he asked.", "output": [ "Traian Basescu" ] }, { "id": "task419-b6679b7c5ed141cd9273ccef711ed15f", "input": "A couple of weeks ago Washington Post homepage editor Doris Truong found herself at the center of a partisan flame war. During a break in Rex Tillerson’s confirmation hearing for secretary of state an Asian woman was spotted appearing to take snapshots of Tillerson’s notes. Bloggers quickly decided that the woman in the video must be Truong who also happens to be Asian. One Reddit thread for instance was titled “ Fake News Journalist Doris Truong caught taking photos of Rex Tillerson's notes from confirmation hearing today.” The thing is Truong was not covering the Tillerson hearing. To put it in her own words: “Trolls decided I was taking pictures of Rex Tillerson’s notes. I wasn’t even there.” On a typical day Truong gets maybe a half dozen mentions on Twitter. By 10 a.m. on Thursday Jan. 12 — the day after she had been falsely identified as the woman from the picture — she had 4 638 new mentions since the previous evening. And it just kept going. Within 24 hours her handle had been mentioned 20 179 times an increase of 185 300% according to screenshots provided by Truong . Here’s what that looked like:\nNote: This graphic is based on a BuzzFeed News analysis of 24 731 mentions of Truong ’s twitter handle @doristruong starting roughly two days before false stories of her started circulating on the web and ending seven days after the incident. Source: Twitter’s API\n“That initial moment of seeing the Twitter notifications was dumbfounding ” Truong wrote in an email to BuzzFeed News. “I was looking at the app on my cellphone where '20+' is the readout even if an account has far more mentions. I had to scroll through dozens of screens of people saying ‘how dare you’ (and worse) to finally figure out what had caught their attention.”\nExperiences like Truong’s are becoming more and more common. According to a recent study from Data & Society 47% of internet users aged 15 and older have experienced online harassment or abuse at some point. Thirty-six percent of all respondents reported that they had been harassed directly meaning they had been threatened called abusive names or stalked. When a story goes viral this experience is amplified. “This idea of people coming together within specific affinity groups and behaving in ways that are really good for the ‘in’ group and terrible for members of the ‘out’ group [...] there’s nothing new about that ” said Whitney M. Phillips a professor at Mercer University who has been studying how people talk online for close to 10 years and who has written a book about online trolling titled This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things. “But having different tools means we suddenly have new superpowers.” Though online trolling has existed for years experts like Phillips worry that the election of Donald Trump as president may embolden people who already harass others online. Trump has insulted politicians media organizations public figures and private citizens on Twitter which in some cases has incited his supporters to launch social media attacks on the people he singled out. He has spread and amplified skewed information and has tweeted falsehoods. “What do you do when the president is doing the thing that you’re trying to get average citizens not to do anymore?” said Phillips. Truong’s story became a battleground for different factions to debate their own views about the media and politics. While roughly 70% of the 100 most retweeted tweets about her contained insults against her the media and/or \"liberals \" a little less than a third of all the mentions from that same sample were trying to defend Truong (and a small percentage were not related to the story).\nThose who believed the false story about Truong slung insults toward her. “Where is your integrity? Oh wait you work for WaPo don't you” or “Media is SCUM ” some wrote. A few also featured hashtags like #WashingtonCompost in their tweets. Others swooped in to defend her:\nThis factioning of responses mirrors how politically divided the nation is and just how important identity politics have become in the digital realm. Participating in debates like this is “the digital equivalent of wearing a Make America Great Again hat and a pussy hat [...] It’s that idea that you’re signaling your affiliation with your group ” said Phillips. “If someone comes at you screaming it’s very tempting to scream back at them.” The most intense part of Truong ’s experience lasted approximately three days. And though she told BuzzFeed News that she was “mildly concerned” about her safety she wrote that she will continue to use social media platforms: “The whole episode is not going to drive me off social media which provides a way for me to connect with people across the miles including strangers and to be exposed to a diversity of opinions — including ones I disagree with.”", "output": [ "Doris Truong" ] }, { "id": "task419-589b272d09b24e85a727af3219b13fd6", "input": "PEORIA Ariz. (AP) — Just the thought of free agent first baseman Eric Hosmer joining the downtrodden youthful San Diego Padres sent a morning jolt through the spring training clubhouse.\n Hosmer reached a preliminary agreement on an eight-year contract with the Padres pending a physical. A person with direct knowledge of the deal confirmed the tentative deal speaking on the condition of anonymity Sunday because there had been no formal announcement of Hosmer 's potential signing.\nIt would become official once he passes a physical early in the week. While the final position players reported Sunday — most were already in spring camp — ahead of Monday's first full-squad workout Hosmer wasn't expected in the desert until at least Monday.\n Hosmer who spent his first seven major league seasons with Kansas City would receive a reported $144 million.\nPadres manager Andy Green could only discuss the acquisition of Hosmer in generalities since it isn't final but was hopeful of having his full team together Monday.\nFILE - In a Friday Sept. 29 2017 file photo Kansas City Royals' Eric Hosmer hits an RBI-single in the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City Mo. A person with direct knowledge of the deal said Sunday Feb. 18 2018 that free agent first baseman Hosmer has reached preliminary agreement on an eight-year contract with the San Diego Padres pending a physical. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley File)\nHe hadn't been in touch with Hosmer in recent days but they did communicate earlier in the winter when Young chose San Diego and discussed that it was among Hosmer 's top choices too. Young said he didn't want to add any pressure to Hosmer making a decision.\nGreen knows what someone such as Hosmer could mean to a club's chances of turning it around .\n\"It was always time to start contending for me \" said Green beginning his third season as San Diego skipper. \"It was always go out and win opening day and go out and win every game. I haven't been very good at that I have to acknowledge that. At this point in time opening day has been cruel to me so far.", "output": [ "Eric Hosmer" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad00f26f36054176b031a21525ae7351", "input": "Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will interview former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden during a Friday evening even FILE - In this May 24 , 2017 , file photo , former Vice President Joe Biden delivers the annual Harvard College Class Day address on In this May 8 , 2017 , photo , then-FBI Director James Comey speaks to the Anti-Defamation League National Leadership Summit in Washi", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-1998cd8892e543efb99c341c925a376a", "input": "WNBA star Breana Stewart is now sharing a story of her own in light of the #MeToo movement.\nIn an essay called \"Me Too\" on The Players' Tribune Stewart revealed that she was sexually abused as a child by a man who lived in one of the houses of her relatives. She said the man was a construction worker and smoked cigarettes but did not identify her abuser.\n Stewart said she turned to basketball during this time because it \"became a sort of safe space\" for the current Seattle Storm forward.\n\"In some ways I'm still the same 11-year-old who just wanted to go to practice \" Stewart wrote. \"I've never been to therapy. I didn't want to talk about it. I didn't want to relive it. It's something I've tried to tuck away as far back on the shelf as I could. But that only works to an extent. I've cried. I cry most after I tell someone who's important to me. Talking about what I went through explaining all of it -- it guts me. I'm forced to relive it. That's when it hits that what happened is real. It wasn't just an awful nightmare. It wasn't some other life I lived at another time.\"\nThe 23-year-old said she told her parents about the abuse when she was 11 years old and the man was later arrested and confessed his crimes. Stewart said she wishes she could forget the memories of her experience.\n\"I'm angry he took advantage of me as a child. I'll never get that time back. And what memories I still have I'll never be able to erase them. Sometimes I wish for a few more black holes \" Stewart said.\n Breanna Stewart said basketball became a safe space for her as child. (Jessica Hill/AP)\n Stewart said she decided to come forward with her story because the movement is something bigger than her .\n Stewart was a basketball star for the UConn women's basketball team. She won the NCAA national championship four times and was given the Naismith Award for college basketball's most outstanding player on three occasions.\nSo far she has seamlessly transitioned to the WNBA and was given the Rookie of the Year award in 2016.", "output": [ "Breana Stewart" ] }, { "id": "task419-5fdde3b36bb640748b8c2327ef0473a7", "input": "Britain's opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told Morgan Stanley that bankers are right to regard him as a threat because he wants to transform what he cast as a rigged economy that profited speculators at the expense of ordinary people.\nMorgan Stanley last month warned that political uncertainty in Britain was a bigger threat than Brexit for some domestic investors given the risk of Corbyn winning power and radically changing Britain's free-market economy.\n\"Bankers like Morgan Stanley should not run our country but they think they do \" Corbyn a 68-year-old socialist said in a video posted on Twitter.\nSince Prime Minister Theresa May's botched gamble on a June snap election lost her party its majority in parliament some investors and many of Corbyn 's political opponents now see him as a potential prime minister if May's government falls.\n Corbyn has cast bankers as the villains behind the 2008 financial crisis and promised to increase taxes on the banks and investment funds which trade out of London the only financial capital to rival New York. Corbyn said banks like Morgan Stanley were speculators.\"These are the same speculators and gamblers who crashed our economy in 2008 and then we had to bail them out \" Corbyn said. \"Their greed plunged the world into crisis and we are still paying the price.\"Corbyn's manifesto promising renationalization higher public spending and tax rises for the rich won him 40 percent of the votes cast while May's Conservatives won 42 percent.", "output": [ "Corbyn" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2faa395c7234170a588be1c23e21558", "input": "Keith Jackson was one of sports' great voices and one of its most popular play-by-play announcers. He was considered the voice of college football by several generations or watchers.\n Jackson died Friday. He was 89.\n He began calling college football games for ABC Sports when it acquired the broadcast rights for NCAA football in 1966.\n He also worked NFL and NBA games World Series Winter and Summer Olympics and auto racing. For the job he traveled to 31 countries for ABC's Wide World of Sports.\n Jackson announced he would retire from college football play-by-play after the 1998 season but ended up continuing with ABC Sports in 1999. He retired for good in May 2006.\nESPN which consolidated with ABC sports announced Jackson 's death Friday. The sports network highlighted Jackson 's many broadcasting accomplishments:\n \"Jackson got his start on the radio in 1952 broadcasting Washington State games but went on to provide the national television soundtrack for the biggest games in the most storied stadiums. His colorful expressions — 'Whoa Nellie' and 'Big Uglies' among the many — became part of the college football lexicon. He was credited with nicknaming the Rose Bowl 'The Granddaddy of Them All' and Michigan's stadium 'The Big House.' Jackson was the first play-by-play voice of Monday Night Football when the program debuted in 1970. He called Bucky Dent's home run against the Red Sox in 1978 as well as Reggie Jackson 's three-homer game in the 1977 World Series. He covered the 1972 Olympics where Mark Spitz won seven gold medals. In 1999 Jackson was awarded the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame Gold Medal — its highest honor — and named to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame the first broadcaster accorded those distinguished honors.\"\n Jackson 's death comes three weeks after another sportscasting legend Dick Enberg died at age 82.", "output": [ "Keith Jackson" ] }, { "id": "task419-d30b01d92e9f40f4842aca52a335c580", "input": "Ellen Tara James-Penney a lecturer at San Jose State University has been sleeping out of a car for about a decade ever since she lost her housing while an undergraduate at the school where she now teaches four English courses a job that pays $28 000 a year. Home is an old Volvo.\n\"I've basically been homeless since 2007 and I'm really tired \" she said. \"Really tired.\"\n She actually got her start in the high tech industry before being laid off during the tech meltdown of the early 2000s. Like many who couldn't find work she went to college accumulating tens of thousands of dollars in student debt along the way.\nNow 54 she grades papers and prepares lesson plans in her car. Among her few belongings is a pair of her grandmother's fancy stiletto pumps a reminder to herself that \"it's not going to be like this forever.\"\nFor Seattle resident Elisabeth James the reality check came when a homeless man forced his way into a glass-enclosed ATM lobby with her after she swiped her card to open the door for after-hours access. After a few nerve-wracking minutes the man left the lobby but stayed outside banging on the glass. Police were too busy to respond so James called her husband who scared the man away and walked her home. The man she believes just wanted to get out of the rain.\nA neighborhood pocket park has become a flashpoint too: When James took her 2-year-old grandchild there she saw people injecting heroin.", "output": [ "Ellen Tara James-Penney" ] }, { "id": "task419-668e063630304080aee9c115de499e9f", "input": "Trump has repeatedly criticized his Justice Department for not aggressively probing a variety of conservative concerns. He said recently that officials there “should be looking at the Democrats” and that it was “very discouraging” they were not “going after Hillary Clinton.” On the campaign trail Trump’s supporters frequently chanted “Lock her up!” at the mention of Clinton’s name.\n“Hopefully they are doing something and at some point maybe we are going to all have it out ” Trump said recently.\nSessions’s relationship with the president has been significantly strained since he recused himself from the investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin to influence the 2016 election. The president has publicly lambasted his attorney general and noted that had he known in advance of Sessions’s recusal he would not have appointed him to the post. It was after Sessions’s recusal that Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein appointed Robert S. Mueller III to lead the investigation into the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.\n[Jeff Sessions says he plans to stay in role despite Trump ’s comments about him]\nIn that context the letter is likely to be seen by some especially on the left as Sessions inappropriately bending to political pressure perhaps to save his job. The possible reigniting of a probe of Clinton is likely to draw especially fierce criticism even as it is welcomed by Trump ’s supporters.\nWhen Trump said during the campaign that he would “instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor” to look into Clinton former attorney general Michael Mukasey — a Trump supporter and vocal Clinton critic — said Trump having her investigated and jailed “would be like a banana republic.”\n Trump would later back down from his threats before breathing life into them again with his more recent comments.\nBrian Fallon who served as the press secretary for the Clinton campaign noted that the Justice Department letter became public not long after revelations that Donald Trump Jr. had communicated with WikiLeaks during the 2016 campaign.\n“Like clockwork just as we learn of damning details of Donald Trump Jr.’s contacts with WikiLeaks the Trump administration is firing up the fog machine to distract from the Mueller probe ” Fallon said.\nMany of the items Goodlatte wanted investigated had long been conservative talking points some having to do with matters many considered resolved: various decisions made in the Clinton email case the Uranium One purchase the “unmasking” of people by the intelligence community and allegations by Trump that he was wiretapped by his predecessors. Unmasking is a routine part of intelligence officials’ jobs; officials have said there is no evidence to support Trump’s claims that he was wiretapped; and while conservatives have sought to cast the Uranium One deal as an example of Clinton taking Russian money to influence U.S. policy there is no evidence that Clinton participated in any discussions regarding the sale which was approved during the Obama administration while she was secretary of state.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-1fbc66f589794eb0a8abb52f62b38144", "input": "\"No , not the same ,\" Romney wrote .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney", "Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-db6ad24221f14ed78a1fba773f9cb488", "input": "\"I believe that we have now made the breakthrough that we needed \" EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters during a news conference with British Prime Minister Theresa May.\nBritish Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker address a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Friday Dec. 8 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May met with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker early Friday morning following crucial overnight talks on the issue of the Irish border.(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)\nNigel Farage who led the drive to leave the EU as chairman of the U.K. Independence Party said May had caved on critical points. Farage tweeted that the deal was \"good news for Mrs. May as we can now move on to the next stage of humiliation.\"\nBritish Prime Minister Theresa May left walks with European Council President Donald Tusk prior to a meeting at the Europa building in Brussels on Friday Dec. 8 2017. British Prime Minister Theresa May met with EU officials early Friday morning following crucial overnight talks on the issue of the Irish border. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-6179be2d36484a168a341bdad4a7c283", "input": "HABUR Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Monday to cut off the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the outside world intensifying pressure on the Kurdish autonomous region over its independence referendum.\n Erdogan spoke shortly after Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Ankara could take punitive measures involving borders and air space against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the referendum and would not recognize the outcome.\nTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a conference in Istanbul Turkey September 25 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer\nTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a conference in Istanbul Turkey September 25 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer", "output": [ "Tayyip Erdogan" ] }, { "id": "task419-53ffbcf1423849658a7d01ed7a849668", "input": "The target Mohamed Hamdan was not a publicly known Hamas figure in Lebanon. A statement from Hamas the Islamist group that controls Gaza confirmed he was a member of the group without detailing his role and said “initial indications” suggested Israel was behind the bombing.\nAl-Manar television run by the Lebanese political and military group Hezbollah described Hamdan as an important figure in Hamas adding that he appeared to have a security role and was being tracked by Israel.\nA leader of the Palestinian Fatah movement in Lebanon said Hamdan was involved in operations in Israel. “The incident has Israeli fingerprints ” Mounir al-Maqdah the Fatah official told Reuters.\n Hamdan was “slightly wounded” in the attack a Hamas official in Sidon Ayman Shanaa told the Palestinian television station Paltoday.", "output": [ "Mohamed Hamdan" ] }, { "id": "task419-6a833d9128f14b2f82ff51cbedba1495", "input": "Sebastian Quinn-Watson of Blockchain Global a bitcoin exchange operator said the crackdown is just a temporary reaction to the explosive growth of the cryptocurrency market this year. Initial coin offerings a fundraising method in which companies issue their own cryptocurrencies to potentially raise millions of dollars alarmed regulators and forced them to take action to reign in the markets to prevent a possible crash according to Quinn-Watson. On September 4 regulators in China deemed ICOs which have raised over $2 billion this year illegal.\n Quinn-Watson who speaks frequently with regulators said he expects the regulatory pendulum to swing the other way eventually. Here's Quinn-Watson (emphasis added):\n He told Business Insider regulators are considering to allow companies to run ICOs through a government-supervised pilot program.\nStill not everyone agrees with Quinn-Watson . Jim Stent author of \"China's Banking Transformation\" said China's crackdown is permanent according to reporting by CNBC.", "output": [ "Sebastian Quinn-Watson" ] }, { "id": "task419-14acd6aeced64483953e605199654ccc", "input": "One defendant Juan Angel Napout a Paraguayan who was former president of South American soccer’s ruling federation was big on personal grooming with his manicures pedicures and massages discretely arranged by his chauffeur according to testimony.\n Napout ’s driver performed another duty -- he drove 30 hours from Asuncion Paraguay to Buenos Aires and back to pick up and deliver cash bribes to his boss and facilitate payments to another Argentinian official according to former sports-marketing executive Alejandro Burzaco who pleaded guilty and is cooperating with the U.S. government.\nProsecutors say Napout collected millions of dollars in bribes as well as gifts -- such as $10 175.88 worth of tickets to a Paul McCartney concert in Buenos Aires.\n“We grew up with him we owe it to the Beatles and Paul is a genius!” Napout ’s friend said in an email after the sold-out November 2010 concert. “For me this is my dream come true.”\n“I also had the feeling it was not real that’s how good it was!” Napout gushed.\nOne of his co-defendants Jose Maria Marin the 85-year-old former president of the Brazilian football federation is out on bail during the trial and is living under house arrest at his $3.5 million apartment in Manhattan’s Trump Tower. The case could go to the jury by Thursday.", "output": [ "Juan Angel Napout" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d61cf8cd89846a0b36370a1aa8886f9", "input": "Topspin\nAn attorney for state Sen. Ira Silverstein predicts the Chicago Democrat eventually will overcome a challenge to his spot on the primary ballot allowing him to continue his bid for re-election.\nAt issue are the petition signatures a candidate needs to run for office. A preliminary examination of Silverstein 's paperwork raised questions about enough of the signatures to leave him about 45 short of the 1 000 needed an election official said.\n Silverstein is facing four primary challengers in a contest that started after a victims' rights advocate accused him of sexual harassment as she was working with him to pass a bill. Silverstein has disputed the allegations and said he apologized \"if I made her uncomfortable.\"\nAsked about the issue with his signatures Silverstein said he was “not an expert on the topic” and referred a reporter to his attorney longtime election lawyer James Nally.\nWhile several Democratic candidates for governor have called on Silverstein to step down following the harassment allegation he has pressed forward as lawmakers have scrambled to address the fallout. That includes the appointment of a new inspector general to look into ethics complaints filed against legislators and staff a post that sat empty for years as accusations piled up.\nRecords show that as of December Silverstein will hit 20 years in the legislative pension system meaning he will be eligible for a yearly payment of 85 percent of his final legislative salary. In 2017 his yearly salary totaled almost $88 500 according to the comptroller's office.", "output": [ "Ira Silverstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-40ed3daae3fd4f448c73d29b2451322a", "input": "Less than three minutes separated Randy Moss and the New England Patriots from the first 19-0 season in NFL history but the All-Pro wide receiver knew victory was far from certain.\nIt was Feb. 3 2008 and Moss had just hauled in a 6-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brady to give the Patriots a 14-10 fourth-quarter lead over the Giants in Super Bowl XLII.\n“I was actually hesitant to kind of celebrate because I knew there was a lot of time on the clock ” Moss told the Daily News. “Our defense wasn’t able to really slow down the Giants offense. With that much time on the clock I just had to keep my fingers crossed and just hope that we could come up with a big play.”\nSaturday marks the 10-year anniversary of that epic Super Bowl and Moss remembers it well.\nIt’s also the day that Moss finds out if he will be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame.\nAlthough Manning was crowned Super Bowl MVP for his late-game heroics the Giants’ swarming pass rush led by Michael Strahan Justin Tuck and Osi Umenyiora deserves just as much credit for constantly pressuring Brady — fresh off an MVP regular season where he tossed a then-record 50 touchdown passes — and limiting his ability to throw downfield to Moss .\n Randy Moss caught a touchdown in Super Bowl XLII. (David Duprey/AP)\n“There was really nothing they did against me ” Moss 40 said. “They single covered me they played in zone they played in man. But the Giants’ game plan was if the Patriots are going to try to get the ball deep to Moss we’re going to make them pay for it. And if they do get it off he’s going to get hit. They had a very solid defensive game plan for them to really cut out a lot of things that we did well.\n Moss who caught a record 23 touchdown passes during that regular season finished with 5 receptions and 62 yards on 12 targets in the Super Bowl.", "output": [ "Randy Moss" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d4b7f6004304e2aa0e3400d15d13cae", "input": "Kawhi Leonard suffered a sprained ankle in last year’s playoffs. (Jerome Miron/USA Today Sports)\n Kawhi Leonard had barely started to play significant minutes again before being struck with another injury. The Spurs are hoping though that this one does not keep him off the court nearly as long as his previous issue.\nSan Antonio Coach Gregg Popovich offered some surprising news Sunday when he told reporters that Leonard had a partial tear in his left shoulder. The two-time NBA defensive player of the year was known to have a shoulder injury but not necessarily one of that potential severity.\n“It’s too bad. He was starting to get back into form a little bit after playing a couple of games ” Popovich said of Leonard .\nNevertheless Popovich added that he hoped Leonard could return before the end of the Spurs’ three-game road trip which began Sunday in Portland. Leonard was ruled out of that game but the coach did dismiss the possibility of a return by his team’s most important player by the time San Antonio visits the Lakers on Thursday.\n Leonard sat out the first 27 games of the season with a quadriceps injury that appeared to linger much longer than most expected. That came after he missed most of the Spurs’ loss to the Warriors in the 2017 Western Conference finals because of a sprained ankle.\n Leonard has only played in eight games this season having returned on Dec. 12 but having been held out of four of the Spurs’ past 10 games as the team has tried to manage his recovery. The two-time all-star has only played more than 25 minutes in each of his past four games and for the season he is averaging 15.9 points 4.3 rebounds 2.1 assists and 1.8 steals.\nHowever Popovich has managed to guide San Antonio to a 27-13 record good for third place in the West heading into Sunday’s contest. Their record is all the more impressive because in addition to Leonard players such as Rudy Gay (heel) Danny Green (groin) Kyle Anderson (MCL) Tony Parker (quadriceps) and Joffrey Lauvergne (ankle) have been missing time with their own injuries.", "output": [ "Kawhi Leonard" ] }, { "id": "task419-ec446d69519d4808a033660611fa7d6d", "input": "Kate Winslet condemned Harvey Weinstein for allegedly sexually harassing multiple women over three decades.\n“The fact that these women are starting to speak out about the gross misconduct of one of our most important and well regarded film producers is incredibly brave and has been deeply shocking to hear ” Winslet said in a statement given exclusively to Variety.\n Winslet joins a chorus of prominent actresses including Meryl Streep Judi Dench and Glenn Close who all voiced their disapproval on Monday of Weinstein’s alleged conduct.\n Winslet won the best actress Oscar in 2009 for her role in The Weinstein Company’s “The Reader.”", "output": [ "Kate Winslet" ] }, { "id": "task419-e3eef34717de42028c07c8d9c5521185", "input": "“Over the last year we got clear indications that yes it was going to be important for publishers to grow subscription revenues ” said Richard Gingras Google’s vice president for news .\n He said the number of news outlets with paywalls had reached a critical mass in the last year to the point that it made sense for Google to start developing tools for them.\nThe goal is to facilitate fast purchases that could take as little as a single click Gingras said. Customers’ names and emails would be shared with the publishers.\nA separate tool would give publishers data on how to maximize sign ups with personalized offers. Gingras said Google hasn’t determined whether it may charge a fee to recoup costs of that program.\n“Google search is valuable because there’s a rich ecosystem out there ” Gingras said. “To the extent the web is healthy that’s very good for our core business. Our objective is not for this to be a new line of business.”", "output": [ "Richard Gingras" ] }, { "id": "task419-ec3b4d1c75f548c0a060cb335d00e4e7", "input": "Kevin Sinclair a developmental biologist at the University of Nottingham in Britain who was not involved with this research said this was a significant step in nonhuman primate cloning. “It's the first time that primates have been born using the technique of somatic cell nuclear transfer which is the technique that was used to produce Dolly the sheep gosh almost 22 years ago now ” he said.\nFor the clones that originated from fetal tissue 79 embryos yielded six pregnancies. Only Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were born. “It's still very inefficient in this species ” Sinclair said. “There's a lot of progress yet to be made.”\n“There is no reason to doubt that these two monkeys are anything other than clones ” Sinclair said.\nNor he said is there reason to suggest that we are closer to producing human clones today than we were yesterday. “The techniques that these guys have used to produce these monkeys have already been used to produce cloned human embryos ” Sinclair pointed out. No one in the field “has ever had an agenda to produce human clones.”\n Sinclair who has studied the health of clones such as Dolly's identical “sister” sheep was bullish on the monkeys' long-term survival. In general he said if clones survive the first few months of infancy they develop like any other animal. “The chances of them going on to lead long and normal healthy lives are very high ” he said.\nTheir dog’s sudden death was too much to bear — so they cloned him", "output": [ "Kevin Sinclair" ] }, { "id": "task419-75d1839a9ddd40838d8cb9d8a775c920", "input": "CBS News and Variety reported that Petty died on Monday but both later walked it back and pointed to TMZ's reporting.\nTMZ reported Monday afternoon that while Petty was not expected to live much longer he was still \"clinging to life.\"\nThe LAPD had refused to confirm Petty 's death to Business Insider in a phone call citing department policy.\nTMZ reported that Petty had \"no brain activity\" on Monday and that \"a decision was made to pull life support.\"\nThe 66-year-old singer famous for his music with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers wrapped a long tour at the end of September.\n Petty 's band gained commercial and critical success throughout the late 1970s starting with their debut self-titled album which spawned the hit singles \"American Girl\" and \"Breakdown.\"\n His highest-charting single \"Free Fallin' \" was released in 1989 and peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard singles chart.\n Petty was nominated for 18 Grammy awards. He won two Grammys as a solo artist and one for his contribution to the supergroup album \"The Traveling Wilbury's Vol. 1.\"", "output": [ "Tom Petty Rock", "Tom" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b4235ddb004448ba811e134931af954", "input": "Tesla Motors developed a giant backup power system in South Australia to combat the region's energy crisis and switched on the battery on Dec. 1. (Jay Weatherill via Storyful)\nLess than a month after Tesla unveiled a new backup power system in South Australia the world's largest lithium-ion battery is already being put to the test. And it appears to be far exceeding expectations: In the past three weeks alone the Hornsdale Power Reserve has smoothed out at least two major energy outages responding even more quickly than the coal-fired backups that were supposed to provide emergency power.\n Tesla 's battery last week kicked in just 0.14 seconds after one of Australia's biggest plants the Loy Yang facility in the neighboring state of Victoria suffered a sudden unexplained drop in output according to the International Business Times. And the week before that another failure at Loy Yang prompted the Hornsdale battery to respond in as little as four seconds — or less according to some estimates — beating other plants to the punch. State officials have called the response time “a record ” according to local media.\nThe effectiveness of Tesla 's battery is being closely watched in a region that is in the grips of an energy crisis. The price of electricity is soaring in Australia particularly in the state of South Australia where a 2016 outage led 1.7 million residents to lose power in a blackout. Storms and heat waves have caused additional outages and many Australians are bracing for more with the onset of summer in the Southern Hemisphere.\nThe Hornsdale battery system which uses the same energy-storage tech found in Tesla 's electric cars is one of chief executive Elon Musk's newest projects. In March Musk who is known for setting high goals and only sometimes meeting them vowed on Twitter to deliver a battery system for South Australia's struggling grid within 100 days or it would be free. By early July the state had signed a deal with Tesla and the French-based energy company Neoen to produce the battery. And by Dec. 1 South Australia announced that it had switched on the Hornsdale battery.\nA spokesman for Tesla didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.\nNonetheless the Hornsdale reserve has already shown that it can provide what's known as “contingency” service — keeping the grid stable in a crisis and easing what would otherwise be a significant power failure. And more important the project is the biggest proof-of-concept yet that batteries such as Tesla 's can help mitigate one of renewable energy's most persistent problems: how to use it when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing.\nWhere it can take as much as 10 minutes to spin up a traditional turbine in a pinch added Coughlin it's not uncommon to see systems such as Tesla 's intervene in fractions of a second.\nThis isn't Musk's only experiment with large-scale batteries. Last year Tesla said it had equipped a small island in American Samoa with thousands of solar panels and batteries that could serve the area's 600 inhabitants shifting them almost entirely off fossil fuels. In October Musk responded to the hurricane crisis in Puerto Rico by offering to discuss building a solar grid for the island. Parts of Puerto Rico are still without power months after Hurricane Maria ripped down power lines and other energy infrastructure.", "output": [ "Tesla" ] }, { "id": "task419-d4ec05a2a8aa4880b6e51ccb5c252488", "input": "In the latest twist in the sexual harassment controversies roiling Congress Republicans have taken to defending Democratic Sen. Al Franken .\nYes that’s right. While Franken announced Thursday he would resign in the “coming weeks” amid growing allegations of sexual misconduct some Republicans are not so sure he should have to leave the Senate.\n“What you saw today was a lynch mob ” former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Wednesday on Laura Ingraham’s Fox News show after at least 35 Democratic Senators called on Franken to step aside. “Let’s not have due process. Let’s not ask anybody any questions. Let’s not have any chance to have a hearing. Let’s just lynch him because when we get done lynching him we’ll be so pure.”\nEight women have accused Franken of sexually harassing them with the most recent being a woman who told Politico this week that Franken tried to forcibly kiss her in 2006.\nBut Gingrich is not alone in claiming the Democrats are not acting entirely out of sincere moral concern. When interviewing Gingrich on Wednesday Ingraham also said she believes the Democrats are using Franken ’s situation to claim the moral high ground so they can try to take down Republicans accused of sexual misconduct like President Donald Trump and Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.\nThey have used a variety of tactics to dismiss the claims against him but many of them come down to Republicans saying they do not have proof he did anything wrong. That seems to be the argument GOPers are using again to defend Franken .\nAnd the Washington Examiner’s Byron York also raised concerns about Franken not receiving due process.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-8e7ee4ffbc2942fdb601ad2a905033c9", "input": "The start of Mikaela Shiffrin 's bid for multiple medals at the 2018 Olympics was delayed yet again when the women's slalom was postponed from Wednesday to Friday because of strong winds.\nIt's the third time in four days an Alpine skiing race was shelved because gusts made it too dangerous for competition. Shiffrin originally was supposed to get started with the giant slalom on Monday; that race was rescheduled for Thursday and will now be her first at these Winter Games.\nNow Friday will also be a double-competition day with Shiffrin attempting to defend her 2014 gold medal in the slalom which will be held at the Yongpyong Alpine Center that hosts technical races while the men compete in the super-G at the Jeongseon Alpine Center speed hill about 30 miles (50 kilometers) away.\n Mikaela Shiffrin is the world's best woman skier — and she 's worried that's not enough »", "output": [ "Mikaela Shiffrin" ] }, { "id": "task419-a923305d90d14ba3b8d30ff346029fe5", "input": "In their book and in a blog (nudges.wordpress.com) Mr. Thaler and Mr. Sunstein favor nudging people to save more eat better weigh less invest more sensibly pay down debt avoid hazardous mortgages drive safely and wear bike helmets â a list that expands as new ideas and new problems conducive to nudging emerge.\nIn a phone conversation Mr. Thaler said that carefully applied nudges might help ameliorate some of the problems that led to the financial crisis. Some nudges need to be more forceful than others. For example rigorous public disclosure of leverage (the ratio of debt to capital) would be a burden. But it might be necessary to induce the people who run hedge funds insurance companies and big banks to behave more sensibly.\nâDisclosure does help at every level â he said. âMaybe itâs not a panacea but thatâs not a reason not to do it.â\n Mr. Sunstein and Mr. Thaler say that this apparent contradiction is reconciled through what they call âchoice architecture.â This is the deliberate imposition of structure in an environment â etching flies in a urinal â to induce people to make better choices. Consider a cafeteria where healthy foods like fruit and yogurt are placed in a prominent location while junk foods are relegated to an out-of-the way spot. People are free to choose but they are being nudged toward healthier decisions.\nSimilarly Mr. Thaler and Shlomo Benartzi an economist at U.C.L.A. applied these theories to 401(k) plans with the âSave More Tomorrowâ program which gives employees the option of increasing payroll deductions in the future. This arrangement acknowledges the human desire to enjoy life now and put off self-discipline â a tendency observed by Aesopâs fable of the ant and the grasshopper and confirmed through much recent behavioral research. With âSave More Tomorrow â you can have it both ways â consuming as much as you like now while automatically increasing your savings rate on the next Jan. 1 and in every successive year.\nNudging derives from research by Daniel Kahneman a Nobel laureate in economics; by Mr. Kahnemanâs late colleague Amos Tversky; and by Mr. Thaler and others over several decades. Mr. Kahneman a psychologist gives Mr. Thaler considerable credit for the birth of behavioral economics.\n Mr. Thaler has found that people often donât act rationally and in their own best interests as is assumed by traditional economic models. He calls such idealized people âEcons â as distinguished from âHumans.â Econs are walking computers and behave according to the laws of classical economics; Humans are quirky like the people you meet on the street. Humans may know that they should eat less and exercise more but they often miss the mark. They may know that they should save more but often donât. And so Mr. Thaler says most of us would benefit from a nudge.\nDISCLOSURE aimed at enabling people to make more informed choices is often Mr. Thaler âs preferred solution for complex issues involving markets. He cites disclosure rules imposed on mutual funds by the Securities and Exchange Commission that imperfect as they may be have allowed third-party firms like Morningstar and Lipper to create Web sites comparing fees and performance. The point is to make it âeasier for Humans to make decisions as if they were Econs â he said. Such comparisons arenât really possible now when it comes to hedge funds for which standard reliable data is not available.\nIn financial markets where evidence of irrationality has been abundant lately he says he would increase regulations but very carefully. Thereâs no evidence he said that regulators could actually determine appropriate leverage for specific investments for example and âheavy-handed regulationâ could shut down financial markets and weaken the economy further.\nâThe trick is to try and figure out a way of forcing these firms to disclose more of what theyâre doing without giving away so much that they can no longer make a living â he said. Such information would help individuals decide whether to invest in the funds and would help regulators assess overall risk imposed on the financial system and the economy. In addition he said disclosure itself often has a salutary effect on behavior because people tend to be mindful of the opinions of others.\nAs a principal in the firm of Fuller & Thaler Asset Management he has applied his own theories looking for behavioral biases that may affect specific stocks or market sectors. Two mutual funds managed by the firm havenât done very well lately though with returns over the last year that have slightly lagged the miserable stock market.\nâWeâre not exceptions â he said with a chuckle. âWeâre just Humans.â", "output": [ "Thaler" ] }, { "id": "task419-ab45747e2120436cbc619ff17516e4e8", "input": "\"2017 was a strong year for Facebook but it was also a hard one \" Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement. \"In 2018 we're focused on making sure Facebook isn't just fun to use but also good for people's well-being and for society. We're doing this by encouraging meaningful connections between people rather than passive consumption of content.\"\n Zuckerberg noted that the company's recent news feed changes such as reducing the volume of viral videos have caused time spent on Facebook to decline by about 50 million hours every day - an average of about 2 minutes per person every day.\nOn a conference call with investors Zuckerberg emphasized that time spent alone offers limited insight into the value of the social network and that he expects short-term drops in time on the site to make the product stronger in the long-term.\n\"By focusing on meaningful interactions I believe that the time spent on Facebook will be more valuable \" Zuckerberg said. \"If people interact more it should lead to stronger community. When you care about something you’re willing to see ads to experience it.\"\nFacebook’s results come just a few weeks after Zuckerberg announced that the company plans to make a year-long shift across its products to prioritize interactions between friends and family and reduce the prominence of unpaid posts by brands and publishers. In the near-term the change will cause news to make up only 4% of news feed down from about 5% currently. Facebook plans to display news sources in accordance with how users rank their “trustworthiness.” Zuckerberg also said the company plans to elevate local news in a push to help “build community.” Facebook correctly warned that the changes could lead to a decrease in time spent on the social network in the short-term. However Zuckerberg has said he sees the shift as critical to Facebook’s long-term success as a business and product.\nWhen Facebook reported its third quarterly earnings in November Zuckerberg said he was “dead serious” about addressing the social network’s security and safety issues ranging from election meddling to moderation issues such as violent live videos and misinformation. Zuckerberg warned that the bolstered efforts “will impact” the company’s profitability. The company said last year it plans to double its headcount working on safety and security from 10 000 people to 20 000 people over the course of 2018 and add thousands more content moderators. (Facebook said it has 25 105 employees as of December 31 up 47% from a year earlier.)\nZuckerberg continues to emphasize video advertising as key to the future of the company’s business. Facebook recently added a “Watch” section for video shows and series which competes with Google-owned YouTube and is intended in the long-term to foster interaction between friends family and groups. Higher-quality content in the tab could drive stronger video ad sales over time. Zuckerberg also noted in Wednesday's conference call that he expects \"Stories\" -- chains of disappearing photos and videos -- to overtake posts and feeds as the most common content format across apps and that the growth of the feature will shape how Facebook evolves its apps and business.", "output": [ "Mark Zuckerberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-83a89911d27e423cb4ffdb482736d906", "input": "For the first time this preseason , the Cavaliers unleashed LeBron James , Dwyane Wade and Derrick Rose in the starting lineup because James ' sore ankle cooperated and the regular season is nearing . \nThe Tribune reported at the time that Rose made clear to James and Wade he would be open to playing with them . \nA 2011 Sports Illustrated profile on Rose reported that Rose sent James one text . \nOne source added Rose \"backed out\" of accompanying the contingent that traveled to Cleveland to pitch James in person despite being invited . \nRose said he pitched the merits of playing for the Bulls , who even eventually had trade talks with the Clippers centered on Luol Deng that would have created the salary cap space to sign James , Wade and Bosh .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-36a18c537eab43d89006294f9c71935a", "input": "Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) said a meeting revealed in the House Intelligence Committee memo released Friday shows that the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee likely knew about the dossier despite their denials.\nThe memo revealed that the law firm representing the Clinton campaign and the DNC Perkins Coie hosted “at least one” meeting in Washington D.C. in 2016 with dossier author Christopher Steele Fusion GPS and media outlets in which the dossier’s research was discussed.\nAccording to Meadows Perkins Coie could likely not have hosted the meeting without getting its client’s permission — in this case the Clinton campaign and the DNC — due to attorney-client privilege. Attorney-client privilege would give the Clinton campaign and the DNC control over what Perkins Coie could share with other parties — especially the media.\n“I can’t imagine that a law firm would set that up and bring in the media without knowledge of some individual within the DNC or the Hillary Clinton campaign directing them to do so because it would break an attorney-client privilege to bring in the media and allow that to be exposed without that happening ” Meadows said during a conference call with reporters about the memo on Friday.\nThe Clinton campaign paid Perkins Coie $5.6 million from June 2015 and the DNC paid Fusion GPS $3.65 million beginning in November 2015 according to the Washington Post. Obama for America also paid Fusion GPS $972 000 since April 2016 according to The Federalist.\nEven after that Clinton her top campaign and DNC officials denied knowing they were paying for the dossier. Former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told CNN that he was unaware that the Clinton campaign was paying Fusion GPS.\n“I didn’t know that we were paying the contractor that created that document ” Mook told CNN on November 3 2017.\n Former Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta also told Senate Intelligence Committee investigators last year that he did not know they were paying for the dossier according to CNN.", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d88616f03014e6ebf2d86b8b8c62bbc", "input": "Russian Bobsled Federation president Alexander Zubkov told The Associated Press on Friday that a drug-test sample that pilot Nadezhda Sergeeva gave on Sunday was positive.\n\" She confirms she took no such medication and the team confirms she was not issued any medication \" said Zubkov a former bobsledder who himself was stripped of two Olympic gold medals for the Russian doping scheme at the 2014 Sochi Games. \"Federation representatives at the Olympics\" are starting to prepare a defense he said.\nZubkov also said a sample she had given five days earlier was negative.\n Nadezhda Sergeeva (right) has tested positive for trimetazdine which is listed as a banned substance by the World Anti-Doping Agency.\n Sergeeva 's crew finished 12th in the women's bobsled competition on Wednesday after she had given the sample that later came back positive.\nEarlier this month Sergeeva told the AP that competitors from other countries had warmed to her after she passed IOC vetting for Pyeongchang which included an examination of her drug-testing history.\n\"I don't know why but they've started talking to us more than ever before. I feel it. Maybe it's a sign to them that we're clean \" Sergeeva said. \"There's a lot of people coming up and saying 'We're happy you're here.'\"\nAt the time she was training in a T-shirt with the words \"I Don't Do Doping.\" Sergeeva used to compete in track and field as a heptathlete before switching sports in 2010.\n Sergeeva switched to driving a bobsled after competing in track and field as a heptathlete.\nTrimetazidine the substance found in Sergeeva 's sample has been detected in previous doping cases. Chinese swimmer Sun Yang an Olympic gold medalist was banned for three months in 2014 by his country's sports authorities after testing positive for the substance.", "output": [ "Nadezhda Sergeeva" ] }, { "id": "task419-cd34f6ebbef143ed8454a7aed4cf7504", "input": "Many pundits seem to be taking the election results as a message to the Virginia GOP to cooperate with the Democratic Party and the Northam Administration to seek “moderate ” “bipartisan” paths forward. For example Washington Post reporting on the inauguration emphasized cordiality bipartisanship and how Republicans are (seemingly) reaching out to work with Democratic Party politicians.\nNow Governor Northam has taken the massive Democratic Party base enthusiasm as a mandate for pursuing bipartisanship. His inauguration address provided a strong window on this with his only mention of “Democratic” coming alongside “Republican” for saying — in essence — party labels simply don’t matter for governing.\nWhen it comes to “solving problems” the Virginia Senate today dealt with a set of Northam’s legislative priorities — including mild gun control measures that even the NRA recently stated that they were in favor of (banning bump stocks post Las Vegas massacre) .\nGovernor Northam embraces and lauds bipartisanship.", "output": [ "Northam" ] }, { "id": "task419-d9610502ac3e409b902c68b28c1e7e7d", "input": "Armie Hammer is backtracking on comments he made last month about Casey Affleck winning an Oscar despite being accused of sexual harassment.\nHammer who is the star of the Oscar contender “Call Me By Your Name ” compared Nate Parker’s downfall to the treatment of Affleck in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter — but on Friday he released a lawyered-up statement through a PR firm saying he now regrets his comments and that he was flat out incorrect.\n“I would like to sincerely apologize to Casey and his family for my recent comments about him in my THR interview. Without knowing the facts about the civil lawsuits at issue (which I now understand were settled) I misspoke ” Hammer’s statement read.\nArmie Hammer calls out Casey Affleck Nate Parker double standard\nArmie Hammer made a comparison between Nate Parker and Casey Affleck . (Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)\n“The cases in which Casey was involved were not criminal and instead involved civil claims from his 2010 movie ‘I'm Still Here ’” the 31-year-old continued.\n\"I would like to sincerely apologize to Casey and his family for my recent comments about him in my THR interview. Without knowing the facts about the civil lawsuits at issue (which I now understand were settled) I misspoke. I conflated sexual harassment cases with a criminal case involving sexual assault charges. The cases in which Casey was involved were not criminal and instead involved civil claims from his 2010 movie 'I'm Still Here.' While intending to make a social comment about double standards in general I mistakenly compared reports of prior public civil allegations that never proceeded to trial with a criminal case that was fully tried. I understand now that this was a poor comparison which I deeply regret making. I also didn't mean to insinuate nor do I believe that Casey or anyone from his camp had anything to do with leaked information that took place during the press for 'Birth of a Nation.' I respect Casey 's work and I've learned a valuable lesson about the need to be more accurate with disseminating information especially in this age of instantaneous unchecked communication. While attempting to be part of the solution I unintentionally made myself part of the problem for which I am truly sorry.\"", "output": [ "Casey Affleck Armie", "Armie" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca4dfc247db544d38e6dc574bbca1299", "input": "Former President Bill Clinton is reportedly facing a new round of charges of sexual assault from four women who claim the incidents occurred after Clinton left the White House in 2001.\nAuthor and journalist Ed Klein reports in the Daily Mail that attorneys have notified Clinton that they are preparing to file four separate lawsuits against him . Klein says a member of Clinton ’s legal team has confirmed the existence of the allegations to him .\n Clinton ’s history of sexual misconduct both before and during his presidency returned to the spotlight in 2016 and again in 2017 during his wife Hillary’s failed presidential bid and more recently amid new allegations of sexual misconduct against a plethora of politicians journalists and Hollywood celebrities.\nSen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said last week that Clinton should have resigned the presidency in the wake of his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. It forms part of a broader re-evaluation of Clinton ’s conduct by Democrats and left-wing media pundits.\nKlein who has written a number of sensationalist books including All Out War: The Plot to Destroy Trump reports that the women were employed in “low-level positions” at an organization owned by playboy billionaire Ron Burkle. Clinton was hired by Burkle and flew around the world on Burkle’s private jet — which Klein says was known as “Air Fuck One.”\nKlein says there is no evidence that Burkle knew anything about the alleged assaults by Clinton . He also reports that Hillary Clinton is “furious” with Bill for getting stuck in another scandal and offered to hire private detectives to dig up dirt on the women — but Clinton ’s attorneys said no.", "output": [ "Bill Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-aeef3190d71e4f6888e1465146c1c689", "input": "Since Tyra Banks yelled \"We were rooting for you!\" on America's Next Top Model it's become one of the most iconic moments in reality TV history and one of the most inescapable GIFs on the internet. Now more than a decade since Banks flipped on contestant Tiffany Richardson the former model hopeful reveals what viewers didn't see how she feels about Banks and how far she 's come.\n“This is a really difficult decision ” Tyra Banks said face stoic voice solemn. “You’ve put me in a very difficult place.” Before her stood America's Next Top Model contestants Tiffany Richardson and Rebecca Epley who were on the chopping block.\nThe Cycle 4 hopefuls were relatively motionless aside from the sporadic subtle head nods as they waited to see whose photo Banks was holding. Whoever was pictured would be “safe” in the world’s fiercest modeling competition — at least for an additional week. But when Banks finally revealed the reflective glossy image in her hands it was blank: Both Richardson and Epley were going home. A shock wave rippled through the room leaving the models who would be moving forward and Banks's fellow judges visibly shaken. Epley let her tears flow freely as she was comforted by her fellow contestants turned friends; Richardson meanwhile tried to lighten the mood telling the other models “Cheer up waterheads. [What are you] lookin’ all sad for?” The contestants wiped their faces and after saying their goodbyes Banks called the two eliminated women back over for what would become the most memorable send-off in reality TV history.\n“Rebecca I admire your emotion right now. It shows to me that this was something that’s very important to you ” Banks said before turning to Richardson . “Tiffany I’m extremely disappointed in you. This is a joke to you. … This is serious to these girls and it should be serious to you.” “Looks can be deceiving \" Richardson interjected. “I'm hurt. … I can’t change it Tyra. … I’m sick of crying about stuff that I cannot change. I’m sick of being disappointed.” “You ain't sick of being disappointed Tiffany ” Banks replied her voice becoming irritated her bright red hair following every shake of her head. “If you were sick of being disappointed you would stand up and you would take control of your destiny. Do you know that you had a possibility to win? Do you know that all of America is rooting for you?” Banks and Richardson began talking over each other as they tried to explain themselves both growing more passionate with each word until Banks became completely unhinged. “I have never in my life yelled at a girl like this ” she shouted her voice cracking. The glare in her eyes sharpened as she looked down at Richardson who’d turned her head away amid the yelling. “When my mother yells like this it’s because she loves me. I was rooting for you! We were all rooting for you!” Suddenly the room fell silent. For the first time the very polished Tyra Banks had broken character. She had always been the knowledgeable big sister who carried herself with grace someone you could count on for sound advice someone to look up to. But that wasn't who audiences saw when she went in on Richardson. It left folks watching at home shook — so much that we’re not only still talking about it today but we've managed to transform the unforgettable moment into a way we interact with one another.\nIf you were to do a general search on YouTube for the scene which aired in April 2005 you’d see a few results — “Tyra Banks Gone Wild ” “Tyra Banks Yells at Girl ” “Tyra Yells at Tiffany Extended” — totaling more than 11 million views and counting. And you probably see the continuous loop of Banks yelling her famous line in GIF form on at least one social media platform a day. The scene has been memed over and over again tracing back to old message boards the underbelly of the early internet. It also lives on through fan art and tweets and Vines (RIP) and it was parodied on Family Guy on which Banks was portrayed as a model who loses her temper and transforms into a lizard eating one of the contestants. It was even used in January 2017 as a symbol of protest during the international Women’s March in reference to President Donald Trump the day after he was inaugurated. \"None of us were rooting for you \" a protester's sign read. \"How dare you.\"\nBut before she returned to Miami Richardson said that producers “hinted” that she’d be able to come back for Cycle 4 if she participated in an anger management program. According to Richardson the suggestion came because of how she ’d performed on her psych test an assessment of the contestants’ mental stability before they’re allowed into the house with the other models. Cocks said the models are screened “extensively” and she'd be surprised if those who vet contestants “did not do their due diligence.\" Though she mainly worked in postproduction and couldn't confirm Richardson's account Cocks did say “I think it’s possible. Look she obviously made a really good impression in Season 3 if she failed whatever she said she failed. I could definitely see them reaching out to her again and being like ‘Do you want to give this another try?’\" Richardson said she did try anger management for just “a second” and “it didn’t really change much.” She wouldn’t disclose how much time she’d spent in her program. (A representative for Ken Mok the president of 10 by 10 Entertainment the production company behind America's Next Top Model said he was unavailable to be interviewed for this story and did not respond to a further request for comments on Richardson's statements.) “I don’t think they really cared about me going to anger management ” Richardson told BuzzFeed News. “It looked good for TV…fake-ass Cinderella story.” Months later just before filming for Cycle 4 of Top Model began Richardson said she was contacted by a producer to come out to Tampa for an audition. While there she retook the psych test and “switched the answers.\" \"I put what they wanted to hear ” she said.\nBanks and the Jays were moved. “ Tiffany grabbed her problems by the reins she got it together came back and I truly believed that girl wants to change her life ” Mr. Jay said after her interview. But really Richardson just had them all fooled. “Honestly looking back I was full of shit ” she said. “Like I was still the same person. … [I was] playing the fucking role. … I fed into the crap they was telling me and I ran with it.” With such an apparent change in demeanor Richardson was a shoo-in as a Top Model finalist because who doesn’t love a good redemption story? And who loves one more than Tyra Banks? Banks had long established her brand as someone who was invested in bettering the lives of young women. In 1999 she founded a camp for girls that “consisted of a self-esteem building program that addressed battling gender stereotypes elevating body and beauty love and creating a sisterhood of trust.” In 2008 she told the New York Times Magazine about the doors that had been slammed in her face and the adversity she 'd faced as a model before retiring in 2005. She 's always been focused on pulling herself up by the bootstraps — a person who would eventually yell at Richardson in that infamous April 2005 episode “You don't know where the hell I come from. You have no idea what I've been through. But I'm not a victim. I grow from it and I learn.” Banks whose representative did not respond to multiple requests to set up an interview for or comment on this story often used her life as a rubric for other models to follow especially the ones she handpicked and groomed on America's Next Top Model — and Richardson was certainly an example of that.\nAccording to Cycle 4 contestants the judging room was located in another area of the Top Model house where they would assemble for that week's critiques. One by one each model would walk down a runway-like plank to find out how she performed that week. Her photos would be displayed on a giant screen for everyone to see and her critiques would be said for everyone to hear. By the time everyone received their feedback the women had been standing for hours; sometimes they would need to take a break eat and then come back in for more critiques. “We’d get picked apart for like 15 20 minutes each \" Richardson recalled. \"If you say something back you’re going to be up there for a minute — and sometimes they’d be going at it like roasting the fuck out of us. Back to back to back.” After they received their feedback they'd then be sent out of the room to let the judges deliberate a process that took six to eight hours in its entirety. Eventually the contestants would stand before the judges again and Banks would call each \"safe\" woman by name until there were only two left standing one of whom would be eliminated. The schedule would leave the women physically and mentally exhausted on top of being largely separated from the world outside of Top Model. “It’s not quite like Big Brother where they strip them of everything ” said Cocks. The contestants weren’t “getting a lot of pop culture but they were aware of stuff ” she explained because they’d walk around LA during challenges and shoots. Richardson struggled to settle into her new reality. “I was there but I wasn’t there. It was so different for me ” she said. “I don’t know anything about designer clothes and it was kinda like I had to try to fit in and figure it out. Even with makeup I felt really out of place.” “We were all out of our comfort zone ” said Cycle 4 contestant Brittany Brower. But Richardson she noted \"even more so.\" \"I remember we went and had sushi one night and she ’d never had sushi. She thought it was like crazy … so she was just feeling really alienated.”\nOn top of feeling like an outsider Richardson was getting feedback about her photos looking \"a little stripper-ish \" according to guest judge Mathu Andersen who was the contestants’ makeup artist. And in the episode in which Richardson was famously sent home she struggled through a challenge where the contestants were tasked with memorizing a short script and performing it using a cockney English accent. It was yet another blow to Richardson's confidence when the women were instructed to read designer names from a teleprompter for a mini red carpet challenge during judging. Many of the models had trouble with names like Hermès and Christian Lacroix but Richardson gave up after fumbling over words. “I can’t do this ” she said. “ Tiffany the other girls did not know these words ” Banks said softly with the other judges backing her up. “If you don’t do this you’re going to go home.” \" Tiffany was humiliated by a lot of the stuff that was going on in the show \" Cycle 4 contestant Keenyah Hill told BuzzFeed News. \"She felt alienated and she felt targeted a lot.\" With the pressure of the competition getting to her Richardson was at a crossroads: Continue to bear the blows — critiques from judges draining challenges and photo shoots etc. — or simply give up and go home. “Every time I did something wrong I’d shut down a little bit more and it just got to the point where I was over it. I felt like we were just there to be humiliated \" Richardson said. \"It was like 'What the fuck [else] could we do to them?'” Richardson said her issue wasn’t exactly with the harshness of the critiques it was more that she felt they weren't at all constructive. “I don’t really care if you go in hard on me — go in on me but help me ” she said. “Going in we thought we were going to get modeling help.” Richardson said she thought the judges would’ve been more “sincere” in developing the women into models but instead she felt like the contestants were only ridiculed from week to week.\nAfter weeks of judging challenges and photo shoots Richardson had particularly struggled throughout that ill-fated week and she was hardly confident going into the elimination. “I didn’t think it was gonna be me because I was up against Rebecca cute little white girl ” Richardson said. But she also didn't think it'd be a double elimination or that Banks would disclose deeply personal information about Richardson’s less-than-perfect life back home in Florida. \"You’ve been through anger management \" Banks screamed once things escalated. \"You’ve been through your grandmother getting her lights turned off to buy you a swimsuit for this competition.\" But that was only what viewers saw. According to Richardson the argument was “1 000 times worse\" in reality. She was hesitant to elaborate but when pressed for more details Richardson said she recalled Banks yelling at her “You can go back to your house and sleep on your mattress on the floor with your baby ” in front of the other judges contestants and crew members. Richardson wouldn’t reveal further information about what may have been edited out of Banks’s tirade but that particular comment she said “stayed in the back of my mind.\" Cocks said that though she wasn’t there during the elimination she was heavily involved in the editing process and she couldn’t remember Banks saying that in any of the transcripts. She did however confirm that the tirade was trimmed mainly due to time constraints.\nAs Richardson left the judging room to pack up her things she remembers yelling “fuck Tyra” and “fuck Top Model.” In the episode the cameras continued to roll as Richardson and Epley packed their bags. During a quick exit interview in which she wore the same long black slip dress she wore during the elimination Richardson said “I’m not finna break down for you or nobody else. You ain’t did shit for me but bring me here and put me through hell these weeks.” Epley didn’t remember the “entire wrath of Tyra ” but she said it seemed like Banks “went above and beyond to break Tiffany down.” Brower agreed saying more bluntly \"It was definitely harsh … almost like Tyra wanted her to be devastated when she got eliminated and when Tiffany was not acting that way it’s like she just lost it. … There was a lot more anger there especially in the beginning.” Hill said she remembered that \"financially [Richardson] and her family they weren’t doing really well at the time.\" She added that Richardson had a \"lackadaisical\" attitude. \"She made it seem like she was unbothered unaffected did not care \" according to Hill. \"And Tiffany ’s my girl but in that moment I could definitely see where Tyra was coming from. She had some truth to what she was saying but [Banks] probably did go in.” While it may have been a case of extreme tough love that’s not how Richardson felt about it. “Why are you yelling at me because I’m grown as fuck ” Richardson recalled thinking as Banks got heated. “It was just like bullshit. It was so over-the-top for no reason.” In Richardson's view Banks “needed them ratings to go up or something.\" The producer and three judges (Marin Barker and Dickinson) who spoke to BuzzFeed News all noted that the blowup was a deviation from how Banks normally interacted with the contestants but some said it came from a place of Banks wanting Richardson to succeed. Barker called the moment “shell-shocking ” but said there was “never anything vitriolic about it ever.” “It was much more maternal than anything else ” he said. After Richardson and Epley packed their bags they were sent to a hotel room where they stayed for the next few days. During production on Top Model contestants didn’t actually go straight home. They were essentially sequestered for almost 24 hours a day in hotel rooms only able to leave to get food. Cocks told BuzzFeed News the goal was to prevent the public from finding out which contestant was eliminated and when. These contestants were referred to as “bogies ” a play on the word “bogus.” Producers also didn't want eliminated contestants — at least in the early days of the show — to know who was eliminated after them. Cocks told BuzzFeed News that producers did another exit interview with Richardson as a way of “buttoning up” her storyline. According to Cocks's recollection of the decision Banks \"basically drove that train.” The concern was that the story was essentially “unfinished” without showing that Banks and Richardson had made amends.\nSo Banks along with her mother Carolyn London visited Richardson while she was in her hotel room which Epley confirmed though she wasn’t present for the conversation. Richardson said that the contestants had met London earlier in the competition and that she loved how “warm her spirit was” because it reminded Richardson of her grandmother. In hindsight Richardson saw London's presence in her hotel room as a way for Banks and the producers to make her feel more comfortable for the closing interview they had planned. According to Richardson Banks recognized that they had a “moment ” said she saw a lot of herself in Richardson and said she would continue to act as her mentor. “You would think that if you cared that much you would’ve been there more \" Richardson said. \"I didn’t think she cared. I don’t think she gave a fuck about none of us except for the ones who made it big. But hey it is what it is.” Richardson said the second exit interview was conducted just a few minutes after Banks and her mother left her hotel room. Richardson sported a bright pink tube top dangling earrings and a black baseball cap that covered her hair making it obvious that the interview wasn’t from the same night as the elimination where Richardson wore the black getup. She seemed happier and more hopeful in that footage because she’d been “juiced up ” as she said in a sense by Banks. \"Part of me did give up. I was being very disrespectful \" Richardson's voice is heard saying in the episode as she's shown in that black elimination night dress packing up her suitcase. Then the camera cuts to Richardson in her pink tube top saying \"Tyra really did care about me her yelling at me. I have the utmost respect for her 'cause she could've easily said 'OK whatever.' And you know 'Bye.' That showed me that she saw deeply into me and she cared about me. \"And that's cool knowing that you know Tyra cares about you \" Richardson said with a smile across her face as the camera faded to her in that black dress again rolling her suitcase out of the Top Model house.\nIn 2012 Banks dramatically acted out a portion of the well-known scene during Cycle 19 and in 2015 she referenced the classic moment while live-tweeting Cycle 22 of the show. The now-retired supermodel also went the Kardashian route in January 2017 opting to capitalize on the constantly quoted moment by turning it — as well as a few of her other catchphrases — into an emoji as part of her TyTyMoji collection. But other than that Banks hasn’t said much on the subject. After watching the episode — and with a decade having passed — Richardson said she understands that it made for good TV. “It was deep it was passionate…the music’s going Tyra’s beautiful self yelling [at the] poor little black girl \" she said. \"It was beautiful for TV. They love to see black girls struggling and somebody coming to save her … and that just didn’t work out that way this time.” Richardson said one of her last interactions with Banks was when Hill came down to Miami in the months after filming had wrapped on Cycle 4 and Banks just happened to call as the former contestants stayed in a hotel for a weekend planning to scout agencies. She said Banks offered them advice on how to dress while they were looking for a potential agency which Richardson said she appreciated. In September 2005 Banks invited Richardson onto The Tyra Banks Show for a Top Model reunion special but it was during a second visit to Banks’s talk show in January 2006 for a tell-all episode when Richardson felt like their relationship was over. (Telepictures was unable to provide BuzzFeed News with a review copy of the Tyra Banks Show episode in question.) In the interview Richardson said she opened up about her issues with Banks saying Banks always focused on the negatives in her life. After the taping Richardson’s grandmother wrote a letter to Banks calling the talk show host out for always portraying Richardson in a bad light and sent it to The Tyra Banks Show. Richardson couldn’t confirm if Banks herself ever received the letter but she said she never heard from her again.\nRichardson’s son Chaddrick whom she frequently talked about on Top Model is now 14 years old. She has also since had a daughter named Chaz who’s 9. She works a normal 9-to-5 job at a group home in Miami assisting people with mental disabilities. “It’s pretty cool though I’m not complaining about it ” she said. But she said multiple times she’s “famous-broke \" in that her notoriety reaps no financial benefits. “Every fucking day somebody is coming up to me about this show and how I could’ve won and Tyra said this and it’s like really? It’s been 10 years. Could y’all not?” she said. While the in-person interactions have worn on her the persistence of the moment online doesn't get to Richardson. “Oh I don’t give a fuck people are gonna laugh anyway ” she said. “People ain’t shit. Humans are not shit okay? They’re gonna laugh it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t bother me.” Today Richardson does occasionally find time to work with a local photographer but modeling isn't something she's prioritizing. “I’ve been doing a couple of different photo shoots and it’s like a learning process too ” she said happily noting she has gone to some networking events. “And then I’m just getting my body fit … but I work I live in the real world.” Although she’s kept her tough-as-nails personality she doesn’t look back on the show with ill feelings. \"I still didn’t take advantage of the situation like I should’ve but you know you live and you learn \" she said. \"I can’t regret that because it made me who I am right now. And I needed all of that.” ●", "output": [ "Tiffany Richardson" ] }, { "id": "task419-a689c45bb6624f838a71cb7dd797a44d", "input": "A parent Coy Ferreira said he was dropping off his daughter at the elementary school when he heard gunfire.\n“One of the teachers came running out of the building and told us to all run inside because there was a shooter coming ” Ferreira told Redding California television station KRCR.\n Ferreira said he heard gunfire for over 20 minutes and that a student in the room was struck.\nArea resident Brian Flint told local media his neighbor was the shooter and had stolen his truck.", "output": [ "Coy Ferreira" ] }, { "id": "task419-6394c054989849da8b0c9f29d95daae7", "input": "Mike Ditka who knows the perils of coaching after a layoff said he likes Jon Gruden’s chances of succeeding as new head coach of the Oakland Raiders. But Ditka suggested it won’t be easy for Gruden who will be officially introduced as the Raiders coach Tuesday after a nine-year absence from the sidelines.\n“ It ’s a helluva challenge ’’ Ditka told USA TODAY Sports on Monday. “Let’s face it . It ’s a big challenge and I think he ’s up to it .’’\nA return to the sidelines for Ditka failed spectacularly. He was 106-62 as head coach of the Chicago Bears from 1982 to 1992 and after a four-year hiatus 15-33 as head coach with the New Orleans Saints from 1997 to 1999.\n Mike Ditka had a 15-33 record in three seasons as coach of the Saints. (Photo: ROBERT HANASHIRO USA TODAY)\nRecalling the experiment Ditka said a lack of desire undermined him .\n“I think there’s a lot of ego involved although you hate to admit it ’’ he said. “I want to prove I can still do it and this and that. But if the heart’s not in it I mean totally in it. ... It’s really hard to say ‘Oh I’m going to amp it up and then everything will be fine.’ It doesn’t work that way.’’\nA lack of desire wasn’t the only issue Ditka said.\n“Personnel is where we really screwed up ’’ he said. “I thought that I could really get by with the quarterbacks we had. ... I had every guy named Billy Bob in the world. So put it this way it was an experience.\n“They’re glad it ’s over and I’m pretty glad it ’s over too.’’\nThe Raiders have Derek Carr not a Billy Bob at quarterback and Ditka said he expects Gruden to invigorate the Raiders’ offense and elevate the entire team.\n“It’s a great job ’’ Ditka said. “It’s a great opportunity for him.’’", "output": [ "Mike Ditka" ] }, { "id": "task419-6ee73178c8b544ac86d8cbd7f5251182", "input": "Story highlights Mueller sent a notice called a document preservation request to White House staff\n(CNN) Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked the White House to preserve all documents relating to the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that Donald Trump Jr. Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort had with a Russian lawyer and others according to a source who has seen the letter.\n Mueller sent a notice called a document preservation request asking White House staff to save \"any subjects discussed in the course of the June 2016 meeting\" and also \"any decisions made regarding the recent disclosures about the June 2016 meeting \" according to the source who read portions of the letter to CNN.\nThe letter from Mueller began: \"As you are aware the Special Counsel's office is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election including any links or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of Donald Trump. Information concerning the June 2016 meeting between Donald J Trump Jr and Natalia Veselnitskaya is relevant to the investigation.\"", "output": [ "Mueller" ] }, { "id": "task419-49139be432c54551a44f6594949c6e31", "input": "More women came forward Friday to accuse veteran journalist Mark Halperin of sexual harassment as the “Game Change” author – whose career has taken several hits in the past few days – issued a lengthy and detailed apology.\nThe complaints from the now roughly 12 women include allegations that Halperin 52 propositioned them and touched them inappropriately at work.\nOne of the women said Halperin grabbed her breasts and three told CNN he had pressed his erection against their bodies while at the workplace.\nFour new accusations reported Friday by CNN include claims that Halperin masturbated in front of a woman employee in his ABC office and threw another woman against a restaurant wall when she refused his kiss and told her she’d never work in media.\nMika Brzezinski could no longer stay silent on pal Mark Halperin\nThe alleged sexual harassment is centered around Halperin ’s time at ABC News where he worked as a political analyst in the 1990s.\n Halperin on Friday denied masturbating in front of anyone and said that some of the accusations about him are not true.\nBut as he did earlier in the week when the initial five women first detailed their stories to CNN the veteran journalist apologized profusely in his Friday mea culpa.\n“Towards the end of my time at ABC News I recognized I had a problem. No one had sued me no one had filed a human resources complaint against me no colleague had confronted me ” Halperin wrote in the 5th paragraph of his 10-paragraph statement.\n Mark Halperin leaves NBC after sexual harassment allegations\n Halperin said he attended weekly counseling sessions for years after leaving ABC to address his personal problems.\nThe alleged sexual harassment is centered around Halperin ’s time at ABC News where he worked as a political analyst in the 1990s. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)\n Mark Halperin leaves NBC after sexual harassment allegations\nOne of the new accusers on Friday told CNN she had been a twentysomething news desk assistant at ABC when Halperin approached her in the late 1990s.\nShe asked Halperin – a senior and powerful figure at ABC – for career advice and they went to his office at 10 p.m. so he could talk to her she said.\nThe woman who asked to remain anonymous told CNN that Halperin sat behind his desk hidden from below the waist and appeared to pleasure himself as she spoke to him .", "output": [ "Mark Halperin" ] }, { "id": "task419-51f70e0e44c948dcb6e667dfbabff554", "input": "The Tesla Semi . Tesla /via REUTERS\nMost of the customers who announced plans to put down $5 000 deposits for the Tesla Semi indicated they wanted to test a few of the vehicles. Wal-Mart said it plans to order a total of 15 Tesla trucks five for the United States and ten for Canada. The company operates a fleet of about 6 000 trucks in the United States.\nJB Hunt Transport Inc was the first major U.S. trucking company to announce an order for Tesla ’s new “Semi” electric trucks saying it had reserved multiple vehicles for use on the U.S. West Coast.\nHunt did not say how many of the vehicles it would reserve. Tesla unveiled the Semi on Thursday without specifying prices.\nThe 500-mile (800 km) range between charges that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk promised on Thursday for the Tesla Semi is about half the range between fill-ups of a diesel Class 8 truck. Heavy batteries cut payload and add cost potential deal killers for fleet buyers focused on operating cost per mile.\nHowever Tesla and incumbent truck makers such as Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) Navistar International Corp (NAV.N) and its partner Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) are investing in electric trucks in a bet that the market will shift over the next decade.\nThe Tesla Semi. Tesla/via REUTERS", "output": [ "Tesla Semi" ] }, { "id": "task419-954863aafc4a49278854a5e01ab456c6", "input": "The United States is bracing for a heated political battle after venerable US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement from the bench.\n George Washington University law school professor Jonathan Turley described Stevens's retirement as \"an understandably sad moment for liberals.\"\n Stevens nearly beat the record of his long-serving predecessor William Douglas who served for 36 years.\n Born in 1920 in Chicago Stevens first threw himself into the study of literature in the hope of becoming a professor like his mother.\n But he turned to law after joining the US Navy following the attacks on Pearl Harbor serving as an intelligence officer from 1942 to 1945.", "output": [ "John Paul Stevens" ] }, { "id": "task419-43ce4511605a411095ba018fa58f33a1", "input": "Jamesha McChristine 19 of the 7900 block of South Langley Avenue Chicago was charged with unlawful possession of a stolen motor vehicle two counts of criminal damage to property and criminal damage to government supported property.\n McChristine allegedly entered the car and backed it out of the driveway striking the vehicle she had been in and two other parked vehicles as she drove away. That caused a flurry of 911 calls Kaczorowski said from the victim who observed the theft and the owners of the struck vehicles.\nThe vehicle with McChristine' seven companions inside was soon stopped by Elmhurst police in a closed gas station at Second Street and Addison Avenue. Some of the occupants fled on foot but all were quickly captured Kaczorowski said.\n McChristine allegedly drove the stolen vehicle into Forest Park where she crashed into a building was taken into custody by Forest Park police and returned to Elmhurst.", "output": [ "Jamesha McChristine" ] }, { "id": "task419-7145477d512041628d1db2312da8832e", "input": "Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an event with supporters in Caracas Venezuela December 1 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS\nPresident Nicolas Maduro on Sunday floated a plan to create the “petro” that would be backed by the world’s largest crude reserves amid a crippling economic crisis worsened by U.S. sanctions that limit Venezuela’s capacity to borrow money.\nUnder the 15-year-old foreign exchange regime state agencies receive dollars to import food and medicine at a rate of 10 bolivars while private citizens now pay more than 108 000 per greenback on the black market. The black market rate has depreciated more than 99 percent under Maduro .\nBasic food and medical items are increasingly out of reach for most citizens fueling malnutrition and preventable diseases. Maduro says the country is the victim of an “economic war” led by political adversaries with the support of Washington.\n Maduro has not outlined the rules that would govern the proposed currency including what rights its holders would have over Venezuela’s oil reserves.", "output": [ "Nicolas Maduro" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2da17605302471089eba134b8984def", "input": "DAYTONA BEACH Fla. - The Daytona 500 is over and Dale Earnhardt Jr. is off to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea.\nAfter retiring from full-time racing at the end of the 2017 NASCAR Cup Series season in November Earnhardt has been transitioning to broadcasting with NBC. He made his debut during the Super Bowl pre-game coverage and - because NBC doesn't take over broadcasting NASCAR from FOX until July - the network is having him cover the Olympics. He left for South Korea on Monday.\n\"I was really nervous when they presented the opportunity to me especially with geographically where it is and everything going on in the world \" Earnhardt told For The Win ahead of the Daytona 500 weekend.\nI gotta head to the airport at 4:45am. I had the bright idea that I’d just stay up. Terrible plan. Damn Im sleepy. — Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (@DaleJr) February 19 2018\n He added that similar to what he did with his Super Bowl coverage his angle will be the fish out of water.\nAt Daytona International Speedway on Saturday Junior talked about how he wasn't sure what he 'd be doing in South Korea because NBC had not yet told him . And then when he addressed the media Sunday before the Daytona 500 he joked about the right person hearing that because he was emailed a schedule that morning.\n Earnhardt has interacted with bobsledders on social media and they talked about giving the retired NASCAR driver an 85-mile-an-hour tour of Lake Placid. So whether it's bobsledding or skiing or another sport someone asked Junior what he'd like to do at the Games.\n\"I don't want to do anything \" Earnhardt said Saturday laughing. \"I've been talking to the four-man (bobsledders) about coming up there and that'll be way easier to do in the States than over in South Korea.\"\nWhile he didn't provide any details about what he now thinks his Olympic schedule looks like he told For The Win that he's most excited about the four-man bobsled event - which will take place after Earnhardt arrives - and the closing ceremony.\n\"I'm a little nervous but I know (NBC) won't set me up to fail \" Earnhardt said Saturday. \"They want to have good TV and they're not going to put me in a position where I won't be able to somehow help deliver that.\"", "output": [ "Dale Earnhardt Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-b2f655cd156240a58c8fdc12388becb9", "input": "The disturbing verdict in the killing of Kate Steinle – finding a criminal illegal alien not guilty of the most serious charges for her death – illustrates the need to find a way to end the “sanctuary cities” movement that has spread around the nation.\n Steinle was only 32 when she was shot and killed in July 2015 by a bullet fired by illegal alien Jose Ines Garcia Garcia Zarate who had a record of seven felony convictions and five previous deportations. Garcia Zarate did not deny shooting Steinle but said it was an accident.\nGarcia Zarate had been freed by San Francisco authorities three months before he shot Steinle despite a federal immigration detention request to hold him so federal officials could take him into custody.\n Steinle had none of those protections as she stood over the San Francisco Bay with her father who would know her pleas for help as the last thing he ’d ever hear her utter in a too-short life.\nThe sanctuary jurisdictions create opportunities for further harm just like that posed by Steinle ’s killer. Their claim is that sanctuary cities are actually as safe as or safer than others with illegal residents less likely to break the law and more likely to cooperate with law enforcement when real crimes occur.\nKate Steinle ’s tragic case is but one in a sea of unnecessary tears.\n The stories of Kate Steinle and Veronica Cabrera Ramirez will fade with the passage of time. But theirs will simply be replaced by the stories of future victims of heinous and predictable crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens who take advantage of American kindness and weakness.", "output": [ "Kate Steinle" ] }, { "id": "task419-978125284e344ea8ade778a7d526ebcf", "input": "She’s been attacked by many of her former allies for airing dirty laundry in public but former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile took no prisoners Monday night in Chicago telling a crowd “Mama has to eat!”\nExcerpts from Brazile’s new book in which she revealed that she at one point considered replacing Hillary Clinton with Joe Biden in the 2016 presidential campaign and argued that a deal the Clinton campaign made to help get the national party out of debt gave Clinton unfair leverage in her primary race against Bernie Sanders created a firestorm among Democrats last week. They also made Brazile an unlikely hero for Republicans including President Donald Trump.\n A combative Brazile referred repeatedly to herself in the third person and hardly let moderator Fred Hochberg get a word in edgewise sassing her former employer CNN (“What you have to do now on TV is insult the other person”); the president (“unfit”); and “arrogant” Clinton campaign staffers who “disrespected” her (“I don’t have to give anyone any kisses — I’m 57 years old. ... I’m not Patsy the slave!”).\nBut Brazile said she has a right to make money after quitting several well-paid jobs to work for the party. Many of those attacking her are political consultants who are upset she cut them from the party payroll describing her book as “a wake-up call” for the “consultant class.”\n“I’m not gonna get any Christmas presents ” she said. “That’s OK. I make my own gumbo!”\nFormer party head Donna Brazile re-opens old Democratic wound with new book a 'political suicide note' »\nFormer DNC head Donna Brazile says she considered replacing Clinton with Biden as nominee »", "output": [ "Donna Brazile" ] }, { "id": "task419-dd4f1930b35d49959a4d87c757d63a40", "input": "A Russian zookeeper recounted the horrifying moment when a Siberian tiger sneaked up and “sank his teeth” into her flesh as her life flashed before her eyes in the 10 minutes that felt like “an eternity. ”\nNadezhda Srivastava 44 was bringing food to the 16-year-old tiger named Taifun or Typhoon when the animal pounced on her at Kaliningrad Zoo in Russia. Srivastava recalled to The Mirror how she attempted to talk to the tiger in an attempt to stop the attack.\n\"In a few moments I saw the tiger standing half of meter from me \" she said. \" He approached very quietly I did not expect this and had no time to react let alone run away.”\n\"At first I tried to speak to him -- like 'Go away' or 'Let me go ’” she added. \"I hoped that he would retreat.\"\n\"I tried to turn or crawl away but he again fell on top of me with all his weight. I don't know if he was playing or not. It was agonizing ” Srivastava recalled. \"When I turned unsuccessfully -- he sank his teeth into my back. \"\nSrivastava said she just wanted the “torture to end” and it took all her strength to get up and run to the “inner room” when the tiger retreated.\n“If it were not for the visitors of the zoo I would no longer be alive ” she said.\nThe zookeeper was then rushed to hospital. “The patient was delivered to the hospital with multiple wounds to the body and limbs ” said a local health ministry spokesman according to the Sun. Srivastava told The Mirror the tiger “shattered” her wrist and “broke” her fingers but her nerves are still intact.\nTyphoon was born on July 1 2001 in the Chelyabinsk Zoo in Russia. He arrived at the zoo in the Russian Kaliningrad region a pocket of land located between Poland and Lithuania on Feb. 4 2002.", "output": [ "Nadezhda Srivastava" ] }, { "id": "task419-bae903fd071240599b5d5fa19fa7d2e5", "input": "Ariana Grande wrote that she was \"broken\" after a bomb exploded at her concert in Manchester England on Monday night killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens more many of them young children.\nAfter the police determined that an attacker had set off a bomb near the entrance of the Manchester Arena where Grande was finishing a performance Grande tweeted that she was \"broken\" and \"so so sorry.\"\nSources who were with the singer after the attack told TMZ that Grande was \"in hysterics\" from knowing that young children who came to see her were killed.\nfrom the bottom of my heart i am so so sorry. i don't have words. — Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 23 2017\nDespite initial reports that Grande had suspended her world tour all future concerts were still on a source from Grande 's team told the Associated Press. The singer's future tour includes stops in London Belgium Poland Germany and Switzerland before heading to South America and Asia.\nThe source who did not want to be named said that Grande was focusing her attention on the victims rather than the tour.\n Grande 's manager Scooter Braun issued a statement condemning the attack.", "output": [ "Ariana Grande" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a399bfdc17843eab180d1292b140034", "input": "Adam Silver made draft lottery reform a priority just as the Bulls projected to be participating in it for at least a couple of years.\nAt any point during negotiations to land the 2020 NBA All-Star Game did the Bulls try to get Silver to change his mind?\nThe Bulls' president laughed as he said this. But Silver 's aggressive move to even the odds among the top-three worst teams rather than give the league's worst team the best chance to land the No. 1 pick could be a serious matter for the Bulls.\n\"I'm not even sure I'm allowed to say what I think. It passed I think there was only one team against it \" Reinsdorf said. \"From our perspective the Chicago Bulls we looked at it as what's good for the league. When Adam talks and when he wants something and it's important to him we're going to listen. Because what's important to the Chicago Bulls is important to us but what's good for the league is also important. So we just kind of balance that.\"", "output": [ "Adam Silver" ] }, { "id": "task419-010d77d9b3304e0c8addbd690f7ec873", "input": "NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with director Paul Thomas Anderson about his new film Phantom Thread. The film is about a fastidious British dressmaker named Reynolds Woodcock played by Daniel Day Lewis whose life becomes upended when he finds a new muse who begins to challenge him.\nThis is a movie season where films compete to be bigger louder and flashier. Right now you can choose to spend a couple of hours in a dark theater with jedis monsters or singing circus impresarios. In the middle of all this comes a quiet intimate movie. It's called \"Phantom Thread \" and it's about a British dressmaker named Reynolds Woodcock played by Daniel Day-Lewis .\nDANIEL DAY-LEWIS: (As Reynolds Woodcock) Chic - oh don't you start using that filthy little word chic. Whoever invented that ought to be spanked in public. I don't even know what that word means.\nSHAPIRO: He runs a fashion house with his sister Cyril played by Lesley Manville. Woodcock's fastidious life is upended when a woman named Alma becomes his muse and begins to challenge him . She is played by the actress Vicky Krieps of Luxembourg.\nSHAPIRO: Tell us about the main character played by Daniel Day-Lewis. Reynolds Woodcock is a man in a world of women and he is a very particular person.\nANDERSON: He is. He 's a very demanding very particular person. There's a lot of rules. There's a lot of superstitions which implies something peculiar about a character. And that's him . There's no changing him . He 's very clear about what he will do and will not do.\nDAY-LEWIS: (As Reynolds Woodcock) As I think you know Alma I prefer my asparagus with oil and salt. Knowing this you have prepared the asparagus with butter. Right now I'm just admiring my own gallantry for eating it the way you've prepared it.\nANDERSON: Well you know it's funny. If I showed you the screenplay you are exactly right. It would look very very thin you know to say Reynolds looks at Alma; Alma looks at Reynolds ; cut to the next scene you know? But hopefully the accumulation of events leads you to understand just what that might mean and just the weight that those looks might carry.\nSHAPIRO: Reynolds Woodcock sews things into linings of clothing that presumably no one will ever see. Where did that idea come from - photographs or messages?\nANDERSON: Well the path is usually you kind of put a best-of up on the wall. But then you have to look at it from a different angle. Well what is Reynolds Woodcock ? Who is he ? He 's English. And so we - the designs started becoming English. So building it up from what Reynolds would be interested in you realize just how deeply English he is and that all the influence in his life is that. You know what are the fabrics that he gravitates towards? And so that becomes a three-way collaboration between Daniel and Mark and myself. And to be honest I have the least patience of the three of us.\nDAY-LEWIS: (As Reynolds Woodcock) What happened to make you behave like this? Is it because you think I don't need you?\nDAY-LEWIS: (As Reynolds Woodcock) I don't.", "output": [ "Reynolds Woodcock" ] }, { "id": "task419-051d3e46e70749aeafd73a6da80746f1", "input": "Walmart has joined Dick's Sporting Goods in raising its age restriction for the purchase of firearms to 21 years old the Bentonville Arkansas-based mass retailer announced Wednesday night.\nWalmart's announcement comes the same day that Pittsburgh-based Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. made a similar move. It said it was ending sales of assault-style rifles banning the sale of guns to people younger than 21 and ceasing the sale of high capacity magazines.\n\"Based on what’s happened and looking at those kids and those parents it moved us all unimaginably \" Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. chairman and CEO Edward Stack said Wednesday on \"Good Morning America.\"\n He added \"To think about the loss and the grief that those kids and those parents had we said 'We need to do something.' And we’re taking these guns out of all of our stores permanently.\"\nDespite the moves by Dick 's Sporting Goods and Walmart most firearms are not sold at outdoor specialty retailers like Dick’s according to a survey by Fernandina Beach Florida-based Southwick Associates a market research firm that specializes in the hunting shooting sportfishing and outdoor recreation markets.", "output": [ "Dick" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b246f2f9f5b4700a1718635266f39da", "input": "Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney blamed the government for the wildfires burning through California and other Western states Thursday morning . \n-- Mitt Romney -LRB- @MittRomney -RRB- October 12 , 2017 . \n\"Uncontrolled fires , loss of lives & property = failure of prime govt responsibility , underinvestment in helos , planes , personnel , systems ,\" Romney tweeted .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-4ce815347379415c9f3c0c7b22a6531f", "input": "Kim Dae-Jung survived assassination attempts and a death sentence in his struggle against military-backed rulers who had presided over dramatic economic growth but trampled human rights.\n Mass street protests led largely by Kim ushered in democracy in 1987.\n Democratisation \"was possible because you were there with your unwavering convictions and your unyielding courage \" Han said in his eulogy to Kim.\n Mourners pinned yellow ribbons to parliament's main gate. Thousands of police were deployed around the compound where a large portrait of Kim surrounded by flowers was placed on a shrine.\n Kim won office in 1997 at his fourth attempt and was sworn in the following February at the height of the Asian financial crisis. He steered the country out of the crisis launching major reforms and corporate restructuring.\n In 2000 he met Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang for the first-ever summit in the hostile history of the two countries. His \"sunshine\" aid and engagement policy eased relations but failed to halt the North's nuclear weapons drive.\n Han said Kim \"opened the path for inter-Korean reconciliation.\"\n Kim was awarded the Nobel prize for the summit and for his earlier struggle for democracy.\n The 2000 summit was marred by controversy after it emerged that Kim's government arranged for a business group to pay the North 500 million dollars as an inducement to hold it.\n But Kim never wavered on the need for reconciliation. \"This is the best way to end the national tragedy and make a reunified motherland \" he said in his final speech in office in 2003.\n \"We will forever remember his wish for democracy and human rights as well as reconciliation and peace \" the ruling Grand National Party said in a statement.", "output": [ "Kim Dae-Jung" ] }, { "id": "task419-0cd5075ac32b4a61a0f5e688318fec9c", "input": "Nelson DeMille’s new novel The Cuban Affair takes us on a hard-hitting adventure through modern-day Cuba and makes some memorable points about today’s tense political situation along the way. DeMille has an incredible gift for perfectly capturing a character’s voice and unique personality. His protagonist in The Cuban Affair is 35-year-old former US Army infantry officer Daniel Graham MacCormick or Mac for short.\nOriginally from Portland Maine we meet Mac once he ’s become a charter fishing boat captain in Key West Florida. We never fully hear about Mac ’s tour in Afghanistan except for some traumatic combat memories but we’re told he has a Silver Star two Purple Hearts and shrapnel wounds so DeMille makes it clear that Mac saw heavy action.\nDeMille reintroduces Mac into some abrupt heart-racing action in The Cuban Affair. The story is told from the first-person point of view and is an action-packed rollicking tale. After he’s approached by a group of mysterious Cuban expats in Key West Mac gets talked into a top-secret mission to recover $60 million in U.S. cash and property deeds from a cave in Cuba that were hidden during Castro’s violent overthrow of Fulgencio Batista in 1959.\n Mac feels like there’s something fishy about the whole operation but eventually signs on enticed in part by a beautiful Cuban-American woman Sara who will be his partner for the mission. DeMille showcases his humor throughout the book such as when Sara is talking Mac into accepting the mission. They’re out on Mac ’s charter boat and Sara tries to appeal to his sense of adventure and his sense of right and wrong with mixed results:\n“Don’t talk yourself out of this Mac . There’s a saying—‘ I’d rather regret the things I did than the things I didn’t do.’ ”\n Mac of course ends up taking on the mission and getting himself in hot water after traveling to Cuba under the cover of a Yale educational tour then breaking away to get the hidden money. Things don’t go as planned and the book ends up taking a few sharp zigs and zags as it rockets to its conclusion but this refreshing zany and cynical sense of humor is a great recurring feature throughout the book.\nDemille also doesn’t shy away from the hard topics. He’s uncompromising in his look at the sadness of modern Cuba and the empty rhetoric of its socialist revolution. Mac doesn’t really care about what happened in Cuba and comes across as basically apolitical: He just wants to get the money and the girl.\nThere are complications naturally. The money is buried in a rural cave in a heavily armed police state full of citizen informants and the girl has a boyfriend. Nonetheless despite his focus on the basics and disinterest in politics even Mac starts to feel disillusioned after arriving in Havana and looking around at the state of things. “Revolutions usually replace one group of incompetent autocratic assholes with another and the real losers are everyone else ” Mac ponders at one point.\nWhen he finds out about the food situation in Cuba it’s even more sobering. Sara explains to him that Cuba is basically half starving as they look around an organic farm:\nEven as Sara and Mac traverse Cuba and get into big trouble DeMille keeps the laughs coming. It’s quite funny that DeMille puts a character called Richard Neville (clearly a humorous stand-in for himself) into the book. Neville is a bestselling adventure author traveling with Mac ’s tour group in Cuba to research a book and Mac notices Neville’s highly attractive wife (a real “looker”). Not believing she could really be into the grouchy writer Mac surmises she must be attracted to Neville for “the bulge in his pants – his wallet not his crotch.”\nNeville and Mac also have a bit of a rivalry for Sara and a competing inside joke about Ernest Hemingway that is hilarious. As Neville takes photos in front of Hemingway’s house in Cuba:\nAs Mac and Sara work to get the money they run into a citizen informer or chivato. He tries to buy them off in return for his silence that he suspects they are up to funny business and explains how things really work in the Communist paradise:\nIn another part Mac and Sara walk through the nicest neighborhood of Havana and are shocked at what they see which is outright hypocrisy:\nIn the end The Cuban Affair manages to combine just the right amount of sassy and sad. It doesn’t focus all on doom and gloom nor does it pretend that everything is merely a joke. At its most profound “teachable moment ” Mac concludes that life is messy and the truth about humanity lies somewhere in between optimism and blackpill nihilism. He concludes that human affairs are complex and paradoxical alternately bringing out the best and worst in different individuals.\nIn his acknowledgements DeMille mentions that he did personally go on a Yale educational tour of Cuba to prepare for the book—Richard Neville indeed. He also thanks various friends family and colleagues who helped and advised him on the book. One is especially telling because it shows that this book comes from the source:\nI’d like to thank a man who I met in Cuba and who gave it to me straight about contemporary Cuban politics culture and life. He wishes to remain anonymous for obvious reasons but he’s given himself the code name ‘Lola.’ Thank you Lola wherever you are and take care.", "output": [ "Daniel Graham MacCormick" ] }, { "id": "task419-00b9c6c4c59d42bc944324a289fb9921", "input": "Here at Reviewed we monitor the BEST deals you can get online all the time. So this year on Black Friday we 've got a pretty good idea of the best ones you can get right now. You can see our list of the best deals here.\nI bought this in ‘burgundy stem’ at full price a few months ago and I LOVE it. I wear it all the time. Madewell and other retailers are selling basically the same item for over $100—and now this sweater is only $25. It’s a steal!\n4. Madewell Jeans\nMadewell Jeans (Photo: Madewell)\n Everything is 25% off on Madewell right now with the code DONTSTRESS. I swear by Madewell jeans and recommend them to anyone. When you can get them for 25% off it’s a no-brainer! I own these ripped jeans and LOVE them .", "output": [ "Madewell" ] }, { "id": "task419-da052c542af148519f240f4350ad3be7", "input": "Katie Couric’s half-baked claims about the Netherlands athletes had the Dutch doubled over and led to an ice-themed Twitter exchange.\nThe Netherlands' Embassy in the U.S. had a friendlier take telling Couric \"please come visit the Netherlands. We'd love to show you all the innovative ways the Dutch get around.\"\n Couric responded by congratulating the country on its medal count which includes a complete podium sweep of the women's 3 000 meter speed skating competition and admitting her mistake.\nThe Dutch ambassador to the U.S. Henne Schuwer repeated the offer of a visit to Amsterdam with the Embassy building on Couric 's worldplay by telling her \"we're letting it slide.\"", "output": [ "Katie Couric" ] }, { "id": "task419-1defb7b4ad6b443ebac9ef65a13ca701", "input": "MINNEAPOLIS -- A photographer who has covered the Minnesota Twins accused Miguel Sano of assault posting on Twitter that the All-Star third baseman forcibly attempted to kiss her following an autograph session at a mall in 2015. Betsy Bissen tweeted Thursday that she screamed and resisted Sano until he gave up \"after a solid 10 minutes of fighting.\"\n Sano said he \"unequivocally\" denies the allegation.\n\"It never happened. I have the utmost respect for women especially those working in professional sports and I deeply sympathize with anyone who has experienced sexual harassment. There is no place for it in our society \" Sano said in a statement issued by his agent Kyle Thousand.\nBissen didn't respond to an interview request from The Associated Press. She told her story on her Twitter account writing that Sano was participating in an autograph signing at a store while she worked as a volunteer and photographed him interacting with fans during the event.\nBissen said Sano remarked that he had noticed her during games. She said he tried to flirt with her and after the signing grabbed her wrist and \"made me go with\" a small group that included Sano 's previous agent Rob Plummer to another store. She said she complied only to avoid causing a scene.\nAs the group left the mall about a half hour later Bissen wrote Sano said he needed to use the restroom. She pointed him to the door and she said Sano \"took that as a signal that I wanted him to grab me and try to take me back through that door.\" She said she pulled back as he held on.\n\"It hurt how badly he was grasping at my wrist but he wouldn't let go. I wasn't going to give up my fight though. He then leaned down and tried to kiss me more than once. Every time he did I said no and kept pulling back \" Bissen wrote.\nPlummer who was fired by Sano two years ago told ESPN that he didn't witness the alleged assault.\nBissen who shared her tweet with the #metoo hashtag said in a follow-up post that she wanted to \"feel free of this burden I've carried with me since 2015.\"\n Sano is listed by the Twins at 6-foot-4 and 260 pounds though he 's often played at a weight much heavier than that. Sano made the American League All-Star team in 2017 his third major league season. He batted .264 with 28 homers and 77 RBIs despite missing the last six weeks of the season.\nCBS Sports reports Sano is about to enter his fourth season with the team. It remains unclear if the MLB will investigate Bissen's allegations against Sano .\n\"Every time I have to hear about how great people think Miguel Sano is I'm reminded of how awful he actually is and how he hurt me \" Bissen wrote.", "output": [ "Miguel Sano" ] }, { "id": "task419-41284cfc1e6d44f8a9ffcfb450b0a9cc", "input": "Steve Bannon who ran the final stage of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and served until last month as his chief strategist in the White House is speaking more openly now about what he considers to be the significant errors the president and his team have made since the election.\nIn an interview with Charlie Rose on \"60 Minutes\" broadcast Sunday night Bannon pointed to two mistakes in particular: the decision after the election to work with establishment Republicans and the decision to fire then FBI director James Comey after Trump took office.\n\"In the 48 hours after we won there's a fundamental decision that was made \" Bannon told Rose. \"You might call it the original sin of the administration. We embraced the establishment. I mean we totally embraced the establishment.\"\n Bannon an architect of Trump's brand of nationalist politics left the administration in August and returned to his role as chairman of far-right news site Breitbart. The site has regularly attacked establishment Republicans like House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as well as supposed establishment figures within the Trump administration like economic adviser Gary Cohn.\nAs Bannon described it though there was an early and ultimately misguided calculation that Trump would be better off by siding with mainstream Republicans.\n\"I think in President Trump's mind or President-Elect Trump's mind in Jared [Kushner]'s mind in the family's mind I actually agreed with the decision. Because you had to staff a government \" Bannon told Rose. \"And to be brutally frank you know the campaign look I'd never been on a campaign in my entire life right? You know I'm a former investment banker who's a media guy running a little website. We were our whole campaign was a little bit the island of misfit toys. So he looks around and I'm wearing my combat jacket I haven't shaved I got you know my hair's down to here and he says he's thinking 'Hey I've gotta put together a government. I've gotta really staff up something. I need to embrace the establishment.'\"\nIn the interview Bannon particularly lamented how House and Senate Republican leadership attempted to repeal and replace Obamacare arguing that they did not initially realize the scope of the divide over healthcare policy within their own party.\nIn an additional clip from the interview published later Sunday on 60 Minutes Overtime Bannon also suggested Trump's decision to fire Comey was an historic error.\nRose initially asked Bannon if he was in favor of firing Comey but the former White House strategist would only point to media reports saying he was \"adamantly opposed\" to the move.\nThose reports published earlier this year said that Bannon had pushed back against the idea of firing Comey a decision that the White House initially said was connected to Comey's handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of her personal email account. The move was later explained by the president as being necessary because Comey was a \"grandstander\" and his department had been in \"turmoil.\"\nIn Sunday's interview Bannon did say he believed that if Comey had not been fired there would not have been a need to appoint a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's investigation into Russia's interference in last year's presidential campaign. That special counsel former FBI director Robert Mueller is currently conducting a seemingly wide investigation including looking for potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.\n\"We would not have the Mueller investigation \" Bannon said. \"We would not have the Mueller investigation and the breadth that clearly Mr. Mueller is going for.\"\n Bannon added that he does not believe Mueller should be fired as special counsel. He would not say if conversations to that effect have taken place in the White House though he claimed he had not heard any discussions himself.\nRose said that \"someone\" had once told him that Bannon had privately described Comey's firing as \"the biggest mistake in political history.\"\n\"That would be probably that probably would be too bombastic even for me \" Bannon responded. \"But maybe modern political history.\"\n\"I think if you're saying that that's associated with me then I'll leave it at that \" Bannon said.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-cd7eece93350459a862d09e1753a340c", "input": "6 p.m.\nAmerican cross-country skier Jessie Diggins says nerves may have gotten the best of her before the women’s 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) skiathlon causing her to throw up shortly before the race.\n Diggins was third in the World Cup rankings coming in but finished fifth on Saturday at the Pyeongchang Games.\n She says she also struggled with cramping in her triceps during the race and will reconsider her hydration plan moving forward. Overall though she says she did the best she could and got the most out of her body.\n Diggins says it wasn’t her best race but she still feels like she ’s in a “good place” to become the first American cross-country skier to win a medal since Bill Koch in 1976.", "output": [ "Jessie Diggins" ] }, { "id": "task419-a101d282e9be44d2a3fc7643fbee236a", "input": "\"I'm with Dilma \" said Darley Oliveira who runs a sparkling new bakery in Paraisopolis when asked how he will vote in the Oct. 3 elections. \"She's Lula's candidate and she will continue what he has started.\"\n Despite being relatively unknown and lacking Silva's charm and ability to connect to an audience Rousseff has a life story every bit as dramatic as her political mentor's whose past as a union leader standing up to the dictatorship is now etched in Brazil's political lore.\n Rousseff was a key player in an armed militant group that resisted Brazil's 1964-85 military dictatorship -- and was imprisoned and tortured for it. She is a cancer survivor and a former minister of energy and chief of staff to Silva. She possesses a management style that has earned her the moniker \"Iron Lady\" -- a name she detests.\n That stuck with Rousseff who in 1967 as a 19-year-old economics student joined a militant political group opposing the dictatorship. For three years she helped lead guerrilla organizations instructed comrades on Marxist theory and wrote for an underground newspaper.\n Rousseff denies carrying out any acts of violence during this period says she opposed such action and notes she was never accused by the military regime of violent acts.\n Brazil's militant groups of the era did take armed action however notably the 1968 gunning down of U.S. Army Capt. Charles Chandler in Sao Paulo by the VPR militant group -- a faction that helped create the VAR-Palmares organization joined by Rousseff. His killers accused Chandler of helping train torturers in Brazil. U.S. officials said he was in Brazil to study Portuguese in preparation for teaching classes at West Point.\n After three years underground Rousseff was captured in 1970 by Brazil's military police and was considered a big enough catch that a military prosecutor labeled her the \"Joan of Arc\" of the guerrilla movement.\n She was tossed into the Tiradentes prison where she spent nearly three years and was submitted to brutal torture. Rousseff was beaten to the point of heavy bleeding underwent electric shocks and spent hours on the \"parrot's perch\" -- a painful stress-position involving tying wrists to ankles then suspending a prisoner off the ground by running a pole under their knees and over their biceps.\n After being released she moved to southern Brazil in 1973 where she re-united with her now ex-husband Carlos Araujo who was also an imprisoned militant. She gave birth to a daughter and finished her economics degree. As Brazil's dictatorship began to loosen its grip Rousseff became more politically involved and campaigned to get her husband elected to the state congress in 1982.\n In 1986 Rousseff was selected to be finance minister for the city of Porto Alegre the beginning of a bureaucratic career that saw her serve twice as the energy minister for Rio Grande do Sul state. In 2000 she left the Democratic Workers Party joined Silva's Workers Party and served for two years as the nation's energy minister after Silva took office in 2003 before becoming his chief of staff.", "output": [ "Dilma Rousseff", "Rousseff" ] }, { "id": "task419-323819c52fdc43fa982dc4bbaa00b1c2", "input": "(CNN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed his innocence Wednesday night in a video posted on social media while at the same time acknowledging local media reports that police are set to recommend his indictment in an ongoing graft probe.\nAddressing the investigation into him Netanyahu said \"Qualified legal experts will arrive at one conclusion of the simple truth. There is nothing.\"\nReferencing the media reports broadcast on Israeli television Wednesday evening of an imminent police recommendation to indict the Prime Minister sought to reassure his Facebook fans that he knew exactly how things would unfold: \"The recommendations will come. Signs that read ' Netanyahu is guilty until proven innocent' will come. There will be improper pressure; that will also come.\"\nDismissing the chance that he would step down if police recommend an indictment Netanyahu said \"half the recommendations from police end in nothing.'", "output": [ "Netanyahu" ] }, { "id": "task419-a91207afc48d41d39569c300f3b2ca57", "input": "ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - American DJ and record producer Diplo brought his Mad Decent Block Party to Pakistan’s capital over the weekend headlining a roster of musicians including local Pakistani acts.\nFor two-time Grammy winner Diplo playing Pakistan is a way to foster good relations with the mostly Muslim country after an angry Jan. 1 tweet from U.S. President Donald Trump complaining that Pakistan gives “terrorists” a safe haven.\n“I think the best way we can do any kind of diplomacy with the Pakistani people is ... basically reaching out to the kids like we do at the concerts ” Diplo told TMZ last month after the Trump tweet which soured U.S.-Pakistani relations.\nAmong the headliners were Diplo’s chart-topping side project Major Lazer Soundsystem DJ Chrome Sparks and Pakistani duo SNKM which has played the South by Southwest festival and toured with Diplo in the U.S.", "output": [ "Diplo" ] }, { "id": "task419-cad2289409374241bc558fa506940564", "input": "Domhnall Gleeson stars as Mr. McGregor in 'Peter Rabbit' and General Hux in 'Star Wars.' (Photo: Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY)\nThe mischievous critter from Beatrix Potter's stories battles a younger Mr. McGregor in Peter Rabbit played by Domhnall (pronounced \"Dough-null \" rhymes with \"tonal\") Gleeson . The Irish actor 34 has gone deep into the dark side.\nBut as feared and fussy General Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi Gleeson is even more dastardly.\nAlso: Pretty much every movie you want to see this fall stars Domhnall Gleeson\n\"In terms of most evil and most deaths caused you have to go with General Hux \" says Gleeson . \" He obliterated an entire planet possibly a solar system. Hux had a pretty messed-up childhood; he's damaged.\"\n Gleeson the son of actor Brendan Gleeson has kind features and manners which have allowed him to step seamlessly into roles such as Ron Weasley's brother Bill in Harry Potter and the romantic time-traveling Tim in About Time.\nBut Gleeson jumped at the chance to give his hair a sharp part and play Hux the ambitious First Order officer engaged in a power struggle with Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) under Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) in The Force Awakens.\n\"I’ve done a lot of characters who seem at least to be the good guy \" says Gleeson . \"So when someone asks you to play something different you’re like 'Absolutely.' How would I not do that?\"\n Domhnall Gleeson is armed and combative in 'Peter Rabbit.' (Photo: Sony Pictures)\nHis dark side rival got the better of him as Kylo used the Force to choke Hux a scene performed with relish by Gleeson . \"Normally when people say you choked it's a bad thing \" he says.\nPlaying McGregor was a different adventure with Gleeson portraying the great-nephew of the Old Mr. McGregor from Potter's beloved books. His McGregor shows his heart when he falls for a neighbor played by Rose Byrne. (\"He's in love that softens him.\") But not before battling rabbits.\n Gleeson enjoyed showing his physical comedy skills.\n\"I’ve got this body shape where I’m quite gangly it looks funny when it’s thrown around \" says Gleeson . \"I’m no Jim Carrey. But I can make taking a hit look funny which I hadn't done.\"\n Domhnall Gleeson left and Mark Williams are Bill and Arthur Weasley in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I.' (Photo: Warner Bros. Entertainment)\nIt took a toll. Gleeson injured his ankle when he hit the ground from a roof fall on Day 1 and the knocks accumulated.\n\"It was like 'I’m going down the stairs in a wheelbarrow today. This is going to be a long and painful day ' \" says Gleeson .", "output": [ "Domhnall Gleeson" ] }, { "id": "task419-ae352f07ed4c45df9fc1c51cb38d0acd", "input": "Mariah Carey has made it through her set on \"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest\" this year after bungling it last year.\n Carey had technical difficulties during a live performance of her hit song \"Emotions\" on the ABC show in Times Square last year. She stopped singing paced the stage and told the audience to finish the lyrics for her .\nThis year she made it through cleanly despite frigid temperatures — and despite asking for hot tea that wasn't there. She joked it was a \"disaster.\" Carey performed her hits 1990s \"Vision of Love\" and \"Hero.\"\n Mariah Carey will perform again on \"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve \" hosted by Ryan Seacrest. She bungled her performance last year.\nFILE - In this Wednesday Nov. 1 2017 file photo Mariah Carey poses for photographers during her hand and footprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. Carey will perform again Sunday Dec. 31 2017 on \"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve \" hosted by Ryan Seacrest after a bungled performance last year in which she stumbled through her short set failing to sing for most of it despite a pre-recorded track of her songs playing in the background. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP File)\nMariah Carey will perform again on \"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve \" hosted by Ryan Seacrest after a bungled performance last year.\nMariah Carey will perform again on \"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve \" hosted by Ryan Seacrest after a bungled performance last year.\nMariah Carey will perform again on \"Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve \" hosted by Ryan Seacrest after a bungled performance last year.", "output": [ "Mariah Carey" ] }, { "id": "task419-713b97064b954a53b26c0f0b17a4819b", "input": "What happens when the one and only Bill Murray recites American literature and flexes his pipes on songs from the great American songbook backed by three accomplished classical musicians at a packed Orchestra Hall?\n“New Worlds: Bill Murray Jan Vogler and Friends” was the name of the show the famed Wilmette-raised actor and comedian along with cellist Jan Vogler violinist Mira Wang and pianist Vanessa Perez brought to Symphony Center on Tuesday night as part of a national tour in support of their new Decca Gold album of the same name.\n Murray sang a little danced a little cracked a couple of jokes. The inveterate Cubs fan traded his tuxedo jacket for a Cubs windbreaker at the end prompting a roar from audience members one of whom had draped a Wrigley victory flag over the side of the platform that was put up on stage to accommodate extra seats.\nThe tone shifted from light to serious and back again. Murray sometimes recited over musical accompaniment; sometimes his recitations stood on their own. One selection merged into the next in a seamless two-hour flow of spoken word song and instrumental music. Like all highly skilled actors Murray is a virtuoso of tone and timing. His typically laid-back manner fools no one for there’s always a finely honed theatrical sensibility and command of craft peeking through.\nWho could resist James Fenimore Cooper’s evocation of a pristine early 19th-century American woodland (from “The Deerslayer”) as recited with all due wonderment by Murray over a movement from a Schubert piano trio?\nOr Murray ’s thoughtful rendition half-sung half-spoken of “Jeanie with the Light-Brown Hair ” a nostalgic slice of early America I have never heard so poignantly done as here? Murray may not have classically trained vocal technique but his baritone is pleasant and musical and absolutely true to the words and the deep emotions they convey and that was all that mattered.\nThere was so much else to savor all evening long. You haven’t heard “It Ain’t Necessarily So” until you’ve heard Murray ’s sassy jazzy transformation of that beloved Gershwin classic. Nor are you likely to forget the gutsy intensity of feeling he brought to Van Morrison’s soul standard “When Will I Ever Learn to Live in God.”\nAfter that number Murray flung long-stemmed roses to the fans who were up on their feet loudly cheering the hometown favorite. “Thanks for coming — it’s nice to be home ” he told them as he Vogler Wang and Perez waved their goodbyes.\nIf this is what it takes to sell light classical music and renew interest in neglected classics of American literature to a mass concert public maybe Murray and friends are on to something. Long may their team flourish.\nRELATED: Bill Murray's new gig singing American standards: 'I am taking every show as potentially my final show' »\nSports Baseball Chicago Cubs Joe Maddon likes idea of Bill Murray playing him in David Ross movie »\n Bill Murray golfwear has interesting new collection — of celebrity investors »", "output": [ "Bill Murray" ] }, { "id": "task419-4d713f39bc79490fa307d854ff0229eb", "input": "Isaac Newton Farris Sr. who suffered from prostate cancer and Parkinson’s disease died at his Atlanta home on Saturday morning his daughter Angela Farris-Watkins told The Associated Press. He was 83.\n Farris married Christine King in a ceremony performed by Martin Luther King Jr. and their brother A.D. King on Aug. 19 1960.\n“ He wasn’t caught up marrying into a prominent family ” Farris-Watkins said by phone. “ He was secure in his own right.”\n Farris was a successful entrepreneur and founder of Farris Color Visions. He also served a project manager for the construction of The King Center.\n“Through all the tragedies and victories he helped build the King Center ” Farris-Watkins said.\n Farris was also a deacon and trustee at the historic Ebenezer Baptist church where he was a member for over 60 years.\n“ He was such an integral part of our family who will be sorely missed ” Farris-Watkins said.\nIn addition to his daughter Farris is survived by his wife Christine his son Isaac Farris Jr. his granddaughter Farris Watkins his sister Gail Farris Joyce and many nieces nephews and cousins.\nFuneral arrangements will be handled by Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home in Atlanta.", "output": [ "Farris-Watkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-483ef465a0614d55a7a597486c4dced5", "input": "Sen. Al Franken who on Thursday admitted he had \"crossed a line\" with some women was questioned about his behavior 18 years ago — by shock jock Howard Stern.\nStern asked Franken not yet a U.S. senator if he had grabbed TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford's rear end during his radio show in 1999. A caller had prompted the question.\n\"She grabbed my ass \" Franken responded.\n Sen. Al Franken issued an apology on Thursday for \"making some women feel badly.\" (Craig Lassig/REUTERS)\nWhen Stern later said that the former \"Saturday Night Live\" star did actually grab Gifford's rear Franken said \"You're not listening because I did not grab her ass.\"\n Grabby Al Franken admits he ‘crossed line’ with women\n\"I certainly did not touch her in any way to arouse or gratify \" Franken would add.\nLast week the Minnesota lawmaker was accused of sexual misconduct by radio host Leeann Tweeden who said he forcibly kissed and groped her in 2006.\nAnother woman said Franken grabbed her rear end when they posed for a photo four years later and two women told the Huffington Post he touched their buttocks 10 years ago.\n\"I feel terribly that I’ve made some women feel badly and for that I’m sorry \" Franken said Thursday.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-3940b476416445eabf0110092142033f", "input": "Sgt. La David Johnson's funeral was held in Florida on Saturday.\nHis death has become ensnared in controversy after a Congresswoman said President Donald Trump was disrespectful to Johnson 's widow during a condolence call on Tuesday.\nSome of the 1 200 mourners exiting the church after the service said the portrait of Sgt. La David Johnson 25 was joined on stage by photographs of his slain comrades. The four died Oct. 4 in Niger when they were attacked by militants tied to the Islamic State. Johnson 's family asked reporters to remain outside for the service.\nStaff Sgt. Bryan C. Black 35 of Puyallup Washington; Staff Sgt. Jeremiah W. Johnson 39 of Springboro Ohio; and Staff Sgt. Dustin M. Wright 29 of Lyons Georgia were killed along with La David Johnson in Niger.\n La David Johnson 's pregnant widow Myeshia had held the arm of an Army officer as she led her two young children and her family dressed in white into the Christ the Rock Community Church in suburban Fort Lauderdale. The modern hymn \"I'm Yours\" could be heard coming from inside.\n Johnson 's sister Angela Ghent said after the service that \"it don't feel real\" that her brother was killed.\nThe fight between Trump and Wilson had taken the focus off Johnson whose widow is due to have a daughter in January. Sgt. Johnson told friends she will be named La'Shee.\n Johnson 's mother died when he was 5; he was raised by his aunt. His family enrolled him in 5000 Role Models a project Wilson began in 1993 when she was an educator where African-American boys are paired with mentors who prepare them for college vocational school or the military.\n\"We teach them to be a good man a good husband and a good father. Sgt. Johnson typified all of those characteristics \" said mourner Carlton Crawl a public school consultant who is one of the program's mentors.\nIn 2013 a year before he enlisted Johnson was featured in a local television newscast for his ability to do bicycle tricks earning the nickname \"Wheelie King.\" He said he learned his tricks by going slow.\n\"Once you feel comfortable you could just ride all day \" he told the interviewer.\nThe war of words between the president and Wilson began Tuesday when the Miami-area Democrat said Trump told Myeshia Johnson in a phone call that her husband \"knew what he signed up for\" and didn't appear to know his name a version later backed up by Johnson 's aunt.\nWilson was riding with Johnson 's family to meet the body and heard the call on speakerphone. She was principal of a school Johnson's father attended.", "output": [ "La David Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-715cf30e4dd24161a3ad735957908913", "input": "WASHINGTON DC — Yet another establishment insider has announced he won’t run for re-election in 2018 Republican Rep. Jeb Hensarling of Texas.\nNEWS: Rep. Jeb Hensarling R-Texas retiring. Will not run for re-election in 2018. Story TK — David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) October 31 2017\n House Financial Services Committee Chairman Hensarling issued a statement the same day regarding his retirement:\n Jeb Hensarling has been a tremendous public servant for the people of Texas most recently as the Chairman of the Financial Services Committee on which I am privileged to serve. Jeb ’s strong grasp of policy and his strong conservative principles have been an invaluable asset to the Republican Conference in his eight terms as a Member of the House of Representatives. As Jeb enters this next chapter of life my colleagues and I wish him the very best in whatever path he chooses to take.\nIn March as one of Speaker Paul Ryan’s attempts are repealing and replacing Obamacare failed Hensarling offered what Reuters described as “effusive” praise of Ryan. In April Hensarling joined Ryan and several other Representatives on a trip to Europe with the stated goal of “strengthening economic and security ties with our NATO partners.” Hensarling has been called on and floated as a possibility in the past to run a challenge to John Boehner and later Ryan for the position of Speaker of the House but has refused to do so. In November 2016 the Texas Tribune called Hensarling “one of Ryan’s closest friends in the House.”", "output": [ "Jeb Hensarling" ] }, { "id": "task419-276a238603d8462c86ec775a676801bf", "input": "The photos feature Stephanie and her fiancé Arryn (who asked that we only use their first names) of Overton Texas. They were taken by Bria Terry of Wolf & Rose Photography\nDuring the shoot Stephanie said she felt super comfortable. \"I wasn’t worrying about how I looked I was just looking at Arryn and that made me feel confident \" she told BuzzFeed. \"He looks at me all the time but the way he looked at me during the photo shoot I could feel it was different because I could focus on him.”\n Stephanie told BuzzFeed \"They said I was topless and it was inappropriate and we’re a family-oriented company.” However Stephanie said she was wearing a swimsuit bottom and a strapless top that you wear with backless dresses.\nBut shortly after the photos went viral Stephanie said her employer Austin Bank Texas N.A. told her they were \"concerned\" about how many people would see her photos and how it would reflect on the company.", "output": [ "Stephanie" ] }, { "id": "task419-a51e74c846274478b3d929d4ee98385e", "input": "Malcolm Young whose crunching guitar provided the rhythmic backbone of AC/DC for more than 40 years died on Saturday at the age of 64.\n Young who co-founded the Australian hard rock band with his younger brother Angus in 1973 stuck with the band â and by most accounts served as its leader â until he retired in 2014. His retirement was prompted by the onset of dementia.\n The band confirmed Young 's passing in a statement posted to its Facebook page. The post also includes a second more personal statement from Angus himself.\nSo sad to learn of the passing of yet another friend Malcolm Young . He will be sadly missed. God Bless @ACDC pic.twitter.com/HuEp3kCuyQ â Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne) November 18 2017\nIt is a sad day in rock and roll. Malcolm Young was my friend and the heart and soul of AC/DC. I had some of the best times of my life with him on our 1984 European tour. He will be missed and my deepest condolences to his family bandmates and friends. â Eddie Van Halen (@eddievanhalen) November 18 2017\nHeavy heart hearing of Malcolm Youngâs passing.Not only did he co- found one of the greatest bands in the world he co wrote the songs that inspired many of us to wanna be in a band.Condolences to his whole family band mates and fans. RIP bad ass. â Nikki Sixx (@NikkiSixx) November 18 2017", "output": [ "Malcolm Young" ] }, { "id": "task419-5c6b858773a2421f85474d2f734d37e0", "input": "DAVID GREENE HOST:\n GREENE : Oh interesting. So it really is different lenses.\n GREENE : So is public opinion turning in some significant way if there a way to measure this broadly? I mean I remember the mass shooting of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School - a lot of people thought this is going to change the game result in stricter gun measures bring a lot of the country together. We didn't see a lot of new stricter gun measures.\n GREENE : So are things changing?\n GREENE : So these fundamental divisions are - I mean are helpful in explaining why the debate over gun controls has remained so static.\n GREENE : All right? Talking through a new NPR/Ipsos poll on guns in America with NPR political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben. Danielle thanks.", "output": [ "DAVID GREENE" ] }, { "id": "task419-7215db397ae947d796c09b4d202f66a0", "input": "LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Petty an old-fashioned rock superstar and everyman who drew upon the Byrds the Beatles and other bands he worshipped as a boy and produced new classics such as “Free Fallin ′ “Refugee” and “American Girl ” has died.\n Petty passed away Monday night at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles after he suffered cardiac arrest at his home in Malibu California spokeswoman Carla Sacks said. He was 66.\n Petty and his longtime band the Heartbreakers had recently completed a 40th anniversary tour one he hinted would be their last.\n“I’m thinking it may be the last trip around the country ” Petty told Rolling Stone last year. “We’re all on the backside of our 60s. I have a granddaughter now I’d like to see as much as I can. I don’t want to spend my life on the road. This tour will take me away for four months. With a little kid that’s a lot of time.”\nUsually backed by the Heartbreakers Petty broke through in the 1970s and went on to sell more than 80 million records. The Gainesville Florida native with the shaggy blond hair and gaunt features was loved for his melodic hard rock nasally vocals and down-to-earth style. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame which inducted Petty and the Heartbreakers in 2002 praised them as “durable resourceful hard-working likeable and unpretentious.”\n Petty didn’t just sing about not backing down he lived it. In 1979 he was enraged when his record label was sold and his contract transferred. Stating that he would not be “bought and sold like a piece of meat ” he self-financed what became “Damn the Torpedoes” and declared bankruptcy rather than allowing his label MCA to release it. He eventually reached a new deal with MCA for better terms. In the early 1980s he was again at war with MCA this time over the label’s plans to charge extra money a dollar higher than the standard $8.98 for his album “Hard Promises.” He again prevailed.\n Petty was both a musician and obsessive fan one who met his childhood heroes and lived out the fantasies of countless young rock lovers. He befriended Byrds leader Roger McGuinn and became close to George Harrison who performed on “I Won’t Back Down” and joined Petty Bob Dylan Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne in the impromptu super group the Traveling Wilburys. Petty inducted Harrison into the Rock Hall in 2004; two years earlier Dylan’s son Jakob inducted Petty . In the 1980s Petty and the Heartbreakers supported Bob Dylan on a nationwide tour.\nHe would speak of being consumed by rock music since childhood to the point where father whom Petty would later say beat him savagely thought he was “mental.” Awed by the chiming guitars of the Byrds the melodic genius of the Beatles and the snarling lyrics of Dylan he was amazed to find that other kids were feeling the same way.\nBy his early 20s Petty had formed the group Mudcrutch with fellow Gainesville natives and future Heartbreakers (guitarist) Mike Campbell and (keyboardist) Benmont Tench. They soon broke up but reunited in Los Angeles as the Heartbreakers joined by bassist Ron Blair and drummer Stan Lynch. Their eponymous debut album came out in 1976 and they soon built a wide following fitting easily into the New Wave sounds of the time.\nThe world changed more than Petty did over the past few decades. In 2014 around the time he received an ASCAP Founders Award he told The Associated Press that he thought of himself as “kind of a music historian.”\n“I’m always interested in the older music and I’m still always discovering things that I didn’t know about ” he said. “To be honest I really probably spend more time listening to the old stuff than I do the new stuff.”", "output": [ "Tom Petty" ] }, { "id": "task419-8fd1f40b49b647408bc14cff9adfc3a1", "input": "If superstar Bryce Harper were to sign a 10-year contract with the Nationals as many in Washington hope he does he 'd be hugely wealthy -- and would benefit greatly from the Republicans' proposed tax cut bill. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)\nTo fully appreciate how skewed the impact of the Republican tax bill would be consider what it could mean for baseball superstar Bryce Harper if he were to sign a 10-contract with the Washington Nationals as many of us in Washington are hoping.\nThe Nats known for making creative deals with players might agree to pay the right-fielder an annual salary of $30 million which sounds like a lot but actually isn’t for a franchise player with the star power of Harper . So to reflect that star power let’s assume the team would pay Harper another $20 annually for use of what tax practitioners would call his “intellectual property” – his name his face his reputation — in the form of royalties that the team would earn from its TV contracts and sales of paraphernalia to fans. Add to that $10 million in royalties a year that Harper could probably earn independently from product and other endorsements.\nSo you add it all up and Harper would have an annual income of $60 million split evenly between salary and royalties. Figure his $30 million salary would be taxed as ordinary income at 48 percent combining both federal and Virginia state tax. That would leave him with an after-tax salary income of $15.6 million. Now let’s figure he sets aside $2.5 million to live like a young sports star might live and invests the balance roughly $13 million in an S&P stock index fund.\nIn other words he sells the stream of royalties from his intellectual property to a partnership in which he himself then becomes a partner. The partnership in turn allocates to Harper each year his pro rata share of its profit which for tax purposes flows through to his personal income. Under the Republican bill this partnership income would be taxed at an effective rate of 31 percent for federal and Virginia.\nAssuming historical rate of return on the salary income invested in the stock index fund and a somewhat higher rate of return on his investment partnership under the bill passed by the House of Representatives Harper would wind up at the end of the 10-year contract with combined individual and partnership assets worth about $560 million.", "output": [ "Bryce Harper" ] }, { "id": "task419-23053b169bd54a0cb7de9b2971c20c3c", "input": "Here’s a summary of the Fed’s current predicament chairwoman Janet Yellen’s latest statement and what savers need to understand about the central bank’s next move...\nSo how is the Fed going to justify its plan now? That brings us to Yellen ’s latest statement...\nLow Inflation a “Mystery ” Says Yellen\nWell Yellen says lagging inflation is a “mystery ” but not enough of one to keep the Fed from moving forward with its plans.\n Yellen and her colleagues insist that we should take them at their word… that conditions will rise to meet their agenda… that the risks of waiting too long to normalize policy outweigh the risks of normalizing policy too soon.", "output": [ "Janet Yellen" ] }, { "id": "task419-423384b0c4fa4af097025c08cf465abd", "input": "Earlier this year we had Martin Whetton Senior Rates Strategist at ANZ Bank appear on our Devils and Details podcast to talk all things interest rates.\nIt was undoubtedly one of our best shows of the year thanks to the vast knowledge and experience he was able to share.\nWell it appears that Martin is not just a rates market guru.\nFollowing a more than 400% surge in the value of Long Island Iced Tea Corporation shares on Thursday on news the company would change its name to “Long Blockchain Corp \" Martin penned the following poem to describe the current craziness of the crypto world.\nThanks to Martin for letting us use it. You can follow him on Twitter here »", "output": [ "Martin Whetton" ] }, { "id": "task419-26232abdc0c146ec828307984ebe6b63", "input": "BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will only stop pumping cash into the euro zone economy when it is confident that inflation is heading toward its target even without its extra help the ECB’s chief economist Peter Praet said on Monday.\nPraet one of the architects and sponsors of the ECB’s 2.55 trillion-euro ($3.17 trillion) bond-buying program was responding to growing calls by some rate-setters to stop the scheme which has been blamed for fuelling bubbles in the property and bond markets.\n Praet said that before making any such decision the ECB needed to be confident that inflation was trending toward its inflation target of almost 2 percent and that it could withstand a withdrawal of stimulus.\n“Once the Governing Council judges that the three criteria for sustained adjustment have been met net asset purchases will expire in line with our guidance ” Praet told an event in Brussels.\n He also added the ECB had not decided yet how to end the asset purchase program whether gradually or at once.\nAsset purchases “can expire at once or they can expire in a more gradual way. I think this is still one of the things the Governing Council has to discuss ” he said.\n”Even if incoming data were to validate the expectation of a gradual build-up of inflationary pressures this would not be sufficient to affirm a sustained adjustment if even less supportive monetary policy conditions were to imperil the inflation trajectory Praet said.", "output": [ "Praet" ] }, { "id": "task419-24a44779342042bf9adaab8d1a08712e", "input": "Sam Altman the 32-year-old president of Y Combinator the most prestigious startup accelerator in Silicon Valley has laid out this utopian vision over the years and most definitively in a job listing posted on YC's blog in June 2016.\nLike many of his peers in Silicon Valley Altman believes technology is the way to a better future. But his real-world ambitions are grander than most. He wants to investigate ways to build new cities give people money for nothing rethink voter registration keep politicians accountable and get new Altman-approved leaders elected — all while running YC which famously birthed startups like Airbnb and Dropbox.\nMuch like one of his notable colleagues Tesla CEO Elon Musk Altman is set on turning the ideal into the practical. Both believe they have solid ideas for reshaping society. Sometimes this means executing plans within the next few months. Other times it means roadmapping projects decades down the line and relying on phrases like \"The math should work out\" to assuage a wary public.\n\"I have a very strong vision of where I'd like to see the world go \" Altman said. \"And I don't think it gets there by startups alone.\"\nIn 2005 at age 19 Altman dropped out of Stanford to found the social-networking app Loopt which he sold in 2012. In 2014 he replaced Paul Graham as YC president. These days he says he spends 80% of his 65-hour weeks helping startups sort through their growing pains and get to market as fast as possible. The remaining 20% is dedicated to outside projects.\n His baby is OpenAI a nonprofit he cochairs with Musk that searches for benevolent ways to use artificial intelligence in daily life. Altman 's vision for how OpenAI could be deployed sheds light on how he wants to help people in real ways.\n\"Let's imagine we get to a world where AI gets so good that robots can mine raw materials out of the ground refine them and build them into a house \" he told Business Insider. (These robots he clarified are solar-powered.) \"You can imagine a world where you own a small piece of land you can say 'Hey robot. I would like a house here ' and you come back like a month later and there's a fully constructed house built for you for free.\"\n Altman sees that kind of far-future scenario as a boon for towns and cities plagued by a shortage of affordable housing. He 's seen the plight firsthand from his home state of California to middle America.\nIn November 2016 shortly after Donald Trump won the presidency Altman left YC's headquarters in Mountain View California in search of 100 supporters of the president-elect. He asked them about their political views their fears and their gripes with America's political landscape. He later published his findings on his blog for the world to see. \"People don't believe they have an economic future \" he said.\nOver the past year Altman has expressed a deep interest in resolving those economic concerns.\n\"[Fifty] years from now I think it will seem ridiculous that we used fear of not being able to eat as a way to motivate people \" he wrote in a January 2016 blog post on YC. \"I also think that it's impossible to truly have equality of opportunity without some version of guaranteed income.\"\n Altman 's own experiment is small for now. It's running in Oakland California and involves about 100 people getting between $1 000 and $2 000 a month. The goal is to get some practice with delivering the money and collecting data. If that data come back showing basic income has left people better off both emotionally and financially YC will expand the project in a five-year nationwide trial.\nSociety is poised to lose millions of jobs to AI the prevailing research suggests. And it's propelled in part by Silicon Valley-types like Altman who himself is researching how robotics can replace human labor on a grand scale with projects like OpenAI. In recognition of that responsibility he believes the tech world should at least be trying something.\nBut for all his involvement in political issues Altman doesn't consider himself a political person. He was raised in St. Louis to a pair of Democrat parents with childhood memories of his time as a Boy Scout tinkering with his Macintosh and reading science fiction. He was interested more in computers than current events.\nElizabeth Rhodes picked up on that mind-set in her first face-to-face encounter with Altman earlier this February. Rhodes was wrapping up her doctorate in political science and social work at the University of Michigan and had applied to lead YC's nascent basic-income project. In May YC announced she had been selected.\n\"He was definitely very passionate about people's struggles \" Rhodes recalled of her first meeting with Altman . Now more than a year into the job she said Altman 's interest in solving social problems through policy has come more into focus. \" He 's able to see more systemic changes that we could make and he 's not afraid to say 'Let's try testing it out.'\"", "output": [ "Sam Altman" ] }, { "id": "task419-d33b902a6de8449ea805c3e78befbc05", "input": "President Donald Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. declined to discuss with lawmakers on Wednesday a conversation he had with his father about emails related to a June 2016 meeting he attended with Trump associates and Russians a congressional panel member said.\nRepresentative Adam Schiff the top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee investigating allegations of Russian interference in last year’s U.S. election said Trump Jr. answered the “overwhelming majority” of questions from committee members in his hours of testimony.\nBut Trump Jr. claimed attorney-client privilege in declining to respond to queries about that discussion with his father because a lawyer was in the room when it took place. The discussion between then-Republican candidate Trump and his son took place after the emails became public Schiff said. Trump Jr. released the emails in July.\nRepresentative Mike Conaway the Republican leading the investigation said Trump Jr. had answered all of his questions.\n Trump Jr. arrived and left without being seen by reporters.\nLawmakers said they want to question him about a meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 at Trump Tower in New York at which he had said he hoped to get information about the “fitness character and qualifications” of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the Democrat who was his father’s presidential election opponent.\nIt was at least the second time Trump Jr. has testified to a congressional committee investigating any Russian meddling in the election and possible collusion with Moscow by the Trump campaign.\n He arrived shortly before 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT) and was questioned for most of the next eight hours by members of the intelligence panel.\nA person familiar with knowledge of Trump Jr’s testimony said Trump had said repeatedly he did not remember things he was asked about including some details about information provided by Russians during the Trump Tower meeting.\nDepartment of Justice Special Counsel Robert Mueller is also investigating. He has announced the first charges of Trump associates and Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to Federal Bureau of Investigation agents.\nThe House intelligence panel also released on Wednesday a transcript of testimony last week of Erik Prince a Trump supporter and founder of the Blackwater military contractor. A focus of that testimony was a report that Prince tried to set up a “back channel” for communications between Trump associates and Russia. Prince denied such a plan.\nTrump Jr.’s appearance coincided with criticism of the Russia probes from some of his father’s fellow Republicans who control both houses of Congress and accuse investigators of bias against Trump . Other lawmakers Republicans as well as Democrats say the goal of the investigations is to guarantee the integrity of U.S. elections not to target Trump and his associates.\nTrump Jr. like his father denies collusion with Russia. U.S. intelligence agencies concluded that Russia attempted to influence the 2016 campaign to boost Trump ’s chances of defeating Clinton. Moscow denies any such effort.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-12534097ec50418680f6bb007ec0dabe", "input": "Roy McClellan had been gone for days. Calls to his phone had gone to voice mail his wife wrote in a Thursday Facebook post asking people to let her know if anyone had seen her husband.\n Denise McClellan learned on the same day that Roy was killed in a hit-and-run crash days earlier on Nov. 17 seven weeks after he survived the Oct. 1 Las Vegas massacre.\n Roy McClellan was in Pahrump in southern Nevada about 60 miles west of Las Vegas the day he was killed. He had a fight with a friend and took off about 2 a.m. and was not heard from since Denise McClellan wrote on Facebook.\n Roy McClellan left behind his wife and two sisters Denise McClellan said.\nThe Post was not able to immediately reach McClellan on Sunday but she told KSNV that her husband had been attending therapy sessions since the Route 91 Harvest festival massacre.\n Denise McClellan said she and her husband were at the concert. As they were escaping from bullets Roy McClellan stopped along the way to help people she told KSNV.\n“Those who knew him know he had his battles but also knew he had a big heart. He was a survivor of the Route 91 shooting instead of running away he went back in. He helped transport people to the hospital. Roy also loved helping people and would literally give the shirt off his back ” Denise McClellan wrote on Facebook.\n“This isn’t what I wanted for him ” Denise McClellan told the TV station. “I don’t understand why he wasn’t taken at the shooting but a month later he was taken this way. I hope my husband found peace and he ’s safe now.”\n[ She was supposed to find her son at the Las Vegas concert. Then shots rang out. ]\nA month before Roy McClellan ’s death a California couple who also survived the Las Vegas shooting died outside their Southern California home in Murrieta.\nStrom said the couple died immediately. Police do not suspect foul play.\n The couple who lived part-time in Henderson Nev. just outside Las Vegas left behind two daughters ages 20 and 16.", "output": [ "Roy McClellan" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6eb662b096144d79c22334fada841fc", "input": "She may be the sister of Mark Zuckerberg founder of one of the world's most famous start-ups but Randi Zuckerberg has proved herself an entrepreneur in her own right.\n Zuckerberg was just a couple of years into what she has described as her \"dream job\" at advertising giant Ogilvy & Mather when she took the leap and joined what was then a little-known company in Silicon Valley called Facebook.\nIn the years since Zuckerberg has balanced running her business alongside penning two books raising a young family and even appearing on Broadway.\nFor her that entrepreneurial streak boils down to three key factors. Speaking to CNBC in Egypt's capital Cairo Zuckerberg summarized them into advice for would-be entrepreneurs.", "output": [ "Randi Zuckerberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-6f51ff8b2de84c7eb8b5b2075a76e408", "input": "Roger Federer dominated Andy Murray on Tuesday at the ATP World Tour Finals and stretched his record to 2-0 at the season-ending event by winning 6-4 6-2.\n Federer looked unstoppable on the court at the O2 Arena losing only eight points on his serve in the match -- three in the first set and five in the second.\n \"He came out and made some mistakes. Maybe it was due to my good play \" Federer said of Murray who made 26 unforced errors. \"I played tough and solid from start to finish. That seemed to be enough today.\"\n Later Tuesday Robin Soderling was to face David Ferrer in the other Group B match. Federer can advance to the semifinals depending on the late result.\n Federer has won the season-ending event for the top eight players in the world four times and he can certainly add to that if he keeps playing like he did Tuesday.\n Murray however dropped to 1-1 and will have to improve if he is to reach the semifinals. He will face Ferrer in his final match Thursday while Soderling takes on Federer.\n final match Thursday while Soderling takes on Federer.\n Murray struggled from the start Tuesday forced to save a break point in the opening game. And it was his serve that was letting him down most of the way landing only 44 percent of the first serves. That allowed Federer to take advantage of the much slower second serve.\n Federer earned his first break in the third game of the first set winning all four points played. He then won his next three service games at love.\n In the second set Murray saved two break points in the opening game but Federer stayed alive through four deuces to earn a third break point which he converted with a forehand that hit the top of the tape and zipped past Murray.\n After holding at love yet again Federer broke again to make it 3-0 and soon led 4-0.\n \"I tried to play quite aggressive. You're not going to hit winners every single time you go on the court \" said Murray who is 8-6 overall against Federer. \"Today I made more mistakes than normal.\"", "output": [ "Roger Federer" ] }, { "id": "task419-abc1d6d534da4264a8f5368f64366977", "input": "HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group (BABA.N) has taken control of logistics unit Cainiao and pledged to spend 100 billion yuan ($15 billion) over five years to build out a global logistics network underscoring aggressive expansion plans overseas.\nAlibaba will invest 5.3 billion yuan to boost its stake in Cainiao Smart Logistics Network to 51 percent from 47 percent giving it direct control over the loss-making affiliate suggesting a rough valuation of Cainiao at around $20 billion.\n“Our commitment to Cainiao and additional investment in logistics demonstrate Alibaba’s commitment to building the most-efficient logistic network in China and around the world ” Alibaba CEO Daniel Zhang said in a statement on Tuesday.\n Cainiao was the focus of an investigation last year by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into Alibaba’s accounting practices.\n Alibaba which will gain an extra seat on Cainiao’s board giving it four out of a total seven seats added that more shares were issued in the funding round to other investors. It did not give details about the other issuances which would impact Cainiao’s valuation.\nThe investment also signals Alibaba’s intention to boost control over China ’s domestic warehousing and delivery market increasingly competitive as firms seek to make use of troves of logistics data about the country’s Internet-savvy shoppers.\nIn June major logistics company SF Holding cut ties with Cainiao which provides logistics support directly to Alibaba’s top e-commerce platform Taobao . SF Holding claimed Alibaba had requested data unrelated to an existing partnership agreement. Alibaba denied the claims.\nA person close to Alibaba who asked not to be named said Cainiao was not currently considering an IPO.\nAlibaba and Cainiao declined to comment.\nAlibaba co-founded Cainiao in 2013 with partners including department store owner Intime Group conglomerate Fosun Group and a handful of logistics companies. It oversees roughly 57 million deliveries a day.", "output": [ "Cainiao" ] }, { "id": "task419-6064ef6f6c304eac9abc6db8403de995", "input": "Story highlights The House Intelligence Committee spoke to White House strategist Steve Bannon\nThe White House said it was not concerned with what Bannon might say to Congress\n(CNN) President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon faced angry lawmakers from both parties during a contentious interview that stretched more than 10 hours on Tuesday as he was hit with subpoenas on multiple fronts and was accused by a top Democrat of agreeing to a White House \"gag order.\"\n Bannon confirmed to the House Intelligence Committee that he was issued a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before a grand jury according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. He was also slapped with a new subpoena on Tuesday from the committee itself according to Rep. Mike Conaway the Texas Republican leading the committee's Russia probe and committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes R-California who still signs off on subpoenas.\nRep. Adam Schiff the top Democrat on the committee said after the hearing that Bannon was instructed by the White House in advance of the hearing not to respond to certain topics.\nThe California Democrat said the attorney for Bannon consulted with the White House after the committee subpoena was served Tuesday and was told his client was still not to answer questions regarding the time during the transition and in the White House.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-bed3559f4ba34ac5b0c73ea5bfad45d2", "input": "So Raphael B. Johnson wanted to do some line-crossing of his own. He wants to get in the face of criminals.\n Led by Johnson 50 people drive through the neighborhood in two-hour shifts seeking tips about the rape and using a bullhorn to warn crooks that no crime no matter how petty will be tolerated. In all 300 people have joined the campaign.\n \"The violators have changed the rules of the streets now \" Johnson said. \"It's a new day in the city of Detroit.\"\n He knows something about the element he's fighting.\n Before turning his life around Johnson served 12 years in prison for second-degree murder. He's a motivational speaker who Mayor Dave Bing wants to appoint to the Board of Police Commissioners.\n Johnson 35 has led citizen patrols that helped lead to arrests of suspected rapists and shooters but said community reaction to this attack has been different. People are freely giving information to solve the rape.\n \"We're the epitome of desperation now \" Johnson said. \"We're No. 1 in crime No. 1 in foreclosures No. 1 in homelessness No. 1 in joblessness.\"\n Once arrests are made in the case Johnson's group calling itself The Detroit 300 will move on to the attacks of the other two elderly women. After that they'll tackle other crime he said.", "output": [ "Raphael B. Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-fcb1cf0a77b0475b89a324caf8d9040b", "input": "FRIENDSWOOD Texas (AP) — As Jacob Lerma surveyed the skeletal beams of his suburban Houston home that was flooded during Hurricane Harvey he kept muttering three words as he wondered if his family would ever be able to move back in: “I don’t know.”\nLike many Texans whose homes were flooded during Harvey Lerma faces mounting expenses and hasn’t paid his mortgage in months. His insurance payment wasn’t enough to rebuild his home and he was only offered a small loan after applying with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. His last hope is a possible buyout from the city of Friendswood. In the meantime he his wife and two daughters will continue living with his parents.\nDuring last year’s hurricane season mortgage financiers such as Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac encouraged lenders to offer homeowners a forbearance — a temporary suspension or reduction in their mortgage payments — for up to 12 months. Lerma got one from his lender.\n Lerma said his family is “at a pretty bad point right now” as he ’s maxed out credit cards and emptied his savings. Yet he remains hopeful.\n“We know we’ll get through it. We’re just riding it out ” he said.", "output": [ "Jacob Lerma" ] }, { "id": "task419-6f8676c71ff3460da5a9baf7458f1870", "input": "Business Insider ran a surprisingly popular article last week titled \"39 photos that show why everyone misses George W. Bush .\" \n\"Bush appears to be having a new moment in the American imagination ,\" Business Insider wrote . \nAfter the 911 terrorist attacks , Bush used the tragedy to justify almost every foreign policy decision he made . \nBy September 18 , Bush had signed the Authorization for Use of Military Force , which sailed through Congress near-unanimously . \nBush invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003 , countries the U.S. is still heavily involved in right now , as global ramifications for such decisions persist .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-9ca9cd1767c14160abde1aca3f966a40", "input": "The discovery brings researchers one step closer to understanding how it is that humans developed art and language and religion — the types of symbolic and cultural expressions that have always been thought to elevate humans from other species said archaeologist Alistair Pike of Britain’s University of Southampton who was part of the research team.\n“It’s almost the definition of being human ” Pike told The Washington Post. “It’s how we define ourselves as different from other animals and primates having language and cultural expression. There’s been a lot of work trying to understand where in Homo sapiens’s lineage did we first become symbolic individuals?”\nPerhaps Pike said it started with Neanderthals.\nStill Stringer stressed that there is still not definite proof of Neanderthals’ ability to make figurative art — of animals and people — because the animals the researchers found on the paintings in Spain have uncertain origins. Pike said it was not entirely clear whether humans may have stumbled upon the Neanderthal paintings and simply added to them with the vague animal drawings or if they were a part of the original Neanderthal designs; the researchers have not yet dated them he said.\nThe discovery that they did not in fact need the help of modern humans puts Neanderthals and humans on a more level playing field Pike said given that tens of thousands of years ago modern humans weren’t all that sophisticated either. The end goal with this research he said is to understand how the brain became wired for symbolic expression — but that’s going to require a lot more cave discoveries.\n“If we’re going to try to find out when we started thinking like humans we’re going to have to go back further in time ” Pike said. “What we’re interested in is when the brain became modern and that’s a really difficult thing to get at. You can see how big it was by looking at the size of the skull but it’s really hard to know how it was wired inside. If the use of symbols and symbolic behavior can be used as a proxy for how the brain was wired then we can understand how the brain evolved.”\nThe Neanderthals went extinct about 5 000 years after humans arrived in Europe. The suspected causes have ranged from climate change that affected available food to competition with modern humans. As research moves forward Pike said it may be useful to keep in mind that perhaps humans and Neanderthals were not as different as we thought.\n“There’s always been a sense that all this expression this art arrived with modern humans and Neanderthals might have been copying them in the very late period of their existence ” Pike said. But wouldn’t it be interesting if it was in fact the other way around? Modern humans may have landed on the moon — but they started out in the same place as Neanderthals.”", "output": [ "Alistair Pike" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca670feb9b204508a5c06d212cf5b491", "input": "Our sad national trajectory has been on display recently with two oddly connected stories: Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore and the tax bill . They share a common thread in President Trump but their significance goes beyond the president. Trump surely helped fuel the end of shame but just as surely we were already on that degraded path.\nNo one who has watched Moore expected that reports of how he allegedly preyed on young girls would provoke shame from the egocentric already discredited judge. Moore has long proved — with his flagrant disregard for constitutional values his homophobia and racism — that he is impervious to such feelings.\nThe open question involved Moore ’s true-believing supporters and political allies of convenience: At long last had they any decency? For some including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and most of his colleagues the answer has been a welcome yes. Others most prominently Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) and inevitably Trump have failed what should have been an easy test. To conclude that electing an accused child molester to the Senate is preferable to seating a Democrat is the epitome of shamelessness.\nAnd the president for whom shamelessness has proven a potent tactic pronounced himself persuaded by Moore ’s similarly blatant approach: “He totally denies it.” But the more instructive moment came with Trump’s very first public words on the Moore reports: “I can tell you one thing for sure. We don’t need a liberal person in there a Democrat.” Morality is a luxury with a 52-vote Senate majority. Shame is a millstone or would be if Trump were capable of it.\nWhat is truly stunning is Mulvaney’s brazen willingness to admit that the price tag is phony — specifically the notion that individual tax cuts will expire. Mulvaney making the rounds of the Sunday shows felt no need to dissemble. “One of the ways to game the system is to make things expire . . . a lot of this is a gimmick ” he told NBC. And on CNN “It’s simply trying to essentially manipulate the numbers and game the system.” In other words we’re lying to you to ram this through and we’re not even going to bother to hide it .", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-062a829620a74639a10d8eb9572f20e2", "input": "As news broke that Michael Flynn would testify that Donald Trump ordered him to talk to the Russians during the transition phase between administrations the left exploded with glee that actual evidence of âRussian collusionâ was in sight and it could bring down Trump.\nABC News reported that Trump directed Flynn to speak with the Russians âinitially as a way to work together to fight ISIS in Syria.â\nâSorry to be a party-pooper but if this is the extent of the âdirectiveâ Flynn received itâs incredibly mundane â commented journalist Michael Tracey.\nSorry to be a party-pooper but if this is the extent of the \"directive\" Flynn received it's incredibly mundane [Link] pic.twitter.com/U2jgA3teVe â Michael Tracey (@mtracey) December 1 2017", "output": [ "Michael Flynn" ] }, { "id": "task419-9e8958fb890b42d9a323ffea53f8ec21", "input": "(CNN) House Speaker Paul Ryan ripped Donald Trump's recent remarks saying a judge presiding over a lawsuit involving his business was biased because of his Mexican heritage as \"the textbook definition of a racist comment.\"\nAs he stood surrounded by community activists and top House GOP members Ryan admitted Tuesday that the firestorm over Trump 's comments was undercutting his own push to roll out a positive policy agenda for his party. He said he wouldn't defend Trump but instead would concentrate on his agenda project.\n\"I disavow those comments \" Ryan said.\nPressed on whether he regretted his own endorsement of Trump that came last week Ryan added \"I regret those comments he made.\"\n\"It's absolutely unacceptable \" Ryan said. But he stood by by his support for the controversial business mogul. \"Do I think Hillary Clinton is the answer? No I do not.\"\nContinued GOP angst about the fallout from Trump 's comments cast a major shadow over Ryan 's months of work crafting a detailed agenda plan for his party.\nJUST WATCHED Trump: Ryan endorsement about GOP 'winning' Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Trump: Ryan endorsement about GOP 'winning' 01:53\n Ryan said ultimately he has more in common on the policy issues of the day with Trump and better odds of getting those proposals enacted into law.\n Ryan who was making his third visit to the City of Hope House of Help center in an impoverished Washington neighborhood stressed the success stories of those who have overcome addiction and other problems and become productive members of the community.", "output": [ "Paul Ryan" ] }, { "id": "task419-8edb527545dc45f28d1a57767a8877f7", "input": "Bitter potato varieties are still harvested in the Andean highlands says Marcelino Aranibar an animal nutritionist and vice president of research at the National University of Juliaca. Especially at higher altitudes these hardy and frost-resistant varieties are a valuable food source.\nInstead of detoxifying them with clay alone Aranibar says these bitter potatoes are often made into chuño a form of naturally dehydrated potato that also removes some of the toxins. Making chuño is considered an ancient Andean practice and allows for year-round potato storage.\n Aranibar has researched how rats with gastritis recuperate after being fed chaco though he has not researched this in humans. Aranibar himself eats the pale tan or grey clay mixed with water once every day or two. He claims it has helped manage his own gastritis.\nThe practice of clay eating is now a part of the region's tradition says Aranibar .\n\"There are many people in the Peruvian-Bolivian high plateau that still consume clay but it's not because the potatoes are bitter \" he says. \"It is more of a custom than a necessity.\"", "output": [ "Aranibar" ] }, { "id": "task419-0f5cd85fbe124775bb186c8846b97fa0", "input": "A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads , \"We march , y’ all mad . \nThe photo was from warmups for James ' Dec. 8 , 2014 , game in Brooklyn . \nA viral image of National Basketball Association superstar LeBron James wearing a T-shirt about racial inequity gained lots of traction on social media , but the wording has been digitally replaced . \nPolitiFact first saw an image of James wearing the shirt on Oct. 9 , 2017 , on the Facebook page of Occupy Democrats , but the photo has spread all over the Internet . \nWe have to be better for one another ,\" James said in 2014 . \nMore recently , James chided President Donald Trump , who lashed out at the Golden State Warriors ' Stephen Curry for refusing to visit the White House with his championship team . \nJames called Trump a \"bum \"on Twitter and later added that Trump \"does n't understand the power that he has\" as president . \nThe older photo of James has been altered to make it look like he was wearing something he was n't . \nJames was n't wearing that shirt in that photo -LRB- although you can buy it from scads of online retailers -RRB- .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e115cd6d032451ea6314809e8c7bcb6", "input": "Fifteen years ago , President George W. Bush labeled Iraq , North Korea , and Iran the \"Axis of Evil .\" \nIn the 2002 State of the Union Address , just a few months after Sept. 11 , Bush described North Korea as \"a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction , while starving its citizens .\"", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-455f00a98480487ea24cd5ca9b87af67", "input": "CNN's Chris Cuomo and White House adviser Kellyanne Conway have a history of heated exchanges . Thursday's interview following President Trump's visit to Las Vegas was perhaps the most contentious.\nCuomo asked Conway why now was not the appropriate time to have a gun control debate. Conway said the victims of the shooting have been the president's focus before she started railing against Democrats for politicizing the issue.\n“This conversation wasn’t being had until tragedies like this strike by those who try to be the loudest voices ” Conway said. “You see Hillary Clinton talking about herself not talking about this. You see her rushing to judgement the other day on Twitter while people are still looking through the rubble searching the hospital for their missing loved ones trying to politicize it.”\n Conway again insisted that the president was too busy caring for the survivors to bring up control.", "output": [ "Kellyanne Conway" ] }, { "id": "task419-d2d6188317d546ac8d0d9924fae7aec6", "input": "The reason I raise this now is because we’ve got a candidate seeking the Democratic nomination (and just named to the DCCC’s “Red-to-Blue” list) in VA-02 Elaine Luria who voted for Republican Scott Taylor both in the 2016 GOP primary AND in the 2016 general election against the Democratic nominee in VA-02. According to Patrick Wilson’s report in the RTD (bolding added by me for emphasis):\n“ Elaine doesn’t make decisions just based on political party ” her campaign manager said by email. “Faced with the options on the ballot she took a chance on fellow veteran Scott Taylor who promised to bring change and be something different but he broke those promises.”\n“Like many Democrats in our district Elaine voted against Randy Forbes in that primary because he had shown during his legislative career to be an extreme voice in Congress particularly when it came to women’s reproductive freedom LGBT equality and preventing gun violence ” Luria campaign manager Kathryn Sorenson said by email.\n“Now after seeing the way that Scott Taylor has acted in Washington and the votes he has taken to create chaos in our health care system Elaine has decided to run against him.”\nBack in January I had actually asked Luria about her vote in the GOP primary and she responded: “That year there was no Democratic primary for Congress and I wanted to have my voice heard on who was on the ballot.” I responded to her that “I would have voted for Mickey Mouse or something in that one.” I haven’t heard a word from her since. LOL\nAt this point I haven’t chosen a candidate in VA-02 but it’s been between Luria and Karen Mallard the only two serious contenders for the Democratic nomination as far as I’m concerned. But I’ve got to say the news about Luria voting for Taylor really bugs me for at least three reasons.\nFirst off I think that Taylor is going to have a field day with this. Already Taylor’s spokesperson is responding gleefully to the RTD “Scott Taylor is the same guy he was in 2016 and has done everything he said he would on the campaign. The only reason Luria is running is because she was promised money by Nancy Pelosi to be another rubber stamp in D.C. The people of the 2nd district will see right through it.” Expect to hear a LOT of that type of language in coming months and certainly if Elaine Luria becomes the Democratic nominee in VA-02. So yeah I truly do not see how this will help Luria win the general election. To the contrary I think it will hurt her that she voted not once but twice for the same guy she voted for less than two years ago.\nSo that’s my “Jim Webb test” for Democratic candidates who used to vote Republican: can you explain articulately and convincingly why you used to vote Republican (or even serve in a Republican administration) but are now a Democrat? Regarding Elaine Luria she very well might have such a case to make but so far I haven’t heard it. To the contrary I’ve mostly heard about how she doesn’t vote based on party (whatever that means given the stark differences between Democrats and the Party of Sarah Palin Ken Cuccinelli Corey Stewart E.W. Jackson Donald Trump etc. etc.) how Taylor supposedly wasn’t what she expected him to be etc.\nOn that latter point my friend Josh Stanfield of Activate Virginia posted on his group’s Facebook page this morning something that rings true to me: “ Scott Taylor was a member of the House of Delegates and had a partisan voting record in that body. When he ran for Congress in 2016 anyone interested in his politics or voting behavior would’ve been just a few clicks away from discovering his opposition to pretty much every Democratic priority.”", "output": [ "Elaine Luria" ] }, { "id": "task419-52290b6c213f414f9d927ad8e5add372", "input": "All I know is that if Aziz Ansari didn't want his sexual misconduct to become a national news story he could have left his apartment as soon as things got creepy. It's not like she was blocking the door.\nPoorna Jagannathan: While Harvey set off outrage Aziz has set off thought\nFirst of all thank you \"Grace\" and Aziz . So far most of the conversation on sexual violence has been along a strong binary: a clear victim-predator setup. And no doubt the predator is egregiously wrong.\nIt's dangerous to rely on non-verbal cues or mind reading to tell a guy you're OK with oral sex (giving and receiving) and making out on the couch but you do not want to go all the way as did the woman who called herself \"Grace\" in the Babe.net story about her date with Ansari .\nSpeaking up is difficult but there is no better time than this #MeToo moment for women to find their voices not just to expose real predators who sexually harass and assault women but overly zealous men as the Babe article portrays Ansari to be who may think \"yes\" to a date at his place automatically means \"yes\" to sex.\n Ansari released a statement saying that the sexual encounter \"by all indications was completely consensual\" and that he was \"surprised and concerned\" when he heard that \"it wasn't the case.\"\nA guy once told me: \"This is our second date. The third date means we're having sex. That's the rule.\" I was shocked but at least he was honest. So was I: \"There won't be a third date. It's been fun \" I responded. We laughed and remain friends today. No playing coy no mind reading. No games. When it comes to dating both people equally are accountable for setting the tone.\nMy friends and I have rules: 1) Public place for the first date feel him out. 2) If and when you do go to his place or yours set up a \"rescue call or text\" later that night. This gives you an excuse to leave quickly if needed. I use a code word if I'm in trouble and need help. 3) And of course if things get totally out of control try to stay calm speed-dial 911 then fight like hell to get away.\nThe Aziz Ansari story is a good litmus test for who sees sexual misconduct as a strictly legal question and who is concerned about improving the overall culture surrounding sex and dating. It's also many times more relevant to the average person's experience than say Weinstein. — David Klion (@DavidKlion) January 15 2018\nWhy in situations like the one described between \"Grace\" and Aziz Ansari do we focus on the reaction of the woman rather than the behavior of the man? And what is the message we give women when they are judged and shunned after sharing their stories on social media?\nThe phrase is representative of every experience from an unwelcome kiss or grope to rape and new allegations against Ansari pick at the gaping hole in this kind of umbrella movement: the failure to differentiate between rape and sexual assault. In response to the allegations Ansari released a statement saying that he believed \"by all indications\" that the sexual activity was \"completely consensual.\"", "output": [ "BabeAziz Ansari", "Ansari" ] }, { "id": "task419-25953cab360448a38c877947f6613075", "input": "Chrissy Teigen has rebuked Ann Coulter for her response to President Donald Trump reportedly referring to Haiti El Salvador and some parts of Africa as “shithole countries” in a White House meeting about immigration.\n Coulter tweeted about the alleged remark — which has sparked widespread international outrage — on Friday. “Announcing the opening of Shithole Air — Free 1-way travel back to the country of your choice ” she wrote.\n Her comment prompted a retort from Teigen who called out the the conservative pundit for taking advantage of a “racist hateful marketplace.”\n“I don’t believe you really believe all the things you say ” Teigen replied to Coulter ’s tweet. “You found an opening in the racist hateful marketplace and secured it. But when you’re old you will not be proud of the life you lived. Of anger and hate. Pandering to the angry and hateful. It really is a shame.”\n Coulter has yet to respond.", "output": [ "Ann Coulter" ] }, { "id": "task419-d9197f18414647b1b9b51d32c61e50ff", "input": "Miami Marlins president David Samson will reportedly be shown the door after the team is sold. That should make it much easier for the incoming owners to bolster the team's balance sheet.\nBut equity has been hard to come by in this sale process. As things stand the asking price for the team --the sale of which has been led by Samson -- has fallen from $1.8 billion to $1.2 billion in just about eight months.\nCurrent Marlins owner Jeff Loria and Samson have built up a lot of ill will in Miami over the years mostly due to the stadium boondoggle that led to the recall of Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Alvarez. The Marlins are last in the National League in attendance.\nWith Samson on his way out more cash should come in. And with the team expected to lose money the next few years that cash will come in handy. Rebuilding the brand is not going to be cheap.", "output": [ "David Samson" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca72e75a1b4a4afb849ae0aee5f1047c", "input": "\"Storm clouds are gathering\" over the Korean Peninsula Defense Secretary Jim Mattis declared Friday. And as diplomats try to resolve the nuclear standoff he told soldiers that the U.S. military must do its part by being ready for war.\nWithout forecasting a conflict Mattis emphasized that diplomacy stands the best chance of preventing a war if America's words are backed up by strong and prepared armed forces.\n\"My fine young soldiers the only way our diplomats can speak with authority and be believed is if you're ready to go \" Mattis told several dozen soldiers and airmen at the 82nd Airborne Division's Hall of Heroes his last stop on a two-day pre-holiday tour of bases to greet troops.\n Mattis' comments came as the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea compelling nations to sharply reduce their sales of oil to the reclusive country and send home all North Korean expatriate workers within two years. Such workers are seen as a key source of revenue for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's cash-strapped government.\nAt Fort Bragg Mattis recommended the troops read T.R. Fehrenbach's military classic \"This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness \" first published in 1963 a decade after the Korean War ended.\nAsked about recent reports that families of U.S. service members in South Korea might be evacuated Mattis stressed his belief that diplomacy could still avert a crisis. He said there is no plan now for an evacuation.\n\"I don't think it's at that point yet \" he said adding that an evacuation of American civilians would hurt the South Korean economy. He said there is a contingency plan that would get U.S. service members' families out \"on very short notice. \"\nMattis said he sees little chance of Kim disrupting the Winter Olympics which begin in South Korea in February.\n\"I don't think Kim is stupid enough to take on the whole world by killing their athletes \" he said.\n Mattis repeatedly stressed that there is still time to work out a peaceful solution. At one point he said diplomacy is \"going positively.\" But he also seemed determined to steel U.S. troops against what could be a costly war on the Korean Peninsula.\n\"There is very little reason for optimism \" he said.", "output": [ "Mattis" ] }, { "id": "task419-94fa5ec60fb94324973101c9954c43da", "input": "LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester City ’s Argentine striker Sergio Aguero has broken a rib in a road accident in the Netherlands and will miss Saturday’s Premier League game at Chelsea with World Cup qualifiers also doubtful.\nManager Pep Guardiola speaking to reporters before Aguero had seen club doctors said the player was definitely out of Saturday’s game between league leaders City and champions Chelsea.\nHe also cast doubt on Aguero travelling to Argentina for World Cup qualifiers next month.\n“Exactly how many days he will be off I don’t know right now ” he said adding that he had “no problem” with Aguero being in Amsterdam.\nSoccer Football - Champions League - Manchester City vs Shakhtar Donetsk - Etihad Stadium Manchester Britain - September 26 2017 Manchester City's Sergio Aguero Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith\n Aguero had earlier posted a picture of himself on his Instagram account seated in the back of a car thanking Colombian singer Maluma who was also in the photo for the invitation.\nCity are level on 16 points with Manchester United at the top of the table with Chelsea in third place on 13 and Aguero is one goal away from equalling Eric Brooks’ all-time club record of 177 goals in all competitions.\nThe international break follows the weekend’s Premier League matches with Aguero in Argentina’s squad for their last two World Cup qualifiers against Peru and Ecuador on Oct. 5 and 10.", "output": [ "Sergio Aguero" ] }, { "id": "task419-51cb81f748174f8e96d418e6afa6a325", "input": "Sen. Bob Dole Receives Congressional Gold Medal\nFormer senator and GOP presidential candidate Bob Dole is receiving Congress' highest honor the Congressional Gold Medal. After serving in World War II Dole went on to represent Kansas in Congress for more than three decades.\nPAUL RYAN: We award the Congressional Gold Medal to the soldier the legislator and the statesman from Kansas Senator Bob Dole.\nSTENY HOYER: If I were going to invent a United States senator who would reach out across the aisle reach out across the country to serve this nation well I would invent Bob Dole .\nDETROW: That coming from a Democrat would have been hard to fathom early in Dole 's political career. When he was Gerald Ford's running mate in 1976 Dole was so partisan that the phrase hatchet man almost became his official title along with senator.\nDETROW: But over the years Dole served as Republican Senate leader longer than anyone else. He cut deal after deal after deal changing that reputation from hatchet man to statesman. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Dole 's fingerprints are all over countless pieces of consequential legislation.\nDETROW: It's not that Dole wasn't partisan. It's that he valued results and worked with Democrats and Republicans alike to pass bills. Here's Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy.\nDETROW: Throughout the ceremony it wasn't hard to pick up on a wistfulness that people like Dole just aren't in the Senate anymore. At the ceremony the House chaplain prayed that Dole would inspire lawmakers to work across the aisle. When it ended lawmakers went back to their immediate task struggling to pass yet another short-term funding bill their third in just more than a month. Scott Detrow NPR News the Capitol.", "output": [ "Bob Dole" ] }, { "id": "task419-ba0440e6dd76498fb99a6a3b9bc4f000", "input": "(CNN) For the first time since he took office a little more than 11 months ago President Trump has signed into law sweeping new legislation -- a wide-ranging tax cut that will fundamentally remake the US tax code .\nPerhaps most notably the cuts favor corporations more than individuals and over time skew sharply in favor of the rich and big business. Trump 's response has been in many cases to ignore those details and instead focus on the cuts he says will benefit lower-income taxpayers -- though he couldn't help but note on Friday that \"corporations are literally going wild\" over this.\nHere are a few examples from his recent remarks:\n Trump : \"The individual mandate is being repealed. When the individual mandate is being repealed that means Obamacare is repealed. Because they get their money from the individual mandate. So the individual mandate is being repealed.\"\nReality: Expect to see and hear Trump 's words a lot in 2018 as Democrats tie the tax bill (which is very unpopular) to GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare (also unpopular). They'll also note estimates that show Expect to see and hear Trump 's words a lot in 2018 as Democrats tie the tax bill (which is very unpopular) to GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare (also unpopular). They'll also note estimates that show 13 million people could lose coverage as a result with premium hikes for others.\nExcited to be heading home to see the House pass a GREAT Tax Bill with the middle class getting big TAX CUTS!#MakeAmericaGreatAgain🇺🇸 — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 14 2017\nWhile 80 percent of tax filers will see some kind of cut they aren't the main target of the bill. As Trump himself conceded on Wednesday the corporate cut -- from 35% to 21% -- is \"probably the biggest factor in this plan.\" It's also a permanent cut unlike everyone else's. Those expire in 2025 and could lead to higher taxes for some middle class families. Additionally by capping state and local tax deductions at $10 000 people in higher tax states like anti-Trump power bases New York and California could end up owing more right away.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-d5c8bae2a5644e778ce0b6f145cbf4ca", "input": "Stop Hating On Ed Sheeran's Fundraising Ad Say Critics\nRadi-Aid a nonprofit group in Norway was running its annual contest asking folks to vote for the nominees. And the winner (or loser) for worst charity ad was a 5-minute spot for Comic Relief in which pop star Ed Sheeran visits orphans in a slum in Liberia talks to one homeless boy and asks viewers to help the children.\nMaybe it's not such a bad idea to show a rich guy giving money to a kid on the streets argues Tariro Mzezewa in an op-ed this week in The New York Times: \"Ed Sheeran Raises Money For Liberia — And Is Promptly Shamed.\" Mzezewa a staff editor for The Times' opinion section writes: \"The reaction to this video is not only overblown but also harmful to the people who need help and those who may want to offer it.\"\nOthers agree with Mzezewa including Beyan Flomo Pewee the Liberian founder and executive director of YOCEL a nonprofit youth organization in Monsterrado Liberia. \"I personally think that the video was not really bad given he was raising funds and Liberia benefited \" he wrote in an email to NPR. \"Especially the closing part of the video where he demonstrated commitment to help the boys.\"\n\"Poor Ed Sheeran he only wanted to help.\"\nWhat's your perspective on Comic Relief's fundraising ad featuring Ed Sheeran? Share your thoughts on this thread on Twitter.", "output": [ "Ed Sheeran" ] }, { "id": "task419-b7eba5b85be145b79bf150021fb2341b", "input": "Sessions's participation in the gathering was detailed in court documents released Monday by special counsel Robert Mueller III. The adviser who offered to set up the meeting was George Papadopoulos who has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI according to the documents .\nSessions had not previously disclosed the meeting despite being asked over multiple appearances on Capitol Hill whether he or anyone on the campaign ever discussed meeting with Russians.\nSenate Republicans have not rushed to Sessions's defense but were less ruffled about his participation in the Papadopoulos meeting. \"If anybody's got any concerns about his meeting write him a letter and see what he says \" said Sen. Lindsey Graham R-S.C.\nA Sessions spokeswoman declined to comment this week on the March 31 meeting with Trump and campaign advisers including Papadopoulos . But on Thursday a person familiar with Sessions' recollections said that \"people who remember the conversation\" believed that Papadopoulos was proposing an idea of using his Russian contacts to try to set up a meeting between Trump and Putin \"which was immediately rejected by then-Senator Sessions.\"\n\" Papadopoulos was some 29-year-old that nobody had ever heard of and who struck people in the room as someone who didn't have a lot of credibility \" the person said. \"As far as Sessions seemed to be concerned when he shut down this idea of Papadopoulos engaging with Russia that was the end of it and he moved the meeting along to other issues.\"\n\"The March 31 comments by this Papadopoulos person did not leave a lasting impression \" the person said. \"The attorney general immediately dismissed it and moved on.\"\nJ.D. Gordon a former Pentagon spokesman and Trump adviser who attended the meeting also recalled that Sessions \"shut him down\" when Papadopoulos announced that he could introduce Trump to Putin.\nThe Washington Post also reported earlier this week that Papadopoulos sat next to Sessions during a dinner at the Capitol Hill Club for campaign advisers weeks before the Republican National Convention according to another person who attended.", "output": [ "George Papadopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-6788387d21644ae0bd13751cd19d4195", "input": "Last weekend around 10 plain-clothes police officers escorted Gui Minhai from a train traveling from China’s eastern coastal city of Ningbo to Beijing his daughter Angela Gui told Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post Monday.\nGui Minhai— a naturalized Swedish citizen — was traveling with two Swedish diplomats when he was detained his daughter said.\nIn a statement issued to multiple outlets Sweden’s foreign minister Margot Wallström said that her government had “detailed knowledge” of Gui Minhai ‘s arrest and had summoned China’s ambassador.\n The 2015 disappearance of Gui Minhai and four other Hong Kong-based publishers and booksellers — who sold books banned on the mainland — provoked consternation in the semi-autonomous territory where many regarded it as an incursion into Hong Kong’s sovereignty . The five later appeared in Chinese custody and gave statements saying they had gone to the mainland voluntarily.\nAngela Gui told the New York Times that her father who China formally released from detention last October had been living in Nigbo and was required to report regularly to Chinese authorities. Gui Minhai was reportedly en route to Beijing’s Swedish Embassy for a medical examination when police boarded the train and ushered him away.", "output": [ "Gui Minhai" ] }, { "id": "task419-e867faae60904d78be4b4f3d35fbc4a7", "input": "(CNN) Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci suggested that John Kelly is handling the fallout from the Rob Porter scandal poorly by trying to \"cover it up.\"\n\"The cover-up is always worse than the crime \" Scaramucci told David Axelrod in an upcoming segment of \"The Axe Files \" a podcast from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN.\n\"I would say 'Jeez you know I knew about it. I was going to give the guy a pass because he told me it wasn't true and I apologize to the American people for that. He's been let go and I'd still like to keep my job \"' Scaramucci explained. \"That's what I would do if I was General Kelly.\"\n Scaramucci said if he were the White House chief of staff he wouldn't say he \"didn't know about it when ( he ) knew about it or try to cover it.\"\n\"We're in a society now where everyone's going to find out everything anyway \" he noted.", "output": [ "Anthony Scaramucci" ] }, { "id": "task419-bd70e2b55aa04832b7de809d17b437ed", "input": "Dolly Parton's long literacy efforts for children continued Tuesday when the country icon presented her 100 millionth book from her Imagination Library to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and announced a new partnership.\n\"I just want to say how honored I am before we pull that little thing off that . . . you have taken this to heart and that you've taken this in and we will now have this book that I can actually have here forever for all the little children all over the world certainly in the United States of America here in D.C. \" Parton said as she donated her book \"Coat of Many Colors\" to the children in attendance.\n\" Dolly Parton's work through her Imagination Library is awe-inspiring \" Hayden said in the Library of Congress statement. \"They have counted the number of books given away — 100 million — but there is no way to truly quantify the impact this program has had on developing young readers across America and in other parts of the world.\nDolly Parton's Imagination Library started in 1995 as a book-gifting organization that has mailed 100 million books to children in Australia Canada United Kingdom and the United States according to the Library of Congress.", "output": [ "Dolly Parton" ] }, { "id": "task419-94864771d8d943d9b191a156edc3d641", "input": "Family and friends gather around the coffin containing the remains of his sister Kimberly Dayana Fonseca 19 in Tegucigalpa Honduras Saturday Dec. 2 2017. As the electoral count entered its sixth day Saturday Fonseca was shot to death at a protest supporting opposition presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla by gunmen in two vehicles who witnesses say were police. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)\nBoth incumbent President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his rival television personality Salvador Nasralla have claimed victory in last Sunday’s vote which the opposition says was filled with irregularities. Clashes between protesters and troops have left at least one person — and perhaps as many as a half-dozen — dead.\n“I have asked them to repeat the elections but only those for the presidency with the aim of resolving the crisis that Honduras is suffering ” Nasralla told The Associated Press. “I am sure the people would vote for me” in the re-vote.\nBut he said the new election “would be under the supervision of an international electoral tribunal not the local one because there aren’t sufficient conditions to guarantee” the vote would be fair. Asked what response he got from the government to the proposal Nasralla said “they haven’t responded and I don’t think they will.”\nHonduras’ national police force said a 19-year-old woman was shot to death overnight at a protest supporting Nasralla by gunmen who witnesses say were police.\nThe protests were reminiscent of the 2009 coup that ousted former President Manuel Zelaya whose Libre party is part of the coalition led by Nasralla that formed in a bid to unseat Hernandez.\nHernandez held a lead of more than 46 000 votes over Nasralla before the last-stage count. It was not immediately clear how many votes could be at play in the uncounted boxes. The count has been essentially frozen because Nasralla’s representatives say far more ballot boxes should be examined.\nMistrust mounted amid strange delays in the vote count and the sudden reversal of Nasralla’s early lead. Both Nasralla and Hernandez have declared themselves the winner.", "output": [ "Salvador Nasralla" ] }, { "id": "task419-c295c9e928c54d7f8fe4d788a6847623", "input": "Getty Images has announced that beginning Oct. 1 the agency will no longer accept photos of models' body shapes that have been retouched.\nChanges to hair color nose shape and retouching of skin or blemishes are still acceptable and are \"outside the scope of this new law \" according to Getty 's website.\n Getty Images \nThe law will go into effect on Oct. 1 in France the same day Getty will stop accepting content that shows models' figures that have been altered.\n The company added in its statement that \"any content submitted where this type of retouching has been carried out will be a breach of our submission requirements.\"", "output": [ "Getty" ] }, { "id": "task419-c7d39f68a76349a0a4fe78196a946f6d", "input": "Dennis Schröder could be in a bit of trouble. (Todd Kirkland/AP)\nESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that Atlanta Hawks guard Dennis Schröder was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge early Friday morning in Brookhaven Ga. the Atlanta suburb where he lives.\n“We are aware of an incident involving Dennis Schröder earlier this morning ” the Hawks said in a statement. “We are still gathering information as it pertains to the situation and out of respect for the legal process we will have no further comment at this time.”\nAccording to TMZ Sports which obtained the police report Schröder was with a group of friends outside a hookah bar called 6am when he shoved another man triggering a brawl. Police said they obtained surveillance video that showed Schröder and his friends in a “verbal heated exchange” with the other man who was “struck by hands and feet by the offenders” and transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the fracas was broken up by security.\n Schröder 24 was released on bail and will join his teammates for their preseason game in Miami on Sunday the team told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.\n The German-born Schröder broke through during the 2016-17 season his first as a full-time NBA starter. The point guard set career highs in points (17.9 per game) assists (6.3) rebounds (3.1) field goal percentage (. 451) and free throw percentage (.855).", "output": [ "Dennis Schröder" ] }, { "id": "task419-fef89004e90d444d9607d1bbefd2d1a5", "input": "The Soros-backed Best for Britain group working to overthrow the government and block Brexit is “undemocratic” according to founder Gina Miller .\n Miller became well-known as an opponent of Brexit after using the Supreme Court to force the Government to seek Parliament’s approval to activate Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty and kick off the Brexit process which could have seen MPs vote down the will of the people.\nThe group is working to build a network of powerful allies to undermine the Government before it can implement the Brexit vote and Miller is insisting the public has the “right to know” who is backing it as it fights the referendum result.\nIn her statement Miller slammed the lack of “transparency about key players’ motivations agendas and activities” and urged “those keen to play their part in the Brexit debate to be open and honest about what they stand for whom they represent and by whom they are funded”.", "output": [ "Gina Miller" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc132e8e018b42f8a1690aeefe7cac16", "input": "Joseph Lynn Pickett of Edwardsville was also ordered to spend six months behind bars for the June threats though he 's already served the time since his arrest last year.\n Pickett pleaded guilty in an agreement with prosecutors in October after authorities said he posted several times online that he wanted to assassinate Trump.\nThe posts included frequent profanity and detailed death threats. Pickett also taunted federal authorities when he wasn't immediately arrested.\n His co-workers reported the threatening posts to the Secret Service. He was later arrested.\nUnder terms of his sentencing last week Pickett also will be on supervised release for three years.", "output": [ "Joseph Lynn Pickett" ] }, { "id": "task419-6e0b6a939a8f448da9aaf4335804f455", "input": "Each noticed how the Cavs who 've been here a while , the ones playing alongside LeBron James the past three seasons , show up to work hours before they 're due . \nJames said his job this year , leading this team , is no easier or harder than in years past . \nIt 's the kind of culture James demanded since he first re-joined the Cavs in the summer of 2014 . \n\"Being a professional is what it 's all about ,\" James said . \nAnd then on the eve of training camp , Wade secured his buyout -LRB- worth $ 16 million -RRB- and release from the Bulls , clearing the path for him to sign with Cleveland and reunite with James after all their success together in Miami . \nJames is also surrounded by more talent than at any point in his previous 14 seasons . \nIn many ways , the Cavs ' positioning is remarkable , given James ' likely free agency next summer and the overwhelming view from outside the organization that things were coming apart at the seams in the offseason . \n\"I think he loves it here ,\" said Wade , who along with James and new general manager Koby Altman agreed to interviews with cleveland.com to preview the Cavs ' 2017-18 season , which begins Tuesday against the Boston Celtics . \nShaky summer for Cavs , James . \nJames is 32 and has already logged 50,000 minutes in the NBA . \nLooking back on the offseason that was , James said he \"knew what we had coming back\" and \"the uncertainty of what could possibly happen .\" \nHe 's happy with the reworking of the roster Altman undertook , and James said the pre-camp workouts he held in Santa Barbara , Calif. , offered a glimpse to where \"you could actually see what we could possibly have and that definitely makes everyone feel good .\" \nTraining camp actually was n't so good for James , a sprained ankle suffered the day Wade arrived all but wiped him out for the preseason . \nAnd in September James said his oft-stated intention to finish his career here has n't changed . \nWith so many new faces , the Cavs have n't been able to build the chemistry they 'd like because James was hurt . \nTo varying degrees , the responsibility to meet these challenges falls to coach Tyronn Lue , James , and Altman . \nRumors and reports of James ' frustration and his intention to leave after this season were rampant . \n\"I was never frustrated throughout the summer ,\" James said . \nThat culture James is so proud of ? \nSome of the \"reports\" James mentioned appeared on cleveland.com and USA Today . \nThey were generated through conversations with people \"close\" to James . \n\"I think our coaching staff will do a great of putting everybody in a position to succeed and then I 'm going to keep everybody motivated on a night to night basis to know what we have ,\" James said . \nThe Cavs knew James would be watching how the Cavs responded , and the man they put in charge of the response was Altman , who turned 35 in September and had never run an organization before . \nThe reasons were such that Cleveland really had no choice to move him , that Irving no longer wanted to play with James .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-5f5d70b587854eed9fd471850a7119a8", "input": "Salvador Zamora told Reuters PT&T expects to sign a deal by Dec. 15 with ZhongXing TianTong Technology Co Ltd to provide broadband services and wants foreign partners to provide expertise infrastructure and capital for internet expansion and a new cellular services.\n Zamora in August bought into the little-known debt-ridden firm for just 264.9 million pesos ($5.23 million).\nPT&T is listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange and provides broadband services in Manila and adjacent provinces. Trade in its shares was voluntarily suspended as long ago as 2004 however but Zamora said the firm was working towards resuming trade.\n Zamora 's confirmation of PT&T's engagement with Chinese firms comes after President Rodrigo Duterte offered China the \"privilege\" of being his country's third telecoms operator following through on a threat he made last year to Globe and PLDT to shape up or face competition.\n Zamora described Duterte's move as a \"Godsend\" adding that Chinese companies could not operate alone in the Philippines and would need to partner with a local firm.\n\"The market is so vast here. It seems the competitors the duopoly they are not at all customer-oriented \" Zamora said.", "output": [ "Salvador Zamora" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a2eecbda54e4b139626f10cdbe671b5", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Funeral procession for California firefighter 0:47 A funeral procession was held for a firefighter killed while battling the colossal wildfire that's still threatening homes in Southern California. An autopsy found Cory Iverson died from burns and smoke inhalation. (Dec. 18) AP 1 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Firefighter dies thousands take on Calif. blaze 1:27 Cory Iverson a San Diego-based firefighter who was one of the thousands fighting the blaze northwest of Los Angeles died Thursday. A review team will investigate what happened. (Dec. 15) AP 2 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Over 6 000 firefighters battling southern California blaze 0:49 Over 6 000 firefighters battling southern California blaze Video provided by AFP Newslook 3 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS California wildfire threatens thousands of homes 0:56 California's biggest wildfire has burned through at least 362 square miles and has destroyed at least 683 homes. Thousands of homes are threatened as strong wind pushes the blaze through bone-dry land. (Dec. 12) AP 4 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Crews light backfires to control Calif. Fires 1:12 Firefighting crews are lighting backfires to burn away dry vegetation and contain the massive fire that has burned at least 362 square miles northwest of Los Angeles. (Dec. 12) AP 5 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Flames churn through Santa Barbara region 1:43 Tens of thousands of residents have fled their homes as flames churn through foothill towns near Santa Barbara the latest flare-up after a week of wildfires throughout the region. (Dec. 11) AP 6 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Raw: Giant California wildfire spreads northwest 1:02 California's largest and most destructive wildfire has spread beyond Ventura County and forced evacuations in some coastal parts of Santa Barbara County to the northwest. The fire has burnt at least 270 square miles. (Dec. 11) AP 7 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Wildfires force Californians to buy smoke masks 1:09 California fire officials anticipate fires will keep growing due to gusty winds no rain and decades-old dry vegetation. The biggest fire burned at least 270 square miles northwest of Los Angeles where people are buying masks for the smoke. (Dec. 11) AP 8 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS High winds expected to increase fire threat 0:40 Forecasters say high winds will bring rapid or dramatic increases in wildfire activity. USA TODAY 9 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Displaced horses from wildfires find shelter 1:29 Horses and other animals displaced by the Lilac fire in San Diego County find shelter at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in Southern California. USA TODAY 10 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Wildfire Ravages Calif. Retirement Community 1:04 Firefighters were still working in communities north of San Diego Friday that were hit by a fast-moving wildfire. The blaze tore through the area Thursday as powerful winds are still fanning flames across Southern California. (Dec. 8) AP 11 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Fire and smoke dominate Southern California skylines 1:05 Wildfires continue to destroy land and homes in Southern California. Months of dry conditions and whipping Santa Ana winds have created the perfect equation for devastation. USA TODAY 12 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Newest California fire burns 65 structures 0:55 At least 65 structures have been destroyed by a wildfire in semi-rural north San Diego County. Cal Fire also says there's still no containment of the fire early Friday. Trees were charred for miles along Highway 76. (Dec. 8) AP 13 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Raw: Calif. wildfire forces evacuations along coast 1:02 California's biggest wildfire forced evacuations in Faria Beach a small community on the coast between Ventura and Santa Barbara. (Dec. 8) AP 14 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Raw: Biggest California fire burns 180 Sq. miles 0:55 The massive wildfire in Ventura County north of Los Angeles grew to 180 square miles and destroyed more than 400 buildings by late Thursday. It's forcing the evacuation of communities between Ventura and Santa Barbara. (Dec. 8) AP 15 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Fire near San Diego destroys 20 structures 1:14 A Cal Fire Division Chief says a fire near San Diego destroyed 20 homes and damaged 12 more. The fire tore through mobile homes in a retirement community. The blaze is heading west towards the Ocean threatening Oceanside and Camp Pendleton. (Dec. 8) AP 16 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS California wildfires cause people and their animals to flee 1:06 Four active wildfires in southern California have caused people and pets alike to seek shelter. USA TODAY 17 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Wildfires sweeping Southern California put millions on edge 0:59 Six separate wildfires are threatening millions of people in one of the country's most densely populated areas. USA TODAY 18 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS LA Mayor: Fire near downtown 20 percent contained 2:41 Firefighters continue battle to control the Skirball Fire near downtown Los Angeles. The blaze is 20 percent contained around 475 acres with flare ups in the Bel-Air Crest area. (Dec. 7) AP 19 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Highway travel disrupted by Calif. wildfire 1:52 Authorities closed a major freeway Thursday as flames from the Southern California wildfire jumped lanes and threatened beach front homes. (Dec. 7) AP 20 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Former Cardinals Pitcher Anthony Reyes Fighting California Wildfires 0:45 Anthony Reyes best known for pitching the Cardinals to a Game 1 victory in the 2006 World Series is on the front lines fighting the Californian wildfires. Time_Sports 21 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Man rescues rabbit from California wildfire 0:37 One brave man has become a viral hero after witnesses captured him coming extremely close to danger himself while rescuing a rabbit from the wildfires ravaging California Time 22 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Fire victim: 'This is what's left of our house' 1:31 Darlene Jordon has lived in this home above the city of Ventura California for more than two decades. Her house was filled with memories and souvenirs. But it’s all gone now after a raging wildfire reduced it to ash and rubble. (Dec. 7) AP 23 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Dramatic L.A. wildfire video looks like driving into hell 0:45 This was startling scene along Interstate 405 in Los Angeles as a wildfire engulfed the hills. USA TODAY 24 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Raw: Crews fight to Save Bel-Air homes from fire 1:09 Flames erupted Wednesday in Los Angeles' exclusive Bel-Air neighborhood as multimillion-dollar houses and modest tract homes alike came under siege from an outbreak of wind-whipped wildfires across Southern California. (Dec. 6) AP 25 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Powerful winds boost California fire danger 1:00 Southern California officials are warning of unprecedented dangerous winds on Thursday with gusts possibly reaching 80 mph. The region is dealing with several massive wildfires that have around 200 000 under evacuation orders. (Dec. 7) AP 26 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Devastating wildfires strike Southern California 1:49 At least one person has died as a result of the fast-spreading wildfire plaguing more than tens of thousands of acres in southern California Time 27 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Southern California wildfire has forced thousands to evacuate 0:24 Ferocious winds in Southern California whipped up an explosive wildfire that forced thousands of homes to evacuate and could soon threaten a city of more than 100 000 authorities said. Time 28 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Calif. Evacuees Stunned By Wildfire Devastation 1:15 Residents of Santa Rosa California were allowed to return Friday to areas ravaged by recent wildfires. Officials say more than eight thousand structures were destroyed by flames that tore through the region in Northern California. (Oct. 20) AP 29 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Motorists witness wildfire near L.A. freeway 1:06 Dramatic cell phone video along a busy Los Angeles freeway shows flames from a raging wildfire burning along hillsides early Wednesday. Officials say hundreds of structures may have been lost in wildfires burning across Southern California. (Dec. 6) AP 30 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Firefighters battle flames just feet from LA homes 0:51 Firefighters in southern California are working overtime to protect homes in Los Angeles. A new wildfire broke out in some of Los Angeles' most exclusive neighborhoods which includes the upscale Bel Air Estates. USA TODAY 31 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Wildfires turn California freeway into wall of flames 0:41 As drivers headed down the 405 freeway they were met with giant flames from the several fires burning in Southern California. USA TODAY 32 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS People animals flee California wildfire 1:29 Nearly 200 000 people have been told to evacuate from three massive wildfires in southern California. Many people fleeing the flames are bringing along their animals. (Dec. 6) AP 33 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Wildfires destroy homes across southern Calif. 2:21 Wildfires driven by winds approaching hurricane force swept across Southern California Monday night into Tuesday scorching thousands of acres and destroying hundreds of structures - from Ventura County to communities north of Los Angeles. (Dec. 5) AP 34 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Officials urge southern Calif. residents to flee homes 1:27 Authorities are urging tens of thousands of people to flee their homes as wind-driven wildfires scour communities northwest of Los Angeles. Two fires have burned about 30 homes and are being pushed by Santa Ana gusts. (Dec. 5) AP 35 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS At least 1 dead As fast-moving Brush fire scorches southern California 0:37 According to the Ventura County Fire Department the Thomas Fire was first reported Monday evening north of the city of Santa Paula. Video provided by Newsy Newslook 36 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Wildfires destroy homes across Southern California 2:21 Wildfires driven by winds approaching hurricane force swept across Southern California Monday night into Tuesday scorching thousands of acres and destroying hundreds of structures - from Ventura County to communities north of Los Angeles. (Dec. 5) AP 37 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Homes burn as fire breaks out in Los Angeles 2:13 Mandatory evacuations have been ordered in an exclusive ridge-top neighborhood in Los Angeles as a dangerous new wildfire burns in Southern California. At least two homes are burning in that area. (Dec. 6) AP 38 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Southern Calif. fire grows to 70 square miles 1:12 Authorities estimate a wind-driven Southern California wildfire has grown to more than 70 square miles. (Dec. 5) AP 39 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Ventura County wildfire spreading as fast as the wind 0:49 Whipping Santa Ana winds are playing a huge role in how quickly the Thomas Fire is spreading across Ventura County California. Fire officials say it's a \"very bad scenario.\" USA TODAY 40 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS Raw: Wildfires rage in Ventura County Calif. 1:16 Wildfires in Southern California have triggered evacuation orders for nearly 200 000 people and destroyed hundreds of homes. The fires remain mostly out of control. (Dec. 6) AP 41 of 42 Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE CALIF. WILDFIRES THREATEN L.A. NEIGHBORHOODS SPARK EVACUATIONS California fire forces thousands to evacuate 0:56 Thousands of homes have been evacuated after a wind-whipped wildfire exploded overnight in Southern California. The fire has burned through at least 40 square miles northwest of Los Angeles. (Dec. 5) AP 42 of 42 Last VideoNext Video Funeral procession for California firefighter\nFire and smoke billow up near Fillmore Thursday afternoon as a helicopter makes a drop. Cal Fire engineer Cory Iverson died at about 9:30 a.m. while battling a flare-up of the Thomas Fire. (Photo: JUAN CARLO/THE STAR)\nThat's according to a preliminary report recently released by the state agency. It details the chain of events from Dec. 14 when Cory Iverson 32 died in the blaze. The report also lists safety issues for review.\n Iverson who had worked for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) since 2009 had responded to help battle the Ventura County blaze as part of a fire engine strike team out of the agency's San Diego unit.\nThe fire which has now burned 440 square miles in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties has not yet been fully contained. Two people a woman evacuating the fire and Iverson died and 1 063 structures were destroyed.\nFour firefighters were able to retreat up an escape route and were uninjured the preliminary report says. Iverson however became trapped while trying to put out the flames and was killed.\nThis undated photo provided by Cal Fire shows Fire Apparatus Engineer Corey Iverson right with his wife Ashley and their daughter. Iverson who worked for the department's San Diego Unit as a member of a fire strike team died while fighting the Thomas Fire north of Fillmore. (Photo: VIA AP)\nAutopsy results showed he died from burns and smoke inhalation. No other injuries were reported.\nThe steep terrain heavy vegetation and hazardous weather conditions such as erratic winds and low humidity — all which were present when Iverson died — contribute to that extreme fire behavior the report states.\nBefore Iverson and the team began their 24-hour shift two safety briefings were held according to the report.\nThe crew was in the second half of their shift when Iverson became trapped. They worked from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Dec. 13 mopping up flames that had gone over a fire line on a ridge southwest of an avocado orchard the report states.\nWhen Iverson and the four other firefighters in his strike team began working that day fire intensity was described as low and the upslope wind was pushing the smoke toward the west.\nThey each carried 300 feet of hose. Iverson also carried a scraping tool. As they started the fire backed up to the dozer line the report says.\nAs they worked spot fires flared up. One started burning in front of Iverson and as he worked to put it out with a tool a second one was reported nearby.\n Iverson dropped some of the hose from his pack and went to put out the second spot fire. When he got there it erupted.\nWith spot fires growing fast firefighters' hoses did little to quell the flames. Iverson called in a request for air support. That was his last confirmed radio transmission the report says.", "output": [ "Cory Iverson" ] }, { "id": "task419-5f5710b2dcc1454abd641eb8751ec533", "input": "Alan Robinson 62 started his final marathon Sunday morning.\n advertisement\n The marathon started at 7:30 a.m. in Chicago and Robinson was at the 18-mile mark around 10:45 p.m. when a friend finally convinced him to stop.\nPer WGNTV Robinson recently survived prostate cancer and lives with a serious heart condition.\nIt is not certain yet if Robinson will finish the 26.2-mile race on Monday.", "output": [ "Alan Robinson" ] }, { "id": "task419-4c53640a0b9f4b8ca28ee9a2943f3dff", "input": "U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday green-lit Elena Kagan to be U.S. Supreme Court Justice clearing her nomination to advance to the Senate floor for a vote.\n The committee voted 13-6 to send Kagan's nomination to the full Senate. All Democrats on the panel and one Republican Lindsey Graham voted in favor of her nomination.\nKagan's nomination to the full Senate. All Democrats on the panel and one Republican Lindsey Graham voted in favor of her nomination.\n Graham said Kagan is \"qualified who has the experience and knowledge to serve on this court who is in the mainstream of liberal philosophy and understands the difference between being a liberal judge and a politician.\"\n The Senate's vote to confirm Kagan could come any time between next week to next month. Democrats intend to have her confirmed before the August recess of Congress. So she could replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens in the court's fall session.\n Since Democrats control the Senate Kagan's confirmation doesn' t seem to be a problem. The confirmation needs only a simple majority and Republicans haven't showed signs they are willing to block the nomination with a filibuster.\n Kagan was nominated by President Barack Obama to succeed Stevens. She faced the Senate panel's grilling on hot-button topics before the Fourth of July recess. She defended her impartiality as well as her modesty if she is to become the high court justice.\n \"If confirmed ... I will do my best to consider every case impartially modestly with commitment to principle and in accordance with law \" said Kagan.\n If Kagan was confirmed by the Senate the Supreme Court would have three female justices. The other two are Ruth Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor who was also nominated by Obama.", "output": [ "Elena Kagan" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a7ff236a3304bfd8ed890721bfec3ab", "input": "In a statement Akayed Ullah's family also says it's outraged by the way it was targeted by law enforcement including pulling a teenage relative from class and questioning him without a parent guardian or attorney present. The family says it expects more from the justice system.\nThe statement was released on behalf of the family by Albert Fox Cahn legal director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in New York.\nAuthorities have identified the attacker as Akayed Ullah an immigrant from Bangladesh.\nAuthorities have identified the attacker as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah. The blast in an underground subway corridor during the Monday morning rush hour injured three people as well as Ullah.\nAuthorities identified the attacker as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah. Monday's explosion injured him slightly wounded three other people and sent commuters fleeing in terror through a subway corridor near Times Square.\nThe officials say Akayed Ullah was living in Brooklyn. They say he told investigators Monday he was inspired by the Islamic State group to carry out an attack but had no direct contact with the terror group. They say he is speaking with investigators from his hospital bed. The suspect had burns on his abdomen and also to his hands\nOfficials say he assembled the crude device in his apartment. Investigators are talking to witnesses and his family.\nLaw enforcement officials tell The Associated Press that Akayed Ullah was inspired by the Islamic State Group but apparently had no direct contact with the terrorist group. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the suspect or incident.\nLaw enforcement officials tell The Associated Press that Akayed Ullah was inspired by the Islamic State Group but apparently had no direct contact with the terrorist group. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the suspect or incident.\nPolice say he attached the device to his body with Velcro and zip ties.\n Twenty-seven-year-old Akayed Ullah is in police custody. Officials say he sustained burns to his abdomen and hands and cuts after the crude pipe bomb exploded.\nLaw enforcement officials say Ullah was inspired by the Islamic State but apparently had no direct contact with the terrorist group. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the suspect or incident.\nPolice say Akayed Ullah intentionally exploded the crude device in a passageway under Times Square during the morning rush hour Monday. They say he is in custody. They say the device is a crudely-made pipe bomb.", "output": [ "Akayed Ullah" ] }, { "id": "task419-65aae79ffde644988a63c7e0cb4d0f22", "input": "The increasingly difficult climate for home builders and the inability of the Chavez government to deliver on promises to build enough apartments and houses have led to a housing deficit now estimated at 2 million units.\n Chavez has announced several plans to address the problem and has often said housing should be controlled by the government. He recently announced a new kind of low-income housing to be financed by oil revenues. Still last year private industry built 45 600 units twice as many as the government.\n Cabello the Chavez minister who announced the decree requiring builders to refund buyers said his office had received 1 700 complaints in recent weeks from home buyers about excessive mark-ups for inflation.\n So far this year Chavez and his local allies have seized dozens of private properties mostly farms and ranches that the government deems underutilized. He has also encouraged squatters to occupy land and residential buildings. The measures reflect Chavez's goal of building a socialist economy and to weaken private enterprise but they have had a chilling effect on new construction thus exacerbating the housing shortage critics say.\n One new wrinkle was added this week when Chavez allies in the Vargas state government authorized the takeover of two golf courses in a Caracas suburb called Caraballada. Local officials say the courses will be converted into housing and parkland.\n \"Venezuela has always had a housing deficit but it's gotten worse in the last 10 years since Chavez took office \" Puente said. \"With the oil price boom he has had the resources to improve things but relatively little has been accomplished.\"\n If the government decree sticks Briceno is unsure how he will manage the refunds and whether he will be able to keep his 300 workers on the payroll.\n \"If this becomes law \" he said \"the collateral effects will be loss of jobs and economic paralysis.\"", "output": [ "Hugo Chavez", "Chavez" ] }, { "id": "task419-4ccc42f44dac4517916649305a52798b", "input": "Victor Schubert who was a licensing director for BlackBerry told Reuters in a brief LinkedIn message that he was no longer with the company. He did not say when he left or why.\nCompany representatives did not respond to requests for comment on Schubert . Two switchboard operators at the Canadian company said his name was not in a global employee directory.\n Schubert joined BlackBerry in March 2015 according to his LinkedIn profile as the company was embarking on a major push to boost licensing revenue.\n Schubert has created and executed patent-licensing programs for at least four companies including BlackBerry dating back to 1992 according to his LinkedIn profile. It lists portfolio mining patent valuation and negotiating patent sales as areas of expertise.\n He was due to represent BlackBerry at a Seattle-area patent conference next month to discuss how operating companies can make money off their intellectual property according to an agenda posted on the conference website in August. He is no longer listed as a panelist.\nBlackBerry disclosed it had secured royalty-bearing deals with Cisco Systems Inc and another company that it did not name soon after Schubert joined. It also filed patent infringement lawsuits during his tenure against Nokia and Avaya Inc [AVXX.UL] that are ongoing.", "output": [ "Victor Schubert" ] }, { "id": "task419-4591f740240941e8b50564633b25a765", "input": "The survey offered by public broadcaster ARD showed Merkel's popularity has plummeted by 10 points to 48 percent -- her worst showing since late 2006.\n Of the 1 000 people surveyed by Infratest dimap this week 58 percent said they thought the previous government of Merkel's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats would be better than the current coalition Merkel formed in October with the Free Democrats.\n's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats would be better than the current coalition Merkel formed in October with the Free Democrats.\n Merkel has been under pressure for months. Within Germany critics noted that her new coalition so far has little to show for its efforts in the seven months since it took control other than the unpopular Greek and euro rescue packages. On the international stage Merkel has been criticized for dragging her feet on helping Greece.\n The chancellor has already scrapped plans for promised tax cuts but still faces a huge federal budget deficit. Her government is to decide on spending cuts and possibly even on tax hikes within the next 10 days.\n Only 34 percent said Merkel's government has made the right decisions to counter the crisis.\n The one member of Merkel's Cabinet who enjoys steady support is Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg with 61 percent of those surveyed applauding his work.", "output": [ "Angela Merkel", "Merkel" ] }, { "id": "task419-197b9ab019ac46e68b2a6b03d7b4fa51", "input": "An unscripted moment in foreign affairs can be a dangerous thing which is why entire bureaucratic apparatuses exist just to avoid them. And even the most on-message president can slip up and cause an international incident whether itâs Ronald Reagan joking into a hot mic that âwe begin bombing [the Soviet Union] in five minutes â prompting a brief red alert of Soviet forces or Barack Obama referring to âPolish death campsâ and having to apologize for seeming to conflate the occupied Poles with the Nazis. The more spontaneous interactions a president has the greater the chances for the dreaded gaffe which is why the presidentâs Twitter feed has been known to cause heartburn among U.S. national-security professionals. Trump relies not just on national-security and media-relations teams to craft anodyne public statements but also on his ability to communicate directly with the world via the internet. But thereâs a cost to this freedom. Since he became president in January some of his tweets have caused his administration legal problems; others have resulted in full-blown diplomatic incidents. In some cases his Cabinet officials have tried to articulate U.S. policy to allies and adversaries alike only to be undercut by a conflicting tweet from the president.\nHere are some of the highlights of the presidentâs unique brand of diplomacyâand its aftershocks. Tweet Do you believe it? The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia. Why? I will study this dumb deal! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2 2017 Background The âdumb dealâ the president referred to was an Obama-era agreement on refugees. The U.S. had agreed with Australia to let in 1 250 refugees who under a controversial Australian policy were housed in camps in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea and Nauru; Australia in turn would resettle refugees from El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras. By the time he sent the tweet on February 2 Trump had signed an executive order that banned travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations. (That order was blocked by courts though the Supreme Court has allowed another version of it to proceed while litigation is ongoing.) He had also conducted whatâs now an infamous phone call with Malcolm Turnbull the Australian prime minister in which he accused Turnbull of trying to export the ânext Boston bombersâ and hung up. The call and the tweet were unusually hostile for an ally thatâs fought alongside American troops in nearly every conflict since World War II. Upshot Despite initial speculation Trump would back out of the deal the first refugees from the deal were resettled in the U.S. in September. U.S.-Australia relations are holding steady.\n* * * Tweet My statement as to what's happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants & Sweden. â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 19 2017 Give the public a break - The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20 2017 Background At a rally in Florida in February Trump attacked Europeâs policy of allowing in refugees fleeing conflict or persecution in Syria and elsewhereâconnecting them to terrorist attacks and vowing to protect the U.S. âWeâve got to keep our country safe â he said. âYou look at whatâs happening in Germany you look at whatâs happening last night in Sweden. Sweden who would believe this?â Certainly not the Swedes. A spokesman for Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said âitâs hard to say what Trump is talking about.â The Swedish embassy in Washington tweeted: @SteveKopack On #swedenincident unclear to us what President Trump was referring to have asked US officials for explanation â Embassy of Sweden US (@SwedeninUSA) February 19 2017 We look forward to informing the US administration about Swedish immigration and integration policies. [Link] â Embassy of Sweden US (@SwedeninUSA) February 19 2017 Carl Bildt the former center-right Swedish prime minister who before Trump âs election was one of the most active Twitter-using global figures added: Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound. [Link] â Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) February 19 2017\nThe Fox News segment Trump cited in response to his critics has been discredited. But he âs made similar remarks about Germany and France linking their intake of refugees and migrants to terrorism. Europe more broadly is grappling with the challenge of integrating large numbers of migrants and refugees and itâs an issue that has helped fuel far-right parties in several countries. But this year many European governments including Sweden have tightened immigration rules and far-right parties are once again slipping in the polls. Upshot Trump hasnât tweeted about Sweden since February. In April Sweden suffered what the Times described as its âworst terrorist attack in decadesâ when a driver plowed his truck into pedestrians in Stockholm; the man who admitted carrying out the attack was an Uzbek national whose asylum application had been rejected the previous year. * * * Tweet Pathetic excuse by London Mayor Sadiq Khan who had to think fast on his \"no reason to be alarmed\" statement. MSM is working hard to sell it! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 5 2017 .@Theresa_May donât focus on me focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom. We are doing just fine! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30 2017 Background Trumpâs feud with Sadiq Khan the London mayor dates back to the presidential campaign. Following the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino in late 2015 the Republican called for a âtotal and complete shutdownâ of Muslims entering the U.S. Khan the son of Pakistani immigrants to the U.K. called Trumpâs remarks about Islam âignorant â and said he hoped Hillary Clinton Trumpâs Democratic rival at the time âtrounces him.â Trump told an interviewer that he would âremember those statements. They are very nasty statements.â He did. When a terrorist struck London over the summer Khan told the cityâs residents not to be âalarmedâ by the âincreased police presence.â Trump seemed to take that remark out of context on Twitter to imply that Khan was underplaying the threat of terrorism.\nTrumpâs feud with Khan fits his pattern of interaction with the London mayor but his recent put-down of Theresa May was more surprising. It began when late last month Trump retweeted anti-Muslim videos shared by a British far-right group. May said the president was âwrongâ to have shared the videos which purported to show Muslims committing violent acts and which have dubious provenance or have been debunked. Trump tweeted that her efforts might be better spent preventing âradical Islamic terrorismâ in the U.K. Upshot Khan is one of the most popular political figures in the U.K. May not so much. But Trump is so disliked within the country that Brits were united in outrage against his tweets and his rebuke of May. Calls for Trumpâs planned state visit to the U.K. to be canceled grew in the wake of the tweets. The lasting damage this particular episode has on U.S.-U.K. relations will likely be small since feuds aside the âspecial relationshipâ continues to serve both countriesâ interests. Still that relationship has long been more important to the U.K. than to the U.S. Trumpâs tweets make that even more apparent. * * * Tweet During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology. Leaders pointed to Qatar - look! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 6 2017 Background The U.S. has forged close counterterrorism partnerships with Gulf countries despite some of those countriesâ historical support for radical Islamist groups opposed to the U.S. This includes Qatar which not only has oil and gas reserves but is home to the largest U.S. military base in the region. Qatar also has what could euphemistically be called an accommodating foreign policy: It is close to Western countries but also maintains ties with U.S. adversaries like Iran Hamas and the Taliban. This summer in part to punish what they called Qatarâs support for extremist groups and ties to Iran Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies imposed a broad economic and travel blockade on Qatar and severed all relations with it.\nSecretary of State Rex Tillerson who as chief executive of Exxon traveled widely in the region and has deep personal relations with the royals in Qatar and elsewhere urged the countries involved âto sit down together and address these differences.â Trumpâs tweet took a different tone and according to The New York Times prompted the Qataris to begin âasking American officials whether their longtime alliance was in peril.â Despite Tillerson and othersâ attempts at diplomacy Trump followed up by publicly calling Qatar a âfunder of terrorism at a very high level.â Upshot Insulting allies may not do too much lasting damageâalliances outlast presidential term limits after all. But thereâs the separate question of what mixed messages do to short-term foreign-policy goals. Qatarâs emir said last month his country was a âthousand times better offâ without Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf nations imposing the blockadeâsuggesting that if the U.S. wanted to see the split resolved quickly the goal remains out of reach. And if the U.S. wanted to see Iranâs role in the Gulf diminished that too is unlikely; Qatar has now turned to Iran and others for support. * * * Tweet I told Rex Tillerson our wonderful Secretary of State that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man... â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1 2017 ...Save your energy Rex we'll do what has to be done! â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 1 2017", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-3024e6c01b574d7da0683958c7d6bcca", "input": "On October 22 Tesla announced a landmark agreement to manufacture cars in China building capacity to produce locally and boost sales in the world’s largest market for electric vehicles.\nThe agreement is a landmark deal in several respects. China has granted Tesla more autonomy than other foreign producers. Tesla is the first major foreign automaker to establish local operations without a 50:50 local joint venture partner. This is a key concession as it allows Tesla tighter control over both its intellectual property and vertically-integrated production process. Tesla will also benefit by reducing production costs for cars sold in China and though details were not disclosed may also receive tax breaks and subsidies akin to those enjoyed by Chinese producers.\n Attracting Tesla is a symbolic win for China. China has clear ambitions to lead the world in electric vehicles in a broader effort to build a cleaner environmentally-conscious society. The timing of this announcement during China’s critical 19th Congress reinforces the government’s broader objectives.\nYet a closer look suggests that Tesla needs China more than China needs Tesla . As the chart from IHS Markit: Light Vehicle Forecast below shows China is an essential market for leading global automakers. China surpassed the United States in 2009 as the largest car market and car sales in Western markets are forecast to decline while emerging markets will drive global growth.\nWith its recent shift in environmental priorities China is also becoming a major player in electric vehicles. In 2016 China accounted for 45% of all the newly registered electric vehicles worldwide with 336 000 in China vs. 160 000 in the United States. China is also building an EV charging infrastructure that primes the market for a high-end producer such as Tesla . In 2016 China had a 44% global share of publicly available EV charging outlets including 82% of fast-charging outlets. Demand for electric vehicles has grown faster in China than in any other global market with the share of EV purchases increasing 3.6x from 2014 to 2016. With EV purchases accounting for just 1.37% of the total car market the Chinese EV market seems poised for further growth.\nLow end EV's dominate Tesla\nDespite seemingly favorable market conditions Tesla has had little success in China to date. Subsidies have driven electric vehicle demand with the Chinese government paying up to 50% of the purchase price of domestically-produced EV cars. Lower-end electric vehicles have dominated and Tesla which is subject to 25% import taxes has largely been priced out of the market. In 2016 Tesla had just a 3% share of the electric vehicle market in China.\n Tesla ’s lackluster performance in China is a striking contrast to other global automakers. As in the West cars are a status symbol in China and consumers prefer prestigious global brands. Foreign cars claim a 60% market share in China with foreign brands claiming seven of the top eight spots for cars sold in 2016. Premium brands have done particularly well in China.\nAudi BMW Mercedes and Porsche all sell between a quarter to a third of their total global sales in China -- a 10% increase on average in just the past five years. In addition Volkswagen now sells half of its global volume in China. The experiences of other foreign car brands suggest that Tesla should fare well in China if it can reduce production costs and vehicle pricing in line with the local market.\nIt is within this context that Tesla needs China more than China needs Tesla . China’s electric vehicle market will grow with or without Tesla . But Tesla’s deal with the Shanghai government is both timely and essential. As the electric vehicle market takes off in China Tesla must do well in this vital market to maintain global leadership. Building volume in China is required to reduce production costs and pricing in the global as well as local market. Ultimately as we are seeing in other industries Tesla may find that technology talent in China will also prove vital to maintain its position as a leading innovator globally.", "output": [ "Tesla" ] }, { "id": "task419-7bae231a9acd4d69b51ad3ef86c8b0a6", "input": "Longtime New York medical marijuana advocate Dana Beal is back in the joint for attempting to transport 22 pounds of marijuana out of California police said Monday.\n Beal 70 was arrested Saturday night in Hayfork Calif. a rural community about a hundred miles south of the Oregon border Trinity County Sheriff’s Spokeswoman Jill Lynn told the Daily News.\n Beal was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor possession of cannabis for sale and felony attempt to transport marijuana across state lines officials confirmed.\nA year ago this week both Beal and Statzer were arrested together in Oregon after a state trooper stopped them for driving outside the line and over the speed limit — and allegedly found 55 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle.\n Dana Beal center speaks at a rally in support of medical marijuana during the 2016 Democratic National Convention. (John Penley)\n Beal a veteran of the Youth International Party or Yippies had been living in Manhattan after his release from federal prison in 2014 but also traveled a lot friends told the Daily News.\nAfter his release Beal raised funds for a clinic in Tibet that uses Ibogaine a derivative of a West African plant to treat opioid addiction one friend said.\n Beal was jailed on suspicion of misdemeanor possession of cannabis for sale and felony attempt to transport marijuana across state lines the source said. (Mariela Lombard)\nEdwards who lives in Brooklyn called Beal an “American hero” who advocates for AIDS and cancer patients in New York.\nOther supporters took to Facebook to post “ Free Dana Beal” messages.\nA spokeswoman for the Trinity County District Attorney said Beal was due for his first appearance in court Tuesday. No formal charges were filed as of Monday morning she said.", "output": [ "Dana Beal" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6e5a13390d84215983f52f8041aa5b9", "input": "Prince Harry refused to take part in the Royal Family’s traditional Boxing Day shoot on Tuesday so as not to upset his ‘part-vegan’ activist fiancée according to reports.\nGamekeepers at the Sandringham estate where Harry first joined his family at the annual shoot more than 20 years ago were “stunned” by the prince’s decision according to The Sun.\n“ Harry loves it and has always been out there on Boxing Day . But if it means breaking with long-standing royal traditions to avoid upsetting her so be it. It’s fair to say that there are some pretty stunned faces around here.”\nA friend of Harry’s said: “If Meghan’s not comfortable with him doing the shoot he wouldn’t want to upset her.”\nOn Wednesday Prince Harry and the BBC were criticised for producing a politicised “interview” with Barack Obama in which the former president launched a thinly-veiled attack on his successor Donald J. Trump.", "output": [ "Harry" ] }, { "id": "task419-acd0e1391b8944d3b3346f7c66ca4b2a", "input": "Donald Trump Jr. who once compared refugees to poisoned Skittles and got stuck in traffic behind a Wienermobile made a very bold fashion choice this weekend.\n He was chilling in Florida with the Trump family when he tweeted out this poolside photo.\nI'm going to have to buy 5-10 000 of these to pass around to our buddies in the #MSM. In the meantime I'll model it for them😂. #yourewelcome pic.twitter.com/Hnn3Z5Pspm — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) April 15 2017\nOf course there was a reference to that photo of Donald Trump Jr. sitting on a tree stump.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-f00f8551f6f24d37a4e9f39fd9c53a35", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s former strategist Steve Bannon on Sunday backed away from derogatory comments ascribed to him about Trump’s son in a new book that sparked White House outrage and could threaten Bannon’s influence as a would-be conservative power broker.\n Bannon ousted from the White House in August was quoted in “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House ” by journalist Michael Wolff as saying a June 2016 meeting with a group of Russians attended by Donald Trump Jr. and his father’s top campaign officials was “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.”\nThe president responded by saying Bannon had lost his mind and the White House suggested the hard-right news site Breitbart News part ways with Bannon as its executive chairman.\n Bannon said in a statement released on Sunday that his comments were directed at Paul Manafort Trump’s former campaign manager and not aimed at the president’s son.\n“I regret that my delay in responding to the inaccurate reporting regarding Don Jr. has diverted attention from the president’s historical accomplishments in the first year of his presidency ” Bannon said.\nTrump said last week that Bannon had nothing to do with him or his presidency. That scathing response left Bannon alienated among the more conservative factions of Trump’s Republican Party.\n Bannon said he still supported Trump whose public break with his one-time strategist and use of a derisive nickname for him “Sloppy Steve ” reflected the depth of the president’s anger.\n“My support is also unwavering for the president and his agenda ” Bannon said in Sunday’s statement. “I am the only person to date to conduct a global effort to preach the message of Trump and Trumpism and I remain ready to stand in the breech for this president’s efforts to make America great again.”\nIn the book Bannon voiced astonishment over the meeting that Trump Jr. the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Manafort attended at Trump Tower in New York with a Russian lawyer who was said to be offering damaging information about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential candidate.\n Bannon was quoted as saying he was certain Trump Jr. would have taken the Russians who took part in the meeting to meet his father.\n Bannon did not specifically dispute the quotes but said his criticism was meant for Manafort who is being prosecuted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of a probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.\n“My comments were aimed at Paul Manafort a seasoned campaign professional with experience and knowledge of how the Russians operate. He should have known they are duplicitous cunning and not our friends ” Bannon said.\nMiller a senior policy adviser said the book was a “grotesque work of fiction” and said it was “tragic and unfortunate” that Bannon made the comments in the book that he did.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-97dbdafae5264e0cacb09fb84c1678a4", "input": "and Sen. Ted Cruz -LRB- R-Texas -RRB- , who trailed right behind the frontrunners in the Republican and Democratic primaries , will debate each other and field questions from audience members in a town hall on CNN . \nCNN 's Dana Bash and Jake Tapper -- who questioned Republican primary candidates like Cruz during a debate in 2015 -- will moderate Wednesday night 's debate at 9 p.m. ET . \nThe two senators diverge dramatically on the ideological spectrum , with Sanders describing himself as a \"democratic socialist\" and Cruz often seen as a staunch conservative . \nWhile Sanders has vilified rich corporations for their alleged greed , Cruz advocated for more than halving the corporate tax rate in September . \nAccording to Reuters , Cruz sought a 15-20 percent tax rate , similar to proposals issued by Trump and much lower than the current 35 percent rate . \nCruz has argued for eliminating the estate tax , also known as the \"death tax ,\" while Sanders has called for a progressive estate tax structure . \nEarlier this year , CNN hosted a debate between Sanders and Cruz on health care reform .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-7b59c6669ced4ec4ba15b2345b364135", "input": "Chui's election was a formality as he was the only candidate. He won the support of 282 or 94 percent of the southern Chinese city's 300-strong chief executive electoral committee formed mostly by people with ties to Beijing.\n Chui said after Sunday's vote that the city needed to do more to reduce its economic reliance on the casino business.\n \"Since we opened up the gaming market we have seen a big change in the operation mode and the scale of the business \" he told reporters.\n Chui said that he would actively develop the convention Chinese medicine logistics and education sectors.\n He also said he planned to work to attract more Taiwanese tourists to Macau taking advantage of recently improved relations between Beijing and Taipei.\n The new Macau leader has also pledged to fight corruption which has cast a shadow over the territory's success.", "output": [ "Fernando Chui", "Chui" ] }, { "id": "task419-134f78e9eb654a01b148bebfa5d91364", "input": "Stephen Moret who took over as VEDP president and CEO in January said the partnership is in the process of carrying out 27 recommendations in the audit report that are under the VEDPâs control. And Moret offers a spirited defense of any accusation that the VEDP is engaged in corporate welfare by providing companies with financial incentives to locate or expand in the commonwealth.\nâFirst of all itâs important to understand that Virginia is one of the smallest incentive states in America â Moret told Watchdog.org adding that the state gives our relatively small incentive packages to businesses.\nIn the future the VEDP will be a lot less focused on incentives as an economic development tool according to Moret . Instead the partnership will be looking more to improve workforce development expand broadband access and generally make the state a more attractive place for investment he said.\nVirginia already has the built-in advantages of having public schools and institutions of higher education that are among the best in the nation along with one of the best overall business climates Moret said.\nCurrent changes at the VEDP are about two key issues one of which is to address all the shortcomings mentioned in the legislative audit he said. The second is more broad-based.\nâIf you think about Virginia this is one of Americaâs premier states so we want to create a state economic development organization that is equal to the aspirations that we have for Virginia â Moret said.\nThe VEDP will report back to the General Assembly before the end of the year and he expects to be able to say that the clear majority of the recommendations will have been fulfilled. A timeline for whatever changes remain will also be laid out Moret said.\nâIt will remain as a very important division of VEDP â Moret said.\nAnother key area for the VEDP will be to work closely with community colleges and technical schools to create customized worker-training programs for in-demand jobs Moret said adding that companiesâ site selections often hinge on having a skilled local workforce.\nâWeâre not currently a leader in state workforce development programs â he said.", "output": [ "Stephen Moret" ] }, { "id": "task419-ddd87a2e34144ce8ab9775d786b7e576", "input": "Biden encourages Romney to run for Senate . \nPark City , Utah -LRB- CNN -RRB- Former Vice President Joe Biden is encouraging onetime rival Mitt Romney to return to public life and run for Senate . \nBiden spoke at Romney 's ideas summit , an annual gathering of donors and business leaders in Utah . \nDuring a private event Friday night in Park City , Biden called Romney a man of integrity and said he should mount a challenge next year , according to two people in the room . \nThe comment was quick and off-hand , but the crowd of Romney loyalists appreciated it and applauded . \nRomney , a former Massachusetts governor , is a Mormon and owns a home in Utah . \nThe two men were on opposite sides of the 2012 election -- Biden as the running mate of President Barack Obama and Romney as the Republican presidential nominee . \nRomney and Biden both considered running for president last year , but both deferred to candidates they saw as having an overwhelming financial advantage -LRB- Jeb Bush on the Republican side ; Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side -RRB- . \nRomney , 70 , has not stayed far from politics , either . \nAfter being passed over for Trump 's secretary of state , Romney has campaigned for GOP candidates and weighed in on political matters via social media . \nSpeculation has grown that Romney could run for the Senate in Utah .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-b750948c9829460da56150666ebfbdd3", "input": "The case against Mu Sochua was filed after she attempted to sue the prime minister claiming he made defamatory remarks about her during two speeches.\n In early April Hun Sen referred to an unnamed lawmaker as a \"strong leg \" a term seen by some in Cambodia as particularly offensive to women. Mu Sochua has said the speech clearly referred to her. She also denounced his remarks in another speech.\n The Phnom Penh Municipal Court rejected her lawsuit in June saying it was groundless but it moved ahead with the prime minister's countersuit.\n Cambodia's Parliament then stripped immunity from Mu Sochua and another opposition legislator who was being sued for defamation by Hun Sen and senior military officers. The two accused Parliament of serving the prime minister's interests as colleagues staged a walkout.", "output": [ "Mu Sochua Sam", "Mu" ] }, { "id": "task419-09c753f66b104c42ae96c1bc9486c0f5", "input": "Volunteer Coordinator George Bradvica's job is to keep the calm amid what many have described as tragedy and chaos. For days now he 's been in charge of telling hundreds of people with different sets of skills where they're needed most while ensuring every admitted horse is accounted for and tended to.\nBut Bradvica maintains that the overwhelming support makes his work a breeze.\n\"I hate to say this because it sounds Pollyannish but the willingness the cooperation the love of horses the desire to help in a critical situation makes it so easy \" Bradvica said. \"It's so easy — all I have to do is ask.\"\n Bradvica said the fairgrounds officials turned to social media asking locals to help them prepare for the impending stampede.\nAbout 175 volunteers showed up on Thursday to welcome the roughly 900 horses that arrived. Another 300 arrived on Friday Bradvica said.\n\"The outpouring has been unbelievable \" he said.\n\"Facebook is actually a really big tool in this entire process because you have people with horses and people with trailers on Facebook posting 'Who needs help? When do you need help?' and posting locations \" he said. \"So if people have a trailer that they don't need to use they'll go pick up people's horses and bring them here.\"", "output": [ "Coordinator George Bradvica" ] }, { "id": "task419-77a8c2b528b44bc49345f98c926322fb", "input": "\"My voice and what I do in my community and what I stand for -- I do n't think that I have to show you guys more getting on the knee or doing something else or trying to create something else ,\" James told reporters .\" \nLeBron James does n't plan to take a knee during the national anthem when the NBA season opens . \nThat said , James took time during his media day press conference Monday to bemoan Colin Kaepernick 's ongoing unemployment and offer his support . \n\"I salute Colin Kaepernick for being as powerful as he was and being the one that he had to fall on his sword , unfortunately -- and I hate that ,\" James told reporters . \nJames said he does not feel player protests are about disrespecting the military or the flag but that he does not plan on joining the movement .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-19bd167cf6704508a53ab4e583bb4e08", "input": "John McAfee is interviewed by RT television network. Photograph: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg\nBut perhaps the biggest draw on the Blockchain Cruise was John McAfee the anti-virus software pioneer with a checkered past. In 2012 while living in Belize McAfee had run-ins with local police for alleged unlicensed drug manufacturing and weapons possession but was released without charge. At one point Belize police started a search for him as a person of interest in connection with the murder of his neighbor. McAfee said he was innocent and that he fled Belize because of persecution by corrupt officials.\n He now helps run MGT Capital Investments Inc. a small-cap tech company with a Bitcoin mining business. He has become a cryptocurrency evangelist on Twitter touting the technology and various tokens to his more than 700 000 followers. Coinsbank the digital currency exchange and wallet operator that organized the cruise made him a headline speaker.\nOn Wednesday McAfee blamed the recent market slump on unfounded fear of government intervention. He urged cryptocurrency holders -- one of whom sported a “Buy The Dip” t-shirt -- to stick with their bets.\n“You cannot force a ban on a distributed system ” McAfee said in an interview after his speech. “It’s like how do you ban smoking weed? You can’t ban it. People will come back.”", "output": [ "John McAfee" ] }, { "id": "task419-69acc5ccb4d74c8a956885f045ef9b65", "input": "Family photo Tyler Lumar with his girlfriend Casey Tecate and their daughter Savannah Tyler Lumar with his girlfriend Casey Tecate and their daughter Savannah (Family photo) (Family photo)\nAlcorn who visits her son after work said she hopes the lawsuit will not only help the family pay for Lumar ’s medical care but change how Chicago police treat those they arrest. “In Chicago you should be scared for your son ” she said.\nHer lawsuit alleges Chicago police wrongfully detained Lumar concealed from Lumar the fact that he could have bonded himself out and were “deliberately indifferent” to his medical needs by failing to check on him every 15 minutes as required. The city is responsible too the lawsuit alleges because it ignored the widespread police practice of falsifying cell inspection records.\nSoon after Lumar ’s arrest in Chicago police there contacted Lee County about the warrant and learned it carried a $500 bond the lawsuit says. The way the system works he could have posted 10 percent — $50 — and gone home. Lumar had $130 on him according to the arrest report.\nFamily photo Recent family photo of Tyler Lumar at Ballard Respiratory and Rehabilitation in Des Plaines Recent family photo of Tyler Lumar at Ballard Respiratory and Rehabilitation in Des Plaines (Family photo) (Family photo)\nBut security video shows another inmate removing the item from his shoe and tossing it next to Lumar O’Connor says. Police had searched Lumar at least eight times prior without finding drugs according to the lawsuit.\nNow facing narcotics charges Lumar was returned to the Harrison District around 11 a.m. as part of a police investigation into the drug case at the jail according to the lawsuit. Nine minutes later he was found hanging from his own shirt inside Cellblock E2.\nLater that day as Lumar lay in an intensive care unit at Mount Sinai Hospital Chicago police announced they were releasing him from custody and that no charges would be filed. His family was then on the hook for his medical bills.", "output": [ "Savannah Tyler Lumar" ] }, { "id": "task419-e429a9af12b44d5a8f797d905831f758", "input": "The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans - something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2 2018\nSpeaking with reporters later Trump confirmed he had declassified the memo and again claimed political bias by investigative agencies. \"I think it's a disgrace what's happening in this country \" Trump said. \"A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that.\"\n Trump 's tweet came the same day as Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are expected to release a classified GOP-authored memo alleging the FBI and Justice Department abused their surveillance authorities a move Trump has apparently decided to clear over the objections from FBI director Christopher Wray and other intelligence officials.\nThe four-page memo written at the direction of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes R-Calif. has been reviewed by Trump and his aides and the president has no problems with releasing it said two administration officials speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.\nDemocrats said the memo omits other evidence – still classified – that allowed the government to secure the warrant on a Trump campaign foreign policy adviser and that Trump and Nunes are seeking to undermine the Russia investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.\nCritics also noted that Trump himself appointed the current leaders of the FBI and Justice Department.\nAccording to some reports the memo accuses Justice Department officials of obtaining a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant on an adviser to Trump 's 2016 campaign by using an unverified dossier from a former British intelligence official.\n Trump echoed that claim in a subsequent tweet implicating Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton.\n“You had Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party try to hide the fact that they gave money to GPS Fusion to create a Dossier which was used by their allies in the Obama Administration to convince a Court misleadingly by all accounts to spy on the Trump Team.” Tom Fitton JW — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2 2018\nThe release also takes place as Mueller seeks to interview Trump as part of his investigation into any links between the Trump campaign and Russians who sought to influence the 2016 election via email hacks and fake news; the special counsel is also looking into whether Trump sought to obstruct justice during the investigation.\n Trump has denied wrongdoing and denounced the investigation as a witch hunt cooked up by Democrats.\nDemocrats said they are concerned they fear Trump could use the memo to fire Rosenstein who appointed Mueller to his position and to ultimately dismiss Mueller himself.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-bdb16df3a305452b8491575ee85407a9", "input": "Shamed and pilloried the head of the Russian Olympic Committee resigned and Russian leadership spoke of serious reform. “The place we got in Vancouver is not worthy of our country ” said then-sports minister and Putin friend Vitaly Mutko. “We have to do everything we can to restore our leadership in world sports.” He promised to take “personal control” over the preparations for the Sochi Olympics where the stakes would be far higher and which were just four years away. What if Russian athletes flopped on their home turf? It was a nightmare scenario. This is how we got to Tuesday’s ban of the entire Russian team and various Russian officials including Mutko from the 2018 Winter Olympics just two months before the opening ceremony in South Korea. There is a straight line from Vancouver to Pyeongchang with a sordid stop in Sochi. * * * Authoritarian regimes love organized sporting events like the Olympics and Russia was one of the initiators of that love affair back when it was the Soviet Union. For decades the Kremlin poured money into Olympic sports. It was an important piece of propaganda for both the world and the Soviet home front: We are a superpower and our people are superpeople. Parents eagerly turned over their children to Olympic factories that would make their young ones into athletes who could do their country proud and get their families a little extra something be it more food or Western electronics. Olympic events like the famed 1980 hockey match between the Unites States and the Soviet Union—known as “the Miracle on Ice”—offered easy analogies for larger geopolitical struggles. To be a true global power you had to defeat your enemies in every arena.\nPutin like most people who survived the Soviet Union never lost that vision of the Olympics as a proxy for geopolitics. It is why the flop at the 2010 Olympics stunned and humiliated Russia as much as it did. Russia looked in the mirror and didn’t like what it saw. It found that despite a decade of unprecedented economic good fortune of surging oil prices and rising salaries of the glitz and glamour of its cities the country was rotten at its core. In the two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union its infrastructure had crumbled and was never rebuilt. The glitz it turned out was just a patina of false prosperity. Mutko was unsparing in his assessment when the Olympic delegation returned humiliated to Moscow. “There are a lot of problems ” he said in March 2010. “Over the years we’ve frittered away our sport science and lost our human potential.” He noted that foreign athletes were trained by Russian coaches who had left Russia and that in many sports there was no new generation waiting in the wings. “There’s also the problem of doping ” he said. “Some of us can no longer think of preparing athletes without including doping substances. We began to fight doping with more conviction.” All of these he said “are systemic problems” and the Sports Ministry was working to solve them. “Neither I nor the Ministry of Sport deny our responsibility for the performance of the Russian team at the Olympics in Vancouver ” he said. “We will do a serious analysis and there will be changes both in terms of organization and personnel on the basis of our experience in Vancouver.”\nAn analysis did come just four months later and in the form of an audit from the Russian Treasury. It found that one of the reasons for the Russian failures in Vancouver was Mutko and the way he spent ministerial finances. In fact Mutko had spent so much money on himself—$1 400-a-night hotel rooms for 20 days during which he had an astonishing 97 breakfasts—that there was little left for the actual athletes and their support staff many of whom traveled to Vancouver on their own dime. Mutko may have spoken that spring about his responsibility but he took none this time. Any big organization will have its problems Mutko said when the report came out but “I see a system that’s nearly ideal ... I don’t see a single problem. You couldn’t possibly call 17 fourth-place finishes an ineffective use of funds!” In other words with the home-game Olympics just three and a half years away Mutko had fixed everything—the rotten infrastructure the lack of incoming talent the émigré coaches the widespread doping—in just four months. By the time the closing ceremony began in all its splendor in Sochi in February 2014 the Russian team had won the medal count. * * * We now know how Mutko was able to achieve that jump from 11th place to first in such a short amount of time: an extensive state-sponsored doping campaign. After a German documentary interviewed two Russian athletes who had fled Russia and had become whistleblowers about how systematically Russia dopes its athletes key figures in the world of Russian anti-doping started turning up dead under mysterious circumstances. This prompted Grigory Rodchenkov the head of the Russian anti-doping agency to flee fearing for his life to Los Angeles and to the director Bryan Fogel. The two had been working together on Fogel’s riveting documentary “Icarus ” about how easy it is for an athlete to dope and test clean. Rodchenkov who had been coaching Fogel in his quest to dope for a cycling event and dupe the tests decided to confess to Fogel on camera. He also told his story to The New York Times and then went into U.S. government witness protection.\nRodchenkov ran the lab at Sochi during the Winter Olympics and what he did there was essentially what he did for Fogel but on a more massive scale: helping dozens of athletes dope all through the Games while testing negative on every single test. The story he told to the Times and to Fogel would strain the imagination were it not independently confirmed by two investigations: one by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and one by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Here is the summary of the operation from the Times: The director Grigory Rodchenkov who ran the laboratory that handled testing for thousands of Olympians said he developed a three-drug cocktail of banned substances that he mixed with liquor and provided to dozens of Russian athletes helping to facilitate one of the most elaborate—and successful—doping ploys in sports history. It involved some of Russia’s biggest stars of the Games including 14 members of its cross-country ski team and two veteran bobsledders who won two golds. In a dark-of-night operation Russian antidoping experts and members of the intelligence service surreptitiously replaced urine samples tainted by performance-enhancing drugs with clean urine collected months earlier somehow breaking into the supposedly tamper-proof bottles that are the standard at international competitions Dr. Rodchenkov said. For hours each night they worked in a shadow laboratory lit by a single lamp passing bottles of urine through a hand-size hole in the wall to be ready for testing the next day he said. By the end of the Games Dr. Rodchenkov estimated as many as 100 dirty urine samples were expunged. None of the athletes were caught doping. More important Russia won the most medals of the Games easily surpassing its main rival the United States and undermining the integrity of one of the world’s most prestigious sporting events. All of this Rodchenkov said was overseen by an officer of the federal security services the FSB and had the approval of Mutko and Putin.", "output": [ "Vitaly Mutko" ] }, { "id": "task419-c9eaf805ec194d328131d6448c692995", "input": "Kaladaa Crowell was a 36-year-old behavioral health caseworker and mother of one child who lived with her partner in Florida.\nTwo weeks ago Crowell became the fourth black lesbian who’s brutal slaying made headlines at the end of December 2017.\n Kaladaa Crowell And Kyra Inglett\nLegacycom Kyra Inglett left and her mother Kaladaa Crowell.\nOn Dec. 28 police in West Palm Beach responded to several 911 calls about a shooting that occurred on the 800 block of 3rd St. Responding officers found Crowell dead inside her home. Her 11-year-old daughter Kyra Inglett was found outside the residence. The mother and daughter both had been shot according to police. Kyra did not immediately succumb to her injuries. It was not until the following day that police announced she’d died at a local hospital.\n“ Kaladaa was the sweetest person ” Robin Denson told the Palm Beach Post. “ She was my girlfriend and that was our home.”\n“It will be an eye-opener in that it will be a continuation of the story that we ’ve been telling since the election and it will really show the increase ” Tillery said. “ We hope to include suggestions for things we can do collectively to address the violence that we ’re seeing. Ultimately we want people to feel like we as a society can do something about it.”", "output": [ "Kaladaa Crowell" ] }, { "id": "task419-607253ed87b24798bf758985c4178ec1", "input": "SEOUL (Reuters) - In the seaside city of Wonsan North Korean families cook up barbecues on the beach go fishing and eat royal jelly flavor ice cream in the summer breeze. For their leader Kim Jong Un the resort is a summer retreat a future temple to tourism and a good place to test missiles.\n He is rebuilding the city of 360 000 people and wants to turn it into a billion-dollar tourist hotspot. At the same time he has launched nearly 40 missiles from the area as part of his accelerated tests of North Korea’s nuclear deterrent.\n“It may sound crazy to outsiders to fire missiles from a place he wants to develop economically but that’s how Kim Jong Un runs his country ” said Lim Eul-chul an expert on the North Korean economy at Kyungnam University in South Korea.\nThis combination of tourism and nuclear weapons is emblematic of Kim Jong Un’s strategy for survival say researchers and people familiar with the project.\nTourism is one of a shrinking range of North Korean cash sources not targeted by United Nations sanctions and the brochures advertise to foreign investors some $1.5 billion worth of potential ventures in the Wonsan Special Tourist Zone an area covering more than 400 square km (150 square miles). Kim has already constructed a ski resort and a new airport there.\nThe projects that Kim is inviting investors to help build include a $7.3 million department store a $197 million city center development and a $123 million golf course (including a $62.5 million fee to lease the land).\nEarlier this year Kim sent 16 of his officials to Spain to get ideas for Wonsan. They visited Marina d‘Or one of the Mediterranean country’s biggest holiday complexes and the Terra Mitica (Mythical Land) theme park in Benidorm. Terra Mitica caters to fans “of extreme sensations ” according to its website.\nNo major foreign partner has said they will back Kim ’s Wonsan projects. The new airport completed in 2015 has yet to open to international flights. America recently banned its citizens from visiting North Korea. International sanctions now ban all joint ventures with the state.\nEven so the plan is strategically vital for Kim say former North Korean diplomats. When he came to power in 2011 he inherited a society officially run by the military but whose people survived largely on black market dealings. On paper North Korea is a state-run economy; but in fact seven in 10 North Koreans depend on private trade to live according to Thae Yong Ho North Korea’s former deputy ambassador in London who staged a high-profile defection with his family in 2016.\n Kim is perceived by outsiders as all powerful but North Korea’s free marketeers make him more vulnerable than he seems Thae told Reuters. The leader is looking for a way to harness both military and market forces to survive.\nNuclear weapons are one part of his answer – because Kim hopes they will cost less to maintain than North Korea’s conventional heavy weapons. Projects like Wonsan are the other part. He wants to cut the share of funding he gives to the military and allocate more money to the civilian economy.\n “Kim Jong Un knows that he can only control society and guarantee his long leadership if his role and influence in the economy is increased ” said Thae.\nJust next door to that beachfront property the Daesong General Bureau – the body also known as “Office 39” that procures luxury goods for the Kim family – has its retreat.\nAll three entities are subject to international sanctions because of their role in funneling cash into Kim ’s nuclear and missile programs.\nFor Kim ’s security forces though Wonsan is about more than fun in the sun.\n Kim brought his top military brass to Wonsan in 2014. On the white sandy beach of his palace compound he ordered his highest admirals to strip into bathing costumes and as a test of their ability swim 10 km around the bay state TV showed. It filmed him at a desk on the sand shaded by a white parasol.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf4354dc9fed424d92d1382b25b80bba", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is considering nominating Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell and Stanford University economist John Taylor for the central bank’s top two jobs in an apparent bid to reassure markets and appease conservatives hungry for change.\nUnder that scenario either Powell or Taylor would take the reins from Fed Chair Janet Yellen when her term expires in early February and the other would fill the vice chair position left vacant when Stanley Fischer retired this month.\n Taylor has spent the last two decades refining and advocating wider use of a rule that lays out where interest rates ought to be given certain conditions of inflation and the broader economy. His rule implies that rates should be higher than they are now.\nFILE PHOTO: Stanford Economics Professor John B. Taylor speaks with Reuters journalists at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in Jackson Hole Wyoming August 21 2009. Picture taken August 21 2009. REUTERS/Price Chambers/File Photo\nAlthough Taylor is highly regarded within the Fed his rule-based rate-setting position has spurred criticism that he would handcuff U.S. monetary policy.\n Taylor pushed back at a meeting at the Boston Fed on Saturday saying he favored a flexible implementation of policy rules and did not want to tie the Fed’s hands or suggest that he was motivated by a distrust of policymakers.\nSome analysts suggest that fears that Taylor would bring an inflexible monetary policy with him to the Fed as some Republicans in Congress hope are likely exaggerated.\n“There is some scope for disappointment if people think putting Taylor in will just lead to mechanical-based policy ” Feroli said.\n“Even if you pick a rule the rule itself would need to be modified given the structure of the economy ” she said. “But I do think being systematic looking at the kinds of information we look at systematically over time articulating our strategy for policy and being less discretionary is a good idea.”\nAt the same time there are concerns that the combination of Powell and Taylor atop the world’s most powerful central bank could send a confusing signal to markets.", "output": [ "John Taylor" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9035f9dd7b54d619a33dbdcf1464888", "input": "President Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr. corresponded with WikiLeaks before the 2016 presidential election a dialogue of which the president's son confirmed Monday night on Twitter.\nIn a series of tweets Trump Jr. produced \"the entire chain of messages with @wikileaks (with my whopping 3 responses) which one of the congressional committees has chosen to selectively leak. How ironic!\"\nThe Atlantic first reported on Monday that Trump Jr. received a private message from the WikiLeaks Twitter account on September 20 2016 - a message shown in the tweets produced by the president's son.\n Trump Jr. replied \"Off the record I don’t know who that is but I’ll ask around. Thanks.\"\nIn a seperate October 2016 exchange WikiLeaks urged Trump Jr. to \"comment on/push this story\" about then-Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wanting to \"just drone\" Julian Assange the Wikileaks founder.\n\"Already did that earlier today \" Trump Jr. later replied. \"It’s amazing what she can get away with.\"\nThe messages obtained by The Atlantic were turned over to investigators by Trump Jr. ’s attorneys. The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence had access to the documents a source told Fox News.\n\"Over the last several months we have worked cooperatively with each of the committees and have voluntarily turned over thousands of documents in response to their requests \" Alan Futerfas an attorney for Trump Jr. said in a statement.\nAccording to the report the messages are part of a long correspondence between WikiLeaks and Trump Jr. though Trump Jr. seemed to ignore many of the messages including some which urged him to release \"one or more of your father's tax returns.\"\nPresident Trump’s attorney Ty Cobb told Fox News on Monday that he was not aware that Donald Trump Jr.’s attorneys provided these documents to congressional investigators but said there is likely no legal issue from what he knows of the documents.\nWikileaks publisher Julian Assange tweeted about the report on Monday saying that the organization couldn't \"confirm\" the messages with Trump Jr. \n\"WikiLeaks loves its pending publications and ignores those who ask for details \" Assange continued. \" Trump Jr. was rebuffed just like Cambridge Analytica. In both cases WikiLeaks had publicly teased the publications. Thousands of people asked about them. WikiLeaks can be very effective at convincing even high profile people that it is their interest to promote links to its publications.\n\"WikiLeaks has such chutzpah that it allegedly tried to convince Trump Jr to leak his father's tax returns & his own \"Russian lawyer meeting\" emails ( he did) \" Assange wrote. \"WikiLeaks appears to beguile some people into transparency by convincing them that it is in their interest.\"\nThis is not the first time that Trump Jr. has been in the spotlight and has had his actions brought into question amid the larger probe into Russian meddling and potential collusion with Trump campaign associates in the 2016 presidential election.\nIn June 2016 Trump Jr. accepted a now-highly scrutinized meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya after he allegedly was promised “dirt” on Hillary Clinton. The meeting was brokered by music publicist Rob Goldstone who promised the campaign information. Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort who was charged last month in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian collusion also attended the meeting.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-72a1b87f5e2d4f0880707e32baf9490a", "input": "A family friend called Sayfullo Saipov hard-working and neighbors said he would play with the children in a Florida apartment complex. President Trump derided the suspect as \"sick and deranged.\"\nOfficials who were not authorized to discuss the investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity identified Saipov as the attacker and said he is 29 and originally from Uzbekistan.\nDilnoza Abdusamatova said Saipov briefly stayed with his family in a Cincinnati suburb upon immigrating.\n\" He always used to work \" Abdusamatova told The Cincinnati Enquirer. \" He wouldn't go to parties or anything. He only used to come home and rest and leave and go back to work.\"\nThe license listed Saipov as a truck driver. His wife is about six years younger. Both listed Tashkent Uzbekistan as their hometown.\nAuthorities said Saipov had a Florida driver's license and some public records showed an address for him at a Tampa apartment complex.\nMichael Roberts 30 an overnight shift worker said he was asleep when the agents showed up at about 5:30 p.m. but that they interviewed his cousin. He said both he and his cousin had moved in only a week ago and had never heard of Saipov .\nA friend who met Saipov in Florida Kobiljon Matkarov told The New York Times and the New York Post that he seemed like a \"very good guy.\"\nOfficials said Saipov was living recently in New Jersey where he allegedly rented a Home Depot pickup truck an hour before driving it onto the bike path.\nLaw enforcement cordoned off an apartment building in Paterson New Jersey early Wednesday. Officers also searched a garage. The building's manager told The Record newspaper that Saipov lived with his wife and two children in a two-bedroom apartment.\nThe ride-hailing company Uber said Saipov passed its background check and drove for the service for six months making more than 1 400 trips.\nThe company said it was in touch with the FBI and offered its assistance and that it was reviewing Saipov 's driving history but found no related safety reports.\nRecords show Saipov was a commercial truck driver who formed a pair of businesses in Ohio.\nThe first business Sayf Motors Inc. used the address of a family friend near Cincinnati with whom Saipov had stayed for a couple of weeks after his arrival in the country.\nA trucking industry website listed Saipov at a Paterson New Jersey address that authorities were searching Tuesday night. Court records related to trucking-related infractions list Saipov with addresses in Paterson and the Cleveland suburbs.\nAccording to the records Saipov was ticketed for not having the right brakes on his vehicle in Platte County Missouri near Kansas City in late 2015. A warrant was issued for Saipov 's arrest in April 2016 when he missed a hearing on the case. He resolved it in November 2016 by pleading guilty and paying $200 in fines and court costs.", "output": [ "Sayfullo Saipov" ] }, { "id": "task419-2ba5d30936794b77abb3e3b18858c3d6", "input": "caption Uber cofounder and former CEO Travis Kalanick. source Thomson Reuters\nUber’s board is considering whether to strip Travis Kalanick the company’s cofounder and former CEO of his power after he abruptly appointed two new board members without consulting the company’s leaders according to Bloomberg.\nAs a result Kalanick ’s voting power would be watered down as would Benchmark’s (a venture-capital company that counts itself as Uber’s majority shareholder). Benchmark favors the changes but Kalanick does not.\nThe plan would also strip Kalanick of one of his board seats and give it to SoftBank Bloomberg reports. Kalanick ’s remaining seat would reportedly require Khosrowshahi’s approval. Another caveat is that it would need to be filled by a C-suite member of a current Fortune 100 company. It’s unclear what will happen now that Kalanick has tried to fill the other two seats himself.", "output": [ "Travis Kalanick" ] }, { "id": "task419-8c0b2d315aaa4d2fa3fb919c8e40403d", "input": "President Trump isn’t on Stephen Curry ’s side but his rival LeBron James is.\nJames and other athletes around the league came to Curry’s defense Saturday after Trump like he often does went on Twitter to blast Curry for criticizing the administration.\n Stephen Curry on Friday said that he doesn’t want the Warriors to go to D.C. and it would be a “short conversation” if the decision was solely up to him . (Janie McCauley/AP)\n“It was amazing to see all of these guys (NBA players) rally around each other. That’s what this about \" Curry told the Washington Post.\nPresident Trump singled out Stephen Curry on Twitter over his opinion on the administration. (Evan Vucci/AP)\nTrump responded by singling out Curry\n Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating therefore invitation is withdrawn! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23 2017\n Curry : Warriors can ‘inspire change’ skipping White House visit\n“My stance is the same as yesterday and maybe cemented even further \" Curry said hours after Trump’s tweet.\n He then noted how different his relationship with the Trump administration is turning out to be compared to Obama’s.\n“I’ve played golf with President Obama ” Curry said. “I don’t think I’ll be getting a tee time with this administration to say the least.”", "output": [ "Stephen Curry" ] }, { "id": "task419-657535130dd54f4aa784919695053aa1", "input": "DAYTONA BEACH Fla. (AP) — Danica Patrick kissed her NASCAR career goodbye with a good luck smooch from NFL star and new boyfriend Aaron Rodgers.\nRodgers put his hands on Patrick ’s shoulders and leaned in for the kiss just before she raced for the final time at the Daytona 500 on Sunday. Patrick had hugged and fist-bumped family and crew pulled her hair into a ponytail and slid into her Chevy.\n Her final NASCAR start fittingly came on the sport’s biggest stage — in front of 101 000 fans at the Daytona 500.\n Patrick was in good spirits as she approached her car that had been swallowed by security fans media and members of Team Danica that made it futile to find a spot near the scrum. She posed for pictures with Rodgers the Green Bay Packers quarterback who was all smiles in a tight blue T-shirt and jeans before the race and watched from the pits. The starry-eyed sweethearts brought a dose of A-list gravitas to a pit road scene that was more fitting for a red carpet.\n Patrick opened the first leg of the ballyhooed “Danica Double” on Sunday. She ’ll make a return in May to IndyCar and race the Indianapolis 500 before Patrick calls it quits on her racing career.\n“When she first started at 10 I knew about two months into it I told my wife she’s going to change racing. I could see it ” said Patrick ’s father T.J.\n Patrick was a driver at peace with her decision and ready to transition into the next chapter of her life.\n Patrick has moved on from both NASCAR and longtime boyfriend and fellow driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Patrick and Stenhouse once NASCAR’s it couple used to sit next to each other at the pre-race meeting. This week the exes were kept separated on media availability schedules.\n Patrick posted a photo on Instagram on Saturday of her and Rodgers with her family at the beach. She wrote “Doing Daytona with all the people that mean the most to me .” The fitness fanatic and author of a workout book also posted a pic of rows of Krispy Kreme doughnuts with the caption “pre Daytona 500 prep.”\nNASCAR recognized Patrick in the pre-race meeting in honor of her accomplishments in motorsports.\n Patrick never had a top-five finish for Stewart-Hass Racing. She never won another pole after her breakthrough at the 2013 Daytona 500. She never had much success but carried the flag as one of NASCAR’s only true mainstream stars. But as results sank so did interest in funding her ride. Sponsors bailed cash dried up and she was out of a job.\nPatrick is as much a brand these days as she is an athlete. Her love life Super Bowl ads and racy photo shoots were hot topics that generated more enthusiasm than her actual career accomplishments. She launched the clothing line “Warrior by Danica Patrick” after participating in the design process. She developed the workouts and meal plans for her book “Pretty Intense: The 90-Day Mind Body and Food Plan that will absolutely Change Your Life.” Patrick is still a bankable celebrity and should have her pick of any future projects.", "output": [ "Danica Patrick" ] }, { "id": "task419-1285dcce900d4ae988f9575901b25991", "input": "(Reuters) - Music streaming company Spotify was sued by Wixen Music Publishing Inc last week for allegedly using thousands of songs including those of Tom Petty Neil Young and the Doors without a license and compensation to the music publisher.\n Spotify failed to get a direct or a compulsory license from Wixen that would allow it to reproduce and distribute the songs Wixen said in the lawsuit filed in a California federal court.\nWixen also alleged that Spotify outsourced its work to a third party licensing and royalty services provider the Harry Fox Agency which was “ill-equipped to obtain all the necessary mechanical licenses”.\n Spotify declined to comment.\nSpotify which is planning a stock market listing this year has grown around 20 percent in value to at least $19 billion in the past few months.", "output": [ "Spotify" ] }, { "id": "task419-8d6f6358958747278b73eb521deaee97", "input": "Instead Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had barely landed in Athens earlier this month before he rattled his Greek hosts by addressing a series of disputes and calling into question a crucial treaty that delineates the two countries' borders and sets the status of their minorities.\n His confrontational stance was one Erdogan's Western allies have become increasingly familiar with as Turkey's president goes his own way unfettered by collective goals and seeking to promote his country as a force to be reckoned with.\n\"I think he's better than previous leaders at least with Muslim countries \" Yilmaz Demiroz a 48-year-old landscape gardener in Istanbul said of Erdogan . \" He has the clearest stance from all the leaders I've seen.\"\nFor their part Europeans have been aghast at the results of Erdogan 's crackdown after the attempted coup which has seen 110 000 people fired from their jobs and about 50 000 more jailed on suspicion of even the most tenuous of links to Fethullah Gulen the US-based Islamic cleric Erdogan blames for the putsch.\nTurkey's relations with the US have fared even worse fueled by accusations from Ankara that Washington is seeking to deliberately undermine it both by harboring Gulen and due to an ongoing New York trial of a Turkish banker over alleged transactions with Iran that threatens to implicate Erdogan 's government. How US-Turkish ties will develop is unclear analysts say.\nAs relations have cooled with the EU and Washington they have seemed to warm with Moscow and Tehran. Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin have met several times so far this year and Tukey recently signed a deal to purchase Russian S-400 missiles. The move horrified NATO of which Turkey has been a member since 1952.\n\"Russia can only play a supplementary role with regard to Turkey's economy \" said Filis. \"Although Erdogan finds it easier to communicate with Putin because they're both authoritarian I don't think that in the long term Russia can replace the West in terms of security and in terms of the economy.\"\nOzkan shared the view nothing that with Turkey drifting toward authoritarianism Erdogan was trying to redefine relations that limit liberal outside influences and increase his negotiating power.\n\"There have been lots of reports about Turkey leaving the West and making an alliance with Russia. And I don't think this reflects reality \" he said. \"I don't think that President Erdogan wants Turkey to leave the western camp. .... (the) Turkish economy simply cannot survive without western investment. And Russia doesn't have that financial power.\"\n\"Is Europe going to accept Erdogan as he is or is Europe going to force him to change according to European standards?\" questioned Ozkan. \"That's the biggest issue.\"", "output": [ "Recep Tayyip Erdogan" ] }, { "id": "task419-9225027ac8504cd6950f67e3355b368b", "input": "A top engineering executive at Facebook announced Thursday night that she 's leaving the company to work on shrinking a powerful medical technology.\n Mary Lou Jepsen Facebook's executive director of engineering and the head of display technologies at Oculus — the social network's much-ballyhooed virtual reality product — made public her upcoming departure in August during a keynote talk in Silicon Valley.\n\"I have decided to leave Facebook and Oculus to work on curing diseases using some new imaging technologies I've been incubating for awhile \" Jepsen said at the Anita Borg Institute's Women of Vision awards an organization which describes her as \"one of the world's foremost display innovators.\"\nAdditionally Jepsen said she 's joined the board of directors of a \"$20 billion automotive company that's listed on the New York Stock Exchange \" adding that's she 's \"really interested to participate in helping steer the transformation of transportation.\"\nA little more than a year ago Jepsen left Google's secretive research laboratory to work on Facebook's Oculus headset technologies. Prior to that she co-founded One Laptop Per Child an organization that aims to make inexpensive computers and give them to children in developing nations.\n Jepsen told the crowd Thursday night that she wants to shrink down magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) — machines used to image brain activity and normally fill an entire hospital room — into affordable wearable consumer devices.\nTo that end she showed an image on stage of her vision which is to essentially bring all of this tech into something that looks like a ski hat.\n Jepsen teased a few possible applications of such a device including to help treat cancer cardiovascular disease mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases. And in a bizarre twist she also said her concept might enable people to communicate with their thoughts.\nIt's uncertain exactly what the shrunk-down MRI technology might be called how it might work how far along in development it is or if any of the applications she mentioned are even possible.\n\"I think that's the point of what we all should all be doing \" she said. \"Trying to make the impossible possible.\"", "output": [ "Mary Lou Jepsen" ] }, { "id": "task419-8c9cf4532c4b45cd8d265e66c081d799", "input": "Media mergers and acquisitions are a hot button topic. And while Lions Gate Chairman Michael Burns applauds the recent deal between Disney and Twenty-first Century Fox he says not all media deals are created equal.\n Burns had nothing but good things to say about Disney's more than $52 billion deal with Fox arguing the mega-merger serves Lions Gate a production and distribution company known for such films as the \"Hunger Games\" series.\n\"I think the deal is good for us it certainly validates content \" Burns said on CNBC's \"Fast Money.\"\nLions Gate which not only produces films but has 45 shows on 90 different platforms is diverse enough to survive Burns said. And it helps that the big deal will strengthen smaller players like Hulu which can then purchase more content from Lions Gate.\nIt also helps Lions Gate Burns said by reducing competitors in the market.\n\"I would guess they'll stick to big franchises the movies they can promote in theme parks \" he said. \"I think the movies will have fewer big wide releases than the two as separate companies.\"\nWhen it comes to Time Warner and AT&T the two companies whose talks have been called \"illegal\" by the Justice Department Burns isn't quite so confident. He said he worries the deal would give the conglomerate a monopoly and create incentive to hurt smaller companies.\n\"What's most important to us is to make sure that we if approved are treated fairly. If we're not going to be treated fairly then of course we would be against it \" Burns said.\nAnd Lions Gate isn't just sitting idly by. Burns said the company has been approached by regulators to give their opinions on the matter.\n\"We are more than an interested party \" he added.", "output": [ "Michael Burns" ] }, { "id": "task419-28c367dfbcbd43e29ed6d8e2a81ba9e6", "input": "Terrell Washington 37 was charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm after the victim identified him as her shooter according to court records.\nOn Jan. 18 Washington came over to the victim’s apartment in the 4000 block of West Gladys Avenue about 9:15 p.m.\nThey were talking and smoking cigarettes and Washington became “increasingly angry” and repeatedly told the woman to lower her voice according to Assistant State’s Attorney Julia Ramirez.\nThe woman became frustrated and told Washington to leave her apartment. He pulled a handgun from his waistband and shot her in the arm and leg prosecutors said.\n Washington then ran from the apartment through the front door leaving it open Ramirez said.\nThe victim was taken to the hospital and was treated for gunshot wounds. She later identified Washington as the person who shot her.\n Washington of the 5300 block of West Adams was arrested Friday. He was ordered held without bail during a Sunday court hearing before Judge Mary Marubio.", "output": [ "Terrell Washington", "Washington" ] }, { "id": "task419-c52eaa221fc948168f7bf2f4e810339a", "input": "This screengrab from video provided by Salt Lake City police shows University Hospital in Salt Lake City nurse Alex Wubbels being handcuffed by police officers. (Photo: Salt Lake City Police)\n The Utah hospital dragged into the national spotlight after a Salt Lake City detective arrested a nurse for doing her job has apologized to the nurse and banned police officers from conversing with nurses in the hospital .\nGordon Crabtree CEO of University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City said hospital security should have intervened when burn unit nurse Alex Wubbels was arrested for refusing to allow a detective to take blood from an comatose patient.\n\"To our nurses and staff — this will not happen again \" Crabtree said at a news conference Monday. \" “Nurse Wubbels was placed in an unfair and unwarranted position (and) her actions were nothing less than exemplary.”\nCrabtree said the hospital has changed its policies and now requires police officers to speak only to senior nurse supervisors. No contacts can be made in patient areas.\nThe incident took place July 26 but went viral last week after lawyers for Wubbels obtained and released the body camera video. The video shows Detective Jeff Payne asking then insisting that he be allowed to draw blood from a patient whose vehicle had been hit by another vehicle.\nThe video shows Wubbels calmly denying Payne's request saying hospital policy required a judge's order or the patient's consent unless the patient was under arrest. Payne walks toward Wubbels saying \"We're done here. We're done. \"\n Wubbels has expressed disappointment that hospital security officers on the scene did nothing to halt her arrest.\nUniversity of Utah Police Chief Dale Brophy said his officers wrongly believed Payne had implied consent when they allowed Wubbels to be arrested. He described Wubbles as a \"rock star.\"", "output": [ "Alex Wubbels" ] }, { "id": "task419-da1cb0d3b5d74859bb64e3fd134483ea", "input": "Final results from the election commission are not expected until Monday. With the official tally of votes incomplete some of Kaczynski's supporters expressed hope that his concession might have been premature. But Polish public television projected that Komorowski the governing party's candidate and the speaker of the lower house of Parliament would win with 53.1 percent of the vote with Kaczynski a former prime minister at 46.9 percent.\n Speaking before Kaczynski's concession speech Komorowski stopped short of claiming an outright victory. \"Tonight we open a small bottle of champagne. For a bigger one we will have to wait until tomorrow \" Komorowski 58 a father of five told supporters in central Warsaw.\n Komorowski said he wanted to \"create unity \" making reference to the plane crash that claimed the life of his predecessor by calling the race \"an unusual campaign a difficult campaign held in the shadow of catastrophe.\"\n Though Komorowski led by as much as 20 percentage points in polls after Kaczynski's twin announced his candidacy in April the election ended much closer to even.\n Andrzej Rychard a sociologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw said that Komorowski had positioned himself less as an independent candidate and more as a strong supporter of government policies making him susceptible to blame for voter dissatisfaction. \"He presented himself more as a prime minister than as a presidential candidate \" Rychard said.\n Komorowski who is often overshadowed by the popular prime minister Tusk did not help himself during the campaign with a number of verbal gaffes including confusing the budget deficit with the national debt and saying he wanted to pull troops out of the NATO alliance when he meant to say Afghanistan.\n \"He's the opposite of the person who usually becomes president with a strong point of view and a lot of charisma \" said Wiktor Swietlik a political analyst and columnist for the newspaper Polska The Times who is working on a book about Komorowski. \"Not everybody has to be like Churchill Roosevelt or de Gaulle.\"", "output": [ "Bronislaw Komorowski", "Komorowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e9df8335dab4f31899c0903a2e9035f", "input": "Pauline Hilborn a mom of two in New York City describes herself as an expert on meltdowns based on the experiences of her daughter who she says is \"7-years-old but sounds more like 13.\"\nCase in point: Hilborn's daughter wanted a ponytail like the pop singer Ariana Grande but felt like her mom didn't do the ponytail properly and put it in the wrong place.\n\" She came out crying and said 'Ariana Grande's ponytail is here not here '\" said Hilborn pointing to the place on her head where her daughter preferred the ponytail to go not where it ended up.\n Pauline Hilborn and her kids ages 4 and 7.\n\"I was at a loss for words \" she said. \"I had no idea what to say but my husband said 'Well she 's right you know ' which didn't help the situation.\"\nDebi another mother of two in Manhattan says her 7-year-old has definitely had some tantrums. When I asked her son what a meltdown is he told me it's when you cry a lot. When I asked him to imitate one he said he keeps screaming until his mom lets him have whatever it is that he wants at that moment.", "output": [ "Pauline Hilborn" ] }, { "id": "task419-00b9cf07ee31457f82b0fba139737c4c", "input": "Memory of her grandfather gives Lindsey Vonn added motivation in final Winter Olympics\nYet Lindsey Vonn isn’t nervous as she prepares for her final Olympics. She knows her beloved grandfather is watching out for her and that gives her a sense of calm and purpose that ought to strike fear in every one of her competitors.\n“I feel really good ” Vonn said Friday. “Because it’s not really about me or my career. It’s about my grandfather. I’m just going to lay it all out there. I’m going to give it everything I have and whatever happens will happen.”\nMore: Lindsey Vonn 's Olympic dreams driven by need for speed\nMore: Lindsey Vonn brings dog to Olympics addresses lonely life on road\nMore: Lindsey and Lucy Vonn becoming the darlings of 2018 Winter Olympics\nThe Pyeongchang Games were supposed to put all of that to right allow her to end her Olympic career the way she wanted rather than how the fates decided. That the Games are in South Korea made it all the more fitting.\nVonn’s grandfather Don Kildow served in Korea with the Army Corps of Engineers. He helped found a ski club where he lived in southern Wisconsin and passed his love for the sport on to Vonn ’s father Alan and his granddaughter.\n Vonn had hoped to bring her grandfather to Pyeongchang but he died Nov. 1. He was 88.\n“You taught me to be tough to be kind and above all to ski fast ” Vonn wrote in an Instagram post after he died Nov. 1. “Now every time I ski down the mountain I know you’ll be there with me . I ’m proud to be your granddaughter and I will think of you always.\n“I will race for you in Korea and I will try as hard as I can to win for you. Please look out for me .”\n“I ’m going to win for him.”\n Vonn ’s first race is the Super-G on Feb. 17. She also plans to race the downhill Feb. 21 and the Alpine combined Feb. 23.\n“I feel like I’m coming into these Olympics on a hot streak. I’m skiing exceptionally well and I have a lot of confidence ” she said. “I’m very happy with how I feel physically mentally and on skis. Last weekend was just the icing on the cake exactly what I needed to build my confidence and get ready for the Olympics.”\nMaking her results last weekend all the more impressive was that they came as several of her American teammates suffered devastating injuries.\nJackie Wiles whom Vonn and her foundation have supported financially will miss the Olympics after tearing her ACL and breaking two bones in her left leg during Saturday’s race. Stacey Cook crashed Sunday. Though she was taken off the course on a sled she is fine and here in Pyeongchang.", "output": [ "ILindsey Vonn", "Vonn" ] }, { "id": "task419-88f4d52888e648398acb08c256dbd729", "input": "It’s all smiles for LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers after their roster makeover at the NBA’s trade deadline. (Adam Glanzman/Getty)\nThe decision to trade Kyrie Irving to the Celtics was the obvious thing people pointed to in talking about Cleveland’s offseason overhaul when this regular season began in October. But the larger issue for the Cavaliers wasn’t the departure of Irving (though it obviously hurt). It was Cleveland deciding to go away from the very thing that made the Cavaliers into the team that dominated the Eastern Conference over the past three years and won a championship in 2016: Surrounding LeBron James with shooters giving him the ball and letting him go to work.\n3. LeBron James is happy again\nIt only took watching the Cavaliers for a few minutes in January to see that James was miserable. His stats were down across the board the team was getting drilled repeatedly and his frustration with the whole situation was clear — to say nothing of the very obvious off-court chemistry issues that were repeatedly bubbling to the surface.\nThat was what made James ’s performance — and his attitude — Sunday against the Celtics so striking. He was flying off the bench to celebrate the performances of his teammates — most notably on some late three-pointers by Jordan Clarkson to put the game out of reach. He followed up recording triple-doubles in his previous two games with 24 points eight rebounds and 10 assists in 28 minutes as Cleveland won handily and allowed him to rest in the fourth quarter.\nAnd when asked about his new teammates after the game on ABC’s telecast he was effusive in what they can bring to his team.\nThat’s just slightly different than the mood James had about his teammates a few days ago — and that his teammates had about him . For as much as Cleveland needed to change its mix on the court it needed to change it off the court as well. In doing so the Cavaliers have gotten James back to being happy and motivated again — and succeeding in that gives Cleveland a bigger win than any other team in the NBA at the deadline.\nWhile the Cavaliers now have a roster and rotation that makes sense in the context of what works best for James the moves they made also gave this team a desperately needed shot in the arm of youth and athleticism.", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e7b86e489974980a652eb47974f0ecd", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has been subpoenaed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before a grand jury in a probe of alleged ties between Russia and Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign the New York Times reported on Tuesday.\nA spokesman for Mueller’s office declined comment. Bill Burck a lawyer for Bannon could not immediately be reached for comment.\nThe reported subpoena of Bannon does not mean he is a target of Mueller’s criminal investigation.\n Bannon a champion of Trump’s “America First” agenda was among the Republican’s closest aides during the 2016 election campaign the presidential transition and his first months in office.\nBut the pair had a bitter public falling out over comments Bannon made to author Michael Wolff for his recent book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.”\nIn the book Bannon is quoted as describing a June 2016 meeting between Trump associates including the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. his son-in-law Jared Kushner and a Russian lawyer as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.”\n Bannon was fired by the White House in August and returned to the right-wing news website Breitbart News. He continued to speak with Trump and tried to promote the president’s agenda.\nBut Trump accused Bannon of having “lost his mind” when news of his comments to Wolff surfaced earlier this month. Six days later Bannon stepped down as executive chairman at Breitbart.\nMueller’s subpoena which was issued last week could be a pressure tactic to induce Bannon to cooperate fully with his investigation.\nAttorney Renato Mariotti a former federal prosecutor said the most likely reason for a Mueller subpoena of Bannon was that “he thought having an attorney present and giving Bannon a more relaxed setting would not yield the same testimony as if he got him in the grand jury room with no attorney there and a more adversarial style of questioning.”\nSeparately on Tuesday Bannon spent hours meeting behind closed doors with members of the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee. He was the latest high-profile figure to appear before the panel as part of its investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the U.S. election.\nAfter Bannon refused to answer questions about his time in the White House - as opposed to during the campaign Devin Nunes the committee’s Republican chairman authorized a subpoena during the meeting to press Bannon to respond.\nAsked if the White House had told Bannon not to answer certain questions spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said: “As with all congressional activities touching upon the White House Congress must consult with the White House prior to obtaining confidential material.”", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-56fa60cb06984c23936db1cfb84db261", "input": "The scrimmage over immigration showed no sign of being settled Friday as President Trump again blamed Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer for stalling talks . Trump tweeted that a deal “ has been made increasingly difficult by the fact that Cryin ’ Chuck Schumer took such a beating over the shutdown that he is unable to act on immigration !” The federal government shut down for three days this week over the issue . President Trump said Schumer has been making it difficult to reach a deal on immigration . ( FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP / Getty Images ) Schumer ( D - N . Y .) shot back that Trump is using hundreds of thousands of young immigrants as a “ tool to tear apart our legal immigration system .” The bickering centers on the Obama - era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that protected nearly 700 000 immigrants brought to the U . S . illegally as children from deportation .", "output": [ "Chuck Schumer" ] }, { "id": "task419-689f8811875844b6bf2634fa6444a8ff", "input": "LONDON (Reuters) - When Comcast (CMCSA.O) boss Brian Roberts was weighing up a $31 billion offer for British broadcaster Sky (SKYB.L) a trip to see Sky’s products in store and the knowledge of the London cab driver that took him there helped to make up his mind.\n Chief Executive Roberts said the visit was one of a number of things that confirmed Sky as a “jewel” that his company should try to acquire as Comcast looks to boost international revenues as growth in the United States slows.\n Roberts said he had closely tracked what Sky had been doing for years but last November he had an unexpected reminder of Sky’s influence as European’s biggest pay-TV provider while in a cab with a colleague.\n“I suggested that we jump in a taxi and go to one of the malls and get a demo of Sky in one of their shops. And we had a fabulous experience ” Roberts told reporters on a call.\n Roberts said that while the experience wasn’t the deciding factor in moving forward with the bid it reiterated the media group’s value to the chief executive.", "output": [ "Brian Roberts" ] }, { "id": "task419-e42155501bb7452ab914d162cede9770", "input": "Former Nixon aide Jeffrey Lord noted to Newsmax TV on Tuesday that the \"undercurrent\" in the relationship between President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell most likely is the Kentucky Republican's wife Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao .\n\" He doesn't hesitate to say what's on his mind which is a good thing \" Lord told \"Newsmax Now\" host Bill Tucker of their news conference on Monday at the White House. \" He doesn't do the whole political schmoozing.\n\"When he 's pleased he 'll say so. When he 's displeased he will say so.\n\"And one of the other undercurrents here one of the things that we should always be aware of the secretary of transportation is named Elaine Chao.", "output": [ "Elaine Chao" ] }, { "id": "task419-449e9728cf1746d6ba21c3636e151b7f", "input": "When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced in November that he ’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease he was not spared by the ruthless news cycle.\n Jackson ’s name scrolled along bright red tickers for only the brief intermittent moments between chaos. His announcement was largely crowded out by news of the GOP tax bill and sexual assault allegations against Democratic Sen. Al Franken. As his revelation traveled across the Web unfounded rumors of his imminent death caused a brief reflection on what Jackson meant to his nation.\nBut Jackson ’s legacy is worthy of deeper scrutiny — albeit a scrutiny spurred by his ill condition — particularly as the United States feels the tremors from waves he helped create.\nRace is the most potent force in American politics and no one has navigated it and manipulated it for longer and with greater stature than the Rev. Jesse Jackson . His complicated history reveals one whose influence is perhaps further reaching and more implicative of our nation than any other since its beginnings.\nBarack Obama’s presidency unveiled a flood of overt racism that has to date imperiled the United States domestically and exposed the nation abroad. And to credit Obama for this is also to credit Jackson for providing Obama with a methodology for political success thus influencing the arc of our national history in incomparable ways.\nTom Williams via Getty Images Jesse Jackson with then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) as the 109th Congress is sworn in on Jan. 4 2005.\nIn the 1970s Jackson emerged as the civil rights movement’s foremost vestige. He ’d outlived or outgrown his cadre of activist contemporaries from the late-1960s — the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. among them — and spent a significant portion of the decade compiling a portfolio of global activist work.\nBy the 1984 Democratic primaries Jackson had reified himself in American culture as a thought leader on civil rights to the dismay of some who’d accused him of carpetbagging for years and any study of Jackson ’s political significance requires noting the privileges afforded him . A concoction of racism and sexism had up to then inhibited Americans from allowing black women to ascend similarly in politics even though a Shirley Chisholm or Barbara Jordan may have been more qualified.\nNonetheless Jackson consolidated enough heft among Southern blacks and disillusioned whites to win contests in Louisiana Mississippi and South Carolina during his 1984 bid.\n His soaring speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention conceded victory to his opponents but it provided a framework for Democratic politics that still holds.\n“Our flag is red white and blue but our nation is a rainbow ― red yellow brown black and white ” Jackson said “and we’re all precious in God’s sight.”\n Jackson concluded his speech by professing “Our time has come. Suffering breeds character. Character breeds faith. In the end faith will not disappoint.”\nThis strategy proved fruitful for Jackson in the 1988 election cycle. Jackson tripled his share of white voters from 1984 to 1988 improved upon his support in the South and captured victories in 13 contests including Michigan. His failed-but-competitive candidacy modeled a path forward for Democrats who as today sought to encircle rural white voters in the electorate when it seemed they’d secured the black vote reliably.\nObama praised Jackson during his 2008 candidacy saying he “set a precedent for African Americans running for the highest office in the land.”\nCheryl Chenet/Corbis via Getty Images The Rev. Jesse Jackson hugs former New York congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm in 1983 after announcing his candidacy for the U.S. presidency.\n America’s first black president inflicted a psychic trauma upon his nation.", "output": [ "Jesse Jackson" ] }, { "id": "task419-3895b7e0d07b4f63ba4a7cb98da71b79", "input": "“Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” by Michael Wolff due out on Tuesday set off a political firestorm with its portrayal of Trump as not particularly wanting to win the presidency in 2016 and unprepared for the job.\nCharles Harder Trump ’s personal lawyer provided a legal notice to Reuters that warned of possible claims including libel against Wolff and publisher Henry Holt & Co and said they would try to block publication of the book.\n Trump cut ties with Bannon on Wednesday saying his former adviser had “lost his mind ” in a blistering statement issued after comments attributed to Bannon in the book were made public.\n Trump lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bannon on Wednesday asking him not to disclose any confidential information. They said Bannon had breached an agreement by communicating with Wolff about Trump his family and the campaign and made “disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements” about them.\nIn the book Bannon was quoted as describing a June 2016 meeting with a group of Russians at Trump Tower in New York as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” The meeting held after the Russians promised damaging information on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was attended by Donald Trump Jr. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort who was Trump’s campaign manager at the time.\nTrump’s statement also diminished Bannon’s role in the election victory and accused him of leaking to the media. Before joining the campaign Bannon had headed conservative Breitbart News website and he proved to be a divisive figure in the White House. He returned to Breitbart after being fired although he reportedly continued to talk with Trump .\nBannon’s reaction to the book controversy has been muted. In interviews with Breitbart News after the news broke he called Trump a “great man” and pledged continued support for his agenda.\nThe president took note. “He called me a great man last night so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick ” Trump told reporters on Thursday. “I don’t talk to him. That’s a misnomer.”\nA lawsuit could hurt Trump because Bannon’s lawyers would be entitled to interview White House officials and collect potentially damaging documents from them in his defense Moss said.\nBannon helped Trump shape a populist anti-establishment message and had been the president’s link to his hard-line conservative base of support which is often at odds with the Republican Party establishment.\nThe story that triggered the Trump-Bannon split was an offshoot of the investigation into whether Trump campaign aides colluded with Russia to sway the election to Trump allegations Trump and Moscow deny.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-8d288713b93a42ccbb032d99b32fe18e", "input": "Attorney Armstrong Graham said Mohammed Zazi was asked about his son's history. Graham declined further comment.\n Asked by reporters if his son was frightened Mohammed Zazi said: \"If you don't have anything why would you be scared?\" He refused to answer more questions.\n Najibullah Zazi has already undergone hours of questioning this week and his apartment and his uncle and aunt's home in suburban Denver have been searched.\n Folsom told The Denver Post the agents aren't repeating questions to Zazi but are asking different things.\n Najibullah Zazi is a driver for an airport shuttle service in Denver. Authorities say he rented a car and drove from Denver to New York crossing into Manhattan the day before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 2001 terror attacks.\n He was stopped in what was described as a routine stop at the George Washington Bridge before he was allowed to go free.\n A relative said Zazi drove because he wanted to see the American countryside. Zazi said he went to New York to resolve some issues with a coffee cart he owns in Manhattan but officials suspected that something more sinister might have been in the works.\n FBI agents and police officers with search warrants seeking bomb materials searched three apartments and questioned residents in the neighborhood in Queens where he was staying.\n Folsom said Zazi 24 was born in Afghanistan in 1985 moved to Pakistan at age 7 and emigrated to the United States in 1999. Zazi's aunt had said earlier that he was born in Pakistan and grew up in Queens New York City.\n Folsom said Zazi has returned to Pakistan four times in recent years: in 2004 because his grandfather was sick and dying in 2006 to get married and in 2007 and 2008 to visit his wife.", "output": [ "Mohammed Zazi" ] }, { "id": "task419-db202938e3c34fe8ada132b26ae252fc", "input": "Well it’s now happened. The great scandal of the modern Catholic Church — its tolerance for clergy who abuse children and its laxity when dealing with bishops who themselves tolerated or enabled priest-abusers — now touches directly on the pope himself .\n It ’s worth laying out the timeline clearly. In 2015 Pope Francis appointed Juan Barros Madrid to the bishopric of Osorno Chile. The appointment was met with local protests among Catholics and non-Catholics who believed that Barros was implicated in the crimes of child sexual abuse committed by his friend Father Fernando Karadima a prominent Chilean churchman who habitually kissed and fondled boys. In the days after the installation of Barros at Osono Pope Francis told an archbishop that there was “no objective reason at all” to oppose the appointment. The Vatican’s own department governing these matters the Congregation for Bishops released a statement saying they had “carefully examined the prelate’s candidature and did not find objective reasons to preclude the appointment.”\nIn the months following the appointment Pope Francis became extremely dismissive of complaints. “Osorno suffers yes for silliness ” the pope said of the outrage in the media. “Think with your head and do not be carried away by the noses of the leftists who are the ones who put this thing together ” he added.\nA few weeks ago Pope Francis ’s visit to Chile was marked by protests and the pope continued his extremely brusque dismissal. “The day I see proof against Bishop Barros then I will talk ” the pontiff said. “There is not a single piece of evidence against him . It is all slander. Is that clear?” Francis said that no victims had come forward to him . It was apparently this statement that caused Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston to scramble down to Chile and meet with the pope. After O’Malley’s intervention presumably the pope issued a half-apology but repeated that the accusations against Barros were “slander” before adding “I’m convinced he’s innocent.”\nAnd now the news drops. In the time between the pope’s appointment of Barros and his commentary about protesters being carried away by leftists members of the Vatican’s own Commission for the Protection of Minors gathered to discuss the appointment. They had a representative hand-deliver a letter to Pope Francis from Carlos Cruz. The letter alleged in lurid detail that Barros had personally witnessed the abuse of Cruz at Karadima’s hands. Members of the commission photographed the hand-off of the letter to the pope to reassure Cruz that they were doing everything possible to make his cry for justice heard.\nThe facts as we know them leave us with a few interpretations. 1) Pope Francis simply never read the letter ignoring this extraordinary intervention by the Vatican’s own commission on a matter of public controversy for his pontificate. 2) Francis read the letter but forgot about it reverting to his original understanding of the case. 3) Francis read the letter but stuck to his decision for Barros committing unintentional or intentional deceptions about the state of his knowledge of the accusations. 4) He read the letter but either doubted the accusations in it or at least found them so unimpressive that he did not decide to follow up on them.\nThe first explanation would mean that Francis was culpably ignorant. The second that he may lack the mental or moral faculties to competently govern the Catholic Church. The third that he is too stubborn or vain to change course in the face of evidence. And the last that he has little trust or faith in the Commission on the Protection of Minors to pass on credible counsel to him . Perhaps more reporting or disclosure will change our understanding but none of these are satisfactory.", "output": [ "Pope Francis Letter", "Pope" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca3146d15c524771ba1e7c64ed10d289", "input": "Many people paid tribute mentioning Marilyn Monroe who famously appeared on the very first cover of the first issue of Playboy magazine in December 1953.\nHowever a picture circulating on social media allegedly showing Hefner lighting a cigarette for Monroe in 1957 is a fake:\nHugh Hefner lighting a cigarette for Marilyn Monroe in 1957 #RIP â¥ï¸ pic.twitter.com/08KURpmNrm â IG: missjudijai (@JUDiJAiKRAZi) September 28 2017\nHugh Hefner will be buried next to Marilyn Monroe she was on the first ever cover of Playboy Magazine. pic.twitter.com/RHfXl3zqsu â Parker (@panoparker) September 28 2017\n'Playboy to the end! Hugh Hefner will be buried in LA cemetery plot next to Marilyn Monroe . He bought it for $75 000 in 1992.' pic.twitter.com/wexklQXMV0 â Sheharyar Khan (@iSheharyar) September 28 2017\nThe photograph actually shows English actor and director Laurence Olivier lighting a cigarette for Monroe during a press conference for the 1957 movie Prince and the Showgirl:\n'Prince and the Showgirl' press conference in 1957 with Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier. Image: SNAP/REX/Shutterstock\nAlso Hefner never met Monroe in person as he himself admitted on a 2011 interview with Piers Morgan on CNN:\nPiers: Did you know Marilyn Monroe ?\nHefner: She was actually in my brotherâs acting class in New York. But the reality is that I never met her . I talked to her once on the phone but I never met her . She was gone sadly before I came out here.\nDespite that Hefner did purchase the space next to Monroe 's vault at the Westwood Village Memorial Park the celebrities' cemetery in Los Angeles for $75 000 in 1992 according to Reuters and the BBC.\nThe first issue of Playboy which came out in December 1953 was 48 pages long and featured inside a nude 1949 calendar shot of Monroe which Hefner bought for $200. All 70 000 copies of the magazine sold out within a few weeks.\n Monroe died on 5 August 1962 in her Brentwood home of a drug overdose.", "output": [ "Marilyn Monroe" ] }, { "id": "task419-5db2611e2e464ed3aecab2c1eabff8a4", "input": "Taylor Swift seen on the streets of Manhattan on September 7 2016 in New York City.\n Taylor Swift seen on the streets of Manhattan on September 7 2016 in New York City. James Devaney—GC Images\n Taylor Swift might just have met her biggest fan yet – and pulled off one of her biggest surprises while she was at it.\nLara didn’t seem to hear her continuing to express her gratitude to Swift crying through tears to say: “I have to say thank you for everything you’ve actually made my life so much better.”", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-ebb933002606468798baf7155eee28d1", "input": "Monday on MSNBC Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) dismissed the allegations laid out by former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile in her forthcoming book “Hacks.”\nIn her book Brazile said the 2016 process for choosing the eventual Democratic presidential nominee which was Hillary Clinton was rigged.\nKATY TUR MSNBC: I want to ask you about Donna Brazile and the allegations that are coming out in her new book. There’s a lot of people on both sides of the issue here saying that the DNC is completely rigged. There are other saying it’s not rigged at all this is completely just the way politics works and people are making too a big deal over it. The fact of the matter is it’s in the news it’s casting a negative spotlight on the Democratic party. I mean you have to have some concern about how that’s going to play out in Virginia. Correct?\nTUR: Nobody cares? Let’s listen to Donna Brazile . One more time on This Week.\nMcAULIFFE: Nobody cares what ’s Donna Brazile has said in a book. Nobody.\nTUR: Governor one second. Let’s listen to Donna Brazile .\n DONNA BRAZILE : For those who are telling me to shut up they told Hillary that a couple months ago you know what I tell them? Go to hell. I’m going to tell my story.", "output": [ "Donna Brazile" ] }, { "id": "task419-6e2450e3eeee4d89b145fffb8229ca85", "input": "Richard Spencer says he couldn't find a lawyer to defend him against a lawsuit seeking to hold the prominent white nationalist among others responsible for the violence last August in Charlottesville Virginia.\nSpencer representing himself filed papers on Tuesday asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit which was filed by Charlottesville residents and protesters who said they were harmed — some physically some mentally or emotionally — by the violence that erupted during white supremacist demonstrations. A man accused of driving into a crowd of antiracist protesters — one woman was killed and dozens were injured — is facing criminal charges and there were clashes between demonstrators throughout the weekend.\n Spencer is arguing that anything he allegedly did in connection with the events in Charlottesville were covered by the First Amendment's speech protections and the Second Amendment's protection of the right to bear arms.\nIn making the case for dismissal Spencer wrote that the individuals suing him had \"enormous resources at their disposal\" — the plaintiffs are represented by attorneys from three law firms — and were using the legal system \"to intimidate silence financially damage or generally harass\" him and the other defendants.\n Spencer wrote that he tried to find legal help but couldn't find a lawyer licensed in Virginia to represent him . He didn't provide details about his search for counsel but suggested his lack of success was because lawyers didn't want to be associated with him . He wrote that he couldn't find a lawyer \"despite the supposed but\n\"I get into a conversation with a lawyer and it will end up with 'Oh this is very controversial it could affect my career '\" Spencer said.\n He said that if the judge denies his motion to dismiss he would renew his search for an attorney.\n\"It's been a very difficult struggle. I don't think it's going to be impossible but it's clearly difficult just because I’m controversial \" he said.\n Spencer is among more than two dozen defendants named in the lawsuit. His co-defendants include individuals and groups identified as white nationalist or white supremacist accused of organizing or participating in the events in Charlottesville that turned violent. One anti-racism protester Heather Heyer was killed when a car plowed into the crowd; the man accused of driving the car James Alex Fields Jr. is facing criminal charges and is also named as a defendant in the same civil lawsuit as Spencer .\nThe plaintiffs in the civil case filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Virginia allege Spencer and the other defendants engaged in a conspiracy to violate civil rights in violation of federal and Virginia laws. They accused Spencer of leading a torchlight rally across the University of Virginia campus on Aug. 11 promoting the \"Unite the Right\" rally in Charlottesville the next day and of inciting \"intimidation and violence based racial religious and ethnic animosity.\"\nIn his court papers on Tuesday Spencer wrote that his previous statements embracing white nationalist ideas did not amount to a call for violence. The lawsuit quotes him as saying \"What brings us together is that we are white we are a people. We will not be replaced.\" Spencer argued that rather than a call for violence that language was \"consistently defensive in nature.\"\n Spencer wrote that he had participated in peaceful demonstrations in the past and blamed the violence at these events on the antifacist or antifa movement. He disputed that the torchlight rally was intended to be violent saying the organizers had tried to keep it secret in advance and didn't invite counterprotesters. On the phone with BuzzFeed News he said that he wasn't involved in organizing the events in Charlottesville and described the lawsuit as \"lawfare\" designed to waste his time and drain his financial resources.\nOther defendants have also moved to dismiss the lawsuit and Spencer concluded his filing by saying that he was adopting arguments raised in some of those motions as well. Other defendants are represented by counsel but Spencer told BuzzFeed News that he wanted to separately pursue his defense because there could be \"conflicting strategies.\"\nCharlottesville officials and local business are pursuing another lawsuit in the Circuit Court for the City of Charlottesville against groups accused of organizing the August rally seeking a court order to stop them from participating in alleged \"unlawful paramilitary activity\" in the future. Spencer is not a defendant in that case.", "output": [ "Richard Spencer Said", "Richard" ] }, { "id": "task419-76a00a8d3b204d958996b40b2c59a6d2", "input": "It snapped a two-game losing streak for New York (12-12) representing just its second win over the last seven games. Lee who moved in the lineup from small forward to shooting guard because of the injury to Tim Hardaway Jr. was the catalyst with 24 points including 10 in the third quarter when the Knicks took control.\n He made up for Hardaway Jr.’s absence and then some.\n“What was Tim shooting like 18 20 shots a game? So I need to warm this arm up and get ready if I’m going to shoot that many times ” Lee said.\n“Without Tim in there we need him to go ahead and get 15 16 shots up ” Hornacek said. “And not force them but if you’re open you have to shoot them. And Courtney has done a much better job this year. Last year he was passing up a lot of those. We were on him saying just shoot the ball. And this year he ’s doing it.”\nAbout a week prior to Wednesday Porzingis twisted his foot in such a grotesque way he said his ankle touched the floor. But the diagnosis was positive — a sprain with no severe ligament damage — and he returned with an encouraging albeit inefficient performance.\nThe Latvian finished with 18 points on 8-of-19 shooting while doing most of his damage in the fourth quarter. The highlight was an alley-oop dunk off an assist from Enes Kanter.", "output": [ "Tim Hardaway Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-af73d634572747b2bb1643d776ec4e80", "input": "CLOSE Alabama voters are getting a recorded phone call of President Donald Trump saying he needs Republican Roy Moore in the U.S. Senate. The recording includes Trump saying progress on his agenda will be \"stopped cold\" Democrat Doug Jones is elected. (Dec. 11) AP\n\"Huntsville is Republican territory but not Roy Moore territory \" said Joseph Smith chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Alabama. \"That's a place where you might see a drop off in Republican voting.\" Madison County is also one of the most populous in the state so both candidates need to perform well there.\nIf Jones can keep Moore at or below Trump's numbers in Madison County he may have a chance.\nThis is a key part of the equation in the Huntsville area as well as in Mobile County the second largest county in the state. Moore is a controversial conservative who has twice been removed from his position as chief justice on the Alabama Supreme Court for refusing to enforce laws he felt violated his Christian beliefs a kind of religious indignation that is less popular among suburban women.\nIn addition the explosive allegations against Moore — that he pursued romantic contact with teenage girls when he was in his 30s — could cost him the support of some women who traditionally vote Republican.", "output": [ "Roy Moore Christian", "Christian" ] }, { "id": "task419-647f27ba890b4df792ac6038ed2c34a2", "input": "Meltony Billie the teenager’s father urged the public to help other missing people find their way home.\nIn interviews before her body was discovered Billie ’s parents said she loved cooking and dreamed of opening a bakery or becoming an executive chef. Meltony Billie said his daughter made him crepes for Father’s Day and described her as “a comical young lady” who also loved dogs especially their 10-year-old Shih Tzu named Rahab.\nInvestigators said Billie entered the base about 5 a.m. on Sept. 18 but never arrived at work. A short while later video shows her Mini Cooper leaving the base but it was not clear whether Billie was in it officials said previously.\nAuthorities recovered her cellphone in a dumpster in the Norfolk area and on Sept. 23 they recovered her car in Norfolk as well.", "output": [ "Meltony Billie" ] }, { "id": "task419-05fecd88e82a4238b22c49167ac223cb", "input": "caption Then-Republican political strategists Nick Ayers left and Kellyanne Conway right arrive at Trump Tower December 8 2016 in New York City. source Drew Angerer/Getty Images\nMike Pence’s chief of staff Nick Ayers on Tuesday pushed wealthy donors to unite against Republicans in Congress who oppose Donald Trump’s agenda advising them to “purge” the small contingent of GOP leaders impeding the implementation of the president’s campaign promises.\nAccording to an audio recording of the event obtained by Politico Ayers departed from Mike Pence’s generally conciliatory public tone at a closed-door Republican National Committee event at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington and urged a more aggressive funding strategy.\n“Just imagine the possibilities of what can happen if our entire party unifies behind him?” Ayers told donors. “If – and this sounds crass – we can purge the handful of people who continue to work to defeat him.”\n Ayers warned donors that unless they pull funding from anti-Trump Republican leaders and threaten to recruit primary candidates to challenge them the Republican party will be “on track to get shellacked” in the 2018 midterm elections. While Ayers was pessimistic about the GOP’s ability to pass comprehensive tax reform he maintained that going into the elections without having passed at least one major legislative goal would be a “suicide mission.”", "output": [ "Nick Ayers" ] }, { "id": "task419-d5911f3e4a0d4a199b3d21b5c3abca42", "input": "Inspired by a visit to China South Africa's Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele is championing the construction of a multibillion-rand high-speed rail link between the coastal city of Durban and the commercial hub Johannesburg.\n Addressing the media in Cape Town on Tuesday Ndebele said his interest in a high-speed rail link was heightened by a recent visit to China which was busy constructing a high-speed rail link between Shanghai and Beijing.\n This led him to the idea about South Africa's national transport master plan until 2050.\n Speaking before his budget vote speech in the South African parliament on Tuesday Ndebele said that details of the ambitious project were being finalized and he would ask the South African cabinet in this financial year to approve a feasibility study.\nNdebele said the high-speed rail link between Durban and Johannesburg would cut transport times from about 12 to three hours.\n Speaking before his budget vote speech in the South African parliament on Tuesday Ndebele said that details of the ambitious project were being finalized and he would ask the South African cabinet in this financial year to approve a feasibility study.\n Ndebele said a fast link between Durban and Johannesburg would encourage the move from road to rail on what was the country's busiest most congested route.\n The project would catapult South Africa's rail system into the modern age of hi- tech transport which Ndebele said was the most efficient mass mover of people.\n Ndebele has proposed a road infrastructure maintenance fund which would require provincial and local governments to dedicate a certain percentage of their budgets to maintenance which was usually sacrificed when budgets came under pressure.\n \"The current state of our road infrastructure particularly in provinces and municipalities is reflective of lack of sustained investment in maintenance over many years \" Ndebele said.\n \"We will develop a ring-fencing mechanism which will set aside funds earmarked for maintenance. A passenger rail investment plan will ramp up investment in rail infrastructure and rolling stock.\"", "output": [ "Sibusiso Ndebele" ] }, { "id": "task419-938b523fcb3843b5bce153e8c848d8e3", "input": "The discrepancy is part of a wider narrative regarding law enforcement's response surrounding the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida where former student Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people on Feb. 14 .\n Cruz 's run-ins with police prior to the shooting have been a sticking point in the gun control debate. Israel and the sheriff's office claim they received no more than 23 family service calls regarding Cruz or his brother CNN reported.\nOf those calls 18 involved Cruz but the sheriff’s office stated that none of these “appeared arrestable under Florida law.”\nIn the interest of full transparency we are making available the list of all 23 calls for service at the Cruz home. 18 involved Nikolas Cruz. None appeared arrestable under Florida law. However two of the calls remain under internal investigation. [Link] — Broward Sheriff (@browardsheriff) February 23 2018\nAccording to CNN’s review of the records there were at least 19 calls relating to Cruz and an additional 25 regarding his younger brother. The calls report escalating behavior from the brothers ranging from fighting running away hitting their mother and an accusation against Cruz for shooting a chicken with a BB gun.\nThe records include a disturbing revelation: In 2016 a neighbor warned the sheriff's office that Cruz posted on Instagram about \"planning to shoot up the school.\" The neighbor spoke to CNN this week and said she was told at the time that authorities could do nothing about the threat until Cruz actually did something.\nThe day that Cruz ’s mother died on Nov. 1 a family member contacted the Broward Sheriff's Office and voiced concerns that Cruz was collecting rifles. On Nov. 30 a Massachusetts tipster cautioned that Cruz was “collecting guns and knives” and “could be a school shooter in the making ” according to CNN.\nThe FBI has also admitted that it failed to follow up or investigate tips on Cruz .", "output": [ "Nikolas Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-07566ebf3a914061b35eeb1b58482daa", "input": "Over time Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green believes that Google and Facebook will be forced to become far more flexible with their ad data.\n\"Our ID footprint will be larger than any single company login footprint \" Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green said during the company's investor day in New York on Wednesday. Green is referring to the various ways people log-in to web sites and apps providing information on their names locations interests relationships – all of which can be used to identify people and target them with relevant ads.\n Green noted that while Facebook has 1.3 billion active users there are over 4 billion web users in the world a number that continues to grow.\nTo that end Green said that the company has recently signed a deal with a major telecom company to license some of its consumer data for ad targeting. He declined to name the telecom firm.\nIn addition the ad tech company has similar deals in the works with a dozen of the largest web publishers Green said. Presumably these are sites that encourage people to register and log in in some fashion.\nOver time Green wants to rent log-in data from other social networks audio streaming services and big dating sites. In the end he believes he'll have more info on consumers than either duopoly giant.", "output": [ "Jeff Green" ] }, { "id": "task419-bdd9e4ebcbec402193b1da3e18e900c2", "input": "Even after accounting for things like a person's age gender socioeconomic status and chronic health conditions there was a significant difference between the two groups: \"American adults who experience high levels of positive emotions such as feeling 'cheerful' and 'extremely happy ' are more likely to have healthy blood-lipid profiles \" explains lead study author Jiah Yoo but the same was not true among Japanese adults.\nThe discrepancy she adds \"suggests that health implications of positive emotions may not be completely driven by the inherent nature of positive emotions but also shaped by American cultural context.\"\n\"In American cultures experiencing positive emotions is seen as desirable and is even encouraged via socialization \" Yoo explains. \"But in East Asian cultures people commonly view positive emotions as having dark sides -- they are fleeting may attract unnecessary attention from others and can be a distraction from focusing on important tasks.\"\n Yoo believes the cultural influence on the positivity-health connection may be the result of culturally specific health behaviors. \"Frequent experience of positive affect in the Western context would be aligned with prescribed values and beliefs and thus likely motivate engagement in and pursuit of healthy behaviors \" she explains. \"In contrast positive affect aligns less with norms and beliefs about positive affect in the East Asian context and thus may not be associated with healthy behaviors.\"\nAfter all experiencing a full range of emotions is perfectly healthy and a least one study has shown that there's a benefit to embracing your negative emotions . Yoo says it's possible that Americans' mental and physical health could improve if we start viewing negativity as more acceptable.\nBut there are some caveats of the study. One is that this study design can only show correlation not causation. Yoo says it also doesn't address the fact that \"sometimes positive emotions may not be healthy even in the U.S.\" Indeed some research points to the damaging health effects of our relentless pursuit of positivity and happiness.", "output": [ "Jiah Yoo" ] }, { "id": "task419-6be79c3617934fdb8e047a148fd7343e", "input": "WEST PALM BEACH Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at Vanity Fair after the magazine said an online video mocking Hillary Clinton “missed the mark.”\nThe video posted over the weekend shows editors of Vanity Fair’s Hive website offering toasts and New Year’s resolutions for Clinton including that she vow to take up knitting volunteer work or any hobby that would keep her from running again for president.\nThe backlash was swift. Among those to respond was actress Patricia Arquette who tweeted her own proposal — stop telling women what they should or can do.\nTrump added that Anna Wintour “is beside herself in grief & begging for forgiveness!”\n Wintour is the editor-in-chief of Vogue not Vanity Fair. She is also the artistic director of parent company Conde Nast which publishes both titles.", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-614b5dcf7516438eae0c3392896d6efc", "input": "Accustomed to the spotlight Omarosa Manigault Newman appeared on national television Thursday to push back against reports that she was fired from her job as a Trump assistant and director of communications for a White House office that deals with constituent groups.\n She also denied reports that she made a spectacle of herself while being escorted from the White House grounds calling the stories \"100 percent false\" and questioning why photos or video of her alleged misbehavior had yet to surface.\nBetter known by just her first name Manigault Newman told ABC's \"Good Morning America\" that she resigned this week after discussing some of her concerns with White House chief of staff John Kelly. The Secret Service said it had deactivated a pass granting her access to the White House complex though White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Manigault Newman would be on staff through the administration's one-year mark.\nBefore her resignation Kelly had advised Manigault Newman that changes were forthcoming — including her dismissal according to two White House officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss personnel matters.\n Manigault Newman was also expected to be at the White House on Thursday Huckabee Sanders said. She declined to say for what purpose or to explain why the former reality TV contestant will collect a salary through Jan. 20 citing a policy of declining extensive comment on personnel matters.\n\"The president likes Omarosa thanked her for her service \" Sanders told reporters. \"And again she 'll be here later this afternoon so she 's resigned from her position but there's really nothing else to add on that front.\"\nTrump himself sang her praises when he was asked at an unrelated White House event about the resignation.\nManigault Newman described her conversation with Kelly as being \"very candid.\" A newlywed she said she had a goal to make it to the administration's one-year mark and then \"get back to my life.\"\nSanders said Thursday was the first time she'd heard such comments from Manigault Newman .\nHer resignation — she was Trump's most visible African-American adviser — immediately raised questions about diversity in the senior ranks of the White House. Manigault Newman said in a separate interview with ABC's \"Nightline\" that it was challenging being the only black woman in the senior staff.", "output": [ "Omarosa Manigault Newman" ] }, { "id": "task419-6ddd158888eb4335a3d761ed06849786", "input": "One person who may actually help Gov. Cuomo during the upcoming corruption trials of his former aides and associates is President Trump.\nVeteran Democratic operative Hank Sheinkopf who in the past has worked for Cuomo ’s campaign said the governor “got lucky this time.”\nGOP consultant O'Brien Murray says the federal government shutdown could easily steal the spotlight from the opening day Monday of the federal corruption trial against long-time Cuomo confidante and former aide Joseph Percoco and several other associates of the governor.\n\" Cuomo must be happy about the shutdown ” O’Murray said. “Less attention on the start of the trail that will highlight the Cuomo corruption tax.”", "output": [ "Cuomo Cuomo", "Cuomo" ] }, { "id": "task419-f440a4e70e024b2d8eba77e5d36ee2bc", "input": "PARIS (Reuters) - French defense electronics group Thales (TCFP.PA) enjoyed a jump in sales at its cybersecurity business in 2017 and expects further strong growth in the coming years said executive Laurent Maury .\n Maury said the business generated about 900 million euros ($1.10 billion) in sales over 2017 up from 700 million euros a year earlier. He added it is expected to grow by about 10 percent annually in the coming years.\n“We’re only at the dawn of a world in which this kind of risk emerges constantly evolving with increased virulence ” Maury told reporters on Monday.\n“Every additional interconnection represents a potential vulnerability ” he added.\nIn 2016 it bought data protection services provider Vormetric for 375 million euros ($460 million) - a deal which Maury said had enabled Thales to win a data security contract with BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) France’s biggest bank.", "output": [ "Laurent Maury" ] }, { "id": "task419-74e12943e56743a8a04b8f9d72ed8ecf", "input": "In a robocall for populist conservative Roy Moore Trump pleaded with Alabama voters to support his pro-American immigration agenda — which includes building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border deporting illegal aliens punishing sanctuary cities that harbor criminal illegal aliens opposing amnesty and reducing legal immigration levels to benefit American workers — by opposing Jones in the December 12 election.\n“ Democrat Jones is soft on crime weak on immigration supports abortion he ’s bad for our military and bad for our vets ” Trump says. “We don’t want him . And he also by the way wants higher taxes.”\n“We need Roy voting for us ” Trump says. “I’m stopping illegal immigration and crime rebuilding a stronger military and protecting the Second Amendment and our pro-life values.”\n Jones has taken immigration positions that have put him in-line with the open borders lobby and corporate interests all of which advocate for more immigration and more imported foreign workers while American workers are forced to compete with a cheaper imported foreign workforce further driving down their already stagnant wages.\nWhen previously asked about sanctuary cities Jones deflected the question.\n“I’ll let someone else talk about sanctuary cities in California ” Jones told the Montgomery Advertiser in July.\nDespite its popularity among Alabama voters Jones has increasingly been a vocal opponent of Trump’s wall along the U.S.-Mexico border that would serve as the first path to ending illegal immigration in the country.\nAs Breitbart News reported Jones said of the wall:\n“No I do not. I think it’s too expensive ” Jones told Fox News when asked if he supported the construction of the border wall. “I don’t think we need to be spending $20 billion dollars ” Jones continued blasting the border wall. “I want to put it on healthcare I want to get tax cuts for the middle class.”\n Jones’s supposed concerns about the cost of the border wall fail to mention the annual cost of illegal immigration that while benefitting multinational corporations and the wealthy upper class has been a detriment to America’s working and middle classes.\n Jones even went as far as to use talking points from the most pro-open borders governor in the country California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) Breitbart News reported. In July Jones compared the building of a border wall to stop illegal immigration to the Berlin Wall the same comparison made by Brown just months earlier.\nAside from opposing Trump’s border wall Jones also supports giving amnesty to illegal aliens. Last month Jones said he not only supported the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program but also supported the DREAM Act which could lead to all 12 to 30 million illegal aliens in the U.S. receiving a pathway to citizenship.", "output": [ "Jones Jones", "Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-1d4d17e956b749e0ad80daf1da04997a", "input": "\"I assure you that we don't want bags of cash \" Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified on Tuesday during an appearance before the House Financial Services Committee. \"We want to make sure that we can collect our necessary taxes and other things.\"\nLast week a top Treasury official wrote in a letter to lawmakers that the department is \"consulting with law enforcement\" about whether to maintain the guidance for depository institutions. Last month a Mnuchin deputy testified at a Senate hearing that the banking document remains in effect while the administration weighs whether to revoke it.\nAt the Tuesday hearing Mnuchin confirmed that the department is \"reviewing the existing guidance.\" But he clarified that he doesn't want to rescind it without having an alternate policy in place to address public safety concerns.\nRep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) told Mnuchin that simply deleting the banking memo \"would really make it better for armed robbers in my community because there'd be huge amounts of cash at the local marijuana dispensary.\"\n\"We specifically haven't taken it down \" Mnuchin said of the 2014 memo. \"We are looking at what Justice has done. And again as I said we're sensitive to the issue of dealing with the public safety issue and also making sure that the IRS and others have ways of collecting taxes without taking in cash.\"", "output": [ "Steven Mnuchin" ] }, { "id": "task419-6e4ced491fec43c19e56de54bec2e0e6", "input": "Babacho Mama a former child soldier heads to English class at the primary school in Pibor South Sudan. (Peter Bauza for The Washington Post)\nThe Pibor Boys Primary School which hosts former child soldiers. (Peter Bauza for The Washington Post)\n Marko Maze 13 is one of the young former fighters who attend. (Peter Bauza for The Washington Post)\nA boy floats atop a piece of scrap metal in Pibor. According to UNICEF most children in South Sudan do not finish primary school and hardly any do in Pibor. (Peter Bauza for The Washington Post)\nBaba Kzwa a soldier turned livestock trader keeps a gun to secure his business in Pibor. (Peter Bauza for The Washington Post)\nBabacho Mama attends an English class at the Pibor Boys Primary School. (Peter Bauza for The Washington Post)\n But Mama was done trying to guess. He wrote the sentence in his notebook and stared straight ahead at the chalkboard.", "output": [ "Peter Bauza" ] }, { "id": "task419-55b635f5327844a18cbb530d156fee9e", "input": "Stephen Curry is turning 3s into âforeâ!\nThe Warriors star who moonlights as a professional golfer confessed to practicing his swing in a hotel room Thursday which unsurprisingly did not end well. Curry posted a photo of the damage on his Instagram account which showed a shattered glass table and shards of glass scattered over the chair and carpet.\nâWhen you feel like youâre on the @pgatour so you gotta get some swings going in the hotel room #idiot â he wrote.\nThe two-time NBA MVP made his professional golf debut last August competing on the Web.com Tour in the Ellie Mae Classic. Though he missed the cut after finishing the first two rounds 8-over and 11 strokes off the mark Curry gave the world a taste of his dual athletic talent. Out of the 156-man field he finished ahead of four players.\nWhile Curry may have to reprove himself on the links he shouldnât have to worry about the incident causing any damage to his bank account. The 29-year-old signed the first $200 million contract in NBA history last June keeping him in Golden State through the 2021-22 season.", "output": [ "Stephen Curry" ] }, { "id": "task419-b7ac6675449949c884f24cda01eebd01", "input": "Around The World In 42 Days : Frenchman Sets New Sailing Record Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP There is a new world record for sailing around the world : 42 days 16 hours 40 minutes and 35 seconds . If verified it is more than 6 days faster than the previous record set a year earlier . Enlarge this image toggle caption Thibault Camus / AP Thibault Camus / AP French sailor François Gabart aboard a 100 - foot trimaran set out on Nov . 4 to break the record held by countryman Thomas Coville . On Sunday Gabart crossed the virtual finish between France ' s northwest tip and Lizard Point in southwest England at 0145 GMT before turning homeward to Brest in northwestern France . He reportedly averaged 27 . 2 knots ( 31 . 3 mph ) over 27 859 . 7 nautical miles . YouTube Making such a journey is a difficult feat . It involves tackling the cold and stormy Southern Ocean that rings Antarctica all the while tending a high - performance sailing vessel at the edge of its performance envelope . After reaching Brest Gabart 34 said he was \" aching all over .\" \"[ It ' s ] been like that for weeks weeks since a proper sleep – I can hardly go on \" he told reporters after making landfall at Brest . \" It was hard and I was on the very edge of things the whole time .\" Exhausted or not Gabart managed to share a bottle of champagne with his shore crew . \" It hasn ' t sunk in yet but I know it ' s a great time \" he said . Britain ' s Dame Ellen MacArthur won the title for fastest non - stop circumnavigation in 2005 but lost it to Francis Joyon of France . She regained it three years later . Gabart ' s record must be verified by the World Sailing Speed Record Council which will scrutinize his vessel ' s GPS data before signing off on the new record .", "output": [ "Gabart" ] }, { "id": "task419-eae5be92ea424b109e0a198528900619", "input": "The Virginia governor's race has been captivating controversial and frequently cutting. Republican nominee Ed Gillespie a long-time party operative and lobbyist has dominated the campaign dialogue with a succession of racially tinged attacks on Democrat Ralph Northam the lieutenant governor. Though Virginia has been trending Democratic and final pre-election polls still show Northam leading Gillespie's onslaught has shaken the soft-spoken Democratic nominee and unnerved party activists desperate to record their first big electoral win of the Trump presidency.\nGiven that surveys have consistently shown Trump's approval rating below 40% in both states Gillespie and Guadagno must replicate McAuliffe's equation to prevail: they will need to win a higher percentage among Trump approvers than they lose among disapprovers. The challenge is that in both states Trump's disapproval rating among voters is likely to be much higher than Obama's was in 2013 leaving the GOP nominees less room for error.\n Gillespie has followed a distinctive strategy of keeping his distance from Trump personally (the President hasn't campaigned in the state) while embracing several of his key themes for instance on immigration. If that allows Gillespie to suppress his deficit among voters who disapprove of Trump he may offer a roadmap to other Republicans running in places dubious of the President.\nPopulation growth in Virginia since 2013 has continued to strengthen the groups and places where Democrats are strongest. But Democrats are nervous that Gillespie may inspire a turnout surge among Trump's core constituency of older blue-collar and non-urban whites with his racially provocative campaign -- which has included a full-throated endorsement of preserving Confederate monuments and unrelenting attacks on \"sanctuary cities\" and the Central American gang MS-13.\nAnother critical dynamic in Virginia will be how much the Trump factor -- and Gillespie 's turn toward Trump-like themes -- accelerates the shift in partisan allegiances between blue-collar and white-collar whites what I've called the class inversion.\nAs in most states Republicans now consistently post crushing advantages among Virginia whites without a college degree: Trump in 2016 Gillespie in his narrow 2014 Senate race defeat against Democrat Mark Warner Cuccinelli in 2013 presidential nominee Mitt Romney in 2012 and McDonnell in 2009 all carried about 70% or more of them. Gillespie needs to equal if not exceed that.\nDid the immigration issue help or hurt Gillespie ?\nNortham ran a bland mostly forgettable campaign but Gillespie planted a stake by igniting Trump-style cultural confrontations over Confederate monuments and especially \"sanctuary cities.\"\nWhether Gillespie wins or loses analysts in both parties believe other Republicans are likely to reprise his attacks next year because they have clearly shaken Northam. Already Guadagno has stressed the issue in the campaign's final weeks.\nBoth sides will be watching whether Gillespie 's arguments help him turn out the Trump constituency-and whether in a backlash they provoke larger turnout and/or bigger margins than usual for Democrats akmong non-white voters. Gillespie 's campaign insists the \"sanctuary city\" arguments are also helping him with suburban swing voters anxious about crime while the Northam campaign says the attacks' racial edge have alienated those voters. The answer has big implications for 2018 and both sides will be combing the Virginia results for clues -- particularly the results among college-educated whites and in the DC exurbs-about who's right.\nIn Virginia many political experts zero in on two counties. Chesterfield County just south of Richmond historically has favored Republicans but Trump significantly underperformed there. If Gillespie wobbles there too it will offer an indication of suburban backlash against his embrace of Trump-like themes. Another marker is well-educated Loudon County in the Washington DC exurbs. Gillespie narrowly carried it in 2014 but Clinton trounced Trump there. Gillespie can't afford that.", "output": [ "Ed Gillespie" ] }, { "id": "task419-fd462f99d1aa4bd99e5c4f32a93105af", "input": "Diana Lovejoy 45 collapsed in court after she was found guilty of a conspiracy charge as well as attempted murder prompting loud gasps from the courtroom.\nWhen court reconvened 30 minutes later Lovejoy was no longer at the defense table — instead she had been wheeled out by paramedics and taken to a nearby hospital FOX5 San Diego reported.\n Lovejoy and McDavid planned the crime after meeting at a gun range where she was taking lessons. According to prosecutors he contacted Lovejoy 's ex-husband Greg Mulvihill on Sept. 1 2016 posing as a private investigator claiming to have information on his estranged wife.\nThe caller instructed Mulvihill at the time to go to a remote dirt road where he could pick up a package containing materials related to Lovejoy prosecutor Jodi Breton told jurors. Mulvihill and a co-worker Jason Kovach drove to the area together to look for a package taped to a power pole.\nThe prosecutor said Mulvihill 45 was trying to reclaim his life after Lovejoy had made claims that he had molested their young son and sexually abused her. The couple had been separated since July 2014 and were in the final stages of completing their divorce FOX5 reported.\nAuthorities later determined the phone used to call Mulvihill was purchased by Lovejoy and feces found in the bushes at the scene of the shooting were traced to McDavid .\n McDavid 's attorney Ricky Crawford said his client was a trained marksman and retired Marine who fired his rifle only after he heard someone yell \"I have a gun!\"\n\"If Weldon McDavid wanted to kill someone with his skill set he would have done so \" Crawford told the jury. \"That was not his intent. \"\nLovejoy faces 25 years to life in prison while McDavid faces 50 years to life in prison when they are sentenced on Dec. 12.", "output": [ "McDavid intent.Diana Lovejoy", "Lovejoy" ] }, { "id": "task419-2a9d0718e1f647bf927936e95f52d31a", "input": "WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. refused to tell lawmakers about conversations he had with his father regarding a 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer after emails detailing the meeting had become public according to the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee.\nSpeaking to the committee behind closed doors on Wednesday as part of its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election Trump Jr. said he didn't tell the president about the meeting between Trump campaign officials and Russians when it happened and he declined to elaborate on what he ultimately told him after the meeting became public.\nCalifornia Rep. Adam Schiff said that Trump Jr. said he couldn't speak about the conversations with his father this summer because of attorney-client privilege telling the committee a lawyer was present when he spoke to his father about the June 2016 meeting and the emails that led up to it.\nThe Trump Tower meeting is a matter of keen interest to special counsel Robert Mueller who is also investigating the meddling and whether there was any obstruction of justice. Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner Trump's son-in-law attended the meeting with several Russian operatives under the impression that they might receive damaging information about the Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.\nMueller is also interested in the White House response to the meeting once it became public. The White House has said the president was involved in drafting an early statement saying the meeting primarily concerned a Russian adoption program but emails later released by Trump Jr. showed he enthusiastically agreed to the sit-down with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and others after he was promised dirt on his father's rival. Trump Jr. later said the promised material never materialized.\n Trump Jr. said during Wednesday's eight-hour interview that he spoke with President Donald Trump's communications aide Hope Hicks as early reports of the meeting emerged according to one person familiar with the interview. The New York Times was first to report the existence of the meeting last July and Trump Jr. released the emails detailing the planning for it several days later.\nRep. Adam Schiff D-Calif. ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee speaks to media after a House Intelligence Committee meeting where President Donald Trump's oldest son Donald Trump Jr. was interviewed behind closed doors on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)\n Trump Jr. also told the intelligence panel that he didn't tell his father about the 2016 meeting at the time that it happened according to the person familiar with his interview. The person was not authorized to speak about the testimony and asked not to be identified.\nBoth the House and the Senate intelligence committees have been interested in the Trump Tower meeting and have interviewed several participants. The Senate Judiciary Committee is also investigating the meeting and interviewed Trump Jr. behind closed doors in September.\nIn that interview Trump Jr. cast the 2016 meeting as simply an opportunity to learn about Clinton's \"fitness character or qualifications \" insisting to investigators that he did not collude with Russia to hurt Clinton's campaign.\nThe Senate intelligence committee also hopes to interview Trump Jr. before the end of the year.\nKushner has spoken to both intelligence committees. The panels have also interviewed Ike Kaveladze who was at the meeting as a representative of a Russian developer who once partnered with Trump to bring the Miss Universe pageant to Moscow and Rinat Akhmetshin a Russian-American lobbyist. A translator who was in attendance has also spoken to congressional investigators.\nRep. Trey Gowdy R-S.C. a member of the House Intelligence Committee heads to a closed-door session with the president's oldest son Donald Trump Jr. on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)\nLawmakers were also expected to ask Trump Jr. about his communications with WikiLeaks during and after the campaign. Trump Jr. released messages last month that showed him responding to the WikiLeaks' Twitter account three times at one point agreeing to \"ask around\" about a political action committee WikiLeaks had mentioned. He also asked the site about a rumor about an upcoming leak and tweeted a link that the account sent him .\nAlso Wednesday the House intelligence panel released a transcript of an interview last week with Erik Prince the founder of the security firm Blackwater and a prominent Trump supporter.\nAccording to the transcript which was partially redacted Prince told the panel he met a Russian with ties to President Vladimir Putin in the Seychelles islands earlier this year but he denies he was representing Trump in the exchange.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-d855af654202432698573cdd0cf39946", "input": "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday said the central bank will keep a close eye on the sliding U.S. dollar even as he pledged anew to keep interest rates at record-lows to nurture the economic recovery.\ndollar\n In remarks to the Economic Club of New York Bernanke engaged in a delicate dance.\n He made clear Fed policymakers will keep rates at super-low levels. Yet through his words Bernanke is also trying to bolster confidence in the dollar without actually raising rates a move that could short-circuit the fragile recovery.\n \"We are attentive to the implications of changes in the value of the dollar \" Bernanke said in rare remarks about the greenback. The Fed he said will continue to \"monitor these developments closely.\"\n Although commodity prices -- such as oil -- have risen lately that pickup likely reflects a revival in global economic activity and the recent depreciation of the dollar Bernanke said. Even so the Fed chief predicted inflation probably will remain \"subdued for some time.\"\n That gives the Fed leeway to hold rates at record-low levels for an \"extended period \" he said repeating a pledge made at the Fed's meeting earlier this month.\n Bernanke predicted the U.S. economy should continue to grow next year but he warned of \"important headwinds\" that will restrain the recovery including a weak job market and tight credit for small businesses and households.\n Those forces \"likely will prevent the expansion from being as robust as we would hope \" he said.\n Bernanke said the rebound reflected more than \"purely temporary factors\" and predicted growth would continue into next year.\n But he cautioned there is uncertainty about how the economy will evolve next year and warned that \"future setbacks are possible.\"\n Bernanke said the unemployment rate \"likely will decline only slowly\" if economic growth remains \"moderate\" as he expects.\n Because jobs are likely to remain scarce for some time consumers -- critical shapers of overall economic activity -- will be cautious about spending Bernanke said.\n Banks dealing with the fallout from soured commercial real estate loans also could slow progress on efforts to get credit flowing more freely again the Fed chief said. And credit difficulties will limit the ability of some businesses to expand and hire.\n \"Overall a number of factors suggest that employment gains may be modest during the early stages of the expansion \" Bernanke said.", "output": [ "Ben Bernanke" ] }, { "id": "task419-57faf08904b14351b1723e6e8cb2b590", "input": "Good news ... Dwyane Wade tells TMZ Sports he 's been talking with LeBron James and is planning to meet with him THIS WEEK . \nSo , if Bron 's serious about bringing him on ... maybe James should pay for dinner ?", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-761b05be23404402b5930fa9948472b8", "input": "LAS VEGAS — Charlene and her boyfriend were asleep in their room at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino when at 3 a.m. there was a sudden banging on the door. Dazed they thought it must be someone in another room. But the pounding continued.\nWhen they finally answered the door a SWAT team barged into the room.\n\" They were going room to room \" Charlene who declined to provide her last name told BuzzFeed News Tuesday afternoon. \" They searched the room the closet. They looked all around and then they were gone.\" The entire ordeal Monday morning lasted only a few minutes. When it ended Charlene turned on the TV and learned that Stephen Paddock had opened fire from the broken windows of another suite raining bullets down on a concert and killing at least 58 people in the deadliest shooting in modern US history. The attack has prompted an outpouring of support and mourning but at the hotel Paddock used as his perch its turned the once lively casino on the Las Vegas Strip into a virtual ghost town.\nA spokesperson for MGM Resorts International which owns Mandalay Bay said that business at the hotel was \"not slowing down \" and that \"it’s still too early to gauge near term impacts.\" The spokesperson added that the company is providing counseling to hotel employees and guests and said it was \"standard practice\" for companies to forbid their employees to speak to the media. Still the vacant silence was unmissable at Mandalay Bay. Kelly Powers a self-described Vegas regular who arrived at the hotel from Houston on Monday night said the employees she had interacted with seemed to be suffering. \"I think they're traumatized \" she said. \"I think they're wondering why this happened why it happened here.\" Charlene — the woman whose room was stormed by SWAT officers — and Powers were both among a handful of people passing the time Tuesday afternoon playing the slots. They had their run of the place but Charlene said that as empty as the casino was it was actually an improvement over a day earlier. \"It was eerie \" she said. \"It was empty all day Monday.\" Charlene who is visiting from Canada said that after the shooting guests were placed on lockdown in their rooms and did not receive information from the hotel about what was going on. When some tried to descend the elevators they were told by police to return to their rooms. \"We couldn't go anywhere and we couldn't do anything we had no direction \" Charlene said adding they had to remain in their room until around noon Monday. When they finally were allowed to leave their room and enter the casino there were no employees in sight. \"Nothing was open there was no staff\" Charlene recalled. \"It was kind of in shambles.\" Despite the chaos hotel patrons remained mostly optimistic Tuesday. Powers praised the staff \"for trying to do their jobs\" and Charlene said she doesn't fault the resort for what happened Sunday night. \"I'm not going to blame them \" Charlene said. \"I would come back.\"", "output": [ "Charlene" ] }, { "id": "task419-0acf28fde43841ad8ae1a592be9e91f8", "input": "TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan reappointed central bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda for another term on Friday and chose an advocate of bolder monetary easing as one of his deputies in a strong signal to investors that policymakers are in no rush to turn off a sweeping stimulus program.\nBank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a financial and monetary committee session at the Lower House of the parliament in Tokyo Japan February 16 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai\nAs a former top Japanese currency diplomat Kuroda had criticized the BOJ for not doing enough to ease the pain a strong yen was inflicting on an export-reliant economy.\n His calls for more radical monetary steps drew Abe’s attention and brought him to the BOJ helm in 2013 where he worked with Amamiya to deploy a sweeping asset-buying program.\nA workaholic who does not play golf or drink much - making him a rare breed among Japanese policy elites - Kuroda has proved to be a safe hand for the government with his unwavering commitment to keep the money spigot wide open.\n He befriended many overseas policymakers during his stint as head of the Asian Development Bank from 2005 to 2013.\nPeople who work with him or know him well say Kuroda appears lively and fit for another term despite his age and the demanding schedule which involves frequent overseas trips and visits to parliament to answer lawmakers’ questions.\n Kuroda will face challenges different from five years ago in his second term. The yen’s ascent to 15-month highs has drawn verbal intervention from the finance minister a sign Abe’s government may pile pressure on the BOJ to ramp up stimulus if yen rises persist.", "output": [ "Haruhiko Kuroda" ] }, { "id": "task419-73f9c185432e47eda33b6cb1bd5a10b1", "input": "But Americans' concerns about the technological capabilities of their own nation relative to those of the USSR didn't fully bloom until two months later after the Soviets had launched a dog to space and the United States' first attempt to loft a satellite had failed spectacularly said former NASA Chief Historian Roger Launius . [Sputnik 1! 7 Fun Facts About Humanity's First Satellite]\n\"The way I tend to phrase it is you get three strikes and you're out \" Launius told Space.com.\nThe launch of the beach-ball-size Sputnik 1 did not come as a shock to American national-security officials who had expected something big was in the works. But it did catch the public off-guard Launius said.\n\"The media at the time asked him a couple of questions about Sputnik and then they moved on to other things \" Launius said. \"The big story of the day was the Little Rock crisis — are you going to bring in federal troops to desegregate the Little Rock [Arkansas] school system?\"\nBut the mood shifted noticeably on Nov. 3 1957 when the USSR successfully launched Sputnik 2 to orbit Launius said.\n\"It certainly salved the open wound; there's no doubt about that \" Launius said of Explorer 1 which famously discovered the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding Earth.\nBut this success didn't erase all memories of the wound. Over time the three-tiered Sputnik moment spurred the U.S. government to ramp up the nation's technological capabilities Launius said.", "output": [ "Roger Launius" ] }, { "id": "task419-b1edec9719fb4e27b11440a516632c99", "input": "So once again we put out the call to Syrian contacts around the U.S. And we found a woman named Fadia . She was born and raised in Aleppo and came to the U.S. more than 30 years ago. She and her husband raised their children here. She asked that we not use her last name because she still has family in Aleppo and doesn't want them to get in trouble if the wrong person hears of her participation in this story.\nBut her family — they were our in.\nSo that's how it happened that one of Fadia's relatives walked in to Syrjeia by the public garden and said \"There's a radio show in New York that wants to talk to you.\"\nA few weeks later I was in Fadia 's living room in the New York suburbs calling Imad Syrjeia on an app called Viber that the Syrian government can't track. Imad's father opened the restaurant in the 1970s and has since passed away.\nAt first Imad was wary. Fadia explained her family's connection to his and reminded him of the person who had come into his store talking about a radio show in New York. She said it's just a show about food — nothing political. He said OK.\nWhen I asked how he and the restaurant were doing Imad insisted everything was great. But Fadia said he would never dare say otherwise in case the wrong person is listening.\n\" He doesn't know you \" she explains. \" He can't even say it to me . I'm Syrian but he won't.\"\nI don't speak Arabic. (Later on I had the recording of this conversation translated.) But just hearing Imad's voice coming out of the speaker in that moment was deeply moving. Knowing his voice was coming from a place that the news had told me was destroyed.\nAs Fadia and I said goodbye to him he invited me to Syria.\n\"He will welcome you \" said Fadia enthusiastically. \"They're very generous. They welcome everybody!\"", "output": [ "Fadia" ] }, { "id": "task419-c27f4009d85b45b985442b320fe5ef5c", "input": "Actor John Bradley who plays Sam Tarly told TV Guide that characters are going to keep being pushed by new elements and traveling the seven kingdoms deeper and faster than ever before.\n\"Each of the characters this year is placed in a completely alien environment at some point in the season that they've never been placed in before \" Bradley said. \"The thrill is seeing how they react to it and how they respond... This season I think more than any other is stretching these characters.\"\nBut Bradley 's comments are intriguing from a character perspective. An alien environment isn't necessarily a physical place; it's an unfamiliar situation (Arya no longer sniffing out traitors) an important task (Cersei trying to play nice with others) or a new threat (White! Walkers!).\n\"The stakes definitely feel ramped up \" Bradley told TV Guide. \"We know that we've got a real job to do. This has been a part of people's lives for so many years. This is our eighth season and we are kind of feeling the pressure to get it right because we want to satisfy people...we just kind of want to give them an ending that they deserve.\"", "output": [ "Bradley" ] }, { "id": "task419-9efbcdb174a34e73aa28b9e5340253b1", "input": "CLEVELAND , Ohio -- At one point it appeared LeBron James and Josh Gordon were going to intersect in Cleveland -- two stars embedded in the city 's sports landscape . \nBut as James was bringing the Cavaliers back to prominence after a four-year stint in Miami , Gordon 's life was spiraling out of control and his football future was in peril . \n\"I applaud Josh for what he 's doing ,\" James said . \n\"I have zero relationship with Josh Gordon , but I have a lot of knowledge about substance abuse ,\" James said late Tuesday night following the Cavaliers ' fourth preseason game . \nEarlier in the day , Gordon opened up about his drug and alcohol abuse during a 13-minute documentary on Uninterrupted , the online media platform James created for athletes . \nWhile the Cavs star expressed his support for Gordon on social media , James elaborated on that a little more , explaining why he could empathize . \n\"I 've had someone in my family that 's had substance abuse and it 's very easy to point the finger at people when you do n't know what they 're going through ,\" James said .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-87d032b45b064808af49083de1b3ad9c", "input": "The behavior by Dylan Howard currently the chief content officer of American Media Inc. occurred while he was running the company's Los Angeles office according to men and women who worked there. Howard 's self-proclaimed nickname was \"Dildo \" a phallus-shaped sex toy the former employees said. His conduct led to an internal inquiry in 2012 by an outside consultant and former employees said he stopped working out of the L.A. office after the inquiry.\n Howard quit soon after the report was completed but the company rehired him one year later with a promotion that landed him in the company's main office in New York. It was not clear whether Howard faced any discipline over the accusations. AP is not aware of any sexual harassment allegations involving Howard since he was rehired.\nThe AP spoke with 12 former employees who knew about the investigation into Howard 's behavior though not all were aware of every detail. The outside investigator hired to examine complaints about Howard 's behavior also confirmed to AP that he completed a report.\nIn a brief phone interview with the AP Howard characterized the ex-employees' claims as \"baseless.\"\nA lawyer for American Media confirmed Tuesday that an outside investigator was hired to look into two employees' claims about Howard 's behavior.\nThe lawyer Cam Stracher said the investigation did not show serious wrongdoing. Stracher confirmed that one employee had complained that Howard said he wanted to create a Facebook account for her vagina but Stracher said Howard said that never happened.\nIn his job Howard oversees those newsrooms.\nAMI spokesman Jon Hammond described the two employees who had formally complained about Howard 's alleged behavior as \"disgruntled.\"\nTwo former employees one a senior manager and another a reporter in the L.A. office agreed to be publicly identified to discuss Howard 's behavior.\n\"The behavior that Dylan displayed and the way he was and the way the company dealt with it — I just think that it has to be made public because it's completely unacceptable \" said Maxine \"Max\" Page a former senior editor at RadarOnline. She complained to the human resources department about Howard 's behavior on behalf of two female reporters.\n Howard made inappropriate comments to and about one of those women Page and six other ex-employees said. Howard told employees in the newsroom he wanted to create a Facebook account on behalf of the woman's vagina commented on her sex life and forced her and other female employees to either watch or listen to graphic recordings of sex involving celebrities despite there being no professional rationale for doing so they said.\nA former senior editor recalled Howard wrongly claimed during a newsroom meeting that the woman had had sex with a journalism source and praised her for it saying she needed to \"do what you need\" to get a story.\nThe woman Howard was discussing confirmed these and other incidents to the AP but declined to be identified.\nPage and four other employees recounted instances in which Howard talked about his own sexual exploits including descriptions of his partners' physical attributes.\nStracher the company lawyer said no one interviewed by the outside investigator complained about Howard 's handling of pornographic material. Stracher said there was nothing inherently inappropriate about that in the celebrity news business.\nStracher also said no one complained to the investigator about Howard 's alleged encouragement of a reporter to sleep with news sources.", "output": [ "Dylan Howard" ] }, { "id": "task419-3562bc1e2a8c4069ba96503daa79cb84", "input": "Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge avoiding prison time on Nov. 3. Bergdahl who the Taliban held hostage for five years pleaded guilty in October to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (The Washington Post)\nArmy Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge avoiding prison time on Nov. 3. Bergdahl who the Taliban held hostage for five years pleaded guilty in October to charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. (The Washington Post)\nFORT BRAGG N.C. — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl who in 2009 walked off a U.S. military outpost in eastern Afghanistan and spent the next five years in enemy captivity was sentenced Friday to a dishonorable discharge from the Army but will avoid prison time.\n Bergdahl ’s case sparked ferocious debate over his actions and the controversial prisoner exchange that led to his release in 2014 challenging the military’s bedrock principle of never leaving a soldier behind.\nIt also was overshadowed by President Trump’s accusation that Bergdahl is a traitor who should be executed. Bergdahl’s defense siezed on those remarks arguing they compromised his right to a fair hearing. Nance indicated earlier this week that Trump’s statements could result in a less severe sentence.\nSgt. Bowe Bergdahl leaves the courthouse after the seventh day of sentencing proceedings in his court martial at Fort Bragg N.C. on Nov. 2 2017. (REUTERS/Jonathan Drake) (Jonathan Drake/Reuters)\nAs a consequence of his dishonorable discharge Bergdahl will lose all benefits including medical care afforded to military veterans. He will also forfeit $1 000 a month for the next 10 months. His rank will be reduced from sergeant to private.\nFidell said in a written statement that Bergdahl is grateful to those who searched for him during his captivity and to those who helped secure his release. He also excoriated Trump for what he called an “unprincipled effort to stoke a lynchmob atmosphere” during the presidential campaign.\n[The Army let a convicted murderer into Bowe Bergdahl’s trial. He said ‘I got a firing squad standing by.’]\nThe sentence closes a major chapter in what’s become an eight-year odyssey. Bergdahl the sole U.S. service member to be captured in Afghanistan became a political lightning rod across two administrations. The episode drew in Trump and former President Barack Obama who was roundly criticized for holding a Rose Garden ceremony to celebrate Bergdahl’s return even as details of the soldier’s voluntary abandonment had begun to circulate.\nTrump said on the campaign trail that Bergdahl was a “dirty rotten traitor” who should be executed. Bergdahl’s sentencing hearing began Oct. 23 with a motion from Bergdahl’s attorneys to dismiss the case on grounds Trump improperly used his position as commander in chief to interfere in the process. Trump recently referred back to his inflammatory statements.\n Bergdahl walked away from his combat outpost just before midnight June 29 2009 in what an Army investigation determined was an attempt to cause a crisis and draw attention to concerns that Bergdahl had about his leaders.\nWhile Bergdahl and his lawyers have said it was a decision he later regretted prosecutor Maj. Justin Oshana said Thursday that “it wasn’t a mistake it was a crime.”\n Bergdahl was captured within hours by armed Taliban fighters on motorcycles and turned over to the Haqqani network a group in Pakistan that tortured him on and off for years. His release was secured as part of a controversial prisoner exchange initiated by the Obama administration in 2014 in which five Taliban militants were swapped for the U.S. soldier.\n[For those tasked with finding Bowe Bergdahl deep resentment remains]\nThe prosecution has said Bergdahl’s decisions contributed to grim injuries as the war effort in eastern Afghanistan ground to halt so that thousands of U.S. and Afghan troops charged with rolling back Taliban influence and securing polling stations for upcoming elections could instead look for Bergdahl . But the trail quickly grew cold. Later they would learn he had been spirited away to Pakistan.", "output": [ "Bowe Bergdahl" ] }, { "id": "task419-435a1233248d48659057df671aecc9f8", "input": "TOKYO ( AP ) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Monday the United States should be aware that his country ’ s nuclear forces are now a reality not a threat . But he also struck a conciliatory tone in his New Year ’ s address wishing success for the Winter Olympics set to begin in the South in February and suggesting the North may send a delegation to participate . Kim wearing a Western - style gray suit and tie said in his customary annual address his country had achieved the historic feat of “ completing ” its nuclear forces and added he has a nuclear button on his desk . “ The U . S . should know that the button for nuclear weapons is on my table ” he said during the speech as provisionally translated by the AP . The official transcript of his address was expected to be released shortly . “ The entire area of the U . S . mainland is within our nuclear strike range . … The United States can never start a war against me and our country .” Kim also called for improved relations with the South an idea mentioned in speeches more often than it is met . He said the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics would be a good opportunity to showcase the status of the Korean nation . He said the North and South could meet urgently to discuss the North sending a delegation . “ The Winter Olympic games that will be held soon in the South will be a good opportunity to display the status of the Korean nation and we sincerely wish that the event will be held with good results ” he said . The New Year ’ s address is an annual event in the North and is watched closely for indications of the direction and priorities Kim may adopt in the year ahead . This year ’ s speech was seen as particularly important because of the high tensions over Pyongyang ’ s frequent missile launches and its nuclear test in 2017 . The tests were the focus of fiery verbal exchanges between the North and U . S . President Donald Trump who has derisively called Kim “ little rocket man .” Kim also stressed North Korea ’ s economic achievements during the speech and noted the importance of improving the nation ’ s standard of living . ___ AP writer Kim Tong - hyung in Seoul South Korea contributed to this report .", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb30a117120e46239a5514d2f99edbe9", "input": "There's no question that Chicago police detective Dante Servin killed Rekia Boyd when he fired five shots at a group of people in a dark West Side alley . The question is whether his actions were justified because he had a reasonable fear that his life was in danger.\nWe'll never know the answer because Cook County Judge Dennis Porter got stuck on a different question: Should Servin have been charged with a more serious crime than involuntary manslaughter?\n Servin 's trial ended Monday with a directed verdict of not guilty because Porter decided prosecutors had aimed too low.\n Servin was off duty and in his personal car when he got in a shouting match with the group in March 2012. His lawyers say he drew his gun and fired when Antonio Cross pulled an object from his waistband and pointed it at Servin . Boyd was hit in the back of the head. She died two days later. She was 22.\nAfter three days of testimony Porter abruptly ended Servin 's bench trial. He said prosecutors had shown \"beyond a reasonable doubt\" that Servin killed Boyd and that the officer fired the shots knowing they were likely to cause great bodily harm or death. Those elements would add up to first-degree murder the judge said unless Servin could prove he acted in self defense. But Servin never had to make that case.\nAnother look at the Dante Servin verdict . (WGN TV) Another look at the Dante Servin verdict . (WGN TV) SEE MORE VIDEOS\nTo win a conviction on the involuntary manslaughter charge prosecutors needed to prove that Servin acted recklessly — without regard for the risks.\n Servin couldn't be convicted of first-degree murder because he was charged with involuntary manslaughter. And he couldn't be convicted of involuntary manslaughter Porter said because there was no evidence of reckless behavior.\nThe appellate courts said the evidence supported a first-degree murder conviction and the defendants weren't entitled to be tried on a less serious charge. Their convictions were upheld. Servin 's outcome turns that on its head.\nWe asked around and found some attorneys who agreed with Porter's reasoning and some who didn't. It's not subject to appeal because Servin was found not guilty. The case is over.\n Servin did not help matters with his comments to reporters after the verdict. He repeated his contention that Boyd's death was an accident — let's be clear the judge said no such thing — and said he was lucky not to be \"a police death statistic.\"\n\"Antonio Cross is a would-be cop killer and that's all I have to say \" Servin said.\n Servin was making an off-duty burger run in his personal car when the confrontation occurred. He was not putting his life on the line to serve and protect.\nCross is not a would-be cop killer. His \"weapon\" turned out to be a cell phone. An aggravated assault charge against him was dropped in March 2013 the same day the city agreed to a $4.5 million wrongful death settlement with Boyd's relatives.", "output": [ "Dante Servin" ] }, { "id": "task419-8a7b1b3237e8494ab649ee5be325005c", "input": "A recent trip to the beach left Kim Kardashian feeling badly about her body.\n The reality star admits she was deeply troubled by the critical comments some people made about her body after unflattering photos of her in a bikini this past April in Mexico emerged online.\n\"You take pictures and people just body shame you \" Kardashian said on Sunday's episode of \"Keeping Up with the Kardashians.\"\n\"It's like literally giving me body dysmorphia \" she said. \"Like I'm so insecure I just can't take it.\"\nBody dysmorphia is a medical condition that occurs when someone's perception of their own physical appearance leaves them imagining or exaggerating flaws to an obsessive extent. Kardashian did not specify whether she 'd actually been diagnosed with the condition during the episode.\n Kim Kardashian spoke about feeling insecure during Sunday’s episode of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Tom Ford)\nThe photos surfaced during Kardashian 's trip to Mexico for her older sister Kourtney's 38th birthday. In the episode Kourtney suggests they go jet-skiing but Kim declines.\n\"I can't have fun after seeing those pics there's other pics where I look so good and it's just from a different angle \" she says.\nIt's not the first time Kardashian has opened up about that incident taking a toll on her . She said during an appearance on \"The View\" in June that she believed the pictures had been photoshopped.\n Kim Kardashian feared for her safety while staying in Mexico\n\"I saw these awful photos of myself when I was on a trip in Mexico and people were Photoshopping them and sharpening them \" she said.\n Kim Kardashian 's hottest moments\nKardashian 36 added on the daytime talk show that she hadn't worked out in several months after undergoing a pair of surgeries on her uterus.\n\"I definitely was not in my best shape \" she said adding that she started working out with a bodybuilder shortly after.\n Kardashian also revealed on this Sunday's wide-ranging episode of \"Keeping Up with the Kardashians\" that she used to seek out paparazzi by going to venues where she knew photographers were present but was no longer interested in doing so.", "output": [ "Kim Kardashian" ] }, { "id": "task419-317ee90cb7b749acafb2246fb70d0691", "input": "The movie that was nominated for several Oscars began as a self-published book by Andy Weir . NPR's Lynn Neary looks at how an unknown author's book became a hit audio book and major motion picture.\nSelf-published authors often dream of snagging a big contract with a major publishing house. But after Andy Weir 's self-published \"The Martian\" online its next stop was not print. Instead it got picked up by a small Canadian audiobook company. Of course it was eventually made into a movie and nominated for multiple Oscars. We 'll find out tomorrow night how many it wins. NPR's Lynn Neary has our story.\nLYNN NEARY BYLINE: When Podium Publishing discovered \"The Martian \" it was a new and very small audiobook company. Andy Weir was a complete unknown.\nGREG LAWRENCE: When we talked to Andy Weir when I talked to him on the phone he'd never spoken with a publisher before.\nNEARY: Tonn had to be persuaded to read the book. But once he did he was on board. And Podium reached out to the author. Andy Weir says it had never occurred to him to pitch his book to a publishing company. And it didn't bother him at all that he was being approached by an audiobook publisher.\n ANDY WEIR: I was surprised that anyone was interested. Remember at this time I didn't think that the book would have any mainstream appeal. So I thought it was just - oh you know it's just a book you know by a dork for dorks.\nNEARY: The growing popularity of Weir 's self-published book also caught the attention of Random House which wanted to make a deal for \"The Martian.\" But Weir says there was one small problem. By then he already had a contract with Podium.\n WEIR : The contract basically said I couldn't make a print edition of the book. So when Random House started expressing an interest thankfully the guys at Podium were just like oh sure we'll let you buy that back.\nNEARY: Podium Publishing said Greg Lawrence has never had any regrets about its decision to revert the rights back to Weir .\nNEARY: One immediate benefit - both contracts required Andy Weir to take down the online version of the book. And that says Weir gave the audiobook a big sales boost.\n WEIR : For about six or eight months or something like that there was no version of \"The Martian\" available at all other than the audiobook. So I think everybody won.\nNEARY: There have been one more than 100 000 reviews of the audio version of \"The Martian \" on audible.com. And Andy Weir says he 's made more money from the audiobook than he has from the movie. Lynn Neary NPR News Washington.", "output": [ "Andy Weir" ] }, { "id": "task419-b26b3ec3fea543cf9381e6ae44d8785a", "input": "“The market is just stronger everywhere ” Airbus sales chief John Leahy told reporters.\n“We beat Boeing one last time ... we just went for it ” Leahy told Reuters.\nBoth bequeathed challenging targets to their successors as Leahy predicted that orders would exceed deliveries in 2018 for the ninth year in a row while Bregier predicted “close to 800” deliveries this year as output accelerates after engine delays.\n Leahy confirmed a Reuters report that the future of the A380 lies with Emirates even though other airlines are interested in smaller numbers of the 544-seat jets. If the deal falls through Airbus would have “no choice” but to close production he said.", "output": [ "John Leahy" ] }, { "id": "task419-b25b9798fe6d42e3928256b64449dfbb", "input": "The changing U.S. economic and education structure has created a need for private funding for public schools according to Wall Street billionaire Steve Schwarzman .\n Schwarzman founder of private-equity firm Blackstone Group and worth $13 billion according to Forbes advised 3 000 superintendents that public schools need to start working to raise private funding in order to compete according to the report.\n\"Part of it is if you've never done this type of work in terms of raising money it's preparing people psychologically for the difficulty of asking \" Schwarzman told B.I. \"You have to be psychologically prepared to just keep asking.\"\nAnd things will only get worse according to Schwarzman .\n\"I think the roadblocks are basically just tradition \" Schwarzman told B.I. \"What I'm talking about is just typically not done.", "output": [ "Steve Schwarzman" ] }, { "id": "task419-76641508fec24bf4bc390c3deb2fbd48", "input": "Washington (CNN) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said today that the United States has provided no evidence for its claims that US diplomats in Havana have come under deliberate sonic attack and raised the question of whether the Trump administration is using the diplomats' injuries to unwind recent progress in creating closer ties.\n\"There is no evidence there is no evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of the alleged incidents or the cause or origin of these ailments reported by US diplomats \" Rodriguez Parrilla said today in Washington. \"Neither is there any evidence suggesting that these health problems have been caused by an attack of any sort during their stay in Cuba.\"\n\"These health problems are being used as a pretext of a political character ... to harm bilateral relations \" Rodriguez Parrilla said at a press conference at the National Press Club. \"The US government should stop politicizing this issue.\"\n The Cuban minister said that the United States hasn't provided his government with any proof to substantiate President Donald Trump's statement that Cuba is to blame for medical problems suffered by more than 22 US diplomats and family members some of whom have reportedly suffered brain injuries.\n Rodriguez Parrilla also slammed Trump for his rhetoric about the island nation citing the \"repeated disrespectful and offensive statements on Cuba by the US president.\" Trump's rhetoric is responsible for \"re-launching the hostile rhetoric of the periods of sharpest confrontation \" he said.\n He added that anyone who claims the diplomats' health problems are the result of an attack is \"deliberately lying.\"", "output": [ "Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla" ] }, { "id": "task419-7cbbc2ab7f3141b59cccd2ef2487eace", "input": "A smiling Pope Francis drew a big crowd at an outdoor Mass in the Chilean capital Tuesday during the first full day of his six-day visit to Chile and Peru.\n Francis started the day with a speech in which he pleaded for forgiveness for the \"irreparable damage\" done to children who were raped and molested by priests.\n The pope celebrated Mass in O'Higgins Park before a crowd estimated at about 400 000 people. He later brought some inmates to tears during an emotional visit to a women's prison.\n His final public event was a meeting with priests and nuns at in a full Cathedral of Santiago ablaze with lighted candles.", "output": [ "Pope Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-50becfafb1c049238fa1ba7ca08aabac", "input": "Martins’ lawyer Mark Bederow said Chambers’ story didn’t add up and that her lawyer Michael David has “repeatedly contradicted” her sworn claims.\n David responded that he had learned about the incident only 10 days ago when Chambers’ mother recounted the disturbing details to him .\n David reiterated that his client’s story was consistent and that the tactics by the defense were similar to those allegedly deployed by cops in the hospital.\n“The defense is making up the contradictions to further bully and intimidate the rape victim ” David said.\nBederow retorted that David has ­“repeatedly contradicted the sworn claims of his client as he seeks to promote [a] lawsuit.”", "output": [ "Michael David" ] }, { "id": "task419-505faa69ae3c4c4f88b1b9b414bf47e9", "input": "The one upside was that a British cyber-security researcher Marcus Hutchins managed to trigger a \"kill switch\" halting the attack prematurely. More on him in a bit...\n August: From hero to hounded\nMarcus Hutchins never wanted to be exposed as the \"Wannacry hack hero\" and his name only became public after British newspapers revealed him to be cyber-security blogger Malware Tech against his will.\nThe US accused him of having developed banking malware several years ago and of selling it on dark web forums - charges Mr Hutchins denies.", "output": [ "Marcus Hutchins" ] }, { "id": "task419-cfdc0ac727ef40e2a7e8a29fb554c6a8", "input": "Ronan Farrow made some personal sacrifices to report out his bombshell New Yorker investigation on Harvey Weinstein's pattern of predatory sexual harassment.\nTwo people familiar with the situation confirmed to Business Insider that Farrow missed his sister Quincy Farrow's wedding on October 7 as he was racing to finish his story.\n Farrow 's path to publishing the story was arduous.\nThough he remained an NBC contributor Farrow faced a number of barriers when he tried to report the story at NBC News.\nAccording to HuffPost when NBC tried to stop him from shooting an interview with a victim who agreed to speak on camera Farrow paid out of his own pocket for a TV crew.\nThe New Yorker story has reinvigorated interest among television executives in Farrow 's journalism career several years after his weekly daytime show on MSNBC was canceled amid a broad lineup change.\nPage Six reported that multiple television networks including CNN ABC and CBS are all pursuing contracts with Farrow who has spent the last several years working with NBC's investigative team.\n Farrow declined to comment.", "output": [ "Ronan Farrow" ] }, { "id": "task419-58d16a38f2c0464e8103683e15554f72", "input": "Such is the situation in Peru and Chile where Pope Francis is paying a visit this week. However beneficent his reputation the sordid past of such men and institutions keeps coming back to afflict his papacy like a recurrent debilitating disease.\nThings aren’t much better for the pope in Chile where Francis will begin his official apostolic visit when he arrives Monday evening.\n Francis recently appointed controversial Bishop Juan Barros to head the diocese of the city of Osorno in the south of the country even though Barros worked directly under Fernando Karadima a priest convicted of sexual abuse by the Vatican and sentenced to the usual “life of prayer and penitence” in a secluded monastery. Barros denies knowing of Karadima’s crimes even though he is named by several witnesses as ultimately aiding in the cover-up and sent a letter to the Vatican in support of the known predator during the Vatican’s investigation.\nAccording to documents seen by the Associated Press Francis considered sending Barros on a sabbatical to avoid any potential dust-up among abuse survivors but as the AP reports it was a decision “ he didn't ultimately take.”\nLast Friday four Catholic churches in Santiago were firebombed ahead of the pope’s visit. A note left behind in the Santa Isabel de Hungría church used Spanish orthography changed to eliminate masculine and feminine gender declaring for example “We will never submit to the dominion they want to exercise over our bodies [nuestrxs cuerpxs]... ” It concluded “ Pope Francis the next bombs will be in your cassock.”\n Francis has been widely criticized for his mixed messaging on clerical sex abuse. He has not yet renewed the mandate of his commission on clerical sex abuse which expired on Dec. 17. Peter Saunders a victim of clerical sex abuse and member of the commission who had been on leave for the better part of the year officially resigned from the commission in December citing “disappointment that that commission had not done more” as his primary reason. He has been invited by protesters in Chile to join the demonstrations to stand in solidarity with victims in protests against the pontiff.\n The pope will begin his apostolic visit late Monday evening in Chile before moving on to Peru later in the week. He will return to Rome Jan. 21.", "output": [ "Pope Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-e12672980ed54569860ff857917443f9", "input": "ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday said his government will push ahead with plans to seize control of charities run by an Islamist designated a terrorist by Washington and warned the United States not to weaken Pakistan.\n Abbasi brushed off U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent tweet accusing Pakistan of “lies and deception” in its commitment to fighting terrorism as he raised the prospect of charging the United States to use Pakistan’s airspace to resupply NATO troops in Afghanistan.\n Abbasi said Pakistan had made progress in curbing terrorist financing after meetings with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) an international body that warned Islamabad could be put on a watchlist for not doing enough to stop the practice.\n Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi speaks during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad Pakistan January 22 2018. REUTERS/Caren Firouz\n“We’ve had several meetings on that and from what I’ve seen a large part of those actions have been taken ” Abbasi said.\n Former petroleum minister Abbasi said any sanctions against Pakistan would be counter-productive to the country’s own battle against Islamist militants which he called “the largest war on terror in the world”.\n“Any constraints put on Pakistan actually only serve to degrade our capability to fight the war against terror ” he said.\n Abbasi said Trump’s tweet was “unacceptable” in its tone and that Pakistan should not be “scapegoated” for U.S. failures in Afghanistan.\n“That is something ... we cannot accept because nobody’s suffered more than Pakistan ” Abbasi said adding that tens of thousands of Pakistani have died from militancy that has inflicted damage worth $120 billion to the economy.\n Abbasi said much of the suspended aid was from the Coalition Support Fund (CSF) a U.S. Defence Department program to reimburse allies for the costs of supporting counter-terrorist and counter-insurgency operations.\n He said the U.S. needed to respect Pakistan’s contribution to the fight against Islamist militancy and raised the prospect of charging Washington for air transport flights that have been resupplying U.S.-led troops and Afghan forces in landlocked Afghanistan.\n“If somebody wants to start quantifying expenses and aid I think let’s put this on the table also. Let’s discuss that ” Abbasi said though he added that such talk was “hypothetical”.\n Abbasi dismissed media reports that Islamabad has ended intelligence sharing with the U.S. military as false.\nAnd he also spoke fondly about a brief discussion he had with Trump in September at a reception at the U.N General Assembly in New York.\n“I found him to be fairly warm ” he said. “Somebody that you would like to engage with and talk to.”", "output": [ "Shahid Khaqan Abbasi" ] }, { "id": "task419-dfb0f8920475418eb62b233bbd5b2275", "input": "(Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) reaffirmed on Sunday it is talking with the Shanghai municipal government to set up a factory in the region and expects to agree on a plan by the end of the year but declined to comment on a report that a deal has been reached.\nFILE PHOTO: Tesla Model 3 cars are seen as Tesla holds an event at the factory handing over its first 30 Model 3 vehicles to employee buyers at the company’s Fremont facility in California U.S. on July 28 2017. Courtesy Tesla/Handout via REUTERS\nChina levies a 25 percent duty on sales of imported vehicles and has not allowed foreign automakers to establish wholly owned factories in the country the world’s largest auto market. Those are problems for Tesla which wants to expand its presence in China’s growing electric vehicle market without compromising its independence or intellectual property.\n Tesla would still have to pay a 25 percent duty on cars built in a free trade zone but it could lower its production costs.\n Tesla on Sunday pointed to a statement it made in June that the company “is working with the Shanghai Municipal Government to explore the possibility of establishing a manufacturing facility in the region to serve the Chinese market. As we’ve said before we expect to more clearly define our plans for production in China by the end of the year.”\nA Tesla spokesperson in the United States declined to comment further beyond referring to the June statement.\nThe Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla and the Shanghai government have reached a deal in that city’s free trade zone. Shanghai is China’s de facto automotive capital and a significant market for luxury vehicles of all kinds.\nChinese internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd(0700.HK) has a five percent stake in Tesla and is seen as a potential ally for Tesla ’s efforts to enter the Chinese market.\nIt was unclear if the Chinese government will conclude a deal with Tesla to coincide with U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit next month.\n Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has said the company eventually will need vehicle and battery manufacturing centers in Europe and Asia.\n Tesla is wrestling with production problems at its sole factory in Fremont California. It is trying to accelerate output of its new Model 3 sedan but conceded earlier this month that production bottlenecks had held third-quarter production to just 260 vehicles well short of the 1 500 previously planned.", "output": [ "Tesla" ] }, { "id": "task419-e6f875193db24b8783ac197a14823050", "input": "Facebook’s first major investor Peter Thiel has sold three-quarters of his remaining stake in the social network as part of a previously established trading plan a regulatory filing showed.\n Thiel who is a member of Facebook’s board had already sold more than $1 billion worth of its stock before the filing made on Tuesday.\n It said he had sold another 160 805 shares for about $29 million leaving his holdings at 59 913 Class A shares in the company.\n Thiel co-founded payment service PayPal and is known for funding the Hulk Hogan lawsuit that led to the shutdown of online news site Gawker. He became a Facebook investor in 2004 with an initial investment of $500 000 at a $5 million valuation.\nWhen Zuckerberg took the company public in 2012 Thiel sold 16.8 million shares at the IPO for about $640 million. Later the same year he sold roughly 20 million of his remaining 26 million shares for $400 million after the expiry of a lockup.", "output": [ "Peter Thiel" ] }, { "id": "task419-2697e19764fd4d6c9894f21c9f76aa77", "input": "Larry Summers the treasury secretary during the Clinton administration said “thousands would die” because of the Republican tax plan that is gradually making its way through Congress before President Donald Trump signs it into law as early as this month.\n Summers said he based his grim assertion on the work by another economist Kate Baicker who served on the Council of Economic Advisers during the administration of President George W. Bush. She now is dean of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.\n“The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the tax bill could reduce insurance coverage by 13 million people which to be conservative we can round down to 10 million people ” Summers wrote in a blog for the Financial Times. “If we treat the 176 to 830 range as implying that it is safe to assume that 1 000 more uninsured means one death the conclusion would follow that the tax bill would result in 10 000 extra deaths per year.”\n Summers said there are many issues that can affect such an outcome.\nWhile people are still free to buy health insurance even if the federal government doesn’t require them to do so Summers cites two reasons for why they likely won’t.", "output": [ "Larry Summers" ] }, { "id": "task419-becbba74626c4476895e1c007bca28e9", "input": "On the morning Ron Williams prepared to run the 1984 Chicago Marathon he received a phone call informing him that his father had died . Hours later Williams finished the race and then went with his sister to attend to funeral duties . \" I wasn ' t feeling sadness \" Williams said . \" He ' d had a series of heart attacks and we had enjoyed a blessed extra 15 years of having him around . I felt more like I was honoring him by running . There wasn ' t any question that I still would run .\" For Williams and five other hardy souls there never has been any question . Through injury and exhaustion rain and heat and snow divorce and even death in the family Williams Joe Antonini Randy Burt Henry Kozlowski Larry Moon and George Mueller have run all 39 Chicago Marathons . As the race hits its 40th anniversary Sunday with these six runners toeing the starting line they ' ve become as familiar a race - day sight as water stations and the finish line . \" It keeps me going \" Moon 76 said . These six runners have seen course and sponsor and race - name changes . They ' ve seen the size of the race — both in number of participants and fans — swell as save for Burt they ' ve seen their times slow considerably . Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune During his first Chicago Marathon in 1977 George Mueller fell hard on his knee but was able to finish . During his first Chicago Marathon in 1977 George Mueller fell hard on his knee but was able to finish . ( Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune ) ( Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune ) But the race memories have forever flowed . \" The aches and pains stay with you for a few days \" said Burt who at age 69 finished in 4 hours 9 minutes 54 seconds last year and owns a personal best of 3 : 07 in 1985 . \" But eventually you get over it and you start thinking : ' What did I do wrong ? And how can I do this better ?' \" Before you know it the short - term memory of the horrible discomfort of that moment disappears . And you get ready for another one .\" Indeed that thinking propelled the four alumni runners interviewed for this story to sign up for the second race after trying the initial one Sept . 25 1977 running mostly out of curiosity and novelty . \" About halfway through the first race I landed wrong on my knee and had this shooting pain \" Mueller said . \" I got through it and said ' Well I ' ve got to learn how to do this .' That was the hook from there : ' I ' m going to get it right .'\" But there ' s a funny thing about running 26 . 2 miles : It ' s tough to perfect . Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune Despite hip and rib injuries that truncated his training last year Larry Moon 76 gutted his way to the finish in his 39th Chicago Marathon . Despite hip and rib injuries that truncated his training last year Larry Moon 76 gutted his way to the finish in his 39th Chicago Marathon . ( Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune ) ( Chris Walker / Chicago Tribune ) From the 1977 race to 1978 Burt thought he had mastered the training process . Then he started at too brisk a pace and developed agonizing stomach cramps . \" As I was throwing up in a trash can at the end I said ' I ' ll never run one of these again as long as I live '\" Burt said . \" And that was a long time ago .\" Thirty - nine years to be exact . But running through the sights and sounds of Chicago can be an intoxicating experience particularly when the intrigue inherent in any marathon — with its supreme mental and physical challenges — is added . The competitive element doesn ' t hurt either . An intriguing mix of competition and camaraderie has developed among the six runners particularly since executive race director Carey Pinkowski began incorporating them into the race ' s fabric . Their entry fee is waived . They ' re invited to the introductory and elite runners ' news conferences . They start in the first wave of runners shortly after the elite athletes and fuel up in VIP tents afterward . \" I remember one year I caught up with one of the alumni runners at about Mile 18 and suddenly I started taking off like a flash \" Mueller said . \" And my friend said ' What are you doing ?' I said ' I don ' t want him to catch me .' \" But last year one of the guys ( Andrew Praxmarer ) didn ' t make it to the finish . You don ' t take any joy in one of the guys not making it . Every time one of the guys drops out it ' s like losing a brother .\" Williams who turns 79 in December is the oldest of the six runners . He broke 3 hours in 1982 . Last year he missed his target time of 6 hours by 10 minutes . \" I would ' ve been under 6 hours but I tripped over a manhole cover at Mile 13 and did a face - plant and had a bloody nose \" Williams said . \" I had to spend 13 minutes in the first - aid tent . They wouldn ' t let me go out until they could see I could run without falling .\" Such defiance and determination defines many of the runners ' races . Plus they can ' t just show up on race day and finish . Training takes a major commitment both mentally and physically . And when you have a 39 - year association with the race — loss of sponsorship forced the 1987 event to be shortened to a half - marathon — things happen . Just last year Moon slipped on some ice in February landed on the edge of a marble planter on the sidewalk and fractured two ribs and injured his hip . For two weeks he used a walker to get from his apartment to a waiting taxi to go to physical therapy a mere two blocks away . \" I did everything they told me \" Moon said . \" I stretched for an hour before going there . After two weeks I was able to walk over there . After four weeks I didn ' t need the walker anymore and went to a cane . After two months I ' d walk two to three miles and then do my physical therapy . \" I ended up with only July August and September to train for the marathon . I was just about the last one . They were rolling up the sidewalks and street cleaners were right behind me .\" But Moon whose fastest time of 3 : 15 came in 1995 finished . In 2007 Mueller also slipped on some ice in February and fractured his fibula and dislocated his ankle . \" I got dragged over to the hospital and they said I needed a plate in there \" Mueller said . \" I went to the orthopedic surgeon with my wife and said ' Can I get this surgery done today ? Because I ' ve got to run the Chicago Marathon in October .' Of course I got quite the look for that .\" Nevertheless Mueller finished that race in about 4 : 30 at age 60 . And that ' s the year only 25 544 of the race ' s 36 867 participants finished because officials cut short the event due to oppressive heat . \" I got past the point they stopped the race at Halsted and Adams \" Burt said . \" I was in Chinatown when I heard on the loudspeakers that race officials had called the race and instructed runners past the cutoff point to walk to the finish line . That ' s my slowest marathon 5 : 10 . In hindsight I wished I had continued to run a little bit more so I could ' ve beat 5 hours at least .\" Given the time commitment involved in training there ' s a fine line between selfishness and selflessness that most runners have to navigate . To combat that Williams began raising money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in 1998 . In close to two decades Williams said he has raised $ 273 000 an effort that began in grassroots fashion with him mailing 200 letters from his dining room table .", "output": [ "Ron Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-a1d9dbec375d4186bd64a55291e5f825", "input": "Outcome Health — considered among Chicago’s most promising tech startups after it launched in 2006 while CEO Rishi Shah and President Shradha Agarwal were students at Northwestern University — delivers pharmaceutical ads to patients on screens it places in doctors’ offices. The screens free to doctors show educational programming.\nAccording to a court document filed Wednesday by a lawyer representing Shah and Agarwal Webb participated in a conference call Monday regarding the investigation.\nThough the inquiry is ongoing the court filing says Webb told participants in the call that he has searched through emails and other documents — including those belonging to Shah and Agarwal — and conducted more than a dozen interviews. He said he had not found any evidence that senior management including Shah and Agarwal were involved in or aware of misconduct according to the filing.\nMichael Carlinsky a New York-based attorney representing Shah and Agarwal said that in light of that conference call the lawsuit is “irresponsible and an unjustified attack on the reputations of the founders.”", "output": [ "Rishi Shah" ] }, { "id": "task419-b120799f4c794df7a7ff72920009baf1", "input": "Hip-hop superstar Drake has kicked off 2018 in the best way possible and he ’s made a bit of charting history in the process.\n He recently dropped a short EP called Scary Hours and this week both tracks on the collection “God’s Plan” and “Diplomatic Immunity ” have debuted inside the top 10 on the Hot 100. “God’s Plan” has started at No. 1 (making it one of fewer than 30 songs in history to do so) while “Diplomatic Immunity” opens at No. 7 giving him his twenty-first and twenty-second top 10 hits in this country.\n Drake has now become the first musician in U.S. history to debut two songs inside the Hot 100’s top 10 not once but twice. He first did so last year when he unleashed his playlist project More Life which itself debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The first week they were eligible to chart Drake debuted two songs from the collection “Passionfruit” and “Portland” (which features Quavo and Travis Scott) at Nos. 8 and 9 respectively. The Canadian superstar was just the second artist to achieve such an impressive feat of charting dominance and surprisingly the only other act to do so beat him by just a few months.\nEd Sheeran became the first to launch more than one new title inside the top 10 on the Hot 100 in very early January 2017 when his tracks “Shape of You” and “Castle on the Hill” were both instant success stories upon arrival. “Shape” quickly became Sheeran’s first leader in the U.S. while “Castle” started at No. 6 which would end up being its peak. While Drake 's first time starting two tunes inside the top 10 didn't involve a No. 1 he has essentially replicated the beginning of Ed Sheeran's 2017 which might be a sign that he's setting up what could be the biggest year of his career.", "output": [ "Drake Has Topped", "Drake" ] }, { "id": "task419-35d7e2ff28fe41dd890013d2167e68dd", "input": "A white student dressed as a plantation owner said to a 10-year-old black classmate \"You are my slave \" said the black child's parent Corrie Davis .\n\"What I want them to understand is the pain it caused my son \" Davis said of her child who did not dress up that day. \"This is bringing them back to a time when people were murdered when people died when people owned people.\"\n Davis recorded an emotional video in which she explains how she was affected by what happened to her son. It has attracted about 70 000 views on Facebook. The distraught mother said she met with school officials but was dismayed when they refused to promise that they would never conduct a class in that way again. The issue could come to a head in a couple of weeks when Davis plans to bring it up at a regularly scheduled school board meeting.\nIts suggestions included overalls — which Davis believes could have been meant to represent the clothing worn by slaves — and dark pants and white button-down shirts. White button-down shirts have become synonymous with demonstrators protesting the removal of Confederate statues in recent months. They were worn for example by some of the white nationalists who staged a rally in Charlottesville Virginia that led to violent clashes in August.\n Davis said she won't back down in her effort to stop the dress-up aspect of the school's Civil War Day. She said she doesn't want other students going through what her son did.\n\"What they can do is say 'We're not going to do this anymore ' \" Davis said. \"It is mind-boggling to me that no one will say that.\"", "output": [ "Corrie Davis" ] }, { "id": "task419-cd04bab4d075468c9b882b0835a84a04", "input": "American Icon and Playboy Founder Hugh M. Hefner passed away today. He was 91. #RIPHef\nBorn in Chicago Hefner served in the military and worked in journalism before founding Playboy at age 27 with a small loan. The first issue featured Marilyn Monroe in the centerfold with images taken for a nude calendar four years earlier before she became famous. In 2011 Hefner bought the crypt next to Monroe at the West Hollywood Cemetery though the two never met.\n\"You know I'm a sucker for blondes and she is the ultimate blonde \" he told CBS2 calling Monroe \"the definitive sex icon of our time.\"\n Hefner 's magazine began publishing its now-iconic centerfold in 1955 — a two-page spread with a titillating photo of a woman. As the magazine took off in the '50s Hefner shed a marriage to his former classmate Mildred Williams and embraced the sybaritic life depicted on those glossy pages. In 1962 the magazine introduced the \"Playboy Interview \" which was lauded for its great writing starting a long-running joke that people read the magazine for the articles rather than the pictures. Hefner also hosted television shows related to the brand including Playboy's Penthouse in 1959 and Playboy After Dark in 1969.\n Hefner was married three times and while he himself grew older his bride was always twentysomething as she walked down the aisle. Hailing from a Methodist family in the Midwest he styled himself as someone who transcended the sexual puritanism endemic in the United States despite his carefully tailored embodiment of an old-fashioned form of masculinity. He read Alfred Kinsey's research enthusiastically and experimented with bisexuality in the 1950s; he claimed to be a proponent and an instigator of the \"sexual revolution\"; and yet he acknowledged in his autobiography that Playboy was \"a romantic reflection of earlier times.\" Although the Playboy fantasy was inherently conservative the philanthropic Playboy Foundation was a financial supporter of the fight for abortion rights. \"Women were the major beneficiary of the sexual revolution \" Hefner said in Esquire in 2007. \"Unfortunately within feminism there has been a puritan prohibitionist element that is antisexual.\" In the same piece Hefner called himself a feminist. Playboy's circulation peaked at 7 million in the '70s around the time Hefner moved from Chicago to the storied Playboy Mansion where he continued to live and work for the rest of his life. His company took a dive in the 1980s when many of the Playboy Clubs were shuttered and again in the 1990s with the rise of easily accessible internet porn which made his pornographic magazine seem irrelevant. In 2015 the magazine abruptly announced that it would stop publishing nude photos although it reversed that decision earlier this year. Hefner and a collection of his live-in girlfriends also managed to reach a new audience starring in an E! reality TV series called The Girls Next Door from 2005 to 2010. He married one of those girlfriends Crystal Harris in 2012. It was at this time that he also announced his youngest son Cooper would take over Playboy Enterprises.\n Hefner is survived by his wife Crystal Harris; his three sons David Marston and Cooper Hefner; and a daughter Christie Hefner.", "output": [ "Hugh M. Hefner" ] }, { "id": "task419-a353bfb0bb4b4e3fbe35825ec6f40f33", "input": "Melbourne (AFP) – Croatia’s Marin Cilic won his 100th Grand Slam match as he mastered Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in four sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday.\n Cilic reached the last eight in Melbourne for the second time and also claimed his 11th Slam quarter-final to equal Goran Ivanisevic’s record for appearances at that stage of the majors by a Croatian man.\n“There were lots of ups and downs and Pablo gave me a lot of trouble in that third set where he was twice a break up and it was difficult mentally ” Cilic said.\n“ We had a lot of tough rallies in difficult humid conditions so I was really glad how I stayed in there mentally and really played well in the end.”\n Cilic served 20 aces broke serve six times and made a total of 73 winners as well as winning the majority of the long rallies.\n“That’s my style of play. Pablo is extremely solid from the back of the court and has great shots both on the forehand and backhand and he was serving really good today ” Cilic said.\n Cilic said he faced a big challenge against either Nadal or Schwartzman in the quarter-finals.\n“I have played great tennis from the first round against tough opponents and now I am really looking to the next match it will be definitely be a big challenge ” he said.", "output": [ "Marin Cilic" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1b7ad0e0c0a427682ce268f83367b85", "input": "\"-LSB- B -RSB- ut we all named the Bernie Sanders spider ,\" Lily Sargeant , one of the students and a co-author of the paper , said in a statement . \n\"We all have tremendous respect for Bernie . \nIt is my hope that through naming that spider after Bernie we can remember the ideas that he has at this pivotal point in the life of our nation .\" \n\"-LSB- B -RSB- ut we all named the Bernie Sanders spider ,\" Lily Sargeant , one of the students and a co-author of the paper , said in a statement . \n\"We all have tremendous respect for Bernie . \nSeveral newly discovered spider species have been named in honor of US Senator Bernie Sanders and other outspoken supporters of human rights and climate action .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-977fc5e0887f44bfa8b770b354fe7b25", "input": "Given that Oscar season is upon us it’s hardly surprising that Darkest Hour is being pushed first and foremost as an awards showcase for Gary Oldman who excels in the thunderous role of Winston Churchill . But the film works so well because of the care its director Joe Wright (Pride & Prejudice Atonement Anna Karenina) takes in balancing the British prime minister’s big theatrical public presence with his more tormented inner life. Darkest Hour follows Churchill in May 1940 his first month in office as he seeks to balance the desires of his political party which wants to avoid mass bloodshed on the scale of World War I against his own resolute belief in resisting Nazi Germany at all costs. Churchill was seen by the party (and by Britain’s King George VI) as a warmonger responsible for the disastrous Gallipoli Campaign in the last war. But he doubted himself too: Wright depicts the leader wondering if his demands of “victory at all costs” from his country were too much. Related Story Darkest Hour Is a Thunderous Churchill Biopic The Atlantic talked to Wright about crafting a fresh portrayal of Churchill’s character the typical pitfalls that come with making a biopic of a well-known public figure and whether audiences might see any present-day parallels in Darkest Hour. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. David Sims: Recently there’s been such a glut of Winston Churchills on screen. Were you worried about that at all going into Darkest Hour?\n Joe Wright : I wasn’t because they hadn’t happened [yet]. When I started working on the movie it was like January 2016 and so The Crown hadn’t aired Dunkirk hadn’t happened a Churchill movie hadn’t happened and so I felt like I was being quite original really. It seemed like one of those ideas like Pride & Prejudice that was so obvious it was surprising. Because there hadn’t been a Pride & Prejudice movie there’d just been the TV series and there hadn’t been a Churchill movie. But really I just responded to the screenplay and the story about a man who is placed in this impossible position where no one wants him and who suffers a massive crisis of confidence and doubt. And through doubt he discovers wisdom. I responded to that on a personal level and then it ’s Churchill . Sims: But it is interesting to think about his interiority—that’s not something Churchill stories usually touch on as much. Wright: Especially in England Churchill is this giant bronze statue sitting on a plinth 15 feet high. [This was] the opportunity to bring him down from that plinth and instead of facing the icon facing the man who has been reappropriated by so many different parties. He ’s become a kind of icon of British nationalism and I don’t think that’s who he was at all. So I wanted to reclaim him as an individual and say this man was deeply flawed profoundly complicated and at this point in history he kind of saved the world. Those flaws are integral to the man and to his achievements and that’s what I find really interesting—the idea that our flaws and our virtues are kind of the same thing.\nSims: By his flaws do you mean his stubbornness and his bellicose nature? Wright: Yes and his extraordinary will really. Will is a dangerous thing and can be detrimental as well as a virtue. Sims: The image you’re talking about him as this iconic symbol of Britishness … I didn’t really know that [when he took office] he was greeted with such suspicion in Parliament. Wright: He was one of the first great [public-relations] prime ministers: The whole look the hat the cigar the “V” for victory was all carefully considered. We have this idea that he was always the embodiment of the bulldog spirit but actually that’s not the case. That’s one of the things I think people might find interesting and new about this movie: how suspicious his own party was of him and that it was this moment that turned and defined him and defined our history. Sims: Because he ’s an unproven person coming into office in a lot of ways. Wright: He ’s not trusted. He ’s made a lot of mistakes. He ’s had a long parliamentary career; he ’s been in Parliament since his 20s. His policies on women’s suffrage his policy on Indian independence and what happened in the Gallipoli Campaign [of the First World War] was a complete disaster. The invasion of the Dardanelles was a great idea militarily but time slipped away from [British forces] and they didn’t act quickly enough. And when it became apparent that things weren’t going to go as planned he should have withdrawn but his will forced it forward and caused many deaths. That’s what I mean by will being a detriment as well as a benefit.\nSims: So when the script comes to you what’s the process like for casting Churchill ? Because so many thesps have bitten into the role. Wright: Which is the danger—I don’t want another thesp biting into it. A lot of those guys of a certain age kind of look right. But when casting you can either choose someone who looks right or someone who has the essence of the character. And I always think it’s wiser to choose the latter. I always had this idea that Churchill should be a dynamo of energy. He walked fast; he was a little man. Sims: You always think of Churchill as hulking. Wright: Right and from all the footage I was watching physically and mentally he was incredibly energized to the point that you think he might short-circuit and collapse and that’s probably when the depressions came. So I wanted someone with a kind of intensity and Gary has always had and still has that intensity as an actor. So then the question became about the physical transformation which is less of an issue to me than the character transformation. Gary and I talked we discussed options and we thought this guy Kazuhiro [Tsuji] would be the man to see. He was retired living in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles making sculptures and we went to see him. And over a period of five months we developed the exact balance between looking like Churchill and getting Gary ’s performance. Sims: Was it hard to win Gary over or was Churchill something he was ready to sink his teeth into?\nWright: I think Churchill was like a dog in the corner that was always there and that Gary was always kind of turning away from. And yet finally he had to address it. I felt that maybe he’d be the kind of actor who’d do his thing and I’d arrange everything around him. And that didn’t sound great but I was interested to have a front-row seat to Gary’s performance. And then what I discovered is that he’s an actor who wants direction and so it became a very close collaboration. We made the film together we walked through it together and it was one of the most gratifying creative partnerships I’ve ever experienced. Sims: With Ben Mendelsohn as George VI that’s another character who’s been recently done in The King’s Speech and The Crown. Wright: The obvious choices were British and the fear was that we’d get a lesser version of Colin Firth. So I knew it had to be a kind of off-center choice. I was looking at Ben and they look kind of similar in profile. And George had a temper and Ben has that kind of vital energy. And the fact that he’s not British was actually kind of important to that. Sims: Just because there’s less reverence for it? Wright: Yeah just because he didn’t come with the British baggage. I’m not necessarily a royalist. I’m not necessarily a republican in the British sense but when dealing with the royal family you’re always dealing with the institution of monarchy. And actually what Ben brilliantly brought to it was a sense of dealing just with the individual … this very specific individual in this very specific time in this very specific dilemma.", "output": [ "Winston Churchill" ] }, { "id": "task419-97f734afe14940a69656fc3f8ad40596", "input": "Barbados was relatively unaffected by the storms and has been receiving cruise ships since shortly after Irma passed to the north.\nSt. Thomas was devastated by Irma and is closed to cruise ships for now. But officials on Tuesday said they were hoping a massive recovery effort currently underway would have the destination ready for vessels to return by late October. Royal Caribbean already has canceled all of its visits to St. Thomas through late October and replaced them with calls at such islands as St. Kitts and Bonaire and at Labadee the line's private beach getaway in Haiti. Two other lines Norwegian and Celebrity have canceled St. Thomas stops even further out into November and beyond. Norwegian is replacing St. Thomas visits through the end of the year with calls in the Western Caribbean; Celebrity is shifting its ships to places like St. Kitts.\nMartinique experienced some flooding and power outages last week in the wake of Maria but its port has reopened. Tours and tourist sites are expected to be up and running this week. No cruise ships are scheduled to call in Martinique until the middle of October.\nSt. Croix was relatively unaffected by Irma but early reports are that the island suffered significant damage from Maria which passed by on Sept. 19. Damage assessments are underway. St. Croix isn't normally visited by cruise ships at this time of year. Before Irma the next scheduled cruise call for the island wasn't set to take place until Nov. 5 when a Celebrity Cruises ship was due to arrive. But in the wake of Irma several lines had been planning on using St. Croix as a substitute port for nearby St. Thomas and St. Maarten which were heavily damaged by the storm.\nSt. Barts was hit hard by Irma and is in no shape to receive cruise ship visitors for now. But there are no ships scheduled to call at the island until late October. There's been no official word as to whether the overseas collectivity of France will be ready for cruise tourists by then.\nDominica was hit hard by Maria late on Sept. 18 through the morning of Sept. 19 with the island's prime minister saying there was \"mind-boggling\" damage and it's not expected to reopen to cruise ships for some time. The good news for cruise operators: No ships are scheduled to call at the island until late October.\nSamana was relatively unaffected by Irma and Maria . On Friday the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Tourism issued a communique that said the port and all others around the country were back open and operating normally. Even if the port area had suffered damage from the storm it would have had little impact on cruise schedules as there are no ships set to visit Samana until November.\nThe port of San Juan bounced back quickly after Irma passed nearby but it may take longer to resume its place as a major cruise destination in the wake of Maria. The storm made landfall on Puerto Rico on Sept. 20 as a powerful Category 4 hurricane — the first hurricane of that strength or higher to directly hit the island in 85 years — and reports are of significant damage in many locations. Both of the major lines that operate cruises out of San Juan Royal Caribbean and Carnival have canceled this week's sailings out of the city. Carnival also has canceled trips out of San Juan scheduled to start on Oct. 1 and Oct. 8. In addition three Florida-based ships that were scheduled to visit San Juan this week have been re-routed to other ports.\nCarnival said late Friday that its terminal in San Juan sustained extensive damage from Maria that will takes weeks to repair.\nSanto Domingo was relatively unaffected by Irma and Maria . On Friday the Dominican Republic's Ministry of Tourism issued a communique that said the port and all others around the country were back open and operating normally.\nAntigua suffered a glancing blow from Hurricane Irma which passed to the north along a path that devastated sister island Barbuda . Antigua still is on cruise schedules for the fall with the next scheduled ship visit set for Oct. 3 — a call by Celebrity Cruises' Celebrity Equinox. The Equinox call originally was set for Sept. 30 but was pushed back as part of a larger shuffling of the ship's schedule due to the closures of St. Thomas St. Maarten and Tortola.\nThe British Virgin Islands were hard hit by Irma and could be closed to cruise ships for many weeks if not months. Norwegian Cruise Line already has canceled all of its stops at Tortola through the end of the year replacing them with calls in the Western Caribbean.", "output": [ "Irma Maria", "Maria" ] }, { "id": "task419-d7029eb1dd544c77bd67a334a74606a5", "input": "The move tightens Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's grip on power.\nThe overhaul was a nod to a younger generation analysts said in what has become a hallmark of the crown prince 's approach to ruling youthful Saudi Arabia.\nRIYADH SAUDI ARABIA — Saudi Arabia has replaced some of its top military officers in a series of personnel changes that elevate a younger generation bring a woman into a senior government job and tighten Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's grip on power.\n His cousin Mohammed bin Nayef was ousted as crown prince and interior minister in a palace coup last June after which Prince Mohammed restructured the ministry to establish tighter control over intelligence and counter-terrorism.\n He forced out another cousin Prince Miteb bin Abdullah as head of the National Guard last November and detained him for two months in an anti-corruption crackdown in which scores of the kingdom's economic and political elite were held.", "output": [ "Mohammed bin Salman's" ] }, { "id": "task419-f5454b9557f244799f50fef481e9fbe4", "input": "Fox News commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano said Monday that special counsel Robert Mueller \"believes\" Paul Manafort has compromising information on President Donald Trump that he will try to make a deal to secure.\n Napolitano said on \"America's Newsroom\" that Manafort the former chairman of Trump's campaign has \"exacerbated the case against him\" by filing a \"frivolous\" lawsuit against Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein claiming that their investigation has overstepped its bounds.\n\"If you think that the prosecutor who's prosecuting you lacks the jurisdiction the legal authority to prosecute you you bring that to the judge before whom your case is assigned \" Napolitano said.\n Napolitano affirmed that Manafort is \"in trouble \" and that he believes \"that the special prosecutor believes Paul Manafort has information about the president of the United States and he has indicted Manafort for essentially money laundering in the hopes that Manafort will say 'Uncle. Here's what I know about the president. Go easy on me.'\"", "output": [ "Napolitano" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a2d11e93cc5437a97e671f8c9293de3", "input": "The prime minister of France Manuel Valls said fighting the appeal of “deadly” doctrines was the greatest challenge the country faced in more than 70 years. He said there had to be a “general mobilisation” of all sectors of society to fight the problem following the terrorist attacks in Paris last year.\n“Radicalisation and terrorism are linked. We are faced with a stubborn phenomenon that has widely spread through society and which threatens it because it could expand massively ” Valls said.\nThe strategic document that focuses on detection and prevention of radicalisation was unveiled by Valls in the presence of several ministers in France’s socialist government including those responsible for justice defence education health culture youth and sports.\nFacebook Twitter Pinterest Manuel Valls speaks after government meeting aimed at tackling radicalisation. Photograph: WITT/SIPA/Rex/Shutterstock\nThe deradicalisation centres will house young people who “could have repented and who we will test the sincerity and willingness to be reintegrated back into society for the long term” Valls said.\n He said the aim of the centres would be to stem the flow of young people to Syria and Iraq and begin the process of deradicalising them.\nAt least half of the new centres will hold those deemed by a judge to be at risk of radicalisation but cannot be placed in detention Valls added.", "output": [ "Manuel Valls" ] }, { "id": "task419-1377d5b912d44fdf934fc7d6d8695ce0", "input": "But the new-wave tight ends are so multidimensional that no matchup is a perfect fit. They have the speed to run away from a linebacker. The Houston Texans put linebacker Brian Cushing on Clark on Nov. 8 and Clark caught 14 passes tying for the third-most receptions in a game by a tight end in league history.\n Because of their speed tight ends are more of a threat to catch intermediate and deep passes now which makes them a greater threat on third down. Clark caught 28 passes on third down the fourth most in the league and his overall reception average was 11.1 yards. Gates had 21 receptions on third down with an average third-down reception of 15.5 yards. In all he had 18 receptions for at least 20 yards this season and an average of 14.6 yards per reception.\n In his 13-year playing career Ozzie Newsome the Cleveland Browns' Hall of Fame tight end who is now the Ravens' general manager had three seasons of at least 900 yards and he had two seasons in which he caught 89 passes. Gates has caught at least 71 passes in five of his seven seasons and has passed 900 yards five times.\n Clark's breakthrough this year though has been a matter of circumstance. In 2008 as receiver Marvin Harrison faded Clark had his career high of 77 receptions for 848 yards. But in 2009 with Harrison gone Anthony Gonzalez injured in the opening game and the Colts working in two inexperienced wide receivers Austin Collie and Pierre Garcon Peyton Manning leaned on Clark more than ever. The Colts had found Harrison's replacement in a much bigger body.\n \"For most of my career we've had the luxury of having phenomenal receivers \" Clark said. \"You know your place early. Now I'm everywhere in the backfield in the slot out wide. Everywhere but under center -- that job is taken.\"", "output": [ "Dallas Clark Jason" ] }, { "id": "task419-d8b52917dd73403a9b7ff83057131822", "input": "Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George (13) shoots over New York Knicks guards Tim Hardaway Jr. (3) and Courtney Lee (5) during the third quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City Thursday Oct. 19 2017. Oklahoma City won 105-84. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) (Photo: The Associated Press)\nOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Just four games into the season Paul George has to face the team he just left under less than ideal circumstances.\nDuring the offseason George 's camp let it be known he planned to become a free agent after next season. The disappointed Pacers opted to trade the face of their franchise to Oklahoma City rather than play a season with a star they had no long-term future with and perhaps get nothing in return.\nWith the Pacers George was a four-time All-Star and helped Indiana reach the Eastern Conference Finals twice. The Thunder host the Pacers on Wednesday night.\n\"It'll be emotional from a standpoint of it's an organization that I started with had a wonderful journey with that I had seven unbelievable years with \" George said.\n George was especially close to Larry Bird who was team president when the Pacers made him the 10th pick in the 2010 draft. George said he appreciated the time he spent with Bird who has stepped down as president but remains with the franchise as a consultant.\n\" His stories his knowledge of the game talking with him through playoff battles and his understanding \" George said. \" He 's a legend. Hall of Fame player Hall of Fame across the whole board — executive coach. It meant a lot as a young player coming into this league. I was grateful to have that time talking to him and sharing conversations.\"\nNew Thunder forward Carmelo Anthony had to face his old team the New York Knicks in the season opener. He said he spoke with George during the preseason about facing their former teams so soon.\n\"If I sit here and say he 's not excited about that game tomorrow I'd be lying to you \" Anthony said.\nThunder coach Billy Donovan said he expects George to handle the situation well.\n\"I'm sure that there's things he 's going through but he 's a pro \" Donovan said. \" He 'll handle things how he sees fit to handle them. I think he 'll be fine.\"\n George 's adjustment has been a mixed bag so far. He 's averaging 21.3 points but he 's shooting just 37 percent from the field.", "output": [ "Paul George" ] }, { "id": "task419-f45a4f433053435eac68e7f21508d5f2", "input": "Les McKenzie — owner of McKenzie’s Burger Garage — told KSWO-TV he usually carries his gun whenever he ventures out to the storage shed behind his restaurant in Lawton Oklahoma.\nBut McKenzie told the station when he went out to his shed to grab some supplies Thursday morning he wasn’t armed.\n“I laid my gun down on the counter that morning ” he recalled to KSWO. “I don’t know why I did.”\nNext thing McKenzie knew something was pushing into his back — accompanied by a voice demanding his money and cellphone the station said.\nDid McKenzie take it seriously?\n“I thought it was one of my employees giving me a hard time so I said ‘I’ll get right on that in just a minute '” the restaurant owner said according to KSWO.\n“He said ‘I’m not kidding. I’ve got a gun. I’m going to shoot you '” McKenzie told the station. “I turned around and looked and I had never seen the guy before in my life.”\n McKenzie told KSWO he had no time to plan his next move — but instinct appeared to kick in just fine.\nHow did McKenzie react when he knew it was for real?\n“I told him ‘Look I’ve got some money in my pocket. I’ll give you some money '” McKenzie recalled to the station. “And I reached down in my pocket and when I came back I hit him in the left side of the head with my right hand and I turned around and hit him again and knocked his hand down.”\nAt that point the restaurant owner told KSWO he and his assailant “started wrestling around and I got him outside and held him down until the police got there.”\nAn employee inside the restaurant heard the boss shouting for help and called 911 the station reported adding that McKenzie said his attacker was lying about having a gun — but was carrying a 6-inch knife.\n“It was a curved type knife looked more like a skinning knife a deer skinning knife or something like that ” McKenzie told KSWO.\nWhat did McKenzie say about not being armed?\n“That man is so lucky ” McKenzie told KSWO of his assailant adding that “the Lord has another plan for him. That’s all there is to it. He wouldn’t have survived. I thank God every day I didn’t have to shoot him. I’m glad it came out the way it did because I don’t ever want to have to shoot anybody.”\n“Listen we’ve got to take Lawton back ” McKenzie told the station. “We can’t allow these people to do this. Don’t give in to it if you can. Take your time and fight back if you can.”", "output": [ "McKenzie" ] }, { "id": "task419-cd9f337fc7764caf95e068b6991ed39b", "input": "“The change announced in January had a ‘material’ impact on LittleThings said Gretchen Tibbits president and COO of the company and killed 75 percent of the site’s organic reach ” according to Digiday. “LittleThings is hardly likely to be the last social publisher to meet this fate. Facebook remains a huge source of publisher traffic but over the past year has been continually curtailing the amount of traffic it sends publishers. The final nail in the coffin came in January when Facebook said it would prioritize users’ posts in an effort to improve engagement on the platform.”\nIn a statement LittleThings President Gretchen Tibbits declared “We’re disappointed. It’s their platform… But until earlier this month what we were doing was working.”\n“It was increasingly clear to me that this is not a management problem or a problem with the content that they are making. The problem was that the whole business model made no sense as far as us just putting the stuff up on the internet and us being able to make a living on it ” he proclaimed. “I was just angry and frustrated and sad that you can’t make cool shit for the internet anymore and make a living.”\n“It’s just not as cool as an internet that is a big chaotic space filled with tons of independently operating websites who are able to make a living because they make something cool that people want to see ” he concluded. “Facebook is essentially running a payola scam where you have to pay them if you want your own fans to see your content.”", "output": [ "Gretchen Tibbits" ] }, { "id": "task419-12888dace9f8454ca2d35332fe956e46", "input": "For instance single women receiving child support often don’t realize they may be able to use the head of household filing status. “They file as single and they lose a lot of money ” says Michele Cagan a CPA in Baltimore .\nPeople who recently married or divorced also are especially prone to using the wrong filing status which results in botched returns overpaid or underpaid taxes and other headaches she adds.\n“Just because you guys aren’t living in the same house doesn’t mean you’re divorced for tax purposes ” she says. “If your state has legal separation which not every state does that counts as divorce for taxes but otherwise if you’re technically married on Dec. 31 you’re married and you have to file married.”\nSometimes people decide to file their tax returns after the April deadline because they can’t afford to pay to the IRS what they owe. That’s a huge mistake Cagan says. Filing late compounds money problems.\n“There are pretty big fines and penalties for not filing on time especially if you owe ” she warns.\nLate-filing penalties typically cost 5% of your unpaid tax for each month your tax return is late. And late-payment penalties run 0.5% of your unpaid tax for each month your tax payment is late. That’s just at the federal level and it excludes interest. Filing an extension doesn’t get you more time to pay she says. It’s just an extension of the time to file.\nThere’s also no reason to procrastinate on preparing your return. “If you file early you don’t have to pay early. That’s another thing people don’t know ” Cagan says. “You can file early owe money and as long as you pay by the deadline you’re fine.”\nThe rules about who counts as a dependent can be complicated but one thing is clear: Two people can’t claim the same person as a dependent. Divorced couples mess it up all the time though Cagan says. Both parents mistakenly claim the kids as dependents or neither does.\n“People don’t talk to each other because they’re getting divorced and they don’t want to talk to each other ” she says.\nPeople often use the same tax software version for far too long Cagan says. They assume that what worked last year also will work this year. But events such as buying a house having a baby or getting married can create more-complex tax situations she says.", "output": [ "Michele Cagan" ] }, { "id": "task419-a9179785a99842d6a88c124efddd4685", "input": "The Trump administration has told lawmakers that it wants $18 billion over the next decade for the initial phase of a Mexico border wall laying out for the first time a detailed financial blueprint for the president's signature campaign promise.\n\"President [Donald] Trump has said he may need a good government shutdown to get his wall. With this demand he seems to be heading in that direction \" said Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee.\nThough Trump ran for office on a promise that Mexico would pay for a border wall the spending plan indicates American taxpayers would fund it for at least the foreseeable future.\n Trump has told Democrats he is unwilling to reach an agreement unless they fund his wall plan among other measures but the CBP document is the first time his administration has sketched out what that might cost.\nDemocrats have repeatedly said they will not pay for a wall. Even though on a year-over-year basis the CBP request would not represent a dramatic funding increase over current border spending levels it would represent a long-term commitment to a physical structure that Trump would be able to claim as a political trophy.\n\" Trump can have a shutdown fight over his stupid wall that pleases the nativists in his base or he can have a breakthrough that pairs the Dream Act and border security so he can brag he did something Obama couldn't get done. He can't have both \" said Frank Sharry executive director of America's Voice an immigrant advocacy group. \"This move by the White House does not bode well.\"\n Trump has said he may travel to San Diego to inspect the prototypes which range in height from 18 to 30 feet and combine different formulations of see-through steel bars concrete slabs and metal spikes.", "output": [ "Donald ] Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-ee061d202ef847c6bc533b51cf8e9eb5", "input": "Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour arrested with a loaded handgun in his briefcase as he went through an airport security checkpoint in early January. (Photo: Jack Gruber USA TODAY)\nJACKSON Miss. — Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said he will pay a fine after being arrested with a loaded handgun in his briefcase as he went through an airport security checkpoint in early January.\n Barbour — Republican National Committee chairman in the mid-1990s and governor from 2004-12 — told the Associated Press Tuesday he was trying to board a flight Jan. 2 from Jackson to Washington D.C. He said he forgot he was carrying the gun which he had put in his briefcase after an assistant removed it from his car days earlier.\n“This was absentmindedness and nobody’s fault but mine ” said Barbour 70 who lives in Mississippi and frequently travels to the nation’s capital for his job as a lobbyist.\nThe TSA would not release the passenger’s name but Farbstein confirmed it was a former governor and Barbour confirmed to AP that he was that passenger.\n Barbour said he did not dispute Farbstein’s use of the word “arrest ” though he said he was not handcuffed and no mug shot photo was taken. Barbour described the TSA officers and the airport police as “very nice but very professional.”\n“They did exactly what they should have done which was treat me like anybody else ” Barbour said.\n Barbour said the gun was confiscated and he then boarded his flight to Washington.\n“Next time I’ll be more observant about getting stuff out of my briefcase ” he said.", "output": [ "Haley Barbour" ] }, { "id": "task419-9302f8433e5b4883ac5e35102e3a83e5", "input": "Actress Ellen Barkin interrupted a burglar who broke into her Greenwich Village home on Wednesday a rep for the New York Police Department confirmed to ABC News.\nAccording to authorities the actress heard a noise upstairs around 6:45 a.m. She saw the suspect whom she described as a gloved Hispanic male in his twenties at the balcony door.\nPolice said she grabbed at the door to close it and the would-be thief jumped onto the fire escape and fled. A bag containing jewelry possibly intended to be taken was left behind.\nA rep for Barkin did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News but the actress 63 has been tweeting about the incident.\n\"The first responders were great here in 70secs! still waiting for the detectives... it’s only been 4 hours \" she wrote in a tweet directed at NYPD Det. James Byrne. \"My heart breaks for another day that will live in infamy but crime is still going on... in my house.\"\n.@NYPDByrne ...only because u have the full name of the father of my children...the first responders were great here in 70secs! still waiting for the detectives... it’s only been 4 hours — Ellen Barkin (@EllenBarkin) November 1 2017", "output": [ "Ellen Barkin" ] }, { "id": "task419-d81f2402249c457e80ad42b0a3c10a7f", "input": "There are just two plausible targets for a lawsuit legal experts say: Kelley ’s estate and the Air Force. Suing for Kelley ’s assets would be an easy legal win. But it is likely to result in payments of no more than a few hundred dollars to each of the families whose loved ones were killed or wounded.\nAt issue would be Devin Patrick Kelly’s purchase of the Ruger AR-15 used in the attack. The Air Force did not report his 2012 court-martial for abusing his wife and her child to a federal database used for background checks on gun purchasers. Had that conviction been entered into the database as required by Pentagon rules Kelley’s legal purchase of any gun would have been denied.\n Kelley who worked in logistics at the Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico starting in 2010 was given 12 months of confinement followed by a bad-conduct discharge in 2014.\nGovernment attorneys would have to concede the Air Force error made it easier for Kelley to buy guns. But they would almost certainly argue in court that by any meaningful definition of cause and effect Kelley caused the deaths and bears sole responsibility for the killings.", "output": [ "Kelley" ] }, { "id": "task419-0cf01b3e4179482dbc8b9e56d5d49a72", "input": "Michael Flynn is reportedly concerned that his son Michael Flynn Jr. could get wrapped up in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.\n The younger Flynn worked closely with his father during his undisclosed communications with Russia and Turkey.\n Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is reportedly concerned that his son Michael Flynn Jr. could get wrapped up in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.\nA CNN report citing multiple sources said that Flynn 's concern could shape the way he responds to Mueller's probe which seeks to determine whether President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia to tilt the 2016 election in Trump's favor. Flynn 's wife Lori is also concerned about their son 's possible legal exposure the report said.\nMueller already has enough evidence to bring charges against both Flynns according to an NBC News report from Sunday. The evidence relates to the senior Flynn 's undisclosed lobbying efforts for a businessman with ties to the Turkish government in 2016 when he was also an adviser on the Trump campaign.\n Flynn Jr. was his father's chief of staff and appears to have worked closely with him in his lobbying work. According to some legal experts Mueller's focus on the younger Flynn could be an attempt coerce his father into cooperating with the investigation.\nInvestigators are also looking at Flynn 's alleged participation in talks to turn over to Turkey a Turkish cleric living in exile in Pennsylvania. Flynn has denied through a spokesperson that those conversations took place.\n Flynn resigned from his White House post in February after it emerged that he misled Vice President Mike Pence about his communications with Russian officials.\nIt is unclear whether Mueller will go through with indictments for either Flynn . In the meantime Flynn Jr. is maintaining an optimistic front telling his critics on Twitter \"the disappointment on your faces when I don’t go to jail will be worth all your harassment.\"", "output": [ "Michael Flynn Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-53ea7f99659445119408df24a22da5ba", "input": "Breitbart News has been provided with an exclusive preview of and excerpt from the new book Let Trump Be Trump by Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie published by Center Street and available on December 5 2017.\nFrom Let Trump Be Trump:\n“I want you to know I have the greatest air force in the world ” Trump began unprompted in Corey’s first meeting with the candidate. “I’ve got a 757 I’ve got a Citation X. And I’ve got three helicopters.” Corey sat there with a half smile on his face not knowing quite how to respond.\nWhen Donald Trump listed the aircraft he had during Corey’s job interview Corey shrugged it off as a random boast. But Trump wasn’t boasting. He was pointing out the military equipment he had for the war ahead. A candidate with a jet has a formidable advantage over rivals without one. A candidate with an air force was going to be tough to beat.\nWhen you flew with Trump you flew first class times ten. Except that is when it came time to eat.\nThe first time Dave told his wife Susan that he was going to be on Trump Force One she asked him to take some photos of what they served him to eat on the plane. She had read somewhere that Mr. Trump had a personal chef who traveled with him . When dinner came on the flight Dave pulled out his BlackBerry and snapped a picture of the bag of McDonald’s hamburgers and unopened package of Oreo cookies and emailed it to Susan.\nOn Trump Force One there were four major food groups: McDonald’s Kentucky Fried Chicken pizza and Diet Coke. There were also ancillary groups including Vienna Fingers and the ubiquitous Oreo before the boycott (after it was Hydrox). The reason the package of Oreos was unopened was because Mr. Trump would never eat from a previously opened package. If you’ve seen the Seinfeld episode in which George double-dips his chip you have a pretty good idea of the boss’s reasoning. Packages of cookies along with small airliner-size bags of pretzels and potato chips filled the plane’s cupboards. An army might march on its stomach but Trump’s team flew on junk food. And those snacks would have to sustain us during long flights and even longer days.\nThe candidate would hardly ever eat lunch and would eat dinner only after he finished the last event of the day. We’d be in the jet or on the road from seven or eight a.m. make however many scheduled stops we had and after the last one perhaps around nine p.m. Mr. Trump would clap his hands and say “Let’s eat!” And the food needed to be hot and ready for him . Some of the time especially when he was pleased with his performance at a rally or event he ’d say “Do you think I deserve a malted today? I think I deserve one.” Trump a city kid grew up drinking malteds so that’s what he always called a milkshake. Whatever you want to call it it better be there and it better still be thick.\nWhen traveling in the air with the boss you also learned pretty quickly to like Elton John. Donald Trump really likes Elton John. Anthony “the Mooch” Scaramucci got in all sorts of hot water—which is not at all an unfamiliar position for him—when he told an interviewer that Elton John would play at President Trump’s inaugural. It had been wishful thinking on Mooch’s part probably because he’d been on the plane when the boss had “Tiny Dancer” or “Rocket Man” playing as loud as the concert-level speakers could bring it. We’re telling you when the boss cranks up Elton you can’t hear yourself think. The music is loud enough to rattle your brain.", "output": [ "Trump Be Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-b63841fd73d240459a61afeb50d565f8", "input": "Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday called on President Trump to shrink a total of four national monuments and change the way six other land and marine sites are managed a sweeping overhaul of how protected areas are maintained in the United States.\n Zinke ’s final report comes a day after Trump signed proclamations in Utah that downsized two massive national monuments there — Bears Ears by 85 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante by 46 percent. The president had directed Zinke in April to review 27 national monuments established since 1996 under the Antiquities Act which gives the president broad authority to safeguard federal lands and waters under threat.\nIn addition to the Utah sites Zinke supports cutting Nevada’s Gold Butte and Oregon’s Cascade-Siskiyou though the exact reductions are still being determined. He also would revise the proclamations for those and the others to clarify that activities such as grazing motorized vehicle use and commercial fishing should be allowed.\n“The Antiquities Act over time has done great things for our country and it has protected some of our greatest treasures ” he said in a call with reporters. But its power had been “abused ” he said with monument designations extending far beyond the objects they were designed to protect.\n Zinke criticized the federal government’s past action halting motorized vehicle traffic in Cascade-Siskiyou until a transportation plan could be finalized arguing that it interfered with local cross-country ski operators’ ability to maintain trails.\n“It should have been the other way around ” he said.\nFor several sites Zinke recommended amending monuments’ proclamation language to ensure that activities such as grazing hunting and fishing can continue. While these practices often go on even after a presidential designation Zinke said he wants to make that legality clear because ranchers have felt marginalized and fear they will face future restrictions.\nIn the case of New Mexico’s national monuments Zinke said he listened to the state’s two Democratic senators and others in deciding not to modify their boundaries. Still he wanted “to make sure that the proclamation protects the long-standing grazing [in parts] of those monuments” and that management of Organ Mountain-Desert Peaks does not interfere with U.S. Customs and Border Control operations in the area.\nSen. Martin Heinrich wasn’t buying the explanation. He blasted Zinke in a statement saying the “report is based on hearsay and erroneous data” and that the secretary and Trump “have turned a deaf ear to the overwhelming consensus to protect New Mexico’s conservation legacy.”\nMore litigation could be coming. Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum warned Zinke in a letter in July the state was “ready to take appropriate legal action” if Trump rescinds or reduces the size of Cascade-Siskiyou.\nInterior received more than 2.5 million comments on the review and they “overwhelmingly” said all of the monuments should remain unchanged Zinke wrote in his report. But he attributed the extreme tilt to “a well-orchestrated national campaign organized by multiple groups.”\n“I don’t yield to public pressure ” Zinke said Tuesday. “Sound public policy is not based on threats of lawsuit it’s doing what’s right.”\nThe final document is almost identical to the draft Zinke submitted to the White House this summer and much of the language is vague. For example it appears open the door to commercial fishing in three marine monuments where this practice is either being phased out or is already banned. Yet the report calls for amending the sites’ proclamations to allow regional councils “to make fishery-management decisions as authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.”\n Zinke also finalized his recommendations to create three new national monuments: at Kentucky’s Camp Nelson a Civil War training site for African American soldiers; at Medgar Evers’ home in Jackson Miss.; and at the Badger-Two Medicine area in his home state of Montana.\nThe secretary said he was “fairly confident” Trump would accept all of his recommendations and he intends to brief him “multiple times” in coming weeks to get his sign-off. Zinke also rejected the idea that any of these alterations of existing monuments would amount to relinquishing control of federal land describing such criticism as “nefarious false and a lie.”\nHouse Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) commended Zinke on Tuesday for “actually listening to the people on the local level” and Trump for showing “ some real courage against well-funded litigation machines.”", "output": [ "Ryan Zinke" ] }, { "id": "task419-6b83427ba58e416a8800acaaaa5c11d3", "input": "Ilya Kovalchuk rejoined the New Jersey Devils' lineup on Sunday one night after he was benched by coach John MacLean for an undisclosed reason.\n The $100 million forward in the first year of a 15-year deal with the Devils met with the media before New Jersey faced the New York Rangers. Kovalchuk provided no information for why he was forced to sit out Saturday's home game against Buffalo.\n Kovalchuk said it was MacLean's decision to bench him and the reason behind it would stay between him and the coach.\n \"I'm just a player and I'm just going to show up tonight and play \" Kovalchuk said. \"I want to be on the ice. That's the bottom line. I'm going to be tonight. I'm excited to be back and be with the team again.\"\n \"It was tough because I love the game so much \" Kovalchuk said. \"That's probably the worst when you watch your team especially losing.\"\n Kovalchuk said this wasn't the first time he was held out of a game as a healthy scratch.\n \"A long time ago but it happened before. It wasn't new for me \" he said.\n For the second straight day MacLean refused to say what led to the benching. He reiterated that he is standing by his decision to hold out the dynamic scorer even though the team has struggled in the coach's rookie season.\n Whatever the problem was MacLean said it's totally resolved between him and Kovalchuk. Neither MacLean nor Kovalchuk would say if the star player missed a team meeting.\n \"The issue is over with \" MacLean said. \"It's an internal matter. We both know and today we're getting ready for the Rangers game.\n \"He'll be playing and hopefully playing a lot and burying some of the great opportunities he's been getting. He'll be put in a role to be used to the best of his ability.\"\nKovalchuk. Neither MacLean nor Kovalchuk would say if the star player missed a team meeting.", "output": [ "Ilya Kovalchuk" ] }, { "id": "task419-949a6cdb53f7454d8c39f776d0eef4f2", "input": "NATIONAL HARBOR MD – Nationally syndicated radio superstar Mark Levin joined SiriusXM hosts Matt Boyle and Amanda House at CPAC on Breitbart News Saturday praising President Donald Trump’s actions for advancing conservatism and making explosive statements about the Left Obama and his administration the media guns and Democrats’ plans to impeach the president.\n Levin was speaking to thousands of conservatives who gathered just outside of the nation’s capital at the annual pilgrimage for the conservative movement. Boyle and House were broadcasting live from CPAC as the “Great One” sat down with them to reflect on President Trump’s speech to the conference on Friday and examining the first year of the Trump administration.\n“This president is so different ” Levin began. “ He threw out the written speech and he said ‘Let me talk to you.’”\n“ He connects with you individually ” the former Reagan administration senior aide continued making the observation of the president that “ he talks like a regular person ” as opposed to a polished politician with a team of handlers.\nBoyle and House—who respectively are the political editor and deputy political editor of Breitbart News—invited Levin to unpack his thoughts on how the president’s actions stack up with conservative priorities given Levin ’s pedigree and well-earned reputation as one of the foremost champions of constitutional conservatism. Levin dedicates much of the time on his wildly successful radio show holding accountable public officials who stray from conservative priorities.\n“Which is fine by me ” Levin commented to Boyle and House “because it’s the end result that matters.”\nIt is no secret that Levin does not agree with President Trump on everything. “But I didn’t agree with Reagan on everything ” either Levin noted a comparison noteworthy because of the tremendous respect Levin has for the nation’s 40th president under whom he served.\n Levin Boyle and House then turned to the red-hot issues that are currently dominating the headlines and explaining what is behind those narratives.\n“If the Democrats take the House they’re going to move to impeach this president to reverse the results of the election ” Levin claimed. “They’ve been into this silent coup since the day he was elected. They are furious that he is president of the United States.”\n Levin called Special Counsel Robert Mueller a “hit man” and compared Mueller’s investigation to a “mob operation.”\n“This is a grotesque miscarriage of justice ” Levin insists. “Something about this stinks to high heaven.”\n Levin said that he noticed a pattern relying upon his experience as a top Justice Department official. He recalled the moment during the 2016 election when he concluded “we’ve got domestic surveillance of Trump World.”\n Levin insists that this was “political domestic surveillance ” and that a host of characters from the Obama White House to top officials in the Obama-Lynch Justice Department to leaders at the FBI must have known about it when it was happening.\nThere are “hardcore anti-constitutional progressive leftists” who are out to get President Trump and the entire conservative agenda would be endangered if the president’s enemies succeed Levin warned.", "output": [ "Mark Levin Unloads", "Mark" ] }, { "id": "task419-b8374fddccc240e7acea7b6aa0b062ca", "input": "By the time my ancestor set sail on the Mayflower Europeans had been visiting New England for more than a hundred years. English French Italian Spanish and Portuguese mariners regularly plied the coastline trading what they could occasionally kidnapping the inhabitants for slaves. New England the Europeans saw was thickly settled and well defended. In 1605 and 1606 Samuel de Champlain visited Cape Cod hoping to establish a French base. He abandoned the idea. Too many people already lived there. A year later Sir Ferdinando Gorges—British despite his name—tried to establish an English community in southern Maine. It had more founders than Plymouth and seems to have been better organized. Confronted by numerous well-armed local Indians the settlers abandoned the project within months. The Indians at Plymouth would surely have been an equal obstacle to my ancestor and his ramshackle expedition had disease not intervened. Faced with such stories historians have long wondered how many people lived in the Americas at the time of contact. \"Debated since Columbus attempted a partial census on Hispaniola in 1496 \" William Denevan has written this \"remains one of the great inquiries of history.\" (In 1976 Denevan assembled and edited an entire book on the subject The Native Population of the Americas in 1492.) The first scholarly estimate of the indigenous population was made in 1910 by James Mooney a distinguished ethnographer at the Smithsonian Institution. Combing through old documents he concluded that in 1491 North America had 1.15 million inhabitants. Mooney's glittering reputation ensured that most subsequent researchers accepted his figure uncritically.\nThat changed in 1966 when Henry F. Dobyns published \"Estimating Aboriginal American Population: An Appraisal of Techniques With a New Hemispheric Estimate \" in the journal Current Anthropology. Despite the carefully neutral title his argument was thunderous its impact long-lasting. In the view of James Wilson the author of The Earth Shall Weep (1998) a history of indigenous Americans Dobyns 's colleagues \"are still struggling to get out of the crater that paper left in anthropology.\" Not only anthropologists were affected. Dobyns 's estimate proved to be one of the opening rounds in today's culture wars. Dobyns began his exploration of pre-Columbian Indian demography in the early 1950s when he was a graduate student. At the invitation of a friend he spent a few months in northern Mexico which is full of Spanish-era missions. There he poked through the crumbling leather-bound ledgers in which Jesuits recorded local births and deaths. Right away he noticed how many more deaths there were. The Spaniards arrived and then Indians died—in huge numbers at incredible rates. It hit him Dobyns told me recently \"like a club right between the eyes.\" It took Dobyns eleven years to obtain his Ph.D. Along the way he joined a rural-development project in Peru which until colonial times was the seat of the Incan empire. Remembering what he had seen at the northern fringe of the Spanish conquest Dobyns decided to compare it with figures for the south. He burrowed into the papers of the Lima cathedral and read apologetic Spanish histories. The Indians in Peru Dobyns concluded had faced plagues from the day the conquistadors showed up—in fact before then: smallpox arrived around 1525 seven years ahead of the Spanish. Brought to Mexico apparently by a single sick Spaniard it swept south and eliminated more than half the population of the Incan empire. Smallpox claimed the Incan dictator Huayna Capac and much of his family setting off a calamitous war of succession. So complete was the chaos that Francisco Pizarro was able to seize an empire the size of Spain and Italy combined with a force of 168 men.\nSmallpox was only the first epidemic. Typhus (probably) in 1546 influenza and smallpox together in 1558 smallpox again in 1589 diphtheria in 1614 measles in 1618—all ravaged the remains of Incan culture. Dobyns was the first social scientist to piece together this awful picture and he naturally rushed his findings into print. Hardly anyone paid attention. But Dobyns was already working on a second related question: If all those people died how many had been living there to begin with? Before Columbus Dobyns calculated the Western Hemisphere held ninety to 112 million people. Another way of saying this is that in 1491 more people lived in the Americas than in Europe. His argument was simple but horrific. It is well known that Native Americans had no experience with many European diseases and were therefore immunologically unprepared—\"virgin soil \" in the metaphor of epidemiologists. What Dobyns realized was that such diseases could have swept from the coastlines initially visited by Europeans to inland areas controlled by Indians who had never seen a white person. The first whites to explore many parts of the Americas may therefore have encountered places that were already depopulated. Indeed Dobyns argued they must have done so. Peru was one example the Pacific Northwest another. In 1792 the British navigator George Vancouver led the first European expedition to survey Puget Sound. He found a vast charnel house: human remains \"promiscuously scattered about the beach in great numbers.\" Smallpox Vancouver's crew discovered had preceded them. Its few survivors second lieutenant Peter Puget noted were \"most terribly pitted ... indeed many have lost their Eyes.\" In Pox Americana (2001) Elizabeth Fenn a historian at George Washington University contends that the disaster on the northwest coast was but a small part of a continental pandemic that erupted near Boston in 1774 and cut down Indians from Mexico to Alaska.\nBecause smallpox was not endemic in the Americas colonials too had not acquired any immunity. The virus an equal-opportunity killer swept through the Continental Army and stopped the drive into Quebec. The American Revolution would be lost Washington and other rebel leaders feared if the contagion did to the colonists what it had done to the Indians. \"The small Pox! The small Pox!\" John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail. \"What shall We do with it?\" In retrospect Fenn says \"One of George Washington's most brilliant moves was to inoculate the army against smallpox during the Valley Forge winter of '78.\" Without inoculation smallpox could easily have given the United States back to the British. So many epidemics occurred in the Americas Dobyns argued that the old data used by Mooney and his successors represented population nadirs. From the few cases in which before-and-after totals are known with relative certainty Dobyns estimated that in the first 130 years of contact about 95 percent of the people in the Americas died—the worst demographic calamity in recorded history. Dobyns's ideas were quickly attacked as politically motivated a push from the hate-America crowd to inflate the toll of imperialism. The attacks continue to this day. \"No question about it some people want those higher numbers \" says Shepard Krech III a Brown University anthropologist who is the author of The Ecological Indian (1999). These people he says were thrilled when Dobyns revisited the subject in a book Their Numbers Become Thinned (1983)—and revised his own estimates upward. Perhaps Dobyns 's most vehement critic is David Henige a bibliographer of Africana at the University of Wisconsin whose Numbers From Nowhere (1998) is a landmark in the literature of demographic fulmination. \"Suspect in 1966 it is no less suspect nowadays \" Henige wrote of Dobyns 's work. \"If anything it is worse.\"", "output": [ "Henry F. Dobyns" ] }, { "id": "task419-38f5068a604f4f8dbb3f1f249822d34e", "input": "Amateur surfer Charlie Frye is lucky to be alive after punching a shark in the face using a maneuver he once saw a surf champion use he said.\n Frye and three of his doctor friends were surfing Monday off Avoca Beach which is 90 miles north of Sydney.\n“I felt something on my shoulder like a big thud ” Frye told 9News. “The shark's head come out of the water and I just punched the shark in the face.”\nAt first Frye didn’t realize his puncture wounds were bleeding. His friends then drove him to a hospital which is where they all also worked he said.\nIf he ever meets Fanning Frye said he “owes him a beer.”", "output": [ "Charlie Frye" ] }, { "id": "task419-39465c8282b7422486249e6036e5fe44", "input": "When Ames Mayfield's Cub Scout den met with a Colorado state senator last week the 11-year-old came prepared with a long list of typed-up questions. He excitedly raised his hand to ask his first one.\n Ames pressed the Republican state senator Vicki Marble on an issue he knew was important to her: gun legislation. The Cub Scout in Broomfield about 20 miles north of Denver asked her a slew of questions about previous bills she had sponsored in support of the right to bear arms and he wasn't shy about inserting his opinion.\n\"I was shocked that you co-sponsored a bill to allow domestic violence offenders to continue to own a gun \" Ames said according to a video posted to YouTube by his mother. \"Why on earth would you want someone who beats their wife to have access to a gun?\"\nAfter Ames 's questions went on for more than two minutes a leader in his group cut him off to allow the state senator to answer. Both the senator and the leader commended him for his \"thorough\" list of questions.\nBut after the meeting the leader of Ames 's Cub Scout pack which oversees various dens requested a meeting with his mother. The leader told Ames 's mother Lori Mayfield that her son was kicked out of his Cub Scout den the mother said in an email to The Washington Post.\nThe son's den leader was apparently upset over Ames 's questions particularly the one on gun control Mayfield said. The mother was told her son's question was disrespectful and too political.\n\"I had to go home and tell my son he was kicked out \" Mayfield said. \"My son was heartbroken because he really liked this den leader and couldn't understand why his question was inappropriate.\"\n Ames was less than four months away from transitioning from the Cub Scouts to the Boy Scouts his mother said.\nThe Scouts did not explicitly say he was kicked out of the den. In a statement to The Post and local media outlets the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts said only that he remains a member of the larger pack and that the organization is working with the family to offer him options that will \"allow him to continue his Scouting experience in a way that fits his and his family's needs.\"\nBut local news reports of Ames 's apparent removal from his den drew anger across social media with many arguing that Ames was punished for asking tough questions of a state lawmaker. After all the den had specifically assigned the scouts to prepare questions for the senator.\n Ames 's story drew the attention of gun control advocate and former Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona who was shot in the head by an assailant in 2011 suffering a severe brain injury.\n\"This is exactly the kind of courage we need in Congress \" Giffords tweeted Thursday. \" Ames call me in 14 years. I'll campaign for you.\"\nGiffords's husband astronaut Mark Kelly called Ames and his mother Thursday night to talk about what happened according to Fox 31.\nThe focus of the Cub Scouts' assignment Mayfield said was to meet with a government leader and discuss an important issue facing the community. Cub Scouts were instructed to decide on one or two questions and to be prepared to ask the official about an issue in the local news.\n Ames researched the senator before the meeting and decided he would focus his questions on gun control his mother said. After all the majority of the videos on Marble's site deal with gun rights legislation.\n\"Given that the Las Vegas shooting happened I felt that it should be a reasonable thing to ask \" Ames told a Denver Fox affiliate. \"I don't feel like I did anything wrong.\"", "output": [ "Ames Mayfield" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b62d4c332464d7da12944e16898dd81", "input": "Brian Schrank co-curator of the exhibit \"Hey! Play! Games in Modern Culture \" describes its purpose at the Chicago Design Museum Block 37 108 North State St. on Oct. 31 2017 in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Brian Schrank co-curator of the exhibit \"Hey! Play! Games in Modern Culture \" describes its purpose at the Chicago Design Museum Block 37 108 North State St. on Oct. 31 2017 in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS\nA common link between these two locals is Brian Schrank an associate professor in game development theory design at DePaul University. In addition to being on the VGA Gallery board Schrank co-curated “Hey! Play!” calling on his connections in the indie gaming world to show “a very inclusive approach to games where it isn’t just one niche celebrating itself ” he said.\nTypically Schrank said there has been a division between people who approach games as art — and have managed to get some attention from the academy and museums — and those who make games for people to play.\n“There’s often some animosity from the games people toward the art people who sort of dabble in games and get all the publicity ” Schrank said explaining a common sentiment.\nThere’s a VR game that visualizes the noises the headset wearer makes into a microphone. “It’s done very much in earnest ” Schrank said. “The artists wanted to make a game that would fit in at Burning Man.”", "output": [ "Brian Schrank" ] }, { "id": "task419-31fe1289894346efb5073d9fb4d8c8c9", "input": "Former White House strategist Steve Bannon argued that Catholic bishops in the United States only support undocumented immigrants because they need them to fill the pews.\nIn an interview with CBS News’ Charlie Rose Bannon who is Catholic criticized bishops’ support for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program which President Trump recently moved to end in six months.\nThe interview is Bannon’s first televised one since he left the White House in August following months of reported controversy with his West Wing colleagues. After he left the White House Bannon resumed his position as Chairman of Breitbart News.\nHowever he told Rose he and Trump are still on good terms and he is prepared to fight for his legislative agenda.\n“I’m going to be his wing man outside for the entire time ” he said. “Our purpose is to support Donald Trump.”", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-e1fa8b6918a14c498cf8c3d14596059c", "input": "Opposition leader Raila Odinga who got nearly 45 percent of the vote in August has said the new election won’t be credible because of a lack of electoral reform and accused Kenyatta of moving a country known for relative stability and openness toward authoritarian rule.\n Odinga ’s call for a boycott resonated strongly in Kisumu Kenya’s third-largest city and an opposition stronghold. He has urged followers to stay away from polling stations because of concerns about a crackdown by security forces. Human rights groups said police killed at least 67 people during protests after the August vote; authorities confirmed a smaller number of deaths and said they had to take action against rioters.\n Odinga has said the opposition coalition National Super Alliance will become a resistance movement. On Thursday he said the movement will constitute a “People’s Assembly to guide the country to a fresh free and fair presidential election” as part of a peaceful resistance that will include boycotting goods and services by those who have supported Kenyatta’s “lawless grab of the presidency.”\n Odinga and Kenyatta who seeks a second term also faced off in a 2013 election similarly marred by opposition allegations of vote-rigging. The opposition leader also ran unsuccessfully in 2007 — ethnic-fueled animosity after that vote killed more than 1 000 people and forced 600 000 from their homes.\nMany observers say Kenya’s ethnic-based politics overshadow the promise of its democracy. Kenyatta is a Kikuyu while Odinga is a Luo.", "output": [ "Raila Odinga" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe5326a75ba44159b42b957bc9f00fa7", "input": "Tim Gustafson a senior associate with Alta said walking or biking to school is encouraged but the distance can be great. Sometimes that commute takes people out of Northbrook.\n Gustafson spent 30 minutes making a formal presentation to the group and answering questions. He said his firm's work so far has shown a number of common themes coming from the data gathered through live interviews and online feedback.\n Gustafson said high speed high volume roads are the biggest barrier but they are also the most connected streets. He said current bicycle improvements along some roads are popular but still present challenges.\nOne resident told Gustafson that he wanted to see an easier way to get to the Northbrook Court shopping center because of the heavy traffic on Lake Cook Road. Gustafson said he is looking at ways to do that.\nWith there are several bicycle trails or marked bike lanes on local roads including major ones Gustafson said getting into and out of the village is easier than navigating through town by foot or pedal. He remains cautious about making too many judgments at this point in the process.\n\"We don't want to reach any conclusions before we talk to all of you \" Gustafson said. \"We know for crossing a two-lane road not much is needed. A four-lane road with a left turn lane is more challenging. We want to find ways to work with speed.\"\nNot all of the roadways traversing the village are under Northbrook's control according to Gustafson . He said roads like Dundee are state highways and others are under the jurisdiction of Cook County.\n\"We have to get them to spend money for you \" Gustafson said.", "output": [ "Gustafson" ] }, { "id": "task419-affdac474ffc490fbbbb70b8345907dd", "input": "Police Chief Al Thomas ’ retirement was effective immediately the city said in a statement. The University of Virginia is located in Charlottesville.\n“Nothing in my career has brought me more pride than serving as the police chief for the City of Charlottesville ” Thomas said in the statement without providing a reason for his departure.\nFILE PHOTO: Charlottesville Chief of Police Al Thomas (L) and Charlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones listen to speakers during a public forum hosted by the Department of Justice Community Relations Service after a rally by far-right demonstrators led to the death of a counter protester in Charlottesville Virginia U.S. August 27 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts\nHeaphy’s report on the violence said Thomas sought to limit information requested by an investigation team and deleted text messages relevant to the review. Thomas denied efforts to hide information the report added.\nCharlottesville City Manager Maurice Jones on Monday called Thomas “a man of integrity” and said the city will appoint an interim police chief within the next week.", "output": [ "Al Thomas" ] }, { "id": "task419-eaad52814f694fbfa9898b36ff9f440b", "input": "Unidentified kidnappers bundled the deputy governor of Afghanistan ’ s northwestern province of Kunar into a car in the Pakistani city of Peshawar and took him away police sources said on Sunday . Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi had crossed over from Afghanistan into Pakistan with his brother and was walking down a road in the northwestern city of Peshawar when a car with tinted windows pulled up and overpowered the Afghan official according to a Peshawar police source . The police source said Ahmadi ’ s brother recounted the episode to Pakistani police but did not disclose that his brother was a high - ranking Afghan provincial government official . “ It was afterwards we came to know from other sources that he was deputy governor of Kunar ” said the police official . Abdul Ghani Musamem the spokesman for the governor of Kunar confirmed Ahmadi had gone missing in Peshawar on Friday and added that he had been on leave for medical treatment . Wealthy Afghans frequently cross the border for medical treatment in Pakistan . Many Afghans live in Peshawar and it is also common for influential figures in Afghanistan to have business or family links in the Pashtun regions of Pakistan . The Pakistani police source said the Afghan government had not told them about Ahmadi ’ s visit adding that “ otherwise we would have provided him with security ”. Another security official said police in Peshawar were working to find out if Ahmadi ’ s kidnapping was related to his work or a personal dispute . The Afghan Taliban denied involvement in Ahmadi ’ s kidnapping . “ We heard that a deputy Afghan governor went missing in Pakistan but let me clarify that we don ’ t operate outside Afghanistan ” said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid . “ In Pakistan our leadership has strictly forbidden our people from any sort of activities as this is not our policy .”", "output": [ "Mohammad Nabi Ahmadi" ] }, { "id": "task419-23a0a94e740d4caa8a6c7d3013da2ce2", "input": "In a meeting at Trump Tower in New York last year Natalia Veselnitskaya produced a memo that she had shared with one of Russia's most powerful officials prosecutor general Yury Chaika a close ally of President Vladimir Putin the Times reported.\nPutin repeated the charges contained in the memo last week when he addressed a conference of Western scholars. Russia's state-run television has also reported on the issue in interviews with Veselnitskaya and Chaika.\nIn her memo Veselnitskaya accused an American firm Ziff Brothers Investments of illegally buying shares of a Russian firm and avoiding tens of millions of dollars in Russian taxes.\n\"The company was the financial vehicle of three billionaire brothers two of them major donors to Democratic candidates including Mrs. Clinton. By implication Ms. Veselnitskaya said those political contributions were tainted by 'stolen' money '\" the Times reported.", "output": [ "Natalia Veselnitskaya" ] }, { "id": "task419-b2cb6788af174fcfba4eb71d7915ccbe", "input": "A report says that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) is considering leaving Congress after much soul-searching in talks with his close friends.\nAccording to sources close to Ryan who spoke with CNN about the matter they believe he could step down after the 2018 midterm elections. But that is based on the condition that he is able to pass the Republican plan to reform the tax system.\nThe report says he might even retire sooner than that.\nThe CNN report said that exhaustion with President Trump was one of the reasons cited for Ryan mulling over his retirement from Congress.\nA Politico report said that Ryan “would like to serve through Election Day 2018 and retire ahead of the next Congress.”\nWhat did Ryan say about the report?\n Ryan denied the report publicly saying to reporters that he ’s in Congress to stay.\n Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong explained further in a statement saying “This is pure speculation. As the speaker himself said today he’s not going anywhere any time soon.”", "output": [ "Paul Ryan" ] }, { "id": "task419-bbbf0ae7f9db42e096644b4177831ef5", "input": "Actress Arielle Kebbel’s sister has been missing for days and she ’s asking people on social media to help in the search.\nKebbel who’s starred in TV series like “Unreal ” “Ballers” and “Vampire Diaries ” is trying to locate Julia Kebbel who apparently was last seen on the night of Jan. 31 in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles walking her chocolate Labrador.\nA post shared by Arielle Kebbel (@ariellekebbel) on Feb 3 2018 at 9:08am PST\nArielle Kebbel later posted a missing persons flyer with her sister’s description.\nA post shared by Arielle Kebbel (@ariellekebbel) on Feb 4 2018 at 4:29pm PST\n“Arielle Kebbel a cast mate from Life Unexpected and UnReal is in need of our help. Her sister is missing. Please read below take a look at the photos and if you see or hear anything please reach out ” Appleby wrote on Instagram.", "output": [ "Arielle Kebbel" ] }, { "id": "task419-d28fb000e771494c9ee2388bab767bc3", "input": "MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska plans to step down as the president of the two companies he controls aluminum giant Rusal (0486.HK) and En+ Group (ENPLq.L) two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.\nThe change comes less than a month after the inclusion of Deripaska and dozens of Russian billionaires on a U.S. government list of Russian oligarchs. While it is not a sanctions list Western banks may be reluctant to deal with Russian companies whose owners are on the list.\nEn+ has invited international banks to pitch for the sale of $1 billion of shares in the company three sources told Reuters last week. However the inclusion of Deripaska on the U.S. list is making some U.S. banks who worked with En+ on its initial public offering in November wary about participating this time one of the sources said.\n Deripaska’s En+ owns assets in metals and energy including a 48 percent stake in Rusal a Hong Kong-listed Russian aluminum producer which is a big consumer of hydroelectricity produced by En+’s power companies.\n Deripaska has decided to relinquish direct operational control in the two companies because En+ became a publicly-listed company after its share sale in November one of the sources told Reuters. The boards of directors of En+ and Rusal will consider the management changes at their meetings on Feb. 22 the source added.\nBut some analysts questioned the timing of Deripaska stepping down .\nRusal owns a stake in Norilsk Nickel (GMKN.MM) and a power struggle over the nickel producer resurfaced on Friday. Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin has offered to buy the $1.5 billion stake in the mining group held by Roman Abramovich owner of the Chelsea soccer club. Deripaska tried to block the deal.\n“ The timing looks a bit strange coinciding with the resumption of the shareholder conflict at Norilsk Nickel ” analysts at Aton said in a note.", "output": [ "Deripaska" ] }, { "id": "task419-00bd68b2898f4100b9ac2dc078f66932", "input": "When Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 not only was the color of his skin different but so was the cap he wore.\nIn the pre-batting helmet era Robinson had to have a specially-made Brooklyn Dodgers cap to \"protect his head from beanballs ” his widow Rachel Robinson wrote in a 1994 letter.\n Robinson 's cap had three protective plates sewn inside the lining to guard against opposing pitchers who wanted to take our their anger over a black player being in the big leagues.\nJackie Robinson Museum to break ground in Manhattan\n“This is the only cap to this date that I have ever made available to the collecting public ” wrote Rachel Robinson in the letter shared by Lelands. “The cap is 100% original and was game worn by Jackie Robinson during his career as a Brooklyn Dodger. ”\nA Jackie Robinson baseball cap that has protective plates sewn in to protect his head from beanballs. (Courtesy of Lelands)\n Robinson batted .297 with 12 home runs and 29 stolen bases while collecting Rookie of the Year honors in 1947. The six-time All-Star was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1962 and his No. 42 is the retired throughout Major League Baseball.\nGranderson honors Jackie Robinson by his actions on and off field", "output": [ "Jackie Robinson" ] }, { "id": "task419-b77a6bfc61614e068b9aabd1b282c079", "input": "Shomari Legghette has a criminal history stretching back more than two decades court records show. He picked up new charges while out on bond on parole and serving probation making him the kind of repeat offender whom Bauer urged authorities to keep off the street.\n Legghette was taken into custody. According to a source he was wearing a protective vest and was armed with a gun.\n Legghette is expected to appear in court Thursday.\n His first Cook County conviction came in 1997 when he pleaded guilty to drug possession and was sentenced to a year of probation. While serving that probation he was charged with armed robbery and was ultimately found guilty and sentenced in 1999 to 16 years in prison.\nWhile on parole in 2007 he was arrested for a slew of new offenses: unlawful use of a weapon and body armor by a felon possession of a gun with a defaced serial number and a heroin charge. He pleaded guilty to the gun charge and was sentenced to three years in prison.\nWhile out on bond in that case he was again arrested and charged with drug possession — a case that was ultimately dropped.\nIn 2011 he was charged with resisting an officer and battery records show. He was found guilty on one of the two battery counts and was sentenced to probation.\n His most recent conviction was similar to his first: He pleaded guilty in 2015 to drug possession and was given two years in prison. He was discharged from parole in August 2016 according to an Illinois Department of Corrections spokeswoman.\n Johnson noted Legghette’s extensive criminal history calling the shooting “a devastating reminder” that repeat gun offenders are out on the streets.\n“Police officers take a lot of knocks ” he said. “If Paul ’s actions yesterday remind us of anything they should remind us that police officers are the good guys and Paul was one of the best of the good guys.”", "output": [ "Shomari Legghette" ] }, { "id": "task419-ac5e4de3a8954253a0cc70ed0efad13c", "input": "DIANNE FEINSTEIN has served California as a senator for 25 years. She has raised $13m for her 2018 re-election bid; her closest competitor a state senator named Kevin de León has rustled up $434 000. So it was humiliating for Ms Feinstein when the California Democratic Party failed to endorse her at its annual convention in San Diego.\nResults announced on February 25th revealed that just 37% of delegates voted for Ms Feinstein ; 54% chose Mr de León. Candidates need to win 60% of ballots to be awarded the party’s endorsement. Ms Feinstein ’s inability to garner that support will make her the first incumbent senator in decades to run in the Golden State’s primary on June 5th without official party backing.\nThe outcome of the convention was not entirely shocking. Viewed as a staunch moderate Ms Feinstein has never particularly appealed to Democratic activists of the sort who tend to serve as delegates. Much of Ms Feinstein ’s ideology is progressive. She has fought zealously for gun control successfully getting an assault weapons ban signed into law in 1994. She put pressure on Barack Obama to declassify a 7 000-page Senate report about the use of torture by the CIA during the tenure of George W. Bush. But for some Democrats she is not reliably liberal enough. “ She has never been the sweetheart of the rodeo ” says Garry South a long-time democratic strategist in California.\nIn 1990 when she was running for California governor Ms Feinstein was booed at the state Democratic convention after expressing support for the death penalty. She voted to authorise the use of force in Iraq and for the Patriot Act a Bush-era law that expanded the authority of law enforcement agencies to spy on Americans. More recently progressive protestors gathered outside Ms Feinstein’s San Francisco mansion to rail against her support of some of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees. “ Feinstein show me some spine ” read one demonstrator’s sign. “Obstruct or go home ” read another.\n Ms Feinstein’s age has also played a part in her failure to excite Democratic activists. The senator turns 85 this summer. If re-elected she would be 90 by the end of her term. Some Democrats think the time has come for her to step aside. As she wrapped up her speech at the convention music began playing to signal that her allotted time had elapsed. “I guess my time is up ” Ms Feinstein remarked to which some members of the audience responded with a chant: “Your time is up! Your time is up!” After the convention results were announced Mr de León wrote in a Twitter post: “The outcome of last night’s endorsement vote is an astounding rejection of politics as usual. A signal to Washington that we stand shoulder-to-shoulder against a complacent status quo.”\nThe convention result is not necessarily a harbinger of things to come in the June primary or the November general election. California has a top-two primary system for state-wide elections; every eligible candidate from every party participates in the same primary. The top two contenders face off against one another in the general election regardless of their party affiliation. This year that will probably result in a general election that pits Ms Feinstein against Mr de León. Despite her lack of appeal among party activists Ms Feinstein still seems likely to prevail over her pugnacious rival among voters.\nA survey published in January by the Public Policy Institute of California a polling group found that Ms Feinstein led Mr de León by nearly 30 percentage points—though a third of voters were undecided. The same poll found that 45% of probable voters do not know who Mr de León is and 20% felt they didn’t know enough about him to have an opinion. Only 7% said they had not heard of Ms Feinstein . And her war chest dwarfs Mr de León’s by a multiple of 27. For now it looks as though the establishment will remain just that.", "output": [ "Feinstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-59086b1675da48fe86c5aa6917825f61", "input": "Robert Scoble has done it again.\nThe super-enthusiastic tech pundit is infamous for a 2013 photo of himself wearing Google Glass in the shower. In it Scoble looks like he 's red-faced screaming in joy at the camera while still wet and naked in the shower.\nGoogle killed the consumer version of Google Glass two years later in the wake of problems with battery life privacy concerns and the product's reputation for being geeky and generally uncool. It's hard to know how much the shower picture contributed to the perception but it certainly didn't help. Even Google's founder Larry Page told Scoble that he \"didn't appreciate\" the shower selfie.\nWell Snapchat PR's worst nightmare has just come true and Scoble is back in the shower.\nThe tech blogger posted a picture of himself in the shower on Thursday defiantly sticking his tongue out. To be fair Scoble looks better in this picture: He appears to have gotten a new hairdo he's upgraded the tiles in his shower and he's not all wet.", "output": [ "Robert Scoble" ] }, { "id": "task419-2b46b5a9c66b44098b73454d32ab2d9c", "input": "JUST SHORT: Baker Mayfield unable to lead Oklahoma to victory in final game\nBut things changed radically in the third quarter. Suddenly Georgia’s defense was dominant. Baker Mayfield felt pressure – and unlike so many games throughout his career was unable to escape it; he was sacked three times in the pivotal third quarter which the Sooners spent bottled up in their own end of the field and threw an interception on the first play of the fourth quarter leading to the Bulldogs’ go-ahead touchdown. Offensively Georgia’s running game kicked into high gear with Nick Chubb and Sony Michel each scoring touchdowns on long runs.\nAlthough Mayfield tied it with a fantastic drive midway through the fourth quarter – and Oklahoma took the lead on a defensive score – Jake Fromm matched him leading the Bulldogs to the tying score with 55 seconds left.\nGeorgia’s freshman quarterback was overshadowed in the run-up to the game by Baker Mayfield the Heisman winner. And he didn’t touch the ball on the final play; Sony Michel took a direct snap to the house.\nDiscombobulated by Oklahoma in the first half Georgia turned things around with a dominant third-quarter performance. Oklahoma led by 14 and got the ball to start the quarter. But Georgia sandwiched a pair of three-and-outs around a 50-yard touchdown run by Nick Chubb then stopped Oklahoma again. Baker Mayfield who was rarely touched in the first half spent the third quarter on his back – including two sacks on consecutive plays to stall one possession. When Mayfield ’s third-down pass intended for tight end Mark Andrews sailed high it was an easy interception for safety Dominick Sanders who returned it to the 4.\nThe rookie head coach’s well-earned reputation as a strategist and playcaller was on full display from the beginning when Baker Mayfield connected with fullback Dimitri Flowers on consecutive plays for 26 and 16 yards. The Sooners mixed runs and passes – and had especially nice calls on third downs including screens to beat blitzes and shallow crossing routes that became long gains. The tour de force came at the end of the first half when on third-and-goal from the 2 Riley dialed up a toss to Flowers going left … that became a reverse to receiver CeeDee Lamb … that finished as a run-pass option for the receiver who lofted an easy touchdown pass to Mayfield in the back corner of the end zone.", "output": [ "Baker Mayfield" ] }, { "id": "task419-e7e28e20781e4bd5abc1cb989c501f1f", "input": "Hillary Clinton . (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)\nThere’s not much to do when you’re home for the holidays so this season some have decided to fill up their free time by melting down over a video that snipes at Hillary Clinton .\n“Take up a hobby in the new year ” a young writer holding a glass of champagne says to Clinton in the short which Vanity Fair magazine’s “Hive” vertical produced as part of a series proposing “resolutions” to various political figures. “Volunteer work knitting improv comedy — literally anything that will keep you from running again.”\nWell no. The video had sexist overtones and the lameness of the jokes made them all the more offensive. It ’s harder to plead comedic license when your comedy isn’t funny. But Clinton occupies an odd place in the political sphere: She was so close to the Oval Office for so long leading up to 2016 that her heir apparentness discouraged potential challengers. A career candidate from a Democratic dynasty held little appeal for anyone dissatisfied with the party status quo then and will hold even less in 2020. It’s not surprising that some cringe to think Clinton ’s shadow could still loom over races to come.\nSo then why resurrect her ?\nAlthough ride-or-die Clinton supporters weren’t they only ones who took umbrage at the knitting comment it was that cohort who turned particularly hysterical. These all-in Clinton fans seem determined to keep their candidate relevant: Even if they aren’t calling on her to run again they want her at the center of the political conversation. Every faux pas of President Trump’s becomes an opportunity for Clinton-would-have-been-bettering. No kidding she would yet that’s neither here nor there when it comes to countering the damage Trump does every day or to cultivating a roster of candidates who will win the seats to turn things around.\n[Vanity Fair staffers provide snotty condescending life tips for Hillary Clinton ]\nBut more perplexing than the multitude of Clinton crusaders who are still crusading are the Clinton critics who continue to place the defeated candidate center-stage in their narratives even as they shriek that they want her out. This besides its blatant unfunniness may be the greatest failing of Vanity Fair’s ill-advised advice video. The staffers have devoted one minute and three seconds to telling Clinton to go away and all they’ve succeeding in doing is bringing her right back.\nThis is “What Happened?” week on repeat. Journalists lambasted Clinton for re-litigating the 2016 primary in writing and then they did the exact same thing. Over and over. They rolled their eyes at her play for attention cash catharsis or whatever else it was — and then they helped her find all of the above.\nAnd it’s not only professional pundits who can’t seem to give Clinton up. For every amateur commentator or plain old civilian re-upping a Clinton campaign talking point on Twitter there’s someone ready to fire back with an explanation of why Clinton is the worst politician of all time. This goes on every day more than a year after the election and almost a year after the man who beat Clinton walked into the White House.\nHours before the Vanity Fair outrage Trump sent a Boxing Day Twitter missive from Mar-a-Lago in his usual style: “They used this Crooked Hillary pile of garbage as the basis for going after the Trump Campaign!” he concluded harping on his beef with Clinton yet again. Which prompted all his critics left very left and right alike to tell him to get over it. Perhaps they should too.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-27d3f88eff39486aa657066bafabd0ae", "input": "Oscar Cortez 46 originally from El Salvador is a plumber who has built an American life in the 17 years he has had temporary protected status. The U.S. government will terminate the program for an estimated 200 000 Salvadorans in this country people with knowledge of the plan said Monday. (Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post)\n Oscar Cortez feels like he has an ordinary American life. He carries a Costco card. He roots for the Boston Red Sox. And five days a week he rises before dawn pulls on four shirts and two pairs of pants and ventures into the frigid air to work as a plumber a good job that pays for his Maryland townhouse and his daughters’ college fund.\nThe U.S. government opened the door to this life in 2001 when it granted Cortez and about 200 000 other migrants from El Salvador Temporary Protected Status (TPS) a provisional reprieve from deportation that has allowed them to work legally in the United States for 17 years.\nAt 15th and L streets NW in Washington Cortez saw the news on his mobile phone while taking a break from laying copper pipe at the construction site of the new Fannie Mae headquarters.\nMany Salvadorans say they will try to stay in the United States illegally — a fate they find more bearable than facing the rampant gang violence in their homeland. Cortez said he visited his parents in 2016 for the first time since he left and was shocked to see that the house had six locks on every door to ward off burglars. People he knew had left or died. Strangers stared at him on the street.\n“I felt like a foreigner in my own land ” he said. “Everyone is looking at you like you’re from outer space.”\nBoth men said they are hoarding their savings in case they lose their jobs along with their protected status. Cortez has put off replacing his old Mitsubishi Montero with 150 000 miles and a sputtering engine.\nLike many TPS recipients they say they will try to obtain legal residency. His wife is a legal resident and Cortez hopes she will someday be able to sponsor him . Contreras said he is trying to get a green card through his wife a U.S. citizen. But there are no guarantees.\n Cortez nodded. “We’ll lose our jobs ” he said. “We’ll lose it all.”", "output": [ "Oscar Cortez" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e5c8c977f8b4a68a70fe582c5fbc0d1", "input": "President Donald Trump's critics are arguing that GOP calls for the Justice Department to investigate Hillary Clinton and Democrats' ties to Russia are an effort to distract from the real Russia investigation into potential Trump-Russia collusion.\nEver since Watergate the mantra of all major corruption investigations has been to \"follow the money.\" Well Americans of all political stripes should be outraged by the fact that both Democrats and Republicans in Washington are up to their eyeballs in Kremlin cash. Russian money found its way into the pockets of not only Trump advisers like Paul Manafort and Rick Gates — who were recently indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller —but also Democratic power lobbyist Tony Podesta Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation.\nThis should suggest to objective observers that Russia was using its money to influence both sides in order to advance the Kremlin's interests. And it means that any full and impartial investigation of Russia's efforts to influence our political process needs to follow the Russian money flowing into the coffers of the Clintons their foundation and their top associates.\nThe New York Times reported in 2015 that \"shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One [former President Bill] Clinton received $500 000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.\" In total $145 million went to the Clinton Foundation from interests linked to Uranium One which was acquired by the Russian government nuclear agency Rosatum.\nThink that was just a coincidence? As former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy points out the Uranium One deal is not a national security scandal it is a corruption scandal involving \" Clinton family self-dealing.\" Ask yourself: How many half-a-million-dollar speeches has Bill Clinton given to Kremlin-linked banks since Hillary Clinton was defeated? How much Russian money is flowing into the Clinton Foundation 's coffers today? If Donald Trump had given a $500 000 speech paid for by a Kremlin bank and his private foundation had accepted $145 million from Vladimir Putin-linked oligarchs and their Western business partners do you think that his critics would be insisting there was nothing to see here?\nA look at Hillary Clinton 's time as first lady U.S. senator secretary of state and a Democratic candidate for president.\nWe should all be deeply concerned by how much Russian cash was sloshing around Washington and how much of it found its way into the bank accounts of the Clintons and those around them . And we should all Democrats and Republicans alike want to get to the bottom of it.\nAs Americans it goes against our sensibilities to encourage the Justice Department of one party to investigate the vanquished candidate of the other party. But does the fact that Clinton lost mean Americans don't deserve to know the full extent of Russia's efforts to influence our political process?\nNone of this absolves the Trump campaign or calls into question the intelligence community's conclusion that \"Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help ... Trump's election chances.\" But it does underscore that the Russians were smart in what the intelligence community calls their efforts to \"undermine public faith in the US democratic process.\" They played both sides and in so doing preyed on the singular weakness of the Clintons and those around them — greed.\nAny impartial investigation of Russia's efforts to meddle in our democratic process needs to include a full inquiry of the Russian money flowing into Clinton world. Such an inquiry is not a distraction. It is critical to restoring public faith in American democracy.\nTrump's obsession with Hillary Clinton should scare everyone\nA Bill Clinton 'reckoning' for Democrats? Don't hold your breath.", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-78eb6cd183b94f17834da7c5c9bc0cd5", "input": "UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is again calling on the U.N. Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court pointing to \"serious violations\" including blocking aid deliveries and medical care to millions.\n Guterres said in a report to the council circulated Friday on the humanitarian situation in Syria in December that \"accountability for serious violations is a requirement under international law and central to achieving sustainable peace.\"\nDuring December he said no aid was delivered to over 417 000 people in nine \"besieged\" locations and only 60 000 of the nearly 2.5 million Syrians living in \"hard-to-reach\" areas received humanitarian help. He said 95 percent of the besieged population is besieged by Syrian government forces.\n Guterres said \"access for the United Nations and its partners to those people living in besieged and hard-to-reach locations remained a critical concern.\"\n He said deliveries of food and other aid remained \"extremely challenging\" in many areas last month \"as a result of active conflict shifting conflict lines administrative impediments and deliberate restrictions imposed on the movement of people and goods by the parties to the conflict.\"", "output": [ "Antonio Guterres" ] }, { "id": "task419-4db0293bebc6428da9113fe2516ba326", "input": "Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was put on the defensive Wednesday by angry students teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun-control measures after the shooting rampage that claimed 17 lives at a Florida high school.\nOne of those confronting the Florida senator at a CNN's \"Stand Up\" town hall Wednesday night was Fred Guttenberg whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime was killed on Feb. 14 with 16 others. Rubio was the lone Republican at the nationally broadcast gathering after Florida's GOP Gov. Rick Scott and President Donald Trump declined invitations to appear at the event in Sunrise Florida.\nGuttenberg told Rubio that his comments about the shooting \"and those of your president this week have been pathetically weak.\"\nPeople stood up and cheered Guttenberg as he challenged Rubio to tell him the truth to acknowledge that \"guns were the factor in the hunting of our kids.\"\n Rubio responded that the problems laid bare by the shooting rampage \"cannot be solved by gun laws alone \" drawing jeering whistles from the crowd. Rubio responded that he would support laws barring those 18 and under from buying such weapons support changing the background checks system and getting rid of bump stocks.", "output": [ "Marco Rubio" ] }, { "id": "task419-9e3436a30f674bf7b3024e2324f9e7f3", "input": "Amanda Griggs said she kept her son also in third grade home from school Tuesday because he had a fever.\n\"I'm so sad for the family that has to get the horrible news today \" she said. \"I won't rant about bullying or gun control. I'm just sad that the child felt there was no other way.\"\n She said she told her son about the incident because he would have heard about it.\n\"I told him what happened because he was going to hear about it at school and his only response was 'Why?' \" she said. \"I just told him that I didn't know and that now no one will ever know. He was shocked but had nothing else to say.\"", "output": [ "Amanda Griggs" ] }, { "id": "task419-24188fb52707436fa1052e7d29e19ee3", "input": "\"The patient has been revived and is convalescing. But it could be a year or two before the company will be healthy and running again \" Mahindra Satyam chairman Vineet Nayyar told a news conference.\n Satyam was taken over in April by mid-sized software outsourcer Tech Mahindra a unit of the tractors-to-holidays conglomerate Mahindra and Mahindra which paid nearly 600 million dollars for a majority share.\n Before the scandal broke Satyam reported net profit for the quarter ending December 2008 of 1.81 billion rupees (38 million dollars).\n Satyam shares rose 3.6 percent during the day on earnings optimism but ended the day flat at 98.9 rupees.\n The company is in the process of restating its accounts for the last half dozen years.\n \"We saw a huge exodus of clients after the scam broke \" Nayyar said.\nMahindra Satyam chairman Vineet Nayyar told a news conference.\n The net loss was higher for the previous full-year ended March 2009 at 81.76 billion rupees the Hyderabad-based company said.\n In March 2009 Satyam had 500 clients and it now has 350.\n Analysts have been divided about Satyam's future with some saying the worst is over while others argue it could take a \"few quarters or even years\" of uphill struggle to fully emerge from the scandal.\n Satyam's stock plunged more than 90 percent when the scandal broke but recovered when a government-appointed board took charge and later chose Tech Mahindra as the new owners through a bidding process.\n Satyam's shares however are still around 45 percent below their pre-crisis levels.\n Investors have been waiting for signs of recovery particularly after the firm said last week it would delist from the New York stock exchange amid fears it might not meet US reporting deadlines for its restated accounts.", "output": [ "Mahindra Satyam" ] }, { "id": "task419-875d8bcb0456409bb52f48dfce7fee2a", "input": "The U.S. Air Force didn’t report Texas church shooter Devin Kelley’s domestic violence conviction to the FBI -- even though it was required by the Pentagon -- leaving the door open for Kelley to buy weapons officials said on Monday.\n Kelley ’s conviction wasn’t submitted to the FBI’s Criminal Justice Investigation Services Division for inclusion in the National Criminal Information Center database that is used to conduct background checks on would-be gun purchasers Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek said.\nThe Holloman Air Force Base Office of Special Investigations -- the base where Kelley was stationed -- was supposed to enter his information into the database according to a statement released Monday night by the Air Force.\nTEXAS CHURCH SHOOTER DEVIN PATRICK KELLEY SERVED IN AIR FORCE WAS COURT-MARTIALED FOR ASSAULTING WIFE CHILD", "output": [ "Devin Kelley" ] }, { "id": "task419-357ac96e05b94d11855fd933c5ae08de", "input": "White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman will resign from her role next month The Associated Press reported Wednesday.\nWhite House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told the AP that Manigault Newman’s resignation is effective Jan. 20 one year after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Sanders said in a statement that Manigault Newman resigned “to pursue other opportunities.”\n Manigault Newman who worked as communications director for the Office of Public Liaison at the White House was once a contestant on Trump’s television program “The Apprentice ” where she was dubbed the program’s “villain.” The AP noted she is one of the president’s “most prominent African-American supporters.”\n She previously worked in the White House during former president Bill Clinton’s administration.\n Manigault Newman is no stranger to controversy. White House reporter April Ryan alleged earlier this year that Manigault Newman attempted to physically and verbally intimidate her during an exchange. Manigault Newman denied the allegation.\nA recent report in the Daily Beast indicated that Manigault Newman ’s exact role in the White House was unclear to many.", "output": [ "Omarosa Manigault Newman" ] }, { "id": "task419-01a923f81a03401d9b5f8ead0bbdeae4", "input": "\"Science created the ability to destroy ourselves and the planet several times in a matter of hours \" said Castro in an editorial published by local media. \"The greatest contradiction in our age is the ability of our species to destroy itself and its inability to govern itself at the same time.\"\n In the editorial entitled \"The madness of our time.\" Castro listed the catastrophic effects of global warming and pointed to threats posed by new weapons and military technologies of the United States.\n He criticized the United States for developing new high-tech military devices such as the recent launch of an unmanned \"space plane\" by U.S.air force from Cape Canaveral.\n These moves \"reveal the true philosophy of the United States \" said Castro. He also described the role of U.S. President Barack Obama at the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen as \"disappointing\" and a \"painful deception\" to the public.\nCastro. He also described the role of U.S. President Barack Obama at the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen as \"disappointing\" and a \"painful deception\" to the public.\n Castro said global warming will lead to the rise of sea levels the decrease of drinkable water and arable land. It will also result in the pollution of oceans and extinction of many species in a few decades.\n Castro noted that genetic manipulation and chemical fertilizers helped meet people's basic needs for food and he questioned if they can produce healthy food fit for consumption. He also stressed the need for protecting non-renewable vital minerals and energy.\n Castro 83 handed over power to his brother Raul Castro for health reasons in June 2006. Since then he has devoted to work on what he called his \"reflections\" on issues of global importance through editorials.", "output": [ "Fidel Castro", "Castro" ] }, { "id": "task419-9b668380a1834f29ac40cc5326caa282", "input": "Students at the mock trial Thursday using the case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District in the ceremonial courtroom of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post)\nAs she stood before local students in a federal courtroom in Washington Mary Beth Tinker held aloft a replica of the black armband that had brought her notoriety — and students like them protections of their freedom of expression.\nOn Thursday close to 50 years after Tinker wore an armband to her Iowa school to protest the Vietnam War — and was suspended — she appeared at a mock trial reenacting her case before students from the Washington area.\nAnd their rights to those protests are bolstered by the 1969 Supreme Court decision in Tinker ’s case when a majority of justices ruled that students and teachers do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”\nIn a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union over Tinker ’s suspension the Supreme Court ruled the First Amendment applied to public schools and that school officials could not censor student speech unless it disrupted the educational process. A black armband judges ruled was not disruptive.\nTatel and Judge Sri Srinivasan also of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia presided while experienced lawyers reenacted Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District before about 200 students.\nSome in the audience in the ceremonial courtroom of the appeals court were eighth graders the same as Tinker when at 13 she wore the armband in 1965.\n“These kids need to speak up for themselves and it is powerful when they do that ” Tinker said Thursday.\n Tinker a retired nurse who lives in Van Ness arrived Thursday to court wearing a pin of the late Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall a relentless voice for minorities and civil rights in a six-decade legal career and a red ribbon for Yoselis Region Barrios a 16-year-old student of Capital City Charter School who was killed last month in the District.\nAfter the reenactment finished students crowded around Tinker as she asked each of them what they wanted to change in the world. Tinker had described how she was raised in a family headed by her Methodist minister father and a mother who urged their children to act on their religious ideals.\n Tinker “fought for something she believed in ” said Eliora Brown-Egue a 13-year-old eighth grader at Alice Deal Middle School in Tenleytown. “It was amazing to learn about a part of history from someone who was there.”\nBefore starting a career speaking to students Tinker was a nurse at Prince George’s Hospital Center.\nWhen Tinker travels to speak as in Thursday’s reenactment she tells stories of other young people who spoke up in history.\n Tinker and the case “made us feel like we could do the same thing ” Walton said.", "output": [ "Mary Beth Tinker" ] }, { "id": "task419-a270c71b0b1245c08abfd915afa5914e", "input": "Davis challenged his conviction and sentence on the grounds that his confession was illegally obtained and that his trial in San Clara County Calif. was tainted by pretrial publicity.\n Marc Klaas Polly's father expressed frustration Monday that Davis' appeals were taking too long. He noted that Polly would be 28 now had she lived.\nDavis' appeals were taking too long. He noted that Polly would be 28 now had she lived.\n \"I have no doubt that this guy is going to outlive me \" said Klaas 60.\n Davis has a constitutional challenge pending before the state high court. Once that is resolved he can challenge his conviction and sentence in federal court.\n Assistant California Attorney General Ronald Matthias who successfully opposed DavisDavis' appeal said federal appeals could take 10 to 15 years.\n In writing for the court Justice Joyce L. Kennard recounted DavisDavis' reaction when a jury found him guilty of Polly's murder.\n Davis \"turned toward the television cameras in the courtroom and made an obscene gesture with both hands by extending his middle fingers \" Kennard wrote. \"He then winked his eye and blew a kiss.\"\n Davis kidnapped Polly from her bedroom at her home in Petaluma Calif. where she was having a slumber party with two other girls. Her mother and a younger half-sister were sleeping down the hall.\n Davis had a long and violent criminal record and his history helped fuel voter support for a 1994 three-strikes initiative in California that required sentences of 25 years to life in prison for a third felony after two violent felonies.", "output": [ "Davis" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb0a966b225b4b2987112a7ed89f8ef8", "input": "The woman reportedly told police that Russell L. Burd 45 knocked on her door around 4 a.m. saying he needed to talk. When she opened the door she said Burd appeared drunk and upset.\nShe said he then got on top of her and handcuffed her. During the attack she alleged Burd told her more than once to “pretend to enjoy this or I will kill you in front of your son.”\nAfter it was over Burd reportedly asked the woman wait a bit “before you contact the cops so I can down a couple beers before I go to jail.” He also reportedly said to “tell the cops to watch out for my mother’s ashes.”\nPolice later arrested Burd and said he did not cooperate with authorities according to the documents.\n Burd was charged with first degree rape first degree sexual abuse second degree burglary and third degree kidnapping Fox4KC reported. He is being held in jail on a $100 000 bond.", "output": [ "Russell L. Burd" ] }, { "id": "task419-f6094cd1f6d04e4685b7ce0e13e60ef3", "input": "“It’s almost like an out-of-body experience ” said Gina Walker who returned in October . “You wake up every morning and expect things to be back to normal and they’re not.”\n Walker had recently quit her job in New York as licensing manager for a music publisher moving home with plans to build her dream house. She arrived a week before Irma hit.\n She lives with an aunt now and spends most of her time cleaning other people’s homes and worrying about where to get water amid the rumble of generators and jackhammers.\n“It really takes a toll ” she said. “I’m happy to do the work but would be lying if I said that it wasn’t really difficult at this point.”", "output": [ "Gina Walker" ] }, { "id": "task419-1d1d5e61cfab4656a75ca09fc99fa5d8", "input": "Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke spent more than $14 000 on government helicopter rides for himself and staff to travel to and from Washington D.C. events over the summer — including one time so he could ride horses with Vice President Mike Pence a new investigation unveiled.\nThrough a Freedom of Information Act request Zinke 's travel logs revealed he had used \"taxpayer-funded vehicles from the U.S. Park Police to help accommodate his political events schedule \" the Politico investigation reported.\nOn June 21 Zinke ordered a Park Police helicopter for him and his chief of staff Scott Hommel in order to attend and emergency management exercise in Shepherdstown West Virginia Politico reported. The flight cost $8 000 and was justified by the Interior Department because it said Zinke wouldn't have been able to make the event in time otherwise.\n\"Secretary Zinke’s last engagement in Washington D.C. is at 2 p.m. \" and Interior staffer explained as a defense for Zinke 's helicopter use. \"Driving to [the West Virginia event] would not enable him to be on time and fully participate as scheduled.\"\nZinke's prior engagement was a ceremony for Rep. Greg Gianforte R-Mont. who filled Zinke 's former seat with a special election victory in May. Gianforte and his wife also donated $15 800 to Zinke 's previous congressional campaigns Politico reported.", "output": [ "Ryan Zinke" ] }, { "id": "task419-e2a19eb9547442519e4b0a2113b8e869", "input": "Recently Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has been making some news when it comes to climate change.\nWhen climate-science denier Donald Trump declared his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord Gov. McAuliffe stepped up to declare that Virginia would act to address climate change at the state level.\nFollowing an executive order earlier this year to examine what it would take for Virginia to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) the report came back with a path to join RGGI via Executive action which Governor McAuliffe has initiated.\n McAuliffe’s actions like those noted above merit praise for moving the ball forward in Virginia in the facing of mounting climate risks on the one hand and on the other hand improving clean-energy and energy efficiency economics.\nOf course a healthy relationship is also an honest one and an honest clear-eyed assessment of Terry McAuliffe’s climate change record is unfortunately far from rosy.\nFor many however disappointment with Terry McAuliffe began soon after his election with fossil fuel interests dominating the funding of his inauguration events. For many climate-aware constituents the door(s) seemed to be closing — and the years that followed seemed to bear out those concerns.\nSimply put Terry McAuliffe has not been a fierce clean energy warrior – let alone a climate champion as this disturbingly fawning article incorrectly claims – through most of the past four years.\nAs McAuliffe finishes his term as governor and potentially considers a run for president in 2020 it appears that he’s striving in his last “semester” to boost his final grade when it comes to environmental issues. While much of that striving is rhetorical flourishes moving Virginia into RGGI is substantial. (Of course if this can be done so easily by a Governor via administrative fiat the question is why didn’t he do this years earlier?) Also McAuliffe merits credit for his Executive Order that led to determining how he (Virginia’s Governor) could take the Commonwealth into the RGGI without legislative action. With RGGI in mind one can certainly see Terry having boosted his final environmental grade — perhaps even as high as a solid C.\nMeanwhile many political observers believe that Terry McAuliffe is taking steps for a run at the Democratic Party nomination for President in 2020. To get there will almost certainly require a strong climate and clean energy track record. Unfortunately for McAuliffe a solid C (or worse) won’t do the trick.\nAnd that matters for Terry McAuliffe beyond the Virginia governor’s mansion. Simply put fossil fools fund and power GOP science deniers — not potential 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominees. For Terry McAuliffe doing the right thing on the pipelines also happens to be the right thing for him politically. The question is will McAuliffe change course at the last minute — or will he stubbornly stick to the wrong position he’s held all along?", "output": [ "Terry McAuliffe" ] }, { "id": "task419-a95aad9f9db140afb1addae41126917f", "input": "Zoobia Shahnaz 27 is charged with bank fraud conspiracy to commit money laundering and three counts of money laundering according to a statement from the Department of Justice. She pleaded not guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Central Islip N.Y.\n Shahnaz is a U.S. citizen born in Pakistan. She lives in the town of Brentwood N.Y. where she was working as a lab technician in a Manhattan hospital until June when she quit her job. The government says Shahnaz was detained on July 31 at John F. Kennedy airport as she was headed to Pakistan by way of Istanbul from where they believe she intended to enter Syria and join ISIS.\n\"As a health care professional in 2016 Ms. Shahnaz was a volunteer with the Syrian American Medical Society assisting other health care providers in delivering lifesaving medical care to Syrian refugees \" her attorney Steve Zissou tells NPR. \" She witnessed the suffering of the refugees firsthand. Her humanitarian efforts then and since were motivated by her commitment to helping alleviate the plight of the people in the Middle East.\"\nAccording to Justice Department court filings the defendant used more than a dozen credit cards — six of which allegedly were fraudulently obtained — to buy approximately $62 700 in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The government says Shahnaz converted the cryptocurrencies back to U.S. dollars and deposited the funds into a checking account in her name. She also allegedly obtained a $22 500 loan from a Manhattan bank.\nThe Justice Department says Shahnaz then began transferring money abroad to support ISIS while taking measures to disguise the nature and purpose of the funds and avoid transaction reporting requirements.\nIf convicted of bank fraud Shahnaz faces up to 30 years in prison. The other charges each carry possible penalties of up to 20 years.", "output": [ "Zoobia Shahnaz" ] }, { "id": "task419-2616af736af34f6e894d5fd64030f30e", "input": "Arnold Wilkins left and Geoff Cole right hope to show that an aversion to objects such as lotus seedpods can be seen as a phobia with an evolutionary basis. (Roger Deeble)\nDuring an introductory psychology course at Britain’s University of Essex in 2009 Arnold Wilkins asked his class to participate in a quick experiment. Wilkins projected two images on a wall and asked students to write down whether they found either of them disturbing. One was a photograph of a woody landscape. The other was a close-up of a lotus-flower seedpod — a flat-faced pod pocked with small holes. Most of the students were unmoved but one freshman An Le recalls being both transfixed and revolted by the lotus image. “It felt like I was in shock ” he says.\n Le is far from alone in his response. Thousands of people claim to suffer trypophobia a term derived from the Greek “trypo ” which means punching drilling or boring holes. It refers to an irrational fear of clusters of small holes such as beehives ant holes and even bubbles in a pancake on the griddle or air pockets in a chocolate bar.\nIn a separate experiment the pair showed people slide shows of various images and monitored their brain activity via functional MRI scans. “You get an abnormally high response with the trypophobic images ” Wilkins says. “It’s like these poisonous things are warning us that they’re poisonous ” Cole says. Trypophobic patterns such as those that can be found on the skin of snakes and spiders are indicative of poisonous predators and some people are especially primed to respond to that. Wilkins and Cole hope to soon figure out why.\n Wilkins and Cole concede that it’s too soon to draw major conclusions from their findings. For now they are outlining a desensitization regimen whereby trypophobes gradually expose themselves to more disturbing imagery as a way to overcome their anxieties Wilkins says. “But it probably won’t be possible to remove the uncomfortableness altogether.”", "output": [ "Arnold Wilkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-6722693330ff409ab28b86973197d43e", "input": "\"CBS This Morning\" co-host Gayle King said Tuesday she thinks her best friend Oprah Winfrey is \"intrigued by the idea\" of challenging President Donald Trump for the White House in 2020 but she 's not \"actively considering\" a campaign.\n\"I absolutely don't think that her position has changed \" King said during the early morning program. \"I don't. You know I was up talking to her very late last night. I do think this though guys. I do think she 's intrigued by the idea.\"\n King continued that she also knows after years of watching Winfrey's television show \"you always have a right to change your mind.\"\n\"I don't think at this point she is actually considering it \" said King . \"Listen there are people who have said they want to be her campaign manager who want to quit their jobs and campaign for her . She loves this country and would like to be of service in some way but I don't think that she 's actively considering it.\"\nSpeculation started growing about Winfrey's political ambitions after her speech at Sunday night's Golden Globe awards and was spurred more when her longtime companion Stedman Graham told the Los Angeles Times that she would \"absolutely\" run but the decision was \"up to the people.\"\n\"Stedman says that he thought the reporter said to him 'Would she make a good president?' And he said 'absolutely she would '\" said King . \"Stedman would never so cavalierly say absolutely she would do it it's up to the people. He would never do that.\"\nMeanwhile King said the Golden Globes producers had wanted Winfrey to cut her speech to about three minutes long. She insisted in keeping it at six minutes and after applause was factored in it timed out at nine minutes.\n\"I think the producers thought that was worth going late for \" King said. \"She wanted that moment to be more than women wearing black dresses of solidarity. She really did want to speak to young girls around the country.\"", "output": [ "Gayle King" ] }, { "id": "task419-7d9ae6783a604366ab8d9992d90e61ce", "input": "\"Slaughtered in school \" \"And still no gun control \" \"How come Marco Rubio?\" read three mobile billboards outside Rubio 's office in Doral Florida as CNN reported Friday.\nSouth Florida's mobile billboard campaign trolling of Rubio was created by online activist group Avaaz and run through the streets of Miami according to the report.\n\"Today citizens are asking: How come Rubio refuses to protect our children? The senator has taken fire across the country for his toothless response to the shooting calling it 'inexplicable.' We called [that] 'inexcusable.'\"\n Rubio released a statement Friday:", "output": [ "Marco Rubio.", "Marco" ] }, { "id": "task419-67d26854fab14100aee102a4ebe5c24e", "input": "On Sunday House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who was once the highest-ranking woman in government in American history appeared on Meet the Press and was asked about the sexual harassment allegations against Michigan congressman John Conyers. She blew it.\n“We are strengthened by due process ” the House minority leader told Chuck Todd days after Conyers himself confirmed that his office had paid a settlement in response to a 2105 sexual harassment complaint. “Just because someone is accused and was it one accusation? Is it two? I think there has to be—John Conyers is an icon in our country.” After an uproar and Conyers’s resignation from the House Ethics Committee she quickly backtracked issuing a statement that said “No matter how great an individual’s legacy it is not a license for harassment.” On Tuesday the Detroit News reported that another former Conyers staffer had come forward to allege harassment by the longtime congressman and on Thursday Pelosi said Conyers should resign.\nStill Pelosi’s fumble is just the latest example of why she’s no longer the best person to lead House Democrats. The Democrats have many problems but they can’t solve them with an aging leadership that has led to them being stuck in the minority for four House election cycles. Republicans have no problem switching leaders even when they’re in power—a hard-right caucus forced House Speaker John Boehner to step down in 2015—but Democrats have stuck with Pelosi since 2003. That’s too long.\nWhen Pelosi came to lead the House Democrats back then after Minority Leader Dick Gephardt stepped down to run for president the party was at a low point. It had lost seats in the 2002 midterms just the third time since the 1930s that the party controlling the White House had picked up seats in the House during a midterm. A year later President George W. Bush won reelection and picked up seats in the Senate and House along with it.\nBut surfing on an anti-war anti-Bush wave in 2006 Democrats snatched 31 House spots and Pelosi became Speaker the first woman to ever reach that height. In 2008 Democrats rode the coattails of Barack Obama to pick up even more seats before the Tea Party backlash knocked them out of the majority in the House.\nIn those two years when Democrats had a unified government Pelosi shepherded several pieces of landmark legislation through the House including the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and Dodd-Frank financial industry reform despite presiding over a chamber full of conservative Democrats. She also helped get the Affordable Care Act passed first with a public option and then after right-leaning Senate Democrats blocked that version in its final form.\nThe six years since have not been as kind. After her term as Speaker ended when Republicans stormed to a House majority in 2010 Pelosi stayed on as minority leader even though losing a majority is usually seen as a failure for which the leader should be held accountable. Before Pelosi the last former Speaker to take the minority leader seat after losing a majority was Joseph William Martin Jr. of Massachusetts who was the Republican House leader from 1939 to 1959 and served two nonconsecutive terms as Speaker. (In the Senate Democrat Harry Reid stayed on as Minority Leader for two years following the 2014 elections but announced his retirement early in 2015.)\n Pelosi and the rest of the aging House leadership have made it impossible for younger members of the party to take over which has no doubt contributed to the perception that the party is out of touch. Pelosi Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland and assistant Democratic leader Jim Clyburn of South Carolina are all in their late 70s but more importantly have all been in the leadership for at least a decade.\nThere are two reasons why Pelosi has held on for so long. One is that though some Democrats oppose her they can’t put together a credible challenge. When Democrats lost the majority in 2010 North Carolina Congressman Heath Shuler a former NFL quarterback won just 43 votes in his bid to replace her. (Shuler retired from Congress a few years later.) After the top-to-bottom failure of the 2016 election Ohio congressman Tim Ryan ran against her on a quasi-populist platform. Ryan who voted for an anti-abortion amendment during the 2009 debate over the Affordable Care Act implied that the party focused too much on social issues. He got a bigger share of votes than Shuler did but Pelosi won the election handily after finally promising positions of power be handed to more junior Democrats.\nThe second reason which also partially answers why no prominent House Democrat has ever stepped up to take on Pelosi is that she’s a very good fundraiser. Pelosi has raised almost $600 million since 2002 and has raised more than $25 million alone this year most of which she gave to the House Democrats’ campaign arm.\n“ She is a great fundraiser but if the money we’re raising through her leadership is not helping us win elections then we have to have this conversation now ” Democratic congresswoman Kathleen Rice of New York said in a June interview. (On Wednesday Rice sharply criticized Pelosi for her handling of the Conyers’s harassment scandal saying Pelosi’s comments on Sunday “set women back and—quite frankly our party back—decades.”)", "output": [ "Nancy Pelosi" ] }, { "id": "task419-e725da6e34534cf19bfa21e2ba05f3bc", "input": "Step aside rose gold — this is a job for old-school Minnie Mouse.\nThe sparkly headbands which just hit stores last week are much more than just a trend — they’re a little piece of fashion history. The new pastel ear headbands are inspired by the Minnie Mouse of yesteryear referencing her appearance in color animations in the mid-1930s and early 1940s.\nThe sequined blue polka dot ears match her original skirt design — which would later be swapped out for the classic red we know today — while the little wire daisy is a style Minnie would regularly sport poking out from atop her favorite red hat.\nThe ears are available at shops throughout Disneyland and Walt Disney World for $24.99 and if you see them move quickly — if it’s anything like we witnessed this summer these vintage Minnie ears will soon be flying off store shelves.\nThis throwback Minnie souvenir is just the latest in a run of fan-favorite merchandise coming out of the Disney parks. Guests waited in hour-long lines to snag a popcorn bucket in the shape of Oogie Boogie from \"The Nightmare Before Christmas\" back in September and last month’s Pluto popcorn bucket which features the pup in an ugly Christmas sweater and Santa cap has been eagerly snapped up by fans on both coasts.", "output": [ "Minnie Mouse" ] }, { "id": "task419-33e6d86667694309a7ff4dae42a17702", "input": "The Senate is expected to vote Saturday on whether to take up the legislation. The majority leader Harry Reid D-Nev. refused to say Thursday whether he had the 60 votes needed to clear that procedural hurdle.\n While the guts of the Senate and House bills are similar Reid devised a new method of financing coverage not found in any other major health bill. His proposal would significantly increase the Medicare payroll tax for high-income people.\n Supporters of abortion rights were pleased with the treatment of abortion in Reid's bill. \"It maintains the decades-long compromise of no federal funds for abortion while allowing a woman to use her own private funds for her reproductive health care \" said Sen. Barbara Boxer D-Calif.\n Reid and other Democratic leaders said that the unveiling of the bill composed in his office had given them political momentum going into the first test vote. Despite solid Republican opposition the Democrats said they were confident they could enact some kind of national health insurance program a goal that has eluded politicians for more than 75 years. But Congress appears highly unlikely to meet President Barack Obama's goal of finishing work on the bill this year.\nReid's bill. \"It maintains the decades-long compromise of no federal funds for abortion while allowing a woman to use her own private funds for her reproductive health care \" said Sen. Barbara Boxer D-Calif.\n Reid and other Democratic leaders said that the unveiling of the bill composed in his office had given them political momentum going into the first test vote. Despite solid Republican opposition the Democrats said they were confident they could enact some kind of national health insurance program a goal that has eluded politicians for more than 75 years. But Congress appears highly unlikely to meet President Barack Obama's goal of finishing work on the bill this year.\n The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Reid's bill would provide coverage to 31 million people who are uninsured while the House bill would cover 36 million people.\n Many provisions of the House bill would take effect in 2013. But to help hold down the cost of the bill Reid decided to delay the effective date for many provisions by one year to 2014.\n Reid's bill would impose a tax on \"Cadillac health plans\" -- employer-sponsored group health plans with premiums more than $8 500 for individual and $23 000 for family coverage. He would impose a new 5 percent tax on \"elective cosmetic medical procedures.\" And he would impose annual fees on insurance companies and makers of medical devices and brand-name drugs. By contrast the House relies on an income surtax to raise $460 billion from 2011 to 2019. The tax would be 5.4 percent of adjusted gross income exceeding $500 000 for individuals.", "output": [ "Reid" ] }, { "id": "task419-26461847150f43169a6ef5b26c8d8715", "input": "\"Current trends in HIV drug resistance are very concerning \" said Dr. Chris Beyrer lead author of an overview on the state of global HIV drug resistance.\n Beyrer is professor of epidemiology with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.\n He and his colleagues noted that roughly 19.5 million HIV patients — or approximately half the global population of HIV patients — are now being treated with ART.\nThat will be \"enormously difficult \" said Beyrer .\nAt the same time Beyrer said those already infected but not yet treated should be given access to newer types of ART \"cocktails \" including drugs such as dolutegravir that have \"higher genetic barriers to resistance.\"\nDrug resistance may ultimately also pose a risk for PrEP though for the time being Beyrer characterizes PrEP resistance as \"very rare.\"", "output": [ "Chris Beyrer" ] }, { "id": "task419-9c5ee22f95cd4e86a65478d9c6476960", "input": "Documents released by the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) show the then 17-year-old Christopher Lewis shot at the Queen as she got out of her vehicle on the way to a science fair on Oct. 14 during her eight-day tour of the Commonwealth nation.\n “Lewis did indeed originally intend to assassinate the Queen however did not have a suitable vantage point from which to fire nor a sufficiently high-powered rifle for the range from the target ” said a 1997 SIS memo that was declassified in February and sent to Reuters on Thursday.\n Lewis who intelligence documents described as a “severely disturbed” youth was not charged with attempted murder or treason adding to claims the incident was downplayed to prevent embarrassment to a country hosting a royal visit.\nAccording to intelligence documents police kept a close eye on Lewis during a 1986 visit by the Queen to New Zealand fearing that he was still a risk.\nMore than a decade after the incident Lewis was charged with the brutal murder of an Auckland mother and the abduction of her baby daughter who was later dropped at a nearby church.\nAccording to multiple news reports at the time Lewis electrocuted himself while in prison in 1997 awaiting the murder trial. He denied the murder charge in a suicide note.", "output": [ "Christopher Lewis" ] }, { "id": "task419-dca7371f5c044513bf341608f953f114", "input": "The concentration or number of insulin units in the liquid solution was labeled as 100 units per milliliter. But they averaged less than half of that and none met the 95-unit minimum standard said lead researcher Alan Carter a pharmacist and adjunct instructor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy.\n Carter thinks the insulin may have gotten too warm somewhere between the factory and the pharmacy causing some of the molecules to break apart.\n Carter wondered whether his results might help explain why insulin users sometimes find a dose doesn't work as well as normal. Doctors usually attribute that to patient error: not injecting enough insulin before a meal not following dietary guidelines or skipping exercise.\n Carter who had a limited budget for his study acknowledges that it was too small and that his results may be flawed. He notified Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly of his results in hopes someone would do a bigger follow-up study.", "output": [ "Alan Carter" ] }, { "id": "task419-7d9ef2d963344c7ab8660baa1a97d8d3", "input": "Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Darren Woods made the announcement in a blog post on Monday (full text below).\n\"At ExxonMobil we plan to invest more than $50 billion over the next five years to expand our business in the United States \" writes Woods . \"These investments are underpinned by the unique strengths of our company and enhanced by the historic tax reform recently signed into law.\"\n Woods notes the Exxon is not alone in its plans to reinvest in America and American workers in response to the massive corporate tax cut which Republicans slashed from 35% to 21%.\n Woods goes on to detail ways his company will invest those tens of billions in the U.S.:", "output": [ "Darren Woods" ] }, { "id": "task419-b9be6eda85e046a7a32b5bb883c558cc", "input": "Strong joined “SNL” in 2012 but has been stealing a lot of screen time as of late thanks to a spot-on impersonation of First Lady Melania Trump.\nCecily Strong hears Melania Trump likes Alec Baldwin's impersonation of the President. (Bravo/Charles Sykes/Bravo)\nStrong brought down the house on “SNL” last weekend in a hilarious skit where she played the First Lady being visited by previous presidents’ wives — living and dead — who talked her through being publicly humiliated by a cheating husband. It had just been reported that President Trump once had an affair with a porn star which he denies. “Oh come on Melania practice your happy face ” she joked in a heavy Slovenian accent trying and failing to force a smile.\nOn Wednesday Strong was a guest on “Watch What Happens Live!” where she told host Andy Cohen that she would imagine Melania likes her impersonation.\n“I heard she likes the show and likes Alec (Baldwin) doing Trump ” Strong said. “But she must like my impersonation too I guess.”", "output": [ "Melania Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e59f632a2c340c2ac70a020c3a9e216", "input": "North Korea is opening the door to possible talks with the United States. The message came from a North Korean delegate at the Winter Olympics during an hour-long meeting with South Korea's president yesterday. North Korea and the U.S. haven't held diplomatic talks since 2012. So could that stalemate break? NPR's Elise Hu is in Seoul and joins us now. Hey Elise.\n ELISE HU BYLINE: Hey there.\n HU : This certainly is the first time that North Korea has signaled a willingness to talk with the United States in years but talks themselves are unlikely anytime soon because this is so vague right now. The South Korean presidential Blue House put out a statement yesterday that North Korea expressed a desire for talks that was again confirmed today. And North Korea agreed that as these North-South ties improve that there should be an improvement in North Korea-U.S. ties as well. And this is really helpful to the South Korean president Moon who really hasn't wanted to look like he's not getting anything from the North in return for all of the peace and goodwill gestures he's offered during the Olympics. So one of the demands by South Korea seems to be that the North be more willing to reopen dialogue with the U.S.\nMARTIN: All right. NPR's Elise Hu for us this morning - thanks so much Elise.", "output": [ "Elise Hu" ] }, { "id": "task419-56857a443b954bd586aa4ec90acef242", "input": "LeBron James was experiencing pain and inflammation in his elbow over the summer so he changed his shooting motion to minimize the discomfort.\nThrough four games this season James is posting career-high shooting percentages across the board.\n James ' numbers may fall off as the season goes on but it could be a positive new development in his game in his 15h season.\nIn his 15th season in the NBA LeBron James is shooting the ball differently and better than ever.\nThrough four games James is averaging 27 points per game while shooting 64% from the field 44% from three and 88% from the free-throw line. All three percentages would be career-highs over the course of a season.\nAccording to ESPN's Dave McMenamin the change is not random — James changed his shooting motion during the summer to deal with an injury and it appears to be helping him .\n James told McMenamin that shortly after the Cleveland Cavaliers' season ended he began experiencing discomfort in his elbow as it swelled to the size of a tennis ball. James was concerned enough to get an MRI on it but it came back negative with no structural damage.\nRather than halt his offseason work James began shooting with a higher release to minimize discomfort.\n\"It was just me \" James told McMenamin. \"I'm at a point now in my career where I know if I need to make an adjustment here or there.\"\n James said the elbow inflammation went away on its own but he stuck with the new motion.\n\"I shoot it higher \" James said. \"When the swelling went down I just continued to do the same motion the same motion. My free throws my 3s my pullups all that.\"\nThe difference is not very noticeable. Here's a three-pointer James made in November of the 2016-17 season:\nAnd a three-pointer James made on Tuesday against the Chicago Bulls:\nFour games is a small sample size. Over the course of his career James has never shot better than 56.7% from the field 40.6% from three and 78% from the free throw line.\nAccording to McMenamin Korver issued the 50-40-90 challenge to James — meaning a player shoots over 50% from the field 40% from three and 90% from the free throw line for a season — and James balked slightly.\n\"I definitely got the 50 \" James said. \"The 50 ain't s---. I can shoot 50 in my sleep. I'm almost damn near 60. I can shoot 60 ... I can go 50-40-85. Maybe. We'll see.\"", "output": [ "James LeBron James", "James" ] }, { "id": "task419-4bad28ebe29c413395f5aa4376d29afa", "input": "“The windscreen phenomenon is probably one of the best illustrative ways to realize we are dealing with a decline in flying insects ” said Caspar Hallmann an ecologist at Radboud University in the Netherlands . Hallmann is part of a research team that recently waded through 27 years' worth of insects collected in German nature preserves.\nThe most dramatic reduction over time in bug biomass appeared in summer months when insects should be most active. “Apparently when insect densities are the highest declines are most severe. Unfortunately we do not know why ” Hallmann said.\n Hallmann said the German study should be “representative for parts of the world under similar conditions ” which is to say a human-dominated landscape coupled with intensive agriculture. But he cannot make more-specific comparisons because “similar data sets do not exist elsewhere to our knowledge ” he said.\nThe authors of the new study attempted to tease out the roots of the decline. The scientists' investigation into climatic changes and other variables however eliminated most “prime suspects ” Hallmann said. (In fact the temperature increase observed over the study period should have benefited flying insects he said.)\nOne culprit could be the alteration of the landscape itself the agriculture that surrounds the preserves. “This suggests a possible role for for example fertilizer and pesticide application ” Hallmann said.", "output": [ "Caspar Hallmann" ] }, { "id": "task419-2537a7f8fa854741b64a6a58e758ad9a", "input": "Charlie Conoley vows to fight till the end for the community bank he founded and still runs. He's not quite paraphrasing gun-lovin' Charlton Heston You can have my bank when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. Not yet. But Conoley is battling every way he knows how to win precious time he says he needs to revive Horizon Bank's role as a respected lender to small businesses in Bradenton Manatee County and the surrounding area.\nTHIS BANKER\n Charlie Conoley vows to fight till the end for the community bank he founded and still runs. He's not quite paraphrasing gun-lovin' Charlton Heston You can have my bank when you pry it from my cold dead fingers. Not yet. But Conoley is battling every way he knows how to win precious time he says he needs to revive Horizon Bank's role as a respected lender to small businesses in Bradenton Manatee County and the surrounding area.\n \"We are profitable and yes we are desperately trying to raise new capital \" says Conoley. Unlike most bankers struggling under the thumbs of bank examiners Conoley wants to tell his story that Horizon can come back from the brink even as part of him listens for the sound of the FDIC knocking on his door with the message: This bank is closed.\n A boyish 51 Conoley sits in his modest office at Horizon located on the corner of a shopping center near modest homes and businesses. He points to the inexpensive trappings of his main office including the Formica surface at the teller windows as tangible proof he knows the value of a buck.\n That Conoley says is why Horizon makes a difference in a place like Bradenton.\n Indiana born and Purdue University educated Conoley's been a Florida banker for decades. He worked for Barnett Bank the last big bank to be based in Florida before out-of-state behemoths bought it and dominated the state. He started Horizon in the late 1990s by borrowing startup money on his own credit card because he wanted to control his own destiny and wanted to stay in his beloved Bradenton.\n Conoley is bitter over what he sees as a double standard. His community bank's capital levels and loan problems are no worse than those at giant Citibank he says. But Citibank is not going to fail. When the U.S. Treasury unveiled its Wall Street bailout scheme with a plan to lend government money to banks Citibank was among the big banks to get lots of new capital.\n When Horizon applied for nearly $5 million from the feds Conoley says the Treasury never responded. Later the banker says after prodding the government finally told him to take back Horizon's application. That way it would look better than the bank being denied funds. Conoley refused.\n Two allies of Conoley are Florida Bankers Association chief Alex Sanchez in Tallahassee and lobbyist Karen Thomas who heads government relations at the Independent Community Bankers of America trade group in Washington.\n None of this cheers Conoley in his quest to save Horizon Bank.\n If he pulls off this revival and Horizon sticks around Conoley may be banking's miracle worker. But even if the FDIC stops by at closing time some Friday evening and hangs its \"Bank Closed\" signs on the doors this banker will know he gave it his best shot.\n Robert Trigaux can be reached at trigauxsptimes.com. About Horizon Bank Bradenton CEO: Charlie Conoley 51\n Founded: 1999 by Conoley using startup money from his own credit cards", "output": [ "Charlie Conoley" ] }, { "id": "task419-64d3d1e15d114b049f61d18fabdf6599", "input": "Namibia hopes to enhance bilateral cooperation with China in all areas Namibian Prime Minister Nahas Angula said Tuesday.\n Angula made the remarks when meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun.\n AngulaAngula appreciated the disinterested assistance China has given to Namibia for its economic and social development.\n He hoped that both countries could make joint efforts to promote bilateral cooperation in all areas and elevate the level of mutually beneficial cooperation.\n The prime minister also expressed his sympathy and condolences to the Chinese people as some regions in China have suffered natural disasters such as flooding and mudslides.\n For his part Zhai said China and Namibia were reliable all- weather friends. He believed that the two countries could make joint efforts to push forward their friendly and cooperative relationship.\n Zhai said since China and Namibia forged diplomatic ties 20 years ago bilateral relations had enjoyed a sound and smooth development with the continuous enhancement of political mutual trust and great achievements in cooperation.", "output": [ "Nahas Angula" ] }, { "id": "task419-49661a7b329d4728bbd8f49646ed296f", "input": "Cosplayers join Lupita Nyong'o's family for 'Black Panther' screening in actress' native Kenya\nChadwick Boseman stars as T'Challa/Black Panther in the first stand-alone film for the superhero created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1966. The cast also features Michael B. Jordan Lupita Nyong'o Daniel Kaluuya and Letitia Wright.\nLupita Nyong'o and Letitia Wright also star in the fim.\n\"Black Panther\" vanquished those notions with $169 million in ticket sales. It was No. 1 in most international markets though \"Fifty Shades Freed\" bested it in Germany.\n Its release in China will come later. This weekend the Chinese New Year holiday local productions led by \"Monster Hunt 2\" and \"Detective Chinatown 2\" dominated Chinese theaters with more than $150 million in ticket sales each.", "output": [ "Lupita Nyong'o" ] }, { "id": "task419-a1df0727e76c40bba7c599c23cabb5bb", "input": "Kevin Spacey is seeking “evaluation and treatment” after being accused of sexual misconduct by several people the actor's representative said on Wednesday.\n Spacey’s representative told The Hollywood Reporter that the 58-year-old actor was “taking the time necessary” to receive the help. It’s unclear when or where the treatment will be done.\n\" Kevin Spacey is taking the time necessary to seek evaluation and treatment. No other information is available at this time ” Spacey's representative said.\nThe announcement comes mere days after actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of trying to “seduce” him when he was only 14 years old by jumping on top of him in a bed at a hotel. Spacey was 26 at the time of the alleged incident.\n Spacey issued the apology on Twitter hours after the BuzzFeed report came out saying he was “beyond horrified” of the story and admitted he didn’t remember it. He offered his “sincerest apology” and came out as gay in the statement.\nNetflix announced it was halting production on the sixth and last season of “House of Cards ” in which Spacey plays main character Frank Underwood to “review the current situation and to address any concerns [from the] cast and crew.”\nThe International TV Academy also said on Monday it was revoking the Emmy Founders Award Spacey was supposed to receive.", "output": [ "Kevin Spacey" ] }, { "id": "task419-959b135f13664b658a838deeb2e10f97", "input": "ROME (Reuters) - Telecom Italia plans to confer all of its fixed line network assets into a separate company which will be fully controlled by the group Chief Executive Amos Genish said on Wednesday.\n The phone group will discuss the new plan at the next company board meeting scheduled for March 6.\n“We presented a hypothesis of legal separation of the network with a dedicated company and we expect to discuss it at the next board ” Genish said after meeting the Italian government and the industry regulator.\n Genish added that the company “at this stage” would be fully controlled by Tim and its governance would allow parity of access to sector operators.", "output": [ "Amos Genish" ] }, { "id": "task419-10d590a5ea0b49f2a8904c07f8b5a1d6", "input": "Domino became a global star but stayed true to his hometown where his fate was initially unknown after Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005. It turned out that he and his family were rescued by boat from his home where he lost three pianos and dozens of gold and platinum records along with other memorabilia.\nMany wondered if he would ever return to the stage. Scheduled to perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2006 he simply tipped his hat to thousands of cheering fans.\nBut in May 2007 he was back performing at Tipitina's music club in New Orleans. Fans cheered — and some cried — as Domino played \"I'm Walkin' \" ''Ain't It a Shame \" ''Shake Rattle and Roll \" ''Blueberry Hill\" and a host of other hits.\nThat performance was a highlight during several rough years. After losing their home and almost all their belongings to the floods his wife of more than 50 years Rosemary died in April 2008.\n Domino moved to the New Orleans suburb of Harvey after the storm but would often visit his publishing house an extension of his old home in the Lower 9th Ward inspiring many with his determination to stay in the city he loved.\n\"Fats embodies everything good about New Orleans \" his friend David Lind said in a 2008 interview. \" He 's warm fun-loving spiritual creative and humble. You don't get more New Orleans than that.\"\nIn 1955 he broke into the white pop charts with \"Ain't it a Shame\" — but actually sang the lyrics as \"ain't that a shame.\" The song was covered blandly by Pat Boone as \"Ain't That a Shame\" and rocked out years later by Cheap Trick. Domino enjoyed a parade of successes through the early 1960s including \"Be My Guest\" and \"I'm Ready.\" Another hit \"I'm Walkin '\" became the debut single for Ricky Nelson.\n Domino appeared in the rock 'n' roll film \"The Girl Can't Help It\" and was among the first black performers to be featured in popular music shows starring with Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers. He also helped bridge rock 'n' roll and other styles — even country/western recording Hank Williams' \"Jambalaya\" and Bobby Charles' \"Walkin' to New Orleans.\"\nLike many of his peers Domino 's popularity tapered off in the 1960s as British and psychedelic rock held sway.\n Domino told Ebony magazine that he stopped recording because companies wanted him to update his style.\n\"I refused to change \" he said. \"I had to stick to my own style that I've always used or it just wouldn't be me. \"\nAntoine and Rosemary Domino raised eight children in the same ramshackle neighborhood where he grew up but they did it in style — in a white mansion trimmed in pink yellow and lavender. The front double doors opened into an atrium with chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and ivory dominos set in a white marble floor.\nIn 1988 all of New Orleans seemed to be talking about him after he reportedly paid in cash for two Cadillacs and a $130 000 Rolls-Royce. When the salesman asked if he wanted to call his bank about financing Domino smiled and said \"I am the bank.\"\nIn 1998 he became the first purely rock 'n' roll musician to be awarded the National Medal for the Arts. But he cited his age and didn't make the trip to the White House to get the medal from President Clinton.\nThat was typical. Aside from rare appearances in New Orleans he dodged the spotlight in his later years refusing to appear in public or even to give interviews.", "output": [ "Rosemary Domino" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b7800957de24e9297c0c460f16fb179", "input": "Perp walk of Michael Jenkins middle school tutor convicted of rape of teen girl. #perpwalk #nypdsvu #specialvictimsunit #bronxcrime #bronx A post shared by NYC 911 NEWS (@nyc911news) on Dec 7 2017 at 12:52am PST\n Michael Jenkins 24 was arrested Wednesday and hit with a slew of sex crime charges after the girl detailed the encounter to investigators.\n The teenage victim attends The Angelo Patri School on Webster Avenue in Fordham Heights where Jenkins works as an after-school supervisor police said.\nIn a series of text messages exchanged on Sunday Jenkins convinced the child to skip school the next day and meet with him instead police sources said.\nOn Monday the girl went to Jenkins’ Anderson Avenue home in Highbridge where he raped her sources said.\n Jenkins was charged with rape sex abuse criminal sex act forcible touching and endangering the welfare of a child.\n He is expected to be arraigned sometime Thursday officials said.\n Jenkins does not work for the city but is a subcontractor for the Department of Education through the Mott Haven-based non-profit organization East Side House Settlement officials said.\n Jenkins has three other prior arrests on his record dating back to 2008 including one for criminal possession of marijuana sources said — but had clearances to work for the non-profit from the state and city agencies that oversee background checks according to City Hall.\nA City Hall spokesperson said Jenkins was “immediately suspended without pay and he is no longer permitted in any schools.”", "output": [ "Michael Jenkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ef4f12e02c642e4aacbaf85c74053da", "input": "There are other factors at work besides warming. A global weather pattern called El Niño was absent this year and that often means a stormier Atlantic Ocean. One reason is that high-altitude \"shear winds\" in the Atlantic that often nip the tops off budding hurricanes were absent as well. \nAtmospheric scientist Kerry Emanuel at MIT notes that there's also a rather mysterious cycle for Atlantic hurricanes. It seems to repeat about every decade. \"We don't really understand it [but] it's there \" he says and it also influences when and how often hurricanes arise. Sure enough it was 12 years ago in 2005 when the Atlantic saw such a similarly huge hurricane year.\n Emanuel says scientists aren't clear whether hurricanes are becoming more common; reliable records for hurricanes go back only about 50 years in the Atlantic so it's difficult to detect a long-term trend and data for the Pacific are even scarcer. Theoretically he says some aspects of warming could actually decrease the frequency of hurricanes by drying out parts of the atmosphere. But those that do arise are likely to be nastier. \"Insofar as the storms are intense and produce a lot of rain \" he says \"they're a window into our long-term future.\"\nAnd it's a costly future Emanuel says. \"We're just going to get more and more destruction \" he predicts \"because we just encourage people to live and build in dangerous places\" like low-lying coastlines — a fact independent of climate change.", "output": [ "Kerry Emanuel" ] }, { "id": "task419-412afcbe89f04d1fb829dbb0fdf91c58", "input": "When Daymond John was 14 years old his dyslexia had yet to be diagnosed and he only knew that he struggled with reading. But there was one book Napoleon Hill's 1937 massive bestseller \"Think and Grow Rich \" that he not only happily read but decided to re-read every year.\nThe main takeaway he had as a kid the \"Shark Tank\" investor writes in his own book \"The Power of Broke \" was to stop telling himself everything he didn't want to be and instead focus on what he did want. He sustained this mindset through the practice of regularly writing down and reviewing his goals.\nIt was simple but profound John says and helped give him the drive in his early 20s to turn FUBU from a project with friends into a multimillion-dollar business. \"I would write something down think about it visualize it and work my way toward it .\"\nEach goal is specific and worded in positive language. For example John writes that he currently has a goal of getting down to 170 pounds by July 4; rather than add that he will do this by avoiding fried foods meat and alcohol he adds that he will be doing this by regularly eating fish drinking eight glasses of water each day and exercising twice daily.\n John reads through his list when he wakes up and before he goes to sleep so that his goals are the first and last things he thinks about.\n He reads his goals an average of five days a week giving himself some time to step back.", "output": [ "Daymond John" ] }, { "id": "task419-148760a1a1744885a4c4c53296ea0e17", "input": "Daniel O'Neill — an economist at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom — and several collaborators came up with 11 indicators that a country has met the needs of its citizens. They range from boosting life expectancy above age 65 to ensuring that at least 95 percent of its adult population has graduated from high school has access to sanitation and earns more than the extreme poverty line of $1.90 a day.\nFrom that \"we can calculate a carbon budget for the rest of the century \" notes O'Neill . And then dividing that by the number of people on the planet \"we can say 'OK this is the carbon budget per person.' \"\nUnfortunately \"we really didn't find that \" says O'Neill .\n\"It's a worrying finding \" says O'Neill . But he cautions against concluding that there is simply no way for everyone to enjoy a decent life without destroying the planet. After all these findings are based on how we are doing things now he says.\nAnd he adds that this study actually points to one way to do that. Specifically O'Neill and his fellow researchers ran statistical tests to determine for each environmental measure how much damage it takes to produce a corresponding improvement on each of the social well-being indicators.\n\"And what we find is that it follows a curve of diminishing returns — as you use more resources you get less social bang for your buck \" says O'Neill . \"So there's a turning point after which additional resource use contributes very little to social performance.\" Wealthy industrialized nations such as the United States the United Kingdom and Canada have reached that point says O'Neill . \"As we increase our resource use we get almost no increase in human well-being from that.\"\nAnd this means for these countries the strategy of growing the economy — basically trying to create new wealth — to boost the well-being of their underprivileged citizens is ineffective. A much better approach argues O'Neill would be to focus on redistributing their existing wealth more equitably.\nAnd if high-income countries were to adopt such an approach says O'Neill they could reduce their use of resources. And that he says would \"free up the ecological space\" for poor nations where using resources still does make a big impact in improving people's lives.", "output": [ "Daniel O'Neill" ] }, { "id": "task419-ed4b34f7ebf74d058be0483d383aacf5", "input": "Gov. Jerry Brown of California echoed those comments.\n\"In the United States we have a federal system and states have real power as do cities. And when cities and states combine together and then join with powerful corporations that's how we get stuff done \" he said.\n His speech was briefly interrupted by anti-coal and anti-fracking protesters who held up banners and shouted \"We're still in! Trump's still out!\"\n California Governor Jerry Brown speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn Germany Saturday Nov. 11 2017. Brown 's and Michael Bloomberg's \"America's Pledge\" campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states cities colleges businesses and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)\n California Governor Jerry Brown speaks in the U.S. Climate Action Center at the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn Germany Saturday Nov. 11 2017. Brown 's and Michael Bloomberg's \"America's Pledge\" campaign works to compile and tally the climate actions of states cities colleges businesses and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)", "output": [ "Jerry Brown" ] }, { "id": "task419-438bc9a42a45433bb735a2761c309e59", "input": "On a recent sunny afternoon at a solar farm outside Philadelphia Pa. commercial drone pilots Tony Zimlich and Gunner Goldie are preparing for flight.\nDressed in hard hats and matching yellow vests they run through a series of safety and equipment checks and survey the surrounding terrain and airspace before picking up what looks like a pair of oversized video game controllers. Then with a streak of beeps and whirs their drone — about the size of a milk crate — rises steadily into the sky above.\n Their mission: to carefully sweep the skyline above the solar farm taking photographs and gathering data to help their client identify defective solar panels and guide repairs.\nEnlarge this image toggle caption Courtesy of Tony Zimlich /Tony Zimlich Courtesy of Tony Zimlich /Tony Zimlich\nTony Zimlich didn't expect to be a part of that transition. Unlike many of his younger colleagues who got their start playing video games and flying remote control aircraft Zimlich cut his teeth in the cockpit of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter. Part of his military tenure was spent flying medical evacuation missions above the deserts and valleys of Afghanistan.", "output": [ "Tony Zimlich" ] }, { "id": "task419-8baec0bc6ca949968ff66838372916c3", "input": "The agreement means Red Fawn Fallis won't stand trial where she could have faced up to life in prison if convicted. Instead prosecutors will recommend a sentence of no more than seven years in prison.\n Fallis cried while she entered her pleas. She did not discuss the protest shooting incident only answering basic questions from U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland about her background and understanding of the proceedings.\nAbout two dozen supporters of Fallis packed the courtroom but didn't comment after the hearing. The courthouse was under heavy security. The number of federal law and security officers outside the courtroom was double the norm and people had to obtain passes to enter the courtroom. The courthouse was the site of protests several times when the demonstrations against the pipeline were at their height between August 2016 and February 2017.\n Fallis' arrest was among 761 that authorities made in southern North Dakota in that six-month span. At times thousands of pipeline opponents gathered in the region to protest the $3.8 billion project to move North Dakota oil to a shipping point in Illinois. Fallis is the only protester accused of firing a gun.\n Fallis will remain jailed until Hovland decides whether she can go to a halfway house in Fargo pending sentencing. She was moved there in October but last week she was arrested for violating conditions of her pretrial release when she signed out of the facility to attend adult learning classes but never showed up.\n\"With the change-of-plea hearing coming up I just needed some time to really think about things \" she told Hovland Monday as she tearfully asked to go back to the halfway house. \"It's hard to be up here (in North Dakota) with no family to talk to.\"\nProsecutors last year objected to Fallis being moved from jail to the halfway house but Delorme on Monday told Hovland the government would take no position on her possible return. He said he had been informed that until last week she had been \"a model resident.\"", "output": [ "Red Fawn Fallis" ] }, { "id": "task419-d3e1364fc7be4c09a7551412831e4be7", "input": "Mann said he was gratified by the findings the second report from Penn State to clear him. An earlier report had exonerated him of related charges that he suppressed or falsified data destroyed e-mail and misused confidential information.\n The new report did criticize him on a minor point saying that he had occasionally forwarded to colleagues copies of unpublished manuscripts without the explicit permission of their authors.\n The allegations arose after private e-mail messages between Mann and other scientists were purloined from a computer at the University of East Anglia in Britain and posted on the Internet. In one a British researcher called a data-adjustment procedure Mann used a \"trick.\"\n The e-mail messages led climate-change skeptics to accuse mainstream researchers including Mann of deliberately manipulating the findings of climate science in order to strengthen their case that human activity is causing the earth to warm up.\n \"I'm aware and many researchers now are keenly aware of the depths to which the climate-change disinformation movement is willing to sink to the point where they're willing to criminally break into a university server and steal people's personal e-mail messages \" Mann said in an interview.\n \"It's no surprise that it's a whitewash of Mann's misconduct because it was designed to be a whitewash \" said Myron Ebell director of energy and global warming policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute a Washington advocacy group. He accused the panel of failing to interview important witnesses.\n The panel did not try to vet the accuracy of the science published by Mann including a famous finding that the temperature of the earth had jumped recently compared with past climate inferred from indicators like tree rings. Instead it examined his methodology -- his analytical techniques his willingness to share data with those skeptical of his findings and the like. The panel unanimously found his approach \"well within the range of accepted practices.\"\n Mann remains under investigation by the attorney general of Virginia for research he did at the University of Virginia.", "output": [ "Michael E. Mann", "Mann" ] }, { "id": "task419-ea14074fd2a2458cb75b395d1fa4cd7b", "input": "Even though the most recent deaths come nearly a month after the facility was evacuated attorney Bill Dean who is representing several of the surviving patients said a good attorney will argue that the conditions immediately after the storm as well as the evacuation led to the deaths. He said the nursing home should be held responsible for any other deaths in the near future.\n\"I think it's tragic I think it's sad \" Dean said. \"All of this was preventable by the nursing home.\"\n Dean said he 's concerned the patients might see little money in civil cases. He added that he 's worried that even if the 145 patients or their family members were to win lawsuits against the facility there wouldn't be enough money to pay the damages.\n\"Ultimately those cases would be worth pennies on the dollar \" Dean said.", "output": [ "Bill Dean" ] }, { "id": "task419-a0744011bcbc428e94f364b411fe547c", "input": "Equifax/Youtube Former CEO of Equifax Richard Smith \nCongress pounced on Richard Smith the former CEO of Equifax just minutes into his hearing before the House Energy Committee Tuesday.\nLast week Smith stepped\ndown from Equifax the consumer-data giant targeted in a hack that exposed the personal data of nearly half the US population. He was answering questions from a congressional panel on Tuesday.\nCommittee members have asked about the company’s failure to fix software vulnerabilities as well as chief legal officer John Kelley (who is still employed at the company) and his role as head of security and what Smith knew when he was first notified of the breach in late July.\n“You’re just required to notify everybody and say ‘So sorry so sad '” he said. “We can have this hearing every year from now on if we don’t do anything to change the current system.”\n“It would seem to me that you might pay a little more attention if you had to pay everybody whose account got hacked a couple thousand bucks or something ” he added.", "output": [ "Richard Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-38e589d93e7c463e97a754dcab5b4967", "input": "As Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies at the Senate Leadership Fund and elsewhere devolve into using failed tactics employed in 2016 by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) and the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) are hammering back at McConnell and his cronies. McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund has just like Hillary Clinton did falsely alleged that Bannon is anti-Semitic.\nThe Senate Leadership Fund in a move that only hurts Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) even more than the pro-amnesty anti-Trump incumbent is hurting alread on Thursday tweeted an attack against Bannon :\nHere’s another pledge for @DannyTarkanian to sign backing Bannon over ex-wife charges. #NVSen pic.twitter.com/qIHE8SrAJL — Senate Ldshp Fund (@Senate_Fund) October 25 2017\nIn a comment to The Hill newspaper Holmes falsely alleged Bannon is a “white supremacist.”\n“In 2018 we ought to revisit this question and find out if these people are still happy to be associated with Bannon ” Holmes said. “When you’re facing voters I’d take one of the most successful majority leaders in history over a white supremacist any day.”\nMatt Brooks the director of the Republican Jewish Coalition said that while his group does support Heller McConnell and his cronies are wrong to make this false allegation against Bannon .\n“We defended him [ Bannon ] aggressively when he faced these accusations from the left and I’ll defend him when he faces these accusations from the right ” Brooks said per the Jewish Telegraphic Agency news organization adding: “Dean Heller is a perfect example where Bannon and the RJC are on different sides but I will absolutely defend Bannon — he is not anti-Semitic.”\nZOA does not invite anti-Semites to our events. Steve Bannon is the furthest thing from an anti-Semite contrary to McConnell and Holmes’s shameful lies. Steve is a proud friend of the Jewish people and the Jewish State of Israel. I know and have worked closely with Steve Bannon . I am appalled by these shameful attempts to smear Bannon ’s character and integrity by promoting false allegations about Bannon ’s views on Jews and Israel. This is clearly being done because of policy differences between Senator McConnell and Bannon .\n He then quotes Dershowitz a liberal Harvard professor who says it is not “legitimate” or accurate to make such accusations against Bannon .\n“It’s not legitimate to call [ Bannon ] an anti-Semite because you disagree with his policies ” Dershowitz said per Klein’s ZOA release. “The evidence suggests that Mr. Bannon has very good relationships with individual Jews and is supportive of Israel. I’ve seen no evidence of personal anti-Semitism on the part of Bannon .”\nKlein also quotes Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus a major GOP donor as saying the attacks against Bannon are a disgrace. “I have known Steve to be a passionate supporter of Israel ” the ZOA release quotes Marcus as saying adding: “What is being done to Steve is a shonda [disgrace].”\nThe release from ZOA continues by quoting more people backing up Bannon :\nThe Anti-Defamation League acknowledged that it has found no written or verbal statements made by Bannon that were anti-Semitic. Liberal columnist and former editor of the Forward J.J. Goldberg recently wrote about these charges against Bannon “There’s no evidence. The evidence that’s tossed around doesn’t hold up. The more we cry anti-Semitism when it’s not real the more likely we won’t believe when the danger is real.” Vanity Fair reported that Bannon valiantly fought to move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and refused to attend a meeting with Palestinian-Arab leader Mahmoud Abbas a Jew-hating Israel-hating terrorist. Bannon is quoted as saying “I’m not going to breathe the same air as that terrorist.”\nThe release from ZOA concludes by again praising Bannon and saying the organization is proud to have him at the group’s annual dinner in New York City on Nov. 12. Klein said:\n Steve has helped ZOA and our battles against anti-Semitism on college campuses and has invited me a Jew and a Zionist to be a regular columnist at his Breitbart News. Anti-Semites don’t provide Morton Klein with a platform. We are proud and fortunate to have Steve Bannon on our side fighting for Israel and against anti-Semitism. And we’re honored that he will be a speaker at ZOA’s 2017 Gala where he will be introducing Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson the greatest pro-Jewish Zionists on the face of the planet.\nIt remains to be seen if Holmes and Senate Leadership Fund and McConnell will withdraw their false attacks against Bannon or if they will further infuriate Jewish Republicans including major GOP donors like Adelson and Marcus–and further jeopardize more incumbents like Heller.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon Steve", "Steve" ] }, { "id": "task419-7ffb82766e7646479ce51d9bb952822e", "input": "Lucian Wintrich a reporter with the Gateway Pundit was arrested Tuesday night at the University of Connecticut where he was delivering a speech titled \"It's OK to Be White.\"\n Lucian Wintrich the White House correspondent and Washington DC bureau chief for the Gateway Pundit was at the university to deliver a speech titled \"It's OK to Be White.\" The speech drew a large group of protesters who verbally sparred with Wintrich before the blogger moved into the audience and grabbed a woman the Hartford Courant reported. A University of Connecticut spokesperson Stephanie Reitz confirmed to BuzzFeed News that Wintrich was arrested shortly before 9 p.m. and taken into custody by campus police. He was charged with breach of peace and later released on a a $1 000 nonsurety bond Reitz said. A UConn student was also arrested for allegedly breaking a window as people left the event. The apparent altercation was captured on video from multiple angles.\nThe moment about half an hour ago that Gateway Pundit blogger Lucian Wintrich appears to accost a woman during a⦠[Link]\nAccording to the Courant the woman appeared to have grabbed a paper from the podium where Wintrich was speaking.\nAfter what appears to be a scuffle with the woman video shows law enforcement escorting Wintrich out of the room with his hands behind his back.\nWintrich did not immediately respond to BuzzFeed News' request for comment Tuesday night. In a post about Wintrich 's arrest the Gateway Pundit declared that a \"far left mob\" had shut down the event. An update to the post stated that Wintrich was \"missing\" and that \"police took him away and we have NO IDEA where they are holding him!\" The update was later removed. The arrest came amid a raucous evening at the University of Connecticut. According to Fox 61 Wintrich's speech was met by boos and interruptions. Video from the scene shows the blogger drinking milk â which has been adopted as a symbol on the far right â while a crowd chants \"go home Nazi.\" After Wintrich's removal crowds continued to congregate at the scene and journalists there reported seeing both broken windows and smoke canisters. Campus police later announced that they had arrested one person University of Connecticut student Sean Miller for allegedly breaking a window as people left the lecture hall but are still investigating the origin of the smoke bomb. \"This was a very disappointing evening \" University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst said in a statement. \"Thoughtful civil discourse should be a hallmark of democratic societies and American universities and this evening fell well short of that.\" \"We live in a tense and angry time of deep political division. Our hope as educators is that creative leadership and intellectual energy can be an antidote to that sickness especially on university campuses \" Herbst continued. \"Between the offensive remarks by the speaker who also appeared to aggressively grab an audience member and the reckless vandalism that followed that was certainly not the case on our campus tonight. We are better than this.\"\nJim Hoft and Lucian Wintrich at White House Press Room #Pepe @gatewaypundit @lucianwintrich ð¸\nIn a series of tweets just after midnight Wednesday Wintrich informed followers of his release. \"IM FREE & regained my Twitter \" he wrote.", "output": [ "Lucian Wintrich" ] }, { "id": "task419-dbe6fc97ea8e4de38b20822422c31bcf", "input": "“For the foreseeable future this will be the primary focus of what we do ” Dan Doctoroff the chief executive of Sidewalk Labs said in an interview.\nOne of the first projects Sidewalk Labs will take on is a sensor-based technology to manage crowds on a nearby street often filled with a potent mix of pedestrians cyclists and motorized traffic which Doctoroff said could be tested as early as the first quarter of 2018.\n He said the company was also looking to integrate self-driving technology into the project over the longer term.\nCanada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff (R) look at city models built by children before a press conference where Alphabet Inc the owner of Google announced the project \"Sidewalk Toronto\" that will develop an area of Toronto's waterfront using new technologies to develop high-tech urban areas in Toronto Ontario Canada October 17 2017. REUTERS/Mark Blinch\nDoctoroff said the company had looked at more than 50 metropolitan areas in North America and sites in western Europe and Australia before settling on Toronto as the prime location for its future city test bed.\nIt is Sidewalk Labs’ most ambitious project to date which the company expects will house 5 000 people and host another 5 000 workers within three to four years.\n Doctoroff said he expects the project to lower the cost of living including by reducing commutes and for it to be the world’s first urban development to reduce a city’s carbon footprint.", "output": [ "Dan Doctoroff" ] }, { "id": "task419-2ab7158ba2c749d481d448e3bd12178b", "input": "He takes over for Doug Franklin who will continue in his role as executive vice president at Cox Media Group. Joseph will report to Franklin.\nFranklin said the AJC will continue to be a focus for him at Cox Media Group but he said he leaves the paper in capable hands.\n\"Mike is a natural choice for this role \" Franklin said. \"First in Dayton and most recently in Atlanta Mike has exhibited a wealth of operations and management experience. These skills will be invaluable as the AJC adjusts its business model to best serve readers and advertisers.\"\nJoseph joined the AJC in April as president and general manager overseeing all of the company's business operations including advertising marketing circulation production and human resources.\nHe was previously president and chief executive officer of Cox Ohio Publishing and publisher of the Dayton Daily News. Joseph said he was excited about stepping into the publisher role at the AJC and serving the Atlanta community.\n\"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is a great organization with great people \" Joseph said. \"I'm honored to take on this responsibility. We will remain committed to informing improving and inspiring the lives of the people we serve.\"", "output": [ "Michael Joseph", "Joseph" ] }, { "id": "task419-c8ff9f0b838749e196f57e381cc82c93", "input": "John Brennan's stint as director of the CIA ended when President Donald Trump took office in January 2017. Since then Brennan has had a chance to observe and analyze Trump's behavior.\n Brennan spoke with Business Insider US editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell at an Intersport leadership summit in April for an episode of Business Insider's podcast \"Success! How I Did It.\" Shontell asked Brennan what he thought of Trump's leadership so far.\n\"Clearly he did a phenomenal job during the campaign and I feel as though he believes that his natural instincts on these issues whether it be in business or in campaigning which have been very successful and can continue to drive him . He is somebody who is a very spontaneous individual. He reacts to his gut.\n\"A lot of these issues are very very complex and complicated and my feeling and impression is that he has had only a very very limited experience in dealing with these international issues and has very superficial understanding of issues that are very very complicated whether it be terrorism or North Korea or Russia China you name it — cyber issues. And he really needs to go to school on some of these issues.\"\n Brennan went on to distinguish between Trump the presidential hopeful and Trump the president:\n\"The gut instinct the spontaneity that got him through the election that's not sufficient to deal with these issues and missteps and mistakes on the international front as well as on the domestic front really can have very very damaging locations for the country. And I was hoping that by now we would have seen an adjustment from the candidate Trump to President Trump. But I think he has a certain persona and I think he feels as though he 's been very successful to date and so he has continued in that path.", "output": [ "John Brennan" ] }, { "id": "task419-2c7ff3988c884465bf9fbd307eb62e3d", "input": "Two attorneys representing key Donald Trump associates say they consider it possible that special counsel Robert Mueller could end up indicting the president for obstruction of justice Politico is reporting.\nNeither attorney claimed to have inside information about Mueller 's plans and based their comments on their understanding of the law according to Politico.\nBut the website noted many legal experts maintain Mueller lacks the standing to bring charges against Trump.\nStill one of the lawyers who represents a senior Trump official said Mueller could try to indict the president even if the move brings challenges from Trump's attorneys.\n\"It's entirely possible that Mueller may go that route on the theory that as an open question it should be for the courts to decide \" the attorney said. \"Even if the indictment is dismissed it puts maximum pressure on Congress to treat this with the independence and intellectual honesty that it will never ever get.\"\nAnd one legal expert maintained Mueller will never indict the president.\n\" Mueller will not indict Trump for obstruction of justice or for any crime. Period. Full stop. End of story. Speculations to the contrary are just fantasy.", "output": [ "Robert Mueller" ] }, { "id": "task419-2b97b154fa74455b8a600ef766bf6012", "input": "The Los Angeles Superior Court jury said state prisons were to blame in part for the 2007 death of Francisco Castaneda.\n After he was convicted of methamphetamine possession in 2005 Castaneda spent years in state and federal facilities where he was repeatedly denied adequate care for painful lesions on his penis his lawyer Conal Doyle said Thursday.\n Doctors who examined Castaneda twice ordered a biopsy but he didn't get one. The first time the procedure was ordered it was denied by a prison's chief physician. It was apparently forgotten the second time because a doctor failed to follow up.\n Castaneda was given only pain pills and clean boxer shorts every day and his condition worsened until he had to have his penis amputated in 2007. He died shortly afterward at age 36.\n Doyle said Castaneda's family felt they were forced to go to trial to get answers about his care after repeated failed attempts to learn more.\n \"The family felt like Francisco was vindicated. They felt like this was something that happened for him after he passed away to restore his honor and find justice for him \" said Doyle.\n Castaneda's 17-year-old daughter Vanessa will be given $1.5 million in damages with the rest of the award going toward medical bills incurred for treatment after Castaneda was released from custody.", "output": [ "Francisco Castaneda" ] }, { "id": "task419-fddba841e96045f0913830bf0a67c4df", "input": "Joakim Noah sat shirtless Saturday morning inside the United Center a scar on his surgically repaired left shoulder clearly visible.\n Noah is carrying other wounds — some self-inflicted and some not some visible and some not.\nJust three-plus years removed from a dominant season with the Bulls in which he won Defensive Player of the Year and finished fourth in the MVP voting Noah in his second season of a four-year $72 million deal with the Knicks is out of the rotation — active some nights inactive most.\nThat included the humbling moment of sitting in street clothes Saturday night in the building that used to resonate with cheers of “MVP!” and “ Noah !” inactive once again.\n“Probably not ” Noah said quickly and honestly when asked if he can reach his Bulls levels again. “But for me it’s not about that. I’m trying to get back on the court.\nThis is what pains Noah the most. The ultimate team player he is trying to balance being healthy and inactive remaining competitive while in a cheering-from-the-sidelines role.\nLike close friend Derrick Rose Noah ’s fall from grace has included injuries. Noah who had knee and left shoulder surgery while with the Bulls spent all summer rehabbing his right shoulder after surgery repaired a torn rotator cuff. He also served a 20-game suspension for violating the league’s anti-drug policy taking a banned over-the-counter supplement late last season.\nUnlike Rose who recently took a leave of absence from the Cavaliers to ponder his future in basketball Noah sounds as committed as ever.\n“It was hard man ” Noah said. “It was two years in a row two different shoulder injuries. But I worked really hard this summer to be able to come back and be on the court after all the injuries that I had. By March I had a knee and a shoulder (hurt). I wasn’t feeling too good.\n Noah logged more minutes in one game with the Westchester Knicks of the Gatorade League than in his 11 with the NBA Knicks. Coach Jeff Hornacek and general manager Scott Perry said Noah has remained professional and worked hard on conditioning while accepting his demotion brought on by his injuries suspension and four centers on the roster.\n“When you’re used to playing a certain way and you saw it a little bit with Derrick Rose it’s tough. But ( Noah is) a professional. He has worked hard. Sure everybody wants to play and compete but I think he understands.”\nThunder coach Billy Donovan who coached Noah to two NCAA tournament titles at Florida knows the proud player as well as anyone.\n“ He ’s a team guy he ’s a winner and he struggles when he can’t impact a group ” Donovan said in an interview last month. “ He also loves New York because he grew up there and has a sense of obligation that he doesn’t want to let anybody down.”\nAnd so Noah pushes on trying to stay positive while his competitive fire burns within.\n“I feel great ” Noah said. “I think that extra time (from the suspension) was a blessing. I could really focus on my body. The suspension also put things in perspective for me. I had to change some things in my life get organized.", "output": [ "Joakim Noah" ] }, { "id": "task419-19ea4a61471a4839b0ff3e0a4f0c44d9", "input": "Turkey's plans to expand the rights of its Kurdish community will falter if separatist rebels do not surrender Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in comments published Friday.\n His warning came amid widespread criticism of the government's alleged lenient treatment of a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) rebels who walked free shortly after crossing into Turkey from Iraq on Monday.\n In comments published in several newspapers Erdogan warned that public discomfort over the hero's welcome given to the rebels could hamper government plans to grant the Kurdish community more rights.\n \"This could negatively affect the process... We would not want it but it could throw us right back where we started \" he said.\n He underlined that the refrom process would continue smoothly if PKK rebels abandoned their armed campaign and turned themselves in.", "output": [ "Recep Tayyip Erdogan" ] }, { "id": "task419-0406fd8f7d184692bb4a669117509b89", "input": "“Equity investors are beginning to become so concerned about the potential downside for stocks that they are starting to irrationally pay up for short-term protection when longer-term protection is cheaper ” Brian Reynolds asset class strategist at New York-based Canaccord Genuity said in a note.\n“We expect this one will have a similar outcome ” said Reynolds .\nBut much will depend on how the trading session ends Reynolds said.\n“If it were to close in this fashion it may lead to a further multi-week pullback in stocks ” said Reynolds .", "output": [ "Brian Reynolds" ] }, { "id": "task419-9774f2fe28994b148ac2d790acaa2a90", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major congressional committee on Tuesday launched an investigation into how the White House handled allegations of domestic abuse against former aide Rob Porter its Republican chairman Trey Gowdy told CNN on Wednesday.\nGowdy said the panel was seeking information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation which conducted a background check of Porter .\nFILE PHOTO - White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter (L) reminds U.S. President Donald Trump he had a bill to sign after he departed quickly following remarks at his golf estate in Bedminster New Jersey U.S. August 12 2017. Picture taken August 12 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst\nFBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday told lawmakers the agency completed its background check on Porter in July contradicting the White House’s earlier assertion that investigations into Porter had not yet been completed.\n Porter who had worked at the White House with a temporary security clearance resigned after news media reports said he had physically abused two ex-wives. Porter has denied the accusations.", "output": [ "Rob Porter" ] }, { "id": "task419-674325ca35d0421b81a7a0c148f5539b", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Actress Priscilla Presley has opened up about her life with Elvis. Presley said she and Elvis \"truly lived in a bubble.\" USA TODAY\nIn this May 1 1967 file photo singer Elvis Presley and his bride the former Priscilla Beaulieu appear at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas after their wedding. Priscilla Presley opened up about her life with Elvis during a Nov. 16 2016 interview on British chat show “Loose Women ” on the ITV network explained why she left him. (Photo: AP)\n(NEWSER) – Priscilla Presley's marriage to Elvis made her the envy of many but it wasn't all glitz and glamour behind closed doors.\nThe pair \"didn't go out\" and \"truly lived in a bubble \" Presley told ITV talk show Loose Women on Wednesday per the Huffington Post. \"I just kind of followed what he did. You lived his life \" continued Presley who started dating Elvis at age 14 and married him at 21 though he was 10 years her senior.", "output": [ "Priscilla Presley" ] }, { "id": "task419-508828c24ca94542986aed2573fc290b", "input": "Premier Silvio Berlusconi urged lawmakers Monday to support him in looming no-confidence votes warning that bringing down his government would be \"folly\" because stability is essential as the country battles economic crisis.\n The embattled Italian leader appealed to a group of rebel lawmakers who have vowed to try to oust him during Tuesday votes. He offered to negotiate a new agenda that would allow the government to survive until new parliamentary elections are held in 2013 as well as a Cabinet reshuffle to give government positions to those who support him in the crucial parliamentary test.\n \"The last thing Italy needs is a political crisis \" Berlusconi argued in a 30-minute speech to the Senate.\n Berlusconi faces votes Tuesday in both houses of parliament after a dramatic falling-out with his one-time closest ally Gianfranco Fini his party's co-founder. Berlusconi was once immensely popular but his approval ratings have nose-dived and his political capital diluted amid scandals engulfing his private life reports of lavish parties and alleged encounters with prostitutes.\n He risks more in the lower house where the split with Fini has potentially deprived him of a majority. With the vote expected to be decided by just a handful of votes Berlusconi has been trying to persuade undecided lawmakers.\n of a majority. With the vote expected to be decided by just a handful of votes Berlusconi has been trying to persuade undecided lawmakers.\n Speculation of vote-buying has been rife but Berlusconi's allies have rejected any such accusations.\n On Monday the premier appealed to rebel lawmakers who have sided with Fini by reminding them of \"the long way we have come together.\"\n \"I'm certain nobody wants to hastily throw away what we have created together \" Berlusconi said mentioning among other things the formation of the People of Freedom party that they founded together.\n \"All can be done save for betraying the mandate of voters \" said Berlusconi his government partner and close ally Umberto Bossi leader of the Northern League right next to the premier.\n He offered to \"strengthen the government lineup\" -- code word for a Cabinet shuffle. He said dialogue with moderates will be possible but only if they ensure support to the government in the votes. He has rejected the requests of the Fini camp to resign ahead of the parliamentary votes.\n If Berlusconi wins he is assured more time in office even though a razor-thin majority is no guarantee of stability. If he loses he has to resign -- a move that might lead to early elections though not necessarily.\n The decision to dissolve parliament and call an election rests with the president Giorgio Napolitano. The president could also ask Berlusconi to form a new government possibly with a broadened coalition and a revised program or tap a new premier to lead a new government.", "output": [ "Silvio Berlusconi" ] }, { "id": "task419-fdf70cef6b5244cebf28ea1fd8de38c2", "input": "Last winter Dante de Kort -- an eight-year-old boy who lives in central Arizona -- found a dead collared peccary a wild pig-like animal near his house. He set up a motion-controlled camera nearby and over the next ten days was surprised to discover footage of the peccary's herd returning to visit their dead herd-member over and over.\nWhen he wrote up his findings in a school science-fair presentation it caught the attention of local biologist Mariana Altricher. It looked like the wild pecarries were in mourning which was surprising: Scientists have seen grief-like behavior in animals like elephants dolphins and primates which are known for their high level of intelligence. But never in these creatures as National Geographic reports:\nHaving studied the social pig-like mammals for years Altrichter knew how tightly bonded peccaries could be. But she'd never witnessed herd members return to a body repeatedly ... “It was pretty amazing because it wasn’t just an immediate reaction and then they moved on—it went on for 10 days ” says Altrichter chair of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Peccary Specialist Group. [snip] In the videos the peccaries pay close attention to the body nuzzling biting sniffing and staring at it. They slept next to the carcass and even tried to lift it by wedging their snouts under the body and pushing upward. And when a pack of coyotes approached their fallen peer the herd chased them away. “It really surprised me that they would stand up to the coyotes ” says de Kort noting the peccaries were outnumbered.\nAltricher used the video evidence to write a scientific paper -- \"Collared peccary (Pecari tajacu) behavioral reactions toward a dead member of the herd\" -- that lists de Kort as its lead author.", "output": [ "Dante de Kort" ] }, { "id": "task419-daa71564167047ebacfb162520c998b9", "input": "Alison Friedman continued to surpass the fundraising of her eight Democratic competitors for the party’s nomination to challenge Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) in November in what could be one of the nation’s most hotly contested midterm congressional races.\n Friedman an anti-human-\ntrafficking activist tapped California celebrities and philanthropists to help her raise more than $1 million in about six months.\n Her most well-known donors include actress Jennifer Garner; singer Barbra Streisand; Alexander Soros son of the liberal billionaire donor George Soros; and Peter Getty grandson of the oil tycoon. Other notable donors to Friedman include Donna Brazile former head of the Democratic National Committee; singer Graham Nash; singer Bonnie Raitt; and Eleanor Smeal president of the Feminist Majority Foundation.\n Friedman who moved from Washington to McLean in April to run for the seat worked for People for the American Way and a California congresswoman before a six-year stint in the State Department’s anti-trafficking office which ended in 2015.\nIn a news release Friedman said she raised more money from individual donors than all of the Democrats as well as Comstock.\nComstock’s campaign pointed out that most of Friedman’s money has come from donors in California.\nPelletier who entered the race in October raised $207 044 for the quarter slightly more than Wexton although both lagged behind Friedman .\n Friedman is spending at a quick pace but she still had the most cash going into 2018 with $687 085 followed by Helmer with $482 543 Wexton with $473 796 and Stover with $413 621.", "output": [ "Alison Friedman" ] }, { "id": "task419-50ea5b6a247549b3831a87cf66f07af8", "input": "According to marriage counsellor Robert Maurer author of \"One Small Step Can Change Your Life \" the essential predictor for a successful relationship isn't shared interests the same job or sense of humour. No it's cutting to the chase with one simple question:\nIf their answer portrays them as the victim then Maurer says you should run. Relationships are a two-way street and unless you're dating a narcissist you are both likely to have played some part in your previous break-ups.\n\"All relationships run into stumbling blocks \" Maurer wrote. \"When you hit the inevitable rough patches will they look for ways to help or wait for you to take the blame the whole blame and nothing but the blame?\"\n He added that two renowned marriage researchers John and Julie Gottman have found that the key skill for a successful relationship is being able to \"repair\" and resolve issues together.\n\"It is hard to make an effort to repair if every problem is the other person's fault \" he wrote. \"So look for someone who is willing to look inside for the source of the problem and for solutions nothing is more vital for a relationship to thrive.\"", "output": [ "Robert Maurer" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e3c31efb24a4dd6aee8d259b69370e6", "input": "The strategy will give U.S. commanders greater freedom to use American firepower against the militants but speaking a few hours before the air strike Mattis said they would do “everything humanly possible” to prevent civilian casualties.\n“We are here to protect the Afghan people while we attack the terrorists ” he told a joint news conference with Ghani and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accusing militants of hiding behind women and children.\n NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT\nAfghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani (L) and U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis (R) attend a news conference in Kabul Afghanistan. September 27 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani\n Mattis said the Taliban could not hope for a military victory and promised a more “holistic” approach without fixed timetables and involving other countries in the region including Pakistan. “I want to reinforce to the Taliban that the only path to peace and political legitimacy for them is through a negotiated settlement ” he said.\n Mattis has said the United States will send an additional 3 000 troops to help train Afghan security forces which are focusing on building up the air force and special forces but he gave few details of what would change.\n“I don’t want to tell the enemy exactly what we are doing but the whole point is to make certain we have a compelling battlefield advantage over anything the Taliban tries to mass against your forces ” he said.", "output": [ "James Mattis" ] }, { "id": "task419-2cee36209371445993a2cd5bd3946417", "input": "David Scotton in I Lived on Parker Avenue (trailer image via YouTube)\nA documentary about a young man who is grateful to his birth mother as well as to his adoptive parents.\nDo you want to meet gratitude? Then David Scotton ’s your man. At a time when we are taking public-policy advice from traumatized grieving young students consider this eternally grateful one.\n David Scotton is a 24-year-old law student with a little movie with a big message. Adopted at birth he allowed with some hesitation and prayer a filmmaker to follow along his journey from New Orleans to Indiana when he was 19 to meet his birth parents.\nThe other day at the Sheen Center in Lower Manhattan I heard George Weigel the John Paul II biographer assert that people of heroic virtue are all around us. Saints they are frequently known as — in this case though not canonized and in Heaven but living in our midst often unaware that they are sources of great grace and inspiration. David Scotton’s birth mother is chief among them. And all those things about saints is true of her if the documentary I Lived on Parker Avenue is any indication.\nOne of the first things she wants to do is seek forgiveness from David. For so many years this mother suffered with worry that the boy she gave birth to would be hurt by the fact that she chose to “give him up for adoption ” as the expression goes. Our language for adoption seems to suggest abandonment when in fact it is just about the greatest and most loving sacrifice. I think of the story from the State of the Union some weeks ago of the young police officer and his wife and a woman named Crystal who is suffering in the grip of addiction. But she wants better for her baby. And there is a couple who can help her realize that aspiration. As there was in the case of David .\nMelissa had the added guilt that she and her boyfriend not only considered abortion when she was pregnant with David but that she went to the clinic. In I Lived on Parker Avenue she describes the dramatically painful scene she ran out from. In one of the most uplifting scenes I’ve ever watched on video Melissa and David visit the spot where that clinic once stood. (It’s a health clinic now and abortions are no longer performed there.) For him it’s like the opposite of a memorial dedicated to some grave event. It was there where he was given new life even in the womb. She should feel no guilt. She gave life and love to David and to his adoptive mom and dad.\nThe beauty of I Lived on Parker Avenue is that in some respects it isn’t primarily about abortion or even adoption though promotion of “the adoption option” is certainly this young man’s mission. It’s about gratitude. One of the most compelling scenes of the 30-minute film occurs when David expresses in letters — personalized and everything there are communications beyond text messages still! — what his adoptive family means to him. He wanted to assure his parents and extended family and friends that meeting his birth parents had nothing to do with finding his “true” parents and everything with saying “Thank you.”\n“With only two adoptions to every 100 abortions in the United States and with the stigmas society still unfortunately shares about adoption it is important to get this film out there ” David tells me. “Even though I am adopted I am no different than a biological child. Even though my parents are my ‘adoptive’ parents they are my mom and dad. My ‘birth’ parents are exactly that: birth parents. Those distinctions are real and need to be shared.”", "output": [ "David Scotton" ] }, { "id": "task419-cd06d3300e8c4639a01822efdb65bb61", "input": "Ranking House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) fired back at President Donald Trump on Saturday after the president claimed the FISA memo âvindicatesâ him.\nHow did Schiff respond?\nIn fact Schiff claimed the âmost important factâ in the memo was the FBIâs counterintelligence investigation into Trumpâs campaign began in the summer of 2016.\nQuite the opposite Mr. President. The most important fact disclosed in this otherwise shoddy memo was that FBI investigation began July 2016 with your advisor Papadopoulos who was secretly discussing stolen Clinton emails with the Russians. [Link] â Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) February 3 2018\nPreviously Schiff warned of the alleged dangers releasing the memo would have on national security. His rhetoric went so far as to claim its release would trigger a âconstitutional crisis.â\n Schiff and other House Democrats are pushing for a counter-memo they compiled to be released. Their memo allegedly refutes much of the FISA memo which was compiled by House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Rep. Trey Gwody (R-S.C.). Republicans have signaled they believe the Schiff memo should be released.", "output": [ "Adam Schiff" ] }, { "id": "task419-453c311f8528449b9894094d1064f5a5", "input": "\"There 's some reluctance to put a lot of time into -LSB- unseating Democrats -RSB- , versus -LSB- building -RSB- a more progressive Congress overall ,\" said former Communications Workers of America union President Larry Cohen , a top Bernie Sanders adviser who now chairs the board of the Our Revolution political group that was spawned from the senator 's 2016 presidential campaign .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-aea4ab71e3d641478278f56f041357d9", "input": "Discovery of Uber’s cover-up of the incident resulted in the firing of two employees responsible for its response to the hack said Dara Khosrowshahi who replaced co-founder Travis Kalanick as chief executive in August .\n“None of this should have happened and I will not make excuses for it ” Khosrowshahi said in a blog post.\nThe stolen information included names email addresses and mobile phone numbers of Uber users around the world and the names and license numbers of 600 000 US drivers Khosrowshahi said. Uber declined to say what other countries may be affected.\n Khosrowshahi also said Uber had begun notifying regulators. The New York attorney general has opened an investigation a spokeswoman said. Regulators in Australia and the Philippines said on Wednesday they would also look into the matter.\nThe breach occurred in October 2016 but Khosrowshahi said he had only recently found out about it.\nKalanick through a spokesman declined to comment. The former CEO remains on the Uber board of directors and Khosrowshahi has said he consults with him regularly.\n Khosrowshahi said on Tuesday he had hired Matt Olsen former general counsel of the US National Security Agency to restructure the company’s security teams and processes. The company also hired Mandiant a cyber security firm owned by FireEye to investigate the breach.", "output": [ "Dara Khosrowshahi" ] }, { "id": "task419-c2be075e39ed4454bd71d152974ccce3", "input": "Speaking earlier about progress towards the merger Essilor’s Chief Operating Officer Laurent Vacherot said: “We are serene ” repeating that the deal was expected to close in the first half of 2018.\nAnnouncing its annual results Essilor said it was targeting revenue growth of around 4 percent in 2018. Revenues rose 3.1 percent on a like-for-like basis to 7.5 billion euros last year partly helped by higher sales in North America.\n Vacherot said Essilor would keep pursuing its strategy of bolt-on acquisitions in 2018 particularly in China and India.\nLuxottica which has been restructuring since 2014 forecast on Monday steady growth in sales and profits this year. Its shares rose 5.2 percent.", "output": [ "Laurent Vacherot" ] }, { "id": "task419-4fdd916d1e514302bf4f42cf60157eed", "input": "(Reuters) - British recruiter Robert Walters (RWA.L) raised its full-year profit forecast for a second time after it reported a 22 percent jump in quarterly net fee income.\n Robert Walters ’ net fee income grew to 90.7 million pounds in the three months to Sept. 30 from 74.4 million a year earlier.\nWhere other recruiters in the UK have seen a slowdown in the aftermath of Brexit Robert Walters ’ results have been broadly stronger propped up by consistent growth in its domestic outsourcing services business.\n Robert Walters said its outsourcing business saw growing demand from both existing and new clients.", "output": [ "Robert Walters" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e12ab6d13e543a9bece3e741c53b56e", "input": "The video service announced this week that it had pulled Logan Paul's channel from its ad-supported Google Preferred platform and put two other projects on hold.\nYouTube chief business officer Robert Kyncl said Saturday there's no timetable for when Paul 's future will be addressed again. Kyncl didn't shut YouTube's door on Paul .\n Paul apologized for posting video of him in a forest near Mount Fuji in Japan near what seemed to be a body hanging from a tree. The location is known in Japan as a frequent site for suicides.\nYouTube said the images violated its policies. Paul pulled the images from his channel on his own.\nKyncl said Paul recognizes that he has made serious missteps and has expressed remorse for them.\n\"The most important thing to focus on is that actions speak louder than words and Logan has the opportunity to prove that \" he said.\nRemoving Paul 's work from the Google Preferred platform cuts off a significant route to advertising revenue through YouTube. YouTube also said it would not feature Paul in the fourth season of its series \"Foursome\" and would put other work on hold. Paul is one of the platform's biggest stars with Forbes magazine estimating he earned $12.5 million last year.", "output": [ "Logan Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b0dafdabeb34bfe96a78d5713370cce", "input": "HARWICH - Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledging that failures in oversight contributed to a near-catastrophic financial crisis yesterday called on Congress to enact comprehensive changes that he said would close gaps in regulation prevent future bailouts and create a council of top regulators to identify risks to the nation's financial system.\n Bernanke speaking at the annual conference of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank said the Fed has already taken a number of steps to improve supervision of banks expanding its focus from individual institutions to include stability of the financial system. In addition it has taken steps to crack down on risky practices including issuing guidelines to banks to overhaul bonus systems that may spur employees to take excessive risks.\n Ultimately however Congress must act Bernanke said. The nation needs a way to deal with the failure of large complex financial institutions without putting the entire system at risk or bailing them out with taxpayer money. It needs to bring all financial institutions under rigorous federal oversight. And it needs to coordinate information and action among US financial regulators to identify and prevent threats to financial stability he said.\n \"It remains critical for Congress to close regulatory gaps and provide supervisors with additional tools for anticipating and managing systemic risks \" Bernanke said in prepared remarks. \"Large complex financial firms that do not own a bank but nonetheless pose risks to the overall financial system must not be permitted to avoid comprehensive and effective supervisory oversight.\"\n Bernanke was the keynote speaker at a three-day conference sponsored by the Boston Fed. The conference entitled \"After the Fall \" brought together business and academic economists to explore ways to prevent another financial crisis like the one that edged the US and global economies toward another depression.\n Bernanke said aggressive and coordinated international efforts by central banks and governments had averted a collapse in the global financial and economic systems. Conditions have improved substantially in recent months he said.\n \"However even though we avoided the worst financial and economic outcomes the fallout from the crisis has nonetheless been very severe \" he said. \"Now is the time for policy makers to take action to reduce the probability and severity of future crises.\"", "output": [ "Ben Bernanke" ] }, { "id": "task419-9085eb28b6bc4b909cf2ba3aa5bc20a5", "input": "About 5:30 p.m. Saturday a family member called the Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office to let authorities know that McDonnell had not returned to his car after going deer hunting said Capt. Wes Dellinger.\n “They were expecting him ” Dellinger said. “He had called them and told them he would be a little while getting out and they went out there to wait for him and as dark approached they realized he wasn’t out.”\nThe family was waiting at McDonnell’s car when they called authorities Dellinger said. Authorities pinpointed McDonnell’s last known location from a call he made to a family member before his phone died Dellinger said.\n Dellinger said that about 20 to 30 people were on the ground and that others were in the command operations center while a helicopter from Fairfax flew overhead and search dogs scoured a 4- to 5-square-mile area based on McDonnell’s last phone call. Darkness hindered visibility and 16 hours later he was still missing.\n“This gentleman was prepared but his devices and his equipment failed him ” Dellinger said.\n Dellinger said McDonnell let his family know where he was going has known the area for “most of his life ” packed additional food and wore hunting apparel.\nThe temperatures were in the high 20s and low 30s during the time he was stuck in the woods Dellinger said.\nSearches are not uncommon for the Shenandoah County Sheriff’s Office Dellinger said given the hiking trails and forest property in the area.\n His advice to hikers and hunters: “Plan for the worst hope for the best.”", "output": [ "Wes Dellinger" ] }, { "id": "task419-a9473756b07c49f6bd5fcbdeca27251f", "input": "Diane and Lee Whitcraft of Webster Wis. Diane has multiple sclerosis and is forgoing medication because of its cost under her Medicare prescription drug plan. (Courtesy of Diane Whitcraft)\n Whitcraft took her last dose of Betaseron on January 5. So far she hasn't had another attack but she knows the threat is always there. She said she wouldn't have made the same decision to stop the drug if she were younger and she wrestled with what to do.\nThis summer she did something she thinks she should have done a long time ago. She wrote a letter to the chief executive of Bayer the company that makes the drug.\nBut Whitcraft still doesn't understand why her drug which launched with a list price of about $11 500 more than two decades ago costs so much today — a question she raised in her letter.\n“It wasn’t filled with anger or anything; I just told him that I had quit the drug and why. And I suggested someone must be very greedy ” she said. “It's so wrong and so unfair — a drug that was marketed for the first time in 1993 . . . Why did the cost go up so much here?”\n Whitcraft said she got a phone call from the company offering the drug at a discounted rate months after she had come to the difficult decision to stop taking it. She wondered if the company could offer her a discount on an individual basis why they couldn't just lower the price for everyone.", "output": [ "Lee Whitcraft" ] }, { "id": "task419-b1484b3103d949d383d22b6baf9ef1ce", "input": "Rob Gronkowski is giving retirement some serious thought apparently. (Bill Wippert/Associated Press)\n New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski raised some eyebrows after his team ’s Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Feb. 4 by saying “I’m definitely going to look at my future for sure ” an apparent indication that he was mulling retirement after eight NFL seasons. But considering an injury history that stretches back to his time at Arizona Gronkowski’s comments probably shouldn’t be all that surprising.\n— He missed his entire junior season in college after having surgery to repair a bulging disk in his back.\n— In January 2012 he sprained his ankle in the AFC championship game against the Ravens and had only two catches in New England’s second Super Bowl loss to the Giants.\n— The next season — his third in the NFL — he broke his forearm while blocking on an extra point and missed five games. He then broke the same forearm in a postseason win over the Texans and missed New England’s next game a loss to the Ravens.\n— He played in only seven games in 2013 missing the first six after offseason surgery to repair a fractured vertebra and then the final three after tearing the anterior cruciate and medial collateral ligaments in his right knee and suffering a concussion on one play in a Dec. 8 game against the Browns.\n— In 2015 he missed one game after taking a hit to the knee against the Broncos.\n— This past season he suffered a concussion in the AFC championship game and likely was not 100 percent for the Super Bowl.", "output": [ "Rob Gronkowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a7f269ef875481ea9166d96a4c5003c", "input": "Notorious basketball father LaVar Ball is attempting to grow his personal profile by creating a new basketball league for high school seniors who have decided not to bother going to college reports say.\n Ball claims the new league to be called the Junior Basketball Association (JBA) will pay the lowest-ranked players $3 000 a month while the stars would get $10 00 a month according to Sporting News.\nLogo of LaVar Ball âs league aimed at top high school players is a silhouette of Lonzo ready to dunk. pic.twitter.com/hBf9WHBdJG â Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) December 20 2017\nâGetting these players is going to be easy â Ball said. âThis is giving guys a chance to get a jump start on their career to be seen by pro scouts and weâre going to pay them because someone has to pay these kids.â\n Ball also said the league will use NBA regulations but that all players will wear his Big Baller brand shoes and gear because his company is funding the league.\nâWeâll give it to them all. Theyâll be wearing our uniform our shoes our T-shirts and our hoodies â Ball insisted.\n Ball said he wants to assemble ten teams in cities such as Los Angeles Dallas Brooklyn and Atlanta.\n Ball recently made news with a feud with President Donald Trump over the assistance the president lent his son LiAngelo who was arrested for shoplifting by Chinese authorities when his college team was in that country in November. President Trump personally intervened with Chinaâs leadership to get LiAngelo and two other players released after the arrest but the senior Ball refused to give Trump any credit for helping his son out of the jam.", "output": [ "LaVar Ball" ] }, { "id": "task419-21717f9a202845f3b1697901c32c54d4", "input": "In August her co-defendant Anissa Weier pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree homicide. A jury sided with her arguments and found her not responsible for her actions because she was mentally ill and she was sentenced to three years in a state mental hospital. Last week after Geyser's plea hearing the Leutner family released a statement: \"Though we do not believe that an institution is where these attempted murderers belong the current legal system does not favor victims in this situation.\" They added: \"With this closure our daughter is a heroic survivor – and no longer a victim.\"\nGeyser and Weier now 15 were just 12 when they were charged as adults after telling authorities that they tried killing their friend Payton \"Bella\" Leutner then 12 in order to become \"proxies \" or servants to Slender Man so that the Jack Skellington-esque Internet meme would not kill them or their families.\nIt was three years ago last May the day after Geyser hosted a birthday party when the girls played hide-and-seek in a forested area near Interstate 94. In Geyser's retelling of accounts to Judge Bohren: \"Anissa said that she couldn't do it and that I had to \" according to CBS. Geyser \"tackled\" and stabbed Leutner 19 times with a kitchen knife before \"Anissa told [Leutner] to lie down so she wouldn't lose blood so quickly and told her to be quiet and we left.\" Geyser and Weier began walking their planned 300-mile trek to Slender Man's mansion in Nicolet National Forest. But Leutner eventually crawled out of the forest where a bicyclist found her and called 911. She survived surgery at a nearby hospital.\nAt this time of the attack HBO and Brodsky were brainstorming ideas on the Internet's effects on pre-adolescent brains. As it unraveled producers emailed an article from The New York Times on the Slender Man to Brodsky who then found herself in Waukesha County attending the first court appearances and meeting with both the Geyser and Weier families (the Leutner family declined to participate in interviews for the documentary). Today when Rolling Stone asks how her impressions of the overall case or girls have changed since then Brodsky answers \"What I came to discover in the course of making the film I think the jury in Anissa's case came to discover: These girls were losing their minds in the narrative that was Slender Man. You can't say Slender Man made them crazy but most kids don't watch Slender Man and go out and kill somebody. You have to look at this through the prism of their mental illness.\" Brodsky says the girls were involved in \"a folie a deux a delusion shared by two personalities\" that allowed them to fall deep into the psychological grip of Slender Man.", "output": [ "Leutner" ] }, { "id": "task419-54de8152ac954c399fc01a2a860c909e", "input": "Kenneth Bachman is on the hook for the $1 635.93 fare after blacking out while partying with pals in Morgantown near West Virginia University last Friday CBS Philadelphia reported.\n“We went to a frat party and then went to the bar. I was getting drinks all night; I probably spent like $200 at the bar after already drinking all day ” said Bachman . “Basically I kinda just blacked out. The last thing I remember was being at the bar and then I just woke up in the Uber next to an older dude telling me I was an hour out from Jersey.”\n“I was just like ‘That’s crazy. Why did you agree to take me to New Jersey from West Virginia?’” Bachman added.\n“I’m heading back to West Virginia this weekend to pick up my bags so if you guys see me say ‘What’s up!’” Bachman cracked.", "output": [ "Kenneth Bachman" ] }, { "id": "task419-84d00aab0fe8462a997b35f8b9fa5ffa", "input": "Catalan President Carles Puigdemont signs a declaration of independence at the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona Spain October 10 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea\nIn a much-anticipated speech to the Catalan parliament ringed by thousands of protesters and hundreds of armed police Carles Puigdemont made only a symbolic declaration claiming a mandate to launch secession but suspending any formal steps to that end.\nOne EU official said Puigdemont “seems to have listened to advice not to do something irreversible”.\nHowever the prospects for political talks still appeared remote on Tuesday despite Puigdemont ’s gesture with Madrid insisting on talks to be held “within the law” a phrase that is widely interpreted as ruling out independence as an option.\nThe Spanish government will meet on Wednesday to decide on its response to Puigdemont ’s declaration.\nBoth Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government and European Council President Donald Tusk had urged Puigdemont not to proclaim independence. And French President Emmanuel Macron rejected Puigdemont ’s call for European Union mediation saying he was confident Madrid could handle the situation.\n Puigdemont told the Barcelona regional parliament that the result provided a popular mandate for independence and he called for talks and reduced tensions.\n”We aren’t criminals nor crazy nor coup plotters nor abducted “ he said. ”We are normal people who ask to be allowed to vote and who have been ready for all the dialogue necessary to achieve it in an agreed way.\n“I assume ... the mandate that Catalonia become an independent state in the form of a republic ” he said to prolonged applause.\nAfter Puigdemont ’s speech stocks around the world rose as Wall Street eked out record highs ahead of earnings season while U.S. Treasury prices pared gains.\nSome analysts however said Puigdemont ’s stance would prolong the uncertainty and risk from the Catalan impasse.\nIndependence supporters watched Puigdemont ’s speech on large screens outside the 18th-century parliament building. Initially people chanted “independence” cheered and kissed each other but as it became clear there would be no formal declaration of independence some people whistled and shook their heads.\nPensioner Marisol Rioja 65 said: “We would have liked more. But he ( Puigdemont ) couldn’t do it.”", "output": [ "Carles Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-d8ebb8b3dbc7477a88531259dc625a51", "input": "“If you want these companies to grow they must have access to international capital markets ” Daniel Pinto chief executive of JPMorgan’s investment bank told Reuters about the possibility of other Saudi international listings.\n Pinto declined to comment on the bank’s role in the Aramco deal or to name other firms considering international listings.\n Pinto said the bank was also in talks with other Gulf companies to list their assets overseas.\n He said listings in New York London Hong Kong or Singapore might help increase the liquidity of these companies and make them attractive for international investors he said.\nDaniel Pinto chief executive of JPMorgan's investment bank gestures during an interview with Reuters in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates November 6 2017. REUTERS/Tom Arnold\n“When you have this type of momentum people will see the benefit of having a stock that is very liquid. Other companies in the region will probably follow ” Pinto said.\nJPMorgan was considering raising its headcount by 30 percent in Saudi Arabia over the next two to three years from 70 now as business opportunities expand Pinto said.\n“Saudi Arabia is going through a massive transformation as they diversify their economy ” Pinto said. “Over the past year investors have reacted positively to this news.”\n“The need to issue will still exist but be smaller next year because of higher oil prices and lower deficits and simply because so much refinancing was done this year ” Pinto said.\nCommenting on the anti-corruption drive Pinto said: “If it is done in the right way and for the right reasons it is good to do for the future of the kingdom.”\n“Brazil went through a similar process. In the long-run tackling these issues is very important ” he said.", "output": [ "Daniel Pinto" ] }, { "id": "task419-06388f92e6084214bc9edc56e53027e1", "input": "TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he hoped the central bank would continue to promote “bold” monetary easing as the economy has yet to emerge decisively from deflation.\n Abe rebuffed the view the Bank of Japan’s 2 percent inflation target was too ambitious for a country mired in two decades of deflation saying the central bank’s commitment and actions to hit the target had helped revive the economy.\n“A positive economic cycle is kicking off. I hope the BOJ continues to promote bold monetary easing to achieve its 2 percent inflation target ” Abe told parliament.\n He also said it was premature to declare an official end to deflation despite growing signs of strength in the economy.\n“An end to deflation means prices aren’t falling consistently and there is assurance Japan won’t slip back into deflation in the future ” Abe said. “We need to look at developments more.”\nThe remarks come ahead of a leadership change at the BOJ with the five-year terms of Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and his two deputies expiring in April and March respectively.", "output": [ "Shinzo Abe" ] }, { "id": "task419-0028bd0ab7c14d59ab127f99b8497d3e", "input": "WASHINGTON ― A former Republican political candidate in Indiana who authored a right-wing blog was arrested this week for allegedly mailing a pipe bomb and a threatening letter containing a bullet to two of his political opponents. The pipe bomb exploded at a post office leaving a pregnant postal worker with “cuts abrasions and bruises to her head legs and feet. ”\nEric Krieg a 45-year-old resident of the city of Munster was charged with knowing possession of a destructive device and transporting explosive materials. He was arrested on Thursday after the FBI executed search warrants at his residence his work and on his vehicle. The Justice Department put out a straightforward press release about Krieg’s arrest but a FBI agent’s affidavit offered a lot more of an interesting backstory.\nThe package containing a pipe bomb that exploded at a post office in East Chicago Indiana on Sept. 6 had been addressed to an attorney who the feds labeled “Victim 1.” The lawyer had represented a person who filed a defamation lawsuit against Krieg that was settled for around $60 000 which led Krieg to declare bankruptcy according to the feds.\nThe feds say Krieg was a blogger who went by the nickname “buzzcut” and wrote a blog “Blue County in a Red State ” which is no longer active. The blog’s tagline said it was about “Life in the most corrupt county in America: Lake County Indiana.” But Krieg who was described by a local columnist as “the unofficial mud-thrower of the Lake County Republican Party ” has run for county council and as country surveyor in Lake County.\nThe attorney who represented the individual who sued Krieg for defamation also told the feds that he believes he might have been targeted by Krieg because he authored an opinion on behalf of the city supporting an LGBTQ ordinance he believed Krieg may have disagreed with. The city of Munster passed a human rights ordinance that prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation back in 2016.\nThe victim who received a bullet that was wrapped in tape and had a message ― “The next one will be in the back of your head” ― had criticized Krieg online back in 2013.\n Krieg admitted that he had mailed the explosive device in an interview with FBI special agents before his arrest according to the FBI. A federal magistrate judge ordered Krieg held until a detention hearing next week.", "output": [ "Eric Krieg" ] }, { "id": "task419-032161b19f3142dbbc642683fe809c7a", "input": "In a Saturday blogpost Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez vowed to enact reforms to the party’s presidential nominating process aimed at ensuring that “the new DNC will work to rebuild trust with the people we represent.”\n“I am more committed than ever before to restoring voters’ faith in our democratic process because even the perception of impartiality or an unfair advantage undermines our ability to win ” Perez said. “That is unacceptable.”\nThe “principles” Perez plans to employ include deciding the presidential primary debate schedule well before voting in the contests begins and making transparent to the public any joint fundraising agreements the DNC makes.\n He also promised to support the work of the Unity Reform Commission a panel formed in July 2016 as a compromise with delegates who backed Sanders at the Democratic National Convention.\n“We will work with the Unity Reform Commission to implement their collective recommendations for meaningful change in our party ” Perez said.\n George Frey/Getty Images DNC Chairman Tom Perez has had to address a lingering divide in the Democratic Party between skeptical progressives and more establishment-minded party figures.\nNomiki Konst one of eight Sanders appointees on the commission expressed disappointment that Perez did not explicitly address DNC budget transparency and prohibiting the committee’s voting members from having business with the organization or other conflicts of interest that could jade their ability to act impartially.", "output": [ "Tom Perez" ] }, { "id": "task419-0566a56a700e489f93dcded515843bec", "input": "Dec. 10 (UPI) — The Cleveland Browns probably wish he was their real quarterback but Aaron Rodgers pretended to be the AFC North squad’s gunslinger this week at practice.\nRodgers who is recovering from a broken collarbone is currently on injured reserve. He practiced in pads on Thursday and will undergo a CT scan this coming week according to the NFL Network.\n He is eligible to return to the Packers in Week 15.\nBut in Week 14 the Packers are facing the Browns in Cleveland. That meant Rodgers took to the scout team pretending to be a Browns quarterback.\nBrowns quarterbacks have combined to complete 53.7 percent of their passes for 2 681 yards 10 touchdowns and 21 interceptions in 12 games. Rodgers completed 66.3 percent of his throws for 1 385 yards 13 scores and three interceptions in seven games before getting injured.\n“They wear red shirts so obviously scout-team work is something he will do ” Packers coach Mike McCarthy told reporters this week. “It’s important for him to feel the pass rush and get acclimated.”\n“We’ll be in pads on Thursday so we have to identify exactly what we want to get done there. That’s why we call it trial return. He ’s not cut loose to go full in practice where he ’s able to do everything.”\n Rodgers ’ wide receivers said the quarterback has looked like himself at practice.\n“ He looked great. He looked the same as his last practice ” Davante Adams said Wednesday according to the team website. “Just seeing him out there. I’ve been seeing him move around. Like I said before just having him in the building alone is good for this team. In the meeting rooms just having that mind and wisdom and experience around just picks everybody up.”\n Rodgers broke his collarbone on Oct. 15 while facing the Minnesota Vikings. He had surgery four days later and received 13 screws for the injury.\n“I rolled out to my right I threw the ball and I got tackled and kind of slammed on the ground. But I’m good now ” Rodgers revealed on Conon O’Brien. “Thirteen screws later and here I am.”", "output": [ "Aaron Rodgers" ] }, { "id": "task419-b27fe9d89c59454c99bd49ef247436d2", "input": "A Virginia Tech professor was hit with swift backlash after tweeting Monday that “the modern GOP is nothing but white supremacy” — but Matthew Gabriele only doubled down and hit back in response.\nAs you can imagine Gabriele’s tweet didn’t sit well with more than a few commenters. The responses ranged from a suggestion that Gabriele back up his assertion by stepping down from his job so a person of color can have it to those who said his attitude is exactly what got Republican President Donald Trump elected last year.\nDespite the heavy backlash Gabriele didn’t edit or delete his post explain himself or offer an apology for his decidedly inflammatory tweet. He simply hit back:\nCampus Reform reported that Gabriele didn’t respond after the outlet reached out to him for comment.", "output": [ "Matthew Gabriele" ] }, { "id": "task419-6ea60f2cafc24a4bb45f004ac1cbd053", "input": "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) has sold another large piece of its stake in IBM Corp (IBM.N) backing further away from an investment that the billionaire has admitted was not one of his best.\nBerkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett talks with a reporter before the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting in Omaha Nebraska U.S. May 6 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking\nIBM whose full name is International Business Machines Corp accounted for most of the stock sales that Buffett and his deputies Todd Combs and Ted Weschler made in the quarter.\nIn May Buffett revealed he had begun selling IBM telling CNBC he did not value Big Blue as highly as he did six years earlier when he started buying.\n“IBM is a big strong company but they’ve got big strong competitors too ” he said.\nThe IBM investment had been viewed as a surprise given the 87-year-old Buffett’s resistance to investing in technology companies and businesses he found harder to understand.", "output": [ "Warren Buffett" ] }, { "id": "task419-0189fe5b51ab41159d9297dd705eb5fa", "input": "Autocorrect Fails Season 6 Episode 8: Lisa on Ice Predicted: 1994 Came true: 2007 During a Springfield Elementary School assembly Kearney asks fellow bully Dolph to take a memo to “Beat up Martin” on his “Newton” — Apple’s early attempt at a personal digital assistant. However the machine translates the message into “Eat up Martha” instead foreshadowing the common messaging errors people blame on iPhone’s autocorrect technology. In fact Nitin Ganatra Apple’s former director of engineering for iOS applications revealed in 2013 that the Simpsons‘ gag served as a rallying cry while developing the software for the iPhone’s keyboard. “If you heard people talking and they used the words ‘Eat up Martha ’ it was basically a reference to the fact that we needed to nail the keyboard. We needed to make sure the text input works on this thing otherwise ‘Here comes the Eat up Marthas '” he told Fast Company.\nFaceTime Season 6 Episode 19: Lisa’s Wedding Predicted: 1995 Came true: 2010 In this futuristic installment Lisa talks with Marge using her phone’s video chat capabilities predating the popular FaceTime feature of today’s iPhones by 15 years.\nSmartwatches Season 6 Episode 19: Lisa’s Wedding Predicted:1995 Came true: 2014 When Lisa visits a fortune-teller at a renaissance fair viewers are transported 15 years into the future to 2010 — a time when wristwatch communication technology exists. However even the Simpsons’ future society was a little ahead of its time as modern voice recognition-enabled smartwatches weren’t rolled out until 2014.\nAmerica's Ebola Outbreak Season 9 Episode 3: Lisa’s Sax Predicted: 1997 Came true: 2014 This installment saw Marge offer to read a depressed Bart a book titled Curious George and the Ebola Virus. This moment was widely circulated during the 2014 American Ebola outbreak when YouTube user Thecontroversy7 created a video laying out a theory revolving around The Simpsons‘ predictive tendencies.\nThe Nobel Prize Season 22 Episode 1: Elementary School Musical Predicted: 2010 Came true: 2016 Bengt Holmström may not have won the Nobel Prize in Economics until 2016 but one Simpsons character was betting on him six years prior. In a scene from the season 22 premiere in which Martin holds up a scorecard depicting his Nobel Prize betting pool with Lisa Milhouse and Database the MIT professor is clearly marked in one of Milhouse’s squares.\nDonald Trump's Presidency Season 11 Episode 17: Bart to the Future Predicted: 2000 Came true: 2016 When Bart flashes forward into adulthood viewers learn that Lisa not only becomes president but inherits “quite a budget crunch” from her predecessor Donald Trump. “The country is broke? ” she asks her aides in one scene. “How can that be?” At the time the real Trump presidency was still 16 years away. However in a 2016 interview with The Hollywood Reporter writer Dan Greaney explained the joke was meant as a warning to the country. “That just seemed like the logical last stop before hitting bottom ” he said. “It was pitched because it was consistent with the vision of America going insane.\nLady Gaga's Halftime Show Season 23 Episode 22: Lisa Goes Gaga Predicted: 2012 Came true: 2017 Nearly five years before Lady Gaga descended from the roof of Houston’s NRG Stadium for the halftime show of Super Bowl LI her Simpsons doppelgänger performed a song for the residents of Springfield while suspended in the air. The two Mother Monsters even wore similar silver ensembles for their shows.", "output": [ "Lisa" ] }, { "id": "task419-600cd7272fd84337933bf76c414374f9", "input": "Choi Soon-sil a confidante of Park was convicted of receiving bribes from South Korean conglomerates including Samsung the world’s biggest maker of smartphones and semiconductors and the Lotte Group.\nProsecutors had sought a four-year jail term for Shin accusing Lotte of giving a foundation backed by Park and Choi 7 billion won ($6.46 million) for favours such as a duty free store license.\nKim the judge said Park “abandoned constitutionally-given responsibility and gave position and power to others” and that Choi used her position “to monopolize state business and seek personal gain”.\nProsecutors had demanded a 25-year jail term for Choi on charges including coercion bribery influence-peddling and abuse of authority.\nLee had been charged with giving some of the bribes that Choi was accused of receiving. However last week’s ruling said Lee’s bribe-giving was a “passive compliance to political power ” appearing to put the weight of the blame on Park and Choi .", "output": [ "Choi Soon-sil" ] }, { "id": "task419-f2daef5e03c947dd9157edd6bb261bbb", "input": "Chiefs OLB Justin Houston (50) and DL Chris Jones sack Broncos QB Trevor Siemian on Monday night. (Photo: Ed Zurga AP)\nKANSAS CITY Mo. — Justin Houston ’s once-perfect team had lost consecutive games after a pair of uncharacteristic showings. The Kansas City Chiefs defense couldn’t stop anybody and the offense suddenly lost its effectiveness in the rushing department which had served as a calling card during the team's 5-0 start.\n Houston a seventh-year veteran and one of the longest-tenured Chiefs looked around the locker room diagnosed the problem and decided he had to speak up.\n“I’m from a big family so I understand there are times to follow and there are times to lead. There are times to speak up ” Houston told USA TODAY Sports after Monday night's 29-19 defeat of the Denver Broncos. “We just weren’t having fun.\nAnd most importantly to Houston and his teammates the Chiefs had fun in the process.", "output": [ "Justin Houston" ] }, { "id": "task419-c53eaae6e2e746a18056504f4ac69bdb", "input": "Given the description Monday's test was likely to be of the SC-19 system that was believed to have been used in knocking out a Chinese satellite in a 2007 test said Sam Roggeveen a senior fellow with the Sydney-based Lowy Institute international policy think tank.\nHowever the exercise may not have included an actual interception utilizing the missile's kill vehicle but might have simply been a test of the missile's booster Roggeveen said. He also warned against assuming that the test was aimed at the U.S. pointing instead to other regional players.\n\"This missile system is designed to intercept medium-range ballistic missiles and Washington does not deploy those in the Asia-Pacific \" Roggeveen said. \"On the other hand both North Korea and India do have such missiles so this test is more about them \" he said.\nThe ability to independently manufacture advanced armaments including stealth fighters aircraft carriers and missile defense systems is key to China's rise as a global military power Roggeveen said.", "output": [ "Sam Roggeveen" ] }, { "id": "task419-093cc12ac7214ad0a4e44daa23040493", "input": "Chapo's sons had made the mistake of partying on the turf of Sinaloa's newest and most dangerous rival: an upstart cartel boss named Rubén Oseguera Cervantes – alias \"El Mencho.\" A former Jalisco state policeman who once served three years in a U.S. prison for selling heroin Mencho heads what many experts call Mexico's fastest-growing deadliest and according to some richest drug cartel – the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación or CJNG. Although he's basically unknown in the U.S. Mencho has been indicted in a D.C. federal court on charges of drug trafficking corruption and murder and currently has a $5 million bounty on his head. Aside from perhaps Rafael Caro Quintero – the aging drug lord still wanted for the 1985 torture and killing of a DEA agent – he is probably America's top cartel target. \"It was Chapo \" says a DEA source. \"Now it's Mencho .\"\nCJNG specialize in methamphetamine which has higher profit margins than cocaine or heroin. By focusing on lucrative foreign markets in Europe and Asia the cartel has simultaneously maintained a low profile in the U.S. and built up a massive war chest which some experts estimate is worth $20 billion. \"These guys have way more money than Sinaloa \" says a former DEA agent who spent years hunting the cartel in Mexico (and who requested anonymity for security reasons). According to another U.S. investigator \" Mencho has been very very aggressive – and so far unfortunately it 's paid off.\"\n\"We've seen it become very bloody and a lot of people attribute that to El Mencho himself \" says Scott Stewart a senior cartel analyst at Stratfor a private intelligence firm. \"Wherever they try to muscle in it creates bodies.\"\n Mencho has also displayed a savagery that's extreme even by narco standards. For the admittedly brutal Chapo killing was a necessary part of business. For Mencho it seems more like sadism as public spectacle. There have been mass killings such as the 35 bound and tortured bodies dumped in the streets of Veracruz during evening rush hour in 2011. Two years later CJNG operatives raped killed and set fire to a 10-year-old girl whom they (mistakenly) believed was a rival's daughter. In 2015 CJNG assassins executed a man and his elementary-school-age son by detonating sticks of dynamite duct-taped to their bodies laughing as they filmed the ghastly scene with their phones. \"This is ISIS stuff \" says one DEA agent who has investigated the cartel. \"The manner in which they kill people the sheer numbers – it's unparalleled even in Mexico.\"\nMori 35 is square-jawed and earnest with the friendly authority of a park ranger albeit one who carries a Glock. But he's also \"a bulldog when it comes to investigations \" says his supervisor DEA Special Agent in Charge James Comer. Prior to joining the DEA Mori worked as an L.A. County sheriff's deputy on patrol in Compton. Now as the agency's foremost investigator into CJNG – and the agent who helped prepare the 2014 indictment against Mencho – he knows the cartel probably better than anyone in America. \"I've been working these guys pretty much since I started \" Mori says. \"This is what I do.\"\nThe first time Mencho popped up on Mori's radar was a fluke. Back in 2010 Mori was working on an unrelated money-laundering case with a field agent in Guadalajara who told him about a fresh target a new cartel: \"They're a huge problem down here in Jalisco. When Chapo gets picked up these guys are gonna run the show.\"\nBut as Mencho quickly built his business his operation grew more complex. He invested heavily in submarines which he used to bring in narcotics from South America. (According to the former DEA agent he even hired Russian naval engineers to help design the subs.) He avoided American scrutiny by focusing on overseas markets such as Australia where – as Mori explains – a kilo of cocaine can fetch quadruple the price it does in the States. (\"You send five tons to Australia it's like doing 20 here \" he says.) Mencho also employed more earthly techniques like using fashion models to smuggle in drugs. According to the former field agent CJNG traffickers would pose as magazine photographers complete with fake credentials and fly into Mexico with \"talent\" from Colombia and Venezuela. Authorities would be so distracted by the women that the drugs would slip right in.\n Mencho leveraged his power using the twin tools of corruption and intimidation. Captured CJNG members have testified about how he hates disobedience and likes to make his victims beg forgiveness before killing them. \"This is a guy who'll execute your whole family based on not much more than a rumor \" a source says. \"He just has zero regard for human life.\" According to one source who met Mencho he's a shrewd businessman who doesn't drink doesn't have lovers like other cartel leaders do and trusts almost no one.\nThe former field agent says he's heard multiple taped phone calls of Mencho talking to cartel underlings. \"These guys are killers themselves and they were afraid \" the agent says. \"He was ordering them around. I don't think I heard any where he was calm. But he wasn't a hothead. The yelling was very controlled. He knew what he was doing.\"\n Mencho 's ferocity inspired similar devotion from his troops. \"One time there was a big shootout at a fair \" the former agent recalls. \"Someone threw a grenade and some [CJNG] guys fell on it to avoid Mencho getting killed.\" According to the agent Mencho's ruthlessness also made it hard to recruit informants against him. The agent once had a source who got close – he had an address for Mencho . But when the cartel realized he was sniffing around they kidnapped the man as well as his teenage son. \"They found the father's body a month later \" the agent says. \"He'd been tortured. They never found the kid.\"\n Mencho also bought off cops. Jalisco's governor Aristóteles Sandoval has said that when he first took office the state's \"greatest vulnerability was the infiltration of organized crime\" into its police forces. According to a report by Reuters at one point CJNG had more than half of Jalisco's municipal police on the payroll – some at more than five times their salaries. \"People stopped trusting the police \" said Jalisco Attorney General Eduardo Almaguer. And the cops Mencho couldn't buy he terrorized. According to the former DEA field agent CJNG inspired an extraordinary degree of fear in Mexican police above and beyond that of most cartels. \"They were afraid of [Mencho] \" he says. \"They didn't want to piss him off.\"\nThen there was the time (never publicly reported) that Mencho sent a severed pig's head to the attorney general in Mexico City as a warning. \"They put it right on his doorstep in an ice chest \" the former field agent says. \"I was surprised it was only a pig.\"\nA recently surfaced telephone call shows how casually Mencho wields the threat of violence. On the recording he can be heard talking to a local police commander (call sign \"Delta One\") whose officers were apparently being too zealous for Mencho 's liking. An abridged translation follows:\nWhile CJNG were ramping up operations the DEA was preoccupied with Chapo's Sinaloa cartel helping Mencho fly under the radar. \"All the cables out of headquarters all the intelligence reports were focused on Chapo \" the former field agent says. \"The bosses in D.C. were like 'We've never heard of [CJNG].' They didn't think they were important.\" Partly as a result Mori's investigation had difficulty gaining traction. \"We hit a dead end \" he says. \"We didn't get close to Mencho didn't get any sources didn't get any wiretaps. We knew we had this big player this up-and-coming narco – but we had no 'in' to investigate him.\"\nSo the case was put on the back burner and for the next few years CJNG became an afterthought. \"A few people at headquarters and in Mexico saw what was going on \" Mori says. \"But if you asked most DEA agents [back then] if they knew who Mencho was they would say no.\"\n Mencho must have dreamed of more than avocados however because within a few years he had packed up and moved north to California. By 1986 he was living in the Bay Area where he was arrested by San Francisco police for possession of stolen property and a loaded gun. A booking photo from the incident shows a 19-year-old Mencho wearing a hoodie and a blank expression acne on his baby face. Two months later his first child was born.", "output": [ "El Mencho" ] }, { "id": "task419-66e3816016a84a40afcc11fce7548330", "input": "According to Roll Call the White House sent an email with the subject line \"Condolence Letters Since 20 January 2017\" to the Defense secretary's office on the evening of the day Trump said he had reached out to all the families of soldiers who had been killed.\n Trump 's contact with Gold Star families came under fire this week after The Associated Press reached out to 43 families and got responses from 20 nine of whom said they had heard from Trump and nine of whom said they had not despite his remark that he had called the families of \"virtually everybody\" who had died in the line of duty.\nRep. Frederica Wilson of Florida who was present during the phone call told the Miami ABC affiliate WPLG on Tuesday that Trump had told Myeshia Johnson her husband \"knew what he signed up for but when it happens it hurts anyway.\"\nWilson said she was riding in the car with Johnson — who was on her way to the airport to receive her husband's body — when Trump called. She then told MSNBC on Wednesday morning that the soldier's widow was \"crying the whole time\" and that when she hung up the phone she looked at Wilson and said \"He didn't even remember his name.\"\nThough Trump blasted Wilson's account as \"totally fabricated \" the soldier's mother confirmed to The Washington Post that the congresswoman's account was accurate adding that Trump had \"disrespected\" her family.\nAs the controversy continued to unfold Gold Star families came out en masse to dispute the president's claims. That included Chris Baldridge whose son Army Sgt. Dillon Baldridge died in Afghanistan in June. Baldridge told The Post that Trump had offered him a $25 000 check but did not follow through.\n\"I could not believe he was saying that and I wish I had it recorded because the man did say this \" Baldridge said. \" He said 'No other president has ever done something like this ' but he said 'I'm going to do it.'\"", "output": [ "Myeshia Johnson Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-7749a4ac5f1e4b6c953426fe730b090c", "input": "As he has been for most of the past year , Bernie Sanders is on the road . \nThat , in itself , says something about Sanders and the historical significance of his campaign . \nAnd although Sanders now seems unlikely to win the Democratic nomination for President , he has achieved much more than that . \nIt is obvious that Sanders has , in the process , put a scare into Hillary Clinton 's campaign . \nOf the twenty-five states that have held Democratic primaries and caucuses , Sanders has won nine and Clinton has won sixteen -LRB- plus American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands -RRB- . \nBut outside the South , where Clinton has won large majorities of black voters , many of Sanders 's losses have been narrow . \nGiven the way the primary calendar was structured , with many Southern states voting in February and March , Sanders 's route to victory was always going to be precarious . \nThe Sanders campaign achieved its initial goal , virtually tying Clinton in Iowa , trouncing her in New Hampshire , and losing by a whisker in Nevada . \nHad Sanders earned a few thousand more votes in Iowa and Nevada , he would have won all three contests . \nStill , Sanders carried Colorado , Minnesota , Oklahoma , and Vermont , and in Massachusetts he came within two percentage points of victory . \nHad Sanders followed up that shocking triumph by carrying Illinois , Missouri , and Ohio , this past Tuesday , his insurgent game plan would have been back on track . \nThat it did n't quite work out does n't detract from the impact Sanders has had . \nOn issues like inequality , trade , the environment , corporate offshoring , and bringing Wall Street miscreants to justice , the former Secretary of State has adopted Sanders 's language -- and , in some cases , his policies . \nClinton had undoubtedly always intended to run as a center-left progressive in 2016 , just as she did in 2008 , but Sanders has forced her onto ground she had n't originally intended to occupy . \nEven Republicans have been taking up some of Sanders 's themes . \nOf course , the regressive tax policies that Cruz , Trump , and Kasich are advocating would exacerbate inequality , rather than reduce it , but the fact that Republicans have felt obliged to address these issues at all surely owes something to Sanders and the populist wave that he represents . \nSanders 's other big theme is money in politics . \nBut nobody has made the argument as passionately or as powerfully as Sanders . \nSince Sanders uttered these words , last May , his message has n't changed . \nIn much the same way that Trump has labelled Sanders a Communist , the Republicans of Bryan 's day called him a fanatic who would wreck the American economy . \nIt 's too early to say what Sanders 's legacy will be , or whether some of the ideas that he is pushing -- such as breaking up the big banks , introducing a single-payer health-care system , and returning tax rates on the rich closer to the levels that F.D.R. introduced -- will eventually be adopted . \nBut it is also evident that , in the past ten months , Sanders has defied the pundits , alarmed the comfortable , and inspired the young .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-080440573ff84c808a366ac49b2c0a5f", "input": "Melania Trump reportedly arrived at the Capitol building in advance of her husband President Trump Tuesday night — despite tradition of first couples traveling together to the State of the Union.\n Melania traveled via motorcade from the White House along with the guests she invited to sit with her in the first lady’s box according to CNN.\nThe first lady’s communications director told CNN Melania Trump is “honoring her guests for the true heroes they are.”\n“In addition to holding a White House reception and photo opportunity for them along with their friends and family she is accompanying them to the Capitol ” the spokesperson Stephanie Grisham said in a statement.", "output": [ "Melania Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-ddf548f742624d40baa9618a02071b2e", "input": "In a public appeal on Tuesday Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Turkish football fans to show hospitality and not give in to possible provocations.\n \"Our president was greeted with hospitality in Armenia... We should host Sarkisian and the Armenian team in the same manner as befits Turkish hospitality \" he told a meeting of his party's lawmakers here.\n \"I am confident that football lovers in Bursa will act with dignity and maturity \" he added.\n Gul himself held a meeting with Bursa authorities and leaders of football fan groups last week in which he personally appealed for a smooth match.\n \"We want to show the world a lesson in hospitality. I wish this match to be an example to world peace \" Gul said in the meeting according to an official statement.\n Sarkisian and Gul are expected to hold face-to-face talks and have dinner together before watching the match. The two leaders will then attend a reception before Sarkisian flies back home.\n Erdogan on Tuesday renewed calls on Armenia to make peace with Azerbaijan over Nagorny Karabakh thus making it easier for his government to move on the parliamentary ratification of the reconciliation deals.", "output": [ "Recep Tayyip Erdogan" ] }, { "id": "task419-e854e6c9fab748419f823e94e3ebd47c", "input": "PRESIDENT OF GERMANY RESIGNS AMID CRITICISM VICTOR HOMOLA CONTRIBUTED REPORTING\n President Horst Kohler of Germany resigned Monday amid a barrage of criticism for remarks he made during a visit to Afghanistan.\n Kohler set off the criticism when he said in an interview with Deutschland Radio the public broadcasting station that German soldiers serving in Afghanistan or with other peacekeeping missions were deployed to protect German economic interests.\n His resignation was another blow for Chancellor Angela Merkel a close friend and an important conservative ally. She had lobbied hard for him to become president first in 2004 and again in May 2009 and his departure came just a week after another leading conservative politician Roland Koch resigned as premier of the state of Hesse saying he had had enough of politics.\n Merkel said Monday that she regretted Kohler's decision to resign adding that she had tried to persuade him to change his mind when he phoned her about his decision.\n \"I regret that my comments in an important and difficult question for our nation were able to lead to misunderstandings \" Kohler said.\n He complained that some critics had suggested he supported military \"missions that are not covered by the constitution.\"\n \"This criticism lacks any basis \" he said. \"It also is lacking in the necessary respect for the presidential office.\"\n He added \"It was an honor to serve Germany as federal president \" then walked off without taking questions.\n Kohler's resignation is certain to lead to a fresh debate over the role of German troops in Afghanistan and in other international missions.\n Denis MacShane a British Labour legislator and German expert said that Kohler was only speaking the truth but that German commentators did not want to recognize what he had said.\n \"Kohler made the point that German military capability was relevant to German interests including German economic interests \" MacShane said.\n Opposition parties after roundly criticizing Kohler last week had only praise for him on Monday.\n Gesine Ltzsch leader of the Left Party praised Kohler saying he was speaking out about why German troops are involved in peacekeeping missions. His resignation showed why a major reassessment of Germany's foreign policy was needed she said.", "output": [ "Horst Kohler" ] }, { "id": "task419-852d72cece494c8e9b3e98e422c74ff6", "input": "ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday he was really afraid about the danger of nuclear war and that the world now stood at “the very limit”.\nAsked if he was worried about the possibility of nuclear war Pope Francis said: “I think we are at the very limit. I am really afraid of this. One accident is enough to precipitate things.”\n He did not mention Hawaii or North Korea.\n Pope Francis has often flagged the danger of nuclear warfare and in November he appeared to harden the Catholic Church’s teaching against nuclear weapons saying countries should not stockpile them even for the purpose of deterrence.\nAs reporters boarded his plane bound for Chile Vatican officials handed out a photograph taken in 1945 that shows a young Japanese boy carrying his dead brother on his shoulders following the U.S. nuclear attack on Nagasaki.\n“I was moved when I saw this. The only thing I could think of adding were the words ‘the fruit of war’ ” Francis said referring to a caption put on the back of the image.", "output": [ "Pope Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-5237d7901ba140de8ed821dfaff05488", "input": "Russian election officials on Monday formally barred Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny from running for president prompting calls from him for a boycott of next year's vote.\n Navalny is implicitly barred from running for office because of a conviction in a fraud case which has been viewed as political retribution. He could have run if he was given a special dispensation or if his conviction was cancelled.\n Incumbent Vladimir Putin is set to easily win a fourth term in office in the March 18 election with his approval ratings topping 80%.\n Putin foe clears first step in bid for Russian presidency\nOver the past year Navalny has mounted a grassroots campaign which reached out to the most remote corners of Putin 's heartland.\n Navalny 41 is the most serious challenger that Putin has faced in all his years in power and the court cases against him have been widely seen as a tool to keep him from running for office.\nIn a pre-recorded video message that was released minutes after the Election Commission handed down the decision Navalny called on his supporters to boycott the vote.\n\"The procedure that we're invited to take part is not an election \" he said. \"Only Putin and the candidates he has hand-picked are taking part in it.\"\nCentral Election Commission chief Ella Pamfilova told Navalny ahead of its vote to bar him that \"maybe we would be interested if you were running \" but said the conviction doesn't allow the commission to put him on the ballot.\nSpeaking before the vote Navalny told the commission that their decision to bar him would be a vote \"not against me but against 16 000 people who have nominated me against 200 000 volunteers who have been canvassing for me.\"\nThe involvement of Ksenia Sobchak a 36-year-old star TV host could raise public interest in the race. While Sobchak has denied colluding with the Kremlin she could attract some of Navalny 's supporters and help boost attendance.\nSobchak criticized Navalny 's call for boycotting the vote saying Monday that the \"election is the only way to change something and boycotting them is inefficient and harmful.\"", "output": [ "Alexei Navalny" ] }, { "id": "task419-b878ebf1eb064576add02b8d1662c5f3", "input": "Michael Pogwizd said he was fueling up at a Hickory Hills gas station about 6 a.m. when a car pulling into the lot slid uncontrollably into the pump knocking it onto Pogwizd’s Chevy Malibu.\nA small fire broke out which Pogwizd captured in a photograph before putting it out with an extinguisher. Two other crashes happened in the lot soon thereafter said Hickory Hills police Lt. Tim Stevens.\n“It was like a crazy ice-dancing car show ” Pogwizd said. “The policeman even said he’d never seen anything like this in 15 years.”\n Pogwizd said his car was still under the gas pump 3½ hours later because authorities were treating it as a hazmat scene. But he was looking on the bright side: His boss gave him the day off he said “Plus (the gas station) is giving me free food and coffee so it’s not that bad.”", "output": [ "Michael Pogwizd" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e2e6fb1789645349948e8d4ab33b62f", "input": "MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin flew into Syria and ordered “a significant part” of Moscow’s military contingent there to start withdrawing on Monday declaring their work largely done.\n Putin who polls show will be re-elected comfortably in March made the announcement during a surprise visit to Russia’s Hmeymim air base in Syria - his first since Russia intervened in the conflict. He held talks with President Bashar al-Assad and addressed Russian forces.\nThe first leg in a three-country one-day whirlwind diplomatic visit which sees Putin also meeting his Egyptian and Turkish counterparts Putin is keen to leverage the heightened Middle East influence that Syria has given him to cast himself as a leader who can do diplomacy as well as military force.\nThe Kremlin first launched air strikes in Syria in September 2015 in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades turning the tide of the conflict in Assad’s favor. Now that it regards that mission complete Putin wants to help broker a peace deal.\n“In just over two years Russia’s armed forces and the Syrian army have defeated the most battle-hardened group of international terrorists ” Putin told Russian servicemen.\nA “significant part” of the Russian force could now return home. “The conditions for a political solution under the auspices of the United Nations have been created ” said Putin . “The Motherland awaits you.”\nWashington was skeptical about Putin ’s statement.\n Putin made clear in any case that Russia would retain enough firepower to destroy any possible Islamic State comeback.\nSyrian state television quoted Assad as thanking Putin for Russia’s help saying the blood of Moscow’s “martyrs” had been mixed with the blood of the Syrian army. It also showed the two men watching what it called a victory parade with Russian troops dressed in desert uniforms marching past.\nRussian President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province Syria December 11 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik via REUTERS\nRussia’s “mission accomplished” moment in Syria may help Putin increase the turnout at the March presidential election by appealing to the patriotism of voters.\nThough polls show he will easily win they also show that some Russians are increasingly apathetic about politics and Putin ’s supporters are keen to get him re-elected on a big turnout which in their eyes confers legitimacy.\n Putin who with the help of state TV has dominated Russia’s political landscape for the last 17 years told Russian servicemen they would return home as victors.\nSpeaking in front of a row of servicemen holding Russian flags Putin said his military had proved its might and that Moscow had succeeded in keeping Syria intact as a “sovereign independent state.”\n“I congratulate you!” Putin told the servicemen.\n Putin is keen to organize a special event in Russia - the Syrian Congress on National Dialogue - that Moscow hopes will bring together the Syrian government and opposition and try to hammer out a new constitution.", "output": [ "Vladimir Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-05a2eae6eb324d71af5c6aee29c90509", "input": "Christian and Tyler Toro both 27 were arrested after law enforcement agents raided the brothers’ Bronx apartment and found approximately 20 pounds of iron oxide; five pounds of aluminum powder; a substance appearing to be thermite mixed from iron oxide and aluminum powder; five pounds of potassium nitrate; a glass jar containing explosive powder; and a cardboard box containing firecrackers according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York.\nPolice also found a notebook with handwriting they believe belongs to Tyler Toro . In the notebook police found messages that said “WE ARE TWIN TOROS STRIKE US NOW WE WILL RETURN WITH NANO THERMITE” and “I AM HERE 100% LIVING BUYING WEAPONS. WHATEVER WE NEED.”\nPolice also found an index card with handwriting they believe belonged to Christian Toro that said “UNDER THE FULL MOON THE SMONES WILL KNOW TERROR.”\nThe FBI’s criminal complaint against the two brothers states that a bomb threat was called into the school Christian Toro taught at on Dec. 4. A student was arrested in connection with the bomb threat and shortly after Christian Toro resigned.\n Tyler Toro then returned a school-owned laptop used by his brother for employment purposes. A school technician reviewed the contents on the laptop and found documents with instructions on how to make explosives.\nFBI agents interviewed Christian Toro about the content on the laptop and he said he unintentionally downloaded the materials while researching the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. He said he never built a bomb and only read the document’s table of contents.\nFBI agents also interviewed former students of Christian Toro who said he paid them approximately $50 per hour to “break apart fireworks and store the powder that came out of the fireworks in containers.” The students said this occurred between October 2017 and January 2018.\n Christian Toro was accused of another serious crime just days before Thursday’s arrest.\nJohn J. Miller the deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism for the NYPD told the New York Times that Christian Toro was arrested on Jan. 31 for raping a victim under the age of 17 who was a student of his .\n Christian Toro was charged with with one count of unlawfully manufacturing a destructive device and and one count of distribution of explosive materials to a minor. Both charges carry a maximum of 10 years in prison.\n Tyler Toro was charged with one count of unlawfully manufacturing a destructive device which also carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.", "output": [ "Tyler Toro" ] }, { "id": "task419-49efa93efd4f4b75a077f6626ec7118b", "input": "On Tuesday the chief of the National Security Agency Admiral Michael Rogers said a ânation-stateââmeaning Russiaâhad intervened in the 2016 elections âto achieve a specific effect.â He was referring to the hacking of Democratic targets and the release of the stolen information via WikiLeaks. And on Wednesday Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called for a congressional investigation of Russian meddling in the campaign. On Thursday the call for a Capitol Hill inquiry gathered momentum with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) the ranking Democrat on the House government oversight committee publicly urging the committeeâs chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) to launch such a probe.\nIn a letter sent to Chaffetz and released publicly Cummings noted that he and Chaffetz had discussed opening such an investigation on Wednesday and that Chaffetz had told him he was âopen to considering such an investigationâ but wanted Cummings to âshow the evidenceâ that Russia had tried to influence the election. Cummings did so in this letter citing Rogersâ statement. Cummings also pointed to a statement issued on October 7 by the Office of Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Homeland Security which said âThe U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions including from US political organizations. The recent disclosures of alleged hacked e-mails on sites like DCLeaks.com and WikiLeaks and by the Guccifer 2.0 online persona are consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts. These thefts and disclosures are intended to interfere with the US election process. Such activity is not new to Moscowâthe Russians have used similar tactics and techniques across Europe and Eurasia for example to influence public opinion there. We believe based on the scope and sensitivity of these efforts that only Russiaâs senior-most officials could have authorized these activities.â\n Cummings also noted that House Speaker Paul Ryan has said âRussia is a global menace led by a devious thug. Putin should stay out of this election.â\nIn his letter to Chaffetz Cummings contended that this investigation should be a bipartisan endeavor to ensure the security of American democracy:\n Cummings proposed that the oversight committee immediately request âa classified briefing from the Intelligence Communityâ and start âa robust investigation designed to identify specific recommendations for actions that our country can take to respond to these attacks and safeguard against similar attacks in the future.â\nHere âs Cummings â full letter:", "output": [ "Elijah Cummings" ] }, { "id": "task419-17058f2e4d9441e7b955996a2be90fd2", "input": "Washington (CNN) Democrat Doug Jones has opened up an eight-point lead in the US Senate race in Alabama amid multiple sexual abuse allegations against Republican Roy Moore according to a new Fox News poll released Thursday.\n Jones leads Moore by 50 to 42% among likely voters in the special election to fill the seat left vacant by Jeff Sessions when he became US attorney general now less than a month away.\nMost Republican voters 78% still say they plan to cast their ballots for Moore but a substantial minority -- 13% -- say they are voting for Jones . A broad 91% of Democrats say they're voting for Jones versus only 3% voting for Moore.\nSimilarly Moore wins only 81% of Trump voters versus 91% of Clinton voters who say they are voting for Jones .\n Democrat Doug Jones speaks at a campaign rally for the race to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions' former Senate seat Tuesday Oct. 3 2017 in Birmingham Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)\nWomen have made the difference: Jones has opened up a wide 58% to 32% lead among female likely voters. Meanwhile 54% of women who are registered to vote had an unfavorable view of Moore up from 39% in October. (Strongly unfavorable views among women also climbed 15 points over the last month.)", "output": [ "Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-b27a081ad70b422e96b724126e6f1aa7", "input": "Two leading journalists who covered the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s died yesterday. Roy Reed was white. Simeon Booker Jr. was black. As NPR's Neda Ulaby reports each in his own way helped open the nation's eyes to the struggle against racial injustice.\nULABY: Roy Reed went on to cover the civil rights movement for The New York Times. He was 87 when he died. Simeon Booker was 99. Both men were there during the pivotal march from Selma to Montgomery Ala. when police attacked protesters on Pettus Bridge. Booker was working for Ebony and Jet magazines. In 2013 he told NPR he was just as shocked as any other Northerner by what was going on in the South.\nULABY: Booker was the first full-time black reporter at The Washington Post. Wil Haygood got there years later. He told NPR in 2007 Booker 's experiences were not easy.\nWIL HAYGOOD: He would go out and he would introduce himself to people as Simeon Booker of The Washington Post. And he said people would throw their heads back and just start laughing out loud in his face because they thought he was joking because they had never met a black reporter from The Washington Post. I mean that's just heartbreaking.\nULABY: Booker 's colleagues would not sit next to him in the cafeteria. After only two years he left. While working at Ebony and Jet Booker heard about the murder of a 14-year-old accused of whistling at a white woman. He took a photographer to Emmett Till's funeral. The pictures of Till's open casket and mangled face became a civil rights catalyst. Booker found stories no one else could.\nULABY: Wil Haygood says Simeon Booker became friendly with an FBI agent who'd tip him off to danger.\n BOOKER : My whole life was one of fright in newspapering when I was in the South.\nULABY: Later some criticized Booker since the FBI was also working at the time to undermine the civil rights movement. His wife of 40 years Carol McCabe Booker co-wrote his memoir. Almost to the end she says Simeon Booker loved speaking about his experiences. One question she said came up over and over.\nCAROL MCCABE BOOKER: What kept you going back down there? And he answered so matter-of-factly it was my job.", "output": [ "Simeon Booker Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-e6a870d07d7a4dd89bd9f06c1618460e", "input": "And I did. I was energized. I slept less felt less tired and experienced a higher metabolism and a clearer mind. Like Kafka's Hunger Artist I was reluctant to end my fast which became easier the longer it continued. Several of my friends were incredulous. How could fasting get easier the longer it went on? I felt as Kafka put it that I \"alone knew ... how easy it was to fast.\"\nAmong classic writers by the way Kafka was the most incisive in what he said about Big Government. In The Metamorphosis he wrote \"Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.\" Aptly put.\nWas Kafka a conservative? I believe he was. His writing is filled with a defense of the individual and with fearful intimations of the rise of totalitarianism. His novels and stories constitute a monumental plea for the freedom of the individual from authoritarianism of all kinds. The Castle is the most compelling anti-authoritarian book of its time. And yes Kafka was a vegetarian.\nLike Kafka I don't fast for weight loss. (Kafka \"possibly an anorexic \" did not need to lose weight.) Nor do I fast for ethical reasons. Peter Singer may believe that turkeys have the same rights as humans but I don't share that belief. There is nothing particularly sinful about roasting a turkey or cooking a ham. I just don't think meat and other animal products are healthy in my particular case.", "output": [ "Kafka" ] }, { "id": "task419-47a1b1c992144e148ab920dd2a516949", "input": "As Dr. Tom Wardzala turned on the volume to the custom-fitted devices from a nearby computer Dalesha’s eyes darted in his direction and she nodded quickly.\nDavis and his partner Judith Powe first met Dalesha about three years ago while investigating her rape in a south suburb where she once lived.\nIn the ensuing months the detectives along with sheriff’s investigator Ruth Mendez who knows sign language took Dalesha as their charge helping her reach her dream of walking across the stage to graduate high school. During their first meeting she had surprised them with the request saying it was a step to bigger things. Like a job or moving out of a dangerous neighborhood.\nThe detectives became her contact at the Chicago public school where she enrolled. They took her to appointments helped with community service hours shopped for school supplies and cheered her on when she collected her diploma.\nSince her graduation in June even more has changed for Dalesha who is not being identified by the Tribune because she is a rape victim. Donations have been given to her . She was scheduled to start work at a grocery store on Friday. But most life-changing was the offer from HearStrong Foundation to contribute to her college tuition and fit her with hearing aids.\n Dalesha whose name has been changed to protect her identity receives new hearing aids at the Sertoma Speech & Hearing Center on Nov. 9 2017 in Palos Hills. The 22-year-old sexual assault survivor was born with total hearing loss. (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune) (Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune)\n Dalesha will be among those honored Monday night at a HearStrong event downtown. The Chicago-based organization raises awareness and advocates for the deaf community.\nBrian McCaskey a Bears vice president who suffers from hearing loss and co-founded HearStrong read about Dalesha ’s story in the Tribune in June and offered the help.\n Dalesha was sexually assaulted by acquaintances in a home in 2013. She had grown angry and confused when the investigation languished — until Davis Powe and Mendez reached out to her .\n Dalesha had already faced similar adversity. She had been the victim of another rape in 2010.\nSusan Herman a national expert on crime victims who has written a book on the subject says Dalesha has received the kind of support that all victims of violence need.\n“This is an unusual case — the length they have gone to meet her needs ” said Herman praising Dalesha for articulating her concerns. “We have an obligation to not only hold offenders accountable but to help victims rebuild lives.”\nIn the push to help Dalesha stretch to that next level – attending college — the detectives have learned that she in fact had earned in 2014 the credit hours she needed at a south suburban school to graduate.\n“She had no clue ” Mendez the investigator who knows sign language said of Dalesha . “If anything we gave her that. For that I will be forever grateful. She got the experience to cross that stage to feel like a graduate. It goes to show you how important it is to have a support system.”\nWardzala who works for Sertoma Speech & Hearing Center said the hearing aids given to Dalesha became available only about half a year ago.\nMost people with profound hearing loss benefit from hearing aids Wardzala said. But not everyone has access to the devices they need and certainly not the high-end ones given to Dalesha that cost about $6 000 a pair.", "output": [ "Dalesha" ] }, { "id": "task419-1208111db5384e47aa76d0eedbadef2a", "input": "March 2 (UPI) — The latest trailer for YouTube Red’s upcoming Cobra Kai series shows William Zabka’s Johnny as a ruthless sensei.\n“I’m going to teach you the style of karate that was taught to me. Fear does not exist in this dojo does it?” Sensei Johnny asks a student calling back to the Cobra Kai mantra he obeyed as a competitive teen in the 1984 film The Karate Kid.\n“No sensei!” his follower barks back.\n“Pain does not exist in this dojo does it?” Johnny challenges another group of students.\n“ Johnny Lawrence is still fighting his old nemesis Daniel LaRusso. Rivalries never die even 30 years later ” said a message accompanying the 30-second preview which does not show Ralph Macchio reprising his role of the balance-seeking good guy Daniel.", "output": [ "Sensei Johnny" ] }, { "id": "task419-0077c6ff91a7457ca81217e1cd711d0d", "input": "\"People have a very exaggerated idea of the benefits \" said Dr. Rita Redberg a professor of medicine at University of California San Francisco and the editor-in-chief of the journal JAMA Internal Medicine.\nThis is different from secondary prevention: the use of statins to prevent heart attacks and strokes in people who have already had one. Redberg said the evidence for this is much stronger.\nOut of 100 people taking primary preventive statins for five years \"the best estimates are that one or two people will avoid a heart attack and none will live longer by taking statins \" Redberg said.\nBut Redberg said that there are plenty of experts without conflicts of interest which is important to keep in mind when considering top-selling drugs like statins.\n\"It's billions of dollars here \" she said. \"You can't ignore that.\"", "output": [ "Rita Redberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-96ad9d15836a45caa58b11a95e43c568", "input": "Ambassador Karel Van Oosterom of the Netherlands who chairs the Security Council committee sent a proposed letter of approval to Security Council members with a deadline of 3 p.m. EST Thursday for objections. If there are none he said the exemption will be granted for Choe Hwi who has been on the U.N. sanctions blacklist since June 2 2017.\nSouth Korean Charge d’affaires Ham Sang Wook asked the committee earlier Wednesday to grant a sanctions exemption to the 23-member high-level delegation from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea — the country’s official name — without naming Choe .\n Choe is identified on the U.N. sanctions blacklist as “First Vice Director of the Workers’ Party of Korea Propaganda and Agitation Department which controls all DPRK media and is used by the government to control the public.”\nBut the delegation list submitted to the sanctions committee by South Korea identifies him as “Chairman of the State Physical Culture and Sports Guidance Commission.”\nVan Oosterom’s proposed letter in reply notes the exemption request for the high-level delegation “specifically the participation of Mr. Choe Hwi” who is under sanctions and approves his travel to South Korea.", "output": [ "Choe Hwi" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6a0b65668844c928f77dbc5d7629514", "input": "Emirates Airline president Sir Tim Clark . REUTERS/Satish Kumar\nEmirates Airline president Sir Tim Clark believes the US aviation industry would suffer if the system of Open Skies agreements falls apart.\n Clark says international demand for air travel and aircraft have skyrocketed since the first of more than 120 Open Skies agreements were signed in 1992.\n Emirates Airline president Sir Tim Clark believes the US aviation industry could become a victim of the trade dispute centered around the Open Skies agreements that govern air travel between the US and the United Arab Emirates where his airline is based.\n This Clark believes threatens to weaken the network of Open Skies agreements that have served the aviation industry so well over the past couple of decades.\nREUTERS/Satish Kumar \"When the US went Open Skies I thought it was the best thing because if the US had done it then everybody would follow suit \" Clark told us.\n\"I know that as a result of what they did the number of planes Boeing sold went nuclear \" Clark declared. \"Because the number of aircraft sold was a direct function of the Open Skies versus closed skies relationship.\"", "output": [ "Tim Clark" ] }, { "id": "task419-5823a2bbe1f34c11a735c904043c5c49", "input": "Bollywood superstar Sridevi Kapoor has died of a heart attack her family says. She was 54.\nThe actress known simply as Sridevi passed away in Dubai where she was attending a family wedding.\nFrom the age of four she had worked in films in the Tamil Telugu Malaylam Kannada and Hindi languages.\n She was considered one of the very few Indian female superstars capable of huge box office success without the support of a male hero.\nSridevi's husband Boney Kapoor and daughter Khushi were with her when she died reports say.\nWhy was Sridevi such a huge box office draw?\n She debuted as a lead actress in a Bollywood film in 1978 soon becoming one of India's biggest film stars.\nOver five decades she starred in more than 150 films including such Bollywood classics as Mr India Chandni ChaalBaaz and Sadma.", "output": [ "Sridevi Kapoor" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f06ae9b8dee4d19b4a82db96b44bc5b", "input": "It is fascinating and welcome to see liberals discovering their consciences on Bill Clinton’s alleged rapist tendencies. True this moral revelation comes about two decades later than it should have and at precisely the moment the Left can no longer reasonably ignore it and not a moment sooner.\nJust the same it is nice to finally see some honesty on this issue. It is nice to see liberals having no more use for the Clintons finally undertaking what MSNBC host Chris Hayes calls “a real reckoning” with the very real possibility that Bill Clinton raped Juanita Broaddrick nearly 40 years ago.\nAnd yet. One is tempted to believe we’re witnessing not a “reckoning” but a quick and guilty kind of moral shrug a sort of Kansas City shuffle meant to absolve a bunch of deeply culpable people of their own deep and stinking culpability. For a real “reckoning” of American liberalism’s wink-nod approach to Bill Clinton’s alleged sex crimes would implicate American liberalism itself or at least the last few decades of it. That is understandably not something many liberals are willing to do.\nA great example of this evasive genre can be found at The Atlantic where Caitlin Flanagan has written an article titled simply “ Bill Clinton : A Reckoning.” The article itself is actually not a reckoning of Bill Clinton or even an overture toward a reckoning.\nIndeed Flanagan only comes to the sexual assault allegations leveled at Clinton only about two-thirds of the way through after bringing up Clarence Thomas’s alleged sexual harassment of Anita Hill. She places most of the blame for Clinton on “machine feminism” rather than Democratic opportunism then lamely asserts Democrats need to “come to terms” with how they “abandoned some of [their] central principles” in their unthinking defense of Clinton .\nAlmost as an afterthought Goldberg writes: “It’s fair to conclude that because of Broaddrick’s allegations Bill Clinton no longer has a place in decent society.” Goodness after two decades this is the best we can manage?\nEven Hayes’s own viral tweet is couched in a tired and evasive formula. “As gross and cynical and hypocrtical [sic] as the right’s ‘what about Bill Clinton ’ stuff is ” he wrote “it’s also true that Democrats and the center left are overdue for a real reckoning with the allegations against him .” Got it: so the Right is “gross and cynical and hypocritical” regarding the Left’s steadfast avoidance of Bill Clinton’s alleged sex crimes but we’re also correct? Are liberals capable of discussing Clinton ’s sordid history without having to obsessively refer back to conservatives?\nThey Let Bill Clinton Keep Legitimacy for 18 More Years\nThere is a deeper and more cynical politics at work here. “Reckoning” with Bill Clinton’s alleged crimes is not just a matter of the Democratic Party saying sorry for not believing Broaddrick in 1999. Bill Clinton has remained a prominent fixture of the party in the intervening 18 years including as a major fundraiser during his wife’s two failed campaigns for president and as a stump for other Democrats including President Obama.\nProgressives meanwhile adore him . “ Bill Clinton couldn’t keep it in his pants but he was a great president!” one very liberal woman told me years ago. Broaddrick would surely agree with the first part. Summing up the feelings of millions of progressive millennials comedian John Mulaney described Clinton as a “smooth and fantastic hillbilly who should be declared emperor of the United State of America.” This kind of hero-worship is only possible if one disbelieves Broaddrick’s testimony entirely—testimony that 20 years on remains very credible.\nA “reckoning” of the accusations against Bill Clinton must thus also function as a reckoning of the last couple of decades of Democratic politics a politics that has featured Bill Clinton as an ancillary yet still near-permanent fixture. Every Democrat has known of Broaddrick’s accusations for years. Yet Bill Clinton was still eagerly accepted within “decent society ” and his wife—who is quite reasonably seen as both an apologist for her husband’s perverted behavior and possibly a criminal conspirator regarding his crimes—became the standard-bearer of the Democratic Party itself in the last election.\nTo reckon with all of this means to reckon with the Democratic party in toto—its political instincts its morals and its public credibility and future viability.The Left predictably isn’t very keen to do that. So we get what we’ve witnessed in the past week: liberals feigning a kind of come-to-Jesus public confessional over Bill Clinton while ultimately just complaining about conservatives.\nIt is true that in the end we do not know if Bill Clinton raped Broaddrick. It is virtually impossible to prove it one way or the other as it generally is with these types of claims. It would not be wholly unreasonable for someone to doubt Broaddrick after a careful review of the evidence. Then again her claim and the evidence surrounding it is compelling enough to be believable more so than many.\nSo what does it say about the Democratic Party that it has nevertheless allowed Bill Clinton a revered and permanent spot in its ranks? And what does it say about liberals that even now after all of this time they cannot truly come to grips with it?", "output": [ "Bill Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-e70999991efa44ff8cc8c12aa4e96b3b", "input": "Allegations of sexual misconduct against three Dartmouth College professors have resulted in a multi-agency criminal investigation says New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald .\nAfter MacDonald 's office contacted Dartmouth he says \"we have learned from the College that it has received allegations of sexual misconduct.\"\nA multi-agency investigation into the case is now under way which MacDonald says includes both his office and the Office of the Grafton County Attorney along with the New Hampshire State Police the Grafton County Sheriff's Department and the Hanover Police Department.\n MacDonald 's press release about the case included contact information for investigators on the case along with lists of services for anyone affected by sexual violence.", "output": [ "Gordon MacDonald" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f333b4ba3a74d8487e9982cbfcd2157", "input": "Sawyer logged off and asked her sister Mari 31 her partner in a dessert catering company and their mother Fran 57 to see whether they had the same problem on their phones.\n Generally Web sites and computers are compromised from within. A hacker can get a Web page or computers to run programming code that they shouldn't. But in this case it was a security gap between the phone and the Web site that exposed strangers' Facebook pages to the Sawyers. Misconfigured equipment poorly written network software or other technical errors could have caused AT\nT to fumble the information flowing from the Sawyers' phones to Facebook and back.\nT could confirm only that the problem occurred on one of the Sawyers' phones possibly because they had logged off Facebook on the other two before reporting the incident.\n It's unclear how many people were affected by the problem the Sawyers discovered and whether it was limited to Facebook.\n Usually that means a Web site simply won't load said Alberto Solino director of security consulting services for Core Security Technologies. In the Sawyers' case \"somehow they got the wrong user but they could keep using that account for a long period of time. That's what's strange \" he said.\n The AP tried to contact two of the people whose Facebook pages were exposed to the Sawyers but the calls and e-mails were not returned. It's unclear whether they are also AT", "output": [ "Sawyers" ] }, { "id": "task419-0faa62c8c8624082bb7f40beeb30cc33", "input": "There has already been ample reporting suggesting that Mr. Kushner may have done just that. During a period when Mr. Kushner was negotiating President Trump’s first visit to China his family business was trying to sell a debt-ridden property in New York to an insurance company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party. Public scrutiny of the deal scuttled it. Last May The New York Times described how immediately after the Trump administration extended a visa program for wealthy investors Mr. Kushner ’s sister invoked Mr. Kushner in a presentation seeking Chinese investment in one of the family’s New Jersey real estate developments.\nSuch appearances of conflict might not by themselves get Mr. Kushner in trouble. The president has broad authority to set the country’s foreign policy and public corruption laws have been far more difficult to enforce after a 2016 Supreme Court decision overturning the conviction of the former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell on bribery charges.\nBut Mr. Kushner might face more trouble to the extent he keeps such negotiations secret from those in charge of carrying out United States foreign policy. When the national security adviser H. R. McMaster learned of some of Mr. Kushner’s communications only after the fact he was surprised one official told The Post and thought it was “weird.”\n Mr. Kushner has been famously tardy in disclosing his business interests and ties with foreigners in his application for a security clearance. He was still making updates to his forms as recently as January. That means he has conducted an entire year of foreign policy without officially disclosing all the personal interests he may have been serving.\nFinally the risk might be greater still if Mr. Kushner negotiated such deals before Mr. Trump’s inauguration. That’s the possibility raised by Mr. Kushner’s pre-inauguration meetings with Russia. In December 2016 Mr. Kushner met with Sergey Gorkov the head of a bank under American sanctions Vnesheconombank. That meeting came after Mr. Kushner suggested a back channel of communications in a meeting with Russia’s ambassador Sergey Kislyak according to Mr. Kislyak.\nWhile the proper authorities may not have been informed of this series of meetings Michael Flynn the former national security adviser who pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with Mr. Mueller’s investigators late last year did attend or at least knew of them. Steve Bannon who recently sat for 20 hours of interviews with special counsel prosecutors participated in the Zayed Trump Tower meeting along with Mr. Flynn and Mr. Kushner . So if they are a concern to Mr. Mueller he has recently gotten far more details of what happened at the meetings.", "output": [ "Jared Kushner", "Kushner" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e9eb030b4a4409cbfbde7a56df00839", "input": "Danny Jacobs celebrates his unanimous decision win against Luis Arias. (Photo: Al Bello Getty Images)\nUNIONDALE N.Y. (AP) — It wasn't the impressive showing he sought. Still Danny Jacobs was happy to be back in the ring and to be an easy winner over an outmatched Luis Arias.\n Jacobs dominated on Saturday night in a middleweight bout as lopsided as a fight can get.\nIn his return to the ring since an outstanding performance in a loss to champion Gennady Golovkin in March Jacobs easily swept the judges' cards though he often was frustrated by the holding tactics and unorthodox style of Arias. Seeking a knockout in the final rounds Jacobs punished Arias in the 10th 11th and 12th and earned a knockdown that looked more like a slip in the 11th.\n\"I wanted to impress the fans and put on a good show \" Jacobs said. \"I hurt him early and once I knew I could hurt him I got a little more aggressive.\"\nJacobs a former world champion and one of New York's most popular fighters is 33-2 with 29 KOs. He is hopeful of another shot at a title in 2018 though Golovkin will be busy with a rematch with Canelo Alvarez after their draw in September.\nJacobs who overcame bone cancer earlier in his career and is nicknamed \"Miracle Man \" held the WBA belt for two years. He remained a force in the division even after his close defeat to Triple G. Next up could be either David Lemieux of Canada or Billy Joe Saunders of England.", "output": [ "Danny Jacobs" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e734bb52e65406cae3176853a3c382a", "input": "The Cronkite episode suggests that a newsroom geared toward deadlines needs to find a much better way to deal with articles written with no certain publication date. Reporters and editors think they have the luxury of time to handle them later -- and suddenly it is too late.\n What Sam Sifton the culture editor ruefully called \"a disaster the equivalent of a car crash \" started nearly a month before Cronkite died when news began circulating that he was gravely ill. On June 19 Alessandra Stanley a prolific writer much admired by editors for the intellectual heft of her coverage of television wrote a sum-up of the Cronkite career to be published after his death.\n In her haste she said she looked up the dates for two big stories that Cronkite covered -- the assassination of Martin Luther King and the moment Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon -- and copied them incorrectly. She wrote that Cronkite stormed the beaches on D-Day when he actually covered the invasion from a B-17 bomber. She never meant that literally she said. \"I didn't reread it carefully enough to see people would think he was on the sands of Omaha Beach.\"\n June 19 was a Friday a heavy time for the culture department which was processing copy for Saturday Sunday and Monday. Lorne Manly Stanley's editor read the article but did not catch the mistakes; worse he made a change that led to another error. Where Stanley had said correctly that Cronkite once worked for United Press Manly changed it to United Press International with a note to copy editors to check the name. In the end it came out United Press and United Press International in the same sentence.\n Janet Higbie a copy editor said she started reading the article that Friday and caught the misspelling of the Telstar satellite and the two incorrect dates but fixes she thought she made didn't make it into the paper. \"I don't know what happened \" she said. Higbie said she had to drop the story and jump to deadline work and she assumed that someone else would pick up the editing later. No one did -- for four weeks until Cronkite died late on another busy Friday. \"It fell through the cracks \" Higbie said.\n Two days before his father died Chip Cronkite sent me an e-mail message labeled \"pre-emptive correction.\" He said that CBS in reviewing its obituary material had found inaccuracies. \"As a life-long admirer of your newspaper \" he said \"may I suggest that you have someone double-check ahead of time?\"\n Douglas Martin who had written an advance obit of Cronkite several years earlier phoned Chip Cronkite. They went over spellings discussed the cause of death and the like. No one thought to forward Chip Cronkite's message to the culture department where Stanley's appraisal sat.\n several years earlier phoned Chip Cronkite. They went over spellings discussed the cause of death and the like. No one thought to forward Chip CronkiteChip Cronkite's message to the culture department where Stanley's appraisal sat.\n When his father died on July 17 Chip Cronkite said he called CBS and then The Times at 8:01 p.m. Laurel Graeber who was running the culture copy desk said she didn't get the word for half an hour. Work had just finished on the Saturday Arts section and most of the editors had gone home. Past deadline Amy Virshup a deputy culture editor decided to put Stanley's appraisal across the top of the Arts front. Graeber said she was worried about a headline photos and captions. \"I was not focusing on details\" within the story she said thinking those had been handled. Graeber did make one fix changing the first name of ABC's anchor to Charles Gibson from Charlie in the title of his program. But the title still had another error which was just corrected on Saturday -- mistake No. 8.\n Chip Cronkite seemed philosophical about all the errors. He said his parents had a joke ashtray with the inscription \"Just give me the facts: I'll mix 'em up when I quote you.\"", "output": [ "Chip Cronkite" ] }, { "id": "task419-2895d8160c68480ba8987c4e5fdc99bf", "input": "White House chief of staff John Kelly made a rare appearance at Thursday's White House press briefing during which he insisted that he was not quitting or getting fired from his job.\n He also said that running the US is \"really really hard work \" before quickly asserting that he does not run the country.\n\"This is really really hard work running the United States of America \" Kelly said quickly adding \"I don't run it.\"\n\"I'm working for someone who is dedicated to serving the country in a way he 's talked about over the years \" he then said of President Donald Trump.\n Kelly criticized the press for some of its reporting on him Trump and the administration as a whole. He began his comments by insisting that he was \"not quitting today\" and said \"I just talked to the president and I don't believe I'm being fired today and I am not so frustrated in this job that I'm thinking of leaving.\"\n Kelly the former secretary of Homeland Security called his current job the \"hardest\" and \"most important\" he 's \"ever had.\"", "output": [ "John Kelly" ] }, { "id": "task419-e869585007d94a0ca7b827e54f43d27e", "input": "Imagine Dragons lead singer Dan Reynolds said he hoped a recently released documentary on Mormonism would prompt church leaders to change some of their ways.\nReynolds who described himself as a “fourth generation Las Vegan raised in a very conservative Mormon family ” and Don Argott director of “Believer” documentary told Deadline they hoped the film would open the church leaders' eyes to how they treat LGBT members.\n Reynolds said he had planned on attending Brigham Young University a college owned by the Mormon Church like his brothers but spoke to a bishop and things went downhill from there.\n Reynolds said he was kicked out of the school after he told the bishop he had sex with a longtime girlfriend.\n“That kind of started my story in a lot of ways because I went through this real shaming process where my whole community kind of found out that I was ‘sinful’ or ‘dirty’ in the Mormon world ” Reynolds told Deadline.\n“There’s a real problem in the Mormon culture. It’s broken ” Reynolds said. “We wanted to shine a light on that and hopefully create some change.”\nThe Mormon Church has acknowledged the documentary and endorsed his LoveLoud festival which focused on people part of the LGBT community who hope to start conversations with the church. However Reynolds said that was not enough.\n“The policies remain intact ” Reynolds said. “They say being gay is a sin and until that’s taken away speaking in platitudes and even endorsing this festival it’s a step but there’s a long way to go as far as moving forward.”\nMACAULAY CULKIN CLAIMS FATHER WAS ‘MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY’ ABUSIVE: ‘DO GOOD OR I’LL HIT YOU’\nReynolds said that despite its policies he is still a member of the church. The Mormon Church forbids same-sex couples in the congregation to baptize their children and take “other religious rites until they become adults ’ the Salt Lake Tribune reported.\n“As long as those policies are still intact our LGBT youth still have high percentages of depression anxiety and suicide ” Reynolds told the Tribune.", "output": [ "Reynolds" ] }, { "id": "task419-dfd59b9ada464b2b9d976468e02f3b01", "input": "SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - A California neuroscientist vying to unseat Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher stepped up his criticism of the conservative on Tuesday demanding he return a $1 000 contribution from indicted Trump adviser Paul Manafort.\nFILE PHOTO: Republican U.S. Representative Dana Rohrabacher speaks at a news conference in Moscow Russia on June 2 2013. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo\nThe Orange County seat held by Rohrabacher is key to Democrats’ hopes to increase their numbers in the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s elections. Neuroscientist Hans Keirstead a stem cell researcher and entrepreneur from Laguna Beach is one of seven Democrats aiming to beat him according to the Federal Election Commission.\n Rohrabacher a senior member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs has frequently praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and was considered for a role in U.S. President Donald Trump’s cabinet.\nFILE PHOTO: U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) speaks during a House Foreign Affairs Europe Eurasia and Emerging Threats Subcommittee hearing about the attack on demonstrators by members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security detail on Capitol Hill in Washington DC U.S. on May 25 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo", "output": [ "Dana Rohrabacher" ] }, { "id": "task419-c4de4dc4a484483eb867f15e4c544bb6", "input": "JOSHUA GRUBBS: Yes. My name is Joshua Grubbs and I am an assistant professor of psychology at Bowling Green State University.\nSHAPIRO: For Joshua Grubbs thinking about school shootings is a reflex as soon as he walks into a classroom. He came to teaching in this era of school shootings. He was in college near Virginia Tech at the time of the 2007 massacre there in which 32 people died.\n GRUBBS : Now walking into a new classroom as a professor for the semester just kind of looking OK does the door open in or out? What kind of desks do we have in the room? Is there a locking mechanism in the door? Can I lock it reasonably during class and just keep the door locked for the classroom? Are there large windows? Do they face the inside or the outside - those kind of things.\nKELLY: That is an argument that Joshua Grubbs does not buy. He grew up in rural North Carolina.\n GRUBBS : I've been around guns my whole life. I'm very comfortable around them. I'm a pretty decent shot. And if you placed me in a situation in a crowded classroom with people screaming and crying and people dying and someone standing with an assault rifle I would bet my money on the assault rifle every time.\nSHAPIRO: The voices of teachers from around the United States reflecting on last week's shooting in Florida - we heard from Stephanie Jones Joshua Grubbs Ricky Stephens and Carrie Martin.", "output": [ "Joshua Grubbs" ] }, { "id": "task419-15318ffe1d6d41a2b73125fafb4407ff", "input": "Supernatural kicked off its lucky 13th season on an emotional note with Sam and Dean saying a heartbreaking farewell to Castiel — along with all the other allies they 've lost in recent months — and reluctantly taking Lucifer's newborn son Jack (who happens to be a full-grown dude) under their wing.\nThe final minutes of the Season 13 premiere indicated that Dean is certain their mother is dead while Sam \"is not convinced \" per Padalecki.\n\"Who knows if it's a sensation or a feeling he has or it's just dumb hope but there's another side to him and Jack where Jack opened the rift once maybe he is the only person who can open it again \" he says. \"I think Sam the way he grieves seems to be like 'okay well I'm going to try and focus on this and get back to the rift and see if Jack can do this because I believe in him like people have believed in me ' and so we see Sam taking that route.\"\nBut while Mary and Lucifer (and hopefully some old friends) are dealing with the drama of the alternate timeline Sam and Dean have to deal with the more pressing concern of what to do with Jack.\nHis inclusion allows the show to reinvent itself once again with a villain who might not be a villain at all; an examination of morality that could test everything Sam and Dean believe; and an opportunity to see how the Winchesters' parenting styles differ.\n\"I think Sam relates to him in lots of ways that person who doesn’t quite belong the person who has been left abandoned. So I think there’s already that kind of psychological bonding going on \" says Buckner. \"Dean’s going to take a while. Sam I think comes at any problem more from scientific method. He examines the evidence and if the evidence leads you to one conclusion then that seems sort of obvious. And Dean operates off of his gut and what his gut is telling him is this is the spawn of Satan. And I don’t know if that kind of character has ever been presented in a favorable light. We’re conditioned to that Omen kind of thing and this kid has got qualities that while he obviously can be potentially dangerous he is curious and inquisitive and willing to believe and that Sam takes as adding up those positives. So he becomes a parent first. Dean is more slow to come around and is determined to get rid of this problem.\"\n\"I mean Dean has been a parent all his life. He’s parented Sam . They’re children of abandonment so Dean has a lot of practice in being a parent and not as much practice in being a child. That’s a huge hole in him his never having been nurtured that properly himself \" Ross-Leming adds. \"But I think with the arrival of Jack we are dealing now with yes he’s the son of Satan but he’s also the son of humanity. We don’t actually know ourselves — although there’s arguments about this — where he’s going to go in terms of what his destiny is. But what that has led us as writers to do is to start redefining what is good and evil anyway? I think this season will be a little more nuanced.\"", "output": [ "Sam" ] }, { "id": "task419-be4819a6610a454eb3c7bdc048b517d6", "input": "Outgoing Federal Reserve Bank Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday that solid economic growth faster wage increases and a tightening labor market mean the U . S . central bank is likely to need to continue to raise interest rates gradually as it has signaled it will . “ The economy is growing at a healthy solid pace ” Yellen said in an interview with PBS NewsHour on the last day of her four - year term . “ The job market is strong and inflation is low ... The Federal Reserve has been on a path of gradual rate increases and if conditions continue as they have been that process is likely to continue and as it does we would expect long rates to move up .” On Saturday she hands the reins to President Donald Trump ’ s pick to replace her Governor Jerome Powell . She will stay in Washington as a fellow at the Brookings Institution the think tank where former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke also works .", "output": [ "Janet Yellen" ] }, { "id": "task419-59e858e0359a4d35a5ffd0cd297d6a85", "input": "We know we're tired of it and that it has to stop.\nThirty years ago Anita Hill stepped up to the mic to put sexual harassment in the workplace on the national stage and educate us all about the challenges working women face in this regard. Hill e xcruciatingly described unwanted sexual advances that she was subject to both at the Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) while working under her then boss Clarence Thomas. There was no system in place for her to report her abuse and certainly no mandatory sexual harassment training.\nSimilar to today Hill 's entire fight felt fixed as Republicans rushed to shoot down her claims and cast them as nothing more than part of a liberal backlash against Republicans who wanted to nominate Thomas as the first black conservative Supreme Court nominee. Liberals and feminists lined up behind Hill a well-heeled educated fearless black professor who played well on TV. This conveniently made it easier to ignore the racism that shadowed the hearings or the feminist agenda itself.\nIt is our right and we intend to claim it even if it means kicking ass and naming names one by one.", "output": [ "Anita Hill" ] }, { "id": "task419-e015b075855a4c26a41dcd75812f0a85", "input": "Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Deryk Engelland has reached a 1-year contract extension with the team. (Photo: Jerome Miron USA TODAY Sports)\nWhen the Vegas Golden Knights selected Deryk Engelland in the expansion draft and signed him to a one-year deal the longtime Las Vegas native set out to earn another contract.\n Engelland got it Monday with a $1.5 million one-year extension that serves as a reward for the veteran defenseman enjoying his best NHL season at age 35.\n“That’s a dream come true ” Engelland said. “I’m getting a little older now and to be able to stay here at home and play another year that’s your whole goal going into the season and I couldn’t be more happy.”\n Deryk Engelland is excited to be a part of the Golden Knights for another year\nAnd we are equally excited to have him stay 🤗🙌 pic.twitter.com/xzkV7QAU95 — Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) January 15 2018\n Engelland is averaging almost 20 minutes a night and has three goals and 10 assists for 13 points through 41 games. General manager George McPhee said “Deryk has been an integral part of our team on and off the ice from the very beginning.”\n Engelland has always been somewhat of a tough guy and came into the season with 500 penalty minutes in 469 games with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Calgary Flames. He has just 16 this season and has show he has more to his game than that.\nRoy added that Engelland and coach Gerard Gallant having similar personalities helped them get and stay on the same page. Engelland is the blue-collar veteran leader on a young team while Gallant is the front-runner for the Jack Adams Award as coach of the year.\n Engelland fell in love with Las Vegas while playing for the ECHL’s Wranglers from 2003-2005 and he and his wife Melissa still call it home. He was thrilled when McPhee approached him about an extension that gets him a raise from his current $1 million salary and about the Golden Knights’ success thus far.", "output": [ "Deryk Engelland" ] }, { "id": "task419-e89b579394984547ab2e309301977ed9", "input": "A tipster directed deputies to a park where the missing people were found \"alive and well \" Los Angeles Sheriff's spokesman Capt. Mike Parker said.\n A person who had seen television reports about the incident spotted the party praying at 11:40 a.m. at Jackie Robinson Park on the east side of Palmdale Los Angeles and took deputies to the scene according to Parker.\n Based on the letters authorities believed that the group was \" possibly awaiting the Rapture or some catastrophic event \" Parker said.\n He said the missing persons include three sisters ages 30 32 and 40 a 19 -year-old son and eight children ages 3 to 17.\n The search teams combed a broad swatch of mountains high desert and canyons searching for the missing persons Parker said.\n The Sheriff's Department police California Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies were all involved in the search in the Antelope Valley and beyond Parker said.\n The local KNX radio reported that Chicas the supposed leader of the cult was being detained in a squad car as deputies investigated her claims that the whole incident was a mix-up.", "output": [ "Mike Parker" ] }, { "id": "task419-da942cdf82ee4dff91d78ffa4b9e240f", "input": "The 16-year-old victim told investigators that she had been drinking at a bar with friends on Sunday night then one of her friends called an Uber for the girl. She was picked up by Jagne who later allegedly assaulted her before dropping her off at her destination. Gwinnett Police Cpl. Michele Pihera said in a statement “Once she was dropped off at the apartment complex she began banging on several of the homes in the neighborhood and one of those residents called 911. One of those neighbors did notice that her pants were around her ankles.”\nAccording to police the girl appeared to be extremely intoxicated police are currently not aware of which bar the girl was drinking at but are still investigating as bar employees could face charges for serving a minor. “I think that she ’ll make a full recovery physically. I can only imagine emotionally she ’ll have a little bit longer of a recovery ” Pihera said.\nPolice stated that evidence that they received from Uber corroborate the girl ’s claims “We know that from the start location to the end location it should have taken a short amount of time but based on the trip data it took even longer. Again more corroboration to her story ” Pihera said. Investigators are now looking into whether or not anyone else has been assaulted by Jagne and have requested any victims to contact them as soon as possible.\nCommenting on the case Uber said in a statement “What’s reported here is horrifying beyond words. Our thoughts are with the rider and her family during this time. This driver has been permanently removed from the app.”", "output": [ "Michele Pihera" ] }, { "id": "task419-818482fd3f424844a8f3a58a83a4a170", "input": "CINCINNATI -- Even though Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis and his assistants have expiring contracts no decision had been made as of Monday morning regarding whether Lewis will return to Cincinnati for a 16th season.\nAlthough Lewis acknowledged there was some urgency to move quickly it appears he and Bengals owner Mike Brown will continue to have more discussions before a decision is made.\n\"Yeah it is hard. I spoke with [the assistant coaches] this morning we met with them this morning about it and I told them that as far as from my direction I would get them [an answer on] where things are quick as I could \" Lewis said Monday.\n Lewis has a?125-112-3 regular-season record with Cincinnati. He has led the team to the playoffs seven times without a postseason victory. The Bengals wrapped up a?7-9 season Sunday with a 31-27 victory over Baltimore.\nOn Monday Lewis repeatedly professed a need for him and Brown to be on the same page.\n\"Every decision I have ever made here is mutual with both of us. Since January of '03 it's always been mutual. It has to be that way.\" Lewis said.\n Lewis seemed reluctant to discuss what exactly would lead to a mutual decision to bring him back next year cutting himself off at times and acknowledging he was worrying about revealing too much. Lewis said he thinks there's a path that would lead to his return but didn't elaborate instead joking that it was time to cut off the news conference.\n Lewis and Brown were stuck in this position after the 2010 season. It took two days after that season to decide Lewis would return and sign a new deal.\nSome of the reported issues at the time involved concessions Lewis wanted to see from Brown including the size of the scouting staff control over personnel (roster and coaching) and the need for an indoor practice facility. Although Brown did concede some things the scouting staff remains small and an indoor practice facility was never built.\nAlthough those specific issues might not factor in this time around there are likely changes Lewis would like to see. He admitted it's more complicated than Brown simply extending an offer and Lewis accepting it.\n\"There's a lot of things. People have their viewpoint and I have my viewpoint. The one thing that we've been consistent on since I began here is staying on the same page. And I think that's important \" Lewis said. \"There's a direction the owner wants to have. ... And if his direction is different than my direction then that's probably not good. We just have to make sure we're all on the same page.\"\n Lewis said the roster is one of the things he and Brown discuss. When asked if he was happy with the roster prior to the season Lewis didn't fully answer the question. The Bengals lost both Andrew Whitworth and Kevin Zeitler to free agency and the offensive line struggled all year as a result.\n\"We're aligned on things \" Lewis said. \"But I think as you move forward '17 is over and we're going into '18 now and the future so I think everybody wants to make sure we stay on the same course together.\"\n Lewis has repeated that he wants to continue coaching and has said there is no role for him in Cincinnati's front office and never has been.\n\"I don't know where these thoughts come from that people make up. But no \" he said.", "output": [ "Marvin Lewis" ] }, { "id": "task419-50d1fa943e0c4f4c81853d47825f2347", "input": "Burge was not in court but Jackie Wilson wearing a gray-and-black striped jumpsuit repeatedly picked up a black-and-white picture of the former officer as he emphatically and sometimes tearfully alleged that officers beat him kicked him in the groin put a gun in his mouth and gave him electric shocks. Believing he would be killed if he didn’t confess Wilson said he told officers he was present when his brother Andrew shot and killed officers Richard O’Brien and William Fahey in February 1982.\n Wilson now 57 said he would have confessed to shooting the president if the detectives had asked him. “I told them ‘Game over … whatever you want me to say I’m gonna say it ’ ” he said. “I wanted it to stop.”\nWednesday’s hearing part of Wilson ’s attempt to win a new trial illustrates the broad and long-lasting consequences of the Burge scandal. The all-day hearing barely touched on Wilson’s guilt or innocence instead turning on the question of whether his confession was coerced. Wilson ’s lawyers argue that he should be granted a new trial with the confession suppressed which could make it difficult for prosecutors to retry him .\n Wilson’s bid is based in part on evidence that Burge or his subordinates tortured other men including his late brother Andrew who was found by doctors to have numerous injuries after his interrogation. Jackie Wilson ’s attorney Flint Taylor described a “mountain of evidence” of torture by officers including Burge who was never prosecuted for torture but was convicted in 2010 of lying about the abuse of suspects.\nIn a deposition related to the Wilson case Taylor said Burge invoked his Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself. On Wednesday a former state’s attorney involved in the case Lawrence Hyman did the same.\nMichael O’Rourke a private attorney working as a special prosecutor acknowledged abusive practices by officers in other cases but denied that Jackie Wilson was harmed or coerced into confessing. O’Rourke pointed to photos of Wilson taken after his interrogation that showed no visible injuries.\n“It’s almost like he wants to metamorphosize into Andrew Wilson ” O’Rourke said. “This case is not Andrew Wilson .”\nFahey’s brother Mike who sat through the hearing alongside his sister said he does not believe Jackie Wilson was abused. He said he believes Wilson committed the crime and is just echoing other abuse allegations against Burge and his men.\n Wilson ’s case is central to a saga that continues some three decades after allegations of torture against Burge and his “midnight crew” burst into public view.\nScores of African-American men have accused Burge who is white and his colleagues of torturing or abusing them during the 1970s and 1980s on the South Side. The allegations include claims similar to those Wilson makes; officers have been accused of using electric shocks to the genitals of suspects and forcing them to play Russian roulette among other things.\nWednesday’s hearing on the Wilson case was mandated by the Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission which found “credible evidence” that Wilson was tortured after his arrest in 1982 though the commission noted discrepancies in his statements over the years.\nProsecutors said Wilson looked on as his brother Andrew grabbed Fahey's gun and shot him in the head. In his confession Jackie Wilson said that after he shouted that O'Brien was alive and moving his brother shot the officer again as he lay wounded on the ground.\n Andrew Wilson also confessed and also alleged his confession was coerced through torture. He was found by doctors after his arrest to have numerous cuts bruises and burns.\nOn the stand Wednesday Jackie Wilson said he was viciously abused by officers including Burge after his arrival at a South Side police station. Wilson occasionally weeping said his denials of knowledge of the crime were met by escalating abuse. He said officers hit him with a phone book and put a gun in his mouth before Burge brought in an electrical device police used to shock him .\nAfter O’Rourke raised an objection to a question involving the word “torture ” Wilson pointed at him and angrily asked “What would you call it?”", "output": [ "Jackie Wilson" ] }, { "id": "task419-e57cbe76371d4d8198ebde9b5bf650bd", "input": "For the second time this year Jocelyn (Catwoman) Wildenstein and her boyfriend Lloyd Klein were charged with assaulting each other during an argument police sources said Monday.\n Wildenstein the 77-year-old plastic surgery-obsessed socialite and Klein 50 were each busted on misdemeanor assault charges when police showed up at their 1st Ave. apartment inside Trump World Tower by the United Nations at 1:30 a.m. Sunday.\nDuring the ensuing argument Wildenstein told police Klein shoved her to the ground bruising her neck and arms sources said.\n Wildenstein was treated at Bellevue Hospital and Klein went to New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.\nIn February Wildenstein who was once married to an eccentric billionaire had another assault charge against her dismissed when Klein stopped cooperating with authorities.\n Wildenstein had been accused of scratching Klein and cutting him with scissors. Days later he was busted for pushing her when he tried to collect her belongings from their apartment. Charges against him were also dropped.\n Wildenstein has invested millions in facial reconstruction to appear cat-like.", "output": [ "Wildenstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9cc4ba0289348738ff28508f4037438", "input": "Cam Newton has apologized for offensive comments he made to reporter Jourdan Rodrigue of the Charlotte Observer and the female journalist is saying sorry too.\nFollowing Rodrigue ’s exchange with Newton offensive tweets from the reporter’s past were dug up on Twitter. Three tweets were discovered by Black Sports Online which talked about her laughing at racist jokes and using the word n----.\n“I apologize for the offensive tweets from my Twitter account from 4/5 years ago ” Rodrigue tweeted. “There is no excuse for these tweets and the sentiment behind them. I am deeply sorry and apologize.”\n Rodrigue ’s name became widely known Wednesday after the Panthers quarterback made a sexist remark when asked about wide receiver Devin Funchess.\nI spoke with him after and it was worse. I chose not to share because I have an actual job to do today and one he will not keep me from. — Jourdan Rodrigue (@JourdanRodrigue) October 4 2017", "output": [ "Jourdan Rodrigue" ] }, { "id": "task419-731fcd5bca584d5aa454a1da01f8ae82", "input": "After working full time at a museum Emily Doherty does something millions of Americans do each day: head to a second job. In her case it means donning a petticoat to portray a Colonial-era woman at living-history museums or national parks where she sings and play-acts.\nThe 28-year-old needs the extra work so she can make ends meet plus pay her $500-per-month student loan payment. Doherty is among the 30 percent of Americans who do something else for pay in addition to their full-time jobs according to a recent NPR/Marist poll.\n\"I'd like to own a house someday \" says Doherty who lives in Virginia. \"The only way I'm going to be able to do that is if I work two jobs.\"\n Doherty 's second job means she barely has any time for herself or her friends on weeknights or even weekends. But it lets her chip away at her debt.\nBut earning less is not a choice for Doherty the museum worker: She faces that student loan payment every month. \"I fully expect my federal loans to not be paid back before I die \" she says.\nLike many moonlighters NPR spoke to Doherty says she 's working toward financial peace of mind.\n\"I hope that in the future I am able to come to a place where I am financially stable enough to do just what drives me and what makes me happy \" she says.\nAnd what would make her really happy is seeing her family back in Maine. She hasn't seen them in three years. She 's saving up — bit by bit — for a plane ticket home this summer to watch her younger sister perform in a local play.", "output": [ "Emily Doherty" ] }, { "id": "task419-04c351b414524b03bf054e2b5c0f58ba", "input": "Their two brothers ages 6 and 7 were found hours earlier when police raided a compound used by the polygamist cult Knights of the Crystal Blade which their father John Coltharp created with the self-styled prophet Samuel Warren Shaffer the Salt Lake Tribune reported.\nThe four Coltharp children had been missing since September.\n John Coltharp was arrested in Utah Dec. 1 2017 for investigation of kidnapping according to police. (Sanpete County Jail)\nFamily members who spoke to the Denver Post believed Coltharp gave his two daughters to Shaffer as brides and feared for their safety given previous comments threatening to kill his children if the government tried to take them.\n Coltharp was arrested Friday on suspicion of kidnapping and obstruction of justice but refused to tell authorities where his children were.\nThe Iron County Sheriff’s Office then raided the Knights of the Crystal Blade compound on Monday morning and found Coltharp ’s two sons.\nActing on a tip the Iron County Sheriff’s Office managed to arrest Shaffer who then told authorities where his two daughters along with the two Coltharp girls were located the Spectrum reported.", "output": [ "John Coltharp" ] }, { "id": "task419-7b5978c8c22e4f58aee45978755e63d5", "input": "In 2013 a teenager named Jann Horn attended a reception in Berlin hosted by Chancellor Angela Merkel. He and 64 other young Germans had done well in a government-run competition designed to encourage students to pursue scientific research.\nInterviews with Horn and people who know him show how a combination of dogged determination and a powerful mind helped him stumble upon features and flaws that have been around for over a decade but had gone undetected leaving most personal computers internet servers and smartphones exposed to potential hacking.\nOther researchers who found the same security holes months after Horn are amazed he worked alone. \"We were several teams and we had clues where to start. He was working from scratch \" said Daniel Gruss part of a team at Graz University of Technology in Austria that later uncovered what are now known as Meltdown and Spectre.\n Horn wasn’t looking to discover a major vulnerability in the world’s computer chips when in late April he began reading Intel Corp. processor manuals that are thousands of pages long. He said he simply wanted to make sure the computer hardware could handle a particularly intensive bit of number-crunching code he’d created.\nBut Zurich-based Horn works at Project Zero an elite unit of Alphabet Inc.’s Google made up of cybersleuths who hunt for \"zero day\" vulnerabilities unintended design flaws that can be exploited by hackers to break into computer systems.\nSo he started looking closely at how chips handle speculative execution -- a speed-enhancing technique where the processor tries to guess what part of code it will be required to execute next and starts performing those steps ahead of time -- and fetching the required data. Horn said the manuals stated that if the processor guessed wrong the data from those misguided forays would still be stored in the chip’s memory. Horn realized that once there the information might be exposed by a clever hacker.\n\"At this point I realized that the code pattern we were working on might potentially leak secret data \" Horn said in emailed responses to Bloomberg questions. \"I then realized that this could -- at least in theory -- affect more than just the code snippet we were working on.\"\nThat started what he called a \"gradual process\" of further investigation that led to the vulnerabilities. Horn said he was aware of other research including from Gruss and the team at Graz on how tiny differences in the time it takes a processor to retrieve information could let attackers learn where information is stored.\n Horn discussed this with another young researcher at Google in Zurich Felix Wilhelm who pointed Horn to similar research he and others had done. This led Horn to what he called \"a big aha moment.\" The techniques Wilhelm and others were testing could be \"inverted\" to force the processor to run new speculative executions that it wouldn’t ordinarily try. This would trick the chip into retrieving specific data that could be accessed by hackers.\nHaving come across these ways to attack chips Horn said he consulted with Robert Swiecki an older Google colleague whose computer he had borrowed to test some of his ideas. Swiecki advised him how best to tell Intel ARM Holdings Plc. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. about the flaws which Horn did on June 1.\nThat set off a scramble by the world’s largest technology companies to patch the security holes. By early January when Meltdown and Spectre were announced to the world most of the credit went to Horn . The official online hub for descriptions and security patches lists more than ten researchers who reported the problems and Horn is listed on top for both vulnerabilities.\nWolfgang Reinfeldt Horn’s high school computer-science teacher at the Caecilienschule in the medieval city of Oldenburg about 20 miles from Germany’s north coast isn’t surprised by his success. “ Jann was in my experience always an outstanding mind ” he said. Horn found security problems with the school’s computer network that Reinfeldt admits left him speechless.\nMario Heiderich founder of Berlin-based cybersecurity consultancy Cure53 first noticed Horn in mid-2014. Not yet 20 Horn had posted intriguing tweets on a way to bypass a key security feature designed to prevent malicious code from infecting a user’s computer. Cure53 had been working on similar methods so Heiderich shot Horn a message and before long they were discussing whether Horn would like to join Cure53’s small team.\nHeiderich soon discovered that Horn was still an undergraduate at the Ruhr University Bochum where Heiderich was doing post-doctoral research. Ultimately he became Horn’s undergraduate thesis supervisor and Horn signed on at Cure53 as a contractor.\nCybersecurity specialist Bryant Zadegan and Ryan Lester head of secure messaging startup Cyph submitted a patent application alongside Horn in 2016. Zadegan had asked Horn through Cure53 to audit Cyph’s service to check for hacking vulnerabilities. His findings ended up as part of the patent and proved so significant that Zadegan felt Horn more than merited credit as one of the inventors. The tool they built would ensure that even if Cyph’s main servers were hacked individual user data were not exposed.\nAfter two years at Cure53 and completing his undergraduate program Horn was recruited by Google to work on Project Zero. It was a bittersweet day for Heiderich when Horn asked him to write a recommendation letter for the job. \"Google was his dream and we didn’t try to prevent him from going there \" he said. \"But it was painful to let him go.\"", "output": [ "Jann Horn" ] }, { "id": "task419-876ef899280d41149e75b5c9a7492dad", "input": "The department's narcotics division began the investigation when a source told them about the group officials said. The buys were conducted by undercover officers who infiltrated the group according to Anthony Riccio chief of the department's organized crime division.\n Riccio said there are “dozens and dozens of these secret groups a lot of them used for illegal things including trafficking the guns and firearms. It's dozens of them out there.”\n He said many of the guns had defaced serial numbers making them difficult to trace. “These are guns that are winding up in the South Side West Side of the city being used in gang shootings ” Riccio said.\n He said the Facebook group selling guns and drugs would not be found by searching and that someone had to vouch for anyone who wanted to join them.\n“I absolutely think Facebook has a responsibility to monitor this and for this very reason ” Riccio said. “There’s other illegal activities — I want to point out this is phase one — there's other illegal activities going on on Facebook. We're looking at potentially human trafficking things of that nature as well. There's a lot of tentacles going out here.", "output": [ "Anthony Riccio" ] }, { "id": "task419-ce3f7fee379c40dbbeb4cb8ad988b27c", "input": "Luciano Menéndez a former Argentine general convicted of his role in the killings and forced disappearances of political adversaries under the military junta that ruled from 1976 to 1983 died Feb. 27 in a military hospital in the city of Cordoba. He was 90.\nArgentine media reported the death and said he had been hospitalized for coronary and biliary conditions.\n Mr. Menéndez who was born into a military family was one of the most bloodthirsty leaders of a violent dictatorship. Government death squads and paramilitary forces did their utmost best to eradicate armed leftist groups as well as political rivals and others they came to suspect of being dissidents including artists authors academics social workers labor unionists and journalists.\nDuring this period which came to be known as the “dirty war ” Mr. Menéndez was the head of the Third Army Corps commanding 10 Argentine provinces and overseeing the largest detention center La Perla in Cordoba which one witness called “a factory of death.”\nFormer Gen. Luciano Menendez right talks with his attorney Horacio Guerineau at a courthouse in San Miguel de Tucuman northern Argentina in 2008. (Julio Pantoja/ASSOCIATED PRESS)\n Mr. Menéndez presented himself as a Cold Warrior who saw himself as a bulwark against communism at all costs. “We are going to have to kill 50 000 people: 25 000 subversives 20 000 sympathizers and we will make 5 000 mistakes ” he was widely quoted as telling his men.\n Mr. Menéndez laughed during torture sessions earning the nickname the “Hyena ” according to the Agence France-Presse. He later defended his brutal actions as necessary measures to prevent leftist guerrillas from obtaining power. “These were not peaceful citizens ” he said in 2010 according to the Associated Press.\nIn 2016 Mr. Menéndez was convicted of 52 homicides 260 kidnappings 656 torture cases and 82 disappearances of people who were never found the AFP reported at the time. At his trial he said there was “never repression of any kind” at La Perla. “These criminals accuse the armed forces and go to the courts saying they’re victims.”\n Mr. Menéndez was given 14 prison terms and 12 life sentences more than any other military leader of the dictatorship according to the Spanish-language news agency EFE.\n Luciano Benjamín Menéndez was born June 19 1927 in San Martin a suburb of Buenos Aires. He was a nephew of Gen. Benjamín Menéndez who tried unsuccessfully to overthrow President Juan Domingo Perón in 1951 and a cousin of Gen. Mario Menéndez who became the military governor of the Falkland Islands while Argentina briefly occupied the archipelago in 1982.\n His wife Edith Angélica Abarca died in 2012. A complete list of survivors was not immediately available.\nAmid increased international attention to human rights violations in Argentina many leaders attempted to pay at least lip service to toning down extrajudicial killings. Mr. Menéndez was the exception.\n He accused Roberto Viola commander in chief of the army of “inadmissible tolerance” toward “Marxist subversion” and led a brief and failed insurrection to oust him in 1979 The Washington Post reported in 1979. As a result Mr. Menéndez was imprisoned for 90 days and forced into retirement.\nAfter the Falklands debacle the regime crumbled and Argentina returned to democracy. Over the next years he was called to testify about his involvement in human rights crimes. At one hearing in 1984 he was seen being restrained by aides after he drew his parachutist’s knife in response to protesters taunting him ; he claimed that he was protecting his wife and daughter against “another attack on the armed forces” by leftist sympathizers. A photo of the incident came to be seen as emblematic of his brutish temperament.", "output": [ "Luciano Menéndez" ] }, { "id": "task419-38cdceaa67954b739a82b41619f716d9", "input": "CBS News has suspended veteran journalist Charlie Rose after eight women accused him of sexual misconduct in interviews with The Washington Post. Three additional unnamed women came forward in a story published by Business Insider later on Monday.\nInterested in Charlie Rose ? Add Charlie Rose as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Charlie Rose news video and analysis from ABC News. Add Interest\n\" Charlie Rose is suspended immediately while we look into this matter. These allegations are extremely disturbing and we take them very seriously \" CBS News said in a statement.\nFive women told The Washington Post that Rose an anchor for \"CBS This Morning \" groped them; two said that he walked naked in front of them; and one accused Rose of firing her after he allegedly touched her inappropriately and made sexually charged remarks to her.\nThe newspaper reported that Rose 's accusers either worked with or aspired to work with him on his PBS show \"Charlie Rose \" from the late 1990s to 2011. At the time of the alleged incidents the women ranged in age from 21 to 37 according to the newspaper.\n Rose issued an apology to the Post and later he shared it on Twitter.\nMy statement in full. pic.twitter.com/3kvFrqF2dT — Charlie Rose (@charlierose) November 20 2017\nKyle Godfrey-Ryan a former assistant to Rose in the mid-2000s and one of the three accusers who spoke to the Post on the record claimed that Rose walked nude in front of her at one of his homes in New York City and called her in the wee hours to describe fantasies of watching her swim naked. She said that she reported his calls to Rose 's longtime executive producer Yvette Vega who apparently told her \"That's just Charlie being Charlie.\" Vega told the Post and later confirmed to ABC News that she regretted not doing more for Godfrey-Ryan and others who mounted similar complaints.\n“I should have stood up for them ” she said. “I failed. It is crushing. I deeply regret not helping them.”\nGodfrey-Ryan said that ultimately Rose fired her and she later left journalism.\n“He took me out to lunch and told me how embarrassed he was how he didn’t treat me like that ” she said. “It was really about how I got it wrong and obviously I couldn’t work there anymore.”\nReah Bravo who worked alongside Rose beginning in 2007 claimed to the Post that she was groped -- sometimes forcefully -- by Rose on more than one occasion. In 2008 she said that as she prepared to accept a new job Rose offered her a position in Washington D.C. and the opportunity to live in his Georgetown residence. She declined.\n“I was leaving because I was getting away ” she said. “I would never want to live someplace where he had keys.”\nMegan Creydt the third woman who spoke to the Post on the record overlapped with Godfrey-Ryan when she worked as a coordinator on Rose 's show from 2005 to 2006. Creydt claimed that Rose put his hand on her thigh which alarmed her .\n\"I don’t think I said anything ” she said. “I tensed up. I didn’t move his hand off but I pulled my legs to the other side of the car. I tried not to get in a car with him ever again. I think he was testing me out.”\nIn a statement to ABC News Yvette Vega executive producer on “ Charlie Rose ” said: “I should have stood up for them. I failed. It is crushing. I deeply regret not helping them.”", "output": [ "Charlie Rose" ] }, { "id": "task419-1aa41136583146aabea0e0d6f54b8a26", "input": "Manila (AFP) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will host world leaders in Manila from Sunday hoping their presence will quieten international criticism over his deadly drugs war which rights groups say may be a crime against humanity.\n advertisement\nDuterte goes into the event appearing confident that even his most outrageous remarks and actions will be ignored having boasted in the lead-up he once stabbed someone to death while at the same time proposing to host a global human rights summit.\nBut rights groups have expressed alarm and disappointment that Trump and most others are likely to endorse or stay silent over Duterte ’s violent rule which has seen thousands of people killed.\n “Duterte will enjoy the gift of tacit silence from East Asian leaders on his murderous drug war during the upcoming summit ” Human Rights Watch deputy Asia director Phelim Kine told AFP.\n“We can expect East Asian leaders to exercise a diplomatic blind eye to the killings of thousands of Filipinos over the past 16 months as part of Duterte ’s drug war.”\n Duterte won last year’s presidential elections after promising to eradicate illegal drugs with an unprecedented crackdown that would see up to 100 000 people killed.\nSince Duterte took office police have reported killing 3 967 people in the crackdown.\nMany Filipinos back Duterte believing he is taking necessary measures to fight crime.\nBut the ICC has yet to respond and despite some vocal critics in the West Duterte goes into the Manila summits full of confidence that Trump and the others will effectively endorse his rule by not speaking against the killings.\nIn Vietnam on Thursday on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific economic summit Duterte boasted that when he was 16 he stabbed to death someone for looking at him the wrong way.\n He then offered to host a global summit on human rights but insisted that the alleged crimes of the United States France and other nations also be investigated.\nBut Trump and Duterte have expressed mutual admiration for other. Trump told Duterte in a telephone call in April that he was doing a “great job” with his campaign against drugs.\nThey are expected to hold one-on-one talks on Monday and if Trump does not bring up any human rights concerns Duterte is widely expected to trumpet the meeting as an endorsement.\n Duterte is hosting the two days of summits as the rotating chair of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).\n Duterte can expect blanket support from his ASEAN colleagues many of whom are also shadowed by human rights controversies.", "output": [ "Rodrigo Duterte" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e02d3e9b4454f1abf12ca6d34e7bd91", "input": "But if they were really hoping to punish James or the money-grubbing people around him , they failed . \nOHSAA commissioner Clair Muscaro said that because James accepted two free \"throwback\" jerseys from a local store he forfeited his amateur status forever . \nIf LeBron James asked me for sympathy , I would tell him to look in the dictionary . \nJames is the first athlete Muscaro has declared ineligible in his 14 years as commissioner . \nThe people painting James as a victim have lost touch with reality . \nBarring legal action against the Ohio High School Athletic Association , James wo n't play high school basketball again . \nBy declaring James ineligible this week , the OHSAA did the equivalent of issuing Al Capone a parking ticket . \nNo one has ever treated James fairly . \nIt was always good to be King James , and it still is . \nI do n't feel James ' pain ; I do n't admire Muscaro 's actions . \nNowhere in the bylaws is there a provision that halts pay-per-view deals or limos to take King James to one of many college arenas .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-bc5ace443b134fea9e38aa43f401b2d3", "input": "Strzok’s Democratic leanings also have piqued the interest of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Peter King (R-LI) told The Post Tuesday.\n King said he and his fellow Intel members want to review Strzok’s “text messages e-mails and contacts ” along with his impact on the findings of the Clinton investigation and “why he was questioning Michael Flynn.”\n“I think we should definitely question him . In fact he ’s one of the people we’ve been trying to get information on for the last several months ” King said.\n“The FBI and Justice Department was stonewalling us. We had been tipped off about him .”", "output": [ "Peter King" ] }, { "id": "task419-e3de4c0018514ed983835075775c4780", "input": "Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the favorite among voters over a Democratic challenger in a Public Policy Institute of California poll Politico reported.\n Feinstein 84 is running for a fifth term as U.S. senator. Two-thirds of likely voters said they had not heard of de León or did not know enough about him to have an opinion according to the poll.\n Feinstein won out over de León among Democrats independent voters men women and people of all racial and ethnic groups Politico reported.\nIn California the top two vote-getters in a June primary will compete in the November primary no matter their party affiliation. No prominent Republican has announced a run for Feinstein 's position Politico noted.", "output": [ "Dianne Feinstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-d7a2f9e774d8462aa1fc554f242e73d1", "input": "Despite warning Iran to allow for peaceful protests this week the European Union and its foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini have supported the Iranian regime and President Hassan Rouhani several times in the recent past.\nOn Monday Mogherini ’s EU along with British Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel requested that the Iranian regime respect the right to protest after several deaths have been reported.\nA spokesman for Ms. Mogherini said: “We have been in touch with the Iranian authorities and we expect that the right to peaceful demonstration and freedom of expression will be guaranteed ” the Times of Israel reports.\nThe move is a dramatic turn for Mogherini who has spoken out in favour of the Iranian regime in recent disputes regarding the U.S.-Iran deal which President Donald Trump has routinely slammed.\nIt is not the first time Mogherini had spoken out for the Iranian regime. In 2015 on a visit to Iran she declared that ballistic missile tests were not a violation of the nuclear deal and said: “We expect Iran to fulfil all its international obligations.”\nWhen current Iranian president Hassan Rouhani was reelected last year Mogherini was one of the most prominent voices in Europe to congratulate him . On Twitter she wrote: “I congratulate President @ HassanRouhani for strong mandate received.”\nThe move was not well-received in Iran where many took to social media likely through virtual private networks (VPNs) as many services are banned in Iran to condemn the lawmakers taking selfies with Ms. Mogherini .\nNot only a supporter of the Iranian regime Mogherini has even come out in favour of the idea of political Islam in Europe. At a speech in Brussels in 2015 she remarked: “Islam belongs in Europe. It holds a place in Europe’s history in our culture in our food and – what matters most – in Europe’s present and future.”", "output": [ "Federica Mogherini" ] }, { "id": "task419-98b595ff479a44f989cacf4d61825b41", "input": "CHICAGO (AP) — Niko Mirotic accepted Bobby Portis' apology on Wednesday six weeks after their ugly altercation at practice led to a hospitalization and a suspension.\nA day after he sat on the bench for the first time all season Mirotic finally spoke publicly about the Oct. 17 incident that left him hospitalized with two facial fractures and a concussion. Portis served an eight-game suspension and Mirotic didn't return to practice until Monday.\n Mirotic who has a no-trade clause declined to comment when asked if he had requested a trade from the Bulls. The two players were seen giving each other a fist bump during Tuesday night's 104-99 home loss to Phoenix but Mirotic suggested the interaction between the two players has been limited.\n\"Right now we are on the same team and we are working to make it work \" Mirotic said. \"The only thing I can tell you . I was always a good teammate so I was professional with everybody and I'll continue to do that. If I'm here it's because I want to support the team. He's a part of the team and I'm going to support him too. Obviously I'm going to give him hands like he'd give me hands too.\"\n\"I'd welcome him in with open arms \" Portis said on Nov. 13 the same day Mirotic started working out again with the team.\n Mirotic said he had yet to inform Portis he had accepted his apology.\n\"You know we are teammates \" Mirotic said. \"On the same team. Fighting for the same team and we're both going to do what we need to do to make it work. Yeah I accept it. I'm comfortable being on the team. I've had a lot of support from my teammates from everybody. Right now it's on me to relax and enjoy playing basketball again.\"\nFILE - At left in a Jan. 2 2017 file photo Chicago Bulls forward Nikola Mirotic brings the ball up court against the Charlotte Hornets during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago. At right in an Oct. 4 2017 file photo Chicago Bulls' Bobby Portis (5) handles the ball during a preseason NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas. Mirotic says he has accepted Portis’ apology more than a month after the two teammates had an ugly altercation at practice. A day after he sat on the bench for the first time all season Mirotic finally spoke publicly Wednesday nov. 29 2017 about the Oct. 17 incident that left him hospitalized with two facial fractures and a concussion. Portis served an eight-game suspension. Mirotic didn’t return to practice until Monday. (AP Photo/File)\nCoach Fred Hoiberg said Mirotic 's actions Wednesday were critical to helping the team get back on track. The Bulls (3-16) have lost six straight games.\n\"I do think that's an important first step \" Hoiberg said. \"Obviously the first thing was getting back on the floor after the incident to start getting himself back in shape. The next thing was to get back with the group which he 's done here the past few days.\n\"It's good to have Niko back out on the floor with the guys and another important step talking about it for the first time and then continuing trying to move past it.\"\nHoiberg said the earliest Mirotic would return to action is Monday when the Bulls host the Cleveland Cavaliers. Though he acknowledged his return is much closer than before Mirotic also said he wouldn't get ahead of himself as he focuses on conditioning.", "output": [ "Niko Mirotic" ] }, { "id": "task419-7cca2fb66fb54b20bb3c07601a1c3d7f", "input": "His brother Kunio Hatoyama served as internal affairs minister in Aso's cabinet but resigned after a falling-out in June.\n Yukio Hatoyama previously served as the party's secretary general and loyal lieutenant to his predecessor Ichiro Ozawa defending him through a political donations scandal that finally cost Ozawa his job.\n Under Hatoyama the DPJ has submitted a bill to the parliament seeking to introduce a blanket ban on all political donations by companies and groups excluding registered political groups within three years.\n Ironically HatoyamaHatoyama himself came under fire in late June for the accounting irregularities of his fund-raising body.\n He said 21 million yen (220 000 dollars) had been wrongly recorded since 2005 an admission that followed media reports that the donors' list included names of dead people and citizens who have denied giving him money.\n Hatoyama graduated from the University of Tokyo received a Ph.D in engineering from the United States' prestigious Stanford University and was an assistant professor in the School of Economics at Tokyo's Senshu University.\n In 1986 he first won a lower house seat in a Hokkaido constituency as a ruling LDP member and he has been re-elected six times since then.\n He left the ruling party in 1993 and -- after forming a now-defunct party with other LDP defectors to temporarily oust the ruling party -- co-founded the DPJ in 1996 going on to lead it for the first time from 1999 to 2002.\n Hatoyama is married to a former actress Miyuki also famous for her cookbooks and has one son who teaches engineering at a university in Moscow.\n His hobbies according to his website include touch football tennis watching baseball listening to music karaoke and computing.", "output": [ "Ozawa Yukio Hatoyama", "Hatoyama" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e793455d0b84d8aada262413cef8a12", "input": "But Steve Ranson the former editor of the Lahontan Valley News and an advocate for protecting students' First Amendment rights said a brand-new Nevada law says otherwise.\n Ranson advocated for the passage of a law last legislative session commonly referred to as the New Voices legislation that explicitly prohibits school district “restrictions on the publication of any content in a pupil publication.”\n Ranson said the photos of athletes on club teams hardly constitute a disruption.\n“If it’s not disruptive I’m not seeing what their logic is ” Ranson said.", "output": [ "Steve Ranson" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1726073a4074b968c47c57726c06a94", "input": "Corey Lewandowski appeared on Tuesday's episode of \"The View\" to promote his new book \"Let Trump Be Trump \" co-authored with David Bossie.\n Lewandowski immediately started screaming at her.\n“What I say is he ’s tough! He ’s a killer! I want a killer as president!” he screamed.\n“Absolutely! I want to make sure that we are the toughest greatest in the world and that we are safe ” Lewandowski continued to shout.", "output": [ "Corey Lewandowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-91d41d97226849eca78f75d83e9b441a", "input": "Mark E. Smith Was An Uncompromising And Essential Voice From Music's Fringe\nIt is safe to say that there was no one else like Mark E. Smith . The irascible leader of the legendary Manchester post-punk group The Fall — who died yesterday at the age of 60 — was a true artist and eccentric. An acerbic British icon with working-class roots his words were like cryptic incantations layered with bone-dry wit and an interest in horror fantasy and the surreal. Smith was a stubborn contrarian who broke new ground both sonically and lyrically with the band he founded and then owned that territory for over 40 years and dozens of albums.\nThe Fall first formed in Prestwich near Manchester in 1976 taking its name from the title of a darkly philosophical novel by Albert Camus. The group bonded over a share interest in literature bands like Can and the Velvet Underground and copious amounts of psychedelic drugs. ( Smith even took acid before his high school O-level exams according to an account by his friend Dave Haslam.)\n Smith 's unique skill as a lyricist was evident from the band's earliest days his stream-of-consciousness style laced with sideways references quirky humor sharply honed imagery and trenchant observations on British society culture and politics. \"It was like a poetry group at first \" recalled Martin Bramah The Fall's first guitarist to the critic Simon Reynolds in the anthology Totally Wired. \"We used to share our innermost feelings in words and play our favorite albums. Mark bought a guitar but couldn't play it. I was already singing in another band so the first lineup of The Fall was me singing and Mark playing guitar. It quickly switched because Mark was writing these mad well-observed lyrics. Our early stuff sounded American but Mark picked up on how to make Manchester interesting.\"\nManchester occupies a legendary place in music lore; a huge number of bands were spawned within the city's grim industrial confines during that era. The scene surrounding Joy Division and Factory Records captured the public's imagination but it was The Fall who held the crown as the strangest and most singular band to have ever come out of Manchester. The group's debut album 1979's Live at the Witch Trials proved it to already be well on its way to developing a signature sound: a churning propulsive rhythm section an emphasis on extreme almost trancelike repetition and pointed cryptic lyrics that Smith scowled with a voice that sometimes sounded like he was gargling razorblades. With each successive album The Fall honed its technique with Smith reveling in all ideas that ran counter to social norms.\nThe Fall proudly showed off that flair for the bizarre and monstrous titling its 1980 album Grotesque (After the Gramme.) By this time the original founding members of The Fall — Bramah on guitar Tony Friel on bass Karl Burns on drums Una Baines on keyboards and Smith on vocals — had dissolved leaving Smith as the sole original member. It was a theme that would continue apace throughout Smith 's long career in The Fall — the members of the group shifted constantly and erratically from album to album or even from month to month with Smith as the only constant presence. Nearly 70 people have been members of The Fall over the course of the past four decades — an eye-popping number. \"If it's me and your granny on bongos it's The Fall \" Smith once famously quipped — less a joke than a statement of fact.\n Smith 's group garnered many prominent fans — the legendary British DJ John Peel was a constant champion — but The Fall never quite hit the mainstream in the United States. In the 1980s Smith 's marriage and creative partnership with Brix Smith (now Brix Smith Start) helped lead to some of the catchiest most upbeat music of their career — most notably on 1985's This Nation's Saving Grace — but the band remained oblique and abstruse even in its poppiest days. \"He never once compromised \" Brix Smith Start wrote of Smith in a statement released after his death \"how many others can leave this life with such a singularity of vision?\"\nMark E. Smith led The Fall through over 30 studio albums along with a flood of EPs singles and collaborations amounting to dizzying discography that could bewilder even the most die-hard record collector. Some of these records were absurdly brilliant — like Hex Enduction Hour (1982) and The Wonderful and Frightening World Of... (1984); others were a mixed bag and a few were absolute failures. The same could be said for The Fall's live performances which could be as transcendent as they were unhinged. It didn't help that Smith picked fights with band mates and girlfriends or that his behavior could be prickly to say the least.\n Smith kept creating and kept touring up until almost the end. As the guiding force of The Fall — and the only member of The Fall who never quit the band — Smith and The Fall became synonymous with each other. And while many bands were inspired by The Fall — Pavement Sonic Youth and the Pixies among them — no one sounded exactly like the group. Without Smith there can be no Fall and the wonderful and frightening world of music he ferociously hurled forth is now a bit less wonderful and frightening as a result. \"When I'm dead and gone / my vibrations will live on / In vibes on vinyl through the years \" he howled on the song \"Psykick Dancehall \" released in 1979. The Fall's music will indeed live on.", "output": [ "Mark E. Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-da196f46b9bc417c8928baed838aa249", "input": "Thierno Diallo 59 a security guard originally from Conakry Guinea who lives in a ground floor apartment said he was asleep when he heard banging on the door. It took him a moment to realize what was happening.\n\"Only when I heard people screaming 'There's a fire in the building!'\" he said. \"I heard somebody 'Oh! Fire! Fire! Fire!'\"\n He ran outside in his bathrobe jacket and sandals.\nKenneth Kodua 37 said he left his apartment to get food leaving his roommate behind and came back to find people fleeing in a panic.\nHours later he was still trying to find out whether his roommate had escaped.\n\"I tried calling her. I tried calling. No answer \" he said still clutching his bag of uneaten food. His phone was dead.", "output": [ "Thierno Diallo" ] }, { "id": "task419-83fe22a5d16f44e8b47840a0be7d9dc2", "input": "MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was barred on Monday from running in next year’s presidential election after officials ruled he was ineligible to take part due to a suspended prison sentence he says was trumped up.\nThe decision by the central election commission was widely expected as election officials had repeatedly declared Navalny would be ineligible to run. Twelve members of the 13-member commission voted to bar Navalny . One member abstained citing a possible conflict of interest.\n Navalny 41 who polls show would struggle to beat incumbent Vladimir Putin in the March election said he would appeal and called on his supporters to boycott the election and campaign against it being held.\n“We knew this could happen and so we have a straight-forward clear plan ” Navalny said in a pre-recorded video released immediately after the decision.\n Navalny said he would use his campaign headquarters across Russia to support the boycott and monitor turnout on voting day March 18.\nPolls show Putin 65 who has dominated Russia’s political landscape for the last 17 years is on course to be comfortably re-elected making him eligible to serve another six years until 2024 when he turns 72.\n Navalny says Putin’s support is exaggerated and artificially maintained by a biased state media and an unfair system. He says he could defeat him in a fair election an assertion Putin’s supporters have said is laughable.\n‘DO THE RIGHT THING’\nRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks to the media after submitting his documents to be registered as a presidential candidate at the Central Election Commission in Moscow Russia December 24 2017. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva\nBefore the commission voted Navalny dressed in a dark suit had demanded he be allowed to take part in the election delivering a speech that angered election officials.\nIn one heated exchange he said Russian voters’ faith in the system hung in the balance.\n“If you do not allow me to run you are taking a decision against millions of people who are demanding that Navalny take part ” he said referring to himself in the first person.\n“You are not robots you are living breathing human beings you are an independent body ... for once in your lives do the right thing ” he said.\n His supporters clapped him but officials were unmoved.\nEbzeev said there could not be “the slightest doubt” that Navalny was ineligible to run a reference to Russia’s constitution that bars him running because of his suspended sentence relating to an embezzlement case.\n Navalny has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and says the case is politically motivated.", "output": [ "Alexei Navalny" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb69840c4d9544e5b050f0523ccdb539", "input": "Banned From Election Putin Foe Navalny Pursues Politics By Other Means Enlarge this image toggle caption Evgeny Feldman / AP Evgeny Feldman / AP All that separates Alexei Navalny ' s office from the outside world is a long hallway and a door — which police have sawed open twice in the past year to search for imaginary bombs . The Kremlin ' s most vocal critic runs his nationwide opposition network from a desk strewn with papers in a cramped corner office of his Anti - Corruption Foundation housed in a nondescript Moscow business center . \" I want to live in a normal country and refuse to accept any talk about Russia being doomed to being a bad poor or servile country \" Navalny said in an interview with NPR . \" I want to live here and I can ' t tolerate the injustice that for many people has become routine .\" Europe The Role Opposition Parties Play In Russian Politics The Role Opposition Parties Play In Russian Politics Listen · 3 : 25 3 : 25 The 41 - year - old lawyer who once tried to foment shareholder revolts at giant state - run companies has in less than a decade risen to the forefront of Russia ' s opposition — and provokes such an allergic reaction with President Vladimir Putin that he won ' t utter Navalny ' s name in public . Yet after spending a year crisscrossing the country in a quixotic bid to unseat Putin Navalny was denied registration as a candidate in the March 18 presidential election . Now Navalny is calling for an election boycott to protest what he calls a predetermined vote pitting Putin against seven preapproved candidates who have no intention of winning . ' The basis of Putin ' s regime ' His experience as a lawyer in Russia ' s courts steered him toward politics Navalny said because he realized the only way to guarantee an independent judiciary is by overhauling the country ' s entire political system . \" I ' m definitely not alone and I ' m not some kind of dissident \" he said . \" If you take any of my anti - corruption investigations or any points from my political platform I ' m sure the majority of Russian citizens would support me — and that ' s why I wasn ' t allowed to run .\" Navalny said his main challenge isn ' t so much overcoming apathy as the belief imposed from above that nothing can be changed : \" That ' s the basis of Putin ' s regime .\" Putin is afraid because he knows his legendary 80 percent approval ratings are possible only in a political vacuum where there is no competition Navalny said . His presidential campaign claims that it had signed up more than 200 000 volunteers and had opened 81 offices nationwide . Enlarge this image toggle caption Vasily Maximov / AFP / Getty Images Vasily Maximov / AFP / Getty Images What kind of threat Navalny really poses to Putin 65 who has run Russia for 18 years is open to debate . \" Putin is doing everything to convince himself that Navalny isn ' t dangerous \" said Russian political analyst Tatyana Stanovaya . \" Navalny is betting on the gradual deterioration of the regime as it gets older .\" A poll published by the Carnegie Moscow Center this week shows that 42 percent of Russians believe \" decisive comprehensive changes \" are necessary — while almost the same amount 41 percent said \" only minor changes \" are needed and 11 percent think no changes are necessary . Asked to name the politician with the best reform plan 25 percent said Putin and just 2 percent Navalny . More than 60 percent said \" no one \" or \" not sure .\" An Internet native with a fuzzy ideology Navalny vows to keep fighting Putin by using his main tool to reach Russia ' s far - flung population — the Internet . He has more than 2 million followers on Twitter as well as 2 million subscribers to his two YouTube channels . \" Probably you can call me a person of the Internet \" he said . \" It was a lifesaver not just for me but everyone else who suddenly found themselves under censorship .\" Navalny has been all but banned from Russia ' s national TV stations except for documentary - style films that paint him as a paid stooge of Western European governments . In January Putin said criticism from the State Department that Navalny ' s candidacy was not registered showed the U . S . administration ' s true preference for who should sit in the Kremlin and constituted interference in Russia ' s domestic politics . Navalny has built his political career on attacking Putin and investigating the fortunes of members of the president ' s entourage . But asked to describe his own ideology Navalny balks saying Russian political labels don ' t translate well to the American context . For example he said the views of a Russian Communist might be most comparable to a right - wing conservative in the United States while a liberal in Russia could be considered a libertarian in America . Under the conditions of an authoritarian regime political labels are irrelevant Navalny said because his main goal is to unite people who agree on basic values such as the separation of powers the rule of law and an independent judiciary . Once Putin leaves power that coalition will then go its separate ways he said . Some opposition supporters cannot forgive Navalny for flirting with far - right Russian nationalists before the last wave of anti - government protests six years ago . He maintains that the label doesn ' t bother him . Political analyst Stanovaya said she wouldn ' t exaggerate Navalny ' s sympathy for nationalists as any politician who wants to be successful in Russia has to appeal to Russian patriotism . \" It ' s Navalny ' s conscious choice not to define his ideology so he doesn ' t box himself in beforehand . He needs the freedom to act and the game he ' s playing is beyond any ideological boundaries \" Stanovaya said . \" He ' s counting on protest — any protest — and on discontent in the population .\" Putin ' s ' creeping expansion into the Internet ' A lot of Navalny ' s ideas about how politics should work come from an eight - month fellowship at Yale University eight years ago which he said opened his eyes to \" the bigger picture \" of how the rest of the world functions including the rough - and - tumble ride of American politics . One reason for current tensions between the U . S . and Russia is that Putin ' s people still can ' t believe that democracy actually works according to Navalny . Enlarge this image toggle caption Alexandra Dalsbaek / AFP / Getty Images Alexandra Dalsbaek / AFP / Getty Images He said he doesn ' t have any doubts that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 U . S . presidential election because similar methods have been deployed against members of the Russian opposition : hacked emails the publication of false personal information and attacks on social media accounts by armies of bots . \" Putin is conducting a creeping expansion into the Internet — extremely effectively and cheaply \" Navalny said . \" Of course he had fun hacking those servers and meddling but it didn ' t have any significant effect on the elections .\" Amid all the hostility between the U . S . and Russia Navalny said the affinity between Putin and President Trump is inexplicable especially considering that the Kremlin has based even its domestic policy on anti - Americanism . \" This makes no sense and there is no rational explanation for it . But maybe one day there will be a new Watergate and we ' ll learn a lot about these amazing ties \" he said . Beyond the personal relationship of presidents Navalny said that the strategic interests of Washington and Moscow are largely aligned and that instead of squabbling the countries should be pursuing nuclear non - proliferation and fighting terrorists together . A key move to bettering relations would be for Russia to stop its involvement in the war in eastern Ukraine he said . \" We ' re a Western country \" Navalny said . \" Russia — based on its size population nuclear weapons and intellectual potential — should strive to be a leading European country .\" Russia should aim to join the European Union and work on participating in a joint security system with NATO members like the U . S . Britain and France he said . Persevering in pursuit of transformation Russia ' s orientation has been the subject of debate for centuries in a tug - of - war between Westernizers and traditionalists . In today ' s globalized world that choice is no longer relevant said Fyodor Lukyanov editor - in - chief of Russia in Global Affairs . \" It ' s not about how to become part of so - called wider Europe because wider Europe is shrinking \" said Lukyanov referring to centrifugal forces driving countries like Britain out of the EU . \" It ' s a completely different constellation of forces . It ' s not current or relevant for Russia NATO or Europe .\" Enlarge this image toggle caption Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP Even if Navalny ' s vision of Russia ' s place in the world seems illusory he also wants Russia to be more Western internally . Should he ever come to power Navalny said his first priority would be reforming the judiciary . The second would be abandoning Russia ' s strong presidency for a European - style parliamentary system . For now Navalny is focusing on activating what he calls the \" living political network \" he formed while preparing his luckless presidential bid . On election day Navalny wants to send out teams of volunteers to observe polling nationwide for any irregularities . A little more than six years ago reports of mass vote rigging during parliamentary elections served as the spark that got tens of thousands of Russians taking part in a winter of anti - government protests that rattled the Kremlin . In December 2011 he was one of the first opposition leaders to call people out to the street .", "output": [ "Alexei Navalny" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1b0600f421e4e56bc13f0f436642d34", "input": "However the Serbian economy is still facing serious challenges as unemployment rate is high and rising while output and investment remain weak the head of the IMF mission here Albert Jaeger told reporters.\n \"The (economic) crisis demonstrated that Serbia cannot afford to return to its pre-crisis model of growth\" based on high consumption and low domestic savings and low exports Jaeger said.\n Serbia should \"follow the example of more successful economies in Eastern Europe \" he said adding that \"Serbian policy makers now face a clear choice.\"\n \"They can return to pre-crisis growth model that is unlikely to produce sustained and stable growth or to take painful and sometimes politically difficult measures that will make the economy more competetive raise domestic savings and give the dinar better chance to compete against the euro \" Jaeger said.", "output": [ "Albert Jaeger" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe2f358620c249678d0261043f3bc121", "input": "PORTO ALEGRE Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian appeals court unanimously upheld the corruption conviction of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday and added to his sentence a major blow to the popular politician’s plans to run again for the presidency this year.\nAll three appellate court judges voted to uphold Lula ’s convictions on taking bribes and money laundering. They also added 2-1/2 years to his sentence condemning him to 12 years in prison. Lula Brazil’s first working-class leader so far remains free pending future appeals.\n Lula 72 could now be ineligible to stand for election under Brazil’s “Ficha Limpa” or “Clean Record” law which bans political candidates whose convictions have been upheld by an appellate court.\n Lula ’s exclusion from the October election would radically alter the political landscape ahead of a campaign in which he is the early favorite with 36 percent of voter preferences according to pollster Datafolha. That is double the percentage of his nearest rival the far-right congressman and former army captain Jair Bolsonaro who has been energized by anti-Lula sentiment.\nBut Lula still has options. An electoral court must make the final ruling on a candidacy and would only do so once a candidate had registered.\n Lula can appeal Wednesday’s decision by the appeals court in Porto Alegre to Brazil’s top appeals court or to the Supreme Court to delay a final ruling possibly avoiding jail and stringing the process out long enough to register his candidacy by the Aug. 15 deadline.\nAt a nighttime rally in a central Sao Paulo plaza Lula stood atop a sound truck and rallied supporters blasting the ruling as a “lie” and strongly maintained his innocence.\n Lula said that if the three judges could “show me the crime I committed I would give up trying to be a candidate.”\n“I want the judges to know that I am not worried like they think I should be ” Lula said. “They cannot jail ideas or hope.”\nOpponents of Lula meanwhile celebrated on Sao Paulo’s main avenue with a giant blown-up figure of the ex-president dressed as a prison convict.\n Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks at the metallurgical trade union while the Brazilian court decides on his appeal against a corruption conviction that could bar him from running in the 2018 presidential race in Sao Bernardo do Campo Brazil January 24 2018. REUTERS/Leonardo Benassatto\n Lula is one of scores of powerful politicians and businessmen caught up in sweeping corruption probes that have wracked the Brazilian establishment since 2014.\n He faces six more indictments in corruption cases ranging from receiving bribes from engineering firm Odebrecht [ODBES.UL] to obstructing justice and trafficking his influence to obtain government decisions favoring the auto industry.\n He is among over 100 people convicted in the “Car Wash” investigation the most sprawling of Brazil’s numerous probes. It focuses on graft involving oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro known as Petrobras and other state-run companies.\n Lula was convicted of corruption and money laundering last year for accepting a beachside apartment from an engineering firm vying for contracts with Petrobras.\nProsecutors said the apartment and its refurbishing was a bribe worth 3.7 million reais ($1.1 million). Lula maintains he never owned the penthouse apartment criticizing prosecutors for what Lula ’s lawyers called a reliance on the plea bargain testimony of one witness businessman Leo Pinheiro.", "output": [ "Luiz Inacio Lula" ] }, { "id": "task419-b06b84a3d1374a899862837db936f412", "input": "LONDON — Nikolay Storonsky was in a hurry.\n He had a plane to catch. But doing things quickly is just Storonsky's style.\nWhile Revolut's company culture is not for everyone Storonsky said it is the culture that makes the business such a success.\n He added: \"Attrition is actually very low. We designed a whole onboarding process plus first six months as a continuing interview process — we see how he performs how he feeds the culture how he feeds the team and most importantly what he delivers.\n\"It's more complex compared to a year ago \" Storonsky said. \"It's more complex the more people you have around you.\"\nRelaxation is important. Storonsky is an avid kite surfer and still makes time for his hobby.\n\"It's the only thing that I do apart from working \" he said. \"What's good about kite surfing is it switches your brain off completely and you just don't think and you become so relaxed — it's effectively equivalent to meditation.", "output": [ "Nikolay Storonsky" ] }, { "id": "task419-9120556b1f6e49acb6cb7e3b33c40eb0", "input": "Now Momoh watched as the gem found in from a field not far from his tin-roof room home was snapped up for $6 536 360.\nThen Momoh did something unprecedented: he decided to hand it over to the government. He figured the money made on selling the stone would be used for public services in a country recently devastated by Ebola and mudslides . For weeks afterwards in Sierra Leone websites and bars alike in Sierra Leone were abuzz with talk of the giant diamond. “I don't know whether [ he ’s] being honest or naïve ” one poster wrote on Facebook. “But I seriously doubt whether [President Ernest Bai] Koroma will care to share the proceeds with his kitchen cabinet.”\nThe dealer a man with years of experience in the murky world of diamond trading became the first of several who would try to persuade Momoh to smuggle the gem on the black market and rake in tens of thousands of dollars — possibly more — for himself . Momoh considered the proposal. His wife and three kids were waiting back home in Koryadu a village so poor it has no running water electricity or paved roads despite literally sitting on diamond fields. .\n Emmanuel Momoh a tall and soft-spoken pastor from Sierra Leone who had travelled outside his country for the first time was following nervously as some 70 bids came in online and in phone calls. Going under the hammer was a massive gem called the “Peace Diamond ” which was expected to fetch tens of millions of dollars. Momoh had briefly been its owner.\nAfter years of struggling to feed his family on a paltry income as an evangelical preacher (and selling peanuts as a side business) Momoh applied for a mining license in 2012. In Sierra Leone’s diamond-rich eastern region villagers often pool their money into artisanal mines. Few though strike it lucky in the unregulated and often-dangerous informal mines. Momoh ’s team dredged up a few carats a month making precious little profits.\nThe country’s gems were once at the heart of Sierra Leone’s brutal war that ended in 2002. Momoh lived through the decade-long conflict waged over who would control mineral-rich fields like the ones where his diggers made their lucky find. The stones found there were smuggled across the borders by rebels in exchange for arms and ammunitions. The digging was carried out by an enslaved population under threat of death by the rebels earning them the dark nickname “blood diamonds” and eventually setting off an international backlash against their sale.\nArtisanal mining — mining without heavy equipment — is back breaking work. Using spades crowbars and pick axes diggers sift through several tons of earth to find a single carat of diamonds. The physical labor takes a toll with miners often suffering hernias exhaustion and exposure to malaria and parasites by drinking from polluted streams. Momoh often paid their medical bills a drain he could barely afford.\nBy March this year he ’d told his wife he was considering letting his diggers go. “I told my wife it’s very difficult to balance between our family needs and those of workers. It’s challenging. You’re looking for something you don’t know if you’ll ever find.”\nSo when a knock came on his door on the evening of March 13 Momoh hoped there hadn’t been an accident. Four dust-covered workers walked into his living room. One of them a man called Komba Johnbull said he first needed 800 000 leones — roughly $100 and easily an entire month’s wage. “ He said ‘I think something important has happened. But before I tell you you have to give me 800 000 leones ’” Momoh recalled. “I said ‘what do you mean what are you talking about?’”\nAs the manager and financial supporter of the group Momoh was the legal owner of anything discovered. But tradition dictates that diggers are entitled to a dash or stipend from their financier when they make a significant find. Quickly realizing it must be big news to require such a hefty dash Momoh once again scraped together the cash and gave it to his worker.\n He was stunned at the gem that was handed over to him .\n“The reaction was — I mean everyone was just… ” he faltered trying to summon the words. “Every one of us was very happy. We knew it was special.”\nStill at that point no one in the room realized quite how big a find they had on their hands. Diamonds in Sierra Leone are some of the highest quality in the world typically so clear and transparent that they’re known as “glasses.” The rock in front of Momoh was orange-hued with tiny red speckles.\n Momoh decided to take it to a diamond dealer in Kono who was known for paying cash upfront with minimal fuss. Miners are legally allowed to sell smaller diamonds though larger ones have to be handed over to the government who then share a fraction of the final sale price with the original owners.\nThe dealer immediately suggested a different option: without alerting anyone else they could find a buyer and share the money between themselves. “He said there’s no need to sell this. If you take this diamond to the government you will not get anything out of it ” Momoh recalled.\nThe dealer refused to hand back the diamond as he desperately tried to convince Momoh to follow his plan. The discussion dragged on for hours. “It was very difficult to remove that diamond from the Lebanese [dealer]. We stayed four or five hours in that office that night until finally we are able to convince him to bring that diamond out.”", "output": [ "Emmanuel Momoh" ] }, { "id": "task419-5bc54291247844edaf2621b99d74d7f0", "input": "CLEVELAND (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve needs to continue gradual rate hikes despite broad uncertainty about the path of inflation Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Tuesday in remarks that acknowledged the central bank’s struggles to forecast one of its key policy objectives.\nIt is possible Yellen said that the Fed may have “misspecified” its models for inflation and “misjudged” key facts like the underlying strength of the labor market and whether inflation expectations are as stable as they seem and central bankers need to remain open to that possibility as they decide on policy.\nStill recent low inflation was likely a reflection of factors that would fade over time and despite uncertainties it “would be imprudent to keep monetary policy on hold until inflation is back to 2 percent ” Yellen said in a 37-page address to the National Association for Business Economics\n Yellen ’s remarks attempt to resolve a debate that has split members of the central bank among those worried that inflation may be permanently anchored below the Fed’s 2 percent target because of structural changes in the global economy and those who feel it is only a matter of time before tight labor markets lead wages and prices to rise.\nThe dollar shot up then retreated after Yellen’s comments reflecting uncertainty about her message. Treasury yields and stocks edged slightly higher.\n Yellen said Tuesday she would be looking at inflation and labor market data closely in coming months to assess the outlook but “the data is noisy and it’s not going to be a magic bullet.”\nAnd while the timing of rate hikes may not be predictable she said “the path is likely to be gradual.”\n Yellen walked systematically through arguments that weak inflation reflected structural changes and largely discounted them.\nThere was not yet “empirical support” for the theory that global trade worldwide supply chains and other forces were holding down U.S. prices she said.\nMeanwhile the Fed calculates that cyclical slack in the labor market was now having a “negligible” impact on low inflation readings compared to oil prices and other changes that will fade. And some aspects of the labor market that appear weak such as the still-elevated number of part-time workers may reflect permanent changes in the workforce and not cyclical factors Yellen said.\nBut for now the Fed “continues to anticipate that with gradual adjustments in the stance of monetary policy inflation will rise and stabilize at around 2 percent over the medium term ” she said. “We should be wary of moving too gradually.”", "output": [ "Yellen" ] }, { "id": "task419-5660beaa357d4b82ac29d87563937437", "input": "Hamilton Police Sgt. Michael Virga was on patrol around 3 a.m. when he saw it . \" It was a pinpoint in the sky then a bright lime green streak and then it disintegrated \" he tells NPR.\n He thought at first maybe it was a firework but was jolted enough to pull over and roll back the video. And sure enough it had recorded a clear view of the display. Virga said a later look at the website of the American Meteor Society which tracks such sightings confirmed that many others also saw the meteor.\nOf his own experience Virga said it was a matter of simply \"being in the right place at the right time.\" After the department posted the video to Facebook he says social media have been lighting up about it too.\n\"It's something different \" Virga says.", "output": [ "Michael Virga" ] }, { "id": "task419-5319edf1b3034018b85bded72227dc60", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Texas Public Safety authorities say the Sutherland Springs church shooting appears to have stemmed from a \"domestic situation.\" It's not the first domestic incident involving suspected gunman Devin Kelley . USA TODAY\nInvestigators are still probing what led Devin Kelley to target the First Baptist Church in the small town of Sutherland Springs Texas but authorities noted he was embroiled in an ongoing domestic dispute with his wife’s family. His mother-in-law had attended the church but his in-laws were not at Sunday’s deadly service.\n“We can tell you that there was a domestic situation going on within his family ” said Texas Department of Public Safety regional director Freeman Martin. “The mother-in-law had attended this church. We know she had received threatening texts from him.”\nBoth President Trump and Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that Kelley who is accused of killing 26 people and wounding 20 others suffered from mental health problems. They did not disclose the nature of his mental illness.\nEarlier this year Kelley worked for five and a half weeks as an unarmed security guard at Schlitterbahn New Braunfels park spokesperson Winter Prosapio said in an email. The water park in this San Antonio suburb is located about 35 miles north of where Kelley conducted the largest mass shooting in Texas history.\nAir Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said Kelley served in Logistics Readiness at Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico from 2010 until his discharge in 2014. After he was court-martialed in 2012 for assaulting his spouse and a child he received a bad conduct discharge was confined for 12 months at Naval Consolidated Brig Miramar in California and busted to the service’s lowest rank.\n Kelley was alleged to have fractured the skull of his young stepson said Don Christensen the Air Force's former chief prosecutor whose office oversaw Kelley 's prosecution.\nThe Air Force on Monday said it failed to flag Kelley as banned from buying the weapons he used in the killing spree. Kelley ’s domestic violence offense was not entered into the National Criminal Information Center database by the Air Force officials at Holloman Air Force Base Stefanek said in a statement.\nThe Air Force was required to provide the information to the database because Kelley was convicted of a domestic assault and under federal law would not have been able to purchase a gun legally.\nThe Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) said Kelley owned four guns purchasing two in Colorado and two in Texas since 2014.\n Kelley had another run in with law enforcement in August 2014 while living in a Colorado mobile home park.\nFour witnesses at the mobile home park said they saw Kelley repeatedly punch a white and brown husky according to an El Paso County Sheriff’s Department incident report.\nOne witness said Kelley picked up the dog by its neck and slammed it onto the ground. Other witnesses also said they saw Kelley punch the dog and then drag the dog away.\n Kelley initially refused to leave his camper when deputies arrived at the scene and told them he wouldn't talk to them about the incident or let them see his dog without a search warrant.\nHe later admitted to deputies that he jumped on the dog because the animal had been acting aggressively toward another dog in the area. But Kelley denied punching the dog.\nThe dog was impounded and Kelley was released at the scene with a summons to appear in court.", "output": [ "Devin Kelley" ] }, { "id": "task419-00751d98f6a44d9593dd099ee568cb92", "input": "Richard Sherman is not a fan of the NFL's injury reports.\nSpeaking with reporters on Wednesday Sherman who has been listed as questionable the past two weeks despite not missing a defensive snap for the Seahawks said that the injury reports existed more for the people betting on the games than anyone else.\n\"I guess from what I understand the rule is for the gamblers for Vegas to make sure the odds and everything are what they are supposed to be which is apparently what the league is concerned about when talking about injuries and things like that \" Sherman said. \"So maybe somebody should look into that because I thought we weren't a gambling league and we were against all those things. But our injury report is specifically to make sure the gamblers get their odds right.\"\nIn response to Sherman 's comments the NFL put out a statement seemingly confirming Sherman 's beliefs. However the league counters the claim that they are for gambling and instead suggesting that they are to protect the league from gambling.\n Sherman added that it wasn't just people betting on games in Las Vegas that were beneficiaries of the NFL's injury reports. \"Fantasy football oh my God \" Sherman said. \"They are almost as bad as the gamblers.\"\nWhile he was lighthearted by the end of the presser it's striking to see a player call out the league for a policy as plainly as Sherman did in this case. You can watch Sherman 's comments below.\nThe Seahawks head to Nashville on Sunday to take on the Tennessee Titans. Having not missed a game since 2011 fans can expect Sherman to play regardless of what the injury report says on Sunday.", "output": [ "Richard Sherman" ] }, { "id": "task419-57ff6824513f45e682045f8d33f7ccfe", "input": "(CNN) Rob Porter was involved in serious discussions to be promoted when he abruptly resigned from the White House last week amid allegations that he abused his two ex-wives multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.\n His anticipated elevation further highlights how top White House officials were willing to overlook indications from the FBI that there were potential abuse allegations in his background in exchange for professional competence in a tumultuous West Wing.\n Porter had been actively lobbying to take on new policy portfolios outside the traditional scope of the staff secretary one person familiar with the matter said which included speechwriting duties and a role in planning policy rollouts. Neither of those tasks is traditionally carried out by the staff secretary.\nOne of the areas Porter was set to delve further into was trade policy according to the person. Porter was a regular attendee at a weekly trade meeting among top-level administration officials.\n He was also being considered for the deputy chief of staff position another source familiar with the situation said. CNN reported Friday that Jim Carroll who served as the deputy chief of staff for less than three months was stepping down to helm the Office of National Drug Control Policy.", "output": [ "Porter" ] }, { "id": "task419-bed58e267f304d4893f91c4c94abf42c", "input": "Laura Moser never had any desire to run for office. Her husband worked in politics and she considered herself to be a highly “involved volunteer ” but beyond that maintained some space from the political sphere.\nMoser 40 was overwhelmed by the election of President Donald J. Trump and the ensuing pain she saw in her own community on Facebook. The outpouring of grief and mass desire to do something that she saw on social media led Moser to found Daily Action in December 2016 a service that texts daily action items ― like calling your representatives to talk about gun control or forwarding a reminder to voters in Virginia to get to to the polls ― to users’ phones. By early May 2017 she had officially announced she would be running for Congress.\n Moser ’s story isn’t unique. Across the nation women from all over the political spectrum decided to run for elected office in the wake of the 2016 presidential race. Within a month of the election non-partisan organization She Should Run had heard from 4 500 women interested in running for elected office. By February that number rose to 13 000. Emily’s List a PAC focusing on electing pro-choice Democratic women to office saw a similar spike in interest.\n Laura Moser 40 Running for Congress in Texas District 7\nCourtesy of Laura Moser", "output": [ "Laura Moser" ] }, { "id": "task419-f7179c72ae3640ab97f3a8a23fc6a022", "input": "Denny Hamlin is one of 12 drivers that advanced to the second round of the 2017 playoffs. (Photo: Matthew O'Haren USA TODAY Sports)\nAs team sponsorship dollars continue to dwindle NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin said he thinks racecar drivers who risk their lives should be paid on par with NBA and NFL athletes.\n“We’re way underpaid as racecar drivers ” Hamlin said via ESPN and NBC Sports at a charity event Wednesday in Charlotte. “There’s no doubt doing what we do the schedule that we have and the danger that we incur every single week NASCAR drivers should be making NBA NFL money.\n“I'm sure this will be in some headline somewhere where Denny says drivers aren't paid enough but I'm basing it off all other sports. I'm not including myself . I'm including the back half of the field — those drivers are risking the same amount I am and they should be paid a hell of a lot more.\"\nPHOTOS: DENNY HAMLIN THROUGH THE YEARS\n“The pie has to be shifted for sure ” Hamlin said. “The TV dollars coming into NASCAR is higher than it’s ever been but we’re seeing fewer and fewer (sponsored racing) teams and it just can’t survive. So it economically doesn’t make sense. The pie the amount of TV money that the race teams share has to go up in my opinion.\nAccording to Forbes Hamlin was the third-highest paid driver in 2016. Hamlin who opened 2016 by winning the Daytona 500 and finished the season ranked sixth in the final standings earned $15.2 million from salary bonuses prize money endorsements and licensing. Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson who won his seventh championship last year was the top earner with $21.8 million.", "output": [ "Denny Hamlin" ] }, { "id": "task419-7b1acf826eca4ed5880c04af7fe0e6c9", "input": "Andrew Conley showed no remorse or emotion as he described choking to death Conner Conley as the two wrestled Sunday a probable cause affidavit said. He told investigators the child's last words were \"Andrew stop.\"\n Conley said he dragged his brother's body to his car before driving to see his girlfriend who told investigators the teen \"seemed happy more happy than she had seen him in a while \" according to the affidavit. Conley said he dumped the body near a park in his town of Rising Sun about 90 miles (145 kilometers) southeast of Indianapolis.\n Prosecutors filed preliminary charges of murder against Conley along with a supporting affidavit Thursday. He is being charged as an adult and will appear Friday in court Negangard said.\n Conley's family did not return messages for comment Thursday. Negangard said Conley had an attorney but none was listed in the affidavit.\n The teen told investigators he had had fantasies about killing someone since he was in eighth grade including cutting somebody's throat and felt \"just like\" the serial killer Dexter on the Showtime television series of the same name.\n Negangard said he will consider seeking the maximum prison term of life without parole. Conley's age makes him ineligible for the death penalty.\n The teen had no juvenile record and his teachers considered him a good student Negangard said.", "output": [ "Andrew Conley" ] }, { "id": "task419-28824b162cb24b609a274f16240bd8fa", "input": "Bill Murray surprised Saturday Night Live viewers this weekend with a guest appearance as former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon .\nAppearing in SNL’s “Morning Joe” sketch with Kate McKinnon playing Mika Brzezinski and Alex Moffat as Joe Scarborough Murray pulled down the hood of a dark cloak to reveal himself as Bannon . (In the past the show has portrayed Bannon as a cloaked Grim Reaper character.)\n“My god Steve I always thought you looked like death but this is death warmed over ” said McKinnon as Brzezinski. Murray’s Bannon was appearing on the show alongside Michael Wolff the author of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House played by Fred Armisen.\nMurray’s character denied the statements he made to Wolff that were published in the book — where he said that the meeting between a Russian lawyer and Donald Trump Jr. along with Trump campaign aides was “treasonous.” ( Bannon has apologized for the statement calling Trump Jr. “both a patriot and a good man.” Bannon has also stepped down from his role as executive chairman at the Breitbart News Network.)\nAs for political candidates Murray-as- Bannon said he plans to promote next those include disgraced YouTube star Logan Paul former drug company executive and convicted felon Martin Shkreli and the former “Subway guy” Jared Fogel who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-ce52f4c495534de7b570877db88f533a", "input": "Fox announced Friday that its action-packed real-time show starring Kiefer Sutherland as anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer will wind down at the end of its current eighth season on May 24.\n Sutherland said in a statement that the show's cast and crew \"always wanted '24' to finish on a high note so the decision to make the eighth season our last was one we all agreed upon.\" He also said he was looking forward to creating a film version of \"24.\"\n The show has received 68 Emmy nominations winning for outstanding drama series and for Sutherland as lead drama actor in 2006.\nKiefer Sutherland as anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer will wind down at the end of its current eighth season on May 24.\n Sutherland said in a statement that the show's cast and crew \"always wanted '24' to finish on a high note so the decision to make the eighth season our last was one we all agreed upon.\" He also said he was looking forward to creating a film version of \"24.\"\n The show has received 68 Emmy nominations winning for outstanding drama series and for Sutherland as lead drama actor in 2006.\n \"This has been the role of a lifetime and I will never be able to fully express my appreciation to everyone who made it possible \" Sutherland said. \"But when all is said and done it is the loyal worldwide fan base that made it possible for me to have the experience of playing the role of Jack Bauer and for that I am eternally grateful.\"", "output": [ "Kiefer Sutherland" ] }, { "id": "task419-6501fabf8f724cc2a60c39d0d9a277ff", "input": "-LRB- CNN -RRB- Mitt Romney confirmed Monday night he 's not Donald Trump 's pick for secretary of state . \nI could have said , ` Mitt , drop to your knees ' -- he would have dropped to his knees ,\" Trump said .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-180d2a72d6cd4bddac89f0c9f42959a2", "input": "Fatah supports Abbas decision not to resume peace negotiations\nThe Central Committee of the Palestinian Fatah party said Sunday it supports Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to resume negotiations with Israel until the Jewish state stops settlement in the occupied Palestinian territories.\nThe Central Committee said in a statement that AbbasAbbas' rejection to resume peace talks with Israel has met the expectations of the national and factional sectors that there should be \"clear basis for resuming the peace process.\"\nThe highest decision-making body of AbbasAbbas' Fatah party stressed that the negotiations \"are pointless as long as Israel continues to construct settlements without submitting itself to the international resolutions.\"\nOn Saturday U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked Abbas to drop his condition of not to resume the peace talks with Israel unless it freezes settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.", "output": [ "Abbas" ] }, { "id": "task419-a1730d4671a84a3eb4a171becb4af2ef", "input": "Rose McGowan cancels public appearances after screaming match\n She had received hormone treatment for six years and was also taking medication for insomnia and anxiety according to the study’s authors.\n The woman used a breast pump to increase prolactin and oxytocin levels and obtained domperidone which is not approved in the United States but is legal in Canada.\n She was producing eight ounces of milk a day two weeks before the baby’s due date according to the study.", "output": [ "Rose McGowan" ] }, { "id": "task419-22b99a8b02a945c3a04c20cc49055533", "input": "When Armistice Day finally came Walter said the teachers at her four-room schoolhouse gave the children flags and \"we paraded all through the town singing and praising God.\"\n Walter is part of a growing demographic in the United States and around the world. According to the Centers for Disease Control the number of Americans aged 100 and over increased nearly 44 percent from 2000 to 2014 with females accounting for 80 to 84 percent of the total. A United Nations projection estimates that the number of people hitting the century mark worldwide is expected to reach 3.2 million by 2050.\nToday three local centenarians — Walter Violet Kogut and George DeJong — share their stories.\n\"I'm just a day older \" said Walter about her impending birthday. Born in November 1910 she attributes her longevity to her faith and good genes — her father died just shy of his 95th birthday and all of her siblings made it into their 80s she said.\nHeidi Parent Catherine Walter turns 107 in November. A current resident of Village Woods Christian Retirement Community in Crete Walter lived on her own in Thornton until a few years ago. Catherine Walter turns 107 in November. A current resident of Village Woods Christian Retirement Community in Crete Walter lived on her own in Thornton until a few years ago. (Heidi Parent) (Heidi Parent)\nThough she has been witness to many fascinating world events including Charles Lindbergh's Atlantic crossing and Neil Armstrong's walk on the moon Walters said what she remembers most fondly are the personal experiences — marriage children running a family business.\nToday she has four children nine grandchildren 17 great grandchildren and six great great grandchildren. \" She also helped raise her sister's son whose father was killed during World War II \" Parent said.\n Walter said she doesn't really have any dietary \"secrets.\" In fact she is still quite fond of baked goods and Parent said there's a running family joke about how much \"Grandma likes her margarine and butter.\"\nBaking Walter said was a lifelong passion. Every Christmas she 'd host cookie bake-a-thons for her children and grandchildren in her Thornton home. In the tradition of her mother and grandmother the sessions would result in thousands of baked treats that would be divvied up among family members.\nOften those gatherings were filled with storytelling as Walter regaled the bakers with stories about having the first telephone on the block and about taking three streetcars to get to Fenger High School. On her wedding day Sept. 12 1931 temperatures soared above 100 sending female guests home to change out of their velvet dresses she said.\n She was 67 when she learned how to drive a pursuit she kept secret from her husband Bill because she wanted to surprise him.\n\"One day while driving with the instructor I passed him on the road. He was driving a company truck \" she recalled. \"I was so glad he didn't notice me because he would have wondered what I was doing driving around with another man.\"\nLater she said when Bill fell ill and needed to go back and forth to doctors offices she was grateful for that license.\nAlthough she has her health and her wits she admits that living longer than your peers can be a lonely accomplishment.\n\"Once Bill died I was so lonesome I had to find things to do to stay busy \" she said.\n She served on several committees at St. Paul Church and continued to teach Sunday school. She also volunteered at Rest Haven and Holland Home senior centers where some of the residents were younger than her she said.", "output": [ "Walters Thornton", "Thornton" ] }, { "id": "task419-07fd86c9835b40f397f0e25d10f6dad0", "input": "A Buffalo native McMillan moved to the Washington area more than 10 years ago. Neighbors described her as the doting mother of a 19-year-old son named Jordan who was attending college in Virginia.\n McMillan worked for the Postal Service for years before joining the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in 2007 as a bus driver. In March after two months of training she began operating trains.\n \"She was a wonderful person very friendly very helpful \" said Leeza Kanwal 30 a neighbor who lived on the same floor as McMillan. \"When I was pregnant she would see me with a laundry basket and take it down to the laundry room for me.\"\n She recalled how McMillan would sit in the hall on Friday evenings with friends. \"I knew that with them sitting outside watching it was safe for my daughter to play in the hall \" she added.", "output": [ "Jeanice McMillan", "McMillan" ] }, { "id": "task419-f4bb5dea57a54bd297de927b50b0acc6", "input": "It shocked quite a few people when former Heisman winner Tim Tebow transitioned from a football career and a side gig in broadcasting to ride a bus for pennies on the dollar playing Minor League Baseball.\n Tebow was 29 years old. He had not played organized baseball since high school. And there was some thought out there that he might still have a future on the gridiron. At the very least he was a well-respected college football analyst.\nDespite this the always divisive Tebow decided to turn in a posh gig with ESPN and the potential of furthering his football career by signing a minor league deal with the Mets.\nThe University of Florida alumnus would ultimately begin his baseball career in Scottsdale during the Fall League hitting just .194 with zero homers and two RBI in 19 games (62 at-bats). What exactly was Tebow doing here? He couldn't even put up a decent performance against youngsters some of whom were a dozen years his junior.\n Tebow would then catch on with the Mets' low-level single-A affiliate in Columbia posting a .220 average with three homers 23 RBI and 69 strikeouts in 214 at-bats. For those of you who don't follow baseball that's not good.\nEven with those struggles the Mets' organization promoted Tebow to high Single-A ball in St. Lucie. He actually performed better against stiffer competition posting a .231 average with five homers and 29 RBI while striking out at a lower clip.\nNow prepared to continue his professional baseball career Tebow has once again been invited to Mets Spring Training this year.", "output": [ "Tim Tebow" ] }, { "id": "task419-c14d5b3a4ca74861b3d09f15a8a402dd", "input": "David Einhorn has a problem.\nAfter his Greenlight Capital has gotten walloped by the S&P 500 for years the hedgie told his investors that he may have been investing via an outdated set of principles.\n“What if equity value has nothing to do with current or future profits and instead is derived from a company’s ability to be disruptive to provide social change or to advance new beneficial technologies even when doing so results in current and future economic loss?” Einhorn wrote in a letter to his investors — a copy of which was obtained by The Post.\nMisreading market factors led Einhorn recently to short Tesla — one of the strongest performing stocks in recent years.", "output": [ "David Einhorn" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5e6279ca3974c82968e3be420687271", "input": "Mr. Khosrowshahi visited London as the company he was chosen to lead just weeks ago continued to grapple with a new set of issues. Uber’s board is considering proposals to limit the power of its co-founder and former chief executive Travis Kalanick as it courts a major new investment.\nWhile Mr. Khosrowshahi is on his diplomacy mission Uber’s board is scheduled to discuss proposals that would limit Mr. Kalanick’s power. That meeting will include two new directors named by Mr. Kalanick late last week a surprise move that escalated tensions with other board members.\nIt is a sign of the importance of the London ban that even with Uber’s board meeting set to take place Mr. Khosrowshahi flew here to meet with the authorities. With 40 000 drivers and 3.5 million customers the city is Uber’s biggest market in Europe and one of its largest in the world.\nThe effort on Tuesday is meant to show that Uber is adopting a more conciliatory approach to working with cities. Such a change in attitude is important as Uber continues to expand globally and justify its sky-high $68.5 billion valuation ahead of an initial public offering that Mr. Khosrowshahi has said could come in 2019.", "output": [ "Khosrowshahi" ] }, { "id": "task419-0963d063e8644580ac3420ab362b90b1", "input": "Mike Adamle was holding court.\nIn the kitchen of his Evanston home he was waving his arms telling jokes like a late-night host reciting an old football poem he wrote “The Ballad of Special Teams ” and rattling off phrases in Spanish Russian and Korean.\nBut the Mike Adamle who can command a room is just the surface.\nAdamle’s neurologist Michael Smith of Rush University Medical Center said Adamle has post traumatic epilepsy which is “caused by sort of a bruising of the brain and that happens with concussions.”\n Adamle ’s wife Kim said her husband’s life has changed dramatically in the last few years. She relates a story from last winter that illustrates how one loose thread can leave him unraveled.\n“ Mike 's able to be pretty independent right ” she said. “He hasn't been able to drive for a year and a half but he can take the train go down to the East Bank Club (gym) and use his CTA card to come back.\nThe Adamles rely on routines but one small problem can send Mike into a spiral. Impulsivity frustration and anger set in. While Kim was trying to figure out his location Mike hung up on her.\nShe called the NBC Sports desk where Mike had worked until he went on leave in 2016 a year before he retired in March and asked if someone could go out and see if he was wandering near NBC Tower put him in a taxi and send him home.\nPhotos of former Bears running back and NBC-5 sportscaster Mike Adamle .\n“ Mike luckily had come into the building ” she said “and was talking to the security guard.”\n He made it home safely\nAsked how he felt in those moments Mike burst out “You (bleeping) idiot! How did you lose that? It’s so …”\n His thought trails off.\n Mike Adamle is adamant that he ’s not going to wait around for the disease to claim the rest of his faculties. He and Kim have gone on the offensive partnering with Boston University’s CTE Center and the Concussion Legacy Foundation to create a national support network for suspected CTE victims and their families called the Mike Adamle Project: Rise Above set to launch in late January.\n Mike Adamle admitted during his Tribune interview that he sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night thinking about his mortality.\n“You pop up like this. It’s hard not to it happens to a zillion people every day on the planet Earth ” he said. “I’ll be gone. I’d like to make that a little longer and I definitely don’t want to spend it in an old folks home; that’s never going to happen. So we just keep on going until.”", "output": [ "Mike Adamle" ] }, { "id": "task419-e9bcbef7c899486faae42924c61d8b51", "input": "\"We would oppose any violence if that were to take place \" State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in response to reports that this kind of coordination was being considered. \"We hope our voices will be heard in a very strong fashion that we oppose violence on any side of this.\"\n She was responding to a report that Iran and Iraq plan to seize control of the border crossings around a semi-autonomous region of northern Iraq that is populated by a Kurdish ethnic minority that plays a crucial role in the U.S.-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State. The tensions have arisen because the Kurds voted in support of breaking away from the rest of Iraq to form their own state despite opposition from Baghdad and the United States.\n Nauert took a cautious approach to the diplomatic crisis. \"The United States does not want to do anything that would inflame tensions that's why I'm going to be very cautious with my words \" she said during Thursday's briefing. \"We will continue to offer our assistance to facilitate any dialogue if we are asked.\"\n Nauert said she had not heard of a request for the United States to close its consulate in northern Iraq.\n\"Our relationship with the Kurds in our view will not change \" she said.", "output": [ "Heather Nauert" ] }, { "id": "task419-b80d1dde7d4a482486c32a82c1ab83bd", "input": "MURDEROUS thin-skinned and in possession of nuclear weapons the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has one good deed to his name: he has united America and China. Max Baucus America’s ambassador to Beijing until January 2017 recalls the Chinese president Xi Jinping privately expressing “disgust” at Mr Kim’s reckless pursuit of nukes and missiles to carry them to other continents. Mr Xi’s frustration with North Korea’s hereditary despot stands out as “the strongest statement that I have ever heard Xi make” says Mr Baucus. China has never sounded as closely aligned with America when it comes to using sanctions and diplomatic pressure in a last-ditch bid to change how Mr Kim calculates his regime’s interests.\nUnfortunately for relations between the world’s two biggest economies China will hate the next steps that America is likely to take on North Korea. Evan Medeiros until 2015 the senior director for Asia in Barack Obama’s National Security Council says that when the Chinese accuse America of refusing to engage in talks with the regime this is largely “posturing”. But behind it lies a truth that “sanctions won’t stop North Korea”. When battling the proliferation of the deadliest weapons sanctions are always in a race with technology says Mr Medeiros now with the Eurasia Group a consultancy. “Kim Jong Un is close to grasping the brass ring. We have probably lost the race and need to think about deterrence.” This could include deploying new missiles and missile-defence systems in South Korea and Japan and perhaps another aircraft-carrier in the region.\nStill cold-war theories of deterrence are being dusted off with such jargon as “second-strike capability”—the certainty that a country attacked with nuclear weapons can retaliate massively. Douglas Paal a senior Asia hand in the Reagan White House and both Bush administrations approves of the Senate plan to place more interceptors in Alaska in part to gain leverage over China. “We need to layer up more missile defence. China needs to see that their second-strike capacity is really deteriorating which hurts them.” Mr Paal who runs the Asia programme at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace a think-tank is in frequent contact with envoys of governments including China’s and recently North Korea’s. He concedes the need for talks with the Kim regime alongside containment and deterrence but notes that in previous negotiations North Korea wanted an end to American defence alliances in Asia and to America’s troop presence in South Korea: “So we can’t get there.”\nA policy of containment would not just strain relations with China as new American weapons bristled in Asia. Global non-proliferation regimes would be tested not least because a North Korea facing crippling sanctions might see selling nuclear technology as a lifeline. Perhaps China’s greatest nightmare involves Japan feeling compelled to build nuclear weapons (it could quickly develop the technology). A Chinese build-up of warheads in response could result in India and then Pakistan increasing their stockpiles. The unity fostered by Mr Kim may thus prove short-lived. If he builds the arsenal he wants China and America will be sincere in their shared dismay. But if America then prepares to contain him a whole new Sino-American stand-off may begin.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-476e5a04eb5f4d15bbee71f6dfb2e500", "input": "The former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama spoke of investing in “creating thousands of mes” when she spoke Tuesday at an event put on by Klick Health a healthcare marketing firm.\nKlick’s “MUSE” event in New York City billed Michelle Obama as “a transformative First Lady” and also had Sheryl Crow on hand as the musical entertainment.\nAccording to AOL the former first lady said “This is why I’m not going to run for president. Because I think it’s a better investment to invest in creating thousands of mes ” and “We don’t need just one we need thousands and thousands.”\nIn ruling out a presidential run she hinted that the Obama brand might not be as shiny and new was it once was saying that young people are “tired of watching us do the same old thing and expect different results.”\nTime magazine quoted Obama praising Black Lives Matter activists and the anti-gun students who have been promoted into national prominence to combat the National Rifle Association after suriviving a shooting at their Parkland Florida high school as among the hope she sees in the youth. “We see these kids in Florida the Black Lives Matter kids. They are smart they are passionate they do have the right values ” she told the audience. “They know inequity. They know wrong when they see it. There is hope in that next generation. They’re tired of watching us do the same old thing and expect different results.”\nAccording to People magazine Obama also appeared to admit she has a committee look over her tweets before she posts them. “I tweet but I have a committee ” she said. “I don’t just tweet off the top of my head which I don’t encourage people to do—especially kids.”\nThe remarks were apparently part of a thinly veiled insult to President Donald Trump over his sometimes-raucous tweeting habits. “How many kids do you know that the first thing that comes off the top of their head is the first thing they should express? You know? It’s like ‘Take a minute. Talk to your crew before you put that [out there] and then spell check and check the grammar ’” she reportedly said. “I think kids do think telling it like it is and talking off the top of your head [is cool] … [but] that’s never been good. We weren’t raised like that. That’s rude. That’s what you call rude. But yes I use social media. But I use it like a grown-up.”", "output": [ "Michelle Obama" ] }, { "id": "task419-08383f611b4d4a398e9f4a9ba9396e6f", "input": "\"Petrocaribe will be strengthened -- independent of the international situation independent of the price of oil \" Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said as he arrived Friday in St. Kitts.\n His country's state Bolivarian News Agency said Petrocaribe leaders meet \"with the expectation of its expansion as well as new programs of cooperation and attention to a world increasingly thirsty for fuel.\"\n During the meeting Chavez called the pact a geopolitical and social \"offensive for unity \" and said Venezuela is open to accepting other nations. \"If some countries want to join the doors are open \" he said.\n The plan promotes Chavez's vision of regional independence from the United States and the lure of cheap oil has drawn countries friendly to Washington as well as his leftist allies.", "output": [ "Hugo Chavez" ] }, { "id": "task419-247f17736dae49ba8a3573f1c8dc2450", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers may have to pass another stop-gap spending bill in order to keep the federal government operating Dec. 8 when existing money runs out U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters on Tuesday.\n U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan holds his weekly news conference in the U.S. Capitol in Washington U.S. November 9 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque\nAsked about the timing of the budget process and the measure now in place to fund government operations through early December at last year’s levels Ryan told a news conference “We might need a little bit more time to give the appropriators time to write their bill” for fiscal 2018 spending that would extend through next Sept. 30.\n Ryan said a temporary spending bill if needed while the longer-term one is being negotiated would extend for a short time. “We are not talking about going into next year ” he said.", "output": [ "Paul Ryan" ] }, { "id": "task419-b4c92b7c1eb74c88b65242625abbdbbd", "input": "Almost four years after George W. Bush left office , neoconservatives still have n't grappled with his worst failures , as Jennifer Rubin reminds us in the clip above . \nAsked to name Bush 's biggest mistake , she offers two answers : -LRB- 1 -RRB- \"His failure to forcefully and promptly reply about the scurrilous allegation that he lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq ;\" and -LRB- 2 -RRB- his choice at the beginning of his second term to pursue private Social Security accounts before immigration reform . \nAs I see it , the Bush Administration was constantly avowing that it did n't lie about pre-war intelligence , and immigration reform was unlikely to pass regardless of when it was attempted . \nBut the larger problem with these answers is the notion that Bush 's political mistakes were more grave than the numerous substantive errors that he made while in the White House . \nMy own list of Bush Administration mistakes is much longer , but even controlling for the dramatically different ideological perspective of neoconservatives , Rubin 's picks betray a profound failure to grapple with a presidency that needlessly weakened America in multiple ways .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-6ad5ebc88efd4effbe2f8fe80c66219c", "input": "That meant the bill’s passage was not assured in the House of Representatives and would need some Democratic support. Speaker Paul Ryan a Republican who has backed the agreement predicted the chamber would pass the budget deal.\n“I think we will ” Ryan told radio host Hugh Hewitt. “This is a bipartisan bill. It’s going to need bipartisan support. We are going to deliver our share of support.”\nIn an appeal to Democrats to vote for the budget deal Ryan repeatedly said during a news conference that he would bring an immigration bill to the House floor after the spending measures are enacted. But he fell short of the unconditional guarantee that many Democrats demand.\nRepresentative Luis Gutierrez one of the leading advocates in Congress for immigrants urged colleagues to reject the deal. “Don’t collude with this administration ” he said. “Vote against the budget.”", "output": [ "Paul Ryan" ] }, { "id": "task419-7b348bb21a5e4d8ab42c9084c6474725", "input": "Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was besieged at a town-hall style event in Logan Iowa on Friday with questions about President Trump. Mr. Trump won Iowa by almost 10 percentage points according to the Des Moines Register.\n Grassley is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee which is investigating Russian meddling in the election.\n Grassley tried to emphasize that a deal on DACA needs to be reached before the March 5th deadline saying \"we've got to convince the American people that we don't make the same mistakes we did 30 years ago when we thought we had secured the borders because we did away with the magnet of people coming here to work.\"\nAccording to KMTV Grassley said Mr. Trump's \"sh*thole\" remark \"detracts from the very important issue that we got to get solved by March 5th ... it's better to keep to the issues don't do anything to detract from the issues and bottom line all people ought to be treated with respect.\"\n Grassley will be holding another event in Sac City Iowa on Saturday morning according to the Des Moines Register.", "output": [ "Chuck Grassley" ] }, { "id": "task419-d14ac6f55e7f4448bdbad07b1f6c948e", "input": "In August Trump told the North Koreans what to expect if they made any more threats against the United States: “They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” That warning didn’t deter Kim Jong-un from conducting a nuclear detonation and additional missile tests part of his quest for the capacity to execute a nuclear strike on the American mainland.\nThe other day Sen. Lindsey Graham R-S.C. told The Atlantic that “there’s a three in 10 chance we use the military option” — a figure he raises to “70 percent” if there’s another test. Based on their conversations he says Trump “has 100 percent made up his mind that he’s not gonna let Kim Jong-un” deploy “a missile and a nuclear warhead that can hit America effectively.”\n Kim has shown no penchant for suicide. The only circumstance in which he would be likely to fire nuclear-armed missiles is if North Korea or his regime were under surprise attack — leaving him nothing to lose. In this case the remedy wouldn’t cure the disease; it would cause the disease.\nThe hawks speculate that the North Korean despot would use these devices to intimidate us while forcing South Korea to accept reunification under his rule. He might figure that an American president would not risk the radioactive obliteration of Los Angeles or Washington to save a distant ally.\nBut for Kim the risk of being wrong on that gamble would be annihilation. And if we want to remove any doubts in his mind we could turn over some of our nukes to the South Korean government — which would have every reason to retaliate.", "output": [ "Kim Jong-un" ] }, { "id": "task419-e797733b51174d419f0d6eafb7912ca1", "input": "A Twitter user posted what appears to be a screengrab and wrote that an ISIS affiliate group broadcast a video showing the October attack that killed Sgt. La David Johnson and three other U.S. Green Berets.\nSgt. Johnson and three other American soldiers were killed in an ambush in Niger on Oct. 4. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)\n Johnson 25 was part of a 12-member Army special forces unit accompanying 30 Nigerien forces when they were attacked in a densely wooded area by as many as 50 militants.\n Johnson 's widow Myeshia Johnson is presented with a folded U.S. flag by a military honor guard member during the burial service at the Memorial Gardens East cemetery. (GASTON DE CARDENAS/AFP/Getty Images)\nRemains of Sgt. La David Johnson found weeks after his funeral\nThe gap in time led to questions about whether Johnson was killed in the assault and not found or if he was taken away by the enemy.\nAccording to the officials a medical examination concluded that Johnson was shot as many as 18 times.\nIt is believed he died in the attack and there were no indications he was shot at close range or had been bound or taken prisoner as several media reports have suggested.", "output": [ "David Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-879338ac1ab44b8c95347214fa6172f2", "input": "Dana Baiocco President Donald Trump’s pick to sit on the Consumer Product Safety Commission made her name helping companies avoid responsibility for harmful products. A partner at law firm Jones Day Baiocco has represented big tobacco and fought in court against asbestos workers who developed mesothelioma.\nBut the cases she ’s litigated that may conflict most directly with the CPSC’s mission of protecting the public from dangerous products involve all-terrain vehicles. While the CPSC was leading a campaign over ATV safety Baiocco was representing Yamaha in several suits over its two-person Rhino ATV.\n Baiocco ’s appointment would put Republican appointments in the majority of the five-person commission which could halt or reverse progress on a number of issues including restrictions on off-highway vehicles a category that includes ATVs. “Industry very much wants the agency to abandon that rule-making ” said Rachel Weintraub legislative director and general counsel for the Consumer Federation of America. “And once there is a Republican majority that may happen.”\nIn a letter Baiocco sent to the CPSC special counsel last month she said she would recuse herself from “any particular matter in which I know that I have a financial interest directly” and issues that are of direct interest to her husband’s firm White and Williams. The letter didn’t specifically address ATVs or Ikea dressers.\nRemington A. Gregg counsel for civil justice and consumer rights at Public Citizen said Baiocco should “absolutely recuse herself” from those and “any products she’s worked on.”\nIt’s unclear how many of those products she might encounter as a CPSC commissioner. In addition to Yamaha Baiocco who has worked at Jones Day since 1998 has defended R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in a class-action suit filed on behalf of smokers in Florida. According to a financial disclosure form she submitted to the Senate Baiocco received at least $5 000 “in a year” from 13 clients including R.J. Reynolds Volkswagen AG and the chemical manufacturer Daikin Industries in addition to her more than $1.2 million salary from Jones Day. She also represented Honeywell Safety Products in a suit filed by the survivors of a worker who developed mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos at the World Trade Center site. Her client list also includes airplane parts manufacturer Parker Hannifin which she ’s represented in wrongful death cases involving 13 people including the late Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan.\n Baiocco and the White House did not respond to requests for comment.\nConsumer advocates will be closely watching Baiocco’s confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce Committee which is scheduled for Wednesday. “We want to hear that she ’s actually concerned about health and safety and that she would work to protect our families ” said Gregg. “ Her career shows the opposite.”", "output": [ "Dana Baiocco" ] }, { "id": "task419-41c17a0081034583b6e1a07bed4be062", "input": "Dr . Shulkin is one of several cabinet secretaries to be accused of lavish spending on travel . Tom Price was dismissed as secretary of health and human services over his use of private jets . Within hours of the report ’ s release a few Republican lawmakers were calling for Dr . Shulkin to resign . But others in Congress and at influential veterans ’ organizations stopped short of that condemning misuse of funds but reaffirming their support for the secretary . “ A lot of them don ’ t know what to do — they may want him to go but who would replace him ?” said Paul Rieckhoff founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America . “ What they get in his place may be very disruptive .” The Department of Veterans Affairs offered only a brief defense of Dr . Shulkin ’ s trip on Wednesday saying in a statement : “ As Secretary Shulkin points out he travels far less than any recent V . A . secretary takes no private jets and was the first cabinet secretary to post details of his travel online for all to see . That said accountability and transparency are important values at V . A . under President Trump .” But Dr . Shulkin personally pushed back hard against the findings . “ The report is not accurate not objective ” he said in an interview on Wednesday . “ I was horrified when I saw the way the investigator conducted himself leading the witness with his own interpretation and the bias .” He said the department usually has weeks to review and respond to reports but he had only two working days . Newsletter Sign Up Continue reading the main story Please verify you ' re not a robot by clicking the box . You must select a newsletter to subscribe to . Sign Up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times ' s products and services . View all New York Times newsletters . In an unusual 28 - page rebuttal attached to the report by his lawyers Dr . Shulkin included findings from an independent ethics expert affidavits from witnesses who contradicted the report and transcripts of interviews conducted by the investigators that the lawyers said showed bias . The department ’ s chief of staff Vivieca Wright Simpson also disputed the findings . The report found that in seeking approval for the secretary ’ s wife Dr . Merle Bari to take the trip at public expense Ms . Wright Simpson misrepresented to the department ’ s ethics office that a planned “ special recognition dinner ” was definite . Wright Simpson ’ s false representations and alteration of an official record may have violated federal criminal statutes ” the report said adding that the inspector general had referred the matter to the Justice Department for possible prosecution . The department declined to prosecute . Advertisement Continue reading the main story Ms . Wright Simpson said in an interview on Wednesday that the dinner she mentioned in the email had in fact taken place . She said she was not given any chance to see the inspector general ’ s report or respond to it before its release despite requests through her lawyer . The report said the secretary and his wife improperly accepted the Wimbledon tickets from Victoria Gosling an organizer of the 2016 Invictus Games which brought together wounded veterans for competition . The tickets ’ face price was about $ 350 but their resale value according to the report was about $ 3 500 . Accepting such a gift violated ethics standards according to the report . It recommended that the secretary repay the cost of the tickets and reimburse the government for his wife ’ s travel . Dr . Shulkin said he would comply with recommendations but maintained that he had done nothing improper . He said Ms . Gosling was a personal friend who offered the couple her sister ’ s unused tickets and that there was nothing unethical in accepting them . He said Ms . Wright Simpson ’ s conduct will be investigated “ and if it reveals she did something wrong we will take action .” The members of Congress in charge of the committees that oversee the department — Senators Johnny Isakson of Georgia and Jon Tester of Montana and Representatives Phil Roe of Tennessee and Tim Walz of Minnesota — issued a joint statement expressing disappointment at the allegations detailed in the report . “ We believe that public officials must be held to a higher standard and whether intentional or not misusing taxpayer dollars is unacceptable ” they said in the statement . “ We ’ re counting on Dr . Shulkin to actively address all of the allegations outlined in this report .”", "output": [ "Shulkin" ] }, { "id": "task419-eae2b82823a64c768cb49be090e029dd", "input": "WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and Karen Pence will lead the U.S. delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.\nThe White House said Wednesday that Pence will attend the opening ceremonies of the games scheduled for Feb. 9 in Pyeongchang South Korea.\n Pence will hold meetings with leaders in Seoul South Korea and Tokyo Japan where he will stress the U.S. commitment to stability in the region. The vice president is also scheduled to stop in Alaska to review intercontinental ballistic missile defense systems.\nJarrod Agen Pence 's deputy chief of staff said Pence would travel to the Olympics \"to reinforce the strong U.S. presence on the Korean Peninsula and send a clear message of American resolve to the North Korean regime.\"", "output": [ "Karen Pence" ] }, { "id": "task419-55efee66bf8248f39f225a909c7a0453", "input": "The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed that it has begun proceedings against Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitckii who won a bronze medal in curling as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics .\n Krushelnitckii finished third in the mixed-doubles curling tournament competing with his wife and teammate Anastasia Bryzgalova.\nNews that Krushelnitckii 's \"A\" doping control sample had failed a doping test for meldonium first came out on Sunday; his second \"B\" sample was opened and tested on Monday – and hours later the CAS said that its anti-doping division was opening a case against the curler.\nFrom the timeline provided by the IOC's press unit earlier Monday the beginning of a formal case against Krushelnitckii would mean that the Doping-Free Sport Unit the group that handles drug testing and which is part of the Global Association of International Sports Federations had confirmed that the athlete's sample failed a re-test.\nFurther to a request from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) the CAS ADD has initiated a procedure involving the athlete Aleksandr Krushelnitckii (mixed curling; OAR). No hearing date has been fixed yet and no further information will be provided at this point.", "output": [ "Aleksandr Krushelnitckii" ] }, { "id": "task419-4dfeadbfd29d40c38e657435861f725d", "input": "National Constituent Assembly president Delcy Rodriguez issued a series of tweets targeting U.S. charge d'affaires Todd Robinson . They follow the release of an interview he gave a local online publication critical of the Venezuelan government.\n Robinson told the publication RunRunes that it is possible Washington could ratchet up sanctions against Venezuela's critical oil sector on top of sanctioning dozens of key government officials such as President Nicolas Maduro.\n\"Everything is on the table \" Robinson said. \"Undoubtedly the sanctions have been effective so far at identifying members of the regime who are corrupt or those who have played a role against Venezuela's institutions and Constitution.\"\n Robinson criticized the electoral process ahead of presidential elections on April 22 when Maduro will seek a second term. He said Venezuela's military has a large influence on the country's future but he walked a fine line adding that as a diplomat he will \"never support a coup.\"\nPushing back Rodriguez said the National Constituent Assembly will evaluate Robinson 's comments before adopting \"corresponding diplomatic measures in defense of the sovereignty and dignity of Venezuelan's people.\"\nShe accused Robinson of violating international law and said he 's guilty of being ignorant of Venezuela. She stopped short of stripping Robinson 's diplomatic credentials — action taken in recent dust-ups with key diplomats from Canada Brazil and Spain.\nIn his long diplomatic career Robinson has worked in Colombia Bolivia El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. He earned a reputation for speaking out as ambassador to Guatemala and several times faced calls for his expulsion.\nRodriguez retorted that Robinson began his new diplomatic assignment on \"the wrong foot.\"\nMore recently Robinson accused Venezuelan authorities of unjustly holding Joshua Holt a Utah man jailed on weapons charges. Robinson said Holt's case is the main obstacle to improving strained relations between the two countries.", "output": [ "Todd Robinson" ] }, { "id": "task419-c41e785dabe84e5ca9ece8d750e78634", "input": "Blackburn's entry followed a decision earlier in the day by term-limited Gov. Bill Haslam to sit out the race despite entreaties from Corker Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Tennessee's senior senator Lamar Alexander.\n\"While I have loved being a mayor and a governor I don't feel the same call to run for Senate at this point \" said Haslam . He said the hyper-partisanship that surrounds Congress was a factor in his decision.\n Haslam 's popularity in the state and his vast personal wealth would have made him a strong candidate despite lingering anger among some Republicans over his call to Donald Trump to abandon his presidential nomination last year following the release of a videotape in which Trump boasted about groping women.\nCorker who announced last week that he wouldn't seek a third term also publicly criticized the Republican president for his response to a deadly white nationalist rally in Virginia. Corker questioned whether Trump had the \"competence\" or \"stability\" to succeed in office.\n\"I believe in President Trump's immigration ban and I'll fight with him every step of the way to build that wall \" she said. \"I stand when the president walks in room and yes I stand when I hear the Star Spangled Banner.\"\nFormer U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher is another potential Republican Senate candidate and is expected to make a decision in the coming days. Haslam hasn't said whether he 'll endorse a Republican in the race.", "output": [ "Bill Haslam" ] }, { "id": "task419-7d407e5c0a6b41c2b28c64ea4e83b457", "input": "Wells threw six shutout innings against Toronto on Friday allowing three hits walking one and striking out six. He showed a good curveball and fastball lending credence to Torre 's theory that Wells's arm has special resilience that he is a physiological freak of nature. A strained muscle in his rib cage set Wells back by about two weeks and he has already rebounded and caught up with his fellow starters.\nMendoza pitched effectively in a minor league intrasquad game Friday. He has been the most erratic of the starters sometimes drifting out from his prototypical pitching mechanics and losing the sinking motion on his fastball. Torre said that Mendoza must occasionally be reminded to hold his delivery together.\nIf Irabu cannot pitch on April 3 in Oakland as expected Torre will juggle his rotation throwing Mendoza that day and then using Willie Banks on April 5. Brian Cashman the Yankees' general manager believes Irabu's condition is not serious -- based on the information doctors are giving him -- and will not attempt to acquire another starting pitcher.\nRegardless Irabu improved his standing in Torre 's mind while impressively racking up 12 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings. ''The stuff Irabu threw out there in his last couple of starts and how he refined his delivery and worked on holding people on all that stuff is very positive '' Torre said.\n Torre is saying that Cone will generally be limited to 100 pitches an outing rather than being allowed 130 to 135 pitches. Cone appears to be taking this as a personal challenge to try to throw as many innings with as few pitches as possible. Against Texas he averaged 12 pitches an inning or about 4.5 fewer than he did in 29 starts last season. He got through one inning with four pitches throwing strikes with his fastball of 87 to 91 miles an hour to both sides of the plate. Several times Cone threw sidearm spinning breaking balls away from right-handed batters.\n''I saw a different David Cone today '' Torre said. '' He moved the ball around and wasn't concerned about making them swing and miss and that to me is a great lesson for a lot of pitchers to learn.''\nCone's efficiency prompted an unusual conversation between Mel Stottlemyre the pitching coach and Torre . Stottlemyre said he had never had a pitcher throw a complete game in spring training and overhearing this Cone assured Stottlemyre he could finish the game if need be.\n Torre said: ''That was really great to have him pitch seven innings and still have something left in the tank. That was very important because he still could've gone out there.''", "output": [ "Torre" ] }, { "id": "task419-b5447287f1184fc792a6c3a3c187492a", "input": "Goldman Sachs highlights two reasons why volatility is now less likely to wreak that type of havoc on the equity market anytime soon.\nIt was a scary unprecedented situation for all involved and traders would be right to feel uncertain about how to proceed. But Goldman Sachs is here to put their minds at ease.\n The firm first uses the chart below to show that the impact of a similar volatility unwinding is the lowest in years. As a result Goldman equity derivatives strategist Rocky Fishman says investors don't have to worry about a similar VIX spike for quite some time.\nSecondly Goldman notes that heading into this week's market reckoning prices on VIX options were \"abnormally high \" considering the low level of volatility being reflected by the spot VIX. Fishman says this means investors had \"priced in some risk of outsized short VIX exchange-traded products causing turmoil like Monday's.\"\nIn other words investors were on edge even if the traditional VIX measure wasn't reflecting their concern. However Goldman says that volatility being implied by VIX options will decline following this week's events. And that means VIX futures will be less primed to explode higher on market turbulence.\nWhat Goldman is saying is that the conditions that left the VIX spring-loaded to explode higher are much more subdued now. The market largely got its short-volatility addiction out of its system and that will help it avoid the type of pain seen earlier this week — at least for now.", "output": [ "Goldman" ] }, { "id": "task419-e99abe7e272e436fafe9a9cfdb1ccdc0", "input": "Sen. Chris Murphy D-Conn. blasted President Donald Trump's method of dealing with North Korea in a Wednesday interview.\n\"It's not surprising that our negotiations are on life support right now. President Trump is deploying what is perhaps the worst negotiating strategy in the history of the American presidency \" Murphy said on MSNBC's \"Morning Joe.\"\n\"It's not just that he's out there calling this guy names \" Murphy said referring to Trump calling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un \"Little Rocket Man.\"\n\"It's that he is publicly undercutting his Department of State by tweeting out that Rex Tillerson does not have his support and cannot talk and negotiate on his behalf \" Murphy said in the MSNBC interview.\n He said that Trump is correct to point out that the U.S. has a military option.\n\"But you've actually got to empower your diplomats to do the work and you've got to communicate that the previous nuclear deals that other presidents have signed are still good. By threatening to back out of the Iran nuclear agreement you're not incentivizing the North Koreans to enter into their own agreement \" Murphy said.\n\"It's a combination of military threats of real bilateral multilateral economic sanctions which this president cannot put together because he is out there insulting all of the allies who would work with us on sanctions and empowering your diplomats \" Murphy said.\n\" He is doing none of the things to achieve a real diplomatic breakthrough.\"\nAlso on Wednesday Murphy is introducing a gun control bill in support of universal background checks but he said he is realistic about its chances of passing. \"I'm not naïve about our chances to pass this bill in this Congress but it's important to have this as a fulcrum point for the movement \" Murphy said according to The Washington Post.", "output": [ "Murphy" ] }, { "id": "task419-b5b32d835eae4addabc23dd5a5da2d2e", "input": "The state which last put someone to death in 2006 had planned its first fentanyl-assisted execution for November. The inmate involved 47-year-old Scott Dozier was convicted of killing a man in a Las Vegas hotel cutting him into pieces and stealing his money.\nAccording to documents obtained by The Washington Post Nevada's protocol calls for Dozier first to receive diazepam - a sedative better known as Valium - and then fentanyl to cause him to lose consciousness. Large doses of both would cause a person to stop breathing according to three anesthesiologists interviewed for this report.\nYet Nevada also plans to inject Dozier with a third drug cisatracurium to paralyze his muscles - a step medical experts say makes the procedure riskier.\nA judge postponed Dozier 's execution last month over concerns about the paralytic and the case is awaiting review by Nevada's Supreme Court. In the meantime Nebraska is looking toward a fentanyl-assisted execution as soon as January. Jose Sandoval the leader of a bank robbery in which five people were killed would be the first person put to death in that state since 1997.", "output": [ "Scott Dozier" ] }, { "id": "task419-73ae7473f59c4d7abafa20e612984dda", "input": "BUFFALO N.Y. (AP) — A longtime local television news anchor in Buffalo New York known for his \"rapid-fire delivery and famous alliteration\" has died. Irv Weinstein was 87.\nWKBW-TV where Weinstein had worked for 34 years says he died Tuesday in Costa Mesa California after a long battle with Lou Gehrig's disease also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS.\nThe television station says Weinstein was hired by WKBW-Radio as a newscaster and news director in 1958. Six years later he became an anchor and news director at WKBW-TV. He retired on Dec. 31 1998 a day that was proclaimed \"Irv Weinstein Day\" in Erie County.\n Weinstein was inducted into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1998 and the New York State Broadcasters Association in 2006.\n He moved to California after his retirement.", "output": [ "Irv Weinstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-a690b9d1262040ceae6cfd6df9336718", "input": "UPDATE: Miranda Lambert has offered her take on the Garth Brooks' CMA Awards lip-syncing controversy reinforcing Anderson East's initial post blasting Brooks for miming his song \"Ask Me How I Know.\" \"If you can't sing then don't. It's better to be honest than to pretend \" she wrote. \"I think it's bull shit. My favorite performances in the show were live live. The truth.\" Lambert's comments appear on East's Instagram.\nWhile Wednesday's CMA Awards were preceded by a controversy over media guidelines one of the night's hottest topics continues to be how Garth Brooks – who repeated as Entertainer of the Year – lip-synced his performance. Anderson East an artist who isn't usually known for sharing much in the way of personal or political sentiments did not appreciate the effort.\nRelated Garth Brooks Admits to Lip-Syncing 2017 CMA Awards Performance Newly-crowned Entertainer of the Year says he made \"game-time call\" to preserve his voice on \"Ask Me How I Know\"\nIndeed as soon as Brooks launched into the performance of his single \"Ask Me How I Know \" social media was afire with speculation that the megastar was not singing live. Shortly after coming offstage in the pressroom Brooks addressed the accusations head-on.", "output": [ "Garth Brooks" ] }, { "id": "task419-628371da577c4659b5256534d11c17f0", "input": "Ikea is known for its flat-pack kitchen tables islands and cabinets. Now the home furnishings retailer is experimenting with products that allow people to harvest food at home. Space10 Ikea's innovation lab has designed a prototype of a mini-farm that can grow greens and herbs indoors. Called Lokal it uses a hydroponic farming system — allowing crops to grow on trays under LEDs in a climate-controlled box. Space10 debuted the device in September at the London Design Festival in Shoreditch. Check it out below. View As: One Page Slides\nThe Lokal farm lets anyone harvest greens indoors.\nSpace10 gave 2 000 free samples of Lokal microgreens to London Design Week attendees.\nMichael La Cour Managing Director of IKEA Food Services said in a statement that Lokal still needs to be developed further before the company decides whether to sell it in stores.", "output": [ "Lokal" ] }, { "id": "task419-3687dd33c5684243939febd0310042f6", "input": "PHOENIX — Trader Joe’s says it has recalled several packaged salads after a supplier said there may be shards of glass or hard plastic inside.\n The grocery chain said Saturday on its website that packages of white meat chicken salad curried white chicken deli salad and turkey cranberry apple salad sold in some areas that expire from Nov. 10-21 could be contaminated.\nThe products are labeled with the U.S. Department of Agriculture ’s “inspected” code P-40299.\n Trader Joe’s said products with other “inspected” codes were not affected because they were created at separate sites.\n The chain apologized and urged customers to discard the products or return them for a refund.", "output": [ "Joe" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2b956993b9e4b1492f573e30d33e318", "input": "Traditional lenders should demand that online financial companies protect consumer privacy and money interests Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said on Thursday . \" Banks have considerable influence \" Brainard said of the relationship between conventional lenders and online operators . Banks often pay tech companies for the information they gather on borrowers . For that reason Brainard said those lenders can set high standards in consumer protection and privacy . \" Banks have a stake in ensuring that their vendors and third - party service providers act appropriately that consumers are protected and treated fairly and that the banks ' reputations aren ' t exposed to unnecessary risk \" she said in prepared remarks at a fintech conference at the University of Michigan . The Federal Reserve has broad authority to police the banking industry and Brainard said technology has given more clients financial options . Lenders need to ensure that customer privacy is sacrosanct said Brainard . ( Reporting By Patrick RuckerEditing by Chizu Nomiyama )", "output": [ "Lael Brainard" ] }, { "id": "task419-e63568b1a4774b968527f90d76a56056", "input": "Chins in and chests out the cadets were flanked by 1 500 officers sergeants athletic coaches and civilian professors inside cavernous Mitchell Hall. Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria told them to take out their smartphones and record his words.\n\"If you can't treat someone with dignity and respect then get out \" he said.\n Silveria spoke as investigators interviewed cadet candidates at the prep school where five black students woke up Tuesday to find \"Go Home\" followed by the epithet scrawled on message boards outside their rooms.\nAfter the speech Silveria said he thinks dealing with the racial slurs in public is important.\n\"I wanted to make it clear this is not something I am keeping from anyone \" he said. \"We have to talk about what that means.\"", "output": [ "Jay Silveria" ] }, { "id": "task419-eeff782df4a747b5bcbb98a797b1b3c8", "input": "Two decades ago the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein invited Ashley Judd to the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for what the young actress expected to be a business breakfast meeting. Instead he had her sent up to his room where he appeared in a bathrobe and asked if he could give her a massage or she could watch him shower she recalled in an interview.\nIn 2014 Mr. Weinstein invited Emily Nestor who had worked just one day as a temporary employee to the same hotel and made another offer: If she accepted his sexual advances he would boost her career according to accounts she provided to colleagues who sent them to Weinstein Company executives. The following year once again at the Peninsula a female assistant said Mr. Weinstein badgered her into giving him a massage while he was naked leaving her “crying and very distraught ” wrote a colleague Lauren O’Connor in a searing memo asserting sexual harassment and other misconduct by their boss.\n Harvey isn't denying the allegations made by a number of women saying in a statement \"I appreciate the way I’ve behaved with colleagues in the past has caused a lot of pain and I sincerely apologize for it. Though I’m trying to do better I know I have a long way to go.\"\nBut Harvey isn't just a movie guy he 's also a massive donor to the Democrat Party. One of his big recipients? Hillary Clinton. In fact he was a fundraising bundler for her 2016 campaign.\nThe RNC has called on Democrats who have received \"dirty\" money from Weinstein to return it.\n\"During three-decades worth of sexual harassment allegations Harvey Weinstein lined the pockets of Democrats to the tune of three quarters of a million dollars. If Democrats and the DNC truly stand up for women like they say they do then returning this dirty money should be a no brainer \" RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney-McDaniel said Friday.", "output": [ "Creep Harvey Weinstein", "Weinstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-0682501e297c4f2685ef5c593fc55128", "input": "GitLab a startup with $25 million in funding is having a \"very bad day \" as the company's interim vice president of marketing Tim Anglade put it to Business Insider on Wednesday after a series of human errors caused the service to go down overnight.\nMaking matters worse the team couldn't just restore: \"Out of 5 backup/replication techniques deployed none are working reliably or set up in the first place\" the blog said. \"We ended up restoring a 6 hours old backup.\" That means any data created in that six-hour window may be lost forever Anglade said.\nWhile restoring that older version of the database the site went down for at least six hours Anglade said. Intermittent failures sprung up for another several hours while the team got the service back online with everything starting to get back to normal only on Wednesday morning.\nThe good news for users Anglade said is that the database that was affected didn't actually contain anyone's code just stuff like comments and bug reports. Furthermore Anglade said the many customers who installed GitLab's software on their own servers weren't affected since that doesn't connect to GitLab.com. And paying customers weren't affected at all the company said minimizing the financial impact.\n Anglade acknowledged the outage was bad as is the looming possibility that some of that data may be gone but nobody is going to have to start rewriting his or her software from scratch and only about 1% of GitLab's users are expected to see any lasting effects from the incident.\nAs for the systems administrator who made the mistake Anglade is hesitant to place blame saying it was the whole team's fault that none of its other backup systems were working. \"It's fair to say it's more than one employee making a mistake \" he said.", "output": [ "Tim Anglade" ] }, { "id": "task419-be685c1d2d704b8d9a919c28e0d8f94b", "input": "Williams grabbed his future chef Adam Wendt and some business partners jumped in a Ford Expedition and toured the Delta with his crew. Inspired they came back to Chicago to open the restaurant.\n Wendt knew tamales would be the foundation of the menu so he experimented with recipes before they took the trip.\n“They were all wrong ” Wendt said. “When we were traveling we tasted a ton of them. We asked people how they made them discovering that they’re not steamed but stewed in spicy tomato broth. But no one would really tell us their secrets so I had to taste and figure it out.”\nAfter cooking “about 75 to 100 batches” Wendt figured it out.\n“I tasted it and I knew ” Williams said. “The funny thing is ( Wendt ) won’t tell me the recipe.”\nThey’re overflowing with silky lamb and beef topped nacho style with spicy giardiniera and drizzled with D.A.F sauce an elixir Wendt describes as “slutty.” It’s like creamy Thousand Island dressing. This plate is called the Jim Shoe ($11) an upscale homage to a native South Side Chicago sandwich. You can get the tamales prepared many other ways but the shoe was my jam.\nGenerally Memphis-style ribs are dry rubbed so heavily you feel like you’re eating kitty litter. While Wendt dry rubs and brines his babybacks ($16) he smokes and braises them and finishes them on the grill until they glisten with a sherry caramel and the blazing bite of paprika and chili powder.\nNot everything here is heavy. The catfish bursting with coriander and glistening in lemon butter is cloud-light. It’s sourced from a third-generation catfish farmer who Williams and Wendt found via a woman they met at a bar on their research trip.", "output": [ "Adam Wendt" ] }, { "id": "task419-1895ee7b71d84bb991acf7d4731945ba", "input": "A statue of Jackie Robinson shown here in 1947 was dedicated outside the Rose Bowl on Wednesday. The catch? It's the first of Robinson in a football uniform. (Photo: John Rooney AP)\nA statue of Jackie Robinson in a football uniform was unveiled Wednesday just outside of the Rose Bowl.\nBefore breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 Robinson was an accomplished football player. He played for Pasadena City College in 1937 and '38 then continued his career with UCLA.\nThe unveiling of the Jackie Robinson Statue outside the @RoseBowlStadium! pic.twitter.com/UuW7xI1uSU â Rose Bowl Game (@rosebowlgame) November 29 2017\nToday we honored the great Jackie Robinson with the first commemorative statue at the #RoseBowl and the only in the world of him in a football uniform! ðTo top it all off Vin Scully celebrated his birthday today as the MC!ð¹ #JackieRobinson#HappyBirthday#Vinpic.twitter.com/wAKFUCWIoM â Rose Bowl Stadium (@RoseBowlStadium) November 30 2017\nScully told stories about Robinson 's athleticism at UCLA where he lettered in four sports. Robinson Scully said lettered in basketball baseball football and track and was good in all of those except for baseball.\n\"In baseball Jackie Robinson played one year at UCLA \" Scully said in his address. \"This great player who is in the Hall of Fame who is looked upon as one of the great baseball players of all time ... his one year playing at UCLA he batted .097. No wonder he went on to other sports.\"", "output": [ "Jackie Robinson" ] }, { "id": "task419-94eacc47113442f9900f62d588cacee7", "input": "DC Entertainment on Saturday announced the company is investigating group editor Eddie Berganza after Buzzfeed reported on his alleged history of predatory behavior.\nFormer writer Liz Marsham said Berganza kissed her during a party and groped her at a company gathering at a bar in 2006.\nAnother DC Comics employee reported a similar encounter. Joan Hilty who is openly gay said Berganza tried grabbing her at the same bar during a separate incident according to Buzzfeed.\nAt least five women confronted DC Comics’ HR with their objections after learning Berganza was being considered for an executive editor promotion. He was promoted anyway the site said.\n Berganza was demoted to group editor in 2012 after a similar allegation that he forcibly kissed a married freelance writer during the WonderCon convention.\nDespite the demotion Berganza went on to oversee projects related to Superman and Wonder Woman.", "output": [ "Eddie Berganza" ] }, { "id": "task419-14fba3d2dc2943d5a374daef77ec6034", "input": "Ukrainian presidential hopeful Yulia Tymoshenko on Thursday dramatically raised tensions ahead of this weekend's elections warning of mass street protests if her rival rigged the polls.\n The comments by Tymoshenko currently prime minister raised the spectre of a repeat of the 2004 Orange Revolution protests and injected new venom into her cutthroat campaign battle against opposition politician Viktor Yanukovich.\n \"If we are unable to guarantee the honest expression of the people's will and honest results we will mobilise the people. I have no doubt of this \" Tymoshenko told reporters at a press conference in Kiev.\n \"If he wants falsifications we are ready to give him such resistance that he has never seen before not even in 2004 \" she added referring to the Orange Revolution demonstrations that thwarted Yanukovich's last presidential bid.\n \"I ask you not to allow Yanukovich to rape our democracy our election and our country!\" Tymoshenko said in an appeal to Ukrainian voters.\n Yanukovich who is seen as the frontrunner in Sunday's run-off after he beat Tymoshenko by 10 percent in a first-round election in January dismissed her threat as an act of desperation.\n \"This is a sign of her weakness and an indication that she is losing \" he told reporters while campaigning in the town of Kryvyi Rig located in central Ukraine.\n Tymoshenko said the change would pave the way for large-scale vote fraud but the Regions Party retorted in a statement that her criticism was \"hysterical\" and \"lies.\"\n Yanukovich is seeking to make a political comeback by beating Tymoshenko in Sunday's run-off election.\n He was initially declared the winner in the 2004 presidential election but after the Orange Revolution street protests Ukraine's supreme court threw out the results and ordered a re-run which Yanukovich lost.\n Yanukovich is generally seen as the pro-Moscow candidate and his strongest support is in the country's Russian-speaking east and south while Tymoshenko has the most support in more nationalist western and central regions.\n Tymoshenko has cast herself as the champion of democracy and European integration but has also been criticised as an opportunist who tacks with the political wind.\n He has sought to improve his thuggish image with the help of US political consultants after being cast as the villain by the Western media during the Orange Revolution.", "output": [ "Yulia Tymoshenko" ] }, { "id": "task419-1f87fd0914cb49a39255e622d106af53", "input": "Bush as president occasionally phoned Clinton\n George W. Bush had a special phone friend during his White House years: Bill Clinton.\n Asked on CBS television's \"Face the Nation\" whether it was true that he often called Clinton Bush replied: \"I don't know about often but I did. I called him. He didn't call me because he knows how busy a president is. I called him and we chatted on occasion.\"\n \"I was always pleased when he called me \" Clinton said as he sat beside Bush for the interview. \"I make it a practice never to bother the president. I don't call President Obama either. ... They got plenty to do.\"\nNeither Republican Bush nor Democrat Clinton said just what they discussed.\n \"I was always pleased when he called me \" Clinton said as he sat beside Bush for the interview. \"I make it a practice never to bother the president. I don't call President Obama either. ... They got plenty to do.\"\nDemocrat Clinton said just what they discussed.\n \"I was always pleased when he called me \" Clinton said as he sat beside Bush for the interview. \"I make it a practice never to bother the president. I don't call President Obama either. ... They got plenty to do.\"\n Bush's eight years in office followed Clinton's two terms. While poles apart politically the ex-presidents said they consider themselves to be friends.\n \"We have developed a very honest good friendship \" Clinton said. \"And we've made our disagreements respectful and we've had a good time doing it.\"", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-5515e707ea474784ad18d9a1ee7ff1d5", "input": "Congress must take action on gun control in the wake of the Las Vegas mass shooting House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. said Wednesday in a town hall hosted by CNN.\n\"We're never going to rest until we get this done \" Pelosi said in response to a question from Bob Patterson a man whose wife was killed in the attack. Patterson had asked what Pelosi was going to do to prevent future mass shootings.\n\"We're talking about a bill that would say you have to have … a background check. It's 72 hours. It's a very short background check. So I'm not making it harder for you to have a gun. All we're just saying is that you have to have a background check \" Pelosi said.\n Pelosi said that she believed it would be possible to ban bump fire stocks which the shooter appeared to use in order to allow semi-automatic weapons to fire at automatic-weapon frequency according to CNN.\n\"I do think there would be bipartisan support coming together to pass a bill to make it illegal to sell those because you can buy them now \" she said.\nIn a Thursday tweet Pelosi followed up on the town hall saying that many gun owners are in favor of \"common sense\" solutions to gun violence.", "output": [ "Pelosi" ] }, { "id": "task419-df83046d6e8640b5a3dd3d463cd267b3", "input": "Authorities discovered that Las Vegas Nevada shooter Stephen Paddock’s laptop had a missing hard drive during a search of his hotel room at the Mandalay Bay resort according to a report.\nABC News reports that investigators have not been able to recover the missing device and suspect that Paddock removed the hard drive before shooting himself to death.\nAuthorities suspect that Paddock bought software that enabled him to erase files from his hard drive but could not confirm he used the software without examining the hard drive a source told ABC News.\nThey are trying to piece together different aspects of his life examining ties to friends family and associates. Authorities have also tried to discern a motive from his travel habits health and finances but to no avail.\nUnlike other mass shooters Paddock has not left many traces of evidence.\nBut he is not the first mass shooter to destroy or conceal his digital footprint.\nIn 2007 Cho Seung Hui took the hard drive out of his computer and discarded his cellphone before opening fire on 32 people at Virginia Tech.\nSteven Kazmierczak who took the lives of five students at an Illinois college before turning the gun on himself in 2008 removed his laptop’s hard drive and tossed out the SIM card from his phone.", "output": [ "Stephen Paddock" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe854204d49d4209b3687becd7d32ff4", "input": "“Juno” star Ellen Page is a married woman.\n ELLEN PAGE SAYS BRETT RATNER OUTED HER MADE HER FEEL ‘VIOLATED’\n Page posted the announcment on Instagram with a photo of the couple’s hands showing off wedding bands on their ring fingers.\nPeople reported the “Flatliners” actress began posting photos of her with Portner on her social media accounts over the summer. Page has posted videos of her with Portner doing interpretative dance and covering songs.", "output": [ "Ellen Page" ] }, { "id": "task419-4f70b932fe08404ab89c61a03ad86014", "input": "Making a Murderer subject Brendan Dassey will remain behind bars after a federal appeals court in Chicago narrowly overturned a 2016 ruling that would have allowed Dassey to go free.\nRelated 'Making a Murderer' One Year Later: Everything You Need to Know Inside what's happened with Steven Avery Brendan Dassey and the case that's fascinated America since Nexflix debuted its true-crime hit\nIn August 2016 a judge ruled that the then-16-year-old Dassey was coerced into confessing his role in the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach; Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery were both sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of Halbach's murder. In June 2017 the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirmed that August 2016 ruling by a 2-to-1 count but the state of Wisconsin requested that seven members of that court hear the appeal.\nOn Friday the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled by a 4-to-3 margin that Dassey 's confession was not coerced. \"The state courts' finding that Dassey 's confession was voluntary was not beyond fair debate but we conclude it was reasonable \" the court's decision stated.\nHowever the appeals court judges were not unanimous in the decision with Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner saying of Dassey in her dissent \"His confession was not voluntary and his conviction should not stand and yet an impaired teenager has been sentenced to life in prison. I view this as a profound miscarriage of justice \" the Associated Press reports.\nAvery's former lawyer Jerome Buting tweeted of the Dassey decision \"The Illusion of Justice continues with the horrific decision of 4 judges on 7th Cir. to uphold Brendan Dassey's conviction. Dissenting Judge Wood proclaims: \" Dassey will spend the rest of his life in prison because of the injustice this court has decided to leave unredressed. Two strong dissents in 4-3 Dassey decision strengthen chance for SCOTUS review. Judge Wood details majority opinion flaws which 'essentially read habeas corpus relief out of the books.' SCOTUS in 2011: habeas still stands as 'guard against extreme malfunctions' in state justice.\"", "output": [ "Brendan Dassey" ] }, { "id": "task419-974f67bd9a0c49ee8aabb7c8335f150f", "input": "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled Thursday that sales of the central bank's holdings in mortgage-backed securities may play a more prominent role in the withdrawal of monetary stimulus than he indicated last month.\n \"I anticipate that at some point we will in fact have a gradual sales process \" Bernanke said Thursday in testimony to the House Financial Services Committee. In prepared remarks he avoided repeating a February statement that the Fed won't sell any securities \"at least until after policy tightening has gotten under way.\" Instead he said Thursday the tool is one way of \"applying monetary restraint.\"\n \"We would like to get back to an all-Treasury portfolio within a reasonable amount of time \" Bernanke said in response to a question from Rep. Jeb Hensarling R-Texas. The balance sheet should eventually be reduced to less than $1 trillion Bernanke told Rep. Ron Paul R-Texas who advocates abolishing the Fed.\n Raising the interest rate paid on funds deposited by banks at the Fed as well as so-called reverse repurchase agreements that temporarily drain cash from the banking system will still be among the main tools for tightening credit Bernanke said.\n \"The FOMC is not comfortable with holding all of these securities until they mature as some would be 30 years and we want to move more quickly than that back to the pre-crisis balance sheet \" Bernanke said. The Fed wouldn't sell assets in a \"really weak economy \" he said.\n At the same time Bernanke didn't say when the Fed would begin executing its strategy. He said the U.S. economy still needs low interest rates and that the central bank will be ready to tighten credit \"at the appropriate time.\"\n \"The economy continues to require the support of accommodative monetary policies \" Bernanke said in prepared testimony repeating parts of a statement to the panel from last month.\n Thursday's hearing originally scheduled for Feb. 10 was postponed because of a snowstorm. The Fed went ahead and released Bernanke's prepared testimony that day in part to lay the groundwork for a planned increase in the interest rate the central bank charges for direct loans to banks.\n Responding to questions Bernanke said the \"unemployment situation is very weak \" and the housing market is \"still quite weak.\"", "output": [ "Ben Bernanke" ] }, { "id": "task419-737801a0d18b44ddb53c79d29433d8e4", "input": "Anton Morozov a member of the Russian lower house of parliament’s international affairs committee and two other Russian lawmakers visited Pyongyang on Oct. 2-6 Russia’s RIA news agency reported.\n“They are preparing for new tests of a long-range missile. They even gave us mathematical calculations that they believe prove that their missile can hit the west coast of the United States ” RIA quoted Morozov as saying.\n Morozov ’s comments drove up the price of U.S. Treasury bonds as investors worried about the prospect of new North Korean missile tests moved into assets the market views as a safe haven in times of uncertainty.\n Morozov is a member of the LDPR a right-wing populist party. It casts itself as an opposition party but hews close to the Kremlin line on matters of international affairs.\nDescribing meetings with North Korean officials Morozov said they “displayed serious determination and bellicose rhetoric ” RIA reported.\n“The situation of course demands the swiftest intervention of all interested states particularly those represented in the region in order to prevent wide-scale military action ” the agency quoted him as saying.", "output": [ "Anton Morozov" ] }, { "id": "task419-626b0209a3074ffeba1dbfc2fb5fccdb", "input": "But on July 9 of that year prominent Beijing rights lawyer Wang Yu disappeared along with her husband also a lawyer and their teenage son.\nThe following day police raided Wang 's law firm and detained seven of her colleagues. Seven other rights lawyers were also detained or reported missing according to the Hong-Kong based China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group which has meticulously documented the cases. It became known as the \"709 crackdown\" -- a reference to the date the first arrests occurred.\n Sui was among them. He 'd earlier in the day spoken to two foreign media outlets to raise concern about Wang 's disappearance.\nThat night a security guard called up to Sui's apartment and said his car had been scratched in an accident and when he stepped outside a group of police quickly whisked him away said Sui . He wasn't seen again for nearly five months.\nTwo days later on July 12 the same thing happened to Chen . He said police asked him to come down from his apartment to answer a few questions. \"I intentionally left my cell phone upstairs in my apartment because I thought I'd be back in a few minutes.\" He didn't return for six weeks.\nDahlin says he was accused of masterminding a plan to smuggle the son of Wang Yu the first lawyer to be detained in the swoop into Myanmar in an effort to evade authorities in October 2015.\nAfter a month Chen said he was told to collect his belongings. He thought he was going home -- but instead was driven to what appeared to be an abandoned hotel and held for another 10 days.\nEarlier this year CNN visited the nondescript building where Chen said he was held in Guilin a southern city famed for its stunning landscape of karst mountains. Signs posted around the area in Chinese and English marked it as military property but it otherwise appeared open and accessible.\nSui says he admitted to charges of inciting subversion. Chen told CNN he confessed to charges of picking quarrels and provoking troubles inciting subversion and embezzlement.\n\"You have to confess \" Chen said. \"Otherwise they won't let you go.\"\n\"Early on it was quite extreme. Every little noise at night would wake me up. I'd sleep with a knife next to my bed ready to stab the first Chinese person who comes into my gate \" he said.\n Wang Yu poses during an interview in Hong Kong on March 20 2014.\n Wang Yu the first lawyer detained in the 709 crackdown was charged with subversion while her husband was charged with inciting subversion. They were both released on bail after more than a year in custody after Wang 's taped confession was aired on CCTV.\nIn it Wang renounced her legal work and blamed \"foreign forces\" for using her law firm to undermine and discredit the government. Their son who was detained along with them was released soon afterward but his movements have been heavily restricted.\nAuthorities never aired Chen 's statement. He was released a day after recording it and the charges against him were dropped.\n\"I have no criminal record but they can still use the video to discredit me \" he said.", "output": [ "Wang Yu" ] }, { "id": "task419-2d70d5303175454dbf05c2a6a2099545", "input": "That’s what Rose Namajunas has enjoyed since capturing the UFC women’s strawweight title last November at UFC 217 in Madison Square Garden.\nNamajunas 25 was a big underdog when she took on longtime unbeaten champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk of Poland. But Namajunas a Milwaukee native stunned the Garden crowd and the pay-per-view audience by scoring a first-round knockout to claim the coveted belt. A rematch has been set for UFC 223 on April 7 at Barclays Center.\nIt was Jedrzejczyk who questioned Namajunas’ mental strength before the first bout taunting the then challenger about her advocacy for mental health issues. Namajunas never flinched.\n“I knew it was coming and I knew the more she wasn’t getting a reaction the more it was bothering her and the more she turned it up on me ” Namajunas said. “I was expecting her to eventually try to touch me or try to spit in my face or whatever. I was ready for all of it.”", "output": [ "Rose Namajunas" ] }, { "id": "task419-979b392facb2446da5d056cb1bf8e0b8", "input": "Roberto Azevedo Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos Switzerland January 24 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse\n“We must make every effort to avoid the fall of the first dominoes. There is still time ” WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo told the heads of WTO delegations at a closed-door meeting in Geneva.\n“In light of recent announcements on trade policy measures it is clear that we now see a much higher and real risk of triggering an escalation of trade barriers across the globe ” Azevedo said according to a copy of his statement released by the WTO.\n Azevedo is normally very conservative in remarks about WTO members’ trade policies but he also plays a role as a guardian of the global trading rules a bulwark against protectionism.\nOn Friday he broke his silence on Trump’s tariff plan expressing concern and saying a trade war would be in nobody’s interest.\nIn his statement at Monday’s meeting he did not name any one country but sounded a more urgent warning.", "output": [ "Roberto Azevedo" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e3d8e31c22a464e95fea2a64e7b1eaf", "input": "Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) only recently having been diagnosed with brain cancer delivered dramatic remarks on the Senate floor in July lamenting what has become of contemporary politics and the legislative process. CNN called it “a Washington moment for the ages.”\nThe same day Roll Call told readers “Years from now when the history of the modern Congress is written John McCain ’s address to the Senate on July 25 2017 is likely to stand among the defining summations of the era.”\nAs we discussed at the time the Arizona Republican’s remarks were certainly compelling. He made a powerful case for a more constructive and more deliberative legislative process. McCain extoled the virtues of “regular order ” substantive hearings and bipartisan deliberations.\nTwo days later he killed his party’s far-right health care overhaul urging Republicans to do better.\nWith this in mind many hoped McCain with his legacy very much on his mind would stick to those same principles as his GOP brethren took steps to ram through a regressive tax plan – without the benefits of regular order substantive hearings and bipartisan deliberations. Those observers were disappointed to discover today that McCain’s commitment to those principles is fleeting. His statement this morning read in part:\nThe same statement said he’s “pleased that this important bill was considered through the normal legislative processes.” I know McCain knows better: his party has taken two weeks to rush through massive legislation without so much as a substantive committee hearing. The final text of the legislation the senator just endorsed hasn’t even been released yet – and the vote is likely to happen tomorrow. There’s literally nothing “normal” about any of this.\nOr put another way McCain is on record saying he wanted a tax plan that was bipartisan the result of a careful and deliberative process filled with compromises and wasn’t tilted to favor the wealthiest of the wealthy. This bill is therefore the opposite of what McCain hoped to see and he ’s voting for it anyway.", "output": [ "John McCain" ] }, { "id": "task419-7830e7c5ac0545d3a38c522e9d32ca37", "input": "Dave Chappelle tackles Hollywood’s sexual harassment allegations in his new Netflix stand-up — taking aim at one of the five women who accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.\n“I shouldn’t say this but f–k it [C.K’s] allegations were the only one that made me laugh ” he said in his “ Dave Chappelle : The Bird Revelation” special released on New Year’s Eve. “It’s terrible I know it’s terrible. I’m sorry ladies … At the same time you know what I mean Jesus Christ I don’t know they took everything from Louis it might be disproportionate I can’t tell I can’t tell this is like where it’s hard to be a man.”\n Chappelle 44 went on to address C.K.’s incident with writer Abby Schachner with whom he masturbated while on the phone. She told the New York Times that it was “one of the things that discouraged her from pursuing comedy.”\n“Show business is just harder than that ” Chappelle said bringing up Schachner again. “Them women sound…they sound weak. I know that sounds f–ked up I’m not supposed to say that but one of these ladies was like ‘Louis C.K. was masturbating while I was on the phone with him.’ B-tch you don’t know how to hang up a phone? How the f–k are you going to survive in show business if this is an actual obstacle to your dreams?”\n Chappelle ’s stand-up special was recorded in November at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles.", "output": [ "Dave Chappelle" ] }, { "id": "task419-f3f4f7ef5fa24a0294891681ee305e91", "input": "(CNN) Germany's president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned of the fractures in its society -- highlighted by the electoral success of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) -- on the nation's Day of German Unity.\n Steinmeier spoke of walls between cities and rural areas between rich and poor old and young and online and offline communities.\nThey are \"walls of alienation frustration or anger\" and behind those walls there is \"deep mistrust of democracy and its representatives \" Steinmeier said.\nWithout mentioning the AfD by name Steinmeier warned that Germany's progress since 1990 becoming a democratic peaceful and strong country at the heart of Europe could be lost if politicians and ordinary Germans do not work together to fight the party's far-right ideology and to respond to the concerns of its supporters.\n Steinmeier addressed this issue in his speech Tuesday saying many Germans from the former East no longer feel at home in their own country and question if anyone is looking out for them.\n\"This desire for a home a homeland -- we mustn't leave that to the nationalists \" said Steinmeier .\n\"There must never be a route back to nationalism \" he insisted a statement that was met with a sustained ovation.\n Steinmeier did however suggest Germany should consider stricter immigration controls in what can be seen as a bid to draw AfD voters back to the mainstream parties.\nGermany should give asylum to those who are eligible he said but must also consider \"which forms of and how much immigration we want ... and need.\"\n\"Migration should be controlled according to our requirements \" he continued insisting that people who come to Germany must learn the language and abide by the country's laws and values. \"That cannot be up for discussion.\"", "output": [ "Frank-Walter Steinmeier" ] }, { "id": "task419-30643a82f76544f49b270b420c1c4ff2", "input": "UPDATE (10:23 pm): With 99.61% of precincts reporting just for the record: Ralph Northam defeated âEnron Edâ Gillespie and his despicable disgraceful Trumpist campaign from hell by 9 points (53.9%-44.95%); Justin Fairfax defeated Jill âGovernment-Forced Mandatory Transvaginal Ultrasoundsâ Vogel by 5.4 points (52.7%-47.3%); and Mark Herring was reelected as AG over John âNot THAT John Adamsâ Adams by 6.5 points (53.2%-46.7%). An absolute trouncing smackdown demolition whatever else you want to call it and itâs largely thanks to the Orange Gropenfuhrer and his cowardly Republican lackeys and bootlicker (Paul Ryan Mitch McConnell etc.). So howâs that all working out for you a**holes? It will be VERY interesting to see how Congressional Republicans process this one whether they change their deplorable behavior or whether they prefer to suffer the same fate in November 2018 as their Virginia brethren just suffered in November 2017. They can start by ditching their insane extremist policy agenda â tax cuts for the rich gutting the Endangered Species Act you name it. Also a bunch of them such as our own Bob BADlatte might really want to âspend more time with their familiesâ and take that well-earned retirement. Just sayinââ¦\nUPDATE (8:30 pm): With 73% of precincts reporting itâs now Northam by 6 points; Fairfax 51%-Vogel 49% and Herring 52%-Adams 48%. Those leads should only widen as the night goes by. As for the House of Delegates Wendy Gooditis (D) continues to lead Del. Randy Minchew (R) in HD-10 12 599-10 426 with 24/30 precincts reporting. Chris Hurst (D) leads Del. Joseph Yost (R) 7 507-4 683 in HD-12 with 20/35 precincts reporting. In HD-21 with 15/20 precincts reporting itâs Kelly Fowler (D) 9 614-Del. Ron Villaneuva (R) 8 348.\nUPDATE (8:22 pm): With 66.6% of precincts reporting Ralph Northam has padded his lead over race-baiting âEnron Edâ to 5 points. For LG itâs Justin Fairfax 50.69%-Jill Vogel 49.24%; for AG itâs Mark Herring 51.28%-Adams 48.65%. As for the House of Delegates Ben Tribbett tweets âHala Ayala has defeated Rich Anderson for 8th Democratic pickup of the night.â And several other pickup possibilities are out there â amazing.\nUPDATE (8:14 pm): Nate Cohn tweets â Ralph Northam is the projected winner in Virginia according to the AP. He is on track to win by a decisive 8 point margin according to our estimates.â Congratulations to Governor-elect Northam!\nBREAKING: Ralph Northam wins Virginia Governor race @NBCNews projects pic.twitter.com/qp0SxsCIOp â NBC News (@NBCNews) November 8 2017\nUPDATE (8:03 pm): With 46% of precincts reporting itâs Northam 551 551-Gillespie 508 996; Fairfax 533 310-Vogel 525 062; Herring 536 797-Adams 520 442. Nate Cohn reports âMassive turnout. Running 8 percent higher ahead of our estimates which were 8 percent ahead of 13! Could be heading for nearly 2.7 million votes.â Cohn adds âItâs Northam âs night â and âOur best guess is that Mr. Northam is currently on track to win the election.â\nUPDATE (7:30 pm): With 287 precincts reporting itâs Gillespie 49.87%-Northam 49.05%; Vogel 52.02%-Fairfax 47.92%; Adams 51.54%- Herring 48.41%. Looks like Chesterfield County went by a slim margin (49.90%-48.95%) to Gillespie; compare to 49%-41% Cooch four years ago. That doesnât bode well at all for Gillespie. According to Nate Cohn of the NY Times âAt this stage it is fair to say that Northam has the advantage. Not enough information to make a call though.â His model has Northam +4.2 points.\nUPDATE (7:22 pm): With 69 of 2 566 precincts reporting itâs Ralph Northam 50.05%- Ed Gillespie 48.82%; Jill Vogel 50.35%-Justin Fairfax 49.59%; and John Adams 50.46%-Mark Herring 49.47%.\nUPDATE (7:14 pm): CNN exit poll info â âVote among women in Virginia via @ CNN exit polls â> 2017: Northam +19 2016: Clinton +17 2014: Warner +12 2013: McAuliffe +9â³ Also from @alexhoneker: âCNN Exit Poll VIRGINIA Race: White (68%): 59-40 Gillespie Black (20%): 86-13 Northam Hispanic (6%): 62-35 Northam Education: College grad (59%): 58-41 Northam Non-college grad (41%): 55-43 Gillespieâ @owillis âexit has northam at 40% w white voters. hrc had 35% mcauliffe had 36%â @BenWessel â Prelim exits have @ RalphNortham winning an eye-popping 66% of # youthvote (under-30). Literally same % that Obama got in 2008. So proud of @ NextGenAmericaâs whole team.â\n3) The latest polling heading into election day can be seen here: Northam up 9 points in Quinnipiac Universityâs final poll; Northam up 5 points in Foxâs and the Washington Post/Schar Schoolâs final poll; Northam up 6 points in CNUâs final poll; tied in Rasmussen and Roanoke College final polls etc. Clearly someoneâs going to be very wrong here and others are going to be very right. Stay tunedâ¦", "output": [ "Ralph Northam" ] }, { "id": "task419-89fb33a68c454cacbffda6b85d41e4c2", "input": "LOS ANGELES — The governor of California once again denied parole Friday for Leslie Van Houten the youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson who blamed herself at her parole hearing for letting him control her life.\nGov. Jerry Brown said in his decision that Van Houten still lays too much of the blame on Manson who died two months ago at age 83.\n The 68-year-old Van Houten is serving life for the murders of wealthy grocer Leno La Bianca and his wife Rosemary when Van Houten was 19. They were stabbed a day after other Manson followers killed pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four other people in Los Angeles.\n Van Houten has long been considered among the most likely candidates among Manson “family” members to be paroled But Brown like Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger before him has steadfastly refused to let anyone associated with Manson’s killings go free.\nIt’s the second time Brown has blocked parole for Van Houten after a state parole panel recommended that she be freed.\nBrown wrote Friday that Van Houten “played a vital part in the LaBianca murders one of the most notorious of the Manson family crimes. The devastation and loss experienced by the LaBianca family and all the victims’ families continues today.”\nBrown recalled Van Houten saying that she takes responsibility for “Manson being able to do what he did to all of us. I allowed it. I accept responsibility that I allowed him to conduct my life in that way.”", "output": [ "Leslie Van Houten" ] }, { "id": "task419-cf987dd1a82243568a6acd668752432f", "input": "One quick way to understand the agreement British Prime Minister Theresa May struck with the European Union on Friday — which effectively guarantees that the United Kingdom’s exit from the trading bloc will change so little that there will be no need to police its new border with the EU in Ireland — is to look at how very unhappy it has made pro-Brexit extremists.\nFarage Banks and other “Brexiteers” have spent months talking up the prospects of a free trade deal with the United States as a replacement for EU membership. But as Ireland’s leader Leo Varadkar pointed out by committing the U.K. to keeping its trade standards in line with the EU May had made it nearly impossible to strike free trade agreements (so-called FTAs) with nations like the U.S. which have more lax health and safety regulations.\nCongratulations to Theresa May for agreeing to absolutely everything the EU requested from the start but taking 8 months of potential trade negotiating time to do it — Matt Zarb-Cousin (@mattzarb) December 8 2017\n Theresa May has basically just scrolled straight to the end of the document and ticked the box saying she has read the Brexit Terms and Conditions. — John O'Farrell (@mrjohnofarrell) December 8 2017\nMay who voted against Brexit in last year’s referendum now faces the tricky task of holding on to the support of the so-called Brextremists in her Conservative party during the final phase of trade negotiations that could result in the U.K. leaving the EU but getting a form of associate membership like that enjoyed by Norway or Switzerland. Since she took office after the referendum May appears to have kept the peace in her divided party by stringently refusing to propose any concrete plans for what kind of deal she is hoping to strike with the E.U. The fact that her party has been avoiding hard conversations intent on satisfying the narrow majority of Britons who voted to leave the EU without having ever developed an actual plan for how to protect its economy after Brexit was reinforced on Wednesday when two senior ministers admitted as much in testimony to parliamentary committees. David Davis who leads the newly created ministry for Exiting the European Union was asked to provide details on the dozens of impact assessments he previously said his department had produced to determine how leaving the EU would affect up to 57 sectors of the British economy. To the surprise of many observers Davis who had previously described the studies as going into “excruciating detail ” suddenly admitted that no such papers existed.", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-7bbff0cc9d6a454d994f89b31e10385d", "input": "Truck driver Tequila Isaacson was at a rest stop in Snoqualmie Pass Wash. on Sunday when she noticed a family trying to get their child out of a burning pickup truck in the parking lot she wrote in a Facebook post.\n Isaacson searched for a fire extinguisher while someone called 911. She was unable to find one until she noticed an extinguisher behind the locked door of Red Mountain Coffee.\n She walked back around the side of the building and saw the fire had spread and was coming from underneath the truck. That is when she says she returned to her own truck and grabbed a metal fence post to break the door.\n“I got the fire put out and everyone safe before the 911 call was completed ” Isaacson wrote.\nWhen first responders arrived Isaacson told them that she broke the glass door. Instead of responding with thanks a Washington State Patrol Trooper told her that using a fire extinguisher without permission is theft no matter how good the intentions KOMO News reported.\n“ He outright stated that unless I was willing to pay for it right then and there he would be charging me with burglary ” Isaacson told KOMO.\nThe Washington State Patrol admitted a trooper did speak with Isaacson regarding who would be responsible for the damage.\nThe WSP will reportedly review the way the case was handled and added they are grateful for Isaacson ’s courageous effort to help the child.", "output": [ "Tequila Isaacson" ] }, { "id": "task419-a242df5fd9b44e1fa39e6925c0656b0e", "input": "Morning television personality and burgeoning rock star Joe Scarborough released a new single Saturday that he says is inspired by the anti-Donald Trump Womenâs March.\nMika and I salute youðºð¸[Link] eqg4xO4MtD â Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) January 20 2018\n The tune is an acoustic ballad featuring Scarborough at his most contemplative.\nâOnce in your life you may get the chance to stand/Against a column of tanks holding up your hand â Scarborough sings in the verse. âAnd once in your life you may get the chance to say/words like deep within your heart that change the outcome of a day.â\n Scarborough âs âStandâ marks the latest musical endeavor for the 54-year-old MSNBC star.\n He has previously released the EPs Welcome to the Monkey House Mystified and Freaks Love Freaks as well as the holiday album A Very Drumpf Christmas.\nListen to his latest song here.", "output": [ "Joe Scarborough" ] }, { "id": "task419-0bf5efa1946a461baf5801c3766c3aad", "input": "Philip Alston is the United Nations' special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. He speaks with NPR's Kelly McEvers about a report he is compiling on how the United State's most vulnerable are treated by the government.\n Philip Alston has spent the past two weeks traveling around the United States - first Washington D.C. then Los Angeles San Francisco Alabama Puerto Rico and finally West Virginia. The United States is one of the wealthiest countries in the world but Alston wanted to understand how it is that 40 million Americans live in poverty. He is the United Nations' special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. And he 's with us now. Welcome to the show.\n PHILIP ALSTON : Thank you.\n ALSTON : I was looking primarily to see the relationship between the civil rights which the United States holds so dear and poverty. In other words if you live in poverty in this country can you actually enjoy the civil and political rights which you are supposedly guaranteed?\n ALSTON : To go to Skid Row in Los Angeles to see the extent of it the never-ending encampments and tents the really grim circumstances under which people live. To go to Alabama to meet with people who live in areas that have no sewerage connection and so their sewage is basically just pumped out into their gardens. Those sorts of things have a pretty big impact.\n ALSTON : So the rich are industrious entrepreneurial patriotic and the drivers of economic success. The poor on the other hand are wasters losers and scammers. So as a result money spent on welfare is money down the drain. Money devoted to the rich is a sound investment. The reality is that the United States now has probably the lowest degree of social mobility among all the rich countries. And if you are born poor guess where you're going to end up - poor.\n ALSTON : I was very impressed by a lot of the community organizing that's going on in many places. I was very impressed by a voluntary health dental even psychological care clinic that I saw called West Virginia Health Right which has no full-time doctors or dentists but relies on volunteer services from those communities and ends up seeing 21 000 patients a year.\n ALSTON : I have to admit that sometimes I fear that such superb and much-needed initiatives they are taking the pressure off the state. And the state can sort of sit back and say well there's no need in that area. It's being done by these guys.\n ALSTON : Well I think one of the most striking things is the lack of political will. I don't want to draw a comparison with China but I did have to say when I was there that what was impressive was that Xi Jinping had made it a priority of his administration to eradicate extreme poverty. And when people said to me oh but he's just trying to keep control of the Communist Party my response was I think every politician is trying to keep control of government. And if others would dedicate themselves to eliminate poverty then that would be great.\nMCEVERS: Philip Alston is the U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Thanks for your time today.\n ALSTON : Thanks. My pleasure.", "output": [ "Philip AlstonPhilip Alston", "Alston" ] }, { "id": "task419-386ad23935e141fe9bf67d3c105282ee", "input": "\"Visitors from infected countries should wear masks. It's a precautionary measure we're taking to avoid human-to-human transmission of the virus \" Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari told AFP.\n But the minister said the government had no intention of enforcing the precaution which could do serious damage to the country's stuttering tourism industry.\n \"There'll be no penalty if people don't wear them. You can't expect people to wear masks when they're swimming \" Supari said adding the masks would be handed out to visitors as soon as possible depending on funding.\n Supari said last week she was particularly worried about Australian tourists who flock to the famous surf beaches of Bali island. More than 300 000 Australian holiday-makers visited the island last year.\n/Users/mohaddeseh/Documents/EntitySentimentAnalyzer-master/dataAnalysis/LDC2014E13_output/used_documents_in_MTurk_merge/small/AFP_ENG_20090609.0525", "output": [ "Siti Fadilah Supari" ] }, { "id": "task419-97b0b78b5754461f84c3890aaaabdd5d", "input": "\"In a private transaction in 2016 I used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130 000 to Ms. Stephanie Clifford \" Michael Cohen said in a statement. \"Neither the Trump Organization nor the Trump campaign was a party to the transaction with Ms. Clifford and neither reimbursed me for the payment either directly or indirectly.\"\nJust weeks before the 2016 election Cohen reportedly created a private LLC to pay Clifford otherwise known as Stormy Daniels following an alleged July 2006 encounter with Trump The Wall Street Journal reported in January\nFollowing initial reports last month that Cohen had made the payment he said in a statement that Trump \"vehemently denies\" any encounter between the two.\nIn January the organization Common Cause filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Justice Department alleging that the reported payment to Clifford constituted a campaign finance violation. But on Tuesday Cohen 's statement denied that accusation and said the monetary exchange was \"lawful\" and \"not a campaign contribution.\"\n\"The payment to Ms. Clifford was lawful and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone \" Cohen said.\n Cohen also said he filed a reply with the FEC but that filing will not be public until the agency has resolved the matter.\nWhen asked why he made the payment Cohen told CNN: \"Just because something isn't true doesn't mean that it can't cause you harm or damage. I will always protect Mr. Trump.\"", "output": [ "Michael Cohen" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d1edf2aa3a042c3ab1595abea75c893", "input": "The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a five-year $148 million max rookie contract extension for fourth-year center Joel Embiid according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.\nAccording to Wojnarowski if Embiid hits the max criteria over the course of the deal it could be worth as much as $178 million.\nAs such the 76ers are taking a massive gamble on Embiid after just 31 career games. Embiid the No. 3 pick in the 2014 draft missed the first two seasons of his career with foot injuries before playing 31 games last year — and then missing the rest of the season with a torn meniscus.\nBut those 31 games were a revelation. Embiid averaged 20 points on 46% shooting 36% from downtown with nearly eight rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. With Embiid on the floor the lowly 76ers actually outscored teams competing with opponents for the first time in years after undergoing a dramatic rebuild.\nThe Sixers know what they have in Embiid on the floor — an athletic inside-out physical specimen capable of defending the rim and taking over the game on offense. The question is how often they'll get to have Embiid on the floor.\nSixers coach Brett Brown has already said the team is being extremely cautious with Embiid 's health. He has sat out parts of training camp this season taking part in 5-on-5 drills only occasionally. Few believe he'll play a full 82-game season soon. ESPN's Zach Lowe estimated that in order for the 76ers to be a playoff team they'll need at least 50 games out of Embiid a modest projection that is still nearly double what he played last year.\nIf Embiid can't get over his injury woes the 76ers will be saddled with a long expensive contract for a player who can't get on the floor. According to Wojnarowski the deal contains some \"salary cap protection\" for the 76ers if Embiid suffers a long-term injury though it's unclear what the guarantees and non-guarantees are at this point.\nBut when Embiid is healthy he can do things like this:\nThe 76ers have decided that however much of this they can get from Embiid per season is worth it.\nIf Embiid recovers from his physical ailments and can play at least over 50% of the season annually then the deal will be worthwhile. Stocked with back-to-back No. 1 picks in Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz the Sixers have a core that may be the most promising in the league.\nBut until Embiid is healthy and stays healthy the team will always have a big question hanging over it.", "output": [ "Joel Embiid" ] }, { "id": "task419-e1f9b469fb6346759d8cd4099b9a55a7", "input": "After five days of scouring the life of Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock and chasing 1 000 leads investigators confessed Friday they still don't know what drove him to mass murder and they announced plans to put up billboards appealing for the public's help.\nIn their effort to find any hint of his motive investigators were looking into whether he was with a prostitute days before the shooting scrutinizing cruises he took and trying to make sense of a cryptic note with numbers jotted on it found in his hotel room a federal official said.\nSo far examinations of Paddock's politics finances any possible radicalization and his social behavior — typical investigative avenues that have helped uncover the motive in past shootings — have turned up little.\nHis arsenal also included tracer rounds that can improve a shooter's firing accuracy in the dark a law enforcement official told AP. It wasn't clear whether Paddock fired any of the illuminated bullets during the high-rise massacre.\n Paddock bought 1 000 rounds of the .308-caliber and .223-caliber tracer ammunition from a private buyer he met at a Phoenix gun show a law enforcement official not authorized to comment on the investigation said on condition of anonymity.\nVideo shot of the pandemonium that erupted when Paddock started strafing the festival showed a muzzle flash from his room at the Mandalay Bay resort but bullets weren't visible in the night sky.\nInvestigators are looking into Paddock 's mental health and any medications he was on McMahill said.\n His girlfriend Danley told FBI agents Wednesday that she had not noticed any changes in his mental state or indications he could become violent the federal official said.\n Paddock sent Danley on a trip to her native Philippines before the attack and she was unaware of his plans and devastated when she learned of the carnage while overseas she said in a statement.", "output": [ "Stephen Paddock" ] }, { "id": "task419-84112cd3ef5144c8b83d9d53a4e1e558", "input": "CRAWFORD , Texas - Military veterans injured during their service are participating in former President George W. Bush 's annual Warrior 100K bike ride at his Central Texas ranch . \nThree buses brought 52 soldiers Saturday to Bush 's Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford , about 20 miles west of Waco , for the seventh annual 100-kilometer ride on trails at the ranch . \nPresident Bush welcomes warriors for the 2017 W100K . \nPresident Bush and the Team 43 warriors take off for the final day of the #W100K pic.twitter.com1TpxsVj2vZ -- TheBushCenter -LRB- @TheBushCenter -RRB- October 8 , 2017 .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-8bbd2aa8f7f647f7a8147a5eb0d17466", "input": "Harvey Irma Jose and Maria went through a process of \"rapid intensification \" meaning their maximum sustained winds increased at least 35 mph in 24 hours or less. That's a jump of about two categories on the Saffir-Simpson scale which grades hurricane strength from 1 to 5.\nLt. Gen. Russel Honoré led Task Force Katrina in the aftermath of the hurricane that struck the Gulf Coast in 2005. But in an opinion article for CNN he wrote that hurricanes Harvey Irma and Maria were eye-opening to him\nSoon after Harvey deadly Hurricane Irma slammed the Caribbean before taking aim at Florida. Maria later followed a similar path hitting already devastated areas of the Leeward Islands and causing massive damage in Puerto Rico.\nPhotos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean An apartment building is missing a wall in San Juan Puerto Rico on Monday September 25 nearly a week after Hurricane Maria devastated the US commonwealth. Power is still out in most places and communications remain almost nonexistent on the island of 3.4 million people. Hide Caption 1 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Yancy Leon rests at the Luis Muñoz Marin International Airport near San Juan on September 25. She 's been waiting in line for two days to get a flight out. Hide Caption 2 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean An aerial view shows the flooding in San Juan on September 25. Hide Caption 3 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean People collect water from a natural spring created by landslides in Corozal Puerto Rico on Sunday September 24. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló said the island faces a humanitarian crisis. Hide Caption 4 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean An aerial view shows a flooded neighborhood in Catano Puerto Rico on Friday September 22. Hide Caption 5 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A man cleans a muddy street in Toa Baja Puerto Rico on September 22. Hide Caption 6 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A man walks on a highway divider while carrying his bicycle through San Juan Puerto Rico on Thursday September 21. Hide Caption 7 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A shack is destroyed in San Juan on September 21. Hide Caption 8 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A gas station's sign is damaged in Punta Cana Dominican Republic as the hurricane passed just north of the country on September 21. Hide Caption 9 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Rescue workers drive through a flooded road in Humacao Puerto Rico on Wednesday September 20. Hide Caption 10 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A mattress that fell from the third floor is surrounded by debris outside a San Juan apartment complex on September 20. Hide Caption 11 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Damage is seen in Roseau Dominica on September 20. Hide Caption 12 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean People walk through the destruction in Roseau on September 20. Hide Caption 13 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean San Juan is shrouded in darkness after the hurricane knocked out power to the entire island of Puerto Rico. Hide Caption 14 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Power lines are scattered across a road in Humacao Puerto Rico on September 20. Hide Caption 15 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Residents move aluminum panels from an intersection in Humacao on September 20. Hide Caption 16 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Rescue vehicles are trapped under an awning in Humacao on September 20. Hide Caption 17 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Trees are toppled outside the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan on September 20. Hide Caption 18 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Members of a rescue team embrace as they wait to help in Humacao on September 20. Hide Caption 19 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A tree is damaged in Fajardo Puerto Rico on September 20. Hide Caption 20 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Debris is strewn across a Fajardo street on September 20. Hide Caption 21 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A woman closes her property in Naguabo Puerto Rico hours before Maria 's arrival. Hide Caption 22 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean People take shelter at Puerto Rico's Humacao Arena on Tuesday September 19. Hide Caption 23 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Two girls play on cots at the Humacao Arena. Hide Caption 24 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Waves crash in San Juan as the hurricane neared Puerto Rico on September 19. Hide Caption 25 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean People pray in Humacao on September 19. Hide Caption 26 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A street is flooded in Pointe-a-Pitre on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on September 19. Hide Caption 27 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean People stand near debris at a restaurant in Le Carbet Martinique on September 19. Hide Caption 28 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean People in Luquillo Puerto Rico board up windows of a business on September 19. Hide Caption 29 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A boat is overturned off the shore of Sainte-Anne Guadeloupe on September 19. Hide Caption 30 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Cars line up at a gas station in San Juan on September 19. Hide Caption 31 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean A motorist drives on the flooded waterfront in Fort-de-France Martinique on September 19. Hide Caption 32 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Floodwaters surround cars in Pointe-a-Pitre on September 19. Hide Caption 33 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Soldiers patrol a street in Marigot St. Martin as preparations were made for Maria on September 19. Hide Caption 34 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean People buy provisions in Petit-Bourg Guadeloupe as the hurricane approached on Monday September 18. Hide Caption 35 of 36 Photos: Hurricane Maria slams the Caribbean Customers wait in line for power generators at a store in San Juan on September 18. Hide Caption 36 of 36\nPhotos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Children clean a dirty mattress from a flooded home in Immokalee Florida on Thursday September 14. Hurricane Irma laid waste to beautiful Caribbean islands and caused historic destruction across Florida. The cleanup will take weeks; recovery will take months. Hide Caption 1 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida On September 14 President Donald Trump Vice President Mike Pence and first lady Melania Trump hand out food to people impacted by Hurricane Irma in Naples Florida. Hide Caption 2 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Debris litters the area around a group of homes in the Florida Keys on Wednesday September 13. Hide Caption 3 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Lake County jail inmates fill sandbags in Astor Florida on September 13. Hide Caption 4 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A classic Volkswagen sits in floodwaters September 13 in Middleburg Florida. Flooding from the Black Creek topped the previous high-water mark by about 7 feet. Hide Caption 5 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida James Wade checks for water-damaged items as floodwaters recede in Middleburg on September 13. Hide Caption 6 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Floodwaters surround vehicles in Callahan Florida on Tuesday September 12. Hide Caption 7 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Jose Encarnacion pulls a chicken from a cage as he gathers belongings from his flooded house in Bonita Springs Florida on September 12. Hide Caption 8 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Joseph Dupuis III stacks boxes off the floor in his parents' water-logged apartment in Jacksonville Florida on September 12. Hide Caption 9 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Motorists in Estero Florida fill gas cans September 12 moments before police shut the station down because of a curfew. Hide Caption 10 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Mike Gilbert and his daughter Brooke embrace in front of a relative's destroyed condominium building in the Florida Keys on September 12. Hide Caption 11 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Members of the US Coast Guard operate in floodwaters during rescue missions in Hastings Florida on September 12. Hide Caption 12 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Waist-deep in floodwater Shelly Hughes gets her first look at the inside of her camper in Arcadia Florida on September 12. Hide Caption 13 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma a house slides into the Atlantic Ocean in Ponte Vedra Beach Florida on Monday September 11. Hide Caption 14 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Richard Shieldhouse maneuvers through storm-surge floodwaters in Jacksonville on September 11. Hide Caption 15 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Mario Valentine sits in his badly damaged home in Immokalee on September 11. Hide Caption 16 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Boats are partially submerged in Key Largo Florida on September 11. Hide Caption 17 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Chris Stokes works in the mud as he helps clean up damage to his father's convenience store in Everglades City Florida on September 11. Hide Caption 18 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Ashley Tomberg drags a tree branch from the roof of a neighbor's house in Gainesville Florida on September 11. Hide Caption 19 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Floodwaters inundate a car in Jacksonville on September 11. Hide Caption 20 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A crocodile appears at the Dinner Key Marina in Miami on September 11. Hide Caption 21 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida John Duke tries to salvage his flooded vehicle in Jacksonville on September 11. Hide Caption 22 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A van sits in a sinkhole that opened up in Winter Springs Florida on September 11. Hide Caption 23 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida People check out floodwaters at Jacksonville's Memorial Park on September 11. Hide Caption 24 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Kelly McClenthen and her boyfriend Daniel Harrison walk through floodwaters in Bonita Springs on September 11. Hide Caption 25 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A truck drives through a flooded street in Key Largo on September 11. Hide Caption 26 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A man walks by damage in Palm Shores Florida on September 11. Hide Caption 27 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Catharine Taylor Woods cleans up a broken awning outside her building in Wauchula Florida on September 11. Hide Caption 28 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida The roof of a home is damaged in Marco Island Florida on September 11. Hide Caption 29 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Rick Freedman checks damage to his neighbor's home in Marco Island on September 11. Hide Caption 30 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Boats are partially submerged in a marina in downtown Miami on September 11. Hide Caption 31 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida People step out of their flooded home in Fort Myers Florida on September 11. Hide Caption 32 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A felled tree blocks a street in downtown Miami on September 11. Hide Caption 33 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Irma damaged this gas station roof in Bonita Springs. Hide Caption 34 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Michele Snelling sleeps on couch cushions next to her 4-month-old daughter Lauryn at a middle school in St. Petersburg Florida on September 11. The school was filled with evacuees. Hide Caption 35 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Hotel guests navigate a dark stairwell after they lost power in Fort Lauderdale Florida. Hide Caption 36 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida People in Cape Coral Florida tend to a car that flipped over during Hurricane Irma on Sunday September 10. Hide Caption 37 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A manatee lies stranded September 10 after waters receded during Irma 's approach in Manatee County Florida. Hide Caption 38 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida High winds split this large tree in half in Fort Lauderdale. Hide Caption 39 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida An American flag is torn as Irma passes through Naples on September 10. Hide Caption 40 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A sheriff's deputy walks through a shelter in Naples after the power went out on September 10. Hide Caption 41 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A police officer walks over debris after a tornado touched down in Palm Bay Florida on September 10. Hide Caption 42 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Yaya Lopez holds her fiance Howard Lopez while they sleep in a middle-school hallway in St. Petersburg on September 10. Hide Caption 43 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Geoff Rutland a local volunteer from Crossing Jordan Church helps other residents get ice from a vending machine in Tampa Florida on September 10. Hide Caption 44 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida PJ Pike checks on his boat and one belonging to a friend in Fort Myers. Both were sitting in mud at their moorings due to an unusually low tide on September 10. Hide Caption 45 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida People walk past a building in Miami where the roof was blown off by Hurricane Irma on September 10. Hide Caption 46 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida An abandoned car sits in floodwaters during a storm surge in Fort Lauderdale on September 10. Hide Caption 47 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Fallen trees block a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale on September 10. Hide Caption 48 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Sailboats moored near Watson Island ride out the winds and waves on September 10. Hide Caption 49 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Members of the Blinckman family use their personal devices in a stairwell utility closet as Hurricane Irma went over Key West Florida on September 10. Hide Caption 50 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Evacuees watch the weather from a shelter in Naples on September 10. Hide Caption 51 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Heavy winds and rain blow through Miami on September 10. Hide Caption 52 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Weather Channel meteorologist Mike Seidel fights fierce winds and flooded streets while reporting in Miami on September 10. Hide Caption 53 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A man records the gusty winds going through downtown Miami on September 10. Hide Caption 54 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida A tree lies on a pickup truck after being knocked down by the high winds in Miami on September 10. Hide Caption 55 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Hotel guests eat breakfast by lamplight after the Courtyard Marriott was left without power in Fort Lauderdale on September 10. Hide Caption 56 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida Part of this crane tower collapsed in Miami on September 10. Hide Caption 57 of 58 Photos: Hurricane Irma slams Florida People sit in the Miami-Dade County Fair Expo Center as Irma approached Miami on Saturday September 9. See Hurricane Irma 's impact on the Caribbean Hide Caption 58 of 58", "output": [ "Maria" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1fbb265ba6e4200982f698ab03a485c", "input": "There are just over four months left to go before the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story. And unusually for this stage in a movie's promotional cycle we still don't even have a publicity shot of the movie's star Alden Ehrenreich as young Han Solo much less a trailer.\nInsider accounts said that they were going for a far-too-comedic tone wouldn't agree to reshoots and clashed with legendary script writer Lawrence Kasdan. One rumor had it that Ehrenreich had felt so concerned about his performance under Lord and Miller that he 'd alerted Lucasfilm and brought in an acting coach.\nHollywood legend Ron Howard himself a Lucasfilm alum was drafted to finish the job — and spent so many weeks doing so that observers speculated he wasn't so much finishing Lord and Miller's version as starting the movie from scratch.\n Alden Ehrenreich already had a heavy lift in persuading us that his portrayal was a worthy younger version of the mighty Harrison Ford; if he fails to shine on screen even the most polished edit won't do much good.", "output": [ "Alden Ehrenreich" ] }, { "id": "task419-6030017e13d849a6a1c92055c18e605b", "input": "In as Dec. 20 2017 file photo White House senior adviser Jared Kushner listens as President Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. (Photo: Evan Vucci AP)\n Jared Kushner the embattled son-in-law and senior adviser to President Trump met at the White House with executives of two companies that later made loans worth more than a half billion dollars to Kushner's family real estate firm according to The New York Times.\nChristine Taylor a spokeswoman for Kushner Companies confirmed the loans to the Associated Press but said any implication that Kushner ’s White House role affected the company’s long-standing relationships with lenders is “made up and without substantiation.”\nPeter Mirijanian spokesman for Kushner ’s lawyer Abbe Lowell said in a statement that Kushner “has had no role in the Kushner Companies since joining the government and has taken no part of any business loans or projects with or for the Companies after that.”\n Kushner resigned as chief executive of the family firm when he joined the White House last January and sold a small portion of his stake in the company to a trust controlled by his mother the Times said.\nThe newspaper quoting three people familiar with the meetings said Harris met several times with Kushner and even discussed a possible White House job for the executive but that never materialized. In late November Apollo loaned $184 million to Kushner Companies to refinance the mortgage on a Chicago skyscraper.\nCitigroup lent the firm and one of its partners $325 million to help finance a group of office buildings in Brooklyn. The Times citing people briefed on the meeting reported the loan was made in spring 2017 shortly after Kushner met in the White House with Corbat. The newspaper quoted one unidentified source as saying the two men discussed financial and trade policy and not Kushner 's family business.\nThe report comes amid Kushner 's loss of his top-secret security clearance because of a longstanding holdup of a background review. The 37-year-old presidential aide has been forced to repeatedly correct omissions in the government form used to apply for clearances as well as in his financial disclosure forms.\nThe Washington Post quoting current and former U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports on the matter reported Tuesday that officials in at least four countries — China Israel Mexico and the United Arab Emirates — have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Kushner by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience.\nThe AP quoting an unidentified former intelligence official also reported that intelligence officials have expressed concern that Kushner 's business dealings were a topic of discussion in conversations with foreign officials about issues of interest to the U.S. government.\nThe official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Kushner ’s security clearance review said there was a difference of opinion among intelligence officials about the significance of the conversations.\nSome believed Kushner knew his business dealings would likely come up in the conversations and was too naive or inexperienced to know how to steer clear of the topic in light of his position as Trump’s adviser the official said. Others thought Kushner knew the topic would likely surface and used the opportunity while talking to the foreign officials to engage in conversations about his business interests.", "output": [ "Jared Kushner" ] }, { "id": "task419-47fca7e2dfc74d4f88a9fcc5a53d7e96", "input": "Skill was everywhere. Patrick Kane had his first multi-goal game of the season. Victor Hedman made a spectacular drop pass that led to a shorthanded goal for the Lightning. And the overtime kept the arena breathless until Brayden Point won the game at 3 minutes 25 seconds on a power-play goal.\nSandwiched around that were Kane 's goals. The first came on a wrist shot from the left circle at 3:49 the second he stuffed in from a narrow angle on a 5-on-3 Hawks power play. Kane 's breakout came after he had scored just one goal in his last 10 games.\n\"I guess you measure yourself by production so it's never fun when you're not scoring for a little bit of a period of time \" Kane said. \"But you know you're going to have those stretches during the season. Just try to do the right things in practice work on your game and hopefully it comes around.\"\n Kane wasn't totally thrilled with himself however after a giveaway led to a Lightning shorthanded goal in the second. He lost the puck and Hedman tracked it down dropped it back to Ryan Callahan on a heady pass and Callahan set up Ondrej Palat for a one-time goal at 4:27.\n\"I have to be better on that play for sure \" Kane said. \"Make sure sometimes it's better to make the easy play and play it safe especially that time of the game when you're up 2-0 and it's better not to get anything at all than give them one.\"\nBrandon Saad and Richard Panik two members of the snake bit top line missed consecutive choice chances 5:30 into the period. Nick Schmaltz fired wide on a 2-on-1 and 1:51 into the overtime. Kane had a breakaway on Andrei Vasilevskiy that Vasilevskiy stopped with a pad.\n\"If you're going to make a move on him he has such long legs you're going to have to get it up \" Kane said. \"I made the move I wanted just maybe got a little bit too close and got it up but not enough.\"\n2. Patrick Kane Blackhawks: Had first multi-goal game of season.", "output": [ "Patrick Kane" ] }, { "id": "task419-56fb2056ec634021ae1320c860660e24", "input": "The aspiring model who calls Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi \"Daddy\" on Tuesday marks a year since he attended her 18th birthday party prompting his wife to file for divorce.\n Reports in the Italian press that Berlusconi went to the modest apartment of Letizia's parents on the outskirts of Naples to attend her 18th birthday party -- when he offered her an expensive necklace -- led to a public row between the prime minister and his second wife Veronica Lario.\n Twenty years his junior Lario was quoted as telling a friend she could not stay married to a man who \"frequents minors.\"\n News reports said Berlusconi first contacted Letizia without her parents knowing after he spotted pictures of her in a file of hopeful models while he claimed to be friends with her parents.\n The scandal was soon followed by the emergence of sizzling photographs of topless women lounging in the gardens of Berlusconi's luxury villa in Sardinia and revelations that a call girl accepted 2 000 euros (2 800 dollars) to spend the night with him at his Rome residence.", "output": [ "Silvio Berlusconi" ] }, { "id": "task419-9c9f3f423a3c458aa2faf8469ede52a6", "input": "Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman did not mince any words when discussing Las Vegas massacre gunman Stephen Paddock’s actions branding him a “madman ” a “scumbag ” and more.\nWhat did she say?\n Goodman speaking with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Monday night hurled insults at Paddock who “so selfishly” took nearly 60 lives in the Las Vegas deadly mass shooting.\n She added that “it’s been a very very difficult time.”\n Goodman lauded the efforts of local law enforcement first responders and health care providers for their brave actions in the aftermath of the incident.\n“They have done their utmost to save as many lives as possible but the tragedy remains for all the people who don’t know where their loved ones are ” Goodman said.\n Goodman later praised the Las Vegas community for donating blood money free rooms and more to the devastated community.\n“This has just been a tremendous bonding for us all as we come together ” Goodman said. “And we just know that the sadness is that there probably a beautiful number of 59 new stars in the heavens and we are just tragically stricken by this.”", "output": [ "Carolyn Goodman" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f589979b0844151805633e91869e458", "input": "Danny Finley has been the coroner for Clay County a rural area in the southeastern part of the state since 2011. But that’s not his primary job. He’s an insurance broker working primarily in health care and a licensed funeral director although he’s not currently active in that role.\nAt the time he was elected Finley said Clay County was in the midst of a serious drug problem. According to KIPRC the county of roughly 22 000 people had 25 drug overdose deaths that year. But it wasn’t clear which drugs were responsible so Finley couldn’t tell whether the county’s drug problem was the same or different from those in other parts of the state.\nIn Kentucky more thorough death investigations and better cause-of-death data allowed Finley and other officials to respond to the specific problems in Clay County. Finley was able to determine that prescription medications were the root of the drug problem in his county. “Most of the media reporting was on meth labs ” Finley said. “I would look at my data and although meth labs were serious problems they were not the problems I was having in Clay County.”\nSince then Finley said there has been a collaborative effort among hospital emergency department practitioners to better educate county residents on the dangers of misusing prescriptions and to stop overprescribing opioids and benzodiazepines a class of drugs typically used for anxiety or panic disorders.\nAside from data management an important element of Hargrove’s job is to help county coroners across the state discover their roles as public health officials. Hargrove nodded to Finley as an official who has effectively helped rally a local community to fight the epidemic. According to a KIPRC report released in August Clay County had only five overdose fatalities in 2016 a notable drop from the 25 it had five years earlier.", "output": [ "Danny Finley" ] }, { "id": "task419-ae54dc6635e44ec1a73bfbe3b52963fd", "input": "Hensley Meulens spent eight seasons playing in the Yankees organization before he was released in 1993 a once highly touted prospect who never found success in the majors.\nNow that he has a chance to come back to The Bronx as a manager Meulens believes those years with the organization will benefit him .\n“I was groomed to be a winner ” Meulens said during a Thursday conference call following his interview. “Everything that was instilled in me especially wining and becoming a true baseball player I learned here. I’ve been away from here for over 24 years. Every time I go somewhere people say ‘You used to play for the Yankees …’ Growing up here was essential for me and the person I became and the way I learned to play the game.”\nBut that association alone won’t get Meulens the job — and that’s where he hopes the rest of his résumé comes in.\nThe 50-year-old was the Giants’ hitting coach for eight years before being named their bench coach following the 2017 season. He also managed the Netherlands in the last two World Baseball Classics finishing fourth both times.\nA native of Curacao Meulens has worked with Didi Gregorius frequently in recent offseasons — in addition to Gregorius playing for Meulens in the WBC earlier this year.\n He ’s the third candidate to officially interview for the vacant Yankees managerial position following bench coach Rob Thomson and former Indians and Mariners manager Eric Wedge.\n Meulens ’ history with the Yankees goes back over 30 years. He was signed by the Yankees in 1985 and made his MLB debut with them in 1989.\nSince then he played with the Diamondbacks and Expos as well as three seasons in Japan. And for the last 15 years he ’s been a coach.\n Meulens pointed to the fact that he ’s played “all over the world” and was on a staff that won three World Series title in five seasons with the Giants.\nMore than that though he is confident he checks some of the other boxes general manager Brian Cashman has mentioned in his search for Joe Girardi’s replacement — mostly when it comes to communication.\n Meulens speaks five languages but he insisted there was more to his communications skills than that.\n“I’m a guy that likes going around the clubhouse talking to guys and finding out how guys are feeling so I have an understanding of what’s going on ’’ Meulens said. “You have to understand as a coach you’re kind of a psychologist at the same time.”\n“The managers that are having success that want to have success they’ve got to [get] up to speed with that kind of stuff because it’s facts ” Meulens said.\n“Now that a spot is open of course this is a place where I want to come back ” Meulens said. “This is where I grew up. My first crack at being a major leaguer was here. … A lot of my history goes back here and I think they would welcome me back into this environment.’’", "output": [ "Hensley Meulens" ] }, { "id": "task419-a7a59093f4c04e3484c46b66578024a2", "input": "Come fall Matt Patricia with pencil tucked firmly behind his ear is likely going to be patrolling some NFL sideline as a head coach. But where?\nThe New England Patriots defensive coordinator the hottest name among assistant coaches expected to move up is moving toward becoming the next coach of the Detroit Lions according to ESPN in news that is likely to disappoint New York Giants fans. Patricia 43 and the Lions however still have to agree on contract details something that under NFL rules cannot be done until the Patriots' season ends. New England advanced to the AFC championship game next weekend with a victory Saturday night over Tennessee.\n Patricia would be joining Bob Quinn who formerly worked for the Patriots and is now the Lions general manager.\nAs for the Giants they'll be in a bit of a pickle if Patricia ends up in Detroit. They're also eyeing Josh McDaniels the Patriots' offensive coordinator and Pat Shurmur the Minnesota Vikings' offensive coordinator. McDaniels has emerged as the top choice to replace Chuck Pagano with the Indianapolis Colts according to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport and Shurmur is believed to be the top choice of the Arizona Cardinals after the retirement of Bruce Arians. Like Patricia McDaniels and Shurmur cannot finalize contracts until after their teams' seasons end. Shurmur's Vikings play the Saints in a divisional-round game Sunday afternoon.\nDetroit might be the most comfortable landing spot for Patricia given his penchant for tweaking NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Better for him to not to be just across the river from the NFL's Park Avenue headquarters after wearing a Deflategate T-shirt depicting Goodell as a clown after the Patriots won Super Bowl LI last February.\n\"I think Matt is a great leader. He 's got a great personality and he works his tail off \" Tom Brady told the New York Daily News on Saturday night. \" He 's got a tremendous amount of respect from all the players. Just a great coach. I love Matt .\"\nAlthough he had a much ballyhooed sideline argument with McDaniels during a game last fall Brady has since apologized.", "output": [ "Matt Patricia" ] }, { "id": "task419-b5261102373e472a87597e7317dee06d", "input": "Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaks during an event related to the Sowing Plan \"North Summer 2017\" in Araure Venezuela September 27 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY\nCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela ’s President Nicolas Maduro railed at two of his main international critics on Wednesday chiding Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for “meddling” and mocking U.S. President Donald Trump for geographical ignorance.\nThe United States has recently imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials and Spain is pressing for the European Union to follow suit as international pressure grows on Maduro over his record on human rights and democracy.\n“Why is the global right wing so obsessed with our homeland?” leftist Maduro responded in an address on state TV.\nLampooning “little Mariano” for mispronouncing his name “Madero” Maduro said the conservative leader should focus instead on Spain’s internal problems Catalonia’s independence push and Europe’s problematic relations with Washington.\n“Forget talking about Venezuela which is a homeland of dignity ” Maduro said. “I reject and repudiate Mariano Rajoy’s meddling rude absurd comments against Venezuela.”\n Maduro faces global criticism that he has turned Venezuela into a dictatorship with the creation of an all-powerful Constituent Assembly jailing of political opponents and quashing of protests this year in which 125 people died.\nHaving in recent days labeled Trump a “Hitler” and “imperial emperor” supporting violent coup-plotters in Venezuela Maduro took aim this time at the Republican’s intellect.\nVenezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaks during an event related to the Sowing Plan \"North Summer 2017\" in Araure Venezuela September 27 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY\n Maduro repeatedly calls opposition leaders pawns of the United States intent on toppling him by force. He says the Constituent Assembly elected in August in a vote boycotted by the opposition and condemned by various foreign powers has brought peace to the nation of 30 million.", "output": [ "Nicolas Maduro" ] }, { "id": "task419-4ef3ad8e5b5f4a5593abd98f6807abf3", "input": "Washington (CNN) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 's staff prints out President Donald Trump's tweets for him to read Tillerson said Wednesday noting he does not have any social media accounts of his own.\n Tillerson praised Trump saying the President is \"world-class at social media \" and added that printing out the tweets makes sense because he doesn't know what Trump is going to tweet in advance.\n\"Now on the one hand you can say well that's nuts why don't you get an account? But on the other hand I've actually concluded that's not a bad system because it goes out and I don't know it's going to go out so there's not a whole lot I'm going to do until it's out there \" Tillerson said at an event at Stanford University speaking with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.\n Tillerson said Wednesday that at first the President's tweeting took time to get used to because \"it was very unconventional for all of us.\"", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-00e9a4a7ba6e43cf8c9d3f419a16fa87", "input": "The greatest Bears player since their iconic Super Bowl XX team more than three decades ago received the highest NFL honor Saturday when Brian Urlacher was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.\nUrlacher 39 becomes the 28th Hall of Famer to represent the Bears for all or the primary portion of their careers the most in the NFL and the first since defensive end Richard Dent was inducted in 2011. Urlacher and Lewis bring to 28 the number of modern-era linebackers in the Hall. Five of those 28 were Bears a nod to the history of the position for the franchise from George Connor to Bill George Dick Butkus Mike Singletary and now Urlacher .\n“It’s unreal ” Urlacher said. “It’s a great tradition.”\nSelected ninth in the first round of the 2000 draft Urlacher becomes the first Hall of Fame playerfrom the University of New Mexico. He was named NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and was an established star before coach Lovie Smith arrived in 2004 with a scheme that accentuated Urlacher ’s freakish athletic ability for a player with such a large frame — 6-foot-4 258 pounds. The next year he was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year becoming the fifth player to win both awards. The next season in 2006 Urlacher helped lead the Bears to Super Bowl XLI.\nNamed to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2000s Urlacher was selected to the Pro Bowl eight times and was first team All-Pro five times. In 13 seasons according to pro-football-reference.com he amassed 1 354 tackles 41½ sacks 22 interceptions two touchdowns 90 passes defensed 11 forced fumbles and 15 fumble recoveries.\nPersonnel boss Mark Hatley made the decision to draft Urlacher who had played safety in college. The Bears knew they were getting a player who could transform their defense but initially weren’t sure how to deploy him .\n“We knew we would like to play him at the mike (middle) linebacker but the problem was he had been a safety and we didn’t want to stick him there right away and beat him up and lose him and ruin an excellent prospect ” defensive coordinator Greg Blache said. “We started him off at the sam (strong-side) linebacker position where everything is coming at you from one direction in the traffic and we played him at the mike in the nickel situation where 95 percent of it was passing. So he was getting a feel for it but he wasn’t getting in the heavy traffic with the guards coming on him and combination blocks … because it’s a whole different beast when you’re playing 12 to 15 yards deep as a safety and you move up to 5 yards from the line of scrimmage with the 300-pounders.\n“We knew we had something special and we knew he would be a guy who would be a hell of a player for a long long time if we had some patience and were just judicious in how we approached it. Having (linebackers coach) Dale Lindsey there was a huge help because Dale had developed so many linebackers and he was a great voice in saying he had seen rush jobs when guys were put in situations they weren’t quite ready to handle. It ended up working out really well just because we got him eased into it to the point where he was comfortable seeing it all happen.”\nIt happened faster than anyone would have imagined which in retrospect isn’t surprising to anyone who was involved. Lindsey marveled at the amount of information Urlacher could process and then apply on the field. A lot of players even really good ones can lose the fine details when they move from the meeting room to the practice field and then into games but Urlacher absorbed it all.\nWhen middle linebacker Barry Minter was sidelined with a back injury in the third week of the 2000 season the Bears moved Urlacher . They never again discussed where he was best suited to play or what he could handle.\n“(Head coach) Dick Jauron said ‘Put him at the middle ’ ” Lindsey said. “Dick could see the big picture. Luckily for us Brian was more than willing to learn the new position. It’s nice when you have rare talent and a guy who wants to do it. That’s the difference between the real great players — they want to do it and they’ll do anything to be successful. He was like a sponge. You just kept giving him information and he absorbed it and would want more. The thing about the guys with the rare talent: They can do any damn thing you ask them. You can ask them the impossible and they can get it done. And Brian did it for us as a great middle linebacker.”\nWhen the Bears signed massive defensive tackles Ted Washington and Keith Traylor in 2001 Urlacher raised his game to a new level as the duo kept offensive linemen off of him and allowed him to make plays with his remarkable speed.\n“There are a lot of guys who can run fast in a straight line but the athleticism he showed for a guy that size off the charts ” Blache said.\nHe spearheaded the “Monday Night Miracle” at Arizona in 2006 with 25 tackles and a forced fumble that resulted in a touchdown. Urlacher had five interceptions and five sacks in 2007 a testament to his ability to do anything needed.\n Urlacher was never very comfortable in the spotlight but always at ease around his teammates which made him immensely popular. He treated the newest rookie the same way he did the most tenured veterans. When former teammate Todd Johnson became a high school coach in Sarasota Fla. he didn’t have enough uniforms to dress all of his players. Urlacher provided new jerseys — home and away — for the entire roster and did so without seeking any attention one of countless anecdotes of how he helped friends.", "output": [ "Brian Urlacher" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d4ad8bd092d49cfbe41dbfb89e492b3", "input": "The primes are \"suspicious solitary numbers \" Giordano writes. Perhaps they would prefer to be ordinary numbers \"but for some reason they couldn't do it.\" And he elaborates: There are some that almost touch -- 17 and 19 41 and 43 -- but are separated by an even number. As the numbers expand these so-called twin primes become ever rarer and the presentiment develops that these were accidents and \"that solitude is the true destiny.\" But then if you count long enough you'll find another pair of twins \"clutching each other tightly.\" Giordano depicts with aching vividness the traumas out of which Alice and Mattia emerge disabled. Alice's ski fall might be only that despite a permanently crippled leg. But we get horror seen from within: a father who bullies her even if lovingly into enduring the cold the awkwardness the fear of something she has so little taste for that she humiliatingly befouls her ski pants. Adults cannot suspect what furnishes a child's nightmare; here the reader is made to live it.\n Giordano remarkably and movingly portrays the hesitant groping toward warmth that works beneath the pair's emotional disabilities. Alice unable to tolerate not just food but also the vitality it stands for assumes a touchingly decisive if frail seductiveness with the shaky Mattia. When at 22 he brings himself to tell her about his sister she embraces him they kiss and for a moment it seems things will change.\n Only briefly; Mattia retreats goes off to Scandinavia. Upon his return years later there is another almost-moment. That too will vanish. Alice's reaching out though tentative is genuine. His response describes a parabola: rising seeming to converge dropping away. He is the man who fell to earth; she is earth though crumbly.\n What is even more distinctive and transforming is the writing. The author works with piercing subtlety. He manages -- moving from math to physics -- an exquisite rendering of what one might call feelings at the subatomic level emotion's muons gluons and quarks. Take that kiss: \"All Mattia saw was a shadow moving toward him. He instinctively closed his eyes and then felt Alice's hot mouth on his her tears on his cheek or maybe they weren't hers and finally her hands so light holding his head still and catching all his thoughts and imprisoning them there in the space that no longer existed between them.\"", "output": [ "Alice" ] }, { "id": "task419-cda34b89269e447085ad137452a941ae", "input": "Vic Damone performing in 1951. “Vic has the best pipes in the business ” singer Frank Sinatra once said. (AP)\nVic Damone a pop crooner whose creamy baritone and heartthrob good looks propelled his success at the jukebox and on-screen in the post-World War II era and for five decades more in nightclubs and concert halls died Feb. 11 at a hospital in Miami Beach. He was 89.\nHe made his professional debut at 17 tying for first place on the radio contest “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts ” and his 1947 recording debut heralded an enviable new talent. “If I had one wish ” Sinatra was said to have remarked “it would be for Vic Damone’s tonsils. Vic has the best pipes in the business.”\nMusic critic Will Friedwald in his volume “A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers ” attributed to Mr. Damone all the hallmarks of Sinatra’s early romantic balladeer phase — “the beautiful voice the light clear sound the precise articulation the impeccable phrasing.”\nThe advent of rock-and-roll drove Mr. Damone from his perch atop the pop charts but he made two of his finest albums during that phase of his career — “Linger Awhile with Vic Damone” and “The Lively Ones ” both 1962 — featuring the singer at ease with jazzy up-tempo standards such as “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” and “Soft Lights and Sweet Music.”", "output": [ "Vic Damone" ] }, { "id": "task419-79dee99fce3e42909b78053ee6ec7634", "input": "CRAWFORD , Texas -LRB- AP -RRB- -- Military veterans injured during their service are participating in former President George W. Bush 's annual Warrior 100K bike ride at his Central Texas ranch . \nThree buses brought 52 soldiers Saturday to Bush 's Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford , about 20 miles -LRB- 32.19 kilometers -RRB- west of Waco , for the seventh annual 100-kilometer -LRB- 62.14-mile -RRB- ride on trails at the ranch .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-1971f60943b147849485645406315f17", "input": "“ THE GRAND PLUG”\nJack Armstrong a former Defense Inspector General official in charge of auditing the Army General Fund said the same type of unjustified changes to Army financial statements already were being made when he retired in 2010.\nThe Army issues two types of reports – a budget report and a financial one. The budget one was completed first. Armstrong said he believes fudged numbers were inserted into the financial report to make the numbers match.\n“They don’t know what the heck the balances should be ” Armstrong said.\nSome employees of the Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) which handles a wide range of Defense Department accounting services referred sardonically to preparation of the Army’s year-end statements as “the grand plug ” Armstrong said. “ Plug” is accounting jargon for inserting made-up numbers.", "output": [ "Jack Armstrong" ] }, { "id": "task419-a4c0731bdcc44960906535b12f2a5b5f", "input": "As two officers reached a rear bedroom in the railroad-style apartment 69-year-old Mario Sanabria emerged from the room holding a large machete with a 2-foot blade in his hand and was ordered to drop it but did not comply police said.\n“They told him to drop the sword he advanced ” a high-ranking law enforcement source told The Post.\nThat’s when one of the officers shot him .\n“The uniformed officers ordered the subject to drop the weapon and he refused to comply … As the subject continued to approach the lead officer the officer discharged one shot from his service firearm striking the subject once in the chest ” said Chief of Patrol Terence Monahan during a press briefing at the scene.\n Sanabria was rushed to Lincoln Hospital where he later died officials said.\n Sanabria was not the subject of the search warrant according to Monahan.", "output": [ "Mario Sanabria" ] }, { "id": "task419-0524418ac66043d5a7fb4b4f8c53fb30", "input": "The Women's March is holding its first National Women's Convention in four decades. So who did they get to headline opening night? Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) - you know the male.\n Not only is Sanders not a woman but he tried to ruin the chances of the first ever female presidential candidate from a major party. He didn't succeed but he did hamper her momentum.\nSome famous feminists were not amused he is now getting the spotlight.\n\"I think that right now no one can deny that Bernie Sanders is probably one of the most powerful U.S. senators ... on progressive issues women’s issues mobilizing millennials. He is really in line with the principles of the Women's March \" Mallory said in an exclusive interview Wednesday night.\n Sanders doesn't seem to mind the noise. He 's just excited for the opportunity to stand in solidarity with women.\n“I’m honored to join the women at the front lines of our struggle for economic social racial and environmental justice. In January millions of women came out in an extraordinary and unprecedented display of power and resistance \" Sanders said in reference to the Women's March on Washington and sister protests in cities around the world on the first day of President Trump's administration. \"Now more than ever we must support the leadership of women across the country and fight together to advance our progressive agenda.\"", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-f6605b7b0eaf48b8a89aae8cf5894714", "input": "BLOOMINGTON Minn. (AP) — Carson Wentz made the rounds along Radio Row at last year's Super Bowl and promised himself he 'd be back for this one.\n He 's here but only as a cheerleader.\n Wentz led the Philadelphia Eagles to a 10-2 start before he tore his left ACL and LCL in Week 14. Nick Foles replaced him helped the Eagles clinch the NFC East and secure the No. 1 seed and was spectacular in the conference championship game against Minnesota.\n Wentz watched both playoff games from the sideline: the victory over the Falcons on crutches and the rout of the Vikings on a cane. He 's rooting hard for his teammates and enjoying their success without him . Wentz will be their No. 1 fan Sunday when they take on the New England Patriots and try to win the franchise's first NFL title since 1960.\n\"It's just tough knowing that could be you \" said Wentz who is walking without assistance now. \"I had my sights set on this thing since I knew we weren't making the playoffs last year. I had my sights set on playing in Minneapolis. It's right down the road from home. Here we are. It just looks different for me.\"\n Wentz from neighboring North Dakota is more than just a spectator. He has been a major presence around the team following surgery goes to quarterback meetings watches film and supports Foles as much as possible.\n\"This is Carson 's team \" Foles said. \"I've had to take it over but Carson is a tremendous player. I think he 's the MVP of the league. He 's a huge reason why we're in this position. It's been awesome just being around him . He 's handled this thing amazingly and he continues to be such a great leader in our locker room. When we go through game film and we go through everything he 's an extremely intelligent player so I listen to everything that he says.\"", "output": [ "Carson Wentz Carson", "Carson" ] }, { "id": "task419-987b52d8ce1148f79e67591c12212a84", "input": "Here's a look at the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.\n1998 - Establishes the Desmond Tutu Peace Trust.\nSeptember 30 2007 - Tutu leads The Elders on their first mission to Darfur in Tutu leads The Elders on their first mission to Darfur in Sudan.\nOctober 2011 - Tutu harshly criticizes the South African government for failing to issue a visa to the Tutu harshly criticizes the South African government for failing to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama. He accuses the government of pandering to China and in some ways being worse than the apartheid-era governments.\nOctober 3 2011 - \"Tutu: The Authorised Portrait\" is released to coincide with Tutu's \"Tutu: The Authorised Portrait\" is released to coincide with Tutu 's 80th birthday. The book written by his daughter Mpho and Allister Sparks contains personal writings as well as anecdotes by people including Richard Branson Bono the Dalai Lama Mandela and others.\nOctober 4 2012 - Tutu is Tutu is awarded $1 million by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation for \" his lifelong commitment to speaking truth to power.\"\nApril 4 2013 - Tutu is awarded the 2013 Templeton Prize for his Tutu is awarded the 2013 Templeton Prize for his \"life-long work in advancing spiritual principles such as love and forgiveness which has helped to liberate people around the world.\" The prize is worth about $1.7 million dollars.\nApril 24-29 2013 - Tutu is hospitalized to undergo tests for a persistent infection according to his foundation.\nJuly 14-21 2015 - Tutu is admitted to a Cape Town South Africa hospital to be Tutu is admitted to a Cape Town South Africa hospital to be treated for a persistent infection.\nAugust 24 2016 - Tutu admits himself to a Cape Town hospital to be treated for a recurring infection. Tutu admits himself to a Cape Town hospital to be treated for a recurring infection.\nSeptember 7 2016 - Tutu undergoes surgery to address recurring infections affecting his health.\nSeptember 17-21 2016 - Tutu is readmitted to a South African hospital after he shows signs of infection following his recent surgery. Tutu is readmitted to a South African hospital after he shows signs of infection following his recent surgery.\nOctober 6 2016 - The day before his 85th birthday he writes a Washington Post article supporting the right to die with dignity. \"Dying people should have the right to choose how and when they leave Mother Earth. I believe that alongside the wonderful palliative care that exists their choices should include a dignified assisted death.\"", "output": [ "Desmond Tutu" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b9849c0fcca4f60863a213fc040fdce", "input": "Jeremy Corbyn tears into the Tories over incoherent Brexit bumbling\nA frequent criticism of Jeremy Corbyn and the revitalised principled post-Blair Labour Party is their lack of clarity on Brexit -- some speculated that Corbyn felt that Brexit would at least allow for re-nationalisation of privatised industries something the EU might block -- but at Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions Corbyn shredded Theresa May and the Tories with a series of relentless devastating questions about the slow-motion train-wreck that is the Tories' bungling handling of Brexit.\nMore important than the views of Corbyn 's allies is the changing nature of the facts over Brexit; the Tories are steaming towards a deregulation bonanza in which the UK's principle exports will be financial secrecy for the world's looter class and unlimited cruelty to real people in the real economy.\nIn PMQs he has usually dodged the great issue. But his tone changed recently: on a visit to Shipley in West Yorkshire he was asked how he would vote if there were a referendum now – a question the PM and chancellor duck while those turncoats Jeremy Hunt and Liz Truss cravenly recant. Corbyn unhesitatingly said he ’d vote remain: “I voted remain because I thought the best option was to remain. I haven’t changed my mind.” He added: “We must make sure we obtain tariff-free access to the European markets and protection of all the rights and membership of agencies we have achieved through the European Union.” He was say some hesitant on unfamiliar policy turf. But now he has found his feet and his voice and confidence. “The danger is we will get to March 2019 with no deal we fall out of the EU we go on to World Trade Organisation rules and there will be threats to a lot of jobs all across Britain ” he warned. “I think it is quite shocking.” This time next week the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier will deliver his verdict on whether sufficient progress has been made. He has already thrown down the challenge to the chaotic Tories: what kind of country does Britain want to be a European model country or something else altogether? Theresa May doesn’t know but Jeremy Corbyn does. The European model beckons as the enlightened internationalist progressive vision – the Europhobic model is a land of impoverished deregulation.\n Corbyn has seen the light on Brexit. Now he ’s taking the fight to the Tories [Polly Toynbee/Guardian]", "output": [ "Jeremy Corbyn" ] }, { "id": "task419-9681037a66424d8da774a96fea69f769", "input": "As U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visits the Middle East this weekend he'll hope to achieve something that has eluded top American diplomats for a generation: sealing a new alliance between Saudi Arabia and Iraq that would shut the doors of the Arab world to neighboring Iran.\nThe effort to wean Iraq from Iran and bond it to Saudi Arabia isn't new but U.S. officials are optimistically pointing to a surer footing they believe they've seen in recent months. They're hoping to push the improved relations into a more advanced phase Sunday when Tillerson participates in the inaugural meeting of the Saudi Arabia-Iraq Coordination Committee in Riyadh.\n Tillerson will seek Saudi financial generosity and political support for Iraq its embattled northern neighbor. Two U.S. officials said Tillerson hopes the oil-rich Saudis will contribute to the massive reconstruction projects needed to restore pre-IS life in Iraqi cities such as Mosul and lend their backing to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. He is treading delicately among a host of powerful countries on Iraq's borders which are increasingly trying to shape the future of the ethnically and religiously divided nation.\n Tillerson 's decision to skip that gathering was widely criticized at the time as a sign of disengagement with his employees but the official said Tillerson adjusted plans to speak by secure telephone to Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir on the Iraq rapprochement.", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-3dd483edebb645289d19d15a940138af", "input": "Canadian Joshua Boyle and his American-born wife Caitlan Coleman got the red carpet treatment when they were flown home after Pakistani security forces rescued them from the clutches of the Taliban in October.\n“Today was a wonderful experience for my family and Ma’idah Grace Makepeace seemed truly enamored ” wrote Boyle in a caption under a family photo in which Trudeau holds his infant daughter on his lap.\nBut less than two weeks after that meeting Boyle is now back in captivity — this time sporting a bright orange T-shirt as he addressed a Canadian courtroom from an Ottawa-area detention center where he has been held since his Jan. 1 arrest.\n“There are a lot of holes in his story ” said Phil Gurski an Ottawa-based security consultant who used to work for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service the country’s national intelligence agency. “Why were they in Afghanistan in the first place? There are legitimate questions that need to be answered.”\nIn October 2012 Boyle and his heavily pregnant wife embarked on a backpacking trip through Ghazni province one of the most dangerous places in Afghanistan and the stronghold of the Haqqani network a radical Jihadist group tied to both al Qaeda and the Taliban.\nBoyle’s own father-in-law Jim Coleman has also had serious questions about Boyle .\nBut Boyle was obsessed — fascinated with radical Islam and gripped by a keen sense of adventure.\nBoyle who grew up in a devout Christian family became interested in radical Islam while still a student at the University of Waterloo. He claims to have edited every Wikipedia entry on radical Islam. Most of his Wikipedia efforts were focused on Omar Khadr a Canadian and the youngest detainee at Guantanamo. In 2008 Boyle offered to work as a spokesman for the Khadr family spending much of his time trying to free Omar from detention.\nBefore marrying Coleman in 2011 Boyle was married to Omar’s outspoken sister Zaynab Khadr. Their father Ahmed Said Khadr was one of Osama Bin Laden’s most trusted lieutenants. Omar was released in 2012 after a decade at Guantanamo and awarded millions by the Canadian government last year after a 2010 Canadian Supreme Court ruling said the country’s intelligence officials obtained evidence from him under torture.\n Boyle met Coleman a home-schooled Catholic girl from Stewartstown Penn. on a Star Wars chat group when they were still in their twenties. They had a brief romantic relationship before Boyle’s marriage to Zaynab and married soon after Boyle’s divorce according to published reports.\n“They saw themselves as helpers of the poor all over the world ” said Denise Bukowski a Toronto-based literary agent who told The Post she had been in talks with Boyle to represent him in a book and film deal before he was arrested earlier this month.\n“ He was very keen on making a film about his life ” she said adding that she has corresponded with Boyle for weeks to discuss his future prospects. “But now after the charges I’m not sure what’s going to happen.”\nBut Boyle claims that members of the group raped his wife in retaliation for his refusal to join them. He also said that he helped deliver his children by flashlight and in secret while they were in captivity.\nThere is no way to corroborate Boyle’s stories. He speaks authoritatively and can be controlling. In an interview with Maclean’s magazine a Canadian weekly a reporter noted that he refused to leave the room while his wife was speaking with a reporter. “Check with me before you say any of that on the recording ” Macleans reported that Boyle told her.\nAfter videos emerged of the family in captivity in 2013 and in 2016 the Coleman family worked quietly through diplomatic and military channels to secure their daughter’s freedom. They seemed amazed that after the family was rescued Boyle refused to allow American doctors to examine his children or board an American military airplane demanding to be flown to Canada on a commercial airline instead.\nAt some point Boyle appears to have converted to Islam although he refuses to say for sure. He has referred to himself and his wife who since being released from their captivity has continued to wear a hijab as “pilgrims” to Afghanistan who were only ever interested in helping the poor.", "output": [ "Joshua Boyle" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc659dd261ac4e7ebf19b59639bf2020", "input": "The Sports Illustrated story also detailed the teamâs handling of the domestic assault case against Earl K. Sneed a writer on Mavs.com whose employment was terminated this week. Sneed was arrested in 2012 on suspicion of assaulting his then-girlfriend who fractured her right wrist and suffered bruises to her arms and chest.\n Sneed was arrested at the NBA team's facility two months after the incident and eventually pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault according to Sports Illustrated. In the report Sneed then had another violent incident in 2014 with a fellow Mavericks employee whose face was left swollen after the assault.\n The woman reported the incident with Sneed to her immediate supervisor and Pittman. Pittman informed the woman of Sneed 's prior arrest according to Sports Illustrated.\nâI was aware of it \" Cuban told Sports Illustrated. \"I also suggested that we put him through domestic violence training class and then create a zero tolerance policy that included a variety of things ⦠I donât want this to be incorrect. I donât want you to think I misled you. We took this very seriously.â\n Sneed erased all his tweets and then deleted his account late Tuesday night. His Instagram account was still active.\nLate Tuesday Sneed released a statement to The Dallas Morning News: \"While both instances described in the report are damning and language used is not accurate the two relationships described in the report are not something I am proud to have been a part of. I underwent much counseling after both situations under the direction of [Mavs vice president of human resources] Buddy Pittman and I feel like I grew from that counseling. I also signed a contract stating that I would not have one-on-one contact or fraternize with female employees after the inaccurately described incident with my female co-worker who was a live-in girlfriend.", "output": [ "Earl K. Sneed" ] }, { "id": "task419-ea7b9e23490744299f811a5b983da2cd", "input": "Hackers concealed behind fanciful aliases on the Internet often appropriate larger-than-life dimensions. In reality other than in physical proportions Sabu seemed considerably smaller than life. A defensive-lineman-size man known as Booby he was raising the two young children of his imprisoned aunt in a public housing project. Court documents showed that Mr. Monsegur 28 paid bills with stolen credit cards and dabbled in drug sales.\n Mr. Monsegur’s whereabouts are unknown and his lawyers declined to comment. His background remains gauzy but court records and interviews with relatives and neighbors offer an outline.\n He was born in 1983. His father also named Hector Monsegur was arrested in 1997 along with his sister Iris for selling heroin. Both went to prison for seven years.\nWhile his father was locked up Mr. Monsegur apparently moved in with his grandmother Irma who lived in a sixth-floor apartment in the Jacob Riis Houses a Lower East Side housing project.\nSchool officials said Mr. Monsegur attended Washington Irving High School but left in 2001 without finishing ninth grade. In the transcript of his guilty plea Mr. Monsegur said that he went to college though it is unclear if he actually did.\nAfter his release from prison in early 2003 Mr. Monsegur’s father found work with a sanitation company. The aunt Iris ran a credit repair company from her Staten Island home. Her involvement with drugs however continued. She was arrested again and returned to prison in 2010. By that point she had had two girls. They were entrusted to the care of the younger Mr. Monsegur and he gained legal custody of them.\nEven after his aunt left prison last August her children remained with Mr. Monsegur .\n He worked sporadically including for a few months at OpenPlans a nonprofit group that tries to improve government through technology. His profile on the networking site LinkedIn which listed him as a senior systems administrator there disappeared on Thursday. A former co-worker described him as friendly and competent.\n Mr. Monsegur was active in computer and hacking circles as far back as the late 1990s and started a group for local programmers in 2002. “My name is Xavier ” he announced inviting others to join and “integrate their knowledge into one big mass of hairy information.”\n He soon came to embrace strong antigovernment and anticapitalist ideologies that steered him into the hacking world.\nIn what was identified as a question-and-answer interview with Sabu published in New Scientist magazine last year he said that he became a hacktivist when he was 16. He said he became disturbed that the Navy was using Vieques Island in Puerto Rico as a bombing range for exercises and that he helped disrupt communications. In 2010 he said in the interview he was drawn to Anonymous a leaderless antiauthoritarian movement that has taken up a variety of political causes. The catalyst he said was his outrage over the arrest of Julian Assange founder of WikiLeaks the whistle-blower site.\nIn particular he became a leader of a splinter group Lulz Security or LulzSec which claimed to attack computer security companies for laughs or lulz rather than for financial gain.\nDescribing himself he said in the interview “I’m not some cape-wearing hero nor am I some supervillain trying to bring down the good guys. I’m just doing what I know how to do and that is counter abuse.” For his online handle he chose Sabu adopted from a former professional wrestler.\nIn 2010 and 2011 according to court documents Mr. Monsegur participated in a relentless string of online attacks against companies and governments. Targets included Visa MasterCard PayPal and Sony . He also played a role in attacks on computers belonging to the governments of Tunisia Yemen Algeria and Zimbabwe as well as those of the United States Senate .\nThough he was self-taught Mr. Monsegur was probably among the most skilled technologists in the bunch. As the “rooter ” federal authorities say he was in charge of identifying vulnerabilities of LulzSec targets and creating the attack strategy.\nCopies of LulzSec chat logs posted online show that he was sometimes wary of getting caught. In one discussion he is irate at his fellow hackers for revealing the name of a site used in an attack because it could expose his computer’s location. Another participant is deferential: “Mm okay ill not say anything further without conferring with you.”", "output": [ "Monsegur" ] }, { "id": "task419-d653a69aefa7491bac2349a3ace4151b", "input": "UPDATE (4:30 AM EDT): Singer Jason Aldean posted on his Instagram account that the night has been \"beyond horrific\" and said that he was praying for the victims of the attack. He confirmed that he and his crew are all safe.\nTonight has been beyond horrific. I still dont know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that Me and my Crew are safe. My Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight. It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night. #heartbroken #stopthehate A post shared by Jason Aldean (@jasonaldean) on Oct 2 2017 at 1:17am PDT\n Country singer Jason Aldean who was performing during the attack is safe along with his team.\n#BREAKING: Jason Aldean and his team are safe in Las Vegas according to his representatives [Link] â Al Boe BREAKING NEWS (@AlBoeNEWS) October 2 2017", "output": [ "Jason Aldean" ] }, { "id": "task419-4b0899322c3a40b7ac905d5f72d68159", "input": "(CNN) Pitcher Roy Halladay who won two Cy Young awards and more than 200 Major League Baseball games during a stellar career died Tuesday in a plane crash off the Florida coast authorities said.\n Halladay 40 was the only person on the two-seater plane that crashed just off New Port Richey on the Gulf coast north of the Tampa Bay area Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said.\nAnother above average view thanks to my Icon A5! Time it took to get from my lake to here 15min... Having a island to yourself.. Priceless!! pic.twitter.com/oWn7jCHC05 â Roy Halladay (@RoyHalladay) October 17 2017\n Halladay pitched parts of 16 seasons in the major leagues the first 12 with the Toronto Blue Jays. He won the Cy Young for the Jays in 2003 when he went 22-7 with a 3.25 ERA and led the American League with nine complete games.\n He was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies before the 2010 season and won another Cy Young in his first year with the team. That season he went 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA and threw a perfect game in the regular season and a no-hitter in his first postseason start. The no-hitter is the only one in National League postseason history.\n\"There are no words to describe the sadness that the entire Phillies family is feeling over the loss of one of the most respected human beings to ever play the game \" a team statement said. \"It is with the heaviest of hearts that we pass along our condolences to ( his wife) Brandy (and sons) Ryan and Braden.\"\n Halladay finished his career with a 203 wins and a career ERA of 3.38.\n\"He was one in a million \" said Nocco the sheriff who was a friend of Halladay 's. \"It is a true loss for us. ... His heart was a heart of gold. He was an unbelievable human being.\"\nNocco said Halladay often spoke of his love of flying.\nFormer Blue Jays teammate Vernon Wells said Halladay was one of the best pitchers ever.\n\"I had a front row seat to watch his greatness. RIP Doc \" Wells tweeted referencing a Halladay nickname.\n Halladay will be eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.", "output": [ "Roy Halladay" ] }, { "id": "task419-01e91e8a30104f96808b01558a2daed9", "input": "Jill Abramson’s hit piece on Clarence Thomas remarkably relies on David Brock and Fred Cooke although Brock himself rebutted Abramson’s own work on Thomas and has highlighted Cooke as a problematic source. Here are the facts.\nMayer and Abramson have made these accusations on the basis of accounts from sources who tell me they were either flatly misquoted or misrepresented or refused to confirm information attributed to them. The list of these people who say they were misquoted includes the only woman whose allegations against Thomas have not been previously reported — and refuted — in prior books or articles. In addition to relying on fake evidence doctored quotes and unsupported hearsay the book is brimming with anonymous and discreditable sources. Key figures were never interviewed. Where evidence does not fit the authors’ point it is ignored entirely. And a whole array of alleged facts — small and large — are simply wrong.\nThe case that Thomas exhibited an interest in pornography after his student days rests on the accounts of two people: Barry Maddox the proprietor of a Washington D.C. video rental shop and Frederick Cooke a Washington attorney. [A third source Kaye Savage who claims to have information linking Thomas to Playboy magazine is discussed later in this review.] Mayer and Abramson write:\n“But the interest in pornography that Thomas first exhibited at Yale apparently continued through the early 1980s when Long Dong Silver was a well-known figure among fans of X-rated movies. According to Barry Maddox the proprietor of Graffiti a video rental and equipment store just off Dupont Circle a few blocks from the EEOC’s headquarters the store began to rent pornographic videos in 1982. Not long afterward Maddox recalled Thomas became a regular customer.”\nThere are several problems with this account including that the EEOC’s headquarters at 18th and L Streets NW a few blocks south of the Dupont Circle area did not open until August 1989. Thomas worked at that location for only a matter of months and during the entire time he was in the middle of a brutal confirmation fight for a seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals which he won in March 1990. In the early 1980s when Maddox claims Thomas was a regular customer the EEOC’s headquarters were at Columbia Plaza at 24th and E Streets NW — nowhere near Dupont Circle or Graffiti.\n“It was also in Graffiti that Frederick Douglass Cooke Jr. a Washington attorney and the former D.C. corporation counsel saw Thomas at the cashier’s counter in the late 1980s with another ‘freak-of-nature’ kind of film. Cooke thought it pretty amusing to run into the chairman of the EEOC whom he had met once or twice on a social basis standing with a triple X videotape entitled The Adventures of Bad Mama Jama.”\nThese sentences appear on page 107 of the book where though he is not quoted directly it appears as if Cooke himself has told the authors what he supposedly saw. There is no note indicating otherwise. Not until flipping to a note for page 330 where efforts by Thomas opponents to extract damaging information from Cooke are discussed do we learn “Reached on two separate occasions Cooke would neither confirm nor deny the account.”[5.]", "output": [ "Clarence Thomas" ] }, { "id": "task419-3e5d127b97c74fa9bdd3bc4ec657df91", "input": "The far-left true believer made a spectacle of himself when he hesitated to endorse his old boss Hillary Clinton in the 2016 primaries over Sen. Bernie Sanders the self-styled socialist who sings all Hizzoner’s favorite tunes. When he finally came around the New York Times’ Michael Grynbaum called it de Blasio’s “slow awkward march toward endorsing Hillary Rodham Clinton — the woman who jump-started his political career.”\nNow riding the wave of “resistance” and co-opting the populist rhetoric of the right Sanders and de Blasio believe they can redress their party’s failed promises to the white working-class and union voters who turned their backs on the Dems in 2016.\nDe Blasio will praise Sanders on New Year’s Day and the duo will smile for the cameras but make no mistake there’s a real fight over who will get to lead the political left’s bold new revolution come 2020. De Blasio Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren will all most likely throw their ushankas into the ring. Blas knows that despite his very real general-election handicap of being yet another far-left upper-East Coast faux intellectual at least he’s not as old as the Ark of the Covenant.\nDe Blasio turning his back on the Clintons and fully embracing Sanders is the first in a long line of stunts to come. He ’ll go wherever the party message is though he prefers that message to be so far left it takes the party right off a cliff.", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-44037cd9bc504c97974a7150d9bd1b14", "input": "The good news for Indy is that the only coaching vacancy still looks pretty attractive — if Andrew Luck is healthy.\n Luck meanwhile continues to be the big question as he rehabs from last January's surgery for a partially torn labrum in his throwing shoulder.\nSome believe McDaniels' sudden change of heart was related to doubts about Luck 's health.\nOn Wednesday though he attempted to alleviate lingering concerns about Luck while acknowledging the franchise quarterback still hasn't thrown a football since returning from Europe late last year.\n\"At this point we feel very strongly that Andrew is in a good place. He doesn't need surgery \" Ballard said. \"I have not gotten that from the two doctors that he 's seen here after the season. His strength is good. He 's working on his throwing motion and he 's working on his arm speed right now. He has not picked up a football but he is throwing balls working on arm speed.\n\" He 's going to do everything right to get himself ready to play and I'm very confident he 's very confident that he 's going to come back and prove a lot of people wrong \" Ballard added.", "output": [ "Andrew Luck" ] }, { "id": "task419-fd00ab6615f1420d8e51382c5ae75e91", "input": "“It’s a big priority for us to bring people closer together around meaningful content and the people who are meaningful to them ” Facebook’s VP of video product Fidji Simo tells me. “Creators are right at the intersection of everything we think is pretty unique about Facebook.”\n“The idea was there to give them a one-stop-shop for all the functionality to manage their presence on the go ” Simo explains about the Creator app which breaks down into four parts.\nThis bundle of tools lets users add intros outros and custom emoji reactions to their live broadcasts. Creators go on Facebook’s site upload an intro like a theme song or welcome and an outro like a call to follow them across social media. Those can then be enabled in the Creator app so they play at the start and end of the broadcast. Simo notes that “[Creators] were saying Live is cool because it’s raw and authentic but they’d like to be able to introduce every time what their show is about or what the theme is about.”\nGraph frames let makers add a pretty border to their videos for a more immersive feel. And custom reactions let creators replace one of the six default “haha ” “‘angry” or “wow” alternatives to the standard “Like” with a graphic of their choice. That could tie in with the theme of their broadcast or personality. For example Simo says feel-good video star Markian could add an especially toothy smile reaction to entertain his fan club group on Facebook the #SmileSquad.", "output": [ "Fidji Simo" ] }, { "id": "task419-b186613a2131448aabbf208994b1acdd", "input": "Simone Biles has largely spent the past year working with different charities. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for The Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis)\nIt’s a great time for Team USA gymnastics. Less than a week after 16-year-old American Morgan Hurd upset the international favorites to win the all-around title at worlds in Montreal 2016 Olympic phenom Simone Biles announced she will return to full-time training on Nov. 1 after just over a year off. Her ultimate goal is to compete at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.\n“It’s going to be rough ” the 20-year-old told NBC Sports on Thursday noting she ’ll also be employing a new coach who she ’ll name later. “But the muscle memory is there because I’ve come and I’ve played in the gym. All of my skills are basically still there. There are a couple of skills like on [balance] beam that I haven’t done yet like a dismount because why would I just chuck that? There’s no way. And I haven’t vaulted since the Olympics.”\n [Simone Biles not ‘ ashamed’ to say she has ADHD after anti-doping database hack]\n Biles is giving herself plenty of time to get back into top form compared to previous Olympians including 2016 teammates Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman who took more than two years off after the 2012 Olympics in London to begin training for last summer’s Games in Rio de Janeiro.\n Biles whose combined total of 19 world championships and Olympic medals make her the most decorated American gymnast ever said her immediate goal is to begin competing on some apparatuses by mid-July but by the P&G Championships in August to start competing in the all-around category again.\nAs for up-and-comers like Hurd Biles is complimentary.\n“[Hurd] is still fairly young and she handled the pressure because she ’s never been on a stage like that ” Biles said.\nHurd won’t be the only competition that has emerged while Biles has spent the last year traveling and promoting several charities. Olympic alternate Ragan Smith 17 has stepped up her game as well winning the U.S. championship to assert herself as a favorite going into worlds. Smith was unable to compete however due to a last-minute ankle injury she sustained while warming up on the vault.\n Biles may get a chance to mingle with both if she chooses to participate in a U.S. national team camp in January. Right now she said she ’ll “probably” attend but she won’t be doing anything intensive if she goes.\n“[I’d go] just to get back in the swing of things ” Biles told NBC Sports. “At least I’ll be back in the rhythm to just go in there and do whatever I need to do. And be with the national team coaches so they can get me up to date on all the new rules and everything.”", "output": [ "Simone Biles" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb649f75bf67435f90a236bc49ceedf7", "input": "The book begins in an unnamed Syrian city with a teenage boy Tareq surrounded by his bustling tight-knit family . It details Tareq 's excruciating journey leaving behind people and places he loves almost from the very moment a bomb hits his family's home.\nOn the day that Tareq 's home is struck by a bomb \nTareq was having a normal day with his family. His mom was cooking in the kitchen his grandmother was enjoying a small glass of tea his little brothers and sisters were playing and watching TV — just the typical day in their lives. And that typical day is destroyed by an airstrike. He 's sent to the hospital where he does get some good news that his little sister is alive. But then a doctor takes him to a room and he sees his two 6-month-old little brothers dead on a gurney. And it seems very dark but it's a situation that happens all the time and really it's based on real characters including those twins. I've seen pictures of the twins laying on the gurney and it's the sad truth.\nAnd for Tareq the character in my book he goes to Turkey. He 's a second-class citizen there. He 's going to go to Europe. He 's going to be a second-class citizen there. There are people who don't want him . There are people who fear him despite him being the one who's really afraid.", "output": [ "Tareq" ] }, { "id": "task419-5c9944bd2cb84c7a8ce97935084816b4", "input": "In one of Pat’s favorite interviews Felipe Calderón lectures Americans on how terrible states like Arizona are for cracking down on illegal immigration.\nSeveral years ago Calderón sat down with Wolf Blitzer to discuss illegal immigration in his country and the U.S.’s “mistreatment” of illegal immigrants and the most poignant point of all made by Calderón was when Blitzer asked “If somebody sneaks in from Nicaragua or some other country in Central America through the southern border of Mexico and they wind up in Mexico they can go get a job? They can work?”\n“If somebody do that without permissions we send back them ” said Calderón .\n He went on to share documentation is required by those entering into Mexico including some sort of assurance they aren’t criminals.\nWhat Calderón is saying here is the U.S. should allow everyone into this country and just let them be. “That is just mindnumbing ” said Pat. “And no awareness that there’s any problem with it he ’s not even embarrassed to say it.”", "output": [ "Felipe Calderón" ] }, { "id": "task419-43c0282d98ea48dfbb63bbe1ec12da53", "input": "Joanne Tyndell offered her “heart wrenching apologies” to the family of Cpl. Mujahid Ramzziddin for involving the officer in an ultimately fatal encounter Feb. 21.\n“I pray for [his] family and thank [him] for saving my life and allowing me to see my children again ” Tyndell wrote.\nRamzziddin who was off duty in his Brandywine Md. home had agreed to help Tyndell a neighbor as she was moving belongings out of the home she shared with her estranged husband according to police.\nWhile the locks were being changed on the home the morning of Feb. 21 Tyndell’s husband Glenn Tyndell emerged with a shotgun and fired five times killing Ramzziddin police said. Tyndell’s husband took the officer’s weapon and fled before he was fatally shot soon after in a confrontation with police.\n Tyndell who had a temporary protective order against her husband acknowledged the couple had experienced a difficult past since their July 2016 wedding but that she still loved him .\n“And while I endured painful times during our relationship it was only when the pain was directed to our children was when I had to end my loyalty to our vows and start protecting our children ” Tyndell wrote. “As adults we are responsible for our actions and make choices to stay in relationships for better or worse. But as parents our first priority is always to protect our children.”", "output": [ "Joanne Tyndell" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a8e73cb2af64d17a4e7067d74d04b97", "input": "President Donald Trump nominated Michigan State Representative Tim Kelly for a high-level career and technical education position in the Department of Education but the administration pulled that nomination after some comments in Kelly ’s blog from years ago gained public attention.\n“It became clear that Mr. Kelly had made a series of statements that were not reflective of the secretary’s values ” said an administration official.\n Kelly defends himself\n Kelly blamed the “deep state” and Trump haters for digging up and leaking the questionable blog posts to sabotage his nomination.\n“If people read the [blog] posts people will think … this guy got a bad deal ” Kelly said. “I’m appalled that people would take this out of context. … I wrote this blog several years ago. Someone from inside leaked this. I wasn’t ever hiding it. I was forthcoming with it from the get-go.”\nAfter having his nomination pulled Kelly said he didn’t think it would be good to work for the Trump administration anyway.\n“I don’t see why anybody with any sense wants to go there ” Kelly said. “They take good people and ruin them.”", "output": [ "Tim Kelly" ] }, { "id": "task419-5782f0bdaa1e4e038e0573009b36de19", "input": "Erich Nikischer who worked at New Era Field for almost 30 years told WGRZ-TV that he quit right after he saw Bills players kneeling during the anthem as a form of protest.\n“I waited until the national anthem ended I took off my shirt threw my Bills hat on the ground walked out ” Nikischer said.\n“During the National Anthem… the song that is about our country our veterans that fight and die for us it's just something I feel you shouldn't disrespect that way. I believe people have the right to protest; I just don't believe that's the proper venue for it ” Nikischer added.\n Nikischer wrote in a now-deleted Facebook post that on Sunday he was \"pushed to my limit today and had to quit. I can not work in a place where multi millionaires cry that they are oppressed.\"\n Nikischer told WGRZ that he would never enter the Bills’ stadium again.\n“I will never step foot in the that [sic] place again I will never watch an NFL football game again until this ends ” Nikischer said.", "output": [ "Erich Nikischer" ] }, { "id": "task419-1186daadb5024f63a72b41527200e762", "input": "In particular the city can play a key role in Beijing's plans to promote the yuan as an international currency Donald Tsang said in his annual policy address.\n He downplayed concerns that China's promotion of Shanghai as a global trade centre threatened Hong Kong's traditional role as an international gateway to the Chinese economy saying the two would work together.\n \"As the (yuan) moves towards internationalisation the mainland needs a highly open global financial centre that is fully aligned with the world financial markets to serve as its platform for foreign financial activities \" Tsang said.\n Tsang's speech outlined an array of initiatives aimed at adjusting to the competition and opportunities presented by China's growing global importance.\n He also sought to allay fears about a property bubble raised recently by new record prices for luxury apartments in Hong Kong saying the government might consider boosting land supply.\n His plans to promote the city as a \"bridgehead for mainland enterprises to go international\" included strengthening services in areas such as stock market listing bond issuance and financial hedging.\n Addressing concerns Hong Kong would lag Shanghai in financial development Tsang said the two cities should work together.\n \"I believe that Hong Kong can work in collaboration with Shanghai and leverage our respective strengths to contribute to the development of financial services in the mainland \" he said.\n Tsang also pledged to \"foster economic cooperation with Taiwan\" as Hong Kong adapts to warmer cross-strait ties which could hurt the southern city's position as an intermediary between the two.\n On the issue of rising real estate prices in Hong Kong Tsang said the government would closely monitor the situation in order to prevent any potential market bubbles forming.\n Tsang said the government would when necessary \"fine-tune the land supply arrangements...with a view to quickening the pace of bringing readily available residential sites to the market\".\n It would also closely monitor data on property transactions negative equities and mortgage loans to ensure that there was no sudden steep price fall he added.\n Critics were disappointed that Tsang's fifth policy address placed less emphasis than last year's speech on helping the city's poorest.\n More than 10 political and welfare groups protested outside the Legislative Council before Tsang arrived to deliver his address calling for universal suffrage a minimum wage and subsidies for the poor and elderly.\n Tsang's speech was briefly interrupted by lawmaker \"Long Hair\" Leung Kwok-hung and two other members of the League of Social Democrats waving placards and questioning whether the address had anything new to offer.", "output": [ "Donald Tsang" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d847a32b2154c698b0dda56ecd644a8", "input": "Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau departs a press availability at the Canadian Embassy in Washington\n Trudeau 's January tweet \"isn't necessarily the sentiment being held by a lot of Canadians\".\n Mr Trudeau ended 2017 in an ethics quagmire partly of his own making.\nA mid-December poll by the Angus Reid Institute indicated that for the first time since his election Trudeau 's approval ratings had dropped below 50%.\n Trudeau 's ratings are still strong for a politician but Kurl says there is \"perhaps a little bit less adoration and a little bit more exasperation with the prime minister\".\nAs the two rival leaders find their feet - and if Trudeau and his ministers keep handing them easy ammunition - 2018 could also prove a rough ride.", "output": [ "Justin Trudeau" ] }, { "id": "task419-ababde5076a24cecba9f9a094ffc6964", "input": "Clinton : I 'm ready to come out of the woods 01:11 . \nHillary Clinton : Reporter patronized by Spicer . \n-LRB- CNN -RRB- Hillary Clinton took the stage at a diversity conference in San Francisco on Tuesday , making her most political comments since losing the 2016 presidential election . \nClinton called on the private sector to do more to help . \nClinton also focused on issues like inclusivity and diversity of women in the workplace and the need for the private sector to make better efforts to bring more women to the table . \n\"There is no place I 'd rather be than here with you ,\" Clinton said , before adding : \"Other than the White House .\" \nDuring her keynote address at the annual conference hosted by the Professional BusinessWomen of California , Clinton spoke largely about women 's equality and peppered in criticism of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party . \nHillary Clinton : GOP health bill failure a win 00:41 . \n\"Obviously the outcome of the election was n't the one I hoped for , worked for , but I will never stop speaking out for common sense benefits that will allow moms and dads to stay on the job ,\" Clinton said . \nBut overall , Clinton offered an optimistic tone in the face of Trump 's victory . \nBesides a few comments in public gatherings and tweets from her personal account , Clinton has largely laid low since the election . \nClinton said . \nOn the policy front , Clinton criticized the US for still not having a national paid family leave policy and said those who do benefit from such policies are often among the highest income workers . \nClinton said . \nTuesday , Clinton said Waters had been \"taunted by a racist joke about her hair .\" \nWomen of color , said Clinton , have \"a lifetime of practice taking precisely these kinds of indignities in stride .\"", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-7c4008f96f35403dbe6d5e95503f912a", "input": "According to the report in The Daily News Bernazard removed his shirt and used profane language during the postgame outburst which is said to have been several weeks ago. The News said that Bernazard whose job as the team's vice president for player development includes regular visits to the Mets' minor league affiliates had been angered by Binghamton's poor play and by allegations of under-age drinking.\n Asked about these charges Wednesday before the Mets lost to the Nationals 3-1 Minaya would not confirm that the incident took place and instead deflected a series of questions about Bernazard by repeatedly stating that the team would investigate the matter.\n Minaya was asked whether he considered Bernazard's actions a fireable offense whether he viewed Bernazard's conduct as acceptable when he first learned of the incident and whether Bernazard would continue to carry out his present duties. All of these answers Minaya said will be clear when the investigation is complete though he did not say when that would be. In all he used the word \"investigate\" 13 times.\n Hired by the Mets in 2004 not long after Minaya was named general manager Bernazard was regarded as a pivotal figure in the team's recruitment of several key free agents including Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltran.\n But in more recent seasons Bernazard's conduct has come into question. He was widely portrayed as someone who intentionally or not undercut the former manager Willie Randolph by lingering in the Mets' clubhouse and building his own relationships with players.\n Bernazard's public fraternization with Manny Acta then the Washington Nationals' manager infuriated Randolph who felt that Bernazard in effect was implying that Acta should be managing the Mets. Bernazard said that he was friendly with other managers as well.\n Although Bernazard's main role is to oversee the Mets' farm system which features little upper-level talent -- Triple-A Buffalo and Double-A Binghamton began play Wednesday with a combined 71-116 record -- he also has input on decisions at the major league level. In addition he is believed to have a fairly close relationship with the team's ownership.\n Minaya said Bernazard after a few days monitoring the Mets' Single A and rookie-league teams in Port St. Lucie Fla. had returned to his New Jersey home but declined to say what Bernazard would do next. Bernazard did not respond to a voice-mail message. Jeff Wilpon the Mets' chief operating officer declined to comment.\nBernazard after a few days monitoring the Mets' Single A and rookie-league teams in Port St. Lucie Fla. had returned to his New Jersey home but declined to say what Bernazard would do next. Bernazard did not respond to a voice-mail message. Jeff Wilpon the Mets' chief operating officer declined to comment.\n \"I've talked to him and I'll continue to talk to him \" Minaya said of Bernazard. \"I'll talk to him this weekend. I'll notify him that we're going to investigate these things and sit down with our owners and say 'Hey look how are we going to handle this?\"'\n \"I think it's been blown out of proportion \" Oliveras said. \"The thing is everything that happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. I'm not trying to protect Tony or anything. I didn't see him challenge anybody to a fight.\n Bernazard spent 10 years as a major league infielder and another dozen working for the players union. For better or worse he has become one of the better-known front-office assistants in baseball although he has been a less visible presence around the Mets this season than he was in past years. But now he is front and center for a team that cannot seem to get out of its own way.", "output": [ "Tony Bernazard", "Bernazard" ] }, { "id": "task419-32b5f098ba004ebfbad23628eaab2fe5", "input": "Legendary rocker Tom Petty is dead at 66.\nThe legendary rocker best known as the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers suffered a full cardiac arrest and was found unconscious and not breathing in his Malibu home Sunday night CBS News has confirmed.\n He was taken to UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and put on life support reports TMZ.\n Petty rose to fame in the 1970s with his band recording several hits including \"American Girl \" \"Free Fallin' \" \"Breakdown \" and \"Listen to Her Heart.\"\n Petty had just ended a 40th anniversary tour playing his last show last Monday the last of three sold-out shows at the Hollywood Bowl. Late in August he canceled a show for what his manager said was laryngitis.\nLast year Petty told Rolling Stone it would likely be the group's last tour together.\n\"I'd be lying if I didn't say I was thinking this might be the last big one \" he said. \"We're all on the backside of our sixties. I have a granddaughter now I'd like to see as much as I can. I don't want to spend my life on the road. This tour will take me away for four months. With a little kid that's a lot of time.\"\n Petty released 13 albums with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers three solo albums and took part in the 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys with Bob Dylan George Harrison Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne.", "output": [ "Tom Petty" ] }, { "id": "task419-016c70578ca1409496b350a3525192bc", "input": "The left-wing group Karapatan said President Rodrigo Duterte \"has distinguished himself as a frothing-in-the-mouth fascist who incites the worst violations of international humanitarian law.\"\n Duterte 's remarks \"are but the latest of the series of this madman's display of tyranny lunacy and machismo \" Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay said.\nIn a rambling speech before surrendered communist rebels Duterte spoke about the futility of their decades-old insurgency and how his administration can help them return to normal life.\n Duterte asked why even women join the insurgency and abandon their families.\nAt one point he said without elaborating: \"Tell the soldiers. There's a new order coming from the mayor. We won't kill you. We will just shoot your vagina so that ... if there is no vagina it would be useless.\"\n Duterte spoke in the Bisaya dialect. An official transcript of the president's speech issued by the government omitted the word \"vagina\" and expletives from his remarks.\nA longtime mayor of southern Davao city where he built a reputation for his extra-tough approach to criminality and his brash often sex-laden remarks Duterte has acknowledged his rough ways but suggested many Filipinos have come to accept him .\nWestern governments and human rights watchdogs have expressed alarm over his crackdown on illegal drugs which has left thousands of mostly poor suspects dead. He has lashed out at critics including European governments which he told Monday \"to go to hell\" for imposing conditions on financial aid.\n Duterte said he has told European officials he won't attend an upcoming meeting between Southeast Asian and European leaders.\n\"They say that I have a bad mouth. It's true. They say that I'm not a statesman not fit for a president and that's true \" Duterte said in a speech Monday referring to his critics. \"But the problem here is that I won.\"\nSteve Rood a Manila-based political analyst said many Filipinos like Duterte 's unorthodox style and his charm when he talks to them in an intimate way as if his speeches were not being broadcast.\nWith crime easing and recent public surveys showing satisfaction with Duterte 's administration the president's opponents may do better if they focus on issues such as traffic jams in the capital and rising rice prices he said.", "output": [ "Rodrigo Duterte" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5f10b7700b74375b810a4159299f409", "input": "but he also vowed not to attack unless threatened . Kim promised to focus this year on producing nuclear warheads and missiles for operational deployment adding that the United States could now \" never start a war against me or our country .\" But he also struck a conciliatory note opening the door to dialogue with South Korea and saying he would consider sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics to be held in his southern neighbor in February . \" The United States should know that the button for nuclear weapons is on my table \" he said during the nationally televised speech according to a provisional translation by The Associated Press . \" The entire area of the U . S . mainland is within our nuclear strike range .\" But Kim also said those weapons would not be used unless his country faced aggression . \" This year we should focus on mass - producing nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles for operational deployment \" Kim said . \" These weapons will be used only if our security is threatened .\" North Korea conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test in September and launched its most high - tech intercontinental ballistic missile in November ignoring international condemnation and steadily tightening sanctions . In typically bellicose language it declared the latest round of United Nations sanctions imposed last month an \" act of war \" and Kim said his country had achieved the historic feat of \" completing \" its nuclear forces . North Korea ' s nuclear capabilities do not yet match Kim ' s boasts experts say since it is far from clear it could successfully deliver a nuclear weapon on one of its missiles . Yet there is little doubt its capabilities have advanced significantly in the past year . But Kim dressed in a Western - style gray suit and a tie also offered a potential olive branch to Seoul saying it is imperative to lower military tensions on the Korean Peninsula and improve ties with the South . He said that the path to dialogue was open and that he would consider sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang South Korea . \" North Korea ' s participation in the Winter Games will be a good opportunity to show unity of the people and we wish the Games will be a success \" he said according to a Reuters translation of the speech . \" Officials from the two Koreas may urgently meet to discuss the possibility .\" South Korea has been trying to reassure the rest of the world that the Olympics will be safe despite the nuclear tensions and President Moon Jae - in has said North Korea ' s participation would ensure their safety . He also proposed last month that Seoul and Washington postpone annual joint military drills until after the Olympics and he generally takes a less confrontational approach to relations with the North than his predecessor Park Geun - hye . John Delury a professor of international relations at Yonsei University in Seoul said Kim ' s message to Seoul was \" more promising \" than he had anticipated addressing in a specific and actionable way South Korea ' s desire to make the Games a success . \" That should give hope to those in the South who are trying to get something going and open a channel at least \" he said . The idea of improving relations between the two Koreas is one that is frequently spoken about but seldom achieved and Kim ' s warmer words could also be seen as an attempt to drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington . While Kim ' s words were more combative towards the United States he also refrained from a personal attack on President Donald Trump after the two men engaged in several rounds of mutual name - calling in 2017 Delury noted . When asked about North Korea ' s nuclear claims on Sunday night Trump said only \" We ' ll see we ' ll see .\" Daryl Kimball executive director of the Arms Control Association said Kim ' s claims about his country ' s nuclear capability underscored that there was no viable \" military solution \" to denuclearizing North Korea and that sanctions alone would not persuade Pyongyang to halt or reverse its nuclear buildup . \" To avoid a nuclear conflict and the full - scale deployment of an operational North Korean strategic deterrent force U . S . leaders in concert with South Korea should redouble efforts to engage North Korea in direct talks and cease any further explicit or implicit threats of military action against the North \" he said in an email . \" The upcoming Olympics provide an important opportunity to break the ice and to begin discussions with the North Koreans on mutual steps that reduce the chances of miscalculation and war \" he added . In the speech Kim also stressed North Korea ' s economic achievements and noted the importance of improving the nation ' s standard of living the AP reported .", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un", "Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-a5503db861364140832746fd051d5780", "input": "A faith school teacher worked to radicalise his students and obsessed over plans to attack major landmarks in the British capital a London court heard Tuesday . A self - confessed “ Loyal follower ” of the Islamic State 25 - year - old Islamic radical Umar Ahmed Haque is standing trial for plotting to attack civilians and officials in London and targeted the Palace of Westminster and its Queen Elizabeth bell tower and Westfield shopping centre reports the BBC . Among his significant list of potential targets were soldiers of the Guards the iconic troops which protect the monarch in London members of the police diplomats journalists members of street protest groups Britain First and the English Defence League and even other Muslims from the Shia denomination . The Old Bailey also heard his physical targets included the London transport system court buildings and banks . London Islamic State Sympathiser Planned to Bomb ‘ Smart People ’ https :// t . co / egffQ2mRnw — Breitbart London (@ BreitbartLondon ) January 10 2018 The prosecution stated the Muslim had become “ fascinated ” by the Islamic State . The court heard he had shown execution videos to children under his care at his Islamic Mosque school aged between 11 and 14 and had even had them roleplay “ scenarios of violent action against police .” Alleged accomplice Abuthaher Mamun was also in court charged with helping Haque raise funds for his plots . Also in court was 26 - year - old Nadeem Patel who is charged with conspiracy to possess a firearm with the intention of causing fear of violence . Part of the evidence used against Haque is a bugged conversation he had with Mamun days after the Westminster Bridge attack in which he expressed his admiration for the attacker and expressed his desire to commit his own . The case comes just days after the court day of 28 - year - old Mohammed Kamal Hussain a self confessed “ simple man ” who said he wanted to kill “ smart people ” for the Islamic State .", "output": [ "Umar Ahmed Haque" ] }, { "id": "task419-b2cb838d88574f6d89f6884c1beb615d", "input": "President Trump brushed aside reports that he is considering replacing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson though multiple news outlets say Tillerson could be shown the door within weeks.\nPressed about those reports Thursday morning during an Oval Office meeting Trump said only: \"He's here. Rex is here.\"\nAt the State Department briefing in the afternoon spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Tillerson \"remains the secretary of state and as long as he is serving at the pleasure of the president he ... will continue to do that job.\" She noted that Tillerson visited the White House twice on Thursday. But when asked whether Tillerson discussed the reports with the president Nauert said \"Not to my knowledge.\"\nThe New York Times and other outlets are reporting that Tillerson could be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo. In turn Sen. Tom Cotton R-Ark. is reportedly a top contender to take Pompeo's place running the spy agency.\n Tillerson — a former CEO of Exxon Mobil — has had a rocky tenure at the State Department. He came into the position with no government or diplomatic experience and has frequently found himself at odds with the president on issues such as the value of the Iran nuclear deal and the standoff between Saudi Arabia and Qatar.\nIn early October reports surfaced that Tillerson had called the president a \"moron.\" He pointedly did not dispute those accounts.\n Tillerson was thought to have an ally in White House chief of staff John Kelly. But according to reports which NPR has not independently confirmed Kelly crafted the plan to replace the secretary. Pompeo has risen in the president's estimation during frequent White House intelligence briefings. And Cotton's views are closely aligned with Trump's on Iran and immigration.\nWhite House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders echoed the president's comment that Tillerson has not been replaced.\nSen. Bob Corker R-Tenn. who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee defended Tillerson . He said he'd spoken by phone with the secretary on Thursday and that Tillerson is carrying on business as usual.\nHe acknowledged Tillerson has been a frequent target of negative rumors.", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-f1172581f2b2457a8d06853e47bbeb80", "input": "NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Hurricane Nate made landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River as a Category 1 storm with winds of 85 miles per hour on Saturday evening threatening parts of Louisiana Mississippi and Alabama with torrential rain and potential flooding.\nNate the fourth major storm to strike the United States in less than two months killed at least 30 people in Central America before entering the warm waters of the Gulf and bearing down on the U.S. South.\nAs the hurricane struck at about 7 p.m. CDT (0000 GMT Sunday) the National Hurricane Center (NHC) downgraded its warning for New Orleans to a tropical storm. But Nate was expected to regain some strength and make a second landfall along the coast of Mississippi to the east.\n Related Coverage Hurricane Nate to weaken significantly as it makes landfall\n Nate comes on the heels of three other major storms Harvey Irma and Maria which devastated Texas Florida and Puerto Rico respectively. But as a Category 1 the weakest in the five-category ranking used by meteorologists Nate appeared to lack the devastating punch of its predecessors.\nTourists walk down Bourbon Street as Hurricane Nate approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast in New Orleans Louisiana U.S. October 7 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman\nMajor shipping ports across the central U.S. Gulf Coast were closed to inbound and outbound traffic on Saturday as Nate intensified and storm surges of up 11 feet (3.74 m) were expected at the mouth of the Mississippi River.\nBefore heading north into the Gulf Nate brushed Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula home to beach resorts such as Cancun and Playa del Carmen the NHC said.", "output": [ "Nate" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe86b429e6594c438b8b538c925872ee", "input": "There have been “apparent attempts” to intimidate reporters working for international outlets who have reported on a state-sponsored campaign against George Soros the AP suggests without citing any evidence to this effect.\nThe AP describes Soros benevolently as a “Hungarian-American investor ” a “philanthropist” and a “Holocaust survivor ” while failing to mention the billionaire’s history of destabilizing governments for personal financial gain funding left-wing campaigns and being convicted of insider trading.\n Soros the AP alleges “has long promoted what he calls an ‘open society’ and supports controlled migration. He funds a university in Budapest and civic organizations including some seen as critical of Orban.”\nThe AP criticizes the Orbán government’s opposition to Soros along with their investigation into his attempts to bring his tremendous financial influence to bear on Hungary’s political situation.", "output": [ "George Soros" ] }, { "id": "task419-ababefd37464446c8530e239123cd292", "input": "PNB has lost 90 billion Indian rupees ($1.41 billion) 23.4 percent of its market value since its disclosure on Wednesday that a investigation was underway into suspected fraud as a result of two junior officials at a branch in Mumbai steering unauthorized loans to customer accounts including some firms e linked to Nirav Modi a billionaire jeweler and diamond merchant.\nFederal investigators have raided Nirav Modi’s Mumbai home and offices though the jeweler is outside the country and his whereabouts is unknown.\n Modi launched an eponymous jewelry business branded NIRAV MODI in capitals with a chain of boutiques stretching from New York to London to Beijing.\nAs recently as last month he was at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Indian media carried a group photograph with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the foreground and Nirav Modi who is no relation grinning between rows of Indian business leaders behind him .\nCompanies related to Nirav Modi had used the fraudulent credit guarantees from PNB to get loans from overseas branches of Indian banks including Allahabad and Axis according to a previous police complaint from PNB.", "output": [ "Nirav Modi" ] }, { "id": "task419-c686eca17b5b44cf85f0e88275044468", "input": "on - Don on Feb . 1 . ( Alexei Druzhinin / Pool / Sputnik / Kremlin / AP ) Vladimir Putin visited an agricultural equipment factory Thursday — and quipped that if he were to lose upcoming elections he might choose a new career in farming . The Russian president made the comments while sitting in a combine harvester simulator at a Rostselmash factory in Rostov - on - Don . If things didn ' t go well in the upcoming election “ I ' ll start work as a combine driver after March 18 ” Putin said according to footage published by state - funded news network RT . “ No problem no problem at all ” Konstantin Babkin chief executive of Rostselmash responded . Putin may not have reason to worry . Last year he became the longest - serving Kremlin leader since Joseph Stalin and though he delayed his announcement about whether he would run in the upcoming elections until December polls suggest he has little real opposition . The most recent data from VTsIOM for example shows that 69 . 9 percent of Russians say they will vote for the incumbent president in March ' s election . According to VTsIOM ' s polling Putin ' s closest competitor is Pavel Grudinin a candidate for Russia ' s Communist Party who has about 6 percent of the vote . Meet one of the presidential candidates running against Vladimir Putin in Russia . ( David Filipov Sarah Parnass / The Washington Post ) Russia ’ s most prominent Putin critic Alexei Navalny is barred from the ballot and there is a split among opposition voters about tactics . While some want to boycott the ballot to undermine its legitimacy other liberals plan to vote for government critics like Grudinin or journalist Ksenia Sobchak . In a rare instance Friday Russia ' s Central Election Commission criticized Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov for speaking in Putin ' s favor ahead of the election . “ The level of Putin ’ s popularity goes far beyond the borders of Russia . Hardly anyone can question Putin ’ s being the absolute leader of the public opinion the absolute leader of the political pinnacle that hardly anyone can compete with seriously at the present stage ” Peskov said of Putin on Monday according to state news agency Tass . Peskov subsequently apologized for his statement and said he would be more cautious in the future . More on WorldViews Russian President Vladimir Putin struck a familiar chord at his year - end news conference on Dec . 14 praising President Trump ' s economic record and calling for improved U . S .- Russia relations . ( Joyce Lee Jenny Starrs / The Washington Post ) Putin saw the Panama Papers as a personal attack and may have wanted revenge Russian authors say", "output": [ "Vladimir Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-a37bfcd2541a4223bb49b80a8db3d4c0", "input": "LeBron James indicated Friday that he is unlikely to accept a contract extension from the Cleveland Cavaliers until after the 2009-10 season and presumably will become a free agent.\n At an event in his hometown to unveil Nike Air Max LeBron VII the latest sneaker in his signature line James made his strongest comments yet about his future. The NBA's reigning MVP said he signed a three-year contract in 2006 to give him more options once it expires.\n The Cavaliers offered James a contract extension on July 18 the three-year anniversary of the signing of his current contract. The team could offer the extension -- at the highest salary allowed -- of up to three years. James can sign the extension offer anytime before June 30 2010.\n James who will make $15.7 million next season also has an option in his current contract that can extend his deal through the 2010-11 season.\n However it appears for now that James does not intend to sign the extension or pick up his one-year option for $17.1 million anytime soon.\n The 24-year-old superstar said his agent Leon Rose and Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry have had \"a great conversation.\" But James remained noncommittal about his plans beyond the upcoming season one he hopes ends with the Cavs who acquired All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal shortly after their season ended winning their first NBA title.\n James was similarly positioned in 2006 when he decided to sign a three-year extension with the Cavs.\n Despite JamesJames' insistence that he's happy in Cleveland his choice to delay his decision is certain to spark more speculation that he'll sign with another club next summer. James has maintained that he's pleased with the Cavs' direction owner Dan Gilbert and Ferry's attempts to add more talent to Cleveland's roster.\n James said he isn't worried about his contract situation becoming a distraction.\n Following an elaborate multimedia presentation by Nike James who will embark on a tour promoting his new shoe and \"More Than A Game \" a documentary chronicling his days at St. Vincent-St. Mary High School answered questions about O'Neal and Magic forward Rashard Lewis' 10-game suspension for testing positive for an elevated testosterone level.\n James also reiterated his Thursday comments in which he said he regretted not doing a mandatory postgame media session after the Cavaliers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Orlando Magic. But he also said that he didn't think he owed anyone an apology for failing to shake hands with the Magic players immediately after the series ended.\n James offered sympathy to Lewis who admitted taking an over-the-counter supplement late last season that included a substance he did not realize was banned by the league.\n \"It's unfortunate \" James said. \"I know Rashard really well and I know he's not that type of guy who would do anything to get the upper edge on another player that's first and foremost. You just have to use great judgment. We have guys with us every day who can find out for you if it (a substance) is banned or not banned by the NBA. A mistake by him.\"\n James said he is looking forward to being teammates with O'Neal one of the few athletes on the planet as recognizable as James himself.\n \"To get the opportunity to play with one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the game that's the fun part for me \" James said. \"I'm humbled by that.\"", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-09e49446e6b748028b7e0a341f6c6755", "input": "Some analysts fear the truck named Tesla Semi will be an expensive distraction for Tesla which is burning cash has never posted an annual profit and is in self-described “manufacturing hell” starting up production of the $35 000 Model 3 sedan. Still Tesla shares rose on Thursday.\nThe young market for electric cargo trucks is mostly focused on medium duty not the heavy big rig market Tesla is after. The power capacity weight and cost of batteries all limit a truck’s ability analysts say.\n Tesla arrives in a much more crowded field than when it developed electric cars.\nReuters in August reported Tesla was working on self-driving technology for the truck. Several Silicon Valley companies see long-haul trucking as a prime early self-driving technology market citing relatively consistent speeds scarcity of cross-traffic on interstate highways and benefits of allowing drivers to rest while traveling.\n A Tesla car showroom is seen in west London Britain March 21 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville\n Tesla would need to invest substantially to create a factory for those trucks. The company is currently spending about $1 billion per quarter largely to set up the Model 3 factory and is contemplating a factory in China to build cars.\nA Tesla truck with a range of 300 to 450 miles would be able to address less than half of the total semi-truck market estimated Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi in a note on Monday.\n“It is somewhat unclear why the company needs another major initiative ... on its already full plate ” wrote Sacconaghi.\nShares of Tesla which have risen 48 percent this year to make the company the No. 2 U.S. automaker by market value were up 1.7 percent to $316.66 in midday trade in New York.", "output": [ "Tesla Semi" ] }, { "id": "task419-7823b5a98bbe4c1d84fbbb78c10ac032", "input": "Football: South Africa coach Santana rues Iraq negativity\n South Africa coach Joel Santana accused Iraq of deploying negative tactics which paralysed the game after watching the Asian champions grab a point in the Confederations Cup opener here on Sunday.\n Santana expressed his surprise at what he considered Iraq coach Bora Milutinovic's spoiling tactics.\n Santana assured his side's expectant fans 48 837 of whom turned up at this venue which hosted the 1995 Rugby World Cup final won by South Africa that his team would improve.", "output": [ "Santana" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb7f41f0741c48f7a672216021f9c2c9", "input": "The Tampa Bay Times reports that 32-year-old Adam Matos was found guilty Thursday of four counts of murder. The penalty phase starts Monday \n Matos could get the death penalty if all 12 jurors vote for that. Otherwise he would be sentenced to life in prison.\nAuthorities say Matos fatally shot Megan Brown and her father Greg Brown at their Hudson home in 2014. He also fatally beat Margaret Brown and Nick Leonard with a hammer jurors heard.\n Matos testified Wednesday he 'd been suffering from paranoia and committed the slayings in self-defense.\nThe 4-year-old son of Megan Brown and Matos was at the home when the killings occurred.", "output": [ "Adam Matos" ] }, { "id": "task419-fcdb13d6ea2248bab7c013576a7267a3", "input": "Given the leather jacket and sneer Tom Petty wore on the cover of his 1976 debut many people assumed he was one of those cheeky punks bent on tearing down the walls of rock 'n' roll.\n He wasn't. It's not that Petty and his band the Heartbreakers didn't have their share of energy and attitude. But the kid from Gainesville Florida was a rock classicist to the core and he built a body of work to stand with his heroes.\nIt was melodic rock 'n' roll built with the solid structures of his favorites from the 1960s. Petty had an impish grin and playful drawl and in concert he raised his arms to direct both his band and the thousands of fans singing along from the audience.\n\"'Rock and roll star' is probably the purest manifestation of the American dream \" Petty said upon his 2002 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. \"It's a blessing beyond belief.\"\nThe Heartbreakers stood with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band as one of the all-time great rock backup bands. Petty wouldn't give ground: he added an expletive to his declaration on that night that the Heartbreakers weren't just one of America's best bands they were THE best. Being able to stand onstage next to guitarist Mike Campbell and keyboard player Benmont Tench made Petty the envy of many bandleaders.\nStill two key periods of his career came without the Heartbreakers.\n\"Full Moon Fever \" Petty's first solo album in 1989 stands as the apex of his career. Working with producer Jeff Lynne Petty fashioned a cleaner sound and created the classics \"Runnin' Down a Dream \" ''I Won't Back Down\" and most indelibly \"Free Fallin'.\"", "output": [ "Tom Petty" ] }, { "id": "task419-a9610f14ea7c42c799251f4aa4b8d1fb", "input": "Poland must narrow deficit to protect credit rating: Fitch\n Poland the only EU nation to post economic growth last year must narrow the gap between public spending and revenues in order to protect its creditworthiness ratings agency Fitch said Thursday.\nratings agency Fitch said Thursday.\n Fitch noted that Poland's public deficit stood at 7.2 percent of gross domestic product in 2009 and was forecast to hit 7.9 percent this year despite a pick-up in growth and even though the country had avoided recession or the need to support its banking system.\n \"Tolerance for further material slippage from official deficit targets is limited at the current rating level \" Fitch expert David Heslam said in a statement.\n Fitch currently gives Poland a long-term foreign currency rating of A- with a stable outlook.\n Fitch said that the slowdown had \"revealed underlying weakness in Poland's public finances.\n \"Credible permanent measures are needed to place the deficit on a sustainable downward path and limit further growth of government debt ratios \" it said.\n \"The 2011 deficit target of 6.5 percent looks achievable and is built on realistic macroeconomic assumptions \" Fitch said.\n Fitch said that deficit-cutting plans could be affected by politics with a general election due in the autumn of 2011.", "output": [ "Fitch" ] }, { "id": "task419-526bcd7d92004ac9b77783378e57ea6e", "input": "Sanders is an Independent , but sides with the Democratic Party . \n-LSB- 1 -RSB- From 2015 through 2016 , Sanders was a Democrat . \nSanders was born in Brooklyn , New York City . \nSanders was elected mayor of Burlington , Vermont in 1981 . \nSanders calls himself a democratic socialist . \n-LSB- 9 -RSB- -LSB- 10 -RSB- During his time as senator , Sanders has been against income inequality and supports universal health care , parental leave and LGBT rights . \n-LSB- 11 -RSB- In January 2015 , Sanders became a member of the Senate Budget Committee . \nOn April 30 , 2015 , Sanders became a candidate for the Democratic Party 's nomination for President in the 2016 United States presidential election . \n-LSB- 15 -RSB- Unlike some of the other presidential candidates , Sanders did not want Super PACS to give him money . \n-LSB- 19 -RSB- On July 26 , 2016 , during a roll-call vote at the 2016 Democratic National Convention Sanders lost the nomination to Clinton . \n-LSB- 21 -RSB- In February 2017 , Sanders began webcasting The Bernie Sanders Show on Facebook . \nSanders was born in Brooklyn , New York to Eli Sanders and to Dorothy Glassberg . \nSanders studied at Brooklyn College . \nAfter he graduated from college , Sanders went to the University of Chicago . \n-LSB- 25 -RSB- When he studied in Chicago , Sanders led the University of Chicago sit-ins in 1962 because of segregation at the university . \nSanders began his political career in 1971 as a member of the Liberty Union Party . \n-LSB- 34 -RSB- In the 1974 Senate election , Sanders lost to Patrick Leahy and to Dick Mallary . \n-LSB- 35 -RSB- In 1979 , Sanders resigned from the party . \nAfter Sanders 's failed run for governor , close friend Richard Sugarman wanted him to be a candidate for mayor of Burlington . \n-LSB- 38 -RSB- Sanders won the election in February 1981 . \nAs mayor , Sanders wanted to fix Burlington 's Lake Champlain . \n-LSB- 39 -RSB- In 1981 , Sanders was against Tony Pomerleau . \nSanders did not want Pomerleau to change the industrial -LSB- 39 -RSB- lake property owned by the Central Vermont Railway . \nSanders used the slogan \"Burlington is not for sale\" . \nIn 1987 , U.S. News named Sanders as one of America 's best mayors . \nWhen he was mayor , Sanders helped to fix the city 's budget . \n-LSB- 25 -RSB- Sanders left office on April 4 , 1989 . \n-LSB- 38 -RSB- For a short time , Sanders taught political science at Harvard University 's Kennedy School of Government in 1989 and at Hamilton College in 1991 . \nSanders became a candidate for the seat as an Independent , but he lost the election . \n-LSB- 43 -RSB- In 1990 , Sanders became a candidate for the seat again and defeated Peter Plympton Smith by 16 % . \nSanders became the first independent elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 40 years . \n-LSB- 44 -RSB- Sanders ' 1990 victory was called by The Washington Post and others as the \"First Socialist Elected\" to the United States House of Representatives in many years . \n-LSB- 45 -RSB- Sanders continued to win re-elections with many votes . \nIn 1991 , Sanders co-founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus . \nIn 1993 , Sanders voted for a bill supported by the National Rifle Association -LRB- NRA -RRB- to stop lawsuits against gun companies . \nAfter Ron Dellums left Congress in 1998 , Sanders was the only member of Congress who called himself a socialist . \nSanders voted against the Iraq Resolutions in 1991 and 2002 . \nSanders is against the Patriot Act . \n-LSB- 52 -RSB- Sanders voted for several acts that would block the Patriot Act . \nSanders became senator after Jim Jeffords retired from the Senate in 2006 . \nSanders has been a leading voice on issues such as income inequality , -LSB- 57 -RSB- climate change , -LSB- 58 -RSB- and campaign finance reform . \n-LSB- 59 -RSB- Sanders continued to be a major critic on mass surveillance policies such as the Patriot Act . \nOn December 10 , 2010 , Sanders gave a 8 12 - hour speech against the Tax Relief , Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization , and Job Creation Act of 2010 . \n-LSB- 61 -RSB- After the speech , people wanted Sanders to be a candidate for president in the 2012 presidential election . \nSanders ' filibuster was published in February 2011 by Nation Books as The Speech : A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class . \nOn January 3 , 2013 , Sanders became chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Veterans ' Affairs . \n-LSB- 6 -RSB- After his term as chairman ended on January 3 , 2015 , Sanders became a member of the Senate Budget Committee . \n-LSB- 12 -RSB- -LSB- 64 -RSB- Sanders made proposals to raise the minimum wage , stop income inequality , and increase Social Security payments . \nSanders is the longest serving Independent member of Congress in American history . \n-LSB- 6 -RSB- In November 2015 , Sanders changed parties and became a member of the Democratic Party . \n-LSB- 3 -RSB- On July 26 , 2016 , however shortly after losing the Democratic presidential nomination , Sanders said he would serve as an Independent in the Senate . \nFollowing Donald Trump 's victory in the 2016 presidential election , Sanders accepted his victory and promised to work with Trump . \nOn January 4 , 2017 , while on the Senate floor , Sanders showed a large cutout of a tweet by President-elect Trump from May 2015 where Trump said he was the \"first & only potential GOP candidate\" who opposed any cuts to Social Security , Medicare and Medicaid , citing it as what Trump appealed to older voters to elect him on . \nWhile in Los Angeles on February 19 , Sanders called Trump \"a pathological liar\" . \nOn March 30 , two days after President Trump signed an \"Energy Independence\" executive order , Sanders called Trump 's choice to focus on job creation over climate change is \"nonsensical , and stupid , and dangerous\" . \nSanders was against the nomination of Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court . \nSanders said he believed Gorsuch would support removing restrictions on campaign finance and would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade . \nOn April 7 , 2017 , Sanders showed disapproval of President Trump 's ordered airstrike from the day before : \"If there 's anything we should 've learned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , in which the lives of thousands of brave American men and women and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and Afghan civilians have been lost and trillions of dollars spent , it 's that it 's easier to get into a war than out of one .\" \nIn May 2017 , Sanders endorsed Labour Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 United Kingdom general election . \n-LSB- 74 -RSB- The bill was opposed only by Sanders and Republican Rand Paul . \nOn June 14 , 2017 , James T. Hodgkinson , a supporter of Sanders during his presidential campaign , shot and injured four people , including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana . \n-LSB- 75 -RSB- -LSB- 76 -RSB- Hours later , Sanders responded on Capitol Hill to news that Hodgkinson was a campaign volunteer for his 2016 presidential run : . \nIn September 2017 , Sanders introduced the United States National Health Care Act which would create a single-payer health care system paid by the United States Government . \nIn August 2011 , Public Policy Polling found that 67 % of American people supported Sanders . \n-LSB- 80 -RSB- In a poll by Fox News in March 2017 , found Sanders to be the most popular senator or political figure in the United States with the approval rating of 61 % . \n-LSB- 81 -RSB- A Harvard-Harris Poll published April 18 , 2017 found Sanders to be the most popular active politician in the country . \nMain page : Bernie Sanders presidential campaign , 2016 . \nIn an interview with The Nation on March 6 , 2014 , Sanders said that he was \"prepared to run for President of the United States\" in 2016 -LSB- 83 -RSB- but did not officially announce a campaign . \nOn April 28 , 2015 , Vermont Public Radio said that Sanders would run for president starting on April 30 . \n-LSB- 85 -RSB- Weaver was also Sanders 's senate campaign manager and was his chief of staff . \nSanders ' campaign events have brought many people from around the country . \n-LSB- 17 -RSB- -LSB- 86 -RSB- -LSB- 87 -RSB- Sanders said he was \"Stunned . \n-LSB- 18 -RSB- However , on June 25 , 2015 , The New York Times said that Sanders might win the primaries instead of Clinton . \n-LSB- 18 -RSB- On August 12 , 2015 , the Boston Herald said that Sanders was winning by 44 % to Clinton 's 37 % in New Hampshire among Democratic primary voters . \n-LSB- 88 -RSB- A poll released on August 25 , 2015 , showed that Sanders was once again winning in New Hampshire with 42 % to Clinton 's 35 % . \nDuring his campaign , Sanders was known for his popularity among millennials and young voters . \n-LSB- 91 -RSB- In the 2016 campaign , Sanders won more votes among those under age 30 than both Trump and Clinton combined . \nIt shows more than 2 million young people cast ballots for Sanders before the primaries in June . \n-LSB- 91 -RSB- His popularity led to the creation a Facebook political meme page Bernie Sanders ' Dank Meme Stash which has gained popularity among his supporters and the internet . \nA poll released in September 2015 showed that Sanders was leading Clinton in Iowa with 41 % to Clinton 's 40 % . \n-LSB- 93 -RSB- In October 2015 , polling showed Sanders and Clinton were tied in polls in both New Hampshire and Iowa . \n-LSB- 94 -RSB- In November 2015 , a poll showed Sanders was increasing his numbers in New Hampshire , almost tied with Clinton . \n-LSB- 95 -RSB- On November 19 , 2015 , Sanders gave a speech at Georgetown University about his views on democratic socialism . \n-LSB- 96 -RSB- In his speech , Sanders talked about how the policies of presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson were based on democratic socialism . \nOn December 3 , 2015 , a Quinnipiac University poll found Sanders to be the Democratic candidate more likely to win the presidential election against top Republican candidates such as Donald Trump , Jeb Bush , Marco Rubio , Ted Cruz and Ben Carson . \n-LSB- 98 -RSB- On December 4 , 2015 , after online voting ended , votes showed that Sanders was in first place to become Time 's 2015 Person of the Year . \n-LSB- 100 -RSB- On December 7 , Time announced that Sanders won the reader 's poll of the magazine , but he would not be person of the year . \n-LSB- 101 -RSB- On December 9 , poll numbers showed that Sanders was leading Clinton in the New Hampshire polls by 50 % to 40 % . \n-LSB- 102 -RSB- The university also showed Clinton was winning with 61 % to Sanders 's 30 % of the national poll . \nIn January 2016 , in weeks leading to the Democratic primaries , Sanders was leading New Hampshire by 50 % to Clinton 's 46 % and in Iowa with 49 % to 43 % . \n-LSB- 104 -RSB- -LSB- 105 -RSB- On January 21 , 2016 , Sanders ' campaign advertisement , America , was shown in Iowa and New Hampshire . \nIn early February 2016 , a national poll showed Sanders and Clinton almost tied with Clinton 's 44 % to Sanders ' 42 % in the national poll . \n-LSB- 103 -RSB- A few weeks later , Quinnipiac University , CNN and Fox News poll numbers showed Sanders being the front-runner with 47 % to Clinton 's 44 % of the national poll . \n-LSB- 107 -RSB- After the Nevada caucus , new poll numbers showed Sanders 's national lead growing with 42 % to Clinton 's 36 % . \n-LSB- 108 -RSB- A February 2016 Quinnipiac University poll found that Sanders was the most honest candidate in the election . \nOn March 8 , 2016 , Sanders won the Michigan Democratic primary . \nIn early April 2016 , national poll numbers showed Sanders winning by 49 % to Clinton 's 47 % . \n-LSB- 112 -RSB- On April 8 , Sanders was asked by Vatican City to talk about the issues of income inequality and the environment . \n-LSB- 113 -RSB- Sanders agreed to the invitation and spoke at the Vatican on April 15 . \n-LSB- 114 -RSB- In April 2016 , Sanders was added into Time 's 100 Most Influential People of 2016 . \nIn May 2016 , national poll numbers showed Sanders loosing to Clinton with 45 % to Clinton 's 50 % with 5 % people undecided . \n-LSB- 116 -RSB- On May 3 , 2016 , Sanders pulled another political upset after beating Clinton in the Indiana primaries by six percent . \n-LSB- 117 -RSB- On May 10 , 2016 , Sanders won the West Virginia primaries by 51.4 % to Clinton 's 35.8 % . \nA NBCWall Street Journal poll in May found Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in a tie , but the same poll found that if Sanders were the Democratic nominee , 53 % of voters would support him to 39 % for Trump . \n-LSB- 120 -RSB- Clinton and Trump were the least popular likely candidates in the poll 's history , while Sanders received a 43 % positive with a 36 % negative rating . \n-LSB- 122 -RSB- Sanders said he will still remain in the race until the Democratic Party convention in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in July 2016 . \n-LSB- 123 -RSB- On July 12 , 2016 , Sanders announced his support for Clinton at a unity rally in New Hampshire . \nOn July 22 , 2016 , WikiLeaks revealed that DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other DNC official , mocked and planned to sabotage the Sanders 's campaign in favor of Clinton . \n-LSB- 124 -RSB- Sanders said he wanted Schultz to resign . \nSanders spoke on the first night of the Democratic Convention on July 25 , 2016 . \n-LSB- 125 -RSB- In his speech , Sanders told his supporters that he thanked them and to vote for Clinton to defeat Donald Trump in the general election . \n-LSB- 126 -RSB- On July 26 , 2016 , during a roll-call vote at the 2016 Democratic National Convention Sanders lost the nomination to Clinton . \nOn February 1 , 2016 , Sanders lost the Iowa caucus to Clinton by less than 1 % . \n-LSB- 127 -RSB- On February 9 , Sanders won the New Hampshire caucus by 22 % . \n-LSB- 129 -RSB- Sanders became the first democratic socialist and the first non-Christian to win a United States presidential primary for a major party . \n-LSB- 130 -RSB- On February 20 , 2016 , Sanders lost the Nevada caucus by 5 % . \n-LSB- 131 -RSB- On February 27 , 2016 , Sanders lost the South Carolina primary by almost 48 % . \nOn March 1 , 2016 , \"Super Tuesday\" , Sanders won four states : Vermont , Oklahoma , Colorado and Minnesota . \n-LSB- 133 -RSB- On March 5 , 2016 , \"Super Saturday\" , Sanders won two states : Kansas by 35 % and Nebraska by almost 15 % . \n-LSB- 136 -RSB- On March 6 , 2016 , Sanders won the Maine caucuses by almost 65 % . \n-LSB- 137 -RSB- On March 8 , 2016 , Sanders lost the Mississippi primaries by 65 % . \n-LSB- 138 -RSB- On the same day , Sanders won the Michigan primaries by 2 % . \n-LSB- 139 -RSB- On March 12 , 2016 , Sanders lost the Northern Mariana Islands caucus by 20 % . \n-LSB- 140 -RSB- On March 15 , 2016 , Sanders lost the Florida , North Carolina , Ohio , Illinois , and Missouri primaries . \nOn March 21 , 2016 , Sanders won the Democrats Abroad primary with 69 % to Clinton 's 31 % . \n-LSB- 146 -RSB- On March 23 , 2016 , Sanders won the Idaho primaries and the Utah caucus . \n-LSB- 147 -RSB- On March 26 , 2016 , Sanders won the Washington , Alaska and the Hawaii caucuses all by landslide victories . \nOn April 5 , 2016 , Sanders won the Wisconsin primaries with 57 % to Clinton 's 43 % of the vote . \n-LSB- 149 -RSB- On April 9 , 2016 , Sanders won the Wyoming caucuses with 56 % to Clinton 's 44 % . \n-LSB- 150 -RSB- On April 19 , 2016 , Sanders lost the New York primaries with 42 % to Clinton 's 58 % . \n-LSB- 151 -RSB- On April 26 , 2016 , Sanders lost the Maryland , Delaware , Pennsylvania , and Connecticut primaries . \nOn May 3 , 2016 , Sanders won the Indiana primaries with 53 % to Clinton 's 47 % of the vote . \n-LSB- 158 -RSB- On May 10 , 2016 , Sanders won the West Virginia primaries with 51 % to Clinton 's 36 % of the vote . \n-LSB- 159 -RSB- On May 17 , 2016 , Sanders lost the Kentucky primaries by less than 1 % . \nOn June 4 , 2016 , Sanders lost the U.S. Virgin Islands caucus in a landslide . \n-LSB- 162 -RSB- On June 5 , 2016 , Sanders lost the Puerto Rico primaries . \n-LSB- 163 -RSB- On June 7 , 2016 , Sanders lost the primaries in New Jersey , New Mexico , South Dakota , and California . \n-LSB- 168 -RSB- -LSB- 169 -RSB- On June 14 , 2016 , Sanders lost the Washington , D.C. primaries , the last primary of the election season , with 20 % to Clinton 's 80 % . \nIn August 2016 , Sanders founded Our Revolution . \n-LSB- 171 -RSB- Sanders also plans to establish The Sanders Institute , which will focus on issues he believes the \"corporate media\" has failed to focus on . \nOn December 19 , 2016 during the voting of the electoral college , Sanders got three electoral votes from electors who did not want to vote for Clinton . \nNoam Chomsky said in a May 2017 BBC interview that the Sanders campaign was the most remarkable thing about the 2016 election because of Sanders not accepting money from business people or corporations . \nSanders had been asked many times if he would run for president again in the 2020 presidential election . \n-LSB- 176 -RSB- Sanders would respond by stating \"it is much too early to talk about that\" , but refuses to rule out a possible second presidential campaign . \nAfter a poll was made in February 2017 , 20 % of Democratic voters wanted Sanders to be the party 's nominee in the 2020 presidential election leading Hillary Clinton at 17 % and Elizabeth Warren at 15 % . \n-LSB- 177 -RSB- In March 2017 , at 14 % , Sanders was the Democratic voters front-runner for the Democratic nomination in 2020 beating Michelle Obama at 11 % . \n-LSB- 178 -RSB- In September 2017 , at a polling of 28 % , Sanders remained the lead candidate for the Democratic Party nominee in the 2020 election beating Warren , former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator from California Kamala Harris . \nSanders married Deborah Shiling in 1964 . \n-LSB- 6 -RSB- He met his second wife , Jane O'Meara , when Sanders became mayor of Burlington , Vermont in 1981 . \n-LSB- 180 -RSB- Sanders has a son , Levi Sanders , who was born out of wedlock with his domestic partner Susan Campbell Mott . \n-LSB- 6 -RSB- Sanders and Mott were partners only one year before splitting in 1969 . \n-LSB- 180 -RSB- Sanders has three step-children from O'Meara : Dave , Carina and Heather Driscoll . \nIn 1987 , when Sanders was mayor , he recorded an album called We Shall Overcome . \n-LSB- 182 -RSB- In 1997 , Huck Gutman and Sanders wrote a political memoir called Outsider in the White House . \n-LSB- 183 -RSB- It was published again in 2015 during Sanders ' presidential campaign . \nSanders had a small role in the 1988 movie Sweet Hearts Dance . \n-LSB- 185 -RSB- On February 6 , 2016 , Sanders was a guest-star on Saturday Night Live . \nSanders says he is \"proud to be Jewish\" but is not very religious . \nSanders says he feels \"very close to the teachings of Pope Francis ,\" . \nSanders wrote a memoir titled , Our Revolution : A Future to Believe In , which was released on November 15 , 2016 . \nSanders received an Honorary degree from Brooklyn College on May 30 , 2017 . \nOn November 30 , 2015 , Sanders had a hernia surgery at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington , D.C. . \nIn December 2016 , Sanders had skin cancer removed from his cheek . \n-LSB- 194 -RSB- This was after Brady Toensing , Donald Trump 's campaign chairman in Vermont , accused Sanders of bank fraud . \n-LSB- 195 -RSB- Both CBS and Politico reported that Bernie Sanders was also under investigation , -LSB- 196 -RSB- however that was not true . \n-LSB- 197 -RSB- Both Sanders and his wife have hired well known defense lawyers to represent them . \nSanders is a democratic socialist . \nSanders is a supporter of paternity leave , sick leave , and vacation time . \n-LSB- 206 -RSB- Sanders thinks that global warming is real and he wants to fix it . \n-LSB- 208 -RSB- Sanders was against the U.S. invasion of Iraq . \nSanders is more liberal on social issues such as supporting same-sex marriage , citizenship for illegal immigrants and abortion . \n-LSB- 210 -RSB- On November 15 , 2015 , in response to ISIS ' attacks in Paris , Sanders said : \"We -LSB- have got to -RSB- be tough , not stupid ,\" in the war against ISIS . \nAfter Donald Trump 's victory in the 2016 presidential elections , Sanders said that the Democratic Party needs a \"series of reforms\" and \"must break loose from its corporate establishment ties and , once again , become a grass-roots party of working people , the elderly and the poor .\"", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-bdaafbcc80bf407499165e9c25b0b7ee", "input": "Sam Nunberg a former campaign aide to Donald Trump said early in Trump's presidential campaign he was instructed to help candidate Trump understand the U.S. Constitution.\n Nunberg made the comments in \"Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House \" a book by journalist Michael Wolff.\n\"I got as far as the Fourth Amendment before his finger is pulling down on his lip and his eyes are rolling back in his head \" Nunberg said in the book.\n Nunberg was fired two months after Trump launched his presidential campaign the Washington Examiner reported.", "output": [ "Sam Nunberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-6b40bf6a12f24473b2909a5b949ecae5", "input": "Reuters saw hundreds of strikers gathered in Barcelona’s main Sant Jaume square to protest the imprisonment of politicians chanting the name of ex-leader Carles Puigdemont and referring to him as “our president”.\nBut he faces an uphill task to maintain influence after he missed a deadline of midnight on Tuesday to agree a pro-secessionist pact for a regional election with his former vice president Oriol Junqueras.\n Puigdemont had ambitions to garner support for his independence campaign in the heartland of the European Union.\nBut that hope has fallen flat and in an interview published on Wednesday he renewed criticism of the bloc’s executive.\n“(EU Commission President Jean-Claude) Juncker welcomes mayors governors ... but he doesn’t want to meet me ” Puigdemont told Belgian Daily De Standaard.\nPrime Minister Mariano Rajoy who has been unwavering in his opposition to any form of independence for Catalonia said he hoped next month’s election would usher in “a period of calm” and business as usual for the region.", "output": [ "Carles Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9cb718f4eba421e925b6d3af10a686f", "input": "UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States will seek to boost its case for United Nations action against Iran when Security Council envoys visit Washington on Monday to view pieces of weapons that U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley says Tehran gave to Yemen’s Houthi group.\n Haley and her 14 council colleagues will also lunch with President Donald Trump the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said Friday.\n Haley said last month she was exploring several U.N. options for pressuring Iran to “adjust their behavior”. But she is likely to struggle to convince some Security Council members like veto powers Russia and China that U.N. action is needed.\nDiplomats speaking on condition of anonymity say Haley has not signaled which accountability option she might pursue or when.", "output": [ "Nikki Haley" ] }, { "id": "task419-e19bc4d4ba9e4e52859dce76f1a810c3", "input": "It was October. Kelly Gallivan 68 remembers seeing the Amazon box addressed to her husband sitting outside their Acton Massachusetts house. She brought it inside opened it and unwrapped the \"techy gizmo stuff.\"\n\"What did you order this for?\" she remembers asking her 70-year-old husband.\nBut Mike Gallivan hadn't ordered them. It was easy for the couple to forget about the puzzling package - until many others started arriving.\nMore than 20 boxes have been sent to the house all addressed to Mike Gallivan none containing the sender's name or invoices or receipts. The gadgets have started piling in a corner of their house: Phone chargers USB cords an outdoor TV plastic cover a computer vacuum cleaner a humidifier powered by a USB a Bluetooth speaker tent lamps high-intensity flashlights a rechargeable dog collar. The most recent one came last Thursday Kelly Gallivan said.\n\"At first it was kind of weird. Then kind of funny. Then kind of creepy \" Kelly Gallivan said. \"We don't want this stuff. Some of it's trash some it's pretty good stuff. But we just don't want this stuff and its just an uncomfortable feeling that we keep getting these things.\"\nThe Gallivans aren't sure how much longer they'll keep receiving the packages. Some items have been well-received - Mike Gallivan said he plans to use the high-intensity flashlight and a pair of Bluetooth headphones. Other gadgets like a \"little gizmo you put around your cellphone that lights up the area when you want to take your selfie \" Kelly Gallivan said will likely be donated.", "output": [ "Kelly Gallivan" ] }, { "id": "task419-40330965d70f401da83e571e2033d8d6", "input": "\"Wow \" Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter \"Matt Lauer was just fired from NBC for 'inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.'\"\nWow Matt Lauer was just fired from NBC for “inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.” But when will the top executives at NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News. Check out Andy Lack’s past! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29 2017\nLast October in the final weeks of the presidential campaign Summer Zervos claimed she had repeatedly been harassed by Mr. Trump when she was a contestant on his NBC show \"The Apprentice.\"\nEarlier this fall Zervos' attorney served Mr. Trump a subpoena to preserve \"all documents concerning any accusations that were made during the campaign that he subjected any woman to unwanted sexual touching and/or sexually inappropriate behavior.\"\nThroughout the campaign then-candidate Trump dismissed the allegations.\n\"The events never happened ... never. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over \" Mr. Trump said.\nBut Mr. Trump has not followed through on that threat. And one of his accusers told CBS News that she never believed he would sue.\n\"This was locker room talk \" Mr. Trump has said.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-43fc4f2646bd4fd4aacd54c113a1ab6c", "input": "7:35: One moment in particular from Taraji P. Henson’s red carpet interview with Ryan Seacrest is prompting some thinking-face emojis.\n She then lightly grabs his chin and squints at Seacrest “You know what I mean?”\n“I agree ” a grinning Seacrest responds.\nWhat the clip doesn’t show is what Seacrest and Henson were chatting about and what happened after. The two were talking about Mary J. Blige — Henson is introducing Blige’s song during the ceremony.\n“She is having such an amazing year she exudes it ” Henson said before telling Seacrest about karma. After that comment the actress gushes more about Blige. Seacrest gives Henson a compliment. The actress then gives Seacrest a big hug.\n7:17: E! has taken a lot of flak for keeping Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet despite the sexual harassment allegation against him which he has denied. But the network made sure to bring up the Time’s Up movement.\nWhen Ryan Seacrest asked her how she feels about getting a nod for her song “Mighty River ” she said “It means so much because this is what I’ve been doing for 25 years and for the Oscars to recognize me as a songwriter it’s the cherry on top of a 25-year music business cake.”\nBlige also gave some additional love to Seacrest gushing to him about how much she enjoys watching “Live with Ryan and Kelly.” “I love y’all you have so much fun together.”\n6:45: Rita Moreno arrived at the Oscars wearing the same dress she wore when she won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in 1962 for “West Side Story.” Seacrest was shocked it looked so good considering some of his clothes look terrible after a year or two. (That’s sort of an awkward admission considering he usually wears his own label on the red carpet.)\n Seacrest and Moreno reminisced about her big win all those years ago and the E! host wondered why she kept her acceptance speech so short — she spoke for only 15 seconds.\nIt turns out she had no idea she was going to win. She was sure Judy Garland had the category on lock. The dress was made in the Philippines which is where Moreno was shooting a movie at the time. She decided to fly in just in case she said. Good thing she did.\n6:37: Bradley Whitford is the kind of guy who might make an off-the-cuff statement but he kept things innocuous during his question-and-answer session with Ryan Seacrest . Whitford appeared with “Get Out” co-stars Lil Rel Howery and Betty Gabriel and stayed on topic strictly talking about the movie.\n6:25: Andy Serkis who plays bad guy Ulysses Klaue in “Black Panther ” told Ryan Seacrest that the Marvel movie is resonating with so many people because “it is literally about building bridges not walls. That’s what is contained in the story.”\n6:06: Gael García Bernal set to join Natalia Lafourcade and Miguel in performing the nominated song “Remember Me” from the animated film “Coco ” told Ryan Seacrest that best director nominee Guillermo del Toro was an early influence in his career.\n[ Ryan Seacrest’s Oscars red carpet pretended that sexual harassment doesn’t exist ]\n5:45: Ryan Seacrest returned to co-host E!’s red carpet special a week after his former stylist Suzie Hardy publicly accused the former E! News anchor of sexual misconduct. Seacrest has denied the allegations and E! says an investigation has cleared him. He started the night slow with smaller interviews — Miguel and Diane Warren both of whom worked on nominated original songs — and went on to speak with a number of male acting nominees.", "output": [ "Ryan Seacrest" ] }, { "id": "task419-1a01758d45bd49999e534ba1759f59bb", "input": "The Desert Sun reports that Justin Rey was charged Wednesday with murder in the death of Sean Ty Ferel. The Palm Springs California man disappeared in May 2016 after vacationing with Rey . Three months later Rey crashed Ferel's vehicle in Los Angeles. Ferel's body hasn't been found but his blood was in the trunk and his belongings were found in an Arizona storage unit that Rey had rented.\n Rey allegedly used Ferel's credit cards cash personal financial information and car \"for his own benefit\" after the killing according to the murder charges obtained by CBS affiliate KCTV.\n Rey is jailed on $1 million bond in Kansas on child endangerment charges. He 's also charged with abandonment of corpse in Missouri where his wife died in a hotel in October apparently after giving birth in a bathtub. Rey his then-pregnant wife Jessica Monteiro Rey and their two-year-old daughter checked in to the Kansas City hotel in September and were staying there for several weeks before the woman's death.\nMissouri and Kansas court records don't say how she died and Rey provided conflicting information. Rey said that his wife committed suicide after giving birth and also that she died during or after childbirth according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Kansas City Star.\nAfter the woman's death he said he placed her body on the bed and took pictures of himself and the children with her body the paper reports. He said he stayed with the newborn and toddler in the room for two more days before he moved her back to the bathtub where he allegedly dismembered her body with the children present.\n Rey put some of her body parts in a large cooler a Kansas City police detective wrote in the probable cause statement. He used a stove to boil parts that wouldn't fit in the cooler and flushed some of remains down the toilet the statement says.\nHotel management said Rey tried to disguise his voice as a woman's when he called the front desk to check out on Oct. 23 the statement says. Surveillance video footage shows him pulling a red cooler with a black bag on top through the hotel while pushing a stroller with a toddler walking beside him .\nPolice found the remains on Oct. 24 inside a cooler and tote at a U-Haul Moving and Storage facility in nearby Lenexa Kansas after Rey slept there with the children. Emergency responders checked on the children who were later taken to a hospital. The affidavit says the baby wasn't wearing adequate clothing and had an eye infection.\nAfter Rey was arrested and put in a police vehicle he was asked about his wife's whereabouts. He responded that she had died several days earlier and was in the cooler and one of the totes which he had been trying to remove from the storage unit according to the Kansas court records.\nDuring a court appearance earlier this month Rey was removed after a screaming rant against authorities. The Kansas City Star reports an irate Rey yelled that Johnson County authorities were trying to take his children after his wife killed herself. A judge ordered him removed from the courtroom saying \"That's enough.\"\n\"I don't care if it's enough because I have my children out there \" Rey said according to KCTV. \"Their mother just killed herself and you guys are going to kidnap my children our children.\"", "output": [ "Justin Rey" ] }, { "id": "task419-935345fae1aa4fa7a2097ab8153684bb", "input": "The Chinook helicopters lifted off and Richard Hunter’s mind was at ease. It was Nov. 2 2016 and he was strapped into one of two mammoth CH-47’s flying over the city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan on a moonless night. Loaded with 59 men in all — a company of Afghan commandos and a team of Green Berets backing them up – the big birds were headed to a village called Boz-e-Qandahari on Kunduz’s northern outskirts. He and the rest of the men had no idea that they were flying into a deathtrap — one that thanks to incomplete intelligence would claim the lives of two Green Berets three Afghan commandos and 32 civilians including six women and 20 children. The civilians died as the American and Afghan raiders faced an unanticipated onslaught of Taliban fighters reminiscent of the Mogadishu slaughter memorialized in the movie Black Hawk Down. For their actions that day three of the Green Berets would receive the nation’s third-highest award for valor the Silver Star one of them posthumously and Hunter was honored Oct. 17 with the Air Force’s second-highest honor the Air Force Cross along with five men on the gunship above them who will receive Distinguished Flying Cross medals. The citations for those awards make no mention of the errors that forced the fighters to act so heroically or the civilian deaths that led a United Nations humanitarian organization to call for an international investigation. Such carnage is likely to happen again as the Trump administration adds as many as 3 000 troops to the US contingent in Afghanistan. The top US commander there Gen. John Nicholson Jr. promised recently that “a tidal wave of air power is on the horizon” against the Taliban.\nBut instead of the dry field they expected the troops found themselves jumping into waist-high water; their landing zone had been flooded for rice season. The Chinooks settled into the muck. A few potshots rang out in the darkness from the closer village as the men jumped out sporadic fire aimed at the helicopters in the rice field and then the machines lifted off and flew away. High overhead and miles away the gunship crew watched as the troops slogged through the mud. It would take an hour to traverse the flooded field the first setback in a mission meant to last only a few hours. The crew with the radio call sign \"Spooky 43\" aboard the AC-130 saw something else surprising as they watched the troops advance — the blurry forms of a few people still awake in the village unusual for midnight. Air Force Maj. Aaron Hall the fire control officer aboard the AC 130 recalled another unwelcome sight. “I see a couple dudes on this rooftop-type area and what appeared to be some guns up against the wall.” Any hope of surprise was gone. As the team entered the village people started popping out of doorways to shoot at them. So did the pair on the rooftop. The troops took cover and Hunter radioed the airplane overhead. “The conversation is pretty simple ” said Hunter . “We’re being shot at. Just make it … stop.” Two AH-64 Apache helicopters that were accompanying the mission equipped with laser-guided Hellfire missiles rockets and a machine gun loaded with 1 200 rounds of high-explosive ammunition quickly killed the shooters. But with that “the jig was up and we needed to get moving ” Hunter remembered. As the team went about its mission Hunter imagined a map extending hundreds of yards around him and miles above marking his friends allies aircraft and the people trying to kill him . A combat controller plays a kind of three-dimensional chess in his head while everyone else around him is fighting stacking up the aircraft in flight like an airport control tower operator to call in airstrikes in the middle of a firefight. “Not everyone is cut out for this ” said Col. Michael Martin who commands the US Air Force’s 24th Special Operations Wing which trains and deploys the combat controllers on special operations missions. “I tell them you do not want to be the weakest link. You do not want to be the guy who holds up the team.” Special operations teams “can’t stay in any one place for too long. That makes us vulnerable ” said Seidl. The Americans moved quietly equipment strapped to their sides to reduce noise the Afghans less so. They picked their way through a maze of streets lined with mud brick walls that surrounded enclosed courtyards. It was quiet and dark. There were no streetlights. Mutaqi’s compounds were at the end of a long north-to-south-running alley lined by 10-foot-high courtyard walls. The Afghan commandos were in front (“It’s their country ” Seidl said) at the south end with team leader Byers Hunter and Seidl initially about midway up the alley. A rearguard flanked the alley’s north entrance. Reconnaissance flights had shown the entrance to the compound as wide open but that turned out to be the case only during the day. When the raiders arrived they found the entry blocked by a 20-foot-tall steel gate. During the day its opened doors had been tight against the wall and hidden by trees; at night it was a formidable obstacle.\nHigh above the aircraft crew could see two individuals on the other side perhaps armed (night sensors can make out shapes but they are not precise enough to tell an AK-47 from say a club). “They looked like they were up to no good ” said Hall who watched them running back and forth behind the gate and called down to the team. “That was the conversation we were in the process of having when all hell broke loose ” said Hunter . “A dude comes running out pauses for a second his arm comes down and then he goes like this ” Hall said miming a lob “throwing a grenade but there was just zero time — it was so fast.” The blast wounded two Green Berets Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Gloyer an intelligence specialist and Sgt. 1st Class Sean Morrison the medic as well as many of the Afghan commandos bunched in front of the gate. Hunter 30 feet away felt the grenade’s heat. “A particular four-letter word came to my mind ” he said. Everyone ran to the wounded and grabbed them trying to bring them back and give them some cover. Then they started firing back at the people who were suddenly shooting at them from all over. “We were expecting a pretty normal capture-kill mission. And we walked into a hornet’s nest ” said Hunter .\nHigh overhead in the AC-130 gunship Hall watched the alleyway light up. “We knew it was bad ” he said. “What we weren’t clear on at first was how bad it was. Were all those guys killed with that grenade?” As soon as they heard Hunter ’s voice giving them permission the AC-130 started to fire its 40mm cannon at the south side of the gate. They used the smaller cannon because Hunter and the wounded were then only about 60 feet up the alley. This was blisteringly close. On typical missions the team engaged targets that were hundreds or thousands of yards from friendly forces. Meanwhile people were firing from second-story windows from most compounds along the alley said Hall. “Those guys probably had eyes on them the whole time and were just waiting for them get down into that death funnel.” “I would describe [the incoming fire] as coming from everywhere — in front of us behind us from above us. I would even try to tell you it was coming from below us ” Hunter said. Within the first minute the team sustained 16 casualties and started dragging the wounded back toward the center of the alley. As they retreated Hunter called for a curtain of airstrikes along the alleyway with fire coming from both the airplane and the attack helicopters. Since the shooting was coming from inside houses the AC-130 fired high-explosive rounds from its howitzer with the fuses delayed to go off inside those structures so they would kill the person shooting at the team. One of the first targets on the walk back was one of the reputed Taliban compounds at the end of the alley southeast of the one with the steel gate. Rifle shots were coming from a second-story window there. After a few airstrikes the compound suddenly erupted with a tremendous secondary explosion lighting up the sky and filling the air with dust smoke and debris. From the air Hall saw “a massive fire” that briefly illuminated the entire village. The airstrike had hit a munitions dump. Then at the north end of the alley the rearguard began taking fire. A team assistant leader was shot five times. Another Green Beret grabbed the wounded man by the chest plate of his body armor and dragged him from the mouth of the alley while shooting back at the attackers and applying tourniquets to both of the wounded man’s legs. Now the team was retreating from both ends of the alley to its center. The fire from the gunship grew so intense that its biggest gun the 105mm howitzer overheated and the crew had to load it manually. Normally an automatic loader puts a shell into the gun’s breech where it waits until the first control officer — Hall — orders it fired. But letting the shell sit in an overheated barrel would cause it to detonate inside the plane killing everyone aboard. Instead an airman cradled each of the 33-pound shells in his arms until just before it was needed loading it at the last second and pulling the trigger manually. It’s a procedure the aircrew practices but hopes never to resort to. And it was about to get worse for the retreating team on the ground. The Spooky 43 crew could see the entire village drawn by the noise converging on the alley like an anthill stirred up by a child’s stick. Forms carrying rifles could be seen running along lines of trees toward the scene to bottle up the mission. “They just kept coming kept coming ” Hall said. No one had suspected the village sheltered that many Taliban fighters another intelligence failure. Fearing being trapped at both ends of the alley Byers decided to break out to the side. He kicked a door in one compound’s 10-foot wall and reached to push it open when someone on the other side opened up with an automatic weapon through the door right into him. As he fell both Seidl and Hunter emptied their weapons at the door at whoever had fired and pulled the wounded Byers from the doorway. Now Seidl was in charge. With roughly a third of the mission team wounded and no hope of escape down the alley he ordered his team into a compound on the other side of the alley. This one had a wall only 5 feet tall a disadvantage that meant people could shoot down into the yard more easily. But it also meant the team could see over the wall to observe that it was clear. At this point they were boxed in. Seidl was now in charge of a medical evacuation as well as a firefight. “We can’t do our jobs standing in the alley getting shot ” Seidl would say later of this moment. “Dick [Sgt. Hunter ] can’t think. I can’t think in that situation. We needed to take cover.” With few men unwounded the job of clearing the compound fell to Seidl and another Green Beret followed by Hunter . “It’s not ideal to have your command elements clearing a compound but we had a lot of casualties and we needed to get everyone in there ” said Seidl.\nOn the radio one of the Apache helicopters told Hunter they had “Winchestered ” meaning they had run out of ammunition and were returning to base to pick up more in the middle of the firefight. That doesn’t happen very often and certainly wasn’t the plan. The Americans and Afghans hustled into the compound cleared out a small house and set up a perimeter around the yard. Instead of the few hours planned a long night was ahead. Gunfire and grenades were coming from every direction and Taliban members were headed their way from all over the village. “There is a point over our training for where we all deal with what's called the apocalypse scenario ” where there are no good options and a team is down in numbers and surrounded said Hunter . “This is what I would call an apocalypse.” No sooner had Hunter sat down in the refuge compound with his back to a wall when he heard voices coming from the alley they had just left yelling through the din of gunfire for help. They were American voices. The Afghan commandos watching over the wounded Green Berets had fled into the refuge compound’s courtyard with everyone else leaving the assistant team leader who was shot five times still out in the alley along with another wounded American the medic. “I didn’t even think ” Hunter said putting his arms out like wings to re-create the moment. “So I just grab the two nearest bodies to me which happen to be two US Special Forces members and tell them 'Hey come with me ’ and ran out of the alleyway and [said] ‘Let's get our brothers.'” The alley was filled with smoke and reverberating with bullets ricocheting all around them. “It’s loud. It's pretty much the scariest thing imaginable ” said Hunter . The darkness was almost complete with visibility only 5 feet as they ran down the alley looking for the wounded. The men moved as fast as they could. The fire was so intense that the rounds were skipping off the ground off their feet hitting around the walls next to them. “It was a miracle that nobody else was hurt.\" They found the wounded men in the darkness and set off hauling them back to the sanctuary compound. All the while Hunter directed airstrikes with a radio in one hand while dragging a man 30 yards up the alley to the secure compound with his other one. Inside the compound the Green Berets stationed unwounded Afghan commandos around the perimeter of the courtyard. Despite medical attention Gloyer the Green Beret hurt worst in the initial grenade attack died as the Taliban closed in on the compound. “He was the one I could always count on ” said Seidl the team sergeant. High above the AC-130’s gun crew was hard at it cradling shells and working the cannons on an airplane twisting to aim at targets. The plane’s 40mm cannon malfunctioned five times during the fight. “We’re trying to help target these positions where people are just raining fire down on these guys ” Hall said. During the siege Hunter and Seidl kept 20 feet apart by unspoken agreement. To lose both of them from a single grenade or gunfire burst in the middle of the fight would have been disastrous for the mission. Instead they communicated by radio across the short distance with Seidl signing off on airstrike requests by radio. They did this for the next hour and 47 minutes. In that time the mission set a record for \"danger-close\" airstrikes technically ones in which there is at least a 1 in 1 000 chance of hitting their own troops. But in reality the odds were much higher fighting in an alleyway. Hunter called in 31 that night 19 of them from the gunship. Each missile or shell aboard the Apaches and AC-130 has its own danger-close range. The gunship’s 105mm howitzer high-explosive rounds have a danger-close range of several hundred yards for example. The smallest rockets on the Apaches have a danger-close range of about 200 yards. Hunter ’s closest strike from one of those rockets was called in for 9 feet away from him — aimed at attackers just on the other side of the compound wall. “That’s not the preferred method for dealing with gunfights ” Hunter said. “This was very in your face.” The Spooky 43 crew fired so many high-explosive howitzer shells that night that it ran out leaving only airburst shells in its armory. But rifle fire and hand grenades were coming from right across the alley the compound that Byers had initially sought to take refuge in. “Fighters were flowing in from that position. We had to keep targeting it ” Hall said. Stopping that fire meant shooting an airburst shell. The 33-pound unguided projectile — intended to explode far above masses of enemy infantry — would have to be blasted from a moving aircraft to reach a house in an alleyway more than 2 miles away the shot buffeted by winds the whole way. Lying flat on his stomach Hunter called in the airstrike after Seidl gave his approval.\nThe aircrew fired the shell and waited a long seven seconds for it to travel from the AC-130 to the compound across the alley. “I’m not sure anybody breathed ” said Hall who had made the wind adjustments for the shot. When it arrived the explosion was tremendous. “Very violent. Very loud. Very bright ” Hunter said. “It tasted like if white had a taste that was it.” The airburst flung him into the air and on his way down the shock wave lifted the ground below to meet him punching along the length of his body. The blow clicked the talk button on his chest radio handset delivering the roar back to the aircrew. “It overpowered all the other noises going on at the time ” said Hall. There were about 10 seconds of silence. “Was that you?” asked Hunter of the gunship. “Yeah.” “How close was that?” “Around 15 meters.” “Okay. Nice shot.” Hunter requested that they keep the next one at least 75 meters away. (“I was pretty stupid after that for about 30 seconds ” Hunter said. “I was ready to puke that kind of stuff. It was not cool. But also neat.”) After that nothing came from the compound across the alley for a long while.\nRelying on airstrikes to protect a hunkered-down special operations team is not a new thing said Col. Martin the 24th Special Operations Wing commander. In the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu made famous by the movie Black Hawk Down he noted an Air Force combat controller Jeff Bray kept US Army Rangers and Delta Force soldiers from being overrun by calling in airstrikes all night long. Black Hawk Down also started with a mission to capture leaders of an insurgency lieutenants of the Habr Gidr clan led by a warlord named Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The battle killed 19 Americans and more than 300 Somali militia and civilians according to a UN estimate. Attacks on the leadership of insurgencies have been a staple of US military practice at least since 1901 when an insurrection in the Philippines ended with the capture of rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo. In Afghanistan the US has eliminated a series of Taliban leaders most notably the head of the Afghan Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour killed with a drone strike in 2016. And of course there was the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011. ODA 0224’s mission and past ones followed in that tradition. With dawn only hours away the trapped men needed to escape Boz-e-Qandahari or lose the advantage of night vision. “Definitely it was a worst-case scenario with almost a third of the force wounded ” Seidl said. They had to get out of the village. The AC-130 overhead was joined by another gunship for Hunter to manage another rarity: Two gunships are also not regularly stacked together on these missions. After almost two hours a relief force of 10 more Special Forces soldiers reached them from Kunduz. They decided to break out back along another alleyway and the main road out of town. “We had to carry all our dead and wounded ” Hunter said. “Everybody was carrying somebody.” Byers was carried on a stretcher. Hunter was reminded of his training during which instructors had relentlessly made students lug heavy unwieldy stones everywhere as he called in airstrikes on the new shooters while firing back at them himself all while sweating under his heavy armor and equipment. “You’ve got a dead guy on your back ” Hunter said. “It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done.” It was a running gunfight one that lasted another 40 minutes with shooters steadily popping up to fire at them as they went. The Spooky 43 would “paint” the windows where the gunfire originated with its 40mm gun and the Apaches would fire Hellfire missiles into them to kill the people inside. On the way out a gunship also blew up a “technical” truck spotted in the village with some kind of weapons mount in it another surprise that intelligence had missed beforehand.\nDawn broke. With so many wounded Seidl called for a medevac helicopter to land some 400 yards outside the village even though the mission was still taking fire. The soldiers loaded the most grievously wounded including Byers and the assistant team leader and it took off in a hurry. Shooting down a helicopter would have been a propaganda victory for the Taliban. Hunter waved off the second medevac helicopter because the fire was too intense. “We can’t lose a helicopter ” Hunter said. “That can’t happen.”\nWithout another helicopter to shoot at the gunfire turned on the remaining members of the team. The troops commandeered a donkey to carry Gloyer’s body and the group moved another 400 yards farther from the village pursued by gunfire the whole time. In order to get away Hunter directed the aircraft and the helicopters to create a “corridor of fire” in the fields between them and their pursuers. The two big Chinooks settled inside this corridor and everyone remaining climbed aboard. “They landed mini-guns blazing with tracers flying around everywhere. It was like a Vietnam movie ” Hunter said. “I’ve never seen anything like it.” Still firing back the remaining Green Berets Afghan commandos and the rescue team lifted off toward Kunduz as the sun rose. They learned after they landed at a base south of the city about 10 minutes away that Byers had died on the medevac flight back. (He was posthumously promoted to major and awarded a Silver Star by the Army.) “He was leading from the front — that was what you have to do ” Seidl said. “He was an excellent officer. He would have gone far in the Army.” After landing the remaining members of the ODA team stood in a circle taking in the events of the night. “The sun was up ” Hunter said. “Until you’re safe you can’t think of all of that stuff. You can’t let it distract you.”\nThat morning the civilian casualties began to arrive at Kunduz hospital borne on carts and accompanied by protesters from the village. A reporter on the scene from the New York Times counted the bodies of 14 children four women two older men and two men of fighting age. The bodies were later brought to the governor’s mansion in Kunduz by protesters. “A hole was made in the roof of the room where we were sleeping and fire came from above ” one villager told the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in its annual report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan. “When I got closer to [his daughter-in-law] I saw that she was bleeding and then she passed away. Her 2-year-old daughter lost both her legs.” Initial statements varied on how many people were killed in the village as well as how many Americans and Afghan commandos died. Some news reports put the village on the wrong side of Kunduz with various sources spelling it Boz Village Quandahari Boz Kandahari or Boz Qandahari. An Afghan Army source told reporters that no Americans were on the mission. A Taliban statement claimed to have killed 15 Americans. NATO’s Operation Resolute Support released a statement later in the day announcing that two service members were killed and two wounded. Byers and Gloyer were now among the 14 Americans killed in Afghanistan in 2016. The UN report later reported that 32 civilians were killed in the village that night 20 of them children and six women and another 36 people injured. The majority of the civilian casualties came from the two compounds at the end of the alley where the munitions depot had exploded. The dead and wounded included 25 members of Mutaqi's family among them 13 children under the age of 11. Another 15 of these civilian casualties came from the compound with the steel gate and included four children under 8 years old. The damage assessment found nine damaged buildings nine possibly damaged ones and three craters in the village. Civilian deaths have been an Achilles' heel for US forces in the Afghanistan War a Congressional Research Service report noted last year. The bombing of a wedding party in 2008 that killed 47 civilians including the bride and its denial by the US military particularly soured relations with the then-president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai. Karzai later demanded that the US “put an end to civilian casualties” after a second wedding party was bombed. “We cannot win the fight against terrorism with airstrikes ” he said. And the battle to retake Kunduz in 2015 is best remembered for an errant US airstrike on a Médecins Sans Frontières hospital that killed 42 civilians. Afghans don’t seem to blame the insurgents for civilian deaths they cause according to a 2013 survey led by Yale’s Jason Lyall at least among the majority Pashtuns who form the backbone of Taliban support. But they do blame NATO forces for theirs which increases local support for the Taliban. While reparations to the families of civilian casualties decrease support for the Taliban according to the survey they don't increase it for the national government. At Boz-e-Qandahari the Afghan government paid 100 000 Afghanis about $1 450 to family members of those killed and half that amount to those injured according to the UN. The Taliban certainly understand what Lyall's team called its “home team discount.” The insurgents killed four civilians and injured another 131 in a suicide car bombing in the nearby city of Mazar-e-Sharif eight nights after the raid on the village. A statement from the insurgents called the “martyr attack” retaliation for the airstrikes and the death of Mutaqi the Taliban leader in the village. The UN suggested the Taliban blast might amount to a war crime. Around Kunduz villages like Boz-e-Qandahari are \"Taliban tolerant\" rather than \"Taliban supportive\" Bennington College anthropologist Noah Coburn author of Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention told BuzzFeed News. To have normal villagers flock to a firefight rather than running away would be really unusual he said raising the possibility that the Taliban there wanted the fight. “Most villagers are pretty disillusioned with both sides ” said Coburn who spent five years in Afghanistan part of it around Kunduz interviewing locals. “Counterinsurgency really depends on good local intelligence which is hard to get around Kunduz ” Coburn said. “It seems like we didn’t have it in this case.” In January NATO released a statement finding that 33 civilians were killed in the fighting in Boz-e-Qandahari different from the UN estimate. “The investigation concluded that U.S. air assets used the minimum amount of force required to neutralize the various threats from the civilian buildings and protect friendly forces ” the statement said. The battle likely killed 26 Taliban including three leaders and wounded another 26 as well. (BuzzFeed News has requested the investigation report but has not received it.) “This really is a classic case where the US troops probably did things that were heroic and difficult and put them in terrible danger ” said Coburn. “But it is hard to see how this puts things on a path to a political solution.” For both Seidl and Hunter that’s beside the point. They only recall fighting people trying to kill them from as close as 9 feet away. Without the airstrikes and the curtain of protection they provided “I’d be dead ” Hunter said. “I’d be super dead.” ●", "output": [ "Richard Hunter" ] }, { "id": "task419-a337088858d74770a0691d85a4b2a4ee", "input": "President Hu Jintao held a telephone conversation with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on bilateral ties Thursday with both sides expressing willingness to promote cooperation.\n The Chinese president said China-Brazil relations have been deepening in a comprehensive way marked by frequent exchange of visits between their leaders and political mutual trust.\n The Brazilian president's state visit to China last year brought the two countries' strategic partnership to a new level as the two sides reached consensus over a broad range of major issues Hu said.\n The two countries have agreed to map out a joint action plan he said adding that exchanges and cooperation in various fields have seen new momentum and the two sides have maintained close coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs.\n China-Brazil cooperation enjoys solid political foundation and broad prospect for development Hu said.\n He said further development of their strategic partnership is in the fundamental interests of both countries and is their common aspiration. It is also conducive to world peace and common development he said.\n He also said China highly values its relations with Brazil and is ready to work with the Brazilians to further promote strategic partnership between the two countries.\n On cooperation between the BRIC nations -- Brazil Russia India and China Hu said the four countries share the same or similar opinions on many global issues and have great potential in bilateral and multilateral cooperation.\n China attaches great importance to the cooperation platform of BRIC countries and is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with Brazil Russia and India he said.\n Hu emphasized China and Brazil are both members of the BASIC countries and share extensive consensus on the issue of climate change. Through qualitative coordination and cooperation both countries have played an important role in the climate summit held in Copenhagen not long ago.\n He said China would like to further enhance communication and coordination with Brazil as well as G77 countries to preserve and promote the interests of developing nations so that to facilitate a positive outcome of the climate summit to be held in Mexico this year and to keep on contributing constructively to the international cooperation on climate change.", "output": [ "Hu Jintao" ] }, { "id": "task419-12d34f709a51450db1093f9af6bbcc97", "input": "Adam Brotman a longtime Starbucks executive who helped mold the Seattle coffee giant into one of the most technologically advanced retailers is leaving the company after nine years for a top role at J.Crew.\n Brotman will join J.Crew as president and chief experience officer and report to new CEO Jim Brett who replaced legendary chief executive Mickey Drexler this summer.\n Brotman was most recently the top executive overseeing Starbucks stores but is perhaps best known for the work he did in previous digital-focused roles. As chief digital officer Brotman oversaw the launch of Starbucks' popular \"mobile order and pay\" smartphone feature — which now accounts for 11 percent of total transactions at Starbucks-owned stores.\n He also led the teams that developed the original payment feature inside the Starbucks app. Starbucks said last year that 30 percent of in-store transactions are completed via mobile payments.\n\" Adam 's experience with global field operations and cutting-edge consumer-facing digital platforms makes him an invaluable partner in shaping and driving J.Crew Group's strategic initiatives to the next level \" J.Crew's CEO said in a statement. \" Adam will help us establish customer relationships that leverage all our channels helping us to serve them in ways that are more meaningful and relevant to how they shop and live.\"", "output": [ "Adam Brotman" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca1a0e760e5a4a2bbcac64fc3ccc1538", "input": "Among those waiting for THE ENVELOPE PLEASE ... tonight is a young actress with a distinctive name ... which she very patiently helped Jane Pauley learn:\nWith her Oscar-nominated role in the movie \" Brooklyn \" Saoirse Ronan is making a name for herself . But Saoirse can be tough to pronounce and even harder to spell.\n\"It's an Irish word and it means freedom or liberty \" Ronan said.\nAt 21 she 's the youngest two-time Oscar nominee since Angela Lansbury in 1946.\nFonan's first nomination came when she was just 13 for her supporting role as Briony in \"Atonement.\"\n\"It's very intimate \" said Ronan \"and none of us expected for it to go down the route that it did.\"\n Ronan who was born in the Bronx took Pauley to the Riverdale Diner where she used to go with her parents.\n\"No I haven't been here since I was three which is nuts \" Ronan said. \"It was so weird when I came in. I remember everything. I remember where we used to sit. I remember what the outside looks like. The smells everything.\"\nAnd she remembers what she used to eat: Grilled cheese sandwich and pickles.\nBut when she was three the family moved back to Ireland. Her father had become an actor and would introduce Ronan to his agent: \"I was quite imaginative. I would put on voices would do different accents.\"\nKnown for her skill with accents she 's gone from an American teenager in \"The Lovely Bones \" to a teenage German assassin opposite Cate Blanchett in \"Hanna.\" The role brought her to the attention of theatre director Ivo van Hove who had been in touch with Blanchett. She told him \"I'm working now with such a fabulous young actress.\" He then saw \"Hanna \" \"and I was blown away by her performance \" he told Pauley.", "output": [ "Ronan" ] }, { "id": "task419-4c128be139ac40e490361e7b5cde5287", "input": "AARTI SHAHANI BYLINE: Factcheck.org is as the name spells out a fact-checking nonprofit. It's based at the University of Pennsylvania and is 1 of 5 partners Facebook featured when it rolled out the initiative in December 2016.\nSHAHANI: That's FactCheck director Eugene Kiely. Facebook one of the largest companies on earth is meticulous when rolling out new products. Current and former employees have told NPR about the way engineers pore over code for live video or messenger making sure it lives up to the promise and troubleshooting very very quickly. But in this case there wasn't even a budget line for months.\nSHAHANI: He used the money to hire Saranac Hale Spencer who had previously worked for a legal newspaper covering federal courts and then a Gannett paper in Delaware. She says this job is definitely different.\nSHAHANI: How does it feel?\nSHAHANI: Here's how her work day starts. She logs into Facebook and goes to a special dashboard. It shows links users have flagged as fake news ranked by popularity. So Spencer has a sense of what's getting a lot of attention. A few days ago just before Tuesday's Senate election in Alabama she saw fake news stories about candidate Roy Moore trending.\n SHAHANI : The story said two women who accused Moore of pedophilia were caught lying.\n SHAHANI : Spencer and her team found that contrary to the fake news claims there was no MSNBC interview or any TV interview record for that matter. And the picture in the article was actually of a British reality TV star just after a very painful pregnancy.\nSHAHANI: It takes Spencer about one full day of work to debunk the fake news. She submits her fact-checked article to Facebook on the eve of an election the entire country is watching. Clearly this is important work. But that's separate from whether or not the work has an impact. I ask a question about her fact-checking article to which director Eugene Kiely responds.\nSHAHANI: You're not given that feedback?\nSHAHANI: Meaning Facebook does not tell the fact checkers how many times their work product reaches users compared with how many times the fake news reaches them - could be 1 to 2 or 1 to 10 or 1 to 100 000. Facebook says that's proprietary data not for outsiders even partners to know. Factcheck.org and others in this partnership have asked Facebook for more transparency. But even if he's kept in the dark Kiely says he knows there is a reach.\nSHAHANI: In this way the fact-check project exposes an ongoing question. Seasoned journalists in newsrooms are torn about whether participation with Facebook in fact checking in sharing content on news feed in live video is grabbing a seat at an important table or giving cover to a broken relationship. A Facebook spokesperson says the fact checkers are valuable to the company and Facebook will provide them with additional tools and metrics in the new year. Aarti Shahani NPR News San Francisco.", "output": [ "SHAHANI" ] }, { "id": "task419-0682557e5b834901b15ff8d0647ef75c", "input": "Nasdaq has teamed up with New York-based money manager VanEck to develop the futures contract which will be cleared by the Options Clearing Corporation. The OCC clears all Nasdaq futures products the source said.\n VanEck had applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this year to launch a bitcoin-related exchange-traded fund but withdrew the request in September after speaking with SEC staff according to a regulatory filing.\nThe SEC requested that VanEck wait until the underlying instruments in which the ETF planned to primarily invest - bitcoin futures contracts - become available for investment the filing said.\nA representative for VanEck was not immediately available for comment.", "output": [ "VanEck" ] }, { "id": "task419-f2207c2b1b1a4eb9b384c407294dcee9", "input": "\"It is unprecedented more for the speed and the scale \" says H.A. Hellyer a fellow at the Royal United Services Institute in London and the Atlantic Council. Mohammed bin Salman is sending a message he says: \"This guy is in charge and nobody is off the table.\"\n The crown prince is a Saudi-educated son of the current King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Salman . In a surprise move he was elevated in June to become next in the succession replacing his older cousin.\n\" His position is already secure. It's not like he was being challenged. Everyone suspects he will be announced as the new king. But you can always consolidate more \" says Hellyer.\nIn one of his first TV interviews after his June promotion Mohammed bin Salman pledged to tackle endemic corruption in the kingdom. \"No one who got involved in a corruption case will escape regardless if he was a minister or a prince \" he warned.\n\"Many of them have been known as deeply corrupt \" said a Saudi official who supports the crown prince and requested anonymity to discuss the arrest list — which includes former CEOs of Saudi Telecom and Saudi Airlines four sitting cabinet ministers and high-profile business leaders from Jeddah Saudi Arabia's business capital on the Red Sea coast. Some had close personal relations to the crown prince .\nIt has been shocking indeed in a kingdom used to a glacial pace of change. While Mohammed bin Salman launched the blitz of arrests he also announced elements of an anti-corruption campaign that appears designed to win public approval especially among Saudi youth.\n His anti-corruption commission launched a new probe into an old corruption case involving damage after floods devastated the Red Sea city of Jeddah in 2009. Torrential rains washed away thousands of homes and killed more than 120 people.\nBut Mohammed bin Salman is playing a high-stakes game and there are grave risks says F. Gregory Gause head of the international affairs department at Texas A&M's Bush School of Government and Public Service.", "output": [ "Mohammed bin Salman" ] }, { "id": "task419-30ac714a191e4135ab27bf61acb3dd81", "input": "Actress Uma Thurman finally broke her silence amid the ongoing #MeToo movement and accused disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault.\n Thurman opened up to The New York Times in an article published Saturday which followed a viral Access Hollywood video from October 2017 that captured her telling reporters she would open up about her experiences with Weinstein when she was ready. The two worked together in “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill.”\n She had remained mum on Weinstein following the bombshell exposes that revealed decades of alleged sexual abuse from the disgraced producer toward dozens of actresses.\n Thurman said she became friendly with Weinstein’s first wife Eve when she starred in “Pulp Fiction” and she knew him pretty well before “he attacked.” She recalled a strange encounter with the famed producer in Paris. She said they were fighting over a script when he changed into a bathrobe.\n“I didn’t feel threatened ” Thurman recalled. “I thought he was being super idiosyncratic like this was your kooky eccentric uncle.”\nHowever he then told her to follow him into a steam room.\n“I was standing there in my full black leather outfit – boots pants jacket ” she said. “And I was so hot and I said ‘This is ridiculous what are you doing?’ And he was getting very flustered and mad and he jumped up and ran out.”\n“It was such a bat to the head. He pushed me down. He tried to shove himself on me. He tried to expose himself. He did all kinds of unpleasant things. But he didn’t actually put his back into it and force me ” she recalled. “You’re like an animal wriggling away like a lizard. I was doing anything I could to get the train back on the track. My track. Not his track.”\nThurman said she received roses the next day from Weinstein telling her she had “great instincts.” Following the assault Weinstein’s representatives called Thurman about upcoming projects.\nHowever she wanted to confront Weinstein following the assault. She went to his hotel room and told Weinstein “If you do what you did to me to other people you will lose your career your reputation and your family I promise you.”\nThe actress’ friend makeup artist Illona Herman told the Times she had been at the London hotel waiting for Thurman to come down from meeting with Weinstein. She called that her friend looked frazzled.", "output": [ "Uma Thurman" ] }, { "id": "task419-3f5830c8645844bfb368d866323425ac", "input": "Perhaps no major event in modern U.S. history has spawned more widespread doubt than the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in November 1963 . The official account: One man Lee Harvey Oswald did it. The unofficial theory: Well there are many.\n The JFK assassination is back in the news as the deadline for releasing a final batch of government documents related to the investigation approaches. Back in 1992 Congress passed a law ordering that all remaining papers be released by Oct. 26 2017 — that’s this Thursday. President Trump could still decide to keep some information secret on national security grounds but he seems inclined to allow everything to be released on schedule.\nWill this last dossier of evidence put the conspiracy theories to rest? That’s unlikely. Despite plenty of evidence to the contrary most Americans have believed that more than one person was involved in Kennedy ’s death since almost the moment of the assassination .\nAccording to a new FiveThirtyEight-commissioned SurveyMonkey poll of 5 130 adults conducted Oct. 17 to Oct. 20 2017 only 33 percent of Americans believe that one man was responsible for the assassination . A majority 61 percent think that others were involved in a conspiracy. In pretty much every demographic most respondents believed that Oswald didn’t act alone.\nMost people believe JFK wasn’t killed by Oswald alone Respondents’ beliefs about President John F. Kennedy’s death according to a poll conducted Oct. 17-20 2017 GROUP ONE MAN KILLED JFK OTHERS WERE INVOLVED Overall 33% 61% Male 33 62 Female 32 60 White 38 56 Hispanic 22 72 Black 19 76 College graduate 42 52 No college degree 29 65 White college graduate 48 46 White without a college degree 33 60 Registered voter 35 61 Not registered 25 69 18-34 35 60 35-64 31 62 65 and older 32 60 Republican 36 60 Democrat 36 61 Independent no lean 24 70 Voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 38 59 Voted for Donald Trump in 2016 35 61 Source: SurveyMonkey\nThat’s not say that every group believes in a conspiracy theory at equal rates. African-Americans (76 percent) and Hispanics (72 percent) are far more likely than whites (56 percent) to believe that Oswald didn’t act alone. The government of course has a history of lying to the black community which may be why African-Americans are more likely to think the government isn’t telling the whole story about Kennedy ’s death and other major news stories.\nIn our SurveyMonkey poll the 33 percent of people who believe that one man killed Kennedy is higher than it’s been in any yearly average of polling since 1966. That was the year before New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison publicly accused the government of enacting a huge cover-up to conceal the fact that the president had been killed by anti-Communist extremists in the CIA. He later prosecuted a man he believed was involved in the conspiracy and though he lost his conspiracy case in court Garrison and his theory went on to be immortalized in Oliver Stone’s 1991 film “JFK.” Although the movie made millions of dollars and fanned the flames of conspiracy it did not seem to have much impact on American opinion overall — the percentage of Americans who believed in a conspiracy remained pretty stable before and after the film’s release.\nWhy is it though that belief in a lone gunman has grown by over 20 percentage points in the past two decades? It could be that conspiracy theorists’ inability to provide proof has hurt their appeal to the public. It’s also possible that recent computerized evidence seeming to prove Oswald acted alone has gotten through to Americans. Finally it could be a simple matter of demographic changes. The percentage of Americans who have at least a college degree continues to rise and SurveyMonkey found that 42 percent of Americans with at least a college degree believed Oswald acted alone compared to 29 percent with less than a college degree. In fact a slight plurality of whites with at least a college degree actually believed one man was responsible for the death of Kennedy .\nWhatever the cause of the recent upswing in the popularity of the lone assassin theory most Americans still think that there was a conspiracy and that more than one man was responsible for Kennedy ’s death. Perhaps if the government releases the final documents on the assassination that will put conspiracy theories about the murder to rest. But chances are it won’t.", "output": [ "John F. Kennedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-1f9cd1aa377a469d84aaa43cd8fc873b", "input": "The prime minister is to call on investors to boycott social media platforms that do not delete and censor perceived âextremistâ views.\nSpeaking at the Davos World Economic Forum Theresa May will argue that not enough is being done to fight terrorism and paedophiles online.\nâTechnology companies still need to go further in stepping up to their responsibilities for dealing with harmful and illegal online activity â the prime minister will say according to advance extracts of her speech.\nTech companies need to take their responsibilities to society seriously. Thatâs why today at #Davos18 in front of the worldâs leading business men and women I will set out how together we can shape the standards norms and rules of how we behave in the digital world. #WEF18 pic.twitter.com/PMgXWVTNvL â Theresa May (@theresa_may) January 25 2018", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-f30267de77a14f92908ab84d6b701bc8", "input": "Cambodia police on Saturday deported 61 Chinese nationals wanted in China on suspicion of extorting money over the internet and by phone they said but Taiwan said 19 were from Taiwan . Chinese nationals ( in orange vests ) who were arrested over a suspected internet scam are escorted by Chinese police officers before they were deported at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh Cambodia October 12 2017 . REUTERS / Samrang Pring Several hundred suspected scammers have been arrested in Cambodia which has emerged as a major center of rackets that have cost the victims billions of dollars . Pictures sent to Reuters on Saturday showed suspects wearing red shirts with their wrists bound together ahead of the deportation . Uk Heisela chief of investigation at Cambodia ’ s immigration department said Chinese police had arrived to pick up the suspects . Chinese nationals ( in orange vests ) who were arrested over a suspected internet scam are escorted by Chinese police officers before they were deported at Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh Cambodia October 12 2017 . REUTERS / Samrang Pring “ The Immigration Department deported 61 suspects including 13 women who were involved in extortions on the internet ” Uk Heisela told Reuters . Uk Heisela said they had been detained during raids on Oct 17 and Oct 21 in the capital Phnom Penh and in Kandal and Preah Sihanouk provinces . Slideshow ( 3 Images ) Taiwan ’ s government said 19 of them were from Taiwan and that it had lodged a strong protest with China about the deportations . Taiwan has been unhappy that Taiwanese extortion suspects have been deported to China in the past and has accused Phnom Penh of acting at the behest of Beijing . China considers self - ruled Taiwan sovereign territory and Cambodia is one of China ’ s closest allies in Southeast Asia .", "output": [ "Uk Heisela" ] }, { "id": "task419-41860d25047c4f318eaec4c67ca1add1", "input": "Sen . Chuck Grassley speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in December 2017 . ( Reuters file photo : Aaron . P . Bernstein ) We need a full - blown investigation of how the FISA court came to grant warrants to spy on Carter Page . In a word the Grassley - Graham memo is shocking . Yet the press barely notices . Rest assured : If a Republican administration had used unverifiable hearsay from a patently suspect agent of the Republican presidential candidate to gull the FISA court into granting a warrant to spy on an associate of the Democratic nominee ’ s campaign it would be covered as the greatest political scandal in a half - century . Instead it was the other way around . The Grassley - Graham memo corroborates the claims in the Nunes memo : The Obama Justice Department and FBI used anonymously sourced Clinton - campaign generated innuendo to convince the FISA court to issue surveillance warrants against Carter Page and in doing so they concealed the Clinton campaign ’ s role . Though the Trump campaign had cut ties with Page shortly before the first warrant was issued in October 2016 the warrant application was based on wild allegations of a corrupt conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin . Moreover the warrant meant the FBI could seize not only Page ’ s forward - going communications but any past emails and texts he may have stored — i . e . his Trump campaign communications . x With its verification by the Grassley - Graham memo the Nunes memo now has about a thousand times more corroboration than the Steele dossier the basis of the heinous allegations used by the Justice Department and FBI to get the FISA warrants . What the Grassley - Graham memo tells us is that the Nunes memo for all the hysteria about it was tame . The Grassley - Graham memo tells us that we need not only a full - blown investigation of what possessed the Obama administration to submit such shoddy applications to the FISA court but of how a judge — or perhaps as many as four judges — rationalized signing the warrants . Advertisement We need full disclosure — the warrants the applications the court proceedings . Senators Charles Grassley of Iowa and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are senior Republicans on the Judiciary Committee ( which Grassley chairs while Graham chairs a relevant subcommittee ). As we ’ ve previously detailed ( in a two - part series here and here ) they composed their memo in support of a criminal referral recommending that dossier author Christopher Steele be investigated for making false statements to the FBI ( which is a felony ). Initially the senators ’ memo was withheld then it was released with extensive redactions because its contents were largely classified — covering submissions to the FISA court the secret tribunal established by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act . But following the release of the Nunes memo — the memo prepared by Republican majority staff of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence led by Representative Devin Nunes ( R . Calif .) — Senators Grassley and Graham stepped up their admirable efforts to get more information unsealed . so that the public can see it even if the press prefers not to cover it . Last Friday the Nunes memo asserted that the FBI and Justice Department had significantly relied on the unverified Steele dossier to obtain FISA warrants on Page . In the week that followed House Intelligence Committee Democrats and their media echo chamber bleated about how things had been taken out of context with some suggesting that there was plenty of other evidence to establish probable cause that Page was acting as a Russian agent . ( See my column last Sunday responding to claims by Representative Jerrold Nadler here .) It was even implied that Nunes & Co . had deceptively reported committee testimony by the FBI ’ s then deputy director Andrew McCabe that the Steele dossier was essential to this probable - cause showing . We ’ re not hearing much of that now . Here ’ s the Grassley - Graham memo on the critical first FISA application the basis for the warrant granted on October 21 2016 : The bulk of the application consists of allegations against Page that were disclosed to the FBI by Mr . Steele and are also outlined in the Steele dossier . The application appears to contain no additional information corroborating the dossier allegations against Mr . Page although it does cite to a news article that appears to be sourced to Mr . Steele ’ s dossier . We ’ ll come to the news article — the stupefying circular attempt to corroborate Steele with Steele . For the moment suffice it to say that the senators have confirmed the Nunes memo ’ s account except with much more information than House Republicans were able to include . Information such as this : When asked at the March 2017 briefing [ of Judiciary Committee leaders ] why the FBI relied on the dossier in the FISA applications absent meaningful corroboration — and in light of the highly political motives surrounding its creation — then - Director [ James ] Comey stated that the FBI included the dossier allegations about Carter Page in the FISA applications because Mr . Steele himself was considered reliable due to his past work with the Bureau . On this score Grassley and Graham quote directly from the warrant applications : “ Based on [ Steele ’ s ] previous reporting history with the FBI whereby [ Steele ] provided reliable information to the FBI the FBI believes [ Steele ’ s ] reporting to be credible .” ( Emphasis added .) I cannot stress enough how irregular this is . It is why there is abundant reason to demand that the judge explain his or her rationale for granting the warrant . As I outlined at greater length last week ( here in section C ) in applying for a warrant the government must establish the reliability of the informants who witnessed the alleged facts claimed to support a probable - cause finding . Steele was not one of those witnesses . He is not the source of the facts . He is the purveyor of the sources — anonymous Russians much of whose alleged information is based on hearsay sometimes multiple steps removed from direct knowledge . Steele has not been in Russia since his cover as a British spy was blown nearly 20 years ago . He has sources who have sources who have sources . None of his information is better than third - hand ; most of it is more attenuated than that . For purposes of justifying a warrant it does not matter that in a totally unrelated investigation ( involving corruption at FIFA the international soccer organization ) the FBI judged that the hearsay information provided by Steele then a British agent checked out . In his anti - Trump research Steele could not verify his sources . Furthermore he was now a former foreign intelligence officer who was then working for private clients — which is the advocacy business not the search - for - truth business . A judge would need to know whether Steele ’ s sources were reliable not whether Steele himself was reliable . Let that sink in then think about this contrast : No actual FBI agent no matter how renowned would be able to get a judicial warrant based solely on his own reliability as an investigator . Jim Comey despite having a résumé geometrically more impressive than Steele ’ s including Senate confirmations to some of federal law - enforcement ’ s loftiest positions would not be given a warrant based on representations to the court that the FBI the Justice Department the president and the Senate all attested to his impeccable reliability . The only reliability that counts is the reliability of the factual informants not of the investigator who purports to channel the informants . The judge wants to know why the court should believe the specific factual claims : Was the informant truly in a position to witness what is alleged and if so does the informant have a track record of providing verified information ? The track record of the investigator who locates the sources is beside the point . A judge would need to know whether Steele ’ s sources were reliable not whether Steele himself was reliable . Advertisement This is not esoterica . In the investigations biz this is so basic that to call it “ Warrants 101 ” doesn ’ t do it justice . If you don ’ t have witnesses with verifiable first - hand knowledge you don ’ t have anything . Without them to borrow Director Comey ’ s notorious dictum no reasonable prosecutor would bring a warrant application to a federal judge and no reasonable judge would issue a warrant . If there is no credible sourcing for the factual allegations in the warrant application that is a probable - cause deficiency that could not have been cured by the reputation of the purveyor of the sources no matter how sterling . That said it is obvious that the less identifiable and reliable the informants are the greater is the government ’ s obligation to be transparent in conveying the investigator ’ s potential biases . The Obama administration ’ s malfeasance on this point is breathtaking . Graham and Grassley recount : The FBI noted to a vaguely limited extent the political origins of the dossier . In footnote 8 [ of the first warrant application apparently repeated in the subsequent applications ] the FBI stated that the dossier information was compiled pursuant to the direction of a law firm who had hired an “ identified U . S . person ” — now known as Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS . The fact that Fusion GPS ’ s ultimate client was the Clinton campaign was never disclosed in any of the warrant applications which ran well beyond June 2017 when the last 90 - day extension was granted . Patently so much struggle and circumlocution went into crafting this “ vaguely limited ” footnote that we can only conclude the decision not to disclose the Clinton connection was the subject of much deliberation . The Clinton campaign ’ s sponsorship was not publicly disclosed until October 2017 . Before then it is virtually certain that to the extent the FISA court and Congress were told of the “ political origins ” of the dossier these were benignly presented as bipartisan concerns about Donald Trump . That is the Steele dossier phase of Fusion ’ s anti - Trump project was conflated with the earlier phase when — as Simpson has testified — Fusion did documentary research on Trump during the Republican primaries for a conservative media outlet . It was not disclosed that by the time Steele was hired to do the dossier the project was backed exclusively by the Democratic party and the Clinton campaign . Manifestly that was a material fact . If a prosecutor withheld an arguably exculpatory fact of this degree of significance it could get a conviction reversed . As some have observed a public company would likely face a stock fraud prosecution for concealing a fact so patently material from its required SEC reports . The Clinton - campaign tie should have been disclosed from the beginning . Now consider what happened as the surveillance continued for the better part of a year . In late October 2016 shortly after the first warrant was issued the FBI terminated its relationship with Steele because he lied to the Bureau about his contacts with the media . But the Justice Department did not report this to the FISA court . Instead when the first warrant expired in January 2017 the FBI and Justice Department sought its renewal by again relying on the credibility of the guy they ’ d booted for lying . In another lawyerly footnote they told the FISA court that Steele had been terminated not because he lied but because he was guilty of “ unauthorized disclosure of information to the press .” But that was not the half of it . Steele ’ s agreement with the FBI was that he would not communicate with the press . He made that agreement and then communicated with the press anyway — which showed he was unreliable notwithstanding the FBI ’ s continued insistence to the contrary . He hadn ’ t just flouted the agreement by speaking to the press though ; he had clearly lied about doing so . By mid - September 2016 at Fusion ’ s direction and even before the first FISA warrant was issued Steele had spoken with a plethora of Clinton - friendly press outlets . As a result Yahoo News published a news story by Michael Isikoff on September 23 which reported precisely the information that Steele had given to the FBI about Page : that he ’ d supposedly met in Moscow with two top Russian operatives and discussed the lifting of sanctions against Russia . Advertisement How could the FBI and Justice Department not have known that Steele was the source for this story ? Isikoff explicitly stated that his account of Page ’ s activities was set forth in “ intelligence reports ” that were in the possession of “ U . S . officials .” Plainly the FBI was privy to intelligence reports in the government ’ s possession — the purported “ intelligence ” reports Steele had provided as well as any others . Had there been another intel report from a different source who happened to provide the same exact information Steele had provided not only would the FBI have known about it ; the Bureau would have touted it to the FISA court as critical corroboration of Steele ’ s anonymous sources . To the contrary the FISA court was told : “ The FBI does not believe that [ Steele ] directly provided this information to the press .” I ’ ve emphasized “ directly ” to highlight how curious this assertion is . Ostensibly the Bureau seems to have been saying that Steele was not the source — meaning that there must have been another source yet one the Bureau had not managed to identify even though this mystery source was described in intelligence reports accessible to the Bureau . On the other hand what does “ directly ” mean ? By using that qualifier was the Bureau conceding that Steele might have provided information to the press indirectly – i . e . through an intermediary ? But that would make no sense : What would be the point of citing the Isikoff article as corroboration for Steele if Steele had been Isikoff ’ s source even if indirectly ? It is not good one way or the other . Either Steele lied to the FBI about speaking to the press or the FBI consciously avoided learning that Steele had spoken to Isikoff and then speculated to the court that Steele was probably not Isikoff ’ s source . Either way Steele ’ s credibility was a huge issue . That put in doubt the FBI ’ s vouching for his reliability which in turn made disclosure of the Clinton campaign ’ s sponsorship of his dossier even more imperative . Or how about this : Steele gave a published interview to Mother Jones in late October 2016 after promising not to speak to the media . In trying to soft - peddle the palpable unreliability Steele had thus exhibited the FBI rationalized that he was acting not out of dishonesty but in a fit of pique over Director Comey ’ s pre - election announcement that the FBI had reopened the Clinton emails investigation . This of course is the announcement that Clinton partisans blame for their candidate ’ s loss . So according to the Bureau Steele ’ s pro - Clinton partisanship induced him to such outrage over Comey ’ s announcement that he was moved to violate his agreement with the FBI . Wouldn ’ t you think it might then occur to the Bureau and the Justice Department that maybe just maybe they ought to let the court in on that teeny detail about the Clinton campaign ’ s being the sponsor of Steele ’ s dossier ? Instead they kept mum and they kept telling the court Steele was perfectly reliable . In fact they kept telling the FISA court he was reliable even after Steele himself admitted to a British court that his dossier wasn ’ t at all reliable . Truth is a defense to libel . Suffice it to say it was not Steele ’ s defense . Even though there was still no meaningful corroboration of Steele ’ s sources after months of investigation even though Steele had lied to them the FBI and Justice Department represented again and again in April and June 2017 that the FISA court could confidently bank on Steele ’ s reliability . By early 2017 however Steele was being sued for libel in Britain among other places by people accused of misconduct in the dossier . Truth is a defense to libel . Suffice it to say it was not Steele ’ s defense . In May 2017 as I have detailed ( here ) Steele was required to respond to interrogatories . He emphasized that his dossier allegations were “ raw intelligence ” that was “ unverified ” and “ warranted investigation .” He further described his reports as “ limited intelligence ” that described mere “ indications ” of “ possible ” coordination between Trump ’ s campaign and the Russian government . He was not in a position to vouch for the accuracy of what he ’ d been told he explained ; he passed it along because it needed further investigation . Yet far from reporting Steele ’ s retreat to the FISA court Grassley and Graham report that the FBI and Justice Department continued vouching for the reliability of his allegations . Advertisement Beyond all that we now learn through the senators ’ memo and some follow - up reporting that two longtime Clinton cronies Cody Shearer and Sidney Blumenthal fed their own anti - Trump dossier to Steele through a State Department official Jonathan Winer . In the fall of 2016 Steele while working on his Clinton - funded project reported this Clinton - crony information to the FBI . Still the FBI and Justice Department elected not to tell the FISA court that the Clinton campaign was paying for Steele ’ s unverified unverifiable anti - Trump research . I spent many months assuring people that nothing like this could ever happen — that the FBI and Justice Department would not countenance the provision to the FISA court of uncorroborated allegations of heinous misconduct . When Trump enthusiasts accused them of rigging the process I countered that they probably had not even used the Steele dossier . If the Justice Department had used it in writing a FISA warrant application I insisted that the FBI would independently verify any important facts presented to the court make any disclosures that ought in fairness be made so the judge could evaluate the credibility of the sources and compellingly demonstrate probable cause before alleging that an American was a foreign agent .", "output": [ "Steele Steele", "Steele" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb9be009880445609a30fc8c487a1830", "input": "Funeral Director Sandra Tufino picked up Sanchez’ remains from the city Medical Examiner’s office according to the Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit Rodriguez and her brothers have filed against RG Ortiz.\n“I paid for the service. They told me seven to 10 days she would be ready after that and we would proceed and do a mass ” she said. “I waited 15 days. Nothing happened.”\nEach time she called the funeral home asked for her name and number but never offered an answer as to what happened to Sanchez’ remains claims Rodriguez who shelled out $600 to $700 for the cremation.\n“This is crazy ” she said.\n Her lawyer Jesse Minc called the situation “egregious.”\n“It’s January she died in September. There’s no reasonable explanation for this ” he said adding “How do you lose a body?”", "output": [ "Sandra Tufino" ] }, { "id": "task419-f1ee0412bb3f4540808cf97c44b9327e", "input": "31-year-old widow Crystal Hefner says she is “still in disbelief” after the loss of her husband Playboy founder Hugh Hefner who passed away at 91 on September 27.\n“We laid him to rest Saturday. He is in the place he was always certain he wanted to spend eternity ” she told US Weekly Monday.\n Crystal Hefner expressed her love and gratitude to her husband who she called an “American hero ” and a “pioneer.”\nThe pair tied the knot on New Year’s Even in 2012. She was the media mogul’s third wife.\n“I felt how much he loved me. I loved him so much. I am so grateful ” she said. She also said Hugh had given her “direction ” and “saved” her life.\n Crystal Hefner thanked everyone for their condolences and said that she too is joining “the world in mourning” her late husband.\nIt has been widely reported that Crystal Hefner was not included in Hugh Hefner’s will but according to TMZ the media mogul made sure his wife would be provided for after his death. As a part of their prenuptial agreement Hugh Hefner reportedly made arrangements for Crystal Hefner to have her own mansion and $5 million upon his passing.", "output": [ "Crystal Hefner" ] }, { "id": "task419-80455f4701cd496f9f487ab03b4a539d", "input": "The Democratic National Committee worked with the campaign of Hillary Clinton to rig the party’s primary against Bernie Sanders Donna Brazile said Thursday.\nIn an op-ed for Politico Brazile who served as the DNC interim head during the 2016 election shared details on a 2015 agreement that helped ensure Clinton would win the presidential nomination.\n The Clinton campaign Brazile says approached the DNC about its multi-million dollar debt and offered financial assistance in exchange for more control over the committee.\n“The agreement—signed by Amy Dacey the former CEO of the DNC and Robby Mook with a copy to Marc Elias—specified that in exchange for raising money and investing in the DNC Hillary would control the party’s finances strategy and all the money raised ” Brazile wrote. “ Her campaign had the right of refusal of who would be the party communications director and it would make final decisions on all the other staff.”\nBrazile argues that while she believes the agreement was not illegal “it sure looked unethical.”", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-709615ef175c4e7585e742add1d5f048", "input": "SAN FRANCISCO — Sayfullo Saipov the 29-year-old suspect in Tuesday's deadly New York truck attack earned money the way many gig economy works do. He drove for Uber.\nBut the fact that Saipov raised no flags for the ride-hailing company when it conducted its standard background check shows just how difficult it is to screen for potentially criminal behavior if there is no track record.\n Saipov drove more than 1 400 trips for Uber in the past six months. Authorities continue to investigate the suspect who came from Uzbekistan in 2010 and settled in Paterson N.J. To date his biggest offense seems to be from 2015 when he was cited by police for towing a trailer that was too long.\nThis undated photo provided by St. Charles County Department of Corrections via KMOV shows the Sayfullo Saipov. A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial on Tuesday Oct. 31 2017 killing several. (Photo: St. Charles County Department of Corrections/KMOV via AP)\nThe company's response to that incident was the same as its statement after Saipov rammed his rented truck into bicyclists killing 8. An Uber representative said the company was \"horrified\" at the senseless act of violence as was cooperating with federal officials.\nUber said Saipov had been banned from the Uber app.\nMore: NYC terror attack: Sayfullo Saipov was here on diversity visa Trump says. What is that?", "output": [ "Sayfullo Saipov" ] }, { "id": "task419-307e5a8b4406434aae8700adb3b35986", "input": "Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) chairman of the House Judiciary Committee will not seek re-election in 2018 he announced Thursday ending a 13-term run representing Virginia’s solid-red Sixth Congressional District.\n Goodlatte made his decision known via Twitter thanking his constituents and in a longer statement posted on his website:\nIt’s been an honor to serve #VA06 – thank you for your support and trust. It’s time to step aside. I’ve decided I will not seek re-election. — Bob Goodlatte (@BobGoodlatte6) November 9 2017\n“With my time as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee ending in December 2018 this is a natural stepping-off point and an opportunity to begin a new chapter of my career and spend more time with my family particularly my granddaughters ” Goodlatte wrote adding:\nA reliable conservative vote and a former immigration lawyer Goodlatte took the reins at the powerful Judiciary Committee in 2013. Immigration and Border Security being one of the Judiciary Committee’s subcommittees had been the most prominent issue dealt with there at the time. He has been a consistent border security hawk and ally of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda.\nIn perhaps his most important move as chairman Goodlatte made known that 2013’s so-called “Gang of Eight” amnesty bill would have a tough time in his committee contributing to the political pressure that prevented the bill from passing the Senate and thereby stopping the “path to citizenship” that would potentially have added tens of millions of Democratic voters to the rolls.\n Goodlatte later warned against the Obama administration’s encouragement of the so-called “unaccompanied minor” surge in these pages working in the House to oppose President Barack Obama’s continual attempts at executive amnesty.\nOther major issues during Goodlatte ’s tenure as judiciary chairman included human trafficking legislation government wiretapping authorization and efforts to combat so-called “overcriminalization” from administrative regulation.\nWith Goodlatte ’s departure the stakes are raised for 2018’s GOP primary in his district. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+13 VA-6 is a prime target for solid conservatives looking to carry on Goodlatte ’s legacy.", "output": [ "Bob Goodlatte" ] }, { "id": "task419-0742503da1714784b60efee417e13787", "input": "BASEL Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland is going to the World Cup after left-back Ricardo Rodriguez denied Northern Ireland hope in both games of their playoff at either end of the field.\nSwitzerland needed only a draw Sunday to advance to Russia and a tense 0-0 result in rain-soaked Basel was preserved by Rodriguez 's goal-line clearance in stoppage time from Jonny Evans' header.\n Rodriguez scored that spot kick on Thursday when Corey Evans was whistled harshly for an incident that few agreed with.\nSwitzerland's players Valon Behrami Granit Xhaka and Ricardo Rodriguez from right celebrate winning the World Cup play-offs second leg soccer match between Switzerland and Northern Ireland at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel Switzerland Sunday Nov. 12 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)\nSwitzerland's defender Ricardo Rodriguez clears the ball off the line during the World Cup play-offs second leg soccer match between Switzerland and Northern Ireland at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel Switzerland Sunday Nov. 12 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)\n Rodriguez moved across the goalmouth toward the post and hooked the ball clear as he fell backward into the goal.\nSwitzerland's defender Ricardo Rodriguez center right saves a ball on the line goal during the World Cup play-offs second leg soccer match between Switzerland and Northern Ireland at the St. Jakob-Park stadium in Basel Switzerland Sunday Nov. 12 2017. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)", "output": [ "Ricardo Rodriguez" ] }, { "id": "task419-e1e6938605d24aaeaeb6b3fa99b15156", "input": "Petroteq will be one of the leading innovators in the oil industry concerning the usage of blockchain.\nSmaller players with big ambitions like Canada's Petroteq are preparing to revolutionize the day to day operations of potentially every oil operation on the planet. Petroteq could utilize new technologies to tap massive new reserves of energy such as the Utah oil sands while radically reducing environmental risk.\nPetroteq and the Blockchain\n Petroteq a company that made waves in the sector with its revolutionary patented oil sands tech has set out on a mission to completely overhaul the industry's inefficient and error prone supply chain management protocols.\n Petroteq was recently cited by Geoffrey Cann a Director at Deloitte specializing in the oil and gas industry as a contender for blockchain technologies in the energy arena.\nThis is the path on which Petroteq has embarked. And with the help of blockchain technology the company is positioning itself as a leader in this race.\nPetrobloq Petroteq's very own blockchain consortium is looking to reshape the industry. From drilling to a finished petroleum-based product and everywhere in between Petrobloq aims to track monitor and account for every drop of petroleum on a transparent immutable and secure blockchain.\nUtilizing Petroteq's technology Mexico's national oil company will become one of the world's largest non-publicly traded companies to introduce a blockchain-based supply chain management platform. An endeavor which is set to bring PEMEX's processes from production to sale to an entirely new level ushering in a new era of efficiency and profitability.\nThe dramatic improvements planned for U.S. infrastructure will incorporate innovations from companies like Petroteq.\nAnd Petroteq has technology to unlock the full potential of the Utah fields and their 32 billion barrels of oil.\nAnd unlike the dirty expensive tar sands of Canada Petroteq will be able to exploit the Utah oil sands in an environmentally-friendly cost-effective way through their proprietary technology.\nWith its mastery of blockchain Petroteq will be at the head of the pack. But its innovative drive forward is sure to be matched by other companies in the oil and gas sector.\nFrom oil majors like BP and Shell to smaller innovators like Petroteq massive potential is set to be unlocked in the oil and gas industry through the innovative use of new technology.", "output": [ "Petroteq" ] }, { "id": "task419-97c67f3839a04affa354ac93d98adac9", "input": "Songs We Love: Natalie Prass ' Short Court Style'\nNatalie Prass corkscrewed some solid Americana roots with her self-titled debut back in 2015 building off chops from touring with Jenny Lewis and of course the twangy pedigree booking time Nashville inherently affords. \"Short Court Style \" her first single from the forthcoming The Future and The Past captures a move deeper than her literal one to Richmond Va. Seeped in sugary white-sand synth and jazzy guitar grooves that nod to the late '70s the track sets sail in a new direction for Prass .\nThe throwback feel Prass conjures on the song isn't what's new. (She nailed Dusty Springfield-style soul three years ago.) This go Prass blends ornate sentimentalism with practical wisdom. Layered lush vocals overflow a chalice like a cascade of grace opening the song. It's contemplation beneath the guise of a starry velvet cape; one that can obscure the torturous back-and-forth of a boomerang relationship.\nAlthough Prass owns up to the ambivalence of the situation she remains optimistic with an after-dark coconut rum-soaked carousel chorus: \"You spin me round / Round and round / And ups and downs / Knowing I can't be without / My love that I have found.\" The video's merry-go-round lends a natural visual spinning as Prass holds on tight and smiles. It isn't yacht rock but there's an undeniably glitzy nautical component.\n\"Short Court Style\" is a departure that given the critic sweetheart status of Natalie Prass could be seen as a risk. However here we find Prass shedding Disney princess comparisons and instead gloving up to pole-vault across soft sands with The Future and The Past.", "output": [ "Natalie Prass" ] }, { "id": "task419-5d0ce4e38f4944c8bbb84fcd26c7c717", "input": "Texas guard Andrew Jones is battling leukemia the school announced Wednesday.\n Jones is the Longhorns’ second-leading scorer this season and was coming off a wrist injury when coaches noticed he was sluggish and playing with little energy. A sophomore who decided to return to school this year instead of entering the NBA draft Jones saw limited action the last two games as he attempted to come back from the injury that cost him four games last month. Something much more serious was at play.\n“After undergoing a number of tests and evaluations over the past week Andrew has been diagnosed with leukemia ” the Jones family said in a statement. “ He has begun treatments and we hope everyone will keep him in your thoughts and prayers.”\nIn statement posted on Twitter Texas athletics director Chris Del Conte pledged the school’s full support and said “We will do everything in our power to provide all of the resources we can to assist Andrew and his family.”\nLast Thursday Texas coach Shaka Smart indicated Jones “has not had the energy ” and “we’re trying to figure out through the different testing what his ailment is. There’s something else some type of sickness.”\nTexas sophomore guard Andrew Jones has been diagnosed with leukemia team announces. (Timothy J. Gonzelez/AP)\n\"Speaking for our entire team and staff we love Andrew and will do everything we can to support his family and help him get back to health ” Smart said in a statement. “I want to thank everyone for being respectful of the privacy that the Jones family needs at this time.”\n Jones played 11 minutes on Jan. 1 and the school said he saw limited action because Jones was under the weather according to reports.\n“I’d love to have him back to 1 000 percent today. But he ’s not just been feeling like himself ” Smart had said. “It’s not for lack of trying … He goes out there and really really wants to play obviously and wants to help his team. But he just to this point has not had the energy.”\n Jones has started treatment which can vary depending on how fast his leukemia is growing. For more aggressive strains treatment would include chemotherapy radiation and possibly stem-cell transplants.", "output": [ "Andrew Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-13ec4e9d8f56473f9e8c692fb12e414f", "input": "A hedge fund run by the scion of New York real estate dynasty is returning money to outside investors amid poor performance according to documents seen by Business Insider . The fund is O - Cap Management a small New York - based hedge fund managed by Michael Olshan . Olshan is the son of Morton Olshan the chairman and founder of commercial real estate giant Olshan Properties and is a former managing director at hedge fund Jana Partners . Launched during the Great Recession O - Cap ' s primary fund lost 17 . 7 % after fees from September 2009 through the end of June this year . The S & P 500 was up 161 % over the same period . O - Cap lost 4 . 3 % in the second quarter this year and was down 8 . 03 % year - to - date in 2017 . Michael Olshan did not respond to calls and emails and the fund ' s chief financial officer Lloyd Jagai hung up on a Business Insider reporter when reached by phone . In a September letter to clients O - Cap blamed its losses on poor market conditions pointing to the rise of passive investment vehicles like ETFs the disproportionate share of FAANG tech stocks in the S & P 500 ' s gains and an overall lack of public sector opportunities . The company was heavily exposed to energy a bet that took a hit amid oil and gas industry turmoil losing 8 . 45 % in the first half of this year . \" We do not feel today ’ s market is rife with attractive buying opportunities in the core sectors in which we focus \" Michael Olshan wrote in the client letter . \" In our opinion market participants are taking on an increasing amount of risk for lower return expectations and are doing so late in a cycle that has been characterized by strong reflation in asset prices and public equities .\" \" Today ’ s public equity markets can be defined by too much capital chasing a meager set of bargains \" Olshan added . \" The result is increased risk taking for lower and lower return expectations .\" The fund continues to manage money for Olshan and his family and said it sees more opportunities in private company investments . O - Cap Management is a small fund . Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission say the firm held $ 14 . 1 million in gross assets in its primary fund at the end of March 56 % of which belonged to management . Management owned 5 % of the smaller fund which had $ 5 . 8 million in assets . Olshan comes from a prestigious and successful New York business family and O - Cap at one point had its sights set on raising as much as $ 1 billion according to trade publication HFMWeek . Morton Olshan began buying real estate properties in the 1950s and amassed an enormous portfolio of properties in Manhattan and beyond . Today Olshan Properties owns and manages \" 14 000 units of multifamily 10 million square feet of retail 3 million square feet of office and 1 447 hotel rooms located across 11 states \" according to the company ' s website . Morton Olshan became a minority owner of the New York Yankees in 2000 and remains a member of the club ' s board of directors . He also serves as a member of The President ’ s Council of the New York Public Library . Andrea Olshan Morton ' s daughter and Michael ' s older sister runs the family real estate business today .", "output": [ "Michael Olshan" ] }, { "id": "task419-85a1f8118b9f417885e8c06521e8beea", "input": "Ever since early 2016 , when the Republican Party began to fussily resettle itself behind Donald Trump , Mitt Romney has been an intermittent oppositional figure , distinct from his party in both point of view and style . \nThe conservative movement has grown smirking , clannish , quarrelsome ; Romney has been formal , chiding , and pained . \nAfter Trump won the election , that November , Romney met with Trump in the hope of securing for himself the position of Secretary of State . \nYet this summer , after a white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville turned deadly , Romney professed deeper anxieties . \nFor half a century , Romney and his family have existed close to the center of the Republican Party . \nNow -- just six years removed from being his party 's Presidential nominee , but with no distinct Romneyist camp in Washington and no obvious constituency to summon -- it is n't obvious that Romney fits in at all . \nLast week , the Utah senator Orrin Hatch announced that he would be retiring at the end of his term this year , and immediately Romney 's allies suggested that he would run for the seat ; the common wisdom was that his election would be all but assured . \n-LRB- Romney , a man of many residences , built his political career in Massachusetts , but he went to college in Utah , and helped to save the Salt Lake City Olympics from ruin in 2002 ; he is the most recognizable Mormon in the world , and he would be running in a state whose Republican Party is defined by its relationship to the L.D.S. Church . -RRB- \nRomney 's candidacy is still unannounced , and its most important position -- what line the candidate takes on the President -- is not yet obvious . \n\"This thing is still developing ,\" one of Romney 's longtime advisers told me last week . \nBut already the most romantic vision of Romney -- that he might arrive in Washington as the de-facto leader of an anti-Trump faction -- seems unlikely . \n\"I 've heard some relatively simplistic assessments that he is going to be the voice of the Never Trump movement ,\" a senior adviser to Romney 's Presidential campaign said last week . \nRomney is a very pragmatic politician , too . \nRomney himself has made no sign of wanting to be part of such a faction , even if it existed . \nOne of his advisers reminded me last week that Romney took the idea of being Trump 's Secretary of State seriously , and believed that Trump 's interest in him was entirely sincere . \nAnd , a month after his appalled reaction to Charlottesville , Romney tweeted praise for Trump 's speech before the U.N. General Assembly . \nRomney 's potential for tragedy and heroism both spring from the same source : the depth of his feeling for a version of America that may exist only in his mind , a place where the trees in Michigan are exactly the right height . \nRomney 's return to Utah has some elements of a homecoming ; it is also , more simply , a move to accommodating political terrain . \nUtah is a conservative state whose politics are moving toward Romney , rather than away . \nModern Utah , the place of the salvaged Salt Lake Olympics , exists in the Romney image .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-a9966c1706ff42cdbec5d5ecd2f857ca", "input": "Almost a year ago the Mets were overflowing with outfielders. After picking up the option on Jay Bruce's contract and then re-signing Yoenis Cespedes they had an unbalanced roster and were looking to move an outfielder. Now after releasing Nori Aoki on Monday they are down to a manageable four outfielders.\nWith Conforto having shown that he can play an acceptable center field (and his shoulder injury to his non-throwing arm) the Mets could also add a right fielder to shore up their lineup and outfield. That could mean an attempt to reunite with the player that they had worked so hard to move last year: Jay Bruce .\nThe Mets have expressed their interest in bringing Bruce back several times but it seems unlikely.\nThe 30-year old was awful with the Mets after being acquired at the 2016 trade deadline but he proved he could play in New York with a turnaround season in 2017 before being dealt to Cleveland in August. Bruce only increased his worth on the free agent market by helping the Indians finish off a 102-win season. While he has publicly said he would love to come back to Flushing privately the Texas native has told Mets officials his preference would be to play closer to home. He also is looking for a major multi-year contract which could be difficult with the Mets' need to reduce payroll.\nA reunion with Jay Bruce makes sense but it's unlikely. (David Zalubowski/AP)", "output": [ "Jay Bruce" ] }, { "id": "task419-de4728cd276f49e5847a3440596b8a37", "input": "The Make-a-Wish Foundation made a little girl's seafaring dreams come true gifting five-year-old Leona Evans her very own backyard pirate ship .\n Evans is a leukemia patient and often can't play at public playgrounds during treatment because of her delicate immune system.\nNow she can combine her two favorite things playing outside and playing pirates with friends from the comfort of home.\n“ She ’s so brave. She takes it in stride \" Leona's mother Michelle Evans said. \"It's so much stress off of me the fact that she has her own little nook.\"", "output": [ "Leona Evans" ] }, { "id": "task419-b396e905e2f84b7991f34596dc0113f4", "input": "Nov. 30 (UPI) — Last week he was golfing with President Donald Trump now Tiger Woods is fist pumping after sinking putts on the PGA Tour.\n Woods broke out his signature celebration Thursday at the Hero World Challenge at Albany New Providence Bahamas.\nHe began his day shooting even on hole No. 1 a par 4. He also made par on No. 2. Woods made birdie on No. 3 before saving par on No. 4 5 6 and 7. Woods birdied No. 8. He was tied for seventh place after six holes. He was two shots back of Tommy Fleetwood and Dustin Johnson who were 3-under.\nThe play of the day so far for Woods was when he saved par on No. 4. Woods’ drive on the 350-yard hole found light rough near the fairway bunker on the right side. He missed the green with a pitching wedge from 157 yards. He then hit a chip shot just up into the fringe. Woods saved par with a long put from off the green. The putt started off to the left before curling right and dropping into the hole. He followed the attempt by flexing his right arm and pumping his fist in celebration.\n Woods dropped another fist pump after his birdie on No. 8.", "output": [ "Tiger Woods" ] }, { "id": "task419-d160eacff29b40eb90a5d2d49ffebbe4", "input": "“Without the reference to a June review Russia would have been tied to the end of 2018; it wanted instead to have an escape clause ” Petromatrix strategist Olivier Jakob said.\n“It leaves a question mark about the second half [of 2018] and about the commitment of Russian oil companies which will be price dependent ” he said.\nThe CEO of Russia’s top private producer Lukoil told Reuters he would like to see the price of oil stable at current levels trading in the $60-65 per barrel range.\nThe oil market is unlikely to overheat he added thanks to cooperation between OPEC and its allies which would allow them to release new output into the market to rebalance it.", "output": [ "Olivier Jakob" ] }, { "id": "task419-4c90f7ab32b24965a5b0b9850dc64495", "input": "(CNN) This Tuesday the GOP faces a defining moment. With Donald Trump in the White House and the possibility of Roy Moore in the Senate the nation is watching closely to see whether the GOP is becoming the party of the GOB -- the good old boys.\nWhile some Senate elections are just about the politics of a state Moore 's victory would leave a huge imprint on the way that voters perceive the Republican Party for years to come. It could easily affect the 2018 and 2020 elections.\nHe has no respect for the separation between church and state. Moore was removed as chief justice when he refused to dismantle the Ten Commandments monument he had installed in the Alabama Judicial Building. Like President Trump he was one of the birthers who falsely claimed that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States and thus his presidency was illegitimate.\nIn 2006 Moore responded to the election of Keith Ellison the first Muslim-American elected to Congress by stating that Ellison shouldn't be able to take his seat.\nDuring his campaign Moore has referred to Native Americans and Asian-Americans as \"reds and yellows.\" And when an African-American at a rally asked when America was \"great \" Moore responded : \"I think it was great at the time when families were united -- even though we had slavery -- they cared for one another. ... Our families were strong our country had a direction.\"\n Moore even said that 9/11 might have happened because Americans were not religious enough; God was unhappy that \"we legitimize sodomy\" and \"legitimize abortion.\"\nWith Trump as President and Moore as a senator Democrats would have a strong case to make about the GOP jumping deep into the world of identity politics: defining itself through one caricature version of the identity of the white male non-college educated voter.\nIt will become harder for members of the GOP to argue that the party is best suited to lead a nation that has become more pluralistic more diverse and culturally liberal than ever before. If the Republicans want any moral high ground on cultural questions it will be much more difficult to claim it with Moore as one of the faces of the party.\nAnd it looks as though Moore is very much in the race despite everything that we have learned. Democratic competitor Doug Jones has only a slim lead over Moore .\nWhy is it that Moore might pull this off? Why would the Republican Party be taking this kind of risk? It is easy to blame Jones for running a lackluster campaign but in fact he has offered the kind of candidacy and campaign that political analysts have been calling for. He is a white male a centrist concerned about a strong middle-class economy a gun-toting Democrat and at the same time someone with impeccable credentials on civil rights -- as a US attorney he successfully prosecuted Ku Klux Klan members for a church bombing in 1963.\nJUST WATCHED How will Alabama vote in Moore vs. Jones race? Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH How will Alabama vote in Moore vs. Jones race? 04:44\nThough many prominent Republicans have denounced Moore 's candidacy -- Sen. Jeff Flake even sent a check to the Jones campaign -- key parts of the Republican Party have fallen behind him. This is essential to why victory is possible. Most importantly President Trump has now endorsed Moore . \"Go get 'em Roy!\" he reportedly said at the end of their phone conversation on Monday morning.\nTrump who said he would not campaign for Moore held a rally in Florida -- less than 30 miles from the Alabama border -- on Friday. \"The future of the country cannot afford to lose a seat in the very very close United States Senate \" Trump said during the rally. \"We need somebody in that Senate seat who will vote for our Make America Great Again agenda. So get out and vote for Roy Moore .\"\nLast Monday the Republican National Committee rejoined Moore's campaign to move him toward victory after cutting ties with him because of the sexual assault accusations. Stephen Bannon the executive chairman of Breitbart News who now must be considered a power broker in the party as a result of his work on Trump's campaign and in his administration has aggressively campaigned for Moore as one of his \"anti-establishment\" candidates.\nThe fact is that large portions of the Republican leadership are now comfortable with someone like Moore standing within their tent. It is fallacious to paint him as an outsider since this campaign proves that the Republican Party has changed and there is sufficient room for these kinds of extremist elements to be welcomed into its ranks.\nIt is not surprising that the Moore campaign continues to remind voters in its advertisements about Moore 's strong opposition to abortion -- a key issue for conservatives. The appeal to voters is that all his \"peccadillos \" as they seem to dismiss them as being are forgivable if they allow Republicans to retain the seat. As Ron Brownstein has perceptively argued a Moore victory would come down to his retaining the support of white women who have no college education and who will hold their noses and vote for Moore despite his record with women.", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-53d683a766fd409eaa15ce4242164c1c", "input": "The Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (1080 Ti for short) is one of the best GPUs on the market right now for PC gaming but the units are becoming harder to find as retailers can't keep up with the increased demand brought on by cryptocurrency miners. Many 1080 Ti models are regularly out of stock through online retailers or are getting marked up to higher and higher prices.\nThe 1080 Ti typically goes for around $1 000 or less and it used to be pretty easy to find online. Now popular retailers like Newegg that sell the GPUs list dozens of models as \"out of stock \" while other online marketplaces like Amazon or eBay have prices marked up by hundreds or sometimes even thousands of dollars.\nWhat makes the 1080 Ti so appealing to both gamers and cryptocurrency miners is its 11 GB of GDDR5X memory running at 11 GBps which means it can handle a lot of processes very quickly. For gamers this means high-quality imaging and high frames per second. For miners this means a faster rate of mining.\nFor gamers who are looking to upgrade their PCs to play hardware-demanding games or make their games look better the shortage means 1080 Ti is a less-desirable GPU. Why wait or pay up for one when you can get a slightly lower quality GPU for less money and hassle?\nUnfortunately other GPUs close in capabilities to the 1080 Ti — like the 1070 Ti or Radeon RX 580 — are experiencing similar shortages and markups (although not quite to the same degree). RX 580 GPUs are also being sold in bundles specifically for mining and no gamer would need four or more GPUs to play even the most demanding games.\nThis shortage probably isn't forever though. If the cryptocurrency bubble ever bursts the hype will probably die down and everything will go back to normal. Plus whatever the next generation of GPUs is will make 1080 Ti cards much easier to find and buy.", "output": [ "Ti" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f6156576a0342709bbd4a7d13bab2d4", "input": "Eric Gultney 38 initially made contact with the girl as she walked home from school in Chicago on Oct. 24 giving the girl a $50 bill with his phone number written on it .\n He began texting her that night then sent numerous sexually explicit messages and photographs including one with his face visible according to prosecutors.\nThe girl blocked Gultney ’s phone number after he requested to meet her that night prosecutors said. On Nov. 2 Gultney went to the girl’s school and approached her as she was leaving giving her $20 even though she “remained dismissive” of him according to prosecutors.\n He then began texting her from a different phone number that night and the girl told him to leave her alone prosecutors said.\nChicago police were notified by the girl’s father when he discovered the text messages on his daughter’s phone. Prosecutors said Gultney admitted to detectives that he sent a sexually explicit photo to the girl.\n He was charged with indecent solicitation of a child a Class Two felony. Judge Sophia Atcherson ordered Gultney held on $10 000 bail and kept on electronic monitoring/", "output": [ "Eric Gultney" ] }, { "id": "task419-4b5754be7a514c06bc8e47540014026c", "input": "\"We've had an inkling that subconcussive hits — the ones that don't [show] neurological signs and symptoms — may be associated with CTE \" says Dr. Lee Goldstein an associate professor of psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine and the lead investigator on the study. \"We now have solid scientific evidence to say that is so.\"\n\"It took us many years to do this \" Goldstein says. \"We see in our animals — even after a small number of hits even one — very early evidence of pathologies associated with CTE.\"\nAnd they noted the brain pathology was unrelated to signs of concussion in the mice such as altered arousal and impaired balance. Goldstein says the scientists nailed what they wanted to — strong evidence linking head impact to CTE independent of concussion.\n\"I want to be very clear on this \" Goldstein says. \"This is in no way to minimize concussions.\"\nBoth Bailes and Goldstein are a big part of that evolution. Right now CTE can only be diagnosed after death but both scientists are working independently of each other on a test intended to detect CTE in living brains. Such a test would help determine how widespread the disease is and beyond that how to develop treatment.\nIn the meantime Goldstein hopes his study finds applications not just in football but in other sports like soccer and lacrosse where contact and collisions include hits to the head.\nAnd beyond sports Goldstein says hits to the head affect the most vulnerable segments of society. He has a long list.\n\"Intimate partners who are having repetitive head injuries \" he notes \" domestic violence victims homeless children at risk people in our prison systems. [With] all of these people we need to take the focus off concussion and find out if they have injured brains.\"", "output": [ "Lee Goldstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-d04b08bb0a0f481eaa7e5e0eecf62f36", "input": "Kim Yo Jong \nThe sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will represent her country at the Olympics. Kim Yo Jong will also meet with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday.\nBelieved to be around 30 years old Kim Yo Jong will be the first member of North Korea’s ruling family to visit the South since the end of the Korean War in the 1953. Kim Yong Nam the ceremonial head of state will also be part of the delegation.\nAnalysts speculate that the inclusion of Kim Yo Jong shows her country’s ambition to use the Olympic Games to improve relations with the South.", "output": [ "Kim Yo Jong" ] }, { "id": "task419-2291c73199e04ce9acc5947cec00dd9b", "input": "Then Balfour popped the question to their dog Maia with a pink rhinestone collar.\n “It was a plan I’ve had for a while ” said Balfour. “We got Maia right around the same time we moved in together. She’s been a part of our family. It felt wrong to not include her in the proposal somehow. I knew I wanted her there for the photos for sure. It made sense to have something for her as well.”\nGetzinger said Balfour’s decision to include Maia was “literally the sweetest thing ever.”\n“I thought it was so cute ” she said. “ She ’s super important to me . She ’s with me all day every day. The fact he went out of his way to include her was really special to me .”\n“ She is our fur child ” said Getzinger. “I’d like to involve her in the ceremony. If not the ceremony definitely for pictures right after. She gets very excited when there’s lots of people around.”\nThe wedding will take place on Getzinger’s dad’s farm so “there’s lots of space out there for her to run around ” she said.", "output": [ "Maia" ] }, { "id": "task419-126f9d22f484401ea3a913c839e3dc4b", "input": "Jon-Paul Patterson Snyder 32 was arrested early last year after reaching out to an undercover officer on Craigslist with an upfront pick-up line: \"Get you pregnant naturally no strings m4w.\"\nAfter making contact the supposed teenage girl reportedly told Snyder she had heard that getting pregnant could net her welfare benefits.\nA Spotsylvania Circuit Court judge technically sentenced Snyder to 10 years in jail with eight years suspended. He accepted a plea deal for electronic soliciation of a minor.\n Snyder was arrested along with 11 other men as part of a sweeping cyber-sting organized by the Spotsylvania County Sheriff’s Office the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported. One of the men reportedly worked as a custodian at a local school.", "output": [ "Jon-Paul Patterson Snyder" ] }, { "id": "task419-2bcb770d4c4543f197e9f225a4ecd0cf", "input": "TechCrunch the industry website owned by AOL has tracked down the ex-Twitter employee it says is responsible for the Nov. 2 incident: His name is Bahtiyar Duysak and he is described by the tech site as \"a twenty-something with Turkish roots who was born and raised in Germany.\"\nTwitter has declined to confirm his identity. However Duysak says he was a contractor at management services company Pro Unlimited and had been assigned to Twitter's Trust and Safety division the department that sorts through alerts from users reporting abusive behavior or violations of the company's terms of service.\nOn his last day at Twitter HQ in San Francisco Duysak says he received a report on the president's account. TechCrunch writes: \"as a final throwaway gesture he put the wheels in motion to deactivate it. Then he closed his computer and left the building.\"\n He says he didn't think the account would actually be deactivated and in any case calls the whole thing a \"mistake.\"\nHowever Duysak contends that he didn't do anything wrong either. \"I didn't hack anyone \" he tells the tech site. \"I didn't break any rules.\"\n He said as a consequence of his actions he 's been hounded by reporters on social media and that he hopes by coming forward he can clear the air and \"continue an ordinary life.\"", "output": [ "Bahtiyar Duysak" ] }, { "id": "task419-a30e2fa95906400c87f2aa32708c7406", "input": "The Purple Line will begin carrying passengers in the Maryland suburbs later than expected because of a court fight over the project but state officials believe it can still open in 2022 state Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn said Thursday night.\nThe line had been scheduled to open to riders in March 2022. Rahn said the state and its contractor are still redoing the construction schedule but he believes it can open “sometime” later that year.\n“We know there are going to be some delays ” Rahn told the audience at a Silver Spring forum sponsored by the Purple Line Now advocacy group.\n He said state officials should have a better sense of the timing — and any additional costs to the project’s $2.4 billion construction costs — in a couple of months. He said he expects that project officials can make up some of the time lost during the one-year legal fight over the line’s environmental impacts. A second lawsuit filed against the project is still pending in federal court but judges have allowed construction to continue.\nEarly construction work has focused on cutting trees particularly along the Georgetown Branch recreational trail between downtown Silver Spring and downtown Bethesda and beginning to move utility lines. He said 75 percent of the design work is complete and the state has acquired 88 percent of the right of way needed along the alignment.\nThe state’s contractor a team of companies called Purple Line Transit Partners has about 375 people working on the project and will ramp up to about 1 500 people this year he said.\n Rahn told the crowd the state has spent $200 million of the $325 million in federal aid that Congress has appropriated to the Purple Line. The state expects the rest of the total $900 million in federal grants to be doled out in annual appropriations of about $100 million to $125 million he said.\n“We are spending money quickly ” Rahn said.\nThe state still expects the line to attract about 59 000 trips per day when it opens he said. That number is expected to grow to 74 000 daily trips by 2040.\n“If the service is as good as we think it’s going to be ” he said “I’m very confident in those numbers.”", "output": [ "Pete K. Rahn" ] }, { "id": "task419-1cb186ac4cfe4362af24039f50b7ee18", "input": "CLOSE USA TODAY Sports' Lindsay H. Jones and Lorenzo Reyes break down all the action from Day 2 of the NFL scouting combine and preview Friday's on-field workouts. USA TODAY Sports\nBrowns GM John Dorsey left talks with team owner Jimmy Haslam before a game on Dec. 10. (Photo: Scott R. Galvin USA TODAY Sports)\n John Dorsey the latest “new GM” of the Cleveland Browns is on the clock with the No. 1 pick in the upcoming draft. But despite widespread expectation that another new quarterback will be pegged now is not the time for any grand declarations. Instead as Dorsey fielded a battery of leading questions during a media session at the NFL scouting combine Thursday he danced.\n“Any good GM wants to field phone calls from his peers ” Dorsey said. “Why wouldn’t I? That’s why I say ‘Just give me a call and see what’s up.’ ”\nYeah but Dorsey and Hue Jackson the coach who's gone 1-31 the past two seasons must already have their pecking order in assessing the Los Angeles-based quarterbacks USC’s Sam Darnold and UCLA’s Josh Rosen. And they’ve surely seen the tape on Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield and Wyoming’s Josh Allen.\n“You’ll find out on draft day ” Dorsey said. “We bounce things back and forth but they could change after the combine. It could change after pro day. It’s an evolving thing. It doesn’t matter until that draft board is set the day of the draft.”\nThere were no clues from Dorsey . When asked about Barkley he shut it down rather quickly. “Good football player ” he said. No elaboration. Hmmm.\n“I have one single responsibility: to awaken a sleeping giant ” Dorsey told USA TODAY Sports.\nThis is all rather fresh for Dorsey a new start after he was shockingly dumped last summer as the Kansas City Chiefs GM just a month before training camp. He ’s bolstered his personnel department by luring two of his former understudies in Green Bay Alonzo Highsmith and Elliot Wolf while using former Washington GM Scot McCloughan as a consultant. That’s an impressive collection of brainpower taking hold in Cleveland as the Moneyball philosophy recedes in the rear-view mirror.\nYet for long-suffering Browns followers it must feel like Groundhog Day. Here they go again with another new brain trust talking about the need for a franchise quarterback. Dorsey marks the franchise’ seventh GM in the past decade.\n“I feel the frustration ” he told USA TODAY Sports. “I feel it from the fan base. You feel it and it’s real. And they have a right to be cynical.”\nAnd with the top pick in the draft Dorsey has the right to be coy.\n“I’m not going to show my cards ” he said. “But here’s what I’m going to do: I’m going to explore every opportunity whether it’s players or trades and see what’s best for this organization.”\nWhich means Dorsey is on the clock in more ways than one.", "output": [ "John Dorsey" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb40987294e74fb3a01d114278e62388", "input": "FBI had an independent basis for investigating Carter Page : Our view\n Carter Page speaks in Moscow in December 2016. (Photo: Yuri Kochetkov/epa)\nThat’s the backdrop to this weekend’s release of a Democratic memo countering what amounted to a Republican hit job on the FBI and the Justice Department for their handling of a wiretap of Carter Page a former adviser to the Donald Trump campaign.\nThe Democrats’ memo neatly counters many of the Republican allegations of sinister doings behind the 2016 wiretap of Page . The release by the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee was as welcome as it was belated. True to form Trump’s focus was on himself. He railed against the Democratic memo tweeting that it “is a total political and legal BUST. Just confirms all of the terrible things that were done. SO ILLEGAL!”\nThat memo put out more than three weeks ago accused the FBI of using an explosive dossier written by former British spy Christopher Steele to persuade a judge on the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court also known as the FISA court to grant a warrant for a wiretap in 2016 on Page . The key allegation: The FBI failed to inform the judge that Steele had been hired to do opposition research funded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign.\nThat’s quite a different picture than the one painted by Republicans who had hyped the Page wiretap as the scandal of the century.", "output": [ "Carter Page" ] }, { "id": "task419-e1ee137eddc24493bef2d85bf61186c9", "input": "Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is urging Congress and the Obama administration to start plotting a strategy to curb record-high U.S. budget deficits. Failing to do so could eventually erode investor confidence and endanger the economy's prospects for long-term health he said.\n Bernanke said that such forceful government intervention to fight the worst financial crisis since the 1930s and lift the U.S. out of recession was \"necessary and appropriate\" even though it worsened the nation's budget deficit.\n Bernanke acknowledged that Congress and the administration face \"formidable near-term challenges\" that must be addressed as they take steps to stabilize the financial system reduce home foreclosures and spur banks to lend more freely. The success of these efforts will be crucial to turning the economy around.\n Bernanke cautioned: \"Unless we demonstrate a strong commitment to fiscal sustainability in the longer term we will have neither financial stability nor healthy economic growth.\"\n With the recovery likely to be subdued inflation will remain low Bernanke predicted. Some worry that the Fed's aggressive efforts -- including buying billions worth of government bonds -- to revive the economy could sow the seeds of inflation.\n \"I respectfully disagree with her views \" Bernanke said adding that he is \"comfortable\" with the Fed's actions.\n Bernanke didn't offer specific recommendations on what steps they should take to bring the deficits under control.\n Observing the recent rise in rates on mortgages and longer-term Treasury securities Bernanke said the increases appear to reflect concerns about large federal deficits as well as greater optimism about the economic outlook. That's a reversal in a pattern seen in the depths of the recession of investors flocking to safe havens.\n Bernanke cited improvements in credit markets but again warned that a relapse could hurt the economy's recovery prospects. He also said that banks are meeting with some success in raising capital in private markets suggesting greater investor confidence in the banking system.\n Bernanke repeated his belief that the recession will end this year and that the economy will start growing again later this year. But he again warned that the pace of the recovery will be slow and that unemployment -- now at a quarter-century peak of 8.9 percent -- will rise even after the recession ends.", "output": [ "Ben Bernanke" ] }, { "id": "task419-0fc4156a1cd742799f06ca591ba44ab8", "input": "Brown killed his mentor Siaufung \"Bosco\" Tjan on Dec. 2 2016 inside the University of Southern California building where the 50-year-old psychology professor ran an intensive lab that studied vision loss authorities said.\n Tjan's widow spoke during the hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court.\n\" He was not a soldier in a war zone or policeman in a dangerous street. He was murdered in his research lab \" Carissa Pang said according to City News Service.\n\"I feel helpless when my son asked me why his father was killed \" she said.\n She said she told him that the killer was \"having bad thoughts.\"\nBrown's family \"gives their condolences and hopes that you find some solace \" defense attorney Steve Schoenfield told her .\nTjan's family will be notified of any changes in where Brown is housed and what treatment he receives Judge Leslie A. Swain told Pang.", "output": [ "Tjan" ] }, { "id": "task419-e0e7423b73fa443096f42f03a4caee91", "input": "Seven days before a deadly shooting took place in a Texas church its pastor gave a sermon encouraging his congregation to turn to God when life becomes difficult.\n Pastor Frank Pomeroy was in Oklahoma when a shooter opened fire today inside his church First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs. His 14-year-old daughter Annabelle Renee Pomeroy was among those killed he told ABC News.\nBut a week ago on Sunday Oct. 29 Pomeroy took to the wooden altar inside the church nestled on a dusty road to preach from Proverbs 3:5. It was a message he said that God placed on his heart.\n\"When you start to lean on your understanding of a situation that's when we tend to have issues \" Pomeroy said.\n Pomeroy used his hunter green and cream motorcycle placed at the altar in front of yellow and purple flowers to further make his point. He admitted that many church members had asked that morning why the bike was there.\n He said he and his daughter had driven the motorcycle recently and \"had a good time coming in. It was a beautiful ride \" the pastor added.\n Pomeroy said that his daughter \"still tends at times to get a little nervous when we go around bends.\"\n\"It is very unnatural for us as human beings to want to lean into that road that's coming up so close to you \" he said. \"Yet the safest way around the corner on a motorcycle is to lean down into the turn.", "output": [ "Frank Pomeroy" ] }, { "id": "task419-19071d452b9f49459cdcff8882e98493", "input": "All this shows that having LeBron James on a team comes with a lot of unwanted attention . \nSince returning to Cleveland in 2014 , LeBron has been at the front of the speculation on why his former head coach David Blatt was fired , and the main reason for Kyrie Irving demanding a trade . \nThroughout the process , LeBron has not always done things quietly and has often been the center of attention for all the wrong reasons . \nSo far in January , LeBron has looked anything but one of the greatest players of all-time , or even one of the best players in the NBA . \nNo , LeBron is not in jeopardy of not being wanted , but his riskreward ratio is not nearly as positive as it once was and is getting drastically worse by the tweet . \nIt just so happened that after Irving wanted a trade , LeBron sent out a tweet giving advice to his 40 million followers to not \"let anyone ride your wave .\" \nEver since his NBA arrival on October 29 , 2003 , LeBron James has made 29 other teams desperately wish they had him . \nDo the Lakers want to disrupt their young nucleus and add LeBron to the circus that already exists with the Ball family ?", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-4addb9d6cfd04c40956240099c3242f8", "input": "Sarah Shourd was freed in September and returned to the United States. Her fiance Shane Bauer and their friend Josh Fattal remain in prison.\n Shourd and their families have denied they did anything wrong. After her release Shourd said they were hiking in a scenic and relatively peaceful part of northern Iraq and inadvertently crossed an unmarked border with Iran when they were arrested in July 2009.\n Iranian authorities said they freed Shourd as a humanitarian gesture because of unspecified health concerns though the woman has since said her health is fine.\n Iran warned that it will seize the $500 000 bail posted by Shourd if she does not return for trial.\n The 32-year-old Shourd from Oakland California has not disclosed any plans to return to Iran.\n She said in an interview published Oct. 31 in The New York Times that the three stepped off an unmarked dirt road and inadvertently crossed from Iraq only because a border guard of unknown nationality gestured for them to approach.", "output": [ "Sarah Shourd" ] }, { "id": "task419-5a3fd66bfdcd4450b8f3d4f4ee9a25d9", "input": "But Madrid had little interest in any exercise of Catalan self-determination. In a speech Sunday evening Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy pinned the blame for what happened on Catalan secessionists who engineered the confrontation by staging what Madrid deems an illegal vote. “Today there has not been a self-determination referendum in Catalonia ” Rajoy declared. “The rule of law remains in force with all its strength.”\nBut although Rajoy thwarted the immediate prospect of independence he — not his Catalan opponents — looks like the day's big loser. His government took a heavy-handed line with Catalonia's secessionists in the buildup to the vote and Rajoy is being slammed by opponents both inside Catalonia and elsewhere for making a mess of the proceedings.\n “Rajoy faces an extraordinarily difficult task. He is adamant that it is his government’s fundamental duty to uphold the law and preserve the integrity of the Spanish state ” wrote Tony Barber of the Financial Times. “Yet the police’s use on Sunday of batons and rubber bullets to disrupt the referendum risks deepening the confrontation and putting off the moment when Madrid and the Catalonian authorities sit down to find a way out of the impasse.”\nCritics say Rajoy 's own right-wing nationalist politics made it impossible to deal with Catalan secessionists a coalition of pro-independence factions who came to power in 2015 regional elections and swiftly signaled their intent to stage the referendum. From the outset Rajoy treated their aspirations as both illegal and intolerable.\n Rajoy probably has little time for Puigdemont's proclamation. The prime minister built his political reputation in the mid-2000s by fiercely opposing a Catalan charter for greater autonomy which a Socialist government in Madrid at the time had agreed to and was later ratified by a referendum in Catalonia. In 2010 a Spanish constitutional court struck down a series of key provisions in that charter based on an appeal filed by Rajoy 's center-right People's Party. That in turn kicked off Catalan rumblings toward independence.\nBut Rajoy is also on rocky ground in Madrid where he presides over a fragile minority government in parliament.\nPablo Iglesias leader of the left-wing Podemos party tweeted against the “repressive strategy” of Rajoy and his allies warning that it has “deteriorated democracy and coexistence [in Spain] to unprecedented limits.” Pedro Sánchez of the center-left Socialists called for political negotiations and seemed to blame Rajoy for not seeking talks earlier saying that “doing nothing is the worst way of solving any problem.”\nNow though the political conversation is far more polarized. A tense standoff is in the cards in the coming weeks with the possibility of further protests and mass strikes rocking Catalonia. Rajoy will have to own the crisis and his opponents already have one idea of how he should do so.\n“ He is a coward who does not live up to his state responsibilities ” said Ada Colau Barcelona's mayor. “As a result he must resign.”", "output": [ "Mariano Rajoy" ] }, { "id": "task419-a87fa20bcad84d53a163590771e076fa", "input": "Some advertisers are removing their ads from Sean Hannity 's Fox News show in response to his coverage of the sexual-misconduct allegations against Roy Moore the Republican US Senate candidate in Alabama.\n The Fox News host Sean Hannity is facing heat after several brands pulled their ads from his show. A wave of advertisers announced they would pull spots from \"Hannity\" following the host 's interview on Friday with Roy Moore in which they discussed allegations that Moore engaged in sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old and pursued relationships with other teenagers when he was in his 30s. Some media observers have noted that Hannity directly asked about the allegations. But critics say Hannity went too easy on Moore — whom he supported in the Alabama Senate primary — saying he appeared to agree with a characterization of some of the conduct as \"consensual.\" Amid the left-wing media watchdog Media Matters urging sponsors to pull ads Keurig Realtor.com Eloquii 23andMe Nature's Bounty and E-Trade all announced over the weekend that they had no plans to advertise on Hannity's Fox News show. More recently brands such as Mercedes-Benz have jumped on the bandwagon even as others such as MyPillow remain unfazed. Brands distancing themselves from politically or otherwise sensitive issues is nothing new. Several big-name advertisers were conspicuously absent from Megyn Kelly's interview in June with Alex Jones the right-wing provocateur and conspiracy-monger. Similarly in April BMW Mitsubishi Hyundai and Lexus were among the brands that pulled their ads from \"The O'Reilly Factor\" amid a wave of sexual-harassment allegations against its host Bill O'Reilly. There has also been increasing consumer backlash to brands taking positions. But these emotional reactions are unprecedented according to Canvs a company that measures viewers' qualitative responses to content. It looks at all the spoken words about shows across social media and maps viewers' reactions with a range of 42 emotions. \"Unlike most emotional conversations about TV brands have been raised to the forefront of the discussion surrounding ' Hannity '\" a Canvs analyst told Business Insider. \"These brand-driven viewer emotional reactions are really unprecedented when you look at any show on TV.\" Still Hannity has seen his ratings jump since Fox News moved him to a different time slot last month. He was already one of the highest-rated personalities in cable news. He has also weathered previous boycott calls by Media Matters partially by rallying his viewers and supporters who started a #BoycottKeurig campaign over the weekend and shared videos of themselves destroying the coffee machines. On Monday Realtor.com deleted an initial tweet about pulling the ads and Keurig's CEO apologized for \"taking sides.\" \"The action is key because that is what will have a financial effect on Hannity 's show not the messaging that companies use \" said Angelo Carusone the president of Media Matters. Carusone added that he was surprised that Realtor.com made a statement at all considering the company is owned by Fox News' chairman Rupert Murdoch. Business Insider asked several other brands who have advertised on Hannity 's show over the past few months about their stances and whether they plan to do so in the future. Here are their responses: View As: One Page Slides\nHebrew National announced on Monday it was no longer advertising on Hannity 's show. Hebrew National stated it had removed Hannity 's show from its advertising plans on Monday afternoon. \"Our advertising is not intended to be an endorsement of or sponsorship of any particular program \" the hot dog brand posted on Twitter.\nReddi-wip and Marie Callender's — two other Conagra brands — also cut advertising. A spokesperson from Conagra Brands told Business Insider on Monday that the company had \"removed Hannity from our advertising plans for all Conagra brands.\" On Tuesday a spokesperson clarified that the change had been made prior to the Hannity flap. \"We adjusted our media spend several months ago due to the needs of our business \" spokesperson Lanie Friedman said. \"That said we have not run on this program since August so our decision was not made currently and has nothing to do with this controversy.\"\nKeurig says it will no longer advertise Keurig said on Twitter that it would no longer advertise on Hannity 's show. Many on the right called for Hannity 's supporters to boycott Keurig. On Sunday some people went as far as posting videos of themselves smashing their Keurig coffee machines. In a memo to employees on Monday obtained by The Washington Post's Erik Wemple CEO Bob Gamgort called Keurig's decision to explain its plan to \"pause\" its advertising with Hannity's show \"highly unusual\" and \"outside of company protocols.\" \"This gave the appearance of 'taking sides' in an emotionally charged debate that escalated on Twitter and beyond over the weekend which was not our intent \" Gamgort wrote.\nRealtor.com said in a now deleted tweet: \"While we continually strategize on where we advertise on and offline we are not currently and will not be running TV ads on Hannity .\"\nThe fashion brand Eloquii said in a tweet on Saturday that Hannity was \"blocked from our advertising list.\"\nThe DNA-testing company 23andMe said: \"We've received inquiries RE: advertising on Hannity . We are not running TV advertising on Hannity . We continue to closely evaluate where we advertise.\"\nThe meal-delivery service HelloFresh says it does not advertise on or around Hannity 's shows. \"We have continuously worked with our advertising agency partners and media buyers to ensure that no HelloFresh ads are running during his programs \" a HelloFresh representative told Business Insider in an email. \"We always refresh our advertising outlets with considerations for current events which we do not condone.\"\nMyPillow said it had \"no plans to change its advertising\" on the show. The \"as seen on TV\" pillow brand isn't planning to slow its advertising push on Hannity 's show. \"MyPillow has no plans to change its advertising \" Mike Lindell the founder and CEO said in an email to Business Insider.\nUntuckit said its decision not to advertise on Hannity 's show was \"unrelated\" to news about Moore. In an email to Business Insider Untuckit CEO Aaron Sanandres said the men's shirt brand had no plans to advertise on \" Hannity .\" \"We have not advertised on Hannity for several weeks although unrelated to the controversy surrounding his interview with Roy Moore \" Sanandres said in an email. \"The move was part of a larger assessment of where we spend our advertising dollars. We do not have any plans to revisit this decision.\"\nDollar Shave Club announced Wednesday it had \"ceased advertising with Sean Hannity .\" The company tweeted in reply to a someone who asked over the weekend if it supported child molesters: \"we do not condone any illegal or unethical behavior. We've ceased advertising with Sean Hannity and continue to review where we advertise.\"", "output": [ "Sean Hannity" ] }, { "id": "task419-0c0766fa7d884d5db78d09f00190137e", "input": "A woman says Al Franken pulled her in tightly and put his hand on her buttocks in 2010 while posing for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair the second allegation of improper conduct against the Democrat and first involving his time as a senator.\nMenz's story comes days after a Los Angeles broadcaster Leeann Tweeden accused Franken of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour. Franken already faced a Senate ethics investigation over Tweeden's allegation but the Menz allegation is potentially more damaging for Franken because it would be behavior that occurred while he was in office.\n Franken a Democrat told CNN he didn't remember taking the photo with Menz but said in a statement to the network that he feels badly that she felt disrespected.\n\"I take thousands of photos at the state fair surrounded by hundreds of people and I certainly don't remember taking this picture \" Franken told CNN. \"I feel badly that Ms. Menz came away from our interaction feeling disrespected.\"\n Franken 's office did not respond to repeated Associated Press messages seeking comment on the latest allegations.\nWith the Capitol empty due to Thanksgiving break reaction to the latest allegations against Franken were muted compared to an outcry last week — and Democrats nationally and in Minnesota were silent.\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a Republican repeated a statement from Thursday calling for an ethics investigation of Franken . After publicly denouncing Franken 's conduct and supporting that investigation last week no powerful Democrats had spoken out by Monday afternoon about Menz's allegations.\nMenz said she told her husband Jeremy Menz and father Mark Brown about it right away. Both men affirmed that to CNN. Menz also said she posted the photo with Franken on Facebook on Aug. 27 2010 and when her sister commented on the photo she replied: \"Dude -- Al Franken TOTALLY molested me! Creeper!\"\nFranken canceled a sold-out book festival appearance scheduled for Monday in Atlanta to speak and promote his book \"Al Franken Giant of the Senate.\" He hasn't appeared in public since Tweeden's allegation.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-df6e7d0f80e74404b5e76a5f07d49a01", "input": "Like most but not all of us Patrick Stewart is enjoying apple picking season.\n He shared a photo of his joyful experience on Twitter Sunday claiming he 's been partaking in the fall activity before it was a trend. He 's cooler than Instagram and we all know it.\nBut he forgot to mention his other very cool activities like hanging out in space pretending to be Adam in a Michelangelo painting and trying to poison Snow White.\nI've been picking apples in the autumn since before it was cool to post about it on Instagram. pic.twitter.com/9hJLCwV6Fc — Patrick Stewart (@SirPatStew) October 22 2017\nWhere's Patrick Stewart ? Hint: He 's all the way to right.\nWho knew he had moves?\nHow dare he try to poison Snow White?", "output": [ "Patrick Stewart" ] }, { "id": "task419-f3522af352584349801c037a82236103", "input": "WUSA-TV cites Sheriff Michael Chapman as saying the dispute involved was between a father and his 19-year-old daughter. Three deputies were on scene to try to de-escalate the situation for about an hour. Things became heated when deputies followed the father upstairs in the residence to make an arrest WUSA-TV writes.\n\"From what we can gather and again this is preliminary information he reached for a gun and almost simultaneously he was tazed and as he was being apprehended he managed to get several shots off \" said Sheriff Chapman .\n Chapman said the suspect shot a female deputy in the leg and also hit a male deputy in the arm and both legs. Both were rushed to a nearby hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. It was the third deputy who took the suspect into custody.\n.@LoudounSheriff spokesperson tells me the initial call came in shortly before 4p. Still looking into what time shots were fired. Told Sheriff Chapman is with the Deputies at the hospital & plans to update reporters after @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/RBn8FooNXD â Stephanie Ramirez (@RamirezReports) December 24 2017\n\"I'm just grateful with all things being considered that it's ... turned out as good as it has \" Chapman said.", "output": [ "Michael Chapman" ] }, { "id": "task419-75a047d027c74c798fcf714592dd22c9", "input": "A Morgan Stanley analyst and Tesla bull teased a merger with SpaceX.\nTesla wouldn't gain any meaningful synergies from a tie-up but its business would become more complicated.\nLast year Tesla merged with struggling SolarCity making Elon Musk CEO of both companies. The tie-up hasn't hurt Tesla in 2017 as the company's stock has surged above $300 per share and the combined enterprise hit a market capitalization of over $50 billion.\nThat doesn't mean it wasn't a terrible deal. Tesla's balance sheet instantly became loaded up with SolarCity debt and what had been primarily a carmaker was suddenly responsible for rolling out a new solar roof product at a time when it should have been all-hands-on-deck to launch the Model 3 mass-market vehicle.\nThe Model 3 is woefully behind schedule at this point and although the solar roof is compelling The Solar City side of Tesla business isn't any more coherent than it was a year ago.\nMusk is also CEO of SpaceX and last week Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas teased a merger with Tesla arguing that such a deal would yield powerful synergies. The financial mechanics of how a SpaceX-Tesla merger would happen are both speculative and unclear; in July SpaceX raised $350 million bringing it valuation to $21 billion. An IPO has long been discussed.\nBut maybe Musk doesn't want to be running another public company. He's expressed some exasperation with playing that role at Tesla where investors have the carmaker under constant scrutiny and short sellers are always circling like sharks. SpaceX's mission is ultimately more ambitious than Tesla's — the whole go-to-Mars thing — and the company have been wowing the the space community by routinely launching and landing rockets.\n Tesla doesn't have enough cash to buy SpaceX outright so investors would have to accept a largely stock-based deal and that might make sense to many of them: since its own 2010 IPO Tesla shares have returned over 1 ooo% and several analysts have said that the stock hundreds of dollars of upside potential from its current level.\nUnfortunately a Tesla-SpaceX merger would raise a major issue: unlike SolarCity the company wouldn't be shifting a massive amount of debt to Tesla 's balance sheet but it would be shifting monumental risk. Space is dauntingly expensive when everything is going right but ruinously costly when things go wrong. That's why governments for the most part have been the only ones aiming for large-scale goals in the final frontier. Tesla-SpaceX would expose Tesla to colossal losses at a time when it 's already posting record negative earnings.\nOn the positive side Tesla would have access to SpaceX 's goodwill with investors and the company 's cash around $1 billion. Nevertheless Tesla balance sheet would become almost incomprehensible as auto energy and aerospace analysts all struggle to figure out what the diverse conglomerate — with a theoretical $70-billion market cap — is worth. It's already a challenge to independently value the car energy and solar businesses (the default position is to kick solar and energy down the road and rightly ascribe almost all of Tesla 's value to cars).\nIf Tesla gains from a SpaceX merger it could be the deal of the decade. SpaceX investors would potentially receive a much fatter payout (if they think Tesla has tremendous long-terms prospects) and Musk would be able to neatly avoid the pressure to handle two rounds of quarterly financial reporting and a whole new batch of prognosticators and short-sellers.\nOn the other hand merging with SpaceX could yield almost zero synergies — the car business and the aerospace industry might look similar but they're actually radically different — and add so much risk and volatility to Tesla already risky and volatile business that Tesla shares could get hammered and the company would see its access to capital reduced at precisely the wrong time.\nIf I were betting I'd say that Tesla and SpaceX actually will merge perhaps against some heavy SpaceX investors complaints. Tesla got away with it on SolarCity Musk detests being the CEO of a public company and SpaceX is really his baby. And Tesla stock has become a super currency opening up all manner of financial options.\nFinally the long stock-market rally that we've experienced in the aftermath of the financial crisis can last forever. Tesla got in early and has benefitted enormously. SpaceX might not be so lucky. The biggest risk to the company might be that despite its triumphs it would be out there by itself nad subject to market forces that have nothing to do with its mission.\nA merger with Tesla would save Musk from having to pull a SolarCity Part Deux and ride to rescue if SpaceX gets in trouble.\nGet the latest Tesla stock price here.", "output": [ "Tesla" ] }, { "id": "task419-d849c551b6d14041bd2cfc6b8d9e3b31", "input": "\"If a guy comes in and he looks like a hunter and he talks like a hunter then you get a pretty good feel for it \" says Gus Gillespie from behind the counter at the Alaska Fur Exchange.\n Gillespie got into the horn and hide trade several decades ago after years with the Navy and as an engineer in the oil fields on Alaska's North Slope. Now he and his wife run the Fur Exchange where on any given day just past the rows of wolf and opossum pelts are piles of antlers jumbled up like waist-high tumbleweeds. On the ground are plastic bins filled with spiky tines and plates sawed down into palm-sized strips. It is an astounding volume of animal matter.\n\"As far as antler it's either crap and we don't want it or it's really really nice \" Gillespie says with a laugh.\nThe four or five years since antler chews have become more popular with his customers have been good for Gillespie 's business. Instead of trading predominantly in the large high-end antlers favored by artisans and collectors the store can now buy more medium-sized products to cut down into the chews they stock in baskets by the register.\nBut he has turned sellers away if he thinks the source material might have been illegally obtained. Gillespie points to the pervasive presence of substance abuse and says he and his staff look for whether a person seems drunk high or in withdrawal as they assess a potential purchase.\n\"If it's questionable we don't do anything with it for a while \" he says. They might tell someone to come back in a few hours pulling images of the person or their license plate from the numerous security cameras mounted around the store sharing the information with police.\nBut anyone he turns away can just go to Craigslist—where every day in Alaska plenty of people promise in all caps to pay up to $50 a pound in cash for antlers. And once they're cut down into the small chunks sold over the counter nobody can really say whether they were stolen or not.", "output": [ "Gus Gillespie" ] }, { "id": "task419-fb6c100f6dbb4731a479d104b7422459", "input": "The Trump administration is backing off plans to allow offshore oil and gas exploration in the waters surrounding Florida according to a statement released by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke Tuesday evening.\nI had predicted that the pushback from Scott Rubio and other GOP members of Floridaâs Congressional delegation â several of whom have been staunch supporters of the President â made it a lot less likely that any offshore drilling in Florida waters would be approved and Zinke specifically cited Scottâs opposition to the plan as influencing his departmentâs decision:\nRead my full statement on taking #Florida off the table for offshore oil and gas. Local voice matters. pic.twitter.com/fJhv0p0CDC â Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) January 9 2018\nâI support [Gov. Scottâs] position that Florida is unique and its coasts are heavily reliant on tourism as an economic driver. As a resultâ¦I am removing Florida from consideration for any new oil and gas platforms â wrote Zinke adding âLocal voice mattersâ to his tweet.\nScott retweeted another post by Zinke clearly pleased.\nAfter talking with @FLGovScott I am removing #Florida from the draft offshore plan. pic.twitter.com/lZIfdCDNOR â Secretary Ryan Zinke (@SecretaryZinke) January 9 2018", "output": [ "Ryan Zinke" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6a35cd08fbf409e979cfde80bbab2c1", "input": "Jordan Howard followed up his 1 313-yard rookie season with 1 122 yards. He had an outside shot at the NFL’s rushing title early in December but faded in the final three games with only 90 yards on 41 carries. He became the first back in franchise history to begin his career with consecutive 1 000-yard seasons and amassed 2 000 career rushing yards faster than any back in club history getting there in 24 games. The great Walter Payton needed 26 games.\nRoll call: Jordan Howard (signed through 2019) Tarik Cohen (signed through 2020) Benny Cunningham (unrestricted free agent) Taquan Mizzell (signed through 2019) FB Michael Burton (signed through 2018).\n2018 salary-cap figures: Howard $692 005 Cohen $713 914 Mizzell $555 000 Burton $705 000.\n2017 season review: Howard had five 100-yard games and has never been better than he was during the 27-24 overtime victory against the Ravens in Baltimore on Oct. 15. He carried a career-high 36 times for 167 yards and put the Bears in position for the game-winning field goal. Howard likely would have been more effective through the season but the coaching staff seemed conflicted as to what it wanted to achieve on certain weeks. Howard had four games in which he received 10 carries or fewer and only six games in which he had 20 or more carries. The Bears realized that Howard needed a solid workload throughout a game to really get him lathered up but then that approach failed to account for Cohen. Mixing it all together was a struggle because at the end of the season the Bears ran only 934 offensive plays — 31st in the league. To put that in perspective they were about 70 snaps behind teams that ranked in the middle of the pack so a little more than four per game. Not that big of a deal over the course of the season but 25 more handoffs to Howard could have meant another 100-plus yards right?\n Howard now has 12 career 100-yard games which ties him with the Cowboys’ ’ Ezekiel Elliott for the most over the last two seasons. It also puts Howard seventh in franchise history behind Payton 77 Matt Forte 24 Gale Sayers 20 Neal Anderson 14 Rick Casares 13 and Thomas Jones 13. The Bears are only 5-7 in games in which Howard tops 100 yards but when you consider their record when he ’s held under 100 is 8-24 you see the value.\nThe biggest issue for Howard is it’s hard to call him a complete back. He ’s never going to be Forte who set the NFL record for receptions in a season by a back with 102 in 2014. But Howard would be much more dangerous if he was a more consistent threat as a receiver. He caught only 23 passes for 125 yards (six fewer receptions and 173 fewer yards than he produced as a rookie). Nine running backs topped 1 000 rushing yards this season and every one had more receptions than Howard ’s 23. In fact the average was 58. (Chiefs rookie running back Kareem Hunt had 53). Over the last five seasons there have been 53 1 000-yard seasons in the NFL. Only six of those 53 produced fewer catches than Howard ’s 23 this year:\nThe outlier on this list is Gurley. He has had 107 receptions in the two seasons since that low output as a rookie. Howard ’s inability to make more plays in the passing game — and he was tied for ninth in the league with five dropped passes (and he was targeted only 32 times) — is holding his game back. He’s been terrific running the ball and just might be poised for greater things under new coach Matt Nagy (more on that in a little bit) but he has been deficient in the passing game.", "output": [ "Jordan Howard (" ] }, { "id": "task419-498c1f9ce2fe4de0929bd3a7be763350", "input": "BOGOTA Colombia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday he is encouraged by Colombia's efforts to slash the amount of cocaine produced in the South American nation but cautioned that \"we need to see results.\"\nIn a joint appearance with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Tillerson said that as a primary consumer of illicit drugs the U.S. shares a responsibility in combatting the narcotics trade and will continue to support Colombia's efforts.\n His conciliatory remarks came months after President Donald Trump threatened to decertify Colombia as a partner in the war against drugs unless the nation reversed a record surge in cocaine production.\n\"We need to see the metrics going in the right way \" Tillerson said. \"That's all President Trump wants as well.\"\nSantos defended Colombia's work in reducing coca production telling Tillerson that the nation has forcibly eradicated 54 000 hectares of the crop and signed collective agreements with 120 000 families to substitute coca.\n Tillerson is on a five-nation tour of the region that thus far has been dominated by concerns about Venezuela's mounting political and economic crisis.\nLast week Tillerson remarked in a speech at the University of Texas that throughout the course of Latin America's history it has often been the military that has stepped in to \"manage a peaceful transition.\" On Sunday Tillerson said the U.S. is considering restricting oil sales from Venezuela.\nBoth remarks drew swift rebuke from Venezuelan officials who accuse Tillerson of using his trip to increase pressure on governments around the region to join the U.S. in what they call a \"perverse plan of aggressions against Venezuela.\"\nDuring his stop in Colombia Tillerson said the U.S. would consider re-allocating resources earmarked to address Venezuela's humanitarian ordeal to help Venezuelans who fled and are now in Colombia.\n\"We are all heartbroken by what we see happening in Venezuela \" Tillerson said. \"And we are also heartbroken to see the impact it is having in Colombia.\"", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-83bbb8918e7c4bdca05bc188a2beceb2", "input": "When you think of Lincoln you don't think of Southern California.\nBut Lincoln is in the midst of a major comeback copiously funded by Ford with the goal of reinventing the luxury brand which has been around since 1917.\nNow the brand has undertaken one of its most brash moves to date by opening a sumptuous \"Experience Center\" at an upscale mall in Newport Beach.\nNot that it was always so. In the 1950s and '60s Lincoln and Cadillac were huge in SoCal. But the '70s and '80s changed all that.\n Lincoln wants to restore that vanished glory. In the latest chapter of the comeback the brand has authored what it 's calling the \" Lincoln Way \" a unified set of services and values that it hopes will change hearts and minds. The Lincoln Way enhances and extends the brand's \"Black Label\" offering which provides personalized shopping with dedicated personnel.\n\"In North America Lincoln Black Label offers the ultimate expression of Lincoln style and substance \" the automaker said in a statement.\n\" The Lincoln Way builds off the success of Lincoln Black Label with outstanding levels of personalized effortless solutions delivered with a human touch \" Ford said.", "output": [ "Lincoln" ] }, { "id": "task419-83893824c9584224bf2f9b8cdbf49c84", "input": "Thuzio is a company that will give you (and your guests) access to intimate events with legends from the entertainment and business world.\nCoupling client events with Thuzio creates \"unique must-do (and often once-in-a-lifetime) experiences that help build stronger client relationships and ultimately generate business.\"\nWell now you actually can (and for a lower price than what you would think). Thanks to Thuzio you can buy tickets to intimate events centered around legends of the entertainment and business world.\nAs some members have reported Thuzio has given them a noticeable edge when it comes to client development.\nDuring the Thuzio Game Watch event my client’s friend asked me to manage his investments. Undoubtedly the event provided me an opportunity to impress my client and his guests and now I have new business. Thuzio Executive Club is a very different way of interacting and entertaining clients and I am so impressed. — Robert O'Hara CFP Merrill Lynch\n Thuzio has taken my client development efforts to another level. Coupling my client events with Thuzio’s A-level talent creates unique must-do (and often once-in-a-lifetime) experiences that help build stronger client relationships and ultimately generate business. — Mike Rupe Partner King & Spalding\nYou can treat prospective clients to something actually memorable that they might not be able to get elsewhere. And from a logistical standpoint it allows you not only ample inspirational topics to speak with them about but also takes the pressure of performing off of you at least for a good amount of the time. You orchestrate a wonderful experience for guests but the legwork falls on Thuzio .\n Thuzio is also a pretty valuable tool for smaller companies that are looking to wow on a scale that matches larger players. While you might not be able to find it in your budget to lock your startup into a membership with them for the year individual tickets might be more attainable at about $200 a head and certainly more \"bang for your buck\" than other options. While big names like J.P. Morgan UBS Wall Street Journal Fidelity and BlackRock have memberships with Thuzio single-purchase tickets open the door for smaller companies to play on a larger field.\nIf you're looking for a way to separate yourself from the pack or want to deliver something more unforgettable than the typical dinner meeting Thuzio is here to help. And it's certainly cheaper than paying Lawrence Taylor to come to your home for a game of pick-up.\nHere's how Thuzio events work and how you can get tickets to them :", "output": [ "Thuzio" ] }, { "id": "task419-a09ba94f747e416db1fead806650a6bf", "input": "MANILA (Reuters) - China’s agreement to begin discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the fine print of a code of conduct framework for the disputed South China Sea will be a “stabilizer” for the region Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said.\n Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attends the 20th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three (APT) Commemorative Summit on the sideline of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila on November 14 2017. REUTERS/Noel Celis/Pool\n“We hope the talks on the code of conduct will bolster mutual understanding and trust. We will strive under the agreement to reach a consensus on achieving early implementation of the code of conduct ” Li said according to a transcript of his speech released by China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.\n Li didn’t give a timeframe but said he hoped this move would be a “stabilizer” for the region.", "output": [ "Li Keqiang" ] }, { "id": "task419-f048ab6aff334f9bbf18404c912c621e", "input": "Ogard and the co-founder of Barbie Savior Emily Worrall hope that the guide will make young volunteers and travelers more aware of what they're posting. Advice in the ten-point checklist includes: Be respectful of different cultures and traditions avoid sweeping generalizations challenge perceptions.\n Worrall recalls her own experience a decade ago. When she was 17 she went on a volunteer trip to Uganda. She shared photos of herself and the orphans she was helping with her family and friends. They showered her with praise. \"They told me 'Wow you're doing such amazing work.' They put me on a pedestal \" she says. At the time she didn't consider the children's privacy or vulnerability. Years later it became inspiration for this Barbie Savior post:\nOgard and Worrall don't want the guidelines to discourage volunteers from posting photos on social media. They just want photo-takers to reflect on what they're sharing. Ask for a subject's consent they say. Show your social followers something different.\nIf you need inspiration Worrall says check out some of the positive imagery from charities that received a Golden Radiator award in Radi-Aid's annual contest for the best and worst charity ads. These ads like those from an NGO called Mama Hope show local people actively engaged in helping others in their community.\nIf you're staying with a family in a low-income environment and they allow you to take a photo with their children use it as a \"great opportunity to challenge stereotypes \" Worrall says. That might mean providing details and context — names locations personal stories — in an extended caption on social media.\nAnd if a child gets excited when they see you pull out your tablet or smartphone and ask to take a photo with you that doesn't mean it's OK to do so. \"It's a cop out to say well they want it \" Worrall says. \"A child can't make that kind of decision.\"", "output": [ "Emily Worrall" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c974d0420e24939809db12265edddac", "input": "Tom Misch Floats Under A Frozen Lake In 'Water Baby' Video Watch a video premiere from the London-based producer and singer.\n Tom Misch is a U.K.-based beatmaker well known among fans for his prowess behind the boards. But in 2018 the 22-year-old stalwart doing his best to show off the many facets of his artistry. That includes pushing his sound booking U.S. tour dates and releasing an adventurous music video in which he does his own aquatic stunts.\nFor \"Water Baby \" Misch rapper Loyle Carner and a few double-jointed dancers show off the beauty and hostility of nature in the wintry wild. At one point in the Georgia Hudson-directed clip Misch floats just under the ice sheets of a frozen lake. The image is concerning but beautiful; there is a serenity in Misch 's body language as he sings.\n\"I'm a keen swimmer and love surfing so that kind of inspired the song \" Misch tells NPR. \"Me and Loyle chatted about ideas for the video and he mentioned he had been talking to Georgia who had directed some of his previous videos about a concept they had in mind involving a lake and a dancer. The three of us got on a call to talk through the idea and it all came together. It was a tough one to shoot but was all worthwhile.\"", "output": [ "Tom Misch" ] }, { "id": "task419-a19f8be3cdb84574bab1f61d2537fc78", "input": "It’s always the anniversary of something or other. In November we have the Russian Revolution and the Balfour Declaration and this week marks the 500th year since Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church with his 95 theses. Given the loopy Zeitgeist of our times I should rush into the street and mark the occasion by defacing Protestant churches with the customary red paint of protest. Luther after all was more than the creator of Protestantism. He was also a rotten anti-Semite.\nBut does Luther also deserve a splash of red? The evidence is pretty shocking not to mention definitive. In 1543 he published “On the Jews and Their Lies ” in which he called my ancestors “base and whoring people” full of the “devil’s feces . . . they wallow in like swine.”\n He had all sorts of ideas for what to do with the Jews including the wholesale liquidation of their synagogues even homes and a ban on the teaching of their rabbis “on pain of loss of life and limb.”\nTo be sure Luther’s Jew-hatred was typical for the time but Luther himself was hardly typical. He was a powerful colloquial writer and his words surely had some effect. He was the founder of a church or a movement that now numbers nearly 1 billion.\nBut more pertinently he provided a religious imprimatur to German anti-Semitism which culminated in the Holocaust. Luther was often cited by the Nazis but it would be wrong to blame him alone for the murder of 6 million souls.\nAs far as I’m concerned Luther is a flawed figure. I can appreciate — even applaud — his reforms but they mean little to me . Nevertheless I spare him the red paint because I know his Jew-hatred is hugely negligible compared with the Reformation he initiated and not insignificantly the role he played in encouraging literacy. He wrote in German not Latin and like the Hebrews he so despised he interposed no one between man and God. One had to read the Bible.\nI pick and choose my symbolic can of red paint always at the ready. But when it comes to those Confederate generals they unambiguously stand for slavery racism and the vile nostalgia for the so-called Lost Cause that prompted the erection of so many memorials. I cherish my Bach feel bully about T.R. and acknowledge the immense importance of Martin Luther. He did more good than bad.", "output": [ "Martin Luther" ] }, { "id": "task419-32a2c21960f34bbeadcaecc8e39708a2", "input": "The media-savvy special prosecutors have colluded with the Fourth Estate to try — and convict — Paxton in the court of public opinion long before the case even comes to trial. Wice in particular is an aspiring media celebrity serving as a TV “legal analyst” on Houston’s Channel 2 (KPRC) since 2003. Think of a male version of Nancy Grace or Greta Van Susteren — a Dan Abrams wannabe. One profile described the bombastic Wice as a “media magnet” who “never shies away from the spotlight.” The KPRC website brags that\nBeginning the very day Schaffer and Wice were appointed by Becker the prosecutors were in contact with the media shamelessly promoting themselves by mass distributing press statements and publicity photos. Schaffer and Wice obviously intended to milk the case for all the news coverage they could get for two self-serving reasons: to poison the well of public opinion against Paxton and to generate free advertising to attract future clients. Neither motive is ethical for a special prosecutor. Yet Wice has conceded that pretrial media coverage “impacts the way potential jurors view our client’s case long before they are ushered into the courtroom for voir dire. Being able to effectively represent your client on the courthouse steps can be every bit as important as representing them inside the courtroom.”\nMoreover Wice once cynically acknowledged the economic benefits of making media appearances informing fellow lawyers that “appearing on TV is client development — free advertising — that might well yield future business. And you never can tell what that one local or with a bit of good fortune national TV appearance can do for you or your practice.” Exploiting the media in other words is the latest form of ambulance chasing. “Celebrity” attorneys like the Kardashians are famous for being famous.\nIn that vein Schaffer and Wice continued a steady stream of self-aggrandizing communications with the press corps during the “investigation” and grand jury phases despite the strict secrecy associated with the grand jury process. The special prosecutors had numerous communications (by email and telephone) with the New York Times’ reporter early in the case following which the NYT reported Paxton’s indictment on August 1 2015 before the indictment was even unsealed. Was this national media scoop a coincidence? The special prosecutors were the obvious source of the highly-unprofessional leak but the press corps gratefully reciprocated by uncritically reporting Wice ’s spin as “news.”\nIn addition to regularly sending eager reporters status updates and copies of pleadings and orders on at least two occasions Wice circulated to the media Paxton’s annual Personal Financial Statement presumably to encourage reporters to scrutinize the donors to Paxton’s legal defense fund — a wholly improper purpose. In an even more egregious breach of propriety Wice emailed a copy of Paxton’s booking “mugshot” to his KPRC colleague reporter Phil Archer shortly after Paxton was released on bail. The only word to describe this type of conduct is “sleazy.”\nIntemperately denouncing Paxton’s legal arguments as “frivolous” and “clearly baseless ” the special prosecutors’ tone toward Paxton dripped with contempt as they delivered sound bites to groveling reporters on deadline. When asked by a reporter about a new attorney joining the Paxton defense team to deal with the federal civil case (which was ultimately dismissed with prejudice) Schaffer sarcastically responded “Never heard of him. Looks like we set off the Lawyer Relief Act…” When a prominent Paxton supporter wrote an op-ed in the Midland Reporter-Telegram criticizing the indictment the thin-skinned prosecutors immediately issued a florid press statement — presumably on the taxpayers’ nickel — condemning the piece as a “rant” containing “lies bathed in the cologne of half-truths fabrications and disinformation.”\nMimicking the prosecutors’ flippant and unprofessional tone some reporters began running stories with shockingly-unbalanced headlines such as “Another Day Another Idiotic Ken Paxton Motion ” which Schaffer and Wice gleefully circulated to their media contacts with the message “I love it.” If media outlets did not parrot the prosecutors’ swaggering narrative they were cut off from “insider access.”\nThis incestuous arrangement likely explains why the Dallas Morning News which was closely following the Paxton case never reported the bombshell mentioned in Part 2 — that Schaffer was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a federal RICO case against the leader of the Bandidos motorcycle gang — a revelation that would have greatly tarnished the special prosecutors’ undeserved Boy Scout image — which McGaughy had gone to extraordinary lengths to burnish.\nThis apparently referred to Paxton’s retention of a defense team that included Dan Cogdell and Philip Hilder with respect to whom Schaffer and Wice issued polite public statements.\nThe hundreds of email exchanges between the prosecutors and reporters (McGaughy in particular) are clearly collusive. With the avid cooperation of the press corps for two and a half years Schaffer and Wice have been busy smearing Paxton through leaks and planted stories all while risibly claiming to be “seeking justice on behalf of the people of Texas.”\nTo re-cap this series: The baseless politicized prosecution of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has been a travesty on many levels. Following the recusal of Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis the matter should not have been referred to mercenary “special prosecutors” for investigation; Schaffer (the unindicted co-conspirator in a RICO case) and Wice (an incorrigible diva) were not suitable for the assignment in any event; the open-ended compensation arrangement agreed to by Judge Scott Becker was both unlawful and foolhardy; the grand jury indictment improperly obtained by the unscrupulous prosecutors amounts to fabricated felonies — made-up crimes never previously prosecuted in a Texas court; the overtly-biased George Gallagher presided over the case as a farcical kangaroo court; changing the venue of the case to Harris County was an absurd and outrageous denial of due process to Paxton; et cetera ad infinitum.", "output": [ "Schaffer Wice", "Wice" ] }, { "id": "task419-bad3888e6959455b86887831a82a16d0", "input": "Campillo and his co-writer Philippe Mangeot were both involved with ACT UP Paris in the early 1990s when the film is set and they drew on their experiences in scripting the movie. That authenticity shines through constantly—this is a film that operates on a granular level and finds real tension in debates over the meaning and manner of dissent. As an ode to the gay community Beats Per Minute is necessarily insular and sometimes claustrophobic a reminder of a time not long ago when the AIDS crisis was both roundly ignored and deeply stigmatized.\nAll of the most riveting human drama in Robin Campillo’s Beats Per Minute takes place in a cramped lecture hall somewhere in Paris at the site of a weekly meeting of the city’s chapter of the HIV-AIDS advocacy group ACT UP. This is an epic period film about that small room filled with dozens of activists who helped shape a global conversation and their story is heartbreakingly relevant to the ways people think about protest to this day. Beats Per Minute is 140 minutes long and the majority of that running time is devoted to those crowded discussions—but every second is full of life.\nThe first meeting in the film starts with the ACT UP member Eva (Aloïse Sauvage) giving a straightforward eulogy for a founding member of the chapter who recently died of AIDS-related complications. Her tone is not without emotion nor is it resigned but you get the impression it’s the sort of speech she’s had to give many times before. That hint of realism turns even mundane clerical exchanges into something riveting. Rather than simply using these organizing meetings to deliver blank expositional dialogue Campillo lets them run on and on forcing viewers to engage with the nitty-gritty of the issue rather than concentrate on its lurid aspects.\nNot that the director shies away from more sensational moments. The scenes of direct action are surprising enervating and occasionally shocking as the group finds what lines they’re willing to push up against and others they’re prepared to fully cross. Campillo also shows his heroes dancing at clubs marching in pride parades and falling in love with each other. But whether he ’s focusing on the political or the personal he never zooms out giving an impression of just how isolated the gay-rights activist community might have felt in the early ’90s.", "output": [ "Robin Campillo" ] }, { "id": "task419-f22e801ec080481a8abfc7ea8f7ec28d", "input": "The draft plan -- put together by a task force of EU finance ministers EU President Herman Van Rompuy and ECB chief Jean-Claude Trichet -- was published Thursday.\n Crucially it includes a disclaimer that Trichet \"does not subscribe to all elements\" of the proposed economic governance package.\nECB chief Jean-Claude Trichet -- was published Thursday.\n Crucially it includes a disclaimer that Trichet \"does not subscribe to all elements\" of the proposed economic governance package.\n An ECB spokesman declined to say what parts Trichet does not endorse.", "output": [ "Jean-Claude Trichet" ] }, { "id": "task419-4af343b815d34d8597defaeddcb69ea7", "input": "But once the data is downloaded it has to be analyzed. And that’s where Booz and the other contractors that surround the NSA come in.\n Booz Allen Hamilton is one of the NSA’s most important and trusted contractors. It’s involved in virtually every aspect of intelligence and surveillance from advising top officials on how to integrate the 16 U.S. spy agencies to detailed analysis of signals intelligence imagery and other critical collections technologies. I first introduced Booz’s intelligence business in a 2007 profile in Salon when President Bush appointed Michael McConnell a Booz veteran and former NSA director to be director of national intelligence ( he ’s now back at Booz ).\nAmong other secret projects Booz was deeply involved in “Total Information Awareness ” the controversial data-mining project run for the Bush administration by former National Security Adviser John Poindexter that was outlawed by Congress in 2003.\nAnother major presence at NSA’s Business Park is SAIC. Like Booz it stands like a private colossus across the whole intelligence industry. Of its 42 000 employees more than 20 000 hold U.S. government security clearances making it one of the largest private intelligence services in the world. “SAIC provides a full suite of intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and cybersecurity solutions across a broad spectrum of national security programs ” it claims on its website.", "output": [ "Booz Allen Hamilton" ] }, { "id": "task419-2670b42bb4604d47906a53b3acc85232", "input": "Supporters of the Syrian regime rejected any link to a chemical weapons strike. They claimed the reports were fabricated by terrorist groups in Idlib and suggested the fatalities were the result of an explosion at a supposed al-Qaeda chemical weapons factory. Russian authorities whose warplanes are flying in support of the regime said they had not conducted a strike in the area around the town. But the broader international reaction was vehement — and put the blame squarely on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad .\nSuch strikes are a regime tactic to further demoralize the flagging rebellion. \" Assad calculates reasonably that military dynamics play in his favor. By using chemical weapons and other weapons he is demonstrating the powerlessness of international actors \" Emile Hokayem a Middle East analyst at the International Institute for Strategic Studies told The Washington Post.\n\"Today's chemical attack in Syria against innocent people including women and children is reprehensible and cannot be ignored by the civilized world \" said White House press secretary Sean Spicer. \"These heinous actions by the Bashar al-Assad regime are a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution.\"\nIt's seemingly a bizarre line of attack for the Trump administration to choose. In 2013 the Obama administration contemplated a military response after a suspected regime chemical weapons attack on rebel-held districts in the suburbs of Damascus killed more than 1 000 people. The mounting international pressure at the time compelled Assad to agree to eliminate its chemical weapons program.\nThe fact that Obama chose to back off from confronting the Assad regime which allegedly used chemical weapons numerous times in the years since will forever haunt the former president's legacy. Much of the Washington foreign policy establishment has excoriated him for it. But Trump in 2013 — then a private citizen with the same itchy Twitter finger — was opposed to American intervention in Syria.\nThe irony is that Trump's position on the Syrian conflict isn't that far removed from Obama's — although it's more conspicuous in its indifference to the plight of Syrian refugees. The previous administration called for Assad 's departure but it did little to actually push for regime change fearing that any deeper involvement in the Syrian conflict would risk the sort of blowback and chaos that rocked Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion. Trump meanwhile has insisted on multiple occasions that he is not interested in nation-building in the Middle East or dictating regime change. His lieutenants indicated as recently as last week that the White House does not prioritize removing Assad from power.", "output": [ "Bashar al-Assad" ] }, { "id": "task419-602cebb9f84944c08155fda81123678d", "input": "Jose Abreu is building an impressive collection of souvenir baseballs.\nThe White Sox first baseman kept the ball he hit for a triple to complete his first cycle earlier this month and on Saturday night he added another for his trophy case. Abreu became the third player in major-league history to begin his career with four seasons of 25-plus home runs and 100-plus RBIs.\n\"It feels good to get this goal this accomplishment \" Abreu said through a team interpreter following the Sox's 8-2 loss to the Royals at Guaranteed Rate Field. \"It's very special for me (and) for my family too. I want to thank the White Sox organization for the opportunity (manager Rick Renteria) my teammates and all the guys that have been supporting me through my career especially this year.\n Abreu joined some impressive company: Joe DiMaggio (1936-39) and Albert Pujols (2001-04).\n\"Every time that your name is around two of the greatest people in baseball you have to feel good because that means that you have done something special \" said Abreu who has been playing through a shin injury.\n Abreu 's celebration was muted by the loss which snapped a modest two-game winning streak. Abreu knocked in both runs against Royals starter Danny Duffy with a first-inning single that scored rookie Yoan Moncada for Abreu 's 99th RBI and a groundout to third that drove in Willy Garcia in the seventh. That gave Sox players a reason to celebrate during a game — and a season — without a whole lot of highlights.\n\"As much as all the different things are going on for us as a team and as an organization you still have one guy that continues to be now for the fourth season a part of an elite class \" Renteria said. \"Everybody was feeling it for ( Abreu ).\"\nThe Sox's bullpen imploded as the Royals scored three in the seventh and two in the eighth to put the game out of reach. All that remained was Abreu 's chance at history and he got it when he came to the plate with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh and delivered the run-scoring grounder.\n\"This is a reward for the effort and all the work you put in for preparation for your season \" Abreu said. \"It's special when you get this kind of result and consistency in your stats. This organization maybe we are not in the position we want to be right now as a team but I know that better times are to come.\"", "output": [ "Jose Abreu" ] }, { "id": "task419-f231a5874e854a58bf1ed4344a321a53", "input": "Laos would promote cooperation with China's Yunnan Province to intensify the relations between the two sides Laotian President Choummaly Saygnasone said Monday.\nThe northern provinces of Laos were \"confident\" of the prospects of the cooperation with Yunnan said Choummaly when he met Bai Enpei secretary of the Communist Party of China Yunnan Provincial Committee in Kunming capital of the southwest province.\nThe cooperation between northern Laos and Yunnan had begun to function in recent years thanks to convenient communication Choummaly said.\n\"The friendship of cooperation between Laos and Yunnan is certain to be consolidated with joint efforts of the two sides \" he said.\nBai said Yunnan would like to further cooperation and exchanges with Laos based on the existing achievements.\n\"Cooperation between Yunnan and Laos is undergoing sound development \" he said.", "output": [ "Choummaly Saygnasone" ] }, { "id": "task419-7aa9b135099c4b36b201461bc629e4d9", "input": "The uniformed members of the Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department were injured in an encounter with a gunman around 7:15 a.m. local time but expected to survive according to Sgt. Shawn McGuire of the St. Louis County Police Department.\n McGuire said the incident began when the department received a call Wednesday night about shots fired in the suburb. Police were unable to locate the person related to the report but they remained in the area overnight near a residence where they thought the shots potentially came from.\nIn the morning police received a call from a neighbor who saw someone leave the house. Two officers located the individual a 37-year-old man walking down the street and tried to have a dialogue with him according to McGuire .\nThe officers ultimately attempted to take the man into custody and a scuffle ensued. At some point the man took out a firearm and shot the officers McGuire said.\nBallistic vests worn by the officers blocked the rounds of gunfire but they still suffered some injuries. Both were hospitalized for treatment and evaluation according to McGuire .\nThe firearm used to shoot the officers has not yet been recovered McGuire said. The St. Louis County Police Department was on scene assisting with the barricaded suspect.", "output": [ "Shawn McGuire" ] }, { "id": "task419-04aebe24fe38493482676ca3fb0b9a0e", "input": "Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said they were called to a trailer park just before 11 a.m. in Schertz Texas a suburb of San Antonio. During the course of the investigation police said they came across a woman in her 30s trying to break into a trailer. When confronted police said she claimed to have a gun and threatened to shoot them.\n\"The suspect indicated to the deputies 'I have a weapon I'm going to shoot you.' At that point she actually brandished the weapon toward the deputy \" Salazar said during a Thursday evening press conference.\nThe suspect fled into the woods Salazar said where the officers gave chase. They eventually opened fire on the woman who was struck several times and killed while she stood on the porch of a trailer police said.\n\"I can definitively tell you that myself and the deputies involved not a single one of us who wouldn't trade places with this child if we could \" Salazar said.\n Salazar said late Thursday that officers had yet to find the gun the woman allegedly pointed at officers.", "output": [ "Javier Salazar" ] }, { "id": "task419-975c2945ed9c4a5b9e8d48e7af6dbca3", "input": "AMANDA KLUDT: Hi Kelly.\n KLUDT : She was at a party in New Orleans. And he was being sexually suggestive to her throughout the party. But then at one point someone spills wine on her shirt and he tried to mop it up with his hands. But it obviously wasn't in a friendly way. It was in a much more sexual way.\n KLUDT : Sure. We had someone who had worked for him in a short capacity. And she ran into him at an industry event and he groped her as well. He was visibly intoxicated. And she went to check on him and he lunged at both of her breasts with his hands. We have another person who worked for him . And she was cooking in tight conditions with him and she had to straddle him in order to exit the kitchen to go to the bathroom. And we just heard a lot of other similar reports of this kind of behavior and more subtle sexual harassment.\nKLUDT: I mean he's the biggest chef in the food industry as far as I can tell. He has TV shows. He has restaurants around the country. His company brings in almost $250 million in profits a year. He's also a big face for charities. He's a big face for the (RED) charity. He has a lot of different interests in a lot of different areas.\nKLUDT: We told them about our report on Wednesday so that's when they first heard from us. They told us that they had an internal complaint about him in October and said that that was the first official complaint that they'd received from an employee. So I'm not sure if they've had more or not but that's what they said to us.\n KLUDT : He sent an apology to us that was pretty thorough. He said - he didn't deny really much of anything. He said it sounded like him and that he was going to immediately step away from the day-to-day operations of his businesses. And then the company said that they take these matters very seriously and they are going to up their training. They're going to bring in an outside firm to help with training. And then ABC's \"The Chew\" immediately said they didn't want to work with him while they investigate this.\n KLUDT : Absolutely. I mean he's just one of many chefs that we've received tips about. He was the one that we started looking into first. But we have a lot more that we need to start looking at now.\nMCEVERS: Amanda Kludt is editor-in-chief of Eater which broke the story of multiple sexual misconduct allegations against Mario Batali. Thank you very much.\nKLUDT: Thank you Kelly.", "output": [ "KLUDT" ] }, { "id": "task419-55bce905041a4a23893e11b5306674b1", "input": "Greg Zanis first heard the news about the Las Vegas shooting when an employee from ArchAngels Biorecovery showed up at his door around 7:30 Monday morning with a check from the Aurora clean-up company for $1 200.\nThe donation was gas money for Zanis so he could take a pick-up truck filled with crosses to Las Vegas where at least 59 people have been killed and more than 500 wounded after a gunman opened fire at an outdoor Jason Aldean concert on Sunday evening.\n\"At first when he told me what happened I didn't believe him \" said Zanis of his early-morning visitor. \"And then I just cried.\"\nIt wasn't long before the phone calls started coming in to his home on Church Road. From the media of course. And more importantly from the mayor's office in Las Vegas asking Zanis to bring his unique anti-violence crusade to the desert city that has become the latest — and sadly the largest — mass murder site in this country.\n Zanis is hoping that by Wednesday morning — after he 's received the identities and photos of the victims and attached them to the crosses — he will be ready to head to Vegas where the crosses will be planted on Sunday. Zanis says he 's already made a trip to the local pantry to get the food he will need for the trip. Money is tight as always but having made more than 20 000 crosses since this crusade began 20 years ago — all of them chronicled in more than 77 notebooks Haas noted — the retired carpenter always finds a way to create the white crosses and get them to their destinations.", "output": [ "Greg Zanis" ] }, { "id": "task419-9ffe29e2c8fe4af290976d9d01a50236", "input": "By comparing the responses from both Romney and Gingrich , it is evident that Mitt knows much more about the housing market then Newt does . \nMitt is good at this , too , as mentioned before except he just has to avoid sounding too much like a businessman that he is . \nAnd , once he 's gotten that point across , policy professional Mitt flips the subject around , landing with an attack on Newt 's ties to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac . \nBut , then again , Mitt just had to sit back and let his rivals self-implode on their own -LRB- do n't worry , we put in the Rick Perry \"Oops\" video after the jump -RRB- . \nHe may have completely -LRB- and blatantly -RRB- changed his mind on abortion but it 's a rare occasion where , pleasing his greatest criticism , Mitt acts like a human being who laughs , sulks and cries whenever he watches My Dog Skip .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney", "Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-985ee01569af431093603e04a4dbfcbf", "input": "Bernie Sanders is . \nDemocrats have rallied to Bernie Sanders as the leader of the opposition against Donald Trump . \nAnd Bernie Sanders is under investigation by the FBI , unlike the president . \nIn fact , Sanders and his wife are both under investigation stemming from a bank loan . \nThe FBI is investigating whether Sanders used his position to pressure the bank to give a college in Vermont a loan . \nSo President Trump did not pressure James Comey , but Bernie Sanders might have pressured a bank . \nAnd still the left will rally to Sanders because they really do not care about the allegations .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-138eeebf7e7d447b8804f1fc8cdcca4b", "input": "Stock market hit yet another all-time record high yesterday. There is great confidence in the moves that my Administration.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7 2017\n Does Trump have $5.4 trillion worth of bragging rights? Wall Street says Trump can take some credit for stocks’ record-setting run but certainly not all.\n“He’s had the wind at his back ” says Tom Block a policy analyst at New York-based Fundstrat Global Advisors. Trump is just being Trump he adds.\n“My take ” says Block “is that Trump is brilliant at marketing the Trump brand.”\n Trump’s self-promotion could backfire.\n“Let Trump take credit but he ’ll also own it should the market ever tank ” says Axel Merk president of Merk Investments.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-9df0c766b0d64cd1931bba93a4d25dc0", "input": "Medvedev listed as another important foreign policy issue the fight against international crimes in particular terrorism and drug trafficking \"that go hand-in-hand with corruption.\"\n \"We must work pragmatically look at the various directions work openly and refuse confrontation \" Medvedev said.\n Meanwhile Russia is against one-sided approach to the anti- missile defense issues the president told the conference.\n \"We are against deployment of weapons in space \" Medvedev said adding that Russia would like to keep the necessary level of its defensive capabilities.\n As for the relationship between Russia and the United States Medvedev said the two countries have no right to be satisfied with what has been achieved in bilateral relations.\n \"The Cold War remains are passing. We have no right to be satisfied with what has been achieved in mutual understanding between such strong powers as Russia and the United States. This is an important and long overdue decision ... We are unanimous by this fact that sustainable development is based on national security. Our approach towards ensuring security coincides. We understand that it is necessary to give up military means. The new START treaty proves this \" Medvedev pointed out.\n Medvedev also warned that Iran is about to acquire the capability to make nuclear weapons.\n He urged Russian ambassadors and permanent representatives to move away from simplistic approaches toward the Iran nuclear issue.\n \"We need to finally abandon any simplistic approaches toward this problem. Iran is getting closer to possessing the potential that in principle can be used to create nuclear weapons \" Medvedev was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying.\n He reiterated Russia's positions that sanctions would not produce the desired results but Russia will consistently urge Teheran to show essential openness and cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).\n Medvedev also spoke about Russia-NATO cooperation on security issues.\n \"We would like NATO to end its transformation to the modern organization in security sphere. We are ready to participate in equal cooperation with other players including the post-Soviet Organization for Collective Security \" the president said.\n He said that Russia should increase its assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States and Eurasian Economic Commonwealth.", "output": [ "Dmitry Medvedev", "Medvedev" ] }, { "id": "task419-e0e4f66a5e894cc3b1c06c7ddc3bf12b", "input": "Former Baltimore police detective Momodu Gondo is detailing how he and other members of an elite “Gun Trace Task Force” (GTTF) robbed city residents while on the job.\nThe robberies he described included home invasions and taking citizens’ property while executing search warrants.\nAccording to WBAL Gondo confessed to stealing “probably $100 000” in drugs cash and firearms. He is one of eight members of the GTTF facing federal charges for the alleged robberies and invasions and theft of overtime as well. He agreed to testify against the other members in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence.\n He testified that his partner Jemell Rayam was especially focused on home invasions that “ he had experience running into people’s homes to rob [them].” Gondo said they would use a tracking device to know when the homeowner was away; that is when they would go inside:\n Gondo said Rayam & drug dealer pulled home invasion of drug dealer after they used a BPD tracking device to know when target wasn't home — Jayne Miller (@jemillerwbal) October 25 2017\n Gondo reportedly admitted to “[filing] false arrest reports to cover stealing money from people.” He and Rayam both testified that they robbed people while on the job. Rayam said “Most of our robberies were as police officers so we weren’t too worried about getting caught.”\n Gondo also described how easy it was to manipulate overtime pay. He said that there might be nights where “half the squad might be off the other half working. [But] if they got a gun [they] all got paid.”", "output": [ "Momodu Gondo" ] }, { "id": "task419-afb3f8ebc6ae42a48481e27dacb30ca6", "input": "And the Netflix documentary , \"Mitt ,\" helped make him seem more personable than the wooden candidate voters saw in 2012 . \nIt 's the latest , baffling bit of 2016 buzz that just refuses to go away : Mitt Romney for president -- again . \nThey insist Mitt can rally donors . \nAnd heck , there 's no clear GOP front-runner , so it might as well be Mitt , right ? \nMitt Romney recycles his greatest hits .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-f7c0d6c97ca64043a835194a2e8b3f3f", "input": "The Iranian ballistic missile launch that President Donald Trump tweeted about Saturday apparently never happened.\nOn Saturday Trump tweeted: “Iran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel.They are also working with North Korea.Not much of an agreement we have!”\nIran just test-fired a Ballistic Missile capable of reaching Israel.They are also working with North Korea.Not much of an agreement we have! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23 2017\n Trump has been criticized a number of times for jumping to conclusions and commenting on Twitter before breaking news reports have been confirmed.\nAs of Monday night he had not deleted the erroneous tweet.\nSeparately Twitter Inc. TWTR -2.30% on Monday explained that it would not block Trump’s more incendiary tweets because they are newsworthy. Some had complained to Twitter that his threats toward North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — which North Korea said Monday it took as a “declaration of war” — violated the company’s terms of service.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-37cd6fc71f5e4677ad23430aaa67a934", "input": "Rodrigo Garcia Pinochet the dictator's grandson said the clan was innocent and placed all its trust in Chile's judicial system.\n Garzon went after Pinochet in 1998 under a Spanish legal doctrine that allowed particularly grave crimes to be prosecuted in this country even if they are alleged to have been committed abroad and had no tie to Spain. Britain ultimately declined to extradite Pinochet saying he was ill.\nPinochet in 1998 under a Spanish legal doctrine that allowed particularly grave crimes to be prosecuted in this country even if they are alleged to have been committed abroad and had no tie to Spain. Britain ultimately declined to extradite Pinochet saying he was ill.\n Pinochet died in Chile in 2006 without having stood trial for abuses during his 1973-90 dictatorship.\n The amount of the bond sought by Garzon -- $77 348 374 -- is equivalent to the amount of state money allegedly pilfered and laundered by Pinochet Garzon said. He said the figure came from by a Madrid-based human rights group which requested the probe the Fundacion Espanola Presidente Allende which obtained it from Chilean investigators.\n The foundation is named for Salvador Allende the president that Pinochet ousted in 1973. Allende died in the coup.", "output": [ "Rodrigo Garcia Pinochet" ] }, { "id": "task419-4b5eee1a43d8498da624739319896a6a", "input": "Danielle Herrington is the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model for 2018.\nThe magazine revealed its swimsuit edition cover Tuesday. Herrington is the third black woman to appear on the cover of the annual issue that launched in 1964.\n Herrington first appeared in the magazine's swimsuit issue last year.\nFox News spoke to Herrington in May and she said she knew she wanted to become a model after seeing Tyra Banks on the cover of Sports Illustrated.\n\"I just remember Tyra Banks being on the cover and that’s where it all started for me. That’s what really made me pursue modeling. SI was a goal from that point from seeing Tyra on the cover. It was love at first sight… everything happened naturally \" she told us.", "output": [ "Danielle Herrington" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f3c861eb0874825896a0d854529a99d", "input": "However the North’s high-ranking delegation including the younger sister of its leader Kim Jong Un will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in and have lunch with him on Saturday.\n Kim Jong Un in a black hat and matching coat saluted troops while his wife walked beside him television images showed. One of Kim’s close aides Choe Ryong Hae and Kim Yong Nam were also in attendance.\nThe North’s state media also showed what appeared to be intercontinental ballistic missiles on launchers as thousands of North Koreans filled Kim Il Sung Square named after Kim Jong Un ’s grandfather in Pyongyang.\n“We have destroyed the enemy’s risk-taking provocations at every move ” Kim Jong Un said in a speech. He did not mention the United States which North Korea considers its main enemy and regularly threatens to destroy in a sea of flames.\n“By sending key figures like his sister Kim Jong Un is aiming to send a signal to the South that it is giving more weight to inter-Korean ties while driving a wedge between South Korea and the United States ” said Kim Sung-han a former South Korean vice foreign minister.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-efd62baa61d0411a90144609bd2de61e", "input": "Trump has copyrighted the phrase “Make America Great Again”; imagine the royalties if he can get it added to U.S. currency in place of the boring motto “In God We Trust.” (He might also resolve the debate about whether to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 note instead of Andrew Jackson by putting himself on it.)\n Trump quoted from the Book of Isaiah. \"For to us a child is born for to us a son is given. And the government shall be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor Mighty God Everlasting Father Prince of Peace.\" (Reuters)\nThe flag would be aesthetically more appealing and less cluttered if it only had stars for the 30 states that voted for Trump . And Trump aide Stephen Miller could remove that Emma Lazarus poem he so dislikes that now adorns the Statue of Liberty. Instead he can add a plaque bearing the words: “Give me only your great.”\nEven on Christmas Eve Trump was attacking the FBI’s deputy director boasting that he protected the phrase “Merry Christmas” from a supposed “assault ” retweeting a photo of himself with the word “WINNING” superimposed and tweeting this Christmas message: “The Fake News refuses to talk about how Big and how Strong our BASE is . . . nobody is going to beat us. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”\nAt a Christmas service in Florida that Trump attended rector James Harlan preached about Nelson Mandela’s advice to “understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.”\nDid Trump think Harlan was talking about him when he said “Your words can have as much destructive potential as they do healing”? More likely he thought people were talking about him when they sang “O come let us adore him.”\n1 of 62 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad × Scenes from Trump ’s second six months in office View Photos A look at the second half so far of the president’s first year in the White House. Caption A look at the second half so far of the president’s first year in the White House. Dec. 24 2017 President Trump and first lady Melania Trump are escorted from their motorcade vehicle by the Rev. James R. Harlan left as they arrive for Christmas Eve service at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in West Palm Beach. Carolyn Kaster/AP Buy Photo Wait 1 second to continue.\nIn a Christmas video Trump briefly captured the meaning of the day when he spoke of renewing “the bonds of love and goodwill between our citizens.” But even in this message he managed to find division. He highlighted the belief that the Old Testament prophet Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would be the Messiah. Jews dispute that interpretation.\nThe holiday wasn’t yet over when Trump tweeted that “tomorrow it’s back to work in order to Make America Great Again (which is happening faster than anyone anticipated)!” The next morning he resumed attacks on Obamacare and a “Crooked Hillary pile of garbage.”", "output": [ "Melania Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-587f8408882c4ba6851a2edcd671a91c", "input": "Reza Pahlavi concentrates intently on the little cellphone in his hand scrolling through clips of chanting Iranians and explaining why the protests unsettling his homeland are different this time. Even as the latest reports suggest the unrest may be ebbing the scion of Persia's 2 500-year-old monarchy believes Iran's people are writing a new future for themselves and perhaps for their exiled son.\nMore than want he believes they may succeed.\nIranian officials say they've arrested some 3 700 people since Dec. 28. Some protesters have called for the government's overthrow and videos show some vocal support for Pahlavi who left Iran at 17 for military flight school in the United States just before his cancer-stricken father Mohammad Reza Pahlavi abandoned the throne for exile. Revolution meant neither Pahlavi ever returned.\n Pahlavi is staying abreast of developments in Iran through what his aides describe as a vast network of contacts inside and outside of the government he has maintained for decades. An equally important source: normal Iranians reaching out to him directly via social media.\nBut Pahlavi may not be the credible voice for change in a country that he hasn't seen in 38 years. Iranian officials accuse him of exploiting the instability to advance his personal aspirations for power in a part of the world replete with cautionary tales about long-estranged exiles believing they know what's best for their homelands. And Pahlavi's father was hardly a paragon of democracy ruling lavishly and repressively and benefiting from a CIA-supported 1953 coup of Iran's prime minster.\nWhile many of the young faces in today's crowds of protesters couldn't conceivably have been born when the last shah still ruled Pahlavi believes the support he is seeing in text messages and Telegram files is genuine.\n\"It is not a matter of coincidence or if you will nostalgia \" said Pahlavi 57 insisting that a young scrutinizing Iranian generation is expressing \"rapport\" with his message of inclusion and rejecting the Islamic Republic's \"brainwashing\" and exclusion.\n He outlined a vision of how to achieve democratic change: Intensifying \"the struggle\" until Iran's government implodes; initiating a transition process; holding popular elections for a constitutional assembly; enshrining secularism and democracy; free and fair voting for a first parliament and government.\nBut these are broad ideas that would each entail incredibly difficult processes. For example Pahlavi said that whatever form Iran's future government takes it should offer amnesty to military and paramilitary forces such as those in the Revolutionary Guard Corps so they abandon the camp of Khamenei and other hardliners. Such a promise wouldn't resolve their massive stakes in Iran's economy a source of significant popular disgruntlement.\nAnd what of Pahlavi 's path in this new Iran? Does it end with him sitting upon the Peacock Throne? Or does he aspire for something akin to the \"Baba\" role played by Mohammed Zahir Shah Afghanistan's deposed king who returned after the fall of the Taliban as a symbolic but powerless figure of national unity?\n\"I don't know to be honest with you. I know what I need to do now \" Pahlavi answered. \"I've never been preoccupied with my personal role or destiny \" he said describing fair elections in Iran as his \"only mission in life \" replacing the current votes for presidents and parliamentarians among pre-approved candidates.\n\"Of course I stand ready to serve my country \" Pahlavi said noncommittally. \"I have no idea in what capacity it may or may not be. I may end up just being a regular citizen living the rest of my days or I may be called upon to play a bigger role.\"", "output": [ "Reza Pahlavi" ] }, { "id": "task419-f1555f3d14b34018b1f68c1931faa45f", "input": "Ok. Maybe something but we don’t know exactly what. Given all that’s going on with the Russia probe and special counsel Robert Mueller’s deep dive into potential money laundering this could definitely catch his attention.\nOfficials at the German bank told Manager Magazin as reported by English-language outlets that a review of company accounts related to the Kushner family was sent to a German bank regulator for further investigation. Information may also be released to special counsel Robert Mueller‘s federal probe.\nThat wasn’t necessarily related to Mueller ’s probe.\nSo will Mueller pick this up? He has reportedly been looking at Trump’s transactions with the bank. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone if the next thing we hear is that Mueller is on the case.", "output": [ "Robert Mueller" ] }, { "id": "task419-a06215b38c094647b430eae2bb819135", "input": "And it would appear that some of those funds come from helping disgraced provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos make money.\nEarlier this month following ThinkProgress’s reporting Yiannopoulos parted ways with Shopify a Canadian company that had prior provided Yiannopoulos with a means of monetizing the latest white nationalist memes — even though Yiannopoulos had collaborated with white supremacists and was fired from Breitbart for his seeming willingness to condone pedophilia.\nOn Monday however Yiannopoulos launched “Dangerous ” which he claimed would be “the leading destination for media from the New Right.” The site was password-protected sometime Monday afternoon but the “Dangerous Boutique” store that went live alongside it remains online — as is Yiannopoulos ’s apparent partnership with Stripe.\n Yiannopoulos ’s current slate of products range from “Feminism is Cancer” mugs to Batman-ripoff T-shirts. He is also selling a shirt that reads that “Milo did nothing wrong ” an apparent reference to his pedophilia-related comments that forced him out of Breitbart.\nStripe’s involvement with Yiannopoulos ’s new store – which remains one of his sole sources of revenue following his recent fallout with hedge fund manager Robert Mercer – becomes clear when users try to purchase any items from Yiannopoulos ’s store.\nThinkProgress’s questions to Stripe went unanswered and it remains unclear if Stripe is aware that Yiannopoulos is using their service to make money and build his brand. Nonetheless Yiannopoulos has not hidden his mutually beneficial relationship with Stripe.\nAs Collison told BBC “As long as the internet economy continues to grow Stripe will continue to grow.” And it appears that as long as Yiannopoulos ’s new business grows so too will Stripe.", "output": [ "Milo Yiannopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-527c818c77e94e8b86ac8074da4af059", "input": "As rumors swirl that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing a case against Russians who are alleged to have hacked Democrats during the 2016 election â a conclusion based solely on the analysis of cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike a Friday op-ed in the Washington Times by retired U.S. Navy admiral James A. Lyons Jr. asks a simple yet monumentally significant question: Why havenât Congressional Investigators or Special Counsel Robert Mueller addressed the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich â who multiple people have claimed was Wikileaksâ source of emails leaked during the 2016 U.S. presidential election?\nMueller has been incredibly thorough in his ongoing investigations â however he wonât even respond to Kim Dotcom the New Zealand entrepreneur who clearly knew about the hacked emails long before they were released claims that Seth Rich obtained them with a memory stick and has offered to provide proof to the Special Counsel investigation.\nReminder: Hereâs the first letter my lawyers wrote to Special Counsel Mueller regarding Seth Rich . We never received any reply. Itâs astonishing considering my first hand knowledge of the DNC leak. [Link] â Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) March 2 2018\nI knew Seth Rich . I know he was the @Wikileaks source. I was involved. [Link] â Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) May 20 2017\nOn May 18 2017 Dotcom proposed that if Congress includes the Seth Rich investigation in their Russia probe he would provide written testimony with evidence that Seth Rich was WikiLeaksâ source.\nOdd facts surrounding the murder of Seth Rich\n âThe facts that we know of in the murder of the DNC staffer Seth Rich was that he was gunned down blocks from his home on July 10 2016. Washington Metro police detectives claim that Mr. Rich was a robbery victim which is strange since after being shot twice in the back he was still wearing a $2 000 gold necklace and watch. He still had his wallet key and phone. Clearly he was not a victim of robbery â writes Lyons.\nAnother unexplained fact muddying the Rich case is that of a stolen 40 caliber Glock 22 handguns stoken from an FBI agentâs car the same day Rich was murdered. D.C. Metro police said that the theft occurred between 5 and 7 a.m. while the FBI said two weeks later that the theft had occurred between Midnight and 2 a.m. â fueling speculation that the FBI gun was used in Richâs murder.\nFurthermore two men working with the Rich family â private investigator and former D.C. Police detective Rod Wheeler and family acquaintance Ed Butowsky have previously stated that Rich had contacts with WikiLeaks before his death.\nWhile Wheeler initially told TV station Fox5 that proof of Richâs contact with WikiLeaks lies on the murdered IT stafferâs laptop he later walked the claim back â though he maintained that there was âsome communication between Seth Rich and WikiLeaks.â\nRod Wheeler telling Fox5 his FBI sources linked Seth Rich to Wikileaks. \"Absolutely and that's confirmed\" #RodWheeler #SethRich pic.twitter.com/IGWERgRBkE â ZeroPointNow (@ZeroPointNow) August 2 2017\nWheeler also claimed in recently leaked audio that Seth Richâs brother Aaron â a Northrup Grumman employee blocked him from looking at Sethâs computer and stonewalled his investigation.\nWheeler said that brother Aaron Rich tried to block Wheeler from looking at Sethâs computer even though there could be evidence on it. â He said no he said I have his computer meaning him â Wheeler said. âI said well can I look at it?⦠He said what are you looking for? I said anything that could indicate if Seth was having problems with someone. He said no I already checked it. Donât worry about it.â Aaron also blocked Wheeler from finding out about who was at a party Seth attended the night of the murder. âAll I want you to do is work on the botched robbery theory and thatâs it â Aaron told Wheeler âBig League Politics\nPerhaps the most stunning audio evidence however comes from leaked audio of a recorded conversation between Ed Butowsky and Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh who told him of a âpurported FBI report establishing that Seth Rich sent emails to WikiLeaks .â\nWhat the report says is that some time in late Spring⦠he makes contact with WikiLeaks thatâs in his computer â he says. âAnyway they found what he had done is that he had submitted a series of documents â of emails of juicy emails from the DNC.â Hersh explains that it was unclear how the negotiations went but that WikiLeaks did obtain access to a password protected DropBox where Rich had put the files. âAll I know is that he offered a sample an extensive sample Iâm sure dozens of emails and said âI want money.âLater WikiLeaks did get the password he had a DropBox a protected DropBox â he said. They got access to the DropBox.â Hersh also states that Rich had concerns about something happening to him and had âThe word was passed according to the NSA report he also shared this DropBox with a couple of friends so that âif anything happens to me itâs not going to solve your problems ââ he added. âWikiLeaks got access before he was killed.â\nLast but not least letâs not forget that Julian Assange heavily implied Seth Rich was a source:", "output": [ "Seth Rich" ] }, { "id": "task419-4b298b25c28c4caf8e2fb3dce57b192c", "input": "LONDON (AP) — Designer Christopher Bailey who was replaced as Burberry chief executive earlier this year will leave the British brand in 2018 ending a 17-year stint in which he helped transform a company once known mainly for trench coats into a global luxury icon.\n Bailey added the title of CEO to his position as chief creative officer in 2014 taking on unique dual role in recognition of how much his ideas had contributed to Burberry's success. But he struggled to reinvigorate sagging sales in the company's key Asian markets and was replaced by Marco Gobbetti of the French luxury fashion house Celine in July.\nIt was as a designer however that Bailey made his name. He took the company that made trench coats in World War I and wove its classic plaids into contemporary design. Banking on Britishness he made it the center of Burberry's brand.\nLong before other luxury houses even had the notion he championed the use of the digital marketplace embracing the new medium with innovations such as allowing shoppers to immediately buy online what they saw on fashion show catwalks.\n\"It has been a truly inspiring place to work and the decision to leave was not an easy one \" Bailey said in a statement released Tuesday. \"I do truly believe however that Burberry's best days are still ahead of her and that the company will go from strength to strength with the strategy we have developed and the exceptional talent we have in place.\"\n Bailey will remain president and chief creative officer until March 31 when he will leave the board of directors Burberry said. He will remain at the company until Dec. 31 2018 to ensure a smooth transition.\nBurberry said that as a result of his departure Bailey has agreed to give up a total of 830 550 shares valued at 16 million pounds ($21 million) that were awarded as part of his compensation packages between 2014 and 2017\n Bailey took over during a time of strength for the company in May 2014 when former CEO Angela Ahrendts moved to Apple.\nShareholders soon began to ask questions about Bailey 's pay package which could have totaled as much as 7.6 million pounds including salary allowances a bonus and share awards. Others wondered whether the gifted designer had the right skill set to be CEO.\nGobbetti credited Bailey with being \"instrumental\" in the Burberry's transformation adding that he leaves behind a legacy of talent that gives him \"enormous confidence\" in the future.\n Bailey says that despite his departure he remains fully committed to Burberry's success.\n\"Burberry encapsulates so much of what is great about Britain \" Bailey said in a statement. \"As an organization it is creative innovative and outward looking. It celebrates diversity and challenges received wisdoms. It is over 160 years old but it has a young spirit.\"", "output": [ "Christopher Bailey" ] }, { "id": "task419-5600e568aa7e45fab3db4501e14d81be", "input": "Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) . (Cliff Owen/Associated Press)\nWhat happened to you ?\nBut boo Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) you did at the behest of President Trump during a rally in Alabama last week.\nMike Allen of Axios further reported this week that Trump has been “physically mocking” the thumbs-down gesture McCain used to deliver the deciding vote against the Republican health-care bill in July. Did that mocking involve an imitation of McCain ’s stiff arm movements? In case you haven’t read a newspaper in the 45 years since we played on the same Dixie Youth Baseball team together McCain got the hell beaten out of him by the communists who held him in the Hanoi Hilton for more than five years.\nMeanwhile McCain continued receiving the beatings that would forever leave him incapable of lifting his arms over his head. He kept enduring torture because he refused to leave his band of brothers behind.\nDo you have that kind of character? If you booed McCain at last week’s rally don’t bother answering. Someone has obviously failed you in your life; you probably need to spend some time figuring out who that was. And if you still go to church you may also want to pray for all those around you who put tribal politics ahead of basic humanity.\nThen maybe you should drive home and tell your children the story of John McCain’s sacrifice. If you can teach your children that lesson of heroism there’s a chance they might grow up to have more character than the president you now praise.", "output": [ "John McCain" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b74b0575df24bc2a5939959ef3e447c", "input": "More Women Come Forward To Accuse Russell Simmons Of Rape Sexual Assault\n Russell Simmons one of the biggest figures in the hip-hop industry was publicly accused of rape Wednesday night by four women. He was also accused of sexual misconduct by several other women.\nThe allegations follow accusations against Simmons by two other women last month. More than 10 women have now publicly accused Simmons of sexual harassment assault or rape.\nOn Wednesday evening The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times separately published accounts of the new accusations against Simmons . The rapes and assaults are alleged to have taken place between the 1980s to 2014. Simmons released a statement last night saying he \"vehemently denies all these allegations \" adding that they shocked him to his core.\n Simmons 60 also responded to the new accusations through an Instagram post Thursday morning. The message delivered in all-caps and signed by Simmons reads:\n\"I have never had a sexual encounter that was no consensual or lawful. Ever. \"\nCommenting on that post Simmons added:\n\"Today I begin to properly defend myself . I will prove without any doubt that I am innocent of all rape charges. Today I will focus on \"The Original Sin\" (Keri Claussen) the claim that created this insane pile on of my #MeToo. Stay tuned! \"\nSimmons said he would be sharing evidence today and on Friday regarding the case of Jenny Lumet a writer who wrote an open letter to him saying he had sexually assaulted her in 1991. That accusation came on the heels of allegations against Simmons by model Keri Claussen Khalighi.\nThrough his Instagram account Simmons added \"My intention is not to diminish the #MeToo movement in anyway but instead hold the accusers accountable.\"\nTwo weeks ago Simmons said he was \"removing\" himself from running his companies saying that he had been \"thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades.\"\nIn that November statement Simmons said he would \"commit myself to continuing my personal growth spiritual learning and above all to listening. \"\nSimmons made his name through Def Jam Records and founded a sprawling empire that grew to encompass comedy fashion and yoga.", "output": [ "Russell Simmons" ] }, { "id": "task419-b0ef8f703b0749f39aa90eb37bda4dac", "input": "A third opportunity to flag shooter Devin Kelley was lost two years later by a twist of bad luck when a Pentagon inspection of cases narrowly missed the former airman.\nThe Air Force said on Monday it had failed to provide information as required about Kelley ’s criminal history to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s criminal databases. It gave few other details about the omission.\nA review of Department of Defense procedures by Reuters shows that the military twice should have flagged Kelley then serving at a New Mexico base after he was accused of repeatedly beating his wife and stepson.\nIf Pentagon rules had been followed the Air Force should have put Kelley into national criminal databases used for background checks soon after he was charged.\nThe Air Force should then have flagged Kelley 26 again later that year after his court-martial conviction for assault which permanently disqualified him from legally getting a gun.\nWhen presented with this account of how the FBI was not alerted about Kelley Air Force officials confirmed the procedures that should have happened.\n“That is what the investigation is looking at now ” Brooke Brzozowske an Air Force spokeswoman said. The FBI confirmed it never received Kelley ’s records.\n Kelley bought guns from a store in Texas in 2016 and 2017 although it is not clear whether these were the weapons he used last Sunday to attack churchgoers in Sutherland Springs before killing himself . Authorities said he killed 26 people including a pregnant woman’s unborn child.\nIf the Air Force had flagged Kelley to the FBI either when he was charged and convicted he would have been unable to get a gun legally.\nReuters has been unable to determine exactly how or why Kelley ’s records were not shared.\n Kelley also narrowly slipped through the system in 2014 when the Pentagon’s inspector general told the Air Force it was routinely failing to send criminal records to the FBI and urged them to correct this in some old cases like Kelley’s\nRymer recommended that the Air Force send what missing fingerprints and records it could from his sample period to the FBI and the Air Force agreed. But Kelley was convicted in November 2012 a week after the sample period ended and it appears that his case was never looked at again.\nEntering his fingerprints and other information in the FBI’s so-called Interstate Identification Index (III) would have been enough to flag Kelley as needing further investigation in 2016 when he tried to buy a gun at a San Antonio store.\nThe FBI would then have asked the Air Force the outcome of Kelley ’s case. The airman was convicted of a crime involving domestic violence that carries a maximum penalty of more than one year in prison both of which disqualify a person from buying guns and ammunition under federal law.\nInstead Kelley cleared the background check and walked out of the store with a gun and returned the following year passed another background check and bought a second one the store said.\nAccording to Defense Department rules the Air Force should have caught its error after Kelley’s court-martial ended when it was obliged to notify the FBI that Kelley had been convicted and that his crime involved domestic violence", "output": [ "Devin Kelley" ] }, { "id": "task419-f8b5c67de5c043a399fe4527ffc35f88", "input": "JENNIFER LUDDEN HOST:\n LUDDEN : Now does your family kind of resent this or are they OK?\n LUDDEN : I see.\n LUDDEN : Right. Now you - to be fair the news business is a lot different from the retail business. I mean probably more a quiet day for you; you're kind of trying to gin up some news on Thanksgiving aside from the turkeys. It's kind of different.\n LUDDEN : Let 's get a caller in on the line here. We've got J.D. in Woodstock Virginia. Hi J.D.\n LUDDEN : Good. Go right ahead.\n LUDDEN : A-ha. You don't get a day off do you?\n LUDDEN : So you try to give yourself a little something to make the most of it ?\n LUDDEN : All right.\n LUDDEN : All right. Well J.D. thanks for sharing. I appreciate it and Happy Thanksgiving.\n LUDDEN : All right. We've got a few emails here. Liz writes in: I worked for a retail job for a while and Black Friday was mandatory to keep your job. My family was upset that I had to leave early from or missed gatherings. In fact this is the first Thanksgiving I'll get to go in the past three years. However the customers for the early shift were cheerful courteous and not yet exhausted and stressed. It was not the worse sales day of the year. And if it were optional I would take the extra hours and extra pay since I don't have kids of my own. It's much harder for people with families to care for.\n LUDDEN : So is that what you mean by making adjustments? You kind of shift it to the day before?\n LUDDEN : There you go. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. And we have another caller Mike in Cincinnati Ohio. Hi Mike.\n LUDDEN : Good. What's your story?\n LUDDEN : And let's get another call here. Dan is in Chicago. Hi Dan.\n LUDDEN : Go right ahead.", "output": [ "JENNIFER LUDDEN" ] }, { "id": "task419-cd58f6668d0441c18f11b5fdf9b7a1d0", "input": "Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (45-4) proved his two wins over Roman \"Chocolatito\" Gonzalez were no fluke. On Saturday from The Forum in Inglewood California the 31-year-old Thai fighter successfully defended his WBC super flyweight title against Juan Francisco Estrada (36-3) via majority decision.\nIf you missed the fight I highly recommend searching HBO's On Demand library in the coming days because it was one of the better fights of 2018 thus far. SSR had the clear edge early but a manic charge from Estrada over the final four rounds left things in doubt. In the end SSR got the nod from two of the judges Cathy Leonard 115-113 and Steve Morrow 117-111 and one judge (Dave Moretti 114-114) scored it a draw.\nSor Rungvisai and Estrada leaving it all on the canvas in an explosive Round 12. #Superfly2 pic.twitter.com/5qmwjeNwvU â HBOboxing (@HBOboxing) February 25 2018\nSor Rungvisai and Estrada leaving it all on the canvas in an explosive Round 12. #Superfly2 pic.twitter.com/5qmwjeNwvU â HBOboxing (@HBOboxing) February 25 2018\nIt seemed pretty clear that the momentum was on the challenger's side when the bout ended. Estrada seemed to have the champion in trouble in the waning moments. If this one had been scheduled for 15 rounds the outcome might have been different. Still SSR apparently banked enough rounds early to earn the victory.\nHere is a look at the CompuBox numbers for the fight. SSR landed more punches but Estrada connected at a higher percentage and even owned a volume advantage in four of the last five rounds.\nRound 12: Great finish to an excellent fight! Round goes to Estrada but I have Sor Rungviai winning 115-113. [Link] â Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) February 25 2018\nWoooooo! What an exciting final round for Sor Rungvisai and Estrada . Hell of a comeback by Estrada . I've got it a 114-114 draw. [Link] â Josh Katzowitz (@joshkatzowitz) February 25 2018\nWhat a fight and what a round are you kidding me!?!? Estrada takes the 12th on my card and I have it even 114-114 #Superfly2 â Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) February 25 2018\nThankfully it's hard to find anyone who had Estrada winning the fight. Thus while Morrow's margin of victory may have been too wide the right man still got the decision and kept his title. Could we see a rematch? It's possible. That likely depends on the ratings HBO receives for the broadcast. The fight was the main event for the Superfly 2 card that also featured a decision-win for McWilliams Arroyo over Carlos Cuadras and a seventh-round KO victory for Donnie Nietes over Juan Carlos Reveco.\nThe smaller weight classes traditionally have a problem drawing widespread interest. No matter the size SSR and Estrada put on a show in Inglewood California.", "output": [ "Juan Francisco Estrada" ] }, { "id": "task419-b5a7ea1dbe0243b3aee9ed9206b4c58d", "input": "Then last week reader David P. pointed me to a column by Barry Nussbaum chief statistician at the EPA for over a decade and currently president of the American Statistical Association. As soon as I read it I called Nussbaum who was a young EPA analyst in the late 70s when he—well we’ll get to that. First though the answer to my question.\nAccording to Nussbaum EPA wanted places like California to reduce smog and that meant cars would have to be fitted with catalytic converters. However since gasoline lead ruins catalytic converters refineries needed to produced unleaded gasoline. This was the initial impetus behind unleaded gasoline. The fact that it also reduced atmospheric lead was basically a happy accident.\nThe first item—unfortunately for HUD—suggested that lead poisoning was not correlated with lead paint in housing. After all there’s no reason to think that kids are exposed to more lead paint in the summer. The second item suggests that lead poisoning is correlated with gasoline lead.² And the third item immediately convinced Carter to continue the lead phasedown. “He stated he did not want any policy that might have a particularly deleterious effect on these two groups ” Nussbaum says.\nOn a statistical note Nussbaum adds this: “With the benefit of hindsight Carter was concerned about the harmful effects on minority populations. Would he have even have known this if the graph just had one composite line for blood lead?” Maybe not. Sometimes flukes of data presentation are all it takes to influence public policy.\n¹If you’re wondering why the chart doesn’t show white children the answer is lost to history. Nussbaum thinks it might have something to do with the limits of plotting technology at the time. In any case everyone knew what the line looked like: just like the other two but lower.", "output": [ "Barry Nussbaum" ] }, { "id": "task419-22fdf73df0624bf6a6e0342663d1d496", "input": "The Grammy Awards were tough on female artists in several ways -- there was a small number of female nominees (and consequently winners) and Lorde the only female artist nominated for Best New Album was also the only artist in that category who wasn't offered a solo performance during the show sources tell Variety.\nAnd when asked if it was a mistake to leave Lorde out of the show executive producer Ken Ehrlich said: \"I don't know if it was a mistake. These shows are a matter of choices. We have a box and it gets full. She had a great album. There's no way we can really deal with everybody.\"\n Lorde apparently had a response on Twitter Monday afternoon writing in all-caps \"IF YOU'RE DEBATING WHETHER OR NOT I CAN MURDER A STAGE... COME SEE IT FOR URSELF.\" -- and then providing a link to the dates for her forthcoming tour which begins in Milwaukee on March 1 and wraps June 2 at the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona.\nWhile she did not perform on the Grammys Lorde performed twice in New York during Grammy Week playing a four-song set with Jack Antonoff at his Ally Coalition benefit and also playing a powerful version of Stevie Nicks' \"Silver Springs\" at the MusiCares Fleetwood Mac tribute at Radio City Music Hall.", "output": [ "Lorde" ] }, { "id": "task419-f22a7d93742e4151aa8c9183a4e9d355", "input": "Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly wants a clean slate to host her new morning show but audiences were hardly ready to forget Kelly 's political past in the current climate.\n\"The truth is I’m kind of done with politics for now \" Kelly said during the debut of Megyn Kelly TODAY. \"I know. You know why right? We all feel it it's everywhere. And it's just gotten so dark.\"\nViewers quickly took to Twitter to call her out and remind NBC and America of Kelly 's career history.\nFor the first time in my life I'm figuring out what else is on tv in the morning besides @todayshow because of Megyn Kelly . — Elyssa (@ElyssaK) September 25 2017\nSo Megyn Kelly ’s gonna interview the cast of @WillAndGrace like she didn’t spend years making anti-LGBTQ comments on Fox News? Cool... — Kealeen Griffin (@keltothelean) September 25 2017\nFor anyone considering watching Megyn Kelly Today here's a gem to remind u who she really is #LastWeekTonight[Link] — Sarcasm & Whiskey (@ExtrovertedSide) September 25 2017\nSketch idea: Megyn Kelly tries to \"have fun & avoid politics\" with her 1st guest list Kid Rock Jimmy Kimmel and the Golden State Warriors — James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) September 25 2017", "output": [ "Megyn Kelly" ] }, { "id": "task419-3299e803ae974e3bafb639f1e3090f06", "input": "When we first catch a glimpse of the actress responsible for the year ’ s best lead performance — at least thus far — she is literally skipping her cheetah print high tops floating over the hotel carpet . She ’ s chasing after director Sean Baker ’ s small dog Bunsen who has narrowly escaped being corralled by a gaggle of publicists . The actress would like to give Bunsen a blueberry . Bunsen seems to desperately want one . She implores passionately anxiously twirling the pleather skirt and tugging at her custom T - shirt which is black and emblazoned with the names of her acting heroes : # Elle # Dakota # Emma # Daisy ( the Fanning sisters Watson and Ridley ). Bunsen never gets his blueberry . It ’ s time for another interview the latest obligation in a whirlwind press tour that has whisked the actress and her family from their hometown in Orlando to film festivals in Cannes Toronto and now New York City to screen and promote The Florida Project an indie dramedy that has received rave reviews at each juncture . In a crowded Best Actress year brimming with icons all jockeying for five slots — Meryl Streep Annette Bening Judi Dench Kate Winslet Nicole Kidman Jessica Chastain and Emma Stone among them — the hope is that an aggressive push could land The Florida Project ’ s leading lady one of those slots . It ’ s a lot of pressure for Brooklynn Prince the performer who has dutifully been charming journalists since walking the Cannes red carpet in May . “ No not at all ” she responds coolly Bunsen resting at her feet . “ After all I ’ ve been acting since I was 2 .” That ’ s five long rich years of experience for Prince . Yes she is only 7 years old . And yes in The Florida Project she really is that good . The Florida Project is Sean Baker ’ s follow up to his 2015 feature Tangerine an indie that arrived like a firecracker . The film followed Alexandra and Sin - Dee two transgender sex workers on a raucous mission through the streets of Los Angeles to track down Sin - Dee ’ s boyfriend and pimp who has been cheating on her . Riffing on the spark - plug chemistry between stars Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor the film exploded with fiery humorous energy . But while Tangerine was lauded for its kinetic music video - like filmmaking style — and more for being shot entirely on an iPhone — The Florida Project is a film that stuns in stillness and long steady shots of the Orlando backdrop . That same hilarious poignant Tangerine energy however still abounds . “ We thought this could be the next Little Rascals ” Baker tells us looking lovingly at his Florida Project star petting his dog ’ s head . “ This could be about the joy of childhood and at the same time deal with serious issues . The public ’ s reaction to Tangerine gave us the confidence that we could do something similar with this film .” As Baker gesticulates he notices a giggling coming from just to his right . While he ’ s been talking about the differences between Tangerine and The Florida Project Prince has been dramatically mimicking his hand gestures — quite convincingly actually — and cracking herself up because of it . “ We needed to make sure they were extroverts ” Baker tells me at one point when I ask about the casting process for the film ’ s four young kids . With Prince he certainly got that . In The Florida Project Prince plays Moonee who lives in a seedy Orlando motel room with her single mother Halley portrayed in a stunning breakout performance by Bria Vinaite . Moonee and Halley are examples of what Baker calls the hidden homeless members of the underclass who scrape and scavenge and sometimes just resign to live in motels and makeshift homes often in America ’ s biggest cities . In this case it ’ s in Orlando in the bleak shadow of the happiest place on earth . Get The Beast In Your Inbox ! Daily Digest Start and finish your day with the top stories from The Daily Beast . Cheat Sheet A speedy smart summary of all the news you need to know ( and nothing you don ' t ). By clicking “ Subscribe ” you agree to have read the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Subscribe Thank You ! You are now subscribed to the Daily Digest and Cheat Sheet . We will not share your email with anyone for any reason . For Moonee Baker needed to cast someone special . We meet Mooney hocking loogies with her friends . At first glance they seem just like any rabble - rousing listless kids running amok in the dog days of summer . Moonee ’ s a riot with a smart - alecky loud mouth a penchant for copying her mom ’ s raunchy dance moves and poses and feral reign over the parking lots and derelict highway - adjacent motels that surround her . But we also witness Moonee slowly become sentient to the realities of her living situation the frustrations over what she ’ s being deprived of and intense conflict between her fierce love for her mother and intrinsic suspicion that she deserves more . Baker had almost given up on his casting search by the time a local casting agency brought Prince to his attention . The first time he noticed her she was doing squats and forcing Christopher Rivera another young actor who ended up getting cast as Moonee ’ s friend to do push - ups in order to ramp up their energy for the audition . “ Clearly she won us over even before the audition ” Baker says . “ Why thank you Sean .” At a hard - to - believe 7 years old Prince is a hoot . Her preternatural poise is one thing . Her star - making performance showcasing breezy comic timing alongside a gut - wrenching ability to emote and command the screen is another . Where does all of this confidence come from ? “ My mom and dad ” she explains . “ All my family has confidence . And they have confidence in me and I ’ m really really proud of that . I ’ m really really happy about that .” Her father is an environmental scientist and her mother is an acting coach . The Princes also have an 8 - month - old boy . To say that Prince has enjoyed the wild ride of the film ’ s globe - trotting press tour is an understatement . But she ’ s devastated to be missing time with the love of her life her little brother . “ He is the cutest thing you can ever see ” she says . “ But you do not want to know his personality .” Why is that ? “ Ummmm … He is a little grumpy in some ways .” Babies can be like that . She sighs the heavy release of a wistful senior citizen reminiscing about their long - lost love . “ I miss him so much ” she says . “ He means a lot to me . When he was born my mom ’ s like are you sure you want to take this big big responsibility ? And I ’ m like yeah . And she handed me my little brother . And I was like aww . I love him with all my heart . Being away from him I cannot stand it .” She moans a sound so heartbreaking it ’ s a Pavlovian reflex to cheer her back up . There must be some fun things about all these fancy red carpets and premieres that make it worth being away from him right ? “ Not having throw up in my hair ” she responds immediately taking it back to little bro . “ Not hearing him cry at night keeping me awake . Not eating baby food I can ’ t stand .” Prince clearly is just as much fun to spend 30 minutes with as her character is to watch for two hours . But as she ’ s quick to remind us she has been acting since she was 2 . Actress and character couldn ’ t be further apart particularly in scenes when Moonee is cursing using inappropriate innuendos and defying authority with gusto much to the chagrin of Willem Dafoe ’ s motel manager Bobby . It ’ s a precarious position to put a child in and one that Prince ’ s parents weren ’ t sure they wanted to subject her to . But she desperately wanted the part and convinced them that she could handle it . “ My mom didn ’ t raise me that way ” she says . “ We were strong Christian people . She was like ‘ We can ’ t say this word . And do not do that .’ It wasn ’ t hard for me . But I grew up being a nice girl and I ’ m very blessed to be a Christian .” When Baker settled on the four child actors he wanted for the film he brought in their parents and explained that if they were to sign on their children would not just be hearing profanity but uttering it as well . Everyone would need to be on the same page . On set he says “ It was clear that these words were only to be used in character and between ‘ action ’ and ‘ cut .’” Prince jumps in : “ Plus my dad said ‘ If you say these words you will not be using YouTube for about three months !’” Baker starts laughing hysterically : “ Oh OK . Now I know the secret .” It ’ s nearing the end our interview when I tell Prince how much I like her shirt listing all those actresses . “ People always ask me about meeting Elle Fanning ” she says . “ I thought you were going to ask me that .” Baker and I lock eyes and double over with laughter . OK : How did you meet Elle Fanning ? “ I was kind of hoping you ’ d say that .” She readjusts herself in her seat . This story requires sturdiness and bracing . It will be an athletic telling . “ We were in Toronto ” she begins with the drama of Sophia Petrillo spinning a yarn about Sicily . “ I was just drinking a smoothie and someone ’ s like ‘ Brooklynn look there ’ s Elle !’ I was like is this really happening ? Then I saw it the really short hair that ’ s the color of Elle Fanning ’ s hair . I ’ m like Elle ! Then she turned and I ’ m like ”— at this point Prince looks up to the ceiling and raises her hands to the sky singing —“ Hallelujah !” They chatted for five minutes or so . Prince has still not recovered . “ I did not stop talking about her the rest of the day ” she says . “ My poor mom and everybody was probably like ‘ Oh when is she going to get over it ? !’ And I ’ m like I ’ m never going to get it over it boy .” Honestly neither will we .", "output": [ "Moonee Baker", "Baker" ] }, { "id": "task419-9ab1ce4613e74657bb5be1ef1eafb3f5", "input": "Wa Lone 31 and Kyaw Soe Oo 27 were detained on Dec. 12 after they had been invited to meet police officers over dinner. Family members have said the two told them they were arrested almost immediately after being handed some documents by the officers they had gone to meet.\n“They arrested us and took action against us because we were trying to reveal the truth ” Wa Lone told reporters as he and Kyaw Soe Oo were led out of the court and back to Yangon’s Insein prison after the 30-minute hearing.\nIn the court Kyaw Soe Oo embraced his wife and held his daughter for a couple of minutes. His daughter began to weep as he was escorted away and he had to hand her back to other family members.\nWa Lone’s wife gave him a few small pieces of cake that she had brought.\nReuters journalist Kyaw Soe Oo arrives at the court in Yangon Myanmar January 10 2018. REUTERS/Stringer\nDistraught relatives of Kyaw Soe Oo wailed and reached out to grasp him as the two journalists were driven away from a throng of reporters after the hearing.\n“We view this as a wholly unwarranted blatant attack on press freedom. Our colleagues should be allowed to return to their jobs reporting on events in Myanmar. We believe time is of the essence and we continue to call for Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo ’s prompt release ” he said.", "output": [ "Kyaw Soe Oo" ] }, { "id": "task419-8837422792254da0870a6faec96ec58a", "input": "The arrests here of six top executives of Citgo the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil giant amount to a dramatic shake-up in the leadership of the oil interests that have been keeping embattled President Nicolás Maduro in power. The move suggests observers say a possible attempt by the government to ensure the loyalty of Citgo's management.\nOn Wednesday Maduro named Asdrúbal Chávez a cousin of late president Hugo Chávez the new president of Citgo in an event broadcast on state television. Chávez a former minister of oil and mining and now a member of parliament will be heading to the United States to \"reconstruct\" Citgo in the coming days.\nObservers said however that the arrests of such high-level officials could be linked to a tug of war for loyalties in the upper ranks of Venezuela's government. Maduro was the handpicked successor of Chávez the leftist firebrand who died in 2013. But especially in recent months high-profile Chávez followers - known as Chavistas - have broken with Maduro .\nThe men arrested analysts say appeared to be loyal to Rafael Ramirez a former president of PDVSA and longtime Chávez ally who is Venezuela's representative at the United Nations. Ramirez is seen as subscribing to a more moderate brand of Chávez's leftist-nationalist ideology known as Chavismo. On Sunday Ramirez published an article on the left-leaning website Aporrea in which he appeared to criticize Maduro 's handling of the economy.\nAt least five of the detained executives are American citizens according to an official familiar with the situation who declined to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue. In televised comments Maduro said one of the men had claimed he could not be arrested because he was a naturalized U.S. citizen though born in Venezuela. He described their acts as \"treason.\"\n\"When the intelligence police with orders from the chief prosecutor arrived to arrest the directors for corruption one of them born in the state of Falcon said he couldn't be detained because he's an American citizen \" Maduro said. \"Can you imagine how far this treason goes?\"", "output": [ "Nicolás Maduro" ] }, { "id": "task419-a333eceaf5d74eaa9757bfd4dc308cdc", "input": "Journalist Tom Bower is publishing an unauthorized book about the 69-year-old British royal in March Fox News has learned. The explosive account titled “Rebel Prince ” will reportedly include testimony from more than 120 people employed or welcomed into the inner sanctum of Clarence House.\n“I’m afraid we have no comment to make on the book as we haven’t seen it ” a rep for the palace told Fox News.\n“ We are delighted to be working with the great Tom Bower once again ” Arabella Pike of Harper Collins UK told Fox News in a statement.\n Bower also revealed in an official release sent to Fox News that Prince Charles who is poised to be the future kind of England has struggled over the years to overcome his unpopularity after Princess Diana’s 1997 passing. And while he reportedly earned a boost in his approval rating after his marriage to Camilla Duchess of Cornwall in 2005 he still has a long way to go.", "output": [ "Tom Bower" ] }, { "id": "task419-ec34a572bffc4b759c828e21fd991593", "input": "Scott Ostrem 47 was charged with six counts of first-degree murder and 30 counts of attempted murder at the Adam County District Court on Monday the Denver Post reported.\n Ostrem appeared “nonchalant” when he walked into the Thornton superstore on Thursday evening and opened fire killing Victor Vasquez Pamela Marques and Carlos Moreno police said.\nChaos erupted inside the store and Ostrem fled the scene in a red Mitsubishi before he was arrested the following day \n Ostrem ’s stepsister Michelle Willoughby said he has been tormented by voices in his head since taking LSD nearly 30 years ago she told the Denver Post.\n Ostrem appeared “nonchalant” when he walked into the Thornton superstore on Thursday evening and opened fire killing Victor Vasquez Pamela Marques and Carlos Moreno police said. (Thornton Police Dept./AP)\nWilloughby who lives in Cocoa Beach Florida said she does not know what might have triggered the shooting because she has not been able to speak with Ostrem .\nThe family contacted a hospital and Ostrem underwent a drug intervention but did not get psychological treatment she said.\n Ostrem was frequently counseled by a Catholic priest who placed a crucifix on his forehead commanded demons to leave his body and asked God to silence the voices Willoughby said.\nChaos erupted inside the store and Ostrem fled the scene in a red Mitsubishi before he was arrested the following day (Helen H. Richardson/AP)\nCharles Grob a psychiatry professor at UCLA said it is unlikely that LSD would be the cause of a decadeslong psychosis. It was more likely that Ostrem had “some severe disturbance to begin with ” he said.\n Ostrem did not enter a plea on Monday. He is being held without bail.", "output": [ "Scott Ostrem" ] }, { "id": "task419-6f7a5e2b5a824268a320539e9d286dec", "input": "London (AFP) – Kevin De Bruyne was the creative fulcrum of Manchester City’s latest demolition job while Mousa Dembele inspired Tottenham’s north London derby triumph.\n Dembele the midfield maestro\n Mousa Dembele underlined his status as one of Tottenham’s unsung heroes with a dominant display in their 1-0 win over north London rivals Arsenal. It was Harry Kane’s latest goal-scoring exploits against the Gunners that took centre-stage at Wembley but the platform of that success was built by the industrious Dembele . Embodying Mauricio Pochettino’s obsession with physical intensity while more than capable of picking a decisive pass Dembele out-shone Arsenal in the midfield engine room earning praise from his manager. “Last season he played so well this season he suffered a problem in his ankle and struggled in pre-season. Now he is playing well again ” Pochettino said. “ He is an unbelievable player. We have to be careful about his fitness. When he can train he can make this type of performance.”\nAs if losing 1-0 to struggling Newcastle wasn’t enough to have Jose Mourinho seething the Manchester United boss once again had to suffer the frustration of Paul Pogba’s latest flop. Mourinho had restored Pogba to the starting line-up after dropping him for United’s previous match — a decision inspired by the former Juventus midfielder’s limp efforts in a defeat at Tottenham. But rather than grasp the opportunity to get back in Mourinho’s good books just days after his boss had defended their relationship Pogba was again a largely anonymous figure at St James’ Park. By the time he was substituted midway through the second half United were already trailing but publicly at least Mourinho remains supportive. “No problems ” he said when asked about the France international. “I wanted a better way (in midfield) against a side that was defending in a block. I wanted the simplicity of Michael Carrick.”", "output": [ "Mousa Dembele" ] }, { "id": "task419-a31520bd85654e9581a36cdff3a8963f", "input": "Sue Grafton author of the best-selling \"alphabet series\" of mystery novels has died in Santa Barbara. She was 77.\n Grafton was surrounded by family including husband Steven Humphrey when she died Thursday after a two-year battle with cancer her daughter Jamie Clark posted on the author's website.\n\"Although we knew this was coming it was unexpected and fast. She had been fine up until just a few days ago and then things moved quickly \" the posting said.\nGrafton began her \"alphabet series\" in 1982 with \"A is for Alibi.\" Her most recent book \"Y is for Yesterday \" was published in August.\n\"Many of you also know that she was adamant that her books would never be turned into movies or TV shows and in that same vein she would never allow a ghost writer to write in her name \" her daughter wrote. \"Because of all of those things and out of the deep abiding love and respect for our dear sweet Sue as far as we in the family are concerned the alphabet now ends at Y.\"\nThe fictional heroine of the series Southern California private detective Kinsey Millhone was Grafton 's alter ego she told The Seattle Times earlier this year.\n\"I'm an introvert so doing half of what Kinsey is beyond my poor capabilities \" Grafton said. \"But it's fun to get to live her life without penalty.\"\n Her husband agreed that Grafton was Kinsey.\n\"Yes as Sue said 'We're one spirit in two bodies and she got the good one '\" Humphrey said.\nWhile Grafton aged her heroine didn't quite as much.\n\"So when I started she was 32 and I was 42. Now she is 39 and I am 77. So there's a little bit of injustice there but she is single \" she told NPR in an interview earlier this year. \" She 's been married twice. She has no kids no pets no house plants.\"\n She said she was looking forward to reaching the end of the alphabet with \"Z is for Zero.\"\nLisa Scottoline author of legal thrillers tweeted that she was sad to hear of Grafton 's passing.\n\" She forged a path for women in crime fiction and all of us followed and adored her \" she said.\nCrime writer Lawrence Block called Grafton a wonderful writer \"graced with vision and integrity and a generous spirit.\"\n Grafton began writing at 18 and completed her first novel at 22. \"A is for Alibi\" was the eighth novel she wrote and the third she had published.", "output": [ "Sue Grafton" ] }, { "id": "task419-58961cb362a04fa2a5dc9ed150086e65", "input": "(Reuters) - U.S. Senator Al Franken trying to salvage his political career said on Sunday he does not plan to resign but called himself “embarrassed and ashamed” by his behavior toward women who have accused him of groping or inappropriately touching them.\nFILE PHOTO: Senator Al Franken (D-MN) meets with constituents at Minnesota Farmfest in Redwood County Minnesota U.S. August 6 2014. REUTERS/Craig Lassig/File Photo\n Franken a Democrat and former comedian who has represented Minnesota in the Senate since 2009 said in a round of media interviews -- his first since the allegations surfaced on Nov. 16 -- that he looked forward to returning to his job on Monday.\n“I‘m embarrassed and ashamed. I’ve let a lot of people down and I‘m hoping I can make it up to them and gradually regain their trust ” Franken told the Minneapolis Star Tribune.\n Franken resisted comparisons between his behavior and that of Roy Moore the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat from Alabama who has been accused of improper conduct involving teenage girls decades ago.\n“I‘m going to take responsibility. I‘m going to be held accountable through the ethics committee ” said Franken whose behavior is being investigated by the Senate ethics panel. “And I‘m going to hopefully be a voice in this that is helpful. ... Again I respect women. What kills me about this is it gives people a reason to believe I don’t respect women.”\nWhen asked if he had considered resigning Franken said: “No no. The ethics committee is looking into this and I will cooperate fully with it.”\nPressed about stepping aside and allowing a woman to take his seat Franken told Minnesota Public Radio “I‘m committed to working as hard as I can here in the Senate for the people of Minnesota.”\n Franken was first accused of sexual misconduct by radio broadcaster Leann Tweeden. She said Franken had forcibly kissed her during a 2006 USO war zone tour and a photo showed him with his hands over her chest while she was sleeping.\nFour days later a woman named Lindsay Menz told CNN that Franken had touched her buttocks while the two were being photographed in 2010 at the Minnesota State Fair.\n Franken has apologized to Tweeden and has said he does not remember the incident with Menz. Last week two other women told the Huffington Post Franken had touched their buttocks in separate incidents. The article did not provide the names of those two accusers.\n“I don’t remember these photographs I don‘t ” Franken told the Star Tribune. “This is not something I would intentionally do.”\n“I have been reflecting on this ” Franken told Minnesota Public Radio of the allegations. “I want to be a better man.”\n Franken is among a long list of celebrities and politicians who have been accused of sexual misconduct. The recent wave of accusations some of them dating back for decades began in October.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-7d9dece54cef42748ba78a8f3176c3cc", "input": "LIMA Peru ( AP ) — The latest on impeachment proceedings against Peru ' s president ( all times local ): 11 : 20 p . m . Peru ' s president has survived an impeachment vote called by opposition lawmakers who sought to oust him over ties to the Brazilian construction giant implicated in the region ' s biggest corruption scandal . Peruvian lawmakers rejected removing President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in a vote late Thursday that came after 10 hours of debate and the leader ' s own forceful defense . The 79 - year - old former Wall Street banker came under fire after an opposition - led investigative committee revealed documents showing Odebrecht made $ 782 000 in payments to Kuczynski ' s private consulting firm more than a decade ago . The payments were made during years Kuczynski served as a Peruvian government minister . Odebrecht is at the center of Latin America ' s largest corruption scandal having attempted paying millions of dollars in bribes to win public works contracts . The president repeatedly denied any wrongdoing telling lawmakers that the rushed impeachment process was a threat to Peru ' s democracy . ___ 11 p . m . Peruvian lawmakers have wrapped up their debate over whether President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski should be impeached and are expected to begin voting on the matter soon . Debate ended very late Thursday night after 10 hours of impassioned speeches by legislators decrying and defending the president . The 79 - year - old former Wall Street banker is fighting for his political survival after an opposition - led investigative committee revealed documents showing his private consulting firm received $ 782 000 in payments from the Brazilian construction giant at the center of Latin America ' s big corruption scandal . The decade - old payments coincided with years in which Kuczynski was a government minister . The president urged lawmakers to keep him office in a forceful defense earlier Thursday saying he had no involvement in his firm at the time . ___ 3 : 45 p . m . Lawmakers in Peru are debating whether or not to oust President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski . One - by - one supporters and opponents are making their case before a final vote to decide whether Kuczynski should be impeached . Opposition legislator Milagros Takayama told lawmakers that citizens deserve a Peru \" that is free of corruption and ineptitude .\" Kuczynski is under fire after an opposition - led commission revealed documents showing his private consulting firm received $ 782 000 in payments from the Brazilian construction giant at the center of Latin America ' s biggest corruption scandal . Kuczynski testified earlier Thursday in his defense telling lawmakers he had no involvement in the firm while serving in government . ____ 11 : 45 a . m . The lawyer representing Peru ' s president is telling lawmakers that instead of impeaching Pedro Pablo Kuczynski they should investigate him . In a two - hour speech Thursday Alberto Borea urged lawmakers to punish the president only after determining if he is indeed guilty of a crime . Pointing to the stoic president seated beside him Borrea said \" Don ' t crucify him before then .\" Kuczynski is facing an impeachment vote eight days after an opposition - led investigation revealed documents showing Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht made payments to the president ' s private consulting firm . ____ 10 a . m . Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski says the nation ' s democracy is at risk with a pending impeachment vote that could remove him from office . In his initial remarks to lawmakers Thursday Kuczynski said he came to look them in the eye and state \" I am not corrupt and I have not lied .\" The president is presenting a detailed account of the $ 782 000 in payments provided to his Westfield Capital consulting firm by Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht . Odebrecht is at the center of Latin America ' s largest corruption scandal . The payments were made over a decade ago . Kuczynski is being given at least two hours to state his case . ____ 9 : 30 a . m . Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has arrived at the Andean nation ' s parliament to testify in his defense before lawmakers vote on whether or not he should be removed from office . Opposition lawmakers are intent on ousting the 79 - year - old former Wall Street banker after revelations his private consulting business received payments from Odebrecht . The Brazilian construction giant is at the center of Latin America ' s largest corruption scandal . Kuczynski has said he had no management duties at his consulting firm Westfield Capital when it received $ 782 000 in payments between 2004 and 2007 . During much of that time he was a high - ranking government minister .", "output": [ "Pedro Pablo Kuczynski" ] }, { "id": "task419-3463ec81f9104bb28ead6900252c37a9", "input": "Corbyn is so far left , he makes Bernie look like a third way pro-business moderate . \nThe typical winning Democratic playbook is one of triangulation and moderation , but the radicalism of the regional Republicans creates a national opportunity for progressive leaders like Senators Elizabeth Warren or Bernie Sanders , both formerly derided as unviable .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-22be4cf9cf964b6c9cd761da6f9f6db1", "input": "China was ready to work with Kyrgyzstan to enhance political mutual trust expand personnel exchanges push forward pragmatic cooperation and strengthen coordination within the framework of the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) he said.\n Kazakbayev said the new government valued the traditional friendship with China and would recognize all the bilateral treaties and legal documents signed by the former Kyrgyz administration.\n Kyrgyzstan was committed to cementing and deepening bilateral relations of good- neighborliness friendship and cooperation he said adding the country would firmly support China on Taiwan and Tibet-related issues.\n He said Kyrgyzstan was willing to coordinate with China to crack down on the \"three forces\" of terrorism separatism and extremism to safeguard and promote regional peace stability and development.\n He appreciated China's valuable support and selfless help for Kyrgyzstan especially in April when the country went through major political changes.", "output": [ "Ruslan Kazakbayev", "Kazakbayev" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b5f963bbf944c3f9b65e4834a04fd6f", "input": "There rarely has been a truer or more glaring example than pending AL Championship Series foes Aaron Judge and Jose Altuve.\nThat the Bombers accomplished that surprising feat – becoming just the 10th team in MLB history to overcome an 0-2 deficit to win a five-game postseason series — with barely any offensive contribution from their breakout star feels all the more remarkable when you consider how Judge carried their offense during the first half and over the final month of the regular season sandwiched around a six-week slump following the All-Star Game.\n“It’s not weighing on me at all ” Judge said Thursday night following the Yankees’ pre-series workout. “Every day is a new day. It’s just tough in certain situations when you want to go out there and produce for the team and you don’t get the job done especially in a big situation like that a Game 5.\n Aaron Judge (r.) stands next to Astros’ Jose Altuve. (Yi-Chin Lee/AP)\n Judge perplexed when asked how happy he is for Girardi after win\nBut Judge isn’t approaching this as a head-to-head matchup.\n Aaron Judge struggled in the ALDS. (Abbie Parr/Getty Images)\n“It’s about the Astros and the Yankees who’s gonna go to the World Series. It’s just about the team right now ” Judge said. “I think the fans are more excited about two great teams getting an opportunity to play.\nAlbeit not a factor in MVP determinations since voting took place before the playoffs began Judge endured a dreadful division series against Cleveland. He registered just one hit in 20 at-bats with 16 strikeouts a postseason record for one series including four in three of the five games.\nBut Judge otherwise was a non-factor against the Indians and that will have to change – the rookie should at least have to come close to matching Altuve’s production – for the Yanks to move on to the World Series and a shot at a 28th championship.\n“He’s such a unique player ” Houston’s Game 1 starter Dallas Keuchel said of Judge . “For people to say he was exposed or whatnot I don’t believe in that.\n Aaron Judge did help Yankees in ALDS but barely with his bat\nThe Yankees need significantly more production from Judge beginning Friday. His resurgent September — 15 homers 32 RBI and a 1.352 OPS — swayed me to believe that Judge had greatly narrowed the gap and might have even surpassed Altuve for MVP consideration. (No I didn’t have a vote this year). Now he needs to show his value to the Yankees more than ever.", "output": [ "Aaron Judge bat", "bat" ] }, { "id": "task419-a842bc5b7448492b9f98c39808be4616", "input": "TOKYO (Reuters) - Kobe Steel Ltd supplied parts with false specifications for nuclear equipment owned by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) JNFL said on Friday adding that the products were not used.\n Kobe Steel has not told JNFL whether there are any safety issues with the parts the spokesman said. A Kobe Steel spokesman confirmed the company had fabricated data about specialized coatings used on the parts adding the company had not identified any safety issues.\nTokyo Electric Power Co said earlier this month it had taken delivery of pipes from Kobe Steel that were not checked properly.\nJapan's atomic regulator has asked nuclear operators to check whether they are using Kobe Steel products at nuclear plants it said on Wednesday adding it has received no reports that Kobe Steel 's data tampering scandal has affected safety.\n The unfolding data tampering scandal has spread from Kobe Steel 's copper and aluminum business to most areas of the company and sent companies at the end of complex supply chains across the world scrambling to check whether the safety or performance of their products has been compromised.\n Kobe Steel said on Thursday 88 out of 525 affected customers had yet to confirm its products were safe in the light of widespread tampering of specifications but that it had not received any requests for recalls.", "output": [ "Kobe Steel" ] }, { "id": "task419-034f1e1b68434d28afad1569be714d2b", "input": "And Shiffrin might one day pass them both.\nA month shy of her 23rd birthday Shiffrin already has 41 World Cup wins. But most of those have been in the tech events meaning she and Vonn rarely crossed paths on the World Cup circuit. That changed this season as Shiffrin began adding speed events to her schedule.\nWith Shiffrin hoping to do all five events in Pyeongchang the idea of seeing her and Vonn 33 go head-to-head with Olympic gold on the line was one of the most tantalizing storylines of the Games. But the fireworks keep fizzling.\nFirst was Saturday’s Super-G which Shiffrin dropped after racing the giant slalom and slalom the two previous days. (And taking gold in the GS for those keeping track.) Now it’s the downhill which Shiffrin is skipping to focus on the Alpine combined that was moved from Friday to Thursday.\nThen again it feels right that Vonn gets the spotlight to herself in the race that's defined her .\nFor all that she ’s achieved Vonn's luck at the Olympics has been stunningly bad. She was eighth in the downhill in Turin two days after she had to be airlifted to a hospital following a scary crash in training. She missed Sochi after reinjuring her knee about six weeks before the Games.\nEven in Vancouver where she won gold in the downhill and bronze in the Super-G she was skiing with a badly bruised shin.\nWith one last chance to have the Olympics she wants Vonn has poured every bit of herself into these Games. The death of her beloved grandfather Don Kildow on Nov. 1 only hardened her resolve.\n“This time I have a more important mission; win for my late Grandpa ” Vonn said in an Instagram post the night before the Super-G. “He will be watching from the best seat in the house hopefully looking out for me and guiding me down the mountain.”\n Vonn didn’t win the Super-G tying for sixth after making a mistake in the last turn. But she was upbeat afterward knowing her best race was still in front of her .\n“In general this season I feel like I’ve been much better in downhill than Super-G ” Vonn said Saturday. “And this hill it suits me really well for downhill.\"\n She ’s backed that up so far. She had the fastest time in Sunday’s training run. Despite backing off a bit Monday she still finished third .35 seconds behind Austria’s Stephanie Venier.\n“I’m not looking to do anything special here in the training runs ” Vonn said Monday. “I just want to get a feeling for the line. I’m trying some different skis every day to seeing what’s running. But in general I’m really happy.”\nIt is only a matter of days before Vonn ’s Olympic career is over and she can see the finish line ahead. But as she ’s done for the better part of two decades now she will not let up until she ’s crossed it pushing hard until the very end.\n“You can’t get too sentimental right now because I still have to race I still have to be focused ” she said. “Afterwards I’ll do some reflecting.”\nAnd savor that one last race that belonged all to her .", "output": [ "Lindsey Vonn", "Vonn" ] }, { "id": "task419-dbe65ed9137d4a87b9ccc9d919c4dd2f", "input": "CLEVELAND , OH - JUNE 20 : LeBron James # 23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers hoists the trophy as he gets off the plane as the team returns to Cleveland after wining the NBA Championships on June 20 , 2016 in Cleveland , Ohio . \nOAKLAND , CA - JUNE 19 : LeBron James # 23 of the Cleveland Cavaliers holds his daughter Zhuri during a press conference after defeating the Golden State Warriors 93-89 in Game 7 to win the 2016 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 19 , 2016 in Oakland , California . \nThere 's never been a player as big and fast , with James ' leaping ability , ball handling and passing vision . \nAfter LeBron James ' virtuoso performance in the 2016 NBA Finals , no logical , unbiased or well informed fan can argue against his inclusion in any Top Five all-time list . \nJames teammates ' performance does n't take anything away from him . \nConspiracy theories and personal vendettas aside , it 's time even the most stubborn critics of James stop the hate and appreciate what they 've been privileged to watch . \nIf there 's anyone still offering these responses to you in a debate about James ' accomplishments or his greatness , discontinue the conversation at once . \nJames led the Cleveland Cavaliers to an improbable series win over a team that had been earmarked for a repeat after a historic regular season . \nAfter falling behind 3-1 , the James led Cavs handed the Warriors their only three-game losing streak of the season , and became the only team in NBA history to come back from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals . \nJames ' greatness did n't begin last night . \nJames has been to six consecutive NBA Finals -LRB- seven in all -RRB- , and he 's won it all three times .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-acefc3a632124cedae5c30807568ac0d", "input": "A Cook County State’s Attorney asked the detective Reynaldo Guevara 74 to review police reports and testimony he ’d previously given in the case. Guevara refused quickly flipping the pages and then handing them back.\nSeated in the courtroom gallery were family members of 11 people who say Guevara framed them and four more people whom Guevara helped put in prison but whose convictions have since been overturned.\n“This morning I prayed that maybe God would touch his heart and he would tell the truth ” said Esther Hernandez the mother of two sons who claim Guevara framed them in a 1997 murder.\n“That’s an acute case of amnesia ” said Jose Montanez who was exonerated last year of a 1993 murder after spending 23 years in prison. Guevara was one of the lead detectives on his case.\nSince 2009 when a federal jury issued a record $21 million to a man whom Guevara was found to have framed the retired detective has repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to testify.\nBut earlier this year Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx offered Guevara immunity in exchange for his testimony. His lawyers argued he would still be vulnerable to perjury charges.\nToday’s hearing was part of an appeal by two defendants Gabriel Solache and Arturo Reyes who say that Guevara beat confessions out of them. Prosecutors called Guevara to the stand to rebut that claim. Since he testified he didn’t remember the case prosecutors asked the court to allow Guevara’s previous testimony from two court appearance in 2000.\n“I hope people know how fucked up that is ” said Jennifer Bonjean an attorney representing other Guevara clients. “It’s pretty mindblowing that the state is literally vouching for the prior testimony when Guevara won’t himself .”\nAn attorney for Solache Karen Daniel told the court that Guevara was “disavowing his prior testimony” in the 2000 case and that he ’s essentially pleading the Fifth “under a different guise.”\nThe state has called several other officers prosecutors and medical personnel who were at the police station the night of the alleged beating. They testified that neither defendant complained of abuse. A paramedic called to the stand today testified he conducted medical evaluations of both defendants two days after Guevara allegedly beat them and didn’t note signs of abuse.\nIn 2013 Chicago hired a law firm to conduct an independent investigation of allegations of misconduct by Guevara . Those investigators rejected Solache and Reyes’s innocence claims but called the case against them “very thin.”", "output": [ "Reynaldo Guevara" ] }, { "id": "task419-413d3ba87132437db7789bc9147287ce", "input": "Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton speaks to and meets voters in Allendale Mich. on Nov. 7 2016. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post)\nHow do you write a primal scream? Because my head is about to explode over the story about alleged sexual harassment on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and her appallingly mild response then and now.\nTo recap while we were still reeling from the report that President Trump ordered the firing of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III last summer the New York Times posted this: “Hillary Clinton Chose to Shield a Top Adviser Accused of Harassment in 2008.”\nAccording to the Times’ Maggie Haberman and Amy Chozick Burns Strider Clinton’s faith adviser — yes faith adviser you can’t make this stuff up — was accused of repeatedly sexually harassing a young woman with whom he shared a campaign office. The Times: “ She told a campaign official that Mr. Strider had rubbed her shoulders inappropriately kissed her on the forehead and sent her a string of suggestive emails.”\nThe campaign’s response? Campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle recommended that Strider be fired. So did Jess O’Connell the national director of operations who handled the investigation. And Clinton herself? Not so much apparently. The young woman not identified in the story was moved to a different job. Strider — then married by the way — was “docked several weeks of pay and ordered to undergo counseling.” Which predictably he never attended.\nAnd even more predictably when he was hired years later to oversee an independent group backing Clinton’s second presidential campaign “He was fired after several months for workplace issues including allegations that he harassed a young female aide according to three people close to Correct the Record’s management.”\nThis is head-exploding stuff but there’s worse to come. Because now — now after Harvey Weinstein and #MeToo and Roy Moore — this was Hillary Clinton’s belated response in its bland totality: “A story appeared today about something that happened in 2008. I was dismayed when it occurred but was heartened the young woman came forward was heard and had her concerns taken seriously and addressed.”\nAnd classically infuriatingly this episode and its aftermath exposes once again the trademark Clinton failure to take personal responsibility; the allergy to owning up to error; the refusal to cede any ground no less apologize; the incessant double-standarding with different more forgiving rules for the Clintons and their loyalists. Imagine a Hillary Clinton who said something like this:\nImagine that Hillary Clinton. She doesn’t exist.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-35ad544cd17d4ab68b6fdffc93d9f61f", "input": "President Donald Trump's first campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reportedly stonewalled lawmakers during an appearance before the House Intelligence Committee Wednesday.\n Lewandowski 's silence — citing executive privilege — followed the reluctance a day earlier of former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon who similarly declined to answer some of the panel's questions.\n\"[Tuesday Lewandowski ] said on Fox that he would answer every question that we had \" Rep. Adam Schiff D-Calif. the panel's top Democrat told reporters per The Hill.\nSchiff said Lewandowski has no grounds to invoke executive privilege because he never held a job in transition or government.\nHe added it \"became clear within minutes of the interview\" Lewandowski did not plan to answer their questions although he told lawmakers he would return for another interview.\n\" He has expressed a willingness to come back and answer these questions but to me that is unacceptable to have a witness come before us and decide that for the purposes of [Wednesday's] interview these are categories of questions I'm placing off limits \" Schiff said The Hill reported.", "output": [ "Corey Lewandowski" ] }, { "id": "task419-e9cc28370068438f8c1bce8d3170c575", "input": "The company denies it did anything wrong insisting it was acting legally at the time. The settlement did not require an admission of liability Attorney General Lori Swanson said.\n\"We're pleased with the settlement. We think the settlement will help solve a problem in Minnesota. It's been a problem that has been a long time in the making for many decades \" Swanson said. \"These chemicals as I mentioned were put into the ground. And we are very hopeful the settlement can help fix that.\"\nThe settlement was announced Tuesday after jury selection was halted as the trial was set to begin. Swanson said she believes it is the largest environmental case in state history.\n Swanson said 3M will pay the state in one lump sum within the next 15 days. It will go into a fund dedicated to projects that will clean up and safeguard drinking water in the eastern suburbs of St. Paul. Details on how the money will be used are still being worked out but it could go to help homeowners with contaminated wells or help municipalities with sustainable drinking water and treatment plans.", "output": [ "Lori Swanson" ] }, { "id": "task419-b944f66a55954f01a7d065ba82a2c953", "input": "Olympic ski champ Hirscher no longer must hear The Question\nJEONGSEON South Korea (AP) — Eventually The Question began to bother Marcel Hirscher .\nIt wasn't so much the actual content which was always some variation of: \"Do you need an Olympic gold medal to validate your otherwise-perfect skiing career?\" He was certain he knew the answer: \"No.\" It was more the incessant echo of it over and over.\nHow often did Hirscher hear The Question? \"Ev-e-ry day \" he said. This was offered with a smile Tuesday because that line of inquiry will never again arise. As of the Alpine combined event at the Pyeongchang Games Hirscher is at long last an Olympic champion.\n\"I'm super happy because now this stupid question has gone away \" Hirscher said before adding with gusto \"Now The Question is Zzzzzzztt. Deleted.\"\n Hirscher finished in 2 minutes 6.52 seconds which made him 0.23 seconds faster than silver medalist Alexis Pinturault of France. Another Frenchman Victor Muffat-Jeandet was third more than a full second behind Hirscher .\nFitting then that a race considered the greatest test of versatility in a sport of increasing specialization was how Hirscher finally got his gold.\nAs recently as two weeks ago he said he wasn't even sure whether it was worth entering the combined in part because it would steal training time away from his better events and also because he hadn't been on downhill skis in a year.\nSo Hirscher went into the downhill merely hoping to be within 3 seconds of the lead going into the slalom; he wound up less than 1½ seconds behind the beneficiary of catching a lull in swirling winds. The same gusts that had led to the postponement of the first two races on the Alpine schedule. Others found themselves dealing with headwinds or blasts of air that hit them from the side.\n\" He got lucky this morning with the wind \" Rearick said. \"But his second run in the slalom I mean he had the adversity there. The wind was blowing hard. You couldn't see the snow. In slalom when you can't see your feet it's really tough.\"\nBut Hirscher can handle that sort of thing better than anyone. Temperatures around zero and winds approaching 50 mph (75 kph) left the snow hard and dry more like what's found in Colorado than Austria. But because he packs a lot of strength into his 5-foot-8 (1.73-meter) frame he can change direction quickly to recover from mistakes.\nTwo-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety of the U.S. fifth Tuesday lauded another Hirscher trait.\n\" His mental ability is second to none in this sport. You often see so many guys who are fast in training and can't figure it out in a race. He 's the exact opposite \" Ligety said. \"You can train with him and beat him and you're all super-confident. Then the next day he goes and wins a race by a lot.\"\n Hirscher has dominated the week-in week-out World Cup circuit accumulating 55 race wins second among men only to Ingemar Stenmark's 86. He has nine world championship medals. This is his third Olympics but the only previous medal was a slalom silver in 2014.\nIf he never did add gold?\nAnd while Hirscher himself has insisted all along he did not need to burnish his legacy he sure did look pleased when he leapt atop the podium then pumped both arms overhead during a flower ceremony.", "output": [ "Hirscher" ] }, { "id": "task419-71ab07a317b347798023dea7121435bb", "input": "The leader of India's main opposition Congress party Sonia Gandhi has retired from her post the party confirmed on Thursday.\n Her son Rahul Gandhi has been elected unopposed as the new president and will officially take charge on Saturday.\n Mrs Gandhi 71 has been the party president since 1998. She was elected to parliament in 1999.\n She is however not retiring from politics and will continue as a member of parliament the party said.\n Mrs Gandhi entered politics in 1994 three years after after her husband former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated.\n Her power derived from being the head of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty which has led the Congress party and has ruled India for most of the years since it became an independent nation in 1947.\nAfter distancing herself from politics following her husband's death Mrs Gandhi was initially seen as a reluctant and almost reclusive politician.\nUnder her leadership the party turned in its second-worst performance since independence in the 1999 elections but won the general elections in 2004 and 2009.\nImage copyright Getty Images Image caption Rahul Gandhi has been named the new Congress party president\nMrs Gandhi an Italian-born Catholic would have been the first foreigner to become Indian prime minister had she not surprised everyone by turning down the post after her general election success in 2004. Yet many considered her the de facto head of the Congress government.\nIn recent years Mrs Gandhi has faced health issues. In 2011 she had surgery in the US for an undisclosed medical condition and in 2013 she was taken to hospital from parliament after falling ill.", "output": [ "Sonia Gandhi" ] }, { "id": "task419-94730bc50c24432a969eee75e6c32a1f", "input": "“I haven’t seen that no ” the stunned Swank told Fox News at an FX event in Pasadena Calif. of the report released just minutes earlier about Paul Haggis who won consecutive Oscars for screenwriting the Swank-starring \"Million Dollar Baby\" and writing and directing \"Crash.\"\n Haggis was named in a civil lawsuit on December 15 2017 by publicist Haleigh Breest who claimed the married 64-year-old filmmaker raped her on Jan. 31 2013 in a New York City apartment.\nThe lawsuit spurred three more women to claim sexual assault and harassment by Haggis .\nAccording to the Associated Press one of the accusers claimed Haggis made her perform non-consensual oral sex and then raped her .\nAnother accuser said Haggis told her “I need to be inside you .” She said she was able to escape.\nThey all said Haggis first tried to kiss them. In two of the cases they said when they fought back Haggis escalated his aggression.\nThe new rape accuser said she was a 28-year-old publicist working on a television show being produced by Haggis in 1996 when he called to ask to review photos from the show that night in her office.\nWhen Haggis arrived she said everyone else had left the office for the night and he insisted they speak in a back office. She said Haggis began kissing her as soon as they walked into the room.\n\"I just pulled away. He was just glaring at me and came at me again. I was really resisting. He said to me 'Do you really want to continue working?'\" the woman said. \"And then he really forced himself on me. I was just numb. I didn't know what to do.\"\n Haggis ’ lawyer told the AP his client is denying the new accusations saying “He didn’t rape anybody.”\n Haggis has also denied Breest's initial rape allegation in a counter-complaint to the lawsuit and said the accuser and her lawyer had demanded a $9 million payment to avoid legal action which he characterized as extortion.\nFox News reached out to Haggis and Breest but did not receive comment.\n Haggis is also well-known for being an outspoken critic of Scientology which he left in 2009. He is listed as currently directing the film \"Lead and Copper.\"", "output": [ "Paul Haggis" ] }, { "id": "task419-cfb8432064a04c62aa555599379fb7cb", "input": "I thought the Harvard community felt that large corporations and specifically mega-stores were evil. But on Friday Associate AG and Harvard alum Rachel Brand abruptly left the DOJ to start what she called her “dream job” — at Walmart.\n Hers was the latest high-profile exit from the department following a long line of others including fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates fired FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe.\nBrand’s departure also came at a particular moment in history. You see given that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had already recused himself from pretty much everything and that Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein would now have to be considered a subject of inquiry himself due to the Nunez memo if Brand hadn’t left than it likely would have fallen on her as the #3 in charge at the DOJ to appoint a new special counsel to look into potential malfeasance in the department. And that could have been awkward given that Brand was also Rosenstein’s fellow ally.\nBut the FISA scandal revealed by the Nunes memo was not the only sticky situation that Brand and her fellow Harvard alums may be avoiding by leaving the DOJ now.\nFor example a couple of months ago federal prosecutors began taking a new look at a complaint filed against Harvard in 2015 over alleged admissions practices that were biased against Asian students. Apparently that complaint hadn’t gotten much consideration during the administration of Harvard Law graduate Barack Obama who the university’s now considering naming to its top post. Back then Rosenstein was the U.S. attorney for Maryland and Brand was on the DOJ Privacy and Civil Liberties Board but they were still both Harvard alums.", "output": [ "Rachel Brand" ] }, { "id": "task419-99dc5e8dce944c329a7cb7f349f1241d", "input": "President Isaias Afwerki 's interview on a government website Wednesday said the migrants from his country and Sudan paid a \"high price\" to human traffickers to reach Israel and deserve more like $50 000.\n\"They need fair compensation to start a new life in their home country \" Afwerki said in the interview with local media. He said all those who wish to return home \"have every right to do so \" and that Eritrea has offered to register all of its roughly 20 000 migrants but Israeli authorities had refused.\nMany Eritreans leaving the east African nation claim they fled a restrictive regime under Afwerki where men are often forced into a military service with slavery-like conditions. They say they cannot return.\nIn the interview Afwerki claimed instead that the Eritrean migrants were enticed abroad to organize an armed opposition but that the \"subversive schemes\" failed and the migrants now have become a burden.\nIsraeli authorities said the migrants will be deported to Rwanda and Uganda Afwerki said.\n\"We are told they will be deported to any country that can accept them \" he said. \"These are human beings not livestock. No country can claim legal responsibility to receive our citizens.\"", "output": [ "Isaias Afwerki" ] }, { "id": "task419-506e9c56ad124f63ad8f4feff22b7452", "input": "Recy Taylor an Alabama African-American woman whose 1944 abduction and rape sparked national headlines died in her sleep just a few days ahead of her 98th birthday.\n Taylor died Thursday at an Abbeville nursing home her brother Robert Corbitt said. He added that she ’d been in good spirits the day prior and her death was fairly sudden.\n Taylor was only 24 years when she was brutally attacked in her Alabama hometown. She was kidnapped and raped at gunpoint while walking home from church by six white men who then left her on the side of the road in an isolated area.\nThe young married mother reported the incident to police — at the height of the Jim Crow era — despite threats against her life from her group of attackers.\nTwo all-white all-male grand juries however declined to indict the six men who admitted to authorities that they’d attacked her .\nRecy’s story is the heart of filmmaker Nancy Buirski’s “ The Rape of Recy Taylor” — a documentary detailing the case which made its North America debut at the New York Film Festival earlier this year.\n It ’s also highlighted alongside the stories from women of color attacked by white men during the Civil Rights era in Danielle McGuire’s 2010 book: “At the Dark of the Street.”\n“It is Recy Taylor and rare other black women like her who spoke up when danger was the greatest ” Buirski told NBC News.", "output": [ "Recy Taylor" ] }, { "id": "task419-16d6472b44714ce38f94cb4fd12cf6bf", "input": "David Berkowitz the notorious \"Son of Sam\" serial killer has been hospitalized at the Albany Medical Center Hospital where he will undergo an emergency heart surgery The Times Union noted.\n Berkowitz has been in prison since 1978 after he went on a killing spree with a .44 caliber revolver that ultimately left six dead and seven others wounded between 1976 and 1977 The Times Union said.\nAccording to a statement from the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision \" Berkowitz has been transferred to an outside hospital and remains in the custody of the Shawangunk Correctional Facility.\"\nDuring his killing rampage Berkowitz targeted young women and couples sitting in cars The Daily Mail reported.\n He left letters behind at two murder scenes in which he referred to himself as the \"Son of Sam \" a reference to a neighbor he claimed was a demon. In his letters Berkowitz said Sam's dog had been giving him orders to kill.\nUpon his arrest he was sentenced to 25 years in prison for each of the six murders and during his time behind bars Berkowitz became a reborn Christian.\n\"There was a battle going on inside me \" he said.\n Berkowitz said he thought he was doing something to \"appease the devil\" by murdering his victims.", "output": [ "David Berkowitz" ] }, { "id": "task419-1889ffd0259d46f58275da1dd4aa54aa", "input": "In early January YouTube star Logan Paul received a wave of criticism after he posted a video which showed the body of an apparent suicide victim in Japan. And now he 's facing criticism again -- this time from animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).\nIn a new video uploaded on his YouTube channel Paul uses a stun gun on rats.\n“Are we using weapons for this?” Paul asks his two friends in the video. He then pulls out a stun gun from his waist and zaps the rats which are already dead. “No rat comes into my house without getting tased ” Paul adds.\n“Yo he ’s already dead ” his friend replies while throwing the dead rat carcasses in a trash can. But Paul uses the stun gun on the rodents once more.\nYouTube suspended Paul after he posted the initial video though the company was also criticized for how long it took to respond to it (Variety reported that YouTube waited 11 days before addressing the controversy). The social media star returned to the video sharing platform weeks later with a new 7-minute suicide prevention video.\nIn the video Paul speaks to suicide prevention experts and a man who survived his own suicide attempt. He then pledges to donate $1 million to various suicide prevention groups.\n“I know I’ve made mistakes I know I’ve let people down. But what happens when you’re given an opportunity to help make a difference in the world? It’s time to learn from the past as I get better and grow as a human being. I’m here to have a hard conversation so that those who are suffering can have easier ones \" Paul said in the new video.\nIn light of recent controversies here's what you need to know about Logan Paul .\nIn a controversial video which was taken down Paul and his companions came across the body in the Aokigahara forest at the base of Mount Fuji -- a frequent site of suicides in the country. The Internet personality recorded video of the encounter and posted it with the title \"We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest.”\nIn the video Paul seems aware that the site is sometimes chosen for suicides but is surprised to come across what appears to be a body hanging from a tree.\n\"Yo are you alive?\" he says in the video. \"Are you f--king with us?\"\n Paul also posted a more sanguine video on YouTube shortly after showing him romping through a Tokyo park talking about his apparel brand visiting gadget stores and running around city streets wearing a Pokemon outfit.\n He briefly mentioned the encounter with a body at the start of the video saying \"That was weird.\"\n\"I thought I could make a positive ripple on the Internet not cause a monsoon of negativity \" he continued.\nWho is he ?\nLogan Paul 22 is originally from Ohio but moved to Los Angeles at the age of 19 to pursue an entertainment career beyond social media according to his website.", "output": [ "Logan Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-e3f0cef00e4e4e798515af272082cc49", "input": "Some schools used “cherry-picking” to favor certain students according to a district audit analyzed by Inspector General Nicholas Schuler’s office . Nonselective schools improperly used academic benchmarks such as test scores and grades to evaluate prospective students Schuler’s office said and some schools “specifically weeded out kids with histories of poor attendance.”\nA principal with a rare tuition-based prekindergarten program described an “unwritten agreement” with former CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett that allowed the school to admit pre-K students from outside the neighborhood into kindergarten. That arrangement Schuler said raises the troubling prospect that people are essentially allowed to buy their way into schools.\nThe district audit requested by Schuler ’s office marks the official debut of an IG “performance analysis unit” intended to broadly evaluate how CPS policies are carried out.\n Schuler isn’t recommending the district pursue discipline or termination for unnamed elementary school employees in the report as his office has in past cases involving criminal or ethical lapses.\n“Certain cases were unfair and there’s certainly a real danger that things are manifestly unfair in key regards ” Schuler said of situations highlighted in the enrollment report. “But they might not all be unfair. Some of them just failed to follow the rules.”\nThose problems were heavily concentrated in neighborhood schools. So much so Schuler ’s office said that more than half the students who enrolled in neighborhood schools outside their home areas last year “improperly bypassed” the district’s enrollment office to do so.", "output": [ "Nicholas Schuler" ] }, { "id": "task419-a8611259c9c1497bad0c12515aaf54fe", "input": "Yoel Romero missed weight but he didn't miss Luke Rockhold's head. After missing weight and losing his chance to win the interim middleweight title Romero pulled it together and stopped Luke Rockhold in the third round with a huge left hand and a follow-up shot on the canvas.\nFON: Jake Matthews vs. Li Jingliang PON: Formiga Adesanya#UFC221 — MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) February 11 2018\nMatchup Weight Class Results Bonus FIGHT SCORE Luke Jumeau vs. Daichi Abe Welterweight Jumeau by UD (29-27 29-28x2) 27.9 Teruto Ishihara vs. Jose Quinonez Men's Bantamweight Quinonez by UD ( 30-27 29-28 29-28) 18.96 Mizuto Hirota vs. Ross Pearson Lightweight Pearson (30-27 29-28x2) 17.75 Jussier Formiga vs. Ben Nguyen Men's Flyweight Formiga by R3 SUB (RNC) 25.75 Jeremy Kennedy vs. Alexander Volkanovski Men's Featherweight Volkanovski by R2 (TKO) 25.1 Damien Brown vs. Dong Hyun Kim Lightweight Kim by SD (29-28x2 28-29) 12.53 Israel Adesanya vs.Rob Wilkinson Middleweight Adesanya by R2 (TKO) 25.7 Tyson Pedro vs. Saparbek Safarov Light Heavyweight Pedro by R1 SUB (Kimura) 25 Li Jingliang vs. Jake Matthews Welterweight Matthews by UD (30-26x2 29-28) 40.71 Cyril Asker vs. Tai Tuivasa Heavyweight Tuivasa by R1 TKO 32.5 Curtis Blaydes vs. Mark Hunt Heavyweight Blaydes by UD (30-26x2 29-27) 39.85 Luke Rockhold vs. Yoel Romero Interim Middleweight Championship Romero by R3 TKO 20.25\nOn Saturday Jake Matthews put on the best performance of his young career. The 23-year-old came out throwing bombs despite the fact that he 's known for his grappling. He lit Li Jiangling up throughout the fight flooring the rugged Chinese fighter on several occasions.\nIn the second round Matthews almost stopped Li but the latter used a blatant foul to escape the finish. Look at this insane foul:\nMatthews didn't dwell on the injustice he resumed his domination with another knockdown in the third round to seal his win. This one was a great fight though Matthews left little doubt about the result.", "output": [ "Jake Matthews Welterweight" ] }, { "id": "task419-e06726cbcfa644a78b5c81819c6638e0", "input": "Research Director Malcolm Levine has left the hedge fund Thursday after “seven great and rewarding years ” according to an e-mail seen by The Post.\nTwo sources familiar with Levine’s departure said that the 35-year-old hedgie may look to launch his own fund.\n Levine quickly rose up the ranks at Corvex earning the title of research director four years into his stint at the hedge fund.\nBut Levine’s departure marks other changes at Corvex.", "output": [ "Malcolm Levine" ] }, { "id": "task419-404c2e783aab43959fccdd58de89b35b", "input": "MARY LOUISE KELLY HOST:\n KELLY : All right. Let's turn now to the Senate Finance Committee which later today will hold the only public hearing on this bill. Ron Wyden of Oregon is the ranking Democrat on that committee. And he joins me now. Senator good morning.\n KELLY : If you had to put a percentage on this where would you put the chances of the Senate passing this bill by Friday?\n KELLY : OK. So your committee is holding we said the only public hearing on this bill which is something for a bill that could potentially affect...\n KELLY : ...So many Americans. You've got both senators Graham and Senator Cassidy testifying today. What questions do you have for them that would move this process forward in a constructive way?\n KELLY : So real quick what's your top question for the senators today?\n KELLY : That's Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. Thanks very much.\n KELLY : And we also have here NPR's congressional correspondent Susan Davis. Susan in just a moment answer the question Senator Wyden wouldn't. What are the chances of this bill passing this week?", "output": [ "MARY LOUISE KELLY" ] }, { "id": "task419-4d62f01fab1d42509ac59aa8fea01a66", "input": "BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran has foiled attempts by its foreign enemies to turn legitimate protests into an insurgency to overthrow the Islamic Republic supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday.\nComments on his Twitter feed and in Iranian media underscored the establishment’s confidence that it has extinguished the unrest that spread to more than 80 cities in which at least 22 people died since late December.\n“Once again the nation tells the US Britain and those who seek to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran from abroad that ‘you’ve failed and you will fail in the future too.'” Khamenei tweeted.\nThe Revolutionary Guards the military force loyal to Khamenei said on Sunday security forces had put an end to the unrest that it too said had been whipped up by foreign enemies.\nPeople hold signs as Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks Iran January 9 2018. Leader.ir/Handout via REUTERS\n“These concerns must be addressed. We must listen we must hear. We must provide answers within our means ” Khamenei was quoted as saying hinting that not only the government of Rouhani but his own clerical leadership must also respond.\n“I am also responsible. All of us must follow up ” Khamenei said.", "output": [ "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei" ] }, { "id": "task419-e358b05c724449c3ae06e78a7f03f473", "input": "But in two letters from the court Thursday Judge Rosemary M. Collyer made clear to Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes R-Calif. and his House Judiciary Committee counterpart -- Rep. Bob Goodlatte R-Va. -- that the information would be better obtained from the Justice Department.\n“While this analysis is underway you may note that the Department of Justice possesses (or can easily obtain) the same responsive information the Court might possess and because of separation of powers considerations is better positioned than the Court to respond quickly ” Collyer wrote to Nunes.\n Collyer added that the court does not object to the Executive Branch giving such information to Congress. She noted in her other letter that Goodlatte already has made such a request to the DOJ and FBI.\nAfter Nunes specifically sought transcripts Collyer noted that the court does not typically make a \"systematic record\" of the questions and responses at those sessions. But her letters indicated the FBI and DOJ might have other \"responsive materials.\"\n She said the requests raise “novel and significant questions.”", "output": [ "Rosemary M. Collyer" ] }, { "id": "task419-9443c0a6d7e54e24bb799ecab79464c9", "input": "But if Aaron Judge Giancarlo Stanton and company don’t win a World Series as soon as possible sports fans might start confusing the greater New York area with Winnipeg.\nWhy only 91-71 even after acquiring the reigning National League Most Valuable Player in Stanton ? Because while you might not have loved Starlin Castro or Chase Headley — the Yankees didn’t either — the two gentlemen provided some value. And because both Stanton and Judge the reigning American League Rookie of the Year are forecasted to tail off some.\n Stanton and Judge nevertheless upgrade this team from a serious contender to must-see baseball. Barring an epic collapse the Yankees will see their attendance rise in consecutive seasons for the first time in the new Yankee Stadium. If you attended the recent Baseball Writers Association of America New York chapter’s dinner in Manhattan you saw Judge and Stanton interacting publicly for the first time as teammates. It’s an electric optic one that figures to be more so when they’re in uniform.\n“Help us Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. You’re our only hope.”", "output": [ "Giancarlo Stanton" ] }, { "id": "task419-addb86b334464b5fa05a969c1fd1ad5c", "input": "A day in the food life of Hillary Clinton includes eggs , chicken and LOTS of hot sauce . \nClinton did n't eat so well during her 2008 presidential campaign , she wrote . \nOn the road , Clinton usually ordered \"scrambled egg whites with lots of veggies\" from room service , accompanied by \"black coffee and strong black tea\" and \"a huge glass of water ,\" she wrote . \nClinton wrote that while jetting between stops , her team enjoyed delicious in-flight meals thanks to a flight attendant named Elizabeth Rivalsi . \nA few special desserts peppered the trail , Clinton wrote . \nIt 's long been known that Clinton loves ice cream bars too , and apparently she can get them on demand . \nBefore hitting the trail , Clinton \"asked friends for good on-the-go snack recommendations ,\" she wrote . \n\"When the Quest bars got cold , they were too hard to eat , so we sat on them for a few minutes to warm them up , with as much dignity as one can muster at such a moment ,\" Clinton wrote . \nRivalsi also \"had a big basket full of snacks that she regularly replenished with different items ... I have a weakness for Pepperidge Farm Goldfish crackers ,\" Clinton added . \nRivalsi introduced the team to Flavor Blasted Goldfish , but Clinton still prefers the original kind . \n\"Several of us put hot sauce on everything ,\" Clinton wrote of her staff . \nBeyond her morning coffee and tea , it appears Clinton 's drinks varied .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-f4c3830b47554456860c938f4283de13", "input": "Eric Hargan is about to get a demotion and he is just fine with that.\nThe acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is more than thrilled to go back to the position he originally held. President Trump tapped him to lead the agency after Tom Price resigned when scrutiny of his travel habits revealed a taste for the excess.\nAlex Azar is the president's new choice to run HHS. Hargan sat for this interview as Azar faced his first Senate confirmation hearing on Nov. 29. Hargan has held the position since early October but this is certainly not his first rodeo at HHS. From 2003 to 2007 he served here under then-President George W. Bush.\n Hargan is a man grounded in his family's roots in Mound City a small southern Illinois town just across the Ohio River from Kentucky where his parents not only advocated for a lifetime in public service but also led by example.\n He said: \"I grew up on a farm my father held different local elected offices from county commissioner to school board and my mother worked in a variety of healthcare roles throughout her life; first at St. Mary's hospital which is no longer there and then at the Cairo Community Health Clinic. All total a career serving her community's healthcare that spanned 58 years.\"\n Hargan faced reporters at the White House almost three weeks ago to discuss Trump's decision to donate his third-quarter salary to HHS in order to combat the opioid crisis. Hargan said the donation would be used for the planning and design of a large-scale public awareness campaign about opioid addiction.\n\" His decision to donate his salary is a tribute to his compassion to his patriotism and his sense of duty to the American people \" he said.", "output": [ "Eric Hargan" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf277b92f80d4dfa8e02125878c65075", "input": "The women told the Austin American-Statesman that opera executives and board members knew of Richard Buckley's behavior but chose not to intervene because of his fame and talent.\nOn Feb. 1 Austin Opera said it fired Buckley for inappropriate behavior that violated the company's policy on harassment. The opera declined to provide further details.\n Buckley told the Statesman in a statement that he never intended to offend anyone and that he used humor to \"release pressure and defuse tension. \"\nBuckley was in his 13th season with Austin Opera.", "output": [ "Richard Buckley" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f37e48e8a944e06affb3b55d7581a3e", "input": "Rosita Donaldson and Howell Donaldson Jr. spoke after their son was arrested and accused of killing four people in Tampa Florida.\n Donaldson was taken into custody last week 51 days after the first killing when a co-worker at McDonald's tipped off police about his handgun. Police detained Donaldson and determined that his firearm was used in all four killings according to the criminal affidavit. Cellphone location data also connected him to areas near the killings when they occurred the affidavit stated.\n He faces four charges of murder and could receive the death penalty if convicted. Donaldson waived a formal hearing on his pretrial detention so he will be held without bond for the charges according to a court order released Monday.\n'We believe in him '\nSpeaking at a news conference alongside attorneys last week Donaldson's parents said they had not seen their son since his arrest but wanted to offer him their love and support.", "output": [ "Howell Donaldson Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-f68ec99f0e5a418a8d7a024749f5c381", "input": "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin on Tuesday expressed support for film maker Woody Allen as a growing number of entertainment industry stars seek to distance themselves from the \"Annie Hall\" director as part of the Time's Up campaign against sexual misconduct.\nBaldwin who appeared in three of Allen 's films said on Twitter that the renunciation of the director and his work was \"unfair and sad to me.\"\nBaldwin said working with Allen was \"one of the privileges of my career.\"\n Allen has repeatedly denied decades-old accusations that he molested his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old in the early 1990s.\nBut sentiment has turned against him during the sexual misconduct scandal sweeping Hollywood that has led to dozens of successful men being forced to resign or being dropped from projects.\nRepresentatives of Allen did not respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. The director has never been charged with a crime.\n Allen 82 won Oscars for the films \"Annie Hall \" \"Hannah and Her Sisters\" and the 2011 comedy \"Midnight in Paris \" and continues to release a new movie almost every year.\nTimothy Chaplet 22 the star of gay romance \"Call me By Your Name \" this week became the latest actor to announce he will donate the salary he earned from an Allen movie to \"Time's Up\" and other causes for sexual abuse victims.\nHe followed Rebecca Hall Ellen Page and Mira Sorkin who have made donations or issued regrets about working with Allen in recent weeks. Last week \"Lady Bird\" director Greta Gehrig who acted in the 2012 film \"To Rome with Love \" said she would not work with Allen again.\n Allen 's most recent film \"Wonder Wheel \" distributed by Amazon Studios has fared poorly at the North American box office taking only $1.4 million since its Dec. 1 release.\n His next film \"A Rainy Day in New York \" starring Chaplet and also from Amazon is due for release later this year.", "output": [ "Woody Allen" ] }, { "id": "task419-734695040eb94d1584a68aeb1b100a4a", "input": "(CNN) Iraq war veteran Taylor Winston became a hero on the night of the mass shooting in Las Vegas after he used a stranger's truck to rush critically wounded victims to the hospital.\nNow Winston has a new truck of his own.\nAn Arizona car dealership rewarded him Monday with a free customized Ford F-150 in appreciation for his bravery and quick thinking on October 1 when Winston made two trips to the hospital while officials were still scrambling to get ambulances to the concert venue. Winston credited his military training for helping him keep a \"cool head.\"\n\"It was still quite scary but we just knew they (the victims) had to get to the hospital immediately \" Winston told CNN's Anderson Cooper last week. \"No ambulances were immediately available. There was far too many casualties for anyone to handle.\"\nB5 Motors would like to give #vegashero Taylor Winston a free truck. Please help us find him . #HelpB5MotorsfindTaylorWinston pic.twitter.com/2dJICGLvyI — B5 Motors (@B5Motors) October 4 2017", "output": [ "Taylor Winston" ] }, { "id": "task419-c0593df0d9414b1f842823b847fb8b65", "input": "A Texas congressman who is waging a longshot campaign against Sen. Ted Cruz is making his first reported trip to raise money in Silicon Valley , according to an invitation obtained by Recode . \nBut O'Rourke may be particularly well-positioned to tap its riches , given the frosty relationship between Cruz and the tech industry on issues like immigration . \nO'Rourke is the underdog against Cruz , who remains popular in his home state despite a once-fractious relationship with President Donald Trump , but O'Rourke 's campaign has shown signs of strength .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-98c514a741b4433b9cdecf1f81ed56db", "input": "Skids And Rams Tree In Snowstorm Enlarge this image toggle caption Ross D . Franklin / AP Ross D . Franklin / AP Former NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt Jr . found out even the best drivers may have to stay off the roads in a snowstorm . Wednesday morning after he helped pull another car out of a ditch his pickup skidded off the road and rammed into a tree . On Twitter Earnhardt said he lost control of his truck on a snow - covered road and warned other North Carolina drivers to avoid his fate . \"[ North Carolina ] stay off the roads today / tonight . 5 minutes after helping these folks I center punched a pine tree \" he wrote . But fans need not worry about the Hall of Famer . \" All good \" he said . \" Probably just needs new alignment .\" A storm left a blanket of snow over North and South Carolina and Georgia . Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency in advance of the storm . AccuWeather reported the snowstorm caused over 500 collisions in the state . Earnhardt ' s accident came a day after the former NASCAR star announced he will be covering the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang on NBC .", "output": [ "Dale Earnhardt Jr" ] }, { "id": "task419-4069e403286b49efb106bdf412650a2f", "input": "Assistant Chief Ernest Sanchez said at at a Monday morning press conference that a speeding red Cadillac hit the back of the patrol car Camilleri and Velasquez were in reports CBS San Francisco. The officers were monitoring traffic at the time of the crash Sanchez said.\nCamilleri had been officer for the California Highway Patrol for just over a year Sanchez said. He was married with three children.\n Sanchez said the driver was a 22-year-old man who was on his way home from a holiday party.\n\" He had too much to drink and too much to smoke \" Sanchez said. \"This needs to stop\"\n\"We join his family friends and the entire California Highway Patrol in mourning his death and honoring his sacrifice \" Brown said.", "output": [ "Ernest Sanchez" ] }, { "id": "task419-b25dbc681a43498685e56f1c043810e5", "input": "An alien star in distant space seems to be acting very strangely . NASA ' s Kepler Space Telescope caught sight of the star as part of the spacecraft ' s hunt for planets outside the solar system which are also known as exoplanets . Kepler looks for exoplanets by seeing a dip in the light of a star presumably when a planet passes between its host star and the spacecraft . This eclipse produces a regular periodic dip in the starlight that can help scientists characterize the planet . But when Kepler caught sight of this star — called KIC 8462852 — it didn ' t see anything resembling a regular periodic dip in starlight . Instead the probe saw a more erratic dimming and brightening of the star nothing like what you ' d expect to see when a planet eclipses . “ We ’ d never seen anything like this star ” Tabetha Boyajian a postdoc researcher at Yale told the Atlantic one of the first publications to report on the finding . “ It was really weird . We thought it might be bad data or movement on the spacecraft but everything checked out .” So what could this weird star be ? Numerous media outlets including to some extent The Atlantic have latched onto the idea that it could be an “ alien megastructure ” constructed by an extraterrestrial civilization orbiting that star . Such a structure would be large enough to periodically block light from the star . But the truth is that scientists aren ' t yet sure what could be causing the star to flicker from our perspective and an “ alien megastructure ” is pretty far down on their list of possible explanations for the light curve . “ It ’ s kind of funny I don ’ t really know how this ended up going from weird dips in a light curve to alien structures ” Kepler scientist Steve Howell told Mashable in an interview . “ The alien hypothesis should be a last resort . Something we consider for fun rather than out of seriousness ” MIT exoplanet scientist Sara Seager told Mashable in an email . In reality there could be other very cool explanations for why the star seems so odd . Some people have suggested that there could be a huge swarm of comets surrounding the star causing its light to dip in and out from Kepler ’ s perspective . A planet that has broken up in orbit around the star Howell added could even cause the odd light dips . Howell was also reminded of another star system he and his colleagues working with Kepler have been studying recently . The strange solar system — named KIC 4150611 — appears to be made up of five stars orbiting one another a kind of star system never before observed . “ While that ’ s an unusual system it ’ s certainly not aliens . It ’ s just stars ” Howell said . The KIC 4150611 light curve looks kind of similar to the ones produced by Kepler for KIC 8462852 Howell said . Howell and his colleagues haven ’ t yet published their findings but they hope to in the near future . The KIC 8462852 findings which have set off the media speculation were first detailed in a study that has been submitted for publication to the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society though it has not yet gone all the way through the peer review process . The discoveries were made in part thanks to a group of citizen scientists working with Planet Hunters to comb through Kepler data . The initial study didn ’ t mention any kind of “ alien megastructure ” Howell said . The authors instead opted to discuss some more mundane — and more likely — possibilities for what they were seeing in their data . The first study led to another not - yet - peer - reviewed paper posted to arxiv . org . That website is a repository of electronic preprints known as e - prints of scientific papers in fields from mathematics to biology all of which can be accessed for free . These papers have not yet been fully peer previewed however which means their findings should be treated as preliminary . The second paper that appeared on arxiv mentioned what a structure built by aliens might look like and how it might relate to KIC 8462852 but — and this is a crucial detail — that study also made it clear that \" it ' s aliens \" was not necessarily a good explanation for the light curve . Howell has offered to take some photos of KIC 8462852 when his team uses a ground - based observatory for other observations next week . This could help clear up the mystery of exactly what ’ s going on with that star system . “ In science I think that we believe Arxiv papers are nice but if they ’ re not refereed and accepted then you always have a little skepticism about them or a little concern ” Howell said . “ I don ’ t think [ this ] paper falls into the ‘ crap ’ category but it ’ s not yet accepted so we have to take the results that are in it with a little bit of a grain of salt .” For Howell all the talk of possible alien structures seen by Kepler hits oddly close to home . Howell recently edited a book of short stories called \" A Kepler ’ s Dozen : Thirteen Stories About Distant Worlds That Really Exist \" which includes a story eerily like this one . The short tale involves a group of aliens that uses giant opaque sails to block out the light from their sun in order to send messages to other civilizations . This alien race generates a kind of “ Morse Code ” that other civilizations can interpret by reading the light curve produced by the dips . “ It ’ s really fun because now it ’ s like the science fiction story has come true in a sense \" Howell said .", "output": [ "Steve Howell" ] }, { "id": "task419-130248b34176465f829cfe2f5b6b2dca", "input": "“We’re expecting some pretty significant property damage ” California Growers Association Executive Director Hezekiah Allen told Chron. “As damage numbers emerge it’s going to be pretty stunning on all fronts and certainly our membership has been directly impacted.”\nReached via phone Allen said that a number of his members have lost homes and their farms to the fire already others were not so optimistic about returning after evacuating.\n\"We've got a few other folks that said they would be shocked if it were still there when they got home \" Allen said.\n\"What do you do when you lose your business to a fire? We can't get insurance or aid from FEMA — we don't have access to those programs we can't get loans \" Allen said.\nWhile pot is technically legal in the state of California purchasing it for recreational purposes is not quite there yet. The state has until January to set up its regulations which could mean that there may be a potential shortage of regulated pot to hit store shelves when the time comes. Allen is confident there will still be some weed when recreational dispensaries open however.\n\"There won't be a shortage of crop. Whether or not theres a shortage of licensed regulated crop — it's tough to say \" said Allen .\n Allen says the CGA and its community members plan to set up a crowdfunding effort in the wake of the fires which is one of their only options considering they can't get relief from federal programs. Hell cannabis businesses still can't even open up a bank account leaving growers with very limited choices on how they can recuperate their losses from this natural disaster.", "output": [ "Hezekiah Allen" ] }, { "id": "task419-e2742556a2844b4aa7f6a97d5b9c1f58", "input": "French President Emmanuel Macron right and Hungarian President Janos Ader leave after their talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris Tuesday Dec. 12 2017. (Photo: Francois Mori AP)\nPARIS – More than 50 world leaders are joining bankers energy magnates and others Tuesday in Paris for a summit that President Emmanuel Macron hopes will give new momentum to the fight against global warming — despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s rejection of the Paris climate accord.\nSome 3 100 security personnel are fanned out around Paris for Tuesday’s event including extra patrol boats along the Seine River. Macron will accompany the visiting leaders to the summit site on a river island by boat.\nOn Monday Macron awarded 18 climate scientists — most of them based in the U.S. — multimillion-euro grants to relocate to France for the rest of Trump’s term. Trump has expressed skepticism about global warming and said the Paris accord would hurt U.S. business.\nThe “Make Our Planet Great Again” grants — a nod to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — are part of Macron ’s efforts to counter Trump on the climate change front. Macron announced a contest for the projects in June hours after Trump declared he would withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.\nThe summit co-hosted by the U.N. World Bank and Macron is being held on the second anniversary of the Paris climate accord ratified by 170 countries.", "output": [ "Emmanuel Macron" ] }, { "id": "task419-cdb950ba52ec4e78aadf6cf611c6cb34", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE USA TODAY Sports' Steve Gardner and Ted Berg break down Game 4 which saw the Dodgers conjure some late-game magic and to beat the Astros and even the World Series at 2-2. USA TODAY Sports\nCody Bellinger broke out of his World Series slump with two doubles in Game 4. (Photo: Ezra Shaw Getty Images)\nHOUSTON — Well guess who finally slipped past the red velvet ropes got into the World Series party and made his presence known in spectacular fashion?\nWelcome to the World Series Cody Bellinger you arrived just in the nick of time Saturday night to save the Los Angeles Dodgers’ season.\nIt was Bellinger who tied this critical Game 4 in the seventh inning Bellinger who drove in the Dodgers' first go-ahead run in the ninth inning since Kirk Gibson in 1988 and it was Bellinger who helped lead the Dodgers to a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros tying the World Series at 2-2 and guaranteeing it returns to Los Angeles.\nWhen Bellinger walked to the plate with one out in the seventh inning and his drought had extended to 13 at-bats with eight strikeouts he was facing Astros starter Charlie Morton. The same guy who was pitching the game of his life retiring 18 of the last 20 batters.\n“We weren’t worried ’’ Seager said “because he’s got no pulse. He doesn’t have a memory either. Things go away. That’s what you have to do in baseball. You have to forget the past. Forget your last AB and move onto your next one.’’\n Bellinger had been fooled all Series on breaking balls and jammed on fastballs so he told himself to take the ball the other way. This is what he focused on during batting practice. This is what he told himself to do with his team down 1-0 and only eight outs away from going down 3-1 in the Series.\nMorton quickly got ahead of him 1-and-2 with Bellinger looking at one curveball for a strike and fouling off the next. Morton then tried to throw a fastball past him but Bellinger didn’t chase it. He threw another curveball. This one missed too.\nMorton came back one more time with a high curveball and Bellinger pounced on it hitting it to left field drifting just to the right of the left field Crawford Boxes toward the wall into a crevice. Marwin Gonzalez could not track both the flight of the ball and the narrowing of the opening.\nThe ball caromed off the wall and Bellinger had a double.\n Bellinger stood on second base wildly waving his arms looking into the heavens and screaming “It’s a miracle!’’\n“I hit it and I was just hoping that it faded into the wall ’’ Bellinger said “so he didn’t catch it. Luckily it did.\n Bellinger signaled to umpires to toss the ball into the Dodgers dugout so he could keep it for a souvenir.\nThe Astros turned to beleaguered closer Ken Giles in the ninth but Seager greeted him with a single Justin Turner walked bringing Bellinger up.\n Bellinger jumping on a 1-0 fastball from Giles hit a sharp double to the left-field gap scoring Seager and becoming the youngest player in World Series history 22 years old and 107 days to produce two doubles in a game.", "output": [ "Cody Bellinger" ] }, { "id": "task419-07a0d1fe44d84930803ee0c2ba84eed6", "input": "At Thursday’s Metro board meeting General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld citing the latest round of performance statistics said the transit agency has “moved the needle” on rail reliability and on-time performance.\nBoard members generally agreed the glowing picture painted by Wiedefeld and his staff in the latest report which captures the system’s performance from July to September was a signal the state of the system is indeed improving.\n Wiedefeld disagreed with reporters who asked whether the flattering statistics painted an overly glowing picture of the state of the system.\n“You have to go back to where we were at first. We had an unsafe system where people were saying they were afraid to use it ” Wiedefeld said pointing out improvements in performance have also accompanied improvements in safety.\n“It’s not a matter of patting ourselves on the back ” Wiedefeld said. “I think there is a recognition in the community that people have to understand that we have moved the needle. Please come back and try us.”\n Wiedefeld said the agency is looking at the data to determine the cause of the decline though across-the-board fare increases may be related. Though both rail and bus fares increased in June bus riders tend to be more sensitive to price changes because as a group they have lower average incomes than rail riders.", "output": [ "Paul J. Wiedefeld" ] }, { "id": "task419-42d4d0c0089a42e98611a32ba5088cbe", "input": "Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that his country was keen to support Tanzania to develop its ports bio-fuels and look at the possibility of cancelling a debt amounting to 240 million U.S. dollars the local media reported on Thursday.\n Lula who was on the fourth leg of his tour of Africa aimed at deepening economic ties with the continent made the announcement on Wednesday when officially opening the 34th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair.\n The two countries have many common interests including historical values dancing and soccer according to the Tanzanian president.\n Lula also noted that the two countries should tackle on the possibility of cancelling the debt of 240 million dollars.\n For his part Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete hailed Brazil's stance on the issue of cancelling the debt which was borrowed by Tanzania from Brazil in early 1980s and grew to 240 million dollars from the original of 49 million due to interests that accrued over the period.", "output": [ "Luiz Inacio Lula" ] }, { "id": "task419-d8be687d23394df58b742d3534495625", "input": "Sen. Elizabeth Warren D-Mass. said Thursday that the Democratic primary last year was \"fair \" moving away from the comments she made last week.\n\"I agree with what Donna Brazile has said over the last few days; that while there was some bias at the DNC the overall 2016 primary process was fair and Hillary [Clinton] made history \" Warren said in an interview with MassLive.\nLast week when asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if the Democratic National Committee had been \"rigged\" to favor Clinton Warren answered \"yes.\"\n Elizabeth Warren : Yes [Link] pic.twitter.com/TjkBS0mbB8 â The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) November 2 2017\n\"We've got to hold this party accountable \" she continued. \"When Tom Perez was elected to chair of the DNC the very first conversation I had with him was to say 'You've got to put together a Democratic Party in which everybody can have confidence that the party is working for Democrats rather than Democrats working for the party.' \"\nA spokeswoman for Warren later told MassLive that Warren believes as she said last week that the DNC was rigged but that the primary itself was not.", "output": [ "Elizabeth Warren" ] }, { "id": "task419-1138425c04104beba76b088ce49dccab", "input": "Craig Harvey chief of operations for the coroner's office said the subpoena was served at Klein's Beverly Hills dermatology office in an effort to obtain \"additional medical records.\"\n Harvey said his investigators had previously served a subpoena on Klein but would not elaborate on the nature of the records that were provided or what additional information led to the second subpoena.\n In an interview with Larry King last week Klein said that Jackson was using Diprivan \"when he was on tour in Germany.\" It's unclear exactly when that was but the last time Jackson was on tour in Germany was 1997.\n Klein said that Jackson \"was using it with an anesthesiologist to go to sleep at night. And I told him he was absolutely insane.\"", "output": [ "Klein Klein", "Klein" ] }, { "id": "task419-4666ac367864442085cab9545f6f94e7", "input": "Image copyright Hannah Mouncey YouTube Image caption Prior to her transition Hannah Mouncey was a member of the Australian men's handball team\n Hannah Mouncey 28 who previously played at local level in Canberra hopes to take to the field in the state of Victoria this season.\nBefore she began her gender transition in 2015 Mouncey played for the Australian men's handball team.\nThe AFL's decision means she can now partake in any of its affiliated state leagues during the 2018 season.\nIn a statement uploaded to Twitter she thanked her supporters - but not the AFL itself.\n\"I think it would be highly inappropriate for me to thank the AFL for allowing me to do something open to every other Australian which the science and research has supported all along \" she said.\nDespite the decision made in Mouncey 's case the AFL has still to define its national framework for gender diversity.", "output": [ "Hannah Mouncey" ] }, { "id": "task419-710a9f3dfc844152bf67721b4bbf91a7", "input": "Now an independent consultant Blankenship was previously a vice president at Tesla Motors from 2010 to 2013 and a vice president of real estate at Apple working closely alongside Steve Jobs to launch the first 165 Apple Stores worldwide before that.\nBlankenship recently sat down with Business Insider deputy executive editor Matt Turner to discuss the visionary leadership of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk and how they set their companies up for success from the beginning.\nAt Apple we looked around at what was going on in the world at the time and the technologies that were available that weren't in phones of the time. If you went back 10 years ago and you looked at a Motorola flip phone — one of the hottest phones — or the Palm Nokia et cetera they worked but there was so much more potential. Steve just saw so much more opportunity for what this device could be.\n Steve just saw so much more opportunity for what this device could be.\nThey had a phone which then enabled the real disruptive part of that technology which was the app store. Think about it for two three four years Apple never advertised the phone; it was \"there's an app for that.\" If you step back what would Uber be today without a smartphone? What would Facebook be? What Steve saw were opportunities with existing things that other people just didn't see.\nWith Elon it's very very interesting talking to him because everything really does have a bigger picture to it. You think about Tesla. Well when I first met with him six or seven years ago he had this vision and the vision was to move the planet away from fossil fuels and into renewable resources. Tesla is a part of that but it's not the whole picture. It's moving people to electric vehicles but what else could you do? Well if you're building an electric car you have to have a lot of batteries so you go to a battery factory. Well if you've got these batteries what else could you do with them? You could do a battery wall a battery pack that hangs on the wall — you charge it up and run your house and car off of it. And then what's missing is solar so a year ago they merged with Solar City.\nNow you can take this energy from this great big fusion reactor in the sky put it in batteries and run your car and your house. It's a bigger picture than what other people are doing. You might ask well why don't other car dealers do this? Or why don't other manufacturers do this? It's because they just don't see things the way a Steve Jobs and an Elon Musk do — and they have the conviction to make it happen.\nTurner: How alike are those two people Steve Jobs and Elon Musk? They 're almost iconic now. What similarities do they share and what was it like to work with them ?\nBlankenship: They share a lot of the same qualities. They have a conviction and a belief that the direction they 're going is right. Regardless of what anybody else says the direction is right.\nTurner: How much of those companies are tied up in the individual? Clearly Apple exists after Steve Jobs but how much of the culture that's there was really the Steve Jobs culture ? How does it survive on after he 's no longer there? What would you make of Apple today?\nBlankenship: When you put together the group of people I just described those people have a can-do mind-set that nothing's impossible: \"We're doing something bigger than making an electronic device; there's a bigger purpose here.\" Look at what the results have been of Apple. Yes Steve passed away in 2011 but look at the way the company has continued to evolve as a service company: How many millions of iPhone X's do you think they're going to take on order for over the next couple of weeks? It's going to be massive. The company today isn't going through the product innovations on an every three-year basis that it was in the 10 years between 2000 and 2010 but I think it's finding ways that the device has become more personal and more embedded in what you do and how you do it which aligns you to the platform in an incredible way. Tim [Cook] has done a really good job of doing that.\nTurner: What you've described at both Apple and Tesla with Steve Jobs and Elon Musk is a mission at the heart of the company and its strategy. Are there any other companies or people you see out there that when you look at them you say that's the same thing?\nBlankenship: I think there are different types of missions. Yes Elon and Steve had their missions. If you look at Amazon Amazon's mission without a doubt is the customer: What can we do for the customer? What can we do to make the experience better for the customer? How do we have the best customer experience on the planet? That's a mission.", "output": [ "Steve Jobs" ] }, { "id": "task419-1a2e881529ac46c6bacc0fd5d0ce15ac", "input": "Former Vice President Joe Biden will join Mitt Romney and other prominent Republicans at an annual summit in Utah this week . \nRomney , the Republican presidential nominee in 2012 , will interview Biden , on Friday as part of the three-day summit , the Associated Press reported . \nThe invitation-only Experts and Enthusiasts -LRB- E2 -RRB- Summit in Park City , Utah , will feature a number of prominent Republicans , including Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain , both vocal GOP critics of President Donald Trump , and House Speaker Paul Ryan , who was Romney 's running mate in 2012 . \nBiden is not the first Democrat to attend Romney 's annual summit . \nAt the summit last year , Romney , then a \"Never Trump\" Republican , told the crowd that Trump 's nomination as the Republican candidate \"is breaking my heart for the party .\"", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2ad34d0504f4af09e575e2d8d0c3f82", "input": "Donald Trump Jr. echoed the condemnation of his father regarding the probe into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia — calling it \"probably the greatest\" witch hunt since Salem.\n\"Obviously this has been a witch hunt probably the greatest since the Salem witch trials \" the younger Trump said of the Russia collusion probe.\n Trump Jr. added the memo \"sounds disturbing.\"\n\"I think we need more information \" he said.\n The younger Trump has become embroiled in the Russia investigations underway as a result of his June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer and other campaign officials in Trump Tower.", "output": [ "Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-e210cb0c75db43808751f5dbd24a67ee", "input": "The most active hurricane season in more than a decade doesn’t seem to be letting up as Tropical Storm Nate roars toward Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and threatens to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast likely as a hurricane this weekend.\nNate – the 15th system to form in the Atlantic basin – has already claimed 22 lives in Latin America dumping as much as 6 to 10 inches of rain as it moved over Honduras.\nIn Nicaragua Nate's arrival followed two weeks of near-constant rain that had left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. Authorities placed the whole country on alert and warned of flooding and landslides.\nLouisiana's governor says Nate is forecast to move quickly rather than stall and drop tremendous amounts of rain on the state. State officials hope that means New Orleans won't run into problems with its pumps being unable to handle the water.", "output": [ "Nate" ] }, { "id": "task419-f1bdc2d65a5246109af1355d585e77b0", "input": "Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland Leo Varadkar speaks on stage during his opening address of the Fine Gael national party conference in Ballyconnell Ireland November 10 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne\nThat would break the three-year “confidence and supply” agreement that allowed Varadkar’s Fine Gael party to form a minority government 18 months ago.\nFianna Fail initially indicated it might withdraw its threat if Fitzgerald resigned but Fine Gael members of parliament passed a unanimous motion of support in Fitzgerald at an emergency meeting on Thursday evening.\nAsked after Fine Gael’s statement whether the country was headed for an election a senior Fianna Fail source replied: “Straight towards one.”\n“This is ... dangerous politically at a time when the country does not need an election ” Foreign Minister Simon Coveney of Fine Gael told national Irish broadcaster RTE in an apparent reference to the Brexit talks he had earlier described as a “historic moment” for the island of Ireland.\nThe Fianna Fail move comes after Fitzgerald admitted she was made aware of an attempt to discredit a police whistleblower in a 2015 email but failed to act. Fine Gael say she adhered to due process.\nSince Varadkar’s appointment as Fine Gael leader in May his party has narrowly led Fianna Fail in opinion polls that suggest both parties would increase their support but still struggle to form anything but another minority government.", "output": [ "Frances Fitzgerald", "Fitzgerald" ] }, { "id": "task419-e0d6008d2d134ea4be9dd5f724e5bd94", "input": "ON SEPTEMBER 11th a 17-year-old girl was apprehended as she illegally crossed into America from Mexico. Now nearly 16 weeks pregnant the girl—known as Jane Doe or J.D. to protect her privacy—would like to have an abortion. But her custodian at a detention centre in Brownsville Texas—the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—is refusing her request. The government will \"protect the well-being of this minor and all children and their babies in our facilities” an HHS spokesman explained. “[W]e will defend human dignity for all in our care.\" On October 18th a federal judge instructed the federal government to grant J.D. ’s wish but two days later a three-judge panel on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit froze that order until October 31st by a 2-1 vote. If by that date the authorities have not found a sponsor “capable of providing for the child’s physical and mental well-being” who could help her procure an abortion the court held J.D. may return to court to plead her case anew.\nMeanwhile via her lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) J.D. is asking the appeals court to reconsider her case “en banc”—with the full complement of judges. Time is of the essence: while bureaucrats and judges wrangle over her fate J.D.’s pregnancy rolls toward 20 weeks the point at which abortion is no longer available in Texas. The ACLU told the appeals court on October 22nd that its panel decision “violates decades of well-settled Supreme Court precedent” barring the government from imposing “an undue burden on—or as in this extraordinary case completely block[ing]—a woman’s ability to obtain an abortion”.\nThe holding pattern for J.D. began nearly a month ago. “All the while this young isolated woman remains pregnant against her will causing her irreparable harm” the ACLU wrote. Every day J.D. faces a “severe strain...both physically and emotionally” and abortion becomes a riskier more fraught procedure. The young woman’s lawyers ask the federal government to simply get out of the way: “Her court-appointed representatives or the shelter personnel stand ready to transport her; the health centre stands ready to provide the care; and private funds have been provided to pay for the procedure”. In sum \"[a]ll defendants must do is to step aside and stop blocking the door”.\nThe ACLU brief includes a few lines from a stinging opinion penned by Judge Patricia Millett the dissenter in the appeals court ruling on October 20th. The government’s refusal to grant the young woman’s wish “sacrifices” her “constitutional liberty autonomy and personal dignity for no justifiable governmental reason” Judge Millett wrote. Its decision represents “an astonishing power grab” ignoring the fact that “this child fled here all alone in a desperate effort to avoid severe abuse” and embarked on “a life-imperiling trek for hundreds perhaps thousands of miles”. J.D. and other “[u]naccompanied minor migrants are among the most vulnerable persons in the world”.\nIn its response to the young woman’s request for a court-wide re-hearing the Department of Justice (DoJ) raised three curious points—none of which interestingly denies that J.D. has a right to an abortion. First the DoJ explained that if J.D. were to find a sponsor she would be able to seek an abortion under his or her care and the complaint against the government would dissolve. But as the ACLU observed “the notion that an appropriate sponsor for J.D. could be identified properly vetted and approved in an eleven day time frame is entirely unrealistic”. Second the DoJ argued that J.D. brought her predicament on herself . “Any alleged ‘obstacle’ to Ms Doe’s ability to obtain an abortion is by her own choice” the brief asserts. She chose to flee oppression in her home country and enter America illegally so she is author of her own dilemma. The obstacle to her abortion is self-imposed. J.D. can decide to remove that obstacle “at any time by filing a request for voluntary departure”.\nThis is a glaring insult to the young woman. Start with the implication that J.D. would enjoy the autonomy to have an abortion if only she were to give up on America and return to her home country: a choice between forced motherhood and a bus-ride back to the place she took great pains to escape. Actually it is worse: in Mexico where J.D. seems to be from (this information is sealed) she would not be able to secure a legal abortion at all. Self-deportation then would almost certainly be a lose-lose scenario.\nThe most jarring feature of the government’s argument comes near the end of its brief when it advances a novel theory of government “complicity” in acts it finds reprehensible. Why does the Office of Refugee Resettlement refuse to release J.D. to court-appointed representatives to travel to a nearby abortion clinic? Because that would “entail facilitating an abortion” the DoJ brief reads. Even if HHS does not drive J.D. to the clinic or pay for the procedure approving such a release “would still require that HHS or its contractor devote time and staff towards maintaining appropriate custody over Ms Doe during her absence” and necessitate “expend[ing] resources to monitor” her health. Permitting J.D. to exercise her constitutional right to end her pregnancy would “require the federal government to be complicit in her abortion which the government has a significant and legitimate interest in refusing to do”.", "output": [ "J.D" ] }, { "id": "task419-4afd253a5ae14e30b112a20da66a30a1", "input": "The London-based Arabic daily newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi reports this morning that former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested by security forces for allegedly inciting unrest against the government according to “reliable sources in Tehran.”\nStarting in November 2017 Ahmadinejad began making what was widely viewed as a surprise political comeback while running a populist message focusing on the fight against corruption as his main emphasis and attacking the rich and corrupt along with severe criticisms against the government for squandering public funding intended for the people’s welfare. He’s also reported to have broadly utilized social media for aggressive rhetoric targeting the judiciary and challenging Iran’s supreme leader.\nAl Quds Al Arabi cites Ahmadinejad ’s visit to the western city of Bushehr on December 28 as raising concern among authorities. That particular Thursday is when large-scale protests were first reported primarily starting in Mashhad Iran’s second largest city. He is reported to have said “Some of the current leaders live detached from the problems and concerns of the people and do not know anything about the reality of society.” He also allegedly charged Tehran with “mismanagement” and directed attacks against President Hassan Rouhani saying his regime “believes that they own the land and that the people are an ignorant society.”\nPreviously this week there were rumors that his arrest was coming amidst an ongoing investigation as multiple regional and international reports cited a commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as indicating that “a former leader of the country” had provoked people to protest. Al Quds Al Arabi is currently describing Ahmadinejad ’s detention as a “house arrest”.\nIt is possible that this latest news of Ahmadinejad ’s arrest on charges of incitement however could renew mass anti-government protests.", "output": [ "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" ] }, { "id": "task419-55764ac833574835845f7d6ba14a0fe3", "input": "And why the special venom for Bernie Sanders ? \nAnd Bernie Sanders , the most popular politician in the United States according to polls , is strongly opposed to allowing such huge consolidations of corporate power . \nThe media watch group FAIR pointed out that the Times piece \"started with a false premise and patched together a dodgy piece of innuendo and guilt-by-association in order to place the blame for a shooting in Virginia on ` the most ardent supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders . \nA few days earlier , the newspaper had front-paged another \"news\" story hostile to grassroots political forces aligned with Bernie -- a de facto editorial masquerading as news coverage , headlined : \"Democrats in Split-Screen : The Base Wants It All . \nAnd , as in the case of the New York Times article that appeared hours after the GOP baseball tragedy , the Times has sometimes jumped at the chance to draw far-fetched parallels between Trump 's violence-tinged , pseudo-populist messaging from the right and Bernie 's humane , inclusive messaging from the left . \nWhen the momentum of the Bernie campaign gained powerful traction as a threat to the corporate order , big media efforts to trash him went over the top . \nAt a key political moment last year , as FAIR analyst Adam Johnson wrote , \"the Washington Post ran 16 negative stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 hours , between roughly 10:20 PM EST Sunday , March 6 , to 3:54 PM EST Monday , March 7 -- a window that includes the crucial Democratic debate in Flint , Michigan , and the next morning 's spin .\"", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-5d2492fca89042e7bf0728aaa8194bfb", "input": "Hosko praised former FBI Director James Comey as a man of “independence.”\n“I also worked with Jim Comey for about eight months and really held him in very high regard ” said Hosko. “I thought he was exactly what the FBI needed at that time. I saw great examples of independence. Where he was I think intentionally was telegraphing his independence from DOJ letting the country and the world know the FBI was independent even though it’s a component of the DOJ.”\n Comey followed his conscience in publicly advising against the indictment of Clinton for felonious mishandling of classified information said Hosko.\n“ He lit her on fire ” said Hosko of Comey ’s treatment of Clinton. “ He doused her with lighter fluid and threw her a match and he walked out the room while recommending not to indict based on precedent. I don’t know how that is lining up with Hillary Clinton or supporting Hillary Clinton. I think Jim Comey did what he believed to be right and I think at the core of that was Jim Comey trying to tell the public that the FBI worked hard to try to unravel the case.”\nLast May Hosko said Comey has “the heart of a Boy Scout” and a good “moral compass.”", "output": [ "James Comey" ] }, { "id": "task419-113ac6c8e0dd4b508d5ae92d877bb836", "input": "CLOSE On Saturday Roger Bannister the first man to run a sub four-minute mile died at age 88. Time\n Roger Bannister breaks the 4-minute mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds on May 6 1954. (Photo: Getty Images Getty Images)\nLONDON – Roger Bannister the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile has died. He was 88.\n Bannister ’s family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford the English city where the runner cracked the feat many had thought humanly impossible on a windy afternoon in 1954.\nHelped by two pacemakers Bannister clocked 3 minutes 59.4 seconds over four laps at Oxford’s Iffley Road track on May 6 1954 to break the 4-minute mile – a test of speed and endurance that stands as one of the defining sporting achievements of the 20th century.\n“It’s amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile ” Bannister said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2012.\n“It became a symbol of attempting a challenge in the physical world of something hitherto thought impossible ” Bannister said as he approached the 50th anniversary of the feat. “I’d like to see it as a metaphor not only for sport but for life and seeking challenges.”\n He might not have set the milestone but for the disappointment of finishing without a medal in the 1 500 meters known as the metric mile in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Instead of retiring from the sport he decided to chase the 4-minute mark.\n“As it became clear that somebody was going to do it I felt that I would prefer it to be me ” Bannister told the AP.\n He also wanted to deliver something special for his country.\n“I thought it would be right for Britain to try to get this ” Bannister said. “There was a feeling of patriotism. Our new queen had been crowned the year before Everest had been climbed in 1953. Although I tried in 1953 I broke the British record but not the 4-minute mile and so everything was ready in 1954.”\n His chance finally came on a wet cool blustery May afternoon during a meet between Oxford and the Amateur Athletic Association.\nWhen Bannister looked up at the English flag whipping in the wind atop a nearby church he feared he would have to call off the record attempt. But shortly before 6 p.m. the wind died down. The race was on.\nWith Chris Brasher setting the pace on the cinder track they ran a first lap in 57.5 seconds then 60.7 – 1:58.2 for the half mile. Chris Chataway a distance specialist paced a third lap of 62.3 – 3:00.4. Bannister would need to run the final lap in 59 seconds.\nWith 250 yards to go Bannister surged past Chataway his long arms and legs pumping and his lungs gasping for oxygen.\n“The world seemed to stand still or did not exist ” he wrote in his book “The First Four Minutes.”", "output": [ "Roger Bannister" ] }, { "id": "task419-a512f8e9ae89479d9eaab953e1dca036", "input": "NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York confirmed on Monday that William Dudley among the most influential monetary policymakers throughout the financial crisis and its aftermath expects to retire by mid-2018 raising another question over leadership at the U.S. central bank less than a week after President Donald Trump chose a new Fed chief.\nFILE PHOTO: New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley speaks at a Thomson Reuters newsmaker event in New York U.S. on April 8 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo \nAside from Yellen and Dudley only three other current Fed rate-setters were in the room nearly a decade ago when emergency measures were taken to head off the crisis. “ Dudley was an important source of institutional memory stability and experience and that will be tough to replace ” said Eric Winograd U.S. economist at AllianceBernstein.\nAs financial watchdog the New York Fed president has repeatedly criticized poor culture and behavior that led for example to bankers manipulating the Libor reference rate. Yet Dudley himself has faced criticism from Congress and others including for the New York Fed’s failure to stem JPMorgan’s risky so-called London Whale trades in 2012.\nNATIONWIDE SEARCH", "output": [ "William Dudley" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1eb38ec8fd84fc9a90a4f6c8f51d818", "input": "Outspoken Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte added to his legendary list of outrageous claims Thursday when he bragged about stabbing a person to death when he was 16 years old -- and Duterte raised even more eyebrows when he reportedly later called former President Barack Obama \"so black and arrogant.\"\nIn a defiant speech hitting back at critics of his deadly drug crackdown Duterte said he would go into jails and have “rumbles here rumbles there.”\n“At the age of 16 I already killed someone. A real person a rumble a stabbing ” Duterte said during a summit in the Vietnamese city of Danang according to the BBC. “I was just 16 years old. It was just over a look. How much more now that I am president.”\nA spokesman for Duterte said the remarks had been made “in jest.”\n Duterte also hit Obama slamming his former U.S. counterpart for criticizing the Philippines drug war.\n“These white people those from [the European Union] the ignorant Americans pretending to be this Obama ” Duterte said according to The Philippine Star. “You are so black and arrogant. [He] reprimanded me. Why you reprimand me? I’m the president of a country.”\nSince Duterte took office 16 months ago police said more than 3 960 people have been killed in the war on drugs. Another 2 290 people have been murdered in drug-related crimes the government said.\nLast year Duterte said he would be “happy to slaughter” millions of drug addicts and that he even fatally shot criminals while he was mayor of the southern city of Davao to set an example for police.\nThursday was not even the first time he has mentioned stabbing and killing someone while a teenager. In 2015 he told the Philippines edition of Esquire magazine that during a “tumultuous fight in the beach” when he was 17 “maybe I stabbed somebody to death.”\nIt’s unclear if he was referring to the same incident in Thursday’s speech.", "output": [ "Rodrigo Duterte" ] }, { "id": "task419-5c348dbec0184c1ebcab7c62bc746b4b", "input": "Arizona freshman Deandre Ayton has been named player and newcomer of the year on the All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball team announced Tuesday by The Associated Press. Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak was named coach of the year.\n Ayton was one of the nation's top incoming recruits when he arrived in Tucson and lived up to expectations during a stellar freshman season with the 15th-ranked Wildcats.\n\" He 's a once in a generation player \" Arizona coach Sean Miller said. \"I doubt if I'll coach anyone like him again.\"\nThe 7-foot-1 260-pound big man from the Bahamas became the first Pac-12 freshman in 25 years to average at least 19 points and 11 rebounds finishing with 19.9 points and 11.4 rebounds during the regular season. Ayton is the second freshman to lead the conference in rebounding joining California's Leon Power in 2004.\n Ayton shot 61 percent from the floor and was a force on the defensive end as well finishing with 59 blocked shots to tie for seventh-most in conference history by a freshman.\nBehind Ayton and first-team all-Pac-12 guard Allonzo Trier Arizona overcame a season of turmoil to win its fifth Pac-12 title in six years. Ayton is projected to be a top-five pick in this year's NBA draft.\n Arizona forward Deandre Ayton (13) drives against California forward Marcus Lee during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday March 3 2018 in Tucson Ariz. Arizona defeated California 66-54. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)\nu-Deandre Ayton Arizona F 7-1 260 Fr Nassau Bahamas\nArizona forward Deandre Ayton shoots over California center Kingsley Okoroh (22) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Saturday March 3 2018 in Tucson Ariz. Arizona defeated California 66-54. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)", "output": [ "Deandre Ayton" ] }, { "id": "task419-fb9de7c62d74478da2a610c4d235d778", "input": "Hillary Clinton took to Facebook on Tuesday just hours ahead of President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address defending her decision to retain a male campaign worker who sexually harassed a female on staff.\n Clinton wrote in her post that men should be held accountable for their actions and everyone regardless of gender should protect women from any abuse.\nIn the lengthy post Clinton didn’t however reflect or comment on her husband President Bill Clinton who lied about his sexual conduct with a White House intern and was accused by several women of sexual assault.\n“I very much understand the question I’m being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior ” Clinton wrote. “The short answer is this: If I had it to do again I wouldn’t.”\nNonetheless Clinton defends her decision saying that she thought reprimanding the offender cutting his pay and access to the victim and ordering the man to undergo counseling. She also promoted the victim.\n“Through it all I’ve always taken firing very seriously ” Clinton wrote. “Taking away someone’s livelihood is perhaps the most serious thing an employer can do.”\n“When faced with a situation like this if I think it’s possible to avoid termination while still doing right by everyone involved I am inclined in that direction ” Clinton said. “I do not put this forward as a virtue or a vice – just as a fact about how I view these matters.”\n Clinton also wrote that she believes in “second chances” and has been the recipient of those chances.\n Clinton said she contacted the woman that once worked on her 2008 campaign to make certain she was doing well despite her experience while working for Clinton .\nThe Facebook post though quickly morphs into a commentary on how others are to blame for the scourge of sexual harassment in the headlines of late including her own “me too” moment.\n“Over the past year a seismic shift has occurred in the way we approach and respond to sexual harassment both as a society and as individuals ” Clinton said adding that it took women from all walks of life coming forward to make this happen.”\nMy own decision to write in my memoir about my experiences being sexually harassed and physically threatened early in my career – the first time was in college – was more agonizing than it should have been ” Clinton said.\nNow men Clinton concluded are “on notice.”\n“Men are now on notice that they will truly be held accountable for their actions ” Clinton said. “Especially now we all need to be thinking about the complexities of sexual harassment and be willing to challenge ourselves to reassess and question our own views.”\n“In other words everyone’s now on their second chance both the offenders and the decision-makers ” Clinton added. “Let’s do our best to make the most of it.”\nIronically Clinton touted her advocacy for women and girls in the post despite her longstanding support for abortion that has claimed the lives of millions of female babies and Planned Parenthood which awarded her with its Margaret Sanger award in 2009.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-1af2eee826a147e99c47b70deeac6362", "input": "BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian lawmakers rejected corruption charges against President Michel Temer on Wednesday evening shelving a case that had threatened to oust a center-right leader who investors hope will bring Brazil’s budget deficit under control.\n Brazil's President Michel Temer leaves a hospital in Brasilia Brazil October 25 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino\nThe corruption case involving the payment of bribes by meatpacker JBS SA (JBSS3.SA) had paralyzed Temer ’s reform agenda for six months and weakened his government.\nThe vote means that Temer is safe from prosecution while he remains president. But he is still subject to investigation and possible trial by lower courts after his term ends in late 2018.\nWhile Temer ’s opponents were far from the 342 votes - or two-thirds of the seats - needed to put him on trial he got 12 votes less than in August when the lower house voted 263-227 to block an initial corruption charge against him .\nThe slip in support signals Temer will have trouble passing a pension reform bill that is crucial for plugging Brazil’s budget deficit. Many lawmakers are reluctant to back the reform which would make Brazilians work more years before retirement.\nThe speaker of the house Rodrigo Maia said the shelving of the charges against Temer cleared the way for the government and Congress to move ahead with the pension reform debate.\nMembers of Brazil's Homeless Workers' Movement (MTST) shout slogans holding a placard reading \"Out Temer\" during a vote on whether the Congress allows charges against President Michel Temer to be sent to the Supreme Court for trial in Sao Paulo Brazil October 25 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce\nAllies said Brazil could not afford the upheaval of removing a second president in little over a year as Latin America’s largest economy struggles to overcome deep recession. Temer succeeded impeached leftist President Dilma Rousseff in 2016.\nOpponents criticized Temer for making policy concessions and fast-tracking pork barrel spending to win votes to ensure his survival.\nTo please the powerful farm lobby that has two-fifths of the votes in the lower house Temer agreed to lower fines for environmental damage. He attempted to relax a definition of slave labor but was forced to backtrack after an outcry.\nA few hours before the vote Temer was taken to hospital in pain due to a urinary tract obstruction a health scare that triggered a brief selloff in financial markets.\n His office said he underwent a bladder test by catheter and left the hospital later on Wednesday. Temer 77 was recently diagnosed with a partial coronary artery blockage.\nEarlier it touched session lows on the news that Temer was in the hospital. Stocks later pared losses and the currency was flat after his office gave details of his condition.", "output": [ "Michel Temer" ] }, { "id": "task419-f2b5952ece3f4bddb2dcb081ec61072f", "input": "Gates said the performance of both Pakistan's military and civilian government over the past 16 months had exceeded Washington's expectations in an interview with Al-Jazeera the Qatar-based satellite news channel.\n\"I think if you look back 15 or 16 months the Pakistani government has performed admirably \" Gates said according to a transcript.\nGates cited Pakistan's \"success\" in the Swat Valley where two million people fled a punishing military offensive against Taliban insurgents beginning in late April.\nGates added that he was pleased with the security of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal calling the arrangements in place \"sufficient and adequate.\"\n\"I'm quite comfortable that the security arrangements for the Pakistani nuclear capabilities are sufficient and adequate \" he said.\nHe said that assessment was \"based both on our own understanding of the security arrangements that the Pakistanis have for their weapons and their capabilities their laboratories and so on. But also the insurances we have been given by the Pakistanis.\"", "output": [ "Robert Gates", "Gates" ] }, { "id": "task419-8355b41a2aa64a2496c02e7f67f332a9", "input": "First the bad news: Reese 's newest candy bar won't be available until May 2018. A bummer we know.\nThat said the brand's new Outrageous bar is a dream invention for peanut butter fans with a soft spot for Reese 's Pieces.\nThese new candy bars feature a peanut butter and caramel center surrounded by a layer of Reese 's Pieces and coated in milk chocolate. It'll retail for $1.09 a piece when it hits grocery shelves next year.\nImage: reese 's\nNow go eat a peanut butter cup topped with a handful of Reese's Pieces and pretend you're living in the future.", "output": [ "Reese" ] }, { "id": "task419-eb2b51d907ed4ceb9b7134fadbb8485a", "input": "ROSELAND N.J. (Reuters) - Activist hedge fund manager William Ackman lost his bid to win seats on the board of Automatic Data Processing Inc (ADP.O) according to a shareholder voting tally read at the payroll processor’s annual shareholder meeting.\nWilliam ' Bill' Ackman CEO and Portfolio Manager of Pershing Square Capital Management speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City U.S. May 8 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid\nPershing Square did not get any of its three nominees including Ackman elected to ADP’s board with less than 25 percent of voting shares pledged in support of his proxy campaign.\n Ackman told Reuters at the meeting that the way the proxy system works put him at a disadvantage but he felt he accomplished a lot.\n Ackman launched the ADP proxy contest as an underdog taking aim at a company engaged in the unglamorous business of providing human resources technology and largely backed by Wall Street. ADP’s share price has more than doubled under Rodriguez’s tenure and the company has posted relatively solid earnings growth.\nFor three months Ackman and ADP have traded increasingly bitter barbs through securities filings television appearances conference calls webcasts and private meetings with investors.\n Ackman contends that management complacency has turned ADP into an inefficient corporate slugabed pushing outmoded products that even a top sales force could not sell. ADP has countered that Ackman brings no new ideas to the table risks disrupting the company’s steady path to growth and behaves like a “spoiled brat.”\n Ackman ’s Pershing Square owns almost 2 percent of ADP’s common shares making it the seventh-largest voting shareholder according to Thomson Reuters data. When counting unexercised options the value of the stake is roughly $2.3 billion.", "output": [ "William Ackman" ] }, { "id": "task419-918a2a6423f54bfebf276750c6d391f0", "input": "Devin Nunes' announcement came one week after The Hill published a report on a \"racketeering scheme ... designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton's charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow .\"\n The Hill's report largely echoed those claims alleging that Russian officials tried to \"ingratiate themselves with the Clintons\" by transferring \"millions of dollars from Russia's nuclear industry to an American entity that had provided assistance to Bill Clinton's foundation.\"\nThe Iowa Republican sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions last Wednesday asking whether the Department of Justice was investigating the fact that former President Bill Clinton was paid for a speech around the time that the US government approved the Uranium One deal and that Russians donated millions to the Clinton Foundation years before the uranium deal.\nTrump used the uranium deal to try to undercut Clinton during the campaign and draw scrutiny away from his own potential Russia ties. He claimed in October 2016 that Clinton gave uranium to Russia \"for a big payment \" which The Washington Post later said was inaccurate.\nFact checkers more broadly have been quick to push back on characterizations of the uranium deal as a quid pro quo between Clinton and Russia and PolitiFact found that the US produces such little uranium that the \"concerns were out of proportion.\"\nThe Post's fact checker reported last year that although the State Department was one of several agencies that would have been able to approve the 2010 deal \"there is no evidence Clinton herself got involved in the deal personally and it is highly questionable that this deal even rose to the level of the secretary of state.\"\n\"Theoretically as Schweizer says Clinton could have intervened \" The Post reported. \"But even then it ultimately would have been Obama’s decision whether to suspend or block the deal.\"", "output": [ "Bill Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-34bc047476b34a54b07d590557bf523d", "input": "During last year 's presidential campaign , Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton was under constant scrutiny for every move she made in the public eye , and as a female candidate it frequently was her physical appearance that made headlines rather than her political stance . \nRELATED PHOTOS : 24 Creative Ways Stars Have Worn Their Hillary Clinton Support . \nWhat do you think of Hillary Clinton 's view on society 's beauty standards ? \nRELATED VIDEO : Hillary Clinton Through the Decades .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-236879027ab9421c933965fd13c93ca1", "input": "Susan Sarandon went on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday night and Kimmel brought up an... uhh... odd moment.\nHe shows a photograph taken of Sarandon with Michael Shannon and Kate Winslet. In the photo Winslet is touching Sarandon 's breast. When asked whether Winslet had asked permission to do so Sarandon replied \"no\".\n She seemed pretty unfazed though.\n\"We feel like we all know each other the women who survive in this business for any amount of time \" she says in the clip above. \"So it felt perfectly fine.\"", "output": [ "Susan Sarandon" ] }, { "id": "task419-55778a1edb7d4a3386805114447491c1", "input": "“It doesn’t even look like her .”\nThat one comment culled from thousands online about Baltimore artist Amy Sherald’s portrait of Michelle Obama unveiled today at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Portrait Gallery sums up a familiar response to the public’s often less-than flattering responses to portrait painting.\nIn the portrait Mrs. Obama sits in a custom dress designed by Milly’s Michelle Smith of bold geometric shapes her expression challenging the viewer. Her face and skin are grey as Sherald often paints her subjects.\nIt doesn’t look exactly like her it doesn’t look exactly not like her . It is a representation of Mrs. Obama who sat for Sherald the artist and the responses to the result sum up the tension between artist and sitter and artist and spectator too.\nHolland Cotter art critic for the New York Times said Mrs. Obama ’s portrait face was too far removed from the real one.\nThis gets at the central tension of the art of the portrait. Just how much should a portrait be about physical likeness versus conveying psychological truth or an insight into character? The furor over Michelle Obama’s portrait suggests we want a portrait to deliver the first above all else.\nWhat people’s kvetching comes down to: this painting isn’t enough like a photograph. The spirit that Mrs. Obama represented to so many seems lacking in the more restrained removed spirit of Sherald’s work. But the public face of Michelle Obama isn't the only face. Sherald is arguably trying to show us another face.\nIn this sense Kehinde Wiley’s accompanying portrait of Barack Obama is seen as more successful. It looks more like the photographic Barack Obama we know. Here any outrage voiced seems to have been about the background which features flowers from three significant places to him : Kenya Hawaii and Chicago.\n\"I tried to negotiate less gray hair and Kehinde's artistic integrity would not allow ( him ) to do what I asked \" Obama said. \"I tried to negotiate smaller ears. Struck out on that as well.\"\nBoth painters aimed to do something beyond simple replication for their portraits. The backdrop of a bush or garden endows Barack Obama with a literal life force. The garden is green and vibrant behind him . The setting is entirely complimentary to his persona; in the painting he is sitting forward alert. He is fixing us with a wizened glare. This garden is pure Obama Zen.\n Mrs. Obama ’s portrait is starker and psychologically richer. \"Amy I want to thank you for so spectacularly capturing the grace and beauty and intelligence and charm and hotness of the woman I love \" Mr. Obama said.\n Mrs. Obama said she hoped \"girls and girls of color\" would “see an image of someone who looks like them hanging on the walls of this great American institution ... And I know the kind of impact that will have on their lives because I was one of those girls.”\nIn her remarks Mrs. Obama acknowledges what her portrait’s detractors do not; that a painting such as this is a distillation rather than impersonation. It is the person’s spirit in the moment of sitting rather than a literal embodiment of that person.\nIf you really feel that Michelle Obama’s portrait is a dud the queen got it far worse in George Condo’s portrait of her envisioning her with a huge neck and bulbous cheeks and chin. A Cabbage Patch Doll scoffed the critics.\nYou may not think Michelle Obama looks much like herself in this new portrait she may not be the public Michelle Obama you have seen and responded to but at least she doesn’t look like someone or something else entirely.", "output": [ "Michelle Obama" ] }, { "id": "task419-71571e0a618048248afe5495c4b52305", "input": "Daniel Pinto's eyes lit up.\nDaniel Pinto: I think that it is about momentum. If you look at 2016 the whole industry had a weaker-than-expected first quarter and then the momentum gathered from the second quarter to the third quarter and it continues into the fourth quarter obviously with the normal seasonality. The fourth quarter is typically weaker than the third quarter but the momentum continues. That 15% year-on-year increase in markets isn't different than what we saw in the previous quarters.\n Pinto : There's been a strong performance in rates in emerging markets in credit — it's all along the fixed-income complex.\n Pinto : When you listen to his potential policies the market reaction is pretty much the mirror image of what he might do.\nWhen you listen to his potential policies the market reaction is pretty much the mirror image of what he might do.\n He is pro-US growth so therefore what you have is higher interest rates and the potential for the Fed to be more aggressive than it would have been otherwise. The equity-market valuations we're seeing aren't low but there could be additional momentum particularly in financials. It is not such a surprise.\nTurner: There is an argument that the market has priced in all of the best bits of his policies and ignored some of the potential negative consequences.\n Pinto : We've been doing a lot of work. Some portions of the business are more electronic than they used to be and that process may continue. For me I've made it very clear it is a business where success relates to your scale. To maintain your success you have to maintain your scale. To maintain your scale you have to adjust to however your clients want to execute. That is why David Hudson who runs markets execution services is creating an environment for the clients to execute through us in any way they want. That is not over. It will continue. We will continue to adjust because we're mirroring what our clients want.\n Pinto : The SEF aggregator is something we built and no one uses it. Maybe they will one day. The world for me — the way I see it for asset managers more and more of their business is going to passive. That is the trend. Margins are compressing. Efficiency in the way they execute is more and more important and so we need to face that. We need new ways to do things that are more effective for them.\n Pinto : This is fully loaded ROE for all the business lines in fixed income. This is what we produce. This line is the cost of capital and every single business on a fully loaded basis is delivering a return ahead of the cost of capital except for commodities which is going through a process of adjustment. The most important part is if you were to eliminate one of those not all of the capital goes away not all of the cost goes away so essentially the marginal impact the ROE you would lose by closing the business is far higher than 15%. That's why for me the completeness is very important.\n Pinto : It is shared infrastructure. Revenue flows go away but capital related to operational and credit risk doesn't. That doesn't change just because you close a line of business. It just gets reassigned to different businesses. That's why when you start cutting you say \"I don't like rates — I'm going to cut rates \" well the marginal ROE of what is left is worse. And as you cut more it gets worse and worse. In my view when you start trying to cut costs in this type of business you don't know when you'll stop cutting. The more you do the more painful it will become — all in an environment where the wallet has been shrinking.\n Pinto : That's absolutely true. An example of that is equities. We will see how it plays out when equities goes into a down cycle. Everyone said \"We'll cut fixed income and focus all of our energy on protecting our equities franchise.\" Fine. Equities was growing. Now we have the first year where the equities wallet shrinks and we may have another one. I don't know.\n Pinto : We look at client profitability on a long-term basis not just this year. We measure quite accurately all of the resources we provide to the clients capital liquidity the cost of everything and then we give them credit for the resources they provide to us. They could leave their deposits with us. And then any other business we do we calculate a marginal ROE an absolute ROE and we look at cycles rather than just one year. What it does is it gives you information to manage the relationship with the client. You can sit down with the client and say \"This is what it is over the last number of years it has been X \" so they know where they stand with us. It helps the salespeople to have an intelligent conversation with the client.\n Pinto : It is often easier when you partner with someone make some progress and then bring other people in rather than getting a bunch of banks together and get them developing something from zero.\n Pinto : I think that in order to attract talent you have to run the company in a way that is appealing to them. That's why we have a clear technology strategy and have communicated externally about how vibrant and flexible JPMorgan is. It's a way to attract top talent into the organization. The more people you hire from top tech companies the more talent comes along with them. You have to do what is right and you have to communicate it too. The reality is that it is a vibrant institution we're looking forward we're successful so therefore people want to join. We haven't had a problem attracting talent. Seventy-seven percent of our new hires into the corporate and investment bank last year were millennials and they already make up more than 50% of the organization.", "output": [ "Daniel Pinto" ] }, { "id": "task419-004a764c26a64fe4ad00938738903337", "input": "During a post-cancer checkup at Northwest Community Hospital in April 68-year-old Ken Brown learned his oncology surgeon was planning to climb Mount Kilimanjaro which is a dream Brown has had since 2011.\n He initially turned down Dr. Malcolm Bilimoria’s invitation to join him but Brown ’s daughter-in-law had him rethink it.\n“What better opportunity to go ahead and fulfill one of your dreams — a longtime dream — and do it with a doctor who was instrumental in helping you get to this place ” Brown said. “I said ‘Malcolm you can’t go without me.'”\n“ Ken had the most common cancer of the pancreas called adenocarcinoma. It’s a cancer that 55 000 people a year get in the United States. It’s the devastating cancer that we think about when we hear about pancreas cancer ” Dr. Bilimoria said.\nBut after chemo surgery and another round of chemo Brown beat the odds.\n“To be able to be here today and to try to fulfill another goal I feel very fortunate ” Brown said.\n Brown leaves for Tanzania on Thursday and the group will begin their climb on Sunday. If all goes as planned it should take six days to reach the summit. Brown says he ’s not concerned about whether or not he will make it to the top as he said he believes he ’s already hiked the tallest mountain anyone can with Dr. Bilimoria.\n“I am perfectly envisioning that Ken is going to be carrying me up to the top of the mountain ” Dr. Bilimoria said.", "output": [ "Ken Brown" ] }, { "id": "task419-f3211d6b9d464a0db535eb546ce66e6d", "input": "A long-lost piece of electrical wire from Thomas Edison’s first underground cable for electric lighting is up for sale.\n Edison’s own home in Menlo Park a section of Edison New Jersey was among the homes lit in the November 1880 electrical lighting test.\n“Because of this test Edison was able to put lights up in New York; because of that it went worldwide ” he added.\nThe wire was saved by F.A. Wardlaw a long-time Edison lab aide who was present on the night of the test. In 1933 Wardlaw dug up the wire and sent it to Paul Kruesi the son of Edison ’s chief machinist who grew up with the inventor in Menlo Park. A handwritten note from Wardlaw is attached to the piece of electrical wire.\n“Perhaps you would like a piece of the original conductor used by Edison at Menlo Park at the now historic demonstra­tion of the Edison System of Incandescent Electric Lighting in 1880 so am sending you one ” Wardlaw wrote in a Oct. 4 1933 letter accompanying the artifact and note. “I dug it out of the bank on the east side of Christie St Menlo Park directly opposite your old home last Friday. It was the first underground cable ever used for electric lighting and appears pretty good yet after being buried for 53 years.”", "output": [ "Thomas Edison" ] }, { "id": "task419-d4201b632be849bbb3b25b33ac70b3f8", "input": "Joseph Mifsud who joined the faculty of the University of Stirling earlier this year was not named in the court documents. He confirmed his identity to the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday stressing that \"I have a clear conscience.\"\nThe University of Stirling said in an emailed statement that Mifsud joined its politics department in May 2017 as a \"full-time professorial teaching fellow.\"\n Mifsud told the Telegraph that he knew nothing about emails containing \"dirt\" on Clinton calling the allegations upsetting and \"incredible.\" He also dismissed the disclosure that he introduced Papadopoulos to a \"female Russian national \" calling the allegation a \"laughing stock.\"\n Mifsud told the newspaper that he introduced Papadopoulos to the director of a Russian think tank to help him better grasp Russian foreign policy and that he tried to set up meetings with experts on the European Union.\n\"We are academics \" Mifsud told the paper. \"We work closely with everybody.\"\nIn emails with The Washington Post in August Mifsud said that he had \"absolutely no contact\" with the Russian government. \"I am an academic I do not even speak Russian \" he wrote.\n He said that Papadopoulos \"was introduced to me in a visit to a project in Rome by the London Centre of International Law Practice in which we discussed track two diplomacy with a number of countries including the Russian Federation. The only link that was offered vis-à-vis Russia was with RIAC \" or the Russian International Affairs Council a Russian think tank.", "output": [ "Joseph Mifsud" ] }, { "id": "task419-43986bbd4a0d4b52a08d50d8469b1ed8", "input": "Tennis star Venus Williams will not be charged in connection with a June traffic accident in Florida that killed one man police said.\nPolice initially found Williams at fault the report said.\nHowever surveillance video footage released in July showed that Williams entered the intersection lawfully and that a “dark-colored car” not involved in the collision forced her to stop trapping her in the intersection before the light turned red Reuters reported citing the Sentinel.\n Williams 37 was not injured the Sun Sentinel reported.\n“I was caught in the middle. I never saw that car coming ” Williams told an officer at the scene the newspaper reported.\nMeanwhile the Barson family has filed a wrongful death suit against Williams the report said.\n Williams -- a seven-time Grand Slam champion and older sister of tennis star Serena Williams -- posted on Facebook that she was “devastated and heartbroken” by the crash.", "output": [ "Venus Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f9bc70fe7724b8a82d7c8757410b883", "input": "David Puchkoff charges in papers filed Tuesday in Manhattan Supreme Court that the Department of Buildings wrongly ordered him to pay a $1 200 fine and obtain a new certificate of occupancy in September for his 1 200-square-foot garden getaway overlooking Greenwich St.\n He suspects a neighbor complained to the city about his unique green rooftop with spectacular views of the Empire State Building.\n“Why would a neighbor file a complaint about it? It's been there for 15 years ” said 78-year-old David Puchkoff . (NTDTV)\n Puchkoff completed the project in 2003 — and pointed to paperwork from the city approving his plans. The roof of the six-story building is covered in seven inches of soil and layers of padding that provide water for plants and protect the roof according to a 2006 story in the New York Times. Birds bees and other bugs are a frequent presence at the meadow in warmer weather.\n David Puchkoff is fighting the city over his West Village building having a unique green rooftop unique rooftop garden. (Google)\nThe legal fight could cost him $30 000 if it ends in his favor he estimated. He seeks an order overturning an Environmental Control Board decision imposing the penalty.\n“It isn't fair I've already met all the rules and regulations ” he said.", "output": [ "David Puchkoff" ] }, { "id": "task419-69d251b1952a47eb886560c1fd59ce07", "input": "Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino has intimated that one of those individuals is Barack Obama.\n“Take it to the bank the FBI/FISA docs are devastating for the Dems. The whole image of a benevolent Barack Obama they’ve disingenuously tried to portray is about to be destroyed. The real Obama the vengeful narcissist is going to be exposed for all to see ” Bongino tweeted.\nTake it to the bank the FBI/FISA docs are devastating for the Dems. The whole image of a benevolent Barack Obama they’ve disingenuously tried to portray is about to be destroyed. The real Obama the vengeful narcissist is going to be exposed for all to see. — Dan Bongino (@dbongino) January 18 2018\nWhile some are describing it as ‘bigger than Watergate’ Bongino dubbed it “Obamagate” and warned that things are about to get very real:\nThe former Obama administration’s going to have a lot of explaining to do. #Obamagate — Dan Bongino (@dbongino) January 19 2018\n He added that Democrats are now “in a full blown panic” over the issue.\nTake this check and cash it the Democrats are in a full blown panic right now over the #Obamagate scandal that’s about to become a nightmare for them. Watch them all scurry like roaches when the lights come on it. — Dan Bongino (@dbongino) January 19 2018\n Bongino says that the memo shows the Obama administration was totally “hellbent on destroying Trump”:\nRelease the memo and watch the rats run away like the cowards they are. Your mind is about to blown and your eyes open to both the power of the federal govt and the vengefulness of an Obama administration hellbent on destroying Trump. — Dan Bongino (@dbongino) January 19 2018\nIn interviews last week Bongino described the brewing storm over the Steele Dossier as “the most explosive scandal”:\n Bongino has been describing the ongoing issue as “the scandal of the century” for months:", "output": [ "Dan Bongino" ] }, { "id": "task419-f68b771d42364282a13212b029a396b9", "input": "Facing criticism over his administration’s handling of a deadly 2015 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a state-run veterans home in downstate Quincy Gov. Bruce Rauner is spending multiple nights at the facility to “gain a more thorough understanding” of operations there.\nThe governor’s stay was not publicized in advance. After Rauner ’s office confirmed the trip Thursday his Republican and Democratic challengers quickly dismissed it as a stunt as they seize on the administration’s response to more than a dozen deaths at the state-run home to question the governor’s leadership abilities.\nWhile Rauner previously has declined to say if he bears any moral responsibility for the deaths and illnesses he has pushed back at critics. He was quoted as telling the Joliet Herald-News editorial board this week that “our team took immediate strong action ” after the outbreak began in 2015 killing a dozen residents and sickening 50 more.\n He said his administration brought in national experts the CDC and spent more than $6 million to update the home’s water filtration system. The disease is contracted by inhaling droplets of water that contain the bacteria.\n“The reality is and this is what's not getting into the reports the Legionnella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois. There were just two infections of Legionnaires at Northwestern Hospital which is not even an old facility and I think is regarded as a really well-run facility. These things happen ” the Joliet newspaper quoted Rauner as saying hours before he began his stay.\n Rauner arrived at the home around 10 p.m. Wednesday according to Dave MacDonna a spokesman for the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs. A spokeswoman for Rauner said he planned to spend several days with residents and staff and would be joined over the weekend by first lady Diana Rauner.\nFor Rauner the issue has gone beyond the confounding Legionnella bacteria to become a subject of potential political contamination for the first-term governor. Care of military veterans holds a special patriotic place among voters.", "output": [ "Bruce Rauner" ] }, { "id": "task419-ce54594250254fa0908edc8518e3c511", "input": "Knicks GM Scott Perry (left) and team president Steve Mills (center) have plenty of decisions to make. (Steve Freeman/NBAE/Getty Images)\nKnicks president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry are in no rush to shake up the roster with the trade deadline looming next week. And honestly there isn't a lot the Knicks can do. They'd love to move Joakim Noah but unless they attach a first-round pick to any Noah deal — which they won't — a trade involving the veteran center is unlikely.\nOnce Mills replaced Jackson and subsequently hired Perry everything that happens with the Knicks is now on them. Understandably they don't want to give off the impression that they don't have control of the situation and of the players.\n Mills knows Knicks history and Dolan as well as anyone. Thus he proceeds with caution.\nEven though Mills isn't at fault here it 's important for him to give off the impression that the front office has this Noah situation under control. Again smart move.\nIf you go back to last summer Mills didn't rush into trading Carmelo Anthony and in fact vetoed the deal Jackson had made with the Houston Rockets. Instead Mills and Perry waited until the 11th hour to make a trade with Oklahoma City. Their patience was rewarded. Carmelo and OKC have certainly found their form but Enes Kanter has been a solid addition to the Knicks.", "output": [ "Steve Mills" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d2405f8285f4c2b83c0c30b0bf3a44f", "input": "Voters in Alabama who pick up the phone on Tuesday might hear the voice of President Donald Trump his predecessor Barack Obama or former Vice President Joe Biden advocating for one of the candidates in the state’s U.S. Senate special election.\nBut they won’t hear from the current vice president Mike Pence who in a rare break with his boss has gone silent on a race that could narrow Republican control of the Senate. The election pits Republican Roy Moore who has been accused by several women of sexual misconduct while they were teenagers against Democrat Doug Jones .\nPence hasn’t commented publicly about the race since Nov. 9 when a spokeswoman called the allegations against Moore “disturbing.” His absence stands out after Trump and the Republican National Committee reversed their abandonment of Moore and moved last week to fully support him despite the allegations. In contrast with his thrice-married boss who’s faced his own allegations of misconduct with women Pence is an evangelical conservative whose political career is marked by strong stands on moral issues such as abortion.\nIn November the Washington Post published the accounts of four women who said Moore pursued them for dates and sexual encounters decades ago when they were teenagers and Moore was in his 30s. One of them was 14 at the time. Another woman has accused Moore of sexually assaulting her when she was 16. Moore has denied the accusations and his campaign has attacked the credibility of the women speaking out against him .\nThe allegations have turned the race in Republican-dominated Alabama into a competitive contest with top Democrats like Obama and Biden recording robo-calls to gin up support for Jones. Trump has recorded a robo-call for Moore .\nBefore the Post story Pence offered his full endorsement of Moore . Like his boss the vice president had initially backed Moore ’s primary opponent Senator Luther Strange.\n “Congratulations Roy Moore ! We are thrilled you ran on the #MAGA agenda & we are for you!” Pence tweeted on Sept. 26 just 15 minutes after Trump posted his own congratulatory message after Moore defeated Strange.\nAccording to three people familiar with his actions Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon made calls to Trump and to Nick Ayers Pence’s chief of staff urging them to withhold public comment and let the people of Alabama decide whether Moore belonged in the Senate.\n Moore enjoys little support among establishment Republicans outside of the Oval Office. The Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said Moore will be investigated by the Ethics Committee if he wins the election.", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-e4414ecec0b54eef92de45604fdb4a56", "input": "Kevin Garnett suffered a strain in his right mid-foot during Monday's Game 2 victory over the Cavaliers while Kendrick Perkins hyperextended his right knee in that day's shootaround though he still managed to play.\n Garnett reported to practice Wednesday and wanted to participate telling Rivers he felt better but that did not convince the coach. Perkins suited up but did not participate in drills and eventually left for treatment. He returned to the court following the team's workout and said he will be ready for Game 3 Friday.\n \"After the game Monday it was hurting and even more when I woke up the next morning \" Perkins said. \"It's still a little sore in my hamstring area. I am glad we had a few days to rest and hopefully I'll practice tomorrow. I'll be ready for Friday. I am glad we have a few days to rest.\"\n Garnett's injury is the more serious of the two. He was hurt in the second quarter of Game 2 when Perkins backed into him while defending a drive by Anderson Varejao. Paul Pierce suffered a similar injury Feb. 1 against Washington and missed two games but the Celtics are hoping the extra rest will make Garnett available for Game 3.\n Perkins said he tweaked the knee simply running down the court. Still his defense against Shaquille O'Neal has been effective. The Celtics have used Garnett and Perkins to plug up the middle and reduce the inside scoring of O'Neal Antawn Jamison and Anderson Varejao.\n O'Neal hurt the Celtics in the fourth quarter of Game 1 but is 8 for 22 in the series and Perkins has limited his easy chances at the rim. If O'Neal gets even a few steps from a dunk Perkins is helpless to stop the 325-pound train.\n \"The biggest thing with Shaq is you don't let him get deep post-ups \" Perkins said. \"You try to fight him as much as you can and make him score over the top and no dunks no layups. That's the game plan.\"\n When asked if O'Neal chatters during their matchup - which already has cost Perkins five stitches in his upper lip - Perkins said \"Nah he doesn't talk. Shaq really don't talk. He just plays hard and just a big body that plays physical.\"\n The Celtics are hoping the physicality of the first two games won't cost them a starter but they have been accustomed to playing shorthanded all season so there is no sense of panic. Garnett has been remarkably healthy since the 10-game absence playing in 39 straight before Rivers rested him for two of the final three regular-season games.\n Rivers is cautious when it comes to injured players practicing so keeping Garnett away was no surprise.\n \"This is just like a normal practice not enough guys that's the way it's been all year for us \" said Rivers. \"It was an easy practice because we knew what we had.\"", "output": [ "Rivers Kendrick Perkins", "Perkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-0294d45ed782400283ecd82bdd3ce835", "input": "The 63 lyrics in that book first published in 1896 have a purity of speech and intensity of feeling that lent the collection the aura of a classic from the moment of its appearance. “You may read it in half-an-hour ” said one early reviewer of the book “but there are things in it you will scarce forget in a lifetime.” What Housman writes about almost without exception is sorrow: lost love nostalgia mutability grief and death. He seems to understand everything about the pain of life and the beauty of that pain—the way suffering itself can become a source of bittersweet pleasure. He is a poet who can’t listen to a blackbird sing without hearing a summons to the grave:\nYet as the English biographer and journalist Peter Parker shows in Housman Country his new study of the poet’s work and legacy “luckless lads” who came to Housman prepared to open their hearts were shocked by the wary acerbic pedantic man they encountered. His obituary in The Times of London described him as “so unapproachable as to diffuse a frost … [ He ] appeared of all men least tolerant of sentiment.” When the novelist E. M. Forster wrote to Housman expressing enthusiasm for his poetry Housman responded with a letter that Forster described as “absolutely hateful … I was so disappointed and hurt that I destroyed it after one rapid perusal.” Another writer was stunned too. “Far from believing that man wrote [A] Shropshire Lad ” he said after meeting Housman “I shouldn’t even have thought him capable of reading it!”\nTo perceptive observers however the vast gulf between the poetry and the poet only added to Housman ’s pathos. Clearly this was a man so sensitive to pain that he had to wear heavy emotional armor. Indeed the poems themselves are often about the deflection of feeling by an ironic stoicism which ends up highlighting the very emotion it is meant to conceal. What readers from the beginning must have wondered was the wound behind Housman ’s bow? What made him so well acquainted with grief?\nThis was a matter for speculation and rumor during Housman ’s lifetime ( the man wasn’t about to give anything away) but the answer has long since been established as a central part of his legend. In 1879 when he was 20 years old and a star student at Oxford Housman fell in love with a classmate Moses Jackson—a hearty athletic and entirely straight man. In his distress that his romantic feelings were not reciprocated Housman ended up failing his final exams to the shock of his teachers and family. Although he eventually did become a classical scholar his career was sidetracked for a decade by the fiasco.", "output": [ "A. E. Housman", "Housman" ] }, { "id": "task419-2d3be1781b1c44e5bebaba5796b31bbf", "input": "“Step by step we will clean our entire border ” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared over the weekend. But the operation has created an international mess.\nWith Erdogan “intensifying his threats to extend the Turkish offensive to the areas farther east where the U.S. military maintains troops a larger conflict looms ” my colleagues wrote \"A Turkish attack on Manbij [a strategic border town] would present the United States with a major dilemma \" forced to pick a side between their allies on the ground and a historic NATO partner.\nThe U.S.-Turkey relationship has been in free fall over the course of the Syrian war. Erdogan grew furious with the Obama administration for not doing enough to challenge the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad while also emboldening Kurdish factions on Turkey's doorstep. President Trump's arrival offered hope for a reset but that too quickly faded.\nA phone call last week between Erdogan and Trump did nothing to resolve the simmering grievances. Turkish officials challenged a White House readout of the conversation denying that Trump had “expressed concern” about anti-U.S. propaganda coming out of Ankara or the escalation of violence in Afrin.\nIn Turkey the offensive has let loose a new tide of nationalist feeling. Erdogan once championed a historic opening with Turkey's long-suppressed minority Kurdish population. Now he casts himself as the merciless enemy of Kurdish separatism rallying right-wing Turks to his banner. Pro-Erdogan media outlets belt out a steady stream of vitriol against both Kurdish separatists and their supposed puppet masters in the West. Meanwhile Turkish authorities have clamped down on dissent or opposition to the military offensive.\n“Despite his best efforts to build a stable majority as the foundation of his new regime his policies of demonizing the opposition have created a deeply polarized society. Half of Turkey despises him and will never accept him as its leader ” wrote Soner Cagaptay a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy for The Washington Post. “But Erdogan has failed to grasp this fact becoming even more authoritarian since the 2017 referendum that granted him sweeping presidential powers. Erdogan’s current trajectory will deepen Turkey’s crisis potentially even triggering civil conflict.”\nCagaptay said NATO allies like the United States need to walk Erdogan back from his hysteria by slowing support for the Syrian Kurds and siding more clearly with Turkey’s geopolitical interests in Syria over those of Russia and Iran.\nBut that’s not an easy sell. Foreign-policy and national-security elites in Washington have soured on Erdogan while the Kurds command a great deal of affection. The Trump administration seems to have no choice but to grapple with the growing contradictions underlying its Syria policy.", "output": [ "Recep Tayyip Erdogan" ] }, { "id": "task419-1e965e9c2b4345a595e4a9c5da13ba7f", "input": "Even with a deadly car bombing and other mayhem marring the day -- the deadline for the American troop pullback under a Jan. 1 agreement -- Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki seized on the occasion to position himself as a proud leader of a country independent at last looking ahead to the next milestone of parliamentary elections in January.\n He made no mention of American troops in a nationally televised speech even though nearly 130 000 remain in the country; most had already pulled back from Iraq's cities before Tuesday's deadline.\n In a national address al-Maliki focused his praise on Iraqi troops and security forces for their role in fighting the insurgency. \"The national united government succeeded in putting down the sectarian war that was threatening the unity and the sovereignty of Iraq \" he said as if the United States had played no role.\n President Barack Obama who ran for office on a pledge to end the war marked the occasion with minimal fanfare declaring it \"an important milestone\" even as he warned of \"difficult days ahead.\"\n \"The Iraqi people are rightly treating this day as cause for celebration \" he said.\n The withdrawal did not command its own presidential appearance -- his brief remarks were delivered at a ceremony honoring entrepreneurs -- a marked contrast with his predecessor who rarely missed an opportunity to celebrate milestones in Iraq.\n Military experts anticipate more violence in the days ahead. Maliki's effort to capitalize on Iraq's latent anti-Americanism and to extol the abilities of his troops is a risky strategy. If it turns out that Iraqi troops cannot control the violence al-Maliki will be vulnerable to criticism from rivals -- both if he has to ask the Americans to return but also if he fails to enforce security without them.\n Some American commanders have said they were taken aback by al-Malikial-Maliki's insistence on taking credit for all the security successes in Iraq but they also see the importance of having him and Iraqi troops appear strong especially in the face of multiple insurgent factions intent on destabilizing the government.\n Gen. Raymond T. Odierno brushed aside the dismissive tone of Iraqi leaders' public remarks about the Americans saying that al-Maliki had personally thanked him on Monday night and again on Tuesday for the sacrifices American troops have made.", "output": [ "Nouri Kamal al-Maliki" ] }, { "id": "task419-7650c8b15d8b4846ae86d305b7e537ad", "input": "PRAGUE (Reuters) - Milos Zeman the longest-standing figure in Czech post-communist politics won a final major battle on Saturday showing off his strong political instincts to secure a second presidential term.\nThe anti-migration platform has aligned Zeman with the Czech far-right. Tomio Okamura the head of SPD an anti-EU and anti-NATO party that won seats in an October general election flanked Zeman on Saturday.\n“Not only journalists but also some politicians possess intelligence that is substantially lower than that of normal citizens ” Zeman told his victory celebration.\n Zeman supports a referendum on EU membership although he said he would vote to stay.\nA frequent question in the campaign was Zeman ’s health. A heavy smoker and self-adverrtised drinker he has diabetes and difficulty walking due to neuropathy in his legs.\nAfter the end of Communism in 1989 Zeman joined the center-left Social Democrats - taking a position on the other side of the political scene from then-prime minister Klaus.\nIn 1998 the two surprised the country by forging an “opposition agreement” making Zeman prime minister and Klaus leader of a cooperative opposition.\n Zeman however maintained course to join NATO in 1999 and also kept the country on track to enter the European Union in 2004.\n Zeman and Klaus - who served two presidential terms before Zeman - grew closer over the years both sniping against liberal elites and adopting a favorable attitude to Russia. Klaus backed Zeman in his 2013 victory and this year’s election.\nWhen elected president in 2013 Zeman raised an EU flag above the Prague Castle. But he has focused on building ties with China and Russia. He attended military parades in Moscow and Beijing that other western leaders shunned and appointed a Chinese company leader as his adviser.\n Zeman has also tested the constitution’s boundaries in appointing governments.\nPolitical analyst Tomas Lebeda said Zeman would now be even less concerned about appearances.\n“ He will not control or restrain himself as he promised several times between the first and second round - on the contrary ” Lebeda said.", "output": [ "Milos Zeman" ] }, { "id": "task419-dd5dcb22cf4748eb90baf68c9ff79ad2", "input": "A day after one of Iraq's leading politicians declared on television that power sharing was dead the nation's fractious parties met Saturday in a tranquil session of parliament where they approved an outline for forming a partnership government. The session proceeded even though the politician Ayad Allawi had announced that his bloc would not participate in the government.\n Allawi a former prime minister whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq's elections in March did not attend the session or make any public remarks. Members of his bloc said he was in London.\n Leaders from all parties including Allawi's bloc Iraqiya met behind closed doors during the session. Meanwhile inside parliament's grand hall which two days earlier had been the scene of a turbulent walkout by Allawi's bloc lawmakers reaffirmed their commitment to a strained agreement that would return Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to office for a second term.\n For eight months Allawi said he would not participate in any government led by al-Maliki before finally agreeing to a pact to form an inclusive government. In Thursday's session he led a walkout when other parties voted against addressing Iraqiya's demands for power sharing which include a newly created position for Allawi and an agreement to allow the return of three Iraqiya members who had been banned from parliament because of their previous association with Saddam Hussein's Baath Party.\n The walkout and Allawi's remarks on CNN threatened to scuttle a pact that had taken months to forge with pressure from high-level U.S. officials including President Barack Obama.\n But while Allawi stayed away members of his bloc took part in Saturday's session and declared that the agreement was still in place.\n If Allawi follows through on his vow not to participate in the government Iraqiya will be under extreme pressure not to join him in his boycott. Members of the bloc would not say whether they would follow him.", "output": [ "Ayad Allawi" ] }, { "id": "task419-1edcb0badd3f49d9992de866c9b85bd4", "input": "Speculation has persisted that Koike a former LDP member and defense minister would resign to run for a seat in parliament needed to make a bid for the premiership.\n“I have been saying I will not run for the election from the beginning ” Koike said in an interview with the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Tuesday.\nIf Koike does not personally contest this election then analysts believe she would hope her party positions itself to win the next national poll and that she gains a voter boost from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.\nBut Koike ’s new Party of Hope - launched just last week as a “reformist conservative” alternative to Abe’s equally conservative LDP - has clouded the outlook amid signs voters are disillusioned with Abe after nearly five years in power.\n Koike ’s dilemma was whether to run for a seat now and face a backlash from voters for quitting as governor little more than a year since she defied the LDP to run successfully for the post or risk letting a shot at the top job slip through her fingers.\n“ Koike is tough she ’s resilient and she can tap into the fact that Abe’s negative ratings are pretty high and a lot of people out there are unhappy with him ” Kingston said.", "output": [ "Kim Kyung-Hoon Koike", "Koike" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a7de0f988534a56b03a895ade8d0154", "input": "Days after actress Kim Cattrall announced the untimely death of her brother her “Sex and the City” co-stars are putting aside their ongoing feud with the actress to give their condolences.\n Cattrall ’s co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon joined the chorus of hundreds who took to social media to show their support for her during this difficult time. As previously reported the 61-year-old star asked her followers for help earlier this week when her brother Christopher went missing. Hours later she posted an image of her posing with her brother announcing that he had been found dead.\nA post shared by Kim Cattrall (@kimcattrall) on Feb 4 2018 at 1:00pm PST\nParker was the first “Sex and the City” actress to comment on the post sharing a brief note of condolence with Cattrall .\nLater in the day Cattrall posted a follow up in which she thanked both her fans and co-stars for their kind words.\n\"I would like to thank my fans friends and my #SexandtheCity colleagues for the outpouring of support for myself and family over the past 72 hours.\"\nThe well wishes from the stars come as the entire cast of the hit HBO series is embattled in a very public war of words. As previously reported Cattrall told Piers Morgan that she was never anything but professional colleagues with the other girls on the show during an October 2017 interview.\n“We’ve never been friends ” she said. “We’ve been colleagues and in some ways it’s a very healthy place to be because then you have a clear line between your professional life and relationship and your persona.", "output": [ "Kim Cattrall" ] }, { "id": "task419-55e4b884cf55460b8ea09d974c3315d5", "input": "Stephen Colbert discusses 'Our Cartoon President ' Showtime's new animated series at the Television Critics Association. The late-night host is an executive producer. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)\nCBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert — who can thank Trump for vaulting him to the top-rated late-night host — is behind Our Cartoon President an animated series due on Showtime Jan. 28. The half-hour series will open by anticipating Trump's first State of the Union address two days later. The show will then settle into its regular time slot Feb. 11 when Homeland also returns.\nMore: Stephen Colbert to produce 'truish' cartoon series about Trump White House\n Stephen Colbert is behind Showtime's animated series 'Our Cartoon President' (Photo: Showtime)\n\"The show is the interpersonal relationships of people you don't see; the relationships you imagine they have \" Colbert told the Television Critics Association Saturday. \"What we're trying to capture with this show is how stable his genius is.\"", "output": [ "Stephen Colbert" ] }, { "id": "task419-97418b202450462585270e30cad8407d", "input": "Stars gathered Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles for the 45th annual American Music Awards hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross . Jamie Foxx and his daughter opened the show by talking about the tragic events of the year including shootings hate crimes and natural disasters.\n \"Black-ish\" star Tracee Ellis Ross took the stage in a larger-than-life bronze gown. She said it was a particularly special night for her explaining \" My mother the extraordinary Diana Ross is getting a lifetime achievement award.\"\n\"We are the first ever mother and daughter who have ever hosted the American Music Awards \" Ross pointed out. \" She did it twice but there's always next year.\"\n She also talked about how the night would celebrate Kelly Clarkson and she paused to sing \"A Moment Like This.\" Then she announced that the show would also be honoring the 25th anniversary of the film \"The Bodyguard \" starring Whitney Houston.\n Ross admitted she was worried about hosting the AMAs because she doesn't have an entourage a stage name or a feud with another star.\n Ross said the show would especially celebrate women and cracked \"There's going to be some men singing too.\" She said the show would be full of \"women who take up space trailblaze and blaze trails women with expansive and powerful voices.\" She introduced Demi Lovato's performance.\n Lovato got up from the audience as the AMAs stage showed hateful tweets directed at Lovato . She walked up to the stage to join her dancers and sang \"Sorry Not Sorry\" against a light-up sign that flashed \"Sorry Not Sorry.\"\n Tracee Ellis Ross introduced Viola Davis to the stage. Davis talked about Whitney Houston and her movie \"The Bodyguard\" and said \"The movie has become iconic thanks to its soundtrack the best-selling movie soundtrack of all time. What a voice Whitney had what an artist.\"\n Ross returned to joke that the next season of \"black-ish\" would be filmed on the side of the J.W. Marriott.\nFollowing that former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama sent in a congratulatory video message to Diana Ross .\n\" Her artistry resonates with everyone ad today her voice is still as pure her beauty is undeniable and her showmanship is on point \" said Mrs. Obama.\n Singer Evan Ross kicked off a tribute to his mother Diana Ross .\n\"What do you get when you cross a chart-topping singer trailblazing style icon record-breaking pioneer international superstar and an all-around boss? Everybody you get my mom Miss Diana Ross \" Evan said.\nA video montage of Diana Ross 's life played which included childhood and early career photos before playing a throwback clip from Oprah's daytime television show telling Ross she inspired her and that she grew up wanting to be just like the singer. The video continued with Ross voicing over the highlights of her career and life: \"Through it all there has always been music \" said her voiceover before the projection screen lifted and Ross launched into her song \"I'm Coming Out.\" Then Ross sang \"Take Me Higher\" and \"Ease on Down the Road.\" The 73-year-old continued her medley of hits and sang \"The Best Years of My Life\" and \"Ain't No Mountain High Enough\" and brought her grandchildren onstage with her . Then she asked her children to join her onstage: \"Come on up \" she called out to her family members. She also called on Smokey Robinson and Berry Gordy to take the stage.\n Diana Ross accepted the award and said \"This is all about love. This says it all. This is my family. And I'm sending love out there to all of you each and every one of you our global family … I feel so humbled by this. I love you so very much.\" Her grandson Raif-Henok Emmanuel Kendrick told her he loved her as the show came to a close just as 11 p.m. ET rolled around.", "output": [ "Tracee Ellis Ross" ] }, { "id": "task419-e84a5c6b0d024d75bb1ff95fa222af38", "input": "Enes Kanter is averaging a double-double through 17 games this season but apparently that isn't enough to warrant a blue check mark next to his name on Twitter.\n Kanter publicly aired his frustration after he discovered Twitter mysteriously unverified him Sunday.\n\"Haha Yoo!! Even the freaking @Twitter against me Lol \" Kanter wrote. \"Why did you take my blue check away ?? You unverified me That's messed up.\"\n Kanter was verified prior to Sunday.\nagainst me 🤨\nAs a former Top 3 pick Kanter er qualifies as a user who would warrant verification according to Twitter's policy.\nTwitter however has the right to remove verification at any time without notice. Reasons that could result in a user losing their verification include misleading people by changing one's name or bio harassing other users and promoting hate or violence among other actions Enes Kanter er is no longer verified on Twitter. (Elsa/Getty Images)\nBased o Kanter er's recent Tweets it does not appear that the Knicks center violated any of these policies Kanter er however may have angered someone within Twitter wit his is political Tweets. The outspoken Turkish center has repeatedly criticized Turkey president Recep Tayyip Erdogan once callin him im the \"Hitler of our century\" afte he he ha his is Turkish passport canceled Kanter er has also publicly state his is desire to take a knee during the national anthem prior to the Knicks' season opener but opted against it after talking wit his is teammates.\nIt's unclear i Kanter er's political stance and run-ins with the Turkish government had any bearing o his is loss of verification.", "output": [ "Enes Kanter Enes", "Enes" ] }, { "id": "task419-90e309fa00f54bc5bcb05ea7f8505ff7", "input": "Clinton commitment to Israeli security rock solid personal\nUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday both hers and President Barack Obama's support for Israeli security were \"rock solid \" adding in her case it is personal.\n\"For President Obama for me and for this entire administration our commitment to Israel's security and Israel's future is rock solid \" Clinton said in excerpts of a speech she will deliver to the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC.\n\"Guaranteeing Israel's security is more than a policy position for me. It is a personal commitment that will never waiver \" she said.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-eb29941cebe249418780882db00551c8", "input": "Former England and Liverpool forward Robbie Fowler refused to play in North Queensland's 1-1 draw against Brisbane after being informed he would be starting the match on the bench.\n The A-League's marquee signing will meet Monday with team officials in an effort to resolve an apparent impasse that also reportedly involves his family.\n Fowler's decision was made after coach Ian Ferguson announced a change in formation against Brisbane with Dyron Daal starting as a lone striker and Fowler to be brought off the bench as an impact player with a half-hour remaining.\n Ferguson seemed less optimistic about Fowler staying with the Fury than Matheson.\n \"Ultimately it will be Fowler's decision about his future at the club. It's really up to Robbie.\"\n Fowler has scored nine goals this season for the ninth-place Fury. He spent the match against the Roar sitting in the stands at the Townsville stadium.\n Speculation has escalated that the 34-year-old Fowler the team's captain is preparing to walk out on the club because his wife has failed to settle in North Queensland.\n Fowler told English newspaper The Daily Mail this week that his wife is finding it tough adjusting in Townsville the regional northern Australian city where the Fury is based.\n \"The kids are very adaptable to where they are but my wife still needs a bit of convincing \" he said. \"It's not like back at home where there's more stuff to do and more families that we know so she's still adjusting.\"", "output": [ "Fowler" ] }, { "id": "task419-dd04014c3c28493b82f3c9e44cddf3dc", "input": "In Narino fighters from the ELN attacked members of the Rural Resistance ombudsmen Carlos Alfonso Negret said in a report. The Rural Resistance are FARC dissidents who refused to demobilize following the peace deal.\n“The ombudsman’s office visited the area and was able to determine that there was an exchange of fire between the group that calls itself Rural Resistance and the ELN ” Negret told journalists. “There was crossfire that killed 13 people.”\nNeither the report nor Negret specified how many of the dead were civilians.\nBut Negret says some 800 former guerrillas did not demobilize while other security sources and thinktanks put the number of dissident ex-FARC at between 700 and 1 300.", "output": [ "Carlos Alfonso Negret" ] }, { "id": "task419-754c0232a2db4612b0b00309ada9a5b4", "input": "Spotify's Unusual IPO Model Will Test The Company's Strength\nSpotify the popular music streaming service will officially take the company public this spring and is planning a very unconventional IPO — short for \"initial public offering\" — that has investors talking.\nWith Spotify 's IPO the narrative so far has been that this is yet another tech company innovating and \"disrupting\" investment banking. But that image is starting to erode.\nTypically with IPOs the company going public hires a big investment bank to both issue new shares and then go out and sell them. But Spotify plans to simply list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange and let them trade. That practice isn't done very often.\n\"To me that is very analogous to a person that puts a sign out on the street and says 'this property is for sale by owner ' \" Parker says. \"Spotify by doing this is very confident that the public already understands Spotify's value and that it does not need others to tell the story.\"\nSome analysts estimate this could save the company as much as $300 million in fees. Spotify's current private investors can also simply cash out without waiting for the traditional lock-in period to end. From this perspective a direct listing is just a more efficient way to IPO.\nSmith says that in 2016 Spotify got an unusual loan from a group of private investment firms including Goldman Sachs. The investors demanded a number of conditions to the loan \"suggesting that the investors thought the company's private valuation was way too high \" she explains.\n Spotify boasts 140 million users but most of them don't pay. They listen to the ad-supported stream. Ad revenue is only $300 million a year — a fraction of what the service truly costs.\nSo if Spotify 's plans are successful it would be positioned to take advantage of that growth. But right now Spotify is still an unprofitable company pushed towards an IPO by private equity firms eager to cash out. Smith thinks mom and pop investors aren't buying it .\nSpotify's IPO is scheduled for late March or early April. Many details remain to be worked out before that time.", "output": [ "Spotify" ] }, { "id": "task419-a44f53598d0d44f887ad1225f28e3c7e", "input": "Former Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday that if he were one of President Donald Trump’s attorneys he would suggest Trump not consent to a special counsel interview for fear of being caught misleading investigators. “ The President has some difficulty with precision ” Biden said in an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo. Biden said he marvels at some of the comments Trump makes and referenced a line from Trump on Monday that Democrats who did not applaud his State of the Union address were “un-American” and “treasonous.” The White House has since called the remark tongue-in-cheek with press secretary Sarah Sanders saying on Tuesday that Trump was “clearly joking.” “Well let me tell you he’s a joke ” Biden said in response.\nI’m sorry to lose the main thread here but I just have to take a moment to reflect on the state of affairs where Joe Freakin’ Biden is calling another politician a “joke.” That’s like Teddy Kennedy calling someone else a lecherous drunken criminal. Before Donald Trump no American politician was a walking talking punch line as often as Joe Biden . Biden ’s perpetually inappropriate comments and demeanor made for constant good fun like the time he told a dude in a wheelchair to stand up:\nOr the time that he extolled diversity in Delaware while talking to an Indian American by saying: “In Delaware the largest growth in population is Indian Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.”\nAll I’m saying is: maybe Joe Biden is kind of a joke too.\nAh well. I’m sure Trump will figure out something. And I doubt Biden ’s advice is going to figure into his decision much one way or the other.", "output": [ "Joe Biden" ] }, { "id": "task419-cc9ee2e5015b411d8466ad8fc20a5d6c", "input": "South African Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba speaks to journalists at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2017 meeting in Durban South Africa May 3 2017. REUTERS/Rogan Ward\n Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has denied making such a request which drew sharp criticism from opposition parties and civil society.\n Gigaba said in a statement on Friday he was concerned about the “politicisation” of the PIC and asked its management to conduct a “forensic investigation” into its operations.\n“We need to assure pension holders that those with political or economic power will not be allowed to unduly influence the PIC ” Gigaba said.\n Gigaba also asked the PIC to provide a list of all its beneficiaries and the investments it has made.", "output": [ "Malusi Gigaba" ] }, { "id": "task419-25f11b8fb55f4da481edd37da342386e", "input": "Dr. Thalia Krakower (right) a primary care physician gets advice from Dr. Juliet Jacobsen medical director of the Continuum Project at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston during a January training session on how to talk to seriously ill patients about their goals and values. (Melissa Bailey/KHN) (Photo: Melissa Bailey Kaiser Health News)\nDr. Juliet Jacobsen medical director of the Continuum Project at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston trains primary care doctors in how to talk to patients with serious illnesses about their goals and values. (Melissa Bailey/KHN) (Photo: Melissa Bailey Kaiser Health News)\nAt Mass General Dr. Juliet Jacobsen a palliative care physician serves as medical director for the Continuum Project a large-scale effort to quickly train clinicians to have these conversations document them and share what they learn with one another. The project ramped up in January with the first session in a series that aims to reach 250 primary care providers at the hospital.\nAt a recent training session Jacobsen gave clinicians a laminated page with scripted language to help them along. When the participants role-played with professional actors difficulties quickly emerged.\n\"How long should we let them be silent and sad?\" Krakower asked Jacobsen . \"We always step in too soon.\"\nPhysicians let patients speak an average 18 seconds before interrupting them research has found. Jacobsen encouraged doctors to allow more silence and to respond to patients’ emotions not just to their words.\nThe scripted conversation is quite different from what doctors have been trained to do Jacobsen acknowledged. It doesn't aim to reach any decision nor to fill out end-of-life paperwork.\nIn a pilot at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston Jacobsen noted the conversations typically lasted 22 to 26 minutes.\nAt another moment during role-play Jacobsen stepped in when a doctor skipped over the section in the script where she was supposed to share prognostic information.\nThe topic is avoided for many reasons Jacobsen later said: Clinicians' schedules are crammed. They may not want to scare families with a timeline that turns out to be wrong. And they may not know what language to use especially when the disease trajectory is uncertain.\nWhen a doctor’s message moves abruptly from \"everything's great\" to \"she's dying \" Jacobsen said patients and their families don't have enough time to adjust to the bad news.\nTo address that problem Jacobsen 's team suggests language that helps clinicians discuss a prognosis without asserting certainty: \"I worry the decline we have seen is going to continue \" or \"I worry something serious may happen in the next few months.\"", "output": [ "Juliet Jacobsen" ] }, { "id": "task419-50eaf21c89f14568b67d6d8197d7ff5e", "input": "(Reuters) - Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) said on Friday it has increased its borrowing capacity for a car lease program to $1.1 billion from $600 million.\nThe move comes as the electric car maker spends heavily to fix production bottlenecks of its new Model 3 sedan.\n The company increased the borrowing capacity under certain warehouse agreements the company said in a filing. (bit.ly/2yx2P58) A spokesman said it was related to Tesla 's car lease program.\nIn August Tesla said it would raise about $1.5 billion through its first-ever offering of junk bonds as it seeks fresh sources of cash to ramp up production of its new Model 3 sedan.", "output": [ "Tesla" ] }, { "id": "task419-cd923ab3960a4acfa4d3d207141e1f65", "input": "NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA player Elena Delle Donne has always tried to give back and help others. So it's no surprise that her wedding to Amanda Clifton on Nov. 3 will have a charitable component to it.\nThe floral arrangements will be donated to nearby senior centers and women's shelters and the wedding registry will benefit Delle Donne's foundation. Her foundation supports the Special Olympics and people with Lyme disease.\n\"The wedding isn't just about us and our day \" the 28-year-old Delle Donne said. \"It can also impact others and make them happy.\"\n Delle Donne and longtime girlfriend Clifton also hope that being a same-sex couple can help normalize it for others.\n\"That is the reason why I'm doing The Knot \" Delle Donne said. \"I don't want people to have to have these huge coming outs anymore. It should just be the norm. I love a woman. Or a man and a woman love each other. It should just be no big deal. ... I hope in people's minds they just see it as two beautiful brides and move on. You don't see enough of two brides or two grooms.\"\n\"That's all we can tell you the rest is all secret \" said Delle Donne laughing. \"There are secrets that can't be released.\"\n Delle Donne and Clifton say their dogs Wrigley and Rasta won't be part of the wedding as planned. Rasta tore her ACL and had surgery this month so she's sidelined for the nuptials.\n\"We didn't think it would be smart to involve her and make her ride out to Long Island \" Delle Donne said.\nA star for Delaware in college Delle Donne has been trying to get Pink to come to the wedding. Clifton is a diehard fan of the singer and Delle Donne thinks it would be the ultimate gift.\n\"If Pink is on TV she is sitting and waiting for Pink to come on \" Delle Donne said. \"It would be such a great gift to my beautiful wife to have Pink there.\"\nThe couple met in Chicago when Delle Donne was playing for the WNBA's Sky. Clifton helped run Delle Donne 's basketball academy and did most of the wedding planning while her partner played for the Washington Mystics this summer.", "output": [ "Delle Donne" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b24ebf5baa144039dc17404a522ac95", "input": "But Reid is determined to avoid being remembered as another Democrat who tried and failed to make health care access for the middle class a part of America's social safety net.\n \"Generation after generation has called on us to fix this broken system \" he said at a recent Washington rally. \"We're now closer than ever to getting it done.\"\n Reid wants to finish by the end of the month; he may not get to.\n Reid's bill includes $848 billion over 10 years to gradually expand coverage to most of those now uninsured. It would ban onerous insurance industry practices such as denying coverage or charging higher premiums because of someone's poor health. Those who now have the hardest time getting coverage -- the self-employed and small businesses -- could buy a policy in a new insurance market with government subsidies for many. Older people would get better prescription coverage.", "output": [ "Harry Reid", "Reid" ] }, { "id": "task419-868c1dbbeb954f16b34c8ac4a78fc632", "input": "U of L basketball coach Rick Pitino looks on during a U of L press conference in response to the NCAA's penalties on the men's basketball program. June 15 2017 (Photo: Alton Strupp/The Courier-Journal)\nLouisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino issued his first public response to the FBI and U.S. attorney's announcement Tuesday that it made arrests and filed charges in a wide-ranging fraud and money laundering investigation into college basketball recruiting.\n\"These allegations come as a complete shock to me \" Pitino said in a statement released by his lawyer Steve Pence. \"If true I agree with the U.S. Attorney's Office that these third-party schemes initiated by a few bad actors operated to commit a fraud on the impacted universities and their basketball programs including the University of Louisville. Our fans and supporters deserve better and I am committed to taking whatever steps are needed to ensure those responsible are held accountable.\"\nAsked in an interview if he expects Pitino will keep his job Pence said: \"I would certainly think so. I don't know why it would be otherwise.\"\nMore on this: Rick Pitino 's University of Louisville tenure marked by highs off-court lows", "output": [ "Rick Pitino" ] }, { "id": "task419-44c27d27fbbb478fba2b956817581fcb", "input": "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dan Ivascyn the group chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco) eschews making big splashy investment or market calls unlike his legendary predecessor Bill Gross.\n“It is never only one person ” Ivascyn said in an interview about investment ideas and fresh strategies. “Even those who use ‘I’ a lot have very good teams that do the heavy-lifting.”\nPimco Income overseen by Ivascyn and managing director and portfolio manager Alfred Murata is No. 1 in its category with annualized returns of 9.14 percent over the last 10 years ended Feb. 26. Over the same period annualized the Pimco Income fund has surpassed the benchmark Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond index by 3.74 percentage points.\n Ivascyn said Newport Beach California-based Pimco still makes big bold economic and investment calls but there is no burning desire to publicize them as Gross did.\n“These concepts lead to great sound bites but have very little impact on actually making money for clients ” Ivascyn said.", "output": [ "Dan Ivascyn" ] }, { "id": "task419-02114bf4e8054f57b565eacfa263a3c7", "input": "Scientologist actor Danny Masterson has been accused of rape by four women — and the Church of Scientology claims it knew nothing of the allegations against its longtime member.\nHowever people deeply connected with the church say members did have knowledge of Masterson 's alleged behavior way before the media reports.\nSeveral sources told Fox News that the Church of Scientology systematically covers up misdeeds of its most prominent members — and Masterson they say is no exception.\nOrtega said this has directly impacted the women accusing Masterson of rape.\n“For example one of Masterson ’s accusers … went to the church in 2003 to report the incident ” Ortega claimed.\n“A little more than a year after the assault the church bombarded the LAPD with affidavit after affidavit from church members defending Masterson . The church rallied around him .”\nShelton predicts the church will stand by Masterson even as his public image begins to crumble. The actor denies any wrongdoing.\n Masterson was fired by Netflix earlier this week ending his run on the streaming service’s series “The Ranch.”\n He has denied the claims against him saying in part \"Law enforcement investigated these claims more than 15 years ago and determined them to be without merit. I have never been charged with a crime let alone convicted of one.\"\nIn a statement to the media the Church of Scientology denied it was involved in stifling the claims of Masterson ’s accusers.", "output": [ "Danny Masterson" ] }, { "id": "task419-f2f9aa6916e045349b1d457601bc45bd", "input": "PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged the United States and European Union on Friday to freeze the assets of Cambodian leaders abroad in response to his government’s crackdown on the opposition and civil society.\n Hun Sen the strongman who has ruled Cambodia for more than three decades has taken a strident anti-Western line ahead of a 2018 election and has dismissed donor criticism of the dissolution of the main opposition party.\n“I encourage the European Union and United States to freeze the wealth of Cambodian leaders abroad ” Hun Sen told a group of athletes in Phnom Penh the capital.\n Hun Sen said he has no money abroad and any actions by the EU and the U.S. would not hurt him .\nHun Sen accused Kem Sokha the leader of the CNRP of a U.S.-backed anti-government plot. The opposition leader and the United States denied that.\nChina Cambodia’s largest aid donor has leant its support to Hun Sen saying it respects Cambodia’s right to defend its national security.", "output": [ "Hun Sen" ] }, { "id": "task419-498425fcc63f4b2d8a6b9ec4f876b98a", "input": "There’s one question we know the liberal sports media never would have asked if Trevor Bauer had beaten the Yankees in Game 4 of the ALDS and that’s: did Trevor Bauer’s support for Trump help the Indians win the ALDS? Though because the Indians lost the ALDS we now get the question of whether Bauer ’s support for Trump cost them the ALDS?\nClearly Bauer played poorly in Game 4. The California-born pitcher allowed four hits after an error four unearned runs a pair of walks and took the loss on Monday. Indians Manager Terry Francona then pulled him after only two innings.The Yankees went on to clean Cleveland’s clock 7-3.\nHowever according to Deadspin Bauer had other things on his mind last Monday evening because after he was pulled he went on a Twitter blocking spree against a Deadspin writer who began taunting him over his support of President Trump.\nDeadspin writer Barry Petchesky admits to needling Bauer about his support of Trump during the game and after the pitcher was yanked off the mound he apparently noticed the writer’s taunts and blocked him on Twitter.\n“I can confirm that at least some of these blocks came during the game rather than before it because I am one of those people — I checked my phone immediately upon the game’s final out and I was blocked ” Petchesky wrote on Tuesday morning. “I deserved it because I am an asshole: Every time Bauer gave up a hit I retweeted one of his many many pro-Trump or MAGA tweets.”\nah. So now you hate me for having different views. Hate. Which is exactly why you don't like trump. Hypocrite. — Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) November 10 2016\n690% of them are trump supporters. — Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 10 2017\nlook man. I'm a duke fan for life too. Why are we going down this path? — Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 12 2017\nIn another tweet that really upset Petchesky Bauer insisted that many of his teammates also support the president:\nalmost all of my teammates support trump sooooo — Trevor Bauer (@BauerOutage) February 10 2017\nDespite Petchesky’s bloviating though Newsweek columnist Teddy Cutler assures baseball fans that the Twitter imbroglio had nothing to do with Bauer ’s poor performance in game 4.\n “Bauer apparently started blocking after he was pulled from the game ” Cutler wrote in his October 12 post. “The Indians lost because he pitched badly not because he likes Trump. ”", "output": [ "Trevor Bauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-5258bffc2f314f85a33e99753506ed9c", "input": "Sen. Jeff Flake an Arizona Republican announced Tuesday he would not run for re-election in 2018 condemning in a speech aimed at President Donald Trump the \"flagrant disregard of truth and decency\" Flake says is undermining American democracy.\nAfter bucking Trump in a state the president won Flake is bottoming out in polls. Republicans may be left with a hard-core conservative challenger that might win the primary but lose in the general election.\n Flake was facing a challenge from former state Sen. Kelli Ward who failed in her effort to take out Sen. John McCain last year but has gained some traction this year. Last week former Trump strategist Steve Bannon attended a fundraiser for her .\nBut mainstream Republicans in Arizona believe Ward cannot beat Rep. Krysten Sinema who is running in her primary as the only well-known Democratic candidate. They've been searching for another candidate to take on Flake and his decision to step aside opens the door wide for those efforts.\n\"I've known Jeff for a long time and I admire him for his service that he has given to our state \" she said Friday. \"But I believe it is an opportunity for me to support a different candidate someone that I've known for a long while and somebody that I believe will serve Arizona the best.\"", "output": [ "Jeff Flake" ] }, { "id": "task419-b14cfac46c154c559b41fd2427009c54", "input": "And in Rancho Tehama Reserve Calif. Kevin Neal who used an assault-style rifle in a spree that left five dead was prohibited by a court from owning or possessing a gun because of legal troubles.\n[Calif. gunman killed his wife before rampaging through community trying to storm elementary school]\n Neal was charged with assault with a deadly weapon against a neighbor in January. Court documents show he was subject to a protective order that prohibited him from having firearms. He was charged with six felonies including assault with a deadly weapon and possession of an assault weapon.\n His sister Sheridan Orr said Neal “never should have had guns and he should’ve been able to get mental health care.”\n Neal was barred from having guns because of a court order issued this year. After Neal was arrested in January and charged with assaulting a neighbor with a deadly weapon a judge issued a protective order prohibiting him from having buying or attempting to purchase any firearms court records show.\nAccording to court documents the neighbor Neal assaulted sought the protective order and said he “attacked me and my mother-in-law stabbing me with a knife and beating her.” In the request she described Neal as unpredictable and angry writing that he physically and verbally attacked multiple members of her household.\n Authorities investigating Neal’s rampage recovered two semiautomatic rifles that were “manufactured illegally we believe by him at his home ” Phil Johnston an assistant sheriff in Tehama County Calif. said at a briefing Wednesday. “So they were obtained in an illegal manner not through a legal process.”\nJohnston did not elaborate on how Neal manufactured the guns but he said: “He can get parts through a number a variety of sources and they come together and they can build them in their shop or they can build them in their garage.”\n Neal also had a pair of handguns that were not registered to him Johnston said.\nPolice in Tehama County said neighbors had alerted them to sounds of gunfire coming from Neal ’s home in the past but that he did not open the door for officers and police did not specify whether those calls came before or after the protective order restricting Neal’s gun access.", "output": [ "Neal" ] }, { "id": "task419-32bcf9534b634b36824a88d3ca56ced6", "input": "Haribo: sweetened with forced labor and abused animals\nIn \"The Haribo Check \" aired on German public broadcast ARD a documentary team audits Haribo's supply chain and finds \"modern day slaves\" in Brazil working to harvest carnauba wax a key ingredient in the sweets: the plantations pay $12/day and workers (including children) sleep out of doors drink unfiltered river water and have no access to toilets under conditions that a Brazilian Labor Ministry official called \"modern-day slavery.\"\nMeanwhile the gelatin that goes into Haribo sweets comes from suppliers to the agri-giant Westfleisch whose pigs are pen-raised with open sores and abscesses wallowing in excrement crammed up against animals that had died of mistreatment.\nIn response to the documentary Westfleisch said it was \"not aware\" of any violations of German animal cruelty laws at its farms. Gelita said it supported all measures for \"species-appropriate animal farming.\" Gelita also claimed that the pigskin it used came \"exclusively from healthy animals that are slaughtered in approved slaughterhouses and are subject to examinations.\" In response to the ARD's documentary Haribo offered a statement saying that they were not aware of a \"violation of our guidelines\" but that it would \"proactively\" pursue the issues with its suppliers. \"We are a company that wants to bring joy to children and adults \" the statement added. \"We can therefore not accept the disregard of social and ethical standards.\" Haribo pledged to examine conditions along its entire supply chain in an effort to uncover abuses. The Bonn-based firm added that it did not know where the footage in the pig farms had been recorded or whether this was one of Haribo 's direct suppliers. The company said it had asked the broadcaster to supply it with more information and that \"in principle everyone in society must think about how to deal with species-appropriate animal farming. We are committed to that and are aware of our responsibility.\"\nHaribo gummy bear ingredients made by modern slaves documentary shows [Deutsche Welle]", "output": [ "Haribo" ] }, { "id": "task419-9d2de67196534316a302256e4d85876b", "input": "Randy Bryce -- a Democratic organizer and union iron worker who's never held elected office -- gained national attention with a viral video that debuted last month announcing his congressional bid. The video which pitches Bryce as a \"working man\" and focuses on health care racked up nearly a half-million views in the less than two weeks it's been online and drew attention from left leaning activists and national media.\n\"Let's trade places Paul Ryan \" Bryce said in the ad. \"You can come work the iron and I'll go to DC. \"\n\"I've just had enough. People are fed up \" Bryce said in a phone interview. \"It's just a really crooked place in Washington DC.\"\nEven with the attention the video has attracted Bryce 's odds of unseating the Wisconsin Republican at this point appear extremely low. While polling for congressional districts is historically scarce and unreliable Ryan has never lost a race. In fact he's never won with less than by double-digit margins. He bested his opponent by nearly 35 points in 2016. Ryan has also been a prolific fundraiser raising millions not only for himself but to preserve his party's control of the House\nWhen asked to respond to Bryce 's announcement video Ryan campaign spokesman Zack Roday said \"Bryce is a liberal agitator in Wisconsin. He is not a political novice; he is a three time failed candidate who has been repeatedly rejected by southern Wisconsin voters for his far left positions.\"\nIt is true that Bryce doesn't have a great record of success in running for office. His two campaigns to serve in the state legislature were unsuccessful as was his 2013 bid for the Racine County Board of Education.\nThe fundraising arm for House Republicans also made note of this point. The National Republican Campaign Committee said Bryce 's \"petty attacks against Paul Ryan will be rejected by voters in the same fashion that his three former failed campaigns have been.\"\nBut after a spring where Republicans in Congress struggled to find enough support to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act with a GOP alternative perhaps it's no surprise that Bryce 's video which centers on his own difficult experiences with health care took off online.\n\"It's just a cruel way to govern \" Bryce told CNN in reference to the latest Senate Republican health bill.\nSet to an emotional soundtrack Bryce 's announcement video opens with a clip of Trump touting Ryan's work on the Republican health care plan. Then it moves to Ryan talking about the bill. Panoramic shots of \"southeastern Wisconsin\" -- where Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District is located -- fill the screen.\nThe ad features Bryce 's mother who talks about her fight with multiple sclerosis and how the GOP health plan would affect her .\nThough she has been able to get treatment Bryce described the helplessness he 's felt in dealing with her condition.\n\"There were some times when I'm in a room next to her and she 's in a room just screaming in pain you know and I'm like 'I can't do anything. I don't know what to do. I can't help her .' \"\nBryce himself has faced difficult medical conditions. When he left the Army after serving abroad in Honduras he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He didn't have insurance at the time but considers himself lucky because he was able to get care through an experimental treatment at a nearby medical school.\n He beat the cancer but his mom continues to struggle with MS and his father -- who was not in the ad -- lives in an assisted living facility with Alzheimer's.\nBryce's son Ben also drew mentions in the video and at the first campaign rally. Bryce calls him \"a miracle\" because doctors had told Bryce that he likely wouldn't be able to have children as a result of his prostate cancer.", "output": [ "Randy Bryce" ] }, { "id": "task419-dc123dd9159040a88beb61c5e96a74b2", "input": "San Juan Puerto Rico (CNN) Eyleen Gonzalez lost everything in her home after Hurricane Maria.\n She has no running water. No electricity. Barely any cell service to communicate with family. Her house is \"destroyed.\" Her only valuable possession left is her puppy Lena.\nBut for just a moment on Saturday Gonzalez forgot about life its worries and Puerto Rico's long road ahead.\n\"Daddy Yankee! Oh my God!\" she said beaming with a smile. \"It's exciting to see and believe that he's helping the people in Puerto Rico because not everyone has a heart like him.\"\n Eyleen Gonzalez with her stepsister Amathys Santana and her puppy Lena after receiving food from Daddy Yankee in Toa Baja Puerto Rico.", "output": [ "Eyleen Gonzalez" ] }, { "id": "task419-26b8948148384e27907287518bec856b", "input": "I saw two No. 33 Matt Harvey jerseys and I had to make a pilgrimage to find those. This is 2018 after all not 2013 when Harvey lit up the baseball sky in New York or 2015 when his first return from injury was a mostly triumphant welcome-home all the way to the ninth inning of Game 5 of the World Series.\nIn 2018 Matt Harvey is just another pitcher about to enter his walk year without a surplus of statistics to make that journey palatable. There are dozens of players just like him in Florida and Arizona guys who once burned brightly and now hope to rediscover that magic somehow under the February sun.\n“We can rely on Matt Harvey ” Mets manager Mickey Callaway said after the Mets were done beating the Braves 6-4 before they could dash to the bus and make the two-hour slog back to Port St. Lucie.\nThose six words aren’t exactly what you ever thought would pass as good news for Harvey before the shoulder went and before the elbow went and before he spent 2017 ducking out of the way of line drives when he wasn’t burying his alarm clock under his pillow.\nBut this is 2018 and this was a good day for Harvey . There was one run allowed in two innings two strikeouts one walk a bunch of pitches that hit 95 on the gun and one that hit 96. Mostly there was a sense that for the first time in a long time Harvey had an idea where the ball was going. And for the first time in a long time the ball actually arrived where he intended it to go.\n“I’m happy with the outing ” Harvey said. “I’m looking forward to continuing this more in the spring.”\n His spring debut was greeted with a fair amount of cheering — but nothing at all compared to the moment a few innings later when Tebow dug into the batter’s box as a pinch hitter (he grounded into a double play). The roars belong elsewhere now. Harvey Day even one in the sleepy background of spring is no longer a happening but more of a pilot episode for one of the core series on SNY: “Oh Yeah …”\nAnd if you remember what that version of Harvey was like — and you’re a fan of the player the team or just baseball itself — there has to be a part of you that hopes Wednesday was the first step toward something resembling a renaissance.\nThere has to be a part of you that noticed just how much Harvey enjoyed facing Freddie Freeman the Braves’ brilliant first baseman in the bottom of the first inning one out and a man on first — and how much striking Freeman out looking on a 94-mph heater on the black gave him a noticeable jolt.\n“We’ve gotten to be good friends though the years ” Harvey said of Freeman “and it’s always nice to be on the positive end facing him.”\nHe answered a dozen questions politely but dully part of that being the Mets’ strategy to drain whenever possible whatever passes for colorful in their clubhouse. But that’s probably the wise course for Harvey to take anyway. He wasn’t a razor-sharp wit back in the day but he did say a thing or three that rose to the level of interesting.\nThese days he seems committed to keeping his head down his mouth shut and his name off the disabled list and out of Page Six. There’s a lot of steps in that journey after this one. But it was a good place to start.", "output": [ "Matt Harvey" ] }, { "id": "task419-2cd141feae354bbfbd7e3a30821eee70", "input": "The inspector general for the Environmental Protection Agency continues to dig into EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt 's use of taxpayer money for travel.\nAccording to an EPA memo cited by The Hill the EPA's IG expanded the scope of its original investigation to include all of Pruitt 's travel through 2017. The memo cites \"additional Congressional requests.\"\nThe IG is looking at three main factors related to Pruitt 's travel: \"The frequency cost and extent of the Administrator's travel … Whether applicable EPA travel policies and procedures were followed for Administrator Pruitt 's travel as well as other EPA staff and security personnel traveling with or in advance of Administrator Pruitt … [and] Whether EPA policies and procedures are sufficiently designed to prevent fraud waste and abuse regarding the Administrator's travel.\"\nAccording to the Washington Examiner Sen. Tom Carper D-Del. requested that the EPA's IG look at Pruitt 's four-day trip to Morocco last month that cost $40 000. The trip was intended to promote the use of natural gas.\nThe Washington Post reported in October that the EPA's IG was investigating Pruitt 's travel habits in the first half of the year which included non-commercial and military flights that cost more than $58 000.", "output": [ "Scott Pruitt" ] }, { "id": "task419-c8969c6833e54a98b34ff50ee5e1a86f", "input": "Kyle Enos 25 was sentenced to eight years in prison for selling drugs.\n He traded fentanyl a powerful opiate for bitcoin to anonymous buyers.\n Enos posted doses in envelopes at his local Post Office in South Wales.\nPolice released the text of his dark web sales pitch after his sentencing.\nThis is how drug dealer Kyle Enos attracted customers to his online opiate store trading drugs for cryptocurrency on the dark web.\n He traded in fentanyl the powerful painkiller that can be 50 times as strong as heroin and which contributed to Prince's death by offering customers supermarket-style \"buy one get one free\" deals in exchange for bitcoin.\nPolice also released footage from Enos 's custody interviews in which he describes how the drug operation works.\n Enos told officers he did not make fentanyl himself but ordered the substance in bulk every few weeks and sold smaller doses to individual customers. He used his local Post Office in Newport South Wales to ship the drug in envelopes.\nThey communicated anonymously over the dark web he said in exchange for bitcoin. The footage does not give any sense of how much money he was making.\nThe text from Enos 's storefront is in some ways very prosaic — he has a summary of delivery times offers refunds and guarantees and emphasises the quality of his customer service.\nHowever the illicit nature of the exchange is also obvious from Enos 's pre-emptive warnings about keeping receipts: Customers needed to be reassured that their information would not be preserved in case Enos were ever caught which of course is exactly what happened.", "output": [ "Kyle Enos" ] }, { "id": "task419-669897bb69be4b7da111fca71da13076", "input": "With his first year in office coming to a close President Donald Trump recently asked a rally crowd in Pensacola Florida to consider what he gave up as a businessman in order to pursue the presidency.\n\"There could be a potential upside and a potential downside [to Trump ] maintaining ties with his businesses \" said Kathleen Clark who serves on the D.C. Bar Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee.\nHere's what we know about how Trump 's actions as president may have impacted family businesses based on publicly available information:\n\" Trump businesses have done relatively well where he has been able to leverage the presidency on their behalf but the properties that have not featured his presence have not benefited \" Clark said.\nIn a statement to ABC News the Trump Organization disputed Trump has directly influenced his businesses during his first year in office.\n\" President Trump resigned from the Trump Organization as previously stated. He is our president and is running the country \" the statement read. \"Now Don Jr. and Eric Trump have taken the reins and are leading The Trump Organization alongside the Company’s leadership team. They are making all decisions regarding the future of assets and operations.\"\nOverall income from Trump properties increased to the tune of tens of millions of dollars in 2016 largely thanks revenue generated from Trump 's properties according to a financial disclosure report released by the White House earlier this year.\nPresident Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign paid out more than $475 000 in rent alone during the first eight months of 2017 for their headquarters based out of Trump Tower in New York. FEC disclosures also show dozens of expenditures by the campaign for lodging at the Trump hotel in D.C. with totals ranging between $200 to $1500.\nAfter the election President Trump's sons - Don Trump Jr. and Eric Trump - announced plans to expand their hotel operation citing their time on the 2016 campaign trail as a source of inspiration.\n\"This is real America \" Eric Trump told ABC News in June. \"And to be able to go in there and you know cater to them as well I think that's a beautiful thing.\"\nIn the filings Eric Trump acknowledged the losses for Turnberry saying they were “due to the resort being open for six months in the current year” and that the directors believed “the resort will return to profitability in the short to medium term.”\nThere is no mention of whether President Trump’s unpopularity in the U.K. may be at all to blame for the shortfall despite a flood of public rebukes of President Trump from British and Scottish political figures over his immigration rhetoric his criticism of the U.K.’s handling of terrorism and his controversial response to the protests in Charlottesville this summer.\nSome of Trump 's stateside properties have seen declining interest from charities and nonprofit groups who had been regular customers of the venues for splashy fundraising events and galas.\nIn September ABC News reported that at least 21 charities and organizations cancelled or moved events they had previously scheduled at the president’s Mar a Lago resort following the president’s response to the unrest in Charlottesville.\n The Trump brand has also suffered setbacks abroad in Latin America. The Associated Press reported in November that the owners of Trump International Hotel in Panama were working to remove Trump’s name from the building which the Trump Organization said at the time could amount to a contract violation.\nWhile the president has personally said his net worth exceeds $10 billion a recent estimate by Forbes has suggested the president's net worth dropped significantly from $3.7 billion in 2016 to $3.1 billion in 2017 citing \"a tough New York real estate market a costly lawsuit and an expensive presidential campaign.\"", "output": [ "Eric Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-f5abb04a5c9e4c69bce2b30e5b89a95c", "input": "On Wednesday the President blasted Steve Bannon saying \"When he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind \" after the Guardian reported on scathing quotes from the Breitbart News chief detailed in a forthcoming book by Michael Wolff about a Trump Tower meeting during the campaign.\nBut even more important than the headline-grabbing insults and accusations lobbed by the two men is Bannon 's logical cold-eyed recognition reflected in his remarks to Wolff that prosecutors are likely building a powerful legal case based on alleged financial misdeeds of high-level Trump associates.\nMuch political commentary will now focus on Bannon 's scornful words about Paul Manafort Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kusher the Trump campaign officials who attended -- and then dissembled about -- a fateful June 2016 meeting with among others Natalia Veselnitskaya a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin.\n\"The three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside Trump Tower in the conference room on the 25th floor -- with no lawyers. They didn't have any lawyers \" Bannon reportedly said scornfully to Wolff. \"Even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad s--- and I happen to think it's all of that you should have called the FBI immediately.\"\n Bannon 's comments -- calling the meeting \"treasonous\" and \"unpatriotic\" -- clearly contain an element of score-settling against the President's son-in-law Jared Kushner. The two were antagonists in the early months of the administration with a feud that attracted widespread commentary by the Washington press corps while Bannon was in the White House and continued even after Bannon resigned.\nBut beyond Bannon 's well-known disdain for Kushner lies a dire prediction about the legal peril faced by the President:\nJUST WATCHED Toobin: Bannon had a real 'axe to grind' Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH Toobin: Bannon had a real 'axe to grind' 01:35\nBut Bannon an ex-banker is strongly hinting that Mueller's incidental discovery of financial crimes will lead to severe legal problems for Kushner and Donald Jr.\nThe special prosecutor's path to try to nail President Trump Bannon reportedly says in Wolff's book \"goes through Deutsche Bank and all the Kushner s---. The Kushner s--- is greasy. They're going to go right through that. They're going to roll those two guys up and say play me or trade me.\"\nIt's not clear exactly what matters Bannon was referring to but he clearly believes Trump Jr. is in for some rough times at the hands of the special prosecutor predicting to Wolff: \"They're going to crack Don Jr. like an egg on national TV.\"\nOf course Bannon 's remarkable profane candor could all turn out to be hot air. A newcomer to politics he pulled off the upset of the century by helping Trump -- only to blow an all-but-sure thing when his chosen candidate Roy Moore lost the recent special election for Senate in Alabama.\nWhat remains to be seen is whether his cynical insider's take on the legal and political problems of the White House is an accurate description of an administration under siege. \"They're sitting on a beach trying to stop a Category Five\" hurricane Bannon reportedly said.\nThings may not turn out as bad for the Trump administration as Bannon predicts. But if he's even half right it won't be a day at the beach.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b7a7054dd764e96959c54ed4c6dedc0", "input": "FILE - In this Aug. 30 2017 file photo Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer stands in the dugout during the team's baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park in Washington. Scherzer of the Washington Nationals coasted to his third Cy Young Award winning Wednesday Nov. 15 for the second straight year in the National League. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais File) (Photo: The Associated Press)\n Max Scherzer heard his name and thrust his arms in the air shouting and smiling big before turning to kiss his wife.\n The animated Scherzer of the Washington Nationals coasted to his third Cy Young winning Wednesday for the second straight year in the National League. He breezed past Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw drawing 27 of the 30 first-place votes in balloting by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.\n Scherzer yelled \"yes!\" when his award was announced on MLB Network a reaction in keeping with his expressive reputation. He showed that intensity often this year whether he was cursing under his breath like a madman during his delivery or demanding — also with expletives — that manager Dusty Baker leave him in the game.\n Scherzer 's win moves him into rare company. He's the 10th pitcher with at least three Cy Youngs and among the other nine only Kershaw and Roger Clemens aren't in the Hall of Fame.\n\"That's why I'm drinking a lot of champagne tonight \" Scherzer said.\n Scherzer earned the NL honor last year with Washington and the 2013 American League prize with Detroit.\n Scherzer was 16-6 with a career-best 2.51 ERA this year. The 33-year-old righty struck out a league-leading 268 for the NL East champion Nationals and in an era noted for declining pitcher durability he eclipsed 200 innings for the fifth straight season. He had to overcome a variety of ailments to get there and Washington's training staff was high on his thank-you list.\nKluber and Scherzer both had rough outings in the playoffs. Kluber gave up nine runs over two starts in an AL Division Series against the Yankees and Scherzer blew a save in the decisive Game 5 of an NL Division Series against the Cubs.\n Scherzer said he couldn't even watch the League Championship Series although he did tune in for the World Series.\n\"That will eat at me this whole offseason \" he said.", "output": [ "Scherzer" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe0185490aca4acbbb8a460448cbb6b5", "input": "The architect of the club’s success is its English head coach Graham Potter. English coaches have changed Swedish soccer in the past with Bob Houghton and Roy Hodgson introducing a more direct English style of soccer to the country and winning a host of titles between them Houghton even leading Malmö FF to the final of the European Cup. Their legacy has endured in the way many clubs in Sweden play their soccer but when Graham Potter joined Östersunds he wanted the club to change its soccer philosophy away from the direct style of many Swedish clubs and introduce a more tactically flexible possession-based style of play where players have the chance to develop.\nMoving to Sweden was a risk. Before joining Östersunds FK Potter had been coaching with the relatively safe confines of university-level soccer in England. He moved to Sweden for the challenge of coaching in professional soccer and the opportunity to create an identity for the club. Potter was attracted by the chairman’s vision for Östersunds but he joined a side that had just been relegated and was low on morale. The job was made harder by the club’s location in the small town of Östersund in central Sweden a quiet backwater of 50 000 people far to the north of Stockholm Malmö and Gothenburg on Sweden’s southern coast. When Östersunds were outside Sweden’s top two tiers getting players to move up north was a challenge so Potter changed the club’s recruitment strategy even bringing in some young hungry players from England who had fallen through the cracks of the English system.\nOne of those players was Jamie Hopcutt. He scored in Östersunds’ Europa Cup qualifying match against Galatasaray but before joining the Swedish club he was playing his football for Tadcaster Albion in the ninth tier of English soccer. Hopcutt got an email from LFE a program that helps players who have been released from professional teams offering him a place on a trial day at Östersunds. He told me that Graham Potter had coached him when he was a young boy at York City and as being a professional soccer player was Hopcutt’s ‘ultimate dream’ the then-19-year-old didn’t take much convincing to up sticks and move to Sweden’s ‘winter city’.\n Graham Potter has tried to make Östersunds FK a low-pressure environment-- no easy thing in the results-driven soccer business. Supported by club chairman Daniel Kindberg who says soccer ‘is a mental game about decision making and courage’ Potter built confidence and team spirit through some surprising methods such as getting the players to perform ‘Swan Lake’ to fans and locals. His aim is to create players that are brave and can think clearly in a stressful situation.\nRather than focusing solely on results Potter says it ’s more important to create a good environment where players aren’t afraid of losing and have responsibility for their own decisions.\nEven without the Europa League Östersunds FK’s journey has been an incredible achievement. When Potter joined the club it was at its lowest ebb with less than a thousand people turning up to cheer on the team. Now around 6 000 fans attend Östersunds FK’s matches and some of its players like midfielder Ken Sema are pushing for a place in Sweden’s World Cup squad. Östersunds’ Europa League journey saw the side knock out Galatasaray and Greek side PAOK and in the group stage Östersunds only missed out on top spot to Athletic Bilbao on goal difference. Whether Östersunds win or lose against Arsenal the last few years have been a fairytale for the small club from central Sweden but it’s a fairytale based on creating the right environment for players to succeed and showing trust and faith in players that other clubs might not have considered.", "output": [ "Graham Potter" ] }, { "id": "task419-736ece2a21a844e396262ebd7d12f3c4", "input": "Stephanie Tuzzo 50 attacked the 2017 Porsche 718 Boxster — a $57 000 vehicle — outside her Thayer Place home in Bay Terrace at about 1:30 a.m. cops said. She allegedly repeatedly struck the vehicle with the rod and lawn decoration leaving it with a scratched exterior and bent rearview mirror. Tuzzo also used the rod to smash an air conditioner damage her home’s aluminum siding crack a window and threaten her husband according to court papers.\nCops charged Tuzzo with criminal mischief and menacing.\nA judge ordered her released after a brief arraignment Tuesday.\n Tuzzo was most recently a teacher at New Dorp High School where she made $113 762 in 2016 records show. (Mary DiBiase Blaich )\n Tuzzo was most recently a teacher at New Dorp High School where she made $113 762 in 2016 records show.\n She started working in city schools in 1989 and began at New Dorp in 1992. She has no disciplinary history at work.\nCity Education Department spokesman Michael Aciman said Tuzzo will remain in her current role.", "output": [ "Stephanie Tuzzo" ] }, { "id": "task419-b682437690a5475f80f0f4742083bc24", "input": "INDIANAPOLIS — Notre Dame left guard Quenton Nelson might be Dave Gettleman’s prototypical “hog molly.”\nThe Giants have to consider quarterbacks and Penn State running back Saquon Barkley with the No. 2 overall pick but Nelson is a nasty and powerful interior blocker. And this week the Giants formally interviewed Nelson who grew up a Giants fan.\n“I’m from central Jersey so I grew up a Giants fan watching Shaun O’Hara Chris Snee all those guys ” said Nelson a former standout at Red Bank Catholic High School in Red Bank N.J. “They had a great interior line and won a couple Super Bowls so that was awesome being a Giants fan.”\n Nelson and Notre Dame left tackle Mike McGlinchey formed a powerful duo for the run-heavy Fighting Irish but then Nelson’s nasty and dominant performance in a Citrus Bowl win over LSU sent his star soaring even higher. Nelson then crushed the bench press on Thursday pumping 225 pounds 35 times (last year’s average for offensive guards was 26).\n Quenton Nelson grew up a Giants fan. (Roy K. Miller/AP)\n“ (Nelson) is a phenomenal player phenomenal person ” McGlinchey said of his teammate. “ He cares as much as anybody in the building works as hard as anybody in the building and when he gets into the meeting room when he steps across those white lines he ’s a different animal.”\n Nelson said of potentially playing for the Giants or Jets who hold the sixth overall pick: “It definitely would be nice but I can’t control that. Whatever team I go to it’s not going to matter the distance or how far I am I’m ready.”", "output": [ "Quenton Nelson" ] }, { "id": "task419-a596ee89b2c94258a1e7ca5d39f0cf2d", "input": "Jane * who is in her late thirties and from the West Midlands got an admission from staff at Coventry family court that the disclosure of her address to her abusive ex-partner last month was an administrative oversight.\n“It took 24 hours before they admitted they had given him my address \" she said. \"They said ‘Actually it was the same paperwork and yes he’s got it. It’s an oversight on our part and we should have marked it out.’\nIn police interviews Jane ’s ex-partner said he didn’t know where she was living and until the court sent out the paperwork he had no firm idea she still resided in the area.\n“And speaking to Warwickshire police this is the second time that Coventry [family court] have done this in eight weeks \" she said. \"So I’m not an isolated case and it would seem that they haven’t learned anything.\"\n Jane split from her partner in 2015 after a year together. The NMO Jane then obtained expired on 20 August this year and she went back to court to get an extension late last month when her address was exposed.\nBut it hasn’t been a straightforward process. She said her ex-partner repeatedly evaded the court bailiffs who turned up to his door to serve the order.\n“He’s got cameras so he would then ring them up and tell them what they were wearing – he’d say the paperwork had been sent but he wasn’t prepared to accept it ” Jane said.\n Jane hired a barrister – she qualified for limited legal aid – to avoid her abuser cross-examining her in court.\n“I wasn’t in a state to be cross-examined by the perpetrator – there’s no way I could have dealt with that \" she said. \"It’s barbaric. It’s really difficult because you’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. I’m lucky because I haven’t got children involved but it is a nightmare.\"\nBefore she left her relationship Jane had for some years been campaigning to improve the rights of domestic violence survivors. She has an ongoing dialogue with MPs and has a meeting scheduled with the Home Office officials to discuss potential changes to the system.", "output": [ "Jane" ] }, { "id": "task419-f8a3e972d17a4f78bb61b2174c8ff79c", "input": "The most common strain of influenza this year is H3N2 (A) which was covered by this year’s flu vaccine. While strains can still mutate in individual cases and render the vaccine ineffective for some people the flu vaccine can also help lessen the severity of illness in some of these cases said Dr. Robert Citronberg infectious disease physician with Advocate Health Care .\nAt Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge Citronberg has seen a steady influx of patients with the flu which presents itself with symptoms including high fever chills muscle aches and fatigue he said.\n“People who have genuinely true influenza say that they feel like they got run over by a truck ” Citronberg said.\nAn anti-viral prescription medication known as Tamiflu is available to both children adults suffering from the flu. Doctors recommend plenty of rest drinking fluids and staying away from other people since people with the flu are typically contagious for about seven days Citronberg said.", "output": [ "Robert Citronberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-7846fa5758c14e57893ac2897f49d1ba", "input": "Co-chairman Bob Weinstein and chief operating officer David Glasser who has been expected to move into the CEO role as the company confronts a post-Harvey future told employees in a video conference that they were completely blindsided by the waves of reports documented by the Times and the New Yorker.\nLance Maerov the board member who handled the contract negotiations said in an interview with the Times that he had been told of settlements but said that he had assumed they were used to cover up consensual affairs. Glasser declined to comment to the newspaper as did Bob Weinstein . Tarak Ben Ammar and Richard Koenigsberg the other members of the board did not respond to messages from the Times.\nBen Ammar told French television on Wednesday night that Weinstein had “violated the charter and we fired him within the hour.” The Franco-Tunisian businessman was referring to the company’s code of conduct that employees of TWC sign which covers “verbal physical sexual and racist aggression.” He told news channel LCI that he couldn’t speak about the ongoing investigation convened by the board but said the company has “proof.” He did not elaborate.\nHe also noted that Weinstein re-signed the code of conduct in 2015 after revelations that he had groped Italian model Ambra Battilana Guttierez. An audio recording captured when Gutierrez worked with New York City police and wore a wire in a subsequent encounter with Weinstein proved damning but did not result in any charges as prosecutors declined to move forward with a case citing insufficient evidence.", "output": [ "Bob Weinstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-d220bb0f9f3744519729b000b8d6e2ff", "input": "A self-portrait of 43rd President George W. Bush . \n-LRB- Provided by George W. Bush Presidential Center -RRB- . \nAs part of the 9th annual Freedom Conference & Festival , a conservative confab taking place in Steamboat Springs next month , the paintings of 43rd President George W. Bush will be on display for attendees at the Steamboat Grand Hotel . \n\"This is the first time the -LRB- Bush -RRB- exhibit has been shown in Colorado , giving state residents a unique opportunity to view this popular collection ,\" wrote Jackson Shedelbower , of the Steamboat Institute , in an email . \nThe one-day exhibition on Friday , Aug. 25 , organized by the Steamboat Institute , marks the Colorado debut of Bush 's work from \"The Art of Leadership : A President 's Personal Diplomacy\" exhibition , which features paintings of world leaders Bush met during his tenure in the White House including Vladimir Putin , Angela Merkel , Hamid Karzai , Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Tony Blair . \nAlthough some balked at the idea of Bush as a fine artist when he took up painting in his post-presidential retirement , the 71-year-old has stuck to his guns and humbly worked to improve his art . \n\"Portraits of Courage : A Commander in Chief 's Tribute to America 's Warriors ,\" a book of Bush 's paintings of wounded U.S. military veterans that was published in February , netted surprisingly favorable reviews from critics and topped The Washington Post 's best-selling books list earlier this year . \n\"-LRB- Bush -RRB- was really putting himself out there and taking a personal risk with these paintings , not knowing what people would think of them ,\" said Jennifer Schubert-Akin , CEO of the free-market , nonprofit Steamboat Institute . \nBush will personalize a copy of the book that is being auctioned on the Steamboat Institute 's fundraiser as part of its $ 75-per-person Red , White & Blue Bash fundraiser on July 20 , Schubert-Akin said , with bidding starting at $ 300 . \nA portrait of 41st President George Bush by his son , 43rd President George W. Bush . \n-LRB- Provided by the George W. Bush Presidential Center -RRB- .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-94774eef53f345fdb71b9d71ed187656", "input": "In a deposition more than a year later which the NBC station also aired the video was shown to Wanda Nuckles the nursing supervisor on duty that night.\n“Would you agree it appears as though he’s gasping for air?” the questioner asked Nuckles .\nStaff returned to the room nearly an hour later and found Dempsey unconscious the NBC station reported. Nearly another full hour passed before anyone called 911 according to the station. At that point Nuckles herself was called up to the room.\nEarlier in her deposition Nuckles testified that she ran across the nursing home’s courtyard to Dempsey’s room where she said she and a second nurse took turns performing constant CPR. “Unless a doctor says stop you have to continue ” Nuckles told the questioner. “That’s always been the rule.”\nBut the questioner played a clip from the video that told a different story. In the video Nuckles walked into the room shortly before 6:30 a.m. where another nurse stood by Dempsey’s bed. Someone flipped the dying man’s sheet up and someone lowered his bed. But neither Nuckles nor the nurse appeared to touch Dempsey’s chest.\n“Contrary to the way you testified previously there’s no one doing CPR is there?” the questioner asked Nuckles after playing the clip.\n“No ” Nuckles said.\nA few minutes later a third worker joined Nuckles and the second nurse. Dempsey was still not moving and still no one was attempting CPR.\nThe NBC station reported that the nurses were having trouble getting Dempsey’s oxygen machine to work by 6:30 a.m. — at which point in the video Nuckles pressed both hands onto Dempsey’s mattress and someone laughed.\n“Ma’am is there something funny that was happening?” the questioner asked Nuckles in the deposition.\n“I have no clue sir ” she said. “I can’t even remember all that.”\nA minute later Nuckles finally attempted CPR on Dempsey. She pumped his chest half a dozen times in the video then stopped.\n Nuckles and the other nurse in the video lost their licenses after the Georgia Board of Nursing learned of the video last year according to NBC. Nuckles could not be reached by The Washington Post.", "output": [ "Wanda Nuckles" ] }, { "id": "task419-fa7f19acb6d9451383421face15ae469", "input": "CES is in full swing and there is a particular buzz about the intersection of tech and healthcare through a very unexpected source in best-selling author John Grisham (The Firm The Client) . Grisham is applying his enviable skills to the powerful intersection of tech and healthcare and potentially about to turn it on its ear.\n Grisham spoke from one of the CES stages about the growing public interest to his recent ebook The Tumor which describes how a revolutionary new medical technology called focused ultrasound could transform the treatment of serious medical disorders by curing with sound. The fictional story follows the plight of a young father who is diagnosed with a lethal brain tumor and begins a painful battle. Yet the treatment method and the tech behind it is not only very real but something which with Grisham is now deeply involved. He gave a candid interview about the scope of his work with this potentially game-changing move in healthcare along with Dr. Neal Kassell founder and chairman of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation (FUSF) and a former neurosurgeon who provided the medical and technical consulting for the book.\nPrior to taking the stage at CES Grisham told me that Kassell approached him about being on the board of FUSF but that respectfully declined several times. \"Prior to my current involvement I knew essentially nothing about the medical field. My usual focus is on legal matters and social injustice. So I was lukewarm to say the least \" Grisham said. However as both his mother and his sister were diagnosed with cancerous tumors he began to see how the research that FUSF does could help millions of people facing the same diagnosis worldwide. FUSF's mission is to bring the technology that enables a lower cost method to destroy tumors with out-patient ultrasound options and eradicate such terminal illness where possible. Naturally such continued research and development of this technology is expensive.\n\"So as I was on the board I thought one of the best ways I could help would be to raise money \" Grisham explained. FUSF has an annual operating budget of $10 million with 65% of that needed for research itself. \"We needed to raise awareness. Naturally you do that through telling a story. I know how to do that.\" So he began to work with Kassell to write The Tumor with Kassell providing the deeply medical insights. After about a year the book was ready and the Foundation it published. They decided to offer it for free and Jeff Bezos CEO of Amazon permitted them to distribute the book via the platform at this price point given its link to social good.", "output": [ "John Grisham" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e8fba7fd37341e7a2e7c1dda6869e19", "input": "The tentacle-faced traveling salesman known as Xur has returned to Destiny 2 and this week he 's hanging out in the Winding Cove region of the EDZ. If you look at your local map in the game's Director guide you'll notice the Roman numeral IX north of the nearest fast-travel marker. \"A peddler of strange curios Xur 's motives are not his own \" the waypoint reads. \" He bows to his distant masters the Nine.\"\nIn D2 Xur's currency of choice is no longer Strange Coins but Legendary Shards which can be acquired by dismantling legendary gear. His price for an exotic weapon is 29 Shards; the cost of an armor piece is 23. Here's what he 's offering this week:\nCurse of Osiris has arrived along with the game's second \"season.\" The Prometheus Lens is the big news this week; a Trace Rifle like the Coldheart this puppy's being hailed as the \"new Gjallarhorn \" or the \"new Vex Mythoclast.\" There's a lot of talk about how it's broken the Crucible and needs patched but at least Xur has graciously leveled the playing field in the meantime.\nAs Bungie announced last week Xur will soon begin selling \"Fated Engrams\" (for 97 legendary shards) that will decrypt into exotics you don't already have once weekly as long as there are still exotics you don't have. For some reason these don't appear to be available yet.\n Xur now stays until the weekly reset on Tuesday when Trials of the Nine ends and ritual activities like the Nightfall rotate. That means you'll have until noon Eastern time on November December 12 to grab something from his stock – plenty of time to break down those unused legendaries!", "output": [ "Xur" ] }, { "id": "task419-850ee9954db74f6db59a6294ac695143", "input": "This report was published just after the Pittsburgh Penguins released a statement confirming their intent to visit the White House and threw into stark relief the comments of superstar Sidney Crosby a native of Cole Harbour Nova Scotia .\n His comments came as Donald Trump attacked black athletes protesting police violence as \"sons of bitches \" declaring they should be fired for \"disrespecting the flag.\" Following his comments players from all 28 NFL teams responded on Sunday by kneeling during the US anthem in mass solidarity. Faced with responding to athletes protesting police brutality and systemic racism the Penguins sided with Trump. Any pretense that their intent to visit the White House was apolitical was rapidly debunked by Trump's gleeful tweet praising them as a \"great team.\"\nThis wishful thinking disappeared when Crosby was found to have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he saw the visit \"as an opportunity.\" But he also said there had been \"little to no discussion\" in the locker room about the decision to go.\n\"I'm pretty aware of what's going on \" Crosby told the Post-Gazette. \"People have that right to not go too. Nobody's saying they have to go. As a group we decided to go. There hasn't really been a whole lot of discussion about it.\"\nSidney Crosby a 30-year-old man and hometown hero in Nova Scotia has been defended by apologists who suggested that as a Canadian he simply did not understand race issues in America. Canada they argue does not have the same issues with race.\nRacism is a problem in the NHL. Sidney Crosby the sport's biggest name had a chance to speak not only in support of his colleagues in football and basketball but for players like Dustin Byfuglien.\nThis is a league where PK Subban played in front of Montreal fans who went to games in blackface and where he was memorably accused of not playing the \"white\" way (a telling slip). A league where Evander Kane endured vicious racism in Winnipeg the town famously called Canada's most racist city by Maclean's magazine. Where even Jarome Iginla—the model for many respectable humble black athletes—experienced racism severe enough that his mother spoke out about it. Wayne Simmonds a descendent of African Nova Scotians had a banana thrown at him on the ice.\nRacism is a problem in the NHL. Sidney Crosby the sport's biggest name had a chance to speak not only in support of his colleagues in football and basketball but for players like Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien was the only black player on the USA roster at the World Cup of Hockey where coach John Tortorella threatened to bench any player who protested during the anthem. That tournament was played in Toronto where Black Lives Matter protesters have taken numerous actions to protest police killings and carding of black people. The children of Toronto's significant population of African and Caribbean immigrants are the hockey players of the future the future roommates of white players who will ride with them on the bus buddy with them and then let them know that when it comes down to it their lives do not matter.", "output": [ "Sidney Crosby" ] }, { "id": "task419-07a6ee45f3f548ceb21c92b496930e51", "input": "In particular Trump's conversation with Sessions and subsequent decision to pardon Arpaio could shed new light on Trump's motives in speaking to James Comey then the FBI director one day after former national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned about ending the investigation into Flynn.\nSpecifically Trump's decision to pardon Arpaio is key to determining his intent in speaking with Comey in February about dropping the Flynn investigation and then firing Comey in May after he refused to do so said Renato Mariotti a former federal prosecutor.\nHow Comey fits in\nAccording to Comey 's testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee in June Trump privately told Comey who was spearheading the FBI's Russia probe at the time \"I hope you can let this go \" referring to the Flynn investigation.\nSeveral Trump allies and Republican lawmakers have since said that those words do not prove Trump tried to obstruct justice by asking Comey to drop the investigation and subsequently firing him .\nSen. Jim Risch of Idaho for instance zeroed in on the statement during Comey 's testimony.\nAfter reading out loud Comey 's recollection of Trump's statement Risch said \"He did not direct you to let it go.\"\n\"Not in his words no \" Comey replied.\n\" He did not order you to let it go \" Risch said.\n He later asked Comey whether he knew \"of any case where a person has been charged for obstruction of justice or for that matter any other criminal offense where this — they said or thought they hoped for an outcome?\"\nWhen Comey said he took Trump's words as a direction from the president of the United States Risch said \"You may have taken it as a direction but that's not what he said.\"\nMoreover despite statements from Trump's allies and administration officials who painted Trump's comments to Comey as musings and not as a direct order Arpaio's pardon suggests \"that he was serious about ending investigations as to his friends\" and that it wasn't \"just idle talk.\"\n\"The obstruction of justice would flow from the entire landscape of Trump's behavior: telling Comey to back off on the Flynn investigation firing him when he wouldn't and then admitting on national television that he dismissed Comey because of the Russia investigation \" Ohlin told Business Insider.\n He said that Trump's telling Russian officials in the Oval Office that Comey was \"a real nut job\" and that firing him had taken \"great pressure\" off of him added weight to the inference that Trump used his executive authority to fire Comey to stymie a federal investigation.", "output": [ "James Comey" ] }, { "id": "task419-b1c918bec3f445f5beedcfe23aaa70de", "input": "The family was rescued on Thursday after Pakistani security forces ambushed their captors. The family left Pakistan for an undisclosed location according to US officials after Boyle refused to board a US transport plane over concerns about his background.\n Boyle was formerly married to Zaynab Khadr the older sister of Omar Khadr a former Guantanamo Bay detainee and the son of a prominent Al-Qaeda financier. Omar Khadr — then only 15 years old — was captured by US forces following a firefight that left a US Army Sergeant dead in 2002.\nColeman gave birth to three children in captivity and Boyle delivered at least one with a flashlight in his mouth before captors brought them \"all [their] postpartum needs.\"\n Boyle says he tried to \"play Beautiful Life\" for his kids referencing the 1997 Italian film \"Life is Beautiful\" about a father who tries to convince his son that the concentration camp they are both in during WWII is just pretend\n Boyle says the last thing he heard from his captors while the family was in the trunk of a car during a firefight was \"kill the hostages.\" The captors however were killed by Pakistani forces before they could follow through\nEditor's note: The quote about the couple's children seeing their mother defiled was initially misattributed to Joshua Boyle . The quote was in fact from his wife Caitlan Coleman.", "output": [ "Boyle" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f87be2f44354eb399a920acbc16a781", "input": "Story highlights Obama and Hillary Clinton continued to top the lists somewhat more narrowly than in recent years\n Michelle Obama and Donald Trump took second place again as well\n(CNN) Former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remain the most admired man and woman in the United States -- a 10-year trend for Obama and 16 years running for Clinton .\nGallup's December poll found 17% of respondents named Obama the man they admired most a dip from 22% of respondents saying the same last year. President Donald Trump took second place with 14% of respondents citing him when asked open-ended to name the man they admired most.\n Clinton 's 16th consecutive year topping the most admired women's poll showed her support dip this time from 12% to 9% of respondents. Former first lady Michelle Obama came in second with 7% of respondents and the third place finisher at 4% support was Oprah Winfrey. The rest of the list included political figures British royalty and Beyoncé Knowles. One percent of those surveyed named first lady Melania Trump their most admired woman bringing her name into the top tier for the first time.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-81a9067f73b34e12a880666b83ccce83", "input": "The big winners of the evening were unsurprisingly Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee who ended up taking home four trophies for their history-making smash hit “Despacito.” The track collected the highly-coveted Record and Song of the Year as well as Best Music Video and Best Urban Fusion/Performance. For that last one the award went to Fonsi Yankee and their collaborator Justin Bieber who collected his first Latin Grammy tonight.\nRecord Of The Year - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - \"Despacito\"\nSong Of The Year - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - \"Despacito\" (Daddy Yankee Erika Ender & Luis Fonsi Songwriters)\nBest Urban Fusion/Performance - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - \"Despacito (ft. Justin Bieber)\"\nBest Short Form Music Video - Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee - \"Despacito\"", "output": [ "Luis Fonsi" ] }, { "id": "task419-aeb5a8acc53a4318acb2f5dde15ae4eb", "input": "Penn State running back Saquon Barkley has turned heads at the NFL combine.\n Barkley not only put up more bench press repetitions than some offensive linemen but showed an impressive jumping and sprinting ability.\nAlready considered one of the best prospects in the draft Barkley has only helped hs draft stock and it's hard to imagine him falling out of the top five.\n Barkley was already considered a top-five pick perhaps even the best prospect in the draft because of his skill as a runner and receiver. However his performance at the combine has only helped his standing in the draft class.\n Barkley turned heads on Thursday during the bench press portion of the combine when he busted out 29 reps of 225 lb. Barkley 's 29 reps would have ranked sixth among 29 offensive linemen. According to NFL Research the Cleveland Browns' future Hall of Fame offensive lineman Joe Thomas did 28 in 2007 at the combine.\nHere's the video of Barkley 's session:\nAt 6 feet 233 lb Barkley is also an explosive athlete unusually so for a player his size. His vertical jump measured 41 inches nearly three inches higher than Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones according to NFL Research.\nAnd Barkley ran a 4.40 in the 40-yard dash faster than Leonard Fournette and Ezekiel Elliott's times in the previous two combines.\nWith the resurgence of running backs in the NFL following the success of Todd Gurley Elliott and Fournette Barkley will present an interesting debate for NFL teams. While there are several intriguing quarterback prospects Barkley might be the safest prospect in the draft especially if he 's put behind a strong offensive line.\nWhile the value of combine testing is debated Barkley is proving he 's one of the most athletic players in the draft. After racking up over 1 200 rushing yards 600 receiving yards and 21 total touchdowns in 2017 Barkley 's stock is only elevating.", "output": [ "Saquon Saquon Barkley", "Barkley" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c76666dbea54d298acc10505f1291a5", "input": "Undeniable is available for purchase on Amazon . DIE BABY KILLERS The graffiti was crude and unimaginative . The words were scrawled across a ten - foot section of the corridor wall in tall letters the color of blood . Drips ran down from the thick spots where the vandal activist started and stopped his strokes . The scent of aerosolized acrylic lingered in the air . Security guard Burt Dobbin pressed a finger to one of the spots — the paint felt tacky . He wiped the residue on the wall and pressed the send button on the microphone clipped to the epaulet of his uniform . “ Charlie you copy ?” “ Yeah ” a voice crackled back . “ I ’ m on six main corridor near the conference room . Some nut job musta got in and spray painted a nastygram on the wall .” “ How the —? Hold on I ’ m toggling the cameras .” Dobbin could hear Charlie Sparks breathing over the walkie - talkie . Same with the stairwells .” “ I take it this death threat wasn ’ t here during your rounds an hour ago .” “ Hell no .” “ Well call it into Central double - check the doors and get up here . We need to do a room - by - room sweep .” Ten minutes later Dobbin ’ s partner on the night shift scaled the stairs to the top floor of the six - story commercial loft in the heart of Manhattan ’ s Tribeca District . The nineteenth - century warehouse building had fallen on hard times and then found new life with a renovation that transformed it into the national headquarters of Heartland Family Planning . As he closed the stair door behind him Sparks swiped a card key through the jamb reader to set the door into alarm mode . The illuminated display changed from green to red . He then joined his partner by the defaced wall . “ Damn ” Sparks hissed through his teeth . “ We set ?” Dobbin asked . “ Main floor perimeter is locked down . The elevators are parked on one and if they pop a stair door without a card key we ’ ll hear about it .” “ Good . Let ’ s start with the conference room and work our way around .” Sparks nodded . The pair drew their side arms and moved into position on the strike side of the door to the floor ’ s large conference room . Sparks swiped his card key to unlock the door . On Dobbin ’ s signal Sparks grabbed the lever handle and opened the door . Sensors inside the room detected the sudden motion and the lights suspended over the conference table flickered on . They entered and visually swept the room their eyes tracking in concert with the barrels of their Sig Sauer P250s . Both signaled a thumbs - up confirming that the room was clear . Sparks locked the door as they exited and the pair moved on to the next room . The sixth floor housed the administrative offices of Heartland Family Planning a nationwide network of clinics and counseling facilities offering a full range of women ’ s reproductive health services . No patients or clients visited the Tribeca facility . This building contained only the back - office legal and administrative functions associated with the specialty healthcare provider . The guards searched counterclockwise around the floor checking the offices belonging to Heartland ’ s senior staff and finding nothing amiss . Halfway through their circuit Dobbin led the way through the open office area that served as the antechamber to the chief executive officer ’ s inner sanctum . Finding no one hiding under the desks the security guards proceeded to an imposing wood door . Sparks again cleared the electronic lock opened the door and followed Dobbin in . As the senior man Dobbin believed in leading by example especially with a new guard like Sparks who had only spent a few weeks on the job . He took two steps into the room then felt his partner move into position behind him . The city glistened through the arched windows of the large office . And as the lights came on Dobbin saw a can of spray paint on top of the CEO ’ s glass and steel desk . He took a step toward the desk quietly thankful for its open frame construction that offered no place of concealment . The office smelled of fresh acrylic and a single word clung wetly to the glass desktop : MURDERER . “ Our perp must still be in the suite ” Dobbin said just above a whisper . Then everything went black for Dobbin . Sparks watched his partner collapse onto the carpeted floor the unconscious man ’ s awkward descent ended with a muffled thud and the clatter of his dislodged sidearm . A satisfied smile curled in the corners of his mouth — his time playing the role of Charlie Sparks was over and Byron Palmer ’ s real work could now begin . The device in his hand bore a passing resemblance to a Taser though its technological innards were considerably more sophisticated . A fan of Star Trek from his youth Palmer called his invention a disrupter because it did exactly that to the low - voltage current that powers the human body . It was much like flipping a switch and depending on the intensity the effect could be temporary or permanent . Palmer left his former partner where he fell and sat behind the CEO ’ s desk . During his rounds over the previous weeks he had loaded select computers with keystroke traps collecting legitimate usernames and passwords . Bit by bit he fashioned a temporary identity with unfettered access to the wealth of information stored in Heartland ’ s data center . He slipped a flash drive into the USB port and the programs it contained came to life . A window opened on the CEO ’ s flat screen monitor displaying the status of Palmer ’ s data mining effort . Satisfied that all was performing as planned he left the office whistling the dwarf ’ s work song from Disney ’ s Snow White . In addition to scouring Heartland ’ s electronic archives the programs Palmer unleashed tapped the building ’ s security network bypassing live camera feeds with prerecorded imagery . He made his way through the building to the loading dock . Just outside the service door he found the pair of homeless men he had befriended over the past few weeks . “ Look it ’ s Charlie ” one said warmly his face expectant like a dog ’ s upon the return of his master . Both men staggered to their feet hopeful for another few dollars to carry them through the coming day . “ Hey fellas real cold out tonight . Wanna step inside and warm up a bit ?” “ C - can we ?” one asked surprised by the offer . I ’ ll kick on the dock heaters .” Palmer led the two men through the open door . Once inside he quickly stunned both with the disrupter . He then stripped the men and dressed the one closest to his height and build in an identical guard uniform . The other wino he clad in activist chic — used jeans a hooded sweatshirt and a careworn army field jacket . Palmer stuffed the threadbare grimy rags he had peeled from the men into a large black trash bag that he set beside the loading dock door . He loaded the two men on a dolly along with a pair of backpacks and checked his watch — right on schedule . Once on the sixth floor Palmer set the stage . He laid the fake guard on the floor outside the CEO ’ s office door where Palmer had stood when he incapacitated Dobbin . He dragged the faux activist into the office setting him against a credenza between two of the arched windows and placed both backpacks on top of the desk . From one he removed a pair of jeans and other layers appropriate for this time of year in the city . He quickly changed clothes and stuffed his uniform into the empty backpack . Palmer waited for the computer to chime then he withdrew the flash drive and tucked it into his pocket . He saw the fading remnants of the programs erase themselves and knew that all traces of their actions would disappear from the internal network . Satisfied he reached into the second backpack and activated a timer . As it counted down he slung the backpack containing his uniform over his shoulder and departed . Down on the main floor Palmer picked up the black trash bag and slipped out the back door into the alley . He followed a meandering course away from the building and dumped the trash bag in a pile of refuse awaiting the 5 : 00 a . m . garbage collection . He heard a low dull rumble as he neared the subway station and then saw a bright flash as flames leaped skyward from the top floor of the Heartland building .", "output": [ "Byron Palmer" ] }, { "id": "task419-b52a9e9b36ee48a69fa2f9768bfc4735", "input": "Lawyer Sulaiman al-Jumeii said he plans to appeal the court's ruling and is confident the sentence against his client which includes a ban on travel and talking to the media for five years after his release will be revoked.\n Al-Jumeii maintains that his client Mazen Abdul-Jawad was duped by the Lebanese LBC satellite channel which aired the talk show and was unaware in many cases he was being recorded.\n The other three men on the show were also convicted of discussing sex publicly and sentenced to two years imprisonment and 300 lashes each according to al-Jumeii.\n In his statement al-Jumeii said the decision in the case was made \"under pressure from public opinion\" due to the media frenzy surrounding it.\n He also said he will continue pursuing a lawsuit he has filed against LBC.", "output": [ "Sulaiman al-Jumeii" ] }, { "id": "task419-b6c9b7ff4e7e404eb0ab9e5c67c38717", "input": "The 32-year-old Wisconsin man was not a threat to Sunday’s Chicago Marathon and it was believed he was in town to drop off a friend at O’Hare International Airport said chief Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi .\nAround 8 a.m. Chicago police assigned to O'Hare stopped a vehicle for speeding near the Kennedy Expressway on Cumberland Avenue Guglielmi said.\nOnce police pulled them over an officer saw a handgun in the 2005 Mitsubishi Galant. Police were then told that an AR-15 rifle was in the trunk Guglielmi said.\nIn addition to 217 rounds of ammunition police found a pressure cooker device in the trunk of the car. But it was inspected by Chicago police and the FBI who determined that the device was not being used as a weapon but rather for cooking Guglielmi said.\nThree people were inside the vehicle and all were taken into custody Guglielmi said.\n\"Runners and spectators in Sunday's marathon \"can expect to see a very visible presence of Chicago police officers '' Guglielmi said in an emailed statement.", "output": [ "Anthony Guglielmi" ] }, { "id": "task419-71dc144b27434791b1c2cb3ce1fcfad3", "input": "“Fuller House” star John Stamos is about to have a full house of his own. Stamos who recently announced his engagement to model/actress Caitlin McHugh shared the news with People Magazine that the two are expecting their first child together.\n“The look on John ’s face when I told him we were pregnant was priceless ” said McHugh. “It was the look of a man who has wanted a family of his own but wasn’t sure it was going to happen for him . Now it is!”\nThough Stamos will be a first time dad in real life the actor is no stranger to fatherhood duties after years of playing Uncle Jesse on “Full House” and acting as a father to the show’s twins Nikki and Alex. Needless to say Stamos has had his fair share of dad experience.\n“I’ll be a fun dad. I’ve been practicing for a long time ” he says joking “I’ve done every schtick you can do with a baby on TV … all the bits and jokes and diaper gags. I’ll probably just do all that stuff.”", "output": [ "John Stamos" ] }, { "id": "task419-cdb364cc56da4a5fbbbf54671494cd1f", "input": "The New York premiere of Louis C.K. 's upcoming film title “I Love You Daddy” was canceled due to “unexpected circumstances \" The Hollywood Reporter revealed shortly before The New York Times released an article in which five women accused the comedian of being sexually inappropriate with them.\nComedians Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov told the Times C.K. exposed himself to them in a Chicago hotel room in 2002. Abby Schachner shared a similarly disturbing story with the newspaper telling the Times she heard C.K. masturbating on the phone when she spoke to him in 2003.\nComedian Rebecca Corry said C.K. was inappropriate with her as well.\n\" He leaned close to my face and said ‘Can I ask you something?’ I said ‘Yes ’” she told the Times. “ He asked if we could go to my dressing room so he could masturbate in front of me .”\nCorry rejected him . A fifth woman who spoke anonymously said C.K. repeatedly asked to masturbate in front of her.\nA rep for the 50-year-old \"Louie\" star told the newspaper “ Louis is not going to answer any questions.\"\nFX the network that aired his TV show responded: “We are obviously very troubled by the allegations about Louis C.K. published in The New York Times today. The network has received no allegations of misconduct by Louis C.K. related to any of our 5 shows produced together over the past 8 years. FX Networks and FXP take all necessary actions to protect our employees and thoroughly investigate any allegations of misconduct within our workplace. That said the matter is currently under review.”\nHBO also distanced itself from the comic. The network said in a statement to several media outlets that he would no longer appear on its “Night of Too Many Stars” special -- and it would remove his past projects from its on-demand services.\nIn addition to the film premiere's sudden cancellation his scheduled appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” was also cancelled. Actor William H. Macy took will take his place on the CBS late night show.", "output": [ "Louis C.K" ] }, { "id": "task419-cf22ad9a1d0b4db691f0d12a9c399f34", "input": "Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones said he was \"troubled\" by discrepancies in Andrew Young's statements. Jones decided to take a break for part of the afternoon to consider the matter and asked Young and his wife to take the stand later in the day to explain their statements.\n Lawyers for Edwards' mistress Rielle Hunter accused Andrew Young of \"dozens of lies.\" They took issue with Young's handling of materials that Hunter is seeking including the tape.\n Young described in written affidavits a limited number of people who have seen parts of the tape. But Hunter's attorneys produced an affidavit Tuesday of another man freelance journalist Robert Draper who said in a written statement to the court that Young also showed the tape to him in March 2009.\n Hunter's attorneys have also accused Young of lying when he initially claimed that the only copies of the tape had been sealed for more than a year in an Atlanta safety deposit box. Young has since said he recently showed the video to ABC News as he prepared to promote his tell-all book with the program.\n An attorney for Young chalked up the discrepancies to \"memory lapses\" and said Young had done everything he could to turn over the materials to the court. The sex tape along with photos and documents have been placed under seal.", "output": [ "Andrew Young" ] }, { "id": "task419-64d22ab5fe1443d0a425601b33ed478d", "input": "But on important issues -- from opposing new settlement building in the Occupied Territories , to supporting the nuclear framework with Iran -- Clinton has not taken the hawkish side , as so many of her liberal critics fear she would do if she becomes president . \nNone of this is to suggest that Clinton will be Robin to Obama 's Batman . \nThen there are the issues of wage stagnation and income inequality , two longstanding trends that will likely be at the heart of Clinton 's pitch to voters . \nA recent report drafted by Clinton allies , including Neera Tanden and former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers , laid out what David Leonhardt at The New York Times described as the \"first draft\" of a Clinton economic platform : a mix of improving education , providing direct aid to the lower and middle classes , bolstering child care , strengthening financial regulation , raising taxes on the wealthy , and cutting taxes on the middle class . \nThen there are three issues -- gay marriage , women 's rights , and immigration reform -- that are of immense ideological and electoral importance to the Democratic Party , and can expect an ardent champion in Clinton . \nIt depends on whether you see Obama 's foreign policy , which is so entwined with Clinton 's tenure at the State Department , as a disaster for which the U.S. is primarily responsible or the result of organic crises erupting in the Middle East and elsewhere that are largely beyond the administration 's control . \nThe fear is that a President Clinton , likely facing a Republican-controlled Congress , will not be content to be the safeguard of Obama 's legacy ; that she will foolishly trade away Democratic priorities like entitlements in some ill-conceived Grand Bargain ; that she will succumb to the many demons whispering in her ear , whether they be Wall Street bankers , neoliberal triangulators , purveyors of hoary Beltway wisdom , or the Wormtongue-like advisers that are always hovering around Clintonland . \nBut if Clinton is smart , and I believe she is , she will realize that the days of repealing Glass-Steagall are over , and that her ticket to a historical legacy is to be part of a great era of policy reorientation away from the conservative-neoliberal consensus that has produced decades of middle-class stagnation and one huge financial crisis . \nIn contrast , Hillary Clinton , who officially announced her campaign for president on Sunday , will not face the same array of challenges should she be elected -- which is another way of saying that she will have fewer opportunities to remake the political landscape in her image . \nTo that end , there are ways Clinton could be a far more effective president than Obama . \nBut there is still plenty for Clinton and the Democratic Party to do -- and plenty of space to leave her mark . \nShe is also better at greasing her own side with the kind of glad-handing and thank-you-card-writing that Obama constitutionally dislikes -- my guess is that another President Clinton would have an easier time getting her side to fall in line on , say , the Iran deal than President Obama . \nFirst , simply by virtue of being elected , Clinton could consolidate the gains that Democrats have made in the Obama era . \nAt the very least , Clinton would face pressure from her party and her base to protect those reforms . \nMany critics have accused Clinton of helping turn Libya into a failed state , and note that her support for U.S. intervention echoed her support for the Iraq War . \nIt is worth remembering that in 2008 , Clinton actually ran to Obama 's left on the issue , which should give progressives hope that policies like the public option and greater subsidies will be on Clinton 's 2016 agenda .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-bd68bc832733490da1dc684d79d86d85", "input": "On the morning of December 13 2015 Ernest Edmonds Jr. was leaving a club in Newark when he says a man asked him for a cigarette. According to Edmonds the man tried to rob him and as he fought back he heard a loud crack. Looking down he saw red blooming through the stripes of his Houston Astros baseball jersey. He then blacked out. Hours later police found Edmonds on the ground with a cut lip and a gunshot wound to the back. Halfway down the block an officer discovered his hat lighter and watch in a pool of blood.\n Edmonds 35 awoke from a coma several weeks later to find he was paralyzed from the waist down. The bullet had pierced his back only to be stopped by his spine.\n“Figure you got 32 33 years of walking and then you’re just not walking anymore ” he said “It’s completely different.” Before the shooting he’d lived in his cousin’s peach-colored house in East Orange New Jersey. Thirteen steps led to the front porch. Then two more flights to reach his bedroom. Now reliant on a wheelchair Edmonds wondered How am I going to do this?\nAt the physical rehabilitation center Edmonds heard there was financial assistance for crime victims like him . He searched online and found a phone number for New Jersey’s Victims of Crime Compensation Office. In his state eligible victims may receive up to $2 500 in relocation expenses and up to 104 weeks of lost earnings among other benefits.\n Edmonds says he would use the money to pay for his own place and make up for lost income. “I need it so much ” he said. “It could help me getting into a wheelchair-accessible apartment. It could help with a lot of backed-up bills. I can’t do for my kids like I used to.” Since he was a teenager Edmonds worked for a family-operated construction business where he said he made around $650 per week. He now has to make a$766.25 disability check last the whole month.\nDemetrius Freeman for The Trace A shooting in 2015 left Ernest Edmonds Jr. paralyzed and isolated. He misses attending family gatherings and picking his sons up from school. He's now staying in the living room of his mother's apartment but hopes to move into a wheelchair-accessible home of his own soon.\nAfter talking to New Jersey’s compensation office Edmonds received a blank application and started to fill it out. The application asks crime victims to include supporting documentation including copies of itemized receipts bills insurance information and work pay stubs. “It’s like a list of 15 things that they’re asking for and I was only able to obtain like six of them ” Edmonds recalled. Stuck he set the form aside.\nOne morning last November Edmonds shifted on a special mattress prescribed to help prevent bedsores. His makeshift bedroom had taken over the dining room of his cousin’s house where swathes of fabric covered the windows. He used a claw-grabber to lift a bottle of Sprite from a nearby table. Cloying incense mixed with smoke from Edmonds’ cigarettes which he chain-smoked; talking about what had changed since the shooting made him feel stressed.\n“It's like a prison in here. He can't get out he can't move around ” said Nicole Edmonds ’ younger sister. “ He might as well board up the windows and soak away.”\nThe shooting transformed Edmonds ’ life. He lost the ability to bathe or dress on his own. While living in his cousin’s house he rarely left except for doctor’s appointments and then he needed two or three people to bump him in his wheelchair down the front steps. To get something from his old room his cousin would have to FaceTime him from the third floor. “Being dependent on so many people I think that’s the hardest thing ” he said. “Without my family my sister seeing my children I really might have given up.”\nLast spring a former roommate saw Edmonds struggling and encouraged him to restart the victim compensation process. They filled out the application together and enlisted the help of a local lawyer. Still there were roadblocks — Edmonds could not easily go down to the police department to get the incident report so he had to wait months for the detective to bring it to him . At one point someone stole his phone and he lost all his contacts including the number for the lawyer.\nDecember marked the two-year anniversary of his shooting. That month he moved to his mother’s apartment where there are no steps to get in the front door. He can move around more easily there but it’s still hard to take a shower on his own; the counters and cabinets are not built for someone in a wheelchair. On Christmas Day he stayed home and watched basketball while his family celebrated at his grandmother’s house. Afterward his sister brought him a plate of food.\nAs of this article’s publication his application had not yet been submitted.", "output": [ "Ernest Edmonds" ] }, { "id": "task419-5d2a83f4586c479ea721dca5d8d1ebda", "input": "Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waits for the arrival of Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Ontario Canada October 30 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie\nLegalizing marijuana for recreational use was part of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 2015 election campaign and the government has set a relatively quick deadline to put it in place. Canada would be the first Group of Seven country to allow the drug nationally.\nThat could put Trudeau and the upper house of parliament at loggerheads again. Senators who are not elected recently delayed the government’s budget bill before ultimately passing it.\nThe potential clash highlights a hurdle Trudeau has partly set up for himself after he expelled all Liberal senators from the party’s caucus in 2014 amid an expenses scandal and to curb partisanship.\nAlthough Trudeau has appointed independent senators since then he has no formal leverage to get the government’s legislation passed.\n“The government if it had a clear majority in the Senate could at one point impose party discipline and have its bill voted on. It’s not in that situation now ” said Senator Andre Pratte an independent who was appointed by Trudeau in 2016.", "output": [ "Justin Trudeau" ] }, { "id": "task419-9b58c9f78334406bb1c36c63b2120492", "input": "President Trump on Saturday took aim at a reporter who made a mistake in his reporting on over a month ago sending a fresh tweet decrying the reporter’s ability to do his job.\n“Brian Ross the reporter who made a fraudulent live newscast about me that drove the Stock Market down 350 points (billions of dollars) was suspended for a month but is now back at ABC NEWS in a lower capacity. He is no longer allowed to report on Trump . Should have been fired!” Trump tweeted.\nBrian Ross the reporter who made a fraudulent live newscast about me that drove the Stock Market down 350 points (billions of dollars) was suspended for a month but is now back at ABC NEWS in a lower capacity. He is no longer allowed to report on Trump . Should have been fired! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6 2018\nABC News at the beginning of December was forced to correct a report by Ross saying Trump had directed his former national security adviser Michael Flynn to make contact with Russian officials during the campaign. The corrected report said Trump issued the direction after he’d already been elected.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b76fb35db544621ab329773399438c8", "input": "Sadly no: The demolition was officially sanctioned part of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s widening crackdown against Christian churches.\nOne reason for heightened concern: The party’s draconian new “Regulations on Religious Affairs” law which takes effect Feb. 1. Observers worry that tightening the regulatory noose could provide the pretext for a new round of persecution. According to the Catholic News Service in November officials in China's eastern Jiangxi Province “replaced religious images displayed by Christian families with portraits of the country's leader Xi Jinping.”\nAccording to the report “As China’s President Xi Jinping further consolidated power conditions for freedom of religion or belief and related human rights continued to decline. Authorities target anyone considered a threat to the state including religious believers.”\nThe enormous and growing Christian presence on China’s home front and a formidable U.S. military gathering on China’s horizon clearly are not being taken lightly by Xi and his comrades.", "output": [ "Xi Jinping" ] }, { "id": "task419-fcaaa21676b14e4eb7b867d177a0b426", "input": "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears on the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador in London in May 2017. (Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images)\nJulian Assange on Tuesday lost a second bid to quash a British arrest warrant another setback for the WikiLeaks founder who has spent almost six years holed up in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London.\nThey also said the last five years that Assange has spent holed up in the embassy amounted to “adequate if not severe punishment” for skipping bail. The lawyers cited a U.N. panel on detentions that described Assange as “arbitrarily detained.”\n[German hacker offers rare glimpse into Assange ’s world]\n“I find arrest is a proportionate response even though Mr. Assange has restricted his own freedom for a number of years ” the judge said.\n“Defendants on bail up and down the country and requested persons facing extradition come to court to face the consequences of their own choices ” she said. “ He should have the courage to do the same. It is certainly not against the public interest to proceed.”\nAfter the ruling Assange claimed there were “significant factual errors in the judgment” and suggested he might appeal.\n“There are 3 months to appeal UK ruling ” he wrote in a Twitter message.\nEven if the bail arrest warrant were lifted it is unknown whether Assange would leave the embassy or where he would go. It is also unclear if he would immediately face extradition requests if he stepped foutside the embassy which is monitored by security cameras.\n Assange has long argued that there is an effort underway in the United States to charge him for his role in publishing classified U.S. documents.\nIt is not publicly known whether there is a sealed indictment against Assange under the 1917 Espionage Act. The Justice Department has previously debated the case against him .\nMedia reports have suggested a sometimes strained relationship between Assange and his hosts. At one point Ecuador severed Assange ’s Internet connection over concerns that WikiLeaks was meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election after the anti-secrecy website published hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee.", "output": [ "Julian Assange" ] }, { "id": "task419-c69fda66c24847abb34037b0a9508201", "input": "Zach LaVine created headlines during the Summer League in July when he said he planned to return from his February left ACL tear by the Oct. 19 season opener.\nWhile declining to put a timeline on LaVine 's return executive vice president John Paxson said \"that's a pretty safe bet\" to rule LaVine out of that opener and reiterated the organization's conservative approach for its new centerpiece.\nWhile pleased with his progress LaVine admitted doctors told him he 'd be sidelined a minimum of nine months which would place his return to practice in early November at the earliest. LaVine said he won't change his style of play and is encouraged that his running and jumping stats are better than when he participated in the draft combine before his rookie season.\n\"I can't stand just sitting here \" LaVine said. \"But I'm working hard so when I get back I'm not going to have any constraints.\"\nThe Bulls have until Oct. 16 to sign LaVine 22 to a long-term extension. Otherwise he becomes a restricted free agent next summer. Either way general manager Gar Forman basically said the Bulls didn't trade Jimmy Butler to not re-sign LaVine.\n\"I want to be here for a long period of time \" LaVine said. \"If (an extension is) now or later I know it's going to be done either way.\"", "output": [ "Zach LaVine February", "February" ] }, { "id": "task419-b35bb5994d9046dfaaa848107e512e42", "input": "Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said at multiple people were killed and several students at a school were injured after a shooting in rural Northern California on Nov. 14. He also said the shooter had been killed by law enforcement. (KRCR)\nThe bloodshed began shortly before 8 a.m. Phil Johnston an assistant sheriff in Tehama County told reporters. Police received “multiple 911 calls of multiple different shooting sites including the elementary school” in Rancho Tehama Reserve a small area about 135 miles north of Sacramento he said.\n“It was very clear early on that we had a subject that was randomly picking targets ” Johnston said.\n[The persistent crime that connects mass shooters: Domestic violence]\nJohnston said police did not immediately know what may have motivated the attack which stretched across at least seven locations. Officials believe they have identified the shooter though they were working to confirm the man’s name Johnston said.\nThe gunman who was previously known to law enforcement did not appear to have any “real connection to any of the victims ” Johnston said.\nWhile details about what led up to the gunfire remained unclear Johnston said authorities were told by neighbors that “there was a domestic violence incident” involving the suspected attacker. He later said police were “aware of reports” that this incident occurred a day before the shootings.\n Johnston also said there appeared to be an ongoing “neighborhood dispute” involving the attacker who had a residence in Rancho Tehama.\nAfter the first gunfire on Tuesday morning Johnston said the attacker “took a vehicle and went on a shooting rampage throughout the community.”\nNo children were killed in the attacks Johnston said but at least two boys were injured. One was shot and wounded when the gunman who was outside the school began firing rounds into the building. Another boy was shot while riding in a truck “that was driving down the road along with a female adult” who was driving her children to school Johnston said. Both children were among those taken to area hospitals.\n Johnston said victims were attacked with no clear explanation. The woman driving her children to school had passed the gunman’s car when “he opened fire on them without provocation or warning ” Johnston said. She suffered “very life-threatening wounds ” while her child in the back seat did not suffer life-threatening wounds he said.\n“It’s a very sad day for us here in Tehama County ” Johnston said.\n Tehama County Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston said at least three people were reported killed and several students at a school were injured after a shooting in rural Northern California on Nov. 14. He also said the shooter had been killed by law enforcement. (Action News Now)\nAfter the shooting Johnston said police recovered a semiautomatic rifle and two handguns believed to be used by the shooter. The FBI said it was sending teams to help local authorities respond to the shooting and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives said it was dispatching special agents to the scene as well.", "output": [ "Phil Johnston" ] }, { "id": "task419-a3539580b59d447993a68176f10b4ae4", "input": "Moore whose December defeat was a shocking upset announced Monday his endorsement of Courtland Sykes who is attempting to unseat Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo .) a top target of Republicans in this year’s elections. He praised Sykes as “a man of impeccable character courage and Christian faith” and “a leader who will do what is right!”\n Sykes has fully aligned himself with President Donald Trump’s agenda pledging to support the president’s “MAGA and America First programs in 2018.” Trump endorsed Moore’s candidacy but hasn’t yet backed anyone in Missouri where the GOP field includes front-runner Josh Hawley.\n Sykes says he opposes “career-obsessed banshees who forego home life and children and the happiness of family to become nail-biting manophobic hell-bent feminist she-devils.” A recent campaign questionnaire describing his “views on Women’s Rights” also says he wants his future daughters “to become traditional homemakers and family wives.”\n Sykes wrote that he expects “to come home to a home cooked dinner at six every night ” and attacked “the non-stop feminization campaign against manhood.”\n Sykes supported Moore’s failed Alabama bid. At Moore’s election night party he told HuffPost that Moore’s defeat to Democrat Doug Jones was “100-percent an effort by the Washington establishment” against what he called “MAGA candidates.”", "output": [ "Courtland Sykes" ] }, { "id": "task419-e785bd04bf8f43fda901512776d2c8c7", "input": "\"I get the chunks sometimes \" Thomas said. \"I hit a drive in college a drop-kick off the toe on No. 8. I'll never forget it. I was talking to one of our assistant coaches. I was trying to decide if I could carry it 305 to 310 yards over a bunker because we had a helping wind. I took a huge divot. It landed like 15 yards in front of me and rolled down the hill. The coach looked over at me and was laughing. I said 'Coach did that cover the bunker?' \"\nDustin Johnson also went back to college.\n\"For some reason ... I won the tournament but we were at Duke in college. It was the Duke Invitational \" Johnson said. \"I was in the right side of the fairway at No. 1 after making the turn and I hoseled a 5-iron into the trees.\"\nDoes he remember his good shots as easily?\n\"Probably not \" Johnson said. \"But I've hit a lot of good ones.\"\nJordan Spieth didn't have to think hard when asked his worst shot of last year. He had a five-shot lead at the Northern Trust last year when he hit 8-iron into the water on the par-3 sixth. He wound up losing in a playoff to Johnson .\nSo the tee shot on the 13th hole at Royal Birkdale so far right that he took a penalty drop on the practice range maybe wasn't all that bad. Spieth laughed at the memory pointing out (again) that there was water on the face of his driver and it hit a spectator that sent it even farther to the right.\nTHE BATTLE FOR NO. 1: Dustin Johnson is two weeks away from rare territory in the world ranking.\n Johnson reached No. 1 after winning at Riviera where he defends his title next week.\n Johnson doesn't seem concerned perhaps because he doesn't seem concerned about anything. He won at Kapalua and tied for ninth at Abu Dhabi. He has not played the last two weeks and now is playing three of the next four.\n\"If I keep playing well and keep winning then no I'm going to stay No. 1 \" Johnson said. \"If I don't play well there's a lot of really good players that are playing really well right now. So it's going to be tough for me to keep it. But if I keep playing like I am and how I should then yeah I'll be there at the end of the year.\"", "output": [ "Dustin Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-cf10365e0e28434ba3d242f664c46e4b", "input": "The groups known as the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition wrote to land use chair David Greenfield demanding that he recuse himself from considering the project because he ’s set to leave office and take over the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty.\nBut Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) says the Met Council has nothing to do with the plan and opponents are just targeting him because he ’s Jewish.\n“Your behavior thus far is both professionally irresponsible and reckless and has compromised your participation as an elected representative in this legislative process. The conflicts of interest raised by your involvement in the present Council action are numerous and unwaivable ” coalition chair Juan Ramos wrote to Greenfield .\n“The letter is part of a clear and calculated campaign of intimidation and continued misinformation by the opponents of this private application ” Greenfield said saying group leaders have a history of “anti-Semitic remarks” that “calls into question the true motivation of this group.”\n“It's telling that this group did not ask Council Member Antonio Reynoso a member of both the subcommittee and committee to recuse himself and instead focused on the obviously Jewish council member. This kind of race-baiting politics is disgusting and shameful and has no place in New York City's land use decisions ” Greenfield said adding he had cleared the issue with the city Conflicts of Interest Board.\nThe letter complains Greenfield answered legitimate concerns about potential discrimination which opponents say will exacerbate a long history of racial segregation in the neighborhood with “ridicule racebaiting and derision.”\nNeedelman like Greenfield is an Orthodox Jew and said the allegation of anti-Semitism is absurd.", "output": [ "David Greenfield" ] }, { "id": "task419-b597bcd2ed9043848a8c53aabafdabd6", "input": "The engineering conglomerate which makes everything from jet and train engines to energy grid infrastructure and mammogram machines will be slashing its dividend 50% as incoming CEO John Flannery works to right the company's course amid woeful performance.\nGE will now pay a 12-cent quarterly dividend down from its prior 24-cent-a-quarter payout due to the company's weaker than expected cash flows in its power business pension costs and hefty insurance claims that have hampered dividends from its financial operations. Flannery 's dividend cut marks the second big surprise since he took the reins of the $177 billion market capitalization company this summer replacing Jeff Immelt. Weeks into Flannery 's tenure he slashed GE's earnings outlook. Shares of GE have been falling since hitting new post-crisis lows of $19 in Monday trading.\nGE's dividend is prized among its shareholders particularly retail investors and retirees who've owned the stock for decades. Former CEO Immelt characterized his decision to cut the company's dividend during the dark days of the crisis - when GE was teetering on collapse - as the worst moment of his career. It appears to be an equally brutal event for Flannery .\nAbout the move Flannery said the following to investors: \"We understand the importance of this decision to our shareowners and we have not made it lightly. We are focused on driving total shareholder return and believe this is the right decision to align our dividend payout to cash flow generation.\"\nSince becoming GE's leader Flannery has projected a style of accountability where he will be reviewing all businesses and making tough decisions when change is deemed necessary. The company's unrealistic earning guidance and its outstretched dividend are now gone; soon Flannery may wield a scalpel to underperforming divisions or those that fit better in the portfolio of a private equity buyer.\nOn a conference call with investors on Monday Flannery vowed he and 1 000 executives will stop receiving long-term bonuses. But fanned more worry by offering 2018 earnings guidance of just $1-to-$1.07 a share and organic revenue growth of zero to 3%. Margins are only expected to improve as much as 40 basis points in 2018.\nIt is likely Flannery will try to refocus in areas where the company has a market leading footprint for instance aviation healthcare and renewable energy equipment. Aviation and healthcare are likely to be GE's fastest growing businesses best businesses such as renewable energy and aviation could grow their top and bottom likes by double digits and healthcare in the mid single digits. Before becoming CEO Flannery turned around GE's once-ailing healthcare business.", "output": [ "John Flannery" ] }, { "id": "task419-3855672a9ede4b60a538b3e81f394195", "input": "Story highlights Romualdo Pacheco was the first Hispanic governor of California\n Pacheco also served in the US House and as a diplomat\n He reportedly lassoed a grizzly bear as one does\n(CNN) Romualdo Pacheco was not only the first Hispanic governor of California the 19th century politician was also the state's only Hispanic governor to date. Not to be outdone by himself Pacheco was also the first Hispanic member of the House with full voting rights.\n Pacheco was born in Santa Barbara California when the land was still held by Mexico . He was born to a prominent family and -- living his best life from a very young age -- was sent to Hawaii for school and had to re-learn Spanish upon his return home.\n He grew up to be the fierce gentleman you see in the Instagram photo above. You will not be surprised to hear that man worked as a sailor a miner and a rancher. Multiple sources credit him -- in an oddly specific way -- as being the only California governor known to have lassoed a grizzly bear. That implies that other California governors have run around roping grizzlies and not told everyone they've ever met. Regardless that's pretty hardcore.\n Pacheco became an American citizen in 1848 and got to work as a public servant . He began as a judge for San Luis Obispo Superior Court before serving as a state senator beginning in 1857. He did time in three parties starting as a Democrat then becoming a member of the Union Party before settling down as a Republican in 1863.\n He continued checking off important state-level positions serving as the state treasurer and lieutenant governor. When Gov. Newton Booth left to serve in the US Senate Pacheco took over serving as governor from February-December 1875.", "output": [ "Romualdo Pacheco" ] }, { "id": "task419-c4b5ae3d9a4e4254a808bfc21e1c3df2", "input": "Marilou Danley was in the Philippines visiting family when Stephen Paddock killed 58 people and injured another 557 in the Oct. 1 attack. She made changes to her Facebook account's privacy and personal settings at 12:30 a.m. about 2 1/2 hours after the first volley of bullets rained down on people attending a music festival on the Las Vegas strip. The first calls about the shooting rolled in at 10:08 p.m. according to police.\nBut it wasn't until nearly an hour after that â 3:30 a.m. â that police released Paddock 's name to the public.\nAs the New York Post reports the documents suggest Danley acted quickly after the shooting to conceal her relationship with Paddock .\nDanley who also lived with Paddock has been adamant that she knew nothing about his plans to conduct the attack.\nThe documents lay out what investigators had learned about Paddock in the days following the shooting. But they do not provide a motive for what prompted the 64-year-old professional gambler to murder and terrorize concertgoers from 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel before killing himself.\nOne affidavit includes email exchanges between centralpark1@live.com a Microsoft account that FBI authorities believe belonged to Paddock and centralpark4804@gmail.com. (It is unclear if the FBI knows who is responsible for the latter account.) The messages were sent on July 6 2017.\nThe exchanges took place nearly three months before the onslaught. And CNN reports that \"investigators at the time of the filing had been unable to determine if Paddock was sending emails between two accounts both belonging to himself or was communicating with someone else.\"\nIn addition to the two email addresses the FBI requested and was granted warrants to search Paddock and Danley's Facebook and Instagram accounts. Paddock 's Amazon account is also under investigation as well as a locked phone that was found in his room at the Mandalay Bay.\nThe FBI has said repeatedly that Paddock acted alone. Danley has not been charged with a crime. She has been questioned by investigators several times.", "output": [ "Stephen Paddock" ] }, { "id": "task419-2df9d5da0cda41cbb9b72353a90fc285", "input": "\"They had heard about Bill Gothard founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) who was a really big deal in Oregon. They attended his seminars and embraced the IBLP homeschooling curriculum wholeheartedly.\n\" He was an icon kind of like a prophet. The seminars involved a week of intensive brainwashing. He was the authority. His word was the law.\n\"There was a lot of heavy-handed smacking from our parents. To disobey them was to disobey God. The system was especially awful for the little ones. At Bill Gothard's seminars he used to talk about 'breaking their will'.\nJudy believes there is a connection between the Turpin family and Bill Gothard and the IBLP:\n\"Under Bill Gothard's teachings I was sent to Taiwan aged 21 to teach English for six months.\nThe Washington Post reported that Bill Gothard resigned from the IBLP ministry in 2014 amid allegations of sexual abuse which he denied and in 2016 there were further details of a lawsuit filed by 10 women.", "output": [ "Bill Gothard" ] }, { "id": "task419-7e013a1475e6460fbc47b6e7d61d08b4", "input": "The Socialist government of George Papandreou has a six-seat majority in parliament and is expected to carry the vote to be held after midnight.\n \"Reform was long overdue \" Papandreou told Newsweek magazine in an interview released on Wednesday.\n \"Right now people are in limbo \" Papandreou admitted on Wednesday.\n \"Our drastic measures are still fresh and people feel the pain. Reforms need time to kick in and show results \" he said.", "output": [ "George Papandreou" ] }, { "id": "task419-4f500dd3e776414797faae4e22efdc7c", "input": "A judge issued an arrest warrant for Lindsay Lohan after the actress acknowledged failing a drug test less than a month after she was released from inpatient rehab.\n Superior Court Judge Elden Fox on Monday also revoked Lohan's probation in her three-year-old drug case while issuing the bench warrant in Beverly Hills.\n However the warrant was stayed and Lohan was allowed to remain free pending a hearing Friday to determine if she violated her probation.\n Fox previously threatened the actress with 30 days in jail for each violation. He must now decide whether to send her back to jail or into treatment.\n Lohan must attend the hearing. A message left with her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley was not immediately returned.\n The warrant was issued after Fox took over the case last month and laid out a path paved with therapy sessions and 12-step meetings that could have finally brought Lohan's drug case to an end.\n Lohan confirmed on her Twitter page last week that she failed the court-ordered drug and alcohol screening.\n \"Regrettably I did in fact fail my most recent drug test \" she tweeted.\n She also said \"substance abuse is a disease which unfortunately doesn't go away over night. I am working hard to overcome it.\"\n Lohan often posts updates with the account that's verified by Twitter as belonging to the actress.\n It could not immediately be determined why Lohan was not arrested Monday. A call to Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini seeking additional details about the warrant was not immediately returned.\n Lohan was released from jail on Aug. 2 after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentence for violating her probation in the 2007 case involving drug use and driving under the influence.", "output": [ "Lohan" ] }, { "id": "task419-fb935a7cadca4f51ae1dccf7e2c673f1", "input": "* Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy will meet with voters at a Brown Line stop then later have a announcement with Chicago principals association President Troy LaRaviere.\n* Kennedy tosses out the term \"immoral\" regarding Pritzker Biss: Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy ramped up his rhetoric against rivals J.B. Pritzker and state Sen. Daniel Biss on Tuesday questioning their morals and ethics while billing himself as the one who has the “moral framework” to govern.\nThe campaigns of Pritzker and Biss fired back accusing Kennedy of having acted in ways he is criticizing.\nSurrounded by supportive African-American clergy at a Bronzeville campaign stop Kennedy labeled as “immoral” assessment reductions Pritzker sought for his property and asked “Do you want someone who says ‘What I did do was legal therefore it’s right?’ That is not the ethical the moral framework that we want as the leader of our state.”\n Kennedy went on to criticize Biss an Evanston lawmaker for his sponsorship of legislation later deemed unconstitutional that would have reduced pension benefits to public employee retirees. Biss “epitomizes the brutality of government (with) the idea that he would go and take away the retirement security from hundreds of thousands of people living in our state and do it illegally ” Kennedy said.\nAsked later by a reporter if he was claiming he was the only moral candidate in the contest Kennedy said “I claim no morality myself.” But in earlier remarks he said of himself “Do you want someone to lead this state who’s prepared to lead who has a moral framework and ethical background who understands the difference between right and wrong?” (Rick Pearson)\n*Pritzker hits back: Pritzker campaign manager Anne Caprara accused Kennedy of resorting “to the Donald Trump playbook of calling names.”\n“We understand Chris Kennedy really wants to win but for him to question the morality of his opponents is frankly disturbing ” Caprara said in a statement.\n*So does Biss: Biss campaign spokesman Tom Elliott noted Kennedy ’s use of the property tax assessment appeal system including getting a reduction for the family’s Wolf Point development.\n “Chris Kennedy has no moral authority here ” Elliott said in a statement.\n“Both Kennedy and Pritzker have taken advantage of a broken system they now want to fix ” Elliot said. “And while hiring well-connected lawyers or ripping toilets out of their homes to reduce their property taxes aren’t technically illegal they do raise serious moral and ethical questions and puts into perspective where their priorities were before they decided to bankroll their campaigns for governor.\"", "output": [ "Chris Kennedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-56054928d5a14eed9d038521bf8c9c12", "input": "But I am interested in something that comes closer to a conspiracy the notion that former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon was kinda sorta shoved out the door at the White House in August.\nI don’t believe it. I think that the “shoved out the door” meme was a cover story. After all why signal the Democrats that something is up with: “Trump Sends Bannon Out to Elect Populists to Senate in 2018.” What would Sun Tzu say about that?\nIt’s much better to promote Bannon as an unguided missile that is a bit too hot to handle at the White House. That way if he fails to elect a bunch of populist economic nationalists to the Senate in 2018 you can say that he was really too much of a wild man to help the president. But if he succeeds in nuking the GOP establishment types then you can open your eyes in wonder and say: wow I had no idea! It just shows that there are millions of patriotic Americans out there that want to help the president Make America Great Again.\nSo now we see a range of stories appearing in the media. There is the standard Breitbart fare that Bannon will rout the establishment Republicans. Here is Bannon wowing California Republicans with this message.\nThen there are confident Democratic predictions that Bannon is a gift to the Democrats that will deliver the Senate in 2018.\nAnd while you are at it you figure that it doesn’t hurt to burnish your best man’s reputation as a crazy wild man by hinting to the NeverTrumpers that Bannon reads the notorious fascist theorist Julius Evola.\nYeah. That’s the thing about Steve Bannon . He hasn’t just done a lot in his life from the Navy to finance to Hollywood. He also reads a lot.\nThe assumption that Breitbart made and Bannon makes is that you have to win the cultural battle before you can win the political battle.\nNow I assume that Steve Bannon ’s mind is fizzing with ideas he has read. Great so he has ideas. But Steve Bannon is also a fearless Man of Action if not a Man of Steel.\nAnd one thing Bannon knows is that we cannot continue to kow-tow and apologize when the liberals use their cultural hegemony to brand you as a racist or a “white supremacist” or the swamp brands you as an extremist. Politics is civil war by other means and the weapons of today’s politics were forged years ago by some guy writing a book.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-299b6ca554594003bf990addc22e1f41", "input": "But David Johnson also represents part of northwest Iowa. And while King might look to the White House and see a kindred spirit Johnson calls Donald Trump's rhetoric \"misogynistic \" \"race-baiting \" and \"bigoted.\"\n David Johnson is a former dairy farmer who's been a senator in the state legislature since 2003. He was a prominent local leader for both George W. Bush and Mitt Romney during their presidential campaigns but left his party after Donald Trump became its presidential nominee in 2016.\nNow he 's running as an independent and he 's not alone. Bob Krist a Nebraska state legislator and retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel is running as an independent in that state's gubernatorial election. Kansas City attorney Craig O'Dear also left the Republican Party and is campaigning for the U.S. Senate in Missouri.\nIn Iowa Sen. Johnson is facing Republican Zach Whiting an aide to Rep. King in November. No Democrat has announced yet.\n Johnson knows running without the backing of one of the two major political parties could spell trouble but he sees opportunity.\n\"There's no regrets here \" he says. \"I'm getting quite a bit of support from people that I never got before.\"\nAnd he 's also feeling more liberated as a lawmaker.\n\"I've even been told that my job was only to represent Republicans \" he says \"the Democrats be damned.\"\nErica Schultes lives in Sen. Johnson 's district and says she supports him more now than she did when he was a Republican.\nSchultes a realtor who also raises chickens and hogs is concerned about the environment. In this part of the country many environmental issues center around hog confinements. Johnson has sponsored a bill opposed by Iowa Republicans that would increase regulation on hog confinements.\nThe two hope behind those doors there's enough support for an independent Johnson to keep his seat.\nEvan McMullin made his name as an independent presidential candidate in 2016. He thinks that even in rock-ribbed Republican districts like Johnson 's there are many voters in the middle.\nSen. David Johnson is facing just a sliver of that electorate in November but the challenge may be just as great.", "output": [ "David Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-3fff3443702e40d2a4b489b6164d288d", "input": "President Donald Trump took on one his most vocal celebrity critics Saturday in a message posted to his Twitter account calling filmmaker Michael Moore’s anti-Trump summer Broadway show a “total bomb” that was “forced to close.”\n“While not at all presidential I must point out that the Sloppy Michael Moore Show on Broadway was a TOTAL BOMB and was forced to close. Sad!” Trump tweeted Saturday evening about Moore’s show.\nWhile not at all presidential I must point out that the Sloppy Michael Moore Show on Broadway was a TOTAL BOMB and was forced to close. Sad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28 2017\nTrump was of course referring to Moore ’s Broadway show The Terms of My Surrender a play in which the filmmaker took aim at Trump and his policies and often brought out celebrity guests to help bash the president. The play opened in late summer and ran for twelve weeks at New York City’s Belasco Theater.\nThe show was also mostly panned by critics with one Los Angeles Times reviewer calling it a “support group for disheartened Democrats ” and one in which Moore casts himself both as a “victim of the right” and a “champion of all mankind.”\n Moore fired back at the president Saturday in a series of tweets explaining that the show had always been intended to play as a limited engagement and saying at least one senior member of Trump’s White House was a fan of the filmmaker’s.\n“You must have my smash hit of a Broadway show confused with your presidency- which IS a total bomb and WILL indeed close early. NOT SAD ” Moore wrote in the first of eleven messages.\n Moore also suggested that Trump was using the play as his “latest distraction” from his “crimes ” and called the president a “loser.”\n“For now at least I know I still have one fan in the White House (thx for your unwavering support Jared!)” he concluded his tweets.\n10) On Broadway Donald they call it a \"LIMITED ENGAGEMENT\" — just like we’re planning on making your presidency. — Michael Moore (@MMFlint) October 29 2017\n11) For now at least I know I still have one fan in the White House (thx for your unwavering support Jared!) pic.twitter.com/mTwLxW4KgR — Michael Moore (@MMFlint) October 29 2017\nDuring one August performance Moore took the audience that had come to see him that night on a pair of double-decker buses to a protest outside Trump Tower where he was joined by celebrities including Mark Ruffalo and Olivia Wilde.\n Moore told the audience at the protest that the group was there to perform a “citizen’s arrest.”", "output": [ "Michael Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-99cb3e520c2e4465b1560cfdda086339", "input": "Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt will have a soundproof communication booth. (Susan Walsh/AP)\nThe Environmental Protection Agency is spending nearly $25 000 to construct a secure soundproof communications booth in the office of Administrator Scott Pruitt according to government contracting records.\n Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 25 in Oxon Hill Md. (The Washington Post)\nIn recent months Pruitt and his top deputies have taken other steps aimed at heightening security. Some EPA employees have been asked to surrender their cellphones and other digital devices before meetings in the administrator’s office in much the same way visitors do when visiting the president in the Oval Office.\n[ Scott Pruitt says it ’s not the time to talk climate change. For him it never is.]\n Pruitt also has shied away from using email at EPA often preferring to deliver instructions verbally and hold face-to-face meetings. The shift stems in part from public disclosure by the New York Times in 2014 — following an open-records request of emails — of how Pruitt and other attorneys general had worked closely with the oil and gas industry to oppose Obama administration environmental safeguards.\nThousands more pages of emails from his time as Oklahoma’s attorney general released earlier this year after the Center for Media and Democracy sued for them to be made public detailed an often-chummy relationship between Pruitt ’s office and Devon Energy a major oil and gas exploration and production company based in Oklahoma City.\nIn addition Pruitt has largely avoided the agency’s decades-long practice of publicly posting the administrator’s appointment calendars. Only last week were details on months worth of meetings released after media outlets filed repeated Freedom of Information Act requests for that information; they showed he has met regularly with corporate executives from the automobile mining and fossil fuel industries — in several instances shortly before making decisions favorable to those interest groups.\nPruitt who has become a polarizing and high-profile figure as he seeks to roll back Obama-era policies and shrink the EPA’s footprint has essentially tripled the personal security detail that served past administrators. The detail now includes about 18 people to cover round-the-clock needs and his frequent travel schedule. Such 24/7 coverage has prompted officials to rotate in special agents from around the country who otherwise would be investigating environmental crimes.", "output": [ "Scott Pruitt" ] }, { "id": "task419-cf54607791d747d9be4f26623e5a10cf", "input": "Billy Bush is opened up about Matt Lauer's firing and rebuilding his life after the fiasco that led to his own ouster from the \"Today\" show in 2016.\n Bush said he 's been in touch with his former \"Today\" colleguage Lauer who was fired by the show after numerous allegations of sexual misconduct in November 2017.\n“ He texted me and asked about some of the self-help books I’ve been reading ” Bush told People magazine. “I told him ‘Start here.’ ”\n He said though he had a tumultuous relationship with Lauer he wasn't happy to see the anchor's scandal unfold.\n“Maybe at one point there was part of me that [felt like] if someone else got [in trouble] I would be like ‘Now who’s the bad guy?’ ” Bush said. “But I took zero pleasure in it. And I’m grateful for that. Let those who transgressed be held accountable. I felt for the women involved and for his wife.”\nThe TV personality told People magazine he was displeased with Lauer back in 2016 when \"Today\" fired Bush .\nOn Oct. 7 2016 Bush was heard on a years-old \"Access Hollywood\" recording with Trump discussing women in a lewd manner.\n\"In one of my resolute moments I said if I ever speak to [Lauer] I’m going to tell him that I was let down. Many months later he called me and I addressed it. He assured me that he [fought for me] in private. I accepted it.”\n\"I have done so much self-help work. There is a term for what I did. It’s called bystander abuse. It says by not doing anything you are endorsing the moment. I have to live with that \" said Bush .\nAdditionally the former broadcaster says he would never want his daughters treated in a degrading manner.\n\"I have three daughters. They are going to be in the workplace one day. I want them to be paid equally I want them to be treated well and when they walk out of a room I don’t want to ever hear anyone talking behind their back in a degrading way \" explained Bush .\nAlthough he has gone through a difficult 15 months Bush claims he has learned a great deal.\n\"I had some growing up to do anyway in life \" said Bush . \"I did so much exploring and figuring out. I’m a deeper person. And I’m happy about using my knowledge for a good purpose.”", "output": [ "Billy Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-0f0b930aecda4795b7099de8a0299d43", "input": "Chase Coleman's Tiger Global Management hedge fund is buying all the \"FANG\" stocks except Google.\nBut the hedge fund added to its holdings in the other so-called FANG stocks: buying nearly $500 million worth of Netflix shares $275 million of Amazon.com and $229 million of Facebook.\n Coleman's fund also increased its stake in Fiat Chrysler by 3.88 million shares or $222 million and initiated a $137 million stake in design software company Autodesk.\n The hedge fund also increased its holdings of Chinese e-commerce companies Alibaba and JD.com by 191 000 and 5.38 million shares respectively. Alibaba reported record sales worth $25.4 billion on Singles Day Nov. 11 while JD.com reported the equivalent of about $19.1 billion over its Singles Day shopping period which began on Nov. 1.\n Coleman has a net worth of $2.2 billion according to Forbes.", "output": [ "Chase Coleman" ] }, { "id": "task419-faa6bc634a2e45e59e1e7a298d8c0bdd", "input": "The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee issued subpoenas in August seeking “any and all documents” about both agencies’ dealings with former MI6 officer Christopher Steele according to a letter seen by Reuters from committee chairman Devin Nunes a Trump supporter.\nTwo officials said Nunes met with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein behind closed doors on Thursday to discuss the subpoenas.\n“The Deputy Attorney General is meeting with Nunes as part of an ongoing negotiation over what information DOJ will provide or how it will be provided ” a Justice Department official said.\nThe FBI declined to comment on anything to do with Nunes’ request. A spokesman for Nunes declined to comment.\nAccording to a Sept. 1 letter Nunes sent to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions the subpoenas demand that the department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation produce all documents related to their “relationship” with Steele and the “so-called ‘Trump Dossier”.\nSessions recused himself earlier this year from the Russia investigation. Nunes publicly recused himself from leading the Russia probe in April following a secret visit he paid to White House officials.", "output": [ "Devin Nunes" ] }, { "id": "task419-b5f967ec8a434824829e308d00330993", "input": "Cheyenne Wright 31 was arguing with a group of women in the courtyard of the Farragut Houses on June 15 2016 when she stalked off and returned with a gun.\n Wright ’s friend Luis Villot saw her approach the crowd that contained of several innocent children — including his own — and confronted her.\nVillot 29 was trying to calm Wright down when she fired the first shot into the air and two more into the crowd. One bullet fatally hit Villot in the head.\n“You should have listened to him when he said to walk away ” said Zenaida Villot the dead man’s mother during a victim-impact statement she read in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday.\nA jury convicted Wright of second-degree murder reckless endangerment and weapons charges.\n Wright ’s friend Luis Villot saw the woman approach a crowd that contained of several innocent children — including his own — and confronted her. (Family Handout)\nAssistant District Attorney Andres Palacio called Wright ’s actions a “textbook example of depraved indifference murder” that were captured on video surveillance.\n“I’m so sorry for what I did Luis was like a brother my best friend to me ” a tearful Wright said. “If I could switch places with him I would.”\nBrooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun noted that Wright was not a “monster” and did not intentionally kill Villot.\nHowever the judge explained since Wright fired the gun three times and the third bullet hit Villot that constitutes depraved indifference murder.\nPalacio recommended a sentence of 22 years to life but Chun ordered Wright serve a minimum of 15 years for the gun charge and 19 years to life for the murder.\n Wright could be eligible for parole in 15 years.", "output": [ "Cheyenne Wright" ] }, { "id": "task419-b26ecb24d59b4016a351e04d85f70a12", "input": "In announcing the changes EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt suggested many previously appointed to the panels were potentially biased because they had received federal research grants. The 22 boards advise EPA on a wide range of issues including drinking water standards and pesticide safety.\n\"Whatever science comes out of EPA shouldn't be political science \" said Pruitt a Republican lawyer who previously served as the attorney general of Oklahoma. \"From this day forward EPA advisory committee members will be financially independent from the agency.\"\n Pruitt has expressed skepticism about the consensus of climate scientists that man-made carbon emissions are the primary cause of global warming. He also overruled experts that had recommended pulling a top-selling pesticide from the market after peer-reviewed studies showed it damaged children's brains.\n Pruitt said he will name new leadership and members to three key EPA advisory boards soon — the Science Advisory Board Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee and the Board of Scientific Counselors.\nAs part of his directive Pruitt said he will bar appointees who currently are in receipt of EPA grants or who are in a position to benefit such grants. He exempted people who work at state local or tribal agencies saying he wants to introduce more \"geographic diversity\" to the panels.\nThe five-page policy Pruitt issued Tuesday makes no mention of other potential conflicts of interest such as accepting research funding from corporate interests regulated by EPA.\nTuesday's announcement comes after Pruitt in May said he would not reappoint nine of the 18 members of the Board of Scientific Counselors to serve a second three-year term as had been customary.\n\"It obviously stacks the deck against scientists who do not represent corporate special interests \" said Swackhamer a retired professor who taught environmental health sciences at the University of Minnesota. \"It speaks volumes that people funded by special interests are OK to be advisers but not those who have received federal grants. \"\nSenate Environment Committee Chairman John Barrasso a Wyoming Republican who shares Pruitt's skepticism of mainstream climate science cheered the move. He said EPA's science boards would now better reflect the views of rural states like his own.\nBut environmentalists worried that Pruitt will now select board members with financial ties to the fossil fuel and chemical industries.\n\"The Trump EPA's continued attack on science will likely be one of the most lasting and damaging legacies of this administration \" said Sen. Tom Udall of New Mexico the ranking Democrat on the appropriations subcommittee that approves EPA's funding. \" Pruitt is purging expert scientists from his science boards — and replacing them with mouthpieces for big polluters.\"", "output": [ "Pruitt" ] }, { "id": "task419-517a66af6ae74906bea12cd6dd303e82", "input": "In the end whether it was by design or not Brian Cashman’s choice for the next manager of the Yankees had come down to two huge risks — Aaron Boone who had absolutely no experience as a manager or coach or Hensley Meulens whose only managerial experience had been as a largely ceremonial skipper of the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic.\nFrom the get-go Boone made it clear he was serious about wanting to manage; that this wasn’t just whimsy on his part and once given his audience with Cashman and his baseball people did a bang-up job of selling himself.\nAfter practicing his repelling from the Landmark Building in Stamford Conn. for the annual Lights and Heights Christmas event Sunday Cashman said Friday he had closed the doors on further interviews and was ready to make his recommendation to Yankees general partner Hal Steinbrenner from among Boone Meulens Carlos Beltran Eric Wedge Rob Thomson or Chris Woodward for the successor to Joe Girardi. In truth he had already made up his mind it was Boone and once word leaked out of San Francisco early Friday night that Meulens was staying with the Giants it was pretty much official.\nBased on sourced information from how all the interviews went down Boone Meulens and Beltran all made the strongest impressions on Cashman and his team of close advisors that included VP of Baseball Operations Tim Naehring assistant GM Mike Fishman and Senior VP Jean Afterman. Just the same you had to immediately eliminate Beltran if only because there was no way Cashman was going to take THAT big of a risk turning the managerial reins over to someone fresh out of the player ranks. Of course no one knows either if Boone or Meulens have any idea of how to handle a pitching staff which is why in retrospect Cashman made sure to retain the services of Larry Rothschild recognized as one of the best pitching coaches in the business.\nBoone — Checked the three most important boxes with Cashman: A willingness to embrace analytics communication skills with the players and experience with handling the New York media. All of that made him an instant popular choice but it didn’t hurt that he also came from a three generational major league family in which his father Bob managed the Royals and the Reds. Cashman fancies himself as an “out-of-the-box” thinker and this was the ultimate bold “out-of-the-box” choice.\nBeltran — Impressed Cashman and his staff with the sheer force of his personality and knowledge of the game. If he hadn’t just retired and had spent perhaps just one year as a coach or minor league manager he might have been the favorite. As it is he will be with the Yankees in some capacity next year either as a bench or hitting coach for Boone or a special assistant to Cashman . Whatever he wants to do.\nEric Wedge — The only candidate with major league managing experience Cashman only interviewed him because other GMs former and present gave him high grades. But there was no way Cashman was going to go to Steinbrenner with a recommendation of a manager who had failed in two other places Seattle and Cleveland with seven losing seasons in 10 years. In addition his bland personality would have never gone over in New York.\nRob Thomson — He was only in the process out of loyalty to the Yankee organization — 28 years in various capacities most importantly spring training coordinator the past few seasons. Ordinarily going from bench coach to manager would have been a natural ascension. The fact that it wasn’t — and Thomson was again thrown into the mix of candidates — told you he was never a serious candidate for the job. He now leaves the Yankees to go to the Phillies as their bench coach.\nChris Woodward — It’s not quite clear as to why the Dodger third base coach was one of the candidates other than perhaps Cashman wanted to talk to someone who was part of Dave Roberts’ staff in Los Angeles. Early on he had talked about wanting a “Dave Roberts-type ” someone who was into the analytics and had good communication skills especially with young players. Whatever it doesn’t appear as if Woodward the former light-hitting utility infielder who spent a couple of seasons with the Mets and had never before interviewed for a manager’s job knocked anyone’s socks off.", "output": [ "Brian Cashman" ] }, { "id": "task419-1599e00f40c44510ac01a11388ba129a", "input": "New Strategic Concept will enhance NATO security capabilities: Rasmussen\n Rasmussen highlighted the importance of the reforms to enable NATO to face three main challenges in the future namely the risk of instability spreading from weak states the proliferation of ballistic missile technology and threats to cyber-security.\n Weak states can have a \"direct impact\" on the alliance's security Rasmussen told a two-day Young Atlanticist Summit which opened here on Friday.\n As societies have become reliant on information technology Rasmussen stressed the need for NATO to develop cyber security systems and to protect important infrastructure such as banking systems air traffic control or government services.\n There is a \"clear\" threat from the outside which requires NATO to develop capabilities to defend Europe against missile attack said Rasmussen. \"Missile defense will bind the NATO allies closer together \" he added.\n The Lisbon summit will give NATO the chance to undertake the reforms needed for the 61-year-old organization to tackle these new challenges said Rasmussen. NATO leaders are expected to agree on a new Strategic Concept to serve as the alliance's guiding document for the next decade.\n This new strategy \"will launch an alliance that will be more effective more engaged and more efficient \" Rasmussen said.\n Rasmussen said NATO and Russia should together create a \" security roof for the entire Euro-Atlantic area.\"", "output": [ "Anders Fogh Rasmussen", "Rasmussen" ] }, { "id": "task419-2aa12263003b407294c2a4750189d5cd", "input": "Sarah Huckabee Sanders lied about baking a chocolate pecan pie for Thanksgiving. The White House press secretary further ruined the national holiday by humiliating the press corps by asking them why they are grateful. While none of this is true attacking Sanders personally has become the media’s latest and lowest method of attacking President Trump.\n“Piegate” started after Sanders shared a picture on Thursday of a chocolate pecan pie with the caption “I dont cook much these days but managed this Chocolate Pecan Pie for Thanksgiving at the family farm!” April Ryan the American Urban Radio Networks correspondent and a CNN political analyst tweeted at Sanders the next day: “Show it to us on a table.” She then added “I am not trying to be funny but folks are already saying #piegate and #fakepie Show it to us on the table with folks eating it and a pic of you cooking it.” Ryan’s insinuation that Sanders used a stock photo launched a viral debate involving every nook and cranny of the crust and glazed pecan top of the pie.\n Sanders responded to the second tweet with grace: “Don’t worry @AprilDRyan because I’m nice I’ll bake one for you next week ;-) #RealPie #FakeNews.”\nRyan’s fake news was so influential that other liberal media kept the rolling pin going. On Saturday MSNBC’s Joy Reid said she “cannot verify whether or not Sanders baked that pie.” Did anyone at MSNBC call the White House and ask? Fox News’s Todd Stearns did and Sanders told him “Of course I made the pie.” She added that “I make it for every holiday family gathering and have for years.”\n Sanders was also attacked for asking reporters in a pre-Thanksgiving briefing to state what they were thankful for before asking their questions. Sanders started by saying she was thankful for among other things the people in the room her faith and family. Reporters almost all responded in kind which gave the usually antagonistic briefing room a kinder atmosphere.\n Sanders is a practicing Christian who prays before she does the daily briefing so one would think she would be given the benefit of the doubt in understanding this as a good-will effort to transcend partisanship.\nPiling on his colleague Kathleen Parker said Sanders ’s request was “candy-coating her usual condescension with faux fellowship.” Parker used the rest of her column to criticize every aspect of Sanders ’s professional skills and recommended that she be replaced with — naturally — a journalist.\nThe Thanksgiving nastiness wasn’t even the lowest the media sank in its attacks on Sanders .\nEarlier this month Los Angeles Times writer David Horsey began his piece: “ Sarah Huckabee Sanders does not look like the kind of woman Donald Trump would choose as his chief spokesperson.” He went on to say she “looks more like a slightly chunky soccer mom who organizes snacks for the kids’ games.”\nThe backlash to this piece especially the reference to Sanders ’s weight was so swift that the Times deleted all of it from the column and added an apology from the author. This is not standard procedure in newspapers. The as-written text normally stays in the piece unless factually incorrect. There’s no way the Times did this because it cares about Trump supporters. It cares about female readership. And we don’t like men judging our weight and appearance at work.\nThe media hostility toward Sanders really has nothing to do with her but stems from its barely concealed hatred for Trump. So they want a Trump spokesperson to perform badly. But Sanders is effective in the way she does not give an inch in defense of the president while keeping her cool and appearing unfazed. That means she gives the media few sound bites to nourish liberal cable shows and late-night television. She ducks and dodges when needed which is part of the job.\n Sanders has thick skin and a strong faith. None of these personal attacks appear to get to her no matter how low and mean. She knows her purpose is to defend and promote the policies of the president and the administration. At some point the elite pundit class in the media will realize that in attacking Sanders they are the ones who end up looking bad.", "output": [ "Sarah Huckabee Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-1ad153d729d742bda3fd5b956d0c3267", "input": "When the three-pointers are falling and the good vibes are flowing Otto Porter Jr. celebrates his shots with a signature pose. As he jogs back on defense Porter leans forward holding three fingers so close to the court he could pick up loose change.\nOn Friday night the threes kept falling the vibes were right and Porter often did his thing in the Washington Wizards’ 121-103 win over the Houston Rockets.\n Porter made the deep perimeter his home against the NBA’s leading three-point shooting team. In the first quarter Porter’s three makes from beyond the arc matched the team total for the Rockets. He added three more in the fourth getting an early rest as Washington turned a showdown with one of the top teams in the Western Conference into a blowout.\n Porter’s seven three-pointers tied a career high and he finished with a game-high 26 points (on 9-for-16 shooting) to go with a team-high seven assists. Bradley Beal and Kelly Oubre Jr. added 21 points each and John Wall finished with 17 and four assists but defined his game on the defensive end with five steals.", "output": [ "Otto Porter Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-4388fa9f7473447ebda4f22e6eca1658", "input": "Speaking at a memorial in Nanjing Yu Zhengsheng who heads a high profile but largely ceremonial advisory body to China’s parliament said China and Japan were neighbours with deep historic ties.\nChina would deepen relations with all its neighbours including Japan on the basis of amity sincerity and friendship Yu said in comments carried live on China’s state television.\n“China and Japan must act on the basis of both their people’s basic interests correctly grasp the broad direction of peaceful and friendly cooperation take history as a mirror face the future and pass on friendship down the generations ” Yu said.\nDoves to signify peace flew overhead after Yu finished speaking.", "output": [ "Yu Zhengsheng" ] }, { "id": "task419-707ac4318e8444b892ba2bdd51893ef1", "input": "Christopher Mays told the station Jordan was inside “enjoying himself ” for at least 30 minutes before police showed up.\n“[There was] a 3-month-old boy who’s not strapped in the car seat upside down [his] head is where it’s butt should be feet up in the air ” Mays said. “God only knows how much longer an upside down infant has in a car seat.”\nMeanwhile the strip club staff and the concerned customer helped the 3-year-old unlock the car from the inside freeing the kids Mays said.\n“It’s devastating…it’s devastating that people can do that to children…it really opens your eyes to what goes on in this world how nasty things can be ” Mays told WINK News.", "output": [ "Christopher Mays" ] }, { "id": "task419-1925a69d765648a3abcf71f48d23a1b6", "input": "NEW YORK — Taylor Swift 's upcoming album is already breaking records and it isn't even out yet. Pre-orders for \"reputation\" have reached more than 400 000 units and the album has become Target's biggest music pre-sale of all-time.\nBig Machine Records told The Associated Press on Friday that pre-orders for \"reputation \" to be released Nov. 10 are double the number of pre-orders for Swift 's \"1989\" album a week before its release in 2014.\nThe pre-order number includes purchases at iTunes Target Walmart Amazon and Swift 's website. Target also confirmed Friday that \"reputation\" is its largest music pre-sale ever.\n Swift has released four songs from her sixth album so far including \"Look What You Made Me Do\" and \"...Ready for It?\"\n Swift will perform on \"Saturday Night Live\" in November. The performance will mark her first public appearance since announcing \"reputation.\" Tiffany Haddish will host.", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-da00bcc76f4849ce8ed1f1fbd60b76fe", "input": "With the Nats and their latest new manager back in the news longtime play-by-play voice Charlie Slowes had occasion this week to reminisce about the history of Nationals managers. Which led him to one of his favorite stories about a Nats manager one I had never heard but immediately loved.\n“I guess he’d just got into his car he’s listening to the radio or something ” Slowes went on. “And he rolls his window down — and he was still in full uniform! He goes ‘I’ve got to be back so early tomorrow why even bother changing?’\n“So my thought was — as he rolls his window up and he pulls away — he’s living in an apartment building in D.C. ” Slowes said. “And I’m just thinking he’s got to go in the garage and go up to his apartment. He’s doing that in full uniform? If you lived in the apartment you’d go ‘Hey who’s the guy in the Frank Robinson uniform?’ ”\n“I couldn’t believe that he did it and to this day nobody else knows that story ” Slowes said. “I’ve told it to a couple people but nobody else saw it so it ’s not believable to anybody else.” But Slowes called it “one of my great memories” from his time with the Nats.\nMeanwhile Slowes — who also has a history with the Tampa Bay Rays — has known new skipper Dave Martinez for 20 years and has spoken with him frequently about his desire to get a big league managerial job.\n“I’ve talked to him every year ” Slowes said. “I talked to him during the [Nats-Cubs] playoff series. Each year I’d see him back in Florida — because we live near each other — and he’s say ‘I’m so ready I’m ready to have my own team I’m ready to manage that’s what I want to do.’ So I knew that he interviewed when Matt Williams was hired; he was the runner-up. I knew he was considered after Matt Williams but they decided to go with the experienced manager. I knew he interviewed for other jobs.”", "output": [ "Charlie Slowes" ] }, { "id": "task419-f63fb0f23f0043be9f5ba8c07b62c303", "input": "Eric Bolling's son was found dead on Friday just hours after Fox News announced that it was parting ways with the former Fox News host.\nAuthorities have informed us there is no sign of self harm at this point. Autopsy will be next week. Please respect our grieving period. — Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) September 9 2017\n\"We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Eric Bolling’s son \" the statement said. \"Eric Chase was a wonderful young man and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Bolling family.\"\nSo awful. My heart goes out to Eric and his family. Tragedy: Eric Bolling Son Dies Mediaite [Link] — Don Lemon (@donlemon) September 9 2017\nThe younger Bolling's death came just hours after Fox News announced that it was parting ways with Eric Bolling a month after the Huffington Post first reported that Bolling send unsolicited lewd text messages to colleagues at Fox News and Fox Business Network.\n Bolling denied the claims and took legal action against the reporter who broke the story Yashar Ali.", "output": [ "Eric Bolling" ] }, { "id": "task419-ea762dd64fe7468ea2e58aec6b459825", "input": "Kellyanne Conway blasted Hillary Clinton for taking five days to come out with a statement about movie producer and Democratic mega-donor Harvey Weinstein following growing allegations that he'd been sexually assaulting women for years.\nFurther said Conway Clinton as far as anyone knows \"kept the dirty money that dirty Harvey has given her in her campaign.\"\nBut now even if Clinton gives back the money that would not make her look any better said Conway.\n\"First of all she doesn't need to mollify me but not be a hypocrite about women's empowerment \" Conway said. \" She spent a month this time last year talking about an audio tape from 11 years earlier where a statement was made by the now president of the United States . . . what has she done privately in her private life? She is talking about herself and a campaign she lost on a book tour. She is not trying to help victims of sexual assault.\"\nConway invited Clinton to call her at the White House if she wishes to discuss the issue.\n\" She knows the number \" she said. \" She was the first lady for eight years and worked in a bipartisan fashion on sexual assault. We don't hear that from her .\"", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5c9d82452dd4fb99c1e5988b4cb76f6", "input": "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) buys some Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA.O) businesses it could provide a quick path for the traditional media giant to create a substantial competitor to Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) in the battle for TV and movie viewers.\nFILE PHOTO: The Twenty-First Century Fox Studios flag flies over the company building in Los Angeles California U.S. November 6 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson /File Photo\nThe two companies reportedly held talks in recent weeks about a potential sale of Fox’s FX and National Geographic channels its movie studio and some other international assets to Disney according to media reports. The discussions had stopped as of Monday but could restart the reports said.\nInvestors who have driven Netflix shares to record highs this year were selling on Tuesday sending the company’s stock down more than 2 percent. Disney and Fox shares rose roughly 1 percent each as analysts said a deal between the two media giants could benefit Disney’s planned streaming push.\nWith Fox Disney in the future could yank Fox programming from Netflix and put shows like “The Simpsons” and movie franchises including “Avatar” alongside Disney classics such as “Beauty and the Beast” plus “Star Wars” and Marvel films.\nThat would leave a hole in Netflix. Fox made up 17 percent of Netflix’s top-rated shows by IMDb as of June while Disney made up 7 percent according to MoffettNathanson and YipitData.\n Disney and Fox also each own roughly 25 percent of streaming service Hulu which could serve as another platform for content.\nDisney Fox and Netflix had no comment.\n“That’s why we got into the originals business five years ago anticipating it may be not as easy a conversation with studios and networks” to license their programming Sarandos said.\nDisney will be starting its online service more than a decade after Netflix which now boasts 109 million streaming customers around the world. Disney could expand its global reach if it acquires Fox TV channel Star India and the company’s stake in European pay TV provider Sky Plc (SKYB.L) which already has made inroads in the streaming market.\nNeedham & Co analyst Laura Martin said Disney needs to buy a film library from Fox or another big company to compete directly with Netflix. “Disney’s libraries are very high quality but they are very small ” Martin said. “They could not do it alone.”", "output": [ "Fox" ] }, { "id": "task419-5d9d5de6db9343c886755bf49076edfd", "input": "Kamila Shamsie didn’t have to stretch to fit the plot to the times when she decided to adapt the Greek tragedy Antigone into a contemporary novel about terrorism.\nThe gripping novel explores how western responses to terrorism show the limits of our ideals and laws. In an interview over Skype Shamsie told me her initial imperative with the novel was to explore the question of citizenship to delve into what it means to begin stripping people of citizenship for certain crimes.\n“Repeatedly people in [Theresa May’s] government have said ‘citizenship is a privilege not a right ’” Shamsie said. “And that’s simply legally untrue but increasingly they want to be able to take away citizenship for people who they think are unworthy. And they get to decide.”\n She added: “It’s your own citizens and you’re saying that for all that we have our judicial system and prison system and probation and all of that this is the one crime that we don’t know how to deal with so we’re just going to leave you out of the country. It should be seen as a real failing of a state to say that our judicial system is incapable of knowing how to respond to this criminal act.”\nAnd as in the United States the notion of terror is racialized and associated with Muslims (President Trump entertaining the idea of sending Sayfullo Saipov the man who killed eight people when he drove a truck down a bike path in Manhattan on Halloween to Guantánamo is at this point to be expected.) While stripping citizenship might initially be justified only in terrorism cases Shamsie noted Theresa May’s attempts to revoke the passports of a group of British-Pakistani men convicted of sex crimes – “there’s no way of saying it’s not about Islamophobia and racism because no one is making those suggestions about anyone who is white and committing similar crimes.”\nIn the narratives that she read of radicalization of youth attempting to join ISIS Shamsie saw only demonization and one-dimensional narratives: “ It ’s almost an inevitability now. If you’re young Muslim and male and angry then you’re going to strap a bomb onto yourself.” But she dug into research on ISIS propaganda and youth who were convinced by it and found that the reality for many teenage would-be fighters was complex.\n“One of the things I was interested in was the lure being something other than violence and all the other ways that this world that we know to be nihilistic and brutal could also be seductive ” Shamsie said.\n“There is this link between masculinity and violence that should be inescapable it should be part of every conversation on violence ” said Shamsie . “Instead we compartmentalize violence: There’s the violence of gun shooters in America there’s the violence of suicide bombers in Iraq there’s domestic violence everywhere there are men in Pakistan who are committing honor killings — and we don’t draw the line between all of them and say what is it with men what is it with masculinity what is it that young men do to prove to themselves or to someone else that they are a man in the right kind of way?”\nAll of these complexities are missing from most media narratives of radicalization and so also is the possibility of empathy Shamsie believes. In her research she found little compassion for the families whose children had gone to Syria “families facing the most horrendous thing — your child or your sibling who is very young or very stupid or angry — has gone to a place from where you know they will probably never return. And these families are treated as though they are guilty rather than as if they are mourning.”\nThe novel gave Shamsie the space to create that empathy.", "output": [ "Kamila Shamsie" ] }, { "id": "task419-6b0d113241c745249c4d13117b4f3f23", "input": "Dr. Samadi: What to do if your sex drive is stuck in low gear\nDr. Samadi: 12 early signs of cancer men should never ignore\nDr. Samadi: Know the difference between BPH and prostate cancer\n Dr. Samadi is a board-certified urologic oncologist trained in open and traditional and laparoscopic surgery and is an expert in robotic prostate surgery. He is chairman of urology chief of robotic surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. He is a medical contributor for the Fox News Channel's Medical A-Team. Follow Dr. Samadi on Twitter Instagram Pintrest SamadiMD.com davidsamadiwiki davidsamadibio and Facebook.", "output": [ "Samadi" ] }, { "id": "task419-334d8e0dbe544221840f2b4a0e833e8e", "input": "If there was a Trump-versus-Clinton race , where would Romney stand ? \nIt was a high bar , but Mitt Romney met the challenge . \nBut not Romney . \nRomney literally spoke of Trump as \"twisted .\" \nBut Mitt Romney did not say he would refuse to vote for Trump as the Republican nominee in the fall . \nRomney dominated the discussion following the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses that saw Donald Trump dramatically advance his candidacy for the nomination of the party that made Romney its standard-bearer four years ago . \nBut Romney has also ripped Clinton and said she \"must not become president .\" \nCynics will argue that Romney simply wants to set himself up as that alternative . \nRomney fails to endorse an alternative to Trump . \nBut not Romney . \nNext to nothing , because Mitt Romney 's speech did not answer what now quite likely will be the essential question for Republicans in the 2016 cycle : Will those who oppose Trump as a candidate for the party nomination oppose Trump as the nominee of the party ? \nAs Romney prepared to speak , commentators announced that \"the Mitt is about to hit the fan .\" \nThe political and media elites , who have always taken Romney more seriously than the American electorate has , did everything they could to pump up the hot-air balloon , and then Romney popped it . \nBut if we take Romney at his word that his speech Thursday was not an announcement of candidacy -- as the pick of a brokered convention or as an independent \"Lincoln Republican\" alternative in November -- then what are we left with ? \nRomney offered credible criticism of Trump . \nRomney has ripped Trump and said that he should not be the Republican nominee . \nRomney tells us that Trump is \"a phony and fraud\" and : \"His domestic policies would lead to recession . \nRomney called Trump 's approach to foreign policy \"recklessness in the extreme\" and declared that Trump \"lacks the temperament to be president .\"", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-8abfd1c54b9149f4b35e240345310ae2", "input": "Tom Crean was seated in the back of the cafeteria with classic rock playing from the speakers as he huddled with his notes and film on his laptop to prepare for Tuesday night’s game between Oklahoma and Kansas.\n Crean the former Marquette and Indiana head coach is out of coaching for the first time since he entered the profession but he is as attached to the game as ever. Crean said he is learning a fresh perspective as an ESPN analyst and he has received credit for offering keen insight during games.\n Crean was fired in March 2017 after his ninth season at Indiana which ended with an 18-16 record. His Hoosiers teams made three Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA tournament but couldn’t advance further.\nNow Crean spends his time at his home in Florida where his son Riley — a 35th-round draft pick of the White Sox — is playing at IMG Academy and will be eligible for the baseball draft again in June. Crean had time to help his older daughter move to California and rarely misses his younger daughter’s volleyball games. He runs into fellow Florida resident Dick Vitale who “pumps me up.”\nAnd of course Crean is still on the road soaking in college basketball from the media side.\n His former Hoosiers team now coached by Archie Miller plays at Illinois on Wednesday.\nHere’s what Crean told the Tribune in a phone interview about a year of transitions and when he would like to get back to coaching:", "output": [ "Tom Crean" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b3376dce5bf483f97c99f7e3ae66dc4", "input": "Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) appeared to change her tone completely Monday when challenged by Meghan McCain to express the same outrage against former President Bill Clinton as she had been displaying against President Trump.\n“I’ve not heard that from any Republicans and they won’t hold him accountable ” Gillibrand told Joy Behar on “The View.”\nWhen Behar asked about Republican silence on the issue Gillibrand continued “it shouldn’t be a partisan issue. We should be having a very different conversation about President Trump and we should be holding him accountable and we should be having hearings and giving a space and voice for these women who so bravely have come forward but President Trump has tried to silence all of them tried to demean them tried to dismiss them.”\n“As you you know these things have to be dealt with whether you’re a Democrat whether you’re a Republican you need transparency and accountability ” Gillibrand answered “and no one is above criticism.”\n“But in that case ” she added “I don’t know all the details.”\n“I think this moment of time that we’re in is very different ” Gillibrand explained.\nHere’s the entire segment with Senator Gillibrand :", "output": [ "Kirsten Gillibrand" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe131c9e7ae3457cbd08f1296a1cc9d3", "input": "year - old Charle - feigh dropped her daughter off with perfectly coiffed hair on the first day of kindergarten . But as Markeisha ' s Facebook pic shows Charle - feigh didn ' t come home that day with the same hairdo . Charle - feigh apparently decided to alter the special ' do herself at school and returned home let ' s say looking a bit different . Markeisha says she \" lost it all \" when she saw her daughter ' s hair but she appreciated everyone ' s interest after she posted the before and after pics . Markeisha wrote in the comments \" Thanks everyone ! She is really a joy ! I was upset true ! But me and my baby laughed together at her hair redo !\"", "output": [ "Markeisha" ] }, { "id": "task419-462f2bf577884351b21de340018d7828", "input": "Ai Weiwei ' s latest exhibition in New York titled \" Good Fences Make Good Neighbors \" can be spotted in areas throughout the five boroughs to bring attention of the refugees across the world The New York Times reported . Ai a renowned Chinese artist and human rights activist created the pieces that are presented by the Public Art Fund according to its website . The pieces which went up Thursday will remain on display throughout the city until Feb . 11 . \" Inspired by the international migration crisis and current global geopolitical landscape the exhibition transforms the security fence into a powerful social and artistic symbol with interventions across the city \" said a statement on the Public Arts Fund site . Some of the places the images that often includes bars and various designs can be found are the Doris C . Freedman Plaza at Central Park the Washington Square Arch in Greenwich Village and the Unisphere at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens . The fund said the images are joined by site - specific interventions on top of and in between private buildings located at 48 East 7th Street 189 Chrystie Street 248 Bowery and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art at Astor Place . The artwork also includes a series of new flagpole - mounted works for the New York City Economic Development Corporation - managed Essex Street Market and sculptural interventions around 10 JCDecaux bus shelters in partnership with the New York City Department of Transportation . \" Like his hero Duchamp Mr . Ai has wholly erased any border between his art and his life — and there are some emergencies among them the displacement of more human beings than any time since World War II that this artist can only address with bluntness \" New York Times art critic Jason Farago wrote Thursday . \" Step back though and look at the project in aggregate and ' Good Fences Make Good Neighbors ' displays all the confidence and moral passion of his most important later projects \" Farago continued . The Public Arts Fund statement said that Ai has traveled with refugee camps around the world to gain inspiration for his project . \" Ai Weiwei is unique in having combined the roles of preeminent contemporary artist political dissident and human rights activist in such a prominent and powerful way \" Nicholas Baume the Public Art Fund ' s director and chief curator said in its statement . \" In many ways ' Good Fences Make Good Neighbors ' is the culmination of his work to date . It grows out of his personal experience of ' otherness ' his distinguished practice as both artist and architect as well as his intensive research on the international refugee crisis and global rise of nationalism .\"", "output": [ "Jason Farago" ] }, { "id": "task419-46b40658dfea4f768093839a081d275b", "input": "Activist investor Natasha Lamb managing partner for Arjuna Capital is once again calling on Google to share information on if it pays women equally to men.\nLamb has reason to be curious. Arjuna has been attempting to work with Google's parent company Alphabet on this issue for a couple of years now.\n Arjuna was willing to give its stamp of approval for that limited comparison in the hopes that the company would eventually share an analysis of all of it. But then Alphabet changed its mind on cooperating the board opposed the proposal and has been refusing to talk with her about the matter ever since she says.\nHowever a Google spokesperson tells Business Insider that the company has actually done all that Lamb wanted and that its comparisons do include salary bonuses and stock. \"We've provided the number they [ Arjuna ] requested just like some other companies have and we've provided details of our methodology here. This analysis includes stock.\"\n Arjuna has worked on shareholder proposals with seven other tech companies all of which eventually agreed to release the asked-for gender pay comparison metrics: eBay Intel Apple Amazon Expedia Microsoft and Adobe.\nThe only other company besides Google that refused her requests to share this data was Facebook which has also spurned Arjuna's shareholder proposal on the matter .\nTo be fair shareholder proposals are almost always opposed by companies. If the board agrees with them the company simply makes the asked-for change and the proposal is dropped ahead of time. If the board opposes them they virtually never pass.\nIn addition to pushing tech companies Arjuna has also been targeting the investment banking industry to release its gender pay data as well.", "output": [ "Arjuna" ] }, { "id": "task419-b6b4909d66a745898a81da570a9cf446", "input": "If you have a pulse and own a stock you probably have seen Peter Tuchman’s face. But a household name he ain’t.\n Tuchman ’s histrionics play out on the stage of the New York Stock Exchange where the 60-year-old trader — “I’ve been 55 for five years” — is known as the most photographed person at the NYSE.\n Tuchman is the money set’s Rorschach test. His facial expressions mirror the aspirations and disappointments of investors the world over: Anguish. Anticipation. Desperation. Triumph.\nYou can spot him on CNBC roaming around in the background the white-haired blue-jacketed trader personal computer in hand. He is all over the Internet and news sites as the background prop to a thousand stock market stories.\n Tuchman got his volatility fix this past week. The Dow Jones industrial average bounced like flubber over six sessions tossing around trillions of dollars in wealth. We talked to him by phone while he patrolled the floor of the NYSE. The conversation was edited for length and clarity.\n“My face describes emotion excitement or distraught madness. And it’s 100 percent genuine ” Peter Tuchman says. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\n“I have never owned a share of stock in my life ” Peter Tuchman says. “I do not eat my own cooking.” (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)\n“I’m a survivor. I’ve been very resistant to the technology forced to reinvent myself multiple times in my career on Wall Street ” Peter Tuchman says. (Richard Drew/AP)\n“The floor of NYSE is the greatest office on Earth. It has energy people ” Peter Tuchman says. “These are hallowed floors. It’s 120 years old and every president every head of state celebrities have walked this floor.” (Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images)", "output": [ "Peter Tuchman" ] }, { "id": "task419-a48ce832dc904ef081c3a36131526e81", "input": "Officer Tyler Beck shot and killed Scout Schultz a computer engineering student after police at the Atlanta school received a 911 call about a “suspicious person on campus.” The caller described the suspect as an intoxicated white male with long blonde hair and blue jeans who was wielding a knife — and possibly a gun.\nIn an interview Stewart said Beck “had only been on the force a little over a year ” and had no law enforcement experience before that. He said Beck had not received well-regarded Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) training to deal with suicidal or mentally fragile suspects.\n“It would seem that you would make sure at least campus police officers have all of the mental health training possible (training) that’s easily available ” he said.\nActually he said one of Beck ’s colleagues “did a good job of talking with Scout ” and the other cops were likely surprised that Beck discharged his weapon.\nGeorgia Tech has said Beck is on paid leave pending the outcome of an investigation into the shooting. In response to a query about Beck 's training the school referred USA TODAY to a series of statements on the shooting that did not specifically address training.\nRyan Powell spokesman for the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council which coordinates police training statewide said Beck graduated last year from a basic law enforcement course mandated for all Georgia police officers.\nBut Beck didn’t take part in the more extensive 40-hour CIT course that since 2004 has trained nearly 11 000 law enforcement officers statewide. The course is recommended for 20% of all officers throughout Georgia.\nHe said video of the shooting suggested that the training benefited Beck ’s colleagues who calmed Schultz down during the confrontation and used the student’s first name. “Those officers were saying exactly what the CIT trainers are trained to say ” Powell said. “They were saying things like ‘Hey Scout we aren’t here to hurt you — please put down the weapon.’”\nHe couldn’t be sure that Beck ’s colleagues were trained in CIT but said a CIT official who had seen video of the confrontation told him “Those guys were saying exactly what we train them to say.”\nPowell hesitated to second-guess Beck ’s actions noting that the standard for using deadly force amounts to this: If an officer is in fear of great bodily harm or death — to himself or others — he’s justified in shooting.", "output": [ "Tyler Beck" ] }, { "id": "task419-e60ec8904f4f42c2b7d33b93a53f27ee", "input": "Comedian Larry David and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are more than just look-alikes : it turns out they 're distant cousins . \nHe added : \"People say to me , you know , they talk about Larry David , and they say he does a better Bernie Sanders than I do .\" \nBernie Sanders , right , appears alongside Larry David , who has impersonated him , on Saturday Night Live .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-f56c5ce253fa4e509de1e7c8a830d8de", "input": "But when Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt) and Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) arrived there were no waving signs. They were there to kick off the push for universal health care with legislation queued up for September and no expectation that the Republican-controlled Congress would pass it.\n“Every major country in the world they ’ve already got it ” said Conyers.\n“More and more people agree with us ” said Sanders .\nAs Washington prepares for a month of spending deadlines and as Republicans and business groups try to shift the conversation to tax reform Sanders is trying to drive a discussion about single-payer health care — a debate that he admits would last for years before any legislative action.\nThe campaign will put the Senate’s only democratic socialist in a unique position. Republicans have already begun attacking Democrats over “government-run health care ” daring them to endorse Sanders ’s plan. On the left activists inspired by Sanders ’s 2016 presidential bid intend to browbeat Democrats who don’t back Sanders ’s and Conyers’s legislation.\n[Centrist Democrats begin pushing back against Bernie Sanders liberal wing]\nIn an interview after his three-state Midwestern tour Sanders said he was formulating an “inside/outside strategy ” attracting as much support as possible from his colleagues while expecting most of them to recoil. It would be up to activists to make single-payer politically possible for the holdouts.\nIn the meantime as the chair of the Senate Democrats’ political outreach he would continue to support colleagues in tough races even if they rejected his bill.\nRepublicans looking hungrily at a 2018 Senate map where 10 incumbent Democrats will compete in states won by Trump were hoping for a litmus test. But in just two states West Virginia and North Dakota are incumbents being challenged by progressives in primaries. Neither challenger is being backed by Sanders .\nStill as Sanders wove through Indiana Ohio and Michigan local conservatives mocked those states’ Democratic senators even those who didn’t appear with Sanders .\nWhen Sanders stumped in Ohio’s Scioto County one of the places that had seen a tight presidential race in 2012 but delivered a landslide for Donald Trump in 2016 Ohio Republican Party chair Jane Timken pointed out that Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) had frequently supported the idea of single-payer health care. (Brown did not appear at the event though former governor Ted Strickland sat in the front row.)\n“The only place Bernie Sanders’ socialist sales pitch will be welcomed today is in Senator Sherrod Brown’s office ” said Timken in a statement. “Scioto County voters rejected socialized health care and the job destroying economic policies of Sanders and Brown last year by overwhelmingly electing President Trump.”\n“People are saying ‘the ACA did some good things and the Republicans wanted to throw 22 million people off of it ’” Sanders said. “That’s an absurd idea to most people.”\nBut single-payer was not going to start with clear partisan support. Sanders intends to release a single-payer bill in the Senate a companion to Conyers’s House Resolution 676 in the weeks after Labor Day.\n[In a swing district a Democrat runs on (eventual) single-payer health care] \nSanders does not expect a majority of his Senate colleagues to endorse it as a majority of House Democrats had in backing Conyers’s bill. And he admits it would take work perhaps years of it to reframe single-payer health care as an aggregate cost-saver instead of an expensive entitlement in any debate.", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-df3457af07e04ed08f8662b4d200ff70", "input": "A Taliban-linked faction has freed American Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle who were abducted more than five years ago in Afghanistan and had three children in captivity. (Joyce Lee/The Washington Post)\nIt must have felt like such an exciting time: Caitlan Coleman and her husband Joshua Boyle were embarking on a six-month adventure through Central Asia.\nBut their exuberant trip ended in a nightmare: In the fall of 2012 they were kidnapped by Taliban fighters. Over the next five years relatives and friends could do little but pray for the couple's well-being. Hope came in the form of short video clips released by the captors. It was through that footage that the couple's families got to glimpse Coleman and Boyle's three children born in captivity.\nHere's a look at how Coleman and Boyle's ordeal unfolded:\nJuly 4 2012: Shortly before she hopped on a plane Coleman sent an email to her friends. “Our flight leaves at 4 p.m. \" she wrote. “Only God knows exactly where it will lead or what all can be accomplished seen experienced or learned while we travel. So we put ourselves in His hands.”\nColeman and Boyle planned to spend several months hiking through Tajikistan Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan the “safe ’stans ” Coleman told her parents. She promised that she wouldn't go to Afghanistan though Boyle was fascinated by the country. Coleman and Boyle had another secret too — Coleman was pregnant.\nSeptember 2012: Coleman emailed with friends every several weeks. In one missive she wrote:\n Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle in an undated photo. (Coleman Family/AP)\nOct. 8 2012: Boyle sent an email to Coleman 's parents saying they were in an “unsafe” part of Afghanistan. The next day the couple made their final withdrawal from their bank account. Soon after they were abducted in Afghanistan's Wardak province a Taliban stronghold southwest of the capital. Officials believe they were eventually moved to Pakistan.\nJune 4 2014: Coleman's family released the two videos it received in 2013 of the couple with their children. As The Washington Post reported at the time: “The videos offer the first and only clues about what happened to Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle after they lost touch with their families 20 months ago while traveling in a mountainous region near the capital Kabul.”\nThe video clips were emailed to Coleman 's father in July and September by an Afghan man who said he had ties to the Taliban. In one Coleman — her head covered — appeals to “my president Barack Obama” for help. “I would ask that my family and my government do everything that they can to bring my husband child and I to safety and freedom ” Coleman then 28 says.\nNovember 2015: Coleman 's family received a letter stating that she has given birth to a second child in captivity. “I pray to hear from you again to hear how everybody is doing ” the letter said.\nJanuary 2016: Canadian officials brokered a deal to free Colin Rutherford another Canadian held captive by militants along with Coleman and Boyle. Rutherford was freed but the couple and their children remained in custody.\nThis image from video provided by the Coleman family shows Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle. The videos offered the first clue about what happened to Coleman and Boyle after they lost touch with their family. ( Coleman family/AP)\nJune 2016: Coleman 's family sent a videotaped message to the Taliban during the holy month of Ramadan thanking the militant group for keeping their daughter alive and pleading for her safe return. “We desperately want to be with and hold our daughter and grandsons ” James Coleman said in the video. “As a man father and now grandfather I am asking you to show mercy and release my daughter her husband and their beautiful children.”\nDecember 2016: The Taliban released a fourth video of the family. “We have waited since 2012 for someone to understand our problems the Kafkaesque nightmare in which we find ourselves ” Coleman says in the video. “My children have seen their mother defiled. We ask in our collective 14th year of prison that the governments on both sides reach some agreement to allow us freedom.”", "output": [ "Caitlan Coleman" ] }, { "id": "task419-9390c8c32e7b487c8f385fd91f894459", "input": "TORONTO (Reuters) - The death of Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie a music superstar beloved for songs about culture small towns and hockey triggered an outpouring of tributes and grief across Canada on Wednesday.\nWeeping openly Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that he had drawn strength and inspiration from the nation’s best known songwriter. At his final concert in August 2016 televised nationally Trudeau had joined Downie on stage in tribute.\n“We are less of a country without Gord Downie in it ” Trudeau said in Parliament.\n Downie was known for his frenetic stage presence and telling long stories in the middle of songs. Formed in the 1980s with roots in blues and rock the Tragically Hip found radio popularity on both classic and alternative rock stations.\nThe Hip as it was widely known held an emotional farewell tour last year after Downie ’s cancer was revealed with the band’s last hometown show in Kingston Ontario billed as a national celebration.\nA book of condolence is pictured at a makeshift memorial for the late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie in Kingston Ontario Canada October 18 2017. REUTERS/Chris Wattie\nOn Wednesday radio stations played Tragically Hip songs as news of his death spread across the country and tributes poured in on social media as Canadians remembered their encounters with Downie .\nThe National Hockey League Players’ Association tweeted thanks to Downie saying his music was “the soundtrack of car rides to practices bus trips to tournaments and dressing rooms across Canada. Hockey was part of you and you will always be part of hockey.”\nPerry Bellegarde national chief of the Assembly of First Nations tweeted prayers for Downie ’s family adding that “our hearts break on news of the passing of ... an ally and friend.”\n Downie had become an outspoken supporter of Canada’s indigenous people penning songs about the painful legacy of colonialism and urging Canadians toward reconciliation.\nIn their statement Downie ’s family said the singer had spent his last days making music and memories with family and friends.\n“Thank you everyone for all the respect admiration and love you have given Gord throughout the years - those tender offerings touched his heart and he takes them with him now as he walks among the stars ” the statement said.", "output": [ "Gord Downie" ] }, { "id": "task419-ed56b72a7c74464187959fe53d0914f3", "input": "Speaking with Variety Streisand said that the two Coton de Tulear dogs named Miss Violet and Miss Scarlett are actually clones of a dog that passed away last year Samantha.\n“They have different personalities ” Streisand told Variety. “I’m waiting for them to get older so I can see if they have her [ Samantha ’s] brown eyes and seriousness.”\nBefore Samantha passed on Babs had cells taken from the dog's mouth and stomach for replicating purposes.\nStreisand 75 also has a third dog Miss Fanny who is a distant cousin of Samantha making it one big happy family.", "output": [ "Samantha" ] }, { "id": "task419-363f459ac56d4b1fb0be4360da8b2b94", "input": "Unpopular observation: reducing the limit on 401k contributions is massively progressive. [Link] â Richard H Thaler (@R_Thaler) October 26 2017\nWhen Thaler was asked on Twitter whether a $2 400 limit to pretax savings would indicate the government was endorsing that amount as adequate for retirement savings he said other options such as a 10% deferral could offset that.\n\"No reason to subsidize saving by the rich \" Thaler said.\nMaybe but many other solutions. Just set the default at 10% for example. No reason to subsidize saving by the rich. â Richard H Thaler (@R_Thaler) October 26 2017\n Thaler was not immediately available for comment.", "output": [ "Richard H Thaler" ] }, { "id": "task419-ffc0ca35221647718db1d85d33917027", "input": "Tom Petty wrote dozens of classic songs (“Free Fallin ” “American Girl ” “Refugee ” and on and on). Here are a few deeper cuts that endure:\n“Fooled Again (I Don’t Like It) ” from “ Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers” (1976): The eeriest nastiest track on the band’s debut.\n Watch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers rip through \"Fooled Again (I Don't Like It).\" Watch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers rip through \"Fooled Again (I Don't Like It).\" SEE MORE VIDEOS\n“I Need to Know ” from “You’re Gonna Get It” (1978): Petty was initially pegged as a new-wave artist by tastemakers who didn’t know what to make of him and this song embodies the fast terse almost slapdash urgency of the form with the guitar interplay of Petty and Mike Campbell.\n Watch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tear up \"I Need to Know\" in 1978. Watch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers tear up \"I Need to Know\" in 1978. SEE MORE VIDEOS\n“Louisiana Rain ” from “Damn the Torpedoes” (1979): This sounds like a battered bruised bluesy outtake from the Rolling Stones’ “Beggars Banquet” with Petty channeling Keith Richards.\nListen to \"Louisiana Rain\" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . Listen to \"Louisiana Rain\" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . SEE MORE VIDEOS\nWatch the original 1981 video for \"A Woman in Love (But It's Not Me) \" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . Watch the original 1981 video for \"A Woman in Love (But It's Not Me) \" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . SEE MORE VIDEOS\nListen to \"The Best of Everything\" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . Listen to \"The Best of Everything\" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . SEE MORE VIDEOS\nWatch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform \"Love is a Long Road\" from a 2003 episode of \"Soundstage.\" Watch Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform \"Love is a Long Road\" from a 2003 episode of \"Soundstage.\" SEE MORE VIDEOS\n“Don’t Fade on Me ” from “Wildflowers” (1994): One of Petty’s best and most underrated albums with Rick Rubin production coming off recent work with Johnny Cash focused on intimacy and stripped-down production. Petty has never sounded more vulnerable than he does on this acoustic track.\nListen to \"Don't Fade on Me\" from Tom Petty 's 1994 solo album \"Wildflowers.\" Listen to \"Don't Fade on Me\" from Tom Petty 's 1994 solo album \"Wildflowers.\" SEE MORE VIDEOS\nListen to \"Come on Down to My House \" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . Listen to \"Come on Down to My House \" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . SEE MORE VIDEOS\n“Ways to Be Wicked ” from “Playback” boxed set (1995): An outtake handed to Maria McKee and Lone Justice for the band’s stellar 1985 country-punk debut album. Petty’s caustic version brims with sex wickedness and hurt.\nListen to \"Ways to be Wicked\" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . Listen to \"Ways to be Wicked\" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . SEE MORE VIDEOS\nWatch the official music video for \"Swingin'\" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . Watch the official music video for \"Swingin'\" from Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers . SEE MORE VIDEOS", "output": [ "Tom Petty" ] }, { "id": "task419-20cde5708ce34ae5ba4b838d063e099d", "input": "Boston’s ABC affiliate WCVB TV was forced to withstand the slings and arrows of sports fans after using a stock photo of the recently deceased convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez to illustrate a story on the team’s big playoffs win last weekend.\nAs the Patriots wrapped up their battle to win yet another opportunity to play at the Super Bowl WCVB posted a tweet celebrating the team’s win. However the tweet featured a photo of Aaron Hernandez who was convicted of murder committed suicide and hasn’t played football since 2012.\nFor its part the station tweeted out an explanation saying that someone just grabbed a stock photo of the Patriots and it was just an unfortunate coincidence that it was a photo of Hernandez .\nA news service that provides WCVB some digital content accidentally posted a pic of Aaron Hernandez in connection w/Pats AFC champ win on our social media. It's embarrassing & unacceptable. We apologize & are working w/team to correct so something like this never happens again. — WCVB-TV Boston (@WCVB) January 22 2018", "output": [ "Aaron Hernandez" ] }, { "id": "task419-8cf6d4fc6bb444f08cfcb7097e45bbb3", "input": "The documents from the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau include marketing brochures for an array of top-of-the-line Soviet missiles that were able to deliver nuclear warheads to U.S. cities. Initially designed for the Soviet navy’s nuclear submarines some of the models offered for sale could be launched from a large boat a submerged barge or a capsule dropped into the ocean negating the need for a modern submarine fleet.\n“The missile could be floated and ignited without any need for a launch platform ” recalled Kyle Gillman the former executive vice president of the U.S.-Russian joint venture known as Sea Launch Investors. Gillman who negotiated the business agreement with Russia’s Makeyev scientists reviewed and authenticated the documents obtained by The Washington Post.\nThe evidence that the designs eventually ended up in North Korea is partly circumstantial. In late 1992 with the U.S.-Russian project flagging more than 60 Russian missile scientists and family members from the Makeyev facility were arrested at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport as they prepared to travel to Pyongyang to work as consultants. U.S. Russian and South Korean intelligence officials later concluded that some of the scientists eventually succeeded in traveling to North Korea to offer blueprints and technical advice for the country’s missiles program.\nBut U.S. analysts see more ­persuasive evidence in the actual missiles that North Korea has put on display over the past two years. In the most striking case the ­Hwasong-10 or Musudan a ­single-stage missile successfully tested by North Korea in June 2016 appears to use the same engine and many design features as the Soviet Union’s R-27 Zyb a submarine-launched ballistic missile designed by Makeyev scientists and advertised in one of the brochures obtained by The Post.\nThe Americans who founded Sea Launch Investors in 1992 believed that their project could help prevent the poaching of Russian weapons experts by terrorists and rogue states at least from the community of rocket scientists at the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau the premier Soviet manufacturer of submarine-launched ballistic missiles headquartered in Miass a small city in Russia’s southern Ural mountains.\nIn May of that year a Protocol of Intent agreement was signed by retired Adm. Thomas Moorer a former Joint Chiefs chairman and head of the American team and retired Russian Adm. Fyodor Novoselov a former deputy fleet commander for shipbuilding and armaments. The joint venture ­acquired exclusive rights to Makeyev ’s inventory of submarine-launched ballistic missiles and then developed marketing materials that showcased a line of products that could be converted for use in commercial ventures. These included a missile known as the R-27 Zyb — or “Ripple” — the squat blunt-nosed workhorse of the Soviet Union’s Yankee-1 Class submarine fleet along with larger more powerful missiles such as the 50-foot-tall R-29 Shtil — or “Calm” — and the newer solid-fueled R-39 Rif. The latter two were true intercontinental ballistic missiles with a range of more than 5 000 miles.\nAs the months passed Makeyev’s managers became increasingly frustrated as their American partners ran into a series of obstacles including reservations about whether the joint venture was permissible under U.S.-Russian arms-control agreements. In April 1993 Gen. Colin L. Powell then the Joint Chiefs chairman informed Sea Launch Investors that the project could not proceed without a government review and a formal waiver of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty. No waiver was granted and by the spring of 1995 it was clear that the company was at a dead end.\nBy then some of the Makeyev drawings and blueprints had apparently gone out the door. The Russian scientists arrested at the Moscow airport acknowledged to investigators that they had been recruited as a group to assist North Korea in building rockets ostensibly as space boosters for satellites. In “The Dead Hand ” David E. Hoffman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the last years of the Cold War a Russian security official describes how the North Koreans systematically chose experts from across Makeyev ’s entire production line from fuels specialists to engineers who designed the nose cone and payload chamber. The salary offer $1 200 a month was 200 times as much as some of the scientists were earning at home.\nOther attempts would follow. U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials have confirmed that Makeyev scientists eventually did land jobs as consultants for the North Koreans and technical drawings were passed to Pyongyang either directly or through intermediaries.\nSome of Makeyev ’s missile secrets appear to have left Russia before the joint-venture effort officially disbanded. Still years later the company’s former executive vice president remains convinced that most if not all could have been kept locked away if Western governments had acted quickly.\nThe missile was dubbed the Hwasong-10 or Musudan. But experts noted striking similarities to the R-27 Zyb or Ripple manufactured by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau . Two months later on Aug. 24 2016 North Korea successfully tested the Pukguksong-1 a submarine-launched missile that also incorporates some features from the Zyb. Both models are “generally regarded as derived from the designs of the Makeyev Bureau’s R-27 ” said Joshua Pollack an analyst at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey Calif.\n“I have to assume that Makeyev pitched part if not all of these concepts and proposals to other interested investors including the North Koreans ” said Michael Elleman a former missiles scientist and a senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies a British think tank.", "output": [ "Makeyev" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d75d831ab2c4db585de5474a0681064", "input": "LONDON (AP) — A British judge is set to decide Tuesday whether to quash or uphold an arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has spent more than five years evading the law inside Ecuador's London embassy .\n Assange 's lawyers argue that it's no longer in the public interest to arrest him for jumping bail in 2012 and seeking shelter in the embassy to avoid extradition to Sweden where prosecutors were investigating allegations of sexual assault and rape made by two women. He denied the allegations.\nSwedish prosecutors dropped their investigation last year saying there was no prospect of bringing Assange to Sweden in the foreseeable future. But the British warrant for violating bail conditions still stands and Assange faces arrest if he leaves the embassy.\n Assange 's lawyers asked for the warrant to be withdrawn since Sweden no longer wants him extradited but the judge rejected their request last week.\n Assange 's attorney went on to argue that arresting him is no longer proportionate or in the public interest. Lawyer Mark Summers said that the 5½ years Assange has spent inside the embassy were \"adequate if not severe\" punishment for his actions and cited a report by a U.N. committee which said the 46-year-old was being arbitrarily detained.\nHe said the fact remained that Assange had chosen to enter the embassy to avoid arrest \nEven if the judge lifts the British arrest warrant Assange 's legal problems may not be over. He suspects there is a secret U.S. grand jury indictment against him for WikiLeaks' publication of classified documents and that American authorities will seek his extradition", "output": [ "Julian Assange" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ec41781609c4a4fb411c931b5cf04c1", "input": "Study author David Kaufman director of Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center noted that ibuprofen and other NSAIDs are among \"the most-used medicines in the U.S.\n\"[But] most NSAID use is over-the-counter \" he added \"with users deciding what to take without involvement by health care providers.\"\n Kaufman downplayed the notion that users might be popping too many NSAIDs to avoid using addictive opioid painkillers.\n\"My guess \" he said \"is that while avoidance of opioids may influence prescribing decisions by doctors it may not affect consumer behavior very much.\"\nInstead Kaufman believes some consumers may simply decide to take an excessive number of pills — regardless of label instructions. But that behavior is \"potentially modifiable with better education of users \" he added.", "output": [ "David Kaufman" ] }, { "id": "task419-28d7c3dfccc84315bbff405bd327f552", "input": "Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) described incidents of sexual harassment in Congress at a House Administration Committee hearing on Nov. 14 including one perpetrated by an unnamed \"member who is here now \" she said. (House Administration Committee)\n Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) described incidents of sexual harassment in Congress at a House Administration Committee hearing on Nov. 14 including one perpetrated by an unnamed \"member who is here now \" she said. (House Administration Committee)\n“This is about a member who is here now. I don’t know who it is but somebody who I trust told me this situation ” Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) said at the hearing on sexual harassment.\nThe male member tricked a young female staffer into meeting him at his residence Comstock said. When the staffer arrived he greeted her in a towel then exposed himself she said. The staffer left the house and subsequently quit her Hill job she said.", "output": [ "Barbara Comstock" ] }, { "id": "task419-d4cad8f2108941f3a0a5884c81db1d21", "input": "Mark Hurd is facing more fallout from his ouster five months ago as CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co. the world's biggest personal computer and printer maker.\n The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the circumstances of Hurd's forced resignation in August a surprising exit that triggered an immediate $9 billion drop in HP's market value and involved allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate sharing of inside information.\n Hurd's five-year reign at HP which was hailed by Wall Street but reviled by many HP employees because of deep job and cost cuts came to an abrupt end after a former HP marketing contractor Jodie Fisher accused him of sexual harassment.\n HP's board said it didn't find evidence to support the harassment claim but did find inaccuracies in Hurd's expense reports for his outings with Fisher who helped organize and host HP networking events that Hurd attended.\n The Journal citing anonymous sources reported that the SEC's investigation is looking at the expense reports as well as another of Fisher's allegations -- that Hurd told her in advance about HP's $13.9 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems in 2008 -- and the possibility that Hurd destroyed computer evidence related to the case.\n Hurd has argued that he didn't prepare his own expense reports and that the omission of Fisher's name from some reports wasn't intentional.\n Fisher later appeared to recant her claim that Hurd disclosed sensitive information saying in a letter when she and Hurd settled their case that there were \"many inaccuracies\" in her original story. Fisher received an undisclosed amount as part of the settlement.\nshe and Hurd settled their case that there were \"many inaccuracies\" in her original story. Fisher received an undisclosed amount as part of the settlement.\n On Monday a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press that the computer issue involved information the SEC requested concerning an HP computer that Hurd kept at home and had digitally cleaned before returning it to the company. This person said the cleaning was done to protect the privacy of Hurd's family which used the computer for things such as photos and music. The person requested anonymity because of not being authorized to speak publicly about the matter.\n One aspect of Hurd's ouster that angered many critics was the size of his severance package.\n Hurd got a $12.2 million cash payout and soon after his exit exercised options on some $30 million worth of HP stock and filed papers to sell the stock.\n His payday from HP would have been even higher had he not agreed to give back restricted stock worth about $14 million as part of a settlement with HP to allow him to work at Oracle Corp. an HP rival run by Hurd's friend Larry Ellison.\n to work at Oracle Corp. an HP rival run by Hurd's friend Larry Ellison.\n HP's market value which stood at around $108 billion before Hurd's exit dropped about $9 billion in the stocks' first day of trading after the Aug. 6 resignation. The stock fell further as the wait for a replacement dragged on.\n Hurd's replacement Leo Apotheker the former CEO of business software maker SAP AG pleased many HP employees by rescinding pay cuts imposed under Hurd and appears to have calmed investors' nerves by promising to focus on software and research to help close gaps with archrival IBM Corp.", "output": [ "Hurd" ] }, { "id": "task419-ea0b5b9456b64669ae01674511037ab9", "input": "Dear Carolyn: One of my cousins “ Kathy ” is really into lineage. She submitted samples to determine her genetic makeup and discovered her eldest brother “Bill” had a different father. Both of their parents are deceased.\n My mother Kathy’s mother’s sister is in assisted living. Kathy wants me to accompany her to visit my mother and ask her what she knows about Bill’s father. Chances are my mother knows something but she is a private person. If she wanted us to know this I’m sure she would have volunteered the information.\nBill doesn’t care about who his biological father is. Unless Bill’s biological father submits his DNA for a match the last chance anybody has of uncovering his identity is my mother .\nI can’t shake the feeling that asking her will disrupt my mother . I believe Kathy will eventually corner my mother herself .\nAncestry Issues: Your mother can speak for herself (yes?) Kathy can speak for herself and Bill can speak for himself.", "output": [ "Kathy" ] }, { "id": "task419-8d5be330bdcb45ed8de05da368f936b6", "input": "For a handy reference the following – per VPAP – are Virginia House of Delegates districts won by Ralph Northam on November 7 but either lost by Democrats or in legal limbo at the House level. Clearly all (or most) of these districts should be targets for Democrats in 2019. Del. Tim Hugo (R) in particular should be very very worried given that his district went by over 10 points to Ralph Northam ! Note that these Republicans might also want to seriously consider “tacking to the center” in their voting patterns (e.g. on Medicaid expansion environmental issues etc.) but they’re probably too ideologically right wingnut to do that. We’ll see…\nHD 62 – Del. Riley Ingram (R) defeated Democrat Sheila Bynum-Coleman here (by a 12 163-11 344 margin) while Ralph Northam won the district 49.5%-49.4%\nHD 76 – Del. Chris Jones (R) was unopposed while Ralph Northam won the district 49.8%-49.2%.\nHD 83 – Del. Chris Stolle (R) defeated Democrat David Rose-Carmack here (by a 13 173-10 077 margin) while Ralph Northam won the district 50.3%-48.3%.\nHD 28 – Del. Bob Thomas (R) apparently defeated Democrat Joshua Cole here by just 82 votes pending litigation while Ralph Northam won the district 50.8%-47.8%.\nHD 27 – Del. Roxann Robinson (R) defeated Democrat Larry Barnett here by just 128 votes while Ralph Northam won the district 50.9%-47.6%.\nHD 84 – Del. Glenn Davis (R) defeated Democrat Veronica Coleman here (by a 10 835-10 093 margin) while Ralph Northam won the district 52.1%-46.7%.\nHD 100 – Del. Rob Bloxom (R) defeated Democrat Willie Randall here (by an 11 720-10 720 margin) while Ralph Northam won the district 52.7%-46.3%.\nHD 40 – Del. Tim Hugo (R) defeated Democrat Donte Tanner here by just 106 votes while Ralph Northam won the district 54.7%-44.4%.\nHD 94 – Ralph Northam won the district 56.0%-42.7% while the House of Delegates race currently is in limbo between Democrat Shelly Simonds and Republican David Yancey.", "output": [ "Ralph Northam" ] }, { "id": "task419-6a115db493e64745878b88125c59e630", "input": "Trump 's response to blame Gillespie was the latest example of how he responds to reality with yet more denial. While most in politics recognized the results in Virginia as a repudiation of the President Trump remained in his own universe. It's a place he had stubbornly occupied despite other reality bites since assuming office in January.\nBeginning with the sparse turnout at his inauguration which White House staff insisted was a vast throng Trump has practiced denial like a champion even in the face of irrefutable facts. The examples are many but a small number considered in chronological order make the point well.\nAlthough it seems like ages ago it was only last January when President Trump 's order barring visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries was suddenly announced. \"It's working out very nicely \" he said on the weekend when it was put into force. \"You see it in the airports.\"\nIn reality all was chaos at the major arrival hubs for airlines serving the named countries. Thousands of protesters gathered inside and outside terminals. Lawyers rushed to court to block Trump 's orders and even Theresa May Prime Minister of America's most reliable ally Great Britain disagreed with the ban. The order and two subsequent ones were blocked by federal judges\nNext came the revelations that ended Michael Flynn's brief tenure as his national security adviser. Trump insisted despite mounting evidence that Flynn was a \"wonderful man.\" The real problem according to Trump was that \" he has been treated very very unfairly by the media as I call it the fake media in many cases.\" In fact Flynn had misled others in the administration about his recent contacts with Russian officials and he has been under scrutiny by special counsel Robert Mueller.\nFlynn's exit would be followed by the departure of other people Trump regarded highly including Sean Spicer Reince Priebus Anthony Scaramucci Steve Bannon Tom Price and Sebastian Gorka. Amid all the turmoil on the day he appointed retired Marine Gen. John Kelly to be his chief of staff he insisted \"No WH [White House] chaos!\"\nAs reality revealed a White House in disarray Trump 's policy plans didn't fare much better. Candidate Trump promised to \"repeal and replace\" Obamacare immediately. Immediately didn't happen but as late as March 7 he said \"Our wonderful new Healthcare Bill is now out for review and negotiation. ObamaCare is a complete and total disaster - is imploding fast!\" By March 24 the facts of life in Congress led Trump and House leaders to withdraw the proposal. Eight months later Obamacare remains the law of the land and collapse is not at hand.\nBizarrely Trump has even battled reality when things have gone well for him. In June he had a friendly meeting with the President of South Korea and his aides were hoping an appearance at the Department of Energy would boost serious policies. Instead he used the opportunity to complain of \"fake news\" and took to Twitter once again to rant about TV hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski. Calling them \"Low I.Q. Crazy Mika\" and \"Psycho Joe \" the President drew attention to his own intellectual and mental condition and away from his more presidential acts.\nAny list of Trump collisions with reality must also include the commission on voter fraud that is addressing a nonexistent problem Mexico's refusal to pay for a border wall he said it would fund a court ruling that blocked his attempt to ban transgender troops from the military his assertion that good people were among neo-Nazis rallying in Charlottesville Virginia and his counter-factual claim after Hurricane Maria that \"San Juan mayor and others haven't pitched in with Puerto Rico relief.\"\nLooming over all the problems listed here has been of course the issue of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Throughout his time in office Trump has insisted the matter is \"fake news\" and that no one in his campaign or administration colluded with Russian operatives. Reality has bitten him time and again as evidence connecting members of his campaign team -- Michael Flynn Jeff Sessions Donald Trump Jr. Paul Manafort George Papadopoulos and Carter Page -- has emerged in the press and in court filings made by independent counsel Robert Mueller.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-d9773f7ac85a474e8645e2873c439cfe", "input": "The terrorist came into our country through what is called the \"Diversity Visa Lottery Program \" a Chuck Schumer beauty. I want merit based. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1 2017\n\" Senator Chuck Schumer helping to import Europes problems\" said Col.Tony Shaffer. We will stop this craziness! @foxandfriends — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1 2017\n Schumer in response to Trump’s tweets said “I guess it’s not too soon to politicize a tragedy.”\nIn 2013 Schumer was part of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” group that came up with a sweeping bipartisan proposal to revamp U.S. immigration laws. Among other things that proposal called for eliminating the diversity lottery.\nDoing so Schumer said would help the New York Police Department and other law enforcement agencies across the country.\nAfter a labor policy event at the Capitol Schumer declared “The terrorists can’t divide us.”\n He declined to discuss the specifics of the diversity lottery program at the time because some details including how the suspect entered the United States were still unclear. Schumer said that he did not speak with Trump after Tuesday’s attack and that he was offered “nothing” — no briefing by the White House on the situation.\nInstead he had to call the deputy director of the FBI on Tuesday to get updates.\nManhattan Terrorist Sayfullo Saipov Entered US On Chuck Schumer’s ‘Diversity Visa’ Program [Link] pic.twitter.com/rhsv5sNDGU — Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) November 1 2017\n Schumer did play a key role in drawing up the program in 1990. His proposals eventually became part of a broader immigration package that was passed by Congress in a bipartisan vote and signed into law by a Republican president George H.W Bush.\n“You know who the sponsor was? Chuck Schumer ” he said to which Hannity responded “Good grief.”\nBreitbart wrote that Schumer had “created” the program and it referred to the visas as “ Schumer visas.”\nThe program did originate in part in a bill introduced in 1990 by Schumer who was then a member of the House. He proposed making a set number of visas available each year to “diversity immigrants” from “low-admission” countries.\n Schumer ’s measure was absorbed into a broader House immigration bill which was sponsored by Schumer and 31 others including several Republicans. The legislation passed in a bipartisan vote of 231 to 192. The Senate version which contained the “diversity immigrants” provision passed in an overwhelming 89-to-8 vote and was signed into law by Bush at the end of 1990.\nAt the Capitol on Wednesday Schumer blasted Trump’s response to the attack.\n“This is a tragedy ” Schumer said. “It’s less than a day after it occurred and he can’t refrain from his nasty divisive habits. He ought to lead.”", "output": [ "Chuck Schumer" ] }, { "id": "task419-adcf63ae470a49749b09a5402a688ebc", "input": "A new NFL Films documentary \"The Timeline: The Ice Bowl \" by Michael Meredith looks at the 1967 NFL Championship game from a more Dallas-centric view than usual though it does not shortchange the Packers.\n\"I hope people can empathize a bit and understand what he went through and how hard he tried \" Michael Meredith said. \"I also hope it puts a spotlight on Jerry Kramer. I don't want to jinx anything but that would be a perfect end to this journey.\"\nMichael Meredith was fortunate enough to meet and interview Starr before the Hall of Fame quarterback suffered a series of strokes. He hopes to go to Starr's home in Birmingham Alabama next week to show him the finished film in person.\nMichael Meredith related two instances beyond winning the Ice Bowl where history could have been much different.\nMichael Meredith directed Danson in the movie \"The Open Road\" in 2009.\nMichael Meredith is a director and screenwriter. He has directed two full-length movies a couple of shorts and some documentaries. His movies have included actors Peter Falk Jeff Bridges Justin Timberlake Kate Mara and Harry Dean Stanton. He's working on a documentary on the founding of the Cowboys.\nThe Ice Bowl wasn't all bad for Meredith. His son said his \"Monday Night Football\" role for which Michael said he was well suited evolved from his postgame interview with Frank Gifford.\n\" He had an improvisational style. He was a much more intelligent guy than his image \" he said.", "output": [ "Michael Meredith" ] }, { "id": "task419-d5e79914ee894cb99501433f3d5ffc61", "input": "Liberal billionaire George Soros told global leaders and economists at Davos Thursday night that President Trump is a \"danger to the world \" who has helped bring the planet to the brink of nuclear war.\n Soros the 87-year-old Hungarian-born financier spoke at the World Economic Forum harshly criticizing Trump who was not present. He said the threat of nuclear war has grown as the U.S. and North Korea continue to antagonize each other.\n\"The situation has deteriorated \" said Soros . \"Not only the survival of open society but the survival of our entire civilization is at stake.\"\n\" ... the survival of our entire civilization is at stake.\" - George Soros\n Soros whose dire predictions a year ago that President Trump would crash the U.S. economy have proven wildly wrong also forecast a Democratic landslide in the 2018 midterm elections would push back the danger of the Trump administration. He said his Open Society Foundation is funding more institutions in the U.S. rather than the third world to ensure a Democratic victory in November.\n Soros also referred to social media giants like Facebook and Google as a “menace” to society. Soros likened the businesses to gambling companies that “deliberately engineer addiction to the services they provide.”\nDuring last year’s conference in Davos Soros predicted negative prospects for the stock market under Trump. Since then the S&P’s 500 Index rallied almost 30 percent according to Bloomberg.", "output": [ "George Soros" ] }, { "id": "task419-babda727d02a400d93bbbf0b27208fb0", "input": "Keaton Jones' GoFundMe account has been frozen until the company can verify that the money would go to the Tennessee teenager who claimed he had been bullied in a viral video that has become a cause celebre the New York Daily News stated.\nThe post captured by screenshots before Jones made the account private complained about Americans who protested the American flag and show family members holding the Confederate symbol USA Today Tennessee said.\n\"I've taken that down for a reason \" Jones told Fox News of her Facebook page without revealing what reason.\n Jones also told Fox News that Schilling's claim that she just wanted money were \"untrue.\"", "output": [ "Teen Keaton Jones", "Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-4dde38aad2d649b499d082327b71d127", "input": "Sam Querrey gave the United States a winning start in its bid to reach Saturday's final at the World Team Cup.\n Querrey beat Jan Hajek 6-3 7-5 on Thursday to put the U.S. 1-0 up against the Czech Republic in the Red Group and remain unbeaten in his three singles this week.\n \"So far so good \" said Querrey. \"I thought today was the best I played out of the three matches. So I'm pretty excited.\"\n Hajek claimed the first break when Querrey ended a long rally with a forehand error to go 3-1 up but the American player responded by winning the next five games in a row to take the opening set.\n Both players saved a break point late in the second set before Querrey broke at 6-5 converting his third match point.\n \"I've been working this week to try and hit my forehand a little bigger. I felt I did that today \" said Querrey. \"I felt pretty much anytime I got a forehand I was able to take control of the point.\"\n Querrey said his win takes the pressure off the U.S. ahead of Friday's matches.\n \"A little bit yes. I think John (Isner) can go out there and play a little more freely which is a good thing \" Querrey said. \"When we have the lead you can swing away a little bit more than if we were 1-0 down.\n \"Then the Bryan brothers we expect them to win every match. Hopefully they are going to do that again.\"", "output": [ "Sam Querrey" ] }, { "id": "task419-adbd02b874894993a57f572553af6e86", "input": "A soldier kicks a tear gas canister during a clash with supporters of Salvador Nasralla presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship as they wait for official presidential election results in Tegucigalpa Honduras November 30 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido\nBoth President Juan Orlando Hernandez and his rival Salvador Nasralla a television game show host allied with leftists claimed victory after Sunday’s election. The vote tally at first favored the challenger but then swung in favor of the incumbent after hold-ups in the count fueling talk of irregularities.\n Nasralla ’s followers heeded his call with protests throughout the night across the country. In the city of La Ceiba protesters set up barricades and burned tires across a bridge and blocked at least two other motorways.\nSupporters of Salvador Nasralla presidential candidate for the Opposition Alliance Against the Dictatorship clash with riot police as they wait for official presidential election results in Tegucigalpa Honduras November 30 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido\n Nasralla took to Twitter early Thursday to implore his followers to protest peacefully and not be “provoked by Hernandez’s activists.”\nOn Monday the tribunal published more than half the results showing Nasralla with a five point lead but then published nothing more for 36 hours.\nWhen the count finally started again Hernandez began to reel in Nasralla . The count has started and stopped ever since with the tribunal blaming a delay Wednesday on computer glitches.\nBy Thursday afternoon the tribunal’s latest tally showed that with 91.18 percent of ballots counted the center-right Hernandez had secured 42.74 percent of the vote more than a one percentage point lead over Nasralla ’s 41.55 percent.\n Nasralla is one of Honduras’ best-known faces and is backed by former President Manuel Zelaya a leftist ousted in a coup in 2009 after he proposed a referendum on his re-election.", "output": [ "Salvador Nasralla" ] }, { "id": "task419-f28a0bb3db784d68807e2013b78ab4ff", "input": "\"We're expanding our brand to deliver products aiming for a broader segment dominated by Apple \" René Svendsen-Tune chief executive of GN's audio division told Reuters.\nIt will continue that cooperation while competing with the tech giant on the wireless earphone market Svendsen-Tune said.\n\"Apple has helped develop this market with great speed but now we're launching a new generation \" Svendsen-Tune said speaking ahead of the launch of the product at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.\n\"If we can maintain a second place in 2018 I believe we will have done very well \" Svendsen-Tune said.", "output": [ "Svendsen-Tune" ] }, { "id": "task419-263b07a6e54b4c06b0c61a2cc39fe311", "input": "A quirky little Brooklyn museum focused on the saga of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan has won the “gold” that eluded the Winter Games hopefuls — as it has grown so popular in recent weeks that it has been forced to move into an Olympic-sized new space.\nThe pair debuted the gallery after watching ESPN’s 2014 “30 for 30” documentary “The Price of Gold” — which chronicles the clash between Kerrigan sweetheart of the skating scene and Harding her troubled working-class rival.\n Harding became a tabloid fixture when her ex-husband hired someone to bash in Kerrigan’s right knee ahead of the 1994 US Figure Skating Championships.\nKerrigan recovered in time to compete while Harding despite not being charged with a crime saw her career and reputation destroyed.\n“What we both ended up taking from [the documentary] was this shock that there hasn’t already been a movie made showing what Tonya Harding had to go through. This was the first time we were seeing it and we thought well she ’s still alive. It’s time for people to rethink this ” said Harkins.\n“ Tonya said she ’s heard of [the museum] she thinks it’s cool but she ’s not coming which is totally fine ” Harkins said. “And then somebody from Nancy’s agency came and said they thought it was absurd but fun.”", "output": [ "Tonya Harding" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f9161a04bd64dd5ad1ea5a964000f3f", "input": "Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Friday that the United States is imposing the toughest sanctions ever put in place against the Communist regime in North Korea for its nuclear program.\n“This action targets the deceptive shipping practices that enable the Kim regime to fund its dangerous weapons programs ” Mnuchin said. “Our actions target shipping and trade companies vessels and individuals across the world who we know are working on North Korea’s behalf.”\nSpecifically Mnuchin said the sanctions target 27 entities 28 vessels and 1 individual for evading existing sanctions.\n“Today’s actions will significantly hinder North Korea’s ability to conduct evasive maritime activities that facilitate illicit coal and fuel transports limit the regime’s ability to ship goods through international waters ” Mnuchin said. “Our actions are part of the ongoing maximum economic pressure campaign to cut off sources of revenue that this regime derives from the U.N. and U.S. prohibited trades to fund its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.”\n“We are releasing new imagery of the deceptive shipping practices used by those who aid and profit from illicit trade with North Korea ” Mnuchin said.\n Mnuchin said the images from December of last year show transfer of fuel and other products from ships to ships bound for North Korea.\n“They shine a spotlight on the practices employed by the government of North Korea to falsify identifying information on ships and conceal illicit cargo ” Mnuchin stated noting this behavior also violates the United Nations Security Council resolutions.\n He said the U.S. is “putting companies and countries on notice” about dealings with North Korea and that the Trump administration “views compliance with U.S. and U.N. sanctions as a national security imperative.”\n“The United States will leverage our economic strength to enforce President Trump’s directive that any company that chooses to help North Korea fund its nuclear and ballistic missile programs will not be allowed to do business with anyone in the United States ” Mnuchin said.\n Mnuchin slammed North Korea for financing nuclear weapons while its people suffer and starve.\nMeanwhile at the White House Mnuchin said the U.S. is determined to reach its ultimate goal for North Korea.\n“The United States will not sit idly by while he threatens American allies and territories ” Mnuchin said. “This administration is committed to full irreversible and permanent denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”", "output": [ "Steven Mnuchin" ] }, { "id": "task419-b4fc544f45504f7694ccf79488db6624", "input": "Morten T. Hansen is a management professor at University of California Berkeley. Formerly a professor at Harvard Business School and INSEAD (France) professor Hansen holds a PhD from Stanford Business School where he was a Fulbright scholar. Hansen was also a manager at the Boston Consulting Group where he advised corporate clients worldwide. He is the coauthor (with Jim Collins) of the New York Times bestseller Great by Choice and the author of the books Collaboration and Great at Work. We caught up with him to discuss the latter book.\nCourtesy of Morten Hansen \n Morten Hansen : I think it owes in some part to ingrained norms in particular our enduring workplace traditions. Although we live in an age of perpetual “disruption ” so much of how people work today is old born at the dawn of the industrial revolution. The dreaded performance review for instance dates from at least the 1940s and draws intellectually from Frederick Taylor’s work on scientific management during the early 20th century. Ethical codes and other rules of professional conduct originated in the 19th century when modern professions were first taking shape. Technology is now upending many of these conventions and many people are pushing beyond “business as usual” and questioning how work gets done. And yet change is slow and much of the traditional edifice of work remains in place.\n Hansen : In Great at Work I set out four “work smarter” practices that relate directly to how well individuals get their own work done. In organizing our efforts for instance we can choose to restrict the scope of our work and to obsess to excel over the few priorities we’ve selected (a practice I call “Do Less Then Obsess”). Of course that is not easy to do when people constantly ask for help request meetings and when your boss keeps on giving you more to do. The best handle this by becoming good at saying “no.” That’s a key skill to learn to succeed in today’s hectic workplace.\n Hansen : When I began the research described in this book I posed a simple question: Why do some people perform better at work than others? As my study progressed and the answers to this question came into focus I noticed an interesting pattern: Many of the top performers my research team and I interviewed the ones who embraced the seven “work smarter” practices outlined in the book realized benefits that extended well beyond their work performance. They were less stressed out more balanced and more satisfied with their job.", "output": [ "Morten Hansen" ] }, { "id": "task419-45824352cc624c7eafc20350d0bad28d", "input": "CLOSE In his third standup special this year Dave Chappelle calls out \"poor whites\" who voted for Donald Trump in a message that's incredibly timely after Congress approved a sweeping tax bill. USA TODAY\nThough Dave Chappelle 's new Netflix standup special was filmed long before Congress voted on a sweeping tax bill that includes a 40% tax cut for corporations there's a bit from the comedy show that sounds relevant.\nIn a new expletive-laden NSFW clip from his third streaming special in a year Equanimity out Dec. 31 Chappelle talks about the \"poor whites\" who elected President Trump.\n\"I've never had a problem with white people ever in my life but full disclosure poor whites are my least favorites. We've got a lot of trouble out of them. And I've never seen so many of them up close \" Chappelle says about the \"decent folk\" who voted for Trump.\n Chappelle continues: \"I'm standing there thinking in my mind 'You dumb (expletives). You are poor. He's fighting for me.' \"\nEarlier: Here's how Dave Chappelle celebrated the premiere of his Netflix specials\nRelated: Dave Chappelle John Oliver made #DCPublicSchools the Emmys' best trending topic", "output": [ "Dave Chappelle" ] }, { "id": "task419-c79d61498ddd47f4a00fc3815ef37e5c", "input": "Steve Bannon the White House chief strategist has left the Trump administration and returned to Breitbart News the right-wing website he led before joining President Donald Trump's campaign last year.\nThe conservative internet news mogul Matt Drudge first reported on Friday that Bannon was leaving the White House tweeting that he \"had one hell of a run.\"\n\"White House chief of staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve's last day \" White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. \"We are grateful for his service and wish him the best.\"\nBreitbart's White House correspondent Charlie Spierling tweeted Friday that Bannon returned to Breitbart News as executive chairman and chaired the outlet's evening editorial meeting.\nRumors of Bannon 's departure had reached a fever pitch in recent days.\nCiting two administration officials briefed on the conversation The New York Times reported shortly after Drudge's tweet that Trump had told senior aides he decided to remove Bannon . The Times added however that a person close to Bannon insisted the departure was Bannon 's idea. The source said Bannon submitted his resignation on August 7 to be announced earlier this week but it was pushed back after the violent protests led by white nationalists in Charlottesville Virginia over the past weekend.\nAfter Trump's Tuesday press conference in which he said some of the protesters in Charlottesville were \"very fine people \" Bannon gave a series of on-the-record interviews and comments to publications including The Times The American Prospect and The Washington Post.\nIt was in those interviews particularly with The Prospect that Bannon appeared to seal his fate if he hadn't already tendered his resignation.\n Bannon lashed out National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn contradicted the president on North Korea and called white nationalists a \"collection of clowns\" and \"losers.\" He also said he hoped Democrats \"talk about racism every day.\"\n\"The longer they talk about identity politics I got 'em \" Bannon told The Prospect. \"I want them to talk about racism every day. If the left is focused on race and identity and we go with economic nationalism we can crush the Democrats.\"\nThat interview irked Trump CNN reported. The president was also upset with Bannon 's participation in Josh Green's book \"Devil's Bargain \" which painted Trump and Bannon as equally responsible for Trump's election win in November. Trump was also reportedly annoyed by a Time magazine cover in February that depicted Bannon as \"The Great Manipulator.\"\nAsked during his Tuesday press conference about Bannon 's status in the administration Trump said \"We'll see.\"\n\"Look look — I like Mr. Bannon \" Trump said. \"He's a friend of mine. But Mr. Bannon came on very late. You know that. I went through 17 senators governors and I won all the primaries. Mr. Bannon came on very much later than that.\"\n\"And I like him \" he continued. \" He 's a good man. He is not a racist. I can tell you that. He 's a good person. He actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. But we'll see what happens with Mr. Bannon . But he 's a good person and I think the press treats him frankly very unfairly.\"\n Bannon told some close associates that he did not believe his conversation with The Prospect's Robert Kuttner was on the record but he told others that the interview was strategic. He told the Daily Mail on Thursday that it was good for the White House because it \"drew fire away\" from the president.\nEarlier on Friday Axios reported that Kelly was reviewing Bannon 's status and a decision was \"imminent.\" A source close to Bannon told the news website that Bannon would defend Trump from the outside and unleash \"fire and fury\" on opponents of Trump's agenda.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6dc4f69296344ec80ec8265fe42de9c", "input": "Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-S.C.) said \"we have not come to any final conclusions\" about the Russia investigation on Oct. 4 but that they are still looking into the Mayflower meeting former president Barack Obama's response to Russian hacking the Intelligence Community Assessment and the drafting of the RNC's platform. (Reuters)\nSenate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-S.C.) said \"we have not come to any final conclusions\" about the Russia investigation on Oct. 4 but that they are still looking into the Mayflower meeting former president Barack Obama's response to Russian hacking the Intelligence Community Assessment and the drafting of the RNC's platform. (Reuters)\n“There is consensus among members and staff that we trust the conclusions of the ICA ” Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) the committee’s chairman said at Wednesday news conference referring to the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia was behind hackings of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign director John Podesta’s email account and had attempted to exploit public opinion by sowing false information much of it through fake social media accounts.\n“But we don’t close our consideration of it ” he added.\n Burr also said that “the issue of collusion is still open” and would not be resolved until the committee’s work was done. He said that a deadline for the committee was the looming start of the 2018 primary season.\n“We’ve got to make our facts as it related to Russia’s involvement in our election before the primaries getting started in 2018 ” Burr said.\n Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-S.C.) said that the committee's focus on FBI Director James Comey's firing has come to its \"logical end as it relates to the Russia investigation \" but that it is still looking into possible collusion on Oct. 4. (Reuters)\n Burr and Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) the committee’s vice chairman said the committee has interviewed more than 100 people and reviewed more than 100 000 documents many of them from the intelligence community President Trump’s inner circle and former members of the Obama administration. In some areas of the investigation Burr added investigators had “exhausted every individual” they could speak with in several areas of the probe — such as an April 2016 meeting at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington.\n Burr said the committee had interviewed seven people about that meeting and that “the testimony of all seven were consistent.”\n He said the committee had also “interviewed every person” that was involved in drafting the Republican campaign platform suggesting that investigators had found no evidence of nefarious activity by Trump campaign officials in fashioning that platform to support a “strong ally in Ukraine but also leave the door open for better relations with Russia.”\n Burr also told reporters that the committee had “hit a wall” in attempting to verify the details of a salacious dossier about Trump’s alleged exploits in Russia mostly because its author former British spy Christopher Steele had rebuffed the committee’s efforts to speak with him about his sources and about who paid for the compilation of the report.\n“I can compel you to come ” Burr said as a warning to any potential witnesses who might not want to comply with the committee’s investigation. But Burr later said that he had no such leverage over Steele a British citizen and could only threaten that the committee’s report “won’t be flattering” as it relates to him if he refuses to cooperate.\nThe committee has also scheduled an additional 25 interviews for this month Burr added. Google executives who have also been invited to testify publicly before the committee on Nov. 1 are expected to be among those asked to attend the closed-door interviews that have been scheduled in October.\n Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) left and Vice Chairman Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) hold a news conference Wednesday on Capitol Hill. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)\n Burr added that the committee would not release the content of those ads though he added that the committee would be “fine” with any of the social media companies choosing to release the content of documents and other information they had turned over to the committee themselves.", "output": [ "Richard Burr" ] }, { "id": "task419-c9057e0522f045aea6c83bdd1d9ed819", "input": "Construction worker Ruben Cordoba said he was installing a fence on the roof of a three-story building near the library when he looked down and made eye contact with the suspect.\n \"I saw in his eyes he didn't care \" Cordoba said.\n The gunman continued down the street firing three shots toward a campus church then changed direction and fired three more times into the air Cordoba said.\n A garbage truck driver leaped out of his vehicle and ran away as did a woman carrying two babies Cordoba.", "output": [ "Ruben Cordoba" ] }, { "id": "task419-84fd71c3ca104846b31c04a534945ee0", "input": "MAZOWE Zimbabwe — For years a group of Zimbabwean villagers resisted efforts by the wife of former President Robert Mugabe to force them off a farm near the capital enduring police raids and the demolition of their homes. Now that Mugabe has resigned the farmers say they are able to move more freely in a blow to Grace Mugabe’s efforts to expand her landholdings.\n Grace Mugabe whose ambitions to succeed her husband as president triggered a military takeover has attracted criticism in the past for lavish shopping trips. In October she went to court in an attempt to seize assets of a Lebanese businessman who allegedly failed to deliver a diamond ring worth more than $1.35 million.\nThe former first lady set up a school and runs a dairy farm in Mazowe projects that she said would boost Zimbabwe’s devastated economy but were widely seen as an attempt to build a business empire for personal gain. Those ambitions are now in question after her 93-year-old husband resigned Tuesday following pressure from the military parliament and street protesters ending nearly four decades in power that saw Zimbabwe slide into economic ruin.\nThe conflict over Manzou farm also known as Arnold farm was a flashpoint for national anger over perceptions that Grace Mugabe thought she was above the law in her efforts to evict residents and turn the area into a wildlife park. Earlier this year human rights lawyers secured a court order allowing hundreds of villagers to stay on the farm but police or guards showed up again and tried to force people off the land according to community leader Innocent Dube.\n Grace Mugabe “never followed the court order ” he said. “ She was still bringing police here.”\nNow however things are different. After news of Mugabe ’s resignation reached the farm villagers staged a demonstration marching in nearby roads without interference from security forces. Police who used to watch the farm’s entrance appear to be hunkered down in their compound. A sign says “trespassers will be prosecuted ” but people come and go.\nThe villagers first moved into Manzou farm around 2000 as part of a wave of land seizures and evictions of farmers from Zimbabwe’s white minority which relinquished power in 1980 after a guerrilla war by black nationalists. Mugabe said the often-violent reform program was meant to redistribute resources to poor blacks but many prime farms instead ended up in the hands of ruling party leaders party loyalists security chiefs relatives and cronies.\nSeveral years ago Grace Mugabe said people on Manzou farm were panning for gold and she accused a local lawmaker of trying to incite people to resist her claim to the land.\n“I might have a small fist ” she said at the time. “But when it comes to fighting I will put stones inside to enlarge it. Do not doubt my capabilities.”", "output": [ "Grace Mugabe" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a2dca36397345038189cb882d03144f", "input": "On Monday morning President Trump claimed that the Obama administration launched an investigation into his campaign months before the 2016 election in hopes that it would prevent him winning.\n“Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win ” Trump tweeted. “Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling.”\nWhy did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before the Election in November? Wanted to discredit so Crooked H would win. Unprecedented. Bigger than Watergate! Plus Obama did NOTHING about Russian meddling. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 5 2018\n Trump’s new talking point — that the Russia investigation was part of an effort to prevent him from winning the election — conflicts with his old one which is that the notion his campaign was up to something nefarious with Russians was concocted by Democrats after the election as an excuse for Hillary Clinton’s defeat.\nRussia must be laughing up their sleeves watching as the U.S. tears itself apart over a Democrat EXCUSE for losing the election. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11 2017\nAgain the story that there was collusion between the Russians & Trump campaign was fabricated by Dems as an excuse for losing the election. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12 2017\n…Trump/Russia story was an excuse used by the Democrats as justification for losing the election. Perhaps Trump just ran a great campaign? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 3 2017\nThere’s also an easy answer to Trump’s question about why the investigation started in July 2016. As the New York Times reported in December the investigation began after one of the Trump campaign’s foreign policy advisers George Papadopoulos bragged to an Australian diplomat in May 2016 about his knowledge that Russia “had political dirt on Hillary Clinton.”\nWhile both the Clinton campaign and the Trump campaign were under investigation at different points that year FBI officials only publicized the Clinton email investigation — and the FBI’s silence about the one into the Trump campaign arguably cost Clinton the election. President Trump himself cited the FBI’s harsh treatment of Clinton as a reason to fire then-FBI Director James Comey. Republicans who have been pushing the narrative of anti-Trump bias have had a hard time explaining the disconnect between history and their conspiracy theory.\nWhile Trump blames Obama for not doing more he’s done nothing to prevent foreign meddling in future elections. On February 27 — less than two weeks after special counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 individuals and a trio of Russian companies for “interference operations targeting the United States” — NSA Director Mike Rogers told members of Congress that the Trump administration hasn’t even authorized him to take measures to prevent election meddling going forward. On Sunday the New York Times reported that “the State Department has yet to spend any of the $120 million it has been allocated since late 2016 to counter foreign efforts to meddle in elections or sow distrust in democracy.”", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-635de08556844d37bed41613ad64df70", "input": "IS IT correct to find parallels between violent white supremacism and neo-Nazism on one hand and the nihilist fury of ultra-militant Islam on the other? A Franco-American scholar Scott Atran is convinced that these deadly phenomena are two sides of the same coin. Unless people grasp that point he thinks our ability to cope with either scourge may be limited.\nOf course there are superficial resemblances which anyone can see. In August when a fanatic drove his car into a group of liberal anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville Virginia he was copying a tactic that had already been used by self-styled warriors for Islam in at least four European countries.\nBut Mr Atran who holds academic posts in Britain France and America sees deeper resemblances. He makes the point in an essay for Aeon a forum for elaborate intellectual arguments drawing on a series of his own academic investigations.\nIn his view both kinds of fanaticism reflect both the failure of the liberal democratic order to inspire anyone to defend it and the insidious attractiveness of ideologies which challenge that order. What makes these ideologies appealing is not their content but the strong collective identity they offer. They create peer groups that promise their own members such admiration that it can seem like sufficient reason to lay down one’s life. By contrast surveys suggest that very few people these days feel inclined to give up their lives for democracy.", "output": [ "Scott Atran" ] }, { "id": "task419-3bed834ff5204df9b41d507ce9001624", "input": "Every game is the Super Bowl now for Ben McAdoo .\nIt has taken him too long to figure out how to coach above the Xs and Os above the loss of Odell Beckham Jr. to field a team New York can be proud of a team that honors the tradition and the legacies of those who came before.\nFor McAdoo this has been a trial-by-error Sophomore Jinx of a season and he has no margin of error the rest of the way starting Thursday night against the Redskins the first of four games left against NFC East rivals.\nAfter all the dysfunction on and off the field all the dog-day afternoons and nights McAdoo can still save his job and this is how and why:\nThis was Mara’s answer when I asked him before training camp when his very first inkling was that McAdoo 11-5 as a rookie was the right choice to follow Tom Coughlin:\n McAdoo has had two rough spots already this season: 0-5 before he surrendered the playcalling to OC Mike Sullivan and upset the bealeagured Broncos in Denver and that 51-17 disgrace against the Rams followed by the even bigger disgrace in San Francisco against the 0-9 49ers.\n McAdoo has no interest in the media schmooze game and that never does you any favors unless you have the pelts on the wall that Bill Belichick has. You better win or you won’t be cut any slack.\n McAdoo was lost trying to plug all the leaks that sprung on his ship. It doesn’t do anyone any good if you practice great and play lousy on game day. For whatever reason his team had stopped responding to him .\n He finally had enough last week when he showed visual evidence of select players letting their teammates down. Along with everyone else.\nIt’s his job to keep the players believing. In themselves in their teammates in him and his coaches. It can’t be a once-a-month thing if he wants to keep this job.\nIt’s not enough for him to tell us that he ’s built for this. That a calm doesn’t suit him a storm does. Show us. Show the owners. Show the players. Show the fans. Because the storm hasn’t passed.", "output": [ "Ben McAdoo" ] }, { "id": "task419-13ef5652084940c0916d6ececf6aaddf", "input": "The European Commission remembered Edward Kennedy on Wednesday as \"one of the most popular and effective legislators in American history\" who also sought to help the developing world.\n\"The commission is very sad to hear of the death of senator Kennedy \" said the EU's executive branch in a statement a few hours after his death at the age of 77 was announced by his family.\n\"He was a selfless public servant who fought for the rights of all Americans and sought to help people in developing countries across the globe \" it said.\n\"He will be remembered as one of the most popular and effective legislators in American history.\"", "output": [ "Edward Kennedy" ] }, { "id": "task419-ffe02e5ed3d74e4c82488df3822e33de", "input": "Astronaut John Young (Photo: NASA)\nAstronaut John Young who walked on the moon and was the first to fly into space six times died Friday night at 87.\nIn a statement acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot said Young died from complications from pneumonia. He called Young NASA's \"most experienced astronaut.\"\n“Today NASA and the world have lost a pioneer \" Lightfoot said. \" Astronaut John Young 's storied career spanned three generations of spaceflight; we will stand on his shoulders as we look toward the next human frontier.\"\nA former fighter pilot Young started his career with NASA in 1962. His first flight as an astronaut came in March 1965 aboard the Gemini 3 with fellow astronaut Gus Grissom. He went to the moon in May 1969 aboard Apollo 10 and again in April 1972 on Apollo 16.\n Young had gone into space as apart of the Gemini Apollo and space shuttle programs the only NASA astronaut to be a part of all three Lightfoot said.\nWe're saddened by the loss of astronaut John Young who was 87. Young flew twice to the Moon walked on its surface & flew the first Space Shuttle mission. He went to space six times in the Gemini Apollo & Space Shuttle programs. pic.twitter.com/l4nSwUCMIq — NASA (@NASA) January 6 2018\n He had also served in the U.S. Navy and retired with a rank of captain. In 2004 he retired from NASA.", "output": [ "John Young" ] }, { "id": "task419-ce7ac1a8b6dd48ddbe2d4129a79b2fcb", "input": "\"Time for us to get a couple bounces I think \" Wagner said as Anaheim scored four goals in a period for first time since doing it in the third period at Buffalo last Feb. 9.\n Chris Wagner and Ondrej Kase also scored for Anaheim in the middle period and Hampus Lindholm added an empty-netter in the final second of the game. John Gibson stopped 30 shots to help the Ducks improve to 7-3-1 in their last 11 games.\n Wagner scored on a short-handed breakaway to make it 3-1 at 9:24 notching the third special-teams goal of his career all of which have come this season.\n\"I think they take chances and they play run-and-gun so you're going to get your chances. Tonight we buried a good amount of them and that's what got us the W \" Wagner said.\n Anaheim Ducks' Chris Wagner celebrates his goal against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the second period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday Jan. 17 2018 in Anaheim Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)", "output": [ "Wagner Wagner", "Wagner" ] }, { "id": "task419-d8891e6ade974f39a8dd514803943348", "input": "Neftali Reyes was driving in the 2300 block of West Grand Avenue in the West Side’s West Town neighborhood police said when a black Hyundai Santa Fe with two men and a woman rammed the back of his Chevrolet several times around 4:05 a.m.\n Reyes lost control of the car and crashed into a parked Mercedes police said.\nThe Hyundai pulled up and someone fired shots at him striking him in the chest.\n Reyes was rushed to Stroger Hospital in serious condition where he was pronounced dead about two hours later at 6:26 a.m.\n He lived in the 1800 block of North Talman Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood on the Northwest Side.", "output": [ "Neftali Reyes" ] }, { "id": "task419-6f717ca131984a94b3c7486f0adebcd2", "input": "West Virginia junior receiver Jock Sanders a former St. Petersburg Catholic standout found himself last spring in a most precarious position.\n He was careening toward becoming a cautionary tale.\n In February he was charged with driving under the influence and suspended from the team. Sanders 21 who was involved in a fight outside a Morgantown club a year earlier had to clean out his locker and was barred from the training facilities.\n \"I was isolated \" Sanders said. \"I was by myself. That's not what I wanted at all. I wanted to be a part of this team. I love the family here. I put myself in the situation where it scared me and brought be down to earth. I made a mistake but I was determined to turn my life around.\"\n Sanders reinstated just before August's fall camp has blossomed on the field too. He has a career-best and team-high 70 receptions (seven shy of the school record) for 674 yards and three touchdowns; 168 yards and a touchdown on 34 rushes; a team-high 146 yards on 17 punt returns and one kickoff return for 28 yards. That's 1 016 all-purpose yards. His teammates and coaches named him and running back Noel Devine co-offensive players of the year.\n \"I'm very fortunate to be in the position I'm in right now; just to have another opportunity after my incident last spring \" Sanders said. \"I've just tried to make the best of that opportunity.\"\n That's something he readily admits he didn't always do. But he realized the hard way he had to change as he faced the ramifications of his off-field problems.\n While his teammates worked out and practiced during the spring he went to class then a gym where he hooked up with trainer Wes Brown.\n \"I'm a person who wholeheartedly believes in second chances. I had plenty of them coming up \" Brown said. \"If someone wasn't there to talk to me and help me out I wouldn't be in the position I am now.\"\n So he talked to Sanders said he found him to be a \"really quality individual\" and offered his guidance and no-nonsense ultra-demanding approach to strength and conditioning.\nSanders said he found him to be a \"really quality individual\" and offered his guidance and no-nonsense ultra-demanding approach to strength and conditioning.\n \"Jock busted his gut every single day \" Brown said.", "output": [ "Jock Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-a1d174d2103a4d1ab95dcdba4662315d", "input": "The white rose movement was bolstered by one of the show-stopping moments of Grammys night: Kesha singing “Praying” with the help of fellow pop stars Cyndi Lauper Bebe Rexha Camila Cabello Julia Michaels and Andra Day as well as The Resistance Revival Chorus. Prior to the show Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich had said that “Praying” would have made an appearance regardless of \"whether these past few months [of #MeToo] had happened or not.” But the song was charged with the context of the time—and made a social statement more complicatedly powerful than might be expected.\n Kesha released “Praying” as a comeback single after she underwent a very public legal fight with her producer and label boss Dr. Luke over her allegations that he harassed and raped her. He denied her claims and a judge nixed her attempt to be released from her record contract. “Praying ” an intense piano ballad put out through the label Luke founded took a moving but oblique approach to the matter. Kesha sang to an unnamed someone who had harmed her —to offer the hope that someday his soul might be saved.\nThat somewhat saintly stance was emphasized tonight in the blazing white clothes of Kesha and her backup singers. A beautiful a cappella opening passage made the central lyric—“sometimes I pray for you at night”—unmissable. But Kesha’s intensity was not that of an exhortative preacher but of an actual ailing human being. She didn’t aim to hit the recorded version’s high notes but her quavering voice and knotted eyebrows communicated sentiment that only a cynic could called canned. When the song ended she broke down crying and was embraced by her famous compatriots.\nTo anyone familiar with the specifics of Kesha’s situation and the state of the music industry the subtext was not of total triumph. Over the decades record companies have profited immensely from exactly the sort of exploitation of young female talent that Kesha accused Dr. Luke of partaking in. A study released by USC this past week brought stark confirmation of just how rare female singers songwriters and producers are in mainstream pop. And in the most important awards categories for this year’s Grammys women are sidelined: All the Record of the Year nominees are men and only one woman is nominated in Album of the Year and Song of the Year.\nTo address this state of affairs Kesha offered not revolutionary anger but solidarity catharsis and a call to take the high road. When introducing Kesha Janelle Monae gave a crisp rousing #MeToo-themed speech that told women “We have the power to undo the culture that does not serve us well.” The swelling sound of “Praying” suggested that taking power would happen at the same time as healing and with surprising compassion for those who’ve caused the wounds.", "output": [ "Kesha" ] }, { "id": "task419-09f88c876ac647eda9fe85db4a0ba344", "input": "From left CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson . ( Photos by Bill O ’ Leary / The Washington Post and Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post ) Since well before the White House plan to replace Secretary of State Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo became public Thursday Pompeo had been informally preparing to take over in Foggy Bottom reaching out to potential candidates for positions and collecting ideas . “ Pompeo is quietly looking at staff and figuring out how the department could be reorganized to be effective again ” a White House official told me . A CIA spokesman declined to comment . Pompeo has been calling around to friends and top Republican foreign policy hands and asking them to help him get ready to be America ’ s top diplomat if he is ultimately chosen two GOP foreign policy sources who are familiar with the calls said . The Trump administration denied Thursday that the White House has drawn up plans to replace Tillerson with Pompeo and then appoint Sen . Tom Cotton ( R - Ark .) to be CIA director as first reported by the New York Times . But White House officials confirmed to me that such a plan does exist drawn up by Chief of Staff John F . Kelly . It is still unclear if President Trump has personally approved the plan officials said and the timing is also uncertain . In this clip from The Washington Post ' s weekly Opinions roundup \" It ' s Only Thursday \" opinion writers Jonathan Capehart Jo - Ann Armao and Ruth Marcus weigh in on reports that the White House is planning to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo . ( The Washington Post ) State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Kelly called Tillerson ’ s chief of staff Margaret Peterlin Thursday morning to dispute the reports . Tillerson is going about his normal business she said and was not rattled . “ The White House statement confirmed there will be no personnel changes ” she said . “ Secretary Tillerson enjoys this job he has a lot of work to do .” Tillerson and Trump met twice Thursday . In a pool meeting with reporters Trump answered questions about Tillerson simply by saying “ He ’ s here . Rex is here .” Several State Department officials said Thursday they were happy that Tillerson was leaving and hopeful that Pompeo if selected would give them a fresh start with the Trump administration . Morale is low in Foggy Bottom amid budget and staffing cuts hiring freezes a departure of top talent and scores of vacant top - level positions . Tillerson ’ s support on Capitol Hill has also deteriorated in recent weeks as lawmakers in both parties openly criticized his ongoing reorganization initiative . The main State Department official in charge of that effort Maliz Beams quit her job earlier this week . Tillerson has consistently denied reports he is considering leaving or anticipating being pushed out . This week he pushed back against reports the diplomatic core is in trouble . Last month he denied being aware of the low morale and overall discontent with his leadership at the State Department . “ If it ’ s as bad as it seems to be described I ’ m not seeing it I ’ m not getting it ” he said . If Pompeo does become secretary of state his first task should be to repair the Trump administration ’ s relationship with the thousands of State Department employees who are ready to follow him if he is ready to lead them .", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-026824274e7b44318393173df73f02b1", "input": "CLOSE Each year Joey Votto 's first interview with the local press becomes a State of the Cincinnati Reds discussion. Wochit\nCincinnati Reds first basemen Joey Votto autographs memorabilia at Redsfest at the Duke Energy Convention Center in downtown Cincinnati Friday December 1 2017. (Photo: The Enquirer/Meg Vogel)\nGOODYEAR Ariz. - Each year Joey Votto always makes his first appearance at camp the day position players are required to report. Each year his first interview with the local press becomes a State of the Cincinnati Reds discussion.\n“I tried to get fatter ” Votto said. “I succeeded at that apparently. We did all the testing and I am fatter.”\nThe joke out of the way – two years ago Votto joked he practiced walking more over the winter – the topic shifted to what growth the Reds had or hadn’t made over the offseason. Cincinnati has lost at least 90 games each of the past three years as part of a designed rebuild but the front office has expressed optimism about improvement in 2018.\n Votto has voiced patience with the rebuild in the past but Sunday signaled a more urgent desire to start the clock on winning.\n“I think we’re starting to get to the point where people are starting to get tired of this stretch of ball ” Votto said. “I think something needs to start changing and start going in a different direction. I’m going to do my part to help make that change.”\nBarring any stunning spring training additions that change will have to be engineered by the same players the Reds had a year ago. Cincinnati made a couple of small signings to bolster the bullpen but mostly is counting upon in-house improvement and good health. Not that Votto is so much opposed to such a tack.\nWhile the Milwaukee Brewers surprised a year ago and then splurged this winter to add Lorenzo Cain and Christian Yelich Votto said the Reds were right to play it safe. He used former Reds shortstop Zack Cozart as an example.\n“I think at some point we’ll do something similar to that ” Votto said. “I can’t speak for the business side of things but everything they’ve ever said is ‘We have the money and we’ll make that sort of thing happen.’”\nStill Votto wants to see the type of internal improvement that validates the rebuild. He doesn’t want to be on a surprise team – “I don’t know if some of the teams that surprised last year and I’m not going to name any teams if they’re really really confident ” he said – but wants to be on a team that just plain knows it will win.\n He sees that when he looks at the Houston Astros or the Chicago Cubs or the Washington Nationals all teams benefiting from a few down years and the high draft picks that accompany them. They all made the turn toward contention. The 2018 season will be the test to see if the Reds can do the same.", "output": [ "Joey Votto" ] }, { "id": "task419-41f8017788c9454b937d5b90ceaa2d7e", "input": "FOXBOROUGH Mass. - In one sentence Rex Ryan managed to compliment and challenge Bill Belichick at the same time.\n The achievement is no surprise considering the New York Jets coach can create headlines just by speaking. While his most recent comments about Belichick may have raised some eyebrows they didn't shock the Patriots coach.\n Last year Ryan said he didn't plan to kiss Belichick's rings and Newsday's Bob Glauber asked Ryan Monday if he had backed off since making the statement last year. Ryan gave an honest response.\n \"I just told the truth \" Ryan said. \"I came here to win. As much as I respect and admire Bill Belichick I came here to kick his ass and that's the truth. That's just the way it is.\"\n The coaches may have different approaches but they continue to publicly praise each other. While Ryan is focused on beating Belichick he went on to talk about his respect for Belichick.\n \"I came here to beat him and I'm never going to backtrack on that \" Ryan said. \"I do respect him and all that absolutely. But he's the one to beat.\n \"I recognize that he's the best coach in football and he still is. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to try to go beat him because you're darn right I'm trying to beat him without question. He's going to get my best.\"\n Belichick also had praise for what Ryan has accomplished.\n \"I think he's an excellent coach \" Belichick said. \"He did a great job at Baltimore whether it says defensive line coach or defensive coordinator down there.\n \"He's doing the same thing with the Jets. Took them to the AFC Championship game last year. Got a great record this year.\n \"So he's a good football coach. His teams play hard. They're obviously well-coached. They handle pressure. They play with a lot of confidence. He's done an excellent job.\"", "output": [ "Rex Ryan Monday", "Monday" ] }, { "id": "task419-8cca48f67bb34be8afe39e2752bc00de", "input": "MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will supply Turkey with four batteries of S-400 surface-to-air missiles for $2.5 billion under a deal that is almost complete Sergei Chemezov head of Russian state conglomerate Rostec told the Kommersant daily on Wednesday.\nTurkey will pay 45 percent of the cost up front with Russia providing loans to cover the remaining 55 percent Chemezov said. Moscow expected to begin the first deliveries in March 2020 he said.\n Chemezov told Kommersant that Turkey was the first NATO member state to acquire the advanced S-400 missile system.\n He said the Russian and Turkish finance ministries had already completed talks on financing the deal and that the final documents just needed to be approved.", "output": [ "Sergei Chemezov" ] }, { "id": "task419-e11da0fd82124cc0be4fdff74c966b88", "input": "Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton here on Friday to discuss bilateral exchanges and cooperation.\n During the meeting Yang said China-U.S. relations have maintained fine development momentum in recent years.\n China is ready to work together with the U.S. side to implement consensus reached by leaders of the two countries and maintain frequent exchanges of visits at all levels said Yang.\n Yang expected China and the United States could enhance communication and coordination on major international and regional issues respect each other's core interest and major concern and advance bilateral ties in a positive cooperative and comprehensive manner.\n For her part Clinton spoke highly of recent development in bilateral ties. She said United States would like to join hands with China to enhance strategic dialogue and mutual respect.\n Clinton said United States and China should expand cooperation on economic trade investment and a wide range of areas to maintain positive development momentum of bilateral ties.\n In response to the planned U.S.-South Korean military drills Yang said China firmly opposes foreign warships and military aircraft entering the Yellow Sea and other coastal waters of China to engage in activities affecting China's security and interests.\n Yang urged relevant parties to exercise calm and to refrain from acts that might escalate tension in the region.\n Yang also met Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon here on Friday. During the meeting the two sides vowed to enhance cooperation level promote coordination in multilateral affairs strengthen cultural exchanges and advance bilateral strategic partnership.", "output": [ "Yang Jiechi" ] }, { "id": "task419-4bfad912f5ef4153a75449d7c2e96d54", "input": "Image copyright Supplied Image caption Hayley Smith lost her job when she told her employer about her depression\n Hayley Smith was diagnosed with chronic depression in her early twenties: \"I'd been bottling up quite a bit through most of my teens. Then it hit me a like a brick wall \" she said.\n She was so depressed she didn't leave the house for six months.\nThings began to improve and when she was 23 years-old she got a job at a food and drink company. But she had weekly counselling to attend.\n\"Every Thursday I'd have to take the afternoon off. So I spoke to my boss. In the meeting she was fine with it and said 'do what you need to do' \".\nBut after the meeting she received an email being told she was going to be taken off her accounts and that she should think about seeking employment at a mental health charity as \"they might relate\".\nThe manager also told people in the office: \"It went round. It was horrible - I felt really exposed \" she said.\nWorking there for a few further months triggered Hayley to experience anxiety depression and \"massive trust issues\".\nEventually she left. She started her own company in London which she still runs five years on: \"In the long-term it's given me awareness of mental health - and the awareness to make sure I was never going to make people feel the way I was made to feel.\"", "output": [ "Hayley Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-b68724553ad347108543a134e889cdaa", "input": "The Houston Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel was hit with a suspension after he made racially inappropriate remarks and gestures toward L.A. Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish. Gurriel will miss five games â but not until next season after the current World Series.\n Yuli Gurriel should not be allowed to play the rest of the World Series. â DebraHall@Nitrochx (@devrahall4ever2) October 29 2017\n Gurriel mocked Darvish by pulling up the edges of his eyes an overtly racist gesture against Asian people (Darvish is of Japanese and Iranian descent). He also used racist slurs during the game which was the third of seven in the Series.\n Gurriel released a formal apology and Darvish tweeted after the game that it was more important to learn from the incident than the vilify Gurriel . Along with announcing the suspension the MLB commissioner also offered a sense of why the punishment would be pushed to the 2018 season.\n4. Delaying the suspension would allow Gurriel to exercise his rights under the grievance procedures negotiated between MLB and the MLB Players Association if he so desired. In the time since Manfred made his decision he has gotten the sense that Gurriel will not be appealing the suspension.\nChase Utley got suspended two games during the 2015 NLDS for a slide but Yuli Gurriel gets a meaningless \"5 games of 2018\" for vile racism? pic.twitter.com/NMMgAbAK23 â ~ (@CoronaLimeDFS) October 28 2017\nPuig sticks out his tongue and everybody in baseball gets pissed. Yuli Gurriel makes possibly a racial gesture and nobody says anything. Pretty pathetic â Anthony Gonzalez (@DatDudeGonz) October 28 2017\nMe adding Yuli Gurriel âs name to my most hated players after the garbage he pulled earlier. pic.twitter.com/dZzPv2DReG â Elizabeth Medina (@Liz_Medinaaa) October 28 2017", "output": [ "Yuli Gurriel Yuli", "Yuli" ] }, { "id": "task419-198b093965bb4b69bfb26ca5130db254", "input": "As YA best-sellers go , the Bernie Sanders Guide to Political Revolution is an unlikely contender . \nSanders has described the Guide as an introduction to \"what being a progressive is all about .\" \nSanders ' guidebook is not a children 's book , of course . \nSanders ' popularity with young people took many journalists and career Washingtonians by surprise in 2015 and 2016 . \nThe Bernie Sanders Guide is based on Sanders 's previous best-seller , Our Revolution , which was published one week after the election of Donald Trump . \nSanders used Our Revolution to tout victories , air grudges , and revisit the campaign 's inflection points -LRB- debates , media interviews , rallies -RRB- and what it felt like to experience them in the moment . \nSanders is cranky and impatient , and he makes a convincing case that the left could use more crankiness and impatience if it wants to start winning . \nOn the page , Sanders 's case -- so electric on the campaign trail -- was larded down with repetitive statistics and digressions . \nThe most refreshing thing about the Bernie Sanders Guide is the most refreshing thing about Bernie Sanders the politician : a seemingly total lack of condescension . \nSanders does not strain to convince his young readers that criminal justice reform will be immediately relevant in their own lives . \nThe trimmer , punchier Bernie Sanders Guide skips the leaden chronicle of diner conversations and C-SPAN coverage . \nOur Revolution spent almost 50 pages on Sanders ' childhood and his early political career .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6b009d70f054e09b4cc2ee698030f1e", "input": "Land Commissioner George P. Bush told the editorial board of Bryan-College-Station’s The Eagle that he believes Confederate Heroes Day should not be a Texas state holiday. He said some consider it a “slap in the face” to celebrate the holiday the same week as Martin Luther King Jr. Day.\nThe younger Bush son of former Governor Jeb Bush and the grandson of the 41st president George H.W. Bush was reported to have had an hour-long meeting with the editorial board on Friday – Confederate Heroes Day.\n Bush told the board he would honor the law by offering his employees a skeleton crew day but he does not think the holiday should continue to be recognized.\nElected in 2014 after having no formidable opposition in the primary Bush is now facing three Republican opponents in March.\nOne of his opponents former Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson told Breitbart Texas on Sunday that Bush is about a 0-20 no-show at political forums in Texas. Bush is being criticized for his efforts with “Reimagine the Alamo ” as reported by the San Antonio Express-News and other outlets.", "output": [ "George P. Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-186272d2a4d342b890d60fb1e21faeee", "input": "Mitch McConnell hailed the Senate's tax bill as a \"once-in-a-generation opportunity\" that will \"help make America an economic powerhouse again \" the Senate majority leader wrote in a column for The Wall Street Journal.\n McConnell shared the much-needed victory lap with Senate Finance Committee chairman Orrin Hatch lauding the Utahn's \"years of work\" that was instrumental in the bill's passage.\n\"This was a once-in-a-generation opportunity that we could not let pass \" McConnell wrote.\n McConnell rattled off the benefits for the middle class and small businesses while also touting the \"relief\" the bill provides \"low- and middle-income Americans by repealing ObamaCare’s individual mandate.\"\n McConnell also didn't waste the opportunity to take a swing at Democrats not one of whom voted for the legislation forcing Republicans to rewrite the bill on the fly late last week in order to win over enough Republicans for passage.\n\"Democrats once claimed to support many of the foundational aspects of our legislation like lowering taxes for the middle class and ending incentives for corporations to ship jobs overseas. But when it came time to vote they chose partisanship over reform \" McConnell wrote.\n\"I was disappointed to see that our colleagues on the other side of the aisle continue to oppose good ideas simply because they don’t like the current occupant of the White House \" McConnell wrote.", "output": [ "McConnell" ] }, { "id": "task419-ddc868337be541bda23d2bf7c022d1d2", "input": "The pay increase Walmartâs third minimum wage increase since 2015 and bonus will benefit more than 1 million U.S. hourly workers it said. Separately on Thursday Walmartâs Samâs Club unit said on Twitter that it was shutting a series of stores following a review. It did not say how many.\n Sam 's Club reported the store closures in a tweet after a series of reports from local news outlets said some Sam 's Club stores were closed abruptly on Thursday with employees learning of the move as they arrived for work. (bit.ly/2DjkkWv)\nThe increase in wages will cost approximately $300 million on top of wage hike plans that had been included in next fiscal yearâs plans the company said.\nLabor groups have said that past rises in wages at the retailer have led to a cut in work hours for employees as the company sought to offset the impact on profits. Walmart has denied that.", "output": [ "Sam" ] }, { "id": "task419-1a9d48aeae294ad3beb78675ce974c9f", "input": "In a letter to U.S. Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said VA’s ability to research medical marijuana is hampered by the fact that the drug is illegal federally. Shulkin ’s letter came in response to an inquiry by 10 Democrats on the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The letter asks Shulkin to commit the VA to investigating whether medical marijuana can help veterans suffering from PTSD and chronic pain and identify barriers to doing so.\n“VA is committed to researching and developing effective ways to help Veterans cope with post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain conditions ” Shulkin wrote in a response to the members of Congress. “However federal law restricts VA’s ability to conduct research involving medical marijuana or to refer veterans to such projects.”\n“VA’s response not only failed to answer our simple question but they made a disheartening attempt to mislead me my colleagues and the veteran community in the process” by stating that the VA is restricted from conducting marijuana research. Walz a veteran said he plans to send another letter to Shulkin asking for further clarification.\nA spokesman for Shulkin pointed to the secretary’s past comments on medical marijuana. Shulkin said in May “My opinion is is that some of the states that have put in appropriate controls there may be some evidence that this is beginning to be helpful. And we’re interested in looking at that and learning from that. But until the time that federal law changes we are not able … to prescribe medical marijuana for conditions that may be helpful.”\n Shulkin said VA is offering a suite of alternative treatments for patients with PTSD including yoga meditation acupuncture and hypnosis. The letter also said VA has a program to reduce the amount of opioids prescribed to patients with chronic pain; since 2013 Shulkin wrote 33 percent fewer patients were receiving opioids.", "output": [ "David Shulkin" ] }, { "id": "task419-3932b87ff1fc454397fac171fa6c421c", "input": "Lt. Christopher Robateau 49 was on his way to work when he spotted the beleaguered driver on the side of the highway near Exit 14 in Newark about 6:30 a.m. city officials said.\n Robateau was out of his vehicle when a car slammed into him in the northbound lane just past the exit for Newark Airport. He was pronounced dead at the scene said New Jersey State Police Sgt. Lawrence Peele.\n#JerseyCity Police Lt. Chris Robateau is donating blood for those who lost their lives on 9/11 14 years ago today. pic.twitter.com/TW2uAGYIYJ â Beth K. Toll (@Volgirl82) September 11 2015\nThe driver who struck Robateau was cooperating with authorities. No charges were initially filed as state troopers probed the crash Peele said.\nA married father of three Robateau joined the force in 1994 city officials said.\nâHe was one of my finest students â Rich Boggiano a councilman and retired police detective who taught Robateau at the police academy told NJ.com. âHe was a good person.â", "output": [ "Christopher Robateau" ] }, { "id": "task419-c94f92b591f24901b5d029e789fba1d4", "input": "Certainly Game 3 of the National League Division Series won 2-1 by the Chicago Cubs over the Washington Nationals was a kind of paradise for second-guessing. In fact some might say the final score was: Decisions that blew up on Dusty Baker (2) over Decision that blew up on Joe Maddon (1).\nAsked whether he’d heard Rizzo yelling Baker said “Nah I don’t care. I’d have screamed too.”\nSoon it was Baker’s turn. In the seventh inning with one out Ben Zobrist broke up what had been a marvelous downright gallant no-hit bid by Max Scherzer who had spent the last nine days wondering whether the next time he pitched full-bore he might blow out his tight right hamstring and be done for the year. Before this game Scherzer said he figured he would be good for maybe 100 pitches. He was at 98.\n Baker called for Solis. The Cubs countered with the dangerous Albert Almora Jr. who hit .342 against southpaws this year. Almora singled home the tying run on a change-up that stayed — up.\nFinally in the brutal eighth in a decision and a moment that may be the most painful of the Nationals’ season if they do not rebound from this deficit Baker decided not to intentionally walk Rizzo the Cubs’ top RBI man — by miles — and instead bring in lefty specialist Perez to cope with him. It was a journeyman-with-a-specialty against a superstar.\n Baker had options. He could have walked Rizzo and let Brandon Kintzler an all-star closer this year for the Minnesota Twins pitch to Cubs cleanup man Willson Contreras who is powerful but strikeout prone. He could even have (perhaps) overmanaged and brought in his best pure-stuff right-hander Ryan Madson to face Contreras to try to overpower him .\nInstead Baker believed in Perez. And since this is baseball Perez won the battle but lost the game. Perez jammed Rizzo forcing that weak sickly blooper into left field. That anyway is how it was described by several Nats including Baker . To the Cubs it was a perfectly placed clutch hit.\nFor the record as they say with perfect hindsight I think that the Nats may have managed as if the playoffs were different from the regular season — which is a current vogue. If this game had been played in August I suspect there would have been little complexity.\nAnd better options might have been chosen — ones that did not end up with the Nats losing a huge game in which neither of their two best relievers Madson or Sean Doolittle ever appeared.\nCould that all have worked out so simply? Kintzler in the seventh Madson in the eighth and Doolittle in the ninth to put the Nats one win from the National League Championship Series? For what it’s worth not one Nat and I asked several had any problem with any Baker move. One veteran said “We are a solid team — in every area. It’s not like we have a couple of good relievers and nobody else we trust. Our bullpen is good all the way through now. Nobody’s second-guessing those decisions.”", "output": [ "Baker" ] }, { "id": "task419-4189fe39303a46bfacc07efe088e00b0", "input": "In 1992 Clint Eastwood’s “Unforgiven” won four Academy Awards and sent his career on an entirely new trajectory.\nYes it was a Western and Eastwood had made plenty of those already but “Unforgiven ” was different. It had some action but mostly it was a bleak character study and was regarded by many as “art.” Whether intending to or not Eastwood had become an auteur.\nIn the wake of this critical and artistic breakthrough Warner Brothers — Eastwood ’s exclusive distributor for his entire output as a director since his debut “Play Misty for Me” in 1971 — began to position not all but most of his future efforts as “Oscar bait.” Thirteen of Eastwood’s next 19 films came out in the fall — the highly-treasured time of year reserved for awards contenders. The six that were not released in autumn were low achievers such as “Absolute Power” and “Blood Work” and lightweight fluff like the senior citizen buddy comedy “Space Cowboys” and the bizarre misfire that was “Jersey Boys.”\nWarner Brother’s long term Eastwood strategy paid off in spades. Since and including “Unforgiven ” Eastwood’s films have been nominated for 35 Oscars and have won 12 with Eastwood himself walking away with four as well as receiving the prestigious Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1994.\nLess than a dozen people have won more Oscars than Eastwood and most of those were in technical categories. Not bad for a guy who used to co-star with monkeys.\nBeginning in 2006 with “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters from Iwo Jima” (shot at the same time but released three months apart) Eastwood’s choice of material started to change. The political content began to increase (“J. Edgar ” “Invictus ” “Gran Torino”) and although not overt it confirmed what many had known for a while: Eastwood was a conservative. While a moderate on most social issues Eastwood considers himself a “pragmatic Libertarian” who eschews political correctness and his output in the last dozen years has indicated that he ’s an unabashed patriot.\nWhile not a backer of most American Wars he ’s a staunch and unwavering supporter of armed service personnel a point made with unmistakable clarity in “American Sniper.” In addition to being the highest-grossing movie of 2014 and Eastwood’s career this throttling and unflinching bio-drama about the late Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) lit a welcomed fire under red state Middle America. Eastwood pulled off a delicate balancing act by crafting an inspirational crowd-pleasing film that didn’t pander while acknowledging the efforts of an American hero without addressing the war itself.\n“The 15:17 to Paris” — the new movie about the three soldiers that thwarted the 2015 Thlys Train Attack — opens this Friday and it is the first Eastwood movie in at least 20 years that was not made available for advance press viewing.\nInstead of hiring regular actors to portray the leads Eastwood cast the actual soldiers who confronted the terrorist — a bold move indeed and one sure to appeal to fans of “American Sniper.”", "output": [ "Clint Eastwood" ] }, { "id": "task419-15f1559308dd4c8cb531c320d77c4876", "input": "However resolution to the Nikola Mirotic-Bobby Portis situation remains elusive.\nMirotic met with Reinsdorf and executive vice president John Paxson this week sources said and continued to rebuff the team's attempts to assimilate him with Bobby Portis on whatever terms Mirotic chooses.\nThe Bulls must balance being supportive of and sympathetic to the plight of Mirotic who suffered two facial fractures and a concussion from Portis' punch with the fact he's a player under contract being paid $12.5 million to be part of the team.\nMirotic who has made clear he doesn't want to play with Portis can't be traded until January 15.\n Portis elicited little to no response when he checked in during the first quarter for his home debut. His eight-game suspension for punching Mirotic ended Tuesday in Toronto.\nBy night's end Portis was one of the few bright spots worth cheering. He finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds for his second straight 20-10 game. That's the first time the third-year forward has scored 18 or more points in consecutive games.\n\"Just trying to be more consistent \" Portis said.\nFor the second straight game Portis played fourth-quarter minutes alongside Markkanen who missed Wednesday's practice with a minor bout of quadriceps tendinitis and shot just 5-for-14 but posted his third career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.", "output": [ "Bobby Portis" ] }, { "id": "task419-11a32fab514e479fac6d45f5fa3f5974", "input": "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received a standing ovation from Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 7 after concluding an eight-hour speech on “dreamers.” (U.S. Senate)\nHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received a standing ovation from Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 7 after concluding an eight-hour speech on “dreamers.” (U.S. Senate)\nHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi commandeered the House floor Wednesday for a day-into-night marathon plea to Republicans for action on immigration casting the fate of young undocumented immigrants in moral terms.\n The 77-year-old Pelosi stood for more than eight hours reading multiple personal stories from “dreamers” and citing Bible passages. Her speech ranked as the longest given by a member of the House of Representatives in at least a century possibly ever focusing on an issue that has vexed Democrats for months.\n“We’ve got to get onto an economic message that’s going to resonate across the board ” said Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) who challenged Pelosi for her leadership position in late 2016.\nFor the record the House Office of the Historian confirmed that Pelosi had delivered the longest continuous speech in the chamber’s history dating to at least 1909 when then-Rep. Champ Clark (D-Mo.) delivered five hours and 15 minutes of remarks against a proposed tariff overhaul.", "output": [ "Nancy Pelosi" ] }, { "id": "task419-401f2e2d9f03438babf13a125c75d1cc", "input": "Authorities in San Francisco released body camera videos on Tuesday of a dramatic shootout in which police officers fired their weapons at least 65 times in 15 seconds at a murder suspect . The San Francisco Police Department said the shooting happened on Feb . 17 in the city ’ s Mission Bay neighborhood when officers confronted 31 - year - old homicide suspect Joel Armstrong inside an RV at a homeless encampment . Armstrong allegedly shot two men the day before during a carjacking in the city ’ s Panhandle neighborhood killing one of them . Body camera footage released by police shows how officers tracked Armstrong to the neighborhood then the moment when he shot at officers who then returned fire . “ Nobody was struck by gunfire during this incident . The evidence in the case so far indicates Armstrong fired two rounds from a weapon and that seven officers fired 65 rounds from their department - issued weapons ” SFPD Commander Greg McEachern told KTVU . Armstrong eventually turned himself in to police and has been charged with murder carjacking and eight counts of attempted murder . The videos were released at a town hall meeting about the shooting where residents expressed concerns about the number of homeless encampments in the area . Authorities said they are working to move people into housing .", "output": [ "Joel Armstrong" ] }, { "id": "task419-6bf709705cbc4f608a97476a3947f0e1", "input": "Terrance Williams of New Jersey had similar concerns about the ordeal. He was in the middle of the bus when the confusion started.\n“The law is you see emergency lights you pull over ” Williams said. “(The police) were in front of us they were in back of us.”\n Williams said at one point he thought the police were escorting the bus not realizing the situation on the back of the bus.\nEventually the bus stopped and the passengers were escorted off the Greyhound one by one Williams said.\n“They treated us like we were criminals like we did something wrong ” Williams said. “OK if you got the person you’re looking for and everything’s done why are you detaining us?\n“It was crazy ” he said.", "output": [ "Terrance Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-12c611af450b43628d9d20b25871cc11", "input": "This article originally appeared on VICE UK . I gave up smoking cannabis eight years ago . I ’ d been promoted — from telemarketing supervisor to the noble heights of telemarketing manager — and I couldn ’ t come to work high anymore . My abiding memory of the following week was a nightly stream of terrifying dreams . It was like I was dreaming in stereo as my brain experienced the novelty of truly deep sleep for the first time in years . Within a week once the night terrors and the cold sweats had stopped my short - term memory started to improve . I was more sociable in and outside of work . I left the job within a few months and started doing something I loved . Everything about my life improved . But giving up weed isn ’ t so easy for everyone and for some it ’ s fraught with acute problems — physical mental and emotional . \" Stopping my consumption of cannabis used to mean a lot of pain : vomiting diarrhea and not being able to sleep or eat \" says Alex Fraser 26 . Alex has Crohn ’ s disease which was diagnosed when he was 19 . He just had an ileostomy in which a diseased part of his bowel was removed . This has drastically improved his quality of life but he ’ s still hugely reliant on cannabis to keep him up and running . \" Despite the surgery I still have issues with eating nausea and sleep \" he says . \" If I don ’ t have cannabis I end up using meds like Zopiclone for sleep and Oxycodone for pain . But nothing particularly helps my nausea or appetite except cannabis .\" WATCH : The Safest Possible Way to Use Weed Alex who generally vapes but occasionally smokes and eats marijuana also relies on it to keep his mental health in check . \" It ’ s extremely helpful with the mental health issues I ’ ve had since surgery . Anxiety attacks self - esteem issues and my energy levels are all improved or eliminated with cannabis \" he explains . Jon Liebling is a Director of the United Patient ’ s Alliance which is currently lobbying hard for the legalization of medical weed in the UK . Liebling has a long history of profound mental health issues and has recently been diagnosed with complex PTSD . \" I ' ve been managing my anxiety depression and suicidal thoughts most of my life but have kept myself relatively happy with the use of cannabis \" says Liebling . \" About two years ago I had a number of traumatic events take place in a rather short period of time . I realized I needed a bit more help so I asked my doctor to refer me to a therapist . When I informed him I used cannabis he refused to refer me unless I stopped using . He prescribed me Prozac and Diazepam . I ’ ve always had suicidal thoughts but what ’ s kept me alive is my dissatisfaction with them . Prozac made my thoughts happier but also made me happier with those suicidal tendencies . So I acted on them for the first time in 20 years .\" Liebling went back to his doctor and found that a locum was working that day . She immediately removed him from his Prozac prescription and referred him to talking therapy . She also told him to return to managing his condition with cannabis and he ’ s thankfully still here to tell the tale . Unfortunately beyond anecdotal evidence it ’ s quite hard to back up Alex and Liebling ’ s comments with science because currently there just isn ’ t much out there . Plus their personal health conditions — despite being undoubtedly severe — are not indicative of the population as a whole . A 2010 paper called \" Assessment and management of cannabis use disorders in primary care \" suggests that to differentiate between a psychiatric disorder and chronic cannabis intoxication a patient should cease cannabis use for two to four weeks . In a small 20 - person impatient study of withdrawal it found that \" mean baseline depression symptom scores reduced to normal levels after four weeks of abstinence .\" One of the study ’ s creators was Professor Adam Winstock founder of the Global Drug Survey — a study of how the world consumes drugs — and a consultant psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist . Between these two roles he ’ s analyzed the drug - taking habits of approximately 500 000 people and 300 000 cannabis users . He ’ s extremely well - placed to advise on dealing with the more established effects of cannabis withdrawal . For most people as it was with me during my promotion back in the mid - 2000s that means : a ) insomnia and vivid dreams ; and b ) nicotine withdrawal . A huge part of the first problem comes from an unlikely source . \" Lots of people who smoke lots of weed drink too much caffeine : Red Bull tea coffee fizzy drinks . This is often to offset the sedating effects of weed . If you keep drinking 15 cups of tea when you ’ ve given up weed this is going to worsen your insomnia which will make you agitated \" says Winstock . If you ’ ve grown up smoking joints with tobacco in them there ’ s a good chance you will also experience cravings from the nicotine withdrawal . For those looking to give up weed Winstockadvocates giving up cannabis and nicotine at the same time — but adds that crucially you should gradually reduce your tobacco intake in the run - up to quitting . This will have an unexpected second benefit in the fight against withdrawal sleeplessness . It breaks it down \" he explains . \" So when you stop smoking tobacco your caffeine levels go through the roof . You ' re left with this double whammy : of not only taking a stimulant drug [ caffeine ] that you likely drink too much of anyway but you ' re taking a stimulant drug whose levels are going to go through the roof because tobacco is no longer breaking it down .\" Winstock also says that the intensity of your withdrawal will likely be affected by the type of weed you smoke . \" If you smoke a high THC cannabis then I think the insomnia would be worse — your weird dreams would be worse your craving would be worse and your low mood would be worse .\" Withdrawal symptoms with weed peak around day two or three and are generally over after seven . Sleeplessness and vivid dreams may last for two weeks but Winstock ’ s absolute gold standard advice for giving up weed is to \" get into good sleep hygiene .\" Admittedly easier said than done but there are some common sense habits that will help . \" Exercise is probably the best thing you can do \" he says . \" Obviously you shouldn ' t over - exert yourself but if you ’ re exhausted when you go to bed you ’ re much more likely to sleep well . Turn off screens a couple of hours before bed and avoid caffeine . And don ’ t give up and call your dealer if you don ' t sleep well ! It will get easier soon .\" Follow David Hillier on Twitter . To take part in this year ' s Global Drug Survey an anonymous study on how the world uses drugs click here .", "output": [ "Alex Fraser" ] }, { "id": "task419-2ec872d0f23c4fb19305f0222bd90b74", "input": "Before driving 11 hours to break into a famous YouTube couple’s home Christopher Giles made notes about one of the YouTubers police say.\n Giles 23 is accused of breaking into the Austin Texas house of Free and Megan Turney on Jan. 26. Armed with a gun Giles allegedly searched the house for the couple who hid in a closet and called 911. Investigators claim Giles was there to kill but Giles was the only one to wind up dead.\n Giles was “an avid player of video games and was known for watching YouTube videos that were centered on his hobby ” according to an affidavit obtained by Giles ’ hometown newspaper the Albuquerque Journal.\nThe hobby led him to Turney a popular YouTuber who posts about video games and anime where she has more than 300 000 followers. One of the few Facebook pages he liked was that of Rooster Teeth a video game-centric production company where Turney is a former on-screen personality.\n Giles “developed a fondness of Turney ” according to the affidavit which references notes investigators found on Giles ’ phone. He had no such fondness for Turney’s boyfriend Free who is best known for his YouTube channel the Slow Mo Guys where he and a friend have amassed more than 10 million followers for the slow-motion videos.\n Giles “resented Free for his lifestyle and success ” the affidavit claims. In one note on his phone Giles allegedly spelled out his death wish for the famous YouTuber. “I want Gavin Free to die alone with no children ” Giles reportedly wrote.\nIn the days before the home invasion Giles was “single lonely and disturbed ” a detective said in a search warrant for his home. He also had a history of brushes with the law beginning with a vehicle citation in 2014 court records show. In October 2015 he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. The next year he pleaded no contest to marijuana and drug paraphernalia charges.\nBut in January 2018 Giles plotted a serious crime investigators allege.\nTurney and Free live in Austin Texas approximately 11 hours from the Rio Rancho New Mexico home where Giles lived alone. After driving the entire way Giles arrived at the home around 3:40 a.m. on Jan. 26.\nGun in hand Giles allegedly roamed the house the house looking for the couple. Based on surveillance footage “it was apparent that Giles ’ sole intent was to cause harm to someone who resides there ” a search warrant said.\nHe eventually gave up and left climbing back into his car. But as Giles was pulling from Turney and Free’s driveway police arrived. They ordered him out of the car. Instead police say they heard him fire a single shot inside the vehicle. One officer fired on the car. When they opened approached the car again Giles was dead.\nOn social media Giles ’ would-be victims downplayed the incident.", "output": [ "Christopher Giles" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f171aa9bcb74c6ca713743a4c0d9f24", "input": "The next phase of Steppenwolf’s ongoing $73 million capital campaign includes plans to invest $50 million on a new theater building Steppenwolf spokeswoman Anne-Marie St. Germaine said.\n She declined to say how much the developers plan to pay for Yondorf Hall. The real estate sale will help pay for the new building with a 400-seat theater which will replace the 299-seat Upstairs Theatre on its main campus St. Germaine said. Steppenwolf also has theaters with 515 and 80 seats.\nAs part of the sale-leaseback deal Steppenwolf will pay rent to keep using Yondorf for three years St. Germaine said.\nThe Fey & Co. jewelry store has a long-term lease to remain on the ground floor of the existing building St. Germaine said. It’s unclear what CA Ventures and Springbank plan to do with upper floors after Steppenwolf moves out. The developers were not available for comment.", "output": [ "Anne-Marie St. Germaine" ] }, { "id": "task419-430c4bd607ce49b0a2a40a21e1e2352e", "input": "Manny Pacquiao has made no secret of his political ambitions outside the ring but dabbling in government isn't the same as taking it on as a full-time career says trainer Freddie Roach.\nRoach said Pacquiao my run for office in his native Philippines but after the fighter gets a taste of political life Roach expects him to eventually return to his boxing roots.\n\"I would love to see him go out on top \" Roach said. \"The thing is he can fight for a long time because his work ethic is so great.\n\"Once he gets into politics and finds out how corrupt it is he will come back to boxing. He can do more as a boxer than a politician for his countrymen. Although he's proven me wrong before.\"\nThe first round of the fight will be dangerous for both fighters and Roach said their plan is to hit Cotto with some big shots from the opening bell.\n\"I don't have to tell him the game plan anymore \" Roach said. \"It is automatic now. I make moves in training like Cotto makes in the fight. It is like a dance. He knows exactly what to do in those situations.\nRoach says they can shake Cotto's confidence by hitting him early.\n\"We are going to show our power in the first round and hit him to remind him of the punches he took in the (Antonio) Margarito fight.\n\"We are not going to go in and start swinging at him we are going to do it smart. We will walk Cotto into a fight because he follows and when he follows we will take advantage of that.\"\nRoach said if the smaller Pacquiao doesn't have the power to knock Cotto out then he can wear him down with his superior hand speed and lightning quick feet.\n\"I honestly don't think we are going to knock him out \" said Roach. \"We are going to make him quit.\"\nAfter watching hours of tape of Cotto in his most recent fights Roach predicts he will do one of two things.\n\"He is going to use his strength and come forward and show us he is a bigger stronger guy or he is going to try to become a counterpuncher. But you can't become someone else in an eight-week period. We have a perfect game plan I think.\"", "output": [ "Freddie Roach" ] }, { "id": "task419-719a09ac14984139be2c4047719e06dc", "input": "\"Did we ever think we would see the day when we would say , ` Please bring back George W. Bush ' ?\" \nPelosi 's specific flavor of nostalgia for Bush is notable because it so perfectly mirrors the equally improbable way Republican legislators and operatives began talking about Bill Clinton roughly eight years ago . \nA grinning , waving George W. Bush appeared beside the phrase , \"Miss Me Yet ?\" \nBush had bounced back somewhat from his abysmal final approval rating , but while Republicans were feeling rosier about the ex-president , Democrats were not .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-2c91c9781c794410aa77ed8a9237a3e5", "input": "NBC News and MSNBC fired journalist Mark Halperin in the wake of sexual harassment allegations CNN reported Monday.\nAccording to the report at least one dozen women have accused Halperin of sexual harassment or assault when he was the political director at ABC News.\nAn MSNBC spokesman told CNN on Monday that Halperin — previously an NBC News senior political analyst and an MSNBC contributor — was terminated by the network. NBC initially suspended Halperin following reports about the allegations.\nNBC was just the latest media company to cut ties with Halperin due to the allegations. A spokesperson for Showtime said last week Halperin would not return to the political show “The Circus ” if a new season is ordered. Penguin Press dropped a book about the 2016 election that would have been co-authored by Halperin and HBO canceled a miniseries that would have been based on that book.\nWhat did Halperin say?\nIn a statement posted on Twitter last week Halperin apologized for his “aggressive and crude” behavior.\n“In recent days I have closely read the accounts of women with whom I worked at ABC News ” Halperin said in part. “In almost every case I have recognized conduct for which I feel profound guilt and responsibility some involving junior ABC News personnel and women just starting out in the news business.”", "output": [ "Mark Halperin" ] }, { "id": "task419-f18837cfadf3477aaedf5ed00c137412", "input": "There. I got it out of the way of those loyalists that might feel compelled barf out the rote response of the Trump camp given his recent heated attacks on the dignity of the U.S. intelligence community with a particular focus on the FBI.\n Trump was “briefed and warned” at the session about potential espionage threats from Russia two former law enforcement officials familiar with the sessions told NBC News. A source close to the White House said their position is that Trump was unaware of the contacts between his campaign and Russians.\nOk. Bow up about that Shah but what we now know is that Trump was warned that Russia could be a problem.\n His response was to invite Russia to find Hillary’s lost emails and to act like a 14-year old girl with a crush over Vladimir Putin.\nBy the time of the warning in late July or August at least seven Trump campaign officials had been in contact with Russians or people linked to Russia according to public reports. There is no public evidence that the campaign reported any of that to the FBI.\nAnd by September Donald Trump Jr. was exchanging tweets with WikiLeaks believed to be an agent of the Kremlin.\nThere were others. It wasn’t just Trump Jr.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-3765d4027e4c4ef6989b611616983d68", "input": "Robert Buchel who appeared on the TLC show \"My 600 Pound Life\" has died.\nThe New Jersey resident who weighed 842 pounds was featured on Wednesday night's episode where viewers learned he suffered a heart attack during the filming of the show.\n Buchel had undergone weight loss surgery and was placed on a strict diet before he died suddenly of a heart attack on Nov. 17 2017. Fans only learned of his death last night.\n\"TLC was deeply saddened by the loss of Robert . We are grateful to his family who were gracious enough to let us continue to share his brave story with our viewers \" TLC told Fox News. \"Our thoughts and prayers are with them at this difficult time.\"\nPrior to his death Buchel said in the episode \"To carry all this weight is physically draining mentally emotionally taxing \" Robert said. \"It's not a pain or life I’d wish on anyone because I can't do anything. I can’t do anything for anyone — especially myself so I am completely dependent on my fiancee.\"", "output": [ "Robert Buchel" ] }, { "id": "task419-78e0ae4aa81a433fabca22ad854256b4", "input": "Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles completed 26 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns in the Eagles’ win. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)\nThe New England Patriots opened as the favorites in their upcoming Super Bowl matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles but that doesn’t mean it will be easy for Coach Bill Belichick and Tom Brady to earn their sixth championship ring together. In fact it could become very difficult if Eagles quarterback Nick Foles can exploit a glaring weakness in this year’s Patriots team: a poor pass defense that is one of the worst of any Super Bowl team coached by Belichick in New England.\nPerhaps this wouldn’t be as concerning if quarterback Nick Foles hadn’t just dismantled the Minnesota Vikings’ defense in the NFC championship game. The Vikings entered that game allowing a passer rating of 74.0 yet Foles was able to turn in a career performance completing 26 passes for 352 yards and three touchdowns in the Eagles’ win (141.4 passer rating). Per Elias Foles was also the first quarterback in NFL history with completions for more than 40 yards to three different receivers in one postseason game.\nMost impressive was how Foles handled the Vikings’ pass rush which was widely considered among the best in the NFL. Foles completed 7 of 10 attempts under pressure for 139 yards and two touchdowns on Sunday producing a sparkling 152.1 passer rating out of a possible 158.3. That’s a remarkable turnaround considering Foles had a 23.8 passer rating under pressure during the regular season. Yes that is as bad as it sounds: an incomplete pass produces a passer rating of 39.6.\n Nick Foles in 2017 Regular season vs. Vikings in NFC championship game No pressure 107.8 119.7 Plays under pressure 23.8 152.1\n Foles also extended the defense with deep throws completing 4 of 6 passes traveling at least 20 yards in the air for 172 yards and two touchdowns. He was 2 for 15 on those throws leading up to the big win on Sunday compiling 52 yards and no touchdowns while also throwing an interception.\nSo it all comes down to how good the Patriots defense is on Super Bowl Sunday. In wins this season including the playoffs the Patriots allow a passer rating of 83.2. That jumps to 130.6 in losses lower than the passer rating Foles turned in the NFC championship game (141.1).\nOne more big game from him and we could be looking at a historic upset.\nNick Foles has come full circle and the Eagles are headed for the Super Bowl", "output": [ "Nick Foles" ] }, { "id": "task419-aa395231dc7744378b2f9b77cec4617b", "input": "Top Republicans have been publicly floating the idea of having Attorney General Jeff Sessions mount a write-in campaign for the Alabama Senate seat currently being sought by Roy Moore who faces multiple sexual misconduct allegations.\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly discussed the idea of having Sessions appointed to the Senate seat should Moore be elected and removed from office.\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly suggested on Tuesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions replace Roy Moore the beleaguered Alabama Republican running for Senate amid multiple accusations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls.\n Moore has come under increased pressure by top Republicans to abandon his election bid. Although it is too late to replace Moore on the ballot Republicans would mount a write-in campaign for an alternative candidate to pit against Doug Jones the Democratic opponent.\n\"[ Moore 's] campaign is collapsing \" McConnell said Tuesday at the Wall Street Journal CEO Council. \"Obviously we're in a discussion here about how to salvage this seat if possible.\nMcConnell also discussed the write-in idea with Vice President Mike Pence in a call on Monday according to The Washington Post. Another potential solution they reportedly discussed was appointing Sessions to the Senate seat should Moore win the election and be immediately removed from office — an outcome Senate rules allow for.\nShould Moore win the election two-thirds of the Senate could vote against seating him leaving the Alabama governor with the opportunity to name a replacement.\nSessions has said there's no reason to doubt Moore 's accusers\nSessions however appears unlikely to agree to McConnell's plan according to those close to him .\nSessions has not publicly addressed the idea but was questioned about the allegations against Moore during his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.\nFive women have come forward publicly alleging that Moore pursued relationships with them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s.\nOne of the women Leigh Corfman told The Washington Post in a bombshell report published last week that Moore initiated a sexual encounter with her when she was 14 and he was 32. She said he brought her to his home twice and on the second visit took off her clothes and touched her over her bra and underpants and then forced her to touch him over his underwear.\nA fifth accuser Beverly Young Nelson came forward in a press conference on Monday to accuse Moore of sexually assaulting her in his car when she was a 16-year-old waitress and he was the district attorney of Alabama's Etowah County. As proof of their relationship Nelson displayed a page of her high-school yearbook she said Moore had asked to sign during an earlier visit to the restaurant she worked at.\n\"To a sweeter more beautiful girl I could not say 'Merry Christmas.' Love Roy Moore DA 12-22-77 Olde Hickory House \" the message read.\n Moore has denied the allegations against him and said as recently as Tuesday afternoon that he plans to remain in the race according to ABC News.", "output": [ "Roy Moore DA" ] }, { "id": "task419-fceacc6f7da14363b8d207e3baf97112", "input": "Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin may be all the rage but when it comes to storing your money Agnico Eagle Mines CEO Sean Boyd told CNBC that they still pose some unaddressed risks.\n\"One of the things about bitcoin and the cryptocurrencies is is there really an unlimited supply?\" Boyd said to \"Mad Money\" host Jim Cramer on Thursday. \"We're gold miners. We mine deposits. I think over time the question will be: are these cryptocurrencies and the developers of these cryptocurrencies just mining the public? \"\n The CEO said that more and more investors who meet with Agnico on a regular basis are once again warming up to gold and could have a hand in driving it higher.\n\"Our sense is that investors are starting to do their homework revisiting the high-quality gold equities so there is a sense that gold's about to turn here \" Boyd said. \"We wouldn't be surprised to see gold between $1 400 and $1 500 within the next 18 months or so.\"\nWith a strong gold mining business in Mexico and healthy \"geological upside\" ahead Boyd told Cramer that he and his colleagues at Agnico predict that production could increase by 25 percent between now and 2020.\nAnd for investors seeking stable investments to manage potential risk few are better than gold — especially not cryptocurrencies the CEO said.\n\"Gold's a highly developed market very liquid market a very efficient store of value and portfolio diversifier. That's why you need to own it \" he said. \"It's proven itself. It's hard to believe it's going away just because of technology. People can invest in cryptocurrencies but now's the time to own gold. If [the] stock market's setting record levels I'd rather own gold than bitcoin.\"", "output": [ "Sean Boyd" ] }, { "id": "task419-a7133457a2fa46c1a33db1eafd547c07", "input": "The crew of the Seefuchs plucked them from the old fishing boat gave them water and couscous and one of the men 26-year-old Hamza Tekbali explained why they had fled their country.\n“Libya is terrible ” Tekbali told Reuters as he waited to be transferred to an Italian coast guard vessel. “In Libya if you do not kill they will kill you ” he said adding that he feared he would be sent straight back home.\n Tekbali abandoned his hometown of Kikla which is located southwest of Tripoli and said it was too dangerous to return.\n His friend Rafat who did not give his last name said he was fleeing Libya after having been kidnapped by a militia in 2016. He was released after nine days when his father paid a ransom of 120 000 dinar ($87 600) but said he feared a repeat.\n Tekbali said the five friends planned their voyage for a month and set out from a beach between Sabratha and Zuwara after paying 5 000 euros ($5 888) to smugglers for the boat and the small outboard engine.", "output": [ "Hamza Tekbali" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc9d14a90cbb4e98ad1ca0c3a1e750ff", "input": "Taylor Swift performs in Houston. (John Salangsang/Invision/AP)\nIn Washington an army of UPS trucks is swarming the city plastered with signs promising a #TaylorSwiftDelivery: the pop singer’s sixth album “Reputation ” out Nov. 10. Four already released tracks tease a darker tone where the “old Taylor ” is “dead” and a reinvention of one of the most successful artists in the world. It’s not enough to appease feminist critics however.\nIt’s been quite a year for Swift who has matured in public in a way few female stars have the courage to staging a dispute between her different public “selves” in a video for her song “Look What You Made Me Do” earlier this year. Meanwhile she pursued a lawsuit against a former radio host whom she accused of groping her in 2013 a move heralded by the Guardian as a “universal feminist statement” long before #MeToo. Swift has openly embraced feminism since 2014 and tweeted in support of the Women’s March in January so you might think given our current focus on women’s rights and dignity that “Reputation” would land with a girl-power splash.\nBut you’d be wrong. Very wrong. In fact Swift is already under fire from feminist critics. And their attacks reveal something very ugly about modern feminism: While today’s feminists claim to champion the rights of all women they speak only for women who agree with them – vocally frequently and on demand.\n[Sorry Taylor Swift . Being a feminist is about more than supporting your girlfriends.]\nAnticipating “Reputation ” Bustle editor Rachel Simon insisted that the 27-year-old Swift “can’t just say that the media has painted her as a fake feminist or a manipulative liar; she needs to say ‘I deserved it.’ ” Even after her sexual assault lawsuit feminists pounced on Swift . Salon writer Rachel Leah retorted that Swift is “known to wave the feminist banner only when it directly benefits her.” Bustle agreed decrying Swift ’s feminism as a “deeply flawed ” “self-serving” “white feminism.”\nAs proof of her feminist failures editor Kadeen Griffiths listed Swift ’s many faults: not criticizing President Trump not “publicly support[ing] organizations” like Planned Parenthood and not attending the Women’s March (her tweet apparently wasn’t enough.) Outlet after outlet has pressured Swift to condemn the president in the name of feminism. In January the Daily Beast went so far as to accuse her of “Spineless Feminism.” Swift may be the highest-paid artist in the world but her decision to speak out on issues as she pleases rather than as others call on her to means she gets little credit for the space she’s made for female artists.\n[The ACLU slams Taylor Swift for trying to protect her reputation]\nWe have no idea what Taylor Swift thinks about any number of specific political issues: how she feels about Trump what she thinks the goals of feminism ought to be where she comes down on abortion or anything else. But the ongoing denouncement of Swift proves that you don’t even have to have convictions as firm as antiabortion feminists to be counted out of today’s movement. All it takes to get exiled is to not affirm the party line loudly enough. And for any movement seeking to advance the cause of women as a whole that’s a problem.\nThe test of a feminist’s commitment should be how she treats women who are different from her . It shouldn’t matter if Swift agrees or disagrees if she speaks or remains silent. We should applaud her ability as a person independent with her own heart and mind to be who she wishes. The same should go for any number of women who hold different political views but agree that women’s voices should be a part of the national conversation. Their feminism is real their perspectives matter and they should be welcome to contribute to a movement that promotes women’s welfare and status. That should be feminism’s reputation.", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-28295c734e4a4c959101c137aed92884", "input": "Photos of Cubs shortstop Addison Russell.\nFor now there are no plans to move Russell from shortstop despite an occasional rash of throwing errors on routine plays.\n Russell is only 23 and continues to show glimpses of becoming a bona fide run-producing shortstop with the power he displayed in 2016. His talents and agent could help command a frontline starting pitcher. Russell is arbitration eligible this offseason for the first time and won’t be eligible for free agency until after 2021 season.\n Russell returned from a foot injury in mid-September without any issues leaving a pending divorce as the only concern from interested teams. Russell’s batting average sank from .281 in late April to .209 in early June when his domestic struggles surfaced but he rallied suffciently to finish the season at .239.\nIf Russell is dealt Baez can move to shortstop — his natural position — with Happ and/or Zobrist taking over at second.\nBaez 24 was a defensive savior — especially when he took over at shortstop after Russell was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Baez didn’t commit an error in 26 consecutive games at shortstop while making routine and tough plays with ease.\nIf a trade decision boils down to Russell or Baez it could be a matter of taking either a more dependable approach at the plate ( Russell ) or the dazzling defender who can make the backhanded stop and strong throw to first base (Baez).", "output": [ "Addison Russell" ] }, { "id": "task419-3674369249b442f2b954c469a6d05c67", "input": "Tag Heuer continues to sponsor Tiger Woods\nSwiss watch maker Tag Heuer says it will continue its association with Tiger Woods despite the golfer's alleged infidelities.\nCompany spokeswoman Mariam Sylla said Monday the sponsorship is unchanged because Woods remains the world's best golfer and Tag Heuer does not care about his private life.\nSylla says Tag Heuer has great respect for Woods' performance in the sport\nWoods' performance in the sport\nShe spoke a day after global consulting firm Accenture Ltd. became the first major sponsor to announce it was cutting ties with Woods.\nWoods has announced an indefinite leave from the sport to work on his marriage.", "output": [ "Woods" ] }, { "id": "task419-ba27c32d86cf48ff93887b8699de834b", "input": "Banjo Batboy Eddie Bennett (2010) ( Graig Kreindler)\nGraig Kreindler sweats the details as a researcher no less than as an artist.\n‘I believe the lights were on ” wrote Bobby Thomson to Graig Kreindler who was researching the Shot Heard Round the World the storied walk-off home run that sent the New York Giants to the World Series five decades earlier. Kreindler knew that the sun was low in the sky behind first base and dimmed by dark clouds when Thomson came to bat a few minutes before 4 p.m. on October 3 1951 at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan.\nWas it hard to see the ball? Or did the Giants turn the lights on if only for the primitive TV cameras there to capture the deciding game of the first baseball series ever broadcast live to a national audience? From the grainy black-and-white film and photos Kreindler couldn’t tell and newspaper accounts were silent on the question. So he asked Thomson half-expecting either no response or an autographed souvenir from a retired player trained by experience to assume that a personal letter from a stranger must be fan mail.\nEven if Thomson hadn’t hedged his answer Kreindler would have counted it for what it was: a datum good to have but not dispositive. He reasoned that the slugger was “in a tight situation”: the tying run on second the National League pennant on the line half a city’s hopes pinned on his shoulders. “Does he even notice the lights? I mean why would he?” After weighing the probabilities Kreindler an artist who paints old-time baseball went ahead and made the banks of rooftop lights glaring adjusting the shades and shadows on the canvas accordingly.\nBallparks are treated to the same loving scrutiny. Did Bobby Doerr by any chance remember the colors of an ad for Gem razor blades on the left-field wall at Fenway Park in 1939 his third of 14 seasons with the Boston Red Sox? He did not he regretted to report on the back of a three-by-five-inch index card 70 years later when he was in his 90s. Kreindler realizes that the strangers from whom he seeks information about light or color at the ballpark during a particular hour or season in baseball antiquity are liable to find his questions bizarre. Do they think he’s nuts? A few might; not all reply. He asks anyway.\nPeter Fiore his former teacher and enduring mentor and friend was taught by an artist who was taught by . . . Kreindler traces his professional lineage back to the father of American illustration Howard Pyle (1853–1911). The seriousness of Kreindler ’s artistry is easy to miss because of his subject matter and manifest love for it. Prize committees may have a bias for the brazen or edgy but to convey warmth and uplift the viewer is no less an achievement a marriage of vision and discipline.\n“Art critics might scoff at what we do and consider it kitschy ” Kreindler acknowledges referring to the small fraternity of baseball artists several of whom he touts and cites as helpful influences including “obviously Norman Rockwell ” although you won’t always find a conspicuous resemblance between their work and his . “I like to think I bring something different to this ” he says. “I don’t expect my work ever to hang in major museums but it could in theory.”\nForty years after his death Rockwell mocked and dismissed by the cognoscenti in his lifetime is revered as an American master by connoisseurs and critics in and out of the academy. The Guggenheim and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston have exhibited his work. If the tastemakers ever likewise catch up with Kreindler the baseball historians and fans who got there first will rise from their catbird seats behind home plate and make room for them under the lights.", "output": [ "Graig Kreindler" ] }, { "id": "task419-efb92bc30bc64a45b86871ec81e5a820", "input": "Of course the trailer includes an ominous monologue about \"raw untamed power\" (presumably from Supreme Leader Snoke to Kylo Ren) and later Luke Skywalker warning Rey that the \"raw strength\" she possesses didn't scare him enough when he saw it in the past (presumably with Kylo Ren) but \"it does now.\"\nYes we get it. Kylo Ren and Rey are both super-powerful with the Force and likely have some hidden connection. Pretty much everyone sees that one coming from a mile away.\nMore interesting are the moments that do what great \"Star Wars\" movies have done best — reveal hidden depths in characters. Such is the case when we see Kylo Ren 's anguished face as he contemplates following up his patricide in the previous film by murdering his mother (although a recent interview by Mark Hamill suggests General Leia will survive). Or when we see Rey being tortured (perhaps by the newly revealed Snoke?) her body and face contorted in terrible pain. Or when we hear a tormented Luke Skywalker implore an unknown listener to recognize \"This is not going to go the way you think!\"\nMost powerful of all: When Rey says \"I need someone to show me my place in all this \" and Kylo Ren offers an outstretched hand.", "output": [ "Kylo Ren" ] }, { "id": "task419-49ab58e1a7074545b34617733c616a9f", "input": "On Tuesday fashion house Gucci dipped into the culinary scene with the luxe Gucci Osteria a green-walled 50-seat restaurant nestled inside the new Gucci Garden an experiential museum-retail concept in the historic heart of Florence Italy. The chef is Massimo Bottura the Modena-based proprietor of three-Michelin-starred Osteria Francescana in 2016 named the best restaurant in the world.\nNow fully open to the public the menu glimpsed here includes the parade of pasta one expects from Bottura considering Osteria Francescana’s carbo-loaded cameo on the Netflix show Master of None.\nVisitors can scarf down decadent plates of golden Parmigiano-Reggiano-enriched tortellini buttery cacio e pepe and creamy mushroom risotto. But the menu evidently has a sense of humor too offering high-end interpretations of a hot dog a burger (fun fact: Bottura loves Shake Shack) and for dessert a piña colada. There are also a fair number of dishes inspired by Bottura’s world travels including Peruvian tostadas and Asian-tinged buns stuffed with fatty pork belly.\nMain dishes are priced from 20 to 30 euros ($24-$36) each—this is Gucci after all. “Haute couture and haute cuisine are a recipe made in heaven ” Bottura told reporters. Not for nothing Gucci Chief Executive Officer Marco Bizzarri and Bottura are childhood friends as well.", "output": [ "Massimo Bottura" ] }, { "id": "task419-26a1f075d3c9461c9a4be7643b2e6d36", "input": "Among those in the audience were kindergartner Mary Cate Lynch as well as her parents Kerry and Chris Lynch; little sister Maggie; and grandparents Maureen and Bob Ryan.\nBorn with a cranial facial condition known as Apert syndrome Mary Cate has been at the forefront of a local campaign started by her mother to remind people of the importance of acceptance and kindness.\nPeople are afraid of differences because they're mysterious and unfamiliar Kerry Lynch said.\nEven she a nurse never had heard of Apert syndrome until her daughter was born she said.\n\"It's scary because it's an unknown. So I thought if I could make cranial facial syndrome a 'known ' that would not only help Mary Cate but everyone who's different \" Kerry Lynch said.\nSince her oldest daughter's birth Kerry Lynch has brought the \"Choose Kind\" message featured in \"Wonder\" into schools across the Chicago area. Mary Cate accompanies her .\nGary Middendorf / Daily Southtown Mary Cate Lynch center exits the AMC Theatre in Chicago Ridge on Friday after watching “Wonder” with fellow the students from Christ the King elementary school. Mary Cate Lynch center exits the AMC Theatre in Chicago Ridge on Friday after watching “Wonder” with fellow the students from Christ the King elementary school. (Gary Middendorf / Daily Southtown)\nThe book was published two months after Mary Cate was born.\n\"Somebody sent it to me when she was 6 months old. I read the back cover and then put it on my nightstand. I was not emotionally ready to read it \" Kerry Lynch said.\nThen she and Mary Cate were invited to Christ the King school. That was followed by an invitation to talk at Kolmar School in Oak Lawn.\n\"So I decided to read the book. I finished it in one day and cried my eyes out. I was just enthralled with it and its message. I knew a lot of it mirrored our life and what it will be like as Mary Cate grows up \" Kerry Lynch said.\nAs the invitations rolled in Kerry Lynch began to give the book a shout-out wherever she delivered the \"Choose Kind\" message not that it needed her endorsement she said.\n\"The book kept picking up more and more momentum and became kind of a steppingstone and a good tool for teaching kindness. I'm amazed at how many kids and adults have read it \" she said.\nBecause she loved how it shed light on cranial facial syndrome and the way it promoted empathy and kindness Kerry Lynch said she was nervous to see the movie. So often movies don't live up to their literary roots.\nSo when the sixth-grade class at Christ the King won a free screening through a contest sponsored by Lionsgate and The Gap Kerry Lynch accompanied the students to the theater two weeks ago. She saw it for the second time with Mary Cate on the field trip.\n\"They nailed it. They hit every important piece. You're laughing and crying tears of sadness and anger but also of happiness. The actors and actresses are great. And just the whole message is so important to the world we live in today \" she said.", "output": [ "Mary Cate Lynch" ] }, { "id": "task419-70b355bfe3ba4bb1ae6caedbe22db300", "input": "Move over Tinder and Match . Millennials are hooking up and even finding love on Instagram . “ It ’ s changed the way people communicate ” says Mary Beth Barone a 26 - year - old comedian based in the East Village who says men often message her on the photo - sharing network . “ There ’ s so much more access — you can see people ’ s lives so you automatically have something to talk about with them .” Here six ways 20 - and 30 - somethings are getting Insta - mate . The thirst trap A post shared by Sabrina Zohar (@ sabrina . zohar ) on Feb 6 2018 at 5 : 42am PST Last week singer Demi Lovato was called out for trying to trap her prey actor Henry Cavill when she uploaded a sexy snap of herself in lingerie shortly after following Cavill ’ s account . Sabrina Zohar who is 27 and the founder of clothing company Softwear regularly posts photos of herself clad in lingerie lounging around her swanky Williamsburg apartment . Male followers flood her with flirtatious comments and that ’ s precisely one of her intentions with her “ thirst traps ” — pics meant to catch a love interest ’ s eye . But there ’ s more to Instagram flirting than just scantily clad pics . Zohar adds an “ authentic ” caption about self - love and empowerment to let her audience know she ’ s genuine . She recently uploaded a black - and - white photo of herself in a bodysuit pantless lying down on a shaggy rug with the caption : “ Love yourself first the rest will fall into place .” Zohar who ’ s single and has met a handful of first dates on Instagram says such messages help her find the sort of men she ’ s looking for . “ If I wanna look for a mate that ’ s a bit more authentic more real more in touch with themselves [ the captions ] will resonate with them so that they understand me more than ‘ She ’ s a sexy girl just posting a lingerie photo .’ There ’ s more depth to it .” Baiting with a cute animal A post shared by Danny Visconti (@ dannyveee ) on Jan 2 2018 at 10 : 08am PST You don ’ t need to be perfectly ripped to get someone ’ s attention . Danny Visconti a 32 - year - old television producer in the West Village says the most alluring feature on his Instagram feed is his 11 - month - old rescue Lab mix Clint . “ I ’ ll usually get a lot of responses just being like ‘ Oh my God he ’ s so cute ” says Visconti who ’ s currently single but has been on a handful of dates with men he met on Instagram . “[ I ’ ll say ] ‘ Oh you know you can come meet him anytime you like .’ And then a handful of times they do .” The deep like Going into the archives of someone ’ s profile and liking a weeks - old or months - old photo is a bold way to express romantic interest . “ This is the Instagram flirting equivalent of making a mixtape for your crush ” says Drew Wyman a 29 - year - old entrepreneur who met his girlfriend on the social network . “ It ’ s obvious .” Sliding into the DMs Sending a flirty message to someone ’ s Instagram inbox has become a go - to move for many . ‘ Guys tend to be courageous about what they say ’ Dara Pollak a food blogger whose @ skinnypignyc account has 84 000 followers says she ’ s been flooded with direct messages from men in response to her photos of decadent burgers and cheesy pastas . “ Guys tend to be courageous about what they say ” says Pollak who notes that the best way to stand out is by being honest and straightforward while providing background on yourself . For example a guy recently messaged her : “ I refuse to believe you eat all this and look as good as you do … but if you ever want to prove it I ’ ll buy . Here ’ s my number .” Pollak was charmed but says she ’ s currently not looking to meet anyone online . Stand out with a ‘ Story ’ Zohar says that uploading Instagram Stories — temporary posts of videos or multiple photos that expire after 24 hours — can more effectively grab someone ’ s attention than a permanent post . “ It ’ s because of the algorithm ” Zohar says . “ Not everybody sees my [ permanent ] posts but with the live videos [ it ’ s more certain ] somebody will see it .” Every time she uploads a Story of herself in her underwear Zohar receives anywhere from “ 10 to 15 ” direct messages . Zohar says : “ It ’ s because people perceive I ’ m active [ online ] when I put a Story up .” Tag your way to the ‘ Explore ’ tab Instagram ’ s “ Explore ” tab which shows a grid of photos from other strangers based on your network and interests is also a meet market according to kickboxing instructor Suki Komonaj 28 . She went on a date with a guy she found on the Explore page because he had similar interests in fitness and had some attractive workout pics . “ I ’ m always on that page ” says Komonaj who ’ s based in The Bronx and is currently single . To attract fitness - minded guys to her page she uses hashtags such as # fit # boxing and # fitthick to get on like - minded ( and like - bodied ) men ’ s Explore tabs . “ I wanna target somebody who likes to be in the gym like me owning a business and such ” Komonaj says .", "output": [ "Demi Lovato" ] }, { "id": "task419-3851a192eabf48a1966d6d2fa31c609d", "input": "But when you're friends with Oprah Winfrey things get a little more epic. Just ask Mindy Kaling who welcomed her first child daughter Katherine in December.\n\"I got a call from my assistant. She said 'Oprah's assistant contacted me she 'd like to drop off a present.' I'm thinking that's so nice like (it's) probably flowers. I had a kid I'm a single mom. That's really nice Oprah remembered \" Kaling told USA TODAY on Sunday sitting with Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon her Wrinkle in Time co-stars.\n\"Two men are going to be coming to your house they said with a U-Haul truck \" Kaling continued.\n\"All you want in life is to hear that two men in a U-Haul truck are coming to your house because Oprah sent them \" said Kaling . \"I was supposed to go to work that day (but I was like) I gotta be here.\"\nWhat Oprah-endorsed wonder awaited the newborn? \"They arrived with a hand-carved bookcase prettier than any professional dollhouse you had ever seen that contained a hundred of the classic essential books in children's literature \" said Kaling . \"And I held my baby up to it and I said 'Did you see what Miss Winfrey did for you?'\"\n\"Now it only looks like a beautiful castle \" deadpanned Kaling .\n\"It's the most amazing gift \" said Kaling .", "output": [ "Mindy Kaling" ] }, { "id": "task419-a81c1d01cc8d427ba532283f04582819", "input": "White House: Nomination of Alabama Lawyer Brett Talley 'Will Not Be Moving Forward'\nThe nomination of Brett Talley the Justice Department official in line for a lifetime judicial appointment \"will not be moving forward \" a Trump administration official told NPR on Wednesday.\n Talley had been rated \"unanimously unqualified\" for the post by the American Bar Association this year after an evaluation that questioned his experience. Talley had never argued a case or even a motion in federal court he testified.\nEven after Talley 's nomination advanced through the Senate Judiciary Committee on an 11-9 party-line vote media reports and good government groups cast doubt on his credentials for the spot on the U.S. District Court in Alabama along with raising questions about his alleged failures to disclose blog posts and his wife's work in the Trump White House.\n Talley a Harvard Law School graduate came to personify a wave of criticism over the Trump administration's judicial selections.\nThe pressure intensified this week when Sen. Charles Grassley R-Iowa who leads the Judiciary Committee called on the White House to withdraw Talley 's nomination.\nThe Alliance for Justice a left-leaning group that follows judicial selection said the reconsideration of Talley could amount to \"a real turning point if the White House uses this moment to reassess its criteria for judicial nominations and to put forward nominees who will be serious about upholding critical legal rights and protections for all.\"\nEarlier in his career Talley worked as a speechwriter for Republicans including Mitt Romney and Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio. And he had the support of Sen. Luther Strange R-Ala. for whom he worked in the office of the state attorney general. Talley is currently an official in the Justice Department office that helps pick judges.", "output": [ "Brett Talley" ] }, { "id": "task419-1eedddaaf43c476db9248b35c1d0c5a0", "input": "The region's spirit has inspired contemporary Norwegian pianist and composer Jon Balke — who with his group Siwan recently released his second album drawn from those influences titled Nahnou Houm.\n Balke first learned of Al-Andalus when he was commissioned to write music by a Moroccan promoter to celebrate a venue's 15th anniversary.\n\"This was how I stumbled upon Gharnati music which is the Andalusian music that existed in 1400 in Spain and was driven out \" Balke says.\nThe intellectual and social exchange fostered by its rulers helped make Al-Andalus one of the most culturally rich areas of Europe. But the Christian kingdoms to the north attacked repeatedly and in 1492 the Spanish crown reclaimed the last vestiges of the region. Muslims and Jews were either forced to convert killed or expelled. Many sought refuge across the Mediterranean Sea.\nAn Algerian classical singer Boutchebak is the lead vocalist on the new album by Jon Balke and Siwan. She says the culture of what came to be called Andalusia was carried and preserved by the exiles.\n Jon Balke has taken this tradition's poetry and composed his own music around it.\n\"It's a framing of the musical project \" Balke says. \"It puts the project in a framework that speaks about history and that speaks about a kind of a mentality that from what you can read existed in the best parts of this period — a kind of open liberal practice of tolerance and coexistence.", "output": [ "Jon Balke" ] }, { "id": "task419-7ebaec2e7698496caa1be9dae6f7afef", "input": "Ahead of a potential First Amendment showdown Wednesday in the city’s most closely watched murder case a lawyer for independent journalist Jamie Kalven says an attempt to force his testimony amounts to little more than an “unjustified fishing expedition” by indicted Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke’s attorneys.\nVan Dyke’s attorneys have alleged that Kalven — the first journalist to detail the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald — received leaked documents containing legally protected information.\n“Given the fatal lack of evidence to support Defendant’s lynchpin factual claim one is left to wonder the perceived point of (his) efforts ” Matthew Topic Kalven ’s attorney wrote in a document filed Tuesday.\n Kalven is expected to be in court for the 9 a.m. Wednesday hearing but it is unclear if he will be called to the the stand. He has vowed not to disclose sources.\nNone of the filings on this issue by Van Dyke’s legal team have been made public. But at a court hearing in October the officer’s lead attorney Daniel Herbert alleged that Kalven obtained leaked documents containing information protected by long-standing legal precedent from being used against Van Dyke in a criminal case.\nHerbert suggested that Kalven used that information to interview witnesses — with the assistance of the FBI — in a way that shaped the witnesses’ statements to authorities.\nIn court filings Kalven ’s attorney called Herbert’s efforts “scattershot unsupported and irrelevant.” The only reports about the case in Kalven ’s possession were obtained from the city through Freedom of Information Act requests more than a year after the shooting according to Topic.\nIn addition as a journalist Kalven cannot be forced to disclose his sources except in certain specific circumstances his attorney stated.", "output": [ "Jamie Kalven" ] }, { "id": "task419-3655350c00bc44cabcd28a3b2192ceea", "input": "Oliver Ivanovic a prominent Kosovo Serb politician was killed in a brazen drive-by shooting on Tuesday that could reignite ethnic tensions in the region.\nAn EU-backed Kosovo court sentenced Ivanovic in 2015 to a nine-year jail term after it found him guilty of encouraging the killings of captured ethnic Albanian civilians in Kosovska Mitrovica in April 1999.\nIn February last year a Pristina appeals court quashed the sentence and ordered a retrial for Ivanovic who had been in detention since his arrest in January 2014 until the acquittal.\n\"Serbs are more afraid of Serbs than Albanians \" Ivanovic -- a rare Kosovo Serb in that he spoke Albanian -- said at the time. \"Serb people are afraid to raise their voice\" against Belgrade's policy.\nA former Serbian state secretary for Kosovo Ivanovic was a key interlocutor with NATO the United Nations and later the EU after the war and was seen as backing dialogue with Kosovo's ethnic Albanians.", "output": [ "Oliver Ivanovic" ] }, { "id": "task419-7fdcb520709241a9967a55fee27120cc", "input": "Speaking to the media reports of a possible Special Counsel in the offing over her Uranium One deal to the leftist media outlet Mother Jones the former first lady former Secretary of State and former Democratic nominee for president said :\n Hillary Clinton would have you believe prosecuting corruption and holding anyone accountable is something only tinpot dictatorships do.\n“If they send a signal that we’re going to be like some dictatorship like some authoritarian regime where political opponents are going to be unfairly fraudulently investigated that rips at the fabric of the contract we have that we can trust our justice system ” Clinton said. “It will be incredibly demoralizing to people who have served at the Justice Department under both Republicans and Democrats because they know better. But it will also send a terrible signal to our country and the world that somehow we are giving up on the kind of values that we used to live by and we used to promote worldwide.”\n Hillary Clinton has been getting away with corruption for so long she doesn't see herself as subject to the law at all. There was her illegal private server her destruction of government emails and tech machinery 'with hammers ' amounting to obstruction of justice there was her collusion with Fusion GPS which took phony \"opposition research\" from the Russians for use in an investigation and leakfest against Donald Trump and this doesn't even cover the half of it. During her tenure as Secretary of State there were classified documents mishandled (left on the dashboard of cars on overseas trips) the Benghazi failure to protect American personnel overseas the Benghazi talking points coverup a missing $2 billion in financial mismanagement and more. Scroll further back and the corruption continues in the same pattern: Whitewater the cattle futures cleanup the missing billing records and \"I don't recall.\" lt likely goes even further back than that with the NGOs and the Nixon investigation. Any wonder the late William Safire called her 'a congenital liar' and the number one reason voters rejected her according to a Soros group was the public perception of her as untrustworthy?\nI've got news for her: Banana republics tinpot dictatorships and authoritarian regimes do not prosecute big-dollar corruption among the politically connected. Going by pay-to-play rules is how they operate. That's how Mugabe in Africa and Chavistas in Venezuela and assorted characters in the Indonesia of the Clinton era operate. It's what makes them banana republics in the first place.\nFar from the act of prosecuting corruption being a problem as Hillary Clinton would have you believe operating on pay-to-play principles and expecting to get away with it is what makes a place a tinpot regime.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-d5b37dde4186494ab9d32d5f06de6509", "input": "RUSH: …[ Laura Ingraham ] has a new book that is excellent. What it does is provide a very comprehensive history of conservatism in our lifetime…\nEven though you have lived through a lot of or some of this reading this book will remind you how much of it you have forgotten. She starts with the history of conservatism starting with Goldwater and what she does among other things is she lays all the steps out chronologically that led to Donald Trump that we didn’t elect Donald Trump last year that Donald Trump’s not the product of just the Obama years.\nIn fact that Donald Trump is the product of the Republican Party trying to force establishment candidates down everybody’s throat like McCain and like Romney and she zeros in on the eight years of George W. Bush as having been devastating to the conservative movement. It forced conservatives into a necessary position of defending because Bush was under constant assault but that Bush and his administration really didn’t have a whole lot in common with conservatism.\nIt was more establishment Republican Partyism. To a certain extent she ’s right about this. There has been a — and I tell you Bush’s focus on immigration and his unrelenting desire to get it done. I mean there’s a great passage in the book where she makes the point that Bush would go anywhere in the world to defend the borders of a foreign country — such as Iraq or Kuwait or you name it — but he wouldn’t defend the borders of the United States.\nYou know let me sum up the book by Laura Ingraham in one sentence. You really had to boil this thing down. Billionaire at the Barricades. It is summary and analysis of how in Laura’s opinion the Republican Party has shafted its voters for decades. That’s really because the voters are conservative. “Shafted” may be a strong word but you get the drift.", "output": [ "Laura Ingraham" ] }, { "id": "task419-5932be0aef464a7b911423a4b9c05b84", "input": "ACORN's tax-exempt groups and allied organizations long a target of conservative ire used more than half their charitable and public money in 2006 to pay other ACORN affiliates according to an analysis by the tax staff of Sen. Charles Grassley R-Iowa.\n On Thursday Grassley called the transactions a \"big shell game\" and said ACORN donors may be surprised by how the liberal group known for helping the poor obtain housing and health care was spending their money. He urged the Internal Revenue Service to take a closer look.\n According to the Grassley report charities \"are being used to raise monies which are then funneled to other charities or to other organizations for purposes other than what the donor may have intended. ... Dollars raised for charitable (purposes) appear to be used for impermissible lobbing and political activity.\"\n \"Senator Grassley made up his mind and he didn't bother about the facts \" Lewis said in an interview. \"He's dealing with a lot of outdated information and decided to frame it with a predetermined conclusion. Yes we had problems under Wade Rathke. ... And we have been overhauling how we do things ever since.\"\n Also on Thursday Grassley requested that ACORN which stands for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now be taken off a list of approved charities for federal employees to donate to in an annual giving campaign.", "output": [ "Grassley" ] }, { "id": "task419-a47bbe79ddbd476a81b36425d28e9342", "input": "Officials in Ecuador have granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange citizenship after five years of living in the country’s London embassy.\nForeign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said Ecuador had accepted Assange ’s request made in December to become a citizen arguing that citizenship would “provide the asylum seeker another layer of protection.”\n“No solution will be achieved without international co-operation and the co-operation of the United Kingdom which has also shown interest in seeking a way out ” she continued.\nEcuador granted Assange whose organization WikiLeaks has published millions of classified government documents political asylum in 2012 in an attempt to avoid extradition to Sweden over a rape claim. Assange ’s activities exposing classified American documents may have led to further extradition to the United States some speculated at the time.\nSweden has since dropped the rape claim although Assange could still face arrest on charges of skipping bail that could also lead to extradition meaning he is still unsafe to leave the embassy.\n“The government of Ecuador recently requested diplomatic status for Assange here in the UK said a spokesperson for Britain’s Foreign Office. “The UK did not grant that request nor are we in talks with Ecuador on this matter. Ecuador knows that the way to resolve this issue is for Julian Assange to leave the embassy to face justice.”\n Assange ’s relationship with Ecuadorian authorities has been tested in the past year as a result of his social media and internet activities. In October 2016 the embassy temporarily cut off his internet access as Wikileaks continued to publish private emails from Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.\nLast April Ecuador’s then president-elect Lenín Moreno also warned Assange to not interfere with the country’s politics after he taunted Moreno’s conservative opponent Guillermo Lasso over his defeat. Lasso had pledged to kick Assange out the embassy.\n Assange has yet to comment on the development.", "output": [ "Julian Assange" ] }, { "id": "task419-dbba32a005774f2e83d9c41e07808b09", "input": "Another recent poll obtained by Breitbart News shows that Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN-07) has a big lead over Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) among Tennessee Republican primary voters.\n Marsha Blackburn is viewed favorably by nearly half of Republican voters (47%) and has ample room to grow with around 2 in 5 who either don’t recognize her or who do recognize her but haven’t formed an opinion yet (16% & 20%). In contrast a majority of Republican primary voters are split on Corker (39% favorable 41% unfavorable) leaving only 1 in 5 who have yet to form an opinion. This translates into a 19-point lead for Blackburn on the primary ballot.\nRagnar Research Associates concluded that “ Marsha Blackburn has a strong lead in a hypothetical matchup versus Senator Bob Corker among Republican primary voters (+19). Her lead is significant among self-identified conservatives (70% of Republican primary voters) and her image (fav/unfav) is in a much stronger position than Senator Corker’s. (+31 for Blackburn versus -2 for Corker) ” adding:\nFurthermore Blackburn has room to grow as 36% of Republicans don’t know her or haven’t formed an opinion of her. The opportunity especially exists in East Tennessee where her ballot lead is only +7 compared to middle Tennessee and west Tennessee (areas she has represented in the House) where her ballot lead is +24 and +31 respectively. As Blackburn becomes more known across the state she has the opportunity to build upon her already strong image and solidity Republican support heading into the 2018 general election.\nA Senate Conservatives Fund poll released last week prior to the withdrawal of former Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-TN-08) from the race showed Blackburn with a 49 percent to 26 percent lead over Corker with Fincher in third place with nine percent.\nA subsequent poll released by the Committee to Defend the President that did not included Fincher showed Blackburn with a 55 percent to 26 percent lead over Corker.\nCorker announced on September 26 that he would not be seeking a third term in the United States. Blackburn announced her candidacy the following month.", "output": [ "Marsha Blackburn" ] }, { "id": "task419-a7c6b7098b6649d1b2cbf38e25c35d0b", "input": "Tim Hardaway Jr. missed Knicks practice Sunday with a sore left foot and is officially questionable for Monday's home game against the floundering Clippers.\n Hardaway first started feeling the pain — which he described as \"inside the bottom in the arch area\" — after the Knicks' win over the Jazz on Wednesday.\n\"Woke up the next morning started to walk around and it just didn't feel right \" Hardaway said Sunday at the Knicks practice facility in Westchester. \"Came here practiced on it it kind of bothered me so I just limited myself in practice that day.\"\n Tim Hardaway Jr. is trying to manage his sore left foot. (Elsa/Getty Images)\n Hardaway tried to play through the injury Friday night at the Raptors but pulled himself from the game late in the fourth quarter when the pain and discomfort increased.\nIn hindsight Hardaway regrets trying to play on the injured foot.\n\"Me continuing to play on it it got worse. Just not really taking it serious \" Hardaway said. \"I'm thinking 'I'm strong enough I'm able enough to go out there and compete so I don't feel nothing as bad so no need for me to get it right.' But it got worse and worse and once I started feeling it after the Utah game that next morning when I came back to practice that's when I let them know that it was bothering me. And I've never had it before. This is the first time for me . So it's different.\"\n Hardaway said he spent Sunday's practice doing spot shooting and riding the exercise bike. He 'll continue to undergo treatment including the cold and hot tubs and laser technology before testing the foot out at Monday morning's shootaround.\n\"It feels better a lot better \" Hardaway said.\n\"I don't think he liked it \" Hornacek said. \" He thought it made it worse. So they'll figure something out and we'll see tomorrow.\"\nKristaps Porzingis is sticking to his story that his Twitter was hacked this summer. (Abbie Parr/Getty Images)", "output": [ "Tim Hardaway Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-efc0c0d667cd4c2491f1dc4cb2626946", "input": "Jay Sekulow chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice introduces Republican presidential candidate and former Florida governor Jeb Bush during a presidential candidate forum at Regent University in Virginia Beach on Oct. 23 2015. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)\nJay Sekulow a member of the legal team counseling Trump on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's wide-ranging Russia probe said Tuesday that a second special counsel should be appointed to focus on FBI and Justice Department investigators.\n Sekulow 's call for a second special counsel was first reported Tuesday morning by Axios.\n Sekulow did not allege wrongdoing on the part of Mueller or his team telling The Washington Post that his call for a second special counsel has “nothing to do with Bob Mueller.”\nBut Sekulow argued that alleged conflicts of interest among FBI and Justice Department officials demand a full investigation by a special counsel. He singled out a Fox News report last week that Bruce G. Ohr a senior Justice Department official was demoted amid an investigation of his contacts with Fusion GPS the opposition research firm that commissioned a salacious dossier documenting Trump's ties to Russia.\n“This is the kind of situation that in my view warrants a special counsel ” Sekulow said.\nAsked whether he was speaking on Trump's behalf or whether the president agrees with having a second special counsel Sekulow would not answer. He said he does not speak publicly about his conversations with the president.\n Sekulow works alongside John M. Dowd another private attorney for the president and in close collaboration with Ty Cobb a White House lawyer who handles the Russia portfolio.", "output": [ "Jay Sekulow" ] }, { "id": "task419-82c2577d3fee40ca8260ad23125125e9", "input": "Typically an acting director position would be filled according to the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. But Richard Cordray along with his resignation elevated Leandra English who was the agency's chief of staff into the deputy director position.\nThe person nominated to be director of the CFPB requires confirmation by the Senate and it could be many weeks or months before the person would be able to step into the role permanently. Cordray 's move was aimed at allowing his favored successor to keep running the agency for as long as possible before a Trump appointee is confirmed by the Senate.\n Cordray had announced earlier this month that he would resign by the end of this month. There is wide speculation that Cordray a Democrat is resigning in order to run for governor in his home state of Ohio.\n Cordray used that mandate aggressively as its first director which often made him a target for the banking industry's Washington lobbyists and Congressional Republicans who believed Cordray was overreaching in his role calling the CFPB a \"rogue agency.\"\nAs director he also was able to extract billions of dollars in settlements from banks debt collectors and other financial services companies for wrongdoing. When Wells Fargo was found to have opened millions of phony accounts for its customers the CFPB fined the bank $100 million the agency's largest penalty to date.", "output": [ "Richard Cordray" ] }, { "id": "task419-ba0a77a39c8e4c8db4358532eb671f4f", "input": "Prime Minister Theresa May Weighs In On Removing Homeless From Windsor\nBut a call by the leader of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to remove vagrants and their detritus from the streets surrounding Windsor Castle — where the wedding will take place — has been met with outrage from residents and political leaders within the highest echelons of government including Prime Minister Theresa May.\n Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday weighed in on Dudley's comments making it clear she disagrees with his views.\n\"I don't agree with the comments that the leader of the council has made \" she told The Guardian.\n\"I think it is important that councils work hard to ensure that they are providing accommodation for those people who are homeless and where there are issues of people who are aggressively begging on the streets then it's important that councils work with the police to deal with that aggressive begging \" she added.", "output": [ "Theresa May" ] }, { "id": "task419-e966cf1ed05c4e9b8fa701162fc721bb", "input": "David Dobbs' new feature in our October 2017 issue \"The Touch of Madness \" tells a story that is both heartbreaking and uplifting and all too familiar: A young woman with a bright future temporarily loses herself in mental illness and finds the fraying of her social bonds to be more durably worse in some respects than the underlying condition itself. That young woman Nev Jones manages to pull herself out of the bottom of the well finishing graduate school and going on to become a key advocate and scholar among reform-minded thinkers in the world of mental-health treatment and policy. But it wasn't easy—and wouldn't have been possible without the ideas and support of the practitioners and scholars she found shortly after her mental illness derailed her graduate studies.\nYour story describes how the mental-health researcher and activist Nev Jones (and a growing number of others) are pushing for the medical establishment to think about schizophrenia—or related diagnoses of \"madness \" as they are known colloquially—in a radically new way. What is new about it and what makes it so radical?\n Nev Jones and other scholars and advocates like her want us to see what they call madness meaning schizophrenia bipolar and other serious mental ailments less as biological phenomena and more as cultural phenomena. They 're asking us to see these phenomena not only as a breakdown of brain connection as they 're typically cast in the West but as breakdowns in social connection. They want us to see how culture shapes madness: People with schizophrenia simply do worse in societies that define schizophrenia as primarily biological and that isolate people who are mad.\nWho is Nev Jones how did you find her and how did she come to these ideas?\nA few years ago in 2012 after the mass shooting in a movie theater in Aurora Colorado I wrote a blog post for Wired about how it's not coincidental that some of the sickest and most paranoid and angry people who go mad in the U.S. resort to violence—with guns in particular. It's an expression of madness that does not happen in places that are less gun-oriented and less violent overall. The idea was that culture shapes the expression of madness in that way. It got a lot of pushback so I did another iteration of the blog post and in doing that I looked around the Internet to find people who articulated the same idea better than I did and one of those people was Nev Jones . She had related some episodes from her own descent into madness that were helpful in illustrating what I was trying to say.\nAt the time she was a graduate student and still in the middle of her recovery from a psychotic episode that she had in grad school after the school bungled a few things in response to her psychosis and proved far from helpful. The societal response in her case seemed to aggravate her deep psychotic state that lasted for some time. She was able to climb out of that by connecting to other people and by studying and absorbing herself in the literature on how culture shapes madness. She connected with other people who studied it and wanted to get the word out. She proved effective at this finishing her studies in community psychology at DePaul University and then becoming more well known in what some people call the madness community. These are people who study it and advocate for those who have had it whom they call people with lived experience.\n She ended up getting an invitation to go to Stanford University's anthropology department. What she was doing was tapping into a couple of decades of increasingly busy and deep work in academia looking at how culture—broadly defined—affects our view of madness in particular how it affects the experience of people who have schizophrenia. In Nev Jones I found someone who was by all accounts one of the most dynamic and exciting experts in the field and she was also someone who lived through this and had deep insight both from her scholarship and from her experience of becoming very sick for a couple of years and used her insights on how cultures shapes madness to climb back out of her illness to a state of high-function and happiness.\n Nev and her peers are not making the case that physical characteristics like genes and brain chemistry are not involved. She 'd tell you of course the brain is involved and we need to deal with that sometimes with medication. But overlooked in the West's heavy emphasis on the biological definition of madness and other mental illnesses is how vital social connections are to the experience of mental illness. When people have mental illness in the U.S. especially if it's a psychotic disorder like schizophrenia one of the first things that happens is their social networks fall apart and they're left alone precisely at the time when they most need social connections. If you start to understand these things it should change how you think society—friends and family the broader culture as well as the medical culture—should evaluate and respond to someone experiencing first-episode psychosis.\n Nev Jones told you about how a mass shooting involving someone diagnosed with schizophrenia shaped others' perceptions of her during her first episode while she was in graduate school. What does the media tend to get wrong about incidents like the one in Las Vegas just this week? We don't know anything about the shooter's motives yet but the conversation on social media has quickly turned to mental illness per usual.\nWhere did the conventional wisdom that folks like Nev are trying to revise come from? Describe the intellectual history you explored for this piece.\nAside from the constant warfare over funding for health care in Congress? In the psychiatry establishment—the American Psychiatric Association for instance—there is a heightened awareness with every passing year. That's one of the main goals for Nev Jones and other people who advocate along these lines: to increase awareness among the psychiatric establishment partly so the establishment is more open to making people with lived experience meaningful and full partners in any organization that makes decisions about how to respond to mental health—whether it be a board that's trying to help create a first episode psychosis clinic or a clinic that is going to treat or work with psychotic people. Right now if you have psychosis and you're in this profession it's seen as a reason not to include you in treatment level activity whereas it should actually be seen as a plus because of the greater understanding and credibility that you'll have with a patient. It's encouraging that the APA is looking at this more.", "output": [ "Nev Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-efa99b32c9fe41748a40c6859ff70c61", "input": "Tapas Strickland economist at the National Australia Bank put the weakness in the Aussie down to a push-back from RBA governor Philip Lowe towards mounting rate hike expectations and another massive decline in iron ore markets.\n“Around 0.5% of the fall occurred directly after Governor Lowe’s speech ” Strickland said referring to a speech delivered by Lowe in Perth earlier in the session. “The market interpreted the speech as dovish given comments that a rate rise was not imminent.”\nIn a Q&A session held after the conclusion of his speech Lowe said that official interest rates would increase for “some time”.\nAlong with Lowe ’s speech the Aussie was also hammered by another steep fall in iron ore markets.", "output": [ "Philip Lowe" ] }, { "id": "task419-94324f06486a4954a13a6bac86a3343e", "input": "Stewart tells O ' Reilly he ' s voice of sanity on Fox\nThe host of \"The Daily Show\" and Fox's kingpin exchanged some good-natured shots Wednesday during Stewart's appearance on a network he relishes mocking. Stewart tossed off jokes but also criticized Fox for being a \"cyclonic perpetual motion machine\" opposing President Barack Obama.\n\"They have taken reasonable concerns about this president and this economy and turned it into a full-fledged panic attack about the next coming of Chairman Mao \" Stewart said.\nBoth men have appeared on each other's show before but it was Stewart's first time back since 2004. O'Reilly annoyed Comedy Central by calling Stewart's audience primarily \"stoned slackers\"; on Wednesday he amended it to \"stoned slackers who love Obama.\"\nThere was even a dispute over who initiated the return visit. O'Reilly said on Fox earlier Wednesday that Stewart's representatives had asked for him to come on the show. Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said an O'Reilly producer requested the appearance.\nFox \"is the most passionate and sells the clearest narrative of all the news networks if ... you're still referring to it in that manner \" Stewart said.\nO'Reilly pointed out that Fox is like a newspaper with news and opinion pages an idea Stewart poked fun at.\nStewart was asked about a Washington Post column that suggested he was becoming disenchanted with Obama. \"I don't take any of that seriously \" he said.\nBut he did criticize Obama for not taking control of his agenda.\n\"It allows too much room for different narratives to take hold for instance a narrative that might emanate from a news organization of this ilk \" he said.", "output": [ "Stewart" ] }, { "id": "task419-88fa8e1853cf4b29a13583de6470b146", "input": "Mariah Carey reacted to the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday night that left at least 50 dead while being interviewed on live television to discuss her upcoming U.K. Christmas shows.\n Carey appeared on Good Morning Britain when host Piers Morgan asked the pop superstar about the attack which is the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. ( Carey herself has performed numerous times in Las Vegas as part of her residency there.)\nâItâs terrible. People are just going out to listen to music because thatâs what they want to do. Theyâre out for the night and something shocking happens â Carey said. âNobody could have expected it and itâs just wrong. I really donât know what to say.â\n Carey followed up the interview by tweeting her condolences to victims of the Vegas attack.\nHorrified to hear about the shooting in #LasVegas. My thoughts are with the victims and their families. Praying for everyone's safety ðð - Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) October 2 2017\nMorgan for his part also clarified in later tweets that Carey âs team had been informed ahead of time the subject would come up.\nWe told Mariah 's people before the interview.\n Her reaction seemed very relevant given she 's a performer who often has residence in Vegas. [Link] - Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 2 2017", "output": [ "Mariah Carey" ] }, { "id": "task419-450bc04a044a42369c22793047d8db4b", "input": "Taylor Swift’s lawyers are trying to shake off claims that the “Shake It Off” singer stole lyrics with a new court motion.\n Swift was sued in September by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler who created the song “Playas Gon’ Play” for the girl group 3LW in 2001. The duo claimed that Swift stole their lyrics and used them in her famous hit single “Shake It Off.”\nOn Wednesday the singer’s lawyers asked the federal judge to dismiss the copyright lawsuit against Swift and argued that the concepts of players playing and haters hating are common music phrases and “public domain clichés” that can’t be claimed as copyright according to Variety.\n Swift used the familiar phrase in the chorus of her song which says “Players gonna play play play play play and haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate.”\n“There can be no copyright protection in ‘playas they gonna play and haters they gonna hate ’ because it would impermissibly monopolize the idea that players will play and haters will hate ” Swift ’s lawyers said. “Plaintiffs’ claim to being the only ones in the world who can refer to players playing and haters hating is frivolous… Providing a copyright monopoly in the phrase would prevent others from sharing the idea that players play and haters hate.”\nTo further prove their argument Swift ’s legal team went on to cite other examples of famous songs that use the “player” and “hater” phrase such as “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac in which the song says “Players only love you when they’re playing ” and “Playa Hater ” by the Notorious B.I.G. where the phrase “playa playa hater” is used as the part of the song’s chorus.", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-136c407ae04841fc8caeb2d4b90c72b6", "input": "Logo of the Bain Capital is screened at a news conference in Tokyo Japan September 28 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon\nTOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital aims to buy Japan’s third-largest advertising agency Asatsu-DK Inc (9747.T) for 152 billion yen ($1.35 billion) in one of the largest buyouts in Japan this year it said on Monday.\n Bain plans to buy all of Asatsu-DK’s shares from existing holders including top shareholder WPP (WPP.L) for 3 660 yen a share a 15.4 percent premium over Monday’s close.\n The private equity firm said it would launch a tender offer on Tuesday and plans to delist the company . The buyout will be canceled if it fails to buy a stake larger than 50.1 percent.\nAsatsu-DK supports Bain’s offer saying that a strategic review had found that private ownership represented the best option to position the company for sustainable growth.\n“In collaboration with Bain Capital we will set a course towards bold structural reforms and growth strategies that will help us to enhance our competitiveness and to expand our market share both in Japan and overseas ” said President and Group CEO Shinichi Ueno.\nThe bid comes only days after a Bain-led consortium signed an $18 billion deal to buy Toshiba Corp’s (6502.T) microchip business.\nA source close to WPP said the buyout plan as outlined by Bain significantly undervalued Asatsu-DK.", "output": [ "Bain" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b84d758fba0490899664a712c144cbc", "input": "Men’s halfpipe gold medalist Shaun White of the United States speaks at a news conference at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea Wednesday Feb. 14 2018. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press)\n Shaun White has dismissed the sexual assault allegations made against him in a 2016 lawsuit as “gossip.”\n White won his third Olympic gold medal Wednesday in the men’s halfpipe then was criticized on social media and questioned in a press conference about allegations made in a lawsuit by a former drummer in White’s rock band.\nThe woman says White sexually harassed and refused to pay her. The lawsuit was settled last May.\n White was asked in a media conference if the lawsuit might tarnish his reputation.\n He says “I’m here to talk about the Olympics not gossip and stuff.” He adds “I don’t think so.”\nReporters attempted to follow up about the lawsuit but the conference moderator shot them down. White rushed off stage as reporters questioned him about the allegations following the conference.\n Snowboarder Shaun White has won America’s 100th Winter Olympic gold medal throwing down a spectacular final run in the men’s halfpipe.\n 12:05 p.m.\nSnowboarding star Shaun White is a three-time Olympic champion.\nJapan’s Ayumu Hirano has vaulted past Shaun White and into first place in the men’s halfpipe final.\nThe 19-year-old Hirano put up a score of 95.25 during his second run to edge past White . Hirano washed out in his first run but responded by throwing back-to-back 1440-degree spins during his second run.\n White attempting to become the first American to win gold in three different Winter Olympics sat down on his second run to remain in second.\n White will get one last shot to surpass Ayumu. White will be the final rider to go in the 12-man final.\nAmerican snowboarder Shaun White is in the lead after one run in the men’s halfpipe final.", "output": [ "Shaun White" ] }, { "id": "task419-8ae364813d7743dabbfc93af40f2855b", "input": "Kim Kardashian celebrated the birth of her daughter by wearing her birthday suit.\nThe reality star whose surrograte gave birth on Monday shared an image lying in bed sans clothing. Kardashian shared the racy image with her 106 million Instagram followers.\nNight Cap A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Jan 18 2018 at 11:53pm PST\nHowever some fans came to Kardashian 's defense.\nA few hours earlier Kardashian shared a different racy snap.\ngood night A post shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Jan 18 2018 at 9:20pm PST\nKardashian and husband Kayne West welcomed a baby girl on Monday. Their daughter's name has still not been publicly announced. The newborn weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces at the time of her birth. She joins big sister North 4 and brother Saint 2.", "output": [ "Kim Kardashian" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf0f872a05094b71bf7490721e45a29e", "input": "Shuftan made his comments after Commissioners John Fritchey and Luis Arroyo Jr. both Chicago Democrats announced they would introduce a resolution next week to put the question on the March 20 primary ballot.\nAfter his announcement Fritchey made the rounds of the county boardroom at an unrelated committee meeting asking for support.\nA longtime advocate of making recreational marijuana use legal Fritchey pointed to the legalization and taxation of recreational marijuana in Colorado and Washington. State and local governments in Illinois could expect to bring in $500 million a year in pot taxes based on those states’ experiences he said.\n“It’s about unclogging a court system that is overburdened ” Fritchey said. “If we can take these cases out of the court system we will be doing a tremendous service not just to the individuals but to the court system as well.”\n“Almost 90 percent of these cases get dismissed doing nothing but leaving individuals with an arrest record ” he added. “We are wasting court resources. We are damaging lives. And we have the ability to do better.”\nFritchey — a former state lawmaker — also said he hoped a successful ballot question in Cook County would spur legislators to take a vote on a potentially thorny issue during an election year in 2018.\nSen. Heather Steans and Rep. Kelly Cassidy both of whom like Fritchey live on the city’s North Side introduced legislation in March to allow the possession of up to 28 grams of pot or about an ounce and to grow five plants. Their proposals call for a tax of $50 an ounce plus the standard state 6.25 percent sales tax. Local governments like the city and county collect their own sales taxes so they likely also would bring in more money as a result of legalization.", "output": [ "John Fritchey" ] }, { "id": "task419-2a077ba6191b45ec88530d0a774701ac", "input": "Days after at least 58 people were killed in a Las Vegas mass shooting Hillary Clinton called for better gun control.\n“I can’t believe that one whole political party in the greatest country on earth is totally sold to the gun lobby ” she told host Jimmy Fallon.\n Clinton on her book tour for “What Happened ” called her memoir “a story of resilience.”\n“It is my best effort to pull the curtain back invite people in to see what happened from my perspective and to talk about the things that I didn’t get right and what was happening at the same time ” she said of the book.\nAs for election night Clinton said she was disappointed both that she lost and that President Trump won.\n“I was so worried about what it meant to have my opponent win ” she told Fallon.\n Clinton also had some words for President Trump particularly of his handling of Hurricane Maria and the devastation in Puerto Rico.\n“As Miley would say we can’t stop and we won’t stop ” the former presidential candidate wrote in a thank you note to her fans. (NBC/Andrew Lipovsky/NBC)\n“It’s hard to figure out what are the priorities ” she said.\nFallon also had female staff writers write thank you notes to Clinton .\n“Thank you Miley tonight’s show writers and all of the women and young girls out there who are smart strong and deserving of every opportunity ” Clinton said.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-08df944d43b745a99dceee08723b9fd0", "input": "The idea: Since Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the Russia probe in March he is not supervising special counsel Robert Mueller or his team. That means the buck stops with the deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein . Rosenstein told the House Judiciary Committee Dec. 13 he has seen no reason that would be \"good cause\" to remove the special counsel and that he has confidence in the investigation.\nOne way for the White House to shake up the probe is to find a way to replace the attorney general who is recused with someone who is not. That person could then exercise more control over the Russia investigation including nixing some spending by the special counsel refusing to sign off on interviews of key witnesses or requests for grand jury indictments — or even firing Mueller .\nThe problem: Sessions is having the time of his life at the Justice Department and doesn't want to go anywhere. Earlier this year he rebuffed efforts to mount a write-in campaign for his old Senate seat in Alabama and another effort to get him to move over to the Department of Homeland Security.\nThe problem: the current Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appeared to draw his own line in the sand in recent House testimony telling lawmakers that special counsel Robert Mueller was among the best civil servants and law enforcement officials in modern history. The new FBI Director Christopher Wray is also a fan of Mueller's. And in a standoff during the George W. Bush presidency over surveillance measures the Justice Department balked at approving Wray also volunteered to resign in protest along with a series of other senior DOJ officials. In other words the specter of another mass resignation at the top of the Justice Department and the FBI would loom large.", "output": [ "Rod Rosenstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-9500459d980a488b996ea21430de24bc", "input": "FILE PHOTO - U.S. Representative Tim Murphy (R-PA) chairs a House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. response to the Ebola crisis in Washington October 16 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst\nWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Representative Tim Murphy will resign from Congress on Oct. 21 House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Thursday following a report alleging that Murphy had asked a woman with whom he was having an affair to get an abortion.\n Murphy had said in a statement on Wednesday he would not seek re-election next year. The lawmaker had been a member of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus once receiving a 92 percent score from the conservative Family Research Council which opposes abortion.\nThere was no immediate response from Murphy ’s office for request for comment on Thursday.\nThe Pittsburgh Post-Gazette citing a Jan. 25 text message said the woman had chastised Murphy for asking her to get an abortion during a pregnancy scare despite his office posting an anti-abortion statement on Facebook.\nAccording to the newspaper Murphy texted her in response: “I get what you say about my March for life messages. I’ve never written them. Staff does them. I read them and winced. I told staff don’t write any more. I will.”\n Murphy ’s extramarital affair had first been exposed in 2016 during the woman’s divorce proceedings the Post-Gazette said.\n“This afternoon I received a letter of resignation from Congressman Tim Murphy effective October 21 ” Ryan said in a statement. “It was Dr. Murphy ’s decision to move on to the next chapter of his life and I support it.”", "output": [ "Tim Murphy" ] }, { "id": "task419-495b259faeaf4ac193090f796edfb42a", "input": "Former Australian Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull launched attack against Tony Abbott's approach to climate change on Monday saying the new Liberal policy is a farce and some claims amount to \"bullshit.\"\n A recent Newspoll published in The Australian newspaper on Monday showed that Abbott had greater appeal than his predecessor Turnbull. In the better Prime Minister stakes Abbott debuted at 23 percent up from the last 14 percent rating for Turnbull. In comparison Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd had his percentage cut five points to 60 percent.\n As Abbott had never been afraid of speaking his mind Turnbull said \"I am sure he won't complain if I tell a few home truths about the farce that the coalition's policy or lack of policy on climate change has descended into.\"\n Abbott has ditched coalition support for an emissions trading scheme (ETS) labeling it a big tax.\n He has pledged to meet the targets to cut emissions through other means suggesting he'll do it cheaper than the Labor ETS.", "output": [ "Tony Abbott" ] }, { "id": "task419-50018b0bb78c4cc4b8f1e9d5910b4892", "input": "UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States will seek to boost its case for United Nations action against Iran when Security Council envoys visit Washington on Monday to view pieces of weapons that U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley says Tehran gave to Yemen’s Houthi group.\n Haley and her 14 council colleagues will also lunch with President Donald Trump the U.S. Mission to the United Nations said Friday.\nThe U.N. ambassadors will visit a military hangar at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling near Washington where Haley the U.S envoy to the United Nations last month presented remnants of what the Pentagon said was an Iranian-made ballistic missile fired from Yemen on Nov. 4 at Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh as well as other weapons.\n Haley said last month she was exploring several U.N. options for pressuring Iran to “adjust their behavior”. But she is likely to struggle to convince some Security Council members like veto powers Russia and China that U.N. action is needed.\n Haley has said the Security Council could strengthen the provisions in that resolution or adopt a new resolution banning Iran from all activities related to ballistic missiles. To pass a resolution needs nine votes in favor and no vetoes by the United States Britain France China or Russia.\nDiplomats speaking on condition of anonymity say Haley has not signaled which accountability option she might pursue or when.", "output": [ "Nikki Haley" ] }, { "id": "task419-23d33db1e62742aa9f09fbff35b468b7", "input": "The biggest the best the longest White House reality episode took place on Tuesday to dismal ratings. Rather than be the sure-fire live-cast way to change the subject from Michael Wolff's book in which his staff and others declared his dangerous incompetence and show Trump at his deal-making best the meeting revealed that on the whole Wolff got it right.\n Trump had only to hold two things in his mind at the same time. DACA yes; the Wall he chanted about at every campaign rally yes. And oh don’t be wooed by Democrats. Do not flirt as he did with Chuck and Nancy over Chinese food. Do not believe they like you. Do not give in to the thrill of the deal. Democrats are the enemy.\nBut he couldn’t do that and his failure happened in real time for everyone to witness. Did you see social media buzzed what Trump just said to Senator Dianne Feinstein about a clean bill being great and he would take the heat.\nNo one could least of all his advisors who thought they were having a much-needed do-over after their major pushback on Sunday failed. Stephen Miller’s mindless repetitive defense of Trump to CNN’s Jake Tapper got him cut off and then escorted out of the building. Let Trump be a prepared president with a task so simple even he can’t blow it. Instead they had to watch in horror as he failed to perform. When Rep. Kevin McCarthy is the smart one in the room and you have to erase incriminating parts of the transcript like a Kremlin operative you know it’s been a spectacular failure.\n Trump’s display cracks his truce with Capitol Hill after pushing through tax cuts. House conservatives in the Freedom Caucus feel as warmly about Trump ’s Bill of Love as they did about the Summer of Love. Their limited openness to agree to a non-monolithic wall — more fencing and high-tech surveillance and less money for an actual wall — is dead in light of Trump ’s televised squishiness. They've told the new clean-up-the-mess Gang of Four congressional leaders convening in emergency session today that it’s $18 billion in concrete or bust.\nWhat the White House actually accomplished Tuesday is the opposite of what it set out to do—set the bar low and show a president carrying out presidential tasks competently. If this had been Trump at the first tee he ’d have shanked it 50 yards into the woods. Into the bargain the White House staff took more mulligans than Clinton ever did. Aside from giving in to his Democratic captors all the king’s men couldn’t keep him from going off script to long nostalgically for the olden days of Jack Abramoff memorial earmarks.\nTrump inadvertently demonstrated what Wolff convinced of his own superiority could not do in round-the-clock interviews with friendly anchors: that despite Wolff himself being above the rigor and rules of mere journalists on the larger truth he is right. The president is impulsive uncontrollable and unteachable burdened with an ignorance he doesn’t have the self-awareness to realize he has or the discipline to overcome it. Rather than show he's \"like really smart\" and went to \"the best colleges for college \" Trump showed that the job reduced to its simplest level is beyond his grasp leaving his advisers sickened like parents watching their well-coached child put a square peg in a round hole at a pre-school admissions interview.\nNo wonder his staff is leaving in record-breaking droves the latest reported to be on their way out the door including White House counsel Don McGahn and National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster with no one clamoring to replace them. The made-for-TV after-school special made an indelible impression on them and viewers that Trump at his very best may never be better than most of us at our very worst.\nWill he ever rise to the occasion or to the job or ever pivot? The pre-schoolers will learn but Trump will not.", "output": [ "Wall Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-707b441bd3ac4554886749cd9b81fda4", "input": "It would seem as if Zimbabwe’s military has President Robert Mugabe backed into a corner.\nThe 93-year-old has been held under army supervision since the military took over the airwaves on Nov. 14 and tanks patrol the still quiet streets of the capital Harare. His former vice president-turned-rival Emmerson Mnangagwa whose abrupt dismissal the week before triggered the political crisis is back in the capital and determined to take power—seemingly with the blessing of the armed forces. Meanwhile Zimbabweans are already celebrating the downfall of a dictator who has held the country in his iron grip for the past 37 years.\nYet Mugabe refuses to relinquish power before elections slated for April 2018 even as the military the opposition and members of his own party insist that stands down immediately and hand power to Mnangagwa. And he can. Because he holds a trump card: the fear that the military’s power play could be called a military coup.\nYou could be forgiven for thinking that this was indeed a coup — despite the army’s insistence it has not taken over the government. Zimbabwean intelligence reports cited by Reuters suggest that Mnangagwa may have been planning for Mugabe’s exit with the military for more than a year. And Zimbabwe’s military chief General Constantino Chiwenga’s recent trip to Beijing to meet with the Chinese defense minister though billed as a “normal military exchange ” is now raising questions. China maintains a close diplomatic and economic relationship with Zimbabwe and its support for any change in government would be vital.\nIf the military does force Mugabe out of power even with the support of the populace it would still be considered a coup. That would automatically trigger suspension from the African Union as well as the 15-nation Southern Africa Development Community and all of their activities. The region and even European nations would likely impose economic sanctions. Zimbabwe would have trouble getting development assistance or even loans from international banks. And even the United States’ limited engagement with Zimbabwe would have to be dialed back. The U.S. Foreign Assistance Act “restricts assistance to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree.” That means that U.S. support for family planning HIV/AIDS prevention governance programs and ironically democracy promotion could be cut.\nIf Mugabe stands down on his own however the political transition maintains a veneer of legality that ensures the next government whatever it looks like has a soft landing and the chance of international economic assistance. “If this transition for which Zimbabweans and friends of Zimbabwe have been waiting for such a long time is to have a chance of succeeding it will need international engagement ” says J. Peter Pham director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. Zimbabwe is already in economic freefall beset by hyperinflation and unemployment so high that an estimated 3 million citizens are now living in neighboring countries. “No one wants to provoke a crisis that will send even more Zimbabweans fleeing over the border.”\nEven members of Mugabe’s own party Zanu PF seem to understand what’s at stake. The party is working on its own transition plan senior officials told Reuters on Friday drafting a resolution to impeach the president if he refuses to stand down. “There is no going back ” the official told Reuters. “If he becomes stubborn we will arrange for him to be fired on Sunday. When that is done it’s impeachment on Tuesday.”\nIn the meantime Harare’s streets remain calm and Zimbabwean’s characteristic black humor about their own predicament remains intact: “Mugabe is suddenly a real Zimbabwean: an adult with several degrees just sitting idly at home ” tweeted @CynicHarare a self-proclaimed “detractor” from Harare.", "output": [ "Mugabe" ] }, { "id": "task419-26f4148e58a04789b420e4b6550d2bdb", "input": "\"I'm still kind of in shock \" says Edward Geist a researcher specializing in Russia at the Rand Corp. \"My guess is they're not bluffing that they've flight-tested this thing. But that's incredible.\"\nThe U.S. did go on to investigate the idea of a nuclear-powered missile Geist says. Known as the Supersonic Low Altitude Missile the idea was more like a nuclear-powered drone aircraft. \"It was actually supposed to fly around autonomously and drop nuclear gravity bombs \" Geist says.\nThe nuclear reactor that would keep SLAM aloft would also spew radioactive exhaust Geist says. At the time that was advertised as a feature not a bug because it would have had the added benefit of polluting the Soviet countryside.\n\"It was supposed to be really really dirty \" Geist says.\nThe U.S. got as far as actually building the nuclear engine for Project Pluto a development project at the Nevada Test Site. The reactor was tested a number of times in the early 1960s and it performed well. But by that point awareness had grown about the dangers of nuclear fallout and arms control treaties were coming into place Geist says. Those concerns were among the reasons the project died in 1964.\nThe type of reactor used in Project Pluto was particularly messy because it exposed the nuclear fuel directly to the outside air. Geist says the new Russian missile may use a different system that keeps the fuel somewhat isolated from the air. But he quickly adds that wouldn't make it safe.\n\"There are a bunch of different ways to do it and frankly they're all terrible \" Geist says.\n He suspects that the Russian design would involve what's known as a \"fast reactor \" which is more efficient but also less safe than most nuclear reactors. If the missile crashed or the reactor failed it would trigger a major incident.\n\"It's just crazy they field-tested this thing \" he says.\n Geist says he expects Russia's provocations to continue. \"They're sending us a message that they are not OK with our U.S. missile defense posture \" he says.\nThat message? \"They're willing to go full Strangelove on us \" Geist says.", "output": [ "Edward Geist" ] }, { "id": "task419-b468c8f1a88c44e6b84d83e4405d3bce", "input": "Kerrice Lewis age 23 was brutally murdered just days after Christmas in Washington D.C.\nNeighbors said they heard multiple gunshots in the alley behind the 800 block of Adrian Street SE and moments later they saw a raging fire. Kerrice Lewis was heard screaming as she tried to escape from the trunk.\n Lewis was orphaned at the age of 11 and raised by her grandparents.\nHer grandfather William Sharp said he feels as though his heart has been ripped out. He said “her mother died of a brain aneurysm and her father was tragically murdered up in the D.C. area.” Lewis struggled deeply with the loss of her parents. She recently served time in jail. Her grandfather said she was striving to turn her life around — Lewis worked on construction sites and Sharp said she “was very excited because she had just finished taking some classes and was looking forward to taking some more.” He said she was a “free spirit” and “full of life” and that “she would light up a room just talking and laughing.”\n Lewis ’ best friend and exgirlfriend Mercedes Rouhlac\nMercedes Rouhlac the victim’s best friend and ex girlfriend said she “talked to her everyday.” Rouhlac said she “just kept calling her” and wondering why Lewis wasn’t answering her phone.\n Kerrice Lewis with her best friend’s son media image.", "output": [ "Kerrice Lewis" ] }, { "id": "task419-adeaea9c8d0248059d36864614203f7d", "input": "“The option of simply widening the road is a lot more difficult than it would be in Fairfax and in some other areas. We are not even sure that it is possible ” said Martin Nohe chairman of the NVTA and a Prince William County supervisor whose district includes the corridor.\n“If it is possible it absolutely requires a huge amount of condemnation of commercial property and it is crazy expensive ” Nohe said. So the NVTA is studying various options to add capacity along a larger segment of the corridor.\n“No one will actually get to work faster if we don’t first improve the interchange ” Nohe said. From a morning commuter’s perspective he said “improvements in Prince William mean nothing if you don’t first have improvements in Fairfax County. And the improvements to the road in Fairfax don’t mean anything unless you have the improvements at the interchange. . . . The interchange is the center of gravity for the entire corridor.”\nThe NVTA has approved $30 million for the $69 million widening project south of the interstate in Fairfax bordering Prince William Nohe said. The entire Route 28 corridor from Fauquier to Loudoun is looking at up to $1 billion in investments he said. A big chunk of that money would go toward fixing the Prince William section which has been neglected long enough Nohe said.\n“The problem has been building for 20 years. For the last 10 years everyone has complained every day ” Nohe said. “What’s clear is that Route 28 is now our top priority in the county.”\nA recent study commissioned by the NVTA has narrowed to four the options to lessen traffic congestion in the area from Bull Run on the Fairfax County line through Manassas Manassas Park and Prince William. And this year the authority is starting the federal environmental review process that could lead to improvements within the next decade. That study is expected to be completed in 18 months with recommendations implemented by 2026 Nohe said.", "output": [ "Nohe" ] }, { "id": "task419-a51864903bf14e4c8cc4964a2bf6d8d1", "input": "Cruz 's fans say it 's because he stands on principle . \nIn the three years since he arrived in the U.S. Senate , Ted Cruz has become easily the most hated man in Washington -- a fact he 's now using to his advantage as a presidential candidate . \nIs it true , as Cruz would have it , that the dreaded GOP establishment pays lip service to shrinking the federal government and repealing Obamacare , but actually would prefer to preserve the status quo ? \nOr do Cruz 's Beltway critics have a point ? \nCruz has n't hesitated to take polarizing stances , even when doing so means taking on his Republican colleagues . \nLee is also Cruz 's best friend -- maybe his only friend -- in the Senate . \nIn his memoir , Cruz writes that no one stood by him \"more courageously or indispensably\" than Lee during his 21-hour anti-Obamacare speech that preceded the 2013 government shutdown . \nWhen Lee brought up his bill in the committee hearing , he was n't sure if he 'd have Cruz 's support . \nCruz attacked the bill as dangerous and politically poisonous . \nCruz went on to warn his fellow senators that if they voted for the bill , they would imperil their careers . \nEssentially , Cruz was saying that the legislation would let dangerous people out of prison , they would commit more crimes , and the senators would be subject to Willie Horton-style attack ads . \nLee , who was sitting right next to Cruz , could not believe what he was hearing . \nLee 's communications director , Conn Carroll , confirmed to me that Lee and his staff had no advance warning that Cruz was planning to brutally attack -- and , in Lee 's view , misrepresent -- his friend 's bill . \nThe bill made it out of committee that day , but now it appears to be in trouble , with several other Republican senators taking Cruz 's line against it at a Senate lunch last week . \nToday , Lee has conspicuously joined every other sitting senator in declining to endorse Cruz 's presidential run . \nAnd while Lee and Cruz are still friends , the episode vividly illustrates Cruz 's talent for irritating other senators . \nAnother telling episode came during the 2013 government shutdown , which Cruz spearheaded , insisting that if Congress defunded Obamacare , the president might go along . \nAs McKay Coppins reports in his new book , The Wilderness , Cruz 's own staff never actually expected the gambit to work . \nTo Cruz 's colleagues , it was a pointless and damaging exercise , but grassroots conservative groups cheered the effort . \nCruz is close to the Fund and has appeared in its ads . \nAt a private lunch of Republican senators , New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte waved the document in Cruz 's face and demanded that he disavow it . \nWhen he declined , several other senators , including then-Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , took Ayotte 's side and denounced Cruz . \nIn my conversations with Republican policy types and Senate aides about Cruz , this lack of regard for his colleagues , and for the niceties that have traditionally governed the upper chamber , was a common theme . \nAs Trent Lott , the former Senate majority leader , told me last week , referring to the time Cruz called McConnell a liar on the Senate floor : \"You just do n't do that . \nAnother criticism of Cruz is that his antics are disruptive and damaging to the Republican Party . \nCruz does have policy differences with the business wing of the party : Unlike the Chamber , he opposes comprehensive immigration reform , would like to kill the Export-Import Bank , and -LRB- in a reversal -RRB- opposed a recent free-trade bill . \nIn Iowa , Cruz has been subjected to millions of dollars in attack ads and personally criticized by the Republican governor , Terry Branstad , for opposing ethanol subsidies . \nBut a Republican policy expert close to a number of top GOP operatives and donors insisted it 's not about Cruz 's style or his positions . \nBut the effort does n't result in smaller government or the end of Obamacare -- all it achieves is drawing attention to Cruz . \nYou can see how these complaints look from the perspective of Cruz and his fans : like features , not bugs . \nBut what about the criticism that Cruz 's efforts have n't gotten any results ? \nThe Cruz camp did n't reply to my query , so I put the question to Amanda Carpenter , who was Cruz 's communications director during much of his time in the Senate , including the shutdown . \nCarpenter said Cruz had sent a message . \nCruz has shown that one person can make a difference .\" \nBut as they see it , the difference Cruz has made in the Senate has not been a positive one .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-e01edeeb4b484ad292ebc03d80dcdbb4", "input": "Kobe Bryant is taunting LeBron James.\n Bryant is in the face of James who is sitting on a couch playing video games. Bryant is in a tizzy pretending he can't find his three NBA championship rings.\n James who hasn't won an NBA title yet is doing his best to ignore Bryant's antics but it's proving more difficult than knocking down a game-winning jumper against the Orlando Magic.\n Bryant grabs three chocolate chip cookies and explains they resemble his three lost rings. He tells James he must be hungry for them then hastily eats them. James finally cracks and points out the championship rings in a display case under Bryant's nose.\n The scenario isn't real but it sure is comical. These versions of Bryant and James are played by puppets in Nike commercials. The campaign is so popular that there are six versions and all are still scheduled to run through the NBA Finals even though the Lakers are playing Orlando not Cleveland.\n John Wooden -- who won 10 national championships as UCLA's coach -- has hailed Bryant for improvements but he's partial to James as well.\n People argue the merits of Bryant 30 versus James 24 in commercials and coffeehouses and on radio call-in shows.\n Bryant has been the dominant player for the past few years but more folks have King James now residing on that throne.\n Jerry West recently said James surpassed Bryant as a player creating much controversy but the former Lakers player and general manager -- who made the trade to bring Bryant to Los Angeles -- stands by that statement.\n \"It's never been forced \" Wilkins said. \"It's never been about pitching LeBron versus Kobe in the finals. It's more about celebrating what these guys have accomplished on the court. It's about what LeBron has been able to do in winning his first MVP.\n \"It's about what Kobe has managed to do in his best seasons. It's two of the best players in the world if not the two best in the world.\n West said he'd rather have Bryant take the last shot but Wooden said he'd be comfortable with either player with the ball on his hands and the game on the line. Wooden was impressed with James' 3-pointer to win Game 2 against Orlando. West thinks Bryant having someone pushing him is a good thing.", "output": [ "Kobe Bryant" ] }, { "id": "task419-fd7bdb78dc6b43a88c8f47b211345bfe", "input": "Josh Stepakoff was 6 years old in 1999 when a white supremacist opened fire on his day camp at the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center.\n Josh was shot in his leg and hip. The gunman wounded four others and shot and killed another man a few miles away.\n\"I remember playing capture the flag and I looked up and I saw somebody who was holding something at his hip. I thought it was a power drill \" Josh now 24 tells his father Alan at StoryCorps. \"And then the next thing I remember is getting up from the ground and running as fast as I could.\"\ntoggle caption Courtesy of Joshua Stepakoff\nHe remembers that right after the shooting Josh was scared of helicopter sounds and loud noises.\n\"I think it was hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that this was not normal \" Josh says. \"I thought everyone had a hard time sleeping over. I thought everyone had hard times in the dark.\"\nOne of the most difficult things for Alan he says was he could never assure Josh he could protect him.\n\"You know I could never put my arms around you and say 'Don't worry Josh I'll keep you safe ' because I couldn't. I just thank God every day you weren't killed \" he says. \"I don't know whether you've ever envisioned yourself as a family man married children. Would you tell this to your child?\"\n\"I go back and forth with that. I think about it a lot \" Josh says. \"I think about my child's 6th birthday and what that will be like for me. I don't know.\"\n Josh has a bachelor's degree in psychology and is now in graduate school working on his master's in clinical psychology. Does he see himself counseling other shooting victims?\n\"Half of me says yes and half of me says no partially because I almost think that I won't be able to differentiate my life from theirs \" Josh says. \"But nobody tells you what to expect after getting shot and so the other part of me just so badly wants to be a light in someone's life when they think it's dark.\"", "output": [ "Josh Stepakoff" ] }, { "id": "task419-0ba3ae418fc2417baa75ddb9eb1e6026", "input": "The billboard on 42nd Street near Times Square was half a block long. Scrawled in rainbow colors was the title of an innovative new play “for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf.” And adorning that 1977 billboard was a portrait of a young black woman in a do-rag: the playwright Ntozake Shange .\n Shange’s rise to international fame and her sudden disappearance — followed by decades of physical and mental health challenges — are part of one of the most dramatic lives in Broadway history. Now Shange reflects on these events and more in a new collection of poetry called “Wild Beauty.”\nIn 1975 Shange had arrived in New York from California with her dancer friend Paula Moss and a satchel of poems. She and Moss began reading and dancing to Shange ’s poems in New York cafes. The next thing Shange knew she was being whisked off by theatrical producer Woodie King Jr. who told her what she ’d really written was a play. After a few weeks of working with King and others Shange winnowed her poems down to the voices of seven women who remain nameless but can be identified by the colors of their dresses.\nAuthor Ntozake Shange (Adger Cowans)\nMiraculously she typed out her first new poem in years an overview of her whole life. Titled “these blessings ” it appears in her new collection “Wild Beauty ” which contains more than 60 new and previously published poems all of which are also translated into Spanish by Alejandro Álvarez Nieves. The bilingual edition was Shange ’s idea reflecting her lifelong concern with the African diaspora throughout the Americas.\nThere is no question that Shange is a black writer. Not only does she write in a style that mimics the sound and syntax of black speech but much of her material is drawn from the daily realities of black life. No poet since Langston Hughes has insisted so forcefully on black people’s right to simply be:", "output": [ "Ntozake Shange" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a3b7164b8894e96ab0189e893bf270d", "input": "\"Of course we are very disappointed and I can also say in Marco's name that he feels this verdict is unjust \" Weiss' father Ralf Jahns told reporters in the family's home town of Uelzen Germany.\n \"This verdict says nothing about Marco's guilt or innocence \" his mother Martina said and suggested the court's motivation had been that \"the long time in investigative custody had to be justified.\"\n The verdict follows a lengthy trial that dragged on as the court demanded various reports on the girl's physical and mental condition from British authorities. Some prosecutors and judges in the panel of three overseeing the case were also changed delaying proceedings. It began as a closed-door trial with Weiss still a minor and identified only as Marco W. It was later opened to journalists.\n Weiss maintained that he and the girl became close while in the Mediterranean resort of Side near Antalya and one night ended up in the girl's hotel bedroom where they had physical contact but no intercourse. He also said the girl had lied about her age and said she was 15 -- the age of consent in Turkey.\n He was arrested the next day after the girl's mother filed a complaint with Turkish police and he was held for eight months in custody until being allowed to return home after an appeal from German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.\n On his return Weiss wrote a book -- \"Marco W. -- My 247 days in a Turkish prison\" -- detailing his time inside the jail in Antalya.\n WeissWeiss' lawyer said he would appeal Wednesday's conviction arguing that his client should have been cleared on grounds of insufficient proof and shortfalls in the investigation.\n \"Marco Weiss should have been acquitted \" Mehmet Asim Iplikcioglu said. \"We will fight for that until the end.\"", "output": [ "Marco Weiss" ] }, { "id": "task419-be074af5175c4c33a038cedd4670b818", "input": "On November 17 a police officer was killed during a routine traffic stop in New Kensington Pennsylvania. His name was Brian Shaw and he was only 25 years old.\nAccording to reports the suspect 29-year-old Rahmael Sal Holt fled his car after he was pulled over and shot Shaw during the subsequent chase. Officials said Shaw did not appear to have fired his gun while Holt fired at least six times landing at least once in Shawâs chest. Shaw lay in the street gasping for air before dying in a hospital that night. After several days on the lam Holt was captured and arrested November 21 with Shawâs handcuffs.\nCAPTURED: Rahmael Holt was arrested in Hazelwood this morning and placed in Officer Shaw 's handcuffs. #wtae pic.twitter.com/4kjxd6efWY â Kelly Brennan (@Kbrennan_WTAE) November 21 2017\nNo NFL players kneeled on Sunday to protest the brutality that occurred to Shaw . No national cable channels dedicated expansive coverage of the incident if some even included it at all. It required a Google search to learn about the kind-hearted residents who lined the streets of the small Pennsylvania town holding American flags while firefighters stood in uniform paying their respects during the funeral procession.\nBut the narrative that cops are always the âbad guys â deserving condemnation and shame across the board is simply not true. Some cops abuse their power. Others use it to do their duty. Like the five Dallas police officers killed in 2016 Shaw put on a uniform to serve and protect his community. Yet the NFL forbade the Cowboys from wearing special decals on their helmets to honor the fallen Dallas officers while allowing its players to continue protesting law enforcement.\nNo superstar athlete has spoken out about Shawâs murder although he too was once a football player at Slippery Rock University. Every Sunday Shaw likely watched a sport he loved only to see a plethora of NFL players kneeling against men and women wearing the same uniform as him .\nBut thatâs forgotten in an anti-police narrative en vogue among many. Itâs no wonder thereâs an absence of coverage over Shaw when police fatality statistics across the country are hardly ever discussedâa shame given the recent uptick.\nAre these statistics ever mentioned during the debate over Americaâs justice system? For every Colin Kaepernick GQ cover or celebrity rant on social media there are officers like Shaw who do not display an abuse of power in the discharge of their duties. So often during the NFL anthem protests you hear players vow it has nothing to do with the U.S. military or police (although a lot of Americans are getting just that message). But it seems they have no problem disrespecting the officers who are paid to ensure players get from their cars to the stadium and back to the parking lot safe and sound. Our justice system isnât perfect and we should work to redress all injustices no matter their victimsâ identities but that shouldnât detract from the many police officers who do their dangerous jobs well.\nMen like Shaw risk their lives to do right by their community. Men and women leave their loved ones every morning not sure if they might come back again. For that we should take a little time to realize how worthy of respect many police officers are and temper our complaints about isolated injustices with recognizing they donât represent the norm and that injustice the other way exists too.", "output": [ "Brian Shaw" ] }, { "id": "task419-5fec99a2f7e741eba9a07abcfdf78e1d", "input": "We have some news now on how the Trump administration is pushing back against illegal immigration. The administration has for months talked about separating immigrant families at the border as a way of discouraging them from coming in the first place. A federal lawsuit filed on Monday says federal agents are increasingly doing that and the idea has outraged activists. The plaintiff is an undocumented Congolese woman who's being detained in San Diego while her 7-year-old daughter is being held 2 000 miles away at a shelter in Chicago. NPR's John Burnett has the story.\n JOHN BURNETT BYLINE: In recent years the Department of Homeland Security has attempted to discourage asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S. Under Obama they detained some unauthorized families in camps in South Texas rather than release them in the U.S. while their cases are heard. The Trump administration has gone even further. It has arrested immigrant parents in the U.S. who paid smugglers to bring their children across the border and it wants to expand detention space. Now comes the most extreme measure yet family separation.\n BURNETT : That's Lee Gelernt deputy director of the ACLU's National Immigrant Rights Project. He's representing a 39-year-old mother who traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Mexico with her 7-year-old daughter. They surrendered to immigration agents near San Diego in December. They said they were fleeing violence in Congo and asked for asylum. She's being held apart from her daughter. They're only able to speak by phone.\n BURNETT : A spokeswoman for Homeland Security declined to give a reason why the child was taken from her mother saying only the agency does not comment on cases under litigation. The practice of separating undocumented families to discourage them from coming is not a formal stated policy of the administration but immigrant activists say it's been quietly growing in frequency along the Southern border. Katharina Obser is with the Women's Refugee Commission.\n BURNETT : Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services has documented 53 incidents of family separation in the last nine months mostly Central Americans. They say they're fleeing rampant gang violence. But the administration believes most of them are gaming the system and it wants to stop the flow first because the trek is dangerous for young children. And second Matt Al Bent's an official with ICE removal operations told NPR...\n BURNETT : Immigration lawyers say the strategy could work. Mothers may drop their cases and go home to be reunited with their children. But is that a reasonable way to curtail illegal immigration? Dr. Lisa Fortuna director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Boston Medical Center is an expert on the impact of trauma on immigrant families. She's submitting an amicus brief in the ACLU lawsuit.\n BURNETT : The lawsuit claims that immigration agents violated the Congolese woman's constitutional right to due process. It asks the government if it's going to detain a mother and child during the asylum process at least allow them to be together. John Burnett NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR Copyright NPR.", "output": [ "John Burnett" ] }, { "id": "task419-65858c96a65041868d49683ba2f0a517", "input": "Sadly this story is not unique says Dr. Heather McLaughlin a sexual harassment researcher and assistant professor of sociology at Oklahoma State University .\nWhile many women fear that reporting sexual harassment will boomerang against them the truth is men who report witnessing it can be equally at risk McLaughlin said.\n\"Regardless of whether a man or a woman reports it the threat of possible repercussions is real despite whistleblower laws \" McLaughlin said.\nThe uncertain outcome of speaking out is why sexual harassment mostly goes unreported. One study found that only 35% of young adults who were harassed at work reported it to HR or a government agency like the EEOC McLaughlin said.\nThat means that 65% of the harassment was never reported mostly because \"they do not expect to be supported by their employer or co-workers. So we found that many report the harassment as a last resort rather than a first step in finding an effective resolution \" McLaughlin said.\nWhile companies tend to worry about the liabilities of sexual harassment allegations unchecked harassment has an economic impact on them too. It leads to high turnover and high absentee rates McLaughlin said.\nNot reporting it and not quitting has other long-term consequences. It means being \"complicit\" and working in \"a toxic work environment and anyone who works in tech knows this is a problem \" McLaughlin said referring to the tech industry's long-standing reputation for frat house behavior.\nStill those that do report sexual harassment often say they feel good about speaking out. They feel like they are paying it forward stopping a wrong McLaughlin said.", "output": [ "McLaughlin" ] }, { "id": "task419-01c0fe333d884323a7783fdae2fa1025", "input": "drug message on Thursday at the White House discussing how his elder brother ' s struggle with addiction led him to never drink or smoke . Fred Trump Jr . struggled with alcoholism for much of his life and died in 1981 at age 43 . Trump has cited his brother ' s short life when pushing for tougher drug enforcement and awareness and did so again on Thursday . \" I had a brother Fred . Great guy best - looking guy best personality much better than mine \" Trump said . \" But he had a problem . He had a problem with alcohol and he would tell me ' Don ' t drink . He was substantially older and I listened to him and I respected ( him ).\" Ever since his brother ' s warning Trump said he has abstained from drinking and smoking because he had \" somebody that guided me \" in that aspect of life .", "output": [ "Fred Trump Jr" ] }, { "id": "task419-a57fbe7801ce4dca9696d1e6a531b82f", "input": "LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning Casey Affleck who has been accused of sexual harassment by female crew members on an earlier film has withdrawn as a presenter at the 2018 Academy Awards a spokeswoman for the organization said on Thursday.\n Affleck the younger brother of actor and director Ben Affleck topped challenges from Denzel Washington and Ryan Gosling to win the 2017 award. He also took home a Golden Globe and numerous trophies from film critics groups.\nFILE PHOTO: Casey Affleck arrives for the 89th Academy Awards Oscars Red Carpet in Hollywood California U.S. February 26 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo\nAn attorney for Affleck denied the accusations at the time.\n Affleck adopts a lower public profile than his brother Ben and appears uncomfortable in the spotlight. He was first nominated for an Oscar in 2008 for his lead role in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.”\n89th Academy Awards - Oscars Red Carpet Arrivals - Hollywood California U.S. - 26/02/17 - Casey Affleck arrives REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni\nWhile Ben Affleck has opted for big movies like “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ” Casey Affleck has focused his career on smaller independent ventures with strong character-driven plots such as “Gone Baby Gone.”\nIn 2010 he wrote and directed Joaquin Phoenix in “I‘m Still Here ” a mockumentary about Phoenix’s supposed transition from acting to becoming a rap musician.\nTwo years ago he quietly separated from his wife actress Summer Phoenix after a nine-year marriage that produced two sons.", "output": [ "Casey Affleck" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a1f306dc8a04d5ea61cd3037bf865b9", "input": "(Reuters) - Saks Fifth Avenue owner Hudson’s Bay Co (HBC.TO) said on Wednesday it had received a bid for its German department store chain Kaufhof from Signa Holding the Austrian property and retail group that owns Karstadt another German retail chain.\nThe announcement came after Reuters reported earlier on Wednesday citing sources that Signa had made a 3 billion euro ($3.5 billion) offer for Kaufhof. Hudson’s Bay did not comment on the bid’s value and Signa declined to comment.\n Signa’s offer comes one week after Hudson’s Bay agreed to sell its flagship Lord & Taylor building in New York for $850 million to WeWork Cos.\nThe Reuters sources said that Signa expects Toronto-based Hudson’s Bay which has been reluctant so far to engage in negotiations to sell Kaufhof to respond to the offer by the middle of November.\nHudson’s Bay called the offer incomplete non-binding and unsolicited with no evidence of financing.\nThe sources said that in its offer letter to Hudson’s Bay Signa stated its bid for Kaufhof would not be contingent on any third-party financing since it already has 700 million euros in approved financing from European banks and also has cash available from a 1 billion euro equity raise last month.\n Signa has also offered to assume all of Kaufhof’s liabilities including a 1.34 billion euro real estate loan by German bank LBBW the sources added.\nHudson’s Bay said it plans to review the offer in due course. It added that its European business is an important element of the company’s strategy and that it remains focused on executing its strategy and plans for the upcoming holiday season.\nAt a valuation of 3 billion euros including debt Signa’s bid values Kaufhof’s real estate at 2.63 billion euros the sources said.\nSigna tried to buy Kaufhof in 2015 but Hudson’s Bay outbid it by paying 2.5 billion euros including debt for the German chain and its Belgian subsidiary. Since then Kaufhof’s finances have deteriorated to the point where vendors are finding it more difficult to find trade credit insurance to make shipments.\n“Hudson’s Bay board of directors should consistent with its fiduciary duties seriously consider the reported Signa fully financed 3.0 billion euro offer for Hudson’s Bay European business which is above the Company’s purchase price and stated net asset value ” Lands and Buildings CEO Jonathan Litt said in a statement.\n Privately held Signa founded 17 years ago by property developer Rene Benko now runs more than 125 retail locations in Northern Europe generating annual revenue of about 3.8 billion euros according to its website. It owns a big real estate portfolio with a gross asset value of more than 10 billion euros.\n Signa bought Karstadt from the brink of bankruptcy in 2014 for the nominal consideration of just one euro from its majority owner Nicolas Berggruen son of an international art dealer.\n Signa restored Karstadt to profitability: realigning its offerings closer to the tastes of German consumers cutting costs and making operations more efficient. Karstadt and Kaufhof are now the two largest department store operators in Germany.\nLast month Signa said it had completed an equity raise of 1 billion euros giving it more firepower to pursue acquisitions.", "output": [ "Signa" ] }, { "id": "task419-a246271298e64aa1ab1bea42f14841de", "input": "Parts of the Darrow Memorial Bridge predate the World Columbian Exposition of 1893 said Tim Samuelson a cultural historian with the city of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs . The original bridge was designed and constructed in 1880 by architects Daniel Hudson Burnham and John Wellborn Root. Then Frederick Law Olmsted retained the structure for his design for the Fair.\n“Standing on that bridge and looking north is the most beautiful exquisite view of the city ” Samuelson said.\nThe bridge was renamed for famous Chicago attorney Clarence Darrow who died in 1938 Samuelson said. When he was alive Darrow could see the bridge from his home on East 60th Street. And he was known to stand on the bridge and practice reciting his closing arguments.\nLocal lore has it that Darrow who was an agnostic said if there was an afterlife he would return to the bridge every year on the anniversary of his death Samuelson said.", "output": [ "Samuelson" ] }, { "id": "task419-1e15ea7b7d29438c869ef5b1b093fdb7", "input": "A Zimbabwe ruling party official says prosecuting Robert Mugabe was never part of the plan in his removal.\nRuling party chief whip Lovemore Matuke tells The Associated Press that party officials assured Mugabe he would not be prosecuted.\nMatuke says that Mugabe “is safe his family is safe and his status as a hero of his country is assured. All we were saying is resign or face impeachment.”\n Mugabe and his wife Grace remain in the capital Harare.\nIncoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa whose firing by Mugabe earlier this month led the military to step in will be sworn in Friday.\nEmmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in Friday morning at a 60 000-seat stadium in the capital. The longtime Robert Mugabe ally who was fired early this month made his first public comments in his new role Wednesday in front of ruling party headquarters.\nEmmerson Mnangagwa in a new statement calls himself the “president designate.” He will be inaugurated Friday morning ending a whirlwind of events that began early this month with his firing by Robert Mugabe .\nWhile the opposition backed the peaceful removal of Mugabe there are concerns about what might change under his longtime deputy and the ruling party.\nIt is not clear whether Mugabe will attend the ceremony at a 60 000-seat stadium in the capital Harare.\nBut while Robert Mugabe remains in the capital Harare it is not clear whether he will attend the ceremony at a 60 000-seat stadium.\n The 93-year-old Mugabe resigned on Tuesday shortly after Parliament began impeachment proceedings. His firing of longtime ally Mnangagwa as vice president earlier this month led the military to step in and set off a public outpouring of calls for Mugabe to go after 37 years in power.\nIn a statement Stewart calls this “an absolutely critical moment in Zimbabwe’s history” after the resignation of Robert Mugabe . He stepped down Tuesday after 37 years under military and political pressure and a public outpouring of frustration.\nEmmerson Mnangagwa a longtime Mugabe ally fired this month will be sworn in Friday.\nA Zimbabwe legal think tank says the country currently has an acting president who is neither Robert Mugabe nor the incoming Emmerson Mnangagwa even if his whereabouts are unknown.\nMphoko was out of the country when Zimbabwe’s military moved in last week to put Mugabe under house arrest. It is not clear where he is now.\nVeritas says the job fell to Mphoko because Mugabe fired Mnangagwa as the other vice president earlier this month and then resigned on Tuesday.", "output": [ "Robert Mugabe" ] }, { "id": "task419-d253a480979c40ebaa0ccb1fee570e1f", "input": "For his profession Lowell Bailey wears a .22 caliber rifle strapped to his back. It has taken him across the world and to four Olympic Games most recently to the biathlon mixed relay Tuesday night at Alpensia Biathlon Centre where he skied the anchor leg for a United States team that finished 15th. His sport and his livelihood revolve around shooting. His competitors from other countries often wonder about his country's relationship with guns.\nBiathlon and mass murder of innocent people share no connective tissue other than the broadest definition of the tool used. Even understanding that intellectual fact Bailey and his teammates often experience a visceral need to reconcile the shooting portion of their sport and the destruction guns have caused in their country. They are shooting rifles while representing a country where debates over gun control have once again become a central issue.\nTuesday night under the lights and in front of a packed grandstand Bailey spoke out.\n\"I support an assault weapons ban \" Bailey said. \"I really do. Our country needs to wake up. Our country needs to change. There's just no excuse. I compete against all of these other World Cup nations — Germany Norway. How good are they on the range? They're great at rifle marksmanship. Do you know how strict their gun controls law are? It's a travesty America hasn't changed and continues to go down this path. It just makes me want to cry.\"\n\"We're really aware we are a firearm sport that we are a shooting sport \" Firesteel Reid said. \"A lot of us have pretty strong opinions about this. I think we get grouped into a certain type of person and I don't think any of us are that type of person. That has been quite fascinating.\"\nWhile the rules here are extreme U.S. gun laws confound biathletes from other countries. Bailey said he has discussed the U.S. laws with rivals and mostly they are left at a loss.\n\"They're absolutely baffled \" Bailey said. \"They're baffled at the political landscape of the United States and how we can continue to put assault weapons in the hands of anyone who wants to walk into a gun store and buy one.\"\n\"We're a sport that uses a .22 caliber rifle \" Bailey said. \"A .22 caliber rifle with a bolt action that shoots a single round is a much different thing than an AR-15. In my opinion there's just no reason for assault rifles to be in the hands of ordinary citizens. I understand the Second Amendment. I appreciate hunting. I appreciate rifle marksmanship. You're talking about rifles. You're talking about targets. You're not talking about weapons that are designed to kill people.", "output": [ "Lowell Bailey" ] }, { "id": "task419-17bc218e0ffb44e68adbca6d00481e19", "input": "Elsa D'Silva was 13 years old. She was riding a local train in Mumbai India with her mother sister and brother. And just as she was about to get off she felt it — a hand reaching up her skirt.\n\"It affected my ability to use a train as a means of transport — and it still does even still \" D'Silva says. But for 25 years she didn't tell anyone why she avoided trains.\nThen in 2012 the now infamous rape of a 23-year-old medical student on a Delhi bus sparked a national conversation. For the first time D'Silva says Indian women began openly discussing experiences of sexual violence harassment and intimidation. \"I realized that so many of my friends had similar experiences to mine — but until then we had never talked about it.\"\nThat year she co-founded Safecity — an online platform that lets women immediately and anonymously report their experiences of harassment and abuse. \"It's so women can share what happened where it happened and when it happened \" D'Silva says.\nThat's why D'Silva and her Safecity co-founders decided to take their efforts offline as well — with community workshops and street art campaigns.\n\"In New Delhi for example we discovered through the app that one of the hot spots for sexual harassment was a public toilet \" D'Silva says. \"It didn't have proper lighting it didn't have proper doors and windows. And there were also young men sitting outside on a couch harassing the women as they went in and out even taking their photos without permission.\"", "output": [ "Elsa D'Silva" ] }, { "id": "task419-9e8269007f2e4041b1090b9f009618cd", "input": "Beyoncé our beloved has recently been eternally memorialized at the Louis Tussaud's Wax Museum in Niagara Falls Ontario Canada's answer to Niagara Falls New York. But wait… is that Beyoncé or a robotic demon sent to us from an alternative universe? Because that's what I'm seeing.\nIt is important to note that many celebrities have been brutalized by their wax portrayals. But sorry to all of the wax Morgan Freemans and Elvis Presleys Beyoncé needs us right now.\nIs this what the year 2017 holds for us? A white-washed non-bootylicious sad wax Beyoncé?\nVICE: You seem very upset looking at the wax Beyoncé . What's up?\nCaity: That's my queen. Her ass is supposed to be flawless and it's flat as a pancake here. You know what else I noticed all the other people look so good except Beyoncé ! I feel personally attacked.\nIt's Beyoncé.\nWere they going for the white Beyoncé ? It's way too skinny and doesn't do her justice. And this is coming from a 40-year-old that only knows the song \"Halo.\"\nVICE: What do you think of this Beyoncé ?", "output": [ "Beyoncé" ] }, { "id": "task419-bc18e5d59c384d5f8cb38003498b847f", "input": "The social media website's co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook is changing the structure of its newsfeed to allow viewers to see more content from their friends and family while reducing the amount they'll see from companies and news outlets.\n\"As we roll this out you'll see less public content like posts from businesses brands and media \" Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post Thursday. \"And the public content you see more will be held to the same standard — it should encourage meaningful interactions between people.\"\n Zuckerberg 33 says the change comes after Facebook's leaders received feedback suggesting the website had moved away from its overall goal of connecting people prompting the change.\n He 's confident the changes will make for a more enjoyable and beneficial experience for Facebook users.\n\"The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about it can be good for our well-being \" Zuckerberg wrote. \"We can feel more connected and less lonely and that correlates with long term measures of happiness and health. On the other hand passively reading articles or watching videos — even if they're entertaining or informative — may not be as good.\"\n Zuckerberg added that they began to make alterations to the newsfeed late last year and that it will take several more months before the changes are universally present on Facebook properties.\n He said he expects people to spend less time on Facebook moving forward due to the changes.\n\"But I also expect the time you do spend on Facebook will be more valuable \" Zuckerberg wrote. \"And if we do the right thing I believe that will be good for our community and our business over the long term too.\"", "output": [ "Zuckerberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-f32ff87f3c024bf19f5f7e5ae1c74d87", "input": "Image copyright Reuters Image caption Seth Meyers is a US comedian political commentator and TV presenter\nThis year however it was US comedian's Seth Meyers' turn to take the reins (although he did enlist the help of a few of the stars to deliver some of his punch lines).\nHere are Seth Meyers' best jokes from his opening monologue:\nWatch Seth Meyers' opening monologue:", "output": [ "Seth Meyers" ] }, { "id": "task419-8123e6906c7d4339b49b146e8ae20bdc", "input": "It was supposed to be a triumphant year for White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner . Part of the team that guided his father-in-law to victory in 2016 the young Kushner was catapulted into the highest echelons of power.\n He was handed a broad portfolio that included making peace in the Middle East and was reportedly a key part of Trumpâs inner circle and decision-making team. But as 2017 dragged on the man known as Mr. Perfect had anything but a perfect year.\nHere are Kushner âs worst moments from 2017:\nWhen Kushner visited Iraq in April he obviously did not want to abandon his dedication to preppy style. But the image of the senior adviser sporting a flak jacket (with âKushnerâ scrawled on it) along with a blazer and khakis brought on a torrent of mockery.\nThis pic of Jared Kushner in Iraq with a military bullet-proof vest over his usual Thurston Howell III outfit really says it all pic.twitter.com/Qbt90NiqV4 â Amy Westervelt (@amywestervelt) April 6 2017\nAlthough Kushner stepped down as head of Kushner Companies in January his real-estate firm gave him a number of headaches throughout 2017. Perhaps the biggest one was its use of the EB-5 visa program which allows wealthy investors to gain visas in return for investing in the U.S.\nJared and Ivanka are reported to be scaling back their roles in the White House after officials have become annoyed by their presence. The move came shortly after Trumpâs decision to back Sen. Luther Strange in the Alabama Senate primary backfired spectacularly and Strange was crushed by conservative challenger Judge Roy Moore. Kushner was widely believed to have been a key voice in urging Trump to get involved in the race and back Strangeâa decision Trump himself admitted may have been a âmistake.â\n Kushner was also widely reported to be a key official encouraging President Trump to fire FBI Director James Comeyâa move which has since turned out to be seen as a mistake as it directly led to the appointment of FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller whose probe has dogged the Trump administration throughout 2017.\nFBI Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs appointment was announced in the wake of the firing of FBI Director James Comeyâa decision reportedly backed by Kushner . But as the probe has gone on Kushner has apparently become a key figure for Mueller.\n Kushner was part of a 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer at Trump Towerâa meeting which Trump Jr. said he took as it promised information that would âincriminateâ Hillary Clinton.\n Kushner was questioned by Muellerâs team in November during which he reportedly answered questions about a meeting with the Russian ambassador during the transition. It later emerged that Kushner was the âsenior Trump officialâ who directed former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to contact the ambassador about a U.N. vote on Israeli settlements.\nWhile it is not clear if the Mueller team believes Kushner did anything wrong Muellerâs interest in him has no doubt led to a tough 2017 for Kushner .\n Kushner spent much of 2017 aggravating congressional lawmakers with his lack of disclosure about his foreign contacts and other information deemed importantâparticularly over various investigations into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.\nTwo Senate committees have complained about his failure to hand over certain documents and that they have learned certain details from the media. Lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee were angered in September when they discovered from media reports that Kushner used a private email account occasionally for White House business.\nLawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote to Kushner âs lawyer in November saying the document collection he provided to the committee was incomplete.\nNewsweek reported in December that Kushner is still using an interim security clearance after he initially omitted dozens of foreign contracts from his original form submission for clearance.", "output": [ "Jared Kushner" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c4cbdc2b0ae45709ae7188974be5b5d", "input": "\"We watched even this weekend the Russians and their troll farms and their internet folks start hash-tagging out 'take a knee' and also hash-tagging out 'Boycott NFL '\" said Lankford who’s a member of the Intelligence Committee. They’re trying “to raise the noise level in America to try to make a big issue an even bigger issue as they’re trying to just push divisiveness in the country. We’ve continued to be able to see that. We’ll see it again in our election time.”\nFBI Director Christopher Wray who testified about his agency’s work did not directly address Lankford’s claim but said the FBI is working to track Russian efforts to influence U.S. elections.\n Lankford’s spokesman said the senator has been receiving information about Russian trolls sowing discord in the U.S. for more than a year.\n\"Senator Lankford made an individual decision to start talking about this publicly because he believes the American people should know '' said the spokesman .\nAs an example the spokesman pointed to a Russian Twitter user called Boston Antifa but the geolocation of the account is in Vladivostok Russia.", "output": [ "Lankford" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca547f86534f44569f6100c4e68ce496", "input": "WASHINGTON Nov. 15 — White House officials said Wednesday that President Bush would renominate six of his earlier choices to sit on the federal appeals court leaving Democratic senators and other analysts to ponder what message he is sending.\nWhen the 110th Congress is seated in January Mr. Bush can deliver another list of judicial nominees to the Senate which will by then have a Democratic majority.\n Mr. Bush’s motive in sending up the nominations has been closely analyzed with several Democrats and liberals labeling it as provocative and a sign that he does not intend to seek compromise as he suggested he would after Republican losses in the elections last week.\n“Democrats have asked the president to be bipartisan but this is a clear slap in the face at our request ” said Senator Charles E. Schumer Democrat of New York who is a member of the Judiciary Committee. “For the sake of the country we hope that this is an aberration because the president feels he must placate his hard-right base rather than an indication of things to come.”", "output": [ "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ab91392719646fd8441faf5bb904f29", "input": "Police say that a 29-year-old Uzbek immigrant named Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov sped a rented truck 20 blocks down a lower Manhattan bike trail slamming cyclists and pedestrians. His deceased victims include a young Belgian mother of two two fledgling American businessmen and perhaps most tragically five of eight Argentines who visited Gotham to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their high-school graduation.\nNYPD Counterterror Chief John Miller said \"He did this in the name of ISIS.\" A note in Arabic note in Saipov ’s vehicle pledged allegiance to the terror network. His cell phone reportedly contains some 90 videos and 3 800 photos from ISIS including images of beheadings and prisoners being crushed by a tank.\n Saipov seems remorseless. He reportedly said he was \"proud\" of his killing spree and wished to hang an ISIS flag in his hospital room.\nBut political correctness also eased Saipov ’s carnage.\nDe Blasio further disconnected the dots in April 2014 when he scrapped an NYPD surveillance program designed to root out \"budding terrorist conspiracies.\" It scrutinized among others Paterson New Jersey’s Masjid Omar Mosque. De Blasio claimed that junking this initiative would ease tensions \"so that our cops and our citizens can help one another go after the real bad guys.\" Too bad they could not go after a real bad guy among this mosque’s congregants — Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov.\nInformation is vital here. Saipov may have loads of it . American officials should squeeze it out of him like juice from a lemon.\n\"If you act like a terrorist and you say you’re a terrorist that’s enough for me \" Sen. Lindsey Graham R-S.C. told journalists on Wednesday. \"We ought to treat you as a terrorist.\" Graham knows exactly how to handle Saipov .\nAs soon as he can travel Saipov should be jetted to Guantanamo and interrogated until he spills everything he knows about his terrorist training contacts and any mayhem that they are poised to unleash. After that Saipov should receive a swift military trial. If convicted he should be dispatched at once.", "output": [ "Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov" ] }, { "id": "task419-41b911a94e364c44a177988a5b9ebdbd", "input": "Sitting across a boardroom table Gloria Allred looks exactly as she did during any one of the thousands of TV appearances she 's made in the last 40 years. The red power suit ( she has a closet full of them) chunky gold jewelry puckish smile – it's all the same. What appears different about the 76-year-old lawyer has nothing to do with her personally and everything to do with the way society has at last begun to catch up with her . Now the same perspective shift that changed Bill Cosby from a beloved TV dad to an accused rapist in the public consciousness is casting the woman most responsible for making the accusations against him public in a different light too. She 's been derided for years as a spotlight-seeking opportunist – and now finally Allred is getting her due.\nSeeing Allred a new documentary which recently premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and began streaming on Netflix on February 9th chronicles her career as pioneering civil rights lawyer relentless advocate for gender equality and tireless champion for sexual harassment and abuse victims. The film traces virtually every aspect of Allred 's life from her birth in Philadelphia 76 years ago through to last year’s Women’s March on Washington. (Regrettably it stops just short of capturing the activist in the thick of #MeToo the movement she helped lay the groundwork for; ditto the Harvey Weinstein scandal that embroiled Gloria and her daughter and the defeat of Roy Moore which she helped engineer.) She has somehow managed to spend decades at the white-hot center of every polarizing national news story – from OJ Simpson to marriage equality – without ever once soliciting a client.\nRolling Stone spoke with Allred about her life her work her thoughts on the documentary ... and everything it missed.\nIt's insulting to think that sexual harassment is about shaking someone's hand. It's not – legally that's not sexual harassment. Even if the person didn’t consent to having their hand shaken. That doesn’t meet the legal standard. So I think it’s insulting to suggest that. It’s insulting to those who allege that they have been drugged and sexually assaulted by Mr. Cosby. In a way it minimizes what they’ve said. So whether he's just trying to be funny – drugging and sexually assaulting someone is not funny ... if in fact he did it . And the allegations by more than half a million women on #MeToo – that’s not a laughing matter. It's not about shaking hands that hashtag.", "output": [ "Gloria Allred" ] }, { "id": "task419-1a32016130984eb89f3a707c215639d6", "input": "National police spokesman Rikwanto said the suspects were killed early Sunday in the West Sumatra district of Dharmasraya about 220 kilometers (137 miles) from the province capital of Padang. The fire had totally destroyed the main building of the Dharmasraya police station.\nPolice surrounded the area following information from firefighters who spotted the suspects. Rikwanto who uses a single name said police opened fire when the men resisted and ignored warning shots.\n He says police confiscated from the suspects bows and arrows bayonets a knife and a handwritten message with militant content.\n Rikwanto said police were investigating a possible terrorist link.", "output": [ "Rikwanto" ] }, { "id": "task419-59f6e03c7f9f4186911b700148d6137a", "input": "CLOSE SportsPulse: Martin Rogers believes the World Cup group stage is filled with plenty of drama potential Cinderella stories and star-studded matchups. So much so you'll forget the U.S. isn't in it. USA TODAY Sports\nKaka looks on during his final game competitive soccer game as a player with Orlando City. (Photo: Kim Klement USA TODAY Sports)\n Former Ballon d'Or winner Kaka says he is retiring from soccer at age 35.\n Kaka who played for Brazil AC Milan and Real Madrid told Brazil's Globo TV on Sunday that \"my last word is that the cycle of my career as a player ends here.\"\n\"I needed time to think and take a decision calmly \" Kaka said. \"I have arrived to the conclusion that now is the moment to finish my career as a professional player.\"\nA graceful midfielder Kaka won 92 caps for Brazil scoring 29 goals and featuring at three World Cups. He was part of the Brazil squad that lifted the global trophy in 2002.\n Kaka said that he would like to remain linked professionally to soccer perhaps as a manager or sports director of a team.\nMORE: \nKaka was 21 when Milan brought him to Italy from Sao Paulo. The dangerous playmaker won the Ballon d'Or and FIFA's World Player award in 2007. He was part of the Milan team that won the 2007 Champions League final against Liverpool and scored 95 goals across all competitions for the Rossoneri.\n Kaka joined Real Madrid in 2009 for 67 million euros ($78.7 million) but had an up-and-down stint due to a series of injuries. He returned to Milan on a free transfer ahead of the 2013-14 season. A brief spell back with Sao Paulo preceded three MLS campaigns with Orlando for whom he enjoyed individual success despite limited results for the Florida franchise.\n Kaka was a free agent after leaving Orlando in October.\n Kaka tweeted Sunday that \"I'm now ready for the next journey.\"", "output": [ "Kaka" ] }, { "id": "task419-990989b97544435091624b50ce15247a", "input": "The jury took several hours to reach its decision in a civil lawsuit filed against the Baltimore County government and police Cpl. Royce Ruby who shot Korryn Gaines The Baltimore Sun reported Friday .\nThe six-women jury found that the first shot which killed Gaines and wounded her then 5-year-old son was not reasonable and violated their civil rights under state and federal statutes according to the newspaper. It said jurors awarded more than $32 million to Kodi in damages and $4.5 million to his sister Karsyn. The panel awarded about $300 000 apiece to Gaines' father mother and to her estate.\nFatal shooting of Korryn Gaines ' justified ' prosecutors say\n Korryn Gaines was fatally shot by police on August 1 2016. (Facebook)\nHe told jurors two officers had tried to serve arrest warrants on Gaines and her fiance that day. When no one would open the apartment door officers eventually kicked it in jurors heard. He said the first officer who entered the apartment was \"confronted with Korryn Gaines with a shotgun pointed right at him.\"\n Family of Korryn Gaines files wrongful death suit in Maryland\nGaines' fiance left with their infant daughter. However Gaines remained with the 5-year-old boy.\nRuckle said Ruby decided to shoot after he saw Gaines' braids and the barrel of her shotgun rise from behind a wall.", "output": [ "Korryn Gaines" ] }, { "id": "task419-cdf4e01c9cef4fa8939e17341445e622", "input": "Karl Rove-backed Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC) told North Carolina high school students that President Donald Trump’s promise to build a southern border wall was just a “euphemism” – Trump was just talking about border security.\nAt the high school Pittenger said “The wall clearly expresses the intent we must secure the southern border. I think he was conveying that to the American people and letting them know in the simplest clearest terms.”\n Rep. Pittenger then explained that Trump’s most fundamental campaign promise simply serves as a metaphor to increased border security and that some areas of America’s southern border simply cannot have a wall.\n“When you get into it it would be impossible because of the topography ” Pittenger said.\n Pittenger also revealed that rather than have a wall America would be better secured by various technologies such as satellite tracking and drones. Pittenger added that this was always Trump’s intent to improve border security rather than build an actual physical wall.\nKarl Rove who backed Rep. Pittenger took to The Wall Street Journal to attack former White House chief strategist and Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon and Bannon’s war against establishment Republicans.\nRepublican insiders said that having Rove back Pittenger serves as a political risk in an age where many Republicans try to brand themselves as “Trump Republicans.” The GOP insider said “He makes it hard for Pittenger to say ‘I’m a Trump Republican’ because Rove has been so critical of President Trump.”\nDr. Mark Harris a pastor and conservative will run against Rep. Pittenger in the 2018 mid-term election. Harris only lost to Pittenger in a special election by 134 votes. In an exclusive radio interview Harris spoke with Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 with Matthew Boyle Washington political editor for Breitbart News about standing up against the Republican establishment including Karl Rove-backed members.\nBoyle asked “Why would Pittenger want to associate himself with Rove ” as Trump told Breitbart News before he was elected that Rove was a “dishonorable guy.”\n“I think it probably as much as anything demonstrates what we have really been trying to proclaim across this district and that is that they have just lost touch ” Harris said. “ Robert Pittenger lost touch.”\n“ He sold out his district ” Harris told Breitbart News Daily Saturday. “ He ’s joined the club. He ’s not standing on the truest conservative principles. He ’s not been effective and he ’s not a leader in the U.S. House.” Harris said there are lines being drawn in Washington between true conservatives and the establishment wing of the GOP.", "output": [ "Robert Pittenger" ] }, { "id": "task419-95f92fe310ab4b5f829216f68538fa79", "input": "Feb. 21 (UPI) — Kentucky Democratic candidate Linda Belcher will fill the seat in the state’s House of Representatives that opened last year by the suicide of lawmaker Dan Johnson.\nTuesday night Belcher defeated Johnson’s widow Rebecca in Bullitt County — which voted overwhelmingly for President Donald Trump in 2016. She won more than 68 percent of the vote in the special election.\n Belcher former school teacher and principal also entered politics after her husband died in a 2008 car accident. Linda Belcher served in the legislature from 2008 to 2012 and 2014 to 2016 before losing to Dan Johnson.\nJohnson had suggested Belcher was involved with liberal organizations to destroy her husband a charge Belcher denies. Johnson also alleged voting fraud.\n Belcher’s win is the 37th Democratic victory for a Republican-held state legislative seat in the past year. Last week Florida Democrat Margaret Good upset a Republican favorite in a special election.", "output": [ "Linda Belcher" ] }, { "id": "task419-b76c506455524136911628af78ab600d", "input": "Terrell Morgan 17 was arrested on burglary charges after he allegedly broke into a Spring home through a window the Montogomery County Sherrif's Office wrote on Facebook.\nBut the man identified as Morgan is then seen walking into the master bedroom where he stayed for about 30 minutes. When he leaves the room his pants are off and he’s wearing a dress partially pulled up to his knees.\nOfficials said they believe Morgan was watching the mother and child sleep.\nAdditionally a water bottle Morgan allegedly left behind was found in the guest room while a pair of shorts were recovered from a storm drain in front of the house. Police said the shorts were linked back to the suspect.\nOfficials said this was not the first time Morgan had entered the home. The homeowner said Morgan allegedly broke into the house on Nov. 24 while she slept and stole several items.\nCops were able to identify Morgan using finger prints left on the water bottle that matched his prints from a previous arrest ABC13 reported.\n Morgan who was arrested Wednesday is being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $250 000 bond.", "output": [ "Terrell Morgan" ] }, { "id": "task419-f640ac29ee9043a3a109f5ef78b6cc09", "input": "Peter Caravalho and Sarah Caravalho Khan love to walk around their Cupertino neighborhood. It’s got quiet side streets with beautiful gardens in front of cozy family homes. Over the past year they’ve become fascinated with a one particular street near their house — Hoo Hoo Way. Which brings us to this week’s Bay Curious question:\nBut the meaning behind Hoo Hoo Way in Cupertino isn’t any of those things. Its origin stretches back to the first green rush in California and one very wacky group.\nHow Did Hoo Hoo Way Come to Cupertino?\nEditor’s Note: Hoo Hoo Way has been replaced by a street sign that reads Carmen Road.", "output": [ "Hoo Hoo Way" ] }, { "id": "task419-c15752f7597e4250893bc0ddca8608a7", "input": "-LRB- CNN -RRB- Hillary Clinton embraced her moment in history Tuesday , becoming the first woman in the 240-year life of the United States to lead the presidential ticket of a major political party . \nHillary Clinton ' s life in the spotlight . \nPhotos : Hillary Clinton 's life in the spotlight . \nAfter three decades at the center of American politics as a pioneering -- and deeply controversial -- feminist icon , the victory brings Clinton , 68 , within reach of finally cracking the \"highest , hardest glass ceiling\" she lamented eight years ago when she conceded the Democratic race to Barack Obama . \nClinton also signaled a robust challenge to Trump resonating with gender and personal themes . \nClinton has pounced on Trump 's business record , character and tendency to use his platform to wage personal grudge matches to try to define him early on in the minds of voters as unfit for the presidency . \nTrump , for his part , is aiming to portray Clinton as a consistent liar who ca n't be trusted . \nHe is grappling with whether to honor his vow to fight on to the Democratic National Convention next month or accept the electoral mathematics that give him no viable path to victory and join Clinton to unite a party divided by a much more competitive primary race than expected . \nThough Clinton already has Trump in her sights , she has work to do to unify her own party after a grueling battle against Bernie Sanders . \nCNN 's Brianna Keilar reported that the campaign managers for Clinton and Sanders are in touch , keeping the lines of communication open so they can eventually unify the party , according to a source familiar with the conversations . \nHillary Clinton , a former first lady , U.S. senator and secretary of state , claims her place in history on Tuesday , July 27 , after becoming the Democratic Party ' s nominee for U.S. President . \nHillary Clinton , a former first lady , U.S. senator and secretary of state , claims her place in history on Tuesday , July 27 , after becoming the Democratic Party 's nominee for U.S. President . \nBut the President , who will meet with Sanders Thursday at the Vermont senator 's request , clearly sided with Clinton by lauding her for \"securing the delegates necessary to clinch the Democratic nomination for President .\" \nHere 's everything you 've forgotten about Hillary Clinton . \nUsing a teleprompter -- notable for someone who has blasted Clinton for being scripted -- Trump attacked Clinton and called for GOP unity . \nHillary Clinton , a former first lady , U.S. senator and secretary of state , claims her place in history on Tuesday , July 27 , after becoming the Democratic Party ' s nominee for U.S. President . \nHillary Clinton , a former first lady , U.S. senator and secretary of state , claims her place in history on Tuesday , July 27 , after becoming the Democratic Party 's nominee for U.S. President . \nReaching the highest peak yet in a tumultuous and trailblazing political career , Clinton claimed victory exactly eight years after folding her 2008 Democratic primary campaign against Obama . \nMeet the women who came to see Clinton make history . \nClinton took the stage in Brooklyn to an explosion of cheers from her crowd , in the kind of eruption of enthusiasm that has been fleeting during much of her campaign . \nReaching out to Sanders supporters , Clinton praised the Vermont senator for his long public service and mirrored some of his progressive economic rhetoric . \nClinton vs. Trump . \nWhile Sanders signaled that he was not yet ready to fold a campaign that started with him as a fringe candidate and ignited a startling grass roots uprising that won more than 10 million votes , Clinton looked ahead to the general election . \nClinton intensified her assault on Trump , laying out a case that his values and rhetoric are incompatible with American principles and that he 's \"temperamentally unfit\" to be President .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-ca88fa95f7ad475d9a76b53cf4a108f9", "input": "The family of slain abortion provider George Tiller says clinic will be \"permanently closed.\"\nThe Tiller family says in a statement released by his attorneys on Tuesday that it is ceasing operation of the clinic and any involvement by family members in any other similar clinic.\nThe family said it is proud of the \"service and courage shown by our husband and father\" and know that women's health care needs have been met because of his dedication and service.\n husband and father\" and know that women's health care needs have been met because of his dedication and service.\nTiller was shot to death May 31 while serving as an usher at the Lutheran church in Wichita that he regularly attended.", "output": [ "George Tiller" ] }, { "id": "task419-e5d391ed8be34ceca47a791c06d56a7d", "input": "\"Yes we've raised a lot of capital but we've had a great use for those funds \" said Petrohawk Chairman and CEO Floyd Wilson.\n In that time the company took its acreage in the Haynesville and grew it to become a top producer of natural gas from the tight cement-like shales that until recent years were considered too expensive to drill. And almost single-handedly Petrohawk made the rest of the world aware of the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas becoming the dominant player there.\n to become a top producer of natural gas from the tight cement-like shales that until recent years were considered too expensive to drill. And almost single-handedly Petrohawk made the rest of the world aware of the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas becoming the dominant player there.\n All told Petrohawk has gone from being a firm with 4 trillion cubic feet equivalent of gas reserves and a $3 billion market capitalization in December 2007 to 34 tcf in reserves and a $7 billion market cap. With the scale also has come greater efficiency: Petrohawk went from 25 000 wells to 5 000 in that same time.\n Kinder Morgan Chairman and CEO Rich Kinder said the Petrohawk deal will let his company benefit from what he sees as a long steady future of shale gas production.\n Tuesday's deal takes Petrohawk's existing 170-mile natural gas gathering and processing system and turns it into a stand-alone joint venture with its own employees executive team and board of directors. That transition will happen over the next six months.\n The system will expand to 375 miles by the end of the year anchored by years of production from Petrohawk's wells. It could grow further if other producers hook into it.\n Co. analysts said they liked the higher-than-expected price Petrohawk got for the joint venture. And Tudor Pickering\n Holt analysts were positive on news that Petrohawk would cut $50 million in gas drilling costs because of improved operational efficiencies while increasing oil production from South Texas holdings.\n Shares of Petrohawk were up 57 cents Tuesday or 2.5 percent to close at $23.18. Shares of Kinder Morgan were down about 73 cents or about 1 percent to close at $66.50.", "output": [ "Petrohawk" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ce8ce6f100e4f75899b4e93285f3bbe", "input": "Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Kevin Spacey is facing a number of sexual assault allegations\n Kevin Spacey is being investigated by UK police over an alleged sexual assault.\n Spacey said on Thursday that he is seeking treatment after facing allegations of sexual misconduct from a string of men.\nThe Sun reported that a British actor claimed he woke up to find Spacey performing a sex act on him in 2008.\nThe man is said to have run from the property after Spacey allegedly said: \"Don't tell anyone about this.\"\nImage caption It has been claimed Kevin Spacey \"routinely preyed\" on young male actors while he was artistic director at the Old Vic\nIt comes after a number of allegations including CNN reporting that Spacey made the set of Netflix's House of Cards into a \"toxic\" work environment through a pattern of sexual harassment.\nNetflix suspended production on House of Cards on 31 October following allegations by Star Trek actor Anthony Rapp who claimed Spacey tried to \"seduce\" him when he was 14.\n Spacey said he was \"beyond horrified\" to hear of the incident which he does not remember.\nMontana said he was left with PTSD for six months after he claims Spacey \"forcefully\" grabbed his crotch.\nIncidents regarding Spacey are also alleged to have taken place in the UK while he was the artistic director at the Old Vic in London between 2004 and 2015.", "output": [ "Kevin Spacey" ] }, { "id": "task419-c9c1d988a9354d16bafbe68a11998626", "input": "Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday continued to defend his handpicked Chicago Public Schools chief in the face of a searing inspector general’s report that accuses district CEO Forrest Claypool of engaging in a “full-blown cover-up” to ward off an ethics probe.\n Claypool “repeatedly lied” during the investigation by denying he had asked an attorney to alter a bill for legal advice on an ethics issue involving the district’s top attorney said Inspector General Nicholas Schuler who has recommended that Claypool be fired. “I’m not looking at freaking bills ” Claypool said in one interview with investigators according to Schuler’s report.\n“At every turn in this matter Claypool kept making matters worse. And it appears that his decisions were driven by a clear desire to keep information harmful to his narrative from the Board the OIG and the public ” Schuler wrote.\n Claypool met privately with school board members on Thursday and issued a lengthy statement in which he apologized for “mistakes in judgment” while defending his legacy and making it clear he disagrees with Schuler’s interpretation of CPS ethics policy.\n“To put this in perspective: This situation is about how I zealously tried to get Chicago students their fair share of state education dollars after years and years of racial discrimination and getting those kids the best possible legal representation ” said Claypool who canceled a scheduled appearance at a North Side elementary school on Thursday. He did not directly address Schuler’s most damaging allegations.\nClaypool’s alleged cover-up turned an investigation into whether district attorney Ronald Marmer violated CPS ethics policies on contracts and business relationships into a call for Claypool’s termination. Schuler also is recommending that Marmer be disciplined with a “lengthy suspension or even termination.”\nMarmer is one of several of Claypool 's former colleagues and past political donors who have won district jobs and consulting contracts. He has received annual payments of roughly $200 000 as severance from the law firm of Jenner & Block in addition to his CPS salary.\nThree attorneys on a CPS ethics committee concluded Marmer couldn’t manage the contract because his severance payments created a “business relationship” with Jenner.. A fourth CPS attorney Joseph Moriarty was told of the committee’s decision and agreed with it. Moriarty told Schuler that Marmer “became concerned by the decision ” and was going to speak with Claypool .\n Claypool and Marmer then turned to former CPS general counsel Patrick Rocks for another opinion Schuler said. In a conference call with Claypool and two other attorneys Rocks said he agreed with CPS' legal consensus.\n So Claypool and Marmer decided to ask labor attorney James Franczek for his take. Franczek also agreed with the previous opinions which didn’t go down well with Claypool and Marmer. He later sent an email to Moriarty that said “I think I am off the xmas card list.”\n Claypool ultimately turned to political donor J. Timothy Eaton who according to Schuler’s report served as a teacher’s assistant for a college course Claypool took while Eaton was a law student.\n “Claypool attempted to paper over the opinions of the six attorneys with Eaton’s letter ” Schuler wrote in his report. In addition after the IG’s investigation had begun Marmer complained about Franczek’s bill which had “CPS’s Code of Ethics” and “ethics issues” listed on it. Claypool asked Franczek to change the listings. Franczek then crossed out the entries and hand wrote “personnel” and “personnel issues” in their place the report says.\nFranczek delivered the reworded invoice back to Claypool with a cover letter marked “For Forrest Claypool’s Eyes Only.”\nIn interviews with the IG during the investigation Claypool “ unequivocally emphatically and repeatedly” denied he had asked Franczek to make changes to the bill and said “ he would never have been involved in such lowly billing matters.”\nBut last month in a letter to Schuler's office Claypool apologized for intervening to reword the invoice. Claypool 's letter acknowledged Schuler had documents that contradicted the CEO's initial claim.\n“ He turned 180 degrees from claiming certain memory to no memory at all ” Schuler wrote in his report. “ His letter was designed to taint the Board’s reception of the OIG’s final report by falsely portraying lies on two separate occasions as mere lapses of memory.”", "output": [ "Forrest Claypool" ] }, { "id": "task419-ab6bc47b9f934517982001bc2fbd6137", "input": "Rocio Maneiro Gonzalez Venezuelan ambassador to China said that the two countries which respects and supports each other have seen active results from their cooperation.\nThe ambassador said the establishment of bilateral strategic partnership with agriculture and energy cooperation as two pillars has played an important role in promoting the Venezuela- China relations.\nBesides high-level visits technical personnel exchanges and close collaboration in international affairs between the two countries have also advanced bilateral ties substantively the ambassador added.\n\"I strongly believe that Venezuela-China relations will be further consolidated and strengthened with joint efforts of both sides \" she said.", "output": [ "Rocio Maneiro Gonzalez" ] }, { "id": "task419-12bec4b8007a490fbe462e3e5e4a6a86", "input": "Warren Buffett's plans to eventually pass the reins of Berkshire Hathaway to a successor took has taken a major new step. On Tuesday Buffett laid out why Greg Abel CEO of Berkshire Hathaway and Ajit Jain head of its insurance operations will join Charlie Munger as vice chairman of the $500 billion conglomerate.\nJain by contrast oversees Berkshire's gigantic insurance outfit where he's shown deft underwriting skill and the discipline to trim exposures to overly competitive markets like catastrophic insurance and reinsurance when pricing is unfavorable. A native of India Jain came to the U.S. to get an MBA at Harvard and then cut his teeth at consultancy McKinsey. In 1985 he was hired by Buffett to work in Berkshire's insurance operations. Said Buffett in a 2009 shareholder letter \"I immediately knew we had found a superstar.\" A decade later the division was bolstered by Buffett 's acquisition of the Geico shares Berkshire didn't already own. From an insurance float of $3.6 billion in 1995 Berkshire's float now stands at about $100 billion annually.\nIn addition to Abel and Jain Berkshire's investing business also has two rising figures. Buffett is increasing his allocations of Berkshire funds to lieutenants Todd Combs and Ted Weschler who each manage over $10 billion and have led the conglomerate to positions ranging from Apple to Charter Communications.\nAs succession plans harden Buffett and Munger will continue in their existing positions. That means they will continue to be overseeing major capital allocation decisions and investment activities for instance any major deals. In addition to making headlines for Berkshire's succession plans Buffett also made headlines for his views on the wider investing landscape.\nMost notably Buffett said tax reform will have a big impact on Berkshire's owners telling CNBC's Quick that shareholders effectively have seen their ownership of the company 's profits rise by over 20% as corporate rates have fallen from 35% to 21%.\nAbout crypto currencies Buffett said today's euphoria inevitably will lead to heart break. \"If I could buy a five year put on any of the crypto currencies I would do it \" Buffett said admitting he would never short the speculative asset because it's not something he knows well. He dished out the following common sense \"why in the world should I take a short position in something I don't know anything about.\"\nBut his views are crystal clear. \"I think what's going on definitely will come to a bad ending \" Buffett said.\nWarren Buffett: My Greatest Investing Advice And The Investments Everyone Should Make", "output": [ "Warren Buffett" ] }, { "id": "task419-64e23a872e8e45b8a1c4901cabea9a28", "input": "Russian President Vladimir Putin says an explosion at a St. Petersburg supermarket on Wednesday was a terrorist act and that another attack in the city had been foiled by the country's security service.\nA bomb went off in a branch of the Perekrestok supermarket wounding at least 13 shoppers in Putin 's hometown Reuters reports:\nNo group has taken responsibility for the explosion. A spokesman for Putin Dmitry Peskov would not say why authorities believed it to be terrorism but said because the bomb was packed with shrapnel proved it \"was a terrorist attack anyway.\" Investigators said the device contained 7 ounces of explosives.\nA Kremlin spokesman told Reuters that the thwarted attack Putin referenced was the one earlier this month that targeted St. Petersburg's Kazansky Cathedral. The Federal Security Service said seven suspects linked to ISIS have been arrested in connection with that plot. Putin had called Donald Trump and thanked him for the CIA tip that led to the capture of the suspects.\nOn Thursday Putin said that the operation in Syria had reduced the threat of attacks in Russia functioning as a preemptive strike against terrorists.\n\"What would have happened if those thousands (of terrorists) that I have just spoken about hundreds of them had come back to us trained and armed \" he said in comments to Russian news agencies The Associated Press reports.", "output": [ "Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-ba48ce7eff084784a18976b5c99ebad7", "input": "In a speech to the Munich Security Conference German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen said Europe’s countries would not be able to respond nimbly enough to global challenges if they were stymied by the need to decide joint foreign policy approaches unanimously.\n“Europe has to up its pace in the face of global challenges from terrorism poverty and climate change ” she said. “Those who want to must be able to advance without being blocked by individual countries.”\n Her French counterpart Florence Parly said any such deepened cooperation would be complementary to the NATO alliance which itself was based on the principle that members contributed differently depending on their capacities.\n“The reality has always been that some countries are by choice more integrated and more able to act than others ” she said.\nGerman Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen talks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich Germany February 16 2018. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle", "output": [ "Ursula von der" ] }, { "id": "task419-369eb10cfaa8476fbaa304d799654908", "input": "\"That's why they're still afraid of words like 'famine '\" said Tiemogo who spent three months in prison and seven in exile for publishing articles critical of Tandja.\n During the 2005 crisis Tandja's government felt humiliated Boher said. \"They thought people were trying to make it look like it was their fault that children were dying.\"\n And \"if you are unable to feed the population as president you are going to be at risk \" Boher said. \"Malnutrition has political implications. This is why Tandja wanted to deny there was a problem.\"\n One unanswered question is whether Niger's new junta will be as sensitive to the issue as Tandja's regime has been.\n So far the soldiers in charge are overwhelmed with the burden of governing and convincing diplomats -- none of which are calling for Tandja's return -- that coup was a good thing.", "output": [ "Mamadou Tandja", "Tandja" ] }, { "id": "task419-38ffdfccdcfa43d8941ab7506fe6283a", "input": "There aren't many video game franchises that can be called \"sure things \" but the \"Madden\" series is about as close as you can get.\nThe release of \"Madden NFL 18 \" which hits shelves Friday marks a shift of sorts for the title though. While new iterations usually have small tweaks this year's entry in the series has one of the biggest additions of the past several years.\nIn addition to the game's usual pick-up-and-play and multiplayer modes this year's \"Madden\" includes a track called \"Longshot Mode \" a narrative single-player game that puts players in the shoes of an NFL rookie as he starts on the long path of becoming a star. It's a story mode in a sports game something that \" Madden \" has never done before (and few sports games have tried before Take-Two Interactive Software's \"NBA 2K\" series did it two years ago).\n\"' Madden ' is a machine that keeps rolling on \" says P.J. McNealy founder and CEO of Digital World Research. \"There's a dedicated fan base that loves the NFL and ' Madden ' is a huge part of it.\"\nBeyond taking a more personal look at football (which encompasses the sacrifices players make early on the stress of going through the NFL combine to impress scouts and ultimately the price of celebrity and the potential downsides it can have for people around you) \"Madden NFL 18\" also boasts a notably improved graphics engine and fans will be able to play upcoming NFL matchups with updated stats and rosters as well as fresh in-game commentary.\nThe game is earning some of the best reviews for \"Madden \" in years which is likely to cheer EA investors. But even if it draws a larger-than-usual audience it's unlikely to negatively impact sales of other titles coming out later this year.\n \"Madden \" is also a game that's family friendly meaning parents can play with their kids then swap in \"Assassin's Creed Origins\" when those kids go to bed.\nOf course some football enthusiasts will play \"Madden \" almost obsessively. The release of each year's game is marked by a series of superfans who call in sick on release day. And NFL players regularly check their in-game player rankings to see that they're adequately represented though some (especially rookies) tend to overestimate their numbers as EA tweeted in this video leading up to the game's release.\n\"If you look at the past 16 years there have been several competitors who tried to take down 'Madden' — and to date all have failed \" said McNealy. \"I don't see that changing this year.\"", "output": [ "Madden" ] }, { "id": "task419-eed2aef234334d138657a0842baa5304", "input": "When director and writer Jordan Peele‘s very excellent horror film Get Out debuted earlier this year its prescient symbolism and social commentary spawned dozens of fan theories online ranging from serious to outlandish.\nNow in a video segment for Vanity Fair Peele addresses the theories head-on and in doing so confirmed that he paid homage to Stanley Kubrick’s legendary horror film The Shining with an Easter egg hidden in a scene in Get Out.\nResponding to Reddit user BonnieLinnette who queried Peele about a scene where an announcement is made in the background for “Flight 237 ” which she noted is the same number as the most haunted room number in The Shining. In response Peele confirmed that the film’s use of the number is no coincidence.\n“That’s right that’s what we call a little Easter egg for the Kubrick fans really easy one to do ” Peele said.", "output": [ "Jordan Peele" ] }, { "id": "task419-2db36813796245019f3c66a3b5319471", "input": "Jeff Flake's retirement creates a wide open race for Arizona's Senate seat in 2018.\nFar-right outsider candidates could also jump in the race .\nWASHINGTON — With Sen. Flake 's decision to not seek reelection in Arizona next year the Grand Canyon State's congressional delegation was sent into a frenzy of speculation about who might throw their hat in the ring for what will be a high-profile 2018 race.\n Flake made the announcement to retire after just one term on Tuesday citing as a key reason the deterioration of political discourse much of which he attributes to President Donald Trump.", "output": [ "Jeff Flake's" ] }, { "id": "task419-f5e073ccf3c24a85b3ad88ac00c99f6e", "input": "Amitabh Bachchan (Credit: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images)\nThere are three things that power the nation of India: food cricket and cinema. Take away that holy trinity and no Indian would agree to get out of bed to a country filled with poverty partisan riots and corruption. I was born and raised in New Delhi and my family so besotted with movies that our modest flat boasted three televisions which lowered the odds of World War III breaking out between those who chose the news broadcast over the 1955 black-and-white Devdas or the primary colored Hindi musicals of the 1980s or Wimbledon. Only one man could unite a family: Hindi film actor Amitabh Bachchan . He's not a politician or a saint even though there's a temple that prays for him in Calcutta. But he's family to practically everyone I consider family.\nFor someone so integral to India Bachchan struck out with his first nine films. He scored a major Indian film award for 1970's Anand but it wasn't his breakout role. Depending on who you ask Bachchan 's rise could be credited to 1972's action comedy Bombay to Goa or the decade-defining Zanjeer in 1973. Objectively the latter did spark the nexus of Bachchan 's fame: the \"angry young man\" struggling daily in a country rife with despair and unemployment who isn't afraid to fight back if necessary.\nIndia in the 70s was overflowing with young college graduate males who'd been told their dreams would come true in a country that was just turning 30. Instead they stared down arch societal expectations. Around this time there were also unwed mothers who'd been abandoned by the rotten male scoundrels in their life—young women repulsed by men leering at them on buses and in college corridors. There were dockworkers who dreamed of glamour and intrigue. Ordinary people everywhere wanted to be whisked away for three hours and 30 minutes. Bachchan was a handsome young man with his back to the wall in movies about surviving while staying true to faith and family; to millions he was life itself.\n Bachchan plays Jai a common yet wise criminal who along with his partner Veeru is recruited by an ex-cop who wishes revenge on a famous dacoit. I watched Sholay last week for the first time in almost a decade and it was such a warm and welcome experience that I wanted to dance in the streets and send everyone to Hindi classes so they could understand the dialogue. Indeed there are nuances in Bachchan 's delivery that risk being lost in translation; in Sholay his voice moves like oiled leather and his first line of dialogue translated is a hallmark of leftism: \"All cops look the same to me .\"\nWhile recently revisiting Bachchan 's filmography two films took me by surprise. I hadn't seen Abhimaan from 1973 since I was a teenager and was wary to revisit it; based on the marital troubles of Pandit Ravi Shankar and his first wife Annapurna Devi it's an dissection of the jealousy that consumes a famous singer after his new bride turns out to be more talented than him. The film's honest depiction of sexual desire and gratification and its death in the face of discord took me by surprise and that Bachchan plays the part of the disgruntled singer opposite his own wife Jaya Bhaduri adds layers to the film that I wouldn't have noticed as a child.\nOn the other hand I've watched 1975's Chupke Chupke many times and have yet to tire of Bachchan 's portrayal of Sukumar Sinha an intelligent English literature professor who's hapless in playing an elaborate practical joke on his friend's brother-in-law. Bachchan has comedic potential that directors have often ignored in order to rack up the drama points; he's no less hilarious in Piku from 2015 in which he plays ornery Bengali father Bhashkor Banerjee consumed by constipation and all discussions thereof.\nBhashkor lives with his adult daughter Piku (Deepika Padukone) an architect who's nearing her last nerve while taking care of her father; for the first time I saw myself in Bachchan in that I know what it is to be a stubborn Bengali daughter to a stubborn Bengali father. Water pooled in my eyes as I imagined future conversations about the color and consistency of stool with an ailing father—whether from mirth or sorrow I wasn't sure.\nTruffaut called Bachchan a \"one-man industry\"; a nation full of disheartened unemployed youths called him \"the angry young man\"; mothers called him their son. As for my aunt she didn't call him anything when she met him once after a premiere in New Delhi. She was a teenager and shook his hand. He smiled at her. That night she slept with that hand cupped neatly against one cheek. I am certain that if I am lucky enough to meet him before he passes I would do the same.", "output": [ "Amitabh Bachchan" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb6b6b8d0ecf41c19024e0c668a5afd4", "input": "The trend to this point gives a distinct edge to the Democrats. While roughly the same number of lawmakers in both parties are leaving their seats to run for higher office just nine House Democrats are retiring outright or have already resigned compared with 24 Republicans. (House members running for other offices often count as retirements because it’s usually impractical or illegal to run for multiple positions at the same time.) Including those members who are leaving to run for another office there will be 17 open House seats vacated by Democrats and 35 for Republicans. Democratic victories last November in gubernatorial and state legislative races in Virginia and New Jersey could spur more retirements among Republicans worried about the national political environment under Trump. And although Democrats must defend far more Senate seats than Republicans in 2018—including several in states that Donald Trump won—all of the party’s incumbents are currently running for reelection. The retirements of Corker and Flake along with a Democratic victory in December’s special election in Alabama give Democrats an outside chance at retaking the Senate majority. In the House they’ll need to pick up 24 seats and the more Republicans retire in districts that Hillary Clinton carried last year the more the GOP majority is at risk. Data sources: Each district’s presidential-election results are from the Daily Kos. House and Senate election results are from the Associated Press.\n2012 Senate election: +3.9 Flake He decided to leave after a single term rather than wage what would have been a brutal fight for reelection first in a primary against a hard-right Trump backer Kelli Ward and then if he won against a centrist Democrat Representative Kyrsten Sinema in the general election. Flake had lost his base in Arizona: His criticism of Trump in his recent book Conscience of a Conservative alienated the president’s GOP backers while his conservative voting record put off Democrats. Orrin Hatch Utah 2016 presidential election: +17.9 Trump over Hillary Clinton; +23.8 Trump over Evan McMullin\n2014 Senate election: +10.24 Franken Under pressure from fellow Democrats Franken announced in December he would resign “in the coming weeks” after multiple women came forward to accuse him of inappropriate sexual behavior. Most of the allegations involved Franken groping women while taking a photo. His resignation means there will be a special Senate election in 2018 in a state that Hillary Clinton barely carried in 2016. House Republicans Retiring Outright Steve Helber / AP Bob Goodlatte Virginia 6th district 2016 presidential election: +24.8 Trump\n2016 House election: +0.52 Issa Issa in January became one of the most recognizable House Republicans to announce his retirement. A former chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee he served as the chief congressional inquisitor of the Obama administration for several years. Issa is annually ranked as one of the wealthiest members of Congress having co-founded the company behind the Viper car alarm (for which he famously provided the voice). But he was in for the fight of his life to win reelection after nearly losing in 2016 in a district that Hillary Clinton carried over Donald Trump.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-06d3f647db21449fbb57c7fca1c078b0", "input": "Bush will join his brother , former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush , along with former U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and General Electric Chairman Jeff Immelt as keynote speakers Nov. 13-15 at the Global Financial Leadership Conference . \nFormer president George W. Bush will speak a conference in November at The Ritz-Carlton . \nBush has spoken before at the annual event that 's regularly held at the Ritz Carlton on Vanderbilt Beach .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-c2d20c2ca0a948d184bf43830ca66196", "input": "Trea Turner is 0 for 12 through three playoff games. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)\nCHICAGO — Dusty Baker had a long talk with Trea Turner Tuesday morning before Game 4 of the National League Division Series between the Nationals and Cubs was rained out. The conversation with his struggling 24-year-old shortstop veered into a history lesson. Baker told him of the time Orlando Cepeda then the MVP struggled in the playoffs. He recalled Dave Winfield another Hall of Famer once had a terrible World Series. He told him of his personal struggles of the time he hurt his hand in a fight before the 1981 World Series couldn’t swing a bat and played anyway.\n Turner isn’t a Hall of Famer or even an all-star yet but Baker’s impetus for a chat is clear: Turner is the Nationals’ energizer bunny and his struggles are crippling their offense. The Nationals hoped Turner ’s speed would disrupt the Cubs who have a couple of pitchers notorious for their inability to control the running game. But Turner hasn’t reached base in the playoffs yet. Through three NLDS games he ’s 0 for 12 with five strikeouts including one with the bases loaded in Game 2. As Turner has said you can’t steal first base. His game-changing speed has been wasted.\n“I haven’t been nervous for a pitch this series ” Turner said. “I’m focusing on ways to contribute to the team. Play some defense. If I can get on base that’d be great but I haven’t so I got to focus on other things and focus on my teammates be a good teammate and hopefully we can turn this thing around.”\nAfter Game 3 Monday Turner said he ’s made small adjustments “here and there” at the plate in the series to break through and put his speed to use. He nearly did in his final at-bat in the eighth inning Monday but Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist made a diving stop on a groundball 79 mph off Turner’s bat.\n“Things still gotta go your way ’ Turner said. “You still gotta find holes. Even if you hit the ball hard you got to find the holes. Things aren’t going my way.”\nIf the lineup Baker unveiled for Game 4 Tuesday before it was postponed is any indication Turner will have another chance atop the lineup again Wednesday against Jake Arrieta who couldn’t contain Turner when they clashed in June in Washington. Turner singled in his first plate appearance and walked in his second against Arrieta. Each time he promptly stole second and third base for four steals in three innings. Arrieta would allow six runs (five earned) and walk six batters in just four innings.\nAfter the game Cubs catcher Miguel Montero criticized Arrieta whose delivery makes him susceptible to base stealers for his inability to neutralize Turner on the base paths. Arrieta agreed with Montero’s assessment but Montero was designated for assignment anyway. So Montero won’t catch Wednesday. It’ll be Willson Contreras who boasts one of the strongest arms behind the plate in baseball and picked Turner off first base in the first game of that four-game series back in June.\nBut base runners Baker always says steal bases off pitchers not catchers. Turner could wreak havoc again and spark a Nationals offense hitting .121 through three games and on the brink of elimination. He just needs to get on base first.", "output": [ "Trea Turner" ] }, { "id": "task419-8631ac948ff0416e938179b8f0d46e36", "input": "Rafael Edward \"Ted\" Cruz , Jr. -LRB- born December 22 , 1970 -RRB- is an American politician . \n-LSB- 13 -RSB- -LSB- 14 -RSB- Cruz openly identifies with the Tea Party movement and has been endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus . \nOn November 14 , 2012 , Cruz was appointed vice-chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee . \n-LSB- 13 -RSB- Cruz defeated former state Representative Paul Sadler in the general election on November 6 , 2012 . \nCruz was born to Cuban parents in Calgary , Alberta , Canada . \n-LSB- 16 -RSB- Cruz has been a big opponent of Barack Obama 's healthcare reform plan known as Obamacare . \nMain page : Ted Cruz presidential campaign , 2016 . \nCruz studied at Princeton University and at Harvard Law School . \nCruz has been married to Heidi Suzanne Nelson . \nOn February 1 , 2016 , Cruz won the first primary state of Iowa beating Donald Trump and Marco Rubio . \nBetween 1999 and 2003 , Cruz was the director of the Office of Policy Planning at the Federal Trade Commission , an associate deputy attorney general at the United States Department of Justice , and as domestic policy advisor to U.S. President George W. Bush on the 2000 Bush-Cheney campaign . \nOn April 27 , 2016 , Cruz named former GOP candidate and businesswoman Carly Fiorina as his running mate . \nOn March 23 , 2015 , Cruz announced he would run for the Republican Party nomination in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election . \nOn May 3 , 2016 , after loosing the Indiana primaries to Donald Trump , Cruz suspended his campaign . \n-LSB- 9 -RSB- Cruz was also an adjunct professor of law at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin , from 2004 to 2009 . \nCruz is one of three Latinos in the Senate ; the others -- also Americans of Cuban ancestry -- are fellow Republican Marco Rubio of Florida and Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey . \nSince then , Cruz has won Alaska , Texas , and Oklahoma on \"Super Tuesday\" . \nCruz was the Republican nominee for the Senate seat vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-279fbbf13a1f49288d9783b8e403c9e7", "input": "Ideas for research projects can germinate from the least likely moments as when a student asked Firearms Trainer Tom Aveni if he'd ever visited the ACLU's website. He hadn't (\"Why would I even want to go there?\") but out of curiosity he did.\nNot only did the ACLU statistic turn out to be not as far off as he imagined but Aveni has made other unexpected discoveries - pertaining especially to hit ratios low-light shootings multiple-officer confrontations mistaken judgment calls and less-lethal technology - that have convinced him police firearms training needs a significant overhaul.\nDr. Bill Lewinski executive director of the Force Science Research Center at Minnesota State University-Mankato says that by pursuing \"important and different kinds of questions \" Aveni has produced \"valuable new insights into officer-involved shootings.\" His findings are expected to provide \"a cutting-edge demographic foundation\" for upcoming research projects at FSRC that hopefully will result in \"profound changes in law enforcement training in the future.\"\nAn ex-cop with 23 years' training experience Aveni now heads the Police Policy Studies Council a research training and consulting corporation based in Spofford NH and is a member of FSRC's National Advisory Board as well as a busy expert witness in police litigation. Like other trainers he says he \"made a lot of assumptions that are not true\" until his research provided \"an epiphany for me \" about some of the nuances of police shootings.\n He was struck first by how tough it is to find out anything meaningful on the subject from law enforcement agencies. Most don't compile detailed data on their shootings fearing in some cases (perhaps rightly) that it would be misinterpreted and misused by the media and \"agenda activists\" if available. Of the few departments that do collect deadly force information \"even fewer freely share it \" Aveni claims. If they don't outright suppress it they tend to present it in bare-bones \"sterilized table formats\" that have no standardized consistency and that \"make detailed analysis difficult.\" Aveni observes: \"The devil is in the details and the details of police shootings have always been lost.\"\n Aveni spent more than 6 months dissecting that material according to different variables. That information combined with limited statistics he managed to obtain related to shootings on other major departments including New York City Baltimore County (MD) Miami Portland (OR) and Washington (DC) has allowed him to spotlight a number of deadly force subtleties that have not been so thoroughly examined before.\nFor example it has long been believed that officers overall have a dismal 15-25 percent hit probability in street encounters suggesting truly poor performance under the stress of a real shooting situation. Actually this figure while essentially true in the aggregate is markedly skewed by certain shooting variables Aveni found.\nDuring a 13-year span the Baltimore County PD which Aveni regards as one of the best trained in the country achieved an average hit ratio of 64 percent in daylight shootings - not ideal but clearly much better than commonly believed. In shootings that occurred in low-light surroundings however average hits dropped to 45 percent a 30 percent decline. The data from Los Angeles County (LAC) reveals a somewhat comparable 24 percent decline.\n\"Until this research \" Aveni says \"performance has never been accurately matched to lighting conditions \" even though as many as 77 percent of police shootings are believed to occur under some degree of diminished lighting. Some departments tally \"outdoor\" versus \"indoor\" shootings but most appear not to precisely differentiate between low-light and ample-light events despite the preponderance of shootings during nighttime duty tours.\nA multiple-officer shooting in which more than one officer fires during a deadly force engagement has an even greater influence on hit probability Aveni discovered.\nMultiple-officer shootings Aveni told Force Science News are three times more likely to involve suspects with shoulder weapons than single-officer shootings. This tends to \"increase the typical stand-off distance \" he says. Many of these confrontations also embody fast-changing chaotic and complex circumstances. These factors Aveni believes help explain the negative impact on accuracy.\n Aveni also discovered a correlation between multiple-officer shootings and number of rounds fired.\nWith LAC shootings involving only one officer an average of 3.59 police rounds were fired. When 2 officers got involved the average jumped to 4.98 rounds and with 3 officers or more to 6.48. \"The number of rounds fired per officer increases in multiple-officer shootings by as much as 45 percent over single-officer shootings \" Aveni says.\nThe ACLU's statistic that got him started on this project turned out to be based on fatal shootings that occurred before the landmark Supreme Court decision Tennessee v. Garner when nearly half the states still legally permitted the shooting of any fleeing felon regardless of the threat he or she presented. After the restrictions imposed by Garner \"you'd expect fewer unarmed suspects to be shot \" Aveni explains.\nNot necessarily true though Aveni found. In a recent 12-year period Metro-Dade (Miami) PD reported 34 shootings in which suspects were \"clearly unarmed\" or in which officers thought they saw a gun but none was found. All told about a third of all shootings in which suspects were shot and killed by that agency's officers were considered \"questionable.\" In a recent Texas study 25 percent of suspects shot by officers in one metropolitan county were found to be unarmed 33 percent if shots fired at moving vehicles are included. LAC's data put the unarmed target figure at 18 percent well below the ACLU's pre-Garner assertion.\nHigher or lower many of these shootings are \"mistake-of-fact\" (MOF) situations Aveni says. Usually a suspect is displaying an item that is falsely but reasonably perceived to be a deadly weapon (a cell phone for example) or the suspect is behaving in such a way that in context is believed to constitute an immediate lethal threat (making a fast furtive movement toward the waistband for instance).", "output": [ "Tom Aveni" ] }, { "id": "task419-432dcb6aa68545cab441d99ec0d1f9a7", "input": "GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump risks driving Iran towards nuclear proliferation and worsening a standoff with North Korea if Washington ends a nuclear deal with Tehran former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said late on Thursday.\n“If you want to negotiate with (North Korean leader) Kim Jong Un and your goal is to avoid war and try to be able to have a diplomatic resolution the worst thing you can do is first threaten to destroy his country in the United Nations ” Kerry said.\n He was speaking in a private lecture delivered at Geneva’s Graduate Institute.\n“And secondly screw around with the deal that has already been made because the message is don’t make a deal with the United States they won’t keep their word ” he said.\nThe nuclear deal places Iran under tough restraints including inspections round-the-clock surveillance and tracking every ounce of uranium produced Kerry said. “We would notice an uptick in their enrichment like that ” he said snapping his fingers.", "output": [ "John Kerry" ] }, { "id": "task419-4933ac38a5cd46cba8a3b5af5abb4110", "input": "These are both quickly becoming a reality according to founding director of the Life Sciences Project at Harvard Business School Juan Enriquez .\n“These instruments like CRISPR are allowing us to in real-time edit life on a grand scale ” Enriquez said according to Futurism. “We are rewriting the sentences of life to our purposes.”\n“You can make the world’s flu vaccine in a week instead of a year. And by the way this is no longer theoretical ” Enriquez said.\nWith the likes of Elon Musk and NASA working toward getting humans to colonize Mars he said gene editing will play a vital role in this.\n“Why would anyone want to do this ” Enriquez asked. “Because at heart we are explorers. We have to take control of our own evolution if we want to even think about getting somewhere else.”", "output": [ "Juan Enriquez" ] }, { "id": "task419-4265b75d2d944f6682821a2522351aa3", "input": "A San Francisco Superior Court jury on Nov. 30 found Jose Ines Garcia Zarate 45 not guilty of murder and manslaughter charges in connection with the July 1 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle. Jurors found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.\nA San Francisco judge on Friday sentenced Garcia Zarate to three years in prison on the firearms charge said San Francisco District Attorney’s Office spokesman Alex Bastian.\n Garcia Zarate a Mexican national has been behind bars since his 2015 arrest so his sentence has been completed after factoring in credits Bastian said.\n Garcia Zarate had found the gun that killed Steinle. It accidentally discharged with the bullet ricocheting off the ground at a crowded pier before striking the 32-year-old woman his defense attorneys have said.\nProsecutors claimed Garcia Zarate intentionally fired the gun but they said they accepted the jury’s verdict.\nOn Dec. 5 just days after he was acquitted in San Francisco Garcia Zarate was indicted on federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and being an undocumented immigrant in possession of a firearm.\n He remains in the custody of the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department and will be handed over to U.S. Marshals on warrants stemming from the federal charges said sheriff’s department spokeswoman Nancy Crowley.\nThe latest criminal counts against Zarate would not violate the constitutional protection against so-called double jeopardy which prohibits a person from being tried twice on the same charges because they differed legally from the state court charges a U.S. Department of Justice spokesman said last month.\n Garcia Zarate faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on each charge if convicted.", "output": [ "Ines Garcia Zarate" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f456a62da9345e6b6547ec05d4e9877", "input": "The report quoted the head of parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi as saying some members of parliament including moderate deputy parliament speaker Ali Motahari said after watching CCTV footage from his time in custody in Tehran that Kavous Seyed-Emami took his life.\n\"The video showed that Seyed-Emami takes his shirt off and prepares for suicide \" Boroujerdi said.\nBoroujerdi added that considering that he was a university professor he was kept in a proper cell. \"Unfortunately Kavos Seyed-Emami for whatever reason could not bear the prison conditions \" he said.\nThe semi-official Fars news agency quoted spokesman of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy Hossein Naghavi Hosseini as saying \"The issue is quite clear because prepares his shirt as a rope to commit suicide.\"\nHosseini added that Seyed-Emami tried to make it appear to guards that he was asleep.", "output": [ "Kavous Seyed-Emami" ] }, { "id": "task419-339d5568523148d5b5b87a702071dbfa", "input": "Russian President Vladimir Putin participates in a forum of regional and local media organized by the Russian Popular Front in Kaliningrad Russia. (Alexei Druzhinin/Pool/EPA)\nA day after unveiling dramatic new weapons — including a nuclear-powered cruise missile — that sparked talk of a return to Cold War tensions Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that he 'd reverse the collapse of the Soviet Union if he could.\n Putin 's comments on the 1991 collapse of the U.S.S.R. — which bound Russia and many of its neighbors while exerting influence in Eastern Europe and abroad for almost seven decades — came at a question-and-answer forum held Friday in Kaliningrad. Taking questions from the audience the Russian leader was asked what event in his nation's history he would have liked to change.\n Putin has been been leader of Russia in some form or another since 2000 making him the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Joseph Stalin. This week Putin used his annual address to announce a series of new weapon technologies that he dubbed \"invincible \" including nuclear-powered missiles that would be difficult for conventional missile defense systems to combat.\n Putin is easily expected to win next weekend's election with a poll conducted last week giving him almost 70 percent — almost 10 times the share of the vote of his nearest rival a candidate from the Communist Party.\nDespite his regret about the collapse of the Soviet Union Putin told the audience on Friday that he wouldn't want to live in any other period than the present. Asked about his dreams for the future the Russian president said: \"I want our country to be successful powerful stable balanced and looking ahead.\"\n Putin ’s new missiles could probably strike the U.S. The old ones could too.", "output": [ "Vladimir Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-c77b8c2547434b5f913a499d76f743d9", "input": "Soldiers will stop and check all motorists passing through Maiduguri and nearby villages throughout the night while police will take over manning checkpoints during the day authorities said. The soldiers arrived late Tuesday night the first sign of a federal government intervention in a city beset by targeted killings by Boko Haram for weeks.\n Zarewa also said police found the unexploded bombs after an alleged Boko Haram bomb attack on a police station in Gamboru a building destroyed by rioting sect members in July 2009. The rioting as well as a subsequent security crackdown left more than 700 people dead.\n Followers of Boko Haram which means \"Western education is sacrilege\" in the local Hausa language went into hiding after the July 2009 riot as police began arresting anyone caught listening to or holding a sermon by the sect. However officials now fear the group has rearmed. A video recording released in late June showed a Boko Haram leader calling for new violence as the one-year anniversary of their attack neared.\n Boko Haram has said it wants a stricter version of Islam's Shariah law in place across Nigeria. Nigeria a nation of 150 million people is divided between the Christian-dominated south and the Muslim north. A dozen states across Nigeria's north already have Shariah law in place though the area remains under the control of secular state governments.\na Boko Haram leader calling for new violence as the one-year anniversary of their attack neared.", "output": [ "Boko Haram" ] }, { "id": "task419-65d8373335654a7487bd633e8602ddcb", "input": "Wizards guard John Wall moves the ball defended by Lakers guard Lonzo Ball during the first quarter at Staples Center. (Photo: Kelvin Kuo USA TODAY Sports)\nFollowing his team’s 102-99 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers an outcome that followed waves of pre-game trash talk Washington Wizards point guard John Wall praised Lonzo Ball and suggested the rookie’s outspoken father won’t significantly deter his prowess this season — pointing out that he’s more conditioned to the LaVar Ball spectacle than the rest of the NBA.\nBefore the game Wall said LaVar’s antics could be a “gift and a curse \" but was more toned down and optimistic with his assessment of Lonzo after the game.\n“He’s a quiet kid who doesn’t say too much ” Wall told ESPN. “He’s been dealing with (LaVar’s outlandish comments) his whole life. It doesn’t bother him. It’s just new to everybody else.\nBall struggled shooting from the floor for the third time in four games this season going 2-for-11 and missing all five attempts from beyond the arc. But his 10 assists and eight rebounds — including a board and length-of-the-court assist with 20 seconds left to help force overtime — proved to be a major difference-maker. Ball struggled in spurts against Wall defensively but collaboratively the Lakers were able to contain the All-Star point guard.\nWall who finished with 18 points and nine assists said he was motivated by LaVar’s taunts earlier this week to the Wizards to “beware.” To that Wizards big man Marcin Gortat tweeted that Wall would “torture” Ball while Wall himself said he planned to show “no mercy.”", "output": [ "John Wall" ] }, { "id": "task419-7df7721150e54e529c23206b27380bfd", "input": "The Senate-passed tax bill is a policy triumph that will provide a shot of performance-enhancing drugs to the veins of the economy. It 's not perfect but with the combined effect of cutting business tax rates eliminating the state and local tax deduction and repealing the Obamacare individual mandate tax we are at the precipice of the biggest conservative policy victory since the Reagan years.\nIf Republicans were wise the House would vote immediately to approve the Senate bill and get it to President Donald Trump's desk for signing before anything can go wrong. (Think Obamacare repeal fiasco.)\n The Senate bill changes the rules for capital gains taxation. It requires shareholders to sell their oldest shares in a company before their newest purchased shares. The older the share the larger the taxable capital gain.\nWorse under the Senate bill there is an exception for mutual funds and other institutional funds. Companies such as Fidelity and Vanguard would be exempt from the tax but not the little guy who wants to buy and sell stock on his own. Unfair. Kill it.", "output": [ "Bill" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe2e6bd1ddd94ae39fe79321631f31be", "input": "Steve Curtis the former chairman of the Colorado GOP has been found guilty of voter fraud for forging his ex-wife’s signature on a ballot.\nAs The Denver Post reports Curtis may face up to three years in prison for forging his ex-wife’s signature on a Colorado ballot in November 2016 after she’d moved to South Carolina in 2015. He was arrested in February after handwriting analysis and DNA testing revealed he ’d committed the forgery.\n Curtis pleaded not guilty to the charge and claimed that he ’d signed his ex-wife Kelly’s ballot during a middle-of-the-night diabetic episode and accidentally mailed it the next day.\nAs Salon noted earlier this year Curtis blamed Democrats for forging votes and committing voter fraud on his radio show last year.", "output": [ "Steve Curtis" ] }, { "id": "task419-e3a067d332964b86aa2a528ca7afafdd", "input": "A worker pushes shopping carts in front of a Walmart store in La Habra Calif. ( Jae C. Hong/AP)\nArmy veteran Henry Walker was trying to buy a watermelon at a Walmart in Alabama when his foot got stuck in a wooden pallet. When he turned the 59-year-old fell breaking his hip.\n Walker sued Walmart over the 2015 incident and an Alabama jury has ruled that he should be awarded $7.5 million.\nThe incident unfolded June 25 2015 when Walker went to a Walmart store in Phenix City Ala. according to court documents.\n Walker reached to pick a melon from a display and his foot became lodged in the pallet under the watermelon container. He turned unaware that the pallet was there and fell and shattered his hip court documents state.\n He sued the retail giant on claims of negligence and wantonness. Attorneys presented the case Tuesday and Wednesday in Russell County Circuit Court.\nThe jury deliberated for about two hours late Wednesday before ruling in favor of Walker awarding him $2.5 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.\nâI think this jury appreciated what Mr. Walker went through and they compensated him accordingly â another one of his attorneys David Rayfield told the Ledger-Enquirer. âThis is a great verdict for the community because this jury wanted to make sure it was safe for shoppers.â\nJurors reviewed security footage from the store and saw that Walker wasnât the only person to get his foot stuck in the side openings of a wooden pallet on the floor OâHara said.\nOâHara told AL.com that the incident âcompletely changed Henry Walker âs life.â Among other things the Army veteran who used to play basketball three days a week now needs to use a walker he said.", "output": [ "Henry Walker" ] }, { "id": "task419-7366b9084fb444d3b74d48ca704efd88", "input": "Scott Pruitt 's round-the-clock personal security detail which demands triple the manpower of his predecessors at the Environmental Protection Agency has prompted officials to rotate in special agents from around the country who otherwise would be investigating environmental crimes.\nThe EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance has summoned agents from various cities to serve two-week stints helping guard Pruitt in recent months. While hiring in many departments is frozen the agency has sought an exception to hire additional full-time staff to protect Pruitt .\nHubbard along with other former and current employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal security issues said agency investigators in Boston Denver and other regional offices have been tapped for stints as part of Pruitt 's security detail.\n Pruitt has developed a particularly high profile as well as a divisive one. His aggressiveness in trying to reverse a long list of Obama-era policies and his repeated questioning of how much human activity contributes to climate change has drawn a steady stream of public vitriol. This outpouring has included a slew of explicit messages on social media where #PollutingPruitt is a popular hashtag.\nWhile the agency's Office of Inspector General does not discuss the actual number of threats against Pruitt or others at the EPA it did say investigators have opened more cases this fiscal year than in fiscal 2016. Thirty-two percent were aimed at Pruitt — including \"some very personal ugly threats \" said Patrick Sullivan the EPA assistant inspector general for investigations — compared with 9 percent directed at his predecessor Gina McCarthy in fiscal 2016.", "output": [ "Scott Pruitt" ] }, { "id": "task419-a72468e4bda64e33abb1fb1917a799de", "input": "Tesco CEO Dave Lewis says EU exit won’t affect choice or quality but says prices are being squeezed.\n Lewis says: “A no deal scenario if there were to be tariffs then actually that could impact the price of food.”\nHowever Tesco boss Dave Lewis admitted that the Brexit-driven collapse in the pound is pushing up prices and warned that failure to secure a deal with the EU by the March 2019 Brexit deadline could lead to higher food prices across the UK.\n Lewis was speaking at a press conference following the release of Tesco’s half-year results which showed sales up by 3.3% and operating profit up 27.4%. Prices rose in the period but Lewis was quick to point out that price rises were around 1% lower than competitors.\nHowever while Lewis disagreed with King’s assessment of Brexit he admitted that price rises could get worse if Britain fails to reach a deal with the EU on trading terms before the March 2019 leaving deadline.", "output": [ "Dave Lewis" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc2740ab7289422fa47bff31361d9141", "input": "President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump met with the wife of an imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader in February and tried to sympathize with her husband's plight by comparing life in the White House to that inside a Venezuelan prison The Washington Post reported on Friday.\n Melania Trump said she sympathized with what Lopez had gone through in jail in Caracas Venezuela adding that the White House felt as confining as prison two people familiar with the meeting told The Post. Donald Trump reportedly agreed.\nThe first lady's spokeswoman denied that she made that comment telling The Post that Trump \"only offered words of encouragement and strength.\"\nTintori was reportedly elated with the meeting and Trump 's condemnations of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.\nIn the months since Trump has leveled more sanctions on Venezuelan officials and businesses imposed a travel ban on some Venezuelans and their families and excoriated Maduro during an address to the UN General Assembly.", "output": [ "Melania Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-8a4b9b6e2fdd42708538b40dd38c2dee", "input": "Police arrested a young man for insulting French President Nicolas Sarkozy as the leader visited a deprived suburb and the suspect will go before a judge on Friday a court official said.\n The 21-year-old was arrested at a train station in Seine-Saint-Denis near the northern Paris suburb of La Courneuve where Sarkozy made an unannounced visit late on Wednesday evening.\n An aide to Sarkozy said the president had talked on Wednesday with people in a section of the estate that is due to be demolished but several residents told AFP they saw nothing but police and cars coming and going.\n A local counsellor for the neighbourhood Stephane Troussel said in a statement that the visit was an \"admission of failure\" for Sarkozy's security policies.\n He said Sarkozy \"is obliged to come in the middle of the night secretly because in La Courneuve as in Seine-Saint-Denis his record on public security and action in working class areas is not great.\"", "output": [ "Nicolas Sarkozy" ] }, { "id": "task419-d33b26235ce447059dd35dca7c9787ff", "input": "COLO. SENATE CANDIDATE ROMANOFF BURNED BY THE TRUTH\n He told the truth.\n None of it compares with Romjue's concession to Politico that Romanoff's holier-than-thou stance on PAC money was let's say not as holy as you'd think.\n Romanoff's entire campaign has been based on the notion that Bennet has been corrupted by PAC money. There's the twin notion that Romanoff though he took PAC money himself as the Colorado House speaker has forsworn its influence and now sees a new and brighter way to conduct politics.\n Of course the problem for Romanoff is that while the whole idea may sound good in a come-from-behind primary it may not allow you to compete in a general election.\n And so when the news site Politico asked Romjue whether Romanoff would take money from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee he answered:\n Romanoff had been on a roll. Romanoff had caught Bennet in the polls. And Romanoff hit with his Bennet-is-a-looter TV ad leaving Romanoff as the pure guy in the race.\n Romanoff's campaign had wisely avoided answering the DSCC question because there was no good answer. You can't really say no because everyone knows that eventually Romanoff would have to say yes.\n Romjue must have missed the memo. Here's how seriously Romanoff is taking this issue. He sent a letter to supporters listing his home phone number and saying people should call him to discuss it.\n Yes. He actually includes his soon-to-be-former-home phone number -- you'd better call quickly. In case you don't call (and I'm waiting for Bennet to now tell his supporters they can drop by the house) Romanoff says he'll take DSCC money only if PAC money is removed from his bundle. It's what the DSCC has done for Obama who doesn't take PAC money.", "output": [ "Andrew Romanoff", "Romanoff" ] }, { "id": "task419-c9299ca45eb648ce9ccd57e943e3c861", "input": "Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty fired at a Harrisburg police officer on Friday afternoon and later at a state trooper wounding her before pursuing her Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico said.\n\"He fired several shots at a Capitol police officer and at a Pennsylvania state police trooper in marked vehicles \" Marsico told reporters flanked by state police Capitol police and FBI officials.\nThe gunfire began shortly after 4 p.m. Friday when the man fired several shots at a state Capitol officer in downtown Harrisburg striking his car several times and sending one shot \"that went very close to hitting him \" Marsico said. About 20 or 30 minutes later he fired several shots at the state trooper striking her with one of those shots.\nThe trooper is \"doing well \" is in good condition and is expected to make a full recovery Marsico said.\n\"He approached them with two handguns ... firing many shots at those police officers \" and the officers returned fire killing him Marsico said.\nEl-Mofty had ties to the Middle East and recently traveled there but the motive for the attack was unknown Marsico said.\n Marsico asked for information from the public about the man who also had ties to the city and its western suburbs across the Susquehanna River. He declined to comment on whether the man was known to police.\n\"That's not his behavior at all \" said Soweilam co-owner of a Halal store in Camp Hill. \"That's not him . I still don't believe it.\"", "output": [ "Ed Marsico" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e38cfe45dcf451f986bdf13dd1f02e1", "input": "Victoria Harris along with celebrity baker Warren Brown and lifelong cook Anna Leis founded DC Taste Buds a company specializing in sweet and savory foods laced with cannabis. Harris ’s dream chocolate chip cookie is “soft with chocolate chips that are melted throughout ” and it often includes cannabis butter. For obvious reasons our recipes did not.\nOur judges said: Dysart: “It’s a cross between a chocolate chip cookie and shortbread. It has more of a snap.” Harris : “Why would they do this to a chocolate chip cookie? It needs a tan. I am not a fan.” Jindal: “It’s a little more blond. It’s super-crunchy. I prefer mine on the chewier side.”\nOur judges said: Dysart: “It’s kind of heavy and a little more dense. The salt is good but there’s something off about the flavor.” Harris : “Not my favorite. It looks sad. It’s like a paperweight. I can’t put my finger on it but something isn’t right.” Jindal: “It’s super-thick. I like that you have a thicker bite so there’s more [cookie] in every bite.”\nOur judges said: Dysart: “It’s a little smaller and thinner with more spread. It looks like it was bought at a supermarket. It has good dunk-ability in a cup of milk.” Harris : “Meh. Don’t think I’m going to love this one. I think it’s too hard. It’s just got no pizazz.” Jindal: “It’s a little more on the savory side. It has a little more salt which I like.”\nOur judges said: Dysart: “It’s nice and plump. It has the thickness I’m going for. It has even color all-around and not too much caramelization on the side.” Harris : “It’s not terrible. It’s a decent cookie. Nothing blows my mind about it. It’s your standard average chocolate chip cookie.” Jindal: “It’s really chewy.”\nOur judges said: Dysart: “It’s light on the inside but has a good crust on the bottom. I like the balance of crispy and salty. I’m torn about having such big chunks [of chocolate] because my first bite was all chocolate.” Harris : “It’d be a lot to eat this entire thing. It has a great exterior slightly crunchy. It’s got some personality. It’s a little ragged and jagged.” Jindal: “It’s ginormous. It’s really really good. I like that it’s not overpowered by the chocolate.”\nOur judges said: Dysart: “There’s a lot of chocolate in there. I like the size of the chocolate. The salt is pronounced I really like that.” Harris : “It’s fancy looking. It breaks apart nicely. I like it a little less gooey. I love the way the salt plays with the sugar.” Jindal: “Oh this one’s chewy. It’s really salty. The salt gives it a little more flavor than the usual chocolate chip cookie.”", "output": [ "Victoria Harrisdream", "Victoria" ] }, { "id": "task419-47d0ab415c2547d297cc97813a41c87e", "input": "When Doss and other officers arrived a man identified as 43-year-old Decharlos Brooks allegedly opened fire on police officers while they were still in their patrol car. Doss was shot in the incident.\n Brooks was taken into custody and charged with eight counts of assault with intent to murder seven counts of resisting and obstructing one count of carrying a dangerous weapon and 17 counts of felony firearms.\nDoss who was taken to a nearby Detroit hospital after he was shot succumbed to his injuries on Jan. 28.\n He worked for the Detroit Police Department for two years and is survived by his Emily Crouse his girlfriend of nine years their 9-month-old son Eli and his parents.", "output": [ "Decharlos Brooks" ] }, { "id": "task419-0bf852fccf01440db3a59b70c6425e5e", "input": "The two first joined forces in an indie film turned critical darling called Fruitvale Station which documented the life of 22-year old Oscar Grant before he was shot and killed by BART police on New Year's Day in 2009. It was a deeply personal gut-wrenching look at Grant's death and it gave a face to a polarizing debate about race and authority in America — humanizing one the biggest national discussions of its time.\nIf you missed Fruitvale which is highly possible if you're not attuned to Bay Area news or if you don't keep up with film festival darlings it was Coogler's directorial debut that starred Jordan Melonie Diaz and Octavia Spencer. The film served as a biopic that centered on the day before Grant was shot shedding light on his relationships his friends and his past.\nThe entirety of the movies focuses on the intimate details of his life like his relationship with young daughter or how he 'd recently lost his job. It goes so far as to show how he interacts with strangers like his warm conversations about marriage with a couple he 'd just met or how he runs into the middle of traffic to comfort a dog that'd just been hit by a car.\n Oscar Grant's death in 2009 proved to be one of the biggest moments in the debate about police brutality race and authority. It sparked sprawling protests throughout Oakland and became one of the most formative events in that city's recent history. The trial over his death later sparked outrage some arguing that it made Grant's life a political fulcrum including Coogler.", "output": [ "Oscar Grant" ] }, { "id": "task419-20cda71f576341c6aec6b3fb6ec059ce", "input": "Hong Hai Group Chairman Terry Gou said Tuesday that investigations by Chinese authorities have found none of the 10 suicides at his group's Shenzhen complex in Guangdong province had anything to do with the working conditions there.\n Guo said at the group's shareholders meeting that Chinese authorities sent a team of 200-odd officials to conduct a 10-day on-site investigation into the reasons behind the incidents at the Shenzhen complex where over 400 000 people are employed.\n The next day another Foxconn worker jumped to his death bringing the total number of suicides to 10 and the number of attempts to 12 and fueling criticism that Gou is \"running a blood and sweat factory.\"\n Guo said that after a thorough investigation the Chinese officials did not \"detain\" him which meant that Hon Hai was not at fault.\n \"None of the 12 suicide attempts at the Shenzhen complex were a result of poor working conditions or low salaries as has been alleged \" Guo said.\n He said he would not rule out the possibility of suing the media organizations or journalists for their groundless reports.\n Citing surveys in China he said more than 100 million people in China suffer from various types of mental disorders and 16 million of them are categorized as being in \"serious condition\".\n Based on these statistics Gou said the percentage of attempted suicides among Foxconn's 450 000 workers in Shenzhen is substantially lower than the percentage of mentally ill people in China's total population.\n As part of the group's efforts to stem the suicide attempts it will stop offering compensation of 10 years salary to the families of suicide victims Guo said.\n The decision was made after one of the workers who attempted suicide was found to have told his family in a suicide note that the company will pay them a large sum if he succeeded in killing himself according to Kuo.", "output": [ "Guo" ] }, { "id": "task419-26231054ae154abf99ee7aa462ac92fc", "input": "NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Elizabeth Economy Director of Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations about the decision of China's Communist Party to abolish term limits for presidents which would allow President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely .\nThe Communist Party in China announced this weekend it intends to abolish presidential term limits which means Xi Jingping the country's president could remain in power indefinitely. The move represents a dramatic departure from rules that have been in place for decades. And it nudges the country towards the kind of centralization of power that has not been seen since the days of Mao Zedong. With us to talk about the implications of this decision is Elizabeth Economy the director of Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. Thanks for joining us.\nECONOMY: There really hasn't been an articulated reason. I think it is a natural progression from what we've seen emanating from Xi Jinping over the past five years - having his thought enshrined in the Constitution in a way that was only done by Mao Zedong previously his failure to identify a successor at the 19th party congress in October. So I think this is all part and parcel of his own consolidation of power. But I also think that it helps him because he wants to be able to realize his vision for the country both on the domestic front in terms of addressing the anti-corruption campaign rectifying poverty cleaning up the environment but also in his grander vision reclaiming China's greatness on the international stage. And I don't think that Xi Jinping believes there's any other leader who is capable of pushing forward and achieving his own vision.\nCHANG: Is a part of this also driven by Xi Jinping 's desire to cultivate a cult of personality that's very similar to the cult of personality that surrounded Mao Zedong?\nECONOMY: I don't think that Xi Jinping would ever want it to be said that he had a cult of personality. But I do think that in effect that is what is happening. There was a very significant effort made by the propaganda apparatus to portray Xi Jinping as a man of the people someone who could go and stand in line in front of a dumpling shop. There were songs written about Xi Jinping . So there really was an effort to humanize Xi Jinping in a way that was not the case with Mao Zedong.\nOver time however we've seen some of those same trappings of cult of personality that were present during the Mao period also emerge during Xi period - so Xi's demands that the party and the military and the media declare their personal loyalty to him - that was unheard of you know in the previous 30 years - pictures of Xi Jinping everywhere that sort of ever-present Xi Jinping . I think that too is something that comes out of the Maoist period - and just frankly this sense of fear that whatever Xi Jinping says goes. And if you don't agree with Xi Jinping you know you shouldn't voice your opinion because you will end up in trouble - that there will be serious repercussions.\nECONOMY: Well I think it sends an important signal that we need to take Xi Jinping 's longer term objectives very seriously. So when Xi Jinping for example discusses the importance of China reunifying with Taiwan sooner rather than later when we look at what's going on in terms of the erosion of sovereignty in Hong Kong I think those are the kinds of issues that we should now understand they don't have to be resolved in the next five years.\nECONOMY: These are the kinds of priorities that Xi Jinping has established. And he 's now basically said - or the system has basically said that he has as long as it's going to take to try to achieve them.", "output": [ "Xi Jinping" ] }, { "id": "task419-4652957b363e47448b37488a1b9b3261", "input": "What now? Mrs Merkel will meet with Frank-Walter Steinmeier Germany’s federal president this morning to discuss next steps. Four possible outcomes present themselves. The FDP might be coaxed back to the negotiating table by plausible concessions from the CDU CSU and Greens. But do not count on it. Mr Lindner’s language was ominously final. And the Greens (seemingly the main target of FDP recrimination) declared that they had reached their “pain threshold” and could not budge another centimetre.\nThe second possibility is a new “grand coalition” marrying the CDU/CSU and the centre-left Social Democrats (SDP) who together have a workable majority in the Bundestag. But the SPD has strenuously ruled out the option. Having lost distinctiveness and votes in partnership with Mrs Merkel its leaders and activists fear another spin with the chancellor could do their party terminal damage. Perhaps just perhaps Mrs Merkel the media and Germany’s European partners can persuade them to take the risk. But months after its worst election result in post-war German history the SPD will most probably reject the overtures.\nIn the absence of a viable majority government Mrs Merkel could form a minority one concocting vote-by-vote majorities in the Bundestag. This might combine the CDU/CSU with the FDP its traditional governing partner (together they would be 29 seats short of a majority). But a more natural fit would now be a black-green coalition with the Greens (42 seats short of a majority). Last night each side found generous words for the other and they were as one in their contempt for the FDP. At federal level post-war Germany has witnessed no minority administrations though one ran North-Rhine Westphalia the country’s largest state from 2010 to 2012. Such governments are alien both to the stable long-termist ways of the German state and to Mrs Merkel’s plodding leadership style. How long one would even last in the current circumstances is unclear.\nThat leaves the fourth most drastic option: new elections. The route is not as simple as it sounds. Unlike some other European parliaments the Bundestag cannot just dissolve itself (a legacy of Weimar-era instability) and as Mrs Merkel has not yet been reinstalled as chancellor she cannot call a straight confidence vote. Instead Mr Steinmeier must nominate a candidate for the job. If Mrs Merkel (for it would be she ) failed to win an absolute majority in two successive Bundestag votes which can be separated by two weeks she would go to a third vote at which a simple majority would suffice. Only then could Mr Steinmeier dissolve the Bundestag triggering a new election within 60 days.\nIf possible Germany’s establishment—including Mrs Merkel and Mr Steinmeier—will seek to avoid new elections. These could most benefit the far-right Alternative for Germany and would not necessarily rupture the deadlock current polls putting the main parties very close to the results they obtained at the September election. In her comments last night Mrs Merkel emphasised that her party would “take responsibility for this country even in difficult times”. She is determined in other words to make the best of the hand the German people dealt her in September. Precisely how she plans to proceed should become clearer today.\nIn recent years Germany has been a pillar of stable government in Europe and Mrs Merkel a seemingly permanent feature of the landscape (consider that her international counterparts when she first took office were Jacques Chirac Tony Blair and George W. Bush). Both of those truths are now if not dead then slipping away. The next German government will take months more to emerge and will be distinctly fragile in comparison with its predecessors. The end of the Merkel era has surely begun though whether it has weeks months or a short number of years to run is anyone’s guess. Last night’s events confirmed Emmanuel Macron as Europe’s top leader while making the French president’s grand plans for euro-zone reform—for which he needs a confident and outward-looking Germany—yet harder to achieve. The ripples of Mr Lindner’s doubtful decision will travel far beyond his country’s borders.", "output": [ "Mrs Merkel" ] }, { "id": "task419-7533e0958cca42adbd090b982782ad74", "input": "It’s been 2018 for less than a week but that’s apparently long enough to gin up a faux scandal about Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ allegedly lavish spending habits.\nThis time Sanders is in trouble for sporting a winter coat at New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s swearing-in ceremony on New Year’s day that a gumshoe reporter at the conservative Daily Wire discovered retails for $690.\n “Socialist Bernie Sanders wears a $700 jacket while complaining about rich people ” a Newsweek headline blared.\nSanders’ supposed hypocrisy is a favorite topic of Newsweek which used a similar formulation in June to call out Sanders for raking in more than $1 million in 2016 largely thanks to book royalties.\nBack in August 2016 we were meant to be absolutely furious that Sanders and his wife Jane O’Meara Sanders purchased a $600 000 summer home on Lake Champlain in Vermont.\nWhen Sanders asks “how many yachts do billionaires need?” he does so in the context of attacking a billionaire-funded GOP political program that would cut taxes for the wealthy even as it deprives millions of Americans of health insurance coverage.\nIt is not so much that Sanders is attacking wealth per se as he is attacking those who prioritize extravagant wealth above ensuring that all people have access to a decent living standard.\nPacific Press/Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks at New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 1 2018. He was sporting a $690 coat according to a conservative site.\n“Everyone deserves to be wearing a nice coat like Bernie Sanders ” he added with a chuckle.", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-2095372631164a4c8685fe5419abca3f", "input": "TAMPA Karen Forcade sobbed about how children are her life but she's going to prison for a million-dollar fraud that prosecutors say put kids nationwide in potential danger.\n \"I need to say from the deepest part of my heart how sorry I am for what I've done \" Forcade said Tuesday in federal court in Tampa.\n What Forcade did was falsify parts of 97 safety tests for cigarette lighters made or imported for sale in the United States from 1994 to 2005.\n Also officials said it was difficult to determine exactly who lost what for purposes of making restitution. Before Forcade's sentencing federal officials sent letters to 78 companies asking about their potential losses. Two responded with what appeared to be inflated claims.\n Forcade pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit fraud in January. Federal sentencing guidelines called for 37 to 46 months in prison.\n Her attorney Jack Fernandez Jr. asked Whittemore not to sentence Forcade to prison. Instead he asked that she be sentenced to house arrest so she could care for her husband.\n Forcade is a \"broken shell of a person\" who believes her crimes led her husband to suffer a debilitating heart attack and two strokes he said. Partly because of her strict Catholic upbringing she believed she could redeem herself only by caring for the husband crippled by her crimes according to Fernandez and a psychiatrist who examined her.", "output": [ "Karen Forcade" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a4039a08038476498e122c84d58f052", "input": "NAYPYITAW (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Tuesday urged the leaders of majority-Buddhist Myanmar mired in a crisis over the fate of Muslim Rohingya people to commit themselves to justice human rights and respect for “each ethnic group and its identity”.\n Pope Francis meets Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in Naypyitaw Myanmar November 28 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi\n The pope avoided a diplomatic backlash by not using the highly charged term “Rohingya” in his addresses to officials including leader Aung San Suu Kyi.\nHowever his words were applicable to members of the beleaguered minority who Myanmar does not recognize as citizens or as members of a distinct ethnic group.\nMore than 620 000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh - where the pope heads on Thursday - since the end of August escaping from a military crackdown that Washington has said included “horrendous atrocities” aimed at “ethnic cleansing”.\n Francis made his comments in Naypyitaw the country’s capital where he was received by Suu Kyi the Nobel peace laureate and champion of democracy who has faced international criticism for expressing doubts about the reports of rights abuses against the Rohingya and failing to condemn the military.\nPope Francis signs a guestbook during a meeting with Myanmar’s President Htin Kyaw at the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw Myanmar November 28 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi\nReferring to the country’s communal tensions Francis said religious differences “need not be a source of division and distrust but rather a force for unity forgiveness tolerance and wise nation-building”.\nOnly about 700 000 of Myanmar’s 51 million people are Roman Catholic. Thousands of them have traveled from far and wide to see him and more than 150 000 people have registered for a mass that Francis will say in Yangon on Wednesday.\n Francis is expected to meet a group of Rohingya refugees in Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh on the second leg of his trip.", "output": [ "Pope Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-d5103725409e4da08284379cfe1f230a", "input": "PHILADELPHIA -- Haason Reddick is coming home to go after Carson Wentz.\nThe rookie linebacker returns to the field where he starred in college when the Arizona Cardinals (2-2) visit the Philadelphia Eagles (3-1) on Sunday.\n\"When my name was called the response was crazy \" Reddick said.\n Reddick expects a large number of family and friends cheering for him at the Linc. How will the rest of the Eagles fans react?\n\"I think the crowd will be welcoming but we'll see what happens \" Reddick said. \"You never really know with the Philly crowd. The Philly crowd has always been a wild crowd. Philly will always be home. I'll always have love for Philly.\"\n Reddick has 10 tackles in four games but is still seeking his first sack. He 'll get a chance to rush the quarterback more this week because he 's moving from inside linebacker to the outside spot to replace the injured Markus Golden .\n\"Whatever the team needs I'm willing to do whether it's taking snaps at outside or getting reps at inside \" Reddick said. \"Pass rusher is more natural. I'm getting back into the groove and being focused on pass rushing making sure I'm being a smart pass rusher.\"", "output": [ "Haason Reddick" ] }, { "id": "task419-943f5107ba2b451684a19c7509883c85", "input": "Lt. Tim Putney of the Kodiak Police Department said: \"We haven't seen anything yet or had any reports of a wave.\"\nHowever officials were telling people to hold fast at evacuation centers until further notice. He said the town has several shelters above the 100-foot mark and they were still encouraging people below that level to evacuate.\nThe earthquake woke Putney up out of a dead sleep and he estimates it shook for at least 30 seconds.\n\"I've been Kodiak for 19 years that was the strongest longest lasting one I've ever felt \" he said by telephone.\nBut he said the police department has received no reports of damage.", "output": [ "Tim Putney" ] }, { "id": "task419-3a04aeb46fde4a7ba42d46e89e5daeea", "input": "Ahead of final campaign rallies later on Saturday opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka predicted that the ruling party led by President Mahinda Rajapakse would use violence to intimidate his supporters in Tuesday's vote.\n \"They want to create violence and discourage people from voting. A lower turnout will help rigging \" he told reporters adding he expected fake voters and forged ballot papers to also be used.\n Fonseka said he and his allies would rely on the protection of the security forces most of whom he said would vote for him except for a few senior figures who are \"trying to please the government.\"\n \"We can't counter violence with violence. We have to abide by the law \" he said.\n A group of Fonseka supporters wearing green caps and party T-shirts walked noisily behind a procession of rickshaws on the streets outside the venue of his press conference.\n Fonseka and Rajapakse were to finish campaigning at rallies planned in and around Colombo later Saturday.\n President Rajapakse told reporters last week that the campaign failed to bring about an informed debate on issues and instead had degenerated into \"mud slinging \" a charge made by Fonseka too.\n Rajapakse handpicked Fonseka to be his army chief in 2005 and the two men were victorious allies on the battlefield last year against the Tamil Tiger rebels but are now sworn enemies at the ballot box.", "output": [ "Sarath Fonseka" ] }, { "id": "task419-82bf6517b59541a8a733ec6b3714922d", "input": "BONGPYEONG South Korea — The durability of snowboarding both as an Olympic event and a sport capable of lingering on the edge of the mainstream can now be validated by its capacity for reinvention . It has been around long enough and grown embedded enough in cultural consciousness to facilitate second acts . Shaun White was 19 and raggedy when he won his first gold medal 23 and exultant when he won his second 27 and corporate when he suffered a letdown and arrived at a professional fork . Wednesday afternoon on PyeongChang Halfpipe White completed his competitive revival at 31 with a reinforcement and a declaration . He remains the unquestioned greatest snowboarder ever and he is once again the unquestioned greatest snowboarder in the world . White won the third Olympic gold medal of his career clinching his most rewarding prize with a final run of extreme daring towering athleticism and supreme clutch . He placed himself among America ’ s greatest winter Olympians and defeated a loaded field by making the final run of the contest the best run — not only of the contest but perhaps in the history of the sport . “ I knew I did it ” White said . “ I knew I put it down .” [‘ I ’ m here to put it down ’: Shaun White gives his all in intense halfpipe qualifying ] Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White shares his recovery from a face injury in October of last year that left him with 62 stitches . ( Rick Maese / The Washington Post ) In his earlier Olympic triumphs White could be assured none of his competitors had the ability to approach his best runs . That wasn ’ t the case Wednesday not against 19 - year - old Japanese sensation Ayumu Hirano Australian Scotty James and even fellow American Ben Ferguson . So before his third and final run White decided he had to execute a run he never had before in competition . White stood on the top of the pipe trailing Hirano who had posted a 95 . 25 in his second run then fallen in his third . White was the last man on the mountain . When the announcer bellowed his name the crowd below erupted . “ I just saw him fist - pumping and I felt it too ” Team USA Coach J . J . Thomas said . “ He needs this energy . He ’ s a performer and this is his stage .” He adjusted his goggles and dropped in . He hit consecutive 1440s and back - to - back 1260s one of those with a flair called the Tomahawk . When he crossed the line White raised both arms in the air . White tried to stare at the judge ’ s trailer . The score flashed : 97 . 75 . White flipped his board in the air letting it spin just like its owner . He dropped to his knees and dabbed at his face . Shaun White a goofy hell - raiser when America first fell for him had been reduced to tears . “ It was like ‘ Oh my gosh ’ ” said his father Roger . “ It ’ s almost like he ’ s not even believing it .” Ever wonder what a McTwist is ? Here ’ s a helpful guide to some of the tricks and terms of snowboarding . ( Elyse Samuels / The Washington Post ) White posed for pictures at the bottom of the track stretching an American flag across his back . He walked past red - white - and - blue - clad supporters imploring them to cheer with his arms . “ You ’ re an animal !” one shouted . He found his family and hugged his father . “ I just told him I loved him ” Roger said . “ He said ‘ I love you too .’ We can ’ t believe it .” There was a time when for White disbelief and victory had a polar relationship . He entered Sochi in 2014 as the favorite to defend his two gold medals to continue his rise as both a halfpipe wizard and a marketable brand . He was the Flying Tomato the carefree dude who flew the highest and spun the most . “ Sochi was so crushing because I physically had the tricks ” White said . “ I emotionally wasn ’ t there .” Really Sochi just revealed cracks . White had become a target for other snowboarders maybe out of jealousy and maybe because his success had placed him on a plane above the entire sport . Some believed he specialized in contests and received too much acclaim for never making backcountry films . [ Shaun White is bigger than snowboarding . That ’ s what made failure so hard .] “ He ’ s so much older now ” Roger White said . “ He went through a really hard time for a while . There was a period when he was younger and at the top for so long . Things were pretty hard for him . It ’ s just been a roller coaster for a while .” His renaissance from earlier this calendar year may have been more remarkable than his rebound from disappointment in Sochi . While training in New Zealand in October White split his face open attempting a double - flip 1440 a crash that required 62 stitches . The injury provided proper context for White ’ s consecutive 1440s in the final run . Halfpipe snowboarding is pushing against its limits with pipes rising in height and tricks growing more risky . Earlier in the finals Japan ’ s Yuto Totsuka had to be dragged off in a stretcher after landing on the lip falling 22 feet and landing square on his back . White ’ s gold medal run in Torin through the prism of today looks like a halfhearted warmup . “ The moves are so dangerous now it ’ s not like you can practice them like you used to ” Thomas said . “ These moves are different . The consequences are so high . We just had to wait until it was game time .” And when the time came White delivered . With the gold medal assured all that remained was sorting out the place the run would take in the sport ’ s annals . “ I think personally it ’ s the best run in the history of the sport ” Thomas said . “ It ’ s the coolest thing I ’ ve ever seen .” “ Gosh man I think that ’ s the best run that ’ s ever going to be done ” said Swiss rider Patrick Burgener who finished fifth . “ It ’ s going to be hard to do better .” There was not consensus . Hirano the silver medalist also threw consecutive 1440s . James who won bronze hinted cryptically about a glitch in White ’ s run . “ There were some details I was expressing to the judges before the last score ” James said . “ But that is what it is . Shaun and Hirano both had amazing runs . It could have gone either way .” White took on all comers and beat them raising the bar yet again in a sport he has owned for a dozen years . White revealed the seriousness of his intent Tuesday in the qualifying round when he unleashed a 98 . 5 - point masterpiece in his final run even though his first run had been plenty to push him into the field . Riders typically play it safe in such situations saving their best tricks for the final careful to only whet the appetite of the judges . Still White threw down the best run of the day . “ I ’ m here to put it down ” White proclaimed . [ How to watch snowboarding at the 2018 Winter Olympics ] In the final White stood atop the pipe for his first run immediately after watching James the feisty Aussie who wears red mittens in the shape boxing gloves put down the best run of the day to that point a 92 . 00 . White responded with a monstrous 94 . 25 which he punctuated by ripping off his helmet and chucking it into the sky . “ He ’ s a psycho ” said Ferguson who took fourth . Hirano who posted a 99 . 00 in competition earlier this year took over the top spot with his second run executing consecutive 1440s en route to a 95 . 25 . So when White stood at the top of the pipe a second time he was chasing . White responded with a furious beginning to his run leading off with a 1440 and then landing another . But then trying to land one of his trademark moves — the Tomahawk — White fell on his backside . His third run would be no victory lap . It would be only victory genius in nature the latest and maybe sweetest triumph of a career exploding into a second act .", "output": [ "Shaun White" ] }, { "id": "task419-b9c98656fa374f2481430bea4fb23c46", "input": "Jaden Smith is sliding his way into 2018 with a bang . The 19 year old was performing at the 2017 Rolling Loud festival in San Bernadino over the weekend where he shocked the crowd with a killer moonwalk . He was playing his single \" Icon \" from his album SYRE and rapping the words \" Gold grills and you dance like Michael \" before sliding his feet smoothly across the stage . What kind of wizardry is this Jaden Smith ? SEE ALSO : Dude jamming to Michael Jackson has some seriously infectious dance moves Smith sat down with Revolt and told them about his loving for the moonwalk and who actually taught him - his mom . \" I like to think my mom taught me how to moonwalk ' cause she ' s amazing at dancing \" he told them . \" I would always watch Michael when I was young and he ' d be moonwalking and I don ' t know I just kind of picked it up .\" His performance didn ' t go unnoticed by the internet . Although Smith can ' t replace the icon Michael Jackson fans still praise the artist for trying his hand on the famous dance . Many believed he was making the King of Pop proud . 😮 that felt like I was seeing @ michaeljackson possess @ officialjaden for a second . 🙇🏻 — Rey Rey Rodriguez (@ themindofreyrey ) December 18 2017 Nothing but respect for MY president — Chad (@ CNibbz ) December 17 2017 jaden smith has shaped multiple moons with his bare hands of course he can moon walk — kelby (@ whoisklby ) December 18 2017 Doesn ' t even look real . You ' d almost think it was CGI ! I think MJ would be proud . pic . twitter . com / KTs7RprFGR — Oh SoFrieda (@ OhSoFrieda ) December 18 2017 someone : hey how are y - me : jaden smith is the future — h (@ halsey ) December 17 2017", "output": [ "Smith Jaden", "Jaden" ] }, { "id": "task419-04e9630d316345799b93b2f291e5039f", "input": "“His tail was whipping around I had his head and his body twisting it took everything I had to hold him without him getting away from me ” the Chief of Department for the Suffolk County SPCA Chief Roy Gross told The Post.\nBut Gross said having an illegal reptile like an alligator in a residential home is no joke.\nThe gator was discovered on Friday after Suffolk Police were called to the home for an unrelated matter. They found the reptile believed to be about 4-years-old in a shed filled with complete with heat lamps water and plenty of food. Gross said it was being kept as a pet.\nKeeping a wild animal like an alligator in a home in New York is illegal unless the residence is a licensed habitat aquarium or zoo Gross said. The owner was charged with illegal possession of a wild animal by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and faces a fine up to $250. If the Suffolk SPCA discovers the animal was abused or neglected which Gross said is unlikely the owner could face jail time.", "output": [ "Roy Gross" ] }, { "id": "task419-0aa2c74aff57490c9be25c95fc7fb811", "input": "One of the reasons Jimmy Vesey didn’t sign with his hometown Bruins when the Harvard product was a college free agent in 2016 was because he wanted to get out of his comfort zone. He sure looks comfortable playing against them.\n Vesey scored twice in a 29-second span in the first period in the Rangers’ 4-2 home win Wednesday night against Boston the Blueshirts’ fifth straight win as they continue to distance themselves from their rough start to the year.\nFor Buchnevich’s fellow sophomore Vesey Wednesday represented some progress in that he remained a contributor until the final horn. In three of the previous five games Vesey had either had limited third-period ice time or been benched altogether for the third.\n Jimmy Vesey celebrates his first of two goals scored. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)\n“Maybe he wasn’t finishing on a lot but Jimmy was working hard and like you saw (Wednesday) early on before he scored the goals he made a couple real strong plays along the wall in our end that permitted us to get the puck out ” Vigneault said. “So there’s more than just finishing.”", "output": [ "Jimmy Vesey" ] }, { "id": "task419-7f4c2689a1dd49768772ffe464291ca8", "input": "YANGON (Reuters) - Thousands of Catholics gathered in Yangon on Monday after journeys by train and bus excited to get a glimpse of Pope Francis who begins a trip to Myanmar fraught with diplomatic risk over its treatment of the minority Muslim Rohingya people.\nWomen from Kachin State wait outside the residence of Cardinal Charles Maung Bo Archbishop of Yangon where Pope Francis will be staying during his visit in Yangon Myanmar November 27 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva\n“ He is very knowledgeable when it comes to political affairs. He will handle the issue smartly ” he said referring to the delicacy of the pope’s discussions about the Rohingya.\nThe trip is so delicate that some papal advisers have warned him against even saying the word “Rohingya” lest he set off a diplomatic incident that could turn the Buddhist-majority country’s military and government against minority Christians.\nThis poses a dilemma for Francis as he visits a country of 51 million people where only about 700 000 are Roman Catholics.\nPeople wait outside the residence of Cardinal Charles Maung Bo Archbishop of Yangon where Pope Francis will be staying during his visit in Yangon Myanmar November 27 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva\n‘SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE TALKED HIM OUT OF IT’\nThe most tense moments of his visit are likely to be private meetings with the army chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and separately civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.\n Francis will also visit Bangladesh during his Nov. 26-Dec. 2 trip where he is expected to meet Rohingya refugees.\nMore than 150 000 people have registered for a mass that Francis will say in Yangon on Wednesday according to Catholic Myanmar Church spokesman Mariano Soe Naing.\nAsked if he would say it in Myanmar Vatican spokesman Greg Burke said Francis was taking the advice he had been given seriously but added: “We will find out together during the trip ... it is not a forbidden word”.", "output": [ "Pope Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-c80e4893d5974706b1f06350e3efb683", "input": "Late Saturday ABC News announced it was suspending network investigative reporter Brian Ross four weeks without pay for an inaccurate report that aired Friday.\n advertisement\nRoss followed up his reporting later that day with a “clarification ” claiming it was not while Trump was a candidate but as president-elect.\nWe deeply regret and apologize for the serious error we made yesterday. The reporting conveyed by Brian Ross during the special report had not been fully vetted through our editorial standards process. As a result of our continued reporting over the next several hours ultimately we determined the information was wrong and we corrected the mistake on air and online. It is vital we get the story right and retain the trust we have built with our audience –- these are our core principles. We fell far short of that yesterday. Effective immediately Brian Ross will be suspended for four weeks without pay.", "output": [ "Brian Ross" ] }, { "id": "task419-3bfd5a3eca564f1dab263ee870056dbb", "input": "Duke took home the title last year and could become the first repeat winner since the Blue Devils won three straight (2009-11) but several teams need a memorable run far more.\nNo. 2 Duke\nWeakness: Consistency. Duke suffered head-scratching losses to Boston College and St. John’s.\nStar: Deng Adel (15.5 ppg 5.3 rpg) — The junior shined here last year scoring a team-high 21 points in a quarterfinal loss to Duke.\nStrength: A high ceiling. B.C. has beaten Duke and Miami and lost to Virginia by one-point.", "output": [ "Duke" ] }, { "id": "task419-b771154bc89f48d7a4f51d47ce9ee48d", "input": "“CBS This Morning” co-host and longtime PBS star Charlie Rose has been accused by eight women of making unwanted sexual advances toward them and admitted to some of the misconduct in a statement according to the Washington Post. Both PBS and CBS suspended him .\n Rose’s alleged misconduct includes making lewd phone calls walking around naked and groping the womens breasts buttocks or genital areas according to the Post. Rose’s accusers were employees or “aspired to work for Rose at The Charlie Rose show’ on PBS from the late 1990s to as recently as 2011.”\n“CBS This Morning” has been growing rapidly since it launched in 2012 but still struggles to match the viewership of rivals “Today” and “Good Morning America ” while Rose ’s show on PBS has aired regularly since 1991. Rose ’s PBS show is filmed at the Bloomberg LP headquarters making three major media organizations tied up in the latest harassment scandal.\n\"PBS was shocked to learn today of these deeply disturbing allegations. We are immediately suspending distribution of ' Charlie Rose ' \" PBS said in a statement.\nCBS also suspended Rose but did not respond to request for additional comment.\n Rose’s accusers were between 21 and 37 years old at the time of the alleged encounters and the Post noted that there are “striking commonalities” in the accounts of the women. His alleged behavior typically included offering jobs to females and then using his power to put them in uncomfortable positions of a sexual nature. He allegedly would offer women a six-figure position that disappeared once they rejected his advances.\n“I have behaved insensitively at times and I accept responsibility for that though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate.\" - Charlie Rose\n He has expressed remorse for some of the allegations.\n“In my 45 years in journalism I have prided myself on being an advocate for the careers of the women with whom I have worked ” Rose said in a statement provided to The Post. “Nevertheless in the past few days claims have been made about my behavior toward some former female colleagues… It is essential that these women know I hear them and that I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. I am greatly embarrassed.”\n Rose continued: “I have behaved insensitively at times and I accept responsibility for that though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate. I always felt that I was pursuing shared feelings even though I now realize I was mistaken.”\nIronically Rose once appeared as himself on an episode of the Netflix series “House of Cards ” which has been rocked by the accusations against Spacey.\nAccording to the report by Post contributor Irin Carmon and investigative reporter Amy Brittain one accuser Reah Bravo was an intern and then associate producer for Rose ’s PBS show beginning in 2007. In various interviews she detailed unwanted sexual advances from Rose .\nAnother accuser Kyle Godfrey-Ryan was Rose ’s former assistant and detailed “at least a dozen instances where Rose walked nude in front of her while she worked in one of his New York City homes.” She claims the CBS and PBS star also “repeatedly called” her “at night or early in the morning to describe his fantasies of her swimming naked.”", "output": [ "Charlie Rose" ] }, { "id": "task419-020dfd473d0e4b02be33ec022ca46af3", "input": "Riggio and the company criticized Burkle as an opportunist who sought a stealth takeover of the company. Burkle argued that the Riggio family had failed to prepare Barnes\nNoble for digital books and had used the company to profit at shareholders' expense.\n\"I feel great and I feel relieved \" Riggio said after the meeting. \"It's been a long four to five months.\"\nBurkle who was not at the shareholder meeting said in a telephone interview that he would now press Barnes\nNoble management to support the highest bid that emerges from the sales process. He indicated that he was leaning against making a bid of his own.\nNoble put itself up for sale in August about 20 companies have expressed interest in making preliminary bids which are due in October according to people briefed on the process.\nRiggio said that had he lost the proxy contest potential bidders could have walked away from the process. It was not clear whether Riggio might bid for the company though the people briefed on the process said that he might eventually partner with a promising suitor.\nAnd while Riggio won Tuesday's board battle he still has a war on his hands.", "output": [ "Leonard S. Riggio", "Riggio" ] }, { "id": "task419-5bafb3750da944ca8cf7f42881ecccba", "input": "Against his better judgment he sleeps with an American journalist named Anne played by Elisabeth Moss in a scene that builds to an unusually icky post-coital punchline . But he isn't prepared when Anne confronts him later at the museum and interrogates him about their one-night stand a conversation made all the more tense and awkward by the building noise in the background.\nELISABETH MOSS: (As Anne ) Do you just go have sex with lots of other women?\nMOSS: (As Anne) Is this something that you do a lot?\nMOSS: (As Anne ) I'm asking how often you do...\nMOSS: (As Anne) How often would you say that you take women that you don't know very well and have sex with them?\nMOSS: (As Anne) Do you not remember them?\nMOSS: (As Anne) You know their names?\nMOSS: (As Anne) Yeah.\nMOSS: (As Anne) Always?\nMOSS: (As Anne) Yeah. So what's my name?\nMOSS: (As Anne) OK then good what is it?\nMOSS: (As Anne) Anyone that would know somebody's name would just say of course I know your name. Name...\nMOSS: (As Anne) What is it?\nMOSS: (As Anne laughing).\nBANG: (As Christian) Anne.\nMOSS: (As Anne) OK.", "output": [ "Anne" ] }, { "id": "task419-5175950a119f44d5b15ce31ccbf8794b", "input": "CLOSE Jared Fogle the former Subway spokesman convicted on child pornography charges was unable to persuade a federal appeals court to reduce his sentence. (Dwight Adams/IndyStar) Wochit\nJared Fogle enters the Birch Bayh Federal Building and United States Courthouse for sentencing Thursday November 19 2015. (Photo: Kelly_Wilkinson/The_Star)\nINDIANAPOLIS — Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle continues to fight his nearly 16-year prison sentence this time claiming that his judge treated him unfairly because she has two teenage daughters.\n Fogle 40 who is being held in a federal correctional facility in Colorado had a motion filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana requesting that Judge Tanya Walton Pratt recuse herself from the case because of bias.\nIn November 2015 Pratt sentenced Fogle to 15 years and eight months in federal prison on charges of possession or distribution of child pornography and traveling across state lines to have commercial sex with a minor. The punishment exceeded what prosecutors and Fogle 's attorneys had recommended under a plea agreement.\nThe sentence was upheld by a federal appeals court after Fogle unsuccessfully appealed the following year. He is now representing himself in court.\nMore: Judge boots ex-Subway spokesman Jared Fogle's child sex case appeal\nMore: Subway seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging it hid Jared Fogle 's misconduct\nIn the Tuesday court filing Fogle argues that Pratt demonstrated \"objective bias and subjective bias.\" His claim stems from the fact that Pratt has two teenage daughters and Fogle 's case involves a teenage prostitute and teenage girls being illegally photographed.\n He also contends that Pratt allowed prosecutors to erroneously charge him with conspiracy a claim he made back in his 2016 appeal.\n\"It is the opinion of a 'reasonable party' that Judge Tanya Walton Pratt has demonstrated she is prejudicially biased to the Defendant Jared S. Fogle and should in facts and law recuse herself from these proceedings \" Fogle writes in the new filing.\nDuring an appeal hearing in May 2016 Fogle 's former attorney Ron Elberger argued that fantasizing about a crime is not a crime. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve DeBrota said Fogle acted on his fantasies citing several occasions in which he asked adult prostitutes to provide him access to minors.\nMore: Jared Fogle 's sentence upheld by federal appeals court\nMore: Fogle 's ex-wife alleges Subway knew of his 'depravities'\nThe appellate judges said they cannot accept Fogle 's claim that he was improperly sentenced based on \"things he didn't do or fantasies he may have had.\"\n\"The district court also appropriately considered the perverse nature and circumstances of the offenses ... alongside ample evidence that Fogle repeatedly sought out and traveled to have sex with minors \" Judge Joel Flaum wrote.", "output": [ "Jared Fogle" ] }, { "id": "task419-516659797a834068aee28cbde4bf7b71", "input": "Flailing in the swell of bestselling diet books infomercials for cleanses and secret tips in glossy magazines is the credibility of nutrition science. Watching thoroughly-credentialed medical experts tout the addition or subtraction of one nutrient as deliverance—only to change the channel and hear someone equally-thoroughly-credentialed touting the opposite—it can be tempting to write off nutrition advice altogether. This month we hear something is good and next we almost expect to hear it’s bad. Why not assume the latest research will all eventually be nullified and just close our eyes and eat whatever tastes best? That notion is at once relatable and tragic in that diet is inextricable from the amount of healthy time we spend on Earth. Improvements in diet are clearly associated with significant lengthening of lifespan and dramatic decreases in risk of most chronic diseases. Combining disease and longevity into the concept of healthspan the number of healthy years of life—fundamentally more important but less readily quantifiable than lifespan—the data in favor of optimizing our diets are even more compelling. No one is arguing that diet is less than extremely important to health and well-being but seemingly everyone is arguing as to what constitutes the best diet. \"A diet of minimally processed foods close to nature predominantly plants is decisively associated with health promotion and disease prevention.\" The voices that carry the farthest over the sea of diet recommendations are those of iconoclasts—those who promise the most for the least and do so with certainty. Amid the clamor Dr. David Katz is emerging as an iconoclast on the side of reason. At least that’s how he describes himself . From his throne at Yale University's Prevention Research Center where he is a practicing physician and researcher said sea of popular diet media is the institution against which he rebels. It’s not that nutrition science is corrupt just that the empty promises of memetic of-the-moment diet crazes are themselves junk food. To Katz they are more than annoying and confusing; they are dangerous injustice. Scientific publisher Annual Reviews asked Katz to compare the medical evidence for and against every mainstream diet. He says they came to him because of his penchant for dispassionate appraisals. \"I don't have a dog in the fight \" he told me. “I don’t care which diet is best. I care about the truth.\"\n Katz and Yale colleague Stephanie Meller published their findings in the current issue of the journal in a paper titled \"Can We Say What Diet Is Best for Health?\" In it they compare the major diets of the day: Low carb low fat low glycemic Mediterranean mixed/balanced (DASH) Paleolithic vegan and elements of other diets. Despite the pervasiveness of these diets in culture and media Katz and Meller write \"There have been no rigorous long-term studies comparing contenders for best diet laurels using methodology that precludes bias and confounding. For many reasons such studies are unlikely.\" They conclude that no diet is clearly best but there are common elements across eating patterns that are proven to be beneficial to health. \"A diet of minimally processed foods close to nature predominantly plants is decisively associated with health promotion and disease prevention.\" Katz Meller/Annual Reviews Among the salient points of proven health benefits the researchers note nutritionally-replete plant-based diets are supported by a wide array of favorable health outcomes including fewer cancers and less heart disease. These diets ideally included not just fruits and vegetables but whole grains nuts and seeds. Katz and Meller found \"no decisive evidence\" that low-fat diets are better than diets high in healthful fats like the Mediterranean. Those fats include a lower ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids than the typical American diet.\nThe Mediterranean diet which is additionally defined by high intake of fiber moderate alcohol and meat intake antioxidants and polyphenols does have favorable effects on heart disease cancer risk obesity metabolic syndrome and \"is potentially associated with defense against neurodegenerative disease and preservation of cognitive function reduced inflammation and defense against asthma.\" They also found carbohydrate-selective diets to be better than categorically low-carbohydrate diets in that incorporating whole grains is associated with lower risks for cancers and better control of body weight. Attention to glycemic load and index is \"sensible at the least.\" Eating foods that have high glycemic loads (which Katz says is much more relevant to health outcomes than glycemic index—in that some quality foods like carrots have very high indices which could be misleading) is associated with greater risk of heart disease. Finally in a notable blow to some interpretations of the Paleo diet Katz and Meller wrote \"if Paleolithic eating is loosely interpreted to mean a diet based mostly on meat no meaningful interpretation of health effects is possible.\" They note that the composition of most meat in today's food supply is not similar to that of mammoth meat and that most plants available during the Stone Age are today extinct. (Though it wouldn't surprise me to learn that Paleo extremists are crowd-funding a Jurassic Park style experiment to bring them back.)\nJust because Katz is not one to abandon his scientific compass under duress of passion does not mean he is without passion or unmoved by it in his own ways. The subjects of media headlines and popular diet books are dark places for Katz . \"It’s not just linguistic I really at times feel like crying when I think about that we’re paying for ignorance with human lives \" he told me. \"At times I hate the people with alphabet soup after their names who are promising the moon and the stars with certainty. I hate knowing that the next person is already rubbing his or her hands together with the next fad to make it on the bestseller list.\" \"That’s an excellent idea and yet somehow it turns out to be extremely radical.\" \"The evidence that with knowledge already at our disposal we could eliminate 80 percent of chronic disease is the basis for everything I do \" Katz said. Just as he was finishing his residency in internal medicine in 1993 influential research in the Journal of the American Medical Association (\"Actual Causes of Death in the United States\") put diet on a short list of the lifestyle factors blamed for half of deaths in 1990. \"Here we are more than 20 years later and we’ve made just about no progress.\" A nod to the fact that popular media is not totally lost Katz borrows from the writer Michael Pollan citing a seminal 2007 New York Times Magazine article on \"nutritionism\" in concluding that the mantra \"Eat food not too much mostly plants\" is sound. \"That’s an excellent idea and yet somehow it turns out to be extremely radical.\"", "output": [ "David Katz" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b28ef7f6cec4cbeae42042c550e3987", "input": "National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said Thursday that the group called for \"additional regulation\" of bump-stock devices used on guns in the Las Vegas massacre — not for banning them.\n\"What the NRA has said is we ought to take a look at that and see if it is in compliance with federal law and additional regulation \" LaPierre told Sean Hannity on Fox News. \"We didn't say ban or confiscate.\n LaPierre slammed efforts by Democrats to use the attack to push for stronger gun controls.\n\"The American public all over this country they see these monsters and they don't want to be alone out there \" LaPierre said. \"They want to be able to protect themselves.\"", "output": [ "Wayne LaPierre" ] }, { "id": "task419-23c7eb929fb4427b842b25c1be379e06", "input": "caption She once shelled out $60 000 for 27 Koi fish imported from Japan. source Toru Hanai/Reuters\nLady Gaga may have once written a song called “Money Honey ” but cash isn’t everything for the pop artist.\nStill with a fortune worth hundreds of millions of dollars it’s interesting to see what kind of costs Gaga is racking up.\nThe star – whose real name is Stefani Germanotta – recently offered fans an intensely personal glimpse of her life in the new Netflix documentary “ Gaga : Five Foot Two.”\nBut in Gaga ’s case fortune didn’t immediately follow fame. Despite her success she found herself $3 million in debt after her Monster Ball tour which ran from 2009 to 2011.", "output": [ "Lady Gaga" ] }, { "id": "task419-bd50f9b136a246bfb7f3904f812b1eb3", "input": "The Trumps return from a Trump resort in Bedminster N.J. (Photo: SAUL LOEB AFP/Getty Images)\nWASHINGTON – The Secret Service has spent at least $137 505 to rent golf carts to protect President Trump this year at his private clubs in New Jersey and Florida.\nThat's the biggest purchase order for golf carts so far. It comes in a contract that will extend through May 28 2018. The agency signed contracts for golf carts at Trump 's clubs as early as February but they never exceeded about $18 000 – and only lasted for one month at a time.\nIn August USA TODAY first reported that the Secret Service can no longer pay the overtime for hundreds of agents it needs to carry out an expanded protective mission – in large part due to the sheer size of Trump 's family and efforts necessary to secure their multiple residences up and down the East Coast. Secret Service Director Randolph \"Tex\" Alles said more than 1 000 agents have already hit the federally mandated caps for salary and overtime allowances that were meant to last the entire year.\nMore: Exclusive: Secret Service depletes funds to pay agents because of Trump 's frequent travel large family\nMore: How Trump could ease the burden he 's putting on the Secret Service\nMore: Donald Trump Jr. gives up Secret Service protection\nWhile Congress has been working on a fix to raise the caps for the agents critics have said Trump could ease the financial burden on the agency by reducing his travel and staying at the White House more often.\n\"There's a question about how fast Trump is racking up bills that the taxpayers have to pay which are largely trips to his hotels and his golf courses \" said Harrell Kirstein American Bridge communications director.\nUnder the law Trump cannot provide or pay for any equipment or services the Secret Service needs to protect him . The rule is intended to stave off any potential conflicts of interests for the agency.\nThe Secret Service has signed several more golf-related contracts. On Oct. 1 the agency paid $15 600 to install and remove ballistic glass for Trump to watch the Presidents Cup golf competition in Jersey City N.J.\nThe total the agency has spent on portable bathrooms a mobile office and ballistic glass at Trump ’s New Jersey golf course rings in at $53 316.\nMore: Secret Service spent $7 100 renting luxury portable toilets for Trump 's Bedminster trip", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-a1534e5f516748d7b081bb91dcd58f04", "input": "Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney waits for the start of a welterweight bout between Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines and Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas , Nevada December 8 , 2012 . \nAmerica had a chance to elect Mitt Romney , and we blew it . \nWhile the Senate debated health care , Mitt Romney was waterskiing . \nThat would be Mitt Romney . \nWhy is Romney goofing around like this when he 's supposed to be ... um ... .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-91b49ee17507431e8c768bb3a3a72a36", "input": "Sam Smith’s “The Thrill of It All”\n** *\nSam Smith follows up his 2014 debut “In the Lonely Hour ” with his sophomore effort “The Thrill of it All.” Much like its predecessor this album finds its core in soft ballads. Smith’s emotive voice can be a real asset somewhat flexibly conveying feeling.\nThe hit “Too Good at Goodbyes” and the second track “Say it First” seem to indicate that Smith is setting out to be a male counterpart to Adele. His voice is dynamic in the way it bends. While his singing is not as boomingly confident as Adele’s his voice is able to zig and zag even as it maneuvers into an occasionally whisper-y falsetto.\nIn addition to aiming for Adele’s turf Smith is going for a classic R&B and gospel vibe. That can be heard on both “One Last Song” and “Midnight Train ” the latter of which sounds like a soulful answer to Radiohead’s “Creep.”\n Smith gets more righteous on “HIM” and gets softly groovy on “Baby You Make Me Crazy.” Sometimes Smith ’s higher register can be a tad grating. However he can somehow slightly irritate and entertain simultaneously. He duets successfully with up-and-coming singer Yebba on “No Peace ” and hits a sweet spot with the slow-burning “Palace.”\nThis record feels more lived-in and fully realized than his debut. Each of the songs on its own is decent but you get the feeling once you finish with the closer (and second single) “Pray ” that Smith is taking the easy route. He should stretch beyond the ballads as he 's capable of more. This feels like a sequel to his first record almost in a retreading kind of way.\n“The Thrill of it All ” while a fitting showcase for Smith’s skill lacks an extra spark. It’s good but it could be better.\n“Too Good at Goodbyes” Smith ’s songs often seem at first a tad innocuous but on repeat listens they begin to pack power. This one is a real winner.\n“Midnight Train” Radiohead comparisons aside this song has some real momentum showcasing Smith at his most vocally butter-soaked. The doo-wop style backing vocals are also a nice touch.\n“Baby You Make Me Crazy” This has some potent swagger. This song’s little boost makes you wonder what Smith would do if he was pushed a notch or two further.", "output": [ "Sam Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-2c11454d4c44452fadc7104b1e73bba0", "input": "NEW YORK (AP) — Mets starter Seth Lugo certainly likes pitching against the Braves.\nThe 27-year-old right-hander turned in the best performance of his career pitching two-hit ball over six innings to improve to 3-0 against Atlanta as New York beat the Braves 3-2 to split a doubleheader Monday night. Lugo lowered his career ERA against Atlanta to 1.35.\nPitching with a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow Lugo (7-5) allowed just a pair of singles. He struck out seven didn't issue a walk and retired his final 12 batters as New York won for the third time in 15 games.\n\"I think the fact that he knows he can pitch with this little injury that he 's got and now with some rest and some exercises to strengthen it up I think he knows he can avoid surgery \" Mets manager Terry Collins said.", "output": [ "Lugo" ] }, { "id": "task419-063551fa89b243dd8fb791522bb7b9ed", "input": "Ed Asner TV icon and Hollywood veteran appeared on Chris Jansing’s MSNBC program to promote his new book “The Grouchy Historian: An Old-Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs.” Given the news of the week Jansing started their exchange by referencing the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal.\n Asner thanked her for having him on the show and added “And not even a kiss?”\nJansing said “no ” laughed a bit and launched into the discussion she had intended to have with him .\nAt the end of the discussion Asner tried again.\n“You still owe me a kiss ” Asner said.\nJansing admonished him this time.\n Asner replied: “No no no I’m not a job procurer.”\nThe whole interaction felt like a microcosm of this scandal and most sexual harassment scandals including most recently Fox News which follow a similar pattern. Asner ’s suggestion he was owed a kiss was an expression of just how commonplace this sense of entitlement is particularly as we are learning about the industry in which he ’s spent his career.\n His brazenness bringing it up in a segment in which he was asked about workplace sexism is another clue.\nBorn in 1929 Asner is much older than Weinstein who ludicrously claimed through his representation to be an “old dinosaur… learning new ways.” But just like Weinstein Asner was alive and quite present during the women’s liberation movement. Asner in fact became a cultural symbol for it along with his co-stars on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” In his role as Lou Grant Mary Richards’ sexist boss he was the fictional representation of the “dinosaur” Weinstein is pretending to be in 2017.\nGrant’s evolution as a character into a champion for Moore’s modern female character was symbolic of societal change and Asner seemed to embrace it off screen too. He backed the Equal Rights Act and advocated for more female hires on his spin-off “Lou Grant.” Since those days he ’s collected all the requisite Hollywood liberal lion creds. He backed single-payer health care bashed President George W. Bush (with bonus dabbling in 9/11 Trutherism) endorsed Barack Obama and calls himself a socialist.\nIn between Asner ’s opening gambit and the close of this interview he went after President Trump for the behavior described in the “Access Hollywood” tape called for him and others in the wrong to be punished but also hinted at his own culpability.\nAt the end of this segment he jokingly reasserts that he is owed a kiss from Jansing. Jansing admonishes him but then softens her statement with “kidding ” barely audible under Asner ’s remarks. That’s another natural reaction in the moment to something uncomfortable and inappropriate. She wants to put down a marker that he’s out of line but is unsure what tone that should take and what the offense warrants.\nAnd the finale is Asner one of the most powerful men in Hollywood for decades pretending he has no power.\n“No no no I’m not a job procurer ” he says laughing.\nI read this is as him declaring there’s no quid pro quo here. He has nothing to give and therefore his comments aren’t out of line.", "output": [ "Ed Asner" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a14fa49cb1c4e06b349e95858d5433e", "input": "One of the students here is Nabeel Mukhil Hamza . He 's a slight 19-year-old wearing a red parka. He 's from Raqqa where he was once jailed by ISIS for four days. His crime? Smoking.\n\"We attend this course of training to protect the civilians and to clear the city of any IEDs and explosives \" he says.\n Hamza says his brother-in-law was killed when he stepped on a landmine. He was just 36 and left behind a wife and young daughter. Hamza says some of his neighbors' homes are laced with booby traps one just 40 feet from his house where he lives with his mother.\n\"I'm not scared I'm here for my ultimate goal - safe homes \" he says though he acknowledges his mother is nervous.\n\"She just prays for me and says 'May Allah save you.' \"", "output": [ "Nabeel Mukhil Hamza" ] }, { "id": "task419-33ed6d718e93441d854e12bbcb0e62f5", "input": "Chief of staff John Kelly reportedly expressed a willingness to resign over the Rob Porter scandal.\n Kelly initially defended Porter then said he was \"shocked\" by the new allegations.\nRumors have begun swirling around the fate of John Kelly the White House chief of staff who has found himself at the center of a firestorm in recent days amid allegations that a top Trump administration staffer had abused his ex-wives.\n Kelly expressed to Trump on Friday that he was willing to resign over the ordeal sources close to Trump told ABC News. The New York Times also reported that Kelly told West Wing officials that he was willing to resign.\nIt's unclear whether Trump will ask for his resignation. Sources familiar with the situation told ABC they didn't believe Kelly 's departure was imminent.\nRob Porter the former White House staff secretary resigned on Wednesday after news outlets published his ex-wives' allegations. But the scandal continued to build after news surfaced that Kelly and others in the White House knew for months about the accusations — and built up Porter's role within the West Wing anyway.\nWhite House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told CNN that Kelly has not offered his resignation.\nBut Trump is reportedly furious with Kelly over his handling of the issue. Kelly issued a statement after the allegations were first published by the Daily Mail on Tuesday vehemently praising Porter as a \"man of true integrity and honor.\"\n\"I was shocked by the new allegations released today against Rob Porter \" Kelly said. \"There is no place for domestic violence in our society.\"\n Kelly is on shaky ground\nTrump was so infuriated by the ordeal he even phoned Reince Priebus the previous chief of staff who was ousted after he also attracted Trump's ire to vent about Kelly The New York Times reported.\nRegardless Trump is actively considering who might replace Kelly as chief of staff. He has floated names like Mick Mulvaney the current Office of Management and Budget director as well as top economic adviser Gary Cohn Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California The New York Times and ABC News reported.\n Kelly was already on shaky ground in recent days and weeks after he made headlines over controversial comments about immigrants and border security.\nIn one instance he suggested that some of the young unauthorized immigrants who had not enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program were \"too lazy to get off their asses.\"\nSeveral weeks earlier Kelly said in a Fox News interview that Trump was not \"fully informed\" about immigration issues when he promised in his 2016 campaign to build a wall along the US-Mexico border. Kelly also said Trump had since \"evolved\" on the issue.", "output": [ "John Kelly" ] }, { "id": "task419-b708173dc883453fa3d268189c545902", "input": "For about 140 people over the past six years the soft Texas drawl of Charles Thomas O'Reilly was the last voice they heard before they died.\n Some did leave an impression although the only name that came immediately to mind for O'Reilly was Frances Newton who in 2005 became the third woman executed in Texas in modern times. She was the only woman executed under O'Reilly's watch.\n \"One guy he cracked jokes he cracked jokes through the whole thing \" O'Reilly said. \"I can't remember his name. But I remember things like that.\"\n While O'Reilly recalls the professionalism everyone shows throughout the process it's the last words of the inmate that tend to draw considerable attention.\n With witnesses assembled and looking through windows the chaplain normally offering a comforting hand resting on the inmate's leg and the final OK from a prison department executive O'Reilly standing near the prone inmate's head leaned over.\n O'Reilly would meet with inmates when they arrived to explain what would happen.\n \"What I want to do is talk to him and figure out his demeanor \" he said. \"Whenever they get here they're either angry extremely upset or nervous. They know why they're here. ... It's weighing kind of heavy on them. One way or another it's weighing heavy on everyone here.\n Few condemned inmates balked when the \"time\" arrived O'Reilly said.\n \"We've had some tell us: 'I'm not going to fight but I'm not going to walk '\" he said. \"We picked them up and carried them. Ninety-nine percent of them they walked on their own.\"\n He told inmates they could say whatever they wanted in their last statement but it must be in English -- \"That's all I understand \" he said -- and it can't be profane. If the obscenities start so do the drugs.\n \"He's got about 15 seconds to do all the cussing he wants to and it will be all over \" O'Reilly said. \"It is going to be the last thing they're going to say. It ought to mean something. Most of the statements are pretty decent. They apologize to the victim's family and tell their family they love them.\"\n The Huntsville Unit was the 11th stop in a career that took O'Reilly to prisons from one end of Texas to the other beginning in January 1977.\n Edward Smith a warden who worked as an assistant under O'Reilly called him \"a natural leader.\"\n Although he has no qualms about capital punishment O'Reilly would prefer to remembered for other aspects of his career. He figures he's worked with about three generations of prison staff and sees some of the grandchildren of people who were there when he started.\n \"The things I want to stand out in my career my past isn't executions \" he said.", "output": [ "Charles Thomas O'Reilly" ] }, { "id": "task419-d3d05145d7be4badb275582081b169ce", "input": "FILE PHOTO: Emirates Team New Zealand's Managing Director Grant Dalton speaks to journalists during the America's Cup World Series regatta in Naples April 11 2012. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi\n TNZ boss Grant Dalton released the protocol or rules for the 36th America’s Cup at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron on Friday. They had been written in consultation with the official Challengers Italian syndicate Luna Rosa.\n Dalton said the date was yet to be confirmed and they had not signed a host city agreement as Auckland still had no infrastructure for the America’s Cup base and they needed to start construction by the middle of 2018 for a 2021 regatta.\n”The intention is to hold the Cup in 2021 “ Dalton told a news conference. ”At this stage no infrastructure exists to hold it by that date.\n Dalton added that if Auckland was unable to complete preparations in time the regatta would be moved to Italy but it was not a warning shot to the government.\n“We need to give certainties to teams ” he said.", "output": [ "Grant Dalton" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2b419aaa4ad4e8e9ac074a88b282866", "input": "Story highlights Channing Tatum announced on social media that he will be pulling a film project that was in the works with The Weinstein Company\nTatum was set to make his directorial debut based on the book \"Forgive Me Leonard Peacock \" by Matthew Quick\n(CNN) Channing Tatum is stepping down from a film project he had in development with The Weinstein Company.\n The actor was set to make his directorial debut alongside Reid Carolin in \"Forgive Me Leonard Peacock \" based on the book by Matthew Quick.\n Tatum made the announcement Wednesday on his social media accounts.", "output": [ "Channing Tatum" ] }, { "id": "task419-4a933af0d9f747c38e2f7bb14c08905d", "input": "President Donald Trump confirmed that he spoke with Roy Moore in the wake of his Senate primary victory in Alabama on Tuesday.\n“Spoke to Roy Moore of Alabama last night for the first time ” Trump wrote on Twitter Wednesday morning. “Sounds like a really great guy who ran a fantastic race. He will help to #MAGA!”\nSpoke to Roy Moore of Alabama last night for the first time. Sounds like a really great guy who ran a fantastic race. He will help to #MAGA! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27 2017\nAccording to Breitbart News reporter Matthew Boyle Trump called Judge Roy Moore and spoke with him on the phone for about five minutes.\n Moore beat the establishment candidate Senator Luther Strange who was endorsed by Trump by nearly 10 points.\n The president also congratulated Moore on Twitter for his election victory on Tuesday.\nCongratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican Primary win in Alabama. Luther Strange started way back & ran a good race. Roy WIN in Dec! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 27 2017\n“Congratulations to Roy Moore on his Republican Primary win in Alabama. Luther Strange started way back & ran a good race ” he wrote. “ Roy WIN in Dec!”", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-768dd0ed1dc342b0a06d18caf47af425", "input": "In one episode from the show the heroine Ola is introduced to what seems to be the perfect suitor. Handsome cultured well-mannered he has a good job and lives in Italy. Giddy that her long search may be ending she then discovers the catch: He's already married to an Italian woman. His mother he explains wants him to take a second Egyptian wife -- he's allowed four wives under Egypt's Islamic-based laws -- to force him to spend more time back home in Egypt.\n As a furious Ola and her parents throw him out of their home his mother snorts \"We don't need you. There's a lot of families and even more available girls.\"\nOla and her parents throw him out of their home his mother snorts \"We don't need you. There's a lot of families and even more available girls.\"\n \"If Ola's goal was just to get married she would have accepted the first man to enter her life \" the 30-year-old (and unmarried) Abdel-Aal said of her main character. \"But when she realizes that he is not suitable either due to his mentality or education level or character she refuses him and moves on. She is looking for someone who will help to complete her life.\"", "output": [ "Ola" ] }, { "id": "task419-926ba7476673454ea5b38307c5e1abf2", "input": "PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czechs voted on Friday in an election expected to hand power to businessman Andrej Babis who has won popular support by pledging to sweep aside traditional parties boost investment and keep out refugees but faces a criminal probe for suspected fraud.\n“We want to form a government and show people that government can work differently to what they are used to. We would be (more) in touch with them ” Babis said after voting in the Prague suburb where he lives.\n Babis ’s support has weathered investigation into tax strategies at his empire of food chemicals farming and media -- worth an estimated $4 billion -- that he owned until moving it to a trust fund this year.\n He has also been charged by police with fraud on suspicion that he hid ownership of a farm and a conference center so it could receive a 2 million euro subsidy in 2008. He denies any wrongdoing.", "output": [ "Andrej Babis" ] }, { "id": "task419-16d9f4f18b5643a0bc04b062763e7aac", "input": "Broward County police admitted that even more warning flags were missed that could have prevented the horrible shooting by Nikolas Cruz at a Florida high school .\nThe Miami Herald reports that a tipster called the Broward Sheriff’s Office warning them that Cruz “could be a school shooter in the making.” Deputies neglected to write up the warning in a report.\nTwo weeks prior to that tip being called in a relative of Cruz also told police that they should seize his weapons.\nAstoundingly a third report was missed when two years before the shooting a deputy investigated a warning about Cruz saying he “planned to shoot up the school.”", "output": [ "Nikolas Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-50c7531387cc4742ad2097aa4ffa8694", "input": "French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said he wanted the EU to adopt new rules on taxing digital companies next year while in Germany the two parties seeking to form the next government said they wanted a new Europe-wide corporate tax system to stamp out multinational tax avoidance.\nâItâs not possible not sustainable that we tax manufacturing industries while billions in profits earned by GAFAs on European soil evaporate â Le Maire said citing an acronym commonly used in Europe top describe tech giants including Google Apple Facebook and Amazon.com Inc.\n Le Maire said countries should not go easy on the tech giants to lure investment.\nâKissing the feet of GAFAs wonât ensure our prosperity â Le Maire said.\n He said that the companies should be paying billions of euros annually in EU tax.\nâBut we wonât be slowed down or blocked by technicalities â he added.", "output": [ "Bruno Le Maire" ] }, { "id": "task419-93f24c3d47204320b8c933e19677fe3e", "input": "Gov. Jim Justice is expected to quickly sign the deal.\nBoth Justice and the West Virginia Education Association celebrated the agreement even before members of the state's House and Senate convened a conference committee to discuss it.\n\"I stood rock solid on the 5% Teacher pay raise and delivered. Not only this but my staff and I made additional cuts which will give all State employees 5% as well \" Justice tweeted. \"All the focus should have always been on fairness and getting the kids back in school.\"\n\"WE WON!\" the union exclaimed just minutes later in a tweet of its own and it posted a Facebook video of teachers erupting in cheers in the Capitol. The demonstrators gathered there shouted chants of \"Sign it! Sign it!\" as Justice waded into the crowd.", "output": [ "Jim Justice" ] }, { "id": "task419-ee8a9606be8a4cd5a1f7c44be91c5b36", "input": "Jim Reidy an employment lawyer based in Manchester N.H. hears a fair amount about office holiday parties gone wrong. Last year the high-profile CEO of a local company kicked things off by hanging mistletoe from the front of his pants belt Reidy says \"dancing around and making suggestions [saying ] 'It's the holidays can't you see the mistletoe?' \"\n\"[The CEO's] response was 'I was kidding; everybody knows I'm kidding ' \" Reidy says but evidently many employees did not see it that way.\n\"There were also a segment of people saying 'Do I say something ' \" Reidy says. But there was also the fear for retaliation or being seen as the buzzkill without a sense of humor. \"That's emblematic of why a lot of employers have gotten away from\" holiday parties he says.\nThis was a good year for many companies and they have cash to spend on parties. One CareerBuilder survey found 71 percent of employers are hosting holiday parties this year up 10 percentage points from a decade ago. But Reidy who recently surveyed about 40 companies in his area found that this year more than half opted to go non-alcoholic at their shindigs.\nFor those serving alcohol Reidy advises other measures like limiting the length of the party or holding the event during the day and inviting spouses and children. Overall says Reidy workplace parties are far tamer than they were back in the 1980s and '90s.", "output": [ "Reidy" ] }, { "id": "task419-125bdc82fc5744329d30d30845e13a30", "input": "Russia and Belarus on Wednesday signed a new deal on Russian oil deliveries to Belarus Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin said ending a month-long dispute that had raised fears European supplies could be threatened.\n \"Today a large number of documents have been signed \" Sechin told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at a meeting in comments published on the government web site.\n Sechin said the documents signed involved changes to previous agreements on the delivery of crude oil to Belarus and the method of setting prices for the sale of Russian oil.\n Sechin said he and his Belarussian counterpart had also signed a joint declaration pledging uninterrupted transit of Russian oil across Belarus to third countries.\n Sechin said that Russia agreed to compromise on \"harsh\" conditions because of the special relationship between the neighbouring Slavic countries.\n \"The position of the Belarussian side was very harsh for us. We agreed to a number of compromises bearing in mind the special relationship with a brother republic with the people of Belarus \" Sechin said.\n Sechin called the signed documents \"very balanced\" and \"representing a compromise.\"\n In televised comments to Sechin Medvedev said the Russian position was to \"give our Belarussian partners the opportunity to work by providing delivery for internal use at a reduced price and on the other side to guarantee transit.\"", "output": [ "Igor Sechin" ] }, { "id": "task419-b897d44330174b079db4964291d1e944", "input": "Michael Pogwizd said he was fueling up at a Hickory Hills gas station about 6 a.m. when a car pulling into the lot slid uncontrollably into the pump knocking it onto Pogwizd’s Chevy Malibu.\nA small fire broke out which Pogwizd captured in a photograph before putting it out with an extinguisher. Two other crashes happened in the lot soon thereafter said Hickory Hills police Lt. Tim Stevens.\n“It was like a crazy ice-dancing car show ” Pogwizd said. “The policeman even said he’d never seen anything like this in 15 years.”\n Pogwizd said his car was still under the gas pump 3½ hours later because authorities were treating it as a hazmat scene. But he was looking on the bright side: His boss gave him the day off he said “Plus (the gas station) is giving me free food and coffee so it’s not that bad.”", "output": [ "Michael Pogwizd" ] }, { "id": "task419-c7334e4f168d4b67a9d584ce68526e71", "input": "The drum beat that opened Taylor Swift ’s 1989 made a slow simple statement: “1 … 2 … 3 … and 4!” at a pace roughly appropriate for lurching along in a grocery line with a regularity that even the most drunken campfire-side clapper couldn’t mess up. The song “Welcome to New York ” kicked off her supposed first “official pop album” with a portrait of glorious naivety. Swift was the country girl just arrived in the big city amazed by all she saw: the lights the sounds the homosexuals. Her gait was accordingly untroubled steady optimistic: “It’s a new soundtrack / I could dance to this beat forevermore.”\nThe album that followed largely stayed in that shiny straightforward mode. She was open-hearted yet unflappable whether brushing off criticism (“Shake It Off”) lightly dressing the wounds of breakups (“All You Had to Do Was Stay”) or memorializing the thrill of a new relationship (“Out of the Woods”). Slabs of synth and driving steady beats cast a movie-trailer glow of enchantment. Reviewers noted that this mode actually broke from recent pop trends spurning the influence of hip-hop and R&B as well as some of the grim moodiness creeping onto the charts. The video for “Shake It Off” even poked fun at the idea that Swift might start imitating Nicki Minaj like some of her contemporaries.\nTwo songs didn’t quite fit that pattern though. One was “Blank Space ” a masterwork of hip-hop-adjacent sarcasm. The legendary pop producers Max Martin and Shellback threaded together a high whistling harmony and kick-drum/snare pattern over which Swift sneered rapid clusters of syllables about being a man-eater. “Bad Blood ” too waged war in what sounded like a personal feud over modern jock-jam thump. It got an extra layer of syncopation for the Kendrick Lamar remix that like “Blank Space ” enjoyed a run at No. 1 on the Hot 100.\nThe rumors about the recording sessions for Swift ’s forthcoming album Reputation were that they’d see her finally diving into hip-hop and R&B. Those reports drew immediate skepticism as it was hard to imagine how such a change might work for Swift without her seeming ridiculous. But it now appears the rumors were true though the question of ridiculousness hasn’t quite gone away. Where 1989 was sleek and stiff and retro Reputation’s songs so far have been busier choppier and decidedly modern—which is to say rap-influenced. They also perhaps not coincidentally spotlight a persona that’s the opposite of the one in “Welcome to New York.” This Taylor Swift is jaded rather than inexperienced. And she ’s aggressive.", "output": [ "Taylor Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-6ff192f74acf469bb95cc3abd1901edd", "input": "California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) delivers his final State of the State address in Sacramento on Jan. 25. Democrats who want to replace him are aiming even further left in a state already known for its liberal politics. (Pool/Reuters)\nHere in the self-labeled “state of resistance ” the political debate is being pushed further left without any sign of a Republican renaissance to serve as a check on spending and social policy ambitions. Even some Republicans are concerned about the departure of Gov. Jerry Brown (D) who proved to be fiscally cautious after inheriting a state seven years ago in deep recession.\n“You are going to be talking about Democrat-on-Democrat crime for the most part ” said Bill Whalen a research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. “What also is certain is that the next governor is going to be more progressive than Jerry Brown.”\nIn his final State of the State address on Jan. 25 Brown said California is “prospering ” a nod to a growing economy that is the sixth-largest in the world.\nBut in an interview after the speech Brown said that “does not mean all Californians are prospering ” and he made a distinction between the coastal “consulting class” and rural laborers whose “culture of working with their hands” is disappearing.\n“The state is more divided ” Brown said. “And it’s divided this way right across the country.”\n Brown said he is uncertain whether he will endorse in the race to succeed him even though Newsom also is a Bay Area Democrat who on climate change in particular supports the governor’s policies. Some of Brown ’s transportation initiatives including a high-speed rail project from Los Angeles to San Francisco that is bursting its budget remain in question.\n“I don’t think the people of Tulare County or Modoc County want to hear from Jerry Brown on who to vote for. Maybe the people in Oakland would I don’t know ” Brown said. “I’ll decide what to do based on 45 years of campaigning in this state.”", "output": [ "Jerry Brown" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b421e12a8884f8aacd00151b2c25736", "input": "The former minister Manouchehr Mottaki said he was caught unaware when President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the decision to fire him while he was away on a diplomatic mission in Senegal Mehr new agency reported. Ahmadinejad appointed nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi as acting foreign minister.\n Mottaki added his criticism to an outcry by parliament members who rival Ahmadinejad from within his own conservative camp. He said that he was not told about the dismissal before or during his trip.\n \"Dismissing a minister during a mission is un-Islamic undiplomatic and offensive \" Mottaki said. \"I was never informed.\"\n On Saturday Mohammad Reza Rahimi Iran's first vice president claimed during a farewell ceremony for Mottaki that he knew he was going to be replaced ahead of his Africa trip. Mottaki did not attend the ceremony and said Sunday he was not informed about it calling the planning \"ridiculous.\"\n Mottaki said he met Ahmadinejad before leaving for Africa but nobody told him he was about to be sacked.\n Ali Larijani parliament speaker and a close ally of Mottaki said during a speech in an open session of parliament that he appreciated Mottaki's service.\n Ali Motahari one of the lawmakers opposed to Ahmadinejad told Khabaronline news website Sunday that Mottaki learned about his dismissal from Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade.\n Unlike Mottaki Bazrpash is little-known abroad but he has made his mark domestically with sharply-worded attacks on Ahmadinejad's opponents and it was not immediately clear what could have prompted his firing.\n In the past few months Mottaki had challenged Ahmadinejad's plan to appoint his own special foreign envoys to key areas such as the Middle East Afghanistan and the Caspian Sea region. Mottaki won that round after reportedly getting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to intervene. Ahmadinejad eventually reclassified the envoy posts as advisers.", "output": [ "Manouchehr Mottaki" ] }, { "id": "task419-583d3b34f6324a2184dad4dae16c24f9", "input": "A second actress has come forward to accuse Dustin Hoffman of allegations of sexual harassment.\nKathryn Rossetter who co-starred with Hoffman in \"Death of a Salesman\" on Broadway in 1983 says the Oscar-winner would grope her nightly demand foot rubs and once pulled her slip over her head to expose her breasts in front of the crew.\nRossetter told her account in The Hollywood Reporter on Friday which comes a month after actress Anna Graham Hunter alleged Hoffman groped her and made inappropriate comments when she was a 17-year-old intern on the set of the 1985 TV movie \"Death of a Salesman.\"\nHoffman's representatives did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But Hoffman has previously denied abusing Hunter saying her allegations were \"not reflective of who I am.\"\nJohn Oliver grills Dustin Hoffman over sexual harassment allegation\n Dustin Hoffman apologizes for alleged harassment", "output": [ "Dustin Hoffman" ] }, { "id": "task419-009e5676b6be4e6093aa94d30a6148ed", "input": "Cruz : When Robbie returned my junior independent research paper , the front corner was folded over . \nIn the four years since he made national headlines for his infamous marathon speech against Obamacare , Senator Ted Cruz has become a household name -- first as an ambitious young senator , then as a presidential candidate . \nKitchener : You were already a well-respected professor by the time Senator Cruz arrived at Princeton . \nRead more But 25 years ago , Cruz was an undergraduate student at Princeton . \nGeorge was Cruz 's constitutional-law professor and his thesis adviser . \nCruz credits George with pushing him to not only think about the Constitution more deeply , but to constantly revisit his own beliefs . \nOn the presidential campaign trail , Cruz regularly turned to George for advice . \nFor The Atlantic 's series \"On the Shoulders of Giants ,\" I spoke with Cruz and George about their mentor-mentee relationship . \nCaroline Kitchener : How is the Ted Cruz that you know today different from the Ted Cruz that you knew when he was a student ? \nTed Cruz : If you were a person on the left , you had a multitude of mentors available on the faculty . \nCruz : Professor George is scrupulously fair . \nKitchener : Senator Cruz , when you think back on your time at school with Professor George , what memory sticks out most ?", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-15531a7c6698464ca655e1e0f3c44610", "input": "JERUSALEM Israel – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israeli people shortly after the Israel Police announced they were recommending that Netanyahu be indicted for bribery and corruption.\nAfter months of speculation investigations and leaks to the press Israeli police recommended that Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indict Netanyahu on charges of accepting bribes and “breach of trust.” The recommendations are a political bombshell in Israel. Netanyahu ’s speech following the announcement was covered by all of Israel’s major networks.\nIn a speech on prime time television Netanyahu defended himself saying everything he ever did as prime minister was for “the good of the country.”\nMUST READ: Three Things You Should Know about the Charges against Netanyahu \n Netanyahu pointed out that he had been Israel’s ambassador to the UN and had developed the economy.\nIn fact Israel’s economy has flourished and it remained fairly strong when world economies were shaken in 2008.\n Netanyahu said he had worked “ as prime minister of Israel to build our country develop it and above all to defend it.”\n Netanyahu vowed to work around the clock as he had always done to continue to lead the country.\n Netanyahu has not been indicted yet but even if the Attorney General recommends indictment it ’s possible Netanyahu could remain in office. It ’s also possible the attorney general could dismiss the charges or it could take months for him to make a decision.\nThe police investigated Netanyahu in two separate cases known as Case 1000 and Case 2000.\nCase 1000 involves the contention that Netanyahu and his wife Sara received gifts of cigars champagne and jewelry from Hollywood producer Arnon Milchen and Australian millionaire James Packer worth hundreds of thousands of dollars in return for Netanyahu pushing for what’s called the “Milchan Law.” That law would cut taxes for those Israelis who come back to Israel after being out of the country for a period of time.\nCase 2000 asserts Netanyahu made a deal with Arnon Mozes the publisher of one of Israel’s most popular daily newspapers Yedioth Ahronoth. The arrangement supposedly allowed the prime minister to receive more favorable coverage from Yehdioth Ahronoth if Netanyahu agreed to weaken its rival daily newspaper known as Israel Hayom owned by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.\nNetanyahu's political rivals are jockeying for position to take advantage of these charges.", "output": [ "Netanyahu" ] }, { "id": "task419-bfcf365411cf4f7aad07c01f39eb868d", "input": "\"Today there was a loss of innocent life in lower Manhattan \" NYPD commissioner James O'Neill said at a Tuesday press conference.\nThe suspect then emerged brandishing what police called \"imitation firearms.\" A pellet gun and a paintball gun were recovered at the scene O'Neill said.\nAn officer shot him in the abdomen and he was transported to the hospital.\n O'Neill said statements the suspect made and the nature of the attack led investigators to believe it was an act of terror. He did not specify what those statements were.", "output": [ "James O'Neill" ] }, { "id": "task419-2d3cd7ff5c1c4116b9128eb95972fd2a", "input": "BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon’s Shi‘ite Hezbollah group on Sunday accused Saudi Arabia of forcing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri to quit and called for calm in an effort to contain the political crisis unleashed by his resignation.\nLebanese President Michel Aoun meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri at the presidential palace in Baabda Lebanon September 28 2017. Dalati Nohra/Handout via REUTERS\nSayyed Hassan Nasrallah the leader of Iran-backed Hezbollah said there should be no political escalation in response to Hariri ’s declaration on Saturday which was made from Saudi Arabia and came as surprise even to his aides.\n Hariri in a televised speech said there was a plot to kill him and accused Hezbollah and its Iranian backers of sowing strife in the Arab world.\nNasrallah said “legitimate questions” were being asked over whether Hariri had been detained in Saudi Arabia where news emerged on Sunday that royals ministers and investors had been arrested in an anti-corruption purge.\nSpeaking in a televised address Nasrallah said: “The resignation was a Saudi decision dictated to Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri and was forced on him .”\nNasrallah said Lebanon’s political leaders expected Hariri to return to Lebanon on Thursday “if he is allowed” to travel.\nSunni Muslim Saudi Arabia a political ally of Hariri is locked in a bitter tussle for power across the Middle East with Shi‘ite Iran and its allies including Hezbollah.\nLebanese President Michel Aoun will not accept Hariri ’s resignation until he returns to Lebanon to explain his reasons palace sources said on Sunday delaying for now the politically difficult consultations over his successor.\nNasrallah said he would not comment on accusations leveled against Hezbollah by Hariri describing his resignation announcement as a Saudi statement.\n Hariri ’s resignation toppled a coalition government that included Hezbollah thrusting Lebanon back into the frontline of the Saudi-Iranian regional rivalry and risking an open-ended political crisis.\nNasrallah said he had thought things were going well and had not wanted Hariri to quit.\n Hariri allies in Lebanon have denied suggestions he had been detained and a photograph was published on his Twitter account showing him with Saudi Arabia’s newly appointed ambassador to Lebanon Walid al-Yaaqoub.\nNews of high-level arrests in Saudi Arabia fueled social media speculation in Lebanon that Hariri a Saudi national was a target. Nasrallah said “there was legitimate concern” asking if Hariri had anything to do “with this internal struggle between the princes”.\nSaudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat cited unnamed sources close to Hariri as speculating that he would probably remain outside Lebanon because of the security threat against him .\nIn Lebanon’s sectarian system the president must be a Maronite Catholic the prime minister a Sunni and the speaker of parliament a Shi‘ite. Hariri is Lebanon’s most influential Sunni politician.", "output": [ "Saad al-Hariri" ] }, { "id": "task419-40c355036c1c4c2aa135c6f51c7bb726", "input": "Rachael Denhollander was the first woman to publicly accuse former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. As she worked to find justice for herself and the doctor’s other victims Denhollander began to turn a critical eye on a community that she depended on dearly for support ― her church.\nIt soon became clear to her that when it comes to properly caring for survivors of sexual abuse the church has a long way to go ― and experts HuffPost spoke to agree.\n Denhollander opened up about her disappointment with the American evangelical church in an interview Wednesday with Christianity Today’s Morgan Lee.\n Denhollander was one of more than 150 survivors who shared statements in court during Nassar’s sentencing hearing. In her statement Denhollander spoke about how her advocacy for sexual assault victims “cost me my church and our closest friends.”\n Brendan McDermid / Reuters Rachael Denhollander (center) listens as Larry Nassar is sentenced.\n Denhollander said one of the biggest struggles she faced was trying to come to terms with what happened to her from a spiritual perspective. She told Christianity Today that she initially wondered why God didn’t prevent the abuse and if she was “stained” by it. Over the years she came to realize that church teachings sometimes can be used to “mitigate and to minimize” victims’ suffering.\n″[Christians] can tend to gloss over the devastation of any kind of suffering but especially sexual assault with Christian platitudes like God works all things together for good or God is sovereign ” she told Christianity Today. “Those are very good and glorious biblical truths but when they are misapplied in a way to dampen the horror of evil they ultimately dampen the goodness of God.”\nJEFF KOWALSKY via Getty Images Rachael Denhollander first came forward with public accusations against Nassar in 2016.\n Denhollander first went public with her accusations in The Indianapolis Star in September 2016. At the time she and her husband were attending a church in Louisville Kentucky. She claimed the church was “directly” involved in supporting a local pastor who had been accused of covering up child sex abuse. When Denhollander spoke up on behalf of survivors it caused a rift between her and the leaders of her church. She said some elders even used her personal story of sexual abuse as a weapon against her claiming that the assault had clouded her judgment as an advocate.\nIn the interview with Christianity Today Denhollander made it clear that she feels the problem is bigger than one individual congregation. She believes the American evangelical church as a whole has to work much harder to appropriately respond to abuse allegations from survivors.\n“The only reason I am able to have the support of these leaders now is because I am speaking out against an organization not within their community ” Denhollander said. “Had I been so unfortunate so as to have been victimized by someone in their community ... I would be massively shunned. That’s the reality.”\n“Having communicated with hundreds of clergy sex abuse survivors over the past decade and based on my personal experience as well I can say that Rachael ’s statement is absolutely true in its assessment of how abysmally evangelical leaders would react if she had been victimized by someone within their own community ” Brown told HuffPost. “ Rachael ’s statement should serve as a challenge to evangelical faith groups to at least come up to speed with the basic norms of accountability structures.”", "output": [ "Rachael Denhollander" ] }, { "id": "task419-193cd9e5c6c94afda68d2e951f2eba8d", "input": "The coder and artist Brannon Dorsey (previously) wondered about the potential of \"browser based botnets\" -- running Javascript on tons of machines stitched together into one massively parallel computer.\nBut that Javascript generally only hits you if you visit the site hosting it. Dorsey wondered if there was a faster more efficient way to inject malicious Javascript into tons of browsers.\nAnd he discovered that there was: Online ad networks! Anyone can make an account create an ad with god-knows-what Javascript in it then pay to have the network serve that ad up to thousands of browser.\nSo that's what Dorsey did -- very successfully. Within about three hours his code (experimental not malicious apart from surreptitiously chewing up processing resources) was running on 117 852 web browsers on 30 234 unique IP addresses. Adtech it turns out is a superb vector for injecting malware around the planet.\nSome other fun details: Dorsey found that when people loaded his ad they left the tab open an average of 15 minutes. That gave him huge amounts of compute time -- 327 full days in fact for about $15 in ad purchase. To see what such a botnet could do he created one to run a denial-of-service attack (against his own site just to see if it worked: It did pretty well). He got another to mine the cryptocurrency Monero at rates that will be profitable if Monero goes much higher.\nThe most interesting experiment was in writing an adtech-botnet to store and serve Bittorrent files via Webtorrent. That worked pretty well too: He got 180 175 browsers to run his torrent file in 24 hours with a 702 Mbps upload speed for the entire network.", "output": [ "Brannon Dorsey" ] }, { "id": "task419-5a3976c3eca84960b60e4647aa8746f0", "input": "Goldsmith Akis Goumas is currently attempting to replicate the stone in hard wax or burnt clay to understand the movements shape and size of the handheld tools used.\nIn tracing the tool marks on the sealstone Goumas speculates that the craftsman may have used a rotating wooden lathe with a sharp edge to engrave the stone.\n He thinks one artisan did the basic three-dimensional engraving while another completed the secondary work.\n\"It isn't one craftsman's work because we can see different qualities of dexterity in the synthesis \" he told CNN over email.\nWhile Goumas may soon have answers as to how it was fashioned 3 500 years ago Stocker says we will probably never know how it came into the Griffin Warrior's possession.", "output": [ "Goldsmith Akis Goumas" ] }, { "id": "task419-5aa5e5666a4a4d88a3cf8d6b48fad2cc", "input": "CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' NFL experts tell you who's going to win the biggest matchups of Week 16. USA TODAY Sports\nPittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison (92) takes the field against the New York Giants at Heinz Field. (Photo: Charles LeClaire USA TODAY Sports)\n The Pittsburgh Steelers have parted ways with one of their all-time greats.\n Linebacker James Harrison the franchise's career sack leader was released by the team on Saturday.\nIn a corresponding move the Steelers activated offensive starting Marcus Gilbert who missed the previous four games while serving a suspension for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing substances.\nMore: Your complete fantasy football guide to Week 16\nHarrison has 80 1/2 sacks in 15 years 14 of which have been spent in Pittsburgh. He has played in just five games and logged three tackles this season however as rookie T.J. Watt took over a starting role.\nA five-time Pro Bowl selection and the 2008 defensive player of the year Harrison began with the Steelers as an undrafted free agent out of Kent State in 2002. He did not become a full-time starter until he was 29 but he recorded 54 sacks in his first five seasons in the role.\n Harrison 's 100-yard return of a Kurt Warner interception in Super Bowl XLII was one of the defining moments of Pittsburgh's win over the Arizona Cardinals and remains one of the most iconic moments in the game's history.\n Harrison briefly retired after spending the 2013 season with the rival Cincinnati Bengals but returned to the Steelers in September 2014.", "output": [ "James Harrison" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2f921b51f724946a2f8471c39ab2626", "input": "Dustin Johnson left and Wayne Gretzky right walk to the second tee of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. (Photo: Eric Risberg AP)\nIn front of a large mobile gallery on a spectacular day on the Monterey Peninsula during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am Dustin Johnson and Wayne Gretzky joked their way through 18 holes and played superbly as a team on the historically toughest golf course of the three layouts used in this event. Gretzky who plays fast and clutches a cigar as much as he takes hold of a golf club got things going by making a birdie for the first time in his golf career on the par-5 first at Spyglass and getting a stroke because of his handicap the team was 2-under-par after one hole.\nWhile Gretzky added another birdie on the par-5 seventh and a clutch par on 16 for birdie Johnson was overpowering the seaside and tree-lined course with six birdies en route to a 5-under-par 67. As a team they shot 65.\n Johnson who kicked off the year with a win in the Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii is on the first page of the leaderboard and in position to win for the third time here.\n Johnson and Gretzky have had a visible bond since Johnson started dating Gretzky’s daughter Paulina in 2012. Back then Johnson was ranked in the 20s – a freak of talent and power who while winning a tournament a year fell short of joining the elite class as he struggled with his short game and course management and didn’t buy in 100% to preparation.\nA shift to Butch Harmon as his swing coach paid dividends as Johnson has become one of the most feared in the game from 150 yards and in. Johnson became a gym rat and severely cut down the times he painted the town red at night. Johnson also became a father as he and Paulina (they are engaged) are the parents of two young boys – Tatum and River Jones.\nAnd Johnson has credited Gretzky’s guidance and advice for his ascension up the world rankings. Johnson often picked the NHL icon’s brain and said Gretzky’s support and belief did wonders for his confidence. The two quickly became regular golf partners and talked for hours about how to handle sports fame pressure and expectations with Gretzky in his mentoring ways always stressing to never settle.\nAs Johnson changed his habits his world ranking changed. He was 23rd in the world at the end of 2012 16th at the end of 2013 19th at the end of 2014 eighth at the end of 2015 and third at the end of 2016 when he won three of his 17 PGA Tour titles including his first major championship at the U.S. Open. He became No. 1 when he won at Riviera Country Club in February of last year and has stayed there for 51 weeks as he ’s piled up four more wins.\n He has no intentions of leaving.\n“There are a lot of really good players that are playing really well right now so it's going to be tough for me to keep it ” Johnson said. “But if I keep playing like I am and how I should I'll be there at the end of the year.”", "output": [ "Dustin Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-39e102a7965e4b2784f81b9a58f602ec", "input": "(Reuters) - West Ham United manager Slaven Bilic admits he is one of many Premier League managers facing speculation over their futures but the Croat said the pressure makes him more determined to improve results.\nWest Ham United manager Slaven Bilic before the match. Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs\nEverton’s Ronald Koeman became the third managerial casualty of the Premier League season on Monday and Bilic is at risk of suffering the same fate if he does not turn things around after last Friday’s 3-0 home loss to Brighton and Hove Albion.\nWest Ham are 16th in the table with eight points from nine games but Bilic said he would not walk away from the challenge.\n“You ask me about Koeman there are always three four five managers in those positions and I‘m definitely one of them ” Bilic said ahead of the League Cup fourth round clash at Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday.\nBritish media reports said West Ham’s owners have given Bilic the next two games to turn things around and save his job but the 49-year-old is not worried.", "output": [ "Slaven Bilic" ] }, { "id": "task419-2bda38db352a47e69b8395e3572fece9", "input": "Weng Tojirakarn a key protest leader said Tuesday night that the group was sticking to its demand that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva immediately dissolve Parliament and hold elections. But he canceled an earlier announced \"offensive\" against the army camp.\n Weng said the \"Red Shirt\" protesters would decide what step to take next after the end Friday of a raucous three-day celebration of Thai New Year which doused some of the tension that have kept Bangkok on knife-edge since March 12.\n \"This is such a great relief from politics \" said Jetsada Pinyomongkol brandishing a giant pink-and-yellow water gun. \"I think many people get sick of it. Everywhere you turn to itit's Red Shirt this government that. It's great that we could put the differences aside for at least today.\"\n At loggerheads in the yearslong struggle for power in Thailand are the rural supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra -- whose ouster in a 2006 coup exposed the country's deep political divisions -- and the traditional ruling elite represented by Abhisit and his allies. The Red Shirts claim Abhisit whose supporters include business leaders the military brass and members of the urban middle class took power illegitimately.", "output": [ "Abhisit Vejjajiva" ] }, { "id": "task419-98db849e9fc14ce09667385b22049d3f", "input": "These American billionaires also share a few quirks: Microsoft founder Bill Gates Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Oracle founder Larry Ellison dropped out of college. Jeff Bezos Larry Page and Sergey Brin all went to Montessori schools where children are encouraged to think independently and creatively rather than following traditional rules. It seems too that billionaires really like houses in Hawaii.\nAs is the case with the richest women in America the richest people in America donate a lot of money to causes they care about. Some of the men on this list have donated hundreds of millions into research designed to improve human lifespan and eradicate dangerous diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and cancer. Warren Buffett Gates Zuckerberg and Ellison have gone a step further and promised to give their fortunes away as part of The Giving Pledge an initiative designed by Buffett and Gates to encourage billionaires to funnel their vast wealth to philanthropy.\n6. Larry Ellison\nOracle CEO Larry Ellison speaks during an event at the company's headquarters in Redwood City Calif. in 2014 David Paul Morris-Bloomberg via Getty Images\n Ellison 73 — another college dropout — co-founded the software firm Oracle in 1977. In addition to owning about 25% of the company he also owns the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai a sailing team and even an entire tennis tournament the New York Times reports.\nWhile known for living large (the billionaire owns a 288-foot yatch) Ellison started out with modest ambitions. His parents who adopted him when he was nine months old wanted him to be a doctor but he left school when he realized medicine didn’t interest him . He moved to California and worked as a computer programmer and a rock-climbing instructor and river guide according to the Times. At this point Ellison said he was “pretty happy with his life.”\nBut after a series of jobs he became part of a company working to establish a new type of software database. That company would become Oracle now one of the largest software companies in the world.\n Ellison like other titans on this list is interested in extending human lifespan and has given over $330 million for research into aging and related diseases.\nFour-times divorced Ellison has two adult children and calls his $70 million Woodside Calif. estate home. However Ellison ’s massive real estate portfolio means he never spends much time in one place. He owns additional properties in Japan San Francisco Malibu Lake Tahoe and Rhode Island.", "output": [ "Larry Ellison" ] }, { "id": "task419-0ffeaff236bf410baeb7092b61bcae6c", "input": "However former market regulator Bart Chilton believes trading bitcoin futures will be safe and could actually help stabilize the cryptocurrency he told CNBC on Thursday.\nChicago-based Cboe Global Markets is set to launch bitcoin futures on Sunday and CME the world's largest futures exchange is planning to launch its futures product next week. Both exchanges are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission which Chilton used to head.\n\"They know what they are doing in these markets. CME is the most liquid diverse traded futures contracts around the world \" Chilton said in an interview with CNBC's \"Power Lunch.\"\nChilton said the CME and Cboe know what the risks are and are very adept at setting their margins which are constantly adjusted in things that are more volatile.\n Chilton has long been a proponent of regulating the digital currency which has no central authority. Its transactions are recorded in an anonymous public log called the blockchain.\n\"It doesn't have to be a full-throated regulation that thwarts innovation. I support digital currencies. But there needs to be some consumer protections \" he said.", "output": [ "Chilton" ] }, { "id": "task419-393c914cc1b14b5cad6416da52e5649d", "input": "Donna Brazile . (Joe Raedle/Associated Press)\nOn Thursday former Democratic National Committee interim chair Donna Brazile made a surprising revelation: An August 2015 agreement gave Hillary Clinton’s campaign partial control of the DNC months prior to Clinton winning the nomination. The “agreement was not illegal ” Brazile writes “but it sure looked unethical.” The news reignited a debate among politicos and activists over whether the DNC influenced the Democratic primary. Whether the primary was “rigged” or just business as usual though Brazile’s allegations are only the latest evidence of the Democratic Party’s troubles and why the party establishment is ill-equipped to solve them.\nStart with something that Brazile ’s article doesn’t touch on: the electoral record. At the federal level Republicans control the White House and both houses of Congress. The GOP House majority is at its largest in 70 years. Though two-thirds of the Senate seats contested in 2016 were held by Republicans Democrats only gained two seats losing races against very vulnerable GOP incumbents. At the state level Republicans are at their strongest since the 1930s. Republicans control both the state legislatures and governorships in 24 states compared with Democrats’ five. The GOP’s ruthless exploitation of gerrymandering — aided by its control of so many states — has helped increase GOP control but much blame still lies with Democratic leaders.\nHere is what you need to know about the political storm sparked by Donna Brazile 's allegations against the Clinton campaign. (Amber Ferguson Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)\nThen there’s the financial mismanagement. Money troubles for the DNC are hardly unprecedented but the struggles appear to have worsened considerably in the past few years. Brazile says that the party’s monthly expenditures had doubled in the previous five years in large part because of former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and President Barack Obama keeping expensive consultants on the payroll. (Given Democrats’ electoral failures what these consultants were doing is anyone’s guess.) Of course it’s in Brazile ’s interest to blame things on her predecessor. But a former senior party official independently confirmed the troubles to the Intercept’s Ryan Grim adding that the DNC was unable to make payroll in August 2015 and was “approaching the equivalent of bankruptcy.”", "output": [ "Donna Brazile" ] }, { "id": "task419-fcd0a4ac42d7423584fa7be69d9129d2", "input": "Yolanda Vega (r.) presents prize money to New York Lottery winner from Long Island Leelawatie Pittam (l.) inside Resorts World Casino on Tuesday Nov. 28 2017 in Queens New York. (Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News)\n“You gotta keep playing ” he said. “You gotta be in it to win it.”\n He wasn’t the only lucky winner announced Tuesday.\nShe was equally excited to meet Yolanda Vega the lottery official who hands winners their oversized checks.", "output": [ "Yolanda Vega" ] }, { "id": "task419-a23d28fffac34c7b875742fc5336e076", "input": "Regina Lewis 32 worked for ​the ​not-for-profit Council of Peoples from February 2014 to June 2015 court papers charge where she was responsible for creating case files for Sandy victims that detailed their needs and plans to rebuild their lives.\nFour cohorts Ella Zlotina Joal Livingston Jamie Hughes and Christina Clover were busted alongside Lewis for various roles in the scheme.\n Lewis was held on $200 000 bond.\n Lewis ’ alleged scam was in no way related to Tuesday’s bust of Brooklyn ​Assemblywoman Pamela Harris accused of looting some $60 000 in state and federal funds designated for disaster relief.", "output": [ "Regina Lewis" ] }, { "id": "task419-da766ee4826f461d80df282d8218c63d", "input": "SEE IT: Activist slams Caitlyn Jenner for support of Donald Trump\nPreston made waves when she confronted Caitlin Jenner in August over her endorsement of President Trump. (Taylor Jewell/Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)\nPreston who previously served as the editor-in-chief of Wear Your Voice magazine went viral after confronting Jenner in August at a Trans Chorus of Los Angeles event for her endorsement of President Trump.\n“You’re a f--king fraud ” Preston told Jenner at the time. “It’s really f--ked up that you continue to support somebody...that’s erasing our f--king community. And you support it!”", "output": [ "Caitlyn Jenner" ] }, { "id": "task419-d006324f5a234f55a48bf55416d77905", "input": "In an email Thursday to The Associated Press Col. Thomas F. Veale said the coalition reported to the Russians the buildup of the pro-government forces in the area before the attack and communicated with them during and after it. The Russian officials offered assurances that they would not engage the coalition forces in the area Veale said.\n“Pro-regime forces initiated hostilities with artillery pieces (howitzers). Additionally Syrian pro-regime forces maneuvered T-55 and T-72 main battle tanks with supporting mortar fire in what appears to be a coordinated attack on Syrian Democratic Forces approximately 8 kilometers (5 miles) east of the Euphrates River de-confliction line in Khusham Syria ” Veale said.\nAsked if Russia was responsible for not stopping the attack Veale said: “The de-confliction effort has served its purpose. Just as the coalition does not direct the operations of the SDF the Russians do not direct operations of the Syrian regime.”\n Veale said they suspect the Syrian pro-government forces were trying to seize terrain from the U.S.-backed forces liberated from IS militants last year including major oil fields in the area.", "output": [ "Thomas F. Veale" ] }, { "id": "task419-611d8c2c92cb4a63a26cd3d1a3b79a61", "input": "WHIO-TV reports Tyra Patterson now 42 was freed Monday Christmas Day.\n Patterson was convicted in the 1994 murder and robbery of 15-year-old Michelle Lai. She was one of five people charged with killing Lai and robbing her sister and three other girls.\n Patterson did not fire the shot that killed Lai but under Ohio law accomplices can get the same punishment as killers.\nCelebrity supporters of her innocence claims included documentary filmmaker Ken Burns actress Alfre Woodard and “Mad Men” TV show creator Matthew Weiner.\n Patterson was granted parole in October. She was being held at the Northeast Pre-Release Center in Cleveland.", "output": [ "Tyra Patterson" ] }, { "id": "task419-2d1c1fdec5d44284bb85f7d2b6364a89", "input": "Sen. Rand Paul R-Ky. recovering from broken ribs and lung bruising he sustained in an alleged assault by a neighbor is being told to expect federal charges in the case — indicating a possible alleged political motive Fox News reported Thursday.\nJudge Andrew Napolitano told Fox News' Shepard Smith that unnamed sources inside the Kentucky Republican's Senate office say Paul has been told of expected federal charges against neighbor Rene Boucher.\n\"If they're considering federal charges that obviously goes way beyond a simple assault charge — he 's currently charged with a low level assault \" Napolitano told Smith.\n\"If it remains at the state level with broken ribs and water in the lungs may very well be elevated to a felony and go to the county attorney \" he added. \"If they're looking at federal charges it sounds like this was politically motivated.\"\n Paul 's injuries were initially reported as five broken ribs but Wednesday the senator tweeted he had six broken ribs and a pleural effusion — where fluid collects inside the membranes of the lung and chest wall outside the lung.\nBoucher pleaded not guilty Thursday to fourth-degree assault for the attack on Paul on the lawn of his Bowling Green home last Friday a charge that carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail if convicted.", "output": [ "Rand Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-b30d6a3aded34ba3a123195c3ce7bbfa", "input": "\"I am announcing today that I will not seek reelection in 2018 ” Rep. Joe Barton said in a Thursday statement. “To the people of the 6th District thank you for your support and friendship.\"\nBefore the messages were made public Barton had said he planned to run for an 18th term to the House.\nBut this week another woman released online messages allegedly showing Barton steering the conversation toward sexual themes.\nKelly Canon a Tea Party organizer in the Dallas suburb of Arlington released a series of Facebook Messenger conversations with Barton from 2012 in which he asked things like if she was wearing panties.\nFirst reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Wednesday the revelation comes a week after Barton apologized for a nude photo of him that circulated on social media.\nCanon later told The Associated Press that she and Barton exchanged online messages from around 2011 to 2015. They included Barton asking after midnight in June 2012 whether Canon was \"wearing a tank top only ... and no panties.\" The congressman was married at the time to his second wife but is now twice divorced.\n Barton told The Dallas Morning News on Thursday that people “lost faith” in him over the situation.\n\"There are enough people who lost faith in me that it’s time to step aside and let there be a new voice for the 6th district in Washington so I am not going to run for re-election \" Barton said.\nIt began when an anonymous account on Twitter last week posted a censored photo of a nude man and suggested it was Barton . The account also tweeted a screenshot of a text message from \"Joe B\" using strongly sexual language.\n Barton apologized and suggested the photo was taken while he was separated from his wife and had consensual relationships with other women.\n\"While separated from my second wife prior to the divorce I had sexual relationships with other mature adult women \" Barton said. \"Each was consensual. Those relationships have ended.”\nSome have defended Barton calling him a victim of “revenge porn.” The congressman said last week the Capitol Police offered to launch an investigation into the release and he accepted the offer.\n Barton who was first elected to Congress in 1984 is the vice-chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.", "output": [ "Barton" ] }, { "id": "task419-4d29076a524b425db7ffd0c459f40f40", "input": "Australian muggles squibs witches and wizards alike should ready their galleons and raise a hefty tankard of Madam Rosmerta's famous mead.\n Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is headed for Australia opening in early 2019 at Melbourne's Princess Theatre. Performance dates and ticketing details are yet to be announced so hold onto your sorting hats Billywigs.\nThe announcement was made on Tuesday local time by producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender of Harry Potter Theatrical Productions.\n\"You can’t ever assume a new play is going to have a further life but we knew that if Harry Potter and the Cursed Child did have a life beyond London and Broadway that the next stop would be here.\"\nA scene featuring the original London cast of \" Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.\" Image: Manuel Harlan\nHaven't had the chance to see the eighth Harry Potter instalment the first official HP theatrical production? What've you been doing repotting mandrakes?\n Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is based on an original story by J.K. Rowling Jack Thorne and John Tiffany adapted by Thorne for the stage and directed by John Tiffany.\nJamie Parker as Harry Potter from the Original London Company of ' Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.' Image: manuel harlan", "output": [ "Harry Potter" ] }, { "id": "task419-6836a0fa00a4458e9b3292bf21416feb", "input": "Spencer Stone Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos had been thrilled when Clint Eastwood bought the rights to their book about the events on a Thalys high speed train in northern France in August 2015.\nImage copyright AFP Image caption Spencer Stone leaves the Lesquin hospital after treatment\nImage copyright Warner Bros Image caption Judy Greer (left) plays Spencer Stone 's mother and Jenna Fischer plays that of Alek Skarlatos\n\"It was at a ceremony the year after the attack \" Stone recalls. \"And afterwards we all huddled up and decided we needed to say something to him . So we went back into the greenroom and said we have this book coming out and you should make the movie! So Mr Eastwood said to send him the book and gave us his address.\"\n Image copyright Warner Bros Image caption Spencer Stone opted for an army career as did Alek Skarlatos\nAfter school both Stone and Skarlatos opted for military careers - Stone in the US Air Force and Skarlatos in the Oregon Army National Guard. Did that military experience influence their split-second decision to try to take down El-Khazzani when he was intent on carnage?\n Image copyright Warner Bros Image caption Spencer Stone (right) says he was driven by fear for his life\nStone who moments before had been dozing charged down the train aisle as El-Khazzani levelled an assault rifle at him .\nBut the weapon didn't fire possibly because a bullet was faulty. Stone ended up with severe gashes to his neck and thumb after El-Khazzani lashed out with a box-cutter as they struggled hand-to-hand. Skarlatos and Sadler came to Stone 's assistance.\n\"I wasn't really thinking about everyone else: I was just thinking about myself \" says Stone . \"I just saw that something had to be done.", "output": [ "Spencer Stone" ] }, { "id": "task419-93be7232782d40a1ad4a1e54fb27011b", "input": "WARSAW Poland (AP) — A new art exhibition that explores the little-known connections Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera had to Poland is bringing works inspired by Mexico's indigenous cultures to a European audience which rarely has the chance to see them .\n \"Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera . Polish Context\" features iconic Kahlo self-portraits and paintings by Rivera alongside works by two Polish-born artists.\n The show also tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of a Kahlo painting titled \"The Wounded Table\" after it was displayed in Poland in 1955.\nOne is the photographer Bernice Kolko who took photos of Kahlo during the last years of her life even intimate images of the artist on her death bed and at her funeral. The other is Fanny Rabel who was a student of Kahlo 's and an apprentice to Rivera becoming one of the first female muralists in Mexico.\nCORRECTS SOURCE - Guests attend a preview of a new exhibition on Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in Poznan Poland on Tuesday Sept. 26 2017. \"Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera . Polish Context\" features iconic Kahlo self-portraits works by Rivera and the works of two Polish-born artists linked to the couple. It also recalls the mysterious disappearance of a Kahlo painting after it was displayed in Poland 62 years ago. (Maciej Kaczyński/CZ ZAMEK via AP)\nThe paintings on display include several of Kahlo 's key works including \"Self-portrait with Monkeys\" and \"Self-Portrait as Tehuana \" also known as \"Diego in My Thoughts.\" The painting shows Kahlo stuck in a web and with a small portrait of Rivera on her forehead an apparent reference to her long obsession with the husband who betrayed her with other women.", "output": [ "Frida Kahlo" ] }, { "id": "task419-578150ad3f4c488ea6d731f59d9e09d5", "input": "Tupelo police said Steven Michael Hulbert 22 of Walls allegedly fired multiple shots at a man in the west parking lot of the BancorpSouth Arena about 11:13 p.m. Friday. The man who was shot in the chest was released Saturday from North Mississippi Medical Center. His name was not released.\nMultiple media outlets report Hulbert is being held in the Lee County jail on $100 000 bond. It was unknown if he's represented by an attorney. Hulbert 's initial court appearance is Monday.\nTupelo Police were already on scene as part of security for Aldean's concert and responded to the shots fired call. Hulbert was arrested after police stopped his vehicle before it left the parking lot.\nWitnesses said the shooting stemmed from an argument among a small group of men. Hulbert then pulled a pistol and fired four to six shots. Police said bullets hit the victim and struck multiple vehicles in the parking lot.", "output": [ "Steven Michael Hulbert" ] }, { "id": "task419-81b66b9e27984cd2baa099823f650ade", "input": "PYEONGCHANG South Korea -- As she headed up the steepest most grueling hill of her life in third place Jessica Diggins thought to herself just winning an Olympic medal was no longer good enough. She wanted more. She wanted gold.\n Diggins dug deep remembering all the years of training she had put in and of all her teammates waiting for her at the finish line to bring home the United States' first medal ever in women's cross-country skiing - and then she let loose.\n Diggins reached the peak of the hill in third place but sped past Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla on the last big winding downhill. She rounded the final corner and took dead aim at Sweden's Stina Nilsson on the final 100-meter homestretch.\nThe crowd in the grandstand was on its feet sensing history and at that moment Diggins said she felt \"unstoppable.\"\n\"Around that final corner I felt like I was uncoiling a spring and letting it go \" Diggins said. \"Giving it everything I had digging as deep as I could and putting it all out there. When your team is counting on you you don't give up ever.\"\n Diggins certainly didn't give up.\n She blew by Nilsson in a blur to capture gold in the team sprint bringing the United States its first gold medal ever in cross-country skiing.\nAs she crossed the line she collapsed in exhaustion as teammate Kikkan Randall tackled her in the snow. Randall lay on top of a crying Diggins shaking her ski jacket in pure excitement and utter joy.\n\"That feeling of being able to cross the line and have Kikkan tackle me was the coolest thing ever \" Diggins said.\n Diggins and Randall ended that 42-year drought and surely gave a huge boost to all of the young cross-country skiers back home in the United States.\n Diggins' father Clay said he had a feeling this was the day the drought would end. Diggins had three top-six finishes at the Olympics and Randall was skiing well too. And he said the entire American women's cross-country team came out to practice on Tuesday morning with Diggins and Randall.\n\"There were only two of them skiing today but the entire team came out to support them - practicing tags and everything \" Clay Diggins said. \"That to me is pretty cool. They wanted to be there for them for the team. And I think Kikkan and Jess felt that (support) on the course.\"\n Diggins screamed as she crossed the finish line setting off a huge celebration for the red white and blue. Her American teammates were jumping and hugging each other along the fence line that guarded the track.\n\"Our whole team had that belief we could win and everyone was there screaming \" Diggins said of the final sprint. \"I don't know if you have that many teams where everyone is out there on the fence yelling their faces off. I just think we had a lot of support behind of us.\"", "output": [ "Jessica Diggins" ] }, { "id": "task419-67f34f92f0434a39a0357380ee4306cc", "input": "Barak is the first Israeli official to visit Turkey since the diplomatic feud that erupted Monday after Israel's deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon summoned Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Oguz Celikkol to complain about a TV show. The ambassador was forced to sit on a low sofa without a handshake while Ayalon explained to local TV stations that the humiliation was intentional. Outraged Turkey threatened to recall the ambassador forcing Ayalon to apologize.\n Barak on Sunday met with Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to discuss the latest crisis. He is also scheduled to meet Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul later Sunday.\n Barak and his fellow Labor Party member Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer have significantly warmer relations with Turkey than Ayalon and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman's ultra-nationalist party.\n Upon his arrival in Turkey Barak was greeted warmly at the airport by a Turkish admiral. His first stop was at the mausoleum of modern and secular Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk whom Barak praised as an inspiration in making the region \"one of peace and security.\"", "output": [ "Barak" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a09bb6e81894e12aa52989b4e5b168d", "input": "And Clinton should have also known that simply running the conventional campaign playbook against Trump would never do . \nBecause Trump spent more than a year crushing more than a dozen Republican primary challengers -- the vast majority of whom tried to run the very same \"traditional\" political campaign that Clinton did . \n-LRB- CNN -RRB- In her new memoir of the 2016 campaign , Hillary Clinton offers this analysis on why she lost : . \nClinton consumed with Russian meddling , she writes in new book . \nClinton should have known all of that . \nThere 's another thing that Clinton should have known : That running a \"traditional presidential campaign\" was unlikely to work against Trump . \nIt 's a lesson Clinton should have learned when she lost the Democratic presidential primary back in 2008 . \nGo all the way back to Bill Clinton -- another campaign that Hillary Clinton was intimately familiar with . \nIn this race , Trump felt to them like the change candidate and Clinton felt like more of the same . \nIf the definition of insanity is repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting a different result , then that 's exactly what Clinton was doing in this campaign . \nTOPSHOT - US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a concession speech after being defeated by Republican president-elect Donald Trump in New York on November 9 , 2016 . \nHillary Clinton should have known better than to think that a stack of policy papers was the way to the White House . \nThe broader point here is that while Clinton 's diagnosis of why she lost is accurate , it 's not the full picture . \nBut , Clinton 's analysis -- while broadly accurate -- misses -LRB- or takes for granted -RRB- a few things that should not be missed or taken for granted . \nClinton clearly views Trump 's \"heart\" appeal as beneath contempt . \nClinton won as a fresh-faced son of the South , not on any specific policies . \n-LRB- Clinton acknowledges in the book that she was never able to fully express her feelings and emotions during the campaign . -RRB- \nDefiant Clinton looks to explain loss in new memoir .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc01dd99be3c4e779004d7caff73b5fe", "input": "The move led to the appointment of a special counsel in May 2017 a development that continues to infuriate the President. While Trump often directed that anger at Sessions by June he turned his ire to Mueller and wanted the special counsel fired a source confirmed to CNN after it was first reported in The New York Times. White House counsel Don McGahn refused to order the Justice Department to fire Mueller the source said because he disagreed with the President's reasoning.\n Trump appeared in good spirits Friday morning as he prepared to deliver remarks in Davos a source who spent time with Trump behind the scenes said. There was no sign that he was perturbed by reports about his move to fire Mueller this person said and Trump didn't bring up the topic.\nBut ever since a special counsel was named the President's frustrations have continued to simmer. Trump has come to view Rosenstein as one-in-the-same as Mueller -- another government official who is out to get the President one source said.\nSources described Trump 's frustration with Rosenstein as largely bluster.\nIn explaining his urge to fire Mueller The Times citing two people said the President said there was a conflict of interest based on Mueller's dispute with one of his golf clubs over fees the fact that Mueller worked at the same law firm that was representing Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and that Mueller interviewed for the FBI director position the day before he was named special counsel. A source tells CNN another reason Trump wanted to fire Mueller was his perception that Mueller was close friends with Comey. The two men are professional acquaintances.\nAs for McGahn he was already prone to becoming frustrated with the President and had threatened to quit over different issues including Trump 's choice of lawyers to defend the President and White House according to a source familiar with the situation. But the pressure in June to fire Mueller caused McGahn to tell others he would resign and this time he packed up some of his belongings in boxes according to two people familiar with the matter.\nBefore the news broke Thursday those who have worked closely with McGahn in recent weeks said they believe he 's committed to staying at the White House. But his fate could depend on how Trump reacts upon his return to Washington.", "output": [ "June Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-67523df49da049edaf0822661c129bdc", "input": "Albert Edwards an investment strategist in London for the French bank Societe Generale considers the debate a waste of time. To be specific he forecasts a \"bloody deep recession\" that produces a stock market collapse of at least 60 percent followed by years of inflation of 20 percent to 30 percent as the persistent printing of money by central banks desperate to improve the situation sends prices soaring.\n Once frequently shown the door by disbelieving clients Edwards recently drew 600 investors to a conference in London.\n Further afield Raoul Pal a former Goldman Sachs derivatives expert and hedge fund manager has attracted a growing following with his monthly research note that most recently predicted a depression in the United States similar to that of the 1930s and eventual bankruptcy for Britain.\n But if investors had been following the advice of Edwards or Pal over the last month as stocks have bounced back they would have lost money as both men readily acknowledge. Edwards has advised investors to be heavily underinvested in all equities and Pal is betting against the U.S. stock market as well as shorting the euro.\n As for whether central banks can rescue their economies through a fresh round of money injection both Pal and Edwards are skeptical.", "output": [ "Albert Edwards" ] }, { "id": "task419-571ce225125548e5b64b3691f2ab1509", "input": "Each night for 24 years Emma Daniel Gray would diligently clean the White House. When she came to the president's chair she would pause cleaning materials in hand and say a quick prayer.\n The prayers asked for blessings wisdom and safety for each of the six presidents she served.\n It's a \"Backstairs at the White House\" moment a story that could have come from the 1979 Emmy Award-winning miniseries about the professional household staff to the presidential families. Like the characters in that television show Gray took great pride in her work traveling each day by public transportation from her home here to the residence of one of the most powerful men in the world.\n She worked nights in the executive offices. Her official title was charwoman from the time she started with the government in 1943 until her retirement in 1979. The first decade or so she was assigned to what is now called the Government Accountability Office and a handful of other agencies. In 1955 she was transferred to the White House \"because of her working habits because of her excellent work \" said one of her daughters Lillie Collins of Forestville Md. \"It wasn't just her work it was her character.\"\n That nightly pause for prayer was in keeping with her habits of a lifetime.\n A member of Holy Trinity Worship Center International in Washington she \"loved President Carter because she felt he prayed a lot \" her daughter said and she treasured a photograph of her shaking hands with him as well as an autographed picture of her with Rosalynn Carter. President Kennedy may have been her next favorite because of the Christmas parties his administration threw for workers and their families occasions that her children remember for Gray's insistence that they dress up and behave properly.\n Emma Daniel was born April 16 1914 in Edgefield S.C. and was raised by her grandfather who had been a slave.\n \"He was sold three times \" she told the Prince George's (Md.) Journal newspaper about 10 years ago. \"He paid his boss's son 20 cents to teach him to read and when he could read he loved the Ten Commandments so much that people in the town began calling him Uncle Ten.\" When Gray would visit her home town residents would usually ask \"Aren't you Uncle Ten's granddaughter?\"\n Uncle Ten.\" When Gray would visit her home town residents would usually ask \"Aren't you Uncle Ten's granddaughter?\"\n She married William Gray also from South Carolina and they came to Washington in 1943 part of a wave of black Southerners who sought opportunity in the nation's capital during World War II. Her husband who worked as a custodian at the Government Printing Office died in 1966. She never remarried. She had seven children two of whom died Willie Mae Gray in 1997 and Lewis Gray in 2000.\n But in a larger sense her family expanded and prospered. When she died at 95 June 8 of leukemia at Gladys Spellman Specialty Hospital\n Nursing Center in Cheverly Md. she was the matriarch of six generations..\n In addition to her daughter Lillie survivors include four children George Gray of Hyattsville Md. Amanese Hemphill of Capitol Heights Md. Janie Stevens of Forestville and Mamie Gentry of Washington; 35 grandchildren; and 61 great-grandchildren. There are too many great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren to count the family said.\n In retirement Gray took her only airplane trip to Hawaii. Her family and friends treasured her cooking especially her specialty sweet potato pie. And she had a way of boosting the spirits of everybody.\n \"She learned early that you set the tone for your environment \" Woods said. \"That's why church was so important to her. She understood it to be that kind of institution that was conducive to what you needed spiritually emotionally and sometimes financially. ... She preached her own eulogy by the life that she lived.\"", "output": [ "Emma Daniel Gray" ] }, { "id": "task419-85e55b0a334a4d22868eea862efd6f65", "input": "There was a growing feeling that \"he (Zapatero) acts with improvisation and flippancy against one of the most serious economic crises of the country's history \" it said.\n \"If the government that Zapatero presides (over) wants to move away from the slippery slope it is on and ensure its continuity and most importantly drive the economic recovery and not dive into the abyss a change is necessary \" it added.\n The left-wing newspaper has in recent weeks been highly critical of Zapatero's personal leadership style and economic policies.\n El Pais was the Prime Minister's main media ally before and after he came to power in 2004.\n Earlier this month the newspaper published a huge caricature depicting Zapatero at the helm of a sinking map of Spain encircled by sharks marked unemployment and deficit.\n It also comes on the heels of the resignation this month by three former cabinet ministers in Zapatero's government from their seats in parliament in what has been seen as a sign of a growing split within the ruling party.\n El Pais accused Zapatero of increasingly adopting a \"presidential\" style and said change was needed \"not only with respect to the political measures adopted but also in the way they are taken and executed which has reached an unprecedented level of confusion.\"", "output": [ "Luis Rodriguez Zapatero", "Zapatero" ] }, { "id": "task419-7e26de802bea40a1a05b5ca20e62e869", "input": "At some point before President Trump’s inauguration disgraced national security adviser Michael Flynn assured an ex-business partner that economic sanctions on Russia would be “ripped up” as soon as the new administration entered the White House according to documents made public Wednesday.\n Flynn made the promise to Alex Copson a managing partner of a Russia-connected energy company a whistleblower told Rep. Elijah Cummings this summer.\nTrump calls Flynn guilty plea ‘a shame ’ blames FBI Hillary\nThe unnamed whistleblower’s claims pose the strongest evidence yet that the nascent Trump White House was looking to rescind sanctions against Russia and also suggests that Flynn could have had a personal financial stake in the matter.\n Flynn who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI last week worked together with Copson’s company ACU Strategic Partners until June 2016. Their work together involved a deal with the Russian government to build nuclear power plants in the Middle East.\nCopson apparently told the whistleblower during an Inauguration Day event in Washington D.C. that Flynn had just texted him that the power plant venture was “good to go.”\nRep. Elijah Cummings called on the House Oversight Committee to issue subpoenas for White House records pertaining to Flynn 's contacts with Copson. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)\n Flynn ’s lawyer did not immediately return a request for comment from the Daily News.\n Flynn was fired less than a month into his tenure as national security adviser after it became clear that he had lied to Vice President Mike Pence about his contacts with a Russian diplomat. On Friday Flynn became the first current or former Trump administration official to agree to cooperate with special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigators.\n“These grave allegations compel a full credible and bipartisan congressional investigation ” Cummings wrote adding that Flynn appears to have \"sought to manipulate the course of international nuclear policy for the financial gain of his former business partners.\"", "output": [ "Michael Flynn" ] }, { "id": "task419-21e8e0b0e21f4fc3a87c189f423210f5", "input": "Giancarlo Stanton is just the third reigning MVP to get traded. The common thread in all three cases? All three were salary dumps.\n Giancarlo Stanton 2017 \n Giancarlo Stanton is just the third MVP to be traded after his MVP season. (Joe Skipper/Getty Images)\nMarlins slugger claimed NL MVP with 59 home runs (22 more than he 'd ever hit before) and 132 RBI. But the nearly $300 million he is owed is out of the Marlins' league so baseball's all-time leaders in salary dumps did what they do best shipping him to the Yankees for Starlin Castro and two minor-leaguers.", "output": [ "Giancarlo Stanton" ] }, { "id": "task419-029742a8184043d59a7f3bd1471dcafe", "input": "Ryan Lewis the famed producer known for his talents alongside breakout musician and independent hip-hop artist Macklemore has lived a life in the limelight. From winning a Grammy for Best Rap Album of 2014 to being involved in handfuls of tangential creative endeavors and collaborative projects Lewis has seemingly lived two lives: his own and the perception created as a result—across news outlets industry blogs and social media channels each telling his story from their own angle and perspective.\n Lewis who has a track record of applying technology and an understanding of the role it can play in creating public conversations saw this as an opportunity to answer that tough question: “What’s at the heart of what everyone is saying about a topic or a person online?”\nAnd he ’s decided to leverage blockchain technology to do it with a handful of early investors already on board and an ICO (Initial Coin Offering) planned for this year.\n“As soon as this idea started to marinate I began to form a team to move the vision forward ” said Lewis talking about his deliberate shift from time spent on music to balance time in the tech scene. “I’ve always had an interest in tech just by the nature of the projects I’ve been involved in over the past decade. And one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned as a music producer is that a great producer knows what they’re good at and what they’re not good at. As I began to realize there could be a better way to more accurately and objectively organize stories on the Internet I knew I needed a team.”\nThe first person Lewis shared his idea with was longtime collaborator and close friend Macklemore who immediately saw the value and came on board as the first investor and company advisor. Ryan then worked closely with Josh Karp and Scott Lewis early creative partners to continue articulating the vision. After achieving initial milestones Ryan connected with current tech partner RJ Smith a 20-year technology veteran with a unique background pioneering transformational initiatives inside the US government.\n“These were problems I was already working on ” said Smith. “To meet another person with a ton of talent and a different set of skills but with a shared passion was invaluable. The challenges in a new start are humbling and it was exciting to join forces with Ryan and other team members to execute this huge vision together.”", "output": [ "Ryan Lewis" ] }, { "id": "task419-0959f5874f524cd986046347dadf8416", "input": "Bitcoin's price has fully recovered from its recent slump after JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon called it a fraud and Chinese regulators cracked down on exchanges.\nThe cryptocurrency had a drawdown of up to 14% in the 10 days after September 12 when Dimon compared it to the tulip bubble of the 1600s and vowed to fire traders who used it.\nBy Thursday bitcoin had all of the losses. It was up nearly 2% from the lows on the day Dimon spoke at $4157.31 per coin at 10:28 a.m. ET.\nThe move illustrates bitcoin's wild volatility; it's gained 331% this year unheard of for any major currency and most financial assets. It also shows why many Wall Street professionals like Dimon don't see it as a legitimate store of value but as a speculative instrument.", "output": [ "Jamie Dimon" ] }, { "id": "task419-32e98404dba04cb3adf0303f390fd466", "input": "Sarah Ferguson the Duchess of York has seemingly been silenced after she published a series of odd tweets following the announcement that her daughter Princess Eugenie is engaged to Jack Brooksbank.\nOn Monday Princess Eugenie the daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson announced her engagement to Jack Brooksbank. Following the nuptial news her mom Fergie took to Twitter.\nThe happy mother tweeted five separate posts featuring romantic photos of Eugenie and Brooksbank with detailed greeting card-like captions on each photo.\nFerguson’s first tweet of the day was a black and white image of the couple which read in a Hallmark card-style font: “A total embrace of goodness AND JOY we love jack and I AM SO EXCITED to have a son a brother and a best friend Eugenie is one of the finest people I know and so together it will BE PURE HARMONY’ #total joy #engagement @TheDukeOfYork.“\nIn another candid photo The Duchess shared of the newly engaged couple she wrote: “They make laughter and we feel the joy…Thank you for the magic. Jack and Eugie so proud of you .”\n“Jack is an absolutely outstanding young man and Eugenie and he have got to know each over a number of years and I’m really thrilled for them ” Andrew said. “I can’t speak for the Duchess but we… and for [Eugenie’s sister] Beatrice ... we are overjoyed today that Eugenie and Jack have got engaged.”", "output": [ "Eugenie" ] }, { "id": "task419-6d00b17a78f14657b231435970c40312", "input": "BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon believes Saad al-Hariri is held in Saudi Arabia from where he resigned as prime minister two top Lebanese government officials said amid a deepening crisis pushing Lebanon onto the frontlines of a power struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran.\nFILE PHOTO: Lebanon's prime minister Saad al-Hariri gestures during a press conference in parliament building at downtown Beirut Lebanon October 9 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo\nIn a televised statement indicating deep concern at Hariri ’s situation his Future Movement political party said his return home was necessary to uphold the Lebanese system describing him as prime minister and a national leader.\n Hariri ’s shock resignation read out on television from Saudi Arabia came as a shock even to his aides and embroils Lebanon further in a regional contest between Riyadh and Tehran.\n Hariri ’s exit fueled wide speculation that the Sunni Muslim politician long an ally of Riyadh was coerced into stepping down by Saudi Arabia as it seeks to hit back against Iran and its Lebanese Shi‘ite ally Hezbollah.\nIn his resignation speech Hariri denounced Iran and Hezbollah for sowing strife in Arab states and said he feared assassination. His father a veteran former prime minister was killed by a bomb in 2005.\n“Keeping Hariri with restricted freedom in Riyadh is an attack on Lebanese sovereignty. Our dignity is his dignity. We will work with (foreign) states to return him to Beirut ” said the senior Lebanese official speaking on condition of anonymity because the government had yet to declare this position.\nSaudi Arabia says Hariri resigned because Hezbollah which was included in Hariri ’s coalition government had “hijacked” Lebanon’s political system.\n Hariri aides had until Thursday denied he was under house arrest but took a dramatically different tone after a meeting of the Future Movement convened at Hariri’s Beirut residence on Thursday.\n Hariri ’s aunt Bahia sat next to Siniora as he read the statement. The party stood behind his leadership it said.\n Hariri came to office last year in a political deal that made the Hezbollah-allied Christian politician Michel Aoun head of state and produced a coalition government grouping most Lebanese parties including Hezbollah.\nSaudi Arabia blessed the government at the time but has been fiercely critical of the Hariri-led government since he stepped down saying it failed to act against Hezbollah whose guerrilla army is far more powerful than the weak state.\nFILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri attends a general parliament discussion in downtown Beirut Lebanon October 18 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo\nSaudi Arabia had wanted Hariri to take a tougher stance toward Hezbollah and he failed to do so the fourth source said. “ He was functioning as if it is business as usual so the Saudis had to accelerate the process and to force a resignation.”\n Hariri flew to Saudi Arabia last Friday.\nThe top Lebanese government official speaking on condition of anonymity said: “Lebanon is heading toward asking foreign and Arab states to put pressure on Saudi Arabia to release Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri.”", "output": [ "Saad al-Hariri" ] }, { "id": "task419-37806dfcb8da448a889beab02cf4ebb7", "input": "Trump wrote on Twitter this morning that it's \"so disgraceful that a person illegally in our country killed [Indianapolis] Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson. This is just one of many such preventable tragedies. We must get the Dems to get tough on the Border and with illegal immigration FAST!\"\nSo disgraceful that a person illegally in our country killed @Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson. This is just one of many such preventable tragedies. We must get the Dems to get tough on the Border and with illegal immigration FAST! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 6 2018\nMy prayers and best wishes are with the family of Edwin Jackson a wonderful young man whose life was so senselessly taken. @Colts — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 6 2018\nThis isn't the first time Trump has invoked the deaths of Americans to argue against illegal immigration. He has often referenced the San Francisco pier case in which an undocumented immigrant who had been deported multiple times was accused of fatally shooting a 32-year-old Kate Steinle on a pier. In that case a jury found Jose Ines Garcia Zarate not guilty of Steinle's July 2015 death.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-b5a3705098dc4c4a8997df7c315226b2", "input": "Nathan Chen hit the ice jumping when he landed in PyeongChang South Korea to compete in his first Winter Olympic Games. Despite not sleeping through the night because of jet lag the young American star managed to skate all three practice sessions to which he was assigned and he held little back landing most of the challenging quadruple jumps for which he ’s known.\nThat bodes well for the first member of the U.S. Olympic figure skating team scheduled to compete in PyeongChang. Chen 18 will skate the short program portion of the team event this Thursday Feb. 8 at 8pm ET a day before the official Olympics opening ceremony on Feb. 9.\nIt’s a moment Chen was all but groomed for. When he was seven Chen used to perform a routine set to “I Just Can’t Wait to be King” from the Lion King decked out in a Simba costume with hoodie ears and tail that his mother made for the occasion. Few could have predicted how prescient it was.\n Chen is now the two-time U.S. national figure skating champion and is known as the Quad King for being the first skater in the world to land five quadruple jumps in a single program. Most elite figure skaters perfect just one or two of the four-rotation jumps. But Chen ’s ability to whip off five different quad jumps makes him a favorite to win individual Olympic gold in PyeongChang.\nA native of Salt Lake City and the youngest of five Chen displayed his extraordinary skating skill from an early age landing his first triple jumps at 10. Mastering quad jumps was an extension of the work ethic instilled by his parents who immigrated from China. “My parents always wanted the very best from me and pushed me further and further ” Chen tells TIME. “That stuck with me and it’s something I’ve taken hold of myself and tried to improve on.”\nAs a rising junior figure skater Chen noticed a “dry spell” in men’s skating in the U.S. during which there “hasn’t been too much motivation to do quad jumps ” he says. (A U.S. man’s last Olympic skating medal was Evan Lysacek’s gold in 2010.) “I was seeing younger guys at international competitions do crazy things and realized we were a little far behind and that we needed to keep pushing forward.”\nWatching a competitor from China packing his figure skating programs with three quad jumps sparked a competitive fire in Chen . “Knowing that other guys were far ahead of me switched a light on in my head that it was really important to get these quad jumps ” he says.\nTrained in ballet and gymnastics along with skating Chen ’s strength and technique offered a strong foundation for building his repertoire of quad jumps. His training partner and Olympic teammate Adam Rippon says Chen is “one of the best jumpers in the world” and credits Chen with improving his own figure skating.\n Chen is also among the most versatile. His programs seem to be a continuous work in progress — this season he has not performed the same long program twice switching up his figure skating jumps depending on how he is feeling physically and compensating for any mistakes he may have made. Because he is able to execute five different quadruple jumps (not to mention their triple versions too) he has a range of tricks he can slide into his routines. “I’m the only skater currently who can do all five quads. So having that technical difficulty in my arsenal allows me to manipulate my program however I want during competition.”\nThe downside of all that flexibility (and sheer physical force) is the toll it can take on his body. Just after winning his first medal a bronze at the senior U.S. national championships in 2016 Chen injured his hip forcing him to spend five months off the ice to recover.\nOnce back in the rink Chen focused on soaring even higher. “I never set out to do these programs or to make history ” he says. “I just like to keep pushing myself and the sport.”", "output": [ "Nathan Chen" ] }, { "id": "task419-bbfbcb3a246f4c569467ce80ab45a668", "input": "Clinton airs grievances against friends and foes . \nClinton : What went right , wrong in 2016 . \n-LRB- CNN -RRB- Hillary Clinton says she is n't running for office ever again , and her latest memoir is nearly 500 pages of proof . \n\"That does n't mean I 'll ever run for office again ,\" Clinton writes . \nIn Clinton 's memoir , her third , she blasts other Democrats and spells out views that would make her unlikely to lead any future Democratic Party , in a frank manner that runs counter to her reputation as a cautious , calculated politician . \nClinton lays blame on Sanders in new book 01:44 . \nIn response to the new memoir , Sanders was more careful than Clinton , telling reporters and CBS ' Stephen Colbert that it is time to \"move forward\" and not focus on the 2016 campaign . \nThe clearest sign that Clinton is n't considering a future run is the way she handles Sanders , whom she cast as an inconsistent and hypocritical politician and accuses him of breaking a promise to not get into personal attacks . \nFor Clinton , though , the possibility of running again is all but ruled out in \"What Happened .\" \nDefiant Clinton looks to explain loss in new memoir . \nIf Clinton was considering a future run , she would have to be careful with Sanders , who wields considerable power with liberal Democrats after the insurgent campaign he ran in 2016 . \nClinton 's memoir -- especially because of her attacks against Sanders -- has been met with derision from liberal Democrats , who view her as a divisive figure who should n't complicate current Democratic Party politics with a return to the public eye . \nA list of things Hillary Clinton says she did wrong in 2016 . \nClinton also takes on those calls for her silence by simply saying she is n't going anywhere , even if she is n't running again . \nClinton lays blame on Sanders in new book . \nWoven in her memoir is Hillary Clinton ' s ode to Bill . \nUnlike Clinton , Sanders has not distanced himself from 2016 chatter and is widely seen as someone who is likely to run for president against in 2020 .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-754ec5a72aef4d29bda416bcc8f2ec2e", "input": "MELBOURNE Australia — It took Caroline Wozniacki 43 majors and two failed attempts in finals before finally claiming her first Grand Slam singles title.\nOne of the first things she did as a champion was apologize to top-seeded Simona Halep following her 7-6 (2) 3-6 6-4 win in the Australian Open final on Saturday night.\n\"I'm sorry I'm just taking a second to hug Daphne \" Wozniacki said pausing as she clutched the winner's trophy in the on-court ceremony. \"I dreamt of this moment so many years to be here now it's a dream come true.\"\nMore than seven years after appearing in her first Grand Slam final at the 2009 U.S. Open — a straight sets loss to Serena Williams — Wozniacki can finally erase the \"but never won a major\" footnote that has long been attached to her resume.\n\"I'm never going to get the question again about being a world No. 1 without a Slam \" she said after leaving the court.\n Wozniacki will regain the top ranking next week for the first time in six years — beating Serena Williams' record of 5 years 29 days between stints at No. 1 on the women's tour — in another benefit of beating the top-seeded Halep.\n Wozniacki lost two U.S. Open finals — in '09 and 2014 — and Halep lost two French Open finals before their meeting at Melbourne Park.\n Caroline Wozniacki plants a kiss on the Aussie Open trophy after defeating Simona Halep. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)\nIn Halep's case she was the first player who had saved match points in multiple matches to have reached the final. She saved triple match point and rallied in the third set to beat Laura Davis 15-13 in the third set of her third-round match and also needed to save match points in her semifinal against Angelique Kerber.\n Wozniacki saved match points in her second-round win over Jana Fett and later said she was relaxed because for the rest of the tournament she was \"playing with the house money.\"\n\"I know that today is a tough day \" Wozniacki said to Halep. \"I'm sorry I had to win today but I'm sure we 'll have many matches in the future. Incredible match incredible fight. And again I'm sorry.\"\nHalep was playing with an injured left ankle needed treatment for dizziness in the second set and had rallied from a break down in the third set to lead 4-3 when Wozniacki took a medical time out to have her left knee taped. In the end she just ran out of steam.\n\"It's not easy to talk now \" Halep said at the presentation. \"It's been a great tournament for me . I started not very well with the ankle injury. I just wanted to give my best every match which I did. Of course I'm sad I couldn't win today but Caroline was better than me .\n Wozniacki is the third first-time major winner in the four Grand Slam tournaments since Serena Williams won the 2017 Australian Open for her record 23rd Grand Slam title. Serena Williams who beat her older sister Venus in last year's final took time out for her pregnancy and the birth of her first child in September and is preparing to return to competition next month.\nWozniaki was ranked No. 1 for 67 weeks including 49 straight from Feb. 21 2011 until Victoria Azarenka replaced her on Jan. 30 2012.\n Wozniacki got a break in Halep's first service game and had a chance to serve for the first set at 5-3 but the Romanian rallied to break back and to force a tiebreaker. After getting an early jump in the tiebreaker Wozniacki won the last three points to win a set for the first time in a Grand Slam final.", "output": [ "Caroline Wozniacki Caroline", "Caroline" ] }, { "id": "task419-521e829bb95f437f90441dd2029b8312", "input": "It was a muscle spasm and a deep bruise from a subsequent fall that brought Jonathan Milton a 43-year-old forklift driver from Jersey City N.J. hobbling into St. Joseph's ER one morning in January.\nA couple nights earlier Milton was at home lying on the floor and watching TV. He accidentally fell asleep on his left side. When he woke up the next morning he could barely get up. From his left hip down to his leg he says the spasm left him feeling \"like somebody just came into that room just kicked me and kept moving.\" Later at work when he tried to get up into the forklift he fell.\n\"I was so much in pain — tears were coming out my eyes \" he said as he waited in a hospital chair for more instructions from his doctors.\n Milton has come into this ER in pain before.\n\"I did see from your visit you were here for that shoulder sprain \" said LaPietra after checking the hospital's records about Milton 's 2011 visit. \"You did get opioids. You got Percocet.\"", "output": [ "Jonathan Milton" ] }, { "id": "task419-8c872bd80f98406991cf8192c225581e", "input": "During Matt Lauer’s 20-plus years as an anchor on “Today ” certain interviews and bits on the show and elsewhere have raised a few eyebrows or been seen as sexist.\nNBC announced Wednesday that Lauer had been fired from his longtime stint after the network on Monday fielded “a detailed complaint from a colleague concerning inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace that violated company policy. Though NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack said in a memo that it was the first complaint they had gotten about Lauer “We were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.”\nHere are a few incidents where Lauer was criticized for his on-camera tactics.\nIn 2014 Lauer sat down with Barra the first female chief executive at General Motors. He noted that although she 'd gotten the job because she was “hugely” qualified with 30 years’ experience \"there are some people who are speculating that you also got this job as a woman and as a mom because people within General Motors knew this company was in for a very tough time and as a woman and a mom you could present a softer face and softer image for this company ... Does it make sense or does it make you bristle?”\n Her response: “It’s absolutely not true” that she got the job because she was female. Lauer went on to ask whether she thought she could handle double duty as a CEO and a mom. He later said she ’d brought it up first.\n“Good to see you ” Lauer told Hathaway when she appeared on “Today” to promote the film “Les Misérables.” “Seen a lot of you lately.” He was referring to up-skirt photos of the actress sans underwear that were taken as she got out of an SUV at the film’s premiere. (While the footage is not available via “Today ” it was captured by Sam Seder for his Majority Report podcast; skip to the 1:05 mark to see Hathaway’s interview segment.)", "output": [ "Matt Lauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-df50d542d8f042ef93c267b7433a3af8", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Jack the 30-pound cat needs a new home — and a diet. Animalkind\nJack is a 2-year-old domestic shorthair cat that is up for adoption in Maricopa County Ariz. He weighs 30 pounds and needs to lose weight because there are health concerns. (Photo: Lurissa Carbajal The Arizona Republic)\n Jack a 2-year-old domestic shorthair weighs 30 pounds.\nMaricopa County Animal Care and Control said Jack is \"friendly sweet and just a cool cat.\"\nIn the cage Jack showed a constant need for petting and got excited when a new person entered the room.\nMore: Animal advocacy groups press on to save pets affected by Harvey\nJack would look up with green eyes that appeared to be pleading for affection. There was a bowl of food near him but he wasn't spotted eating. When he wasn't receiving enough attention Jack wandered back to his bed to sleep.\nJose Santiago a spokesman for Animal Care and Control said the cat's owner died unexpectedly. Jack was brought in with another cat by a relative of the owner Santiago said.\n Jack needs a weight-loss plan ASAP\nDespite Jack 's friendly demeanor there are health concerns with his current weight.", "output": [ "Jack Jack", "Jack" ] }, { "id": "task419-eea8492071394df09d6ae59daa1ebe6a", "input": "Jonathan Swift we need you more than ever.\nThis week marks the 350th birthday of the brilliant Irish writer born Nov. 30 1667. That we know of Swift at all is one of the sweetest fortunes of literary history. His father died of syphilis before Jonathan was born. A wet nurse whisked him to England for three years. He depended on the generosity of an uncle. He was almost killed by a mail bomb. But despite those precarious turns Swift became a poet a priest a political operator and of course the greatest satirist in the English language.\nThe longevity of Swift ’s work is a testament to its potency because no genre fades as quickly: Satires are the cut flowers of literature. Time wilts their wit fading their bright colors like old political cartoons that poke fun at fat cats we no longer recognize. (Voltaire adored Samuel Butler’s 1663 mock heroic poem “Hudibras ” but try reading it now without footnotes.)\n[Jonathan Swift: Not (entirely) the misanthrope you thought you knew]\nW.B. Yeats knew what he was talking about when he said of Swift “Imitate him if you dare.”\nConsider the remarkable persistence of “A Modest Proposal ” published anonymously in 1729. Swift ’s ironic phrase is such a hardy part of our language that it’s easy to forget how unlikely it is that we’d still be referring to a 3 000-word political pamphlet almost 300 years later. Originally titled “A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public ” the essay burns with rage at a privileged class willing to ignore and rationalize human suffering. Although the plight of starving Irishmen may be unimaginable to us today the centuries have done nothing to mute Swift ’s savage indignation. He still sounds as timely as last night’s “Daily Show.”\nIf you haven’t read “A Modest Proposal” since high school look it up again and be astounded. Speaking in the voice of a perfectly reasonable bureaucrat Swift begins by describing the piteous state of beggars and their children “all in rags and importuning every passenger for an alms.” In response to this “deplorable state ” he announces a solution “having no other motive than the publick good of my country by advancing our trade providing for infants relieving the poor and giving some pleasure to the rich”:\nMuch of Swift’s essay is taken up with various statistics and logistical explanations a hellacious spreadsheet of infant flesh to lay out the case for utilizing 100 000 children nursed to approximately 28 pounds each. In those well-modulated sentences Swift washes individuals and their pain away. As John Stubbs writes in his recent biography Swift possessed an “unequalled capacity to endow a ludicrous line of argument with an air of steadfast reason.” The bloody solution of “A Modest Proposal” is easy to laugh off as a bit of grotesque hyperbole but the real horror of the essay remains its bland bureaucratic tone — the same sterile language of accounting that justified American slavery the Holocaust or any scheme that slices human lives into the columns of a ledger.\nIf politicians haven’t changed their menu much in 300 years the rest of us still face the same risk of indigestion. Remember that “Gulliver’s Travels” ends with the intrepid narrator isolated and disgusted. Orwell assumed that Gulliver reflected his creator’s morose character and claimed that Swift suffered from a “general hatred of humanity” stoked by a perverse obsession with mankind’s sins and weaknesses. Stubbs argues that the image of Swift as a “misanthropic monster” is not entirely fair but Gulliver’s fate is instructive nonetheless.\nNow that we’re all strident critics trading the day’s outrages across Twitter and the dining room table how are we to avoid being sickened by our own bitter indignation? The bile in a satirist’s mind must be balanced with hope or the whole enterprise is doomed. Surely Swift wouldn’t have bothered to poke fun at cruelty incompetence and hypocrisy unless he believed on some level that such scalding exposure could awaken a better nature.\nOn his 350th birthday it’s good to remember that despair is the satirist’s temptation and the citizen’s poison.", "output": [ "Jonathan Swift" ] }, { "id": "task419-5884b0cdf87f4193b6c7e6b1696e1b97", "input": "With lead designer Tiger Woods getting treatment for a sleep disorder and dependency on pain medication TGR Design President Bryon Bell and senior design consultant Beau Welling appeared Wednesday to discuss the plan.\n\" We believe in catering the golf experience to a wide swath of people — juniors elderly avid players not-so-avid players \" Welling said. \"One of Tiger's tenets is playability. How can we bring more people out to the golf course and allow them to have fun?\"\n\" We asked ourselves : How can we maximize the experience on the lake?\" Welling said. \"The holes are going to be absolutely spectacular. (No.) 12 will have a peninsula green water right left and long with a marquee snapshot of downtown Chicago. And it could be windy.\"\n• The design has five par-3s and three par-5s because that's what suited the land. Welling has worked with Woods since designing a practice range and putting course in 2005 at the Tiger Woods Learning Center in Anaheim Calif.\n Beau Welling senior design consultant with Tiger Woods Design walks us through the proposed Jackson Park/South Shore course. (Teddy Greenstein/Chicago Tribune) Beau Welling senior design consultant with Tiger Woods Design walks us through the proposed Jackson Park/South Shore course. (Teddy Greenstein/Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS\n\"It's very much Tiger Woods \" Welling said of the Chicago routing. \" He is very passionate about golf design and gets very involved. He has definite ideas about what he wants to accomplish and I view my job as being a conduit to take his ideas and filter that into (the plan).\"\n\"One of the things Tiger believes in strongly is width (of fairways) \" Welling said. \"Width makes it way more playable keeps speed of play flowing. And it's more fun. Who wants to lose a golf ball? I don't care if you're wealthy or not no one likes to lose a golf ball.", "output": [ "Beau Welling" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf446383bbf24b029c7f23c87240b7b1", "input": "What has Sulcer been lusting for from the purveyor of some of the coolest tech on the planet?\n \"I don't even know what all they have \" Sulcer said.\n \"He was real nice \" Sulcer said. \"I told him I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed iTunes and the iPod. I really enjoy country music.\n Sulcer has been trying to learn the picking style of Luther Perkins Cash's guitarist but has not had much luck.\n Sulcer did not bother go on the Apple Web site to look and what $10 000 can buy.\n He called his daughter in Mississippi to tell her the news and she asked him what he wanted.\n \"I said I don't even want to look right now. I just went to bed \" he said.\n After a doctor's appointment Sulcer was expecting calls from near and far. Apple public relations people have been calling him to ask if he would consent to an interview with Rolling Stone the rock magazine and other publications.\n \"I said 'Rolling Stone is going to be so disappointed with this old man.\"'", "output": [ "Louie Sulcer", "Sulcer" ] }, { "id": "task419-f0a93a8a4ae74bbfa08da636a9730c37", "input": "Michael Reagan says a dramatically different America where people have stopped caring about each other is to blame for the Valentine's Day massacre at a Florida high school.\n\"Society has absolutely imploded – society has changed \" Reagan a veteran political commentator and the oldest son of President Ronald Reagan told host Miranda Khan on Newsmax TV's \"America Talks Live.\"\nIt is a far cry Reagan said from when he was growing up as a young man in California the son of famous movie star and future California governor and U.S. president.\n\"When I went to school back in the 1950s they had a rifle club the school provided us rifles and bullets \" Reagan recalled. \"They went hunting in the afternoon after school. They took their shotguns to school.\n Reagan is the author of \"Lessons My Father Taught Me: The Strength Integrity and Faith of Ronald Reagan \" written with Jim Denney and published by Humanix.", "output": [ "Michael Reagan" ] }, { "id": "task419-67d7a571942b476da53e8dac857e1d72", "input": "Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Qantas chief Alan Joyce hopes to sell non-stop flights from Sydney to London and New York by 2022\n\"Today's result comes from investing in areas that provide margin growth and a network strategy that makes sure we have the right aircraft on the right route \" chief executive Alan Joyce said.\nOn the international front however Mr Joyce said the firm had faced more seats in the market together with rising fuel costs.\nBut Qantas International \"had largely held its own with a 6% decline in profit and a slight rise in unit revenue \" he said.", "output": [ "Alan Joyce" ] }, { "id": "task419-5611dada5dce425dafda82a73cb8916c", "input": "But after the shooting in Las Vegas Sen. Jeff Flake a Republican from Arizona was stunned by the audio he was hearing the sounds of a gun popping at a concert in Las Vegas at a frequency he was almost sure wasn't just coming from a semi-automatic weapon.\n\"I think all of us assumed that when we heard the audio that it was a fully automatic weapon. ... How in the world would the shooter get that?\" Flake asked.\n Flake called a friend who collected guns and asked him : What was he hearing?\n\" He heard the audio and he thought 'that wasn't fully automatic. Fully automatic is about 800 rounds and that sounded like about 500.' ... He started telling me about not just the bump stocks about a crank and other methods to mechanically increase the rate of fire \" Flake said.\nSen. John Cornyn the majority whip who called for hearings on the bump stocks this week also said it was the video footage that got him thinking about the gun accessory.", "output": [ "Flake" ] }, { "id": "task419-e9429ee03b3d4faa8cb319a0c5a8df6c", "input": "Dwyane Wade says he makes a perfect pairing with LeBron James , comparing their partnership to peanut butter and jelly . \nWhen he arrived earlier this week , Wade found himself in familiar company : James , Cavs assistant coaches and former teammates James Posey and Damon Jones , and players he 's battled with over the years like Derrick Rose , Kyle Korver and Richard Jefferson . \nWade and James still ca n't believe they 've been re-united in Cleveland , with a chance to compete for a third NBA championship together .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-84cb9cbb3d354ca8842dec0ebb040120", "input": "I donât often include a prospect in the waivers column in back-to-back week but can we address the elephant in the room? After two weeks Jones looks like a better running back than Ty Montgomery â before the rib injury. There. Said it.\nLook in a game-of-the-week matchup that figured to be a seesaw battle his 125 yards on the ground was huge. The rookie averaged 6.6 yards on 19 carries and that figured wasnât skewed by one or two big runs â his longest went for 22 yards.\nIf Jones keeps it up can the Packers afford to sit the hot hand for a player that could be nursing broken ribs all season. Montgomery just became the anointed starter this season so itâs not like he âs entrenched. This is one of those situations where you take flier on a prospective starter.\n Jones is still available in 43 percent of Yahoo and 66 percent of NFL.com leagues.", "output": [ "Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-373a7454047a4ce79abeb19ffada316f", "input": "MALE (Reuters) - Maldives President Abdulla Yameen fired his second police chief in three days and the opposition said it feared violence as the island nation was pitched deeper into a crisis caused by Yameen ’s failure to obey a court order to free jailed opponents.\nThree days after the Supreme Court threw out terrorism convictions against Yameen ’s political opponents his government on Saturday was still ignoring international and domestic pressure to set them free.\nHundreds of protesters have taken to the streets to demand compliance with the court order and Western countries and international organizations have urged Yameen to obey it .\nThe court also ordered 12 members of parliament who had been stripped of their seats to be restored to the body. The 12 had quit Yameen ’s ruling party last year and allowing them to return to the legislature would deprive him of a majority.\nThe crisis poses the biggest threat to Yameen ’s control of the Maldives since he took power in 2013 defeating Nasheed in an election that Nasheed’s supporters say was rigged.\n Yameen has stopped short of saying he will not obey the court order to free his opponents. He told a party meeting on Saturday he “did not expect the Supreme Court ruling at all”.\n“We’ve started dialogue with the Supreme Court. We’ve sat and started talking about difficulties or concerns the state has ” he said. “We’re working on making sure we can respect the court order in a way that doesn’t cause any difficulties to the people.”\n He fired the chief of police on Thursday shortly after the court order was handed down and on Saturday he fired the acting police chief he had chosen to replace him .\nThe Maldives an Indian Ocean island chain of around 400 000 people known to outsiders mainly as a tropical paradise for the tourists that provide most of its foreign exchange income has experienced political unrest since Yameen took power.\n Yameen is the half brother of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom who ruled the Maldives for three decades until losing an election to Nasheed in 2008. Yameen and Gayoom have since had a falling out and Gayoom is now aligned with the opposition.", "output": [ "Abdulla Yameen" ] }, { "id": "task419-caa85f4befa44fbab3a85218adf19dfd", "input": "Women walk past a roadside poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Oct. 24. Xi Jinping Thought will now be taught researched and promoted in universities across China. (Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images)\nA day after thousands of Communist Party delegates voted to have President Xi Jinping’s thought included in the official party dogma one of the country’s elite universities immediately opened a research center dedicated to his ideology.\nWithin the next few days around 40 universities followed suit scrambling to set up their own centers for “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in a New Era.”\nIt’s the latest example of the narrowing space for independent thought in modern China and the ever tighter ideological controls being imposed under Xi’s rule foreign and domestic experts said. It is also at odds with China’s ambitions to be a global power in academia as the space for constructive debate narrows.\nThe first to announce a research center dedicated to Xi Jinping Thought was Renmin University of China in Beijing one of the nation’s most respected higher education institutions with links to more than 200 other universities around the globe.\nIt opened the center on Oct. 25 just one day after thousands of Communist Party delegates unanimously voted to absorb the cumbersome phrase into their constitution alongside Mao Zedong Thought and Deng Xiaoping Theory.\n“From the aspect of the development of our country the establishment of the research center is of great historical significance ” Liu Wei president of the university and director of the new center told Chinese media. “It is an important responsibility given to the school by our times ”\nThe rise of China’s Xi Jinping told in six front pages", "output": [ "Xi Jinping" ] }, { "id": "task419-24da32a984194036ab71e9109ecf2ad8", "input": "Saint Nicholas of Myra (now Demre) was known for his anonymous gift-giving and generosity. People believed he 'd put coins in the shoes of anyone who left them out for him on his feast day Dec. 6.\nAs the story goes he was a monk who gave away his hefty inheritance and instead chose to help the poor and the sick.\n He 's also a patron saint of sailors and was of course especially fond of children. (There's one slightly bizarre story more Halloween than Christmas of St. Nicholas saving three children who had been \"lured into the clutches of an evil butcher.\")\nIt wasn't until the 16th century that St. Nicholas began to take on his modern candy-cane hued form in images and imaginations. In Europe he became known as Father Christmas.", "output": [ "Saint Nicholas of" ] }, { "id": "task419-b334fac99c1d4a369920237a908b2a3f", "input": "Former Russian economy minister Alexei Ulyukayev accused of taking a $ 2 million bribe from Rosneft chief executive Igor Sechin told a court on Thursday he was the victim of “ a monstrous and cruel provocation .” Russian former Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev who was charged with accepting a bribe is escorted by bailiffs after a court hearing in Moscow Russia December 4 2017 . REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov State prosecutors said the bribe was given last year on Nov . 14 in exchange for Ulyukayev approving the sale of state - controlled oil company Bashneft to Rosneft . He says he thought the bag holding the bribe was a gift of expensive alcohol . “ A monstrous and cruel provocation was carried out against me ” Ulyukayev told the court in his final statement before it hands down a verdict on Dec . 15 . “ This trial has aroused public interest similar to that of a circus ” he added . “ The charges are absurd the evidence is absurd and at its base lies the cruelty and impunity of the provocateur .” Rosneft head Sechin a witness in the trial and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin has not appeared in court citing work commitments . Russian prosecutors earlier this month sought a sentence of 10 years in jail for Ulyukayev .", "output": [ "Alexei Ulyukayev" ] }, { "id": "task419-5411ece228114984a01bb6ba5d0ddded", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE As Tropical Storm Nate gained force and sped toward Mexico and the US Gulf Coast New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu told residents he has implemented a mandatory curfew from Saturday evening until Sunday morning but insisted the city is prepared. (Oct. 6) AP\nNew Orleans residents fill sand bags on Oct. 6 2017 in preparation for weekend arrival of Hurricane Nate . (Photo: Sean Gardner Getty Images)\n Hurricane Nate rolled into the mouth of the Mississippi River on Saturday night as a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph the National Hurricane Center reported with predictions it would quickly begin to lose strength.\nThe storm made landfall about 10 miles southwest of the Mississippi River's mouth or about 100 miles south of Biloxi. Forecasters said while wind speeds had dropped Nate still would bring the potential for heavy storm surges depending on how the winds and tides combined.\nForecasters initially had predicted Nate would gain strength but new data shows the storm's maximum winds dropped to 85 mph.\n► Speed: How did Nate pop up so quickly? Expert explains\n\"Strengthening now appears unlikely before Nate 's center reaches the Mississippi coast during the next few hours \" the hurricane center reported. \"Rapid weakening is expected after landfall with Nate becoming a tropical depression by Sunday night\" when its center is forecast to be over the Knoxville area and Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.\nThe center predicted Nate would turn toward the north-northeast Saturday night then northeast. The center of Nate is expected to make a second landfall along the coast of Mississippi tonight.\nStates of emergency were declared in four Gulf Coast states as Nate which already killed at least 21 people in Central America became the latest in a succession of destructive storms this hurricane season.\nPresident Trump approved an emergency declaration for a large area of the state and ordered federal assistance for Louisiana as Nate approached the central Gulf of Mexico.\n“We are ready for whatever Nate brings our way ” Landrieu said. Two flash floods this summer led to revelations about personnel and equipment problems at the agency that runs that system.\n• In Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant declared a state of emergency in six southernmost counties. State officials warned that Nate ’s main danger was the possibility of up to 10 feet of storm surge in low-lying coastal areas as well as from winds that could damage mobile homes.\nHe warned people to be prepared to be self-sufficient for at least 72 hours. A 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew was ordered for Jackson County just east of Biloxi where the brunt of Nate was expected.", "output": [ "Nate" ] }, { "id": "task419-6664ac42d3c1469da9a138ff283211f8", "input": "Sheikh Ahmad who is tasked with implementing the plan said 25 percent of projects outlined in the first year have been completed and that 40-50 percent more should be done before the end of the fiscal year in March.\n \"We have already committed to 3.2 billion dollars worth of projects out of the planned 17.7 billion dollars \" he said.\n Mega-projects outlined in the plan include a 25-kilometre (15 miles) causeway two power stations four housing cities a modern container harbour and a huge hospital the minister said.\nSheikh Ahmad added.\n Sheikh Ahmad said his ministry has already received requests from other ministries and government institutions for 1 100 projects worth 25 billion dollars for the second year of the plan.", "output": [ "Sheikh Ahmad" ] }, { "id": "task419-4eeb05248ac2427cae35bed4e6c223a9", "input": "One New York couple who have taken that approach are James Myers 33 and Corinne Fisher 32 both professional comedians from Harlem. Myers is vocal about his support for Trump; Fisher who was a staunch Hillary Clinton supporter is just as vocal about her opposition.\nFisher said she defends Myers ’ freedom to choose.\n“I stick up for his right to think something even if I totally disagree ” she says.\nShe also respects Myers ’ courage. “He gets private messages from other people who aren’t courageous enough to be out about their views ” she said.\n“My love for Corinne is based on deep respect ” said Myers . “If you respect someone you don’t have to agree with them on everything. She’s been pretty brave about this whole thing.”\n Myers added that passion can trump (pun intended) disagreement.\n“Mingle with those with whom you disagree ” he said. “It can be hot.”", "output": [ "James Myers" ] }, { "id": "task419-4c28cbc03e59484dbb4b06c4180aee8f", "input": "Taner Kilic was one of 11 human rights activists arrested last year on what Amnesty International has said were “bogus terrorism charges.” He is the only one of the 11 still jailed after eight months in detention the rights group said.\n Kilic was conditionally released last week but the prosecution successfully appealed the decision and he was re-arrested before he had even arrived home Amnesty said in a statement.\nU.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told a briefing the United States was “deeply troubled” by Kilic ’s re-arrest on Feb. 1.\nShe said Washington was closely following Kilic ’s case as well as those against other human rights defenders journalists civil society leaders and opposition politicians detained in the state of emergency that followed a failed coup against President Tayyip Erdogan on July 15 2016.", "output": [ "Taner Kilic" ] }, { "id": "task419-19ed448591c24f6bb8b4e93f4f68e995", "input": "Federal investigators announced they were offering the reward after 58-year-old Tony Mosby was killed while driving a mail delivery truck on Interstate 30 near downtown Dallas.\n\" He was the rock of the family and part of that glue is gone. And I think that's what's going to help heal his children and his brother and his sister is bringing this person to justice \" Sylvia Mosby his sister-in-law told FOX 4.\nDallas Police said in a news release that Mosby was shot around 2:30 a.m. just before the Margaret McDermott Bridge near downtown. When authorities arrived at scene they found Mosby dead inside the cab of the 11-ton box truck that had crashed into a guardrail.\nFamily members described Mosby as a dedicated worker who was a trustworthy father and grandfather.", "output": [ "Tony Mosby" ] }, { "id": "task419-107833f7b75247f99e61c587f1071817", "input": "Khalid Skah's former wife Anne Cecilie Hopstock a Norwegian is the mother of the children. She left her husband in 2007 and had been demanding custody of the children who are now in Norway.\nSkah's supporters say the children were abducted on July 19 by Norway's ambassador in Rabat Bjorn Olav Blokhus. The Norwegian government has denied any involvement in the events surrounding the children.\n\"The Norwegian government must return the children to their country \" a tearful Skah said at the demonstration as he read a statement to the media. \"That's the only solution to this crime.\"\nKhalid Skah's former wife Anne Cecilie Hopstock a Norwegian is the mother of the children. She left her husband in 2007 and had been demanding custody of the children who are now in Norway.", "output": [ "Khalid Skah's" ] }, { "id": "task419-1e8a25db8cfc4c38814c9be2fbbce015", "input": "In letters to Kellogg's General Mills and PepsiCo the attorney general Richard Blumenthal said he was concerned that the program called Smart Choices was \"overly simplistic inaccurate and ultimately misleading.\" The three companies are among several food giants that participate in the program.\n In an interview on Wednesday Blumenthal said he had discussed his investigation with attorneys general from other states and several had expressed interest in joining his effort. In other prominent consumer protection cases states have worked together to pursue companies or industries including cigarette makers and subprime lenders over charges of deceptive marketing.\n \"As a matter of common sense these sugar-laden or fat-saturated products seem very questionable as so-called 'Smart Choices' nutritionally \" Blumenthal said. \"We're ratcheting up pressure for truthful answers to these issues.\"\n The Connecticut investigation will seek to determine if the labeling campaign violates the state's consumer protection law which bars misleading or false product claims he added.\n Executives of the Smart Choices program said in a written statement on Wednesday that they would cooperate with Blumenthal. \"The Smart Choices program was developed during an open and lengthy collaborative process that included some of the most experienced and accomplished professionals in nutrition science \" the statement said calling the program \"an important step in the right direction to help consumers.\" PepsiCo also said it was cooperating.\n The letters from Blumenthal sent last month also went to organizations involved in developing and administering the program including the American Society for Nutrition. The letters asked for information on how the program was developed.\n Investigators are also seeking information on any consumer research that may have been conducted as part of the program according to the letters.\nBlumenthal sent last month also went to organizations involved in developing and administering the program including the American Society for Nutrition. The letters asked for information on how the program was developed.\n Blumenthal said he hoped to discover whether marketing concerns influenced the program's criteria. \"Were the choices of products shaped by an advertising strategy rather than scientific evidence?\" he said.\n In determining whether to pursue the inquiry Blumenthal said that he consulted with a number of experts including Kelly D. Brownell the director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University.\n In the letters Blumenthal said he was particularly concerned about products marketed to children including sweet cereals like Froot Loops made by Kellogg's; Lucky Charms and Cocoa Puffs made by General Mills; and Quaker Oatmeal Squares made by Quaker a division of PepsiCo.", "output": [ "Blumenthal" ] }, { "id": "task419-e6f0c21198604793aeb933ac12ba765f", "input": "He 's a busy guy. Scott Olson/Getty Images\n Bill Gates is worth $85.2 billion making him the wealthiest person on planet Earth according to Forbes.\nSince stepping down from the helm of Microsoft in 2006 Gates has thrown himself into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation which donates money to research and charitable organizations.\n His daily routine is often quite busy and varied as he travels the world and launches new initiatives.\nHere's a look inside the daily schedule of Bill Gates the wealthiest man in the world:", "output": [ "Bill Gates" ] }, { "id": "task419-96a282ea469c4f2095519ce5bef60530", "input": "Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin has eight goals this season. (Photo: Kim Klement USA TODAY Sports)\nThe Vegas Golden Knights are undefeated. Alex Ovechkin is on a 164-goal pace. The Dallas Stars’ expected resurgence has stumbled. Fans are counting Ryan Reaves’ shifts in Pittsburgh.\nIs Alex Ovechkin headed for his eighth 50-goal season?\nHighly likely. Ovechkin has looked beastly while scoring eight goals in four games. We’ve seen Ovechkin go on scoring rampages before but this is noteworthy because it comes at a time when the Washington Capitals (2-1-1) are supposed to take a half-step back. Is this Ovechkin 32 telling us that he is not going to allow that to happen? He has averaged 6.25 shots on goal per game after a season in which he averaged a career-low 3.81 shots per game. Last season was the first time he didn’t reach 50 goals in an 82-game season since 2011-12. He seems determined to return to that mark and then some this season.", "output": [ "Alex Ovechkin" ] }, { "id": "task419-e09917aeb92741e0a96c719d5f49bd34", "input": "\"Did they cut more calories from their diet ... or did they become more physically active?\" asked study author Kevin Hall a senior investigator with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.\n Hall had been \"puzzled by how quickly the contestants were losing weight.\" So he contacted the show's physician and began studying the season eight contestants.\nEarly on Hall observed that weight loss was better predicted by food intake not physical activity alone. But in the long term the opposite was true.\n\"You have to be very physically active in order to keep the weight off \" Hall said.\n Hall 's findings echo previous studies that promote more exercise for long-term weight loss maintenance. However experts caution that doesn't mean people can neglect their diets in the long run either.\nThis method however was not able to tell how much of the physical activity was due to normal daily activities -- like cleaning the house or walking the dog -- versus following a workout plan Hall said.\nSix years later however the contestants' resting metabolisms still hadn't sped back up Hall showed in a study last year.\nFor Hall metabolic changes are just one part of the puzzle. Genetics may also play a role as well as social factors that can make it hard for some people to incorporate so much exercise in their daily lives.\n Hall added that it's not necessarily those who were most physically active during the competition who kept it up six years later.", "output": [ "Kevin Hall" ] }, { "id": "task419-933d40cade264660a089930146331d07", "input": "The top recipient has been Fisher Ranch LLC the family company of Bart Fisher a board member and the valley’s second-largest landowner after Metropolitan. The records show his company has received $27.6 million in annual payments since 2005 for land left fallow.\n Fisher and other board members say they’ve had no conflicts of interest in these decisions and their attorney has backed them up. They say the fact that they’ve benefited from the program is the nature of their agency’s structure as a landowner-voting district. All of the board members are landowners and they’re elected by landowners under a voting system in which the largest property owners can cast the largest numbers of votes.\n Fisher was a leading proponent of the agreement in the early 2000s. He said he supported it because he strongly believed it was in the best long-term interests of landowners and the community.\n“The financial interests of the board were the same as the financial interests of our electorate ” Fisher said. He recalled that Palo Verde’s attorney advised the board ahead of the vote that they were fine to proceed with the decision.\n“There’s no conflict at PVID at all because of how we are constituted ” Fisher said. “Our electorate is whom we serve and our electorate are landowners.”\nStanding beside hay bales on his farm Palo Verde Irrigation District board member Bart Fisher talks about the agency's lawsuit against the Metropolitan Water District. (Photo: Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun)\nWhen they negotiated the terms of the deal Fisher said the overarching purpose was helping California meet its water needs “without diminishing agriculture or our community in the process.”\n“I have a vested interest and so do all the landowners in Palo Verde especially those who participate in the program ” Fisher said.\nParticipating farmers received an initial signup bonus of $3 170 per acre. In Fisher ’s case the records show his family entities received $6.3 million in initial signup payments.\nHaving those regular payments can function as a “safety net” for farming businesses during hard times and can provide a guarantee to help in getting credit from banks Fisher said. That doesn’t mean it always pays more than farming though. Looking back at some years Fisher said farmers would have earned more selling crops than having unplanted fields.\n Fisher is a third-generation farmer whose family started farming in the Palo Verde Valley in 1917. He said the fact that Fisher Ranch has received more from Metropolitan than any other business simply reflects the fact that his family has been farming for a century and has gradually expanded its landholdings.\n Fisher farms more than 11 000 acres growing hay wheat broccoli cantaloupes and honeydew melons.\n He said while his business receives large sums based on that acreage it takes a lot of money to run the operation. Fisher pointed out that he and other growers make huge investments in tractors — which can cost roughly $300 000 each — as well as other equipment. They take out big loans and have large payrolls.\n“Just to be in agriculture requires access to vast amounts of capital ” Fisher said. “Nobody’s getting rich on this program.”\nPalo Verde Irrigation District officials – from left Board Member Jack Seiler General Manager Ned Hyduke and President Bart Fisher – talk about why they decided to sue Metropolitan Water District. (Photo: Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun)\nWhile considering whether to sue Fisher said Palo Verde’s board members discussed the fact that under the agreement Metropolitan has the ability to cancel the entire program.", "output": [ "Bart Fisher" ] }, { "id": "task419-03c4703761f2480899a017545f7c6084", "input": "David Mitchell 66 has multiple myeloma a blood cancer that is incurable but treatable. To stay alive he takes $440 000 worth of drugs a year. Mitchell counts himself as lucky. He has Medicare and can afford to buy Medicare Supplement Plan B so his insurance covers his drugs. But not everyone is so fortunate which is why instead of quietly retiring in his 60s he founded a nonprofit to take on high drug prices. Patients for Affordable Drugs launched earlier this year and it’s already making noise. On August 29 for example just one day before the Food and Drug Administration approved a groundbreaking new cancer therapy called Kymriah from the Swiss pharma company Novartis Mitchell was in a meeting with several Novartis executives to talk about its price. Mitchell did not know then that FDA approval was so imminent but he did know that whenever Kymriah did get to market it would be astronomically expensive. Kymriah is the first in the new class of therapies known as CAR-T in which a patients’ own T cells are genetically engineered to go after cancer. Mitchell implored Novartis to price Kymriah fairly.\nThe next day with FDA approval in hand Novartis announced the new therapy would cost $475 000 per treatment. I spoke to Mitchell last week about his meeting with Novartis and his reaction to Kymriah’s pricetag. Ben Wakana the executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs also joined parts of our conversation below. Their campaign while relatively new is an extremely polished one. Before working on Patients for Affordable Drugs Mitchell was a partner at GMBB a communications firm perhaps best known for cutting ads for Democrats and Wakana was spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services. The nonprofit is funded with half a million from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in addition to $75 000 of Mitchell’s own savings and another $75 000 they have since fundraised. A transcript of our conversation edited and condensed for clarity is below. Butch Ramsey Sarah Zhang: So how is your health these days? David Mitchell: My health status is great. I’m a very lucky man. The drugs I’m using are working and I am tolerating them very well. I am relapsed so I'm into the second line of drugs. Myeloma finds its way around drugs. It mutates and changes so I need new drugs and innovation if I want to live as long as I hope to. You know watch my youngest son graduate from college that'd be cool. Have a grandchild that would be cool.\nBen Wakana: You would have to ask Novartis. I will throw out a hypothesis which is we sent Novartis a letter and said we’re asking you to price this drug fairly. At the same time we started a petition where we said to people “Tell Novartis to price this drug in accordance with the fact that U.S. taxpayers spent $200 million researching CAR therapy.” In within 11 days we got 3 455 people to sign that petition. I would like to think when patients speak up and we're an organization that represents patients that has an impact on people. Now it could just have been [then Novartis CEO] Joseph Jimenez was in a good mood one day and told his folks to meet with us. Zhang: How did the meeting with Novartis go? Mitchell: [laughs] It was a very polite meeting—what do they call it in diplomatic circles? There was a frank exchange. It was about an hour and 15 minutes long. Novartis talked maybe 45 or 50 minutes of that hour and 15 and mainly they explained to us why the drug had to be so expensive and why “financial toxicity” is not their fault; it's the fault of the health-care system it 's insurers it 's pharmacy benefit managers it 's doctors hospitals it's everything else it's not them. They're innovators and the problem is a screwed-up system. And then they spent a lot of time explaining why the drug had to be so expensive. We hoped to actually have a discussion. They just told us why it had to be expensive. They used a word that drug companies often use in conversations that I have had with them. They said “It’s very complex David.”\nZhang: As you know Novartis disputes the $200 million figure because not all of that money went directly to CAR-T for cancer or toward the specific therapy behind Kymriah. Mitchell : We're going to send you a clip from a blog post by Francis Collins the head of the National Institutes of Health in which he explains the long history of NIH in building the foundational science for CAR-T. Here's our position: From 1993 until 2017 NIH invested more than $200 million in the overall science of CAR-T. Even the seminal paper that was published in August of 2011 by Dr. Carl June of the University of Pennsylvania was funded in part by the NIH. All of the makers—Novartis Kite (which will become Gilead) and Juno [other companies pursuing CAR-T cell therapy]—are standing on that foundational science. The taxpayers invested early when the risk was the greatest. Zhang: What do you think is a fair price for Kymriah? Mitchell: Well we have run the numbers a variety of different ways. Now the point is no one knows the real numbers except Novartis so we go back to the statements in a Reuters article in 2015 where Kite’s chief financial officer said they thought the base price was $150 000 for treatment and analysts at that time were saying [costs could be] up to $300 000. When we tried to model we can’t get over $300 000. Zhang: Novartis did take two unusual steps when announcing the price of Kymriah. First they pointed to a British analysis to say they actually thought Kymriah was worth $600 000 to $750 000 but they were going to price it lower at $475 000. And second they said patients who don’t respond after 30 days to the treatment will not have to pay.\nMitchell: Now we don't know if that's the right end point because it turns out over 20 percent of people relapse in six months. So maybe it would more genuine of them to suggest they give a refund to people who relapse at six months or within six months. “It's not about you as one individual company; it's about the emergence of a new class of therapy.” Zhang: Why did you set your sights on Novartis and their therapy Kymriah in the first place? Mitchell: First of all we work on all drugs. We work with people who have all diseases from high blood pressure and cardiac disease to multiple sclerosis and cystic fibrosis. However we decided that it was important to focus on the emergence of a whole new class of therapies. We need to put focus and energy on CAR-T and Novartis got our attention because it's first. And we told them that when we went to visit with them. It's not about you as one individual company; it's about the emergence of a new class of therapy. Zhang: What else does Patients for Affordable Drugs do? Mitchell : This week we're incredibly busy. We're helping support a rally at Eli Lilly to protest the skyrocketing prices of insulin. Insulin prices have increased more than 300 percent in the last decade. It's outrageous and people are suffering because of it. There's a rally at Eli Lilly September 9 and we'll be supporting that. One of our staff is getting on a plane to go to California to help work in support of SB-17 which is a bill in California for transparency and early notification of drug price increases. We are mobilizing our community out there and will in fact have one of our patients at a news conference there.", "output": [ "David Mitchell" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e0a030feeec4765acfab8f6d9727ab3", "input": "Walter Shaub the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics tried to draw a real-life parallel between the Trump administration and the film âBill and Tedâs Excellent Adventure.â It didnât go as expected.\n Shaub told Browder that the conversation brought another Bill to mind:\nWhen Priebus pronounced Magnitsky as \"majinsky\" it solidified once and for all my long-held impression that Priebus is like that other famous Bill the one from \"Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.\" And remember folks Priebus was the smart one in our clown car of a White House [Link] â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 4 2018\nOmigosh! I am at the same time both laughing to the point of tears and feeling horrible. I have never felt more sorry in all of my Twitter adventures. I loved you in that movie. Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry. Soooooooo sorry. A thousand times sorry. â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 6 2018\nIt's all fun and games until you hurt Bill of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Shaub is going to give himself a stern talking to. [Link] â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 6 2018\nWinter for his part reassured Shaub that all was still excellent between them .\n Shaub seemed relieved:\nExcellent your most excellent Excellency sir! â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 6 2018", "output": [ "Walter Shaub" ] }, { "id": "task419-c549a79f55824f1187a81ffd33589518", "input": "Billionaire activist investor Nelson Peltz is swapping one board position for another.\nOreo-maker Mondelez announced Tuesday that Peltz would be stepping down from the board effective March 1 — which also happens to be the day he is set to join Procter & Gamble’s board.\nThe move allows Peltz founder of $17 billion hedge fund Trian Partners to “devote more time to other board commitments ” Mondelez said Tuesday.\nMondelez “is well positioned to continue to create value for its shareholders ” Peltz said.\n Peltz meanwhile joins P&G’s board following a contentious proxy battle with numerous vote recounts.\nAlthough the final tally showed that Peltz failed to win a majority the closeness of the vote led P&G to award him a spot on the board in December.", "output": [ "Nelson Peltz" ] }, { "id": "task419-69186d58d1b4475ba67a23ade9612dae", "input": "During the October 8 airing of Face the Nation Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) admitted that no law would have stopped the Las Vegas attacker then proceeded to push for a law to ban bump stocks.\n Feinstein responded “No [the attacker] passed background checks registering for handguns and other weapons on multiple occasions.” She then promoted a bill she authored this week creating a law to ban bump stocks and said she already has 38 co-sponsors for it.\nWhen Dickerson mentioned that the NRA is pushing for the ATF to review its 2010 approval of bump stocks—a review which could result in new regulations —Feinstein said “I thought that was as step forward and it’s appreciated [but] regulations aren’t going to do it. We need a law.”\nAgain Feinstein said no law could have stopped the Vegas attacker but “we need a law” against bump stocks.\n She made another convoluted statement when asked if her legislation to ban bump stocks also bans semiautomatic firearms. Feinstein said her legislation does not ban semiautomatic firearms; that it is “written in clean English” and she will send a copy to anyone who calls her office so they can see for themselves.\n Feinstein answered “I agree with them to a great extent.”", "output": [ "Dianne Feinstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-d5de51957732474a94d154ba5cd8db1c", "input": "More than two decades ago Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed into law the Congressional Accountability Act (CAA) of 1995 which established what Elizabeth K. Newman an attorney with The Jeffrey Law Group a Washington based law firm that represents Congressional staffers subjected to sexual and other forms of harassment says is a “a terribly inefficient process and it takes forever ” in dealing with those allegations.\n“What staffer in his or her right mind is going to sit through that?” Newman asked Breitbart News in an exclusive interview.\n“They [Congressional staffers]” should have the same rights to go to the EEOC as their federal employee brethren ” Newman tells Breitbart News.\nBut Newman says they do not have those same rights now because the”EEOC does not have jurisdiction” over complaints of sexual harassment filed by employees of the legislative branch against their employers.\nThe authorizing legislation for the EEOC “expressly does not extend jurisdiction to the legislative branch ” Newman notes.", "output": [ "Elizabeth K. Newman" ] }, { "id": "task419-d089904691f143158b4b88081fd2c444", "input": "Sportscaster Dick Enberg Whose Career Spanned 60 Years Dies At 82\n Legendary announcer Dick Enberg whose amazing sportscasting career spanned six decades died Thursday at the age of 82. He did play-by-play for college basketball college and professional football and Major League Baseball. He also called other sporting events such as boxing tennis golf horse racing and the Olympics.\n Enberg retired from his TV job with the San Diego Padres in October 2016.\nThe team released a statement on Enberg 's death:\n\"We are immensely saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of legendary broadcaster Dick Enberg . Dick was an institution in the industry for 60 years and we were lucky enough to have his iconic voice behind the microphone for Padres games for nearly a decade. On behalf of our entire organization we send our deepest condolences to his wife Barbara and the entire Enberg family.\"\nEndberg was known for exclaiming \"Oh my!\" So much so that his 2004 autobiography is titled: Dick Enberg Oh My!\n Enberg 's big break came when he was chosen to call UCLA basketball games. During that nine-year stint the Bruins won eight NCAA titles.\nWhen asked what was the most historically important event he covered Enberg replied \"The Game of the Century.\" In that 1968 game the University of Houston Cougars beat UCLA to snap the Bruin's 47-game winning streak.\nDuring his time behind the microphone Enberg had many broadcast partners including Al McGuire Merlin Olsen and Don Drysdale.\n Enberg 's wife Barbara told the San Diego Union-Tribune that her husband died Thursday morning at his home in La Jolla Calif.\n\"Barbara Enberg said the family found out later in the day when Dick Enberg failed to get off a flight in Boston where they were scheduled to meet. She said her husband had appeared to be waiting for a car that was set to shuttle him to the San Diego airport for a 6:30 a.m. flight. \" 'He was dressed with his bags packed at the door ' she said. 'We think it was a heart attack.' \"", "output": [ "Dick Enberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-9a38c43bc76c447ca53e47b623964473", "input": "Pat Robertson: Haiti ' cursed ' by pact with devil\nEvangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson says Haiti has been \"cursed\" because of what he called a \"pact with the devil\" in its history.\nHis spokesman said the Wednesday comments were based on Voodoo rituals carried out before a slave rebellion against French colonists in 1791.\nSpokesman Chris Roslan says Robertson never stated that Tuesday's earthquake was God's wrath. He says Robertson's Operation Blessing group is sending millions of dollars in medication and relief workers to the country.\nRobertson has angered opponents many times before with comments on current events and criticism of other faiths.\nHe once said American agents should assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and said Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine retribution for withdrawing from the Gaza Strip.", "output": [ "Pat Robertson" ] }, { "id": "task419-2bb00062568c426ca8b38748817480e2", "input": "Comedian Louis C.K.’s trailer for his new film “I Love You Daddy” has generated controversy online due to the movie’s theme and its timing following the sexual misconduct allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.\nMoretz and Malkovich begin dating which horrifies C.K. due to her age.\n“She’s a minor!” C.K. is seen yelling to Malkovich in the trailer.\nSlate called the trailer “icky” while Esquire wrote “Now is not the time for this Louis C.K. movie.”\n“It’s honestly a bit shocking to see how tone deaf Louis C.K. is in 2017 because he was once a comedian ahead of the curve in so many ways ” one social media user tweeted.\n“That uncomfortable moment when you start to discover that Louis C.K. is slowly becoming Woody Allen ” another Twitter user wrote.\n C.K. told The Hollywood Reporter last month “It’s just a f--king movie. We’re depicting oxygen-rich people who live in these beautiful apartments and offices saying whatever they want. Folks say s--t to each other. You can’t think about the audience when you’re making the thing. If you do you’re not giving them something that came out of your gut. You’ll be making something that you’re like ‘Is this OK for you?’ And they say ‘Yes thank you.’ Mark Twain said something like ‘You can’t say no one can eat steak just because the baby doesn’t have teeth yet.'”\nLike Weinstein the comedian has also been accused of sexual misconduct by female comedians. Gawker published an article two years ago detailing the allegations against Louis C.K. while writer and comedian Tig Notaro told the Daily Beast in August that the comedian needed to “handle the allegations .”\n“I made my move on the red carpet of the awards show ” Koester wrote. “One by one I would ask a conveyor belt of comedians all men 'How do you feel about the Cosby allegations?' They would all invariably claim to be disgusted by the man's misdeeds. I would then follow up with 'How do you feel about the Louis C.K. allegations?' They would all invariably claim ignorance.”", "output": [ "Louis C.K." ] }, { "id": "task419-9244412bd9a2421a8933aac47a5ddad7", "input": "And tellingly on a recommendation from Prince Saud al-Faisal the kingdom's foreign minister for nearly 40 years before he stepped down in April the money was disbursed in four installments over two years — thus allowing Saudi authorities to review every six months whether MTV was living up to its part of the deal.\nFor example a prominent Egyptian TV talk show host Wael el-Obrashi was dropped from a list of top Egyptian media figures treated to an all-expenses-paid trip to Saudi Arabia because of \"his repeated unjustified attacks on the kingdom \" according to one cable from Prince Saud .\nAnother cable from Prince Saud recommended financial backing for a Lebanese center to defend journalists set up by May Chidiac a prominent anchorwoman who lost an arm and a leg when a bomb exploded under her car in 2005. Citing a recommendation from the Saudi Embassy in Beirut the prince said the funding would allow the kingdom to use her center to promote Saudi policies.\nIn Egypt the Saudi ambassador protested to Naguib Sawiris founder of the privately owned ONTV network over the appearance of a Saudi dissident Saad al-Faqih on one of its talk shows according to a cable from Prince Saud . The station said it would not invite al-Faqih again and asked the ambassador to appear on the program at a later date.\nIn 2004 the chairman of the state news agency in Guinea wrote to the Saudi Embassy in Conakry reminding him to send $2 000 saying the money \"solves many of the problems faced by the agency \" according to a cable from Prince Saud to the Culture and Information Ministry.\nRepeated calls to the agency's offices went unanswered but a person familiar with its dealings said the funding request was sent to the Saudi minister in 2004 by then director Kandet Oumar Toure. He spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the subject.\n\"His request for a new home is grossly exaggerated and is disproportionate to the services he has provided to the kingdom \" wrote Prince Saud . Granting his request he added would encourage others to make similar demands.", "output": [ "Prince Saud al-Faisal" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e98be8aff024ba8a77349d5eaba0d90", "input": "FRANKLIN Tenn. (AP) — Memphis native Justin Timberlake returned to his home state for one of his few performances this year to declare his love for Tennessee.\n Timberlake performed on Saturday in Franklin Tennessee at the Pilgrimage Festival a 3-year-old music festival that he now co-produces and is conveniently close to his current home in Middle Tennessee.\nThe pop singer and actor joked to the capacity crowd of more than 25 000 fans that he was nervous about performing at home.\n\"Half of you I might be related to \" Timberlake said.\n He surprised the crowd by reuniting with country star Chris Stapleton and his wife Morgane after their breakout performance with Timberlake on the 2015 Country Music Association Awards.\n Justin Timberlake performs at the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival on Saturday Sept. 23 2017 in Franklin Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)\nThe addition of Timberlake as a performer helped boost attendance numbers for the new music festival about 30 minutes south of Nashville.\n Timberlake closed out the performance with his hit songs \"SexyBack \" ''Rock Your Body \" and \"Can't Stop the Feeling.\"", "output": [ "Justin Timberlake" ] }, { "id": "task419-be9a1c3b128246138d5539fe28b582d4", "input": "-LRB- CNN -RRB- Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton , amid the fallout of the massacre in Las Vegas , turned the political spotlight on a gun bill that 's currently making its way through the House . \nClinton repeatedly brought up the need for tougher gun control laws during the 2016 president campaign .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb977b1098a34ed88254fcd00a2249b3", "input": "“Our message is clear: If you attack someone in our jails you will face consequences ” said department spokesman Peter Thorne .\n He blamed the department’s inability to use six sophisticated “ionizing” body scanners to find the homemade knives on inmates.\n Man slashed in holding cell by convicted murderer suing city\n“We will continue to work closely with state legislators to pursue the change in state law ” Thorne vowed.\n Man slashed in holding cell by convicted murderer suing city\n“We need Albany lawmakers in the next legislative session to pass the Secure Pass Scanner Bill and help us save lives otherwise they will be complicit in this violence ” he said.", "output": [ "Peter Thorne" ] }, { "id": "task419-c3a32fbb6e194de0a24ba98a96a32ee2", "input": "If only Sen. Rand Paul had been elected president as I’d hoped he wouldn’t have six broken ribs today.\nThen the Kentucky Republican wouldn’t have had time to mow his own lawn. And a Democratic neighbor with anti-GOP feelings — who reportedly said on social media he wanted a special counsel to “fry Trump’s gonads” — wouldn’t have been able to attack Paul and break his ribs.\nIt could be your neighbor is a psycho or just a nice person who doesn’t appreciate your dog’s dog-doo in his yard. I’ll share some examples later in this space but first a Rand Paul update.\n“I appreciate all of the support from everyone ” Paul wrote on Twitter. “A medical update: final report indicates six broken ribs & new X-ray shows a pleural effusion.”\nRene Boucher 59 a neighbor of the Kentucky senator admitted to tackling Paul . Rene Boucher 59 a neighbor of the Kentucky senator admitted to tackling Paul . SEE MORE VIDEOS\nNeighbor of Sen. Rand Paul pleads not guilty to attacking the Kentucky lawmaker »\nWas Rand Paul attacked over a yard dispute? It wouldn't be unheard of »", "output": [ "Rand Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-e370e2c3ee294287accb5a9a1f8de95e", "input": "FUKUSHIMA Japan (Reuters) - Bank of Japan board member Yutaka Harada said on Thursday the central bank had no reason to wind back its ultra-easy monetary policy as inflation remained well below its 2 percent target.\nBank of Japan (BOJ) board member Yutaka Harada points at a reporter during news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo March 26 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo\nA vocal advocate of aggressive monetary easing Harada defended the BOJ’s massive stimulus program saying it was helping to reflate the economy and had kept the yen stable.\n“Since the introduction of quantitative and qualitative easing (QQE) and the 2 percent inflation target the yen has moved in a range of 100-120 yen and appears to be roughly stable at around 110 yen ” Harada said.\nThe BOJ should withdraw stimulus only after confirming that price rises have gained enough momentum for meeting its target Harada told business leaders in Fukushima northeastern Japan.\n“If the current monetary policy is maintained labor shortages will intensify further as the economy improves and there will be a phase in which both wages and prices increase ” he said. “If their momentum is strong enough the BOJ will start reducing the level of monetary easing.”\n Harada brushed aside criticism by some analysts that delays in rolling back stimulus could destabilize the banking system saying the merits of ultra-easy policy still outweigh the costs.\n“Some people say that because central banks in the United States and Europe are heading for the exit Japan should follow suit ” Harada said.\n“However it makes perfect sense to me that Japan’s exit should come later than theirs” as inflation is still below 1 percent he added.\n Harada said he saw no need to ramp up stimulus either distancing himself from the view of board newcomer Goushi Kataoka that the BOJ should ease further to ensure its price goal is met quickly.\n“We would need to take additional easing steps if the economy is hit by an external shock and the current stimulus becomes insufficient ” Harada told reporters after the meeting with the business leaders.\nThe BOJ has not reached any decisions on an exit policy for its stimulus program but possible steps that could be taken include abandoning negative interest rates raising the interest applied to excess reserves financial institutions park at the BOJ or selling the BOJ’s holdings of government bonds he said.\n Harada is considered as among those in the nine-member board who emphasize the positive impact that huge money printing could have on the economy and inflation rather than the demerits of prolonged easing such as the hit to bank margins.\nStill he has voted with the majority of the board including at last year’s decision to shift to a policy framework targeting interest rates instead of the pace of money printing.", "output": [ "Yutaka Harada" ] }, { "id": "task419-b2b3082955f74f08a126e7b6adb8979d", "input": "Ron DeSantis joins a crowded field seeking to replace Republican Gov. Rick Scott who leaves office in 2019 due to term limits. Trump tweeted last month that DeSantis is a \"brilliant young leader\" who \"would make a GREAT governor. He loves our Country and is a true FIGHTER!\"\n DeSantis made his announcement on Fox News and made sure to mention the Trump endorsement.\n\"With the support of the president I'm in a position to exercise the leadership that can build on the great work that Gov. Rick Scott has done to advance economic opportunity reform education and drain the swamp in Tallahassee which needs to be drained just like Washington \" DeSantis said.\n DeSantis hasn't been shy about his support for Trump. He introduced the president at a rally in Pensacola last month and praised him.\n\"I see the results I see him working hard and this is a president mind you who is facing unprecedented opposition from the Democrats from the media ... from the bureaucracy in Washington from the lobbyists from the other swamp dwellers \" DeSantis said.\n DeSantis filed his paperwork Friday and will make a formal announcement later this month. He is speaking at the Republican Party of Florida annual meeting on Saturday. It's an event where candidates woo party leaders and activists. His Republican primary opponent Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is also speaking there.\n DeSantis has about $1.5 million in his federal campaign account and a political committee that supports him has about $2.5 million. That $4 million will eventually be put to into the governor's race. Putnam has a combined $14.4 million in his political committee and campaign accounts.\n DeSantis won his seat running as a Washington outsider in a conservative northeast Florida district a message he also carried into his Senate campaign before dropping out.", "output": [ "Ron DeSantis" ] }, { "id": "task419-cc8948c6cc3f4a77b4d16956bd388afc", "input": "The follow-up to developer MachineGames’ masterful 2014 Wolfenstein franchise reboot is as beautiful and brutal as the first but feels noticeably thinner.\nWolfenstein II: The New Colossus is the direct sequel to MachineGames’ blockbuster reboot of the franchise that birthed the first-person shooter genre. It is in essence that very same game from three years ago. A few bells and whistles have been added to the blood-soaked fray but Colossus feels more like an expansion to Wolfenstein : The New Order than a fully realized sequel.\nOnce again we step into the weathered combat boots of one William J. Blazkowicz a meaty slice of World War II-era Americana wrapped in alternate-history supersoldier technology and laden down with ludicrous lead dispensers of every stripe. Wolfenstein is arguably responsible for the existence of the first-person shooter genre and it wears its legacy well. The modern incarnation trades mazes and keys for stealth and RPG elements with varying levels of success. Still the essential Nazi butcher shop experience is intact: acquire weapons creatively discharge those weapons into the servants of the monstrous Führer lather rinse repeat.\nOn the gameplay front things are much simpler. Gunplay is tight focused and as satisfying as any shooter on the market. If there is one thing Wolfenstein knows it’s how to make a spectacle of its slaughter. Upgradeable weapons and leveling perks mean that Blazkowicz is both actively and passively tuned to your gameplay style with consistent and satisfying results. It may not be as utterly glorious as 2016’s DOOM revival but it’s certainly close.\nStill at the end of the day Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus is fun while it lasts. That’s a target all too many games in the current “games as a service” (to the publisher courtesy of your wallet) climate have managed to miss. What is there is enjoyable hampered only by its brevity. I think given another year or so to expand on the game’s epic premise we would have had another genre-defining title on our hands. As it stands it’s merely “pretty good.”", "output": [ "Wolfenstein" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2b4685b8d2944cfa840ff1f56d02dc6", "input": "The lack of water is a big problem Zhang told Xinhua. Some people spent the night in mountain parks only because they could find spring water there. \"Now a lot of people carry big buckets to get water there.\"\n As for himself Zhang just washed his face in a roadside fountain and also picked up some water.\n \"Rain started to fall by early Sunday morning. There wasn't heavy rain but the temperature was reduced \" he said adding current temperature in the city is around 10 degrees Celsius and it feels \"pretty cool.\"\n Many people lived in makeshift tents but others like Zhang had to stay in open-air.", "output": [ "Zhang Hui", "Zhang" ] }, { "id": "task419-a10bc79494f74ac6a11802f52b1b355c", "input": "The twice-yearly conference is preceding without church President Thomas S. Monson 90 who is dealing with ailing health. It's the first time in more than a half century that Monson hasn't spoken at the conferences. Before becoming church president in 2008 he served on the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles starting in 1963.\n Monson has scaled back conference participation in recent years and in May church officials said that he was no longer going regularly to meetings at church offices because of limitations related to his age.\n Monson is the first church president since 1994 not to attend and make at least one speech but prior to that it was fairly common for presidents to miss conference toward the end of their lives.\nDieter F. Uchtdorf one of Monson 's top two counselors said Monson was watching from his home. \" President Monson we love you very much \" Uchtdorf said.", "output": [ "Thomas S. Monson" ] }, { "id": "task419-e4c2ed36121d470688609394755d032e", "input": "The 24-year-old Hellner crossed the line in one hour 15min 11.4sec after the two-legs of the course with Angerer at 2.1sec behind and Olsson who led for the second half of the race at 2.8sec back.\n Olsson was in the lead at the 18.75km stage and held it with less than 4km to go before Hellner made his bid for gold and held off his rivals as the finish line approached to claim his first major title.\n Hellner said he had hunted down Olsson in the closing stages and described his race as \"perfect\".\n \"It was excellent. The perfect race and I was very happy. I felt very strong \" he said.\n \"I felt that we could catch him (Olsson) but we were trying to keep the pace down a little so he could get more seconds and go for gold.\"\n Olsson said he knew his lead would eventually see him overtaken by the top skiers.\n \"Twenty-five seconds is not enough with a bunch like that but I was not going to give up \" said Olsson.", "output": [ "Johan Olsson", "Olsson" ] }, { "id": "task419-40e3a52f8b074f09bf8b8e9b3a41635c", "input": "President Trump on Friday called the wife of Sen. John McCain the Arizona Republican who was hospitalized this week as he battles brain cancer the White House said.\nAn official said Trump spoke by phone with Cindy McCain on Friday afternoon to “check in on Sen. McCain’s condition.”\n McCain 81 was diagnosed with brain cancer in July. On Wednesday his office said he had been admitted to the hospital.\n“ Senator McCain is currently receiving treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center for normal side effects of his ongoing cancer therapy ” his office said. “As ever he remains grateful to his physicians for their excellent care and his friends and supporters for their encouragement and good wishes. Senator McCain looks forward to returning to work as soon as possible.”\n“Of course we all wish for Sen. McCain to have a great health for as long as possible ” Sen. Rob Portman R-Ohio said Friday on Fox News. “My sense is that everybody's made a commitment to be there next week. And we will certainly be able to have the vote. Our prayers go to him and his family.”\n McCain isn’t the only Republican senator with health issues. Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran had a procedure this week to remove a non-Melanoma lesion on his nose his spokesman said.", "output": [ "Cindy McCain" ] }, { "id": "task419-1f77f63251f04c6e9e478b1896174ab4", "input": "About Anne Milgram 's TED Talk\nAs New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram transformed the most dangerous city in her state. She changed a criminal justice system based on gut and instinct to one supported by data and statistics.\nAbout Anne Milgram \n Anne Milgram is a Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University School of Law. At NYU Milgram is building a Criminal Justice Innovation Lab focused on using data and technology to transform the criminal justice system.", "output": [ "Anne Milgram Anne", "Anne" ] }, { "id": "task419-5491b7407d4641c8895714705d68b8e0", "input": "“We’re seeing the worst of it right now ” said Randy Bergen a pediatrician who is leading the anti-flu effort for Kaiser Permanente Northern California . “We’re really in historic territory and I just don’t know when it’s going to stop.”\nThe influenza A subtype H3N2 that appears to be most prevalent this year is particularly nasty with more-severe symptoms including fever and body aches. Australia — whose experience U.S. public health officials follow closely in making their flu forecasts in part because Australia’s winter is our summer — reported a record-high number of confirmed flu cases in 2017. Another influenza B virus subtype also is circulating “and that’s no fun either ” Bergen said.\n“Some protection is better than no protection ” Bergen said “but it’s certainly disappointing to have a vaccine that’s just not as effective as we’d like it to be.”\nIf you are sick cover your cough and stay home from work if you can Bergen said. Remaining hydrated eating nutritious foods and exercising can also help strengthen your immune system.\nThe hallmarks of flu are fever and body aches that accompany cough and congestion Bergen said.\nKaiser Permanente doctors are now being advised to prescribe antiviral drugs such as Tamiflu — given as a pill or for children an oral suspension — even without a lab test for influenza Bergen said. According to a report in the Los Angeles Times however Tamiflu supplies are running low.\nAnd Bergen cautioned that these medications are only partly effective reducing the length of illness by just a day or two.", "output": [ "Randy Bergen" ] }, { "id": "task419-d0b6f221d58143178ca682e933d47b4e", "input": "We know that Orton will start but we do not know if he will finish. We also do not know if Knowshon Moreno who is recovering from a knee (we think) injury will play a little or a lot and we do not know if Brandon Marshall who has been suffering with foot-in-mouth disease will play a little or a lot. We do not know if the Broncos will play well or ill.\n \"Everybody wants to play opening day obviously and I'm no different. I want to get out and compete and do everything I can do to help this team win \" Orton said before practice Wednesday.\n He is uncertain about the glove on his right hand which is understandable given the significance of one glove in history and in sports.\n Orton will have to be on his game with the dislocation in that location if the Broncos are to score enough points to win against the Bengals. He tied with Detroit Lions rookie starting quarterback Matthew Stafford for most interceptions in the exhibitions games (four) completed 67.2 percent of his passes and threw for one touchdown -- and left late in the second quarter of the Chicago game with a bloody index finger and an overall 61.5 QB rating.\n Will Orton be a smart efficient mistake-free quarterback in the opening game? Or will Orton be an immobile dink-and-dip pick-prone quarterback against the Bengals?\n A strong defense and a solid running game will be more vital to Orton than a glove. And Marshall's hands could be most essential.\n The wide receiver already was the happiest man in Denver because the Broncos struggled offensively without him which could help him get a new contract. If he does he can be happy and wealthy and show McDaniels and Orton who's the real boss.\n But then Orton is limited in passing range and force and he does have a bum business finger that could affect his grip and his strength and the snaps from center and how McDaniels attacks Cincy.", "output": [ "Will Orton" ] }, { "id": "task419-3208e9e1003d4c1d9145a5d6c27bccaf", "input": "That may be hard to remember in the thick of winter. But climate scientist Deke Arndt points out that even in a warm year we still have frigid weather that invades from the north. \"We still have very cold poles and we still have the same weather systems that pull cold air away from those poles into places where we live \" he explains.\n Arndt is part of a team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that assesses each year's weather and climate. They note that 2017 is the 21st year in a row in which the average annual temperature was warmer than the average over the 20th century. And the five warmest years for the lower 48 states have all occurred since 2006.\nNOAA's assessment acknowledges that part of the rising disaster toll is due to people building more homes and businesses in vulnerable places. That's especially true with recent losses from wildfires and hurricanes. But Arndt notes that a warmer world clearly makes some weather worse. \"Heat waves their duration their intensity their frequency is going up \" he says as is the frequency of very heavy rainfalls.\nOceanographer Antonio Busalacchi says climate models predict more of the same. \"The trend is there it is clearly evident \" says Busalacchi \"we are on an upward and warming slope.\" And it's a slope that increasingly worries not only scientists but insurance companies. He says insurance companies have a lot of questions about where the climate is headed. \"Where is the risk in the future going to be from regional sea level rise?\" he asks. \"Where is the risk going to be for the increase in Category 3 4 and 5 hurricanes? Where is the risk going to be for straight-line winds?\"", "output": [ "Deke Arndt" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6216f5fe047405083dde5e86ae9c7f4", "input": "The unexpectedly strong showing could lead to defections away from the centre-left party led by President Maithripala Sirisena a partner in the country’s coalition government analysts said creating instability in the legislature.\nRajapaksa’s Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) a party formed by breakaway members of Sirisena’ party has secured 97 local bodies out of results for 139 councils so far released as at 0650 GMT. The UNP took control of 18 councils and SLFP six.\nThe president and his supporters have opposed or neutralised many of the UNP reforms. Under the constitution Sirisena cannot dissolve the parliament until early 2020 while the parliament needs a two-third majority to impeach the president.\n Sirisena has said he wants to take charge of the economy which is currently handled by the UNP and has blamed the prime minister’s party for failing to tackle corruption.", "output": [ "Maithripala Sirisena" ] }, { "id": "task419-b84c791969004313bca9e66f83ebdacf", "input": "If you’re at a crossroads in your life not knowing which path to pursue or where your true passion lies have you ever stopped doing and started listening? Jeff Goins author of Real Artists Don’t Starve argues that instead of trying to figure out what it is we’re good at we should take time to figure who we are as people. In a blog post he wrote in 2015 Goins offered this paraphrase of Parker Palmer: “Don’t just tell your life what you want to do with it; listen to what it wants to do with you.”\n“You have to listen to the voices beyond those of the people in your life ” Goins explained. “Listen to your inner voice your intuition wherever that comes from. Ask not just what can I do but who am I really? We all have this tension between who we really are and who everybody says we should be and listening to your life is the first step in not just doing work that makes you successful but doing work we believe matters.”\nTo begin the process of listening to yourself Goins recommends asking yourself three questions. The first question is about passion. Take out a piece of paper and draw a circle. Write the word “passion” in that circle and underneath it write what you love to do. What do you have an affinity for or what have you always enjoyed? This doesn’t have to be something specific like writing or cooking. It could be a general interest.\n“I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life but I’ve always been creative ” Goins revealed. “That was always true about me. I’ve always loved art music writing and reading. In my first circle I would have written creativity or art in there.”\n“When you find something that you love that you’re skilled at and that other people want from you you’ve got a short list ” Goins said. “It may not be one thing but it’s a handful of things that you can begin to explore to find out if it’s your calling. It is not the end of this journey. You haven’t filled out these three circles and that’s what you’re supposed to do. This exercise is a starting point for you to explore the options.”\nAs evidenced by his latest book title Goins is not a fan of the “starving artist” mentality. Living in Nashville he’s surrounded by musicians who suffer for their art. Some assume that suffering makes their art nobler when in Goins ’ mind the starving artist is suffering unnecessarily. They haven’t given themselves permission to profit and flourish. Instead they falsely believe they have to stay at the level they’re at until they go broke.\n“I think artists of all types need to give themselves permission to value the work that they do and take it more seriously ” Goins said. “That way they don’t starve. They can keep creating this important work and we can keep seeing it. My dad ran a restaurant for years and struggled through that. It was a great restaurant that served this small community. People loved it but from a business standpoint it didn’t work well. He had to close and sell it for the cost of the equipment. It breaks my heart that artists of all types cannot figure out the business side of things and become a thriving artist.”\nIn his book Goins lays out 12 rules for how to become a thriving artist. One is that artists should apprentice under a master. In reading over 100 books on history’s greatest artists entrepreneurs and creative minds Goins discovered that almost all of them had an apprenticeship. This meant doing boring tedious work for somebody else and using that experience to become great at something. In today’s work environment an apprenticeship gets confused with terms that don’t mean the same thing.\n“This is not an internship or a summer job at the high rise in the city where you get everybody donuts in the morning ” Goins clarified. “It was seven to ten years of doing work usually in exchange for room and board. Hopefully by the end of that time you knew what you were doing. I think we should take the same approach to our art and certainly to our business. I’m tired of seeing people become thought leaders and asking people to pay them for their expertise when they haven’t spent a decade acquiring experience and expertise. They don’t have the right to teach anybody else.”", "output": [ "Jeff Goins" ] }, { "id": "task419-b6324ea571fb43619723c6a2fee36bf4", "input": "The buyer was Eugene Meyer a wealthy Republican who had recently resigned as governor of the Federal Reserve Board after 16 years in government posts . Meyer who died in 1959 at 83 was the father of Katharine Meyer Graham who is today chairman of the board of The Washington Post Co. One of his grandchildren Donald E. Graham is now publisher of The Post.\nHamilton went inside the building to write a check for the additional $75 000 then left saying only that the new owner would continue to publish the paper. Eugene Meyer's identity as that new owner was not disclosed for 12 days more until court confirmation of the sale.\nUnder the court order the buyer was to pay $500 000 of the purchase price at once and the remainder in two equal yearly installments. Instead Meyer paid the total at once. He established The Washington Post Company with paid-in capital and surplus of $1 250 000 with himself as president his wife Agnes Meyer as vice president and Floyd R. Harrison his right-hand man as secretary-treasurer.\nAfter the sale confirmation Hamilton went to The Post building where he found Meyer already drafting an announcement of his ownership for Page 1 of the next morning's paper of June 13. It included this statement:\n Eugene Meyer 's gamble half a century ago has become one of America's great success stories. CAPTION: Picture 1 Conducting the auction was Vernon G. Owen with notebook. To his right was Eugene Meyer's lawyer George Hamilton Jr. wilt felt hat and handkerchief. By Arthur Ellis -- The Washington Post; Picture 2 The newsroom of The Washington Times-Herald was nearly empty one night in 1954 when the paper was bought by The Post. UP; Picture 3 Eugene Meyer and his son-in-law Philip L. Graham look over the first edition of the combined Post and Times-Herald in 1954. Harris and Ewing; Picture 4 The Post's E Street building and other physical assets were worth perhaps $100 000.", "output": [ "Eugene Meyer" ] }, { "id": "task419-b3d369b9ef0244f38ec3a1a177059d41", "input": "\"Today\" show host Matt Lauer was fired for what NBC on Wednesday called \"inappropriate sexual behavior\" with a colleague and was promptly confronted with a published report accusing him of crude and habitual misconduct with other women around the office.\nWith his easygoing charm Lauer has long been a lucrative and highly visible part of NBC News and one of the highest-paid figures in the industry and his downfall shook the network and stunned many of the roughly 4 million viewers who start their day with him .\n He is easily one of the biggest names brought down in recent weeks by the wave of sexual misconduct allegations that have swept through Hollywood the media and politics.\nNetwork news chief Andrew Lack said in a memo to the staff that NBC received a complaint about Lauer 's behavior on Monday and determined he violated company standards. NBC said the misconduct started when Lauer and a network employee were at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and continued beyond that assignment.\nLack said it was the first complaint lodged against Lauer in his 20 years at NBC but \"we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.\"\nIt was left to Lauer 's shaken \"Today\" colleagues Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb to break the news to viewers at the top of Wednesday morning's show.\nAmong other things Variety reported allegations that Lauer once gave a colleague a sex toy with an explicit note about how he wanted to use it on her; that he exposed himself to another female co-worker; that he would question female producers about their sex lives; and that he would talk about which co-hosts he would like to sleep with.\nMessages to Lauer and his agent were not immediately returned and NBC would not say whether he denied or admitted to any wrongdoing. He is married with three children.\n Lauer becomes the second morning host in a week to lose his job over sexual misconduct allegations. CBS fired Charlie Rose after several women who worked for him complained about his behavior.\nLauer's \"Where in the world is Matt Lauer?\" segments were popular for years and he regularly played a lead role at the Olympics and other major news events. He had been scheduled to host the network's coverage of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony Wednesday evening.\nOn Twitter President Donald Trump said \"Wow Matt Lauer was just fired from NBC for 'inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace.' But when will the top executives at NBC & Comcast be fired for putting out so much Fake News.\"\nNatalie Morales a former \"Today\" show colleague who left the show for \"Access Hollywood\" last year said she was in shock about the story. She referred to stories that said she and Lauer had an affair which they both denied.", "output": [ "Matt Lauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-eabfa51974804d36af83afeff320fb45", "input": "Story highlights Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces up to 16 years in prison and possible solitary confinement while awaiting trial\n(CNN) When Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe learned she was going to court the British-Iranian mother assumed she was about to be released from a Tehran prison.\n\"She thought she was having a heart attack \" Richard Ratcliffe told CNN after speaking to his wife following Sunday's hearing. \"She felt sick her legs were paralyzed and she was crying uncontrollably.\"\nAn Iranian judge also ruled that her family would have to pay $8 000 in bail to prevent her from being moved to solitary confinement while awaiting trial Ratcliffe says. No date has been set for the trial.\nIn April 2016 Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained at the airport in Tehran on her way back to the UK from visiting family with her 22-month-old daughter.", "output": [ "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Nazanin", "Nazanin" ] }, { "id": "task419-e7f9166c076e4eb5972920ab7440334c", "input": "“He sees himself as a strong man or wants to see himself as a strong man ” Bernstein — who broke the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post with Bob Woodward — told the crowd at Northeastern Illinois University on Thursday night.\n Woodward wasn’t much kinder describing as “Shakespearean” an encounter he had with Trump in which Trump rejected former President Barack Obama’s praise of American humility and restraint in the exercise of power and told Woodward “Real power comes from fear.”\n“In a sense that’s the Trump ‘Rosebud ’ ” Woodward added alluding to a plot element in the film “Citizen Kane.”\nThe White House did not respond to a request for comment. But Bernstein 73 and Woodward 74 sparred agreeably onstage like an old married couple. When Bernstein’s exuberant arm gestures left his handheld microphone out of range Woodward scolded him “Hold the microphone steady!”\nAnd when Bernstein admitted to recently rereading sections of “All The President’s Men ” their best-selling book about Watergate Woodward told him “This is like Gloria Swanson ” referring to the role Swanson played in “Sunset Boulevard” of an embittered old Hollywood star who dreams of a return to her glory years.", "output": [ "Bob Woodward" ] }, { "id": "task419-92f8e8d921154159ab392add0e628ef6", "input": "Fresno State University public health professor Dr. Gregory Thatcher recruited students from his class to help deface the Fresno State Students for Life sidewalk chalk.\n Thatcher allegedly harassed and intimidated the group accusing them of chalking outside the free speech zone on campus -- which hadn't existed at the school since 2015.\n“What the professor did was wrong and the only permit a student needs to speak on campus is the First Amendment ” the pro-life club’s president Bernadette Tasy told Fox News.\nTasy captured an exchange between herself and Thatcher in a video clip of the incident.\n“Free speech is free speech in the free speech area ” Thatcher is heard telling Tasy. “It’s a pretty simple concept okay? This does not constitute a free speech area. Okay?”\nAfter Tasy insisted they had permission from the university Thatcher started erasing the chalk with his shoe.\n“You have permission to put it down and I have permission to get rid of it. This is our part of free speech. College campuses are not free speech areas ” Thatcher said “Do you understand? Obviously you don’t understand.”\nAs part of the settlement in which Alliance Defending Freedom represented FSSL Thatcher will pay $1 000 to Tasy and $1 000 to another student Jesus Herrera along with some attorneys’ fees. The professor is also required to undergo First Amendment training to be provided by ADF.\n Thatcher told Fox News he won’t have to pay a penny out of his own pocket because the settlement was made through his insurance company.\n“I did not in any way admit to any wrongdoing ” Thatcher said. “I did agree to sit through a training seminar because I love to learn others’ thoughts and opinions.”\n“The important thing is that Dr. Thatcher won’t be able to interfere with our expressive activities again ” she said.\n“Public university professors should be encouraging free speech and not erasing it from existence ” she said.\nTravis Barham ADF Legal Counsel said Thatcher was “in a league of his own” with such a flagrant violation of the First Amendment.\nFresno State University did not respond to request for comment. Thatcher remains listed as faculty in the Department of Public Health as noted by the College Fix.", "output": [ "Mike Cernovich" ] }, { "id": "task419-6c54844968fa4613990598ddf4aafcb3", "input": "The “big dude” was Rev. Peter Colapietro a larger than life priest — he stood 6 feet tall and weighed 325 pounds — beloved among his flock of actors stagehands bus drivers and junkies who lived and worked in the gritty neighborhood near his Times Square church for more than two decades. He died earlier this month.\nFather Pete dubbed “the whiskey priest” by legendary Post columnist Steve Dunleavy was also a regular at Elaine’s and well-known among the city’s elite. His Feb. 10 Manhattan funeral was attended by hundreds of mourners and police temporarily shut down the TriBoro Bridge and the FDR Drive in his honor. Rourke did not attend the funeral but sent a giant floral arrangement.\nThe message “Love you Pete — Mickey” was crafted out of red and white carnations and roses and prominently displayed at St. Monica’s in the Upper East Side which was one of the last churches he presided at.\n“ Pete saved my ass from myself ” he said. “We had a friendship for over 24 years. He always seemed to have the right thing to say.”\nAt their first meeting Father Pete led Rourke to the basement of the church on West 42nd St. They chain-smoked cigarettes and drank red wine. Father Pete eventually talked Rourke out of suicide and took the letter he had written to his estranged wife the actress and model Carre Otis. He placed it under the statue of St. Jude the patron saint of lost causes and told him to say 14 Hail Marys as part of his penance Rourke told The Post.\nRourke soon returned for more confessions in the church basement where he would talk to Father Pete about everything from his girlfriends to his dogs. “ Pete knew the names of all of my dogs ” said Rourke.\n“I explained to Pete what I wanted to do because I wanted to know the religious repercussions ” said Rourke who is long divorced from Otis his second wife. “ Pete sat me down and explained to me about purgatory. It scared the piss out of me .”\n Father Pete also grabbed a bible and told the actor “Show me in the bible where it says vengeance is mine Mickey Rourke and I will help you load bullets in your gun.”\nBuoyed by his meetings with Father Pete as well as regular sessions with a psychiatrist Rourke restarted his acting career winning a 2009 Golden Globe among other distinctions for best actor for his portrayal of an aging fighter in “The Wrestler.” He also returned to the boxing ring where he had spent a great deal of his youth before he turned to acting. He told The Post he currently trains an incredible three times a day and is preparing for two more matches as well as working on four new films.\nWhen Rourke asked Father Pete for an explanation for the letter’s disappearance the priest just shrugged Rourke said.\n“ Pete loved Mickey ” said Mike Kane a longtime friend of the priest. “His eyes would light up and his smile would glow as he focused … on Mickey’s renewed success.”\n Father Pete personally understood how challenging life can be. Born on April 20 1948 in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx where his father was a bar keeper he enrolled at the St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers but struggled with becoming a priest. He left before they could kick him out for constantly violating the curfew.\n‘I wouldn’t be here today if it wasn’t for Pete ’\nWhen he left the church in 2013 to head up St. Monica’s he received an emotional standing ovation from the packed pews and was serenaded by pipes and drums from the Department of Sanitation for which he was the pastor. Although he was briefly at the helm of St. Monica’s he ended his career at St. Malachy’s the actors’ chapel on West 49th Street because the church had an elevator and Father Pete could no longer climb stairs in his final years. He was 69 when he died.\nThe last time Rourke saw Father Pete was over a boozy meal at a Hell’s Kitchen restaurant in the fall of 2016. According to Rourke Father Pete downed four martinis which was not unusual for the portly pastor.\nFor his part Father Pete also seems to have leaned on the actor.", "output": [ "Pete" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb8c6dbcf36b42c394d6678b5470660b", "input": "Trump however took to Twitter this morning to tout his administration's efforts in Puerto Rico and relayed praise he said he had received from the island's governor .\n Trump also said that \"big decisions\" will need to be made about the costs of rebuilding the hurricane-battered island.\n\"The fact is that Puerto Rico has been destroyed by two hurricanes. Big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding \" he tweeted.\nPuerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello just stated: \"The Administration and the President every time we've spoken they've delivered...... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29 2017\n...The fact is that Puerto Rico has been destroyed by two hurricanes. Big decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 29 2017\n Trump announced Tuesday he will make his first visit to Puerto Rico next week after critics -- both Democrats and Republicans -- accused his administration of a lackluster response to the catastrophic damage left by Maria.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-6a83355ee45d484e88d1706d87ea59c6", "input": "The Philippine government has revoked the operating license of leading news website Rappler officials said Monday in a ruling denounced by President Rodrigo Duterte ' s critics as the latest blow to press freedom . Rappler set up in 2012 is among a clutch of Philippine news organizations that have sparred with Duterte over their critical coverage of his brutal drugs war . But the government rejected allegations that the ruling was an attack on press freedom with Duterte ' s spokesman saying Rappler and Rappler Holdings Corp had violated a provision in the country ' s constitution restricting media ownership to Filipinos . At his state of the nation address to Congress last year Duterte vowed to expose Rappler ' s \" American ownership .\" \" The issue at hand is the compliance of 100 percent Filipino ownership and management of mass media . It is not about infringement on the freedom of the press \" Duterte spokesman Harry Roque said in a statement Monday . \" No one is above the law . Rappler has to comply \" Roque added . Rappler ' s acting managing editor Chay Hofilena told AFP the company would file a court appeal against the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) ruling which is due to take effect in 15 days . \" This is pure and simple harassment the seeming coup de grace to the relentless and malicious attacks against us since 2016 \" the website said in a statement . \" We will continue bringing you the news holding the powerful to account for their actions and decisions calling attention to government lapses that further disempower the disadvantaged \" it said . The case concerns Rappler Holdings ' decision to issue Philippine depositary receipts for shares of Rappler Inc . that the government said were sold to foreign companies . \"( They are ) existing for no other purpose than to effect a deceptive scheme to circumvent the constitution \" the SEC said in a January 11 ruling to revoke Rappler ' s certificates of incorporation that was posted on the commission ' s website Monday . The ruling followed setbacks suffered by other Philippine news organisations which have criticized Duterte ' s war on drugs that has killed nearly 4 000 suspects . In March last year Duterte described top newspaper Philippine Daily Inquirer and leading television broadcaster ABS - CBN as \" sons of whores \" and warned them of karmic repercussions over their criticism of his drug war . \" I ' m not threatening them but someday their karma will catch up with them \" Duterte said . \" They ' re shameless those sons of whore journalists \" he added . Four months later the Inquirer announced its owners were in talks to sell the publication . A business tycoon who backed Duterte ' s 2016 election bid later disclosed he was planning to buy the Inquirer . Last year Duterte threatened to block ABS - CBN ' s application to renew its operating franchise a permit that requires congressional approval . The mass media watchdog group National Union of Journalists of the Philippines denounced the Rappler ruling . \" It was but one of many threats Duterte has made against media critical of him and his governance such as the Philippine Daily Inquirer and broadcast network ABS - CBN \" the union said in a statement . \" We call on all Filipino journalists to unite and resist every and all attempts to silence us \" the group added . Opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros also criticised the ruling calling it \" pure harassment and a clear attack on press freedom .\"", "output": [ "Rodrigo Duterte" ] }, { "id": "task419-11e2efa0935546959cef3f694068cf0f", "input": "âThe point is Iâm suddenly popular AF.â â George W. Bush #SNL pic.twitter.com/azu3DzCzsP â Saturday Night Live â SNL (@nbcsnl) January 28 2018\nYou get the point: SNL knows its audience is all stressed out about Trump but hey letâs have some fun calling Bush stupid again.\nAnd they also blame him for creating ISIS.\nAfter Ferrellâs Bush character mentions that âwe are still in two different wars that I started â he then poses the question âWhat has two thumbs and created ISIS? This guy.â", "output": [ "George Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-79d45c8577034f5e8d525be5356cfa3a", "input": "A softer approach promoted by left-leaning parties including former Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen's Labor Party is very unlikely to win a majority though Labor is running second in polls and has made a late surge.\n Cohen wants to preserve government social programs raise taxes and make it easier for immigrants to integrate rather than punishing those that fail.\n In a final televised debate Tuesday night Rutte mocked one of Cohen's signature lines -- that it is the primary duty of an executive to \"hold things together.\"\n Cohen won praise for his handling of a tense period in Amsterdam after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic in 2004.\n \"The difference between you and me Mr. Cohen is that I don't want to hold things together. I want to get things going \" Rutte said.\n Cohen shot back that Rutte's plans -- including raising the retirement age increasing health care costs and banning welfare for any immigrant for 10 years after arrival -- were equivalent to electroshock therapy.\n \"You know what happens when you give an electric shock: there are great risks of crippling\" the economy Cohen said.", "output": [ "Job Cohen" ] }, { "id": "task419-3fc6e86715574a1aba0b4989b08dae5d", "input": "GOP gubernatorial hopeful Sen. John DeFrancisco blasted Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday saying he failed to release most of $2 billion in school funding some of which could be used for safety measures.\nThe state regularly processes applications and only has 10 outstanding before the review board that Cuomo controls his office said. Both sides agree only $400 million has been spent.\n The Syracuse state senator said one superintendent in Newburgh told him he had an application in for several years.\nWhile DeFrancisco put the blame on Cuomo saying his administration is either “incompetent” or waiting to release the money during his re-election Cuomo’s staff said it ’s the Senate-controlled State Education Department that’s responsible for the backlog.\n They also denied DeFrancisco’s claim that 250 school districts across the state are waiting for the money because Cuomo ’s people won’t release it.\n“DeFrancisco is either a liar intent on politicizing every part of state government or he didn’t read the bill he voted for ” Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said.\nThe review board awarding the funds has approved 427 plans for projects covering 322 school districts and 20 special education schools Azzopardi said.", "output": [ "Cuomo" ] }, { "id": "task419-03e2433c26c54c56ac579f17c6261b30", "input": "LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis C.K.’s longtime manager is apologizing for not taking complaints of his client’s sexual misconduct more seriously.\nDave Becky says in a lengthy statement Monday that he misunderstood the nature of the allegations brought forth by a female comedy duo in 2002 who claimed C.K. masturbated in front of them without their consent. The allegations by Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov were among several included in a New York Times report last week about C.K.’s history of misconduct.\nBecky said he misinterpreted the women’s complaint and sought discretion for what he considered an issue of infidelity for his then-married client. At the time he said he did not consider the women’s interaction with C.K. as “threatening or non-consensual.”\n“If I had I would have taken this event as seriously as it deserved to be and I would have confronted Louis which would have been the right thing to do ” Becky said in his statement. “I now comprehend that my response was perceived as a threat to cover-up sexual misconduct. This is not an excuse. What I did was wrong and again I am extremely sorry.”\nBecky and 3Arts Entertainment dropped C.K. as a client after the New York Times detailed allegations of sexual misconduct from five women against the comedian. C.K. has since said the allegations are true.\nBecky maintains in his statement that he was unaware of his client’s behavior beyond the 2002 incident.", "output": [ "Louis C.K" ] }, { "id": "task419-78fcf4b53110428691b8ff4e5dc92ee3", "input": "Melanie Sloan made her name as an ethics watchdog in DC but more recently she 's emerged as another prominent critic of the HR disaster that is the United States Congress—with her own experience to boot. When she got a job on the Hill working for Congressman John Conyers in 1995 she 'd heard there was a lot of sexual harassment taking place there she recalled. Still given that she was a respected lawyer at the time—and joining his staff as a minority counsel to the House Judiciary Committee— she thought it would be fine.\n She was wrong. Although Sloan does not think she was sexually harassed she said her three years at that job were characterized by verbal abuse and punctuated with bizarre incidents like one in which she walked into her boss's office and found him in his underwear. Without an HR department she struggled to figure out what she was supposed to do.\n\"I did everything I could \" she told me. \"I talked to my supervisor. I talked to [then] Minority Leader [Richard] Gephardt. Externally I talked to a women's group and a reporter. I told the reporter what happened and he called a woman colleague of mine to check my story. She told him I was mentally unstable and even though I'd worked with this reporter before he told me 'Well maybe you are mentally unstable.'\"\nReporters' attitudes are obviously changing; on November 22 Sloan was the first person to go on the record with the Washington Post about Conyers's alleged misconduct toward staffers which she said included verbal abuse in her case but appears to have centered on unwanted touching and requests for sexual acts in others. So are societal attitudes: Sloan said she recently heard from friends of her 's from the 90s—one who worked on the Hill and another in a big DC law firm—who shared stories of harassment for the first time. But it might take members of Congress longer to get it together than the average person who watches the Today show. The average age of congresspeople is 57; in the Senate specifically it is 61.", "output": [ "Melanie Sloan" ] }, { "id": "task419-b6086db688f24fd28adaa813bfe7263e", "input": "Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise returned to work at the Capitol on Thursday after spending months recovering from the June GOP baseball practice where he was shot when a gunman opened fire. \"It feels great to be back \" Scalise told reporters as he walked out of his office Thursday. Members of both parties stood applauded and cheered as Scalise walked into the House chamber Thursday morning using crutches and giving them a wry shake of his head. Several members patted him on the back and went in for hugs. \"Our prayers have been answered \" House Speaker Paul Ryan said introducing Scalise who addressed his colleagues on the House floor.\n Scalise began by thanking members of Congress and the public for an \"outpouring of love \" saying \"it's given us the strength to get through all of this.\" He also spoke of his faith saying that his prayers were answered. \"I'm definitely a living example that miracles really do happen \" he said. The lawmaker then went on to thank US Capitol Police officers Crystal Griner and David Bailey who âafter being shot both themselves continued to engage the shooter\" and Scalise said saved not only his life but those of everyone on the field that morning. Griner could not be in the House chamber on Thursday Scalise said but members cheered for Bailey who was sitting in the gallery. âDavid you are my hero. You saved my life \" Scalise said. After his speech members presented Scalise with a baseball bat. A three-wheeled scooter decked out with an LSU Tigers decal and a \"MAJ WHIP\" license plate was also spotted just outside the House chamber as he was speaking. âStarting today Whip Scalise will be resuming his work at the Capitol while also completing an extended period of out-patient rehabilitation over the coming months â according to a statement sent out by Scaliseâs office.\nRepublicans and Democrats took to Twitter Thursday morning to welcome Scalise back to the Capitol. Even a few senators headed over to the House floor to greet him including Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn who said it was \"an inspirational day.\" \"It's tremendous seeing him back and I know [ he 's] still got a long way to go \" Cornyn said.\nA proud moment to be in the Chair today to welcome back my friend Steve Scalise! #ScaliseStrong [Link]\n Scalise thanked members on both sides of the aisle who supported him and sent him their well wishes as he recovered. He specifically mentioned Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond also of Louisiana whom he called âthe star of the [Congressional Baseball] game too many times.â Scalise said that Richmond âsomehow figured out which hospital I was sent to and got there â [ he ] was probably first on the sceneâ after the shooting noting that Richmond who had been practicing with Democrats on another field was still in his baseball uniform. \"A lot of people ask did this event change you? ... Yes it changed me but not in the ways you might think \" Scalise said. \"It's only strengthened my faith in God and it's really crystalized what shows up in the goodness of people. ... To me all I remember are the thousands of acts of kindness that came out of this. ... [It] helped me realize just how wonderful most people are and just how much compassion is out there.\" Ryan was \"brought to tears\" when he greeted Scalise earlier Thursday according to CBS which is filming a 60 Minutes segment with the Louisiana Republican that will air on Sunday. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke briefly after Scalise finished his remarks saying: âThank God our prayers our answered.\" Cathy McMorris Rodgers a member of House GOP leadership told BuzzFeed News Scalise had called her Thursday morning to let her know he was coming back. \"I thought he gave a powerful speech wonderful to see him. Amazed that he could walk through those doors after everything he's been through \" she said.\n Scalise âs recovery process was long requiring multiple surgeries and attention to deep-tissue infection related to his injuries after he was shot in the hip.", "output": [ "Steve Scalise" ] }, { "id": "task419-f30ec12fee8b49a79e8f6084b696b062", "input": "House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be the guest judge on an episode of the VH1 reality series RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars when the program returns this month according to a report.\n Pelosi tweeted Thursday that she had a “fabulous” time filming her cameo for the show.\nAll I can say is you betta werk! Had a fabulous time with @RuPaul and good luck to all the queens. #DragRace [Link] — Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) January 18 2018\nA representative for Pelosi told the Post that the 77-year-old lawmaker agreed to participate in the show as a way to stand against what she called President Donald Trump’s anti-LGBT policies.\nThe paper further reported that Pelosi was a fan of the show and its message of being proud of who you are.", "output": [ "Nancy Pelosi" ] }, { "id": "task419-a4ac6e8db8f64c4b84bbef89a0c23538", "input": "This is more or less the situation faced by Gov. Cuomo with the Essential Plan a form of Obamacare that since 2016 has been providing free or low-cost health coverage to low-income New Yorkers. It currently has 710 000 enrollees.\n Team Cuomo has chosen not to refuse the money or warn Washington about what’s happening. Instead they’ve gone with option C: sue the feds to keep the broken ATM running until someone gets it fixed or turns it off.\nThe surprising truth emerged last week when the Empire Center obtained a state Department of Health memo being shared with insiders. It showed the Essential Plan running a hefty surplus which Cuomo intends to use for plugging holes elsewhere in the state budget.\nThe situation is all the more surprising because the plan recently took a $1 billion cut to its federal funding courtesy of a constitutional flaw in President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Plus the memo says the state has been overpaying the insurance companies who manage the benefit under contract with the state.\nWorse is the Cuomo administration’s plan to spend the surplus on other programs such as subsidizing financially weak hospitals. Once the feds wake up to that diversion they’re liable to demand repayment — as state Senate Health Chairman Kemp Hannon (R-L.I.) warned last week at a budget hearing. If New York somehow wins its suit and claims another billion-plus dollars it will be digging the hole even deeper.\n Cuomo and his aides see New York as being under attack from Washington — on tax policy immigration and other issues — and may feel that all is fair in political warfare. But the money they’re trying to grab comes from taxpayers not the President or Congress. Their gamesmanship with public funds gives the whole enterprise of government-funded health care a bad name.\n Better Cuomo should drop the lawsuit urge Congress to rewrite the funding formula and come fully clean about the Essential Plan’s finances: Did it run a surplus before now? If so what happened to the extra money? And why wasn’t any of this made clear to the taxpaying public?", "output": [ "Cuomo" ] }, { "id": "task419-ed39378bea7b4428bc87880d8e488922", "input": "They will definitely still be talking about Shaun White.\nIt wasn’t so much that White won his third gold medal to place his name among the greatest to compete in the Olympics or in any realm of sports for that matter.\nIt was the way he did it.\n His winning run capped a contest that even before he dropped in for the finale was the best in terms of pure difficulty showmanship and guts that has ever been seen on a halfpipe.\nIt came with the heart-thumping pressure of knowing he had to land the most difficult run he ever attempted or settle for silver.\nIt included back-to-back jumps each with 1440 degrees of spin that are quite literally death-defying. They were tricks White said afterward that he had never landed in succession — not in practice and of course never in a contest.\n“I knew I had it in me ” he said. “The fear was out of the door. I’m at the Olympics. I had to do it . I’m standing at the top in my favorite position with the pressure of the world and one run to go. Man it brings out the best in me. I’m so glad that’s a part of me as a competitor.”\nOn the winning trip White got the tough stuff out of the way early dropping straight into the halfpipe flying nearly 20 feet above it and whipping his body around twice while going head-over-heels two times. He landed high enough on the wall to gather sufficient speed to head to the other side and essentially do a mirror image of the first trick.\nFrom there he performed what he calls a Sky Hook — a 20-foot vault above the deck in which he bent himself into the shape of a comma while grabbing the board and tweaking it up toward his backside to show judges the style they demand. His final trick was one he patented: the Double McTwist 1260 in which he took off from the wall for two flips with 1 ½ twists grabbing the board and practically wrestling it over his head to complete the jump and stick the landing.\n He knew he ’d done it but the wait — about 120 seconds — was agonizing.\nThe score came up. A 97.75. It was enough to beat Ayumu Hirano the 5-foot-2 19-year-old from Japan who has been asked quite often exactly when he was going to beat Shaun White.\nBut it was Hirano who now has back-to-back Olympic silvers who set the stakes for these games by becoming the first man to land the back-to-back 14s at the Winter X Games last month. He did it again on his second run under a slate-gray sky in Pyeongchang to set the mark (95.25) that White would have to beat.\nHe did it . Shortly after his winning score came up White was hugging friends and family and sobbing almost uncontrollably — the sort of emotion rarely seen from the man who burst onto the scene as the ebullient redhead shredder dude then grew into a multi-platform megastar whose light shines well beyond any halfpipe.\n White would be the first to admit that a lot of that fame came because of the Olympics. So the win wasn’t so hard to put into perspective.\n“He ripped his face in half more or less and you can still see the scars ” said White’s coach JJ Thomas. “And I don’t know if anyone else in this world has the mental strength to overcome that fear and lay it down on the world stage. It ’s amazing. He’s legendary.”\nThe debate is now on about where exactly White stands in the pantheon of Olympic stars or sports stars in general.", "output": [ "Shaun White" ] }, { "id": "task419-826204e318ad4625922141c8b11d9bed", "input": "OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook hit a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds left to cap a 30-point 15-assist outing and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off the Atlanta Hawks 120-117 on Friday night.\nThe Hawks led 92-88 with 8:49 left after a basket by Kent Bazemore. Westbrook re-entered the game and led the Thunder on a 16-5 run. Anthony’s 3-pointer with 5:34 left gave Oklahoma City a 104-97 lead.\nThe Hawks came back again eventually tying the game at 117 on two free throws by Ersan Ilyasova with 11.1 seconds left. After a timeout George inbounded to Westbrook who made the final shot over Atlanta’s Taurean Prince. Without a timeout the Hawks could manage only a desperation heave at the buzzer.\nThunder: Westbrook was called for an unsportsmanlike technical foul with 3:24 left in the second quarter for shoving Malcolm Delaney after Delaney had fouled him. … Steven Adams had 16 points and 10 rebounds. … The Thunder now trail only 66-65 in their all-time series with the Hawks including the franchise’s time in Seattle. … George and Westbrook entered the game ranked first and second respectively in the NBA in steals at 2.45 and 2.10. George had three steals against the Hawks and Westbrook had two.", "output": [ "Westbrook" ] }, { "id": "task419-7887a0efbdf04d559cb95e1d487a194b", "input": "Thomas Homan US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s acting director told Fox News that the mayor’s warning on Twitter was “beyond the pale” and compared her to a gang lookout who tells people when a police car is arriving. Homan said the Justice Department is looking into whether Schaaf obstructed justice.\nIt was unclear how many people would have eluded capture without the mayor’s warning but Homan squarely blamed her for 800 and said her actions jeopardized officer safety.\n“There’s over 800 significant public safety threat criminals these are people who are here illegally and committed yet another crime been convicted of a crime ” he told Fox. “ She gave them warning and there’s 800 that we were unable to locate because of that warning so that community’s a lot less safe than it would have been.”\n Homan ’s statement of 800 missed targets — plus the 150 arrests — in only three days suggests an unusually large operation by the agency’s standards. Two weeks ago it arrested 212 in a five-day operation in the Los Angeles area. A Texas operation in February resulted in 145 arrests over seven days.\nAsked about Homan likening her to a gang lookout she said the “Trump administration is trying to distract the American people convince them that these immigrants are dangerous people. That could not be further from the truth and it is based in racism.”\nThe warring words are the latest sign of escalating tension between California officials and the Trump administration over immigration enforcement and “sanctuary” jurisdictions. Homan vowed that immigration agents would have a stronger presence in California since a state law took effect in January to sharply limit cooperation between state and local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.\nDozens of protesters marching outside the agency’s offices in San Francisco after Homan spoke chanted “Shut down ICE!” David Chiu a Democratic state assemblyman said Trump “has declared war on our immigrant communities.”\n Homan in announcing the arrests late Tuesday renewed his warning that California’s limits on cooperating with ICE in local jails will lead to a bigger presence of immigration agents on the streets.", "output": [ "Homan" ] }, { "id": "task419-08b258052ee34a609c5acc594e8cc3b6", "input": "Hon Hai climbed NT$2 or 1.79 percent to close at NT$113.5 on Wednesday.\n Wang also pointed out that Hon Hai's revenue this year is expected to rise 32 percent from last year -- benefiting from the growth of orders in flat panel TVs iPads iPhones and notebook computers.\nHon Hai \"overweight\" because its share prices have plunged about 20 percent in the past month.\n Wang also pointed out that Hon Hai's revenue this year is expected to rise 32 percent from last year -- benefiting from the growth of orders in flat panel TVs iPads iPhones and notebook computers.\n Wang cut the stock's target price from NT$179 to NT$170 however saying the pay hikes are expected to increase Hon Hai's cost by NT$24 billion a year which would reduce its operating profit by 20 percent.\n Calvin Huang analyst at Daiwa Securities was also worried that the increase in labor cost will hurt the company's ability to grab market shares. He maintained an \"underperform\" rating for Hon Hai.\n In addition JPMorgan Chase cut Hon Hai's target price from NT$175 to NT$148 and Merrill Lynch decreased it from NT$190 to NT$159. But both brokerages kept their buy rating on the stock according to media reports.\nHon Hai's target price from NT$175 to NT$148 and Merrill Lynch decreased it from NT$190 to NT$159. But both brokerages kept their buy rating on the stock according to media reports.\n Meanwhile Morgan Stanley expected Hon Hai to stage a rebound in the next two months and set a target price at NT$150 saying the worst was over after the company's share prices fell 20 percent in the past month the reports said.\n The highest target price for Hon Hai -- NT$173 -- came from Credit Suisse which reiterated its \"outperform\" rating for the stock saying the impact from the pay hikes would be less than expected and the overall labor cost would become lower after the company hires more quality workers a media report said.\nHon Hai's target price from NT$175 to NT$148 and Merrill Lynch decreased it from NT$190 to NT$159. But both brokerages kept their buy rating on the stock according to media reports.", "output": [ "Hon Hai" ] }, { "id": "task419-6020194834484f99b55edfebd49b0210", "input": "One of the central issues of the shutdown battle is the Children's Health Insurance Program. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Alabama CHIP Director Cathy Caldwell about the program which covers 9 million low-income kids across the U.S.\nAnd joining us now is Cathy Caldwell . She is the director of Alabama's CHIP program. She 's speaking to us from Prattville Ala. Cathy Caldwell thank you so much for speaking with us.\n CATHY CALDWELL : Oh thank you for having me.\n CALDWELL : Sure. The Children's Health Insurance Program provides health insurance to uninsured children whose family income is above the Medicaid level. Currently in Alabama we have over 85 000 children insured in that program.\nCALDWELL: And we did receive some additional funding. But we 're still worried that it's going to run out before too long. What will happen when we exhaust our funding - we will dis-enroll children from the program. Many of those children will become uninsured. So for many they will probably not be able to access all of the services they need.\nCALDWELL: I would like to say that there is huge urgency. I think some people look at the numbers and think that if we still have a few weeks of funding then there's no urgency. That is absolutely not the case. These are large programs with many children enrolled. And so if in fact funding does not continue then we have to shut down our programs. It is going to take time and many resources to accomplish that. So we need Congress to act and extend funding. And we really need to get that down this month.\nMARTIN: That's Cathy Caldwell . She is the director of Alabama's CHIP program. We reached her in Prattville Ala. Cathy Caldwell thank you so much for speaking with us . We really appreciate it.\n CALDWELL : Oh you're very welcome. Thanks for having me.\nCopyright © 2018 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information.", "output": [ "Cathy Caldwell" ] }, { "id": "task419-11e346c4e5e94e548ec94f24f1b1ba63", "input": "\"Here there is no hope. By the time a victim arrives at the awareness of having been a victim legal intervention is not possible \" Domolo said in a country that has long been reluctant to confront the Vatican in its own backyard.\n \"The complicity of the hierarchy together with the enormity of the numbers and vast geography of these crimes should lead us to consider that we are facing a crime against humanity carried out by a political-religious organization \" Domolo told a news conference before the victims met his delivery bearing the cadence of a homily.\n Domolo now 45 said he had been a victim of his parish priest from age 8 to 12 and that he was forced to confess \"as if I had sinned.\"\n \"The church has known for 50 years this has been going on\" but \"kept it quiet in a disgusting way \" he said.\n Domolo was a priest for 15 years. He renounced both the priesthood and his Roman Catholic faith after meeting another victim on a trip to Ireland in 2001.", "output": [ "Salvatore Domolo", "Domolo" ] }, { "id": "task419-ae4e58b778dc43228d84a03ec5fa6f46", "input": "Intel CEI Brian Krzanich announced Monday evening in a CES keynote presentation that the company is neck-in-neck with other competitors in the race to make universal quantum computers that can solve problems that are impossible on today’s supercomputers. The semiconductor giant is competing against Google IBM and other companies to reach “quantum supremacy ” the marker at which universal quantum computers outpace traditional computers that represents an important Kitty Hawk moment for data processing.\n Krzanich said the company has created a 49-qubit quantum computing chip and have shipped it to their partners for use testing representing a big step in quantum computing for the company .\n“Quantum computing represents a completely different approach to computing. This technology will be able to solve problems that are insurmountable today ” Krzanich said in his speech. “Just as we ushered in the era of our classical personal computing we’re pushing the boundaries of the quantum computing revolution.”\nWhat are those impossible problems? Simulating the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs simulating catalysts that speed up chemical reactions (which can lead to more energy-efficient applications) and breaking cryptography Mike Mayberry corporate vice president and managing director of Intel Labs told Fox News. Krzanich said one potential use is for research into better-quality materials such as more efficient superconductors.\n Krzanich also discussed the development of a neuromorphic test chip nicknamed “Loihi.” Neuromorphic chips are closer to traditional computer chips but they are built to imitate neurons in a human brain giving it the ability to learn as it runs.\nNeuromorphic chip are expected to be able to identify objects from different angles while moving better than existing systems he said. This ability opens the door to real-time analysis of complex data Krzanich said.\n It ’s possible neuromorphic chips could be used in a product such as a smartphone in two to four years Mayberry said.\n“We’re really optimistic about what this new kind of computing can achieve over time ” Krzanich said in his presentation.", "output": [ "Brian Krzanich" ] }, { "id": "task419-7e9c7480cee8431fa05ff3e0476323b6", "input": "What Qader has built is a computer program that uses artificial intelligence reams of biomedical data and various algorithms to essentially \"read\" mammogram images spotting and diagnosing abnormalities quickly and at low cost — a potential boon to developing countries where access to doctors and health care can be limited. The technology is still in the testing stage says Qader .\n Qader acknowledges that interpreting mammograms is usually the task of radiologists but his goal is not to replace human physicians he says but to help them — particularly in areas often in low-income countries like Afghanistan where trained physicians can be scarce. Qader believes his technology can aid doctors by quickly pinpointing diagnoses to allow for earlier and better care. Although there are mammogram machines in Afghanistan there are not enough skilled doctors to read the results he says. \"They have the hardware — it's only getting cheaper — but not the manpower.\"\nHe's not the only one who thinks so. After meeting Qader at Google's I/O developer conference in May 2017 Google CEO Sundar Pichai and chairman Eric Schmidt sent him Twitter shout-outs.\n Qader also presented a TEDxTeen talk in London about his quest to apply machine-learning technology to health care in the developing world: \"How I Searched My Way to a Cure.\"\nIt's the story of an immigrant family seeking the American dream and of a kid whose curiosity led him to become a budding entrepreneur. Qader was born in Afghanistan in 1999 and came to Chicago with his parents when he was only a few months old. He grew up surrounded by aunts uncles and cousins all of them he says \"trying to figure out\" how to make new lives in their new country. A key ingredient his family taught him was helping people: \"If we were in the position that we could help ourselves we could help others. That is the philosophy I grew up with and that has always helped me.\"\n\"This is how he is \" says his mother Roya Qader. He returned from their family trip to Afghanistan asking \"Why people there don't have the opportunities that he had to study. And what could he do to help people there?\"", "output": [ "Roya Qader" ] }, { "id": "task419-49c6d21e2021434a99957aa4490daba3", "input": "After a decade of rare stability in the region Niger has in recent weeks been plunged into serious political crisis arising from Tandja's desire to extend his stay in power after his mandate expires this year.\n At the end of two five-year terms as elected head of state Tandja 71 is due to leave office by December 22 but instead he has defied the country's top court and decided to hold a referendum on August 4 on a new constitution.\n The proposed constitution would enable him to hang on to power for three years and then to run for office again for unlimited terms.\n After defying the constitutional court Tandja assumed emergency powers which saw him dissolve the court as well as parliament and crack down on independent media.\nTandja 71 is due to leave office by December 22 but instead he has defied the country's top court and decided to hold a referendum on August 4 on a new constitution.\n After defying the constitutional court Tandja assumed emergency powers which saw him dissolve the court as well as parliament and crack down on independent media.\n The opposition has slammed Tandja's action as akin to a coup d'etat.\n ECOWAS is brandishing economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation if Tandja presses ahead with the referendum.", "output": [ "Mamadou Tandja", "Tandja" ] }, { "id": "task419-1685f6e621594f4cac8672507f294022", "input": "Russia's catastrophic wildfires this summer have demonstrated the need to reform the nation's forest protection legislation and the state forestry agency President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday.\n The remarks appeared to reflect Medvedev's desire to take a higher profile on economic and domestic policy issues presently controlled by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin -- though Medvedev stopped short of an open challenge to his powerful predecessor and mentor.\n Putin has taken a highly visible lead in efforts to combat the fires visiting affected areas and even taking a seat in a firefighting plane while Medvedev was chairing dull official meetings. Many political commentators perceived Putin's action as a sign of his intention to reclaim the presidency in 2012 and a clear warning to Mevedev to stand by.\n Medvedev indicated Wednesday that the prime minister's move to take direct control of the forestry agency Rosleskhoz could be insufficient to properly protect the nation's forests in the future.\n \"If it's more convenient to work that way you are welcome \" Medvedev told a government meeting focused on forests. \"But if it proves insufficient I reserve the right to radically change those structures.\"\n He said the blazes had shown that the current law and the existing official structures can't properly protect the forests.\n \"It's quite obvious that the legal base and the organizational structure that we have don't fit the purpose \" Medvedev said in televised remarks.\n The president also said that the need for changing the current forest legislation also must be carefully analyzed.\nPutin and Medvedev both have said they would decide later who will run for president.\n Medvedev avoided any direct criticism of Putin but said Wednesday the 2006 law had left most of the nation's forests without due oversight.\n He also seemed to defy Putin on another issue -- the construction of a new highway northwest of Moscow that would destroy a forest near the town of Khimki. Putin's Cabinet has continued to support it despite growing public opposition.", "output": [ "Medvedev" ] }, { "id": "task419-bd0533163ef841cb88e784bdbc203ac5", "input": "THEODORE Alabama â The U.S. Senate campaign of Judge Roy Moore is firing back at Jimmy Kimmel and his paid trickster Rich Barbieriâalso known as âJake Byrdââfor disrupting a worship service at which Moore spoke here on Wednesday night.\nâ Jimmy Kimmel and the âHollywood eliteâ cross the line when they invade our Churches under a disguise and attempt to make a mockery of our worship services â Drew Messer a senior adviser to Moore told Breitbart News on Thursday morning after the incident at the church on Wednesday night.\nThe pastor had earlier in the evening also warned event-goers against disrupting the worship service so this constituted his second warning. But that did not stop Barbieriâwhose character on Kimmel âs show is âJake Byrdââfrom disrupting the event and being escorted out by police.\nTurns out tonight's Roy Moore superfan is a comedian named Tony Barbieri part of Jimmy Kimmel 's gang. pic.twitter.com/ykeGKVDdkS â Ben H. Raines (@BenHRaines) November 30 2017\n Kimmel bragged about the insult to Christians on Twitter too:\nJake Byrd heckles Roy Moore: Jimmy Kimmel comedian crashes Alabama church rally [Link] â Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) November 30 2017\nNow for the first time since the incident Mooreâs team is fired up and fighting back calling out the elites. In addition to Messerâs above comments he added in an email to Breitbart News that Kimmel should come down to Alabama himself rather sending one of his lackeys down here.\nâIf Kimmel wants to mock our Christian values he should come down here and do it man to man instead of hiding behind a camera in Hollywood â Messer said. âAnd yes Jimmy we will still rebuild our military build the wall protect our gun rights reform our tax code and support President Trump whether you like that or not. Hollywood will not bully us around.â\nFellow senior Moore adviser Brett Doster bashed Kimmel for enabling Hollywoodâs culture of preying on women as seen by the recent downfalls of Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.\nâLast night Jimmy Kimmel sent one of his goons to disrupt an Alabama worship service as a comedy prop â Doster said in an email to Breitbart News. âFor years Kimmel hosted a show that exploited women and encouraged sexual impropriety. He and the rest of the entertainment industry look down their noses at our evangelical values while using their own pulpit to encourage the very behavior purveyed by monsters like Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey.â\nIt remains to be seen whether Kimmel will have the guts to face Mooreâs team head-on in Alabama and own up to the actions of his staff. A Kimmel publicist has not responded to Breitbart News when asked via email whether Kimmel or Barbieri would be willing to defend themselves in an interview.\nAfter publication of this article the battle between Kimmel and Moore intensified on Twitter as Moore Tweeted this article at Kimmel inviting him to take his cause to Alabama to fight him âman to man.â\n Kimmel replied with yet another attack on Christians in Alabama mocking them for not having Christian values.\nSounds great Roy â let me know when you get some Christian values and Iâll be there! â Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) November 30 2017\nMoore fired back standing up to the âbigotryâ of coastal elites like Kimmel against southern conservative Christians in Alabama:\n Kimmel replied that he would come after all:", "output": [ "Jimmy Kimmel" ] }, { "id": "task419-f800ef9828e645ca9c56967ec80a84db", "input": "Two students from Marjorie Stonemason Douglas High School attacked National Rifle Association spokesperson Dana Loesch as a bad mother during the CNN Town Hall on gun policy on Wednesday night.\nAnother student Emma Gonzalez — whom CNN has highlighted frequently in the past several days — also attacked Loesch as a mother: “I want you to know that we will support your two children in a way that you will not.”\nIn addition as NewsBusters notes the crowd repeatedly heckled Loesch as a “murderer.” Tapper did admonish them — as did Gonzalez — to be quiet so that they could hear her answers to questions.\nThe crowd also booed Loesch when she referred to a rape survivor who supports gun rights.", "output": [ "Dana Loesch" ] }, { "id": "task419-d54356d897d049ad8e4f852985f52979", "input": "The wait is over for Erik Gustafsson .\n Gustafsson played Saturday night against the Islanders his first game on the ice in a Hawks sweater since he was recalled from Rockford on Jan. 9.\n He made his presence felt early getting credit for the primary assist on Patrick Kane’s goal all of 1 minute 1 second into the game.\nAttached to the opportunity his first in the NHL since he played 41 games and registered 14 assists with the Hawks in 2015-16 are expectations and hopes that he can become a regular part of the rotation.\nThe 25-year-old said he planned to make every minute of ice time count.\n“I want to play every game and help the team make the playoffs ” he said before Saturday’s game. “If it's 10 or 20 minutes today we'll just see. I'll do my best and we'll see what happens.”\nWhat Gustafsson saw next to him in his first NHL game since April 9 2016 was a familiar face in Brent Seabrook.\nThe two played 296 minutes over 35 games together two seasons ago by far the most ice time Gustafsson spent with any teammate.\n“ He came with a good attitude wanted to get back here and had a good stretch in the minors ” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “Gives us some offense on the back end likes to join in likes to jump into it. Defensively he ’s been fine as well.”\nOne-timers: Center Artem Anisimov who practiced Friday for the first time since he was placed on injured reserve Dec. 29 with an upper-body injury did not play Saturday but could return Monday against the Lightning. He has 13 goals and five assists in 36 games. … Patrick Kane is the only Hawk selected to play in the All-Star Game but he won’t be the only Hawk going to the Jan. 28 game in Tampa Fla. Head trainer Mike Gapski and assistant trainer Jeff Thomas were selected to be on the training staff for the game.", "output": [ "Erik Gustafsson" ] }, { "id": "task419-483ba1d3bd604874a73332eb9ac15f8e", "input": "HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has prosecuted five former officials of the unlisted Dong A Bank for violating rules that “lead to serious consequences” police said on Friday part of a widening investigation involving the Ho Chi Minh City-based lender.\nThe troubled partly private Dong A Bank is among several lenders under scrutiny of the authorities who say they want to tackle corruption including abuse of power and violation of lending rules.\n Dong A Bank said it would respond to a Reuters request for comment later in the day.\n The central bank the State Bank of Vietnam had placed Dong A Bank under special supervision in 2015 “for violations in financial management and credit grants” by some executives.\nThe ministry of public security said in a statement on Friday that 17 people have been arrested in the Dong A Bank fraud case.", "output": [ "Dong A Bank" ] }, { "id": "task419-9bbb5081c22f4e168e941dacb2101315", "input": "Detroit resident Darrell Standberry doesn't navigate streets of the Motor City without his licensed handgun and it already has saved his life once.\nâI never leave home without my weapon â he said. âYou never know when or what youâll encounter.â\nIt was 2011 when Standberry stopped at a gas station on Six Mile Road after attending his sonâs football practice. After filling up the tank of his SUV he left the car running and went inside to pay only to spot a man jumping in behind the wheel.\nâI went back over and told him to get out of my car \" said Standberry 46 aformer bar owner who is now a college student. \"He told me to get the hell out of there and drove off.â\nâI never leave home without my weapon. You never know when or what youâll encounter.â - Darrell Standberry\n Standberry stood frozen as the bandit peeled away but then felt his heart pound when the thief doubled back. His hand moved down to his hip and gripped a holstered .45-caliber SIG Sauer as the man who had stolen his car bore down on him .\nâI saw him pulling out his gun to shoot me â Standberry recalled. âSo I pulled my gun out and shot him .â\nThe shot went through the windshield and hit its target a criminal with a long record who made a short-lived getaway before crashing into a tree and dying. Standberry âs claim of self-defense was never questioned by local cops.\n Expand / Contract Darrell Standberry has had a carry permit since 2002. He used his hand gun to stop a car thief who attempted to kill him during a 2011 robbery in his native Detroit. (Courtesy of Darrell Standberry)\nExpand / Contract Standberry's car was totaled when the man he shot crashed into a tree and died. (Courtesy of Darrell Standberry)\n Standberry said his run-in with a car thief is proof that responsible and legal gun ownership is a key to surviving in Detroit.\nâThat day could have been much worse â he said to FoxNews.com. âIt could have been my life that was taken.â", "output": [ "Darrell Standberry" ] }, { "id": "task419-5ed23890182e49dcb2556c98f13e9e25", "input": "Ben Zobrist? Kyle Schwarber? Kris Bryant? Anthony Rizzo? The Cubs don’t seem worried as they scored 822 runs last season despite Schwarber’s struggles eventually dropping him from that spot. Assuming they don’t acquire a leadoff specialist they’ll likely rely on a combination of players seeking to provide the production Dexter Fowler supplied in 2016.\nThe Cubs had minus-9 defensive runs saved at that position last year. Without a strikeout-heavy rotation defense takes on a greater role. Schwarber has slimmed down to help his agility. Ian Happ has been prone to taking curious routes to the ball. Ben Zobrist isn’t fast but he ’s dependable.\n Zobrist turns 37 on May 26 and he played in only 128 games in 2017 because of wrist and back injuries. Manager Joe Maddon faces the delicate balance of getting Zobrist ready without taxing him . Happ is lined up to receive more playing time to preserve Zobrist’s health.\nCubs' Ben Zobrist swinging for a rebound after injury-plagued season »", "output": [ "Ben Zobrist" ] }, { "id": "task419-79783e046e954a71b1b8c89eab59f893", "input": "In the video Neda Agha Soltan is lying on the ground as blood flows from her mouth and nose and onlookers scream. Her last moments spread around the world on Youtube Facebook blogs and Twitter turning her into an icon in the clash between Iran's cleric-led government and protesters.\n \"She only ever said that she wanted one thing she wanted democracy and freedom for the people of Iran \" Caspian Makan told an Associated Press reporter during a telephone call from Tehran.\n But Makan did provide photographs of himself with a woman he identified as Soltan and also had her as a friend on his Facebook page and said he had intended to marry her. \"I still feel her I still talk to her \" he said.\n Makan said that they had argued in the days before her death about her decision to attend the protests which were part of the self-described \"green wave\" movement that claims hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stole his June 12 re-election.\n He said he had asked her not to go out for fear she would be arrested or shot. \"I tried to dissuade her from going out in the streets because I'd seen in my work as a journalist that unfortunately there are a lot of merciless behaviors \" Makan said.\n \"But she said that our attendance would be worthwhile even if a bullet hits my heart \" he said. \"Unfortunately that is how she died a bullet hit her heart and her lung and maybe 5 or 6 minutes later she died.\"\n Internet accounts say that Soltan's father was at her side during her death. But Makan said a white-haired man who is seen pressing on her chest in the video and repeatedly saying \"don't be afraid Neda dear don't be afraid\" was actually her music teacher.\n chest in the video and repeatedly saying \"don't be afraid Neda dear don't be afraid\" was actually her music teacher.\n She'd grown dissatisfied with her theology studies and had taken up music as a pianist he said.\n They first met on a vacation in Izmir Turkey a town on the Mediterranean on a vacation tour from Iran. He described Soltan as a plain-spoken woman who loved poetry -- Iran's Rumi and America's Robert Frost were her favorites.", "output": [ "Neda Agha Soltan" ] }, { "id": "task419-88e1967b5a0843a38e8ebcf6ddb3f70e", "input": "TALLAHASSEE Fla. (AP) — Willie Taggart grew up a Florida State fan and dreamed of playing for the Seminoles.\n He never donned the garnet and gold as a player but has managed to one-up that goal.\n Taggart was introduced as the 11th head coach in Florida State history on Wednesday as he returns to the Sunshine State after one season at Oregon. The 41-year old Bradenton native coached at South Florida from 2013-16 before taking the Ducks job.\n Willie Taggart gestures as he is introduced as Florida State's new football coach during an NCAA college football news conference in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)\nThree days after Fisher resigned Taggart met with Florida State President John Thrasher athletic director Stan Wilcox and board of trustees member Ed Burr on Monday in Scottsdale Arizona. After weighing the offer overnight Taggart accepted on Tuesday and informed his players at Oregon .\n He arrived in Tallahassee early Wednesday morning and met with the team before the news conference. Taggart said he appreciated Oregon athletic director Rod Mullens for giving him his first chance at a Power Five job but that the chance to coach at the school he has followed since childhood was too good to pass up.\n\"I know I let him down and I'm sorry. The timing was probably not right but it is never right \" Taggart said. \"This one chance was perfect. To be closer to family and coach in a Power Five and an opportunity to win a national championship are personal goals.\"\nWilcox said there were a number of candidates for the job but that Taggart was his top choice.\n\"We had a number of candidates but knew his passion would rise to the top \" he said.\nThrasher said he had a feeling early last week that Fisher was going to leave and that it was time to look at their options.\nWillie Taggart does the Seminole chop in front of Doak Campbell Stadium before being introduced as Florida State University's new NCAA college football coach in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)\nThe Seminoles ran a pro-style offense under Fisher but Taggart 's \"Gulf Coast Offense\" is spread based. Taggart 's offenses have ranked in the top 20 in scoring the past two years.\n Willie Taggart left is greeted by Florida State University president John Thrasher and his wife Jean as he arrives to be introduced as the school's new NCAA college football head coach in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)\n Taggart 's immediate goals will be completing his staff and trying to salvage a recruiting class — at least six players have de-committed over the past week. This is the first year football has an early-signing period which will take place Dec. 20-22.", "output": [ "Willie Taggart" ] }, { "id": "task419-cc34573b0cb946138eeb11ead6a7874f", "input": "An experienced Rudaw war correspondent Hevidar Ahmed reported from Kirkuk that some 10 Peshmerga were beheaded during confrontations between the Kurdish fighters and Hashd al-Shaabi late Sunday night. Ahmed also said there were looting and burning of Kurdish homes in Tuz Khurmatu by the Hashd al-Shaabi. He reported that 150 Kurdish houses were looted and 15 burned.\nA report filed on Tuesday indicated a Rudaw reporter named Hevidar Ahmed personally saw the headless corpses of Kurdish troops. Ahmed said that contrary to the general tone of reports about the Iraqi advance into Kirkuk a few Peshmerga units “put up a fierce defense” at first falling back only after they realized they were greatly outnumbered and some of their fighters had been wounded or killed.\n Ahmed reported seeing “the bodies of as many as 10 Peshmerga piled into the back of a pickup truck ” all of them beheaded. He stated they were beheaded by “a group of Hashd al-Shaabi trained after the Mosul operation last year.”\nIt should be noted that Rudaw appears to be the only source of these beheading reports as of Wednesday afternoon. Other references to the beheading of Peshmerga fighters all seem to lead back to Ahmed ’s account. Furthermore the authenticity of the Shiite militia fighter’s video posted by Rudaw does not appear to have been confirmed by other sources.", "output": [ "Hevidar Ahmed" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e090f34aa9d4bd4a0aa52f9ae257491", "input": "“If our control of the party is not strong and party governance is not strict then the party won’t be able to avoid being erased by history and the historic task the party carries will not be able to be fulfilled ” Zhao wrote.\nXi like others before him has warned that corruption is so serious it could lead to the end of the party’s grip on power.\nXi’s corruption fight has ensnared more than 1.3 million officials. At last month’s five-yearly party congress he said it would continue to target both “tigers” and “flies” a reference to elite officials and ordinary bureaucrats.\n“The facts tell us and warn us that the party’s position as the top political leader and power is the foundation of our political stability economic development national unity and social stability ” Zhao wrote.\n Zhao leads the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) having previously been in charge of the party’s powerful organisation department which is in charge of personnel decisions.\n He added that there would be no tolerance of people who “just do what they want to do” and ignore orders or carry on with banned behaviours like trying to get around policy decisions.\nPromotions also needed to be rigorously scrutinised he said a reference to numerous previous scandals where corrupt officials had abused their power or taken bribes to promote friends and family members.", "output": [ "REUTERSJason Lee Zhao", "Zhao" ] }, { "id": "task419-638cd6a7aa2c4065b5a27a8f309d4736", "input": "Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman declined to confirm the grand jury citing the secrecy of any such proceeding but said he still intends to make his own decision on whether to charge the officer.\nJustine Ruszczyk Damond a 40-year-old life coach was killed by Minneapolis Officer Mohamed Noor just minutes after she called police to report a possible sexual assault in the alley behind her home. Noor hasn't been charged and Freeman said weeks ago that more investigating was needed in the case. He also told activists in a recorded conversation that he didn't have enough evidence and investigators \"haven't done their job.\"\nIn recent years Freeman has said he would no longer use grand juries to decide whether officers would be charged in police shootings saying he would make those decisions himself to provide more accountability and transparency.\nMarsh Halberg a criminal defense attorney who is not connected to this case said it could give Freeman a strategic advantage by requiring witnesses to testify under oath and lock down witness testimony in advance of a possible trial. Still Halberg said it's unclear whether a grand jury can be used strictly for investigative purposes on the state level and it's not something he has seen in his 40-year career.\nHalberg said Freeman could be using the grand jury as \"a tactical reason to get evidence from people who are maybe refusing to testify.\"\nRobert Bennett an attorney for the Damond family said he and the family support Freeman 's use of the grand jury and think it's the right thing to do. Bennett said it's disappointing that subpoenas were necessary to get witnesses including police officers to be truthful.\nNoor's attorney Thomas Plunkett issued a statement saying Freeman 's comments \"leave me unclear as to what he is doing.\" He added that \"it would be unethical and potentially unlawful to comment publicly on this development. Worse — any public comment would jeopardize the fairness of an important judicial function.\"\nThe grand jury process has been criticized for its secrecy and because it rarely results in charges against officers. Freeman broke precedent with the standard practice of using grand juries to decide charges in police shootings after the November 2015 death of Jamar Clark. Freeman noted at that time that grand juries had been used to consider police shootings in his county for more than 40 years and no officers had been indicted.", "output": [ "Mike Freeman" ] }, { "id": "task419-1bbf1040116646f2affb5ea0cba55a41", "input": "How high up the ladder does a woman need to climb before she feels her voice is heard? The unfortunate answer is that getting to the top doesn’t bring any guarantees actor and start of \"Search Party\" Alia Shawkat told me on \"Salon Talks.\"\n“I’ll be on a set with a male actor we’re both in the same role same position of power on set. And I’ll suggest an idea and it’s talked over and then he’ll say it and everyone listens \" Shawkat said.\nIt’s an experience that too many women are familiar with no matter where they work. Shawkat is an accomplished actress with roles in cult favorites (\"Arrested Development \" \"Transparent \" \"Broad City\") who stars in the TBS comedic murder mystery “Search Party” and is the executive producer of the upcoming film “Duck Butter.\"\n“There’s a hunger to gain power on set as women and literally my voice is not always heard. And that’s the most frustrating part repeating myself \" she said.\nWhile the current societal focus is on allegations of sexual harassment and assault that have been brought to light as well as holding men in positions of power accountable for their actions Shawkat believes those steps are just the beginning to addressing gender dynamics in Hollywood. To hear more of her personal experiences feeling silenced watch the video above.", "output": [ "Alia Shawkat" ] }, { "id": "task419-806e9be296f44d05b3e4258d9820e38c", "input": "\"That was huge to hear that from Todd. He's getting older and he's coming off back surgery. And I know he wants to be strong at the end of the season \" said Giambi who received interest from the Minnesota Twins before they signed Jim Thome to serve as a designated hitter.\n In his last 20 at-bats with the Rockies last season Giambi knocked in 11 runs. He won multiple games with pinch-hits. But he only plays first base and hits left-handed so Colorado wasn't sure he would fit this year's roster.\n \"He had an invaluable effect on our club beyond anything I even imagined \" O'Dowd said Wednesday. \"He really helped teach our younger players what it means to slow the game down.\"\n In Tulowitzki's case Giambi is a perfect sounding board. Giambi has lived in the shortstop's shoes dealt with the pressure of a big contract and huge responsibilities.\n \"It's definitely humbling to have this role. You dream about having an impact. I got lucky as a young player to have Mark McGwire help me \" Giambi said. \"I have obviously had a lot of ups and downs so I can relate to most guys.\"\n Giambi's advice is more cerebral than you might think. He discusses situational hitting and how to game plan opposing pitchers. And his passion is infectious according to teammates.\n \"He just has a presence about him. I remember telling people that regardless of what happens I will get to say I played with Jason Giambi \" pitcher Huston Street said. \"There's a bigness about his personality and profile but a smallness in the clubhouse. He doesn't think he's better than anybody else and he really cares.\"\n But Giambi is in Colorado not just because he fits but because he believes the team can win a ring something that eluded him with the Yankees.\n \"We better kick some (butt) this year \" Giambi said. \"I didn't come here to finish second. I came back to win a championship.\"", "output": [ "Jim Thome" ] }, { "id": "task419-e016742132be46c9b92e0b0fdfdae7b7", "input": "A top Democrat launched an investigation Monday into White House senior adviser Jared Kushner's use of private email while serving in the Trump administration.\nRep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Kushner following Politico's report on Sunday detailing the adviser's use of private email while serving in the White House.\n Kushner President Donald Trump's son-in-law set up a private email account in December and has used it since to discuss official government business with fellow administration officials Politico reported.\nThough Kushner 's lawyer said the adviser \"uses his White House email address to conduct White House business \" he admitted that Kushner had utilized a personal email account to discuss government business.\n\"Fewer than 100 emails from January through August were either sent to or returned by Mr. Kushner to colleagues in the White House from his personal email account \" the lawyer said. \"These usually forwarded news articles or political commentary and most often occurred when someone initiated the exchange by sending an email to his personal rather than his White House address.\"\n\" Kushner has adhered to government record-keeping requirements by forwarding all the emails to his account \" the lawyer added.\nCummings additionally asked Kushner to provide the addresses for all private email accounts he used to conduct any government business a list of all the emails he either sent or received at those addresses that involved official government business and information about the security of the domain he used.", "output": [ "Jared Kushner" ] }, { "id": "task419-d1853da358ac4bdc949f07c63189ee8a", "input": "Sayfullo Saipov 29 who arrived in the U.S. from Uzbekistan in 2010 entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan in connection with the Oct. 31 vehicle attack.\nAfter the attack investigators say Saipov told them he was inspired by watching Islamic State propaganda videos and that \" he felt good about what he had done \" NPR's Joel Rose reports.\n His court-appointed lawyer declined to comment after the hearing.\nDays later President Trump tweeted that Saipov \"SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!\" and perhaps be sent to U.S. military's detention center at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. As The Washington Post has noted the president's \"off-the-cuff remarks seemed to risk complicating matters for federal prosecutors.\"\nAfter Saipov 's plea on Tuesday his court-appointed attorney David Patton declined to comment on the case according to Reuters.\nIn the attack Saipov is alleged to have driven a rented Home Depot pickup onto the bike path along the West Side Highway mowing down people until the vehicle collided with a school bus. After the crash he allegedly jumped out of the truck yelling \"God is great\" in Arabic.\nEven so authorities reportedly believe Saipov was a \"lone wolf.\"\nReuters says Saipov's sister Umida Saipova told the news agency in a phone interview earlier this month from Tashkent Uzbekistan that she believed her brother had been \"brainwashed.\" Reuters says it also interviewed an Uzbek acquaintance of Saipov living in Ohio Mirrakhmat Muminov who said that Saipov became religious after moving to the United States in 2010.", "output": [ "Sayfullo Saipov" ] }, { "id": "task419-edba8cc6721d4b6e8ce85aa29f7e3a25", "input": "Shaun White center and fellow halfpipe medalists Ayumu Hirano of Japan (left) and Scotty James of Australia (right) elevated their sport with their fierce final competition. (Gregory Bull/AP)\nThe greatest competition so far at these Olympics ended with the three medalists and rivals sharing a long hug. The embrace may have begun as obligatory congratulations to show sportsmanship but as the Phoenix Snow Park crowd lifted its dropped jaws and the cheers grew louder the men — Shaun White Ayumu Hirano and Scotty James — turned sincere.\n“Done ” White said. “And I won.”\n Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White shares his recovery from a face injury in October of last year that left him with 62 stitches. (Rick Maese/The Washington Post)\n[ Shaun White proves he ’s greatest snowboarder ever winning third gold]\n White was in a similar position in 2014 failed and didn’t even win a medal after taking back-to-back golds in 2006 and 2010. This time he was assured at least a silver going into his last run. But if he had lost to Hirano who won silver in Sochi as a 15-year-old it might have been considered a torch-passing moment.\nHirano is 19 now; White is 31. James the bronze medalist and the feistiest of White’s rivals is 23. Hirano James and other young prodigies still have time to catch White . But the aging and evolving Flying Tomato had to stay on top. If he had lost any more ground he would be competing against time to regain it.\n[ White apologizes for letting American flag drag on the ground after win]\nThe greatest athletes have a way of bending time. They have a way of manufacturing redemption. When White lost in Sochi he was emotionally absent. He had become too big for the sport. He needed to find his passion again. Then the new generation threatened to take over and his passion wasn’t a problem anymore.\n“It was motivating ” White said. “It’s nice to see up-and-coming riders pushing it because it helps motivate me to get to that next place. I needed that.”\n“I knew what Shaun was going to do next and also I knew he has the same tricks as I do so I was not really relieved ” Hirano said. “I knew that Shaun even if he had a lot of pressure on him would be able to do more.”\nThat’s how White Hirano and James operate. They’re always looking at each other expecting more. At times the competition has been bitter especially between White and James. Even on this day James made veiled comments questioning whether White deserved a higher score than Hirano on his final run. James didn’t go into detail but he concluded “It could have gone either way.”\n“I think it’s really healthy ” James said. “It’s awesome for us. I love watching guys in other sports ride it out. The process can be overwhelming. Shaun has achieved a lot of amazing things. It can be easy to discredit yourself when you’re against someone like him .”\n[After Shaun White’s perfect 100 last month riders are judging the judges]\nFor now White stands as usual as the men’s halfpipe giant. He is savoring this moment more than the others not just because of what he had to come back from but who he had to go through this time.\nThe present kept the future at bay. White won’t be able to do it forever though. As wonderful as it has been to watch his reign it’s becoming clear that the sport won’t suffer when his time ends. The evolution doesn’t diminish his legacy. It enhances it.", "output": [ "Shaun White" ] }, { "id": "task419-17160a4c9cb54782a34650622ebbc8b7", "input": "Admit it: You thought Mark E. Smith would be the last to go. And in a way he was the last to go – when the punk legend died on Wednesday after 40 years leading the U.K. band the Fall he took most of the world's bile with him . \"There are 12 people in the world – the rest are paste \" Smith snarled in his 1981 anthem \"The Classical \" and nobody's sure if Smith ever met the other 11. Somehow he was only 60 but he 'd never seemed young. The \"Hip Priest\" had the most evil sneer in rock & roll punctuating his rants with a sarcastic \"aaaah\" to give every word a serpentine hiss. He hired and fired dozens of bandmates notoriously terrorizing anyone foolish enough to join his band yet no matter who was in the Fall you could always recognize them instantly – he stuck with his signature jagged guitar groove for life. Every time Mark E. Smith spat on the ground another 10 bands rose up and he hated every one of them.\nRelated The Fall: 10 Essential Songs Hear highlights from late great post-punk malcontent Mark E. Smith's sprawling four-decade discography\n Mark E. Smith was legendary as the most cantankerous bastard in town – and his town was Manchester. In his dozens of Fall records he created his own wonderful and frightening (but especially frightening) world. He stayed mean right up to the end. \"People still cross the road from me; I've still got that \" he said in his final interview. \"I can clear a pub when I want to. It's a talent.\" If there's a punk heaven Mark E. Smith is already on his third drummer.\nIf his huge and sprawling catalog seems too daunting to explore it's easy – start with \"The Classical \" a song that sums him up perfectly from the 1981 masterwork Hex Enduction Hour a monster groove with two drummers and crazy bass. \"Hey there fuckface-aaaah! Hey there fuckface – aaaah!\" Smith announces at the outset; it's his way of welcoming you in. He harangues away with insults (\"This is the home of the vain! There is no culture!\") complaints about how it all sounds too pretty (\"too much romantic here\") bad jokes (\"I just left the Hotel Amnesia ... where it is I can't remember\") advice (\"Kill it ! Kill it !\") and cultural commentary: \"You won't find anything more ridiculous than this new profile razor unit made with the highest British attention to the wrong detail.\" At the end the song explodes into the sarcastic chant \"I never felt better in my liiiiife\" – he makes it terrifyingly true.\n Smith was a working-class lad who left school at 16 to become a Salford dockworker who read voraciously by night. Then he heard the Sex Pistols decided he could do better and began one of punk's longest strangest careers a hard-drinking left-wing literary autodidact and self-proclaimed \"Prole Art Threat.\" \"The difference between you and us is that we have brains \" he told the crowd on an early live album. He set the tone for his whole career with early anthems like \"Totally Wired\" (\"I drank a jar full of coffee and then I took some of these\") and \"Repetition.\" He was notoriously fond of lager whiskey speed – like Motörhead's Lemmy who he resembles in so many ways he thrived at a chemical pace that would have turned anyone else to slush.\nWhen a rock star dies other musicians line up to share affectionate memories of their warmth and compassion. This will not happen to Mark E. Smith . He famously fired a soundman for ordering a salad. (In his defense Smith said \"the salad was the last straw\" dismissing his ex-bandmates as \"dickheads who couldn't hold their beer and needed to get home to Cheshire.\")\n He scared away so many musicians the journalist Dave Simpson wrote a 2008 book called The Fallen compiling their horror stories – one of them quit by escaping from the van on the freeway during a snowstorm. He liked to dismantle his bandmates' equipment onstage just to keep them from getting too slick. He fined his drummer five pounds every time he hit the tom-tom. On his disastrous 1998 visit to New York the band disintegrated into an onstage fistfight that ended with Smith in jail for a couple of days.\nBut no matter how legendary his offstage personality it was his music where Mark E. Smith truly became the stuff of nightmares. You can spend years exploring his catalog without coming close to figuring this guy out. The Fall hit their stride with the perfect 1980 EP Slates in blurts like \"Leave the Capitol\" and \"Fit and Working Again!!\" At one point on Slates he orders the band \"Don't start improvising for God's sake.\" (When Pavement made Slanted and Enchanted their future label boss Gerard Cosloy praised them in in his zine Conflict as \"a Slates tribute band\" – the ultimate compliment.) \"The only thing real is waking and rubbing your eyes \" he announced in \"How I Wrote Elastic Man.\"\n His music took a totally unexpected turn in the early Eighties when he arrived home with a young American bride on his arm. Brix Smith was a blonde California art girl who was glam tuneful flashy and a few dozen other things that Mark E. Smith wasn't. They were perfect for each other as her eccentric pop flair fit his caustic two-chord minimalism. They meshed beautifully in the 1983 Perverted by Language – especially in \"Hotel Bloedel \" where her doomy crooning meets his slang-king snarl over droning violin for a profoundly creepy sound.\n Smith kept churning out music right to the end. He made 30 albums or 31 or 32 or something like that – part of the fun in being a Fall fan was knowing that even Smith wasn't keeping score. Despite his rigorous ethic they varied widely in quality especially in the Nineties after Brix left and things got dark. The Infotainment Scam was mind-blowingly bad in that \"influenced by acid house in 1990\" kind of way while 1994's Middle Class Revolt was a hearty blast with \"You're Not Up to Much.\" He remained a legendary crank – check out his infamous 2007 interview on the U.K. chat show Transmission where the poor host tries a harmless question about why he 's so tough on his bandmates. \"People seem to go a bit crackers when they're around me \" he says with a straight face. \"I'm a nice fellow as you can see.\"\nWhen the jazzman Chet Baker died in 1988 art critic Dave Hickey paid tribute by pointing out that Baker \"died with gigs left to play thus deserving the freelancer's ultimate epitaph: 'If This Dude Wasn't Dead He Could Still Get Work.'\" Mark E. Smith went that one better: He died with gigs still getting cancelled on him . The Fall had an oft-delayed oft-rescheduled string of NYC shows booked for February at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right; they sold out instantly even though literally nobody thought these shows would ever happen. Here's to Mark E. Smith a lesson for us all in how to remain magnificently yourself and unshakably tough. A man made with the highest British attention to the wrong detail. Rest in rancor Mr. Smith .", "output": [ "Mark E. Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-93df8a05b1004164ad988941c8c32b57", "input": "President Donald Trump on Monday night tweeted what amounted to a political-opposition video targeting Sen. John McCain over his position on the latest Republican healthcare bill .\n The six-minute video shows various archive clips of McCain criticizing Obamacare and echoing calls to repeal and replace the law formally known as the Affordable Care Act. \"A few of the many clips of John McCain talking about Repealing & Replacing O'Care. My oh my has he changed-complete turn from years of talk \" Trump wrote.\nWhen he was informed of the president's tweet Graham responded: \" John McCain was willing to die for this country. So I would say to any American who has a problem with John McCain 's vote that John McCain can do whatever damn he wants to. He 's earned that right.\"\nHelluva moment on CNN: @LindseyGrahamSC mounts an impassioned defense of @SenJohnMcCain despite his stance that killed his health care bill. pic.twitter.com/Ri4vha3dLO — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) September 26 2017\nMcCain who is battling an aggressive form of brain cancer said last week that he would not vote for the Graham-Cassidy bill. The bill's future was in doubt on Monday after Maine Sen. Susan Collins said she would vote against the bill making her the third Republican to publicly come out against it.", "output": [ "John McCain" ] }, { "id": "task419-60e48ff228ea4db4a6838b77cc86845c", "input": "Chipotle's CFO is set to make $1 million if he stays at Chipotle for one year after the chain replaces founder Steve Ells with a new CEO.\nOn Friday Chipotle reported in an SEC filing that it had entered into retention agreements with certain executives to convince them to stay at the chain as it searches for a replacement for founder Steve Ells .\nCMO Mark Crumpacker is set to receive $600 000 on the one-year anniversary of the appointment of Ells' replacement. Crumpacker had previously taken a three-month leave of absence in 2016 after being arrested on charges of cocaine possession.\nChipotle announced in November that Ells plans to step down as it begins its hunt for a new CEO. According to Chipotle the company is looking for \"a new leader with demonstrated turnaround expertise to help address the challenges facing the company improve execution build customer trust and drive sales.\"", "output": [ "Steve Ells" ] }, { "id": "task419-4b140990dbf24e778cf49aa3dc087962", "input": "Investigators will determine the cause of the fire and the prospects of criminal lawsuits against the mall owners and officials would depend on the outcome of the investigation said the mayor who is the daughter of President Rodrigo Duterte .\nDuterte the mayor and Roman Catholic Church officials went to the site and met with relatives of the trapped office employees late Saturday and asked them to pray. The president was photographed wiping his eyes with a handkerchief his head bowed at an emotional moment with the relatives.\n President Rodrigo Duterte comforts a relative of one of the victims after a fire engulfed the mall. (KIWI BULACLAC/AFP/Getty Images)\n Duterte served as Davao mayor for many years before being elected to the presidency last year.\nIt's been a difficult year for the tough-talking 72-year-old leader who faced his most serious crisis when hundreds of pro-Islamic State group extremists laid siege on Marawi city also in the southern third of the Philippines. He declared martial law in the south to deal with the insurrection which troops crushed in October.", "output": [ "Rodrigo Duterte" ] }, { "id": "task419-8e46ae4b6b9c425aad1a00dc153e0425", "input": "Donald Trump Jr. expressed his admiration for the Indian media as \"mild and nice\" compared to the \"aggressive and brutal\" American press NDTV reported.\nAs an example of what he considered the contrast in the American media Trump Jr. said his remarks that Indians have smiling faces despite hardships they endure were twisted to sound negative.\n\"It wasn't me coming here [India] for first time. It was me coming here after 10 years \" he said. \"So everybody understood what I meant. But the Washington Post the next day said ' Donald Trump Jr. likes poor people because they smile.' \"\nTrump Jr. had initially made the comments in an interview with CNBC saying \"There is something about the Indian people that is unique here to other parts of the emerging world. You go through a town and I don't mean to be glib about it but you can see the poorest of the poor and there is still a smile on a face... It's a different spirit that you don't see in other parts of the world where people walk around so solemn.\"\nSpeaking about the changing business atmosphere in the country as compared to a decade ago Trump Jr. said he sees a higher amount of energy and is now willing to invest 10 times more in India.", "output": [ "Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-82da21e968ee4bdd958d4a837c1f6356", "input": "\"The areas that are getting brighter rapidly are developing countries \" says Christopher Kyba a researcher at the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam . \"So a lot of places in South America Africa and Asia are brightening really really rapidly up to 10 percent or more per year even in some cases.\"\nWith new solid-state lighting technology becoming available some areas have started making a switch to LEDs. And because this satellite is not able to see all of the light emitted by LEDs Kyba says the brightening that's actually happening is probably greater than what's been measured.\n\"For the United States for example we don't see much of a change. But we know that a lot of LEDs are going in. And that means that the United States is almost certainly getting brighter in terms of how people see the world with their human eyes \" Kyba explains.\nSome have suggested that energy-savings from LEDs will reduce the cost of lighting. But the researchers found that \"as light gets cheaper we use more of it nearly proportionately to the rate at which it's getting cheaper \" Kyba says.\nOn a global or national scale all this wasted light is expensive he says: \"It costs a lot of money to radiate that light into space and it's not doing anybody any good.\"\n He and others argue that lighting efforts must be well-designed to reduce the amount of light going out into space while still providing a safe and comfortable experience for people on the ground who need to see at night.\nThe rapid increase in night lighting has been a profound change a kind of global experiment that has happened in just the last 100 years. \"My mum for example grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan in a time before they had electrification \" Kyba says. \"So she grew up with an amazing starry sky and now she lives within one lifetime under a very light-polluted sky.\"", "output": [ "Christopher Kyba" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b510d0a1e6f490aa1bc0afc4fb3ef8d", "input": "Wednesday’s oral argument in the Supreme Court over affirmative action at the University of Texas had barely concluded before the Internet lit up with “shock horror” reactions to something Justice Antonin Scalia said.\nMother Jones reported Scalia ’s comments under this headline: “Justice Scalia Suggests Blacks Belong at ‘Slower’ Colleges. Yes he really said that.”\nNo he didn’t if that headline implies that Scalia believes all black students belong at “slower” colleges.\n He was addressing Gregory Garre a lawyer for the University of Texas who was defending the university’s policy of counting race as one factor in a “holistic” review of applicants (which also includes factors such as extracurricular activities socioeconomic background and “hardships overcome”).\nIt’s silly for advocates of affirmative action to dissemble about this. And it’s equally silly to suggest that Scalia was being racist when he clumsily invoked the mismatch theory.", "output": [ "Antonin Scalia" ] }, { "id": "task419-70cbef1d6d7b4cdaba219a94898ec24a", "input": "PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that Poland’s plans to overhaul the judiciary remained a cause for concern though there were a decreasing number of subjects where the two countries did not see eye-to-eye.\n French President Emmanuel Macron attends a news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris France November 23 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer\nFrosty even under the previous French administration bilateral relations between the two powers reached a new low in August when Macron said the Polish people deserved better leaders and he shunned Poland during an eastern Europe tour.\nBut at a joint news conference on Thursday in Paris the two leaders appeared to want to put their differences to one side with Macron saying: “We have disagreements which we talked about but also points on which we share views.”\nWhen he met Szydlo on Thursday Macron avoided overt criticism and said it was not up to him to lecture another EU country on its domestic reforms.\nFrench President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo attend a joint news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris France November 23 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer\n“We will continue to exchange views on this topic for concerns ” Macron said. “If it turns out that what is done does not comply with European treaties we will all draw the consequences.”", "output": [ "Emmanuel Macron" ] }, { "id": "task419-5d964a8817c34e7aa8c71283b2704733", "input": "The government will strive to create a better social and economic environment to encourage people to have children Deputy Minister of the Interior Chien Tai- lang said Sunday.\n Chien made the remarks after a recent survey showed that the current economic recession the social welfare system and poor social order are the three main factors that have dampened people's willingness to have children.\n Chien acknowledged that the government needs to do more to help boost the country's birth rate which has been in decline for the past 30 years.\n Meanwhile the number of people aged 65 years and older in Taiwan is expected to rise to 39 percent of the total population by 2051 Chien said citing a projection by sociologists.\n Therefore encouraging more births is one the government's policies Chien said adding that increasing the birth rate is not only the responsibility of individuals but also of the government.", "output": [ "Chien" ] }, { "id": "task419-c58aa769daa84bf4b6f777fbc3a49d33", "input": "Former Major League Baseball player Jose Canseco 53 will apparently not get another contract from NBC Sports California after comments he made on social media concerning sexual misconduct went viral.\nWhat did he say?\nAmid the hypercharged #MeToo environment that began with allegations of salacious sexually inappropriate behavior against film mogul Harvey Weinstein Canseco on Tuesday night tweeted a bevy of sentiments admitting to having been “molested” by women — reported occurrences Canseco apparently seemed to enjoy.\n“What is going on with all these politicians molesting women I’ve been molested by several women and never complained ” Canseco tweeted.\n“I see the difference I guess cuz I was a good-looking guy and these politicians look like a bag of boogers ” Canseco continued.\n Canseco concluded his tweetstorm by saying that certain allegations were simply “racist.”\nWhat is going on with all these politicians molesting women I’ve been molested by several women and never complained — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) December 12 2017\nWell I mean I’ve been beaten by women taken advantage of by women and molested by women I never complain but it was kind of a turn-on — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) December 12 2017\nI see the difference I guess cuz I was a good-looking guy and these politicians look like a bag of boogers — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) December 12 2017\nThese women complaining against sexual misconduct are just racist against ugly men — Jose Canseco (@JoseCanseco) December 12 2017\n Canseco who worked for NBC Sports as a studio analyst in 2017 will not receive another contract from the network.\nJose Canseco is no longer an employee with NBC Sports California. His agreement with us ended after the 2017 season. We certainly don’t agree with his comments which do not reflect the values of our network or our team partner.", "output": [ "Jose Canseco" ] }, { "id": "task419-16f8aa0fa1bb49e399df174492bbf21b", "input": "Magistrate Anthony Yuen said Monday he considered her \"good background well-off family (and) outstanding academic achievement\" as mitigating factors. He also noted she suffered from bipolar disorder.\n Yuen's judgment attracted widespread criticism from the public and police who said the 34-year-old should face harsher punishment.\n But following a review of his own ruling at the government's request Yuen said Friday it would not change.\n \"Had she been a poor Pakistani or Indian teenager in Hong Kong a jail term would be inevitable. And I have many examples to show you.\"", "output": [ "Anthony Yuen" ] }, { "id": "task419-23fe9fc8e6454f43a84bab8da5817688", "input": "Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to up to five years in prison Tuesday for violating the terms of his probation stemming from his conviction for lying under oath about an affair with his chief of staff.\n Groner said Kilpatrick would have to serve at least one-and-a-half years in prison. He is still obligated to pay back the remaining balance of his $1 million debt to the city of Detroit.\n Shortly after the sentencing Compuware Corp. said that Kilpatrick has being fired from his job as a medical software salesman for its Dallas-based subsidiary Covisint.\n Groner ruled last month that Kilpatrick failed to report all of his assets and meet other conditions of his probation. In court Tuesday Groner scolded Kilpatrick for his continued lack of candor about his finances.\n \"Your continued attempt to cast yourself as the victim your lack of forthrightness your lack of contriteness and lack of humility ... clearly rehabilitation has failed \" Groner told Kilpatrick after the former mayor spent about 15 minutes explaining why he should be allowed to return to his family in Dallas.\n \"I want to go home your honor where I belong \" Kilpatrick told Groner. \"I'm not here because of a gun charge or a drug charge. I'm here because of my confusion over some of the written orders that have been before me.\"\n At issue is the restitution Kilpatrick was ordered to pay the city after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to obstruction of justice. Kilpatrick testified in a whistle-blowers' lawsuit that he was not romantically involved with his chief of staff but text messages between the two later showed he was lying. Before the text message scandal broke the city paid the two whistle blowers an $8.4 million settlement.\n After Groner announced the sentence a loud collective gasp rose from many of Kilpatrick's supporters in the packed courtroom. Kilpatrick appeared shaken.\n Kilpatrick has 42 days in which to file an appeal.\n After he was released from jail in February 2009 Kilpatrick found a job with Covisint. Since then he has said he is working on his marriage and trying to be a better father to his three sons. He also has been making $3 000 monthly payments to the city of Detroit saying he hopes to repay everything he owes.\n But prosecutors contend he continues to lie -- that Kilpatrick could afford to give more and has intentionally hid assets.\n Groner agreed saying Kilpatrick failed to disclose $240 000 in loans from prominent businessmen. He also said Kilpatrick failed to surrender nearly $23 400 in tax refunds and a share of cash gifts from two people.", "output": [ "Kwame Kilpatrick" ] }, { "id": "task419-5b7ea9d29122440ea13df4453112883a", "input": "I first wrote about disability and policing for The Nation in 2013. I’m not sure anything has improved since then. The people who have been working on this the longest people like the lawyer Talila Lewis and the organization HEARD and artist and activist Leroy Moore remain unfunded even as organizations pour money into trainings for cops. But police don’t need training to choose not to shoot folks like Sanchez. They just have to stop treating noncompliance as a justification for escalation.\nBack to Sanchez we see similar patterns of police conduct this time with horrible lethal consequences. Sara Nović who identifies as Deaf and is an assistant professor of creative writing at Stockton University told me via e-mail that the killing emerged from a “perfect storm of communication anxiety for many d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing people.” It’s hard to talk to strangers especially when the stakes are high. It was also dark. She notes “Even the most skilled deaf communicators/lipreaders struggle in the dark. It is only natural that Sanchez would try to get closer so he could see what was going on especially because he ’d had no involvement in the traffic incident they were investigating. He was sitting on his porch minding his own business; he ’d done nothing wrong.” But he didn’t—couldn’t—comply with orders so a police officer killed him .\n Instead of training police to grant people they recognize as disabled specific rights victims like Leibel and Sanchez demonstrate the need for police to operate with a baseline of presumption of compliance. When significant threats emerge as does tragically happen officers will need to respond. But when Sanchez walked forward surely the officers could have stepped back. When the autistic boy was shaking his string the officer could have just decided not to cuff a child even if he didn’t recognize the word “stimming.” There are so many ways to improve the situation without asking for specialized training.\nAt least four disabled people died at the hands of police this week. One previous case of unjustified police violence came to light. Except for the brief media attention of the Sanchez and Leibel cases that’s a pretty normal week. It’s unlikely anyone will be held accountable except possibly in the situation where Leibel a white teenager in an affluent neighborhood was brutalized. There the combination of powerful video a compelling victim widespread coverage and a good lawyer might help. In the other cases the multiply marginalized status of the victims plus the lethality of the encounter will make accountability difficult if not impossible. And then next week alas the same types of stories will play out again and more people will die.", "output": [ "Sanchez" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf2c7a1ce7714399bc2e38f208514d18", "input": "Mario Gabelli says the animal spirits in the markets awakened by tax reform and strong corporate profits are creating a new wave of merger activity and opportunities for investors.\n Gabelli says he 's a buyer of General Electric shares after their recent pullback based on its industrial business. GE shares are up 1.5 percent on Monday. He said his firm is just starting to buy.\nLive entertainment is an opportunity for investors Gabelli said saying he likes Liberty Braves (which is Liberty Media Corp. Series C) and Madison Square Garden.\n He owns shares of casino operators Wynn and MGM and says he would continue to hold Wynn even without its CEO Steve Wynn at the helm. Wynn shares are plunging down another 8.7 percent on Monday after the chief executive was accused of sexual misconduct over a number of years. MGM's stock is up 2.2 percent.\n Gabelli also said oil services companies are well-positioned saying he is adding to his holdings of Halliburton and buying shares of a smaller Minneapolis-area fracking company called Twin Disc sending its shares up 14 percent in midday trading Monday.\n Gabelli said \"I'm still very optimistic as I generally am over the next six to nine months.\" He says he doesn't believe the market is overheated at the moment.\n\"It's not like 1999 when doctors were looking at the quote machines while they were operating \" Gabelli said. \"You're seeing a flow of funds. Is it too much? Not yet.\"", "output": [ "Mario Gabelli" ] }, { "id": "task419-f018a895922547a5998b2401ec9da8bc", "input": "The same early juncture in the election cycle is now facing Clinton's primary challenger Bernie Sanders a candidate who in 2015 launched his campaign in the span of a couple months and is considered a frontrunner in the next election. The 75-year-old Vermont senator current and former aides said in recent interviews has the chance to build a formidable organization with the kind of infrastructure his first campaign lacked.\nEarlier this month he returned to the key caucus state of Iowa for the first time since the election to speak to a 1 100 progressive activists in Des Moines. At a daylong conference Revolution Iowa organizers and volunteers from the 2016 campaign reunited over boxes lunches and at workshops like “The Fight for Our Lives: Medicare for All!” Sanders is scheduled to make a second trip to the state in late August to promote his new book.\nAround Sanders former aides and advisers point to other signs of activity.\nOn the Democratic National Committee’s Unity Commission a group created by the Sanders and Clinton campaigns to review the fairness of the nominating process the senator’s allies led by former campaign manager Jeff Weaver have eyed changes to superdelegates open primaries and the voting calendar that could benefit Sanders . (Weaver disputing that idea said the commission is focused on changes that would help non-leading lesser-known candidates “get a fair hearing and maybe win.” Sanders he noted “would enter as a leading candidate if not the frontrunner.”)\n“Many of us are out here waiting for a signal from him ” said Longabaugh who along with Tad Devine another top adviser put together the early blueprint for the Sanders campaign in spring 2015. “My sense is that's sort of where Sanders Nation is.”\n Sanders unquestionably built his “political revolution” on the strength of his message not the kind of calculated mechanics that laid the foundation for the Clinton operation in Brooklyn. Still some backers said the campaign also suffered from basic structural and tactical work that the senator not only came late to but at points actively resisted.\nThe nuts-and-bolts planning for a Sanders campaign began in March 2015 shortly before his April 30 announcement. In 2014 the liberal radio host Bill Press had hosted Sanders at his Washington home to talk over the decision to run with Senate staffers senior Democrats and strategists along with “wise guys and gals who pontificated a lot ” recalled Longabaugh. “Helpful for Bernie and [ his wife] Jane to hear — but it was not planning.”\nLess than four months into the race in August 2015 senior advisers sat down with Sanders and his wife in Burlington to address the issue in blunt terms: If they wanted to compete they needed a more serious operation — a campaign with proper infrastructure and a more robust travel schedule even if it meant missing votes in the Senate they told him according to a person briefed on the conversation at the time. In short there were basic realities about running for president that would have to be accepted.\nEven after the meeting billed publicly by advisers as “phase two” of the campaign Sanders struggled with that adjustment. He had to be convinced that TV ads were not just effective but necessary and that using a pollster did not mean putting a finger to the wind. He never hired a political director. He didn't see the need for middle management. Basic functions like a regional press operation weren't fully in place until the primaries had started. Structurally they never caught up to Clinton. (One former aide described the problem as the ultimate double-edged sword: “The reason that he is a compelling candidate is the same reason he can’t be elected president.”)\nFor now Sanders is reluctant to engage on the subject of what's next.\nOn his recent trip to Iowa when shouts of \"2020\" rang out from the crowd Sanders standing onstage or moving down the ropeline remained expressionless. The topic can be a source of irritation for the former candidate another distraction from the message.\nThe 2020 speculation adds to a somewhat disjointed political moment for Sanders : He is navigating new terrain under President Trump now as a key player in defending the Affordable Care Act even as he amplifies activists’ calls for a single-payer system; he is facing a federal investigation into his wife’s handling of bank loans for the shuttered Burlington College; and the group that was meant to be the vessel for his political movement Our Revolution has a struggled to rack up significant electoral wins.\nWeaver the former campaign manager and a longtime adviser who remains closer to Sanders than most stepped down as the head of Our Revolution on July 15 and is now serving as the central spokesman for all matters related to the FBI inquiry which he dismisses as a “media feeding frenzy.” (For some the move signaled a certain level of concern recalling the brief but intense period in late 2015 when Weaver took over communications in the aftermath of a data breach scandal.)\nIf Sanders decides to run a second time he would enter the Democratic field with a national committed following seen with few other politicians.\n Sanders it often seems exists both among the “brothers and sisters” of his movement — and from the distant remove of a celebrity with an enormous and awestruck following. (This spring taking the stage at a rally in Las Vegas he approached the lectern and in one swift movement removed his dark blue blazer handed it to a woman seated on the stage behind him and turned back to the mic leaving the woman blazer in hand and mouth agape resisting a staffer’s reach when he tried to retrieve the jacket.)\nEven as he ’s become a new source of influence among the party’s elite carving out a spot on Senate leadership and traveling via private jet on a DNC-sponsored “unity” tour earlier this year his standing as an antiestablishment figure remains unquestioned.", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-996129ac67d4436ebf884c4f47fd8cf8", "input": "Steely Dan's Donald Fagen is suing the estate of his late bandmate Walter Becker in order to retain control of the band. The crux of the suit is a Buy/Sell Agreement Fagen and Becker signed in 1972 not long before the release of their debut album Can't Buy a Thrill. The contract stipulated that if a member of Steely Dan quit or died the band would purchase all of that member's shares in the group.\n\"Fagen – acting on behalf of himself and on behalf of Steely Dan as its sole remaining officer and director – hereby exercises the mandatory provision of the Buy/Sell Agreement requiring Steely Dan to purchase Becker's shares \" the suit reads. \"This lawsuit is required for Steely Dan and Fagen to obtain a judicial determination that Becker's shares must be sold to Steely Dan pursuant to the express terms of the Buy/Sell Agreement so that Steely Dan and Fagen can go on as contemplated and provided by the Buy/Sell Agreement.\"\nAlong with Becker's Estate Fagen is also suing Steely Dan's longtime business management firm Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein & Bolno. NKSFB has also acted as the accountant for the group's touring company Danette and as a business manager for Becker and Delia Becker. Fagen's lawsuit alleges that NKSFB has been withholding pertinent information from him – such as royalty statements and records regarding tour income – and \"engaging in other secretive behaviors.\"\nAs for NKSFB the lawsuit further alleges that over the past few years Fagen has become aware of several \"accounting errors by NKSFB one of which involved millions of dollars and another of which resulted in a lawsuit by a former member of the band.\" The suit also claims that NKSFB has hired a law firm on Steely Dan's behalf without telling Fagen . It argues \"Especially now with the Becker Defendants taking a position adverse to Steely Dan and with the Becker Defendants retaining NKSFB a full and complete accounting is necessary to protect [Fagen's] interests.\"\n Fagen is seeking an official ruling that will hold up the Buy/Sell Agreement and force Becker's estate to sell the late musician's shares to Steely Dan. He is also seeking damages stemming from the \"repudiation and breach\" of the agreement. While the suit does not name a specific dollar amount it suggests it could be in excess of $1 million.", "output": [ "Donald Fagen Sues", "Donald" ] }, { "id": "task419-83861843eabf41ffb0bc78cce2b818ae", "input": "Manager Ron Washington worked for Hurdle with the Triple-A Mets nearly two decades ago. He knew his personality but it was his experience as a manager that sold him.\n \"It was easier for him to understand what I wanted. We aren't there yet from an execution standpoint \" Washington said. \"But we are 100 percent better than we've been in the past. That's why we are sitting here with a chance to play through to the World Series.\"\n Hurdle has done so well it has created potential avenues for him to leave. There was buzz this summer that he might succeed the late Keli McGregor as the Rockies president. Hurdle said it's never come up in conversations with O'Dowd or owner Dick Monfort.\n His name however has been connected to managerial vacancies and at least one team has requested permission to interview him after the Rangers' season.", "output": [ "Ron Washington" ] }, { "id": "task419-f8a142310ea745f9b719e6e7c859f833", "input": "Nestle is selling its U.S. candy business to Italian company Ferrero for $2.8 billion in cash as the Swiss food giant shakes up its product portfolio.\n Ferrero known for its Tic Tac Nutella and Ferrero Rocher brands but which has traditionally preferred organic growth to acquisitions will now be picking up Crunch Butterfinger and Baby Ruth from Nestle AFP reported.\nThe sale will make Ferrero the third-largest confectionary company in the U.S. market.\nAccording to media reports Ferrero competed with major chocolate manufacturer Hershey and private funds including Rhone Capital to secure the deal.\n Executive chairman Giovanni Ferrero said that after the acquisition the Ferrero Group \"will have substantially greater scale a broader offering of high-quality products to customers...\" in the United States the world's largest confectionary market.", "output": [ "Ferrero Rocher" ] }, { "id": "task419-418624535354406e9dc01f5993e2ff98", "input": "CLOSE Some GOP lawmakers in Washington appear willing to consider legislative restrictions to curb gun violence particularly in outlawing bump stocks which the Trump administration also wants to do through administrative action. (Feb. 26) AP\nLisette Johnson center is shown recently with her children Natalie and Graham. Natalie was 12 and Graham was about to turn 10 when their father shot their mother before killing himself in 2009. (Photo: Family photo)\nIf Virginia's 2016 law to enforce the gun restrictions was in effect when her husband shot her and killed himself Lisette Johnson says it would have likely prevented the tragedy. Even though police and courts still need to actively confiscate weapons — which is hardly the norm — Johnson said an \"upscale abuser\" like her husband would have likely turned his in.\n\"He didn’t see himself as a criminal \" she says.\n Johnson never got a restraining order against her husband but had told him to get all of his guns out of the house. He did — except for the one he used to fire five bullets two of the four he fired at her are still inside her body.\n Johnson now volunteers as a community advocate who helps connect victims with doctors and other services they might have been cut off from while in the throes of control by their violent partners. She helped one young women who was two weeks away from giving birth and hadn't had any prenatal visits because she had been prevented from going to the doctor.\n Lisette Johnson who survived domestic abuse and being shot by her late husband is now an advocate for other victims. (Photo: Family photo)", "output": [ "Lisette Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-ecf4c86b55244752aa7de05d86d115a7", "input": "To make them artist Gabriel Dishaw of Indianapolis Indiana marries junk with upcycled 1970s Louis Vuitton luggage.\n Dishaw was recently featured in the Indy Star about his SW/LV pieces:\nOne time while he was vacationing in northern Michigan a pile of vintage Louis Vuitton luggage in a store called out to Gabriel Dishaw. He spotted junk-art potential in the suitcases' every detail: the golden emblems that dance across the chocolate background the zippers the handles the drawstring from the dust bag. So he purchased one took it apart when he arrived back home in Fishers and began building Darth Vader helmet sculptures. After he posted his progress on Instagram @gabrieljunkart people began asking to buy them. \"People were like 'Oh my God these are my two passions — Louis Vuitton and Star Wars '\" Dishaw said. He had no idea people who were fans of both brands even existed.\nKeep tabs on Mr. Dishaw 's latest work on his Instagram.", "output": [ "Gabriel Dishaw" ] }, { "id": "task419-994d773769c04359a945218f3565b52b", "input": "I as President want people coming into our Country who are going to help us become strong and great again people coming in through a system based on MERIT. No more Lotteries! #AMERICA FIRST — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 14 2018\nThe new security language is a sharp turnabout from Trump’s televised January 9 event when he urged House judiciary chairman to develop a “bill of love.”\nIn numerous events Trump has said he will OK an amnesty — likely with citizenship — for some of the 3.25 million younger ‘dreamer’ illegals including the 670 000 DACA illegals providing the Democrats agree to fund the border wall cancel the visa lottery program and end the chain migration of extended-family members.\nPolls show that Trump ’s American-first immigration policy is very popular.\nFor example a December poll of likely 2018 voters shows two-to-one voter support for Trump ’s pro-American immigration policies and a lopsided four-to-one opposition against the cheap-labor mass-immigration economic policy pushed by bipartisan establishment-backed D.C. interest-groups.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-27d08d65d5e34200a1e5dd7b1bf52397", "input": "(Reuters) - CBS and other networks on Monday suspended Charlie Rose one of the most prominent American interviewers after eight women told the Washington Post he sexually harassed them and prompted Rose to apologize for his “inappropriate behavior.”\nFILE PHOTO: Journalist Charlie Rose speaks after winning a Peabody Award for his work in \"One on One with Assad\" in New York U.S. on May 19 2014. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo\n“These allegations are extremely disturbing and we take them very seriously ” CBS News said in a statement. Rose is a co-host on the morning show “CBS This Morning” and a correspondent for its long-running Sunday night news magazine “60 Minutes. ”\n“I deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior ” he said in a statement. “I am greatly embarrassed. I have behaved insensitively at times and I accept responsibility for that though I do not believe that all of these allegations are accurate.”\n“I always felt that I was pursuing shared feelings even though I now realize I was mistaken ” he added.\n Eight women who worked at Charlie Rose Inc or aspired to a job there have accused Rose of making unwanted sexual advances toward them the Washington Post reported on Monday the latest in a wave of sexual harassment allegations against prominent men in the entertainment and media industries and American politics.\n“All of us including me are coming to a newer and deeper recognition of the pain caused by conduct in the past and have come to a profound new respect for women and their lives ” Rose said.\n Charlie Rose became the top U.S. trending topic on Twitter late Monday with more than 98 000 tweets discussing the host.\n Rose routinely landed the biggest names in international politics entertainment and letters for his interview show “Charlie Rose ” which was broadcast on PBS and Bloomberg TV.\nAn acute listener Rose employed an engaging yet serious style in contrast to the bitter partisan arguments cross-talk and raised voices on cable television. True to the show’s sober tone the set was simply a table and chairs with an all-black background.\n His persona on “CBS This Morning” was a little more whimsical given the lighter subject matter of morning news shows in the United States.\nFILE PHOTO: CBS news host Charlie Rose departs after meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in the Manhattan borough of New York U.S. on November 21 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo\nThe eight women who were employees or aspired to work for Rose at the “Charlie Rose” show from the late 1990s to as recently as 2011 told the newspaper he made unwanted sexual advances toward them walked in the nude around them and groped their breasts buttocks and genital areas.\nPBS in announcing its suspension said it does not fund the “Charlie Rose” show or supervise its production but expects its producers to provide a safe work place. Bloomberg said it was “deeply disturbed” by the allegations.\nThe networks had little choice as the allegations against Rose would have likely overshadowed the subjects of his stories said Quinnipiac University journalism professor Ben Bogardus.\nFILE PHOTO: TV host Charlie Rose arrives for the Time 100 Gala in the Manhattan borough of New York New York U.S. on April 25 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo", "output": [ "Charlie Rose" ] }, { "id": "task419-fb29cc697bc446c7aa5ff42ccdb9aa47", "input": "During his time in the White House , President George W. Bush was known for his love of giving other people nicknames -- \"Pootie Poot\" -LRB- Russian President Vladimir Putin -RRB- , \"Bushie ,\" -LRB- First Lady Laura Bush -RRB- and \"The Cobra\" -LRB- New York Times journalist Maureen Dowd -RRB- are just some of the monikers that the one-time Republican president bestowed on people in his work circles . \nSource : CNN -LRB- Photo by Win McNameeGetty Images -RRB- \"Panchito\" -- Frank Bruni , New York Times reporter who covered Bush 's 2000 campaign . \nSource : The Nation -LRB- Photo by : Scott MlynCNBCNBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images -RRB- -LRB- Photo by : Scott MlynCNBCNBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images -RRB- \"Barty , Bart , Danny Boy , Captain Dan , Dan the Man\" -- Dan Bartlett , Bush 's Deputy Chief of Staff . \nHere are the hilarious -LRB- and often unbelievably awkward -RRB- nicknames Bush gave to the various politicians , journalists , and world leaders of the early 2000s . \n27 PHOTOS George W. Bush 's scandalous nicknames for world leaders and other politicians See Gallery George W. Bush 's scandalous nicknames for world leaders and other politicians \"Bama\" and \"Rock\" -- Barack Obama , Bush 's successor as President . \nSEE ALSO : 39 photos that show why everyone misses George W. Bush \nSource : BBC AFP PHOTOJim WATSON \"Bushie\" -- mutual nickname with Laura Bush , Bush 's wife and former First Lady of the United States . \nSource : Laura Bush : America 's First Lady REUTERSKevin Lamarque GMH \"Poppy , 41 , Old Man\" -- George H. W. Bush , Bush 's father and 41st President of the United States . \nSource : CNN REUTERSMike Stone -LRB- UNITED STATES - Tags : POLITICS -RRB- \"Big Time\" , \"Vice\" -- Dick Cheney , Bush 's Vice President . \nSource : New York Magazine REUTERSJason Reed \"Condi\" , \"Guru\" -- Condoleezza Rice , Bush 's Secretary of State Source : New York Magazine REUTERSKevin Lamarque -LRB- UNITED STATES -RRB- \"Hogan\" -- John McCain , Arizona senator and one-time Republican presidential nominee . \nSource : New York Magazine REUTERSKevin Lamarque -LRB- UNITED STATES -RRB- US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 -LRB- USA -RRB- \"Boner\" -- John Boehner , who served as chair of the House of Education committee and , later , House Majority leader during Bush 's time in the White House . \nSource : New York Magazine -LRB- Photo by Alex WongGetty Images for Meet the Press -RRB- \"Boy Genius , Turd Blossom , the Architect\" -- Karl Rove , Bush 's senior adviser . \nSource : New York Magazine -LRB- Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDSAFPGetty Images -RRB- \"Tiny\" -- Richard Armitage , Bush 's Deputy Secretary of State . \nSource : About.com -LRB- Photo David Hume KennerlyGetty Images -RRB- \"The World 's Greatest Hero\" -- Colin Powell , Bush 's Secretary of State . \nSource : New Statesman REUTERSYuri Gripas YGGN \"Ari-Bob\" -- Ari Flesicher , White House Press Secretary during the Bush era . \nSource : New York Magazine REUTERSLucy Nicholson -LRB- UNITED STATES - Tags : POLITICS -RRB- \"Rummy\" -- Donald Rumsfeld , Bush 's Secretary of Defense .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-69c2f74bc3c34c97848c837fad4998bf", "input": "While the gun show’s manager George Fernandez told the station he ’s never witnessed such a large crowd he concerned about the recent push for addition gun-control legislation in the wake of the recent deadly mass shooting at a Parkland Florida high school.\nWhat does Fernandez have to say about possible legislation?\n Fernandez told WTSP that about 95 percent of the vendors at the Tampa gun show are licensed dealers legally required to run background checks on buyers — and the remaining 5 percent of vendors are private citizens.\nBut Fernandez added to WTSP that tightening the gun-show loophole wouldn’t have stopped the recent deadly mass shooting at Parkland as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz passed a background check before buying an AR-15.\n“This was a mental health issue ” Fernandez also told the station. “This is someone that should have been identified from the beginning by law enforcement.”", "output": [ "George Fernandez" ] }, { "id": "task419-7e0ff2b280ca43f181c3cf4c86eb2e95", "input": "Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing (56) against the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium. (Photo: Kirby Lee USA TODAY Sports)\n Linebacker Brian Cushing has been informed by the team that he will be released by the start of the league year on March 14 according to the Houston Chronicle.\nAsked about his impending departure Cushing told the Chronicle “It’s all good. It’s just part of the business.\"\nThe Texans will save more than $7 million by releasing him .\nCushing 31 has been a starter for the Texans since he was a first-round pick out of Southern California in 2009. He was named the Associated Press' defensive rookie of the year that season.\nIn 2017 he served a 10-game suspension for violating the NFL's policy on performance-enhancing substances and played in just five games. Knee injuries also sidelined him for all but 12 contests in 2012 and '13.", "output": [ "Brian Cushing" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb3eb656d87846af80cbb700e7b978cb", "input": "We spent most of the episode — spoiler alert — inside and around the Sanctuary the main compound of Negan’s Saviors. We finally got back to Negan Father Gabriel and their unintended cohabitation in a trailer besieged by walkers.\nMeantime Rick and Daryl were on the road and as eventually happens with most people who travel together there was a disagreement. Plus a chokehold. Plus an explosion. Between these two and Negan and Gabriel it’s obviously so hard for men to truly be friends.\nSo what’s going to happen inside the Sanctuary? Will Rick and Daryl patch it up? Is it possible that Gabriel just has the flu?\n3. Negan and Gabriel: They’re no Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy. Still although their tense togetherness wasn’t buddy-movie material it made for some pretty good television.\nHe and Gabriel it turned out really were still in the walker-beset trailer where we left them four episodes ago. And it was looking pretty grim like they would end up as strange bedfellows but in a death bed.\nAh but Gabriel had a plan. “I think I’m here to take your confession ” he told Negan. So while the latter tried to figure a way out or wait for his compadres to come try to rescue them Gabriel just kept gnawing on the confession bone.\nFinally as the zombies were starting to punch through the side of their makeshift fort Gabriel confessed to Negan that he had locked his parishioners outside the church when the plague came and listened to them die.\nNegan responded sort of like an actual human. He told Gabriel of cheating on his first wife before the disease came and then not being able to “put her down” when she died amid the plague. It’s not an earth-shattering confession but as a therapist might say there was a lot of progress this session.\n Gabriel meanwhile was put into a Negan prison cell — “gently ” said the big guy fondly remembering their little interlude. In the last shot Gabriel was sweating and obviously very sick. Did he get bitten sneaking then fighting through the zombies? Or is he just wracked with guilt over the several more chances he had to kill Negan and didn’t take? How can a guy off his whole parish but not the one obviously most potent baddie he ’s met?\nFirst though the guy they had to get rid of to get it managed to struggle up to the roadside mostly so he could let the duo know that Ezekiel and Carol lived but almost nobody else from the Kingdom forces. Then he conveniently died.", "output": [ "Gabriel" ] }, { "id": "task419-6b3f9117538349a1815dcf3130af1400", "input": "DHAKA (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Thursday for decisive measures to resolve the political reasons that caused mostly Muslim refugees in Myanmar to flee to Bangladesh and urged countries to help the Dhaka government deal with the crisis.\nPope Francis is accompanied by Bangladesh's President Abdul Hamid after arriving to Dhaka Bangladesh November 30 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj\nIn a speech before Bangladeshi President Abdul Hamid and diplomats hours after arriving under heavy security in Dhaka the chaotic and dusty capital of 14 million people Francis instead spoke of “refugees from Rakhine State”.\nIn his speech Francis who used the term Rohingya twice this year in appeals from the Vatican praised impoverished Bangladesh’s “spirit of generosity and solidarity” in helping “a massive influx of refugees from Rakhine State”.\n“None of us can fail to be aware of the gravity of the situation the immense toll of human suffering involved and the precarious living conditions of so many of our brothers and sisters a majority of whom are women and children crowded in the refugee camps ” Francis said at the presidential palace.\n Pope Francis is welcomed after arriving at the airport in Dhaka Bangladesh November 30 2017. At right is Bangladesh's President Abdul Hamid. REUTERS/Max Rossi\nEven though his calls for justice human rights and respect in Myanmar were widely seen as applicable to the Rohingya who are not recognized as Myanmar citizens or as members of a distinct ethnicity rights groups such as Amnesty International said they were disappointed he did not defend them by name.\n Francis is due to meet a group of Rohingya refugees in Dhaka on Friday.\nIn his address to the pope the president of Bangladesh which is predominantly Muslim used the term Rohingya several times and accused the Myanmar army of committing “ruthless atrocities”. He called for a “safe sustainable and dignified return” of the refugees to their homes.\nThe pope’s visit to the South Asian country unfolded under heavy security. While Francis stuck to his custom of using a simple car he was escorted by many armored military and police vehicles.", "output": [ "Francis" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc7fa0794937476a834cd74d4a75bfd1", "input": "“She was a loving daughter sister mother friend — and though she didn’t ask to be an activist she responded to the personal tragedy of seeing her father die while being arrested in New York City by becoming a leading proponent for criminal justice reform and for an end to police brutality ” said Sanders. “I had the honor of getting to know Erica and I was inspired by the commitment she made working toward a more just world for her children and future generations. She was a fighter for justice and will not be forgotten. Jane and I send our deepest condolences to the entire Garner family and to all those she has impacted.”\nGarner who had recently given birth to a second child endorsed Sanders for president before the New York primary in April 2016. In a video released at the time Garner told the story of how her father died after being placed in a police chokehold and she praised Sanders for taking the Black Lives Matter movement seriously.\n“People are dying. This is real. This is not TV ” said Garner . “We need a president who’s going to talk about it.”\n Garner ’s endorsement was one of the highest-profile interactions between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Democratic Party — a discussion often heated that was rarely echoed in the Republican primaries.", "output": [ "Sanders Erica Garner", "Garner" ] }, { "id": "task419-8c89824ef6ea4172966727abc4ece610", "input": "Washington Wizards forward Otto Porter Jr.’s first car was a 1993 Honda Accord. He and his father had to replace the transmission just so he could drive it to and from school in Morley Mo. Those days as an amateur mechanic have turned into a lifelong love for cars and Wednesday Porter attended his first Washington Auto Show both as featured guest and as an automobile aficionado.\n“That’s how deep into cars I am ” Porter said after sharing the story of repairing the ’93 Accord during his senior year. “I am a car guy myself. My family is big on it.”\nBefore checking out the exhibits Porter signed autographs during the auto show’s Washington Wizards day. Porter said he owns three cars including a 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner as well as a white Nissan GT-R that he had wanted ever since watching the first installment of “The Fast and The Furious” series.\nNightrunner International…. A post shared by Otto Porter Jr. (@ottodayporter22) on Dec 14 2017 at 4:35pm PST\n“That’s my baby ” Porter said. “Very amazing car.”\nPorter whose scored 25 points on Tuesday in a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder (his highest total in a month) doesn’t get to work on cars much now as he plays in his fourth season in the league. However Porter has designs of returning to his love on a full-time basis after retiring from basketball.\n“Maybe one day open my own shop back home ” Porter said.", "output": [ "Otto Porter Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-0737e87fab7f490aa3ca648f02b53871", "input": "\"We're excited — extremely excited \" Mu-ming Poo of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said. \"This is really I think a breakthrough for biomedicine.\"\n He sees a need to have \"genetically identical monkeys for studying many human diseases especially brain diseases\" such as Alzheimer's Huntington's and Parkinson's disease.\nThe Chinese scientists acknowledge that any new technology can be abused. But they stress they have no interest in ever trying to clone a person. \"Technically speaking one can clone human \" Poo says. \"But we're not going to do it. There's absolutely no plan to do anything on humans.\"\nPoo's team succeeded by removing the DNA from fetal monkeys instead of using adult cells as a starting point. The scientists then transferred the genes into monkey eggs that had had their own DNA removed.\nThe next step was also crucial Poo says. The researchers stimulated the eggs to develop into embryos with a new mix of chemical signals. \"The trick is we choose the right chemicals to turn on these genes we transfer into the egg \" Poo says. \"So that's what we did different. I think that's the key.\"\n\"They are lively. They are walking jumping playing around like all newborn baby monkeys \" Poo says adding that so far they seem very healthy.", "output": [ "Poo" ] }, { "id": "task419-a53e92225a034e2082d95f57eff14aba", "input": "Ashton seems to have learned the right lessons from that debacle , has taken inspiration from the insurgent , unapologetically progressive campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn , and hopes to both bring the NDP back to its left-wing roots and ride the same populist wave that propelled those two perennial afterthought backbenchers into the international spotlight .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c3bd850f3d446559ddf7b9f5bad8969", "input": "According to CNN members of the group met in GOP Sen. Susan Collins' office and passed a stick around to ensure there were no interruptions. Only the member holding the stick could speak.\nThe stick was relatively effective members told CNN but there was one incident in which a senator threw the stick at another member who was asking questions while the first spoke. The stick missed the mark and ended up damaging a glass elephant on Collins ' shelf.\nIn a statement after the Senate vote on the deal Collins applauded the work of the bipartisan group.\n\"Today we saw the power of the center in the US Senate \" Collins said. \"Joe [Manchin] and I worked very hard in leading the effort of the Common Sense Coalition — a group of 25 Republicans Democrats and Independent Angus King — which proposed the compromise to end the government shutdown.\"", "output": [ "Susan Collins" ] }, { "id": "task419-bed7b2ebb268462faa98f853b889818e", "input": "Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) is surrounded by reporters as he goes to vote on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Susan Walsh/AP)\nThe lawmakers attracting the most concern from leadership and the White House are Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Steve Daines (R-Mont.) who say the current version of the bill favors corporations over other businesses.\nIt’s unclear if Johnson would accept these changes as sufficient and a final decision hasn’t been made. If Republican leaders believe Johnson ’s demands have become too unreasonable they could try and forge ahead without his vote.\nSpokesmen for Johnson and Daines didn’t have an immediate comment on the discussions.\nAt least six GOP members have raised concerns about specific provisions in the GOP tax bill though none has flatly said they plan to vote against it this week. Johnson came closest saying he opposed the measure but later suggesting he could support it with changes.\nVoting on the tax measure is scheduled to begin Tuesday as the Senate Budget Committee plans to take a procedural step that afternoon that would effectively send the tax bill to the Senate floor. But Johnson is on the budget panel and he could demand changes by Tuesday in order to win his vote. If he blocks the tax bill in the Budget Committee and is joined by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) who has raised separate concerns the package could quickly die.", "output": [ "Ron Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-406536a25b774ae2a52e42a68b362a65", "input": "\"You didn't see droves of people abandoning their religion spouses or jobs \" said Michael Varnum an assistant professor of psychology at Arizona State University in an interview.\nBut NASA's search for extraterrestrial life continues — specifically with its Mars' rovers and planned future missions. Varnum sought to understand how humanity might react to indisputable evidence of the discovery of alien life. This research published in Frontiers in Psychology and presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting last week reveals that we would likely respond positively to such a discovery.\n\"If we discover evidence of extra-terrestrial life we'll be fine with it — we'll be happy \" said Varnum .\nThis study however focused on the discovery of microbial life — not intelligent lifeforms. Still Varnum believes the reactions to more advanced perhaps communicative life would probably be positive too.", "output": [ "Michael Varnum" ] }, { "id": "task419-abbd7d102cd342ac8809f2d3c165dda5", "input": "Although Craig Wood has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder his attorney Patrick Berrigan agreed with the basic facts outlined by Greene County Prosecutor Dan Patterson in opening statements at Wood's trial The Springfield News-Leader reported. But Berrigan argued that Wood — who faces the death penalty if he's convicted — acted impulsively when he snatched Hailey Owens in broad daylight and in front of witnesses.\nCarlos Edwards testified that he was raking leaves on the day of the abduction and saw a pickup truck drive past his home several times. Edwards said Hailey was standing in his driveway when the driver pulled up next to the fourth-grader and asked her how to get to a street. The girl said she didn't know and started walking away Edwards recalled and then the driver said: \"Hey come here for a minute.\"\nEdwards said that as soon as she got close enough the driver opened his door grabbed Hailey and drove off. Edwards said he took off running but a drainage ditch at the edge of his yard stopped him from getting to the truck.\nPatterson said during his opening statements that when Wood parked his truck and got out officers approached and Wood tossed a roll of duct tape in the back of his truck. Officers found Hailey 's body wrapped in plastic in a plastic bin in the basement. Patterson said she was shot in the back of her head from close range.", "output": [ "Hailey Owens" ] }, { "id": "task419-d9cd48b0106c4f2f870fe4888ed64457", "input": "This piece is also set within the context of the rise of the British “radical socialist” “democratic socialist” and Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn MP . (According to his followers Corbyn “almost won” the British election in June 2017.)\nWith the rise of the British “Shadow Prime Minister” and Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn there's been a strong emphasis on the words “democratic socialism”. This is a relatively new emphasis; though the words “democratic socialism” do date back decades.\nIndeed some of Corbyn 's followers have also had the audacity to claim that Corbyn is a “social democrat” who believes in “social democracy.” This means that the supporters of Corbyn are intentionally – perhaps cunningly -- fusing democratic socialism with social democracy. Corbynites even cite the Scandinavian countries as being an influence on Corbyn . However there's a small and inconvenient fact here: no Scandinavian government is democratic-socialist let alone outright socialist. Sweden Norway and Denmark are all parliamentary (representative) democracies with constitutional monarchies; with two Kings and a Queen as heads of state. These countries are also run by Social Democratic Liberal and Conservative parties.\nTake the Democratic Socialists of America which was formed 1982 and is still with us today. In the past the DSA has endorsed Jesse Jackson Bernie Sanders Barack Obama and more recently Britain's very own Jeremy Corbyn .\nI mentioned earlier that many of Corbyn supporters state that Corbyn is a “social democrat” who believes in “social democracy”. So it's worth noting that the Democratic Socialists of America has its roots in a split with the Social Democrats USA. The SDUSA was deemed to be too “right-wing.” The group which arose from the split was called the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC); and that group led to the Democratic Socialists of America.\nThe Democratic Socialists of America endorse what Michael Harrington called the \"left-wing realism” which is “found today in the Democratic Party.” Similarly many Marxists Trotskyists and communists back the left-wing realism which is found in Jeremy Corbyn 's Labour Party.\nAnd like the activist group Momentum within the Labour Party (which once said that it \"exists to build on the energy and enthusiasm from the Jeremy Corbyn for Labour Leader campaign”) the DSA places its cards on the table in this way:", "output": [ "Jeremy Corbyn" ] }, { "id": "task419-82a29d10d29148d6ae7e8a36397f9509", "input": "Shipping lines normally transship cargoes from the United Arab Emirates port of Jebel Ali to Qatar which relies heavily on imports by sea and land.\nA Maersk Line spokesman said on Tuesday: “We have confirmation that we will not be able to move Qatar cargo in and out of Jebel Ali .”\nLarger container ships are unable to dock at ports in Qatar due in part to shallow waters so shipping lines use feeder services which transport container boxes from the larger port of Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates.\nThe ban has meant that any ship sailing to and from Qatar will be prevented from calling at major ports in the UAE and Saudi Arabia which include Jebel Ali as well as Bahrain.", "output": [ "Jebel Ali" ] }, { "id": "task419-50831ecfe36548a288c0f7c2f8a1d858", "input": "MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX) Australia’s biggest independent gas and oil producer is set to raise A$2.5 billion ($1.96 billion) to fund the purchase of ExxonMobil Corp’s (XOM.N) stake in the Scarborough gas field and to support projects at home and in West Africa.\nThe move puts Woodside seen by some as short on near-term growth prospects in a better position to develop the Scarborough field off Western Australia as it will have a 75-percent stake and take over running the project now estimated to cost up to $9.7 billion. Woodside’s share of that cost would be up to $7.9 billion.\nAnalysts raised concern that even with the large equity raising the company may have to come back to investors in a few years to fund development of Scarborough and the competing Browse LNG project also off Western Australia.\nWoodside Chief Executive Peter Coleman said the company could now accelerate development of Scarborough to feed an expansion of its Pluto LNG plant which would help fill a need for new LNG supply particularly as Chinese demand grows rapidly.\nHowever investors were more focused on the stake-acquisition and plans to develop Scarborough .\nThe company has agreed to buy ExxonMobil’s 50-percent stake in Scarborough for up to $744 million with part of that due pending a final investment decision on developing the field.\nThe other partner in Scarborough BHP Billiton (BHP.AX)(BLT.L) welcomed the deal.\n“This development could enhance the commercial viability of Scarborough and the region ” BHP’s petroleum president Steve Pastor said in a comment emailed to Reuters.\nThe rest of the money Woodside is raising through the A$2.5 billion offer to existing shareholders will be used to support work on Scarborough the SNE oil project off Senegal and progress on Browse.", "output": [ "Scarborough" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d3ebab8916b444d8dbd96e8a53da21a", "input": "The deputy White House press secretary had to hold his first press briefing following the resignation of White House staff secretary Rob Porter over domestic abuse allegations.\nBefore I get into why let me praise Shah. \"I think it's fair to say we all could have done better dealing with this over the last few days \" he acknowledged regarding the White House response to the Porter situation. Amen. A little candor goes a long way. And reminder: He was in an impossible situation.\n1. Shah said that Porter had been \"terminated\" on Wednesday.\nBut that's not at all what happened! Porter offered his resignation -- and it was accepted. Of course that came after White House chief of staff John Kelly repeatedly urged Porter to stay on even after it became very very clear the seriousness of the allegations against the staff secretary.\n2. Shah tried to argue that because Porter hadn't allegedly hit any of the women during his time in the White House it was more an issue for the background check people to deal with.\n \"The allegations made against Rob Porter as we understand them involve incidents long before he joined the White House \" said Shah. \"Therefore they are best evaluated through the background check process.\"\n3. In explaining the radical difference between Kelly's hugely supportive statement of Porter on Tuesday night and his less supportive one on Wednesday Shah said the chief of staff became \"fully\" aware of the allegations .\nBut according to CNN's reporting Kelly had known for months about the allegations . The ONLY thing that changed was that a picture of one of Porter 's ex-wives with a massive black eye went public. Which raises the question: Did Kelly only change his total defense of Porter when the picture made clear it couldn't be effectively sustained?\n4. Shah painted Kelly as totally unaware that the FBI had been told by both of Porter 's ex-wives that he had abused them.\nHow is that possible? Did he simply not think to ask? Why not -- especially given that Porter still didn't have a security clearance after more than a year in the White House? And double why not -- because Porter was interacting so closely with Trump day in and day out?\n5. Shah said that communications director Hope Hicks who has been dating Porter had \"recused\" herself from some conversations about the situation.\nBut we know -- again thanks to CNN reporting -- that Hicks was one of a handful of people involved in the crafting of Kelly's first -- and hugely supportive -- statement on Porter . That no one stepped in and told Hicks she simply shouldn't (and couldn't) be involved boggles my mind.\nHere's the thing: BOTH of Porter 's ex-wives told the FBI that he had abused them . Both women had their stories confirmed by people with whom they shared the details contemporaneously. And a third woman who had dated Porter contacted his two ex-wives in 2016 detailing further abuse. Also the picture. The black eye. The total lack of an explanation by Porter . ( He has denied the black eye picture came about as the result of any abuse. But he has offered zero explanation for why it did happen.)\nAt some point the number of allegations the depth of details and the similarities between the women make this more than a \" he said-she said\" conversation. And that point was a while ago when the two women talked to the FBI.", "output": [ "Rob Porter" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc137d8bd0c84e75a5101d381cb41938", "input": "The Federal Bureau of Investigation along with the Texas Rangers and the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office arrested Democrat State District Judge Rodolfo “Rudy” Delgado.\nDozens of FBI Special Agents descended upon the Judge’s offices. Texas Rangers and Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Deputies were seen alongside the FBI removing trash bags full of evidence and plastic bins from both Delgado’s home and the Judge’s office.\n Judge Delgado is charged with bribery “concerning programs receiving federal funds ” according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday. The investigation revealed the judge would accept bribes in exchange for favorable consideration on cases he would oversee in the 93rd state District Court.\nA confidential source who is a licensed attorney confessed to investigators he or she had a history of bribing Delgado since 2008.", "output": [ "Delgado" ] }, { "id": "task419-869e0e7c6904432999d8378e06850aaa", "input": "I’m speaking of a monstrous hateful tweet put out by someone named Taiyesha Baker under the name “Night Nurse ” and it reportedly links her to Indiana University Health.\nWe honestly can’t point at the alt-right and the white nationalists and claim they have cornered the market on hate when monsters like Baker exist.\nSome on Twitter are now claiming that she has lost her job.\n She felt comfortable enough to reveal her attitude towards part of the community she serves and that tells us several things:\nFor one she ’s not very bright. She put the ugliness of her heart out for the world to see and apparently felt comfortable doing it.\nSecondly if she truly feels that way what she displayed was so hateful that it borders on psychopathy. She can’t be trusted in such a delicate position where the risk is there to allow that hate to bubble up to the surface during the course of her job.\n She should never be able to hold a nursing license again.", "output": [ "Taiyesha Baker" ] }, { "id": "task419-2134877f79c24d83a72868858d8ccc13", "input": "“This action involves the usurpation of money and property rights from Plaintiff William J. Drayton known as ‘Flavor Flav.’ Drayton is recognized as one of the two key members of groundbreaking Hip Hop group Public Enemy. Public Enemy have been inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and have sold tens of millions of records ” the suit states. “Despite Drayton ’s position in Public Enemy the group’s management and related companies have for years attempted to minimize his role in the Public Enemy business while continuing to rely upon Drayton ’s fame and persona to market the brand.\"\nIn the lawsuit Flavor Flav (real name William J. Drayton) claims that he and Chuck D (real name Carlton Ridenhour) had a long-established agreement that profits from their music merchandise and concerts would be split between them. Despite that alleged arrangement Flavor Flav claims that Public Enemy's business management firm Eastlink has not been sending the earnings he is owed which have \"diminished to almost nothing and Drayton has been refused accountings even on the items bearing his likeness \" according to the lawsuit.\nThe suit also alleges that Flavor Flav's voice and image were used without his consent on Public Enemy's recent LP Nothing is Quick in the Desert which they released as a free download in June. The suit claims Flavor Flav requested $75 000 to record the album of which he only received $7 500.\nBeyond claiming Flavor Flav is owed the aforementioned royalties and fees the suit also alleges that several merchandise deals including one brokered by producer Gary G-Wiz to make action figures of the members were made without Flavor Flav's consent or any compensation. Gary G-Wiz is also named in the lawsuit as TMZ notes.", "output": [ "William J. Drayton" ] }, { "id": "task419-99f9d554b8c24d0888b0de4f3d7ca184", "input": "London (CNN) Britain's beleaguered Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged to sack her Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson over his handling of the Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case.\nOn Sunday both Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and London Mayor Sadiq Khan called on May to fire Johnson -- who has been under increasing pressure since Iranian state TV claimed that his statements on the plight of the British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Tehran on charges of espionage confirmed her guilt .\nWriting in the Observer on Sunday Corbyn took aim at Johnson calling for him to be relieved of his duties after \"undermining our country\" and \"putting our citizens at risk.\"\nAlso on Sunday the UK Foreign Office told CNN that Johnson had held a \"constructive\" conversation with Richard Ratcliffe the husband of Zaghari-Ratcliffe.\n Johnson has been on the defensive over the past week since being forced to correct remarks he made to a British parliamentary committee when he said that Zaghari-Ratcliffe who has been in jail since she was detained at Tehran airport in April 2016 had been teaching journalism during her visit to the country. Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family have maintained that she was in Iran visiting family.\nAfter Johnson 's original comments authorities in Iran filed further charges against Zaghari-Ratcliffe prompting fears her five-year sentence could be extended. On Wednesday Iranian state TV IRIB said Johnson amounted to an unintentional confession.\n Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is set to visit Iran before the end of the year.\nIn his article Corbyn says that the \"heartbreaking\" case of Zaghari-Ratcliffe has left her future liberty in peril because of Johnson 's \"serial bungling.\"\nIn a blunt final paragraph Corbyn added: \"We've put up with him embarrassing and undermining our country through his incompetence and putting our citizens at risk for long enough. It's time for Boris Johnson to go.\"\nKhan was similarly critical of Johnson his predecessor as mayor of London calling on him to \"clarify the huge error he made\" and help bring Zaghari-Ratcliffe back to the UK.", "output": [ "Boris JohnsonLabour", "Boris" ] }, { "id": "task419-7aa0fc5bab804a2aa260fb8eb39f227a", "input": "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) said his conglomerate which is sitting on $116 billion of cash is “more inclined” to repurchase stock than pay dividends as a means to use excess cash.\nSpeaking on CNBC television on Monday Buffett said the corporate income tax rate cut signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump in December is a “huge tailwind” for U.S. companies and that it is “really good for Berkshire.”\nIn his annual letter to Berkshire shareholders on Saturday Buffett lamented his inability to find big companies to buy and said his goal is to make “one or more huge acquisitions” of non-insurance businesses to bolster results at Berkshire.\n Buffett said finding things to buy at a “sensible purchase price” has become a challenge and is a major reason Berkshire is awash with $116 billion of low-yielding cash and government bonds whose average maturity was 88 days as of the end of 2017.\n“I am fairly confident we will find ways to deploy” Berkshire’s excess cash Buffett said on CNBC. “The best chance to deploy money is when things are going down.”\n Buffett says he has confidence in Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) Chief Executive Tim Sloan as he tried to move the third-largest U.S. bank past scandals over how it treated customers including by creating unauthorized accounts.\n Buffett likened the situation to when he was installed in 1991 as chairman of Salomon Brothers Inc after a former chief executive failed to tell regulators that a trader was submitting fake bids at Treasury auctions.\n“Digging your way out of it takes time ” Buffett said. “ He ’s got a lot to clean up.”\n Buffett raised red flags about ordinary investors using borrowed cash to buy stocks or buying “on margin.”\n Buffett said it was “crazy” to borrow money to buy stocks and that “it is insane to risk something you have and need” for the sake of leveraging up on stocks. Buffett said investors might get a “euphoric surge” if they double their money in stocks but would not be “happier.”", "output": [ "Warren Buffett" ] }, { "id": "task419-2a2aaea3b9554f5db7a591292d3e51ae", "input": "Walentynowicz was an anti-communist dissident who worked with Solidarity founder Lech Walesa in the early 1980s to agitate against repressive communist rule. She was close to President Lech Kaczynski also killed in the Saturday crash. Many others aboard the plane were also their ideological brethren.\n Walentynowicz was the most famous Solidarity activist aboard an iconic figure more closely associated with the 1980 strikes than anyone save Walesa. She had sometimes been referred to as the Rosa Parks of Poland -- a nod to the American woman who was the public face of the American civil rights movement.\n A 51-year-old widow and crane operator in 1980 Walentynowicz was only five months away from retirement when her shipyard bosses fired her for producing and distributing a newspaper critical of the regime. She had handed some copies directly to her bosses.\n Her fellow workers were outraged at the injustice of her firing and agitated to have her reinstated resistance that led to strikes and sit-ins at the Gdansk shipyard and in factories across the country.\n \"I was the drop that caused the cup of bitterness to overflow \" she once said according to the weekly magazine Przekroj.\n \"Anna had been at the center of the events that birthed Solidarity and along with Lech Walesa she virtually personified the 1980 strikes in the public eye \" writes author Shana Penn in \"Solidarity's Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland.\"\nWalentynowicz were allowed to return to work.\n But it didn't take long for Walentynowicz and the other female activists to be sidelined by Walesa and the other male organizers.\n Walentynowicz was born August 13 1929 and was 10 years old when Nazi Germany and then the Soviet Union invaded and occupied the country. Her father was killed in the war and sheshe herself fell victim to a Nazi decree that prevented Poles from continuing their education after the fourth grade -- part of an effort by the Nazis to enslave Poles.\n She was initially attracted to communism and belonged to the party but eventually became disillusioned with their \"lies and manipulation of the workers \" Penn said. \"She wasn't afraid to expose hypocrites.\"\n When Walentynowicz began her activism at the shipyard she was already widowed and had survived a near-fatal bout of cancer. Her unlikely survival from the illness left her with a sense that she had survived to carry out something worthwhile.\n \"It took someone like her unafraid of authority to tackle the Communist authorities of the day \" said Victor Ashe a former U.S. ambassador to Poland who said he was honored to have the silver-haired Walentynowicz as a guest as his Warsaw residence on a number of occasions. \"She was an amazing person who continued to express her views actively and directly.\"", "output": [ "Anna Walentynowicz", "Walentynowicz" ] }, { "id": "task419-e28851bde65c408089e46e97e8a4b47b", "input": "\"We're seeing the worst of it right now \" said Dr. Randy Bergen a pediatrician who is leading Kaiser Permanente-Northern California's anti-flu effort. \"We're really in historic territory and I just don't know when it's going to stop.\" (Kaiser Health News which produces California Healthline is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.)\n\"Some protection is better than no protection \" Bergen said \"but it's certainly disappointing to have a vaccine that's just not as effective as we'd like it to be.\nIf you are sick cover your cough and stay home from work if you can Bergen said. Remaining hydrated eating nutritious foods and exercising can also help strengthen your immune system.\nThe hallmarks of flu are fever and body aches that accompany cough and congestion Bergen said.\nKaiser Permanente doctors now are being advised to prescribe antiviral drugs like Tamiflu — given as a pill or for kids an oral suspension — even without a lab test for influenza Bergen said. According to a report in The Los Angeles Times however Tamiflu supplies are running low.\nAnd Bergen cautioned that these medications are only partly effective reducing the time of illness by just a day or two.", "output": [ "Randy Bergen" ] }, { "id": "task419-26352dac2870462588a4bdfea1aa4fe3", "input": "The excitement of sports is likely responsible for the observed increases in heart rate said study author Dr. Paul Khairy a cardiologist at the Montreal Heart Institute.\nBut the new study is the first to demonstrate that the ambience of a live game — being surrounded by cheering fans being closer to the action and experiencing an increased level of engagement — may all contribute to the heightened emotional stress response in fans Khairy told Live Science.\nIn the study the heart rates of fans who watched a hockey game in person increased by 110 percent on average from their resting heart rates. That's comparable to the increase you'd see in someone running jumping rope or doing any other vigorous form of exercise Khairy said.\nFans who watched the same game on TV had a 75 percent increase in their heart rates on average which is similar to the heart rates seen with moderate physical activity such as a casual bike ride Khairy noted.\nSurprisingly a person's interest in the sport and engagement as a fan were not linked to changes in heart rate during the game Khairy said. However he added that he suspects there might have been a different result if researchers had developed their own way to measure passion in hockey fans rather than adapting a tool originally designed for soccer spectators.\nAlthough fans watching any sport can experience a similar amount of excitement as was observed in this group of hockey enthusiasts these results may not apply to other sports Khairy said. There are too many elements that differ among sports — such as the pace of the game a fan's emotional attachment to a team and even the number of high-intensity moments — that prevent researchers from making similar generalizations he said.\nA fan's emotional reaction to a game can be intense Khairy said and that could trigger cardiovascular problems.\nFans who experience cardiac symptoms during a game should seek immediate medical attention rather than waiting for a convenient moment such as in-between periods Khairy said. Many arenas and ice rinks have cardiac defibrillators on hand as well as people trained in using them he added.", "output": [ "Paul Khairy" ] }, { "id": "task419-9fe6c1a026ea49aeb0a0ba0da85b9ba8", "input": "After nearly three months of frustration and disappointment spent watching his livelihood drown in a black tide O'Neil Sevin could not contain his joy when he learned BP had finally capped its leaking well.\n \"It would have been an awesome year without the spill \" Sevin said as he repaired his nets and got his boat ready for another day of trawling for bait.\n Sevin bought the bait shop from a cousin five years ago after working most of his life as a commercial shrimper.\n He and his wife Symantha worked hard to expand the business building a store under the house buying freezers so they could sell seafood to tourists and adding a little fountain to entertain children.\n They finally got a license to sell beer in November and this summer was set to be their best yet. Now Sevin worries it might be their last. And he doesn't know what to do if tourists don't come back.\n Sevin does not know how to sit still not unless he's working and the inactivity brought on in the first few weeks of the spill made him restless and angry. He got into fights with Symantha and eventually had to take antidepressants.\n Things are better now. He knows how to deal with the stress: keep working even if nobody comes to buy the bait.\n \"I'll go out and keep catching the bait to keep me in balance so I don't cause problems between me and Symantha and our marriage don't fall apart and it don't go to thoughts of why am I here anymore my life means nothing anymore \" he told AFP.", "output": [ "O'Neil Sevin" ] }, { "id": "task419-62efdc2cf5e843b9b320caa7d9886aa5", "input": "Listen to the music: “The Tara and Johnny Show” is a hoot though — fair or not — the interplay of NBC figure skating commentators Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir has lost some of its authentic feel as it has been appropriated by Google for ads.\nBut watching the ice dancing coverage with Tanith White in their analyst role opposite announcer Terry Gannon perhaps you heard something you don’t always get from Lipinski and Weir : the music accompanying the skaters.\nWith women’s figure skating — and more Tara and Johnny — Lipinski and Weir presumably will continue to bring the critical eye candor and enthusiasm they so deftly applied to this point.\nAnticipating and/or pointing out something that’s notable impressive or disastrous as it occurs is fine. Lipinski and Weir sometimes announce their presence as much as the event they’re ostensibly covering.\nTill then it’s OK for Lipinski and Weir to let the performances speak for themselves a bit. Plenty of time to dish and dig into it later.\nBut just you wait: Scott Hamilton is too good a figure skating analyst not to have more of a presence though clearly Lipinski and Weir don’t leave much room for more voices on a telecast.", "output": [ "Johnny Weir" ] }, { "id": "task419-02981172a1ad4b8a9b5361ca19b54e9a", "input": "But some are wondering out loud if Romney 's fate will be somewhat more embarrassing - suggesting he might be this generation 's Michael Dukakis , who was roundly beaten by George H.W. Bush in 1988 . \nFading Memory : Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney taking the stage to concede his quest for the presidency , at the Boston Convention Center in Boston . \nOne man who has hinted that Romney 's vast experience in the private business world could be put to use for the economy is President Obama himself . \n` There are certain aspects of Governor Romney 's record and his ideas that I think could be very helpful , ' Obama said during his first post-election news conference on Wednesday . \nIn a post-election conference call with some of his key donors on Wednesday , Romney said that he had lost because the Obama adminstration gave ` gift 's such as health-care law and immigration reform which attracted young and minority voters . \n` The Obama campaign was following the old playbook of giving a lot of stuff to groups that they hoped they could get to vote for them and be motivated to go out to the polls , specifically the African American community , the Hispanic community and young people , ' Romney is reported to have said . \nLouisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was deeply critical of Mitt Romney 's remarks regarding ` gifts ' that Obama apparently gave to sections of the electorate to ensure his victory . \nAlmost two weeks on from Mitt Romney 's crushing loss to Barack Obama , the memory of his gracious and widely praised concession speech is fading fast . \nThe remarks echoed Romney 's notorious claim that '47 percent ' of the nation were living off the government and saw themselves as ` victims ' who can not be made to take responsibility for themselves . \nSenator Marco Rubio -LRB- left -RRB- and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie -LRB- right -RRB- have been somewhat more conciliatory in their message to Mitt Romney . \nTwo of the party 's most prominent female voices were equally quick to insist that the Romney era was over and urge the party to move on under new leadership . \nAnd Susan Martinez , the governor of New Mexico , described the Romney gaffe as a prime example of ` what sets us back as a party ' . \nSenator Marco Rubio , who many see as a strong potential candidate for 2016 was slightly more diplomatic in his criticism of Romney . \nI do n't want to rebut him point by point , ' Rubio said of Romney . \nAnd the notoriously outspoken Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie made it abundantly clear on Friday morning that it is time for Mitt Romney to ` move on ' after his election loss . \nIndeed , according to those close to Romney he was taken aback by the scale of his election loss and while for a moment it seemed he would silently exit the stage , his divisive comments about the reasons for his loss have caused other Republicans to rush to distance themselves from him . \n` So someone the other day asked me , \"Why did Romney lose ?\" \nVictorious : U.S. President Barack Obama convincingly defeated Mitt Romney in the November 6th general election . \nHowever , senior Romney adviser Stuart Stevens disagreed with the sentiments expressed by prominent Republicans in the aftermath of the defeated candidates ` gifts ' comments . \nHe called Romney ` the most popular Republican on the national scene at the moment ' . \nStevens continued : ` Even those who have been critical of the campaign on our side realise in the end that Governor Romney was resonating with millions of Americans and was running the kind of campaign we could all be pround of . ' \nWhile Romney aides have offered differing explanations for the November 6th defeat which gave President Obama 332 electoral votes , many have pointed to Romney 's loss in white rural states such as Wisconsin and Iowa as evidence his campaign failed among multiple demographics . \nSo crushing was Romney 's defeat that many have wondered what future public life he could have , especially as he has no elected office to return to .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6893fb1e20c4e0d84bad256071d43ca", "input": "H.R. McMaster U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser said at the Munich Security Conference that the federal indictments showed the U.S. was becoming \"more and more adept at tracing the origins of this espionage and subversion.\"\n\"As you can see with the FBI indictment the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain \" McMaster told a Russian delegate to the conference.\n McMaster also scoffed at the suggestion that the U.S. would work with Russia on cyber security issues.\n\"I'm surprised there are any Russian cyber experts available based on how active most of them have been undermining our democracies in the West \" he said to laughter. \"So I would just say that we would love to have a cyber dialogue when Russia is sincere.\"", "output": [ "McMaster" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf55b282b7eb4ae49774be6db7d6d41e", "input": "Anthony Weiner's 21-month prison sentence for sexting with a minor should have been much stiffer Sydney Leathers and two other women linked to the pervy ex-pol said Monday.\nSpeaking to Daily News the former flames said Weiner already caught a break when prosecutors agreed to a sentencing range of 21 to 27 months instead of the 10-year max allowed under his conviction for sending obscene messages to a 15-year-old girl.\nTeen who sexted with Weiner says it all happened 'very fast'\n Anthony Weiner seen today September 25 2017 after being sentenced to a 21 month prison sentence. (Anthony DelMundo/New York Daily News)\nLeathers — who was 22 years old when revelations about her own sexting relationship with Weiner derailed his 2013 campaign for New York City mayor — called Weiner a \"narcissist.\"\n\"I have no sympathy for him at all. The only person anyone should feel bad for is the 15-year-old girl and maybe his kid. He brought this all on himself \" she said.\n\"They should have given him the maximum. If the judge wanted to send a message this isn't a really strong message \" Lisa Weiss a Las Vegas blackjack dealer who sexted with Weiner in 2010 and 2011 told The News.\n Weiner 's lawyers argue client is ill in bid for probation\n\"This was a child. The minute he found out she was 15 he should have been so mortified and ended it \" Weiss 47 said.\n Anthony Weiner 's sexting scandals\n\" He has no boundaries. It seems like he can't control himself \" she added.\n\"The range agreed to was 21 to 27 months. Choosing the minimum seems really blasé. Couldn't you at least go in the middle somewhere?\" she asked. \"What he did was super predatory.\"\nHuma Abedin asks judge to consider son in Anthony Weiner sentence\nRaines 34 exchanged more than a hundred messages with Weiner back in 2011 in which he repeatedly referenced his \"package \" she claims.\nWhen Weiner accidentally posted a crotch shot to his public Twitter account in mid-2011 and \"Weinergate\" erupted he allegedly asked Raines to lie for him .\nThe overall sexting scandal led to Weiner 's resignation from Congress. He apologized sought treatment and claimed to be a reformed man. Then his mayoral campaign came to a screeching halt with the emergence of Leathers and revelations he tried to cover his tracks with the ridiculous pseudonym Carlos Danger.", "output": [ "Anthony Weiner" ] }, { "id": "task419-f8454b64397b4a719fcd601bb16e34e4", "input": "NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton says she should not have let a senior campaign adviser keep his job after a female staffer accused him of sexual harassment in 2007.\n\"The most important work of my life has been to support and empower women \" Clinton wrote on Facebook Tuesday night . \"So I very much understand the question I'm being asked as to why I let an employee on my 2008 campaign keep his job despite his inappropriate workplace behavior. The short answer is this: If I had it to do again I wouldn't.\"\n Clinton said that senior campaign staff and legal counsel confirmed that the behavior by faith-based adviser Burns Strider had occurred after the woman came forward. Her campaign manager recommended that Strider be terminated but Clinton said she instead demoted him docked his pay required counseling separated him from the victim and warned him that he'd be fired if he did it again.\n Clinton said that there were no further complaints against Strider during the rest of the campaign but that she is troubled that he was terminated from a job leading an independent political action committee supporting Clinton for inappropriate behavior several years later.\n\"I believed the punishment was severe and the message to him unambiguous. I also believe in second chances \" Clinton said in the post published shortly before the start of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. \"But sometimes they're squandered.\"\n She said that the reoccurrence of the behavior \"troubles me greatly\" and leads her to question whether it would have been better if she had fired him.\n\"There is no way I can go back 10 years and know the answers. But you can bet I'm asking myself these questions right now.\"\n Clinton said that her first thought after the Times report \"was for the young woman involved\" and that she reached out to her \"to see how she was doing but also to help me reflect on my decision and its consequences.\"\n\"She expressed appreciation that she worked on a campaign where she knew she could come forward without fear \" Clinton said. \" She was glad that her accusations were taken seriously that there was a clear process in place for dealing with harassment and that it was followed. Most importantly she told me that for the remainder of the campaign she flourished in her new role. \"", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-46540dace825431fb54b5e47fcc87448", "input": "SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc’s [UBER.UL] fractured board declared peace on Tuesday attempting to put months of strife behind it by unanimously passing a series of measures to shore up corporate governance bring in major investor SoftBank and diminish the power of former Chief Executive Travis Kalanick.\n Kalanick described Tuesday’s actions as “a major step forward in Uber’s journey to becoming a world class public company.” He added that the governance changes should serve Uber well under Dara Khosrowshahi who is a month into the chief executive officer job since leaving the same post at Expedia Inc (EXPE.O).\nGovernance policies adopted by the board would make it difficult for Kalanick to return as CEO. He resigned in June under pressure from the Benchmark-led investor group over employee sexual harassment investigations a trade-secrets misappropriation lawsuit by Waymo and efforts to interfere with government probes.\nUber’s board will expand from 11 directors including a pair of Kalanick appointees seated on Monday to 17 directors the person and another source said.\n Kalanick and other early shareholders also are sacrificing voting power as Uber adopts a one vote per share policy the sources said.", "output": [ "Travis Kalanick" ] }, { "id": "task419-08a28ef9411b418ca2d9086d19d7ef64", "input": "The Dec. 12 special Senate election in Alabama is being touted as the next clash in the ongoing battle between Steve Bannon and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for the soul of the Republican Party—what Bannon with characteristic hyperbole calls a “season of war.” Roy Moore the GOP candidate stands accused of numerous incidents of sexual misconduct including allegations that he molested a 14-year-old girl. That’s prompted McConnell a Kentucky Republican and most of his GOP colleagues to disavow him. Bannon by contrast was Moore’s most important ally in the wake of the sex scandal at least until President Donald Trump took to Twitter to weigh in on Moore’s behalf.\nMcConnell knows that having an accused child molester in the Senate would be toxic for his party’s image and that Moore’s stubborn recklessness would make his own job next to impossible. For Bannon one suspects this is the whole source of Moore’s appeal.\nBannon’s stated rationale for backing Moore is that he’ll help carry out the populist revolt that the former White House chief strategist is attempting to lead against McConnell and the GOP establishment. It’s an odd claim to make since Moore is less of a “populist” than a “theocrat.” He was twice kicked off the Alabama Supreme Court once for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument the other time for refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay couples. What’s more Bannon has a more powerful weapon to deploy that really does align with his professed politics and would all but ruin McConnell: He could oppose the Republican tax plan.\n Bannon rose to prominence by espousing a brand of Republican politics that differed sharply from what party leaders such as McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan were pushing. Instead of tax cuts for the wealthy and slashed entitlement spending Bannon thought the GOP should become a “workers’ party” focused on strengthening the middle class. This idea was so popular with conservative voters that when Trump took it up he won the Republican presidential nomination. It also helped him steal blue-collar voters from Hillary Clinton in the general election.\nSince his inauguration however Trump has consistently deferred to the same Republican leaders whose priorities he exposed as being out of step with the rest of the country. Nothing illustrates this better than the tax plan McConnell and his allies are frantically trying to rush through the Senate.\nIn sum the GOP tax plan makes a mockery of what Bannon and his followers claim to stand for by directing its major benefits to the kind of plutocrats who donate to McConnell and his Republican colleagues—one reason the plan is deeply unpopular with most voters. A recent ABC News poll found that 60 percent of Americans think the plan favors the wealthy and just one in three support it.\nSo far Bannon’s populist revolt has met with only middling success. Although he’s pledged to run insurgents in 2018 against every GOP incumbent but Ted Cruz a strong slate of candidates has yet to emerge. One place Bannon has succeeded though is in tarnishing McConnell’s image among Republicans. Polls consistently show the majority leader to be the least popular member of the Senate and an Oct. 24 Harvard-Harris poll found that most Republicans wish he would resign. If McConnell can’t pass a tax bill he may have to.\nGiven this vulnerability Bannon could use his influence and platform at Breitbart News to highlight the plutocratic skew of the GOP plan and demand that its spoils be redirected to the ordinary workers who elected Trump. Calling on Republicans to swap out the estate tax repeal carried interest breaks and cuts for millionaires for say a payroll tax cut aimed squarely at the middle class would put McConnell in an impossible bind while providing Bannon the dual benefits of being broadly popular and entirely consistent with his and Trump’s 2016 campaign message.\nInstead Bannon has been raging at McConnell without doing much to inhibit his agenda. He may yet carry Moore to victory. But if McConnell’s tax plan becomes law there’ll be little doubt as to who is the true victor.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-57d657ef98cc44099ba5bbac73677464", "input": "Hamlin who said the 2018 games will be her last said receiving the honor from her fellow American athletes has been a bit surreal and she expects she'll be emotional.\n\"Winning a medal is the effort you put in and the time and the work and sacrifice to succeed and achieve something \" Hamlin said. \"That's all on me. That's something I've done. Getting this honor is different because its people looking at the work you've put in and acknowledging that. It's my fellow Team USA athletes who gave me this. That means a ton.\"\n\"The nerves will be flying for sure \" Hamlin said. \"I slide that's what I do. Put me at the top of a track; that's my happy place. Walking out in front of a lot of people and even more people watching from home ... that's going to be way more nerve wracking.\"\n Luger Erin Hamlin poses with U.S. flag after it’s announced Team USA athletes picked her to serve as flag-bearer for opening ceremonies. pic.twitter.com/tZFiFgkQsd — Aamer Madhani (@AamerISmad) February 8 2018\n She joked that one of her siblings offered sage advice.", "output": [ "Luger Erin Hamlin" ] }, { "id": "task419-a46fb33dd97c4e47900e39d5cc2cb1be", "input": "When then-14-year-old Jonas Bridges ran down the stairs of his Atlanta home shouting âDad Iâve got 1 000 fans!â his father Rob Bridges hardly took notice. A few days later Jonas barreled into the living room again saying âDad Iâve got 3 000 fans now.â Again his father brushed him off. Several days later Jonas told his father âI have 5 000 fans now and if I get to 10 000 Iâll get paid for it.â Finally Rob Bridges turned to his wife and said âDenise what the hell is he talking about?â What Jonas Bridges was trying to tell his father was that he was rapidly becoming famous on YouNow a social video platform where he had begun hosting live-streams from his bedroom under the pseudonym âwoahits_jonas.â Before his parents knew what was happening Jonas had amassed an army of online fans for his vlogs and prank videos. Before they could grasp quite what his newfound fame meant Jonas had begun raking in serious cash.\n Jonas is just one of the many teens reaching unprecedented levels of fame via social media. Platforms like Musical.ly Instagram YouTube YouNow Periscope and more allow anyone with a phone and internet access to build an audience and todayâs teens are spending more time on their phones than ever. Ninety-four percent of teens access the internet using their phone daily and 71 percent use more than one social-media platform according to a 2016 Pew study. The vlogger-to-riches story has become so prevalent in teen culture that according to a 2014 survey by Variety YouTube stars are more popular and influential than mainstream celebrities in the eyes of U.S. teens. Parenting these young internet stars however is not easy. As social platforms rise and fall moms and dads across the country with zero experience in the entertainment industry are seeing their familiesâ lives transformed. * * * Parents can go years thinking their son or daughter is just an average teen on YouTube or Instagram until one day a marketing manager at a Fortune 500 brand calls the house asking to collaborate as happened to one mother I spoke to. Some parents donât become aware until other kids begin asking their child for selfies in public or when their youngsters begin receiving special treatment at local businesses. John Rivera the father of Brent Rivera a former Vine star with 6.6 million followers on Instagram and over 3 million on YouTube says he didnât think much of the time Brent was spending on social media until he attended a local hockey game with his two sons.\nâParenting a social-media celebrity means that the camera is always rolling at the most inopportune times â Rob Bridges says. â Jonas pranks both his mom and I even when we are not in the mood for being pranked ... Itâs kind of like living in a mini reality show.â Some parents embrace this tangential fame more than others. Tiff Lewis for instance often âguest hostsâ her daughterâs social-media accounts while sheâs at school entertaining fans in other time zones. âI would go on Madisonâs Live.ly account and I could interact with her following that were in Europe â she says. âSometimes Iâd have 20 000 to 40 000 people on there and just talk to them. I would do it for almost four hours sometimes.â Other parents attempt to become social-media celebrities themselves. Pam Stepnick and Greg Paul the parents of Jake and Logan Paul potentially the two most iconic internet stars working today both actively court followers on their own social-media accounts. Jake and Logan Paul are two former high-school Vine stars who have amassed giant social-media followings on Instagram YouTube and Facebook. Combined the two have over 60 million followers on social media and armies of followers who call themselves âJake Paulersâ or part of the âLogang.â Related Story The Social-Media Star and the Suicide The boysâ father has more than 180 000 subscribers on YouTube where he posts pranks and reaction videos to his sonsâ latest drama under the name Vlogdad Greg Paulâwhich he monetizes. On Stepnickâs primary platform Instagram she has more than half a million followers and like Paul posts pranks and speaks about the controversies that so frequently surround her sons. Jake Paul and his brother Logan frequently feud with their friends each other and other top-tier influencers on YouTube. Logan also recently came under fire for posting a video featuring the dead body of a suicide victim. The Paul family has collectively become known as the âKardashians of YouTubeâ for their ability to manufacture drama to stir attention and generate views. But many YouTuber parents abstain from turning the spotlight on themselves saying raising kids is hectic enough and they donât want to have to compete with their children for brand deals. âI love my job and I have a career I donât need to be a social-media star â says John Rivera.\n* * * Whether or not they choose to post content themselves parenting a social-media celebrity does force parents to become adept at a new industryâand the new technology that comes with it. Adopting and mastering new platforms isnât just fun and games for teen starsâitâs key to staying relevant. If your fame comes from the social web itâs important never to become overly affiliated with even the hottest app lest it become passé by tomorrow. Thereâs also the volatile nature of the tech companies themselves to account for. If stars donât diversify their audiences an app could radically change its strategy tomorrow or be mismanaged out of existence erasing years of hard work. The job of evaluating the flood of new apps can frequently fall to a childâs parents. âTrying to assess which ones would have a compelling position in the marketplace is tricky and does take time â says Michael Mel Joyâs father. The work it takes to support a young online influencerâs entertainment career often takes away from the time parents spend on their own work. Jonas âs mom left her career behind in order to help her sonâs. A former real-estate agent she now accompanies Jonas on his travels and stays home during the week to make sure he meets his work and school commitments. No matter how involved parents are in their kidsâ careers the family dynamic inevitably changes when kids are earning huge amounts of moneyâfrom ads on their YouTube videos sponsored content merchandising deals and brand partnerships. Not to mention that teen influencers are also bombarded with free products. Michael Mel Joyâs father says that so much free makeup has arrived in the mail for his daughter that he doesnât know where to put it. It would take ages to even give it all away.\nBridges says he and his wife were able to use the opportunity to teach Jonas the financial value of reinvesting in his career and treating it like a small company. Teens arenât used to paying administrative fees or business expenses and so itâs up to their parents to explain that unfortunately 100 percent of your income canât be spent on fun. School can also be a particular point of contention between teen influencers and their parents. Because of scheduling and travel demands almost all young influencers are homeschooled a fact that most parents I talked to accept begrudgingly. A few internet celebrities such as Brent Rivera are lucky enough to live near Los Angeles and can still attend high school while juggling work meetings. But even when geography isnât an issue the social dynamics of high-school life can make it hard for these teens to function. Though they may have fan bases of millions online and spend long hours alone at home producing ârelatableâ content for other high-school teens many of the online influencers in this piece say they have been subject to intense bullying within their peer group. Kids may be ostracized or judged by their âhometownâ friends once they reach a certain level of success online. Others have the opposite problem and cause distractions when theyâre mobbed for selfies between classes. Katherine Cimorelli now 25 has been a singer and YouTube star since her formative years and she knows the toll social-media fame can take on friendships.", "output": [ "Jonas Bridges Atlanta", "Atlanta" ] }, { "id": "task419-a372e0f9e85d4d9e8f27c79ca7e257bb", "input": "FAIRFAX Va. (AP) — Jon Axel Gudmundsson hit four 3-pointers and scored 24 points and Davidson took control early for an 86-59 win over George Mason on Sunday.\nPritchett had the first five points of an early 10-0 spurt that gave Davidson the lead for good 13-8. Grady had five in another 10-0 run that put the lead into double figures at 30-18. Gudmundsson then scored six in a third 10-0 run for a 45-24 lead before Livingston knocked down a 3 at the buzzer. The Wildcats shot 56 percent (18 of 32) and George Mason shot 42 (10 of 24) despite going 6 of 12 behind the arc.\nGudmundsson scored 15 points in the second half and Davidson shot 55 percent (17 of 31) for the easy win.\n Davidson players had to Uber to the game after their bus broke down in the hotel parking lot.", "output": [ "Davidson" ] }, { "id": "task419-9cb0aa0a46b6447bbb973378d8f58238", "input": "Hey Megyn Kelly . Here's an idea: maybe don't ask Jane Fonda about her plastic surgery when she's talking about a movie she worked on.\nIn an excruciating interview on the Today show Fonda and Robert Redford chatted to Kelly about upcoming film Our Souls at Night.\n Kelly began by talking to Redford about his Hollywood career highlights and his iconic role as Hubble in The Way We Were. But when she turned to Fonda Kelly decided to ask her about her appearance and—specifically—the plastic surgery she 's had. Faced with this question Fonda's face said it all.\n\"You've been an example to everyone in how to age beautifully and with strength. You've admit you've had work done which I think is to your credit \" said Kelly . Kelly then asked Fonda why she doesn't feel proud to admit that she 's had work done.\n\"Well thanks. Good attitude good posture take care of myself but let me tell you why I love this movie that we did Our Souls At Night rather than plastic surgery \" Fonda continued.", "output": [ "Megyn Kelly" ] }, { "id": "task419-6cb9e2de20524aaf93c3536e1b4e5be0", "input": "Comments on Michael Jackson on the day of his memorial service:\n \"I'm here representing millions of fans around the world who grew up listening to Michael being inspired and loving Michael from a distance. ... Somehow when Michael Jackson sang and when he danced ... we felt he was right there. ... He made you believe in yourself.\" -- Queen Latifah.\n \"When he did his iconic moonwalk I was shocked. It was magic. Michael Jackson went into orbit and never came down. Though it ended way too soon Michael's life was beautiful.\" -- Motown Records founder Berry Gordy.\n \"This is a moment that I wish that I didn't live to see come. But as much as I can say that and mean it I do know that God is good and I do know that as much as we may feel -- and we do -- that we need Michael here with us God must have needed him far more.\" -- Stevie Wonder.\n \"Michael was a personal love of mine. A treasured part of my world ... \" -- Smokey Robinson reading a note from longtime Jackson friend Diana Ross at Tuesday's memorial service in Los Angeles.\n \"We miss you Michael.\" -- Mariah Carey after singing \"I'll Be There\" at Jackson's memorial service.\nJackson at Elizabeth Taylor's 1991 wedding.\n \"Michael was a personal love of mine. A treasured part of my world ... \" -- Smokey Robinson reading a note from longtime Jackson friend Diana Ross at Tuesday's memorial service in Los Angeles.\n \"There are certain people in our popular culture that just capture people's imaginations. And in death they become even larger. Now I have to admit that it's also fed by a 24/7 media that is insatiable.\" -- President Barack Obama who was asked about the outpouring of emotion related to Michael Jackson's death during an interview with CBS while he was in Moscow.\n \"He was a true gift and there are very few that have come to the magnitude of influence that he had on the world.\" -- Neil Portnow president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.", "output": [ "Michael Jackson" ] }, { "id": "task419-afe5ab7e2c0c4968a11fb3a212f5771e", "input": "Alice has spent her whole life on the run with her mother almost as if something terrible is chasing them. They can't ever seem to escape their family legacy: Alice 's grandmother is a famous author who wrote a book of dark fairy tales set in a mythical world called the Hinterland. It's a book so rare and compelling that it has die-hard fans who've never even read it — including Alice . Alice doesn't know her grandmother who shut herself away in an estate called the Hazel Wood before Alice was even born but she is secretly obsessed with her and the elusive world that she created.\nWhen the news comes that her grandmother has died it seems like maybe Alice and her mother can finally catch their breath. They settle into a life in New York but Alice keeps waiting for the darkness to find them .\nSure enough one day Alice goes home to find that her mother has been kidnapped by terrifying creatures who may be the denizens of the Hinterland come to life. The only clue is a torn page from her grandmother's book and a dire message from her mother: Stay away from the Hazel Wood.\n Alice enlists the help of her classmate Ellery Finch a Hinterland fanboy who just seems happy that Alice has finally noticed him . But soon their fantasy adventure turns into a horror story as the ruthless citizens of the Hinterland creep further and further into reality seeking to terrorize Alice and use her for their own means. For the Hazel Wood is a doorway and Alice has to decide if she 's willing to go through it and find out the truth about her mysterious family.", "output": [ "Alice" ] }, { "id": "task419-2bcef4db80a845bb93ffa706f821e3e1", "input": "Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was attacked injured in the face by a protester and hospitalized shortly after a political meeting in Milan on Sunday evening.\n Berlusconi was signing autographs when a man from the crowd threw at him a statuette representing the Milan Dome making his nose and mouth deeply bleed state-run television RAI reported.\n Under shock the prime minister was then rushed into a car and driven away to a nearby hospital for first aid assistance. Upon reaching the hospital Berlusconi told a member of his staff that he was \"feeling well.\"\n However the prime minister's conditions are serious according to the doctor in charge of him. He has suffered a severe nose trauma broken one of his teeth and injured his lower lip.\n The prime minister would spent the night at the hospital and be kept under medical control for 20 days the doctor explained.\n The man hid among a small group of protesters who were shouting slogans and whistling at the prime minister. Then unnoticed by the security he threw the statuette at Berlusconi's face.\n According to people who spoke to Berlusconi the prime minister said to be \"very disappointed and afflicted by the attack which is the result of all the poison\" lately thrown at him.\n \"This is the consequence of the political tensions of these days. While we were in the car going to the rally Berlusconi told me to be very worried and said he hoped nothing would happen \" Bonaiuti recalled.\n \"But unfortunately this time something very serious did occur \" he said.\n Italy's political scene has been lately rocked by fierce contrasts between the opposition and the judiciary on one side and Berlusconi and his center-right government on the other.\n The prime minister has repeatedly accused the \"communist left\" of conducting a personal fight against him.\n All Berlusconi's allies condemned the assault linking it to the on-going political tensions and hate campaign.", "output": [ "Silvio Berlusconi" ] }, { "id": "task419-f3447475861e475f9c6400c9bc976b72", "input": "The study's lead author Zachary Ward described the forecast as \"sobering.\"\nBut he added \"It should not be surprising that we are heading in this direction. We are already approaching this level of adult obesity for certain subgroups [and] areas of the country.\"\nStill Ward expressed some surprise at how strongly being obese at a very young age predicted obesity decades down the road.\n Ward is a doctoral candidate in health policy with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Center for Health Decision Science in Boston.\nThe study by Ward and his colleagues appears in the Nov. 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.", "output": [ "Zachary Ward" ] }, { "id": "task419-041fb1d0ae024bfaa6d83937f6ee0a1d", "input": "It came from a Post reader named Ron Freiman who’d seen my Sunday column advancing the Giants-49ers game. In it I referred to this tenuous time for Giants fans as approaching the low-point days of the 1978 revolt by season ticket holders which included ticket burning and an airplane banner flown over Giants Stadium reading: “15 Years of Lousy Football — We’ve Had Enough.’’\n Freiman recalled the catalyst to his becoming the leader of that ’78 fan revolt as “sitting at that Philadelphia game when they had the fumble and I couldn’t get up from my seat I was so stunned. It was a victory that they just threw away.’’\nThe day after The Fumble Freiman purchased a display ad in the Newark Star-Ledger for $120 that included a post office box urging angry fans to send their tickets in.\n“We’ll burn them and they’ll play in front of an empty stadium ’’ Freiman said.\n“Hundreds of people sent their tickets to be burned ’’ Freiman said. “I was totally baffled by the reaction. There were a lot of disappointed fans … as I’m sure there are now.’’\nThe famous airplane banner came the following Sunday. Freiman said he and another season-ticket holder named Peter Valentine an attorney arranged the plane flyover.\n“[Valentine] knew somebody who had this [plane-rental] service and we decided ‘Let’s fly this thing around and see what happens ’ ’’ Freiman recalled. “It caused quite a stir … and it did some good because they got rid of a lot of people and they still talk about it.’’\n Freiman said he later met Young at a luncheon at the old Giants hangout Manny’s in Moonachie N.J.\n“He knew I was the guy who did it so I wasn’t looked upon too well by Giants management ’’ Freiman said with a laugh. “I sent the ashes from the ticket burning to Wellington Mara in a urinal one of those hospital bedpans and I don’t think they took very kindly to that. It’s probably still sitting up in their offices.\nThough he said he’s “still an enthusiastic fan ’’ Freiman said he doesn’t get as riled up about the Giants’ failures as he once did in his season-ticket days.\n“It doesn’t bother me now the way it bothered me 40 years ago ’’ he said. “But I know there are other people that are really upset by it now. I can understand how they feel about it.’’", "output": [ "Ron Freiman" ] }, { "id": "task419-6572ae7158554e4181269902abe2a684", "input": "For example if you are a Scroll subscriber who is not a subscriber to The New York Times you would get five ad-free articles. Times subscribers would get unlimited ad-free articles. Scroll would make it easy to become subscribers. \"Our mission is frictionless access to a thriving free press so anything we can do to help remove friction for a user while driving revenue to publishers is important \" said Tony Haile co-founder and CEO of Scroll in an interview.\nThe founding CEO of online publishing analytics company Chartbeat Haile launched Scroll with Sachin Doshi former vice president of Content at Spotify and Kushal Dave the former head of consumer engineering at Foursquare.\nWith Scroll publishers could make \"more money than they would have made from advertising in every scenario \" Haile says in a blog post on the announcement.\nOther partners with Scroll include The Philadelphia Inquirer and Talking Points Memo. And Scroll is seeking additional ones as it approaches its launch (you can sign up to test Scroll when its available at Scroll.com.) \"But weâre thankful for the support and faith of this growing group of innovators particularly our new investor Gannett as we build towards an open web where premium content can make money by delivering the experience consumers want \" Haile said.", "output": [ "Tony Haile" ] }, { "id": "task419-2309b309c2cd47dea8402d376944fb94", "input": "In a statement Tuesday Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed that the United States has expelled 15 Cuban officials from the communist nation’s embassy in Washington D.C. in response to attacks on nearly two dozen Americans working in Havana.\n“On October 3 the Department of State informed the Government of Cuba that it was ordering the departure of 15 of its officials from its embassy in Washington D.C. ” Tillerson said in his statement. “The decision was made due to Cuba’s failure to take appropriate steps to protect our diplomats in accordance with its obligations under the Vienna Convention. This order will ensure equity in our respective diplomatic operations.”\nThe statement explained that the move followed the mass withdrawal of American personnel from Cuba and warnings to all U.S. citizens to avoid the communist dictatorship to which Americans can only travel under certain categories of visits. “Until the Government of Cuba can ensure the safety of our diplomats in Cuba our embassy will be reduced to emergency personnel to minimize the number of diplomats at risk of exposure to harm ” Tillerson said.\n Tillerson went on to assure that the United States will “continue to maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba and will continue to cooperate with Cuba as we pursue the investigation into these attacks.”\nLate last week Tillerson announced in a similar statement that the State Department would withdraw all “non-essential” staff from the Havana embassy and urge all Americans to avoid Cuba as the attacks appear to have taken place in areas “frequented by U.S. citizens” not affiliated with the government. It was the first prominent use of the word “attacks” to describe the events in question as spokeswoman Heather Nauert had insisted on referring to them as “incidents” in prior press conferences.", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-6aaf1992033d4aecbc8234650fa4f0e9", "input": "NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bitcoin sank on Monday after website CoinMarketCap removed prices from South Korean exchanges from its calculations of digital currency rates without any warning resulting in a steep drop in all virtual coins they track.\nCoinMarketCap shows real-time prices and market capitalizations for more than 1 300 cryptocurrencies and is widely followed by market participants. The exclusion of data from South Korean exchanges where virtual currencies trade at a wide premium sowed confusion and triggered a broad selloff.\nMarket participants said CoinMarketCap removed data without any explanation from three of the largest South Korean exchanges: Bithumb Coinone and Korbit.\n CoinMarketCap was not immediately available to comment on its move.\nTraders said XRP was the most severely affected by CoinMarketCap’s removal of South Korean prices because it was trading at a 50 percent premium in that country.", "output": [ "CoinMarketCap" ] }, { "id": "task419-51797c8454074743970359890748e584", "input": "Jan Morgan an Arkansas gun advocate who declared her firing range a “Muslim Free Zone ” said she will challenge Gov. Asa Hutchinson in the GOP primary in May.\n The gun range owner announced her candidacy on New Year’s Eve although Newsweek reported that she had been soliciting campaign contributions via a campaign website earlier in 2017.\nIn a campaign video Morgan described herself as “a born again Christian a genetically conservative wife mother small business owner [and] certified firearms instructor ” The Independent reported.\n“I am committed to fight for you but I can only do so much from the position of citizen activist ” she said. “If you want me to be your voice I need a better position to fight from. Strategically speaking that would be the governor’s seat.”\n Morgan drew attention in 2014 after declaring her gun range a “Muslim Free Zone” on social media platforms.\n“The Koran (which I have read and studied thoroughly) and (which muslims align themselves with) contains 109 verses commanding hate murder and terror against all human beings who refuse to submit or convert to Islam ” she wrote on her website.", "output": [ "Jan Morgan" ] }, { "id": "task419-582e514caaf1477884f716a5b4819edc", "input": "'Jesus talked about Sodom'\nThe Rev. Raedorah Stewart stood with the protesters backing the gay couple. She wore lavender glasses to match her purple vestments and described herself as a queer woman in her 60s. She 's also the faculty director of the Writing Center at Wesley Theological Seminary and a minister at Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ in Washington.\n Stewart said she has experienced bigotry because of her race and sexuality. She was skeptical about finding middle ground with the conservative protesters.\n\"There is no compromise in determining who is human and deserves justice. I would not seek to persuade them other than to say 'You are made in the image of God and I am made in the image of God and we are both entitled to equal rights.' \"\nStewart said she also has encountered suspicion from LGBT people who are skeptical about religious believers especially ministers. \"Sometimes they don't see me as a queer person \" she said \"even though am I no Bible-thumper.\"\nWhat would Stewart do if she had a business and white supremacists wanted her to make a sign for their rally an analogy some conservatives have made to Phillips' cake shop?\nSo maybe it's not the bedrock beliefs espoused by protesters like Stewart and Bayly that make the Masterpiece Cakeshop case so difficult to decide. Maybe it's the Solomonic split-the-baby task of determining whose self-interests should win out. It seems like a zero-sum game inflamed by the partisanship that makes small compromises seem like big defeats. You can see that in Roy Moore's candidacy the battle over the Holy Land and any number of religious hot spots around the world.", "output": [ "Raedorah Stewart" ] }, { "id": "task419-d89fbd6d86644d5786e305510ae8576e", "input": "London mayor Sadiq Khan unveiled his “London Plan” on Wednesday and as expected it took a tough stance against a dangerous threat jeopardizing the health and future of the city’s children. No it’s not a strategy to protect Londoners from potential terrorist attacks at public festivals this Christmas season. The menace is cellulite and the perp is a cheeseburger.\n Khan ’s plan would prevent any new fast-food restaurant from opening within 400 meters of a primary or secondary school fulfilling a campaign pledge he made in 2013. The ban targets “takeaways” that sell food such as fish and chips pizza chicken and other quick bites that are allegedly contributing to London’s childhood-obesity crisis. (Nearly 40 percent of children in London are overweight or obese by the time they finish grade school and the number of obese eleven-year-olds in the city spiked by 22 percent in the last four years.)\nThe mayor is also asking restaurants to make food healthier by using fewer villainous ingredients and grilling or baking food items instead of frying them: “The Healthier Catering Commitment is a scheme that helps food businesses in London to provide healthier food to their customers. The scheme promotes a reduction in the consumption of fat salt and sugar and an increase in access to fruit and vegetables.” (To his credit Khan is reportedly trying to stop the number of pubs closing in the city each year. Two cheers for that.)\n Khan ’s plan might actually make the problem worse. In 2008 Los Angeles set up new zoning rules that restrict the opening or expansion of “stand alone” restaurants in low-income areas of the city to combat health problems in those neighborhoods. But according to a 2015 RAND Corporation study the rules haven’t worked; in fact after they were implemented obesity rates for residents living in the targeted neighborhoods grew faster than in other parts of the city: “The South Los Angeles fast food ban may have symbolic value but it has had no measurable impact in improving diets or reducing obesity ” said Roland Sturm the lead author of the study. Business owners who are usually smarter than politicians figured out a way around the rules by opening smaller food stores or restaurants with limited seating. Shrewd Londoners could find similar loopholes in Khan ’s plan perhaps by building a new restaurant 420 meters away from a school instead of 400.", "output": [ "Sadiq Khan" ] }, { "id": "task419-4dfbe079a7f940e8a54b3b7bced39eeb", "input": "In an email Papadopoulos claimed that it was top members of Trump’s campaign team that agreed to a pre-election meeting with representatives of Russian President Vladimir Putin.\nAccording to a Bloomberg report the email was disclosed in an FBI affidavit supporting criminal charges against Papadopoulos . It is not included in the court documents that detail his guilty plea and cooperation with Robert Mueller’s team.\nThe message if true would bolster claims that Trump’s campaign attempted to collude with Russian interests. But it’s unclear whether Papadopoulos who pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation was merely boasting when he sent the July 14 2016 email to a Kremlin-linked contact. There’s also no indication such a meeting ever occurred.\nWriting to the Russian contact a week before the Republican National Convention Papadopoulos proposed a meeting for August or September in the U.K. that would include “my national chairman and maybe one other foreign policy adviser” and members of Putin’s office and Russia’s foreign ministry. “It has been approved by our side ” Papadopoulos wrote.\nAt the time of the email Paul Manafort was the campaign chairman. It was reported earlier that Sam Clovis Trump’s current pick to lead the USDA was Papadopoulos ’ campaign supervisor at that time and that he’d been encouraging of his efforts to reach out to Russian officials.\n Papadopoulos developed three separate contacts that he hoped would help dig up dirt on Hillary Clinton and he kept people within the campaign in the loop.\nThe communications by Skype Facebook text and email show the electronic trail the government is following to verify how the campaign handled Russian contacts. One of those people identified in court documents as Foreign Contact 2 is Ivan Timofeev Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Tuesday. He works for the Moscow-based Russian International Affairs Council a Kremlin-linked research group and isn’t a foreign ministry employee despite Papadopoulos ’s assertion she said.\nTimofeev has so far refused to speak with anyone about the contacts he had with Papadopoulos except to say he felt Papadopoulos was an “enthusiast with little experience.”", "output": [ "Papadopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-5167c704dfad411ca2036c3d6cb3b985", "input": "The footage takes place in an Iowa fire station and features two different camera angles. Back in September video was leaked of fellow MSNBC star Lawrence O'Donnell launching into profanity-laced tirades at his staff during a taping of his show. He complained about \"insanity in my earpiece\" and begging someone to \"stop the hammering!\"\n O'Donnell 's tirades were first reported by Mediaite which posted a stitched-together video of the outbursts that lasted more than eight minutes resulted in the liberal host becoming a punchline for his outburst. While the footage of O'Donnell was embarrassing it’s far from making a joke about alleged serial rapist Bill Cosby – and it appears Matthews is aware of his wrongdoing.\n Matthews issued a statement to The Cut: “This was a terrible comment I made in poor taste during the height of the Bill Cosby headlines. I realize that’s no excuse. I deeply regret it and I’m sorry.”\nThe Cut said Matthews has a long history of derogatory comments about Clinton and he once called her witchy \" \"anti-male\" and \"uppity \" according to Jezebel.\nMSNBC recently admitted that Matthews had settled with a former producer who accused him of sexual harassment. In fact NBC News and MSNBC have dealt with a variety of other high-profile issues lately.", "output": [ "Lawrence O'Donnell" ] }, { "id": "task419-fccbc2efb3fa473796d7048bc4e4dbd6", "input": "The original lawyers were replaced with salaried public defenders who do not usually work on capital cases. Those lawyers asked to withdraw saying they did not have the time financing or qualifications to properly pursue a death penalty case. Weis argued that he should have had the first legal team and refused to work with the second.\n The fight continued for the next two years; in that time Weis' mother who was expected to testify on his behalf died.\n Justice Harold D. Melton writing for a four-justice majority found that the trial delay was \"brought about by Weis and his attorneys and not the funding issues.\" Countering arguments that there had been a \"systemic breakdown in the public defender system \" he said \"There are still attorneys within that system who are available to represent the criminal defendant.\"\n In dissent Justice Hugh P. Thompson wrote that the Constitution requires that Weis receive a \"vigorous defense \" and that Georgia \"cannot shirk this responsibility because it is experiencing budgetary constraints.\"", "output": [ "Jamie Weis", "Weis" ] }, { "id": "task419-e5b1e26211b04c35b71bb640d89a2ec1", "input": "Democrats on Wednesday questioned again whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions was forthcoming with Congress amid news reports he killed a suggestion by former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos to set up a meeting with Republican candidate Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.\n\"Jeff Sessions concealed his meetings with Russians and he had an obligation to be more forthcoming about the meeting that involved Papadopoulos as well \" Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal a member of the Judiciary Committee told Manu Raju on CNN.\n\"In fact one of the points of question is whether Papadopoulos in that charging document where there's a reference to a campaign supervisor was in fact talking to Jeff Sessions.\"\nAccording to charging documents unsealed Monday in Russia special counsel Robert Mueller's probe Papadopoulos suggested in a July 2016 meeting that he should make efforts to connect Trump with Putin.\nTrump who was at the meeting of campaign advisers \"didn't say yes and he didn't say no \" an official who was in the room told CNN about the meeting.\n Papadopoulos 30 a Trump foreign policy adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI according to the unsealed documents in Mueller's investigation.", "output": [ "George Papadopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c5e34db191340c8a0558faa0e39978d", "input": "A sexting compulsion that cost Anthony Weiner his seat in Congress and a chance to be New York City's mayor is about to cost him his freedom too.\n Weiner a Democrat is scheduled to surrender by 2 p.m. Monday at Devens Federal Medical Center in Massachusetts to serve a 21-month sentence for illicit online contact with a 15-year-old girl.\n Weiner was sentenced in September by a judge who said Weiner 's crime resulted from a \"very strong compulsion.\" A tearful Weiner said he was undergoing therapy and had been \"a very sick man for a very long time.\"\nAmid a sexting controversy involving women Weiner resigned his House seat in 2011 only to have new allegations doom his 2013 run for mayor.\nLast year a criminal probe into his sexting with a high school student intruded into Democrat Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House. Then-FBI Director James Comey announced in late October 2016 that he was reopening the probe of Clinton's use of a private computer server after emails between Clinton and Weiner's wife Huma Abedin — formerly Clinton's closest aide — were found on Weiner 's laptop computer.\nAbedin and Weiner are in divorce proceedings.\nAt sentencing in Manhattan federal court Weiner attorney Arlo Devlin-Brown said his client likely exchanged thousands of messages with hundreds of women over the years and was communicating with up to 19 women when he encountered the teenager.", "output": [ "Anthony Weiner" ] }, { "id": "task419-658fd21cf8374200b91ad982d48abbd2", "input": "What if Paul Vallas runs for mayor of Chicago?\n Vallas should have run for mayor long ago. He should have been elected governor but narrowly lost to the Democratic machine’s choice Rod Blagojevich in the 2002 primary. Rod promised Illinois he would be a paragon of virtue and the party hacks sold Blago as a reformer. Roland Burris got into the Democratic primary pulled black votes away from Vallas and later as a reward was Blago’s hand-picked choice to become senator.\nSo how did that reform work out for Chicago and Illinois ?\nIn the years since Vallas has spent much of his time working to improve public education particularly for minorities and spent years working in tough school systems from Chicago to Philadelphia in Bridgeport Conn. and New Orleans. He also spent much time working in Haiti.\nMost recently he ’s been chief administrative officer at Chicago State University put there by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner even though Vallas ran as Democrat Pat Quinn’s running mate in the 2014 election.\n Vallas has recently established residency in Chicago the city where he was born and raised his children. He and his wife the parents of cops are empty nesters now and are leaving the southwest suburbs. He just signed a lease in Lincoln Park Vallas confirmed to me Tuesday.\nEstablishing residence isn’t just about moving into the city. It’s about planting a flag setting a marker and it’s already being whispered about in political circles with Vallas ’ strengths and weaknesses discussed all of it laid out against the backdrop of the race for governor.\nSo I called Vallas to ask about his move back to Chicago and what it means for the 2019 mayoral race. Though he confirmed his new residency — and said he changed his drivers license to reflect his new Chicago address — he said he hasn’t yet moved in. That’ll take a week or so.\nIs he in? Is he out? Vallas said he didn’t want to talk about that. Yet.\nOK I told him so I’ll talk about it.\nAnd as you read this I’d assume he ’ll send out his spinners to drop oppo research against Vallas in the news. He ’s got to kill him off now because he can’t handle Paul Vallas in a race for mayor.", "output": [ "Illinois Paul Vallas", "Vallas" ] }, { "id": "task419-45b957664d4942358834751132940f35", "input": "Claire Smyth former executive pastry chef at Honey’s said Honey’s staff members were called into a meeting Jan. 9 and told by Furman that they “could just no longer do it anymore” and that as of that day Honey’s was done for business.\n“I mean it’s a little bit of a shock ” Smyth said. “It’s really really hard to let go of 30 people in January after Christmas but I mean it’s the industry.”\nAll staff members were given their final checks and sent home that day she said. Smyth remembers feeling fortunate because she ’d driven her own car that day so she could take her things home.\n“It was very very abrupt ” she said.\n Smyth had only been at Honey’s for about a month about the same time as executive chef Johnny Anderes. Anderes formerly of Avec Reno Telegraph Wine Bar and The Kitchen was brought on in December after chef Charles Welch and pastry chef Alison Cates left.\nBut Smyth said she wonders if predictions about the imminent restaurant crash in Chicago are true citing the recently closed GreenRiver restaurant in Streeterville.\n“I think there are too many restaurants in Chicago and it’s hard to stay open when everyone is doing the same thing in the same area ” Smyth said.\n Smyth said she plans to take some time to herself before looking for a new job.", "output": [ "Claire Smyth" ] }, { "id": "task419-c92392abad12457cb9dde64250d79e55", "input": "Trump was aware of the issue a couple of weeks before a conversation with then-FBI Director James B. Comey in which Comey said the president asked him if he could be lenient while investigating Flynn whom Trump had just fired for misleading Pence about the nature of his conversations with the Russian.\nAccording to notes kept by Comey Trump asked if he could see “his way clear to letting this go to letting Flynn go.” Trump fired Comey in May.\nIn a pre-dawn tweet Sunday Trump issued a fresh rebuttal to Comey writing: “I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!” The tweet was part of a running commentary from Trump that began Saturday a day after Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and indicated he would cooperate with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III who is probing Russian interference in the 2016 election.\nDowd confirmed Sunday that he had drafted the tweet for Trump and acknowledged that it was sloppily worded. He said it was inaccurate to say the president was told that Flynn had lied to the FBI. Dowd said Sunday that Trump knew only what acting attorney general Sally Yates had told the White House counsel: that Flynn’s accounts to the agents interviewing him were the same as those Flynn gave Pence and “that the [Justice] Department was not accusing him of lying.”\nDowd played down the significance of Trump ’s tweet. He said he did not intend to make news and declared “I’m out of the tweeting business.”\n[Graphic: Here’s what we know so far about Team Trump’s ties to Russian interests]\nIf Trump knew that Flynn might not have been accurate with the FBI it could provide motivation for any alleged effort to obstruct justice said Barak Cohen a former federal prosecutor who does white-collar defense work at the Perkins Coie law firm. “It bolsters the intent for committing obstruction ” he said.\nThe person who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly said that White House officials quickly realized the tweet could significantly assist Mueller if he chooses to pursue an obstruction case. The development sparked particular concern because others around Trump were not certain that Trump knew Flynn had made a false statement to the FBI at the time he fired him the person added.\nMcGahn was told Jan. 30 that the material was ready for his review the officials said. On that night Trump fired Yates over her refusal to defend his travel ban.\nA person familiar with McGahn’s account says the White House counsel did not give Trump any indication in January that Flynn had violated the law in his FBI interview or tell the president that he believed Flynn was under criminal investigation.\nAs controversy built Sunday about Trump’s actions he sought to focus attention on news that Peter Strzok — the former top FBI official assigned to Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election — was taken off that job this summer after his bosses discovered that he and another member of Mueller’s team had exchanged politically charged texts disparaging Trump and supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton.\n“Report: ‘ANTI-TRUMP FBI AGENT LED CLINTON EMAIL PROBE’ Now it all starts to make sense!” Trump wrote. He also criticized the FBI and promised to bring it back to “greatness” under his administration.\n“After years of Comey with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more) running the FBI its reputation is in Tatters - worst in History!” Trump wrote on Twitter. “But fear not we will bring it back to greatness.”", "output": [ "Post ) Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-942228225c984715b6374a021de43cf7", "input": "To find out Morning Edition asked two online daters who also spend their days thinking about online dating: Megan Murray a senior content strategist for Zoosk an online dating site and mobile app and Skyler Wang a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of California Berkeley . Wang also taught an undergraduate course at the University of British Columbia called What Makes Us Click about online dating and he gave NPR permission to use his course title for Morning Edition's series on online dating.\n Wang who identifies as gay says before he and his friends go out to a bar his friends go on dating apps Tinder and Grindr to meet people at the bars where they're headed. \"Now the 'gayborhood' is in your cell phone \" he says. \"I think technology has created a better more democratic social environment for especially marginalized groups.\"\n\"Basically people use lists nowadays to get a better sense who they're attracted to and put a very quantitative twist to something that didn't used to be like that \" Wang says.\n Wang cautions that this kind of approach to dating lets users act like they are shopping which isn't necessarily a good thing. He calls the practice \"relationshopping \" and he warns that it not only objectifies others it de-emphasizes the importance of building a relationship. People sometimes treat dating as if they are looking for the perfect dress or handbag Wang says.\n\"Relationshopping is problematic because people give up so quickly now \" Wang says \"and for the most bizarre reasons.\" He says that people may choose to not go on a second date with someone simply because they don't like their hair.\n\"It makes you feel like people are a commodity \" he says.\nIn fact Wang says some sites describe themselves as more of an introduction service than a dating site.\n\"The dating doesn't happen online. The dating happens in person \" Wang says. \"So in a way they're trying to preserve that magic.\"", "output": [ "Wang" ] }, { "id": "task419-649c225da048482c98d566af07add2db", "input": "Cryptocurrency ETFs proved too risky for ETF Managers Group Founder and CEO Sam Masucci but he threw caution to the wind with his latest marijuana ETF — and it's paying off.\n\"The business is growing the companies entering it are growing \" Masucci said on CNBC's \"Fast Money.\"\nETF Managers Group in late December launched Alternative Harvest ETF which tracks around 30 domestic and international stocks that may benefit from the growing marijuana industry. The ETF started with $5 million in assets under management and has grown to around $400 million in just under a month Masucci said.\nSince Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Cole Memo sending pot stocks tumbling there is reason to be concerned when dealing big money in marijuana. But Masucci has accepted a degree of volatility something he wasn't willing to do with cryptocurrency.\n\"We can't explain the volatility within bitcoin. Until we are comfortable with it and we know how to trade it we don't see ourselves getting involved \" he said.\nA majority of Alternative Harvest's companies are based in Canada or other countries where legalization is impending or where regulations are more lax. As far as domestic companies go Masucci said ETF Managers Group was careful to pick those best suited to benefit from the cannabis boom like hydroponics company Scott's Miracle Gro or cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris.\n\"We will continue to participate in those companies that are largest and right now the largest piece is outside of the U.S. \" Masucci said.\nDespite Sessions' actions Masucci has high hopes that the U.S. cannabis industry will stick around.\n\"Twenty-eight states now have approved medical marijuana 16 more have it on the docket for this year \" Masucci said.", "output": [ "Sam Masucci" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b057c77646d438db6c4b3b470680e1b", "input": "An anonymous Twitter account that routinely criticized media coverage of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was being run by Goodell's wife according to Andrew Beaton of the Wall Street Journal.\n The @forargument account which was deleted after the Wall Street Journal began investigating published under the name \"Jones smith .\"\nAccording to Beaton the account had no followers and no profile picture. However after the Wall Street Journal asked Jane Skinner Goodell the commissioner's wife about the account she admitted to being the owner in a written statement.\n The account was said to have specifically targeted media members who were critical of the commissioner.\nIn one example provided by the Wall Street Journal the account replied to a tweet from Pro Football Talk saying the commissioner needs to solve the national anthem issue in the NFL.\nIn another example Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal made a joke about a photo that showed Roger Goodell posing with New England Patriots fans.\n\"Why is everyone so immature? (including you?) \" the account wrote. \"Let's celebrate the new season.\"\nYou can see more examples of tweets from the account at the Wall Street Journal.", "output": [ "Roger Goodell" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d85d6b1e4894dca95018128e2247687", "input": "• Mark Cuban met his wife advertising executive Tiffany at the gym in 1997.\n\"Shark Tank\" star and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has long teased a run for the White House.\nAs an outspoken critic of US President Donald Trump Cuban even weighed the possibility of taking over the Republican ticket at some point.\nBut if Cuban 's wife Tiffany Cuban has anything to say about it a run for the White House may be off the table. CNBC reported that he said he would be far more tempted to toss his hat into the political ring if he was single.", "output": [ "Mark Cuban" ] }, { "id": "task419-1cbe1b10d5ad4f9dafdac639acaf4346", "input": "Al Pacino's Joe Paterno fights for his legacy and his job at Penn State in the first full trailer for Paterno the HBO film about the football coach in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.\nDirected by Barry Levinson – who previously cast Pacino to lead HBO biopics about Jack Kevorkian (You Don't Know Jack) and Phil Spector (Phil Spector) – Paterno also stars Riley Keough as a newspaper reporter digging into how much the legendary coach who spent 45 years at the helm of Penn State knew about the child molestation accusations against Sandusky a longtime defensive coordinator on Paterno 's staff.\nThe film also examines Paterno 's unceremonious retirement and termination in 2011 and the riots that broke out near campus after Paterno was let go. \"All these people should be screaming about the victims not Joe \" one student says of the riots in the trailer. The preview also finds Pacino's Paterno wrestling with his own relationship with Sandusky.\nLess than two months after his firing Paterno the winningest coach in college football history died of lung cancer in January 2012 at the age of 85. Paterno premieres April 7th on HBO.", "output": [ "Joe Paterno" ] }, { "id": "task419-3630127f08b840158800ee37481a72a3", "input": "The peer-to-peer lender LendingClub is on the cusp of being investigated by the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission and it is in emergency talks to coax more buyers onto its platform to shore up the business.\n LendingClub made the disclosures in a regulatory filing on Monday. It follows the shock ousting of LendingClub founder and CEO Renaud Laplanche last week after an internal review. The stock crashed 26% on the day and is down over 50% since then.\nThe board cited issues with \"data integrity and contract approval monitoring and review processes\" for Laplanche's exit as well as issues surrounding an apparent financial conflict of interest in an investment Laplanche made in a company doing business with LendingClub .\nThe forced exit of Laplanche has sent LendingClub into a full-blown crisis that threatens the very core of its business.\nUPDATE: Since publication LendingClub has provided BI with the following statement:\n LendingClub was founded in 2007 and is a peer-to-peer lender; consumers can take out loans of up to $40 000 (£27 654) supplied by a third party that are then packaged up and sold to institutional investors who want to receive the stream of interest payments in return. It matches lenders with investors a little like UK companies such as Zopa.\n LendingClub says:\nBut Laplanche also failed to disclose his personal interest in a fund that LendingClub was considering investing in and The Journal claims he had invested millions in that fund so it could buy LendingClub's loans effectively to boost demand.\nThe vehicle which Bloomberg said was Cirrix Capital bought $114.5 million worth of LendingClub loans in the first quarter of the year according to Monday's filing. LendingClub director John Mack and Laplanche are all investors in Cirrix according to Bloomberg. Cirrix is now helping Lending Club with emergency funding.\n LendingClub claims to take no credit risk itself but it clearly has some exposure to the risk if it is investing in a fund that is buying its loans. Discussing LendingClub 's investment in the vehicle that bought the loans LendingClub says it \"determined none of these events were required to be recognized or disclosed.\"\nAs a result of the whole fiasco LendingClub has received a grand jury subpoena from the US Department of Justice and has been contacted by the SEC it said in a filing on Monday. The company says \"no assurance can be given as to the timing or outcome of these matters. \"\nLendingClub also warns that it may face legal proceedings over the whole thing but it says it doesn't think any liabilities from an eventual judgment will have a \"material effect on its financial condition.\"\n LendingClub is already facing two class-action lawsuits in the US both filed since the start of the year.\nOne filed in California accuses the company of \"making materially false and misleading statements in the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the IPO regarding among other things the company's business model compliance with regulatory matters and their impact on the company 's business operations and future results.\"\nAnother lodged in New York claims people \"received loans through the company 's platform that exceeded states' usury limits in violation of state usury and consumer protection laws.\"\n' The company may need to use its own funds to purchase these loans'", "output": [ "LendingClub" ] }, { "id": "task419-256086fb39054498aa319e1756cced5e", "input": "At least that's what Sean Combs ânow formerly known as Diddy P. Diddy Puff Daddyâhas done. The music mogul who turned 48 on Saturday took a break from his weekend festivities in Mexico to share an important announcement with the world.\nMy new name is LOVE aka Brother Love. #TakeDat pic.twitter.com/gArAXusygG â Sean Diddy Combs (@diddy) November 4 2017\nThe name change has sparked a mixed bag of emotions from folks who have seen Combs go through a rolodex of nicknames over the years.\nSean âPuff Daddyâ âPuffyâ âP Diddyâ âDiddyâ âBrotherly Loveâ Combs should just change his name to âThesaurusâ and be done with it. â Gareth van Onselen (@GvanOnselen) November 5 2017\n Diddy Combs changed his name to brotherly love I'm thinking of changing mind to Grandfatherly love. ð¾ð³ðð½ï¸ðºð´ â Mike Rice (@mikerice6) November 5 2017\nTurns out wrestling personality Bruce Prichard goes by Brotherly Love which has sparked a bit of contention that he 's planning to formally address soon.\nSean Puff Daddy Puffy P Diddy Diddy ran out of silly names now steals my gimmick! @diddy Try being original â Bruce Prichard (@bruceprichard) November 4 2017\nWe'll see how long it takes for him to change his social media handles to reflect the new name but if Wu-Tang Clan can already make the switch then well you can too.", "output": [ "Sean 'Diddy", "Sean" ] }, { "id": "task419-808eb967b1a1400db9828cd8cede0748", "input": "Paddock’s girlfriend Marilou Danley plays a central role in the court documents. Danley has denied knowing anything about Paddock’s plans. She was out of the country when the attack happened and Danley said after the shooting that she was in the Philippines at the time because Paddock had bought her a ticket to visit family.\n Danley spoke with FBI agents after returning to the United States. She “corroborated much of what had been previously deduced by investigators ” an agent wrote in one filing and remained “adamant” she was unaware of Paddock’s intentions.\nThe FBI affidavit states that when investigators took a DNA sample from Danley “ she spontaneously stated that her fingerprints would likely be found on Paddock’s ammunition because she occasionally participated in loading magazines.”\nThe FBI document filed six days after the shooting says authorities had no evidence suggesting Danley had any criminal involvement in the massacre. But it notes that while investigators had not found “any conclusive evidence” that she helped Paddock knew about his plans in advance or lied to law enforcement that remained “the subject of intensive review.”\nIn her statement after the shooting Danley said that she had assumed Paddock was breaking up with her continuing that it “never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone.”", "output": [ "Marilou Danley" ] }, { "id": "task419-6b7f4fc152b7445488dc70af66dc45d7", "input": "Comic strip artist Mort Walker a World War II veteran who satirized the Army and tickled millions of newspaper readers with the antics of the lazy private \"Beetle Bailey \" died Saturday. He was 94.\n Walker died at his home in Stamford Connecticut said Greg Walker his eldest son and a collaborator. His father's advanced age was the cause of death he said.\n Walker began publishing cartoons at age 11 and was involved with more than a half-dozen comic strips in his career including \"Hi and Lois \" ''Boner's Ark\" and \"Sam & Silo.\" But he found his greatest success drawing slacker Beetle his hot-tempered sergeant and the rest of the gang at fictional Camp Swampy for nearly 70 years.\nThe character that was to become Beetle Bailey made his debut as Spider in Walker 's cartoons published by the Saturday Evening Post in the late 1940s. Walker changed Spider's name and launched \"Beetle Bailey\" as a college humor strip in 1950.\nAt first the strip failed to attract readers and King Features Syndicate considered dropping it after just six months Walker said in a 2000 interview with The Associated Press. The syndicate suggested Beetle join the Army after the start of the Korean War Walker said.\n\"I was kind of against it because after World War II Bill Mauldin and Sad Sack were fading away \" he said. But his misgivings were overcome and Beetle \"enlisted\" in 1951.\n Walker attributed the success of the strip to Beetle's indolence and reluctance to follow authority.\n\"Most people are sort of against authority \" he said. \"Here's Beetle always challenging authority. I think people relate to it.\"\n \"Beetle Bailey\" led to spin-off comic strip \"Hi and Lois \" which he created with Dik Browne in 1954. The premise was that Beetle went home on furlough to visit his sister Lois and brother-in-law Hi.\nFellow cartoonists remembered Walker on Saturday as a pleasant man who adored his fans. Bill Morrison president of the National Cartoonists Society called Walker the definition of \"cartoonist\" in a post on the society's website.\n\" He lived and breathed the art every day of his life. He will be sorely missed by his friends in the NCS and by a world of comic strip fans \" Morrison said.\nFellow cartoonist Mark Evanier said on his website that Walker was \"delightful to be around and always willing to draw Beetle or Sarge for any of his fans. He sure had a lot of them.\"\n\"Beetle Bailey \" which appeared in as many as 1 800 newspapers sometimes sparked controversy. The Tokyo editions of the military newspaper Stars & Stripes dropped it in 1954 for fear that it would encourage disrespect of its officers. But ensuing media coverage spurred more than 100 newspapers to add the strip.\nShortly after President Bill Clinton took office Walker drew a strip suggesting that the draft be retroactive in order to send Clinton to Vietnam. Walker said he received hundreds of angry letters from Clinton supporters.\nFor years Walker drew Camp Swampy's highest-ranking officer Gen. Amos Halftrack ogling his secretary Miss Buxley. Feminist groups claimed the strip made light of sexual harassment and Walker said the syndicate wanted him to write out the lecherous general.\nThat wasn't feasible because the general was such a fixture in the strip Greg Walker said Saturday. His father solved the problem in 1997 by sending Halftrack to sensitivity training.", "output": [ "Beetle Bailey" ] }, { "id": "task419-d79e2f724de346a3ba85dd25dfc504cf", "input": "Democratic Unionist Party DUP leader Arlene Foster speaks to media outside the Irish Consulate in Belfast Northern Ireland August 4 2017. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne\nDUBLIN (Reuters) - Northern Ireland’s outgoing leader Arlene Foster whose region produces the wings for Bombardier Inc’s (BBDb .TO) CSeries jets said a U.S. decision to slap duties on the plane was disappointing but “not the end of the process.”\n“This is a very disappointing determination but it is not the end of the process and there are further steps that will follow ” Foster said in a statement.\n Foster was First Minister of Northern Ireland until its power sharing government collapsed in January. British Prime Minister Theresa May is dependent on the votes of Foster ’s 10 Democratic Unionist Party deputies to pass legislation in the British parliament.", "output": [ "Arlene Foster" ] }, { "id": "task419-44f3aadb8f6b48fe985f6cb9e9eaf563", "input": "Police Chief Francis E. Bradley of the Hualapai Nation Police Department said in a statement that the accident occurred around 5:20 p.m. local time near Quartermaster Canyon on the Hualapai Nation a federally recognized Indian reservation in northwestern Arizona.\nThe survivors of the EC-130 helicopter wreck were all \"Level One trauma patients \" said Bradley indicating the highest category of injury.\nRescue workers had difficulty accessing the scene said Bradley owing to \"high winds the darkness and the extreme rugged terrain.\"\n He added \"The only access to the crash site area is by foot on a 20-mile hike or by helicopter.\"", "output": [ "Francis E. Bradley" ] }, { "id": "task419-d9015e1fdb444714a7905db1d65a1c24", "input": "BRUSSELS/MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) - Sacked Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont and four associates turned themselves in to Belgian police on Sunday following Spain’s issuing of an arrest warrant for rebellion and sedition.\nFILE PHOTO - Sacked Catalan President Carles Puigdemont makes a statement in this still image from video calling for the release of \"the legitimate government of Catalonia\" after a Spanish judge ordered nine Catalan secessionist leaders to be held in custody pending a potential trial over the region's independence push in Brussels Belgium November 2 2017. TV3 via REUTERS TV\nAll are wanted by Madrid for actions related to the push for the region’s secession from Spain. Puigdemont has become the public face of that move for independence.\n Puigdemont traveled to Belgium shortly after Madrid took control. On Sunday morning Puigdemont and four of his former councillors presented themselves to police in Brussels.", "output": [ "Carles Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-882ae83a545d499aa3ed8ad9c06dc9e3", "input": "Strict gun control advocate Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday he ’s “willing to move forward” with Republicans to ban the bump-stock devices that were used in the nation’s worst mass shooting.\n“The NRA at least in the time I have been in Congress has never been willing to change U.S. gun laws ” Murphy said. “I think they see that they were likely going to lose this fight in Congress and so now they’re trying to get it done through administrative action. But this is the first time that the gun lobby has shown willingness to come to the table.”\n Murphy said however Congress should mandate background checks for all gun purchases.\n\"That would be the clear next step \" he said. \"That should be our North Star.\"\nAlso in the interview Murphy said the Democratic Party should give back donations received from the Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein who’s embroiled in a sex harassment scandal.\n\"I think that probably makes sense \" he said. \"I mean this is a pretty bad guy who did some really awful things.\"\n\"I don't require a background check to contribute to my campaign \" he added. \"And so there are probably lots of people with unsavory backgrounds and pasts who have given to both Democrats and Republicans.\"", "output": [ "Chris Murphy" ] }, { "id": "task419-64f308a31cc846f1a58bb88deaf2a05e", "input": "In four alleged schemes between 2012 to 2016 Assemblywoman Pamela Harris 57 submitted falsified documents to obtain government funds for personal use according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.\n Harris was arraigned on Tuesday at a U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.\n Her attorneys said in a statement that Harris who represents a district in New York City’s Brooklyn borough has pleaded not guilty to the charges.\n Harris who was elected in November 2015 in a special election and returned to office in 2016 is also accused of defrauding a bankruptcy court and falsely claiming to have been forced out of her residence by Hurricane Sandy to get financial assistance it said.\nBefore and during her tenure as assemblywoman Harris allegedly went to great lengths to defraud local and federal agencies FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William Sweeney said in a statement.\n“In fact at a time when many residents in her district were dealing with the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Sandy Harris was busy brewing a storm of her own ” Sweeney said.\n She was also accused of obstructing justice by instructing witnesses in 2017 to lie to FBI agents after becoming aware of the grand jury’s investigation into her alleged crimes.\n“We look forward to her day in court and an opportunity there to present the full facts ” her attorneys Joel Cohen and Jerry Goldfeder said.\nIn one of the four alleged schemes between August 2014 and July 2015 when Harris was executive director of a not-for-profit organization in Brooklyn she is accused of defrauding New York City Council of $22 800 by falsely claiming the money would go toward rent for a studio art space for community use.\nAfter submitting a forged lease agreement Harris transferred the funds to her personal checking account and used the money to pay for personal expenses including monthly mortgage payments clothing and travel tickets prosecutors said.\nIn another scheme she is accused of defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency of nearly $25 000 in temporary housing assistance by falsely claiming that she had been forced out of her Coney Island residence by Sandy claiming that it was uninhabitable.", "output": [ "Pamela Harris" ] }, { "id": "task419-6429c46731ad4043b31a6985661261f4", "input": "The two have entered a partnership designed to allow Ford's vehicles to communicate with the ride-sharing company's app said Sherif Marakby Ford's vice president for autonomous vehicles and electrification who worked briefly at Lyft's rival Uber .\n He told Reuters that Ford planned to eventually deploy \"thousands\" of self-driving cars.\n Marakby explained in a blog post: \"Think of it this way: Someday when you open the Lyft app during a period of high demand Ford and Lyft software will need to be capable of quickly dispatching a self-driving vehicle so that you can get to your destination as quickly and as safely as possible.\"\nThe companies will work together to figure out which cities are best for the self-driving rollout and what kind of infrastructure is needed to make it work Marakby said.", "output": [ "Marakby" ] }, { "id": "task419-47515aad81ce4dbab3ef7eddfedb6d4b", "input": "Veda Albertson a 70-year-old retiree in Tampa was sick for three weeks with high fever and fluid in her lungs. She said she hadn't been this sick from the flu since the 1960s when she was a young mother who couldn't get out of bed to go to the crib of her crying baby.\n\"It was like 'Wham!' It was bad. It was awful \" she said of the illness that hit her on Christmas Day.\nHeather Jossi a 40-year-old Denver police officer and avid runner said her illness last month was the worst flu she 's experienced.\n Albertson said she got a flu shot Jossi did not.", "output": [ "Veda Albertson" ] }, { "id": "task419-20ba8840df0d4e25b83ad5e076e28184", "input": "Being that James has proven , time and time again , that he simply ca n't close out games makes it is difficult to regard him as one of the best ever to play the game . \nIn perhaps his most disappointing playoff performance in his career , James completely mailed it in against the Boston Celtics . \nCrowning himself \"King James\" was actually contradictory to his philosophy with the Miami Heat this year . \nThis statement was made by James fresh off the Game 6 loss to Dallas and should n't be mistaken for anything less than a blatant shot at NBA fans . \nA hybrid of James and ESPN . -RRB- \nBut I 'm sure that we can all say that LeBron James is hated by 90 percent of NBA fans . \nCrawford , then a collegiate player , dunks onpastnear LeBron during a pickup game at James ' camp . \nSo instead of allowing the tape to be released , James and Nike kept the video under wraps . \nJust because he is LeBron James , his plays are automatically better . \n- James simply shut down in every fourth quarter of the 2011 NBA Finals . \nIn the last three games of 2010 Eastern Conference Finals , James shot a miserable 33.9 percent from the field , averaged just 21.3 points , and committed 19 turnovers . \nFinally , James still receives more airtime than the Mavericks despite the Mavs ' Finals victory . \nWhether it is about how great he thinks he is or how important he thinks he is , James has constantly putting his foot in his own mouth . \nJames had finally decided to put away with all the pressure , played a weak series , and probably knew , at that exact moment where he was walking off the court , which team he was going to that summer . \nIn addition to his dancing outbreak , James also took a shot at Dirk Nowitzki during the NBA Finals by faking a cough .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-47a8945a77794a36a533ae797ce78ec6", "input": "Fox News anchor Shepard Smith is under fire from his own viewers after he debunked what the network dubbed the Hillary Clinton uranium “scandal .”\nSmith resuscitated the alleged scandal as Republicans on Capitol Hill again called for a special counsel to investigate Clinton .\nHe called the accusations against her “inaccurate.”\nFox News anchor Shepard Smith debunked the Hillary Clinton uranium \"scandal\" on air Tuesday angering viewers. (Richard Drew/AP)\n“Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia. Well nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation ” he said.\n“It was unanimous. Not a Hillary Clinton approval ” Smith said adding that “we don’t even know if Secretary Clinton participated at all directly.”\nSmith said that most of the funds in question had come from Frank Giustra the founder of the Canadian uranium company but that Giustra had sold his stake in it back in 2007 three years before the uranium/Russia deal and a year and a half before Clinton took office.\n“The accusation is predicated on the charge that Secretary Clinton approved the sale. She did not. A committee of nine evaluated the sale the president approved the sale the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and others had to offer permits and none of the uranium was exported for use by the U.S. to Russia ” Smith said.", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-8da20915cbe74681b69832cf80d43e7b", "input": "Christian Toro a former teacher in The Bronx is charged with his brother Tyler Toro with explosives-related charges. Court records said the brothers were paying minors to strip fireworks of their gunpowder so they could build a bomb.\n Sergi Reboredo/VW PICS/UIG via Getty Images FILE\nChristian Toro and Tyler Toro \"knowingly made firearms\" and aided and abetted in the making of firearms at their home in the Bronx from about October 2017 to February of this year according to a criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of New York.\n Christian Toro is also accused of distributing explosive materials to two individuals under the age of 21 in the Bronx according to the complaint.\nOn Dec. 4 2017 a student was arrested after a bomb threat was called into a high school in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood and Christian Toro resigned from his teaching position shortly after the arrest the complaint states.\nAfter the resignation Tyler Toro returned Christian Toro's school-issued laptop where a technical specialist found a copy of the \"Explosives Book \" a text that provides instructions for manufacturing explosive devices according to the complaint.\nOn Feb. 8 of this year multiple law enforcement agents interviewed Christian Toro who stated that he \"had not intentionally downloaded\" the incriminating book into the laptop. Instead Christian Toro stated that he had been researching the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and had come across a copy of the book.\n Christian Toro also told investigators that he never built a bomb and had only looked at the book's table of contents.\nOn Wednesday investigators interviewed multiple students at the school who indicated that at least two students visited an apartment where Christian Toro would pay them $50 per hour to break apart fireworks and store the powder that came out of them in containers the court document states. The students visited the apartment between October 2017 and January 2018 according to the complaint.\nChristian Toro and Tyler Toro both pleaded not guilty. Attorneys for the brothers were not immediately available for comment.", "output": [ "Christian Toro" ] }, { "id": "task419-f6e6e9872b944ad58b3ba857f6b45fe8", "input": "GERRY ADAMS who on November 18th announced plans to retire after 34 years as president of Sinn Fein and the dominant figure in the Irish republican movement will forever be associated with both war and peace. He came to the fore during the Irish Republican Army’s most violent years in the 1970s and 1980s but also helped turn Sinn Fein into a legitimate political force on both sides of the border.\nAn exponent of “the long war”—the theory that if IRA bomb attacks in Northern Ireland and mainland Britain went on long enough British spirit would eventually be worn down —Mr Adams eventually oversaw a push for peace. The man who supported a strategy summarised by a close associate as “a ballot paper in one hand and an Armalite in the other” later delivered an IRA ceasefire and the decommissioning of its weaponry in exchange for assurances that Sinn Fein would be allowed entry into the political mainstream.\n Mr Adams leaves the stage with his party enjoying the support of half a million on the island of Ireland. It is the second-largest party in Northern Ireland and its primary nationalist voice. It is also the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland where it recently declared its willingness to take part in a coalition government.\n Yet Mr Adams had reached his political limits. He struggled with the transition from Belfast to the Dail in Dublin weighed down by his role in the IRA’s bloody past. Instead the party is now turning to those with a “clean skin” as locals term people unassociated with the terrorist group who may be more politically presentable than Mr Adams .\nVoters are still getting to know Michelle O’Neill Sinn Fein’s leader in Belfast who took power at short notice after its former leader the late Martin McGuinness quit in January. Although she has no link with the IRA her family is steeped in republicanism. Her father was interned during the Troubles and a cousin was shot dead by Britain’s special forces. In the south Mary Lou McDonald Mr Adams ’s deputy and most likely successor in Dublin had a more orthodox upbringing. Ms McDonald has acquired a formidable reputation both in the Dail and as an MEP. Sinn Fein hopes that the pair may reach voters that Mr Adams never did—or could.\nAt Sinn Fein’s annual conference in Dublin party members gave him a hero’s send-off with standing ovations. He will step down early next year as head of a movement he prised away from the gun and fashioned into a daunting political force. Yet he will retire a long way from his ambition to “take power in Ireland”. Here the man of war and peace fell short.", "output": [ "Gerry Adams Gerry" ] }, { "id": "task419-aea00249a2fe4b16a167fe0a67c32419", "input": "As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on multiple versions of Republican health care repeal bills early next week -- which is anticipated to include a devastating amendment offered by Sen. Ted Cruz -LRB- R-Texas -RRB- -- it is critical that we are responsible and transparent when evaluating policy that will impact one sixth of our economy and millions of families across the country . \nHHS compares premiums for a 40 year old under the Cruz proposal to an \"enrollment weighted average\" premium under the ACA . \nHHS offers no estimates for the out-of-pocket costs that patients would bear for the \"essential services\" not covered by Cruz 's plans . \nTo begin with , the report claims that the Consumer Freedom Amendment -LRB- Cruz amendment -RRB- to the Senate Better Care Reconciliation Act -LRB- BCRA -RRB- would miraculously lead to more people covered and lower premiums . \nHHS 's results also rely on assumptions about consumer behavior , including who will buy ACA-compliant or Cruz plans by income , age , and risk . \nCruz plans have high deductibles and barely-there coverage .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-60b0d3d59d684adcb254853a3bb2d62d", "input": "Choi Soon-sil a longtime friend of former President Park Geun-hye was convicted Tuesday for abusing her close ties with Park to gain personal profit and for receiving bribes from Samsung Lotte and other big South Korean businesses.\nThe court also sentenced Choi Soon-sil the former President Park Geun-hye's confidante to 20 years in prison.\nLotte was one of many major companies that donated money to non-profit foundations controlled by Choi .\nThe Seoul Central District Court said Tuesday that Choi Soon-sil was convicted on abuse of power bribery and other charges. The court also imposed 18 billion won ($17 million) fine on her.\nThe court said Choi abused her close tie with the former president to take personal profit. Among her crime was coercing businesses to donate a huge amount of money to foundations under her control and receiving bribes from Samsung and Lotte.\nIt said her crime was grave given how she triggered an unprecedented impeachment of the president and disappointed the public.\n Choi Soon-sil emerged Tuesday from a police bus with flashing lights and entered the court in Seoul. She has been jailed during her trial.\n Choi is charged with abuse of power and eight other charges stemming from her role in nonprofit foundations and a winter sports center that solicited funds from top South Korean companies.\nThe Seoul Central District Court says it will issue a verdict Tuesday afternoon. Choi Soon-sil a confidante of former President Park Geun-hye was tried on abuse of power and eight other charges.", "output": [ "Choi Soon-sil" ] }, { "id": "task419-e357231fc3a2434bb7079d40fa390569", "input": "The ombudsman says it is investigating claims President Rodrigo Duterte 's bank accounts had hundreds of millions of pesos (millions of dollars) which he failed to disclose as required by law (AFP Photo/NOEL CELIS)\n Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would not cooperate with a special anti-corruption prosecutor's investigation into allegations he acquired ill-gotten wealth vowing he would \"not submit\" to its authority.\nThe ombudsman said last week it was investigating claims Duterte 's bank accounts had hundreds of millions of pesos (millions of dollars) which he failed to disclose as required by law.\n Duterte responded by lashing out at the ombudsman calling the agency \"lousy\" and saying allegations against him were \"lies based on baseless\" information.\n\"I will not submit to the jurisdiction (of the ombudsman) \" Duterte said in a curse-laden speech to local lawyers on Saturday night.\n\"Waving fabricated evidence lying to his teeth in front of the nation and then you want me to submit to the jurisdiction of the ombudsman \" Duterte said referring to Deputy Ombudsman Melchor Arthur Carandang who had announced the probe.\n Duterte 's remarks contradicted his spokesman's statement last week that the president respected the ombudsman and trusted its impartiality.\n Duterte 72 won last year's presidential elections on a brutal law-and-order and anti-corruption platform.\nDuring the election campaign Duterte had said he came from a poor family and lived a modest lifestyle which boosted his image as an anti-establishment politician representing the common folk analysts said.\nThe ombudsman probe stemmed from a plunder complaint filed before the elections by opposition senator Antonio Trillanes who alleged Duterte embezzled government funds during his more than two-decade stint as mayor of the southern city of Davao.\nOn Saturday Duterte said his family had properties and businesses including an ice plant and lumberyard adding his late father was a provincial governor.", "output": [ "Rodrigo Duterte" ] }, { "id": "task419-2d87262d8a654f888d372ac2e8ad218a", "input": "When I first heard about the 7-Minute Workout an app that promises the benefits of a sweaty bike ride and a trip to the gym in just a few minutes I thought it was all hype. But as it turns out the app well works you out. I tried it for the first time last year and I'm still hooked so I recently got in touch with Chris Jordan the director of exercise physiology at the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute and the person behind the Johnson & Johnson Official 7 Minute Workout to get some insight into how it works. For me the app is perfect for weekends or when I can't make it to a yoga class or as something fun to do with a friend at home. View As: One Page Slides\nIt consists of 72 exercises like jumping jacks sit-ups and push-ups. Ten require nothing but your body and for others you'll need a chair that can support your weight. The latest version of the app lets you do each exercise along with Jordan .\nThe idea of a workout you can do in minutes was originally envisioned by Jordan an exercise physiologist. Here is personal trainer and study partner Brett Klika demonstrating one of the workouts. Sources: American College of Sports Medicine's Health & Fitness Journal YouTube\nThe concept behind the workout is interval training — short intense periods of exercise broken up by brief periods of rest. Jordan told me he based the workout on his experience as a fitness consultant for the US Air Force in Europe. Sources: International Journal of Cardiology ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal Sports Medicine\nThe approach is less time-consuming than a traditional workout but studies suggest it may be more beneficial for building muscle and protecting the heart. \"High-intensity interval training can provide similar or greater benefits in less time than traditional longer moderate-intensity workouts \" Jordan said. Sources: International Journal of Cardiology Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise", "output": [ "Chris Jordan" ] }, { "id": "task419-faf02a7a9b4142ceb2b706626226070f", "input": "Christopher Seth 22 is facing a felony theft charge and up to three years in prison after he reportedly was seen swiping a package containing $200 worth of socks from a home in Boulder on Friday.\n Seth admitted to driving around neighborhoods and using his girlfriend as a lookout while taking packages left outside homes by delivery services KDVR reported citing Boulder police documents.\nA search of Seth 's car and apartment netted 44 items believed to have been stolen from porches officials said. Cops told the station the combined value of the packages -- now in police custody -- was $6 561 and included shampoo Steve Madden boots ice climbing equipment and a bed frame among other items.\n Seth has a status conference Jan. 3 and was released on $1 000 bond according to the Boulder Daily Camera. His past criminal history includes a guilty plea to driving while ability impaired and a pending indecent exposure case in county court", "output": [ "Christopher Seth" ] }, { "id": "task419-b726e29a1ed546a487e11474e06fa2c0", "input": "But as Sen. Blanche Lincoln proved by winning the bruising Democratic primary runoff Democrats do not necessarily serve at the pleasure of the party's left flank. Lincoln survived a massive and unprecedented mobilization by labor unions and liberal advocacy groups in Arkansas raising questions anew about the political power of the progressive movement.\n Labor alone spent some $10 million on the race airing an onslaught of advertisements assailing Lincoln for her connections with corporate interests and had hundreds of paid workers in the state canvassing on behalf of her runoff opponent Lt. Gov. Bill Halter. High-level union organizers poured into the state in the closing days of the campaign feeding facts and figures to reporters to tout the likelihood of Lincoln's defeat _ a victory they were convinced was theirs.\n Lincoln's win stunned labor and progressive leaders. But regardless they said every penny spent to support Halter was worth it. Forcing Lincoln into a race for survival they said demonstrated to other moderate Democrats in the country that support from the party's liberal base cannot be taken for granted.\n Steve Rosenthal a veteran labor organizer who was a key strategist in the campaign against Lincoln said forcing her into a runoff and having Halter come within four percentage points of her on Tuesday was \"a phenomenal victory.\"\n \"There are other senators sitting on Capitol Hill saying `I don't want to go through what Senator Lincoln went through ' and that's the important lesson \" Rosenthal said. \"The labor movement is about protecting rights and expanding rights for workers. As long as the labor movement is seen as spending its resources only to protect Democrats it loses.\"\n It was an audacious move for labor to take on a sitting senator in a conservative right-to-work state that gave rise to Wal-Mart and where labor unions have long been weak. But the labor movement was bullish believing Lincoln to be vulnerable. In Halter an ambitious politician who had long eyed higher office the movement believed it had found the right vessel with which to sink Lincoln.", "output": [ "Blanche Lincoln" ] }, { "id": "task419-d202032096594ed79ffb0945afc9d5df", "input": "JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s finance ministry is set to spell out “tough decisions” in its 2018 budget on Wednesday to plug a revenue gap and narrow the deficit providing an early look at how new President Cyril Ramaphosa plans to repair the ailing economy.\nFinance Minister Malusi Gigaba whose position is uncertain now amid talk of an imminent reshuffle by Ramaphosa sent shock waves through financial markets last October when he announced the projected revenue shortfall and flagged weak growth estimates and rising government debt.\nThough it remained to be seen whether Gigaba would be the one tabling the budget in parliament on Wednesday his spokesman indicated there was no stepping back from tough measures which have also been emphasized by Ramaphosa .\nIn his maiden state of the nation address on Friday a day after his election as president by parliament Ramaphosa also warned of tough decisions to reduce the fiscal deficit and stabilize debt after years of weak growth.\n Ramaphosa took over after Zuma stepped down on orders of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) ending nine years of office plagued by corruption allegations and economic mismanagement.\nFILE PHOTO: Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba speaks to members of the media at Parliament before the State of the Nation Address by South African president Cyril Ramaphosa in Cape Town February 16 2018. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham/File Photo", "output": [ "Cyril Ramaphosa" ] }, { "id": "task419-c800cf8d266444ebaf16120a8180d768", "input": "(Reuters) - Britain’s Saga Plc (SAGAG.L) said it expected its underlying pretax profit to grow by just 1-2 percent in the current year and fall five percent next year sending its shares 20 percent lower.\nMonarch airplanes are parked on the runway after the airline went into administration at Newquay airport Newquay Britain October 26 2017 REUTERS/Toby Melville\n Saga shares tumbled 20 percent to 144.1 pence by 0825 GMT taking them to the bottom of the FTSE Midcap Index .FYMC. They were priced at 185 pence when the company listed in 2014.\n Saga said its tour business would see one-off cost of about 2 million pounds ($2.7 million) hurt by Monarch going into administration.\n Saga also said it had completed a review of its operating structure and would see about 10 million pounds of annualized savings next year.\n The company said written profit for its retail broking business in the year ending Jan. 1 was expected to be ahead of a year earlier but added that strong performance in motor insurance was partially offset by a challenging trading in home and travel insurance.\nThe drop in the pound since the Brexit vote has hit many British consumers’ spending power but Saga said its travel segment is expected to perform strongly ahead of a year earlier.\n Saga said in September that older Britons are still going on holiday despite a squeeze in incomes but some are opting for shorter or lower-star vacations.", "output": [ "Saga" ] }, { "id": "task419-553535c19c7e4339b63a063a51a341f8", "input": "\"People were getting hit and killed and the police were arresting people. My whole village was burned down \" 13-year-old Anwar Sadek Shah Ahmad says softly cowering into his teacher's shoulder.\n Anwar and his family fled their fishing village in Myanmar's Rakhine State in 2013 after violence broke out.\n His grandmother he said only fled Myanmar last year and is now in a refugee camp in Bangladesh where more than 680 000 Rohingya have fled to since August 2017.\n he 's among the Rohingya refugees who escaped from Rakhine State by boat largely before 2015 when There are thousands of children like Anwar in Malaysia —he's among the Rohingya refugees who escaped from Rakhine State by boat largely before 2015 when Kuala Lumpur began turning back Rohingya arrivals.\n Anwar's father has been working illegally in Penang since 2006 and paid smugglers to bring over his son daughter and wife by boat. Anwar also has an infant brother who was born in Malaysia. The family are now registered with the UNHCR.\n Anwar studies at the Penang Peace Learning Centre also known as the School of Peace. On the morning CNN visited Anwar and the older students were being taught math while the younger students aged three to six did coloring. Their classroom was also home to two pet rabbits.\nMalaysia is peaceful compared to what he left behind says Anwar . Now he spends his free time playing football with new friends from the neighborhood.", "output": [ "Anwar Sadek Shah" ] }, { "id": "task419-b85e81805d0545469030326719501ca4", "input": "Sen. Elizabeth ‘Pocahontas’ Warren (D-Mass.) implied Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is a slut when she claimed President Trump was “slut shaming” Gillibrand :\nDoes she not have a clue? Is “slut shaming” even a terrible thing? In what traditional historical culture has sluttiness been valued as a high-standard for society?\nAnd if Gillibrand isn’t a slut then why does Pocahontas feel the need to defend her from “slut shaming?” Is she really that inept? Maybe so considering how she thinks she ’s Native American.\nSen. Elizabeth Warren defended her Democratic colleague on Twitter going after Trump for attacking Gillibrand .\nDefend her sluttiness?\nThe Trump tweet also led to other Democratic lawmakers taking on the president with Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren calling Trump’s remark that Gillibrand “would do anything for” donations “slut-shaming” and Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal calling it a “sexist slur.”\nSeveral female senators also rallied around Gillibrand including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) who pointedly asked Trump on Twitter whether he was trying to “bully intimidate and slut-shame” Gillibrand.\nIn other words they felt the need to defend Gillibrand from “slut shaming.”", "output": [ "Kirsten Gillibrand" ] }, { "id": "task419-19cea98ea4b146de8dc53d4818b30588", "input": "Rep. Patrick Meehan Reeling From 'Soul Mate' Scandal Won't Run Again\n Pennsylvania Republican Patrick Meehan who up until this week had been one of the House Ethics Committee members investigating sexual harassment charges was revealed Jan. 20 to have paid a taxpayer-funded settlement to an accuser last year.\nThe New York Times reported Meehan had settled with a younger staff member after telling her he was attracted to her . House Speaker Paul Ryan removed Meehan from the Ethics Committee post after the story was published.\n Meehan has decided to leave the House sources in Congress and the Pennsylvania Republican Party confirmed Thursday night saying he won't defend his seat in November's election.\nThe Philadelphia Inquirer obtained a letter that it reports Meehan sent to his campaign chairman:\n\"Unfortunately recent events concerning my office and the settlement of certain harassment allegations have become a major distraction \" he wrote. \"I need to own it because it is my own conduct that fueled the matter.\"\nPolitics Formerly Of The Ethics Committee Rep. Patrick Meehan Now Subject Of Investigation Formerly Of The Ethics Committee Rep. Patrick Meehan Now Subject Of Investigation Listen · 3:30 3:30\n Meehan hasn't denied the facts of the settlement and even told reporters he viewed the woman as a soul mate — but insisted the conversation and a letter he wrote her wasn't harassment. He told member station WHYY: \"[I clarified] that I was a happily-married man. I was not looking for any kind of a relationship.\"\n His decision not to run again opens up a Democratic-leaning House seat in suburban Philadelphia that already had been high on Democrats' lists of 2018 targets.", "output": [ "Patrick Meehan" ] }, { "id": "task419-851461af83ff4b4fb66b03198117e693", "input": "The documents which include travel manifests and staff emails were released Monday by left-leaning Montana-based Western Values Project and were first reported on by Politico. They show that Lolita Zinke created a list of people she wanted to be invited to a conservative town hall forum in Santa Barbara California in April. The Washington Post reported Lolita Zinke owns a home in Santa Barbara and accompanied her husband through the state that month.\n\" She 's expecting some of them to bring plus ones and also her list is not yet final \" Ryan Zinke's special assistant Caroline Boulton wrote in an email. \" She 's said that she doesn't have emails for them all since many of them have been personally told about the event but I wanted you to have the list!\"\nAbout a month later staffers overhauled travel plans on a trip in Alaska after they learned Lolita Zinke wanted to attend a dinner with the state's governor Bill Walker rather than return to Washington as planned.\n\"These emails show that the leadership at the Department of Interior treats basic ethical standards like an inconvenience \" Chris Saeger executive director of the Western Values Project wrote in a statement Monday. \"If Secretary Zinke is willing to be so sloppy with something as elementary as this then god only knows how they're handling big decisions about energy and public lands behind closed doors.\"\nThe Interior Department said Lolita Zinke pays her own way when she accompanies her husband on trips and the travel is approved by ethics officials in advance.\nInterior spokeswoman Heather Swift said the department \"incurred no expenses due to Mrs. Zinke 's presence\" at the meal with Walker and she called the Western Values Project \"a partisan hatchet group run by Democratic campaign staffers.\"\n Lolita Zinke is the campaign chair for Montana GOP candidate Troy Downing who is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. She also volunteered on President Trump's campaign.\nThe Washington Post reported she has frequently accompanied her husband at official meetings including one in April with California Gov. Jerry Brown an outing that same month to California's Channel Islands and a congressional delegation trip to Norway Greenland and Alaska.\nMeanwhile the Interior Department's internal watchdog said last week that Ryan Zinke has failed to keep complete records of his taxpayer-financed travel — hampering an investigation into his use of private charter flights for government business.\n Zinke has brushed off news reports that he took at least three private flights costing taxpayers a total of $20 000 since taking office in March saying all his travel is ethical and went through proper due diligence.", "output": [ "Lolita Zinke" ] }, { "id": "task419-dc62839112da4e358f02cb881935d7de", "input": "Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller broke his own record this week for guilty pleas. On Tuesday Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan appeared in federal court and admitted he had lied to investigators about his contacts with Donald Trump's former campaign vice chairman Rick Gates .\nOn Friday Gates himself appeared before a federal judge and confirmed that he is changing his plea to guilty. He had been fighting the case brought against him and the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort which alleged they laundered millions of dollars and broke other laws related to their work for clients in Ukraine.\n Gates and Manafort have not been charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by \"impairing obstructing and defeating the lawful functions of the government through fraud and deceit for the purpose of interfering with the U.S. political and electoral processes.\" That was the charge Mueller leveled at 13 Russians and three Russian companies he says did interfere with the election.\nOr the special counsel's office could be laying down one brick in a larger structure. At the very least Gates' future testimony against his longtime business partner raises the likelihood that Manafort could be convicted of some or all of the charges he continues fighting.\nManafort and his lawyers know this. So one of Mueller's strategies in getting Gates to turn state's evidence might be to persuade Manafort to do the same and tell what he knows about other people in the Trump campaign orbit.\nOr evidence from Gates might be what the special counsel's office needs to build a case against Manafort for conspiring in the 2016 Russian interference effort. Or after years of working with Manafort Gates might have other evidence that would permit Mueller to bring new charges against Manafort.\nMueller announced a new indictment in Manafort's case on Friday evening. After Gates appeared in federal court Friday to enter his plea Manafort continued to maintain his innocence and said he remained committed \"to defend myself against the untrue piled up charges contained in the indictments against me.\"", "output": [ "Gates" ] }, { "id": "task419-a48b63f9a2f24f06a0a20ab757c88584", "input": "Tuesday morning Peter Schrager of FoxSports.com and NFL Networkâs Good Morning Football reported that New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels would break routine and skip this weekâs annual NFL Combine in Indianapolis avoiding the city McDaniels jilted when he backed out on a verbal agreement to become the Coltsâ next head coach on Feb. 6 leaving many of his assistants in the lurch too.\nAnd the McDaniels news was a reminder that while itâs too early to judge Pat Shurmur as a head coach the Giantsâ hiring of him certainly feels as if itâs put them in the strongest and most stable position they could have hoped for to operate at this Combine â and in free agency and in Aprilâs draft â especially considering the alternatives.\nImagine if the Giants had chosen McDaniels to be their next head coach and McDaniels had backed out on the Giants on Feb. 6 as he did the Colts. The Giants wouldnât have hired their next coach until two weeks ago at best as the Colts did by pivoting to Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich. And the Giants in that scenario probably wouldnât have their full coaching staff together yet still and theyâd be arriving at the Combine still in transition mode.\nPerhaps most importantly a negative perception of the Giantsâ operations may have lingered if McDaniels had reversed course on them. Fairly or unfairly that would have had people connecting the turmoil of 2017 to an ominous and bad start to 2018 continuing to question the Giantsâ judgment for trying to hire someone who wasnât even ready.\nJosh McDaniels. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)", "output": [ "Josh McDaniels" ] }, { "id": "task419-254806fcc1ea4db6bfa0be81f2271126", "input": "The college is named after Michael E. Stephens who died last year . The college of business was named in his honor in 1997.\n Stephens bequeathed the money to the school of business for the facility.\nDean Stephen Craft said building a new business building was always a \"dream\" for Stephens .\n\" Michael Stephens has made yet another transformative impact on the school that bears his name \" Craft said. \"Every time we met Mike spoke at length about the Stephens College faculty and students - their happiness and well-being were always on his mind and in his heart. I am very pleased that we will see Mike's vision of a new home for the Stephens College of Business realized.\"", "output": [ "Michael E. Stephens" ] }, { "id": "task419-620cdde4e8574e749e7a3c4e1db392db", "input": "“It’s just phenomenal ” researcher Laurie Godfrey a paleontologist at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst said in a phone interview with The Washington Post. “A huge cache of fossils like this has never been explored before. Now that we know that it’s there it’s opening up a new era in paleontological exploration.”\n(Pietro Donaggio Bittner/ Courtesy of Laurie Godfrey)\nThe discovery which National Geographic announced Tuesday is just the first step in what Godfrey hopes will be a more thorough investigation of the caves. The initial sweep brought up so many fossils that researchers haven’t even begun to dig into the sediments on the cave floors. Once they do Godfrey estimates they’ll find thousands of specimens from dozens of extinct species.\n“In a flooded cave the preservation can be just marvelous ” Godfrey said. “Nothing’s bothering them nothing’s disturbing them.”\nThe quality of the fossils will be key for scientists’ research into the causes of the animals’ disappearance. Godfrey said that researchers will likely be able to obtain DNA samples from the specimens carbon date them to see when they died and examine them for cut marks or other signs of human butchering.\nReseachers Alfred Rosenberger left and Laurie Godfrey (Pietro Donaggio Bittner/ Courtesy of Laurie Godfrey)\nIt’s long been understood that human arrival on Madagascar about 2 000 years ago coincided with the sudden die-off of much of the island’s wildlife. Two-thirds of the species that lived on the island a millennium ago are now extinct in part because of changes caused by humans Godfrey said. What’s not clear is exactly how those changes led to the animals’ demise.", "output": [ "Laurie Godfrey" ] }, { "id": "task419-6fab81d91ddf4505a3275fd2197d96be", "input": "On and off the reservation American schools tend to whitewash the stories of Native Americans. Frank Waln a Lakota hip-hop artist from He Dog South Dakota is endeavoring to change that — with music that champions his heritage while demolishing Native American stereotypes.\nOn and off the reservation American schools tend to whitewash the stories of Native Americans. Frank Waln a Lakota hip-hop artist from He Dog South Dakota is endeavoring to change that — with music that champions his heritage while demolishing Native American stereotypes.\n Frank Waln . (Photo: Tomas Karmelo Amaya)\nA young man walks onto an empty stage. The spotlight glares off of his white moccasins and crisp long-sleeved button-down which billows untucked over dark slacks. He cuts a slight figure against the venue’s deep black backdrop and his clean-shaven face framed by two long black braids makes him look younger than his 27 years. He speaks softly into the microphone first in his native Lakota then in English: “Hello relatives. My Lakota name is Walks With Young People. I also go by Frank Waln . And I welcome you with an open heart and an open handshake.”\nThe enemy is ignorance which reveals itself plainly in Waln’s new song “What Makes the Red Man Red ” his send-up of the racist tune “What Made the Red Man Red” from Disney’s 1953 film Peter Pan. Waln’s song samples the tune’s chorus and the film’s offhand references to Native Americans as “aborigines” and “Indians.” That is before Waln drowns them out with a sharp verse.\nThe crowd is on its feet now some singing along others bobbing in agreement with the beat. Waln’s frequent tours of reservations and his blunt firebrand style have made him well-known among his people (he’s a two-time Native American Music Award winner). Recently Waln has made a splash in the mainstream media too: He’s been featured on NPR and MTV’s Rebel Music: Native Americaand in Vibe and USA Today; he has performed at the South by Southwest festival in Austin and at concerts in France and Germany. The day before his Albuquerque concert he spoke at a Harvard University symposium on Native politics.\n Waln is an ascendant member of a Native American hip-hop vanguard that is taking its message of social justice off of the reservation. What separates Waln and other socially engaged artists like War Party Without Rezervation and Supaman from older generations of Native artists says Alan Lechusza Aquallo a professor of American Indian studies at Palomar College is their authenticity. Waln doesn’t play to Native stereotypes like a preaching elder or a fierce sports mascot — his performing persona is young charismatic believably real. “There are a number of Native hip-hop artists who play off the kitsch of what it is to be Indian because that’s what’s going to give them notoriety ” Aquallo says. “ [Waln] has his long braids but he ’s wearing street clothes. He ’s not playing Indian.”\n Waln’s overall message is plain: Americans — Native and non-Native alike — need to educate themselves about the real history and current politics of America’s indigenous people. And through his words and music on the reservation and off Waln plans on delivering the wake-up call.\n Frank Waln’s own education began on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation on the Great Plains of central South Dakota. He grew up in He Dog a small Sicangu Lakota community where his single mom and her sisters ran the family ranch. His father was abusive and mostly absent — the first of many scars he would learn to bear.\n Frank Waln . (Photo: Tomas Karmelo Amaya)\nHe Dog is located in Todd County where the poverty rate approaches 50 percent a problem with deep and tangled roots. Studies of modern Native Americans have shown that “historical trauma ” the name that social workers give to the perception of historical loss passed down through generations has been linked to symptoms of emotional distress like anger anxiety substance abuse and even depression. Waln remembers grappling with these manifestations even as a child. “It was very confusing to me ” he says. “I was wondering why I was struggling with depression all the time why I had suicidal thoughts why the suicide rate was so high on our reservation. I was very insecure.”\n Waln says his confusion stemmed from the fact that beyond the traditions passed down through his family he didn’t know much about the political history of his people. And indeed with scant resources schools on American reservations have fallen behind. A 2011 National Indian Education Study found huge deficits in reading and math scores for schools heavily attended by Native American students. Schools controlled by the Bureau of Indian Education which are run by tribes fared even worse: Fourth graders’ reading scores averaged 182 on a 500-point scale compared to 204 in public schools. Only 43 percent of eighth-graders said that their teachers included any Native American culture or history in their curricula.\n Frank Waln . (Photo: Tomas Karmelo Amaya)\n“In my opinion the way history is taught in this country is colonial propaganda ” Waln says. “I was aware of the big atrocities like the Wounded Knee Massacre and the government giving us blankets with smallpox. But I didn’t know the details and how recent some of these discriminatory laws were.”\nIf Waln didn’t see himself in textbooks growing up he did in music. He learned piano at age seven; he joined a Lakota drum group in middle school. When Waln was a teenager his older cousins started gathering in their basements to make music influenced by rappers like Nas Talib Kweli Dead Prez and Eminem. Waln started sampling beats and recording on his laptop. To his mother and most of the adults in his cowboy-and-rodeo community Waln’s sudden infatuation with hip-hop could be attributed to hip-hop’s popularity with kids his age. But to Waln his playlist wasn’t just about youth culture. “A lot of Native Americans are living in poverty ” he says. “Hip-hop was born in poor communities of color.”\n Frank Waln . (Photo: Tomas Karmelo Amaya)", "output": [ "Frank Waln" ] }, { "id": "task419-1db64e83628a42568e9516d47c2dbf89", "input": "FLOWERY BRANCH Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons announced Monday that Greg Knapp is returning to the team as quarterback coach working with 2016 MVP Matt Ryan.\n Knapp replaces Bush Hamdan who left to become the offensive coordinator at the University of Washington.\n Knapp was the Falcons' offensive coordinator under Jim Mora from 2004-06 when Michael Vick was the quarterback. Atlanta reached the NFC title game in 2004 but Mora and his staff were dismissed after the Falcons missed the playoffs the next two seasons.\nThe most recent stop in Knapp 's 30-year coaching career was Denver where he worked from 2013-16 as quarterback coach and passing game coordinator. In 2014 Peyton Manning set NFL records by throwing for 5 477 yards and 55 touchdowns.", "output": [ "Greg Knapp" ] }, { "id": "task419-040580c4d76044d1a3e70e980f70814e", "input": "Skipperâs portfolio was poised to grow. Disney recently announced a planned acquisition of 21st Century Fox that includes 22 regional sports networks likely to fold into the ESPN umbrella. Instead Monday morning Skipper placed calls to his top executives informing them directly of the announcement while ESPN communications employees placed calls to the sports leagues to let them know what was coming.\nTop executives and many of ESPNâs on-air personalities were shocked at Skipperâs resignation expressing their appreciation for the support he gave their careers. âThis person has created everything that exists here at ESPN for us â Dan Le Batard said on his radio show tearing up as he announced the news to his audience.\nâ John Skipper is one of the finest people Iâve ever worked for â Jemele Hill who was suspended by Skipper earlier this year wrote on Twitter.\n Skipper joined Disneyâs magazine publishing unit in 1990 after working at Rolling Stone and Spin Magazine. In 1998 he helped launch ESPN The Magazine which he continued to supervise even as he crafted multibillion dollar deals with sports leagues across the globe. In 2000 he was promoted to oversee ESPN.com and ESPNâs other internet properties and in 2005 he became the companyâs head of content. As head of the network he pursued a strategy of acquiring media rights to the most sought-after events rather than trying to produce original programming.", "output": [ "John Skipper Resigns", "John" ] }, { "id": "task419-355f2216a36446d1b3b541fc6639eb4d", "input": "Actress Gal Gadot has confirmed that Hollywood producer Brett Ratner will not be involved in the “Wonder Woman” sequel calling the decision “the right thing to do” after multiple women have come forward with sexual harassment allegations against him .\nWATCH: Gal Gadot responds to report she didn’t want to work with Brett Ratner who has faced sexual harassment allegations on next installment of Wonder Woman pic.twitter.com/rBuSH2CE2Z — TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 15 2017\n“She’s tough and stands by her principles. She also knows the best way to hit people like Brett Ratner is in the wallet ” a source with Warner Bros. told the publication.\nDavid M. Benett via Getty Images Actress Gal Gadot has confirmed that accused sexual harasser Brett Ratner will not be involved in the \"Wonder Woman\" sequel.\n“Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins also recently said on Twitter that the allegations against Ratner have left her “extremely distressed.” She added that she stands with and defends “all of the men and women who are revealing these horrific encounters all over this industry and this world.”\nJenkins’ statement came after she presented Ratner with an award at the Jewish National Fund dinner. Gadot who was initially scheduled to present it backed out at the last minute Variety reported.\nMichael Kovac via Getty Images More than a half a dozen women have come forward with disturbing allegations against Hollywood producer and director Brett Ratner.\nLast month former marketing executive Melanie Kohler wrote a Facebook post in which she accused Ratner of raping her over a decade ago. An attorney for Ratner denied the allegation and served Kohler with a defamation lawsuit ABC News reported.\nThe Los Angeles Times published allegations last week from six women who say they were either sexually harassed or abused by Ratner in some way.\nThose women include actress Natasha Henstridge who accused Ratner of masturbating in front of her and then forcing her to perform oral sex on him in the early 1990s. Olivia Munn also accused him of masturbating in front of her between the 1990s and early 2000s.\n Ratner ’s attorney Martin Singer “categorically” denied the accusations printed in the Times.", "output": [ "Brett Ratner" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6a9484f301e474c964e26f0b9c44030", "input": "MUHORONI Kenya (Reuters) - Kenya ’s repeat presidential election boycotted this week by millions has reignited long-running tensions between ethnic communities in some areas leading inhabitants of one small village in the west to pick up traditional arms on Saturday.\nOn one side of Koguta are Kalenjins here ardent supporters of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Kalenjin deputy William Ruto. But the Luos across the road support opposition leader Raila Odinga who called for a boycott of the vote because he said it would not be fair.\nIn Thursday’s vote Kenyatta only faced six minor candidates none of whom won more than 1 percent in August and that and the low turnout have quashed his hopes of securing a decisive mandate to lead east Africa’s richest economy.\nDeputy president William Ruto Kenyatta ’s running mate told CNN on Saturday he expected the final tally from the vote to be ready by Sunday:", "output": [ "Uhuru Kenyatta" ] }, { "id": "task419-0de14b2de9bd42188b4cb11134777f43", "input": "Getting ready to make a major speech to the National Assembly here in South Korea then will be headed to China where I very much look forward to meeting with President Xi who is just off his great political victory. â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8 2017\nLooking forward to a full day of meetings with President Xi and our delegations tomorrow. THANK YOU for the beautiful welcome China! @FLOTUS Melania and I will never forget it! pic.twitter.com/sQoUWIGAiQ â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8 2017\nOn the former Trump appears to have laid down his cards. The hard-line speech he delivered before the South Korean National Assembly on Wednesday poured scorn on Pyongyang. âNorth Korea is a country ruled as a cult â he said. âAt the center of this military cult is a deranged belief in the leaderâs destiny to rule as parent-protector over a conquered Korean Peninsula and an enslaved Korean people.â\nLater in the speech Trump gave North Korea a sharp warning: âDo not underestimate us â he said. âAnd do not try us.â\nIt's not just a matter of sending tough messages to the North Koreans â who quickly dismissed Trump 's remarks as the ravings of a âmad dog.â Trump and hawkish figures within his camp see China as both the problem and the solution to addressing North Korea and have long insisted that Beijing do more to squeeze its otherwise-isolated neighbor.\nâTo those nations that choose to ignore this threat or worse still to enable it the weight of this crisis is on your conscience â Trump said in Seoul.\nBut no matter how hard Trump will try it's emphatically clear that the Chinese don't see eye-to-eye with the Americans. Although they have no affection for North Korean despot Kim Jong Un they fear both the chaos that the collapse of Kim's regime could create as well as the prospect of a unified pro-American Korea on its doorstep. While they are increasing economic pressure on Pyongyang they are unlikely to cut off the spigot to any extent that would provoke genuine instability. Instead China advocates a diplomatic track that could lead to negotiations although potentially with conditions to which neither the United States nor its regional allies may be inclined to agree.\nâThere are big differences in the way of thinking between the United States and China on North Korea â Yang Xiyu a former Chinese Foreign Ministry negotiator on North Korea said to the New York Times. â Trump thinks of North Korea too simplistically â that if China cuts off the oil the nuclear issue will be solved.â\nOn trade China will give Trump the useful headlines he seeks. The White House is expected to announce lucrative deals between U.S. and Chinese companies that could be worth as much as $250 billion according to Bloomberg News. But it's not expected to win to any real Chinese concession on the larger structural concerns surrounding the trade imbalance between the countries.\nâEven if Xi and Trump sign import and investment agreements as anticipated Trumpâs demands will do little to either reduce the trade deficit or restore American jobs (which have largely been lost to automation not to China) \" Mira Rapp-Hopper wrote in Foreign Affairs.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-c5a88c5ed5cc47da9ba2361a8a1201aa", "input": "This is the second attempt to pass the H-2C visa-workers bill out of the House Judiciary Committee which is chaired by Virginia GOP Rep. Bob Goodlatte . His Virginia district includes several turkey and chicken processing plants which employ many low-wage migrants and refugees. The prior vote was canceled October 3 when the farm-industry lobbyists could not win enough votes from reluctant Republican and Democratic legislators.\nThe committee tried to weaken opposition by announcing the surprise vote on Monday one day before the planned Tuesday-morning session. Goodlatte has also scheduled time for a vote on Wednesday giving more time for the industry lobbyists to strong-arm legislators.\nIf Goodlatte ’s bill allowed farm workers to get citizenship most would quickly migrate into towns to compete for better jobs. That migration would force down wages paid to urban Americans and would also leave the farms free to replace the departed workers with another wave of temporary or illegal workers.\nTo win the support of pro-American reformers and voters Goodlatte ’s bill is being packaged with a popular bill that would require companies to verify that new hires can legally work in the United States. That is a top priority for immigration reforms groups because it would reduce the iring of illegal immigrants and force up wages for Americans. The “E-verify” bill was developed by Texas Rep. Lamar Smith and it titled the Legal Workforce Act.\n“The U.S. pork industry is suffering from a serious labor shortage ” said NPPC President Ken Maschhoff a pork producer from Carlyle Ill. “We commend Congressman Goodlatte for sponsoring this important legislation which allows undocumented workers already in the United States to continue working in vital agriculture jobs.” “The U.S. pork industry needs a viable agriculture workforce to remain globally competitive ” Maschhoff said. “The current visa programs are not working for pork producers or for the broader agriculture community. The Goodlatte bill will rectify this.”", "output": [ "Bob Goodlatte" ] }, { "id": "task419-2529e68b48764358b306206deedba87e", "input": "Neither could Vincent Brown 41 who plans to use the camera on the phone to take pictures for his bakery business. Five friends joined him on the line.\n Brown says is looking forward to the Face ID facial recognition and says he wonât miss the home button. âThe home button is kind of aggravating to me â he says. As for the price Brown said he already spent around $1 000 for an iPhone 7 Plus.\n Vincent Brown has been here since 6:45 with friends. Runs a bakery in the Bronx excited for the camera which will help his business pic.twitter.com/hWIyMKLS8r â Eli Blumenthal (@eliblumenthal) November 2 2017\nWhile Chen and Brown plan to buy the phone for personal use others were likely looking to make a quick buck reselling the phone especially with the X reportedly in short supply. Many people on the line spoke little or no English or were reluctant to talk to USA TODAY about why they were willing to camp out. Apple limits each individual buyer to two phones.", "output": [ "Vincent Brown" ] }, { "id": "task419-81672020c2f24aa19d41f9d6fac0f7f7", "input": "\"Fresh Off the Boat\" producer creator and writer Eddie Huang has penned his own story about what he says was a sexual assault that happened two decades ago in an essay for New York Magazine's The Cut.\nAs the essay goes on Huang had powerful words for other victims and said he 'd been inspired by those who have recently spoken out.\nAfter a day on the slopes during the trip Huang said he and his roommate planned to meet friends later. But they were interrupted by one of the trip's chaperones who unexpectedly knocked on their hotel room door that day he said.\n\"I get knots in my stomach and blood rushes to my brain when I begin to write this \" Huang admits. \"I think it’s anger but I’m not sure. More than anything I just feel powerless to the memory.\"\nAfter asking to use the boys' shower Huang wrote that the man came out naked sat on the foot of his bed and \"that’s when panic set in.\"\n Huang says the unnamed man sat there reading the bible fully aroused.\nFollowing an incident at a book signing in California Huang 's friend was having a panic attack and asked \"Have you ever felt this before?\"\nThat's when Huang said he told him about his 21-year-old secret adding \"somehow I felt better.\"\n\"For 21 years I hung onto that feeling of being hijacked and humiliated. It’s come back at different times in various forms but that night in Oakland I let it go \" he said. \"Over the last year I told four other people close to me . Each of them had their own story and that’s when I realized how deep this rabbit hole goes.\"\n.@MrEddieHuang on why he denied his sexual assault for 20 years [Link] — New York Magazine (@NYMag) November 8 2017\n He was struck by the Harvey Weinstein allegations that began early last month with dozens of women sharing their alleged stories of sexual harassment and abuse.\n\"I saw the alert on my phone for a New York Times article about Harvey Weinstein and his assaults on women \" Huang adds. \"I read it over and over and over angry for the victims and angry that we ever fell for Weinstein and Miramax ... A Band-Aid had been ripped off and a memory triggered that I had deliberately locked away. All of the emotions came rushing back but again I hung onto my safe place on the sidelines. 'I’m not a victim ' I said to myself . 'This isn’t me.'\"\n Huang finished his essay with a message to all victims of assault or harassment letting them know they are never alone.", "output": [ "Eddie Huang" ] }, { "id": "task419-d105775fd7a8472ba4f347eb100d06a0", "input": "Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is likely to meet with special counsel Robert Mueller next week NBC News reported Tuesday citing a source familiar with the process.\n Bannon who headed President Donald Trump's campaign down the stretch of the 2016 election has come under scrutiny recently due to his quotes in Michael Wolff's explosive book \"Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.\" According to the book Bannon ripped two of Trump's adult children Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr.\n Bannon reportedly struck a deal last month with Mueller's team to avoid testifying before a grand jury. The former Breitbart News chief was the first close Trump staffer or confidant to be served a grand jury subpoena related to Mueller's probe of possible collusion between the campaign and Russia. Bannon left the White House in August.\nThe news of Bannon 's possible meeting with the special counsel comes as the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said the panel should begin contempt proceedings against Bannon if he refuses to come back and testify about alleged Russian meddling in the election.\nLast month Bannon had refused to answer questions about his time in the White House during a closed-door session with the House intelligence panel.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-09443219c4ab4a8db2d168894ee9d86d", "input": "Dermatologist Toral Patel owner of D&A Dermatology in Chicago said that after trying on makeup patients have arrived in her office with pinkeye cold sores bacterial infections and boils.\n\"It's not you \" Patel said \"it's the people before you.\"\nViruses like the herpes virus that causes cold sores need a human host to survive Patel said but they can last long enough on lipstick to travel to someone else.\n\"It can happen anywhere \" Patel said. \"It's not a matter of the neighborhood drugstore versus a high-end department store.\"\nIf you must sample Patel said it's better to apply on your wrist or neck — a spot that's not as noticeable below the jawline — should your luck run out. And never ever dab around an open sore or a scratch.\nIf there's one thing Patel advises avoiding it's applying near eyes where skin is more sensitive.\n\"The minute someone dips their tester in there more than once it's no longer a single-use tester \" Patel said.\n Patel herself doesn't try on makeup in stores — \"not anymore \" she said. Instead she notes many stores are flexible with returns allowing you to try at home.\nAlternately ask the person at the counter if he or she can sterilize an applicator. They should have an alcohol spritzer which kills germs.", "output": [ "Toral Patel" ] }, { "id": "task419-dced3a356d174ec4bca494d1cfe12a55", "input": "Makoto Ishikawa believes his life was saved by a nozomi loan.\n The 47-year-old has an office job and also runs a family rice farm. Last year he began drowning in debt to pay his two children's college fees and buy new farm equipment.\n \"So many bills began piling up \" he said. \"I realized I needed help.\"\n His plight sounds much like that of millions worldwide in these tough times but Japan is different. Here banks set stringent conditions for loans forcing borrowers to rope relatives and friends into guaranteeing repayment.\n Ishikawa partly self-employed was typical of the hard-luck cases in this city of rice farms cattle ranches and hot springs. But rather than abandon hope he went to the local bank which referred him to city hall.\n The city assigned him a case worker who got him legal advice and eventually a 10-year personal loan of 8.2 million yen ($93 000) at 7.9 percent interest which he used to consolidate his debt.\n Ishikawa's debt payments are about $1 000 a month -- half of what he had struggled to pay before.\n \"The loan gave me breathing room and now I actually have some money left over every month \" he said. \"The nozomi loan saved me before my troubles drove me toward suicide.\"", "output": [ "Makoto Ishikawa" ] }, { "id": "task419-3872aff532764f909efb675a97bc1dbd", "input": "Alt-right social media personality and author of âGorilla Mindset â Michael Cernovich is bidding $500 000 according to a new report.\n He âs up against tech billionaire and Pay Pay founder Peter Thiel a bitter foe of the site founded by Nick Denton that was forced into bankruptcy after it lost an invasion of privacy lawsuit to wrestler Hulk Hogan [real name Terry Bollea] in 2016.\nâFor the past eighteen months I have assembled a video and audio crew who are talented at creating viral content â Cernovich was said to have written to Gawker bankruptcy plan administrator William Holdenat Dacarba law firm according to The Hive on VanityFair.com which broke the story on Tuesday. âI also work with a network of independent journalists. Since Gawker has brand recognition a blog with a high page rank and two large social media accounts my team will be able to leverage these properties to continue my journalistic work.â\n Cernovich a die hard Trump supporter who calls his adversaries âcucksâ has argued among other controversial stances that there is no such thing as rape.\nBids were due Jan. 10. Cernovich âs letter was dated Jan. 9 according to VF.\nAlt-right social media personality and âGorilla Mindsetâ author Mike Cernovich has submitted a bid of $500 million according to a report on Tuesday.\n Cernovich will have to outbid tech billionaire and PayPal founder Peter Thiel a bitter foe of the site founded by Nick Denton.\nâFor the past eighteen months I have assembled a video and audio crew who are talented at creating viral content â Cernovich wrote in a letter to Gawker bankruptcy plan administrator William Holden according to Hive on VanityFair.com which first reported on the Cernovich bid.\nâI also work with a network of independent journalists â Cernovich wrote in the letter. âSince Gawker has brand recognition a blog with a high page rank and two large social media accounts my team will be able to leverage these properties to continue my journalistic work.â\nBids for Gawker were due Jan. 10. Cernovich âs letter was dated Jan. 9 according to VF.", "output": [ "Mike Cernovich" ] }, { "id": "task419-82a2cbec398f40d1982d5b768edb76bb", "input": "\"But neither assumption is correct \" said Frank Newman a former deputy secretary of the US Treasury and now chairman and chief executive of Shenzhen Development Bank a Chinese commercial bank.\n Making Chinese products more expensive in the United States will do nothing to shift production to US factories he said in a commentary in the magazine Foreign Policy. It may instead nudge production to other developing countries.\n In addition Newman said a large proportion of goods imported from China are not end-state products but components ready for assembly.\n A US auto manufacturer that uses Chinese car seats for instance pays more for the seats under a strengthened yuan and then either cuts into its profits or charges higher prices on the finished vehicle he explained.\n That final step he said added just four dollars of value to the phone whose components come from other countries.\n He said a revaluation of the yuan not only would make Chinese exports relatively more expensive but also would decrease foreign demand for Chinese-made goods negatively impacting local production and creating \"a feedback loop through to domestic employment and wages.\n \"In the extreme this threatens social stability and China is certainly not the poster child for social stability he warned.\n \"Given the foreign interests and investments in China it is not entirely clear to me that a yuan revaluation that catapults China into recession would not result in a global contagion effect \" he said.", "output": [ "Frank Newman" ] }, { "id": "task419-ce8eb643ea3549d59cded826f6c06cd2", "input": "Glenn Beck looks like the dad in a Disney movie. He ’s earnest geeky pink and slightly bulbous. His idea of salty language is bullcrap. The atmosphere at Beck’s Mercury Studios outside Dallas is similarly soothing provided you ignore the references to genocide and civilizational collapse. In October when most commentators considered a Donald Trump presidency a remote possibility I followed audience members onto the set of The Glenn Beck Program which airs on Beck ’s website theblaze.com. On the way we passed through a life-size replica of the Oval Office as it might look if inhabited by a President Beck complete with a portrait of Ronald Reagan and a large Norman Rockwell print of a Boy Scout. On one side of the main stage hung a drawing of an old pickup truck captioned “Edward Janssen Farms.” (Janssen was Beck’s maternal grandfather; Beck’s family sells a line of American-made clothing that bears the Janssen name.) Over the truck in large type was the word honor. On the other side of the stage sat an old-fashioned radio and a comfy blue armchair. The scene was warmly reassuring except for the television offstage which was blaring an advertisement for a year’s worth of “emergency survival food” to be consumed in case society unravels.\n Beck asked an audience member to lead a prayer then filming started. Someone asked “How do we get people to come together?” Beck responded by citing a book called Pendulum which argues that as the result of generational change history shifts in 40-year cycles between “me” eras and “we” eras. In 2003 he explained America entered a “we” era a time when individual identity weakens and group identity strengthens. “ ‘We’ generations ” Beck declared produce “genocidal monsters”: The past three “we” generations coincided with the French and American revolutions Karl Marx and the Civil War and the Holocaust. Americans can survive the coming “onslaught ” he reassured his viewers but to do so will require great character. He mentioned Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was hanged for resisting the Nazis. He invoked Gandhi who fasted in an effort to prevent India’s Hindus and Muslims from murdering each other. Then Beck stopped for a commercial break during which he chatted amiably with his audience about the impending collapse of America’s banks. Later in the show a questioner suggested that Americans were turning away from God. Beck said he ’d been thinking a lot about the prophet Jeremiah who vainly warned the Israelite kings that catastrophe was near. Finally when the Babylonians were about to sack Jerusalem Jeremiah urged the Israelites to accept national enslavement because it was God’s will. Beck saw a contemporary lesson: “Sometimes you have to pay the price for what you’ve done.” Then he started talking about Donald Trump’s assault on the Bill of Rights.\nAmidst the misery of the 2016 presidential campaign Beck showed unusual courage. Many conservative pundits opposed Trump. But they mostly worked for mainstream media institutions like The New York Times The Washington Post MSNBC and CNN. They didn’t rely on Trump supporters to pay their salary. Conservative talk-show hosts who stoke right-wing populism for a living reacted very differently. Sean Hannity appeared in one of Trump’s campaign videos. Laura Ingraham spoke at the Republican National Convention. Rush Limbaugh declared in March that “with the case of Trump there’s a much bigger upside than downside.” In July Hugh Hewitt wrote “Of course I am voting for Donald Trump.” Even the most moralistic conservative talkers—including William Bennett and Dennis Prager who have made careers of arguing that private character is key to political leadership—endorsed Trump. Mark Levin who hosts a popular show on the Westwood One radio network vowed not to. “Count me as Never Trump ” he declared in April. But in September he announced “I’m voting for Trump.” Among big-time national conservative talk-show hosts Beck—who is tied with Levin for the third-largest listenership after Limbaugh and Hannity—was a rare exception. He didn’t just oppose Trump. He compared him to Hitler. He warned that Trump was a possible “extinction-level event” for American democracy and capitalism. In an attempt to defeat Trump Beck campaigned during the primaries for Ted Cruz. Then when Cruz endorsed Trump Beck apologized for having supported him.\nOne longtime sponsor of Beck ’s radio show reportedly tried to pull its ads in protest. In May SiriusXM briefly suspended Beck for implying that if Congress wouldn’t stop a President Trump Americans might have to do so by force. Nonetheless Beck held firm in his opposition. He considered voting for Hillary Clinton but ultimately went for the independent candidate Evan McMullin. Why? The answer lies in the very catastrophizing that makes Beck sound like a kook. In the mid-1990s Beck was by his own account a “despicable human being ” a divorced alcoholic drug-addicted shock jock for a Connecticut radio station. He once put on a banana suit and leaped into a pool of Styrofoam. He repeatedly considered suicide. Eventually Beck got sober and fell in love with the woman who would become his second wife. But she refused to marry him until they found a religion. So the couple embarked on a “church tour” and were baptized as Mormons in 1999. Many Americans revere the Constitution. Mormons like Beck consider it sacred. For a time Beck remained apolitical. “I didn’t pay attention to anything until September 11 nothing nothing ” he explained to me after the taping as we sat in his office. “I couldn’t have told you the Bill of Rights in any great detail.” He describes 9/11 as “a turning point for me.” He was by then hosting a show in New York and remembers walking from Ground Zero to his studio and reading on air a 19th-century hymn written by a Mormon pioneer fleeing Missouri on his way to Utah. Beck says he felt a special calling at that moment. “If you have a position on the gate and you don’t warn the people of what you see ” he remembers thinking “you’re to blame.”\nEver since Beck has imagined himself as a sentry perched on the national ramparts warning of looming disaster. Usually that disaster manifests itself as a threat to the Constitution. Which given Mormon history makes perfect sense. Many Americans revere the Constitution. Mormons however consider it sacred. In Doctrine and Covenants a book of Mormon scripture God says “I have established the Constitution of this land by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose.” According to polling by David Campbell a Notre Dame political scientist 94 percent of American Mormons believe that the “Constitution and the Bill of Rights are divinely inspired.” That’s only two points lower than the percentage who believe that the Book of Mormon is. But Mormons don’t just consider the Constitution sacred. They believe that its violation has allowed their persecution. Why did the governor of Missouri in 1838 call for Mormons to “be exterminated or driven from the State”? Why were Mormons forced to travel halfway across the continent—leaving the borders of what was then the United States—in order to find sanctuary in Utah? Because America’s leaders disregarded the country’s sacred texts. Today many Mormons see defending the Constitution the way many Jews see opposing genocide: as a way of honoring their ancestors and affirming their identity. In recounting his own religious conversion Beck told me about a parade that he claimed Mormon settlers held upon reaching Utah after having been expelled from the United States. “The women carried the Declaration of Independence and the men carried the Constitution ” he said. “And the whole point was that people may let you down people will violate the principles but the principles are true.” Such a parade likely never happened. Two scholars of Mormonism told me they had never heard of it. But the story nonetheless illustrates the Constitution’s centrality to Beck ’s identity and to the identity of many Mormons. According to legend the Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesied in 1843 that the Constitution would one day “hang by a thread” and be saved by “the elders of Zion ” by which he meant Mormon men. Church authorities say the quote is apocryphal. Campbell’s polling however finds that a majority of Mormons believe it’s true. And yet Campbell argues Mormons tend not to accentuate these views publicly. Mormon culture he told me emphasizes a “moderate way of speaking.” Think Mitt Romney or Orrin Hatch. Campbell who is Mormon himself says that’s in part because many Mormons are desperate to be accepted by a mainstream that has long rejected them. They’re fearful of looking like fanatics or nuts.\n Beck is not. Perhaps because he converted to Mormonism as an adult he never imbibed his co-religionists’ anxiety. He has publicly invoked Smith’s alleged prophecy at least five times most recently in March. Warning Utah voters of the threat Trump posed Beck reminded them that “the body of the priesthood is known to stand up when the Constitution hangs by a thread.” More problematically for liberals Beck invoked the prophecy three times in late 2008 and early 2009 to describe Barack Obama. This is the irony underlying Beck ’s current stance: The same doomsday sensibility that helps him appreciate the menace posed by Trump led him to massively exaggerate the menace posed by Obama—and thus to breed the hateful paranoia on which Trump now feeds. Beck in fact pioneered some of Trump’s most disturbing themes. At the beginning of Obama’s first term Beck repeatedly called the president antiwhite. In 2010 he wondered why Obama “needlessly throws his hat into the ring to defend the Ground Zero mosque. He hosts Ramadan dinners which a president can do. But then you just add all of this stuff up— his wife goes against the advice of the advisers jets to Spain for vacation. What does she do there? She hits up the Alhambra palace mosque. Fine it’s a tourist attraction. But is there anything more to this? Are they sending messages?” Trump opponents may appreciate Beck ’s Hitler analogies now that they’re directed at The Donald. But during the first 14 months of the Obama administration according to Dana Milbank’s book Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America Beck and guests on his Fox News show invoked “fascism ” “Nazis ” “Hitler ” “the Holocaust” and “Joseph Goebbels” 487 times. For good measure Beck in 2007 said that Hillary Clinton sounds like “the stereotypical bitch.”", "output": [ "Glenn Beck" ] }, { "id": "task419-4538e50e65ad4827b1b4285a69ff0622", "input": "The petition which has garnered more than 20 000 signatures Monday asks for a “full honors” military burial for Peter Wang who reportedly died helping others escape lunatic gunman Nikolas Cruz.\n“His selfless and heroic actions have led to the survival of dozens in the area. Wang died a hero and deserves to be treated as such and deserves a full honors military burial.”\nThe JROTC is an Army program that trains potential officers and Wang hoped to attend the US Military Academy at West Point.\n Wang ’s funeral is set for Tuesday afternoon in Coral Springs Florida.", "output": [ "Peter Wang" ] }, { "id": "task419-7261f5a627de450da0c1e87079f70625", "input": "More than half the seats in Catalonia ' s 135 - seat parliament will be occupied by pro - independence parties . Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy ' s own right - wing People ' s Party alone looks to lose 60 % of their seats . But there ' s one person who most certainly won ' t be sitting in one of those seats even though — thanks to a YouTube video that ’ s been viewed almost a million times — he most likely did more than a little to help Thursday ' s overwhelming pro - independence win . “ The situation on Oct . 1 changed everything ” Albano Dante Fachin told BuzzFeed News as he cleaned out his office inside Catalonia ’ s parliament building on Thursday night . Oct . 1 was the day Catalonia held a referendum on whether to separate from Spain a move the Spanish government had tried desperately to prevent . Police and other armed forces were sent into the region to try to keep people from the polls but Catalan leaders still declared a victory for the independence movement . After the vote the Spanish senate triggered Article 155 of the country ’ s constitution which stripped the region of its autonomy . Thursday night ’ s snap election was called by Rajoy after he used his new authority to dissolve the Catalan parliament and imprison eight politicians . Catalan President Carles Puigdemont fled to Brussels where he has been campaigning via livestream and social media . It ’ s been a hectic election full of vicious identity politics disorienting misinformation and increasing paranoia among Catalans about Spanish governmental overreach . Seven major parties were vying for seats on Thursday . But for most voters instead of thinking of things in terms of right and left it was a decision between a pro - Catalan independence voting bloc and a rival bloc of parties that have campaigned on Catalonia remaining a part of Spain . For Catalans it came down to a race between the left - wing progressive party Esquerra Republicana on the “ independentista ” side and economic liberal party Ciudadanos on the unionist a victory for either deciding the region ’ s future relationship with Madrid . There was one party though that tried to stay out of the independence debate . Podemos a left - wing anti - corruption party that was founded in 2014 out of Spain ’ s Occupy Wall Street equivalent resisted choosing a side . But thanks to Fachin its now - former general secretary it ended up having one of the biggest impacts on this week ’ s vote . Fachin shocked Catalans last week after he announced via YouTube video that he was resigning from Podemos and voting for a pro - independence party . The video has currently been watched over 800 000 times and according to Spanish media it ’ s the most watched video of the election . His decision to vote for an independence party to protest Spain ’ s crackdown on the region and not because he agreed with the results of the Catalan referendum became a lightning rod on social media .", "output": [ "Mariano Rajoy" ] }, { "id": "task419-4aa4189e0ca8458e9746ac1207adc400", "input": "On how bridge stakeouts near the Chattahoochee River led police to Wayne Williams in May 1981\nLindsey: A police recruit heard a splash down there in the water by the bridge and that was FBI special agent Mike McComas and he was in charge of the bridge stakeouts in Atlanta. And there were about 14 15 bridges they were staking out for 30 days. And this recruit hears a large splash which he thinks is a body shines his flashlight on the water but doesn't see anything — sees ripples. They see a car up there on the bridge. They stop it and then they find Wayne Williams . And you know after that they begin to tail Wayne Williams and look into this guy.\nAlbright: Three days later the body of Nathaniel Cater was found about 500 yards downriver. So that's what clued them into that that must be you know they theorized that was the body he dropped that night. It wasn't long after that he was arrested.\nOn the case that investigators built against Wayne Williams\nLindsey: It was carpet fibers and dog hairs they were able to link from Wayne Williams — his car his home — to some of the victims. Besides that everything else was mostly circumstantial. And he obviously had failed a couple of polygraph tests but those were inadmissible in court. Besides that they didn't have much against him .\nOn why Williams was only convicted of the murders of two adults\nLindsey: The biggest question that surrounds that case is \"If Wayne Williams is the Atlanta Monster is the Atlanta child murderer then why was he only convicted of killing two adults?\" And that's how the families feel that's how some people in the community feel. It just doesn't add up all the way.\nOn what happened after Williams was arrested\nAlbright: And it was a shaky pattern to begin with. Some of these kids had stab wounds some of them had genital mutilation some of them were beaten with objects some of them were just strangled. They were found in various places various counties so there's not a distinct pattern that you would think of like when you you know people who are accustomed to watching serial killer movies or hearing about this serial killer calling card there was nothing like that that definitely tied Wayne Williams to all of these victims.", "output": [ "Wayne Williams" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb8f2a9953d2450f946dc5120359a35d", "input": "A month ago Jared Kushner - President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser - made a surprise trip to Riyadh to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman the fellow son of a world leader who is making waves with crackdowns and modernization efforts.\nKushner 36 flew commercial and the White House only announced the visit once he was already on the ground. There were no news releases touting the specifics of his meetings which included two days of one-on-one and small private audiences with Salman 32. White House officials said the trip was part of Kushner 's effort as Trump's adviser to build regional support for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.\nJust days after Kushner landed back in Washington Salman launched a purge of allegedly corrupt Saudi officials also seen as rivals to the prince and his father King Salman. Kushner had no knowledge or advance warning of the move and the topic was not natural for the two to discuss a White House official close to him said. \"Jared's portfolio is Israeli-Palestinian peace and he respects what his lane is \" the official said.\nThe journey revealed Kushner as a figure who seems both near the center of power and increasingly marginalized at the same time. His once sprawling White House portfolio which included walk-in privileges to the Oval Office has been diminished to its original scope under Chief of Staff John Kelly and he has notably receded from public view.\nHis still-evolving role in the investigations of Russian election interference and possible obstruction of justice also make him a potential risk to Trump even as he enjoys the special status of being married to the boss's daughter Ivanka and serving as one of the president's senior confidants. Kushner 's family faces additional pressures over a troubled New York City skyscraper at 666 Fifth Ave. which he purchased in his role as head of his family's real estate business but which he has divested from since entering the administration.\nIn a rare interview in his West Wing office earlier this month - a silver bowl of Halloween candy still on the table - Kushner offered his own version of the fable of the fox who knows many things and the hedgehog who knows one important thing.\nThis portrait of Kushner comes from interviews with Kushner himself as well as 12 senior administration officials aides outside advisers and confidants some of them demanding anonymity to offer a more candid assessment.\nAllies say Kushner 's subtle shift into the background of the West Wing reflects his natural inclination to work hard and eschew the limelight while his enemies gloat that it stems from a series of avoidable missteps that are the result of his political naivete. Following recent reports which the White House denied that the president privately blames Kushner for Mueller's widening probe Breitbart the conservative website snarkily dubbed him \"Mr. Perfect.\"\nSome aides scoff at the notion that Kushner isn't still whispering to the president about official business. But one of Kelly's conditions for taking the job was that everyone including Kushner and his wife had to go through him to reach the president and Kelly has made clear that Kushner reports to him aides said.\nThe new hierarchy is part of Kelly's effort to sideline Kushner said one Republican in frequent contact with the White House though others say the order Kelly has imposed has simply liberated Kushner to focus on his own portfolio - and eased some of the animosity his colleagues felt toward him .\n Kushner said he welcomes the change. \"The order allows this place to function \" Kushner said. \"My number one priority is a high functioning White House because I believe in the president's agenda and I think it should get executed.\"\n He still maintains the broad portfolio he took on at the beginning of the administration that made him a punchline among aides on Capitol Hill: Peace in the Middle East as well as Canada Mexico and China and overseeing the Office of American Innovation an in-house group that focuses on tackling longer-term government challenges.\n He attends meetings of his innovation group once a week often on a Tuesday or Wednesday for an hour-long check-in and progress update. The innovation office launched with great fanfare in March but some aides recently said they could not pinpoint exactly what it has accomplished.\n Kushner and his allies reject that assessment saying the office is focused on long-term projects. They say for example that the group helped the Department of Veterans Affairs launch their electronic medical records initiative in June with Kushner expediting the process by calling Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and asking him to send over people from his department to help.\n Kushner is one of the advisers helping on negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement and he accompanied Trump on the first half of his Asia trip earlier this month.\nBut the main focus for Kushner an Orthodox Jew is working to bring peace in the Middle East - a task that has bedeviled negotiators far more experienced in the region for generations. What Kushner brings to the effort say several senior White House officials is personal relationships with players on all sides and a willingness to bet on long shot outcomes.", "output": [ "Jared Kushner" ] }, { "id": "task419-583a534994f146f4861393465ec69360", "input": "TOKYO (Reuters) - Bitcoin is likely to become a new asset class in its own right such as gold or stocks which can be traded by major investors and regulated not simply a crypto-currency Leo Melamed Chairman Emeritus of CME Group (CME.O) said on Tuesday.\nFILE PHOTO - Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) group's Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo June 30 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino\nCME the world’s largest derivatives exchange last week announced that it would launch the futures contract of bitcoin marking a major step in the digital currency’s path toward mainstream acceptance.\n Melamed said he expects major investors to take part in bitcoin futures which the exchange plans to start by the end of year.\n“That’s a very important step for bitcoin’s history... We will regulate make bitcoin not wild nor wilder. We’ll tame it into a regular type instrument of trade with rules ” Melamed told Reuters in an interview.\nThe futures will allow investors to short-sell bitcoins making two-way bets possible a development that he expects will attract major institutional investors not just speculators.\n Melamed was elected chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in 1969. He moved to Chicago in his youth having fled Nazi-occupied Poland with his family.\nMelamed’s parents were among a small number of Jews to flee to Lithuania after Germany invaded their native town of Bialystok in Poland he said.\nThere his family obtained visas to Japan thanks to a diplomat Chiune Sugihara who helped resettle thousands of refugees despite Tokyo’s policies at the time.", "output": [ "Leo Melamed" ] }, { "id": "task419-b5c7ab22ecf745e8bef0083d35eea49f", "input": "The Smiths disgust mounted when after repeated demands Toyota finally responded and appeared to suggest the owners of the vehicle were at fault.\n\"When we finally forced Toyota to respond in writing we received a five- sentence analysis stating and I quote 'When properly maintained the brakes will always over-ride the accelerator.'\n\"Well we know that's a lie and we were outraged that Toyota would suggest in that statement also that the brakes have to not properly be maintained in order for that to happen and the car had less than 3 000 miles on it.\"\nSmith said they took their complaint to the National Center for Dispute Settlement but described the proceedings as a \"total farce.\"\nThe local field technician for Lexus participated in the hearing by speakerphone despite being based only an hour away and testified that Smith had \"caused this problem by standing on the brakes while spinning the tires.\"\n\"Well of course we were furious that Toyota called us liars a second time \" Smith said.\nUndeterred the Smiths took their case to the federal National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).\nBut although the agency sent investigators to probe the circumstances of the incident the SmithsSmiths said neither NHTSA nor Toyota took their case seriously. Eventually and reluctantly they gave up their case in 2008.", "output": [ "Smiths" ] }, { "id": "task419-200c66e545224e7fb83affd80c32b5d2", "input": "On the surface Representative Blake Farenthold ’ s arc this week is familiar : Politician is accused of bad behavior ; politician is accused of even more bad behavior ; politician announces he ’ ll leave office . In the case of the Texas Republican that came after the series of scathing exposes in The New York Times and then CNN . The Times described an alcohol - sodden sexually charged office in which “ women would discuss which male lobbyists had texted them pictures of their genitals and both men and women would talk about strip clubs and whether certain Fox News anchors had breast implants .” CNN heard that Farenthold screamed at staffers called them “ fucktards ” made rude comments about a staffer ’ s fiancee and left the staffer in severe pain with daily vomiting . By Thursday morning Farenthold was announcing he wouldn ’ t run for reelection though he intended to serve out his term . ( His ability to follow through will depend on whether further revelations emerge and what sort of political pressure he receives — especially from other Republicans .) Related Story Who Survives a Sexual - Harassment Allegation ? But Farenthold ’ s case is also significant for its deviation from the normal pattern . Thus far a strange dichotomy has developed within claims of sexual harassment . The last two months have seen many women newly inspired to share stories of bad behavior be it recent or two decades ago . The men they are accusing have in many cases been toppled for sins ranging from groping and lewd comments to rape . Meanwhile men who stood accused of harassment or abuse before the sudden downfall of Harvey Weinstein have for the most part managed to remain in positions of power . It is as though accusations B . H . ( Before Harvey ) are grandfathered in . Farenthold however breaks the pattern : Even though stories of sexual harassment surfaced as early as 2014 that didn ’ t inoculate him . Examples of this grandfathering effect abound . Within politics the most glaring example is President Trump . It has become truism to note the dissonance between his continued tenure as president despite having been recorded boasting about sexual assaults even as other abusers are forced from office — sometimes over behavior that is at once unacceptable but also less serious than the allegations against Trump . Trump is hardly alone though . Clarence Thomas continues to enjoy his lifetime appointment at the Supreme Court despite the allegations Anita Hill lodged against him during his confirmation hearings . Representative Alcee Hastings a Florida Democrats was known to have been sued for sexual harassment several years ago though Roll Call only revealed the $ 220 000 settlement paid to his accuser last Friday . Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about his affair with Monica Lewinsky but survived office and has enjoyed a post - presidential career as a globetrotting elder statesman and grand old man of the Democratic Party . ( Clinton ’ s past behavior did play a role in his wife ’ s loss in the 2016 presidential race and while there is a move to reassess his legacy it comes so late in his career as to be barely consequential .) Outside of politics there are plenty of other examples . Dylan Farrow who has long accused Woody Allen of sexual abuse ( and whose brother Ronan Farrow helped break the Weinstein story ) wrote in the Los Angeles Times “ Why is it that Harvey Weinstein and other accused celebrities have been cast out by Hollywood while Allen recently secured a multimillion - dollar distribution deal with Amazon greenlit by former Amazon Studios executive Roy Price before he was suspended over sexual misconduct allegations ?” Across entertainment from R . Kelly to Casey Affleck man accused of harassment or worse have kept their careers alive .", "output": [ "Clarence Thomas" ] }, { "id": "task419-b30b6920f392487d801e9d949b93cacd", "input": "(CNN) A number of Roy Moore 's supporters in his US Senate race in Alabama have variously dismissed or downplayed the reporting in The Washington Post that Moore pursued sexual relationships with teenage girls when he was in his early 30s.\nIn a series of tweets Moore denied the allegations and said he would \"NEVER GIVE UP the fight\" for Senate.\n\"The Obama-Clinton Machine's liberal media lapdogs just launched the most vicious and nasty round of attacks against me I've EVER faced!\" he wrote. \"We are in the midst of a spiritual battle with those who want to silence our message.\"\n\"The forces of evil will lie cheat steal -- even inflict physical harm -- if they believe it will silence and shut up Christian conservatives like you and me \" he added.\nCNN spoke to about a dozen Alabamians about the allegations against Moore . Here's how they said they are dealing with the bombshell accusations.\nMike Allison pastor of Madison Baptist Church said he knows Moore as \"a man of integrity \" he told CNN.\nFormer Alabama Chief Justice and US Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally in Fairhope Alabama.\nIf the allegations are true \"I think that would just be between him and his good Lord \" she added. \"Even if they prove to be true I still would support Roy Moore because I feel as if that happened in the past.\"\n\"Judge Roy Moore is winning with a double-digit lead. So it is no surprise with just over four weeks remaining in a race for the US Senate with national implications that the Democratic Party and the country's most liberal newspaper would come up with a fabrication of this kind.\nCNN correspondent Martin Savidge spoke to Moore 's brother Jerry Moore over the phone. Savidge said that the brother felt Moore was \"being persecuted in his own words like Jesus Christ was.\"\n\"I don't think he's done nothing like that \" said Alphonso Bradford who said he plans to vote for Moore . \"Why didn't it come up seven to eight months ago when he was running? All of a sudden two weeks from now all this stuff comes up. I believe it's a lot of BS. I really do.\"\nPastor Bruce Jenkins of Young's Chapel said he's known Moore to be a fair man.\nJerry Pow the Bibb County Republican chairman also told The Toronto Star that he would still vote for Moore over his Democratic opponent Doug Jones\n\"I would vote for Judge Moore because I wouldn't want to vote for Doug. I'm not saying I support what he did \" Pow said.\nChristopher Word an attorney in Gadsden said his opinion on Moore 's candidacy hasn't changed -- but that was \"more so to do with Doug Jones than Judge Moore himself .\"", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-7f1c50114e494662b715f74602fa3991", "input": "Swiss President Doris Leuthard and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker attend a news conference in Bern Switzerland November 23 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth\n The head of the EU Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Swiss President Doris Leuthard gave an upbeat assessment of ties which are on the mend after the Swiss parliament last year skirted voters’ calls for curbing immigration from the bloc.\nBut Leuthard said Switzerland was on track to contribute another 1.3 billion Swiss francs ($1.33 billion) in “cohesion payments” to the EU budget over 10 years as a sign of solidarity. Legislation would go to parliament next year.\nSwiss President Doris Leuthard and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker leave after a news conference in Bern Switzerland November 23 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth\nSwiss Federal President Doris Leuthard talks to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during Juncker's official visit in Bern Switzerland November 23 2017. REUTERS/Peter Klaunzer/Pool", "output": [ "Doris Leuthard" ] }, { "id": "task419-6cd07aefab884ca8a08e4023da68a65e", "input": "On February 11 Andy Ternay wore a shirt that read “FUCK TRUMP AND FUCK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM” on the front and “FUCK THE RACIST ALT-RIGHT” on the back while out dining with his partner. In a Facebook post Ternay detailed his experience wearing the shirt at the First Watch café in Richardson Texas which concluded with the restaurant manager asking him to leave—and an police officer arriving to the scene.\n“We ask to tip our server for occupying her table get drinks to go and leave. One table of white people applauds ” he continued. While in the parking lot a black server approached him and explained he quit on the spot after seeing the restaurant ask Ternay to leave.\n Ternay told The Daily Beast that the only direct comments he received were positive and from people of color. “[A] Latino lady at the register thanked me [and] two African American servers said my shirt was awesome.”\n He said he wore the shirt because he wants his friends neighbors and family members to know where he stands.\n“I don’t want people of color Muslims LGBTQ [people] immigrants to feel alone ” he said. “The proper use of white male privilege is to help lift others. To speak truth to power.”\n He says he ’s worn the shirt before and the only negative responses people gave were eyerolls. After the First Watch incident Ternay claimed in his post a police officer met him in the parking lot.\n Ternay made clear he did not want to condemn the restaurant nor did he plan to boycott—“These things are never easy for businesses and the workers were polite and professional ” he wrote—but says he ’s gotten vitriolic messages sent to him on social media since his post went viral—42K shares and counting. The responses are ironic considering the expletive-filled shirts and sentiment expressed by the pro-Trump camp. But it’s the black folks and other people of color that have reached out to him that worries him most.\n“I have gotten heartbreaking messages from African Americans saying they have lost faith in their white neighbors—they are no longer confident their neighbors have their back ” he told The Daily Beast. “My shirt was a reassurance they are not alone.”", "output": [ "Andy Ternay" ] }, { "id": "task419-af4917bf559c4374866ece2fabb7bb06", "input": "Prabhu Ramamoorthy a 34-year-old Indian citizen approved to live in the U.S. on a travel visa was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport and later charged with aggravated sexual abuse The Detroit News reported.\nThe 22-year-old woman said she was sleeping in the window seat and awoke to find her pants and shirt unbuttoned according to the complaint obtained by the Detroit Free Press. She also said that Ramamoorthy was shoving his “fingers in her (genitals) and vigorously moving them.” She said he did not stop until she was fully awake.\nFederal prosecutors said that Ramamoorthy did this while he sat between the victim and his wife.\nThe woman who “appeared visibly upset and was crying ” immediately reported the incident to the flight attendants who offered her a different seat per The Washington Post. Ramamoorthy was arrested once the plane landed.\n Ramamoorthy later told an FBI agent that he ”‘might have’ undone (the woman’s) bra while playing with it and that he had cupped her (clothed) breast.” He also told authorities that he attempted to put his finger in her vagina “but was not successful.”", "output": [ "Prabhu Ramamoorthy" ] }, { "id": "task419-0f582ef507ec49ddbbbb8c3fc69b515c", "input": "The Knicks have agreed to trade Anthony to the Oklahoma City Thunder according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.\n Anthony will join reigning MVP Russell Westbrook and recently acquired Paul George.\n Anthony had a no-trade clause and according to Wojnarowski Westbrook and George played an \"immense part\" in convincing Melo to waive the clause for the Thunder.\nRussell Westbrook and Paul George played an immense part in getting Anthony to waive no-trade for OKC league sources tell ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) September 23 2017\nReports during the offseason had said for several months that Anthony would only be willing to waive that provision for a trade to the Houston Rockets. However it had become clear in recent weeks that the two sides were unlikely to agree to a deal with the Knicks unwilling to accept Ryan Anderson in a deal as he is owed $60 million over the next three seasons.\n Anthony will also waive his \"trade kicker\" as part of agreeing to the trade. Anthony 's contract had a provision that he would be paid an additional $8.1 million if traded. If he would have demanded that the kicker be honored it would have increased his 2017-18 salary and would have further complicated the trade in terms of the salary cap and would have also increased the Thunder's luxury tax which will already nearly double to $27.8 million because of Anthony 's added salary.\nWith training camps set to open this week pressure had been growing on the Knicks to find a deal and for Anthony to increase the number of teams he was willing to be dealt to. Without a trade the two sides would have faced an awkward reunion prior to the start of the season.", "output": [ "Thunder Carmelo Anthony", "Anthony" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d29aa5e01014d51804455940e3fba04", "input": "Show of hands of everybody who thinks Senator Al Franken should be drummed out of his Senate seat due to his horrendous behavior with women…\n“I’m embarrassed and ashamed. I’ve let a lot of people down and I’m hoping I can make it up to them and gradually regain their trust ” Franken told The Star-Tribune in a Sunday phone interview. “I’m looking forward to getting back to work tomorrow ” Franken said.\nI’ll give it to Franken . While others who have been charged with being the absolute cads they are get all defensive and stumble all over themselves in the process Franken is mewling and subdued hoping that offering up his belly will be enough to get him off the hook.\nThen he ’s playing turtle and hiding his head in his shell.\nOf those who said he grabbed their bottoms during photo-ops (at least one being at an event to honor women… gee whiz) you must know that you were just another butt in the crowd.\n“I don’t remember these photographs I don’t ” Franken told the paper. “This is not something I would intentionally do.”\nWe can expect Franken to continue on with this pathetic display of faulty memory and fake remorse at least until the next crop of women hit the news.\nUntil then what happens to him could be up to the Minnesota voters and the next election.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-d9b8c320bd344305b99b037c7b055759", "input": "NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Wednesday he wants to see the league's rulemaking competition committee \"start over\" from scratch this offseason and rewrite the sport's complicated catch rule by employing a common-sense approach.\n\"From our standpoint I think I would like to start back instead of adding to the rule or subtracting [from] the rule start over again and look at the rule fundamentally from the start because I think when you add or subtract then it still leads to confusion \" Goodell said at his annual state-of-the-league address during Super Bowl week.\nParticular attention should be given Goodell said to the portion of the rule that requires a receiver who goes to the ground while making a catch to maintain possession of the football while on the turf.\n\"You look at the catch-no catch rule the officials are officiating it correctly \" Goodell said. \"What we have to do is find a rule that we think is going to address what we think should be a catch and no catch.\"\nTo that end Goodell said a group of players coaches and officials met at the NFL's offices in New York in recent weeks spending about three hours studying approximately 150 plays to attempt to determine what should and shouldn't be ruled a legal catch.\n\"I think we have some very good ideas that we're going to submit to the competition committee \" Goodell said. \"I think there will be a lot of focus on going to the ground which I think is a big part of the confusion for everyone with respect to that rule. And I think we've got a great opportunity here to get this rule right so that everyone understands and appreciates it and that's not the focus going forward.\"\nStill Goodell said Wednesday he thinks that progress is possible.\n\"I'm not here to tell you there won't be controversy \" he said. \"But I believe we can get to a much better place.\"", "output": [ "Roger Goodell" ] }, { "id": "task419-b15bc0f33d00423db3c7823953e1317a", "input": "As Americans mourned the death of the Rev. Billy Graham on Wednesday most remembered him as a pastor with the ability to lead thousands to Jesus take presidents under his wing and console a nation after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.\nBut it was in the suburbs of Chicago where he learned how to amplify his voice as a preacher.\nIt didn’t take long for Graham and the congregation of Western Springs Baptist Church his first pulpit after graduation from Wheaton College to conclude he was better suited to preach in stadiums than sanctuaries.\n“This is where he got a taste of glory a taste of fame and the gratification that comes from speaking to huge crowds ” said Grant Wacker author of “America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation ” a biography of the national icon. “And he got the response he was looking for.”\nIndeed Graham ’s first revivals and rallies in downtown Chicago’s Orchestra Hall and Soldier Field — forerunners to his later international crusades — launched the evangelist into the spotlight for decades to come and steered legions of people to church. His pioneering use of mass media including radio television magazines and motion pictures only broadened his reach.\n Graham died Wednesday at 99 at his home in Montreat N.C. Wheaton’s president the Rev. Philip Ryken said commemorating Graham ’s significant contributions to Christian ministry for the many generations born after his heyday would remain a long-term commitment of the flagship evangelical institution.\n“I think Billy Graham will be regarded as one of the greatest Christian leaders of the 20th century ” Ryken said “and that legacy will last a very long time. ”\nGraham a native of North Carolina was already an ordained Southern Baptist pastor and graduate of Florida Bible Institute (now Trinity College of Florida) when he sought a liberal arts education and bachelor’s degree at west suburban Wheaton College in 1940.\n Chicago Tribune historical photo Evangelist Billy Graham class of 1943 speaks at the commencement exercises at Wheaton College on June 11 1951. Evangelist Billy Graham class of 1943 speaks at the commencement exercises at Wheaton College on June 11 1951. (Chicago Tribune historical photo) (Chicago Tribune historical photo)\nAfter hearing the 21-year-old Graham preach in Florida two members of the Wheaton College board including the brother of its incoming president hired Graham as their caddy on a golf course and offered to pay his first year of tuition if he attended the college.\n He studied anthropology which some say expanded his horizons beyond the biblical theology training he already had received.\n“It did make him aware in new ways of how societies work how cultural values are shaped things he could draw upon especially as he traveled the world ” said Edith Blumhofer a professor of history at Wheaton College.\nBut even more important than the college curriculum were the people he met and walked alongside for decades to come she said including his future wife Ruth Bell a fellow student and daughter of Presbyterian missionaries.\nIt wasn’t until 1941 that Graham then a 23-year-old college sophomore took his place before a congregation. The Wheaton College president at the time V. Raymond Edman recommended that Graham replace him in the pulpit of Wheaton’s United Gospel Tabernacle.\n“It was where he acquired managerial skills for inspiring and leading organizations and expressing his ministry not only by preaching but through other people ” said Robert Shuster who oversees the Billy Graham Center Archives housed at Wheaton.\n“He was not preaching what a pastor would normally preach to a church audience ” said one of Graham’s former classmates the late Glyn Evans in an interview with Shuster for the archive several years ago.", "output": [ "Billy Graham" ] }, { "id": "task419-daf9cddfd8724976b9295429924e680f", "input": "President Trump said on Nov. 1 that he will blame Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn if a tax overhaul that he supports fails in Congress. (The Washington Post)\nThe idea had already been rejected one day earlier by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Tex.) who had said it risked bogging down the process. But Trump in two Twitter posts Wednesday pushed the idea which has gained currency with some Senate Republicans. The biggest proponent of the idea is Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).\nWouldn't it be great to Repeal the very unfair and unpopular Individual Mandate in ObamaCare and use those savings for further Tax Cuts….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1 2017\n….for the Middle Class. The House and Senate should consider ASAP as the process of final approval moves along. Push Biggest Tax Cuts EVER — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 1 2017\nIn his Twitter post Trump is referring to a provision of the Affordable Care Act known as the “individual mandate ” which is a penalty that some Americans must pay if they don’t have health insurance. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that repealing the individual mandate would save more than $300 billion over 10 years and lead to about 15 million fewer Americans having health insurance because of a range of effects.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-cee5622612d247519d7c60bdd7376516", "input": "“Initially there is a high number of players and then over time consolidation happens ” Klaus Helmrich said on Wednesday at the launch of a global user organization for Siemens’ MindSphere platform which competes with General Electric’s Predix and others to help customers gather data from machines.\n“I don’t think we will end up with one platform worldwide. There will be a handful or two handfuls in the mid to more distant future ” Helmrich said comparing the proliferation of industrial software platforms with the smartphone industry which has ended up being dominated by Apple and Samsung.\nSiemens already has more than 800 000 intelligent sensors in buildings and machines including trains and healthcare equipment putting it in a strong position Helmrich said.\n“It is a solid basis for the start of the business and makes us optimistic about scale effects ” he said adding that being first to gather a critical mass of software developers and users is crucial to winning customers much as Apple’s large developer community made its app store the most attractive.", "output": [ "Klaus Helmrich" ] }, { "id": "task419-c81ffcdb4c24448b995c9676a36d751b", "input": "The set of the BBC ’ s flagship soap opera EastEnders is to include an Islamic mosque as part of a £ 15 million makeover despite not having a church and featuring only one Muslim family in the cast . The famous fictional Albert Square which is in fact at Elstree Studios has served as the EastEnders set for 30 years and is now to be demolished . A mosque will be located just off the square and will be the set ’ s first religious building . There are several prominent born - again Christians in the cast including veteran Dot Cotton who are forced to hold Christian meetings in a community centre . Churches off set largely only appear in the programme for weddings and funerals . The new set will be 20 per cent larger than the current one The Sun reports with BBC sources claiming it has been designed to reflect a more “ authentic ” version of East London . The public service broadcaster has also discussed a radical Islam and terrorism plotline . “ It ’ s been considered and discussed ” a source told the paper . The new set will “ be as authentic as East London today including a mosque … [ it ] will better reflect the East End on screen as well as increase the potential for storylines ” the source added . The Masoods – including dad Masood Ahmed daughter Shabnam and son Tamwar – are the only Muslim family currently in the show . It ’ s 33 years to the day that the first episode of # EastEnders was broadcast . Take it away Ian … pic . twitter . com / I9zdEVnJoW — BBC EastEnders (@ bbceastenders ) February 19 2018 Following the Islamic State terror attacks in Paris left - wing apologists widely praised a “ meaning of Islam ” speech in the show when Tamwar Masood argued Islam was a peaceful non - political ideology to his non - Muslim girlfriend . The BBC consistently champions various “ progressive ” causes in its dramas and fiction shows and in 2015 they introduced a transgendered character to EastEnders making it the first major UK soap opera to embrace transgender ideology . A 21 - year - old female - to - male transgender actor called Riley - Carter Millington played a transgendered character called Kyle in the show introducing the phenomenon of transgenderism to a large national audience . Dominic Treadwell - Collins Executive Producer of EastEnders said at the time : “ It has been my intention for a long time to cast a trans actor playing a trans role – and we have been so careful to ensure that we cast the right actor for the part .”", "output": [ "Tamwar Masood" ] }, { "id": "task419-96db3285a0904c239279c892ec2ae489", "input": "“I’m not crying over spilled milk here — but we believed that ( Brady ) knew when we were pressuring because he certainly got the ball out pretty quick ” said Spagnuolo.\n“I wouldn’t put it past the Patriots to do anything to win. They don’t care. Belichick is the kind of coach who’s like ‘Forget you.’ Bill don’t care. He’s a rebel ” said Sheldon Brown the ex-Eagles cornerback who started opposite Belichick’s and Tom Brady’s Patriots in that Super Bowl XXXIX. “It’s Bill’s way or no way.”\nTom Brady. (Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)\nEven with five-time Super Bowl champion Brady still behind center .\n“ Brady ’s definitely one of those guys you want to try and rattle get him off of his spot. Try to get to him early and often and try to knock him down a few times ” said Kearse. “Then again sometimes he gets up wipes it off just looks at you and then back to the huddle. He ’ll get another big play on you the next time. He has ice in his veins for real.”", "output": [ "Tom Brady" ] }, { "id": "task419-844adbb891df47dba1d2cc46a5a3c9ce", "input": "American Prospect editor Robert Kuttner is livid that because of the Democrats’ decades-long betrayal of working-class voters on issues like trade and illegal immigration former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon sees a huge opening to permanently win over these voters who were a monumental part of President Donald Trump’s historic movement in 2016.\nKuttner visited Bannon at the Breitbart Embassy for an on-background conversation last Thursday. He writes in the Prospect that “Democrats the party of Roosevelt and Truman of grand public works and strong labor protections should be making it preposterous for Bannon ” to be the champion of economic populism and is astounded that the two parties are “even in contention over who is the better friend of working people.”\nBut Bannon realizes that for him to successfully “crush” Democrats he must defeat the corporatist and milquetoast GOP establishment that has often been the Democrats’ best friend by easily allowing the left to portray right-of-center politicians as out-of-touch elitists who have no understanding about the concerns of working-class Americans.\nKuttner points out that Bannon is currently “organizing an electoral machine to Trump’s right and certainly to the right of the Republican Senate leadership—and he hopes to bring that leadership down.”\n“For Bannon the victory in the Alabama Senate primary of former Judge Roy Moore over Mitch McConnell’s favorite incumbent Luther Strange was just the beginning ” he writes of the race that Bannon described as a battle between Moore’s “grassroots muscle” versus “Strange’s corporate money.”\nKuttner notes that after Moore’s victory Bannon declared: “This is a populist nationalist conservative revolt. It’s a revolt against the elites in this country. It’s a revolt against the globalists among those elites.”\nUnlike the bipartisanship for the 3.8 percent that elites like Chuck Todd insufferably are activists for Kuttner writes that Bannon “continues to look for left-right common ground” on issues that will benefit American workers of all backgrounds.\n Bannon told Charlie Rose during his 60 Minutes interview that economic nationalism will be the great unifying force because “as long as you’re an American citizen you’re part of this populous economic nationalist movement.”\n“Economic nationalism is what this country was built on. The American system—we look after our own. We look after our citizen we look after our manufacturing base ” Bannon said on 60 Minutes. “And guess what? This country’s going to be greater more united more powerful than it’s ever been. This is not astrophysics. And by the way that’s every nationality every race every religion every sexual preference.”\n Bannon also told Rose that the Republican establishment has never believed in the economic nationalist agenda that got Trump and elected and is “trying to nullify the 2016 election.”\nAfter his conversation with Bannon Kuttner writes that “Bannon believes that if Republicans will just embrace populist economic nationalism they can become a workers’ party and the majority party for decades to come. He’s been on the road recruiting primary challengers to knock off Republican incumbents—and carry that populist message.”\nKuttner points out that “Bannon’s current obsession is to blow up Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senate incumbents whom he regards as hostile to his brand of nationalism.” And he acknowledges that Bannon can find common ground with left-of-center voters on issues like Wall Street accountability and trade agreements “that allow cheap labor to compete with domestic labor.”\nAnd Kuttner even concedes that if Bannon can find good economic nationalist candidates “centrist Democrats could be vulnerable.”\n He also thinks that Republicans have no business “electing senators in states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania ” but “as long as Democrats offer messages that blend Wall Street globalism and identity politics and fail to deliver a politics of class uplift even extremist Republicans could keep winning.”\n“If Bannon ’s criticism of establishment Republicans is withering his contempt for the failure of Democrats to take on their own Wall Street wing is boundless ” Kuttner concludes.\nIn a previous interview heard around the world with Kuttner Bannon told him that so long as Democrats obsess about identity politics right-of-center economic nationalists will “crush” them.", "output": [ "Steve Bannon" ] }, { "id": "task419-f011d2ef13a04a7388848643ac521277", "input": "Former Vikings coach Brad Childress had a brief retirement — about a month — before being lured to his hometown team. The Bears are expected to hire him as an offensive consultant. SiriusXM’s Adam Caplan first reported the move.\n Childress an Aurora native who attended Marmion Academy spent the last five seasons on the Chiefs staff with Nagy serving as a spread game analyst offensive coordinator and assistant head coach last season. Childress has a long history as an NFL quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator under Andy Reid with the Eagles before spending five years as the Vikings head coach.\n Childress 61 retired from the Chiefs after they were eliminated in the wild-card round of the playoffs. In an appearance on “The Mully & Hanley Show” on WSCR-AM 670 Childress was asked if Nagy could talk him out of retirement.\n“You never know ” he replied. “I never say never.”\nNagy has talked about his belief in quarterback Mitch Trubisky and Childress was also very upbeat about the second-year quarterback.\n“I think those 12 games (of starting experience as a rookie) are really going to serve him well ” Childress said. “It’s not ideal that you change your coordinator but looking at his aptitude and watching him in the seven hours we had him (on a pre-draft visit) he ’ll jump in the (play) book he ’ll know what is going on. He will be able to get some of the fine points and I just think you’ll continue to see him grow and blossom.\nNow Childress who began his coaching career at Illinois in 1978 will be on board to watch Trubisky develop.", "output": [ "Brad Childress" ] }, { "id": "task419-c223eb914f464b0ba181345bc7438eca", "input": "BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - On the eve of his trip to Europe Rex Tillerson gave a speech last week that European allies had waited months to hear: an “ironclad” promise of U.S. support to its oldest allies.\n U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson participates in a panel discussion after his remarks on U.S.-European Relations at the Wilson Center in Washington U.S. November 28 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas\nThe question is whether European officials believe him given tensions during his April visit to Europe when Reuters reported Tillerson initially planned to skip a NATO meeting in Brussels and then only attended under pressure from allies.\n“If there were expectations that Tillerson might evolve into a counterweight to Trump someone who could pass on messages from partners and exert moderating influence over American foreign policy – those expectations have been disappointed ” said Niels Annen foreign policy spokesman for Germany’s Social Democrats in parliament.\nThe French have gone around Tillerson to develop contacts with U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly while the EU’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini has gone directly to Vice President Mike Pence.\nOne European diplomat said Tillerson was in a difficult position from the outset because the Trump administration was hostile to Iran and brought in a team of generals who took a hard line “so it never left Tillerson much room.”", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-73c1ed3674d742e187cb7f79569f764e", "input": "LaVar Ball thinks he knows exactly why the Los Angeles Lakers are doing so poorly this year: He says it is because the players don’t want to play for a young coach.\nIn an interview with ESPN Ball claimed he has it all figured out.\nYou can see they’re not playing for Luke no more ” Ball said from a spa resort in Birstonas where he is staying while his two youngest sons LiAngelo and LaMelo get ready to make their professional debuts with Lithuanian team Prienu Vytautas. “Luke doesn’t have control of the team no more. They don’t want to play for him.\nDespite that even Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma has admitted that the team is “playing like garbage ” LaVar Ball thinks the Lakers are “a good team.”\nInstead of blaming the players though Ball is blaming the coach:\nAs evidence of this Ball cites the fact that the Lakers don’t high-five on the court. Ball doubled-down on his belief that Walton is too young and even said that if Walton had top players such as LeBron James on his team he wouldn’t be able to coach them either.\n“Even if you bring in a LeBron or a [Paul] George he can’t coach them guys ” Ball said. “What is he gonna tell them? He’s too young. He has no control.”", "output": [ "LaVar Ball" ] }, { "id": "task419-2c0695fbb9b7456797c9def047b06c29", "input": "Steinbrenner claimed in a court petition filed earlier in September that Felix Lopez has stalked and continuously tried to speak with her since their divorce settlement which has a no-contact clause in it became official in February according to the Tampa Bay Times.\nShe alleges that Lopez has been calling her sending her text messages and even showed up unannounced to her home in Tampa at least twice in September alone.\nIn the petition Steinbrenner also claims that Lopez followed her to a CVS in Tampa on Aug. 24 and tried to speak with her.\nWhen she said he should not be contacting her Lopez allegedly replied “No contact means nothing. What are they going to do me?”\nFelix Lopez. (Cataffo Linda/New York Daily News)\nSurveillance video at Steinbrenner’s home shows Lopez approaching the residence twice in September once while trying to hide his face.\nSteinbrenner the general partner and co-vice chairwoman of the Yankees wants a court order prohibiting Lopez from contacting her in any way and not allowing him to be within 500 feet of her her home George M. Steinbrenner Field and Kinsman Farm (in Ohio where the family houses their horses).\n Lopez was a Yankees senior vice president from 2005-09.", "output": [ "Felix Lopez" ] }, { "id": "task419-c33ade2e217a42679377423205f7aae0", "input": "Marine veteran Isaias Cintron survived two tours of duty in Iraq only to be gunned down outside a Northwest Indiana bar after he returned home to Chicago a decade ago.\nFederal prosecutors in Indiana later linked the slaying to the Almighty Latin Kings street gang who allegedly mistook the 24-year-old Cintron for a gang rival and opened fire with an AK-47 assault rifle as he pulled into the parking lot of the Portside Pub in Whiting on Jan. 18 2007.\nOn Thursday 11 years after Cintron ’s slaying authorities for the first time identified the alleged killer as Juan Jimenez a reputed regional treasurer for the Latin Kings who went by the nickname “Beast.”\nA Tribune account of Cintron ’s shooting in 2007 said the 24-year-old was home after an honorable discharge from the Marines when he went out with three friends.\n Cintron was struck in the back and died at a nearby hospital. His friend Vincente Hernandez 25 was grazed by a bullet on his left arm police said.\n Cintron ’s sister Jennifer told the Tribune at the time that it was unbelievable to the family that Cintron survived combat in Fallujah but not an evening out in his own hometown.\n\"It's just like if anything was going to happen it was going to be in Iraq ” she said. “Not when he 's at home when you're supposed to be safe.\"", "output": [ "Isaias Cintron" ] }, { "id": "task419-073d365bcc5b48cb9d2847d62a021e04", "input": "Against this backdrop emerged one of the more heartening stories of late a reminder that beneath our ideological differences lies a common humanity and a shared commitment to make this nation a better place to live even if we disagree profoundly on how to go about it. I'm referring to the grace and eloquence that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demonstrated last week at the U.S. Capitol ceremony to unveil the statue of former President Ronald Reagan.\n Pelosi did not just go through the motions. She spoke of the late president's appreciation for bipartisanship and civility and his sense of humor. She noted that his statue contained chunks of the Berlin Wall a \"symbol of his commitment to national security and his success.\" She credited former first lady Nancy Reagan for her role in her husband's achievements as well as for the impact of her advocacy of stem-cell research.\n Pelosi was obviously aware of all that yet she saw fit to recognize the moment -- and the reality that the California Legislature had approved the statue replacement with just one dissenting vote -- with class and perspective.\n The contrast of the Reagan ceremony with the tone of contemporary politics could not have been more striking. PelosiPelosi herself has been a target of an overwrought Republican campaign to discredit her as a \"hypocrite\" because she failed to speak out about the Bush administration's plans to waterboard terrorist suspects after supposedly being briefed in 2002. So let's get this straight: The Bush gang stretches the law to authorize and inflict torture and the most vigorous supporters of that policy want to deflect the heat on Pelosi who -- even if she did remain silent after classified briefings -- clearly opposes the practice? It's a twisted political world.\n As Pelosi noted in her citation of Reagan's friendship with one of her predecessors as speaker -- Thomas P. \"Tip\" O'Neill a proud lion of New Deal liberalism -- there is something special something very American about transcending partisanship on a human level and of respecting ideological differences. These values too often get lost in the furor of modern political warfare.", "output": [ "Nancy Pelosi" ] }, { "id": "task419-cea8a5d349fb4f078bdc32843ca500bf", "input": "Jaspreet Singh 29 of Melbourne appeared in court Wednesday on charges of making a false police report and criminal damage with a view to gaining a financial advantage. He did not enter a plea and was released on bail.\n Singh told police he was parking his car when four men approached him pushed him against the car poured a fluid on him and set him on fire. Singh was burned on his arms chest and face.\n But Detective Senior Constable Danielle O'Keefe told the court Wednesday that arson chemists and hospital staff had determined Singh's injuries and damage to his clothes and car were not consistent with his story.\n Investigators believe Singh made up the story of the attack after accidentally lighting himself on fire while torching his car in an insurance fraud scheme O'Keefe said.", "output": [ "Ranjodh Singh", "Singh" ] }, { "id": "task419-f8f3f2713526429fbb078a5e613d26af", "input": "Those accusations by anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians that quickly followed the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri galvanized hundreds of thousands of their supporters to take to the streets in a powerful protest movement. It drove tens of thousands of Syrian troops out of Lebanon and ended decades of Syrian domination over its smaller neighbor.\n The first U.N. investigator into the Hariri assassination Germany's Detlev Mehlis said the plot's complexity suggested a role by the Syrian intelligence services and its pro-Syria Lebanese counterpart. But the two chief investigators who followed Mehlis have worked quietly and have not named any individuals or countries as suspects.\n Saad Hariri's comments Monday are part of a remarkable reconciliation between Lebanon and Syria. Hariri has worked to mend ties with Damascus over the past year traveling to Syria five times.\n Hariri's explicit repudiation of blaming Syria removes one major obstacle to closer ties. It also comes at a time when Hariri and his Western-backed political bloc are struggling to maintain momentum as Syria's allies in Lebanon -- the Shiite militant group Hezbollah -- gain influence.", "output": [ "Rafik Hariri" ] }, { "id": "task419-5eb766071a9a44fab3bca95f994c284e", "input": "In a grotto-style hall assembled for the show and decorated with fragments of mirrors Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri reasserted her stamp on the French fashion house on the one-year anniversary of her arrival.\n“I enjoy fashion -- that’s what I want to say ” Chiuri told reporters after presenting the fashion house’s spring-summer 2018 show in the ground’s of Paris’s Rodin Museum.\nA model presents a creation by Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri as part of her Spring/Summer 2018 women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Dior during Paris Fashion Week France September 26 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes\nChiuri the first female creative director at Dior came from Valentino and presented her first collection last September for the label which is part of luxury goods specialist LVMH and is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.\n She has sought to send strong messages to women in her designs and Tuesday’s show opened with a model wearing a T-shirt that read: “Why have there been no great women artists?”", "output": [ "Maria Grazia Chiuri" ] }, { "id": "task419-e6436e011fdf4e7b8b25559967d1cb62", "input": "Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps added that Iran had the capability to expand its missile range beyond that limit the Washington Free Beacon reported citing information from U.S. officials and regional reports.\nThe comments by Jafari appeared to be an effort by Iranian authorities to contrast their missile program which they often describe as being for defensive purposes against those of countries like North Korea which has talked about launching missiles that can hit any U.S. city.\nSpeaking on the sidelines of a conference in Tehran Jafari told journalists that the capability of Iran's ballistic missiles was \"enough for now. \"\nJafari said he didn’t believe that the U.S. and Iran would go to war anytime soon though some may question his reasoning.\nReferring to the United States he said: \"They know that if they begin a war between Iran and the United States they will definitely be the main losers and their victory will by no means be guaranteed. Therefore they won't start a war.\"", "output": [ "Mohammad Ali Jafari" ] }, { "id": "task419-a7bbd98cdea34a1c94921f584b06a214", "input": "Rex Tillerson could be on his way to serving one of the shortest tenures of any Secretary of State in U.S. history.\n“There are no personnel announcements at this time ” White House spokesman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. “ Secretary Tillerson continues to lead the State Department and the entire cabinet is focused on completing this incredibly successful first year of President Trump’s administration.”\n“He’s here. Rex is here ” he said.\nIf Tillerson leaves in the next few months he would likely be viewed as one of the most underperforming secretaries of State in U.S. history with one of the shortest tenures to boot say experts on American foreign policy.\n“It will ratify what is emerging as almost a consensus view that Rex Tillerson was the worst Secretary of State in modern time ” said Paul Musgrave a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst who studies American foreign policy. “I actually think there is a good case to be made ever.”\nIf Tillerson leaves in the next few weeks he will have served for roughly a year inordinately short for a first-term Secretary of State in the modern era. The last three first-term secretaries of State — Warren Christopher Colin Powell and Hillary Clinton — all remained in their posts for the entire term.\nAside from his short time in office Tillerson has little to show as accomplishments.", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-7169a0d71b23485aa4c48e664bc65d65", "input": "Five years ago at age 24 model Lauren Wasser nearly died from toxic shock after using a tampon which resulted in her losing her right leg and part of her left foot. Now she may lose her entire left leg as well.\n“Had I known toxic shock was real and had I seen someone that had either lost limbs or spoke about it publicly I would have never used tampons ” Wasser told People.\nThe model who now appears on runways and ad campaigns with her gold prosthetic leg is still struggling with the damage left behind from TSS. At the time of the initial incident in 2012 Wasser told Vice that doctors wanted to amputate both legs but she fought to keep the left one.\nA post shared by Lauren Wasser (@theimpossiblemuse) on Oct 9 2017 at 10:11am PDT\nNow however she faces the possibility of becoming a double-amputee. “I'm in excruciating pain every day ” she told the Post.\nA post shared by Lauren Wasser (@theimpossiblemuse) on Aug 23 2016 at 6:29pm PDT\n Wasser has made it her mission to warn other women about the risks associated with using tampons as well as advocate for more transparency regarding feminine hygiene products. “I think this is my purpose and I wouldn't change it for the world ” she recently told The Washington Post.\nA post shared by Lauren Wasser (@theimpossiblemuse) on May 29 2017 at 9:30am PDT\nBesides being a public advocate and speaking out about the disease that changed her life Wasser is also working with Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney of New York to promote legislation that calls for the National Institutes of Health to help determine whether certain elements of feminine hygiene products are safe the Post reports.\n“Toxic Shock Syndrome cost me my leg but years later I have since dedicated myself to raising awareness about TSS prevention ” Wasser wrote in an Op-Ed for InStyle last month. “I want to educate women about the potential risks of using tampons. TSS has been killing and harming women for more than 30 years: let that sink in. How many lives is it going to take for something to change?”", "output": [ "Lauren Wasser" ] }, { "id": "task419-f19be6a83beb4ef49fe06126082329b5", "input": "PARIS (Reuters) - Renault (RENA.PA) said on Thursday its board had asked Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn to stay on for another four years and pursue closer integration with alliance partner Nissan (7201.T).\n Ghosn 63 should “take decisive steps to make the alliance irreversible” during his next term to be proposed to shareholders at their annual meeting in June the company said in a statement summarizing board resolutions.\nFrance which owns 15 percent of Renault has been pressing for a deeper tie-up with Nissan to ensure the carmakers’ 19-year-old alliance can survive the eventual departure of Ghosn its main architect.\n Ghosn had earlier been expected to hand over the reins to a new CEO and move to a non-executive chairman role overseeing the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance.\nFrench state representatives had been pushing Ghosn since the middle of last year to hire a second-in-command with the managerial and international clout to succeed him .", "output": [ "Carlos Ghosn" ] }, { "id": "task419-7969e345ac834811a4ac11a8a0cf9dea", "input": "EDINBURG Texas -- A former monk has testified that an ex-priest accused of killing a Texas woman in 1960 confessed to him three years after the killing. Dale Tacheny testified Monday in the murder trial of John Feit now 85 who is accused of suffocating Irene Garza after she went to confession at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen.\nWhile police had interviewed hundreds of people in connection with Garza's murder Feit was their focus. He was the last person to see Garza. However no charges were filed against Feit at the time. He eventually left McAllen and the case went cold amid what many believed was a cover-up by the church.\nTacheny said Feit confessed to him in 1963 after the church sent Feit to a Missouri monastery where Tacheny worked. The former Trappist monk said Feit expressed no remorse during the confession.\nTacheny said he didn't initially report the crime because it \"was not my place to make a judgment.\" The 88-year-old said he instead tried to counsel Feit to change his behavior toward women. But in 2002 Tacheny went to police in San Antonio and reported what Feit allegedly told him decades earlier.\nTacheny spoke to \"48 Hours\" in 2014 about what he says Feit told him and read excerpts of the letter he penned to investigators in 2002.\nAccording to Tacheny Feit said the woman was in her early 20s and that the murder happened around Easter after he heard her confession.\n\" He assaulted her bound her and gagged her \" Tacheny says reading from the letter to police. \"...Later I do not remember if it was hours or days he moved her to another location and after some time he placed her in a cellophane bag and put her into a bathtub. As he left he could hear her saying 'I can't breathe I can't breathe.'\"\nAccording to Tacheny Feit said when he returned the woman was dead. Feit allegedly said he disposed of the woman's body along a roadway. Garza's body was found days after she disappeared in a canal.\nInvestigators said Feit gave them conflicting versions of what happened the day Garza died in April 1960. They said Feit initially claimed he didn't take Garza's confession and that another priest was present at the time. But he later said he was alone and had taken Garza's confession according to investigators.\n Feit 's attorney argues there is no physical evidence linking his client to the killing. He also said Tacheny made assumptions about the crime when he reported it to police in 2002.\nThe office charged Feit in Garza's death the next year.\n Feit has pleaded not guilty. He denied killing Garza to \"48 Hours\" correspondent Richard Schlesinger in 2014.", "output": [ "John Feit" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6d17390f6254dd99bcc0839b3430995", "input": "It will be a busy year for royal weddings: Princess Eugenie is engaged to be married later this year several months after her cousin Prince Harry's nuptials.\n Eugenie the daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson will marry Jack Brooksbank in the fall Buckingham Palace said Monday.\nThe 27-year-old Eugenie was the second child born to Andrew and Ferguson.\n\"Jack is an absolutely outstanding young man and Eugenie and he have got to know each other over a number of years and I'm really thrilled for them \" the prince said.\n Eugenie is the granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and is eighth in line to the throne.\nThe palace said she and Brooksbank became engaged in Nicaragua earlier this month. They have been dating for a number of years.\n Eugenie is a director at the Hauser and Wirth art galleries.", "output": [ "Eugenie" ] }, { "id": "task419-a410684a16274aad9638a693a8487d4c", "input": "FILE - In this Jan. 7 2018 file photo Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette (27) is stopped by the Buffalo Bills defense during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Jacksonville Fla. The NFL's top rushing attack is sputtering. Rookie Leonard Fournette has 174 yards rushing over Jacksonville's last three games including 57 on 21 carries in a wild-card victory against Buffalo. The stammering ground game is a big reason the Jaguars are a touchdown underdog against Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton File)\n Rookie Leonard Fournette hasn't looked the same since spraining his right ankle against the Los Angeles Rams in mid-October. He ran for 181 and 130 yards in consecutive weeks against the Steelers and the Rams respectively and broke off long touchdown runs in both games.\n He 's topped the century mark twice — both barely — since.\n\"It's who we are \" Bortles said. \"We want to be able to run the football and do it different ways so we have to figure it out whether it's a during-the-week practice thing or execution thing on Sundays. ... It's a big part of our offense and who we are and who we want to be so it's important that we figure it out.\"\nFILE - In this Jan. 7 2018 file photo Jacksonville Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette (27) is tackled by Buffalo Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White (27) left defensive end Eddie Yarbrough (54) and nose tackle Rickey Hatley (94) during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game in Jacksonville Fla. The NFL's top rushing attack is sputtering. Rookie Leonard Fournette has 174 yards rushing over Jacksonville's last three games including 57 on 21 carries in a wild-card victory against Buffalo. The stammering ground game is a big reason the Jaguars are a touchdown underdog against Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack File)", "output": [ "Leonard Fournette" ] }, { "id": "task419-6c5b7f21927840c793fcbdb0e6c45c2d", "input": "DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain’s top court on Monday upheld a two-year prison sentence imposed last year by a lower tribunal on rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab over comments he was alleged to have made to journalists a rights group said.\nThe London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said in a statement that the Court of Cassation’s ruling was the last level of appeal in a case that began in mid-2016 when Rajab was arrested over tweets suggesting that security forces had tortured detainees in a prison.\n Rajab a leading figure in pro-democracy protests that swept Bahrain in 2011 was convicted last year of making “false or malicious” statements about authorities in Bahrain.\nThe charges arose from a January 2015 interview cited by the prosecution in which he was alleged to have said that Bahrain was holding political prisoners who were subject to torture.\nAmnesty International called Rajab ’s imprisonment “a flagrant violation of human rights and an alarming sign that the Bahraini authorities will go to any length to silence criticism”.\nThe U.N. human rights office last year called on Bahrain to “unconditionally and immediately” release Rajab .\nBIRD said Rajab who underwent surgery for a bleeding ulcer last year faces up to 15 years in jail over a second hearing related to comments he is alleged to have made on Twitter. A verdict is expected on February 21.", "output": [ "Nabeel Rajab" ] }, { "id": "task419-92de9f5188f043728ae9f238908b3ba9", "input": "Higher prices and lower charges sparked a profit increase for Hershey Co. as the nation's second-biggest candy maker continued to push its brands to cost-conscious consumers and gain market share.\n The company also maintained its 2010 adjusted earnings and sales forecasts while boosting its quarterly dividend. The news sent Hershey's stock up 19 cents to $37 in premarket trading.\n Hershey based in Hershey Pennsylvania recently said it would not bid for British rival Cadbury PLC. Cadbury shareholders are expected to vote on Kraft Foods Inc.'s $19.5 billion offer on Tuesday.\n In the prior-year period Hershey's charges totaled 23 cents per share.\n Sales grew 2 percent to $1.41 billion during the quarter which included Halloween and Christmas -- usually a strong period for the maker of Hershey's chocolate bars and Reese's peanut butter cups. Analysts expected $1.42 billion in revenue.\n West said the candymaker will launch its Hershey's Bliss white chocolate during the first half of the year as well as continue to expand its Pieces product line to include Hershey's Special Dark Almond Joy and York.\n The company expect to boost its ad spending by 25 to 30 percent to promote brands such as Reese's Hershey's Kisses Bliss Twizzlers Kit Kat and its namesake. New ad campaigns are also planned for Almond Joy Mounds and York.\n Hershey said its earnings combined with improved working capital and higher operating cash flow led it to raise its quarterly dividend by 2.25 cents to 32 cents. The dividend will be paid on March 15 to shareholders of record Feb. 25.", "output": [ "Hershey" ] }, { "id": "task419-49afb3bfc19d49619bcfb7c0626551b5", "input": "James Franco will be returning for the second season of HBO's \"The Deuce \" despite allegations of sexual misconduct from numerous women unrelated to the show according to a new report from Variety which was confirmed by ABC News.\nHBO reaffirmed an earlier position of support and said nothing has changed in recent weeks. Franco will continue to star in and produce the show about life in New York in the 70's and 80's which looks at porn and prostitution in Manhattan.\nAfter this article came out in January HBO showrunner David Simon went on the record telling Variety \"Personally I can only speak knowledgeably to âThe Deuce.â Iâve checked with all my fellow producers and other personnel. We have no complainant or complaint or any awareness of any incident of concern involving Mr. Franco . Nor has HBO been approached with any complaint.\"\nHBO says it reached out to staffers on 'The Deuce' and found no complaints about Franco 's behavior [Link] â Variety (@Variety) February 14 2018\nDuring an appearance on CBS' \"The Late Show\" in January Franco told host Stephen Colbert that many of the allegations against him were \"not accurate.\"\n\"But I completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice because they didn't have a voice for so long \" Franco added. \"I don't want to you know shut them down in any way. It's I think a good thing and I support it.\"\n He later commented again on \"Late Night with Seth Meyers.\"\n\"One of the things that I've learned is that this is a conversation that obviously needs to be had \" he told Meyers. \"There are people women and others who have not been a part of this conversation ... I have my own side of this story but I believe in ... these people that have been underrepresented getting their stories out enough that I will ... hold back things that I could say just because I believe in it that much.\"", "output": [ "James Franco" ] }, { "id": "task419-1c4693f34d6f4c0cae8c43d330ec7fe7", "input": "We're gathering different points of view about this all weekend and we're going to start with Congressman Ryan Costello . He is a Republican. He 's in his second term representing Pennsylvania's 6th District which is northwest of Philadelphia. You might remember that reviving the steel industry was one of President Trump's campaign promises and that's one of the factors cited in Mr. Trump's victory in Pennsylvania in the 2016 election. But he didn't win Mr. Costello 's district where Hillary Clinton won narrowly.\nAnd Congressman Costello is with us now. Congressman thanks so much for speaking with us.\nRYAN COSTELLO : Great to be with you. Strange bedfellows is an apt description for sure.\n COSTELLO : On the circumference of it yes. Additionally - little known fact - the only domestic keg company in the country is in my district. And I spoke with them yesterday and they are extremely happy with the decision because of what the price of aluminum from China is. So there's a lot of crosscurrents in terms of who supports this as well as - some who would normally support the president's economic policies have very deep-seated concerns over it.\n COSTELLO : Well this is certainly doubling down to those who supported him . And he 's consistent here with whom he is looking out for. It does remain to be seen what the actual policy is. This is - this could - may at the moment be similar to withdrawal of the Paris accord - right? - which pleased his supporters but has not yet happened. So it remains to be seen formally what steps are taken.\nMARTIN: That's Representative Ryan Costello . He represents the 6th District of Pennsylvania. We reached him in Chester County. Congressman thanks so much for speaking with us.\n COSTELLO : Thank you. Have a good day.", "output": [ "Ryan Costello" ] }, { "id": "task419-a766bc35b5fd460a923adcd95ec4000a", "input": "Pyeongchang (South Korea) (AFP) – American prodigy Nathan Chen became the first figure skater to land six quads as he set an Olympic record in the free skate at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Saturday.\nThe 18-year-old had bombed on Friday in a nervy short programme that left him languishing in 17th place going into the decisive day.\nBut Chen could yet grab a medal after a remarkable free skate that earned him 215.08 points one of the highest scores ever seen in the sport.\n Chen did it on the back of six quads — four rotations in the air — breaking his own record of five set last year.\n“I have been working on it for a while. It’s never really fully come together ” Chen said.", "output": [ "Nathan Chen" ] }, { "id": "task419-7c8834a10cff49b39baa97ba308a0cec", "input": "Kim Jong Nam is the exiled half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Here he is pictured at Beijing airport in China in 2007.\nAs of 2003 he lived in exile in Macau and other neighbouring regions after falling out of favour with his father who accused him of turning \"into a capitalist \" according to an email sent to the editor of the Tokyo Shimbun by Kim Jong Nam . He said: \"After I went back to North Korea following my education in Switzerland I grew further apart from my father because I insisted on reform and market-opening and was eventually viewed with suspicion.\"\nIn 2012 Kim Jong Nam heavily criticised his family's North Korean leadership. He said: \"The Kim Jong-un regime will not last long. Without reforms North Korea will collapse and when such changes take place the regime will collapse \" according to excerpts from Japanese journalist Yoji Gomi in Tokyo Shimbun newspaper.\nOn February 13 2017 Kim Jong Nam was about to leave on a flight to Macau where he lived with his wife and two children.\nBut he died on his journey. South Korea was quick to accuse North Korea of dispatching a hit squad to murder him at the airport in Kuala Lumpur saying two female assassins poisoned him and then fled in a taxi.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Nam" ] }, { "id": "task419-0e887e23a5f34c2eb43b4f74bae60183", "input": "Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a media opportunity with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj at the State Department in Washington Friday Dec. 1 2017. (Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press)\nWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday denied he wants to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson calling reports to that effect “fake news ” as his top diplomat brushed off speculation that he has lost the confidence of the White House.\nAs Tillerson went about his normal schedule of diplomatic activities including two meetings with Trump the president said his secretary of state is “not leaving.”\n“The media has been speculating that I fired Rex Tillerson or that he would be leaving soon - FAKE NEWS!” Trump tweeted. “He’s not leaving and while we disagree on certain subjects (I call the final shots) we work well together and America is highly respected again!”\nThe tweet was Trump’s strongest endorsement of his top diplomat since senior White House officials on Thursday began telling reporters that a plan had been devised to push Tillerson out and replace him with CIA chief Mike Pompeo. Immediately after reports of the plan emerged Trump offered only tepid support for Tillerson noting only that he was at the White House for a previously scheduled meeting.\nThe halfhearted backing amid the swirl of speculation over Tillerson ’s imminent demise had threatened to impair his effectiveness particularly as he prepares for an official trip to Europe next week.\nOn Friday Tillerson attended two meetings at the White House with Trump — one with Libya’s visiting prime minister and then a lunch with the president and Defense Secretary James Mattis. Before those meetings Tillerson told reporters at the State Department that speculation he was on his way out was “laughable.”\nTillerson aides had said the secretary was sanguine and remained comfortable in his role despite the turmoil in Trump’s national security team centering on him. Aides said Tillerson would continue to serve until the president asked him not to and stressed that such a request had not been made.\nAlthough Tillerson looks safe for now he will be losing a senior aide and conduit to the public in coming weeks.\nR.C. Hammond who has run State Department strategic communications since Tillerson took office will leave his post in mid-December officials said.\nAfter a report in October that Tillerson had called the president a “moron ” Tillerson appeared before cameras to pledge fealty to his boss. Soon after Trump publicly challenged his secretary to an IQ match.\nWhen Tillerson was tapped for the job late last year many Trump critics expressed quiet relief that he ’d picked a sober “adult” who could form a counterweight to the president’s brasher more impulsive approach especially on critical matters of war and peace.\nYet divisions on key foreign policy issues emerged quickly and Trump has repeatedly undermined Tillerson by voicing positions at odds with his.\nWhen Tillerson in June called on Arab nations to ease their blockade on Qatar Trump hours later lambasted Qatar for funding terrorism. Trump also deemed diplomacy with North Korea a waste of time when Tillerson was pursuing just that. Tillerson ’s advice to Trump to stay in the Paris climate deal and certify Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal was similarly overruled.", "output": [ "Rex Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-9b49bbbd65ba4b98b9881876f1d58f56", "input": "Carson Daly got personal with Instagram followers sharing a letter written by mother Pattie Daly Caruso nearly two decades before her actual death.\nAccording to his post when the letter was written Daly 's mother was \"in the thick of her breast cancer battle.\"\nCarson Daly shared a “goodbye” letter penned by his mother in 1998 nearly two decades before her actual death. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)\n Carson Daly’s mother dead at 73 after heart attack\n Daly's mother died on Sept. 17 of an apparent heart attack according to Us Weekly. Daly confirmed her passing in a statement to the publication.\n\"Kiki as she was known to her grandchildren and many others touched so many lives with her kindness her giant spirit and her love of life \" he wrote. \" She will be terribly missed by her family and the world but her spark will shine for eternity.\"", "output": [ "Carson Daly" ] }, { "id": "task419-7a1f53affa8946a194f7f8fc6ecb9d1f", "input": "The Bulls proceeded delicately working with the NBA to determine a suitable suspension for Portis finally arriving at eight games. They considered the version of events at practice that preceded Portis’ punch which by several accounts implicated Mirotic as an aggressor. They respect Mirotic ’s reluctance to interact with Portis even as management supported the third-year forward by allowing him to practice during the suspension. They balance the likelihood Mirotic will need to be moved to another team with the reality he can’t be traded until Jan. 15 because of language in his two-year $27 million contract.\nAt this point it would surprise me if Mirotic ever puts on a Bulls uniform again. A trade or buyout of his $12.5 million salary looms. The most important step toward returning is one Mirotic has shown little interest in taking: Hashing it out with Portis in person — the way Kreutz and Miller once did with the Bears after their flare-up at an FBI gun range.\n“One would think that Mirotic and Portis would work things out and grow closer (but) maybe football players are different ’’ said Miller happily retired and living in Texas. “Football players are very group-oriented and believe in the team mentality.’’\nIronically as a team the Bulls likely will benefit long-term from this awkward experience. The absence of Portis and Mirotic opened up playing time for rookie first-round pick Lauri Markkanen who has taken advantage enough for coach Fred Hoiberg to project superstardom. And Hoiberg who still was searching for credibility as his third season began has demonstrated a stronger voice leading a young developmental team learning well how to roll with the punches.\nWith Bobby Portis back Bulls supporting him and Nikola Mirotic becomes tougher »\nHere’s when Bobby Portis and Nikola Mirotic should play »\nBulls will follow Nikola Mirotic's lead »", "output": [ "Nikola Mirotic" ] }, { "id": "task419-80c2add0185544a6930c6a4f04c00520", "input": "If the written descriptions of Matt Lauer ’s despicably creepy behavior toward his female colleagues published earlier today haven’t caused you to lose your appetite this video might just send you over the edge.\nShortly after Meredith Viera started at Today in September 2006 a local NBC affiliate mistakenly stayed with the in-studio live feed during a commercial break and caught this interaction between Lauer and Viera who was bending over the table to pick up her script.\nBy watching Lauer ’s expression one can determine the exact moment Viera’s cleavage comes into his view. It’s difficult to say which is creepier – Lauer ’s facial expression or the way he tells Viera “Pretty sweater. Keep bending over like that. It’s a nice view.”\n Lauer acts as if talking to a co-worker like that is normal and no one in the studio calls him on his behavior. It was clearly just a way of life at NBC News.", "output": [ "Matt Lauer" ] }, { "id": "task419-ae1acc14ba3c4542bcb40dacba7f97ff", "input": "Montana real estate agent Tanya Gersh sued Anglin in April saying she was threatened and harassed after he published her personal information on his website The Daily Stormer.\nAnglin’s attorneys have filed a motion to dismiss the case saying the court does not have jurisdiction over Anglin who is “not a citizen of any state.” As part of that motion he offered to tell the court where he was.\n Gersh ’s lawyers counter that Anglin is playing a “childish game of hide-and-seek” to avoid the legal consequences of his actions.\n Gersh ’s lawsuit said her family received a barrage of emails phone calls and other messages after Anglin published their personal information that included her 12-year-old son’s Twitter handle and photo.\n Gersh says she was targeted after the mother of Richard Spencer — a leading figure in the white nationalist movement — accused Gersh of harassing her into selling property in Whitefish.\n Gersh ’s lawsuit said she agreed to help the woman sell commercial property amid talk of a protest outside the building.", "output": [ "Tanya Gersh" ] }, { "id": "task419-142d1a290f67454cb75300e2689dcf6e", "input": "Story highlights Kim raises possibility of North Korean athletes in Winter Olympics in South Korea\n(CNN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has warned the United States that his country's nuclear capabilities are now complete and the nuclear launch button is always on his desk.\n\"The entire mainland of the US is within the range of our nuclear weapons and the nuclear button is always on the desk of my office. They should accurately be aware that this is not a threat but a reality \" said Kim during his annual New Year's Day address according to a CNN translation of the speech.\n\"No matter how much America wants to attack us with their military might and nuclear power they know that now we possess such great nuclear power and therefore they will not dare \" Kim said adding that his country's greatest achievement of 2017 was the \"historic accomplishment of completing our nuclear capabilities.\"\nSince coming to power Kim has overseen a dramatic increase in the pace of North Korea's missile program. As of February last year Pyongyang has fired off 23 missiles improving its technology with each launch. In September the regime carried out its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.\nEuan Graham director of the International Security Program at the Lowy Institute told CNN that Kim 's nuclear button comment is \"effectively just noise.\"", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-8dafcb3f149f40a2be792d9661204f81", "input": "New England Patriots linebacker James Harrison is getting pushback for posting a photo of an “assault weapon” on Instagram.\nAs a Pittsburgh Steeler Harrison expressed his enthusiasm for guns by posing for Men’s Journal with a revolver in one hand and a pistol in the other.\nNow his photographs have moved to more politically-charged weapons. The “assault weapon” photo he posted to Instagram is an AK-47 emblazoned with his jersey number 92.\nThat new Deebo Draco💯🔥 A post shared by James Harrison (@jhharrison92) on Jan 16 2018 at 12:06pm PST\n Harrison received thousands of likes on the photo but some Instragram followers took exception. One asked “This is the musket the founders in mind right? SMH.” Another wrote “How do I unfollow?”", "output": [ "James Harrison" ] }, { "id": "task419-7d3596c54dca4c36853c70d81718b039", "input": "Los Angeles Times political columnist David Horsey body shamed White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders in his latest anti-Trump hit piece referring to her appearance as like a “chunky soccer mom.”\n Horsey originally wrote Wednesday that Sanders “does not look like the kind of woman” that President Trump would chose for the high-profile role assuming he would prefer “sleek beauties with long legs and stiletto heels” who could pass for “arm candy” in addition to serving as the White House’s top spokesperson.\n“By comparison Sanders looks more like a slightly chunky soccer mom who organizes snacks for the kids’ games ” Horsey wrote. “Rather than the fake eyelashes and formal dresses she puts on for news briefings Sanders seems as if she’d be more comfortable in sweats and running shoes.”\n\" Sanders looks more like a slightly chunky soccer mom who organizes snacks for the kids’ games\" - L.A. Times columnist David Horsey\n“Yet even if Trump privately wishes he had a supermodel for a press secretary he is lucky to have Sanders ” he wrote.\n Sanders who was promoted from deputy press secretary when Sean Spicer stepped down earlier this year is the daughter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. She has been working in politics her entire adult life and is well respected among GOP insiders.\nHowever the Times columnist went on to call Sanders a liar a “failure” and a “pro” at being ignorant. He also in another recent column about the recent allegations of powerful men sexually harassing women referred to Trump as a “sexually aggressive creep.”\nIt’s curious to think what Horsey who is politically correct when it’s convenient would feel about fat shaming Sanders on a day when it doesn’t fit his anti-Trump agenda. It should be noted that Horsey doesn’t only shame the appearance of females as he has mocked Trump in cartoons calling him a “bloated orange mess ” among other things.\nShortly after Fox News asked for comment the Times removed all references to Sanders ’ appearance and added a note from Horsey.", "output": [ "David Horsey" ] }, { "id": "task419-537f90e2d83d4c49b8139f490eb01ff3", "input": "LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ’s political troubles will likely continue despite his surprise victory over a bid in Congress to oust him this week a key opposition leader said on Saturday citing ongoing graft probes and opposing demands from allies.\n Kuczynski on the other hand could see the cross-party alliance that defended him this week evaporate going forward said Chlimper. “I don’t see how he can come out stronger ” he said.\nChlimper said Kuczynski lured the rebel Popular Force lawmakers with a promise to free their movement’s political leader Fujimori from prison - an accusation denied by Kuczynski ’s government.\n Kuczynski would lose the support of Fujimori’s left-leaning foes if he makes good on the deal to secure the elder Fujimori’s release said Chlimper.", "output": [ "Pedro Pablo Kuczynski" ] }, { "id": "task419-eb26369956964dabab8d8fdea383acbb", "input": "CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jamie Dimon chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co on Wednesday said he expects to see a new U.S. president in 2021 and advised the Democratic party to come up with a “pro-free enterprise” agenda for jobs and economic growth instead.\nFILE PHOTO: JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon speaks at a Remain in the EU campaign event attended by Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (not shown) at JP Morgan's corporate centre in Bournemouth southern Britain June 3 2016. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo\nAsked at a luncheon hosted by The Economic Club of Chicago how many years Republican President Donald Trump will be in office Dimon said “If I had to bet I’d bet three and half. But the Democrats have to come up with a reasonable candidate ... or Trump will win again.”\nDimon who in the past has described himself as “barely” a Democrat has been going to Washington more often since the 2016 elections to lobby lawmakers on issues including changes in corporate taxes immigration policies and mortgage finance.\nHe also commented on foreign affairs saying for example “We should never be rude to a neighbor like Mexico” and cautioning that the political weakness of German Chancellor Angela Merkel “ is bad for all of us.” Talks on forming a governing coalition including Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union collapsed earlier this week casting doubt on her future after 12 years in power.\n Dimon spoke for several minutes about discrimination over gender and race which he said is not acknowledged enough in the United States.\n“If you’re white paint yourself black and walk down the street one day and you’ll probably have a little more empathy for how some of these folks get treated ” Dimon said. “ We need to make a special effort because this is a special problem.”\n Dimon gave his own bank a mixed review on diversity. His direct reports include people who identify as lesbian gay bisexual or transgender (LGBT) and half are women as are 30 percent of the top 200 JPMorgan executives he said.\nNow in his 12th year as JPMorgan’s CEO Dimon also reflected a bit on his own role.\n“I basically love my job ” Dimon said. “I mean it’s tiring; it’s exhausting. I have to go down to Washington all the time and it’s a big pain in the ass but I basically love my job.”", "output": [ "Jamie Dimon" ] }, { "id": "task419-19717725081147d9868c62eb8492b950", "input": "\"I cannot say this strongly enough: We believe the NCAA is simply wrong \" Louisville interim President Dr. Greg Postel said in a statement. \"We disagree with the NCAA ruling for reasons we clearly stated in our appeal. And we made a strong case - based on NCAA precedent - that supported our argument.\"\n\"From Day One the university has admitted that the actions of the former operations director and any others involved under previous leadership were offensive and inexcusable \" Postel said in the statement. \"That is why we apologized immediately cooperated fully with the NCAA self-imposed penalties that were appropriate to the offenses and made significant changes to ensure incidents like this never happen again.\n— Postel estimated the return of up to $600 000 in NCAA Tournament revenue.\n\"This dark cloud has hung over our heads for more than two years and it has had a negative impact on our athletics program our fans and the entire university family \" Postel said. \"While we disagree with the NCAA's decision it is time for the university to close this chapter and move forward with a stronger commitment to excellence on and off the court.\"\n Postel then-athletic director Tom Jurich and Pitino said last summer they planned to fight the sanctions. Pitino who repeatedly denied knowing about the activities described in Powell's book was particularly frustrated with his penalties.", "output": [ "Greg Postel" ] }, { "id": "task419-ef972266201842438b90e466f629d00b", "input": "Dillon Vatick said he couldn't believe it as he shopped online recently for next year's health plan. Vatick is a computer science student who lives in Jacksonville Florida. He qualified for a monthly subsidy of about $280 and he found a bronze plan with a premium of less than $270.\n\"My health care is technically free \" said Vatick .\n\"Was it too good to be true?\" he said he asked himself when he first saw the numbers. \"Sure enough it wasn't.\"\n Vatick said bronze plans aren't for everybody because they come with very high deductibles. But he 's in his 20s and figures he won't be going to the doctor much. He said he had been paying about $80 a month for coverage.", "output": [ "Dillon Vatick" ] }, { "id": "task419-cbda3b38247649c18febae35ec66006a", "input": "Despite the big bucks and big support that Hillary Clinton has received from Harvey Weinstein for decades , do n't expect the 2016 Presidential candidate to say anything significant soon about the extensive sexual harassment allegations swirling around the much-accused Oscar-winning producer . \nThe Leonardo DiCaprio , Jennifer Lopez , Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick attended event was one of many Weinstein was involved in last year in Clinton 's battle for the nomination and then against Donald Trump in her effort to become America 's first female President . \nPushing others to write hefty checks , Weinstein himself gave thousands personally to Clinton campaign and $ 30,000 to the Clinton Victory Fund . \n\"She 's damned if she does and damned if she does n't now in this situation ,\" a deep-pocketed Tinseltown donor to the Democrats told Deadline of any statement by Clinton about the scandal that has seemingly buried now ex-The Weinstein Company boss . \nAn October 6 editorial by the NYT advocated that Clinton and Obama , who once in office was also was the recipient of support , big donations and a summer internship for one of his daughters from Weinstein , should speak out about the allegations . \nWith the candidate there in person , a June 20 , 2016 fundraiser at Weinstein 's Manhattan home snared $ 1.8 million for the Clinton campaign . \nThe latter , like Hillary Clinton , has said nothing . \n\"You 'd hope for better , but this is so typical Clinton denial , is n't it ?\" \nHaving given a keynote address at Stanford University and continuing her \"What Happened\" book tour in San Francisco the day after the New York Times published a detailed piece on Weinstein 's behavior and six-figure settlements , Clinton made no mention of the reports or the producer . \nClinton does still calls herself a \"women + kids advocate\" on her Twitter bio and says \"To all the little girls watching ... never doubt that you are valuable and powerful & deserving of every chance & opportunity in the world\" on a pinned tweet dated November 9 , 2016 . \nhttps:t.coUXlIV1JuOF -- Hillary Clinton -LRB- @HillaryClinton -RRB- October 9 , 2017 . \nClinton is scheduled to appear in Davis , CA tonight for \"What Happened\" event . \nHaving backed Hillary Clinton 's NY Senate run and her 2008 race against Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination , Weinstein was a major donor and bundler for the ex-SecofState 's Hollywood cash vacuuming 2016 campaign .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-d84ecb41f8bc40f786bfc0d0153163ca", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday that he wants to work with the White House to explore ways to keep embattled Senate candidate Roy Moore from taking office.\nSpeaking to reporters at the U.S. Capitol McConnell said he had been in contact with President Donald Trump and others about sexual misconduct allegations against Moore .\nFive women have accused Moore a Republican of sexual misconduct stemming from when he was in his 30s and they were teenagers. Moore now 70 has denied the allegations.\nTrump returns to Washington from a 12-day trip to Asia on Tuesday evening and McConnell said he planned to discuss Moore ’s situation with the president. Both are Republicans.\nMcConnell said he had also spoken with Vice President Mike Pence and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly about Moore .\nTrump supported Moore ’s opponent Luther Strange in the Republican primary but threw his support to the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice after Strange was defeated.\nMcConnell said Republicans were still considering having a candidate launch a write-in campaign against Moore for the Dec. 12 special election. Speculation has centered around Strange and the current U.S. attorney general Jeff Sessions as possibilities.\nUnder state law Moore cannot be removed from the ballot. Before the allegations surfaced he had been heavily favored to defeat his Democratic opponent former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones.\n Moore has suggested that McConnell and other establishment Republicans were working in tandem with news media to discredit him .\nAfter McConnell’s remarks Moore responded by tweeting: “The good people of Alabama not the Washington elite who wallow in the swamp will decide this election!”\n Judge Roy Moore speaks as he participates in the Mid-Alabama Republican Club's Veterans Day Program in Vestavia Hills Alabama U.S. November 11 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry\nMcConnell on Monday urged Moore to leave the race while Senator Cory Gardner who chairs the Republican Party’s Senate campaign arm suggested the Senate should expel Moore should he continue campaigning and win.\nIn Birmingham Alabama Jones told reporters his campaign had no plans to directly attack Moore over the allegations in a bid to capitalize on the furor.\n“I‘m a Republican but Roy Moore - no way ” one voter says in the ad.\nThe national Democratic Party however has yet to directly invest in the race beyond funds to build the state party and has not changed that stance since the Moore allegations surfaced.\nEarlier in the day Sessions said in testimony before Congress that he has no reason to doubt the five women who have accused Moore of misconduct when they were in their teens.", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-c6217d0b4c0541888c319100c5cc5fe6", "input": "Anthony Scaramucci has nicknames for his former White House colleagues including \"Sith Lord\" Reince Priebus and \"creature from the Black Lagoon\" Steve Bannon.\n Scaramucci also opened up about the interview with Ryan Lizza the New Yorker writer who has since been fired amid sexual misconduct claims.\n Scaramucci also compared Reince Priebus to Star Wars villain Darth Sidious. (Lucasfilm Drew Angerer/Getty Images)\n\"Of course I used the f-bomb a few times. I'm prone to do that . . . And I'm making some jokes and I'm playing for laughs because that's my personality \" Scaramucci told Vanity Fair.\n Scaramucci told Vanity Fair that his whirlwind experience in the limelight was \"very painful \" though he reiterated his support for Trump. (Alisa Molotova/Getty Images)\nThe firing came shortly after reports that his wife was leaving him over her hatred of Trump though the pair are now back together.\n Scaramucci told Vanity Fair that his whirlwind experience in the limelight was \"very painful \" though reiterated his support for Trump.\n He told the Star that he had stayed off of the airwaves after his firing because he didn't want to be a distraction but has recently reemerged in the wake of allegations of internal White House chaos such as those in Michael Wolff's \"Fire and Fury.\"\n\"I got wind from the president and his family that this was a good opportunity for me to go back on television to advocate for the president like I was doing during the campaign and transition and obviously the short time I was in the White House \" he said.", "output": [ "Anthony Scaramucci" ] }, { "id": "task419-283dff771c5f48aa85ea3b217662f26a", "input": "MIAMI GARDENS — Mark Richt made contact with an official while arguing with him during the first half of the Miami Hurricanes’ 34-24 Orange Bowl loss to Wisconsin on Saturday night.\nAfter first bumping the head linesman Richt was flagged for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. As the flag dropped he grabbed at the official’s arm and continued to shout in his face. The penalty set the Badgers up for first-and-goal at the Miami 5-yard line eventually leading to a touchdown that put Wisconsin up 24-14 before halftime.\nAfter the game Richt expressed remorse for the way he conducted himself but not for being upset with the officiating.\n\"I know I lost my cool. I thought rightfully so as far as being mad but not rightfully so using some of the language I used \" Richt said. \"Not particularly proud of myself there. I apologize to anybody who can read lips.\"\nAmong other things Richt was upset with Wisconsin linemen getting away with holding on Miami defenders. The play that drew his heated reaction was one where senior edge rusher Trent Harris appeared to be held with a clear path to Wisconsin quarterback Alex Hornibrook who ended up converting the third-and-long to extend the drive.\nWhen asked postgame what he was arguing with the referee about Richt asked the reporter to guess. The reporter said \"I’m thinking it had to do with holding.\"\n Mark Richt admits he 's not proud of the way he reacted to a bad call during Orange Bowl loss. (Joe Skipper/AP)\n Richt replied: \"Well there were a few things similar to that. I didn’t agree with a lot of things that were called or not called.\"\n He added it was more about the non-calls than what was called and that he felt it continued through the end of the game.\n\"It was a shame in my opinion but I’m probably not supposed to say that \" Richt said.", "output": [ "Mark Richt" ] }, { "id": "task419-680cfd5331b54e51ad5b7b45aca16567", "input": "Story highlights Chris Christie finished his second term as governor earlier this month\nPrior to serving as governor Christie was a US attorney in New Jersey\nWashington (CNN) Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that President Donald Trump should not meet face-to-face with special counsel Robert Mueller.\n\"I don't think the President of the United States -- unless there are credible allegations which I don't believe there are -- should be sitting across from the special counsel. The presidency is different. I don't think they should do that \" Christie who served as a US attorney for New Jersey for six years prior to becoming governor told ABC's \"Good Morning America.\"\n\"Robert Mueller is not someone to be trifled with \" Christie said. \"What I've said all along is that in an investigation like this there's ... nothing you can do to make it shorter. There are lots of things you can do to make it longer.\"\n Christie's comments were quickly criticized by Preet Bharara an Obama-era US attorney for New York who was ousted from his role by Trump last March.", "output": [ "Chris Christie" ] }, { "id": "task419-5cacbfb27a844211b9767cec63839b92", "input": "A key member of Kim Jong Un's inner circle touted as a powerful military figure mysteriously vanished from public life recently sparking rumors he was executed by a North Korean death squad after allegations of bribery recent reports indicated.\nHwang Pyong-so a vice marshal who held the most senior position in North Korea’s military hasn’t been seen in public since Oct. 13 sparking rumors of his death.\n Kim has previously dispatched his enemies via a variety of gruesome methods including shooting them with anti-aircraft weaponry at a close distance and feeding them to a pack of ravenous dogs.\nKim Won-hong was reportedly sentenced to one of North Korea’s prison camps. As for Hwang many of Kim Jong Un’s recent actions indicate the man who the dictator has trusted for about a decade was executed -- possibly by the infamous firing squad that also killed Kim’s uncle Jang Song Thaek.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-dc94a88b406942b1ad0060a25ddb4e1b", "input": "SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc ’s Waymo sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc as conditions for settling its high-profile trade secret lawsuit against the ride-services company sources familiar with the proposal told Reuters.\nThe Waymo self-driving car unit also asked that an independent monitor be appointed to ensure Uber does not use Waymo technology in the future the sources said.\nUber rejected those terms as non-starters said the sources who were not authorized to publicly discuss settlement talks. The precise dollar amount requested by Waymo and the exact time the offer was made could not be learned.\n Waymo’s tough negotiating stance which has not been previously reported reflects the company ’s confidence in its legal position after months of pretrial victories in a case which may help to determine who emerges in the forefront of the fast-growing field of self-driving cars.\nThe aggressive settlement demands also suggest that Waymo is not in a hurry to resolve the lawsuit in part because of its value as a distraction for Uber leadership said Elizabeth Rowe a trade secret expert at the University of Florida Levin College of Law.\n Waymo recently persuaded a San Francisco federal judge to delay a trial to decide the dispute from October to early December citing the need to investigate evidence Uber had not disclosed earlier.\nAmy Candido a Waymo attorney declined to comment on any settlement talks but said the company’s reasons for suing Uber are “pretty clear.”\n“ Waymo had one goal: to stop Uber from using its trade secrets ” she said. “That remains its goal.”\n Waymo sued Uber in February claiming that former engineer Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14 000 confidential files before leaving to set up a self-driving truck company called Otto which Uber acquired soon after.\nUber denied using any of Waymo’s trade secrets.\nFILE PHOTO: The Waymo logo is displayed during the company's unveil of a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit Michigan U.S. January 8 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo\n Waymo’s lawsuit has been disruptive for Uber. U.S. District Judge William Alsup granted Waymo’s request for a pretrial injunction in May which prohibited Levandowski from working on Lidar a key sensor technology for self-driving cars that is the crux of the current litigation.\nUber later fired Levandowski regarded as a visionary in autonomous technology after he refused to return Waymo documents at the heart of the case. Levandowski has asserted his constitutional right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions from Waymo lawyers.\nBenchmark cited Waymo ’s allegations of trade secret theft in separate litigation aimed at forcing Kalanick off Uber’s board. A Delaware judge put that lawsuit on hold and sent it to private arbitration.\nOn Sunday Oct. 1 the day before Kalanick was scheduled to give a deposition in the Waymo case Kalanick’s lawyers called Waymo and asked to postpone the deposition lawyers for both companies said in court last week.\nKalanick’s lawyers said he was in the middle of a fight to appoint new board members and was therefore too busy Waymo attorneys said in court. Waymo refused the request forcing Kalanick to attend the deposition.", "output": [ "Waymo" ] }, { "id": "task419-6a5ed091538a47d6a77d71c989676dc8", "input": "On Friday doctor Vladimir Djukic of Belgrade Emergency center told AFP that the \"seriously injured French patient is very much better\".\n \"His verbal response is much better than yesterday. He opens his eyes spontaneously so we can move him from ventilator to put him on his own breathing regime \" Djukic said.\n He added that the patient was kept \"in a quite stable position for transport to France as soon as possible\".\n However the doctors were still worried \"about his chest problem as he has got severe contusions.\"\nVladimir Djukic of Belgrade Emergency center told AFP that the \"seriously injured French patient is very much better\".\n \"His verbal response is much better than yesterday. He opens his eyes spontaneously so we can move him from ventilator to put him on his own breathing regime \" Djukic said.\n Djukic said he would be released from hospital later Friday or on Saturday.\n A Serbian employee of the bar was also injured but was released from the hospital Djukic said.", "output": [ "Vladimir Djukic" ] }, { "id": "task419-58064e904cd149d88e7b018425eed3fd", "input": "The nuclear-armed North has gone on a charm offensive over the Games sending athletes cheerleaders and performers and with leader Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong attending the opening ceremony.\nBut Kim Yo Jong had no interaction with US Vice President Mike Pence at the opening ceremony just over two weeks ago even though they were just a few seats apart. According to the US a planned meeting between the delegations from Washington and Pyongyang the following day was cancelled at short notice by the North Koreans.\nMoon also did not immediately accept an invitation passed on by Kim Yo Jong from her brother to a summit in Pyongyang saying the right conditions must be created.\n Kim is blacklisted under Seoul’s unilateral sanctions against the North meaning he is subject to an assets freeze.\n Kim Yo Jong’s trip at the start of the Games — the first visit to the South by a member of the North’s ruling dynasty since the Korean War ended in 1953 — made global headlines.\nPyongyang denounced his comments Sunday with KCNA carrying a statement from the North’s Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee saying Pence would discover “what quagmire his crazy remarks threw the US and himself into”.", "output": [ "Kim Yo Jong" ] }, { "id": "task419-7477227fd31041379ba09ef807032f3d", "input": "A video shows that White House chief of staff John Kelly was wrong about Rep. Frederica Wilson's 2015 speech.\nThe video shows Wilson took credit for fast-tracking an FBI building's naming process rather than securing its funding.\nWhite House chief of staff John Kelly's claim that Rep. Frederica Wilson had boasted about procuring funding for an FBI field office in 2015 was proven wrong by a video released by The Sun Sentinel on Friday backing up Wilson 's claim that she had only taken credit for working across the aisle to name the building after two FBI agents who were killed in the line of duty.\nKelly called Wilson an \"empty barrel\" on Thursday and rebuked her for taking credit for securing funding for the future FBI building. Wilson however shot back and denied the claim which was corroborated by the video of her speech.\nThe video shows that Wilson described how after she was informed of the long process it would take to finalize the building's name she \"went into attack mode.\"\n\"Immediately I went into attack mode... They hotlined it to the Senate floor in just two days \" she said in the speech. \"And guess what? The president signed the bill into law this past Tuesday April 7th 2015 with a bang bang bang!\"\n Wilson was elected to Congress in 2010 one year after the funding for the building was secured according to CNN.\nThe White House stood by Kelly's characterization of Wilson 's speech.\n\"Gen. Kelly said he was 'stunned' that Rep. Wilson made comments at a building dedication honoring slain FBI agents about her own actions in Congress including lobbying former President Obama on legislation \" press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement sent to Business Insider. \"As Gen. Kelly pointed out if you're able to make a sacred act like honoring American heroes about yourself you're an empty barrel.\"\nThe back-and-forth between Wilson and Kelly follows another feud between the Florida congresswoman and President Donald Trump himself in which Wilson criticized Trump for making an insensitive call to the widow of a fallen US soldier.", "output": [ "Frederica Wilson" ] }, { "id": "task419-aeca486ab9c54d31bec3445870661147", "input": "After his reelection in 2004 , Bush sought major changes to Social Security , arguing a partial privatization plan could insure its solvency . \nThe legacy of George W. Bush remains , much like his 2000 election , a subject of profound controversy , and any truly objective evaluation will likely be years in the future . \nThe election of 2000 and the Supreme Court case of Bush v. Gore remain two of the most controversial political developments in the last half-century . \nSome thought that President Bush should begin his term by trying to find common ground and avoid controversy to take some of the edge off the nation 's polarized politics coming out of the 2000 election . \nInstead , as one of his first actions , President Bush issued an executive order creating the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives , which further alienated some who thought government money should not go to organizations affiliated with churches . \nThe Bush presidency transformed American politics , its economy , and its place in the world , but not in ways that could have been predicted when the governor of Texas declared his candidacy for America 's highest office . \nWithin nine months of taking office , President Bush was afforded the chance to unite the nation after the terrorist attacks of September 11 , 2001 . \nBy most accounts , Bush did a masterful job of speaking for and to the American people . \nAs President , Bush became a lightning rod for controversy . \nFollowing an authorization from Congress to eliminate those who perpetrated the attacks of 911 , Bush ordered an invasion of Afghanistan . \nThose early successes , however , turned into the longest war in American history , and the President never was able to achieve the greatest symbolic goal of the effort , the killing or capturing of the mastermind of the attacks , Osama bin Laden ; U.S. special forces achieved that goal in 2011 under Bush 's successor , President Barack Obama . \nFollowing the 911 attacks , President Bush also presided over a restructuring of the American national security apparatus and the passage of the Patriot Act , which gave the government vast new powers in the effort to combat future acts of terror . \nBoth efforts , especially the Patriot Act , sparked strong divisions within the American people throughout the Bush presidency . \nIn 2002 and into 2003 , Bush used the fear of further terrorist attacks to argue for a preemptive war on Saddam Hussein 's Iraq under the rationale that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction . \nThe last few months of the Bush presidency were marked by a major crash of the stock market , a controversial bail out of financial institutions and car companies , and a recession that would wipe out millions of jobs and impact the U.S. economy for many years . \nPresident Bush 's place in U.S. history will be debated and reconsidered for many years to come . \nOn the domestic front , the Bush presidency scored early successes in gaining passage of large tax reductions and a major reform of the American educational system with the No Child Left Behind Act .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-6a54600adaf143219fb9d60858e806d9", "input": "On Monday the New York Times reported that Brett Talley President Trump's nominee for Alabama's federal district judge had failed to disclose that he was married to a White House lawyer. But aside from his potential conflicts of interest and general lack of experience for the role there was another detail about the 36-year-old lawyer that made headlines Monday—his work as a horror novelist and ghost hunter.\nAs Gizmodo points out Talley first shared his supernatural interests in a 2014 Washington Post interview where he talked about his novels of \"true ghost\" stories and going out with the Tuscaloosa Paranormal Research Group to hunt for the paranormal armed with thermal cameras and digital voice recorders. According to its website the group \"uses a strictly scientific approach to determine the extent of the paranormal activity\" and uploads photos and audio from some of its expeditions.\n\"I tend to believe there’s a good scientific explanation for the weird things people see and hear \" Talley told the Post. \"But I’m open to the idea and it’s fun.\"\nAccording to the Daily Beast Talley even co-wrote a book with the founder of the group David Higdon called Haunted Tuscaloosa. It apparently explores \"tales of haunted houses and shadows moving through university buildings.\"\nIt's not clear if Talley has ever actually come across a ghost considering Higdon told the Beast the group usually doesn't find any paranormal activity and ends up sitting \"in the dark and mostly wish[ing] something does happen.\"\nStill it doesn't look like Talley 's ghost-hunting abilities will stand in the way of his judicial aspirations. According to the Times he's already been approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee even though the American Bar Association unanimously deemed him \"not qualified.\"", "output": [ "Brett Talley" ] }, { "id": "task419-cddd1f8f498a4db19f116241807214c5", "input": "When constructing a dystopia it takes some doing to be both Orwellian and Huxleyan at the same time. But with the changes he just announced to the Facebook News Feed Mark Zuckerberg seems to have managed this extraordinary feat.\nIn his ongoing effort to \"improve\" Facebook Zuckerberg is now trying both tactics. He 's reducing your access to real news — in the 20th century we used to call that censorship — while increasing the likelihood that you'll only see the outrageous fake news posted by your crazy uncle. Because hey content posted by family makes you happy and we only want you to be happy right?\nThe Facebook that Zuckerberg now seems to be envisioning will do the same. People present their best selves on the service; they post carefully curated photos of their \"perfect\" vacations. And now they will be able to do so without any of that nasty news intruding!\n\"The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about it can be good for our well-being \" Zuckerberg wrote. He forgot to mention the research that shows Facebook actually makes you more depressed when you're looking at other people's vacation snaps or pictures of their perfect babies.\nNow Zuckerberg wants us to stay in that mental state without the horrid intrusion of \"passive experience\" — his words for what happens when you're reading or watching anything that makes you sit and think rather than mindlessly typing \"congratulations!\"\nThe worst of it is Zuck thinks he 's being noble. He literally thinks he 's \"doing the right thing.\" He wants his infant children to look back one day and say that Facebook saved the world.", "output": [ "Mark Zuckerberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-73ef75b379154f568b156854a69f7e3e", "input": "The company began to look at the disparity after a gay employee pointed it out said Laszlo Bock Google's vice president for people operations (also known as human resources). Google by the way says its benefits team seriously considers any suggestions on how to expand its coverage.\n \"We said 'You're right that doesn't seem fair ' so we looked into it \" Bock said. \"From that initial suggestion we said let's take a look at all the benefits we offer and see if we are being truly fair across the board.\"\n As a result the company also decided to make a few other changes that would help gay employees including eliminating a one-year waiting period before qualifying for infertility benefits and including domestic partners in its family leave policy -- going beyond the federal Family and Medical Leave Act which requires employers to provide up to 12 weeks' leave in a one-year period to recover from a medical condition or to care for a relative.\n So what's the cost of Google's largess? Bock declined to provide details but said the decision was less about money and more about equalizing benefits. \"If you were to add it all up it's not like we are talking hundreds of thousands per employee \" he said. \"It will cost some money but it was more about doing the right thing.\"", "output": [ "Bock" ] }, { "id": "task419-6445f7d733264f0a886fd70315879782", "input": "Two civilians also were shot and the suspect was shot and killed later by police Sheriff Tony Spurlock said.\nThe sheriff said Deputy Zackari Parrish 29 was killed. The four injured officers are in stable condition Spurlock told reporters.\n\"This is a tragic day that we will be feeling for a long time \" Spurlock said. \"Zack was a good kid smiley kid. He was eager to work eager to serve.\"\n\"There were well over 100 rounds fired ... from the suspect \" Spurlock said.\nThe deputies were wearing ballistic vests but were shot in areas the vests didn't cover Spurlock said.\n Spurlock said the suspect has had previous contact with law enforcement \"throughout the metro area \" but has no criminal history.\nNot long after the deputies found the suspect barricaded in his room Riehl opened fire Spurlock said.\n\"They all went down within almost seconds of each other so it was more of an ambush type of attack on our officers \" Spurlock said.", "output": [ "Tony Spurlock" ] }, { "id": "task419-2fe293d9f62a42a1b4a202e2b5c73a86", "input": "TALLINN (Reuters) - Angela Merkel cautioned on Friday that euro zone reform should not be the top priority for the European Union putting a brake on a sweeping programme of European renewal presented to an EU summit by French President Emmanuel Macron.\nHer likely liberal partners are opposed to Macron ’s idea of a substantial common budget fearful of what they see as spendthrift habits in France and Europe’s south.\n Macron said there had been a consensus around his ideas and those of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that the 27 remaining members of the Union should take advantage of a window of opportunity after years of economic and political crisis to reinforce their cooperation as Britain leaves in 2019.\n“2018 is a year of opportunities for the European agenda ” he told reporters. It follows elections in France and Germany the bloc’s leading powers. Macron said outline accords next year would give the European Commission and European Parliament a chance to use new five-year mandates starting in 2019 to make the changes.\nSpeaking of a need for a “leap forward” he said: “We’re all convinced Europe must move ahead faster and stronger.”\n Macron voiced satisfaction with summit chair Donald Tusk’s commitment to report back to EU leaders when they meet again in three weeks with proposals for concrete steps to be taken.\nFILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron arrives with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to attend a Franco-German joint cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris France July 13 2017. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo\nHe insisted the EU needed to maintain unity in the face of conflicting views about so many new initiatives bubbling up.Merkel spoke privately to Macron and according to a French aide welcomed his speech as “visionary” and a return of co-founder France as a driving force in the European Union project.\n Macron also faced a reality check of scepticism from leaders wary of his talk of ambitious “horizons” for the continent. The president of euro zone member Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite tweeted during the dinner: “European horizons drawn. Important to avoid mirages in the desert on the way.”", "output": [ "Emmanuel Macron" ] }, { "id": "task419-1f4c20f241f648bcb424462ab3730618", "input": "Enjoy.com CEO and founder Ron Johnson thinks Amazon should be really worried about competitor Walmart but could fight back with another big acquisition.\n\"I think this is a decade-long price fight. Every quarter is a new round but Walmart's coming back \" Johnson said on CNBC's \"Fast Money.\"\nThe former J.C. Penney CEO has been bullish on Walmart since at least February when he appeared on \"Fast Money\" and called the big box retailer's rally. On Thursday Walmart shares had their best day in nine years. With stock up 44 percent year-to-date Walmart appeared to confirm Johnson 's predictions that it could be Amazon's biggest threat.\nAmazon may be growing fast but Johnson thinks Walmart has a decided advantage with its preexisting brick-and-mortar infrastructure. He explained that most Americans live near a Walmart where they can buy most of what is available on Amazon.\nAnd Johnson maintains that Amazon's distribution centers are more expensive and less efficient to run than Walmart's store and warehouses.\n\"They forward deploy inventory into things called warehouses that are really stores. They are a lower cost operation than amazon's distribution centers \" Johnson said.\nAs for Amazon Johnson thinks acquisitions like Whole Foods are a good move for the internet retailer. And Target is right on brand.\n\"Whole Foods is to grocery what Target is to mass. It's the upscale discounter \" he said.\nWhile Johnson doesn't anticipate that mega-acquisition anytime soon he said he does think Target has all the right amount of space in all the right places for Amazon to stay on top of the competition.\n\"Target's got 1 500 stores on Main and Main of every city in the country \" Johnson said.", "output": [ "Ron Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-2fc462f81b704031a840286b3c28e9ef", "input": "Stephen Colbert was forced to address the sexual misconduct allegations plaguing Louis C.K. after he canceled his appearance on \"The Late Show.\"\n“For those of you tuning in to see my interview with Louis C.K. tonight I have some bad news ” Colbert said. “Then I have some really bad news.”\n “Louis cancelled his appearance here tonight because The New York Times broke this story today. Five women are accusing Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct.”\n He continued “When reached for comment Jesus said “‘La-la-la-la-la. I don’t want to hear about it I was a big fan!’”\n C.K. is accused of masturbating in front of two comics according to a New York Times report detailing allegations from another three women who said the comedian either asked to masturbate in front of them or pleasured himself while he was on the phone.\n C.K. is accused of masturbating in front of two women according to a New York Times report detailing sexual misconduct allegations from another three women. (Rich Fury/Getty Images)\n C.K. has not responded to the allegations and his publicist told the Times \"Louis is not going to answer any questions.'\n“And then Louis C.K. said ‘Hold my p---- \" Noah said.", "output": [ "Louis C.K" ] }, { "id": "task419-f202dd2564f943e4af4b66a7b365eb57", "input": "Kent and Patricia Whitaker and their two boys had returned home the night of Dec. 10 2003 following a restaurant dinner to celebrate Bart Whitaker’s college graduation when they were confronted by a gunman wearing dark clothes and a ski mask. Patricia Whitaker and her 19-year-old son Kevin were killed. Kent Whitaker and Bart were wounded.\n Thomas Whitaker's father Kent Whitaker said he loves his son and has forgiven him. (JON HERSKOVITZ/REUTERS)\nNearly two years later Bart Whitaker was arrested in Mexico after investigators determined he arranged the plot in hopes of collecting a family estate he believed was worth more than $1 million.\n“I’m 100 percent guilty ” Whitaker testified at his trial in 2007. “I put the plan in motion.”\n Whitaker ’s father said he loves and has forgiven his son calling him a changed person.\nThe gunman Chris Brashear pleaded guilty in 2007 to a murder charge and is serving life in prison. Steve Champagne who drove Brashear from the Whitaker house the night of the shootings took a 15-year prison term in exchange for testifying at Whitaker ’s trial.", "output": [ "Patricia Whitaker" ] }, { "id": "task419-c7dbe76c851b452eacde29646da88df6", "input": "Country music fans know Hillary Scott from her role as one-third of the Grammy Award-winning group Lady Antebellum.\nBut this past year the songstress took a departure from her Country Music roots to record an album with her family for Christian music fans. Love Remains debuted in the top 10 over the summer on the Billboard 200 chart.\nNow her album and hit song “Thy Will” are Grammy nominated.\nWith two nods Scott potentially can add another golden Grammy to her collection. She has seven Grammys for her work with Lady Antebellum.\nCheck out her song “Thy Will” nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song:\n\"Thy Will\" — Hillary Scott & The Scott Family; Bernie Herms Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband songwriters Track from: Love Remains\nLove Remains — Hillary Scott & The Scott Family", "output": [ "Hillary Scott" ] }, { "id": "task419-be8694fb314c413ba3df2c91ff05f510", "input": "Hide caption Diane Askwyth leads cheers as protesters make their way to Sam Boyd Stadium for the Women's March \"Power to the Polls\" voter registration tour launch on Sunday in Las Vegas Nev. Previous Next Sam Morris/Getty Images\nHide caption Protesters carry signs as they make their way to Sam Boyd Stadium on Sunday. Previous Next Sam Morris/Getty Images\nHide caption An attendee holds a sign during the Women's March \"Power to the Polls\" voter registration tour launch at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. Previous Next Ethan Miller/Getty Images\nSunday's event was not a march organizers say but a rally beginning at 10 a.m. local time inside the Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas . Officials tell Fadel that although the venue can hold 40 000 they expected roughly 17 000. The organizers say they are less concerned with crowd size than with spreading their message. Nearly two hours after doors opened Fadel estimated that thousands — many in the movement's trademark pussyhats — had filed into the stadium under clear skies.", "output": [ "Sam Boyd" ] }, { "id": "task419-1c89383ccbd84dcf92453d3d5bde138c", "input": "Just coming to light are two emails written by former staffers for the hard-left Mother Jones magazine who allege that Washington bureau chief David Corn inappropriately touched female employees and made jokes about rape and “women’s sexuality and anatomy.”\nIn just a month Corn is the sixth member of the media elite under investigation for alleged misconduct.\nThe left-wing Politico just obtained the emails written in 2014 and 2015 and in a statement Mother Jones ’ CEO Monika Bauerlein and editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery said “[N]ow that they ’ve come to us we are going to take them seriously and investigate.”\n Mother Jones admits that three years ago Corn was investigated for “inappropriate workplace behavior” and subsequently “warned about touching female staffers and insensitive descriptions of sexual violence[.]” The magazine maintains that Corn has since behaved appropriately. The details of the emails however have spurred them to “probe the allegations further[.]”\nJust two days ago Mother Jones published an article titled “There’s Little Evidence Sexual Harassment Trainings Work.” The left-wing publication relentlessly hectors the political right over the phony war on women.\nCorn is the face of Mother Jones and seen regularly on MSNBC and heard on National Public Radio. According to IMDB Corn is set to appear in the 2018 feature film Lost Holiday.", "output": [ "Mother Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-4ffe110b4d8b4d42a6f7d10c5d7ce78d", "input": "Manny Pacquiao had a hat perched jauntily on his head a bandage wrapped neatly around his right ear. His real work done for the night he was heading down the Las Vegas Strip to sing a few songs with his band.\n \"Of course you have to buy tickets for the concert \" Pacquiao said.\n Not a problem. Anyone who watched Pacquiao cement his place in boxing lore Saturday night by giving Miguel Cotto a terrible beating would have gladly paid a few more dollars to see him in action again even if it was with a microphone in his hands.\nAnyone who watched Pacquiao cement his place in boxing lore Saturday night by giving Miguel Cotto a terrible beating would have gladly paid a few more dollars to see him in action again even if it was with a microphone in his hands.\n Across an ocean a grateful country celebrated the kind of hero they never dreamed possible. For a few brief hours the devastation of a typhoon was forgotten and even the Filipino army took a break from chasing rebels to cheer Pacquiao on.\n They used to have him as their own. Not many people outside the Philippines paid much attention to the little fighter with the big hands even as he kept moving up in weight over the years and winning belts by the handful along the way.\n But now they're going to have to share Manny Pacquiao. Greatness comes with a price and it's hard to argue that Pacquiao hasn't now earned a spot among boxing's greats.\n Maybe not Muhammad Ali great as promoter Bob Arum was trying to claim when he said Pacquiao was better than any fighter he ever promoted including Ali. But it's Arum's job to build Pacquiao up especially with negotiations for a possible megafight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. expected to begin this week.\n Still no fighter had ever won titles in seven different weight classes even in an era where titles are as common as platinum blondes in the MGM Grand casino. And no fighter in recent times has had the kind of year Pacquiao wrapped up by stopping a game but outclassed Cotto 55 seconds into the 12th round of their welterweight title fight.\n He leaped into the global boxing consciousness 11 months ago by making Oscar De La Hoya quit giving him such a beating that he retired. He followed that by knocking Ricky Hatton stiff in the second round with a left hand that left Hatton contemplating his mortality.\n And then came Saturday night when he put on six more pounds to fight the supposedly bigger and harder punching Cotto. It looked early as if it may have been a mistake with Cotto controlling the action in the first round with a sharp jab and accurate punches.\n Bad advice. Less than a minute into the third round it was a right hand from Pacquiao that put Cotto down for the first time. He was up quickly and the two continued battling at a frenzied pace late into the fourth round when Pacquiao threw a huge left hand as Cotto was moving forward and dropped him for the second time.\n Cotto was never the same after that and Pacquiao was relentless in administering a beating that sent blood flowing down Cotto's face staining his white trunks. By the ninth round he was taking such punishment that his wife and young son got up from their ringside seats and left the arena unable to watch any further.\n Once again Pacquiao had not just beaten a world class fighter but systematically dismantled him. He did it in his usual -- and very unusual -- style bouncing in and out and throwing punches from all angles in a frenetic style never before seen in boxing.\n When it was all over Pacquiao had another belt and his large entourage probably had a few more members. Cotto had inflicted some damage of his own marking up Pacquiao's face and causing his right ear to require a bandage but Pacquiao wasn't going to miss his own party.", "output": [ "Pacquiao" ] }, { "id": "task419-e415459e61024bd184e3b1cdf611726f", "input": "This mystery professor is likely Joseph Mifsud of the University of Stirling in Scotland . According to a calendar entry on the Valdai club’s website Mifsud spoke on a Valdai panel on April 19 2016 titled “World Energy: Key Trends and Political Risks.” Mifsud grew up in the Mediterranean nation of Malta where he served in various government posts; he was the only Londoner and the only professor on the panel. The Mueller legal filing revealed that Papadopoulos had extensive contacts with the professor as part of an effort to set up a meeting between Trump campaign representatives and Russian officials. Papadopoulos told his campaign supervisors about this effort and was encouraged to proceed. Papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communications with the professor and others connected to Russia.\nThe Washington Post noted on Monday that Mifsud is probably the professor cited in the Mueller statement. One of the emails quoted in the document according to the Post “appears to match one described to the Washington Post in August in which Papadopoulos identified the professor with whom he met as Joseph Mifsud the director of the London Academy of Diplomacy.” But the Post reported that in August Mifsud told the newspaper he had “absolutely no contact with the Russian government ” and he insisted his ties to Russia were purely academic.\nThe public record though contains information contradicting Mifsud and showing that he has had contacts with Russian government officials. According to photos on the website of Russia’s embassy in the United Kingdom Mifsud met with embassy representative Ernest Chernukhin in July of this year (weeks before he issued his denial to the Post). A biography from a 2013 business conference says Mifsud “has advised Governments on international education issues in many countries including Morocco Syria Russia Tunisia and Italy.” Mifsud also met with Russian Ambassador to the UK Alexander Yakovenko in May of 2014 according to a 2014 Russian embassy press release.\nAdditionally in early 2017 Mifsud invited Alexey Klishin a department head and professor in the international law division of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations a school run by Russia’s Foreign Ministry to the London Academy of Diplomacy to present a lecture. Klishin was a former member of the upper house of the Russian parliament. According to a January 2017 press release from the Institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences “Klishin’s presentation was devoted to international law and national legal systems [and] to their coexistence in the era of Brexit and the new presidency in the United States.” The release noted that Klishin had “visited the London Academy of Diplomacy at the University of Stirling…at the invitation of the Director Joseph Mifsud .” Here’s a photo with Mifsud (second from the right) and Klishin (center) standing next to each other:\n Mifsud did not respond to a request for comment from Mother Jones.\nOne obvious question for the professor is why he told the Post he had “absolutely” no contacts with Russian officials when on-line material suggests he has. There are no indication in the Mueller statement whether his team has questioned Mifsud about the Clinton “dirt” or Papadopoulos’s initiative to create a back-channel bond between the Trump campaign and Vladimir Putin’s office.\nThere’s another reason why Mifsud could be of interest to Mueller and his investigators. In the past year the New York Times has reported that US intelligence agencies collected information in the summer of 2016 indicating that top Russian intelligence and political officials were looking to gain influence over Trump through his advisers and that US spy agencies had intercepted calls showing that Trump campaign aides and other Trump associates had repeated interactions with senior Russian intelligence officials perhaps unwittingly. (In June former FBI chief James Comey in congressional testimony disputed the Times story disclosing contacts between the Trump aides and Russian intelligence but he did not specify what was wrong with the article.) So Mueller is no doubt looking for possible instances of when Russian intelligence infiltrated—or tried to infiltrate—the Trump campaign either directly or through witting or unwitting cut-outs. And the Papadopoulos episode could be a case not only of a Trump aide trying to establish a campaign connection with the Kremlin but of Russian intelligence attempting to score a contact within the Trump campaign.", "output": [ "Joseph Mifsud" ] }, { "id": "task419-bc7a218de9a34424a6a3c1a78b16cb77", "input": "Mitt Romney the former governor of Massachusetts is now a Senate candidate in Utah — and the announcement of his candidacy shows he ’s sensitive about being labeled a carpetbagger.\n“Utah ” the Republican says at the beginning of a video he shared Friday morning on social media “is admired not only for its beauty but also for the character of its people. Utahns are known for hard work innovation and our can-do pioneering spirit. But more than these we’re known as a people who serve who care and who rise to any occasion.”\nIt goes on like this for more than two minutes. One reporter joked on Twitter that he lost count of how many times Romney said “Utah.” The strategy telegraphed in recent days is clear and multipronged: Romney who fell short in two previous White House bids and emerged as one of Donald Trump’s fiercest critics is trying to persuade voters that he is laser-focused on his adopted state and not on the president or the job he’s pined for in the past.\nThough on paper this should be a cakewalk — Romney is hardly a stranger in Utah and Democrats have little chance of picking up the seat — two prominent Republicans have made an issue of Romney’s Trump-bashing and his relocation to the West. One of them State Auditor John Dougall told BuzzFeed News that GOP activists in and outside Utah have been encouraging him after he said this week that he was seriously considering challenging Romney .\nDougall added that Romney had called him Thursday evening to inform him of his imminent announcement which has been anticipated since Sen. Orrin Hatch made his retirement plans known last month. “I wished him all the best ” Dougall said of Romney .\nA Romney spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\nDougall declined to say who is encouraging him to run. But he suggested support would come from those concerned about electing someone who would not be aligned with Trump. For weeks on his Facebook page Dougall has been arguing against a “coronation” of Romney .\nAfter the phone interview Dougall added via email: “I should have also mentioned that ‘It's clear that Utahns have a very favorable view of Mr. Romney . The odds are strongly in his favor.’”\nEarlier this week Utah Republican Party Chair Rob Anderson noted Romney ’s criticism of Trump and spoke dismissively of his Utah credentials in an interview with the Salt Lake Tribune: “I think he’s keeping out candidates that I think would be a better fit for Utah because let’s face it Mitt Romney doesn’t live here his kids weren’t born here he doesn’t shop here.”\nAnderson later apologized to Romney .\n“I’ve no doubt that Mitt Romney satisfies all qualifications to run for Senate ” said Anderson in a Wednesday statement posted on Twitter “and as chairman of the Utah Republican Party I will treat all candidates equally to ensure their path to the party nomination is honest and fair.”", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-895fec8e63d04c95a05c595aa119bf8f", "input": "Earlier this year we caught wind that Eminem had been back in the studio working on new music with his old mate Dr. Dre and now we’ve got an update from Em’s longtime producer Mr. Porter .\nDuring a recent live stream Porter answered a stack of fan questions including numerous queries about the real Slim Shady’s forthcoming record. Most significantly he declared the album “done” and also described it as “amazeballs.”\n“Am I working on Eminem’s new album? No we are done. How about that?” he said.\nEminem’s last album The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was released in 2013 but Porter who is also signed to Shady records was more tight-lipped about any potential release date for the new record.\n“When is the new Eminem album coming out? Don’t you wanna know. Wouldn’t you like to know ” said Porter . “I can tell you this it is amazeballs.”\nWhile you’re waiting for his new album to come out maybe take some time to invest in Eminem’s music. The rapper’s former producers announced recently they will be selling their shares on the royalties from all of Shady’s music recorded between 1999 and 2013.\nYou can also watch some short snippets from Mr. Porter ’s live question stream below.", "output": [ "Porter" ] }, { "id": "task419-062a3264939e44099398e3464a986866", "input": "On Wednesday TBS’ Samantha Bee — a woman enmeshed in a running gun battle for least funny human being with Comedy Central’s Trevor Noah — unleashed her latest screed of humorless outrage this time with regard to the backlash against the #MeToo movement brought about by Babe.net’s idiotic report alleging sexual abuse against comedian Aziz Ansari.\n Bee stated:\n She then played clips of Tucker Carlson Condoleezza Rice and Liam Neeson among others questioning whether #MeToo has gone too far. She continued:\nThis is imbecilic. Let’s say I constructed a list called “S***y Human Beings.” On that list were three people: Hitler Charles Manson and Samantha Bee . Now I think Samantha Bee seems like a rather s****y human being but I’m obviously not saying that she ’s a mass murderer. But she might be miffed to be placed in that company. The #MeToo movement has set no limits on what ought to be a career-ending or career-affecting offense. That’s not the fault of men. And it’s not even the fault of most women who find the #MeToo movement inspirational. It’s the fault of people like Samantha Bee who make excuses for conflation then suggest that no conflation has taken place.\nThen Bee moved onto ripping into Aziz Ansari:\nBanfield was of course correct. And Bee who works in a business where she literally plays clips of people and then mocks them in the most painful possible fashion doesn’t have a lot of ground to stand on in knocking Banfield. But Bee continued nonetheless:\nFact check: False. Bee could leave. She could tell her producers to stop playing the clip at any time. Her audience seems to have already left judging by the applause.\nFirst off Bee seems not to know what the word \"prehensile\" means. Second Samantha Bee did not build “the world we now enjoy.” She was born in 1969. She graduated from the University of Ottawa joined The Daily Show in 2003 as a correspondent and stayed there for 12 years. She launched her own show on TBS in April 2015 and titled it after graphic nudity. She ’s not Susan B. Anthony Rosa Parks or even Ellen DeGeneres. She ’s not pathbreaking. She ’s doing a crappy comedy show beloved by the critics for its outright lack of humor and she ’s drawing flies: she pulled just over a million viewers in the Nielsens the night of this monologue falling behind FX’s broadcast of The Martian and House Hunters International on HGTV.\nBut Bee didn’t stop there. She explained that the feminist standard for sex is “whatever women find enjoyable ” without any reference to what they tell their supposedly-mind-reading partners:", "output": [ "Samantha Bee" ] }, { "id": "task419-910020df9036487d98950833b6491800", "input": "Apple appears to be following Amazon in using a high-profile public search to win incentives and boost its brand particularly by tying the campus announcement to broader plans for U.S. investment and jobs said John H. Boyd principal of The Boyd Co. a Princeton N.J.-based corporate site selection consultancy.\n“There’s a branding component to all of this associating the brand with the popular America-first sentiment ” Boyd said. “Americans want to buy goods and services provided by American companies.”\nApple like Amazon will be looking for office sites with plenty of highly skilled workers Boyd said. The company will likely consider “usual suspects” like Atlanta Boston and Chicago. But easy access to air travel could give Dallas and Houston a boost and Newark N.J. has been willing to aggressively compete on incentives he said.\nReno could also emerge as a strong contender Boyd said pointing to its proximity to Silicon Valley’s talent pool favorable tax policies and affordable housing.\n Boyd said it’s difficult to say how following Amazon might affect Apple’s search. Cities that already had to work to convince legislatures and to sign off on hefty incentive packages might experience some “Amazon fatigue ” he said. “But it’s not black and white … these are high-paying jobs every mayor and governor in the country would like to attract.”", "output": [ "Boyd" ] }, { "id": "task419-cead45112d22435fbded4c82ef46ec61", "input": "MANILA Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said someone should talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to convince him nobody is out to remove him or destroy his country.\n\"A nuclear war is totally unacceptable to everybody \" Duterte said Sunday before flying to Japan where he is on a two-day visit. \"And somebody has to talk to Kim Jong Un .\"\nHe suggested the U.S. Japan South Korea and others assure Kim nobody is threatening him and to ask him to stop threating a nuclear attack.\n\"It would be good if America Japan Korea and Mr. Kim Jong Un talk and to convince him to sit down on a round table and just tell him that nobody's threatening him that there will be no war and that if he can just tone down or stand down stop the threats and that would be the same for America \" he added.\nThe one single country that can calm down Kim is China Duterte added during his pre-departure news conference in southern Davao City.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-26755cc861634c94bfad08896d325dbe", "input": "While many of the officials arrested over the weekend threaten Mohammed [ bin Salman ]'s power they aren't the only ones that he has purged. In September Mohammed arrested some 30 senior Wahhabist clerics and intellectuals. And Saturday's arrest of the princes cabinet ministers and business leaders was followed up by further arrests of senior Wahhabist clerics.\nRead the whole thing and then realize that the tap is being cut off for the lobbying and much much else financed by rogue royals. Members of the family have been funding the spear and the shield of fundamentalist Islam overseas and if Mohammed bin Salman stays in power that will end.\nRead the whole thing and then realize that the tap is being cut off for the lobbying and much much else financed by rogue royals. Members of the family have been funding the spear and the shield of fundamentalist Islam overseas and if Mohammed bin Salman stays in power that will end.\nWhile many of the officials arrested over the weekend threaten Mohammed [bin Salman]'s power they aren't the only ones that he has purged. In September Mohammed arrested some 30 senior Wahhabist clerics and intellectuals. And Saturday's arrest of the princes cabinet ministers and business leaders was followed up by further arrests of senior Wahhabist clerics.", "output": [ "Mohammed bin Salman" ] }, { "id": "task419-8fc91a877f59496a920fb332d684f3d8", "input": "Obama said that Russian President Vladimir Putin can \"slip back into Cold War thinking and a Cold War mentality;\" he also criticized Russia's controversial new law banning \"gay propaganda.\" He dodged a question on whether he would meet with Putin at the upcoming G20 summit.\nOn the NSA programs revealed by Edward Snowden Obama insisted \"We don't have a domestic spying program\" and expressed his desire to see Snowden face trial \"with a lawyer and due process.\" In one offbeat moment Leno referred to Snowden as well as Blackwater as \"Hessians \" the German mercenaries hired by the British army during the American Revolutionary War.\nIf in fact the allegations are true then he didn’t do that. And that is a huge problem because a lot of what we do depends on terrorists' networks not knowing that in fact we may be able to access their information.\nLENO: And Putin seems to me like one of those old-school KGB guys.\nOBAMA: Well he headed up the KGB. (Laughter.)\nLENO: Yes. Well that’s what I mean. Yes that’s what I mean. He has that mentality. I mean look at this picture here. You two don’t look pretty — (laughter) — you look like me and the NBC executives. What is going on there? (Laughter.) That doesn’t look like a friendly picture.\nOBAMA: Well the truth is is that when we have meetings we can have some pretty blunt exchanges and animated exchanges. But he ’s got — that seems to be his preferred style during press conferences is sitting back and not looking too excited. (Laughter.) Now part of it is he ’s not accustomed to having press conferences where you’ve got a bunch of reporters yelling questions at you.\nOBAMA: I think Putin and Russia have a big stake in making sure the Olympics work and I think they understand that for most of the countries that participate in the Olympics we wouldn’t tolerate gays and lesbians being treated differently. They’re athletes they’re there to compete. And if Russia wants to uphold the Olympic spirit then every judgment should be made on the track or in the swimming pool or on the balance beam and people’s sexual orientation shouldn’t have anything to do with it.", "output": [ "Vladimir Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-5041345add904fec8d97538f2a331ddb", "input": "Taneese Mackey 17 was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for the attack at an East Austin residence news station WFAA reported.\nAuthorities said that Mackey barged into a male acquaintance’s house Jan. 13 and confronted him and his girlfriend in a bedroom.\n“Whoever you got here I am gonna get her ” Mackey reportedly said according to police. “I have a fatal attraction.”\n The man told police that the women fought before she stabbed his girlfriend in the face using scissors.\n Mackey was booked Wednesday at Travis County Jail after a warrant was issued for her arrest.", "output": [ "Taneese Mackey" ] }, { "id": "task419-083a326b617844cca40936f28f011813", "input": "Paris (AFP) – Liberia’s new President George Weah on Tuesday pledged to fight endemic corruption as he spoke about conditions in his “broke country” on the first day of an official visit to Paris.\n“I inherited a country that is very broke depleted by political malfeasance. We have to make sure that the things that happened will not happen again ” Weah said.\n Weah also spoke at a conference about another top priority education for young people who represent 60 percent of 4.7 million Liberians.\nFounded 170 years ago by freed slaves Liberia is “the oldest African country but we don’t have an engineering school. We don’t even have a diagnosis centre to tell if someone has Ebola ” Weah said vowing to do more to get children in school and “to leave the street”.\nOn his first foreign trip as president Weah on Wednesday will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace along with several sports figures and vice president of the World Bank for Africa Makhtar Diop.", "output": [ "George Weah" ] }, { "id": "task419-fc35c6a7b4aa4809818ff14209180c1b", "input": "Nowak a mother of three had initially been accused of pepper-spraying Shipman after driving 1 500 kilometers (900 miles) from Houston Texas to Orlando International Airport to confront her.\n With tears in her eyes Shipman told the hearing she was sure \"100 percent that Lisa Nowak came here to kill me. It was only by the grace of God and some quick footwork that saved my life.\n \"It was in her eyes a blood-chilling expression of unlimited rage and glee \" Shipman added.\n Nowak who allegedly wore adult diapers during her cross-country trip so she would not have to make bathroom breaks was dismissed from the astronaut corps in 2007 after her arrest.\n The judge asked Nowak to publicly apologize to Shipman in the courtroom. \"I am sincerely sorry for causing fear and misunderstanding and all of this intense public exposure that you have suffered \" Nowak said.\n Nowak who has flown aboard NASA's space shuttle Discovery was told by the Florida court to write her apology within the next 10 days and to stay away from Shipman. The judge gave her credit for time served so she will not go to jail.", "output": [ "Colleen Shipman", "Shipman" ] }, { "id": "task419-e773bb9329a742a3b7907ab981a9aa47", "input": "Bush should have fired both men . \nThere 's been a lot of talk lately about George W. Bush 's legacy in Iraq , and what it means for his brother Jeb 's hopes of following him to the Oval Office . \nWhen he was first elected , in 2000 , Bush 's rough-and-ready demeanor had a Harry Truman cast . \nBush 's incompetence was ultimately responsible for the ineffective federal response from August 29 to September 2 . \nBush , furthermore , embarrassed himself by flying down to the Gulf and claiming that \"Brownie\" was doing \"a heck of a job .\" \nThe national media rightly ripped into Bush like never before . \nMore than any other event of his White House tenure , Bush 's slow response to Katrina made Americans ask if he was a \"bunker\" commander , relying too much on cautious paper pushers such as FEMA 's Michael Brown and Homeland Security 's Michael Chertoff . \nAfter the attacks on the United States on September 11 , 2001 , Bush was virtually unseen during the first 11 hours , making only brief statements and effectively ceding the public leadership role in the crisis to New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani . \nPolitically , Bush was wounded , never to fully recover , his standing made all the worse as the economy tanked in 2008 . \nJust as New Orleans 's levee system catastrophically failed to work -LRB- breaking in about 50 places -RRB- Bush had catastrophically failed to save lives . \nBush chose to fly over New Orleans in Air Force One instead of doing an on-the-ground inspection -- a clear sign of aloofness , indeed , of fear . \nEven George W. Bush 's most stalwart supporters cringed at his disconnect from reality . \nBush , like Michael Jackson in his days at Neverland Ranch , was living in a bubble . \nBush was , quite simply -- as Coast Guard first-responder Jimmy Duckworth phrased it -- \"out of the game .\" \nInstead , Bush monitored developments mostly from afar . \nOn the 10th anniversary of Katrina , with the advantage of hindsight , it 's clear that Bush 's lack of leadership in late summer of 2005 cost his presidency mightily . \nUnlike Ronald Reagan , after the Challenger explosion , or Bill Clinton , after the Oklahoma City bombing , Bush had failed to feel the profound implications of the moment as his predecessors had . \nBut Bush -- a private man by nature -- was never a particularly accessible president or an outwardly sensitive one . \nInstead , Bush acted as though he were disinterested in the natural disaster . \nNo matter how the Bush library in Dallas tries to spin Bush 's Katrina performance , we all know he deserved an F in crisis management .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-e92ab39eefd449bf92228726b2296505", "input": "Eva Schloss stepsister of Anne Frank and a Holocaust survivor herself sits for an interview at George Mason University on Feb. 7 in Fairfax Va. Schloss has been the subject of a play and now a “virtual reality” hologram program meant to keep up awareness of genocide survivors years after they die. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)\nA “dirty Jew” refugee on the run for two years a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp and stepsister to Holocaust victim Anne Frank Eva Schloss had dramatic amazing horrifying stories to tell. She kept them locked inside herself for decades but now the 88-year-old British grandmother is on a tear diving into everything from cutting-edge hologram technology to controversies about Justin Bieber to keep people thinking about the lessons of the Holocaust.\n The well-coiffed plain-spoken Schloss has her own nightmarish tales from World War II Europe and the camps. And of overcoming postwar suicidal depression. And of her famous stepsister. But in her books work with prisoners and public speaking around the world she talks just as much about what she sees as today’s horrors: Syrian refugees on the run ISIS torture of Christians the immorality of drone and atomic warfare environmental degradation a slipping interest in public education. And what she calls the enduring need to pay attention.\n“I talk about it and tell people this is what Germany was. Not everybody was — by no means — anti-Semitic or supported Hitler. They had good Jewish friends but they took the easy way out and looked the other way. It is the danger of the bystander ” Schloss said in an interview Wednesday before an evening appearance at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University in Fairfax Va. “This is what we have to teach young people — not to be indifferent but take part; if you see injustice being done speak out.”\n Schloss is on a U.S. speaking tour with the first stop at George Mason where she appeared for more than an hour. Schloss spoke in a matter-of-fact tone as she was interviewed by Eli Rosenbaum a federal prosecutor who has investigated Nazi cases. The crowd of 1 200 filled two levels and remained rapt and silent — except for a few standing ovations.\n Schloss is among those outspoken on a controversial complex topic: What are the best most appropriate ways to keep the moral lessons of genocide alive? While for many the story of Frank who died at 15 in a German concentration camp is still a simple tragic tale of a talented precocious writer; the portrait of her life is increasingly becoming more nuanced and real over the decades as additional details come out.\n Schloss has long spoken bluntly about Frank a girl she met in an Amsterdam courtyard when both of their families were on the run. They never lived as sisters and Schloss’s mother married Frank’s father after the war. During the war many of their family members — and spouses — had been murdered. On Wednesday in a Post interview and on stage Schloss said Frank was a “leader outgoing” — her nickname Schloss said was “quack quack” because she talked so much — but also sometimes “naughty” and “bossy.” Schloss told The Post about the challenge and pressure of becoming part of the family of Otto Frank who Schloss said became “nearly obsessed” with the legacy of his dead youngest child. She later praised him for saving her with his positive perspective.\nOn Wednesday Schloss said it’s important “not to put her on a pedestal” and to consider that Frank — had she been a girl today — may well have been a belieber. Frank loved Deanna Durbin a Canadian American musical film star in the 1930s and 1940s Schloss said. Frank “would have loved” Bieber she said noting how positive it is that he visited the historic site.\n Schloss is also part of a new project by the Steven Spielberg-founded Shoah Foundation which has recorded nearly 52 000 interviews with Nazi-era survivors and the Institute for Creative Technologies both at the University of Southern California. Through detailed prerecorded interviews with survivors — including Schloss — the exhibit creates life-size holograms that can “answer” questions that some may be afraid to ask in person. At a time when the number of Holocaust survivors is dwindling the idea is to keep them alive. As time passes different narratives become accepted until others rise. Some experts warn that the Holocaust not become a “game ” Friedberg said.\n Schloss has written three books and been the subject of not only the documentary but also a play — much about Frank. But her own story is dramatic.\n Schloss and her mother never saw the other two again. Her brother a talented musician became a painter as a teenager in hiding. After the war dozens of his paintings and poems were discovered under a floorboard in Amsterdam.", "output": [ "Eva Schloss" ] }, { "id": "task419-b6357b15965c40c9b54b17a7b01fc88d", "input": "Even though CNBC's Jim Cramer always tells investors to buy stocks when they decline because of some unrelated event that shakes the market he knows they don't always do it.\nBut if you think that a hiccup in the GOP's tax overhaul plans could truly derail the bull market you might be wrong Cramer said.\nDisney's deal to buy $52 billion worth of Twenty-First Century Fox's entertainment assets announced Thursday is a glaring example of a company helping itself Cramer said.\nWhile Cramer still thinks that Disney's stock is too cheap vis-a-vis the company's potential he likes the deal because it gives Disney the scale it needs for its stock to keep climbing.\nAnd if the deal is approved by regulatory authorities both stocks are \"buyable\" on its prospects Cramer said.", "output": [ "Jim Cramer" ] }, { "id": "task419-1ef74eba139f43eab1c7e90939ee6b01", "input": "The Democratic party’s strategy for responding to the Al Franken scandal is now apparent: Taking up Franken’s own hint in his apology statement there will be an “Ethics Committee investigation.”\nInvestigate what Senate Clouseaus? Franken has been caught on film. When Los Angeles radio host Leeann Tweeden said that during a 2006 USO tour Franken used his position as an entertainer to rope her into kissing him in the guise of a rehearsal for a sketch that was repellent enough. Franken “put his hand on the back of my head mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth ” Tweeden said and Franken offered no specific alternative story only a lame suggestion that “I don’t remember the rehearsal for the skit as Leeann does.”\nIs the Senate Ethics Committee going to invite Tweeden in to tell her story and try to nail down exactly what Franken claims happened? Is the Senate Ethics Committee going to issue an open call to any other women out there who may have similar claims about Franken to submit their testimony? I doubt it. The purpose of this phony investigation is to give the appearance of doing something while allowing time to pass and tempers to cool on the way to administering some meaningless reprimand to Franken .\n Franken might be able to shake this off if he could depend on conflicting memories. But he can’t. Because of that photo. The sex-abuse scandal is becoming to cultural history what Watergate was to political history. It is gigantic. It is era-defining. And among the dozens of famous people implicated in it the Franken photo is the most damning and irrefutable evidence yet to emerge. It’s a tableau of our time. It is the photo of our moment. It’s the kind of smoking gun you couldn’t use in a Law & Order episode because it would be too blatant. It will never disappear from the national consciousness.\nConsider the breathtaking way each detail reinforces the horror of the others: A Hollywood celebrity who will soon be a Democratic senator is molesting a woman. While she’s asleep. And in military gear because she’s traveling to support our troops. In a war zone. And Franken is smiling. While shamelessly posing for the photographer. How can we ever cease to be amazed and appalled by this photo? It is to the sex war what the picture of the summary execution of that Viet Cong prisoner was to the Vietnam War.\nYet as the Senate circles the wagons around Franken it’s liberals and Democrats who should be angry — not Republicans. To Republicans it’s Thanksgiving come early. It makes no difference to the Republican policy agenda whether Franken or some other generic liberal Democrat holds that seat. If Franken remains Roy Moore’s chances of victory in Alabama increase. It makes it too easy for Republicans in Alabama to say “Wait a minute we’re supposed to end the career of Roy Moore a legend in this state when Democrats won’t expel Franken ? Why should we agree to unilateral ethics enforcement?” Should Moore make it to the Senate Democrats will be able to cast Republicans as the party of sex creeps only if they expel Franken . Every time Moore’s name is mentioned the response will be “What about Al Franken ? And by the way what about Bill Clinton and Ted Kennedy?”\nTrue in a certain sense this isn’t fair. What Moore probably did is worse than what Franken admitted doing. But politics isn’t fair. Whataboutism and crying hypocrisy aren’t very strong moral arguments but they’re easy to make and they’re emotionally satisfying. And a photograph of obvious wrongdoing simply carries more salience than a verbal allegation — even if the allegation is credible and even if the behavior alleged is worse than that seen in the photo.\nDemocrats who just this week were saying they would no longer tolerate Bill Clinton–type behavior can prove it. They can make a clear break with the past by saying no more sexual misbehavior will be tolerated even by beloved party members. They could then leverage that moral clarity in 2018 to seek the votes of the married women who are wary about the liberal agenda but might be persuadable. Instead they’re protecting their own. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand either can position herself as America’s leading tribune for women victimized by sexual assault or she can support keeping Franken in the Senate but not both. Her initial gambit — his apology isn’t enough but “I expect to hear more” from Franken — is insufficient. What more is there for Franken to say now that he has admitted guilt and apologized? The Democrats are creating a three-word weapon with which the GOP will never stop beating them over the head: What. About. Franken.\nAl Franken Gives Liberals Another Chance at Virtue", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-a036c3b5b40c486bb20f08d96d3ed56b", "input": "As school leaders try to move on Joe Paterno loyalists including many university trustees continue to fight over the coach’s role in his assistant’s crimes.\nIn July Penn State’s board of trustees met to discuss the most important issues facing a school system with 99 000 students and a $5.7 billion budget. It took about three hours before someone brought up Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno .\nSupporters of Joe Paterno right question the evidence used to conclude he ignored or covered up the assaults committed by Jerry Sandusky left. (1999 photo by Paul Vathis/Associated Press)\nLaw enforcement officials victims’ lawyers and private investigators — including Louis Freeh the former FBI director who authored a damning 2012 report that asserted Paterno ’s involvement in a coverup — say the dispute results from stubborn “Paterno-deniers ” “Joebots” and “truthers ” for whom no evidence will be strong enough to condemn the beloved former football coach.\n“The tragedy of all of this is that it is self-perpetuated and self-inflicted ” said Tom Kline an attorney for one victim. “They have settled on an endless assault on anyone who dares suggest that there was something that happened that was wrong and that the fault lies at the doorstep of either Paterno or the football program.”\nBut alumni trustees and supporters insist Paterno and the school were victims of a rush to judgment that spared other more culpable organizations — most notably the Second Mile Sandusky’s charity for at-risk children — from public scorn. They point to conflicting accounts of the assault at the core of the coverup case evidence the NCAA may have influenced Freeh’s report and doubts about claims Paterno ignored assaults as far back as the 1970s.\nAccording to Freeh in 2001 Paterno and three university administrators — president Graham Spanier athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president Gary Schultz — decided to conceal a report of Sandusky assaulting a boy to avoid bad publicity for the university and its football team. The men displayed a “callous and shocking disregard for child victims ” Freeh said as they “empowered Sandusky” to abuse boys for another decade.\nFreeh’s verdict capped an unimaginable downfall for Paterno who just eight months before seemed poised to retire as the winningest most respected coach in the history of college football. In 46 years as head coach he’d piled up 409 wins and two national championships while professing selflessness and education fielding teams that wore simple jerseys with no names on the back his players graduating at rates that outpaced competitors. In the venal world of college football Paterno built a reputation as a coach who valued integrity over winning — “Success with Honor” was his motto — and now he stood accused of covering up for a pedophile to protect his public image.\nIn including Paterno Freeh had gone further than prosecutors who would charge the administrators with crimes but said they did not believe Paterno participated. In defending his conclusion Freeh cited “the most important evidence in the case”: a chain of emails between the three administrators from 2001.\nA newspaper with the headline rewritten was left near a statue of Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on Jan. 23 2012 the day after he died. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) Freeh conceded his report’s condemnation of Paterno was made without knowledge of what was said in Paterno ’s meeting with Curley. (Matt Rourke/Associated Press)\nThe emails showed the men planned to report Sandusky to child welfare authorities but changed course after Curley met with Paterno . Instead they banned Sandusky from bringing children to Penn State and informed the Second Mile of the incident. Sandusky was convicted of assaulting four boys after this incident.\nIn an email one trustee urged then-Penn State president Rod Erickson to tear down the statue of Paterno outside the stadium if it would pacify the NCAA.\nEleven days after Freeh’s news conference the NCAA announced that Penn State had entered into a “consent decree ” accepting a $60 million fine and the erasing of all of Paterno’s wins after 1998 the year Sandusky was investigated — but cleared — by Penn State police and a state child welfare agency. Freeh had concluded Paterno should have suspected then his assistant was a pedophile.\nPenn State students protested the school’s handling of the Sandusky scandal. (2011 photo by Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) Students also honored the memory of Paterno after his death at age 85. (2012 photo by Gary Cameron/Reuters)\nThe lawsuit also produced communications between NCAA staffers and Freeh’s team that prompted some alumni to theorize Freeh catered his report — which by including Paterno put the case squarely in the NCAA’s crosshairs — to appeal to a desired client.\nThe NCAA is only a part of why some alumni feel the school and Paterno took a disproportionate share of the blame Schmidt said before explaining theories involving a former governor and the Second Mile.", "output": [ "Joe Paterno" ] }, { "id": "task419-871e8cb64eea4006ad8cb8c1f5a0c6dd", "input": "Three years ago Eric E. Schmidt the chief executive of Google jogged onto a San Francisco stage to shake hands with Steve Jobs Apple's co-founder to help him unveil a transformational wonder gadget -- the iPhone -- before throngs of journalists and adoring fans at the annual MacWorld Expo.\n Google and Apple had worked together to bring Google's search and mapping services to the iPhone the executives told the audience and Schmidt joked that the collaboration was so close that the two men should simply merge their companies and call them \"AppleGoo.\"\n \"Steve my congratulations to you \" Schmidt told his corporate ally. \"This product is going to be hot.\" Jobs acknowledged the compliment with an ear-to-ear smile.\n Today such warmth is in short supply. Jobs Schmidt and their companies are now engaged in a gritty battle royale over the future and shape of mobile computing and cell phones with implications that are reverberating across the digital landscape.\n In a statement Schmidt concurred. \"I continue to believe as many do that Steve Jobs is the best CEO in the world today and I admire Apple and Steve enormously \" he wrote.\n Schmidt hasn't shied away from taking public swipes at Apple either. In January at the World Economic Forum when asked what he thought of Apple's new iPad due to go on sale early next month he joked to reporters: \"You might want to tell me the difference between a large phone and a tablet.\"\n Although Jobs and Schmidt both began working in Silicon Valley in the late 1970s their paths rarely crossed. But by 2001 with Jobs back at Apple and Schmidt running Google they shared a singular mission: limiting Microsoft's hegemony to the personal computer and ensuring that Bill Gates didn't dominate the frontier of online services and mobile devices.\n both began working in Silicon Valley in the late 1970s their paths rarely crossed. But by 2001 with Jobs back at Apple and Schmidt running Google they shared a singular mission: limiting Microsoft's hegemony to the personal computer and ensuring that Bill Gates didn't dominate the frontier of online services and mobile devices.\n When Schmidt was invited to join Apple's board in 2006 he and Jobs lavished praise on each other.\n By all accounts Schmidt and Jobs were never close friends. But they dined together on several occasions according to a former associate of Schmidt's and Jobs never hesitated to call Schmidt directly to voice his opinions. Schmidt several friends say relished his position on Apple's board and the proximity it gave him to one of the most famous figures in American business.\n As tensions mounted between Schmidt and Jobs their infighting became more public. When Google tried to get its voice mail management program Google Voice onto the iPhone Apple blocked the effort last July citing privacy concerns. Then last August Schmidt stepped down from Apple's board prompted in part by regulatory concerns over ties between the companies but also because Apple said his position had become untenable.\n When Jobs announced Schmidt's departure from the board he noted that with Android and plans for a computer operating system Google was \"unfortunately\" entering more of Apple's \"core business.\"\n While Apple conducted due diligence on the deal AdMob agreed to a 45-day \"no shop\" provision a routine clause that prevented the startup from offering itself for sale to others according to three people briefed on the negotiations. But after Apple inexplicably let 45 days pass without consummating its offer Google pounced. Their interest piqued by Apple's pursuit of the start-up Schmidt along with Page Brin and other Google executives began intensely courting Omar Hamoui AdMob's young chief executive. AdMob the Google guys argued belonged in their corporate family because Google -- unlike Apple -- was an old pro in advertising. They also promised that AdMob employees would be able to cash out stock options sooner than Apple's deal would have allowed. It also didn't hurt that Google was willing to pay a 25 percent premium over Apple's offer. Three days after the no-shop provision expired Google agreed to buy AdMob -- putting a whopping $750 million price tag on a four-year-old company with modest revenue. Jilted and angry Jobs speculated that AdMob might have violated its legal obligations with help from Google according to two people briefed on the fallout from the negotiations.\n Campbell a former college football coach and the former chief executive of Intuit has played pivotal roles at Google. He sat in on high-level management meetings counseled Schmidt individually in private sessions every other week helped to establish the company's management structure and had a hand in smoothing over the initially turbulent relationship between Schmidt and Google's founders.\n While Campbell has tried to be a diplomat and smooth over the problems between Jobs and Schmidt the task hasn't been easy. Campbell declined to comment for this article but people briefed on the matter say that throughout last fall Jobs and Schmidt each lobbied Campbell to sever his connection with the other's company at times even giving him ultimatums to do so.", "output": [ "Eric E. Schmidt" ] }, { "id": "task419-b4e675bf8df84f9186de796a29d1ea4f", "input": "Police dash cam video of the incident shows Albert Chatfield immediately emerging from his car at an intersection and backpedaling from two police officers who repeatedly shout for him to \"stop.\" As he continues to back up through the street one officer pulls out his Taser and after the other officer is heard shouting \"tase him \" fires it. Chatfield is knocked to the ground instantly.\n The city agreed to pay $900 000 to Chatfield's family over the incident one of the fastest settlements in a Taser case in the state ever according to the family's lawyer. Chatfield remains in the hospital after suffering bleeding on his brain due to the fall according to ABC affiliate WCIV.\nPolice had claimed Chatfield assumed a \"fighting stance\" as he backpedaled from police. The video shows the man raising his hands but he is slowly backing away from the officers throughout. The police report also described the scene as a busy street saying they were trying to protect Chatfield and others' safety though the video shows just one car in the intersection.\nThe family's lawyer Justin Bamberg blamed the police chase on a mental issue. Police had been called after Chatfield was aggressively tailgating other vehicles.\nBamberg said the money would be used to pay for Chatfield 's medical expenses.", "output": [ "Albert Chatfield" ] }, { "id": "task419-30a5d564e753479480a60719e83a6307", "input": "WASHINGTON ( AP ) — The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he may start flying in coach amid increasing scrutiny of claims that he needs to fly first class because of security concerns . EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said in an interview with CBS News on Wednesday he had instructed his staff to make changes that could include flying coach . \" What I ' ve told them going forward is this : There is a change occurring you ' re going to accommodate the security threats as they exist you ' re going to accommodate those in all ways alternate ways up to and including flying coach and that is what ' s going to happen on my very next flight \" Pruitt said . \" So those things are happening right away .\" That ' s a significant shift since last month when Pruitt said in interviews that his chief of staff and security team had determined he should fly in premium class seats following some unpleasant interactions with other passengers . Asked what had changed in the assessment of what was needed to keep Pruitt safe EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox referred back to Pruitt ' s CBS interview and declined to provide any additional context or comment . Since taking office last year Pruitt has been unusually secretive about his frequent air travel . In a break from his predecessors Pruitt ' s office consistently refuses to provide advance public notice of his trips typically releasing a schedule of his meetings and appearances only after they have occurred . Following recent media reports about Pruitt ' s pricey airfare the Republican - led House Oversight committee last week demanded copies of his travel records to be provided by March 6 . EPA ' s inspector general is also auditing Pruitt ' s 2017 travel costs . Federal regulations allow government travelers to fly business class or first class when no cheaper options are \" reasonably available \" or if there are exceptional security circumstances . Wilcox told reporters last month that Pruitt had obtained a \" blanket waiver \" allowing him to take premium flights . Such a blanket waivers are also barred under federal rules however and Wilcox later said Pruitt was granted separate waivers by ethics officials for each flight . EPA has declined to provide any public explanation of its evolving account and has thus far refused to release copies of the waivers allowing Pruitt to fly first class . The Associated Press is among several organizations that has sought a full accounting of Pruitt ' s travel and security expenses under the Freedom of Information Act . Though some records were released following lawsuits filed against the agency EPA has so far refused to say how much public money has been spent for Pruitt and his staff to travel across the country and on international trips . The limited records that have been provided show Pruitt ' s airfare is often several times more expensive than that of aides booked on the same flights . Often those trips have included weekend - long layovers in Pruitt ' s home state of Oklahoma . Last month Pruitt said there were some \" incidents \" on flights that prompted his need for first - class seats . EPA has refused requests from AP to provide any details about those incidents . Pruitt is the first EPA administrator to require around - the - clock protection from an armed security detail . He has also taken other security precautions including the addition of a $ 25 000 soundproof \" privacy booth \" inside his office to prevent eavesdropping on his phone calls and spending $ 3 000 to have his office swept for hidden listening devices . ___ Follow AP environmental writer Michael Biesecker at http :// Twitter . com / mbieseck The Associated Press .", "output": [ "Scott Pruitt" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9e24b6acf9c4e15919956de16dbda77", "input": "CLOSE Oklahoma Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield won the 2017 Heisman Trophy. USA TODAY Sports\nOklahoma Sooners quarterback Baker Mayfield wins the 2017 Heisman Trophy. (Photo: Todd J. Van Emst USA TODAY Sports)\n Baker Mayfield had been to this New York City ceremony before. This time he left with a statue.\nThere was little suspense Saturday night with the announcement that the Oklahoma quarterback is the 2017 Heisman Award recipient. Mayfield the fifth man to finish in the top four of the Heisman race three times is the sixth Sooner so honored overall and the third OU signal caller since 2003 to claim the trophy.\n Mayfield received 732 first-place votes Love had 75 and Jackson got 47.\nAWARDS: Baker Mayfield wins Walter Camp Award\n\"Wow. This is unbelievable for me \" Mayfield said. \"Being up her among these greats is something words can't describe. ... It's such an honor.\"\nBaker Mayfield got choked up while thanking Lincoln Riley and his parents pic.twitter.com/eQf16E7MpM — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) December 10 2017\nAfter the Sooners' 31-16 win at Ohio State Mayfield ran around the field at Ohio Stadium with a crimson OU flag then took it to the “O” at midfield and tried to stick it in the ground as his teammates celebrated around him.\nOn the following Monday Mayfield that he didn’t mean any disrespect. He said he should have saved his celebration for the locker room adding that he would be upset if someone did that on Oklahoma’s home field.\nThe next step for for the former walk-on: To once again prove some folks wrong. Listed at 6-1 220 pounds — and that might be a stretch — Mayfield is not the prototype NFL quarterback prospect but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the most prolific passers in college football history.\n“I’m going to have the same work ethic and mentality ” Mayfield said Friday. “I think I’ve proven that size doesn’t matter. Even if you had a 6-5 quarterback you’re not going to see over my left tackle. He’s 6-8. I’m just excited to be able to play the game of football. Winning is fun and something that I work hard to do. That should be accounted for more than any size any measurement.”\n Mayfield is likely to be a much-debated prospect in the months leading up to the NFL draft in late April. Same goes for fellow Heisman finalist Jackson.\n Mayfield will likely be compared to other undersized quarterbacks like Drew Brees Russell Wilson and maybe Johnny Manziel. His mobility and ability to improvise makes those Wilson-Manziel comparisons seem more apt.\n“Being compared to those guys is an honor ” Mayfield said.\nThe Manziel comparison is not necessarily positive. Manziel was a college superstar and Heisman winner who played a highly improvisational game. He was a much better and more frequent runner in college than Mayfield . Mayfield is a more refined passer. Manziel’s biggest issues though were not physical skills and talent. He came into the NFL with baggage when he was a first-round pick by the Cleveland Browns in 2014. After two years in the league he was released with some questioning his commitment to football. Manziel has had run-ins with the law in college and after.", "output": [ "Baker Mayfield" ] }, { "id": "task419-6fd35a9978be4d8fb99efd41c5d9f609", "input": "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told Senate Republicans to be ready to work through the Thanksgiving break which serves as a recognition that McConnell needs to pass the president’s agenda or he may soon lose his job as Majority Leader.\n Mitch McConnell finally cracked under pressure last week from conservatives and populists and decided to extend the Senate’s workweek into Fridays and even possibly the weekend to pass the president’s agenda. Senate Republicans then wrote to McConnell that having the Senate stay open on Fridays and possibly the weekends is not good enough; Republicans urged the Senate Majority Leader to “turn the Senate on full time 24/7 to advance the president’s agenda.”\nBreitbart News reported that under Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell the Senate remains in session roughly 2.5 days per week.\nTo pass the president’s agenda McConnell told Senate Republicans this week that the chamber could stay in session the weekend before the week of Thanksgiving and the week of Thanksgiving according to two senior GOP sources.\n McConnell said “President Trump should be commended for his strong judicial picks. The Senate is going to keep working hard to confirm them. And we’re going to succeed.”\n McConnell ’s extension of the Senate workweek and work into Thanksgiving serves as a recognition that he needs to perform or else McConnell may lose his job. Many conservatives and populists argue that McConnell has failed to carry out the president’s agenda and subsequently called on him to resign.\n McConnell ’s leadership continues to flounder; a recent poll revealed that 56 percent of Republicans want Mitch McConnell to resign. Many Senate Republican candidates revealed that they are reluctant to back McConnell for Majority Leader. Even Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley whom McConnell’s team labeled as their “number one recruit ” refused to say whether he will endorse McConnell .\nFormer Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) told Fox News recently that he does not “know what the case is to keep” Mitch McConnell as Senate majority leader.\nEstablishment Republicans including McConnell continue to fret over Breitbart News Executive Chairman and former White House Chief Strategist Steve — who is lining up a series of primary challenges in 2018 to lawmakers he sees as hurting President Trump’s agenda. According to Axios Bannon is planning to back primary challengers against every incumbent Republican senator running for re-election in 2018 except Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Bannon recently told Fox News’ Sean Hannity “Nobody’s safe we’re coming after all of them.”", "output": [ "Mitch McConnell" ] }, { "id": "task419-a86c08480251456bba3245b68bd5f985", "input": "Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accused Iran’s foes of fomenting the unrest which began as protests about economic hardship and corruption but have grown into political rallies some of which have criticized him by name.\n“In recent days enemies of Iran used different tools including cash weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create troubles for the Islamic Republic ” he said in his first reaction to the unrest.\n He did not name the enemies but Ali Shamkhani secretary of the Supreme National Security Council said the United States Britain and Saudi Arabia were behind the riots.\n Khamenei said on his website that he would address the nation about the events “when the time is right”.", "output": [ "Ayatollah Ali Khamenei" ] }, { "id": "task419-33876226975e4d79a7f1e1fb76b4fef0", "input": "On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom ” Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz stated Special Counsel Robert Mueller is “very zealous.” He later added that Mueller won’t be content until he gets to President Trump or those “very close” to him and this is the danger of special prosecutors.\n Dershowitz said that both parties are guilty of arguing that everything they disagree with is criminal and this behavior started with Republicans during the campaign with Hillary Clinton and then continued by Democrats.\n Dershowitz then recalled his experience with Mueller. He stated that he talked to Mueller about prosecutorial and FBI misconduct and Mueller stated “It’s a non-starter to talk to me about FBI misconduct or prosecutorial misconduct. It’s a non-starter. He doesn’t want to hear about that. He is in the business of protecting the FBI protecting prosecutors at all costs. I don’t suggest he ’s unethical but he ’s very zealous.”\n He added that this makes Mueller “effective at his job but the job of a prosecutor is to do justice not to get as many notches on his belt as possible.”\n Dershowitz further stated Mueller is “not going to be satisfied until he gets to the president or people very close to him . That’s the danger of a special prosecutor.”\n Dershowitz also stated the tactic of finding someone to prosecute in order to get them to talk is “dangerous” because people will “compose” and make things up to get a better deal. He continued “Look if an ordinary person walked over to somebody and said ‘Unless you give up your rights I’m going to have you criminally prosecuted ’ we’d call that extortion. But it’s allowed by prosecutors. And I’ve been railing against this for 53 years. now Republicans agree with me. … Which side are you on has become so important.”", "output": [ "Alan Dershowitz" ] }, { "id": "task419-c51aba6dd1a747cfab4a831f0311564b", "input": "Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn dangled a $9 billion carrot Wednesday in front of more than 100 companies potentially interested in adding express toll lanes to the Capital Beltway Interstate 270 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.\n“It’s amazing ” Rahn quipped to more than 320 highway engineers designers and builders in a ballroom at the BWI Airport Marriott in Linthicum. “You can get a lot of attention when you put a nine in front of a ‘B.’”\n“I don’t want to just do something ” Rahn told the crowd. “I want to do something that delivers a ‘wow’” for traffic relief.\nOne big unknown: the cost of the tolls. After the meeting Rahn said he was aware variable rates on toll lanes that opened last week on part of Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia had soared to as high as $40.\n“Obviously that caught my attention ” Rahn said.\nHowever he noted the I-66 toll has since peaked at about $14. He said Maryland will know the range of toll rates on its highways just before it chooses a winning proposal. Like Northern Virginia’s toll lanes there will be no limit on how high tolls could go to keep traffic moving.\nThe state is not expecting to pay anything on the Beltway or I-270 projects Rahn said.\n Rahn said the state will leave details of the design to bidders in hopes of receiving the most creative ideas. Maryland officials said proposals also will be judged on how the teams plan to build the lanes quickly keep traffic moving during construction and limit impacts on adjacent homes and businesses.", "output": [ "Pete K. Rahn" ] }, { "id": "task419-a77113e8251a4743a8172daa0cac3f97", "input": "North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 8 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS.\nSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty state media reported on Sunday hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country.\nIn a speech to a meeting of the powerful Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party on Saturday a day before Trump’s most recent comments state media said Kim had addressed the “complicated international situation”.\nNorth Korea’s nuclear weapons are a “powerful deterrent firmly safeguarding the peace and security in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia ” Kim said referring to the “protracted nuclear threats of the U.S. imperialists.”\nThe situation proved that North Korea’s policy of “byungjin” meaning the parallel development of nuclear weapons and the economy was “absolutely right” Kim Jong Un said in the speech.\n“The national economy has grown on their strength this year despite the escalating sanctions ” said Kim referring to U.N. Security Council resolutions put in place to curb Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile program.\nNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Second Plenum of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang October 8 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS.\n Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong was made an alternate member of the politburo - the top decision-making body over which Kim Jong Un presides.\nAlongside Kim Jong Un himself the promotion makes Kim Yo Jong the only other millennial member of the influential body.\n Her new position indicates the 28-year-old has become a replacement for Kim Jong Un’s aunt Kim Kyong Hui who had been a key decision maker when former leader Kim Jong Il was alive.\n“It shows that her portfolio and writ is far more substantive than previously believed and it is a further consolidation of the Kim family’s power ” said Michael Madden a North Korea expert at Johns Hopkins University’s 38 North website.\n“The large-scale personnel reshuffle reflects that Kim Jong Un is taking the current situation seriously and that he ’s looking for a breakthrough by promoting a new generation of politicians ” the ministry said in a statement.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-07d891616f464eb59edb39b332cfe12e", "input": "BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont facing arrest in Spain for organising an illegal independence referendum in October said on Tuesday he would stay in Belgium for the time being.\nOusted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont holds a news conference in Brussels Belgium December 6 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman\n“For the moment we will stay here ” Puigdemont said at a press conference in Brussels.\n Puigdemont declared the northeastern region of Catalonia an independent republic on Oct. 27 leading Madrid to impose direct rule on the regional government and fire the pro-independence administration.\nOusted Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and other pro-independence officials hold a news conference in Brussels Belgium December 6 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman\n Puigdemont faces charges of rebellion sedition misuse of public funds disobedience and breach of trust in Spain.\n His party ‘Together for Catalonia’ is campaigning on a pro-independence ticket for Dec. 21 elections called by Madrid in an effort to resolve the crisis.\n Puigdemont said he hoped to be able to return to Spain if he was elected a member of the Catalan parliament but he was not sure if he would be arrested and put in custody.\n“We have to carefully consider such a decision before taking it ” he said.", "output": [ "Carles Puigdemont" ] }, { "id": "task419-6888033310654731a95cf97b85eb2942", "input": "Brandon Judd president of the labor union said Agent Rogelio Martinez died Sunday of blunt force trauma to the head.\nFederal authorities have not yet said how Martinez was killed.\nAuthorities have been searching for witnesses and potential suspects after Martinez was killed and a fellow agent was seriously injured. Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Border Patrol said in a statement that the pair were âresponding to activityâ near Interstate 10 in Van Horn Tex. when they were harmed. The other agent called for help and other agents provided medical care and took them to a hospital.\nFollowing news that an agent had been killed President Trump appeared to connect Martinez âs death to border security and plugged his plans for a border wall on Twitter on Sunday night.\nSen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) said on Twitter without any further explanation that Martinez and the other agent were âattackedâ and he also linked the incident to security on the border with Mexico.\nAgent Rogelio Martinez your service and sacrifice will never be forgotten. Our hearts go out to your family. pic.twitter.com/WVuW8C2N8n â USBPChief (@USBPChief) November 20 2017\nIsaac Morales who was stabbed in a bar parking lot in El Paso was the only agent besides Martinez to die in 2017. Three agents died in 2016; two of them in car accidents one of a heart attack while on bike patrol.", "output": [ "Rogelio Martinez" ] }, { "id": "task419-cc999249469a47aa8466f65da1862390", "input": "With Orrin Hatch (finally) retiring the recruitment efforts to get Mitt Romney to run for that seat started immediately. With the revelation that Romney received treatment for prostate cancer over the summer it may not be a slam dunk he runs but if he does Donald Trump shouldn’t expect Mitt to just get in line.\nThat was evident when Mitt tweeted the following this morning:\nThe poverty of an aspiring immigrant’s nation of origin is as irrelevant as their race. The sentiment attributed to POTUS is inconsistent w/ America’s history and antithetical to American values. May our memory of Dr. King buoy our hope for unity greatness & “charity for all.” — Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) January 15 2018\n Romney pushed back pretty hard here. It will be interesting to see how Trump reacts because everybody knows he ’s fuming. Trump supporters meanwhile continue to pivot with whatever Trump says. At first the White House didn’t deny he made the comments and fans went with “Hey he ’s right!” When he denied making the statements they pivoted to “Hey fake news!”", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-abd621b143ed4158a11cd117508794fa", "input": "PYEONGCHANG South Korea (AP) — Chloe Kim stamped her name on a new era of snowboarding with a run down the halfpipe that officially did not mean anything. To her it meant everything.\nThe Olympic gold medal was already hers but she knew she could do better. So she cinched on her gloves cranked up \"Motorsport\" on her iPod said \"This one's for you Grams\" — a shout-out to her South Korean grandmother who was watching her in person for the first time — and dropped into the halfpipe to make history.\nOn the last run of Tuesday's sun-splashed final Kim hit back-to-back 1080-degree spins on her second and third jumps — repeating a combination no other woman has ever done in a competition.\n She landed them squarely sent her already super-hyped family at the bottom into overdrive scored a 98.5 and sent out the message that everyone from grandma to those at the roots of this sport love to hear: \"I knew I wasn't going to be completely satisfied taking home the gold but knowing that I could've done better.\"\nThe 17-year-old from California made it look easy but only afterward did she concede how difficult the past several months have been. Her story has been told and sold and marketed for gold: Her parents both emigrated to the United States from South Korea and though it was more coincidence than any grand plan Kim making her Olympic debut in the country where her family was from set up a sure path to stardom in the halfpipe and beyond.\n She has commanded the progression in women's snowboarding for at least two years now and it was hard to imagine anyone beating her on the sport's biggest stage at her official coming-out party. But halfpipes are hard the snow is slippery and nothing is for sure.\n\"There is a lot of pressure revolving around these games \" she said. \"You wait for four years to come here and it's definitely a lot of hype around a 1 1/2 2-hour time period. It's pretty nerve-wracking. You know you're at the Olympics. It's been a dream of mine since I was a little girl to land a run that's very important for me.\"\n Chloe Kim of the United States reacts to her score during the women's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea Tuesday Feb. 13 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)\n Chloe Kim of the United States celebrates winning gold in the women's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea Tuesday Feb. 13 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)\n Kim 's journey included two years in Switzerland where she lived with her aunt learned French and honed her snowboarding skills.\nChloe Kim of the United States wipes away a tear after winning gold in the women's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang South Korea Tuesday Feb. 13 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)", "output": [ "Chloe Kim" ] }, { "id": "task419-f8167b31da82456598bafc905c80a64f", "input": "Cruz wants to decrease the size of the government significantly . \nCruz proposes to eliminate the Department of Energy , the Department of Education , Department of Commerce , and the Department of Housing and Urban Development . \nCruz is a supporter of TransCanada 's Keystone XL Pipeline , -LSB- 257 -RSB- and along with every other Republican senator was a cosponsor of legislation in support of the pipeline . \nCruz is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School . \nCruz served as Solicitor General of Texas , from 2003 to 2008 , appointed by Texas Attorney General , Greg Abbott . \nFrom 2004 to 2009 , Cruz was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin , Texas , where he taught U.S. Supreme Court litigation . \nCruz ran for and won the Senate seat vacated by fellow Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison in 2012 . \n-LSB- 6 -RSB- -LSB- 7 -RSB- -LSB- 8 -RSB- -LSB- 9 -RSB- Cruz 's mother was born in Wilmington , Delaware . \nCruz voted against the Water Resources Development Act of 2013 that would have created the National Endowment for the Oceans and authorized more than $ 26 billion in projects to be built by the Army Corps of Engineers , at least $ 16 billion of which would have come from federal taxpayers . \nCruz ' paternal grandfather , Rafael , immigrated to Cuba as an infant with his parents from the Canary Islands of Spain . \n-LSB- 11 -RSB- Cruz 's father Rafael Bienvenido Cruz y Díaz is Cuban American , born in Cuba and growing up middle class there . \nIn 2017 , Cruz was one of 22 senators to sign a letter -LSB- 267 -RSB- to President Donald Trump urging the President to have the United States withdraw from the Paris Agreement . \nAccording to the Center for Responsive Politics , Cruz has received more than $ 2.5 million from oil , gas and coal interests since 2012 . \n-LSB- 268 -RSB- Cruz has a lifetime score of 3 % on the National Environmental Scorecard of the League of Conservation Voters . \nAt the time of his birth , Cruz 's parents had lived in Calgary for three years and were working in the oil business as owners of a seismic-data processing firm for oil drilling . \nCruz has said , \"I 'm the son of two mathematicianscomputer programmers .\" \nCruz has been an adamant opponent of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action , a 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran negotiated by the U.S. and other world powers , calling it \"catastrophic\" and \"disastrous\" . \n-LSB- 4 -RSB- Cruz has two older half-sisters , Miriam Ceferina Cruz and Roxana Lourdes Cruz , from his father 's first marriage . \nCruz is a critic of the rapprochement between Cuba and the United States , saying on Fox News in December 2014 that the thaw in relations was a \"manifestation of the failures of the Obama-Clinton-Kerry foreign policy\" that \"will be remembered as a tragic mistake\" . \nIn 2013 , Cruz stated that America had no \"dog in the fight\" during the Syrian Civil War and stated that America 's armed forces should not serve as \"al-Qaeda 's air force\" . \n-LSB- 273 -RSB- In 2014 , Cruz criticized the Obama administration : \"The president 's foreign policy team utterly missed the threat of ISIS , indeed , was working to arm Syrian rebels that were fighting side by side with ISIS\" , calling ISIS \"the face of evil\" . \nCruz attended two private high schools : Faith West Academy in Katy , Texas ; -LSB- 24 -RSB- and Second Baptist High School in Houston , from which he graduated as valedictorian in 1988 . \nDuring high school , Cruz participated in a Houston-based group known at the time as the Free Market Education Foundation , a program that taught high school students the philosophies of economists such as Milton Friedman and Frédéric Bastiat . \nCruz criticized the People 's Republic of China after it reportedly made a statement asking members of Congress not to meet with Ing-wen . \nCruz graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy -LSB- 28 -RSB- from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs . \nIn September 2016 , Cruz backed the Obama administration 's plan to sell more than $ 1.15 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia . \n-LSB- 30 -RSB- Cruz and Panton later represented Harvard Law School at the 1995 World Debating Championship , losing in the semi-finals to a team from Australia . \n-LSB- 31 -RSB- -LSB- 32 -RSB- -LSB- 33 -RSB- Princeton 's debate team named their annual novice championship after Cruz . \nCruz 's senior thesis at Princeton investigated the separation of powers ; its title , Clipping the Wings of Angels , draws its inspiration from a passage attributed to US President James Madison : \"If angels were to govern men , neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary .\" \nCruz argued that the drafters of the Constitution intended to protect the rights of their constituents , and that the last two items in the Bill of Rights offer an explicit stop against an all-powerful state . \nCruz rejects the scientific consensus on climate change . \nAfter graduating from Princeton , Cruz attended Harvard Law School , graduating magna cum laude in 1995 with a Juris Doctor degree . \n-LSB- 29 -RSB- Referring to Cruz 's time as a student at Harvard Law , Professor Alan Dershowitz said , \"Cruz was off-the-charts brilliant\" . \n-LSB- 36 -RSB- -LSB- 37 -RSB- -LSB- 38 -RSB- -LSB- 39 -RSB- At Harvard Law , Cruz was a John M. Olin Fellow in Law and Economics . \nCruz has joked , \"I 'm Cuban , Irish , and Italian , and yet somehow I ended up Southern Baptist .\" \nCruz serves on the Board of Advisors of the Texas Review of Law and Politics . \nCruz served as a law clerk to J. Michael Luttig of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1995 -LSB- 40 -RSB- -LSB- 42 -RSB- and to William Rehnquist , Chief Justice of the United States , in 1996 . \n-LSB- 2 -RSB- Cruz was the first Hispanic to clerk for a Chief Justice of the United States . \nAfter Cruz finished his clerkships , he took a position with Cooper , Carvin & Rosenthal , now known as Cooper & Kirk , LLC , from 1997 to 1998 . \n-LSB- 44 -RSB- While with the firm , Cruz worked on matters relating to the National Rifle Association , and helped prepare testimony for the impeachment proceedings against President Bill Clinton . \n-LSB- 45 -RSB- In 1998 , Cruz was briefly one of the attorneys who represented Congressman John Boehner during his litigation against Congressman Jim McDermott , which concerned the alleged leak of an illegal recording of a phone conversation whose participants included Boehner . \nCruz joined the George W. Bush presidential campaign in 1999 as a domestic policy adviser , advising then-Governor George W. Bush on a wide range of policy and legal matters , including civil justice , criminal justice , constitutional law , immigration , and government reform . \nCruz assisted in assembling the Bush legal team , devising strategy , and drafting pleadings for filing with the Supreme Court of Florida and U.S. Supreme Court in the case Bush v. Gore during the 2000 Florida presidential recounts , leading to two wins for the Bush team . \n-LSB- 40 -RSB- -LSB- 48 -RSB- Cruz recruited future Chief Justice John Roberts and noted attorney Mike Carvin to the Bush legal team . \nAfter Bush took office , Cruz served as an associate deputy attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department -LSB- 2 -RSB- -LSB- 48 -RSB- and as the director of policy planning at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission . \nAppointed to the office of Solicitor General of Texas by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott , -LSB- 42 -RSB- -LSB- 49 -RSB- Cruz served in that position from 2003 to 2008 . \n-LSB- 27 -RSB- -LSB- 40 -RSB- The office had been established in 1999 to handle appeals involving the state , but Abbott hired Cruz with the idea that Cruz would take a \"leadership role in the United States in articulating a vision of strict constructionism\" . \nAs Solicitor General , Cruz argued before the Supreme Court of the United States nine times , winning five cases and losing four . \nCruz has authored 70 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and presented 43 oral arguments , including nine before the United States Supreme Court . \n-LSB- 36 -RSB- -LSB- 42 -RSB- -LSB- 50 -RSB- Cruz 's record of having argued before the Supreme Court nine times is more than any practicing lawyer in Texas or any current member of Congress . \n-LSB- 51 -RSB- Cruz has commented on his nine cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court : \"We ended up year after year arguing some of the biggest cases in the country . \nIn 2003 , while Cruz was Texas Solicitor General , the Texas Attorney General 's office declined to defend Texas ' sodomy law in Lawrence v. Texas , where the U.S. Supreme Court decided that state laws banning homosexual sex as illegal sodomy were unconstitutional . \nIn the landmark case of District of Columbia v. Heller , Cruz drafted the amicus brief signed by the attorneys general of 31 states , which said that the Washington , D.C. handgun ban should be struck down as infringing upon the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms . \n-LSB- 50 -RSB- -LSB- 53 -RSB- Cruz also presented oral argument for the amici states in the companion case to Heller before the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit . \nIn addition to his success in Heller , Cruz successfully defended the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds before the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court , winning 5 -- 4 in Van Orden v. Perry . \nIn 2004 , Cruz was involved in the high-profile case surrounding a challenge to the constitutionality of requiring student recitation in public schools of the Pledge of Allegiance -LRB- including the words \"under God\" , legally a part of the Pledge since 1954 -RRB- , Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow . \n-LSB- 55 -RSB- The Supreme Court upheld the position of Cruz 's brief . \nCruz served as lead counsel for the state and successfully defended the multiple litigation challenges to the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan in state and federal district courts and before the U.S. Supreme Court , which was decided 5 -- 4 in his favor in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry . \nCruz also successfully defended , in Medellin v. Texas , the State of Texas against an attempt to re-open the cases of 51 Mexican nationals , all of whom were convicted of murder in the United States and were on death row . \nAs Solicitor General , Cruz declined to vacate the sentence saying \"I think justice is being done because he had a full and fair trial and an opportunity to raise his errors .\" \nDuring oral argument , Cruz conceded that Haley had a very strong argument for ineffective assistance of counsel since Haley 's attorney failed to recognize the sentencing error and that he would not move to have Haley re-incarcerated during the appeal process . \nCruz was named by American Lawyer magazine as one of the 50 Best Litigators under 45 in America in 2008 , -LSB- 49 -RSB- -LSB- 63 -RSB- by The National Law Journal as one of the 50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America also in 2008 , -LSB- 64 -RSB- -LSB- 65 -RSB- and in October 2010 by Texas Lawyer as one of the 25 Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter Century . \nAfter leaving the Solicitor General position in 2008 , Cruz worked in a private law firm in Houston , Morgan , Lewis & Bockius LLP , often representing corporate clients , until he was sworn in as U.S. senator from Texas in 2013 . \n-LSB- 68 -RSB- In 2009 and 2010 , he formed and then abandoned a bid for state attorney general when the incumbent Attorney General Greg Abbott , who hired Cruz as Solicitor General , decided to run for re-election . \nWhile at Morgan , Lewis & Bockius , Cruz represented Pfizer in a lawsuit brought by a group of public hospitals and community health centers who accused the drug manufacturer of overcharging . \n-LSB- 265 -RSB- Cruz stated that the Corps ' responsibilities were expanded without providing adequate measures for state participation . \nCruz worked on the Chinese company 's appellant brief . \n-LSB- 70 -RSB- Cruz represented drug manufacturer B. Braun Medical Inc. in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit after the company was found guilty of wrongfully discharging a former employee . \nCruz asserted that she had failed to prove that B. Braun had directed her to violate the law and that she had not presented sufficient evidence that her refusal to violate the law was why she had been fired . \nThe appeals court rejected Cruz 's argument and affirmed the $ 880,000 award . \n-LSB- 70 -RSB- Cruz represented Toyota in an appeal to the Texas Supreme Court in a statute of limitations case , where a judge wanted to investigate Toyota for contempt after a former Toyota in-house lawyer accused Toyota of unlawfully withholding documents in a product liability case . \n-LSB- 71 -RSB- Cruz unsuccessfully argued the judge 's jurisdiction expired thirty days after the case was dismissed following an out-of-court settlement , but later won on a second appeal using the same argument . \nCruz defended two record-setting $ 54-million personal injury awards in New Mexico at the appellate level , including one which had been thrown out by a lower court . \n-LSB- 73 -RSB- Cruz represented a mentally disabled man who was allegedly raped by an employee of the facility where he lived . \nAnd in the other case Cruz represented the family of a 78-year-old resident of an Albuquerque nursing home who died of internal bleeding . \nCruz in 2012 with his predecessor-to-be -LRB- Sen. Hutchison at right -RRB- and his future fellow senator from Texas -LRB- Sen. Cornyn at left -RRB- . \nCruz 's victory in the Republican primary was described by the Washington Post as \"the biggest upset of 2012 ... a true grassroots victory against very long odds\" . \n-LSB- 75 -RSB- On January 19 , 2011 , after U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said she would not seek re-election , Cruz announced his candidacy via a blogger conference call . \n-LSB- 76 -RSB- In the Republican senatorial primary , Cruz ran against sitting Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst . \nCruz was endorsed first by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin -LSB- 77 -RSB- and then by the Club for Growth , a fiscally conservative political action committee ; -LSB- 78 -RSB- Erick Erickson , former editor of prominent conservative blog RedState ; -LSB- 79 -RSB- the FreedomWorks for America super PAC ; -LSB- 80 -RSB- nationally syndicated radio host Mark Levin ; -LSB- 81 -RSB- Tea Party Express ; -LSB- 82 -RSB- Young Conservatives of Texas ; -LSB- 83 -RSB- and U.S. Senators Tom Coburn , -LSB- 84 -RSB- Jim DeMint , -LSB- 85 -RSB- Mike Lee , -LSB- 86 -RSB- Rand Paul -LSB- 87 -RSB- and Pat Toomey . \n-LSB- 90 -RSB- Former Attorney General Edwin Meese served as national chairman of Cruz 's campaign . \nCruz won the runoff for the Republican nomination with a 14-point margin over Dewhurst . \n-LSB- 91 -RSB- Cruz defeated Dewhurst despite being outspent by Dewhurst who held a statewide elected office . \n-LSB- 92 -RSB- Dewhurst spent $ 19 million and Cruz spent only $ 7 million . \n-LSB- 92 -RSB- Dewhurst raised over $ 30 million and outspent Cruz at a ratio of nearly 3-to-1 . \nIn the November 6 general election , Cruz faced Democratic candidate Paul Sadler , an attorney and a former state representative from Henderson , in east Texas . \nCruz won with 4.5 million votes -LRB- 56.4 % -RRB- to Sadler 's 3.2 million -LRB- 40.6 % -RRB- . \n-LSB- 94 -RSB- According to a poll by Cruz 's pollster Wilson Perkins Allen Opinion Research , Cruz received 40 % of the Hispanic vote , vs. 60 % for Sadler , outperforming Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney with the Hispanic vote in Texas . \nAfter Time magazine reported on a potential violation of ethics rules by failing to publicly disclose his financial relationship with Caribbean Equity Partners Investment Holdings during the 2012 campaign , Cruz called his failure to disclose these connections an inadvertent omission . \nIn January 2016 , The New York Times reported that Cruz and his wife had taken out low-interest loans from Goldman Sachs -LRB- where she worked -RRB- and Citibank , and failed to report the nearly $ 1 million in loans on Federal Election Commission disclosure statements as required by law . \n-LSB- 98 -RSB- Cruz disclosed the loans on his Senate financial disclosure forms in July 2012 , but not on the Federal Election Commission form . \n-LSB- 99 -RSB- There is no indication that Cruz 's wife had any role in providing any of the loans , or that the banks did anything wrong . \nA spokesperson for Cruz said his failure to report the loans to the FEC was \"inadvertent\" and said he would be filing supplementary paperwork . \nCruz has sponsored 25 bills of his own , including : -LSB- 100 -RSB- . \nCruz was involved with the October 2013 government shutdown . \n-LSB- 101 -RSB- -LSB- 102 -RSB- Cruz gave a 21-hour Senate speech in an effort to hold up a federal budget bill and therefore defund the Affordable Care Act . \n-LSB- 101 -RSB- -LSB- 103 -RSB- -LSB- 104 -RSB- Cruz persuaded the House of Representatives and House Speaker John Boehner to include an ACA defunding provision in the bill . \n-LSB- 102 -RSB- To supporters , the move \"signaled the depth of Cruz 's commitment to rein in government\" . \n-LSB- 101 -RSB- This move was extremely popular among Cruz supporters , with Rick Manning of Americans for Limited Government naming Cruz \"2013 Person of the Year\" in an op-ed in The Hill , for primarily his filibuster against the Affordable Care Act . \n-LSB- 105 -RSB- Cruz was also named \"2013 Man of the Year\" by conservative publications TheBlaze , -LSB- 106 -RSB- FrontPage Magazine -LSB- 107 -RSB- and The American Spectator , -LSB- 108 -RSB- \"2013 Conservative of the Year\" by Townhall.com , -LSB- 109 -RSB- and \"2013 Statesman of the Year\" by the Republican Party of Sarasota County , Florida . \nOn April 1 , 2014 , Cruz introduced Senate bill 2195 , a bill that would allow the President of the United States to deny visas to any ambassador to the United Nations who has been found to have been engaged in espionage activities or a terrorist activity against the United States or its allies and may pose a threat to U.S. national security interests . \nUnder the headline \"A bipartisan message to Iran\" , Cruz thanked President Barack Obama for signing S 2195 into law . \nCruz also thanked senators from both political parties for \"swiftly passing this legislation and sending it to the White House\" . \nAccording to transcripts as reported by Politico , in his first two years in the Senate , Cruz attended 17 of 50 public Armed Services Committee hearings , 3 of 25 Commerce Committee hearings , 4 of the 12 Judiciary Committee hearings , and missed 21 of 135 roll call votes during the first three months of 2015 . \n-LSB- 263 -RSB- -LSB- 264 -RSB- Cruz voted against the bill because it neglected \"to reduce a substantial backlog of projects , to the detriment of projects with national implications , such as the Sabine -- Neches Waterway\" . \nIn a November 2014 Senate speech , Cruz accused the president of being \"openly desirous to destroy the Constitution and this Republic\" . \n-LSB- 121 -RSB- In the same speech , Cruz invoked the speeches of the ancient Roman senator Cicero against Catiline to denounce Obama 's planned executive actions on immigration reform . \n-LSB- 121 -RSB- Classics Professor Jesse Weiner , writing in The Atlantic , said that Cruz 's analogy was \"deeply disquieting\" because \"In casting Obama in the role of Catiline , Cruz unsubtly suggests that the sitting president was not lawfully elected and is the perpetrator of a violent insurrection to overthrow the government ... In effect , he accuses the president of high treason . \n-LSB- 274 -RSB- In a statement opposing US intervention for regime change in Syria , Cruz said , \"If President Obama and Hillary Clinton and Sen. Rubio succeed in toppling -LSB- Syrian President Bashar -RSB- Assad , the result will be the radical Islamic terrorists will take over Syria , that Syria will be controlled by ISIS , and that is materially worse for U.S. national security interests .\" \nCruz has repeatedly said that the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran \"will make the Obama administration the world 's leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism\" . \n-LSB- 122 -RSB- In response , Obama called Cruz 's statements an example of \"outrageous attacks\" from Republican critics that crossed the line of responsible discourse : \"We 've had a sitting senator , who also happens to be running for President , suggest that I 'm the leading state sponsor of terrorism . \n-LSB- 122 -RSB- Former Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney also criticized Cruz for his remarks , writing that although he , too , was opposed to the Iran agreement , Cruz 's statement connecting Obama to terrorism was \"way over the line\" and \"hurts the cause\" . \nAfter the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia , Cruz expressed his view that the winner of the 2016 U.S. presidential election , rather than President Obama , should appoint a new Justice . \n-LSB- 125 -RSB- In June 2016 , Cruz blamed the Obama administration for the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting , reasoning that it did not track the perpetrator Omar Mateen properly while he was on the terrorist watch list . \n-LSB- 126 -RSB- Following the terrorist attack on Nice , France , Cruz said in a statement that the country was at risk as a result of the Obama administration having a \"willful blindness\" in regards to radical Islamists . \n-LSB- 127 -RSB- With the passing of Fidel Castro in November , Cruz charged Obama with celebrating and lionizing Castro in public statements he made addressing the death . \n-LSB- 128 -RSB- On December 28 , after Secretary of State John Kerry gave a speech defending the U.S. 's decision to allow a U.N. resolution to pass , which condemned Israeli settlements \"on land meant to be part of a future Palestinian state\" , Cruz denounced the speech as \"disgraceful\" , and that history would preserve both Obama and Kerry as \"relentless enemies of Israel\" . \nCruz also accused the Obama administration of having a \"radical anti-Israel agenda\" . \nIn early January 2017 , Cruz , along with Texas governor Greg Abbott and some others met with the Taiwanese president , Tsai Ing-wen . \nIn late January , after President Trump announced Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee , Cruz praised Gorsuch as \"brilliant and immensely talented\" in a written statement shortly thereafter . \n-LSB- 130 -RSB- On February 23 , while speaking at the 2017 CPAC , Cruz showed interest in Trump nominating young justices in the mold of Scalia and Clarence Thomas . \n-LSB- 131 -RSB- On March 1 , Cruz dubbed Trump 's joint address to Congress the previous day as \"positive\" and \"unifying\" . \n-LSB- 132 -RSB- Cruz said that during his visit to the Mar-a-Lago estate on March 18 , he spoke with affiliates of President Trump while negotiating the American Health Care Act . \n-LSB- 133 -RSB- On April 6 , shortly after the Shayrat missile strike , Cruz released a statement displaying his interest in having President Trump appeal to Congress to take \"military action in Syria\" for the prevention of \"radical Islamic terrorist\" acquiring weapons stored in Syria . \nCruz has used harsh rhetoric against fellow Republican politicians , and his relationships with various Republican members of Congress have been strained . \n-LSB- 135 -RSB- -LSB- 136 -RSB- In 2013 , Cruz referred to Republicans who he thought were insufficiently resistant to the proposals of President Obama as a \"surrender caucus\" . \n-LSB- 135 -RSB- Cruz also called fellow Republicans out as \"squishes\" on gun-control issues during a Tea Party rally . \n-LSB- 135 -RSB- Cruz 's role in the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 in particular attracted criticism from a number of Republican colleagues . \n-LSB- 136 -RSB- Republican Senator John McCain is reported to particularly dislike Cruz ; in a Senate floor speech in 2013 , McCain denounced Cruz 's reference to Nazis when discussing the Affordable Care Act . \n-LSB- 136 -RSB- In March 2013 , McCain also called Cruz and others \"wacko birds\" whose beliefs are not \"reflective of the views of the majority of Republicans\" . \n-LSB- 136 -RSB- During the 2016 Republican presidential primaries , John Boehner described Cruz as \"Lucifer in the flesh\" , -LSB- 137 -RSB- while during an interview , Lindsey Graham was quoted as saying \"If you killed Ted Cruz on the floor of the Senate , and the trial was in the Senate , nobody would convict you .\" \nIn a heated Senate floor speech in July 2015 , Cruz accused Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of telling \"a flat-out lie\" over his intentions to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States , which Cruz opposes . \n\"What we just saw today was an absolute demonstration that not only what he told every Republican senator , but what he told the press over and over and over again was a simple lie\" , Cruz said of Senate Republican Leader McConnell . \n-LSB- 139 -RSB- Cruz 's \"incendiary outburst\" was \"unusual in the cordial atmosphere of the Senate\" , according to Reuters . \n-LSB- 139 -RSB- -LSB- 140 -RSB- In the same speech , Cruz assailed the \"Republican majority in both houses of Congresses\" for what Cruz termed an insufficiently conservative record . \n-LSB- 140 -RSB- Cruz 's speech , and especially his accusation against McConnell , was condemned by various senior Republican senators , with John McCain saying that the speech was \"outside the realm of Senate behavior\" and \"a very wrong thing to do\" . \n-LSB- 142 -RSB- Cruz had alleged that McConnell scheduled a vote on the Ex-Im Bank as part of a deal to persuade Democrats like Maria Cantwell to stop blocking a trade bill , whereas McConnell denied there was any \"deal\" , and that denial is what Cruz termed a \"lie\" ; Hatch says McConnell did pledge to help Cantwell get a vote on the Ex-Im Bank . \nAmong Cruz 's few close allies in the Senate is Mike Lee of Utah . \n-LSB- 144 -RSB- -LSB- 145 -RSB- Cruz has expressed pride in his reputation for having few allies , saying in June 2015 that he has been vilified for fighting \"the Washington cartel\" . \nWhen Boehner announced in September 2015 that he would step down and resign from the House , Cruz expressed his concern that before resigning Boehner may have \"cut a deal with Nancy Pelosi to fund the Obama administration for the rest of its tenure\" . \n-LSB- 147 -RSB- The following month , the budget agreement passed in the House by a vote of 266 to 187 , with unanimous support from Democrats and from Boehner , lifting the debt ceiling through March 2017 , and Cruz called the agreement \"complete and utter surrender\" . \nMain article : Ted Cruz presidential campaign , 2016 . \nAs early as 2013 , Cruz was widely expected to run for the presidency in 2016 . \n-LSB- 153 -RSB- In October 2013 , Cruz won the Values Voter Summit presidential straw poll with 42 % of the vote . \n-LSB- 154 -RSB- Cruz finished first in two presidential straw polls conducted in 2014 with 30.33 % of the vote at the Republican Leadership Conference -LSB- 155 -RSB- and 43 % of the vote at the Republican Party of Texas state convention . \nCruz did speaking events in mid-2013 across Iowa , New Hampshire , and South Carolina , all early primary states , leading to speculation that he was laying the groundwork for a run for President in 2016 . \n-LSB- 157 -RSB- Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin described Cruz as the first potential presidential candidate to emphasize originalism as a major national issue . \nOn April 12 , 2014 , Cruz spoke at the Freedom Summit , an event organized by Americans for Prosperity and Citizens United . \n-LSB- 159 -RSB- In his speech , Cruz mentioned that Latinos , young people and single mothers are the people most affected by the recession , and that the Republican Party should make outreach efforts to these constituents . \nOn March 23 , 2015 , Cruz announced his 2016 presidential candidacy for the GOP primaries and caucuses , in a morning speech delivered at Liberty University in Lynchburg , Virginia . \nCruz with his wife , Heidi , at a rally in Houston , March 2015 . \nHarperCollins published Cruz 's book A Time for Truth : Reigniting the Promise of America on June 30 , 2015 . \nCruz married Heidi Nelson in 2001 . \nIn the 2016 Republican presidential primaries , Cruz received over 7.8 million votes , -LSB- 169 -RSB- -LSB- 170 -RSB- won 12 states , and earned 559 delegates . \nOn February 1 , 2016 , Cruz won the Iowa caucuses . \n-LSB- 173 -RSB- -LSB- 174 -RSB- -LSB- 175 -RSB- Cruz received 28 % of the vote . \n-LSB- 175 -RSB- On February 10 , 2016 , Cruz placed third in the New Hampshire primary , with about 12 % of the vote . \n-LSB- 281 -RSB- Cruz met his wife while working on George W. Bush 's 2000 presidential campaign . \nOn March 1 , 2016 , Super Tuesday primary day , Cruz won Texas by 17 % , along with Alaska and Oklahoma , providing him with four state primary victories total . \n-LSB- 178 -RSB- In the Texas primary , Cruz received the most votes in all but six of the state 's 254 counties . \n-LSB- 179 -RSB- On March 5 , 2016 , Cruz won the Kansas and Maine caucuses , giving him six statewide wins . \nCruz won his widest margin up to that point in Kansas , where he beat frontrunner Donald Trump by 25 points . \n-LSB- 183 -RSB- With his victories over Trump in Texas , Kansas , and Maine , Cruz established himself as the candidate with the best opportunity to defeat Trump , the leading contender for the nomination . \nOn March 8 , 2016 , Cruz won the Idaho primary with 45 % of vote -- defeating Trump by 17 % and earning his seventh statewide victory . \n-LSB- 186 -RSB- On March 12 , 2016 , Cruz won the Wyoming county conventions with 67 % of the vote and 9 delegates , giving him his eighth statewide win . \nOn March 22 , 2016 , Cruz won the Utah Caucus with 69.2 % of the vote , versus John Kasich with 16.8 % and Donald Trump with 14 % . \n-LSB- 188 -RSB- Because Cruz surpassed the 50 % winner-take-all threshold , he won all 40 of Utah 's delegates . \nCruz received the support of the majority of the delegates . \nOn April 6 , 2016 , Cruz won the Wisconsin primary with 48.2 % of the vote , with Trump receiving 35.1 % . \nIt was Cruz 's tenth statewide win . \nCruz won 36 of the possible 42 delegates available in Wisconsin . \nOn April 2 and 7 -- 9 , 2016 , Cruz swept the Colorado congressional district and state conventions taking all 34 delegates . \n-LSB- 190 -RSB- -LSB- 191 -RSB- -LSB- 192 -RSB- -LSB- 193 -RSB- This gave Cruz his eleventh state win . \nOn April 16 , 2016 , Cruz won all 14 of Wyoming 's at-large delegates in the state convention . \nThis secured the majority of state delegates giving Cruz his twelfth state win . \nMain article : Ted Cruz presidential campaign , 2016 § Eligibility . \nCruz has stated that when he was a child , his mother told him that she would have to make an affirmative act to claim Canadian citizenship for him , so his family assumed that he did not hold Canadian citizenship . \n-LSB- 195 -RSB- In August 2013 , after the Dallas Morning News pointed out that Cruz had dual Canadian-American citizenship , -LSB- 196 -RSB- -LSB- 197 -RSB- he applied to formally renounce his Canadian citizenship and ceased being a citizen of Canada on May 14 , 2014 . \nSeveral lawsuits and ballot challenges asserting that Cruz is ineligible have been filed . \n-LSB- 199 -RSB- -LSB- 200 -RSB- -LSB- 201 -RSB- -LSB- 202 -RSB- -LSB- 203 -RSB- -LSB- 204 -RSB- -LSB- 205 -RSB- No lawsuit or challenge has been successful , and in February 2016 , the Illinois Board of Elections ruled in Cruz 's favor , stating , \"The candidate is a natural born citizen by virtue of being born in Canada to his mother who was a U.S. citizen at the time of his birth .\" \nOn April 27 , 2016 , Cruz announced that , if he were selected as the party 's nominee , he would choose former CEO of HP and fellow 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina as his vice-presidential running mate . \nShortly after losing overwhelmingly to Trump in the Indiana primary on May 3 , 2016 , Cruz officially announced his decision to suspend his campaign . \nShortly after the campaign 's end , Cruz indicated that he would be interested in restarting the bid if he were successful in the Nebraska primary , -LSB- 209 -RSB- which Trump instead won . \nIn the months following , several publications noted that Cruz still had not endorsed Trump , -LSB- 211 -RSB- -LSB- 212 -RSB- Cruz explaining in June that he was \"watching and assessing\" to determine if he would support him in the forthcoming general election . \n-LSB- 213 -RSB- On July 7 , after a meeting with Trump , Cruz confirmed that he would be speaking at the 2016 Republican National Convention . \n-LSB- 214 -RSB- In his speech on July 20 , the third day of the convention , Cruz congratulated Trump but did not endorse him and told listeners to \"vote your conscience , vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution\" . \n-LSB- 215 -RSB- The following day at the Texas Republican delegation breakfast , Cruz defended his choice to not endorse Trump : \"I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father . \n-LSB- 216 -RSB- -LSB- 217 -RSB- Two months later , on September 23 , 2016 , Cruz publicly endorsed Trump for president . \nOn October 10 , following the 2005 audio recording of Trump being released and several Republicans retracting their endorsements , Cruz reaffirmed his support , citing Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton as being \"manifestly unfit to be President\" . \n-LSB- 219 -RSB- On November 15 , Cruz met with President-elect Trump at the Trump Tower in New York City . \nIt had been reported that Trump was considering Cruz for the position of U.S. Attorney General , but the position ultimately went to Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions . \n-LSB- 220 -RSB- On November 28 , in light of Trump showing a softer tone on his campaign promises , Cruz warned that justified backlash could ensue if he strayed from them . \nMain article : Political positions of Ted Cruz . \nCruz led efforts to reject disaster relief for the victims of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 . \n-LSB- 222 -RSB- -LSB- 223 -RSB- Later , in August 2017 , Cruz called for disaster relief for the victims of Hurricane Harvey , which devastated parts of Texas . \n-LSB- 224 -RSB- Numerous commentators and both Democratic and Republican politicians criticized Cruz for this ; calling him a hypocrite . \n-LSB- 225 -RSB- -LSB- 224 -RSB- In response , Cruz said that he did not vote for Sandy disaster relief , because the bill \"was filled with unrelated pork\" and that \"two-thirds of that bill had nothing to do with Sandy\" . \n-LSB- 222 -RSB- Fact-checkers at The Washington Post and The New York Times found that this was false , with the Washington Post Fact-checker saying \"Cruz is repeating a number of myths about the funding for Sandy disaster relief ... The bill was largely aimed at dealing with Sandy , along with relatively minor items to address other or future disasters .\" \nOn abortion , Cruz is \"strongly pro-life\" and \"would allow the procedure only when a pregnancy endangers the mother 's life\" . \nCruz opposes both same-sex marriage and civil unions . \n-LSB- 232 -RSB- Cruz referred to the Supreme Court 's decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide as \"among the darkest hours of our nation\" and accused the court of judicial activism . \nIn 2015 , Cruz voted in favor of the USA Freedom Act , which reauthorized the USA Patriot Act but reformed some of its provisions . \nCruz is a proponent of school choice -LSB- 236 -RSB- and opposes the Common Core State Standards Initiative . \n-LSB- 237 -RSB- Cruz is a strong critic of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -LRB- the ACA or \"Obamacare\" -RRB- . \nCruz is part of the group of 13 Senators drafting the Senate version of the AHCA behind closed doors . \nCruz is a gun-rights supporter . \n-LSB- 242 -RSB- Cruz adopted a \"hard-line stance\" on immigration issues during the 2014 border crisis -LSB- 243 -RSB- and is an opponent of comprehensive immigration reform . \n-LSB- 45 -RSB- -LSB- 243 -RSB- Cruz advocates for an increase from 65,000 to 325,000 annually in skilled foreign workers entering the United States using H-1B visas . \nCruz opposes the legalization of marijuana , but believes it should be decided at the state level . \nCruz opposes net neutrality , arguing that the Internet economy has flourished in the United States simply because it has remained largely free from government regulation . \nCruz has called for an end to \"overcriminalization , harsh mandatory minimum sentences , and the demise of jury trials\" . \nIn his 2012 Senate campaign , Cruz frequently mentioned his role as counsel for the State of Texas in Medellín v. Texas , a 2008 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court found that Texas has the legal right to ignore an order from the International Court of Justice directing the U.S. to review the convictions and sentences of dozens of Mexican nationals on death row . \n-LSB- 249 -RSB- Cruz has referred to Medellín as the most important case of his tenure as Texas solicitor general . \nIn an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt discussing the attack that killed three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs , Cruz said that \"the simple and undeniable fact is the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats\" , and that the reason Democrats are soft on crime , is that convicted felons tend to vote Democratic . \nIn August 2015 , in the wake of the ambush death of a Texas police officer who was gunned down while filling up at a gas station , Cruz said that police are \"feeling the assault from the President , from the top on down , as we see -- whether it 's in Ferguson or Baltimore , the response from senior officials , the President or the Attorney General , is to vilify law enforcement . \nCruz has been described by the Cato Institute 's Center for Trade Policy Studies as a \"free trader\" -LSB- 252 -RSB- and as a \"free-trade advocate\" by The Wall Street Journal . \n-LSB- 253 -RSB- In 2013 , Cruz proposed the abolition of the IRS and the implementation of a flat tax \"where the average American can fill out taxes on a postcard\" . \n-LSB- 254 -RSB- Cruz is \"adamantly opposed to a higher minimum wage\" .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-595dd80ee1f54bca8c3289ee41dc84e8", "input": "During the meeting Hassanal said that Brunei and China enjoyed long-run friendly exchanges and the Brunei-China relationship developed smoothly since the two countries established the diplomatic ties nearly 20 years ago.\nHassanal said that cooperation between Brunei and China in various fields were also fruitful since then and he was delighted that he had cemented friendship with Chinese leaders.\nThe Brunei royal family and the government attached great importance to developing close and friendly ties with China and Brunei will continue to stick to the One China policy and strengthen cooperation in economic and trade and energy with China he said.\nHassanal expressed thanks for China's assistance in helping Brunei develop technologies for paddy production and expected more achievements in this field.\nDai said that China and Brunei are traditional good neighbors and the two countries have extensive common interests and broad space for cooperation.\nThe bilateral relations developed swiftly since the two countries established the diplomatic ties in 1991 Dai said.\nDai noted that China is willing to further its friendly exchanges with Brunei based on the principles of mutual respect equality and mutual benefit.", "output": [ "Hassanal Bolkiah", "Hassanal" ] }, { "id": "task419-24a4abd6bddc4ea7b6e4f305f96fec42", "input": "Skip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Comedian Larry David opened Saturday Night Live with a controversial monologue with jokes about Harvey Weinstein and concentration camps. Wochit\n Larry David resurrected his Bernie Sanders impression while Liam Hemsworth joined Miley Cyrus and Alex Moffat as his brother Chris Hemsworth. (Photo: NBC Will Heath/NBC)\nSome of Hollywood's biggest stars made appearances on Saturday Night Live's celebrity edition sketch of The Price Is Right including the return host Larry David as Bernie Sanders and musical guest Miley Cyrus.\n\"We're doing this the Bernie way if I lose I'm bringing everybody down with me \" David as Sanders said when introducing himself with partner Derrick played by Pete Davidson.\nIt didn't take long for David 's Sanders to unleash a rant about the state of the American economy.\n\"The real problem in this country is American consumerism \" David as Sanders said. \"Who needs a washer? When I need to wash the one suit I own I just wait until it rains I stand outside for 15 minutes and then I jog behind a bus until the exhaust blows me dry.\"", "output": [ "Larry David" ] }, { "id": "task419-0bce0c03a8ee4656b596611371f20271", "input": "Magic mull possible return of Nelson for finals\n Though that doesn't add up to Nelson being healthy enough to play it does create a dilemma for the Magic's front office.\n Nelson said Monday that he has been playing full-court games participating in contact drills and will practice with the Magic for the first time since tearing the labrum in his right shoulder Feb. 2 against the Dallas Mavericks.\n \"I'm a competitor \" Nelson said. \"No matter what the situation is I always think I can go out there and get contact.\"\n He had what was then called season-ending surgery Feb. 19. Nelson's rehabilitation was supposed to take at least another two months. Game 1 of the finals is Thursday night in Los Angeles.\n Magic general manager Otis Smith and coach Stan Van Gundy expressed doubt Monday whether Nelson could seriously return for the finals. Smith who had repeatedly said Nelson will not play this season said Monday a quicker recovery and the chance of winning a championship has forced him to at least take a look at Nelson.\n \"It's still no in my mind \" Smith said adding that the team will explore the idea even if Nelson doesn't return for Game 1. \"There's a smidgen of a chance he can play.\"\n Orlando was 2-0 against the Lakers this season. Nelson was Orlando's leading scorer in both those games averaging 27.5 points. He has been lobbying the Magic for a chance at playing since the playoffs began. With each round the team advances the idea -- and the talk -- of him returning has grown.\n But Nelson would likely just be a shell of his All-Star form. He hasn't played in four months and even he admits it will be difficult to convince the training staff and coaches that he isn't risking future damage.\n \"A miracle has to happen \" Nelson said.\nJameer Nelson's injured right shoulder can take contact and he's been cleared by doctors to practice ahead of Orlando's NBA finals series against the Lakers.\n Nelson has been lauded by players and coaches during the playoffs for his leadership. He has been sitting between the coaching staff and players on the Magic bench offering pointers during timeouts and acting like \"a fifth or sixth assistant coach \" Smith said.\n But Smith worried from the beginning that Nelson would feel excluded. The two met before the playoffs to make sure Nelson wasn't tempted to rush back early.", "output": [ "Jameer Nelson's" ] }, { "id": "task419-ef59d4541a154dba89469c78cbb492c6", "input": "Youngstown State football coach Bo Pelini says the school made a mistake by not publicizing right away that one of the teens convicted in the high-profile Steubenville rape case was joining the team but the player earned a second chance three years after getting out of prison by staying disciplined focused and out of trouble.\nSpeaking to the AP for the first time about the case Pelini said he gave Richmond a chance to try out in the first place after hearing him accept responsibility for his conviction.\n\"I didn't make this decision lightly \" Pelini said. \" He was extremely remorseful. I saw a young man who was desperately wanting to better his life and those of the people around him .\"\nAs the backlash played out Richmond's father Nathaniel Richmond was killed in an unrelated confrontation when he shot a judge in a courthouse parking lot and a probation officer returned fire. The judge had been overseeing a wrongful death lawsuit the father filed against a housing authority. He had been mostly absent during his son's childhood but was becoming more involved in his life.\nRichmond also quit the team and went home to Steubenville after the university said he would not play. Pelini another coach and three teammates visited Richmond to convince him to return to school.\n\"'You need to get your butt back to campus and trust that things are gonna work out. You can't walk away from school you've come this far. It's time to stick it out '\" Pelini said he told Richmond during the visit.\nRichmond and his legal guardians spoke with Pelini and YSU President Jim Tressel about joining the team after he enrolled. Pelini researched Richmond's past before meeting him then said he made no promises and told Richmond he'd have to earn good grades and stay out of trouble to be on the team.\n\"He stuck with it \" Pelini said. \"He went over and above. He knew he had no room for error.\"\nRichmond began practicing with the team as a defensive end after Youngstown State's loss in the Football Championship Subdivision title game in January. Pelini said Richmond a walk-on player with no scholarship showed talent but was a \"work in progress.\"\n Pelini said the rape conviction and the intense public attention sharpened Richmond's focus and determination to rise above his past.\n\"It makes you grow up in a hurry \" Pelini said.", "output": [ "Bo Pelini" ] }, { "id": "task419-b624351e9313450caab3e3ea99fd6fc3", "input": "Miles drove off with Chloe Rimmer in the passenger seat until an officer stopped him for driving without taillights. The police report noted that the driver had “difficulty” handling the car that cocaine was found on the center console and that Rimmer had marijuana in her purse.\nMiles told several stories. Then he said he had just met Rimmer and she asked if the Ferrari was his. “Yeah that’s my car ” he said he told her.\n“I was just trying to impress the girl I just met at the Vinoy ” he told officers.\nBut Miles says he ’s innocent of grand theft because the valet gave him the keys. He also faces charges of cocaine possession and habitually driving with a suspended or revoked license. Rimmer faces a charge of marijuana possession.", "output": [ "Chloe Rimmer" ] }, { "id": "task419-76c12e3fb57246dda6ae8ceea603b8f9", "input": "Todd Marbury of upstate Ossining is suing Lincoln Hall the non-profit he worked for in Manhattan federal court for allegedly allowing the boss to subject him to ridicule for years and then unjustly firing him in 2015.\n Marbury says in his suit that administrator Ronald Robinson even accused him of sexually molesting residents.\n Marbury who has a wife and kids claims Robinson launched his campaign of abuse in 2000 and intensified it in 2010 after becoming his direct boss at the Lincolndale facility in Somers.\n“One boy at the Hall overheard Robinson’’ suggesting Marbury had engaged in oral sex with a kid the suit claims.", "output": [ "Todd Marbury" ] }, { "id": "task419-7784835c417e44c3a39a39579450316f", "input": "In the wake of the Russian troll campaign against Ukrainian activists several Facebook users brought up the issue to Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg when he called for questions to be submitted prior to a May 2015 town hall the report found.\n Zuckerberg touched on the issue during his town hall in May 2015 and said that several posts that had been flagged contained \"hate speech\" and anti-Russian \"slurs.\"\n\" We did the right thing according to our policies in taking down the posts. I support our policies in taking down hate speech \" he told attendees.\n Zuckerberg extended an apology to users whose posts had been taken down despite being in compliance with community standards and attributed the error to a bug in Facebook's software.\nFormer President Barack Obama tried to warn Zuckerberg about the threat of fake news and its effect on the 2016 election less than two weeks after Donald Trump won the presidency The Washington Post reported on Sunday.\nNine days before Obama warned him about the effect fake news had on the November result and the problem it would pose in future elections Zuckerberg struck down the notion as a \"crazy idea\" that \"surely had no impact\" on the end result.\nFollowing the president's warning Zuckerberg acknowledged the problem but said fake news wasn't widespread on Facebook according to The Post. He added at the time that there was no easy solution to the issue according to those familiar with the matter.", "output": [ "Mark Zuckerberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-ecbd93767a5240eab0c2e43d66e1ef79", "input": "“When you work at an agency you're working with different people every time. I felt like I didn't know anyone enough to do it ” she said. “You're supposed to be nice the customer is always right – that's what you're measured on ” she added saying many agency workers fear they won't be asked back if they complain. “You have to ignore people commenting on your appearance or asking you out but often you don't feel like you can escape. You feel like you can't get away. It's about realising what a widespread problem it is: to be in fear in your workplace for women to be unsafe.” A 20-year-old woman who recently worked serving beer and food at football events through the hospitality agency Michael Wisher said she has been made to feel uncomfortable by men who were “cheeky and flirty” towards her. “I think that they feel as if it is their right to flirt as in they are buying something and it's part of the service ” the woman who asked to remain anonymous told BuzzFeed News.\nShe said that while men appeared to think their behaviour was “a joke” she felt it went beyond that especially when they were drunk. “Generally the more drunk they get the more they try to flirt with the workers and the rowdier they get ” she added. She said managers employed by Michael Wisher tended to intervene when event staff – who were mostly women – felt harassed.\nAnother woman who asked BuzzFeed News to protect her identity shared similar experiences of harassment when working at events for Michael Wisher as a student over 10 years ago.\n“I did work at events at uni like at the Ryder Cup cricket venues and large Indian weddings ” she said. “Thankfully there were no major incidents that I can vividly remember but no doubt you got men being a bit overly flirty with you and cheeky and thinking they could get away with saying things to you – normally when they had had a few too many drinks and think they could get away with it.” Michael Wisher who founded the agency said he had employed more than 100 000 staff and had never had a sexual harassment complaint.\n He told BuzzFeed News he takes the issue incredibly seriously but said the onus is on employees to report inappropriate behaviour. Wisher said his staff work with several different clients at locations across the country and that any incidents of harassment could be taken up with both the company and the individual customer.\n“There always are people that can do that – it's about shouting up and saying that's happened ” he said. “Staff can be moved around customers can be spoken to and if necessary removed. If you've got a customer who is behaving inappropriately in any form you go and talk to them point out how they need to conduct themselves – we don't have a problem with doing that.", "output": [ "Scott Michael Wisher", "Wisher" ] }, { "id": "task419-e76fc661816f4c9e9c913eb049b7831f", "input": "SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Jong Un on Monday warned the United States he has a “nuclear button” on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened but offered an olive branch to South Korea saying he was “open to dialogue” with Seoul.\nAfter a year dominated by fiery rhetoric and escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program Kim used his televised New Year’s Day speech to declare North Korea “a peace-loving and responsible nuclear power” and call for lower military tensions and improved ties with the South.\n“When it comes to North-South relations we should lower the military tensions on the Korean Peninsula to create a peaceful environment ” Kim said. “Both the North and the South should make efforts.”\n Kim said he would consider sending a delegation to the Winter Olympics Games to be held in Pyeongchang South Korea in February.\n“North Korea’s participation in the Winter Games will be a good opportunity to showcase the national pride and we wish the Games will be a success. Officials from the two Koreas may urgently meet to discuss the possibility ” Kim said.\nSouth Korea said it welcomed Kim’s offer to send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Games and hold talks with the South to discuss possible participation.\nU.S.-based experts saw Kim ’s speech as a clear attempt to divide South Korea from its main ally the United States which has led an international campaign to pressure North Korea to give up weapons programs aimed at developing nuclear missiles capable of hitting the United States.\nAsked by reporters to comment on Kim ’s speech U.S. President Donald Trump simply said “we’ll see we’ll see” as he walked into New Year’s Eve celebration at Mar-a-Lago his elite resort in Florida.\nRevere said Kim Jong Un ’s speech contained the strongest defense of North Korea’s status as a permanently nuclear-armed country he had seen.\nFILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to people attending a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang April 15 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj\n“ Implicit in Kim Jong Un’s speech is a willingness to engage with others including the United States on the basis of their acceptance of the ‘reality’ of North Korea’s permanent nuclear status. That’s not a basis on which the United States is prepared to engage ” he said.\nRather than encouraging U.S. measures that “threaten the security and peace of the Korean peninsula ” Seoul should instead respond to overtures from the North and “stop nuclear war exercises with foreign forces ” Kim said.\nAfter North Korea tested its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in November which it said was capable of delivering a warhead to anywhere in the United States Kim declared his nuclear force complete.\n He continued that theme in his New Year’s address announcing that North Korea would focus in the coming year on “mass producing nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles for operational deployment”.\nThis Kim said was “irreversible with any force” making it impossible for the United States to start a war against North Korea.\n“The whole territory of the U.S. is within the range of our nuclear strike and a nuclear button is always on the desk of my office and this is just a reality not a threat ” he said while emphasizing that the weapons would only be used if North Korea is threatened.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Un" ] }, { "id": "task419-c1bf3c83bde44e4b86bd253374c234bd", "input": "Fernandez a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology said that the demonstration which he repeated with other bills provided by a reporter showed both how pervasive cocaine was in the United States and how sensitive his machines were.\n They can instantly identify the chemical makeup of food drugs and just about anything placed in front of their stainless-steel aperture. The uses of the machines known as mass spectrometers are manifold -- the federal Department of Homeland Security has commissioned Fernandez to study whether the technology can help sniff for explosives at airports.\n But Fernandez's main focus is counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs especially in poorer countries where government regulation is weak. He is part of an informal group of researchers and government officials spanning Africa Asia and the United States who have teamed up with Interpol the international police agency to use cutting-edge technology in tracking fake drugs that claim to treat malaria. Counterfeit malaria drugs are of particular concern because of the scale and severity of the disease -- it kills more than 2 000 children a day in Africa alone -- and fears that fake or substandard malaria drugs are aggravating a growing problem of drug resistance.\n A scientific breakthrough in 2005 added an \"ion gun\" to the machines and allowed Fernandez to check hundreds of pills a day. A technician simply holds the sample -- a pill dog food or a dollar bill for example -- up to the machine which emits a jet of helium gas and captures a minute amount of the material instantly identifying its components.\n Contrary to the common belief that counterfeit drugs are just sugar pills Fernandez said most fakes have some level of active ingredient. Many contain the cheap and readily available pain reliever paracetamol which might temporarily soothe some symptoms but will not fight the underlying disease.\n Mass spectrometers may have a role in weeding out some of these counterfeits. Fernandez of Georgia Tech is using them to test whether mosquito nets treated with insecticide a crucial way to combat malaria are genuine.\n With time though Fernandez hopes costs will come down far enough that machines could be installed in local pharmacies.\n \"I always dream that at some point the end-consumer will be able to check \" Fernandez said. \"You put your tablet in front of a machine and you get a red light or a green light. That would be the end of counterfeit drugs.\"", "output": [ "Facundo M. Fernandez", "Fernandez" ] }, { "id": "task419-17c6203c46714144b11cec1e77230738", "input": "Many people have gone in search of a treasure allegedly hidden by New Mexico author and antiques dealer Forrest Fenn but for some the chase after an elusive prize has come at a dangerous price.\n Fenn 87 claims he hid a treasure – estimated by some to be worth $2 million -- somewhere in the Rocky Mountains in 2010. The only way to find it he says is by reading a cryptic poem containing nine clues from his self-published 2011 memoir \"The Thrill of the Chase.\" Part of the poem reads \"Begin it where warm waters halt / and take it in the canyon down / not far but too far to walk / put in below the home of Brown.\"\nA former military pilot turned wealthy antiques dealer Fenn told ABC News the main reason for creating this massive treasure hunt was to give people hope.\n\"In 1988 I was diagnosed with what everybody thought was terminal cancer \" Fenn said. \"But besides that we were going into a recession and lots of people losing their job despair was written all over the headlines and I just wanted to give some people hope.\"\n Fenn claims he hid a bronze chest filled with gold coins and rare artifacts.\nBecause of the fluctuating price of gold Fenn said he isn’t sure of the exact value \"I don't even want to think in those terms. Writers about this treasure hunt have appraised it between $1 million and $5 million.\"\n Fenn told ABC News he estimates that nearly 350 000 people have gone out searching. The treasure could be hidden anywhere in tens of thousands of square miles of territory out West from New Mexico to Montana. Aside from the poem Fenn has given few clues as to the treasure’s whereabouts but he says the treasure isn’t anywhere dangerous.\nSome skeptics think it's all a hoax but Fenn is quick to defend its authenticity.\n\"The treasure is real \" he said. \"The treasure is hidden where I put it.\"\n Fenn said thousands of online forums videos and documentaries have fueled speculation with people obsessively pouring over Fenn 's prose-prompted clues to the point where he said he has received the occasional death threat.\n\" This one guy called me... he said 'Tell me where the treasure is right now. I'm going to kill you.'\"\nSo far no one has been able to find it including Washington state resident Dal Nietzel who has made more than 65 search trip since he started looking in 2011.\nNeitzel runs Thrill of the Chase a popular blog documenting his own quests and the quests of others. It also serves as a fan page for other Fenn afficiandos.\nCynthia Meacham also among those looking for Fenn 's treasure said she first found out about the treasure in 2013 and has made more than 100 trips near her New Mexico home.\nThe quest for Fenn ’s hidden treasure comes with multiple dangers including bears and rough terrain. Several people have gone missing or died trying to find it.\nIn 2016 authorities found the remains of Randy Bilyeu whose family said he too went missing while searching for Fenn 's treasure. Bilyeu’s body was found north of the Cochiti Lake along the Rio Grande River.", "output": [ "Forrest Fenn" ] }, { "id": "task419-a2d148f3c80740d6a5510cc6255b1940", "input": "Don Cooper is ready to discuss his favorite subject — pitching — and as anyone who ever has spoken to him about it knows it’s likely to be a lengthy conversation.\n“Let me sit down and get into a talkin’ position ” Cooper said. “I’ll talk to anybody about pitching especially White Sox pitching.”\n Cooper has been in the Sox organization since 1988 and became the team’s pitching coach in 2002. During that time he has come across hurlers of all shapes sizes and talent levels.\nFor every Mark Buehrle John Danks Jose Quintana and Bobby Jenks there has been a Rocky Biddle Vic Darensbourg Wes Whisler and Jack Egbert. Cooper has seen them all and keeps coming back for more because he cherishes his role.\n“In the job I’m in I get to see guys reach their dreams ” Cooper said. “The first time they get to the big leagues that’s a dream realized — a longtime dream — but at the end of the dream it wasn’t ‘All right now I go back to the minor leagues.’\nTo get there Cooper puts pitchers through their paces on and off the mound. There are throwing programs strength training cardio workouts and more but it is interpersonal relationships that drive Cooper .\n“It’s the conversations I have with them ” he said. “It’s about the bullpen sessions the pregames and the games we talk about — that’s the meat and potatoes for me.”\nThe ability to communicate with pitchers from all walks of life is perhaps Cooper ’s strongest asset. During a key time in the Sox’s rebuild that is an important trait for the man tasked with aiding the development of some of the organization’s most prized possessions.\n“ He has developed a rapport with everybody ” manager Rick Renteria said. “It doesn’t matter whether it’s a young player just breaking in or a veteran coming into the system from another organization. He has a way of communicating with players that can either shock them or bring a lot of ease. There’s a method to everything he does.”\nWhen Sox pitchers and catchers report to Glendale Ariz. for spring training Monday Cooper will begin work with a 2018 starting rotation that is likely to feature youngsters Lucas Giolito Reynaldo Lopez and Carson Fulmer along with veterans Miguel Gonzalez and James Shields. Each one of them is going to get his fill of the man called “Coop.”\nWith the rebuild — a word Cooper doesn’t like by the way “because it’s always a build” — humming right along the New York native is eager to work with the talent general manager Rick Hahn has accumulated. Giolito Lopez and Fulmer all made significant strides during their stints with the Sox in 2017 and the goal for ’18 is further development.\n“I want to make a huge step forward individually with each guy ” Cooper said. “There might be some ups and downs here — I’ve seen it before — but we’re going to have a plan and stick to it. We’ll continue to work and focus on the things individually that we are going to add to our repertoire. What I’m looking for is that one stride forward because if we can do it individually maybe we can do it collectively.", "output": [ "Don Cooper" ] }, { "id": "task419-98a9608224e54be5a968569d1fabd60f", "input": "\"I've been dreaming of a moment like this since I was a little girl \" Flanagan said. \"All athletes have these dreams and these visions and it's what motivates us to get out the door to train hard. I visualized a moment like this and so I was trying to soak it up but I was also running a little terrified that I was going to get caught.\nThis is Flanagan 's second New York City Marathon and she finished the course with a time of 2 hours 26 minutes 53 seconds.\n Flanagan 's win comes just days after New York City was rocked with a terror attack that left eight people dead when a truck plowed into pedestrians and cyclists on a bike path in downtown Manhattan. The New York Police Department beefed up its security for Sunday's race in the aftermath of the deadly attack.\n Flanagan who also competed in the Boston Marathon in 2013 when two bombs detonated near the finish line said New Yorkers were on her mind during this weekend's race.", "output": [ "Brendan McDermidReuters Flanagan", "Flanagan" ] }, { "id": "task419-43a81e2c925648db93b96d6ba69b73c3", "input": "Without suggesting a new path toward Mideast peace Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed frustration Friday with the Israel-Palestinian impasse while insisting the Obama administration will \"not lose hope.\"\n She said the U.S. will keep pressing for a solution and she called on Israelis and Palestinians to set aside their differences.\n \"It is no secret that the parties have a long way to go and that they have not yet made the difficult decisions that peace requires \" she said in a dinner speech at the Saban Forum a Mideast policy seminar sponsored by the Brookings Institution think tank. \"And like many of you I regret that we have not gotten farther faster.\"\n She spoke just days after the administration dropped an effort to persuade Israel to impose a temporary freeze on some settlement activity. The Palestinians insist that direct peace talks cannot resume until Israel halts settlement construction.\n Clinton made clear that she believes the Israelis and Palestinians are ultimately responsible for settling their long conflict.\n \"Unfortunately as we have learned the parties in this conflict have often not been ready to take the necessary steps \" she said. \"Going forward they must take responsibility and make the difficult decisions that peace requires. This begins with a sincere effort to see the world through the other side's eyes to try to understand their perspective and positions. Palestinians must appreciate Israel's legitimate security concerns. And Israelis must accept the legitimate territorial aspirations of the Palestinian people. Ignoring the other side's needs is in the end self-defeating.\"\n Clinton did not mention the administration's frequently repeated goal of achieving at least the outline of a final peace settlement by September 2011. That goal was set when Israeli and Palestinian leaders came to Washington in September to resume negotiations -- a process that quickly broke down over disagreement on Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank.\n She pledged to stay actively involved but she offered no new strategy for achieving the peace deal that has eluded other U.S. administrations.\n \"The United States will not be a passive participant \" she said. \"We will push the parties to lay out their positions on the core issues without delay in good faith and with real specificity. We will work to narrow the gaps asking tough questions and expecting substantive answers. And in the context of our private conversations with the parties we will offer our own ideas and bridging proposals when appropriate.\"\n Before her remarks Clinton met the Palestinian prime minister the lead Palestinian negotiator the Israeli defense minister Israel's former foreign minister and the U.N. special envoy for the region.\n On Thursday Clinton held lengthy talks with Israel's chief negotiator. The administration's special Mideast peace envoy will travel to the region next week.", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-57fdcfbb2903402b95f0519fc00fe5b7", "input": "(Reuters) - U.S. soccer star Hope Solo accused ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter of grabbing her buttocks during an awards ceremony five years ago an allegation that the former head of international football’s governing body denied.\nSolo 36 told a Portuguese newspaper that Blatter touched her inappropriately in January 2013 during the Ballon D‘or awards ceremony in Lisbon. A spokeswoman for Solo on Saturday confirmed her comments.\n“I had Sepp Blatter grab my ass ” the former goalkeeper on the U.S. national women’s team said in an audio interview with Expresso posted on Saturday.\nA spokesman for Blatter said in a phone interview on Saturday that Solo’s allegation was “absurd and ridiculous and it is not true.”", "output": [ "Sepp Blatter" ] }, { "id": "task419-43b9fa05ccd54de4bade9e0787704d99", "input": "Oct 7 2017; Montreal Quebec CAN; David Belyavskiy of Russia (left) and Max Whitlock of Great Britain (center) and Ruoteng Xiao of People's Republic of China (right) respectively won the silver and the gold and the bronze at the men's pommel horse final during the 47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at Montreal Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports\n(Reuters) - Olympic champion Max Whitlock became the first British gymnast to retain a world title when he won the pommel horse gold medal at the gymnastics world championships in Montreal on Saturday.\n Whitlock a five-time Olympic medalist finished with a score of 15.441 to defeat Russian David Belyavskiy (15.100) and China’s Xiao Ruoteng (15.066).\nOct 7 2017; Montreal Quebec CAN; Max Whitlock of Great Britain competes on the pommel horse during the 47th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championship at Montreal Olympic Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY Sports", "output": [ "Max Whitlock" ] }, { "id": "task419-b2a24088c9e2481c93fa879f8c0d5db9", "input": "Start with the story of one particularly troublesome Washington-area gifted child Warren Buffett as described in the biography \"The Snowball \" by Alice Schroeder. By age 13 Buffett later to be the richest man in the world and a Washington Post Co. board member had had it with school. I wonder whether it might have been better had his parents let him quit right then.\n At newspaper gatherings Buffett sometimes mentions the Washington Post paper route he had as a boy. It sounds quaint and charming until you read the book and discover that the kid had so many routes that his annual income (including proceeds from his tenant farm and other investments) was greater than that of his teachers at his junior and senior high schools. His father was a congressman his family was comfortable but he had made all that money himself as a boy genius entrepreneur. By age 14 he had filed his first tax return.\n The only teacher who got through to Buffett was the school golf coach and only because he took the student to the racetrack in Charles Town W.Va. where the future investment guru tested his theories on speed handicapping. Buffett's grades improved only because his father threatened to end his newspaper delivery business if he did not shape up.\n These days we have many fine teachers trained to help gifted children. Many parents are happy that their children have been designated gifted. But we have no data to show that such children wouldn't be better off if they were just taken to the library and told to read anything they liked. That was how Buffett spent much of his time devouring volumes on every imaginable subject including every business book he could find.", "output": [ "Warren Buffett" ] }, { "id": "task419-bdad1ef9adc14cdfacb3d309969f2e09", "input": "In morning tweets and later in a “listening session” at the White House Trump claimed the strategy of arming teachers would be far less costly than hiring guards. He said “gun-free” school zones make it like “going in for ice cream” for school shooters and said on Twitter that with his strategy “ATTACKS WOULD END!”\n His remarks amplified a strategy Trump pushed during a first “listening session” Wednesday at the White House which included relatives of some of the 17 people killed by a gunman last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in South Florida. Thursday's session included law enforcement officers and other officials.\n[ ‘Fix it’: Students and parents tell Trump he needs to address gun violence at schools ]\n“Highly trained gun adept teachers/coaches would solve the problem instantly before police arrive ” Trump said in one morning tweet.\nDuring the “listening session” a couple of hours later Trump said he wants “my schools protected just like I want my banks protected.”\nIn his tweets Trump claimed his strategy had been mischaracterized by some news outlets and is more nuanced than reported. He said he envisioned only about 20 percent of teachers having concealed weapons and said they would have “military or special training experience.”\n“If a potential ‘sicko shooter’ knows that a school has a large number of very weapons talented teachers (and others) who will be instantly shooting the sicko will NEVER attack that school ” Trump said. “Cowards won’t go there ... problem solved. Must be offensive defense alone won’t work!”\nIn a later tweet Trump praised NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre and executive director Chris W. Cox whose organization has advocated not overreacting to last week's shooting.\n“What many people don’t understand or don’t want to understand is that Wayne Chris and the folks who work so hard at the @NRA are Great People and Great American Patriots ” Trump wrote. “They love our Country and will do the right thing.”\n“MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump added.\nIn the aftermath of the shooting Trump has publicly and privately floated actions that would be at odds with the positions of the NRA one of his biggest supporters in the 2016 campaign.\nIn a separate tweet Thursday Trump appeared to highlight one of those conflicts: raising the age for purchasing assault rifles from 18 to 21.\n“I will be strongly pushing Comprehensive Background Checks with an emphasis on Mental Health. Raise age to 21 and end sale of Bump Stocks!” Trump said in the tweet. “Congress is in a mood to finally do something on this issue — I hope!”\n Trump said during Friday's listening session that he thought the NRA would support raising the age to 21.\n“I don't think I'll be going up against them. ... They're good people ” said Trump who also praised the organization more broadly. “The NRA is ready to do things. People like to blame them.”\nInstead Pence pointed to Trump 's call for members of Congress to “strengthen background checks” and for the Justice Department to expedite new regulations for “bump stocks ” devices that can convert a legal semiautomatic weapon into one that fires like a fully automatic one.", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump", "Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-e2d95282ceee4df4a38c580d41e42a92", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer took responsibility on Sunday for a tweet about the firing of former national security adviser Michael Flynn a central figure in the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.\nFILE PHOTO: Lawyer John Dowd exits Manhattan Federal Court in New York U.S. on May 11 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo\nIn an interview with Axios John Dowd said the tweet was “my mistake” and that he drafted the tweet that raised more questions about whether there had been attempts to obstruct the Russia investigation.\n“I‘m out of the tweeting business ” Dowd told Axios. “I did not mean to break news.”", "output": [ "John Dowd" ] }, { "id": "task419-777db01a0f364d909a35b486253d2d45", "input": "Well comedian Bill Maher must not have gotten the memo. Or maybe he did get it and didn’t care.\nSpeaking to Warren face to face on his HBO program “Real Time” that night Maher asked her why more working-class people still back Trump despite his tax plan that Maher said favored the wealthy.\n“They’re still with him . They’re not with you ” Maher told Warren. “Explain to me what that disconnection is.”\n Maher cut off Warren’s defense: “Well his fans are not with you.”\n“Hold on ” she insisted. But Maher nudged more: “Come on.”\n Maher then moved in for the kill: “They don’t like you Pocahontas.”\n Maher smiled at Warren and laughed as well presumably signaling to her that his jab wasn’t an attack.\nBut Warren — hardly ever at a loss for words — fell silent and needed a few moments as the “Pocahontas” ribbing sank in. Check out her face just after:\nIt seemed as though Warren got the joke soon enough. She looked as though she was about to smile —\nbut she did not reply to Maher’s joke and instead soldiered on with her rhetoric:\n“How can it be racist if she ’s not Native American?” one Twitter user asked.\n“Disagree completely. Warren is embellishing (or lying your pick) Trump is calling her on her BS #PoliticalCorrectnessSucks ” another user said.\nCNN’s Jake Tapper offered a quote from a Native American friend of his who said Trump uttering “Pocahontas” is a racial slur — but Tapper added in his follow-up tweet that this same Native American friend noted that the Cherokee Nation “did a formal review and she is not a Cherokee citizen.”\nNative American friend of mine on Trump calling her \"Pocahontas\": \"It is a slur for sure and broadly stereotyping Indigenous people.\" 1/2 — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 28 2017\nAlso he says \"a citizen of the Cherokee Nation I know they did a formal review and she is not a Cherokee citizen.\" 2/2 — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 28 2017", "output": [ "Bill Maher Bill", "Bill" ] }, { "id": "task419-5550f625ec034d83b0685f47baa2d1eb", "input": "Director Taika Waititi with Tessa Thompson (in costume as Valkyrie) on the set of “Thor: Ragnarok .” (Disney/Marvel Studios)\nIF EVEN a modest mainstream hit can turn Hollywood into your oyster than Taika Waititi‘s universe is now a string of pearls.\n Waititi has been on the industry’s radar for more than a decade since his first film release the 2004 short “Two Cars One Night ” scored an Oscar nomination (a short that later begot the feature film “Boy“). But he was in no hurry to make big-budget movies like his somewhat subversive new “Thor: Ragnarok ” which has grossed more than $430 million worldwide.\nUnlike other Marvel directors such as James Gunn and the Russo brothers Waititi has such an uncommon approach to directing a superhero movie that he might not even accept a shot at a sequel if Disney and Team Feige offered. It wasn’t even Thor as character or story that particularly attracted the New Zealand native to saying yes to entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe.\n“When I think of the comics not much” is appealing Waititi tells The Post’s Comic Riffs of the Thor stories. “Other than he’s basically an alien he has access to these different worlds and that’s a cool way of [taking] the audience on an interesting adventure. He can fly in outer space and … meet these crazy characters that you’d never see on Earth.”\n(As for the Thor visuals as opposed to the comics stories Waititi does acknowledge: “All these ’70s comic books were so bright and colorful with these splash pages and bold art. … It was a conscious decision to embrace that Jack Kirby art” in “Ragnarok.”)\nWhen talking with Waititi you get the sense that he would get easily bored if he stuck with one genre or franchise for too long. As a kid he says he was attracted to painting and writing and theater and music and filmmaking simply became a way to integrate all those passions. As a 42-year-old filmmaker his interests seem creatively free-ranging and voracious.\nAll those elements work winningly in such indie films of his as “Eagle vs. Shark” and “What We Do in the Shadows” (both co-starring Clement) as well as “Hunt for the Wilderpeople ” and even his early mockumentary short “Flight of the Conchords: The Road to the Edinburgh Fringe Fest ” in which he plays a clueless band manager worthy of “This Is Spinal Tap.” (Even a Waititi TED talk is amusing as a self-aware intellectual walkabout — at times nearly a TED talk deconstructed.)", "output": [ "Taika Waititi" ] }, { "id": "task419-6ef5672883cb48f097b16fc3fe6a4ba5", "input": "Mohammad Shawash’s partly restored storefront stands amid a sea of smashed concrete and debris-laden roads.\nThe 62-year-old with a snow-white beard and glasses decided to return to the historic souk five months ago to reopen the shop he had managed for years.\n“I cried when I first came back. I found total destruction all around me. The stores were destroyed the streets covered in rubble and rocks and the buildings collapsed ” he told AFP.\n“So I repaired it myself to prove to the whole world that Aleppo’s Old City still has a soul.”\n– ‘I lost myself ’ –\n“I was raised here and I used to open my shop from 7:00am until late at night. I knew everyone around me ” he said.\n“It’s not just about losing money or stock. I lost my neighbours I lost my people I lost myself .”", "output": [ "Mohammad Shawash" ] }, { "id": "task419-c83825424d414ab78ffdaebc7fafb9bb", "input": "Anti-Trump steam rolling from his ears? Check.\nAnyway Trump was unfazed. Smiled and gave a thumbs up.\nOf the 33 questions asked 21 obsessed over infighting among Republicans upset at Trump .\nRemarkably there was actually one question about the Clinton conspiracy with Russia to give 1/5 of America’s uranium to our greatest nuclear rival. But nothing about the Clinton conspiracy with Russia to dig up dirt on Trump during the election.", "output": [ "Anti-Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-1d897afcb39d4a9782ea6e2fc8bfed12", "input": "\"An American first: a president who was obviously mentally ill the moment he took office \" Krugman tweeted along with a New York Times report that Trump brought up debunked claims that millions of people voted illegally in the election causing him to lose the popular vote during a Monday night meeting with Congressional leaders.\n Krugman has criticized Trump repeatedly since his election — questioning Trump's business conflicts of interest his Cabinet nominees the involvement of Russia in his election and more. But this is the first time Krugman called into question the mental fitness of the president.\n Krugman has also been critical of Comey arguing that Comey's letter to Congress regarding the renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server swung the election in Trump's favor.\n Krugman highlighted part of a Washington Post article about Trump's attitude after the election. \"Read it and shudder \" he wrote.\nIn subsequent tweets Krugman said that despite Trump's best efforts the growing difference between increasing US interest rates due to rate hikes from the Federal Reserve and the interest rates throughout the rest of the world would increase the strength of the US dollar. A strong dollar would be harmful to US manufacturing offsetting any pro-manufacturing policies from Trump Krugman said.", "output": [ "Paul Krugman Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-1227c3d1327040ee883d92243f8c25ac", "input": "John Loos who played baseball in high school recalled Monday how he was watching the center fielder move during the Aug. 29 Cubs game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field when he was hit. He was not on his cellphone he said.\n“I like the science of baseball so I tend to watch the center fielder move as a pitch is made to see how they are trying to get a jump on the ball ” John Loos said. “I like watching the pitch speeds things like that.”\nWearing a patch over his left eye and glasses Loos said he didn’t see the foul ball coming at him . Through his lawsuit he wants the Cubs to expand their netting to prevent other fans from getting hit with flying balls or bats.\n Loos was sitting in Section 135 — overlooking a stretch of the the first base line that extends to the outfield — during the game in which he was injured. An adult friend of his daughter has ties to the Cubs which allowed them to get into the game without a ticket.\n Loos was taken by ambulance from Wrigley to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center. He has undergone three surgeries since then and is expected to have at least two more.\n Loos said he may have to replace his left eye with a prosthesis. He said he can still see out of his right eye but has had problems adjusting to light and shadows.\n Loos ’ attorney Colin Dunn said they have not determined how fast the ball was going when it hit Loos though he has seen video of the incident on social media.\n John Loos remains a Cubs fan but he has no plans to watch any future games from where he was hit with the foul ball.\n“Honestly I would probably be at home or at a bar across the street ” he said.", "output": [ "John Loos" ] }, { "id": "task419-64479babfb994ee5996fbfd6a612560c", "input": "The former professional tennis player Justin Gimelstob has never run a marathon but now he has $10 000 and a great deal of pride at stake in his first one on Sunday. So he was only too pleased when Laura Skladzinski offered to help. Even though she is only 25 Skladzinski has more than enough experience for the two of them.\n A world-record holder as the youngest woman to complete marathons in all 50 states Skladzinski will run alongside Gimelstob in the New York City Marathon guiding him through the course as he aims to win a $10 000 wager against his friend Andy Roddick the ninth-ranked tennis player in the world.\n During the summer Roddick bet Gimelstob that he could not complete the course in 4 hours 45 minutes. The loser is supposed to send a check to the other's charitable foundation. Gimelstob who had never run three miles before arranging the wager recently reached 20 miles in training and now his confidence is soaring especially with Skladzinski by his side.\n Skladzinski has run 60 marathons since her first one just three years ago most recently the Marine Corps Marathon which she ran in a Superwoman outfit on Halloween finishing in 4:00:55. On June 6 two years and two weeks after she ran her first marathon in Vermont Skladzinski became the youngest woman to run in all 50 states as certified by the 50 States Marathon Club averaging almost a marathon a week during the sport's peak season in spring and autumn.\n She ran the Mississippi Blues Marathon in Jackson Miss. the Mardi Gras Marathon in New Orleans and the Hatfield and McCoy Marathon in Williamson W.Va. She spent a total of 12 hours in Alaska to run the Humpy's Marathon in Anchorage of which 3:57:23 was spent on the course (she beat former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's mark by 2 minutes 23 seconds).\n Her personal best is 3:49:40 at the Kentucky Derby Marathon this spring but she also ran a sluggish 7:02:51 in the aptly named Running With the Devil Marathon in Boulder City Nev. where it was 119 degrees at the 11 a.m. start time with virtually no shade along the course. Last year she ran the New York City event in 3:56:42 which was impressive considering she was battling a bit of a hangover.\n In a procedure not uncommon for her Skladzinski a recent Cornell graduate who works as a business strategy consultant was out partying the night before with friends although not late.\n \"It was Halloween so I told everyone to meet up early at 2 p.m. \" she said. \"That way I could still have fun and get a good night's sleep before the race. I think I did pretty well even after all that beer. My motto is I live the life I want and I run marathons on the side. I'm not going to let it dictate my life.\"\n Skladzinski who is nothing if not an organized Type A personality kept a spreadsheet for her travels and calculated that she traversed 122 000 miles mostly by plane and ran 1 422 miles at a total cost of about $11 530. The farthest she traveled was Honolulu and as a resident of Manhattan the easiest journey was of course the New York City Marathon. She has run with wild horses in Wyoming stayed with friends in Michigan and Idaho; used hotel loyalty points in Nebraska Ohio and Oregon; and spent an undetermined number of hours trying to arrange all of the travel.\n Since the previous youngest woman to run in 50 states was 29 Skladzinski originally gave herself six years to complete the task. But about halfway through she realized she could do it before she turned 25 on July 10 and that became her mark. She accomplished it with a month to spare by cramming them in at a staggering rate.\n Last fall she ran 12 marathons in 13 weeks and when she set her personal best in Kentucky it was her third marathon in eight days Charlottesville Va. with Boston right before.\n \"It was pretty complicated at times figuring out the travel and the logistics \" she said. \"It took a lot of time and foresight.\"\n (Two women -- Beverly Paquin and Morgan Cummings both 22 -- have passed Skladzinski's record in the last month.)\n But Sunday Skladzinski will devote herself to Gimelstob and getting him across the finish line in one piece and also in ample time to win the bet. She knows she will not set a personal record because they are aiming for 4:20 but she is still happy because she has a new goal.\n \"We're going to make sure he wins the bet \" she said \"and gets that money for the children.\"", "output": [ "Laura Skladzinski" ] }, { "id": "task419-0cfc7a4db4864f1d9c21bd0c45bdd439", "input": "Alabama RB Bo Scarbrough yells âFâ Trumpâ before tonightâs title game. pic.twitter.com/RhuhRyNFHh â Sporting News (@sportingnews) January 9 2018\nSounds an awful lot like Scarbrough shouted âF*ck Trump!â\nHowever Scarbrough himself took to Twitter late Monday night and disputed that interpretation of what he said Instead Scarbrough claims that he shouted âF*ck Georgia!â\nIf yâall really listen I said Georgia smh about yâall people in this world [Link] â Bo Scarbrough (@starbo06) January 9 2018\nNow from a distance in a crowded hallway with multiple people yelling itâs easy to see how one could misinterpret what someone else said. However letâs start with the claim that Scarbrough said âGeorgia.â\nAs Breitbart Deputy Political Editor Amanda House noted âGeorgiaâ is a two-syllable word. Even accounting for different accents and dialects a syllable is a syllable; and whatever Scarbrough said it was only one syllable.\nWhich causes problems for his explanation that he said a two-syllable word like âGeorgia.â Georgia also starts with a âG â and the beginning of the word Scarbrough shouted after he yelled âF*ck â seemed to clearly make a âTRâ or âCHâ type of sound.\nBreitbart reported the Scarbrough story last night as him saying âF*ck Trump!â\nWhile we have updated that story to reflect Scarbroughâs explanation in addition to adding this piece this is not retraction. It is still my belief that Scarbrough said âTrump â and not âGeorgia.â", "output": [ "Bo Scarbrough" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f4ab5243817414f909930267314f44c", "input": "On November 29 of last year Nikolas Cruz called 911 himself in Palm Beach County to report that someone \"attacked me and said they were going to gut me.\"\nIn a 5 ½ minute call Cruz say \"I kind of got made and I started punching walls and stuff and then a kid came at me and threw me on the ground and he started attacking me and kicked me out of the house.\"\nIn another call a woman whose name was redacted describes an altercation between her adult son and Cruz. She also said she's worried that Cruz is going to get a gun \"because that's all he wants is his gun and that's all he cares about is his gun.\"\nThe Miami Herald and other news organizations identify the caller as 42-year-old Roxanne Deschamps who had taken in Cruz and his younger brother Zachary after their mother died earlier that month.\nMeanwhile the Broward Sheriff's office released records dating back 10 years documenting contacts it had with Nikolas Cruz the 19-year-old suspect . The records released are logs of 23 separate 911 calls including 15 calls made by his now-deceased mother Linda Cruz reporting disputes and disturbances involving Cruz between November 2008 and June 2014. Several other calls were made by third parties beginning in February 2016 through November 2017.\n\"Third hand information from the neighbor's son that Nikolas Cruz planned to shoot up the school on Instagram (Picture of Juvenile with guns.) One month time delay. Unknown high school. Cruz lives in area.\"\nThe log says that the deputy made contact with the anonymous caller. Upon learning that Cruz possessed knives and a BB gun that information was \"forwarded to Stoneman Douglas School Resource Officer.\"\n\"Caller advised subject Nikolas Cruz is collecting guns and knives. Cruz wants to join the Army. Concerned he will kill himself one day and believes he could be a school shooter in the making. Caller advised Cruz was no longer living at the listed parkland address and is now living Lake Worth FL. Believes the weapons are kept at a friend's house at an unknown location.\"", "output": [ "Nikolas Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-e763d4f1c06c4e9fa18500b37704f109", "input": "In August 1996 Dave Martinez was an everyday outfielder for the Chicago White Sox hitting .318 hardly a dispensable asset. But that didn’t keep the 5-foot-10 160-pound Martinez from tangling with the team’s biggest star — both in stature and notoriety.\nCall him Dave or Davey. Doesn’t matter. After years of waiting to manage a big league club Dave Martinez is just happy to get his shot with the Nationals. “I really felt it was time ” Martinez said. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)\nFists formed. A confrontation brewed. Then legend has it in charged Martinez .\n“Next thing you know [Thomas] snapped at me ” Martinez said of the man known as “The Big Hurt.” “I was like ‘Nope. Uh uh.’ We both went to the ground.”\nAccounts of the outcome vary but most include Martinez subduing all 6-feet-5 240 pounds of Thomas in time to spare Ventura.\nThose who played with him and those who watched him coach at Joe Maddon’s side for the past decade describe Martinez as a genuinely friendly guy with a magnetic personality — and an undeniable edge. They said Martinez is fearless not just in the sense that he backs down from no one but also in his willingness to stand up to those close to him .\n“ Dave Martinez was always always trying to be in the middle just for the good of the team ” said Ozzie Guillen a former manager who is now an ESPN Deportes analyst. “ He ’s a tough guy. He ’ll fight anybody. On the other hand he would invite everyone to his party. That’s the kind of guy he is.”\n Martinez became Maddon’s most trusted dugout adviser — and one of the most talked-about managerial prospects in the game — over seven seasons with the Tampa Bay Rays and three with the Chicago Cubs because of a unique ability to relate to players. After all telling opponents they are wrong is one thing. Delivering tough messages to teammates — or as a coach to one’s own potentially high-profile players — is another.\n“The thing I’ve always liked about [ Martinez ] is he ’s never been afraid to have difficult conversations ” said Maddon the Cubs manager. “It doesn’t mean yelling or screaming. It just means being straight up with guys. . . . He ’s not worried about hurting somebody’s feelings or saying the wrong thing. He ’s just attempting to do the right thing and make sure it works.”\n Dave Martinez left spent 10 seasons in the dugout with Joe Maddon right. “ He ’s never been afraid to have difficult conversations ” Maddon says of Martinez . “It doesn’t mean yelling or screaming. It just means being straight up with guys.” (Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) Dave Martinez right congratulates Mike Olt during a game last season in Denver. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) Dave Martinez won a World Series ring in 2016 with the Cubs. (Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images)\n Dave Martinez top left spent 10 seasons in the dugout with Joe Maddon top right. “ He ’s never been afraid to have difficult conversations ” Maddon says of Martinez . “It doesn’t mean yelling or screaming. It just means being straight up with guys.” Above left Martinez congratulates Mike Olt during a game last season in Denver. Above right Martinez spent three seasons with the Chicago Cubs and won a World Series ring in 2016.\nAs a manager Martinez is an unknown commodity. At 53 he has never managed in the minors. He has never managed at all.\nMaddon had his eye on Martinez for two decades before their partnership began. He first chased him down in 1983 when Martinez was playing in instructional league. Martinez was 19 and his play spoke louder than he did.\nHe was fresh off an uncomfortable stint in Puerto Rican winter ball. Though born to Puerto Rican parents in Brooklyn Martinez didn’t grow up speaking Spanish other than occasionally with his grandmother. When he was 12 his father sent him to live with an uncle in Florida so he could play baseball year round but he never quite picked up the language. This was a surprise to Cubs staff when he arrived at winter league. The veterans never let him live it down.\n“I like the way you play ” Martinez said he remembers Maddon saying. He all but shrugged it off not thinking much of the compliment.\nAlmost 25 years later a half-decade after Martinez ’s playing career had ended Maddon asked him to be a guest instructor at Rays spring training in 2006. Andrew Friedman the team’s GM at the time noticed Martinez ’s impact immediately.", "output": [ "Dave Martinez" ] }, { "id": "task419-6540a17392344c46a95411c780cd4829", "input": "Representatives of President Bashar al-Assad's government -- who have trooped through many of Geneva's fine hotels -- have never even met face-to-face with Syria's opposition.\nYes we have been here before. But this time it feels different. Russia is calling almost all the shots making an outcome in Assad 's favor much closer.\nIndeed the opposition has in the past insisted Assad must go almost as a precondition for talks rather than an outcome of the peace process itself. And where Obama supported this position Trump is reversing from it.\nIn late October US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said: \"The only thing that changed is when this administration came into office we took a view that it is not a prerequisite that Assad go before that process starts; rather the mechanism by which Assad departs will likely emerge from that process.\"\nBut as we approach this latest round of talks Assad seemed to be leveraging Trump's implicit support delaying his delegation's arrival at the talks pushing back against opposition demands he needs to go early in the talks process and not be part of a transitional government.\nAs the US bows out Assad appears empowered and the UN mediator weakened. On the eve of talks he issued a statement demanding no preconditions from either side.\nRussia and the US agree to do all they can to reach a compromise -- Russia with Assad ; the US with the opposition.\nYet each time talks collapse because Assad 's forces ratchet up their offensives and sieges.\nThe opposition not unreasonably says it can't negotiate while its people are being starved and killed. Mediators call for pauses in the talks that can drag out for months. The pause then only ends when Assad wins whatever battle he 'd used to stall the talks.\nOn the eve of these talks Eastern Ghouta -- a suburb of Damascus -- is in the headlines. It is the latest pocket of opposition Assad is trying to extinguish. International observers will be watching carefully albeit with no clout to change the dynamic should he use the cover of these talks to accelerate attacks here.\nEach time has Assad crashed the talks previously Russia -- rather than convince him to stop -- has helped provide cover for him .\nThat was Obama's understanding with Putin. The US believed Russia would do as it said it would -- namely telling Assad to stop fighting -- and negotiate in good faith. It never happened.\nWhen finally Russia did vote for UN Security Council Resolution 2254 calling for a political not military solution and setting a time frame and process for Assad to end the war and transition from power it seemed impossible the Russians could weasel out of their obligations again. Yet they did.\nFor any democratic leader victory at the cost Syria has paid -- hundreds of thousands dead more than half the population displaced and close to 5 million refugees forced to flee the country -- would be pyrrhic in the extreme. But not for Assad and his ally Vladimir Putin.\nHow different things are now. As parties get ready to arrive in Geneva Putin recently held a meeting with all the key powers in the region and beyond which was notable for Assad 's presence outside Syria for the first time in seven years.\nThat a man as paranoid as Assad could be lured from his safe Damascus lair is an indication of the influence Putin holds over him.", "output": [ "Bashar al-Assad" ] }, { "id": "task419-cd9f83aac809456685a77c76f8772e76", "input": "The Federal Reserve is likely to raise interest rates at its December meeting Jerome Powell President Trump's pick to be Fed chairman signaled Tuesday.\n\"I think the case for raising interest rates at our next meeting is coming together \" Powell told the Senate Banking Committee at his confirmation hearing.\n Powell managed to avoid any missteps at the hearing that might have derailed his nomination. A member of the Fed's board of governors since 2012 Powell suggested again that he will generally continue the policies the Fed has pursued under Janet Yellen's leadership.\nBoth Democrats and Republicans found things to like in Powell 's testimony. Democrats appreciated his views that unemployment at a low 4.1 percent could go lower and that there are still Americans on the sidelines of the labor market — particularly prime working-age males who aren't participating.\n\"That is the one measure I think that stands out now is suggesting that there may be more slack more people that can come back to work \" Powell said. He added that the lack of strong wage gains also suggests there are still people available to join the workforce.\nWhile Powell reiterated his support for the stronger bank regulations put in place after the financial crisis Republicans were pleased that he is ready to revisit some of those rules to make them more targeted and less burdensome.\n\"We will we continue to consider appropriate ways to ease regulatory burdens while preserving the core reforms \" Powell said.\n Powell also told committee members he believes the financial system is much more stable than it was before the housing bust and financial crisis but he said he is concerned about cybersecurity.\n\"It's maybe the most important risk that our financial institutions our economy our government institutions face. We're very focused on providing the resources to deal with it \" he said.\nBoth Republicans and Democrats tried to get Powell to weigh in on the tax bill that Republicans are pushing through Congress. Powell was asked whether he agrees with the Congressional Budget Office that the measure would add about $1.5 trillion to the national debt over 10 years.\n\"Clearly the debt needs to be on a sustainable path. We all know that \" Powell said. \"On the other hand it's not for us to be taking part in the discussion that you and your other elected colleagues are having. It's not our role.\"\nIt's virtually certain that Powell 's nomination will be approved by the Senate Banking Committee and that he will be confirmed by the full Senate. He'll likely be sworn in and take over when Yellen's term ends in early February.", "output": [ "Jerome Powell" ] }, { "id": "task419-745c50e0301141969b5e15836b67d16f", "input": "Premier had announced he was quitting during trip to Riyadh\nLebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri suspended his resignation after the country’s president called for talks on how and why he ended up in Saudi Arabia this month and quit suddenly.\n Hariri said he accepted a request from President Michel Aoun to delay his departure temporarily defusing a crisis that’s drawn in regional and global powers and rattled investors. The premier who had said he feared for his life in Lebanon has denied he was pressured by the Saudis to step down. He returned to Beirut late on Tuesday.\n Saad Hariri in Beirut on Nov. 22. Photographer: Marwan Tahtah/AFP via Getty Images\nLebanese bonds rallied after Hariri ’s speech with yields on the nation’s Eurobonds due in October 2022 plummeting 42 basis points to 7.18 percent according to data compiled by Bloomberg.\n Hariri a long-time ally of Saudi Arabia announced he was quitting on an unexpected trip to Riyadh on Nov. 4 accusing Iran and the Hezbollah militant group it backs of destabilizing his country and threatening his safety. He returned after a near-three-week absence that raised concern Lebanon would again be caught in a showdown between the Middle East’s two chief rivals for influence.\n Hariri supporters gathered at his home in downtown Beirut in a show of loyalty to the prime minister. They waved blue flags the color of his Future Movement and raised placards that said: “We’re all with you” and “You are our Lebanon.” The crowd chanted “Saad Saad” when he appeared at a window.\n“This is an unforgettable moment ” Hariri told them. “We are staying together to be the first line of defense for Lebanon.” He then went down to walk among his supporters shake hands and take selfies.\nEarlier on Wednesday Hariri joined Aoun and other top leaders to mark Lebanon’s 74th Independence Day.", "output": [ "Saad Hariri" ] }, { "id": "task419-1b87cbc7d05a469cba7d7e6308a164bb", "input": "New York Public Radio (NYPR) president Laura Walker told WNYC radio host Brian Lehrer in an on-air interview Tuesday that she \"deeply regret[s]\" the way her media organization handled reported allegations of sexual harassment against one of its top personalities as some WNYC members threatened to stop donating to the radio station and called for her ouster.\nThe latest bombshell report to rock the liberal radio network published Friday in New York Magazine said NPR journalist John Hockenberry had sexually harassed and and bullied colleagues for years before he retired seemingly out of the blue in August. The article's author Suki Kim said she reported her experiences working with Hockenberry to Walker in February long before the tidal wave of sexual harassment stories starting with Harvey Weinstein began.\n\"Every day for the last several weeks I have asked myself whether we took enough action \" Walker said. \"I apologize to ... the women who came forward. I have a huge amount of admiration and respect for these women.\"\n Walker said she cannot comment on specific cases however including Hockenberry's.\n\"I can't comment on what action was taken but it was taken seriously and we did take some action \" she said.\n Walker added she is now working with outside council to review the way NYPR handles sexual harassment claims.\n Walker 's plea for forgiveness wasn't enough for many listeners who called for her to step down.\n\" Walker 's behavior is cowardly and her responses during the interview embodied the kind of passive apathy which perpetuates harassment and bullying in the workplace \" one Twitter user wrote.\n Walker 's behavior is cowardly and her responses during the interview embodied the kind of passive apathy which perpetuates harassment and bullying in the workplace. As a woman and a journalist I can no longer donate to WNYC in good conscience. — Erica Block (@EricaDaleBlock) December 5 2017\nAnother tweeted \"After listening to Brian discuss the John Hockenberry issue yesterday and Laura Walker’s responses today I find her statements lame. She admits she knew about it long ago. We are sustaining members and I feel that we need a change in top management.\"\nAfter listening to Brian discuss the John Hockenberry issue yesterday and Laura Walker’s responses today I find her statements lame. She admits she knew about it long ago. We are sustaining members and I feel that we need a change in top management. — alan brown (@alancbrownmd) December 5 2017", "output": [ "Laura Walker" ] }, { "id": "task419-85be71a96b504940a568acb739889a85", "input": "Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party leaves a news conference at the party’s headquarters in Tokyo on Oct. 23. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg News)\nOn Sunday Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide victory winning 284 of the 465 seats in the lower house of the Diet. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s junior coalition partner Komeito added 29 seats giving the ruling coalition a two-thirds supermajority.\nIn addition to freeing the LDP from a mandatory ballot challenge before 2021 Abe’s election victory provides new support for his efforts to amend Japan’s pacifist constitution.\n Abe went into the election arguing that his track record on the economy and national security should be the decisive factor and voters appear to have agreed. Japan faces new security challenges from two of its neighbors. North Korean missiles have passed over Japan twice in recent months leaving Japanese citizens rattled by early-morning text alerts. And at the recent Communist Party Congress in Beijing President Xi Jinping promised that China would be “moving closer to center stage ” raising additional concerns in Japan.\nThe ruling coalition’s supermajority ensures not only that Abe will remain in power but also that he can now push for a revision of Japan’s constitution his personal pledge and an unfulfilled element of the LDP platform since 1955. Although many in the public remain skeptical of the constitutional revision plan the LDP’s success in this election represents an endorsement of the ruling coalition’s governing ability particularly on security issues.\n[Did Trump and Abe just launch a new chapter in U.S.-Japan relations?]\nThere may also be debates within the ruling coalition on the need for Japan to deploy its own surface-to-surface missiles to enhance deterrence vis-a-vis North Korea. Abe has not taken a public stand on these “counterstrike capabilities ” which would to give Japan the ability to neutralize North Korean ballistic missiles on their launchpads. This would be an abrupt change from a postwar defense policy that has remained strictly defensive with few offensive capabilities.\n Abe will also continue moderate spending increases on Japan’s air and naval capabilities in an attempt to counter China’s much higher spending on the People’s Liberation Army. The numerical balance of fighter aircraft and surface combatants has been steadily shifting in China’s favor for decades.\nMore recently however Xi has begun streamlining the PLA to strengthen its war-fighting effectiveness in preparation for a potential conflict in the Western Pacific. Abe knows that maintaining deterrence will require closer cooperation with the United States and continued reforms to break down the postwar barriers to the effectiveness of Japan’s own forces.\nWill Abe revise Japan’s constitution?\nTwo years ago Abe pushed through a reinterpretation of the constitution to allow new defense guidelines and operations with the United States and other like-minded states. Many in his party support revising the second half of Article 9 to declare that Japan’s military is constitutional though intended only for self-defense.\nSupport from pacifist-leaning coalition partner Komeito will probably be forthcoming and friendly governments such as the United States and Australia are likely to be supportive as well. China will protest as might South Korea but polls elsewhere in the region suggest that Japan has moved beyond its wartime image. Nevertheless Article 9 is highly political and ideological; Abe will have to carry out his promise to build domestic consensus before proceeding.\nDespite President Trump’s harsh rhetoric about Japan during his election campaign Abe has deftly engaged with the new administration in Washington and managed to build significant trust with Trump. Abe was the first foreign leader to visit Trump and Trump will start his first Asia tour by spending several days in Japan in November.\nTrump’s tough line on North Korea is likely to be well received in Japan but his hostile view toward trade (particularly the rejection of the Trans-Pacific Partnership) continues to perplex Tokyo. Japanese leaders argue that allies should be leading on rulemaking to manage the mercantilist challenge from China.", "output": [ "Shinzo Abe" ] }, { "id": "task419-20db3b7d0f9e41b4ae556f96829b97b0", "input": "Nick Jonas was at Coachella when he found the inspiration for his latest single \"Find You \" a lightly house-inflected new pop song which steers him away from the more R&B leaning style of his last two solo albums.\n\"I was jumping around a bunch of stages trying to find a spot where we were going to post up for the night \" Jonas recalls of this year's festival which took place in Indio California back in April. \"We go over to the rave tent and listen to some house music and dance for a while. We got lost in the feel-good vibe of the music and everything else. We ended up hanging out there for a couple hours.\"\nOutside of music Jonas has a pretty packed schedule with his Hollywood career. Around Christmas he 'll star in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle alongside Dwayne Johnson Jack Black and Kevin Hart. His next film the sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking will be released in 2019 and also stars Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. For him the balance of his music and acting work comes naturally thanks to the opportunities he has been presented with.\n\"On the acting side there's really incredible momentum at the moment so I'm just trying to ride the wave there \" he says. \"I'm thrilled to be in a position where I can get [into an audition] and prove myself to a room then be on set with these amazing filmmakers creative teams and actors. As far as the balance it is tough because they're both time-consuming – but I'm just having a great time.\"", "output": [ "Nick Jonas" ] }, { "id": "task419-171e0d5909b24ab0b3e5d6c244554478", "input": "The #1 prime-time show in recent months MSNBC's Rachel Maddow at 9 P.M. E.T. has on most nights since September 25 been relegated to second – sometimes a distant second – place by Sean Hannity . Last week for example with overall cable news ratings pumped up by breaking news coverage of the Las Vegas shootings Hannity handily won the week against his competition on MSNBC and CNN. Not only that but as TV Newser reported on October 10:\n Sean Hannity had the No. 1 program of the week across all of cable news beating rival Rachel Maddow and fellow Fox Newser Tucker Carlson both in total viewers and in the all-important [age] 25-54 demo.\n Sean Hannity .\nIt was a significant week for Fox News. Not only was it the No. 1 basic cable network in total day but it showed off a revamped prime time lineup with Sean Hannity assuming the network's 9 p.m. slot. Hannity with help from some high-profile guests got off to a very strong start. He defeated new time slot rival Rachel Maddow both in total viewers and the key news demo en route to becoming cable news's No. 1 show of the week.\nAs Katz noted on October 10 Hannity has buttressed his show since it moved back an hour to 9 P.M. on September 25 by presenting a variety of high-profile political guests who have succeeded in making news on his shows. Most recently for example an in-studio interview two days ago with former Trump White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon (video here) generated a number of headline stories when Bannon described his intention to lead an effort next year to primary-challenge RINOs in Congress so that they can be replaced by true conservatives dedicated to passing President Trump's MAGA agenda.\nDonald J. Trump and Sean Hannity after an interview at Trump Tower New York City during the 2016 campaign.\nTonight Wednesday October 11 Hannity is scheduled to welcome perhaps the top newsmaking guest: President Donald J. Trump. Originally scheduled for October 4 but postponed when the president traveled to Las Vegas that day in the wake of the Mandalay Bay hotel shootings tonight's sit-down with Trump will take place at the Harrisburg Pennsylvania Air National Guard Base \"to discuss tax reform immigration and other top news headlines of the day \" according to an FNC news release. Unlike most of Hannity 's programs since the recent schedule shift the hour-long conversation with the president will be prerecorded. President Trump is scheduled to deliver a speech in Harrisburg later the same evening which the cable news channels may also cover live.\nIt is assumed that Hannity with the assist from his friend President Trump will win the night's ratings for FNC by a wide margin.", "output": [ "Sean Hannity" ] }, { "id": "task419-024ad5a9ef9246bb928f6b703617cde6", "input": "CLOSE White House Spokesman Sean Spicer doubled down on his claim that President Trump's inauguration was the most watched in history. He also said his intention is to \"always tell the truth \" but said there may be disagreement over the facts. (Jan. 23) AP\nWhite House counselor Kellyanne Conway claimed that “alternative facts” were employed by Press Secretary Sean Spicer when he tried to make the case that “this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period both in person and around the globe.” Actually Spicer got several facts wrong.\n Spicer then read a prepared statement later that day further criticizing the media for “dishonesty.”\n Spicer Jan. 21: \"Secondly photographs of the inaugural proceedings were intentionally framed in a way in one particular tweet to minimize the enormous support that had gathered on the National Mall. … We know that from the platform where the president was sworn in to 4th Street it holds about 250 000 people. From 4th Street to the media tent is about another 220 000. And from the media tent to the Washington Monument another 250 000 people. All of this space was full when the president took the oath of office. We know that 420 000 people used the D.C. Metro public transit yesterday which actually compares to 317 000 that used it for President Obama’s last inaugural. This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration — period — both in person and around the globe.\"\nAt a Jan. 23 press conference Spicer made an alternative argument saying the number of people watching the inauguration on TV online and in person had to be the largest ever.\n“I have a right to say if you add up the network streaming numbers Facebook YouTube all of the various live streaming that we have information on so far I don’t think there’s any question it was the largest watched inauguration ever ” Spicer said.\nOn that point Spicer may be correct. While Nielsen TV ratings were higher in past years some data suggests online viewership was up compared with 2009. But there is no comprehensive measurement available that would prove or disprove this claim.\nOn NBC’s Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked White House counselor Kellyanne Conway “[W]hy the president asked the White House press secretary to come out in front of the podium for the first time and utter a falsehood?” Conway responded: “Don’t be so overly dramatic about it Chuck. What — You’re saying it’s a falsehood. And they’re giving Sean Spicer our press secretary gave alternative facts to that.”\nPBS’ “NewsHour” also posted a timelapse video of the crowd throughout Inauguration Day which shows it didn’t quite stretch back to the Washington Monument as Trump and Spicer said. And as our fact-checking colleagues at The Washington Postpointed out other journalists had more photographic evidence on Twitter.\nMetro ridership. At the press conference Spicer also gave inaccurate numbers for those taking the Washington D.C. Metro system for Trump’s inauguration compared with Obama’s.\nBut that’s not what Metro said and Spicer acknowledged that during his Jan. 23 press conference.\n Spicer ’s 317 000 figure was the number Metro gave for riders as of 11 a.m. on Inauguration Day 2013. The comparable number for 11 a.m. for Trump’s inauguration was 193 000.\nCrowd-size experts. Spicer was right about one thing: It appears as he said that no one has scientifically calculated estimates of the crowd size for Trump’s inauguration. Congress has prohibited the National Park Service from making official estimates after it produced an official estimate that 460 000 turned out for the so-called “Million Man March” in 1995 prompting organizers to threaten a lawsuit.\n Spicer argued that floor coverings over the grass on the National Mall “highlight[ed] where people were not standing while in years past the grass eliminated this visual.”\n“I don’t know how [Spicer] kept a straight face when he said that ” Doig said.\nTV and online viewership. But at the Jan. 23 press conference Spicer emphasized the combined audience — in person watching on TV and watching online — was the highest in history. Asked if he was now saying that it was the largest in-person crowd for an inauguration Spicer said “I am not. I am saying that it was the total largest audience witnessed in person and around the globe.”", "output": [ "Sean Spicer" ] }, { "id": "task419-f50a7c3566274b9cb8473a5f6388fcf0", "input": "Greta Gerwig Explores Mother-Daughter Love (And Angst) In 'Lady Bird'\n Actress Greta Gerwig has made a career starring in movies about quirky women. She played a driftless dancer in Frances Ha and a punk photographer in 20th Century Women. Now she 's written and directed her first film an exploration of mother-daughter relationships called Lady Bird.\n\"I don't know any woman who has a simple relationship with their mother or with their daughter \" Gerwig says. \"It has a tremendous amount of love — and a tremendous amount of angst.\"\nGerwig felt Hollywood wasn't giving mothers and daughters the screen time they deserved so she set out to change that. Her new film stars Saoirse Ronan as a high school senior who renames herself \"Lady Bird \" in part as a rejection of the name her mother gave her.\nThough the main characters argue about everything from choosing a college to prom dresses neither is presented as the villain. Instead Gerwig says she wanted the audience leaving thinking \"Oh man it's so hard to love people and to be in a family.\"", "output": [ "Greta Gerwig" ] }, { "id": "task419-cb4428c7e06e48419a2874671fc9876e", "input": "Jessie Ware \"Glasshouse\" (Interscope Records)\nNo doubt about it Jessie Ware can sing. The London-born singer-songwriter has a versatile voice that can whisper and soar against a musical palette drawing from soul R&B jazz and pop.\nThe 12 songs in the collection effectively showcase Ware 's range. She can go from a murmur to a scream against a disco bassline in lead single \"Midnight.\" She can croon soulfully on \"Thinking About You.\" She can bathe the listener in a soothing balm on the lush \"Stay Awake for Me.\"\nIn lyrics partly inspired by the birth of her first child last year Ware reflects on love and loss. It's not exactly Amy Winehouse-level soul baring but it delivers on the seductive bossa nova-tinged \"Selfish Love\" (\"Why do I do these things/I break you down just to get my way?\")\n Ware is clearly an artist with personality but at times seems overwhelmed by the album's busy production. \"Alone\" is a catchy ballad honed to within an inch of its life. There's more freedom on \"Your Domino \" an appealing slice of Eurodisco fun.\nThe album is most effective when it slows down — as it does on the aptly named \"Slow Me Down\" and on \"Hearts \" which lets the emotion in Ware 's voice shine through.", "output": [ "Jessie Ware" ] }, { "id": "task419-c542d6cc75fa48ea8e2236848068c118", "input": "Emmy Awards host Stephen Colbert skewered Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Sunday for a \"staffing issue\" in which a pornographic video was \"liked\" by his Twitter account . \nCruz then joked with a reporter that he should have pulled a stunt like the incident during the campaign because of all the attention he has received from it . \n\"Just ask Ted Cruz .\" \nCruz 's staff informed Twitter on Tuesday about a pornographic video his personal social media account \"liked ,\" with the senator adding \"it was a staffing issue , and it was inadvertent .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-5cef7a16184244e8bbe2fca07c9b3c58", "input": "A recent Australian interview of Hillary Clinton reveals the biases and left wing extremism of both Hillary and the interviewer . \nA recent interview of Hillary Clinton reveals an angry , bitter figure still coming to terms with her election loss . \nHillary has plenty of targets for her wrath including the freedom of information champion Julian Assange , who she calls a \"nihilistic opportunist who does the bidding of a dictator\" . \nShe intentionally avoids asking difficult questions about Bill Clinton 's corrupt sexual behaviour and Hillary 's willingness to excuse Bill 's depravity in her ruthless pursuit of the Presidency . \nFerguson 's justification for sparing Hillary ?", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-cc3491bda3b444d8baa5f32083ec2259", "input": "These primes are exceedingly rare and sporadic said Chris Caldwell a professor of mathematics and statistics at the University of Tennessee at Martin who studies prime numbers and has written a history of the Mersenne primes.\n\"Finding a prime is not going to change any theorems in mathematics but this is a type of prime that has been interesting to mathematicians since several centuries before Christ \" Caldwell said. Even the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid talked about what would later become the Mersenne primes he said.\n Caldwell added that the discovery was akin to breaking a land speed record.\nThe last few Mersenne primes have been closer to each other than the researchers expected he said.\nThe numbers seem to occur sporadically because researchers don't fully understand the pattern they follow he said. \"So you expect in any process that appears random to have some close groupings of numbers. But we didn't expect to find another one so soon after the last one.\"\n\"In the long run we hope to use these data to predict how often these occur \" he added.", "output": [ "Chris Caldwell" ] }, { "id": "task419-e696083ec8044175b583c23ac789a90b", "input": "ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump last week were the first occasion in a long time the two NATO allies were \"on the same wavelength\" and they would speak against this week.\n\"The telephone call which we had with Trump on Friday was the first in a long time in which we got on the same wavelength \" Erdogan said in a speech to deputies from his ruling AK Party in parliament.\nAccording to Turkey's foreign minister Trump on Friday told Erdogan he had issued instructions that weapons should not be provided to the Syrian Kurdish YPG.\nSpeaking to reporters in parliament after his speech Erdogan said the Pentagon statement would be discussed at Turkey's National Security Council (MGK) meeting later on Tuesday.\n He also said that Trump indicated that another call may happen this week.\n\"If he doesn't call I'll call \" Erdogan said.", "output": [ "Tayyip Erdogan" ] }, { "id": "task419-687e6cf165664fd3b04ac97741b2c80c", "input": "Separate requests were made for the extradition of Cesar Duarte who governed the northern state of Chihuahua from 2010 to 2016 a source in the attorney general’s office said on condition of anonymity.\nIt is not clear where Duarte is now though current Chihuahua Governor Javier Corral has repeatedly said he is in the United States.\n Duarte denied accusations of wrongdoing before disappearing from public view. His whereabouts have been unclear since around the time his term finished in October 2016.\nA member of the center-right opposition National Action Party (PAN) Corral was among those who called for Duarte ’s extradition.", "output": [ "Cesar Duarte" ] }, { "id": "task419-5416ba0b69b048a29360b898f5ebae02", "input": "Matanga Hill offers the best Hampi vantage point. Darshini Kandasamy\nChosen by King Harihara as his capital in 1336 Hampi grew in grandeur wealth and power until its fall to the Deccan sultanates confederacy in 1565 after which it was razed plundered and eventually abandoned.\nHampi was part of the mighty Vijayanagara Empire in the 1300s. Darshini Kandasamy\nThe ride to Hampi is bumpy yet scenic. Darshini Kandasamy\nDiscovering the majesty of Hampi can easily take a few days. Darshini Kandasamy\nHampi guide M. D. Basava was born and raised in the area. Darshini Kandasamy", "output": [ "Darshini Kandasamy" ] }, { "id": "task419-6699456e238b4245bba6476cb1bd2a6e", "input": "NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LaToya Cantrell a City Council member who first gained a political following as she worked to help her hard-hit neighborhood recover from Hurricane Katrina won a historic election Saturday that made her the first woman mayor of New Orleans.\n\"Almost 300 years my friends. And New Orleans we're still making history \" Cantrell told a cheering crowd in her victory speech.\nThe leader in most polls before the runoff election she never trailed as votes were counted.\n Her opponent former municipal Judge Desiree Charbonnet conceded the race and congratulated Cantrell late Saturday. Later complete returns showed Cantrell with 60 percent of the vote.\nBut Cantrell will face lingering problems. Crime is one. Another is dysfunction at the agency overseeing the city's drinking water system and storm drainage — a problem that became evident during serious flash flooding in August.\n Cantrell faced questions about her use of a city credit card. Charbonnet had to fight back against critics who cast her as an insider who would steer city work to cronies.\nKatrina was a theme in the backstory of both candidates. Cantrell moved to the city from California. Her work as a neighborhood activist in the aftermath of Katrina in the hard-hit Broadmoor neighborhood helped her win a seat on council in 2012.\nCharbonnet from a well-known political family in New Orleans was the city's elected recorder of mortgages before she was a judge. In the campaign she made a point of saying hers was the first city office to re-open after Katrina providing critical property records to the displaced.\n Cantrell entered the race as the perceived front-runner leading in fundraising and in various polls. She had an 11 percentage point lead in a poll released last week by the University of New Orleans. It showed 46 percent of 602 voters surveyed from Nov. 1-8 favored Cantrell over Charbonnet who had 35 percent; 20 percent were undecided.\nUNO political science professor Edward Chervenak said the endorsements appeared to help Cantrell overcome revelations that she had used her city-issued credit card for thousands of dollars in purchases without clear indications that they were for public purposes. The money was eventually reimbursed but questions lingered about whether she had improperly used city money for personal or campaign expenditures.", "output": [ "LaToya Cantrell" ] }, { "id": "task419-d3998a5516644bba8a38675f1da764c8", "input": "The US - Mexican relationship has been strained by Trump ’ s attacks on Mexican immigrants and the North American Free Trade Agreement — and his insistence on building a border wall . But as Tillerson kicked off his first major tour of Latin America he and his Mexican counterpart sought to play down any tensions focusing instead on fighting what the former oilman turned secretary of state called the “ devastating impact ” of the international narcotics trade . “ We ’ ve created … a different approach as to how we cooperate to attack the entire supply chain of this devastating impact of drugs — cocaine heroin fentanyl opioids ” Tillerson said after meeting with Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray and Canada ’ s Chrystia Freeland in Mexico City . “ This is having a horrible effect on American citizens Mexican citizens Canadian citizens .” In October Trump declared the US opioid crisis a national public health emergency after overdoses of drugs such as heroin and fentanyl killed more than 40 000 people in 2016 . Videgaray said all three countries had agreed to place “ special emphasis ” on fighting both the supply and demand side of the problem : the Mexican drug cartels fueling a wave of bloodshed in his country and the US and Canadian consumption making it a multi - billion - dollar business . “ The paradigm has to be one of cooperation not blaming each other ” he said . – Videgaray also insisted the US - Mexican relationship is strong despite Trump ’ s tirades . “ In many ways the relationship today is more close it ’ s more fluid than it was with the previous administration . That might be a surprise for many people but it ’ s a fact ” he said . Freeland likewise played down tensions despite a recent series of trade disputes between the US and Canada . She said Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “ really get along ” and called Tillerson “ an incredibly important voice in maintaining the rules - based international order .” But it was impossible to paper over tensions on certain issues . Videgaray stayed mum as Tillerson sought to explain Trump ’ s wall proposal and immigration crackdown as part of a shared security push . Deporting those who lack immigration papers — including the so - called “ Dreamers ” brought to the United States as children now at the center of a bitter political battle — fits into Trump ’ s law and order agenda Tillerson said . “ I know it ’ s painful the process is for a lot of people and that ’ s why as we move forward and in implementing the president ’ s directives we are trying to do so in a way that accommodates the fact that it ’ s hard for some people ” he said . Videgaray said both that and the wall were internal decisions for the US government but added that a mass exodus of “ Dreamers ” would be “ an enormous gain for Mexico and a loss for the United States .” Tillerson later held a closed - door meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto who faces domestic pressure not to give up too much ground to his pushy northern neighbor . – Venezuela challenge – With a new round of talks on overhauling NAFTA scheduled for next month Canada and Mexico hope a deal can be salvaged . Videgaray and Freeland both touted their vision for a “ win - win - win ” deal that would modernize outdated elements while keeping the bulk of the agreement intact . Tillerson acknowledged the huge role of North American trade in the US economy saying Canada and Mexico rank as the first or second largest export market for 42 US states . The three also found common ground on the Venezuela crisis calling for President Nicolas Maduro ’ s leftist government to restore constitutional rule . “ What we would like to see happen there is a peaceful transition ” Tillerson said . He added that “ if — if — President Maduro would return to the Venezuelan constitution restore the elected assembly dismantle the illegitimate constituent assembly and return to free and fair elections ” he ’ d be welcome to “ stay and run .” After Mexico Tillerson is set to travel on to Argentina Peru Colombia and Jamaica pushing for stronger action on Venezuela and touting his vision of deeper cooperation .", "output": [ "Tillerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6a0e5c7d4c542149aeb3f8ffffc5922", "input": "Monday’s walkout was yet another symbol of how dramatically the U.S. presence at the annual climate summit has changed. In previous years the government funded an official pavilion to showcase its climate action among booths from dozens of other countries. The Trump administration declined to sponsor a pavilion this year so former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is footing the bill for the U.S. Climate Action Center a sprawling series of inflatable domes just outside the main conference area.\nWolfgang Rattay/Reuters The Trump administration declined to sponsor a pavilion to showcase U.S. work on climate action this year so former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is footing the bill for the U.S. Climate Action Center just outside the main conference area.\nAt a packed launch event Saturday Bloomberg said he had gathered support for the Paris pact from public officials and leaders who represent some 130 million Americans and he suggested their alternate delegation is just as relevant to the climate talks as the official U.S. negotiating team.\n“If Washington won’t lead mayors governors and civil society will ” Bloomberg said. (“Well I represent 300-something million Americans ” Banks countered in an interview.)", "output": [ "Michael Bloomberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a6de38043df4b0fb890538739138d50", "input": "Police said on Wednesday they had found the body of 80-year-old Lady Lucan after forcing entry to a house in the upmarket Belgravia area of London.\nOver the years the British press have reported supposed sightings of Lord Lucan across the world including in Australia India the Netherlands and South Africa -- but his relatives believe him to be dead.\nThe London High Court declared him dead in 1999 and last year a judge issued a death certificate allowing his son George Bingham to inherit his title.\nOne of numerous theories about what became of Lucan who would now be 82 was that he shot himself and was then fed to tigers at the zoo of his friend John Aspinall. Aspinall himself said in 2000 that Lucan had weighted himself down with a stone and drowned himself in the English Channel.", "output": [ "Lady Lucan" ] }, { "id": "task419-f39dad22190d49fc9d3f456071ee6e39", "input": "In a full-throated denunciation of the work Trump tweeted Thursday night that he had authorized \"zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book!\"\n\"I never spoke to him for book \" Trump wrote. \"Full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don’t exist. Look at this guy ’s past and watch what happens to him and Sloppy Steve [Bannon]!\"\nIn an earlier statement Trump had blasted Bannon his former White House strategist and a major on-the-record source for the book saying he had \"lost his mind.\"\nAs for Trump 's charges that the book is not credible Wolff responded: \"My credibility is being question by a man who has less credibility than perhaps anyone who has walked the earth.\"\nI authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him for book. Full of lies misrepresentations and sources that don’t exist. Look at this guy ’s past and watch what happens to him and Sloppy Steve! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 5 2018\n On Trump 's charge that he had not authorized Wolff to spend time at the White House to report on the book the author said \"What was I doing there if he didn't want me to be there?\"\nAsked his reaction to the president's effort to block the publication Wolff said it only served to boost sales: \"Where do I send the box of chocolates?\"\nWolff said Trump is \"not only helping me sell books but helping me prove the point of the book.\"\nHe said he not only spoke to Trump but also to top White House officials who met with the president daily sometimes on a minute-by-minute basis.\nWolff said he had only one question in mind in writing the book: \"What is it like to work for Donald Trump how can you work for Donald Trump and how do you feel having worked for Donald Trump ?\"\nIn the book he paints a portrait of a disorganized White House run by a mercurial uninformed president who is constantly minded by other to keep him on track and focused.\nWolff said his sources repeatedly referred to Trump as \"like a child\" who \"has a need for immediate gratification.\" Wolff said.\nEven this week on the question of sending a cease-and-desist letter to the book publishers Trump brushed aside in-house advice that he shouldn't do it Wolff said. \" He just insists — he has to be satisfied in the moment.\"", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-e32e071c45a745baa583425beb76a881", "input": "Thomas Frank had to leave the liberal cable news outlet because of his role in a discredited story about Anthony Scaramucci’s alleged ties to Russia a story CNN had to retract.\nInterestingly it looks like one of Frank ’s first assignments will apparently be to investigate the same storyline that cost the reporter his last job – the possible connections between President Trump and his associates with Russia.\n“The new hire is Thomas Frank late of CNN's ill-fated investigations unit that was disbanded in the wake of the controversial Scaramucci story. I’m sure you’ve read about it ” said a statement to staff sent on Monday from Marc Seibel National Security Editor for BuzzFeed.\nThe memo states Frank will start on Oct. 2 and “ his first order of business will be the Mueller probe into Russian election meddling and possible Trump collusion.”\n Frank left CNN in June after the network was forced to retract a story connecting Scaramucci with investigations into the Russian Direct Investment Fund. Frank authored the story which cited a single anonymous source. Editor Eric Lichtblau and Lex Haris who oversaw the investigative unit also resigned as a result. The story was eventually deleted because it “did not meet CNN's editorial standards ” and an apology was issued to Scaramucci.\nThe Frank hiring is the latest in a series of episodes involving CNN and BuzzFeed. Soon after Frank ’s story was retracted BuzzFeed ran a story revealing an internal memo from CNNMoney Executive Editor Rich Barbieri warning staffers not to publish content involving potential ties between Trump’s team and Russia without first coming to him and another CNN vice president.", "output": [ "Thomas Frank" ] }, { "id": "task419-50cdad78ea9644e2aefff38c37bd7051", "input": "At a time when so many young Americans are ineligible to even be considered for the military extending protections for \"Dreamers\" also would have a positive impact on the armed forces former Defense Secretary Robert Gates wrote in a column for The New York Times.\n\"That is why we need legislation that will provide a pathway to citizenship for those immigrants who among other attributes are serving or have served in the military whether they are in America legally or were brought here illegally as children \" Gates wrote for the NYT.\n\"That kind of policy will help the military recruit new service members and improve readiness \" Gates wrote.\n\"In light of the service and sacrifice of those immigrants — legal or not — it is also the right thing to do \" Gates wrote.", "output": [ "Robert Gates" ] }, { "id": "task419-f6a7f530d399480f8eebe6db9754615c", "input": "Ten previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix recordings highlight Both Sides of the Sky an upcoming posthumous LP from the legendary guitarist . The album will be available March 9th 2018 via Sony Legacy Recordings on multiple formats including CD digital and a numbered 180-gram audiophile double-vinyl.\n Related Jimi Hendrix : 10 Great Pre-Fame Tracks Hear the guitar legend in his early sideman days alongside Little Richard the Isley Brothers and others\nThe 13-track album compiles material recorded between January 1968 and February 1970. It is the third and final installment in a trilogy series of unissued archival recordings following 2010's Valleys of Neptune and 2013's People Hell and Angels. Engineer Eddie Kramer – who worked on every Hendrix project before the guitar legend's death – co-produced the album with John McDermott and Hendrix's sister Janie Hendrix.\nMany of the 13 tracks – including an uptempo cover of Muddy Waters' \"Mannish Boy\" – showcase the trio line-up that became known as Band of Gypsys: Hendrix on guitar and vocals Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums. \"Hear My Train A Comin'\" features the original line-up from the Jimi Hendrix Experience: Hendrix bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell.\nSeveral notable guest collaborators highlight the set including Stephen Stills Johnny Winter and vocalist/saxophonist Lonnie Youngblood ( Hendrix 's pre-fame bandmate in Curtis Knight & the Squires). Stills appears on two tracks recorded in September 1969: a cover version of Joni Mitchell's \"Woodstock\" (tracked months before Crosby Stills Nash & Young's famous reworking) and the original song \"$20 Fine.\" Winter appears on a previously excerpted rendition of Guitar Slim's \"Things I Used to Do \" appearing here in a full remixed version.\nJimi Hendrix – Both Sides of the Sky Track List:", "output": [ "Jimi Hendrix" ] }, { "id": "task419-f9c6f9c2b4804196be0b5e4fd2948002", "input": "Formula One F1 - Malaysia Grand Prix 2017 - Practice - Sepang Malaysia - September 29 2017. Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly looks on. REUTERS/Edgar Su\nGasly’s absence from Austin has paved the way for New Zealander Brendon Hartley to replace him at Toro Rosso and make his Formula One debut in Sunday’s race at the Texas track.\n The Frenchman is expected to return to Formula One for the remaining three rounds after Austin and to take on a regular race drive in 2018.\nHartley acquitted himself well in Friday practice completing more than a race distance and could also be in the frame for a race drive next year if Toro Rosso decide to drop Russian Daniil Kvyat.\nThe driver turmoil at the Red Bull-owned team is a consequence of Kvyat’s poor performances this season and Spaniard Carlos Sainz’s move to Renault as part of an engine deal that will see Toro Rosso switch to Honda in 2018.", "output": [ "Toro Rosso" ] }, { "id": "task419-e880688bac2e454890ccdb110e8e21e8", "input": "John Sculley is the former CEO of Pepsi and Apple. He was brought on by Steve Jobs to be the then-young founder's \"adult supervision. \"\nSculley started his career at Pepsi driving its trucks and eventually became its CEO.\n He stayed at Apple for 10 years and had a tense relationship with Jobs that led to Jobs' temporary departure from the company.\nAfter Apple Sculley became a tech investor and he 's now a founding member of a healthcare startup that he thinks could one day generate even more revenue than Apple.\n John Sculley remembers the first time he met Steve Jobs . He was CEO of Pepsi at the time and he flew to California to meet with the then-26-year-old cofounder of Apple about a potential CEO role there.\n Jobs had met about 20 other candidates and been unimpressed. But after 5 months of getting to know Sculley he was sold and offered him the job. Sculley initially turned it down. Then Jobs dropped a now-famous line on him that made Sculley change his mind:\n\"Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life? Or do you want to come with me and change the world?\"\n Sculley spent a decade at Apple and it was a roller coaster ride. So was his relationship with Jobs . During one particularly tense moment Jobs planned a coup to unseat Sculley . When Sculley learned about Jobs' plan he held a board meeting that resulted in Jobs running from the room crying and taking a long sabbatical. It's a moment Sculley now regrets.\n\"In hindsight now that I have decades of perspective I didn't appreciate how important founders are \" Sculley said in an interview for Business Insider's podcast \"Success! How I Did It.\"\n\"This was not a power struggle; this was two different points of view of how do you make the company sustainable. I can't change it that's history but it's actually beautiful that Steve did eventually come back to Apple and of course he ended up becoming a very successful CEO. Steve Jobs 2.0 had matured tremendously from Steve Jobs 1.0.\"\nAfter Sculley left Apple he became a tech investor. He 's now the cofounder of a healthcare startup that he thinks could become even bigger than Apple someday RXAdvance. He says 5% of the US population — the chronically ill — accounts for $1.5 trillion in spending. And he thinks he 's figured out a way to solve it.\n\"It turns out that the avoidable drug impacted medical costs —this is out of that $3 trillion of health spending —adds up to about $840 billion. That's many times bigger than most industries certainly in high tech and of that $840 billion it's estimated that $350 billion is avoidable expense \" Sculley explained.\n Sculley discussed his career his friendship and eventual falling out with Steve Jobs and his new healthcare initiative on the podcast which you can listen to below.\n John Sculley : Thank you.\n Sculley : Oh I wish you wouldn't bring that up! I was in Hawaii because we would introduce market by market and fortunately those days we didn't have cable television so that you could see something that happened in Hawaii all the way back on the mainland. But I was being interviewed live in Honolulu and the lady interviewing me as people were taking the Pepsi Challenge taste test said “Well why don't you take the challenge test?” And I sort of hesitated but there wasn't much I could say so unfortunately I picked Coca-Cola.\nMeeting Steve Jobs", "output": [ "Steve Jobs" ] }, { "id": "task419-10de3eb7e9584f5d85cab4cf0a981ed4", "input": "According to the Washington Times Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen revealed that the DHS prevents an average of seven people marked on the terrorist watch list a day adding up to 50 people a week.\nThe numbers have Nielsen asking for more scrutiny on those looking to immigrate here as refugees and defending President Trump’s comments on tougher screening for immigrants.\n“These changes will not only improve security but importantly they will help us better assist refugees fleeing persecution ” she said.\n She also believes that the border security Trump has proposed such as the wall is an integral part of keeping America safe.\n“We cannot let this moment slip away. Now is the time ” she said. “We cannot afford to kick the can down the road any farther.”\n Nielsen noted that many of the terrorist attacks dating back five years can be traced back to lax screening processes put in place by the Obama administration:\n Ms. Nielsen said past administrations had not been as strenuous in attempting to weed out would-be terrorists as the current one and pointed to a string of attacks dating back five years — to the heart of the Obama administration. And she again cited a controversial administration report that found of more than 500 people convicted of terrorism-related crimes in U.S. courts since 2001 three-quarters were foreign-born.", "output": [ "Kirstjen Nielsen" ] }, { "id": "task419-50d207ffa42d446c8ca46e104b61b971", "input": "At 33 years old multimillionaire entrepreneur and Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso has endured a number of career transformations.\n\"[Millennials are] growing up and I want Girlboss to be better than anyone else at speaking about things like hardship success and spirituality in a way that has a lot of heart for a generation who doesn't really have that. It's a new era \" Amoruso says.\nOver the past few years Amoruso has been under scrutiny for several business ventures under her name including Nasty Gal the company which she founded and brought her to fame and the Netflix original show \"Girlboss\" which she helped produce.\nSince publishing her best-selling memoir \"#Girlboss\" nearly three years ago Amoruso says she has been able to reflect and wants to pass on the wisdom and hard-learned lessons she has picked up since.\nThrough her recently published book \"The Girlboss Workbook: An Interactive Journal for Winning at Life \" Amoruso says she wants to help provide some structure on how women should approach getting jobs starting businesses and building brands while still being funny and irreverent.\nI will live deliberately. I will work with intention play with intention and love with intention. I will take nothing at face value ask questions and write my own rules. I will wake up every day to fight the most important battle of my life: my life. I will be curious and trust that in time my questions will answer themselves . I will play my strengths sniff out my shortcomings and stomp out my ego at every opportunity.", "output": [ "Sophia Amoruso" ] }, { "id": "task419-d6d07658d20344929e797121f50dd49d", "input": "House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said there’s no need for legislation protecting Russia investigation Special Counsel Robert Mueller and questioned the integrity of the Department of Justice.\nIn an interview on NBC News’ \"Meet The Press ” the California Republican said he has confidence in Mueller .\n“I don't think there's a need for legislation to protect Mueller ” he said. “If there's an issue that arises we'll take it up. Right now there is not an issue. Why create one if there isn't one?”\nMcCarthy said he “never believed” in a “deep state” conspiracy against President Donald Trump but ticked off issues with the Mueller investigation that’ve cast doubt over its fairness.\n“I have confidence in Mueller ” he said. “I have questions about others within the FBI and the DOJ ” ticking off a list of issues that have been brought up about the Mueller investigative team including anti-Trump texts between two former members.", "output": [ "Robert Mueller" ] }, { "id": "task419-c9228eda81e84f54972da80fe5ec6a1f", "input": "Police said on Wednesday they had found the body of 80-year-old Lady Lucan after forcing entry to a house in the upmarket Belgravia area of London.\nOver the years the British press have reported supposed sightings of Lord Lucan across the world including in Australia India the Netherlands and South Africa -- but his relatives believe him to be dead.\nThe London High Court declared him dead in 1999 and last year a judge issued a death certificate allowing his son George Bingham to inherit his title.\n“My own personal view and it was one I took I think as an eight-year-old boy is he ’s unfortunately been dead since that time (of his disappearance) ” Bingham said last year.\nOne of numerous theories about what became of Lucan who would now be 82 was that he shot himself and was then fed to tigers at the zoo of his friend John Aspinall. Aspinall himself said in 2000 that Lucan had weighted himself down with a stone and drowned himself in the English Channel.", "output": [ "Lady Lucan" ] }, { "id": "task419-c0ba1fae91304a6dabb942f4b4fea98c", "input": "The Jacksonville Jaguars frittered away a 10-point fourth-quarter lead in losing 24-20 to Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game yet their unraveling really began in the final 2½ minutes of the first half.\nDanny Amendola's fair catch of Brad Nortman's punt at his 14 came with 2:02 remaining which essentially gave Brady and Belichick an extra timeout with which to work.\nOn first-and-10 from his 40 Brady threw a long pass for Rob Gronkowski who was injured when he got popped by Barry Church on a helmet-to-helmet hit. Church was called for unnecessary roughness putting the ball at the Jacksonville 45.\n Brady started pushing the ball downfield to his receivers and the New England defense took away the short middle and dared Bortles to start making plays downfield too.\nWhile Bortles managed a single first down in the fourth quarter Brady came through with a pair of TD throws to Amendola.\nAmendola had the crucial catch on the first TD drive hauling in a 21-yard pass from Brady on third-and-18 in front of safety Tashaun Gipson who said he figures he'd break up that pass nine out of 10 times.\nIt was vintage Brady too.\n\" He is the greatest quarterback to ever play this game \" Gipson said. \"You can never have a safe lead with 12 at the helm. We knew we had to keep our foot on the gas.\"\nThe Patriots' comeback set up a Super Bowl 52 showdown with the Philadelphia Eagles who were miffed last week when the NFL mistakenly released an ad that featured Brady and Case Keenum with the Super Bowl trophy between them signifying a New England-Minnesota matchup.\nInstead it'll be Nick Foles and the Eagles who routed the Vikings 38-7 in the NFC championship game trying to dethrone Brady and the Patriots.", "output": [ "Brady" ] }, { "id": "task419-0a5f60ea1f7145498a6a34006be18c16", "input": "The documents say 17-year-old Christopher John Lewis wanted to kill the queen but didn't have a good vantage point or a sufficiently high-powered rifle. He fired a single wayward shot which likely passed above the crowd.\nAt the time police told journalists who heard the noise that it was a sign falling over and later said it might have been firecrackers. Police appeared to downplay the seriousness of the incident and only charged Lewis with possessing and firing a weapon in public.\n He would later kill himself at age 33 while in prison awaiting trial on murder charges in an unrelated case.\nWhen questioned by police at the time Lewis claimed to be part of a group called the National Imperial Guerrilla Army that was carrying out terror operations. He said there were two other members called the Snowman and the Polar Bear but later admitted he 'd made them up.\nThe documents say police found a .22-caliber rifle with a discharged cartridge on the fifth floor of a building after Lewis told them it was there.\n\" Lewis did indeed originally intend to assassinate the queen \" the documents say \"however did not have a suitable vantage point from which to fire nor a sufficiently high-powered rifle for the range from the target.\"\nThe documents say the angle of fire and range would have made it difficult for Lewis to shoot the queen and that buildings would have screened her for all but a few seconds.\nDuring a later visit by the queen according to Stuff police were so worried that Lewis might make another assassination attempt they paid him to go on a 10-day vacation to a remote island. They gave Lewis free accommodation daily spending money and the use of an SUV.\nThe news website said people close to the case thought Lewis got off lightly due to political interference and worries that New Zealand would lose future royal tours due to the security lapse.", "output": [ "Christopher John Lewis" ] }, { "id": "task419-390800ba1cae4477805ce59fcd5fa975", "input": "Britain is poised for another Royal Wedding after it was announced on Monday that Prince Harry is to marry the American actress Meghan Markle.\nPrince Charles Harry’s father and his wife Camilla who is Harry ’s step mother said they were “thrilled” and “very happy indeed” for the couple.\n Harry ’s older brother William and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge who celebrated their marriage in 2011 said: “We are very excited for Harry and Meghan. It has been wonderful getting to know Meghan and to see how happy she and Harry are together.”\nThe former British Prime Minister David Cameron also took to Twitter to congratulate the pair. He said: “Congratulations to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle . Wonderful news and I wish them a long and happy life together.”", "output": [ "Prince Harry" ] }, { "id": "task419-2c07361263444e49b5f4d1388ffbf597", "input": "Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would say he intended to bring a real immigration debate to the Senate floor. Senate Minority Leader Schumer would reject it initially. And then a day later McConnell would speak again and Schumer -- despite concerns from his left flank -- would vote to re-open the government with a three-week stopgap resolution giving the rest of his conference permission to also vote \"yes.\"\nThe group also acted as emissaries for leadership. While McConnell and Schumer didn't speak all day Saturday after the shutdown and only briefly on Sunday evening members in the bipartisan group were keeping their leadership apprised of the discussions they were having. At one point while shuffling in between offices on Sunday Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina -- dressed in a very weekend outfit of khaki pants a fleece jacket running shoes and an orange Clemson hat -- was seen grabbing a handful of Hershey's Kisses from a bowl on his way into McConnell's office. Given the sheer number of visits Graham made to the office in pursuit of a resolution one aide wondered if McConnell's candy stash could withstand a lengthy shutdown.\nNelson described that throughout the process Schumer was always willing to listen to their ideas and proposals even if it wasn't always clear they could form the basis of an eventual deal.\n\" Schumer was always receptive \" Nelson said. \"Because Schumer wanted something that would work and he knew that the present course we were on at the end of the day we didn't have the majority and we didn't have the White House so we didn't have a lot of cards to play.\"\nIn a caucus meeting just before the vote on the three-week continuing resolution Monday Schumer made the case to his members that he 'd gotten McConnell to move on immigration and still had other points of leverage: Still to come were the budget caps agreement where Republicans want a lot of money for defense; the next continuing resolution; and the March 5 DACA deadline that he said the GOP is fearful of breaching because they don't want to take the hit for seeing DACA recipients deported according to a source in the room.\nMerkley later met with liberal activists who were furious at Schumer and warned that they would withhold funding from Democrats in key races one source said.", "output": [ "Schumer" ] }, { "id": "task419-3db0c53a7460425cbf6c0d1e7ff3ba95", "input": "On Sunday morning President Trump expressed frustration that his campaign is under investigation over possible ties to Russia's plot to influence the 2016 election but that his former opponent Hillary Clinton is not facing the same level of scrutiny.\nIn four tweets sent over 24 minutes Trump wrote: “Never seen such Republican ANGER & UNITY as I have concerning the lack of investigation on Clinton made Fake Dossier (now $12 000 000?) the Uranium to Russia deal the 33 000 plus deleted Emails the Comey fix and so much more. Instead they look at phony Trump/ Russia 'collusion ' which doesn't exist. The Dems are using this terrible (and bad for our country) Witch Hunt for evil politics but the R's are now fighting back like never before. There is so much GUILT by Democrats/Clinton and now the facts are pouring out. DO SOMETHING!”\nThe history of the dossier Trump referenced is a complicated one. During the 2016 Republican primaries the conservative Washington Free Beacon paid the Washington firm Fusion GPS to investigate Trump 's background and eventually his business ties to Russia The Washington Post reported Friday. The publication receives financial support from billionaire GOP donor Paul Singer according to two people familiar with Singer whose firm did not respond to requests seeking comment.\nFusion GPS is an opposition research firm run by ex-journalists but how is it connected to the Trump dossier Donald Trump Jr.'s Trump Tower meeting and the 2016 election? The Fact Checker's Glenn Kessler explains. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)\nAfter the Free Beacon stopped paying Fusion GPS the research firm offered in April 2016 to continue researching Trump for the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee The Post reported last week. According to that reporting Fusion GPS then hired Christopher Steele a former British intelligence officer with ties to the FBI and the U.S. intelligence community who compiled a 35-page dossier on Trump . Brian Fallon a former spokesman for the Clinton campaign said he learned about Steele and the dossier after the election. People familiar with the matter said the Clinton campaign and the DNC did not direct Steele’s activities.\nIt's unclear how much the Clinton campaign and DNC paid for the information. The Clinton campaign paid Perkins Coie $5.6 million in legal fees from June 2015 to December 2016 according to campaign finance records cited by The Post and the DNC paid the firm $3.6 million in “legal and compliance consulting’’ since November 2015 — though it’s impossible to tell from the filings how much of that work was for other legal matters and how much of it related to Fusion GPS. It's unclear how Trump arrived at the $12 million figure used in his tweets.\n[ Trump and Republicans steer Russia probes in new directions]\nWhen it comes to the “Uranium to Russia deal” that Trump referenced in his tweet House and Senate Republican leaders have already announced two investigations into decisions made during the Obama administration when Clinton was secretary of state involving a uranium deal that increased Russia’s share of the U.S. nuclear market. At the same time the House Oversight Committee has launched a probe into the Clinton email investigation that will examine among other things why then-FBI Director James B. Comey publicly announced that the bureau was investigating Clinton but then waited months before making a similar announcement about its inquiries into the Trump campaign.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-31cbe5dc398e41a4bf51779570a08748", "input": "Plaintiffs Ramis Ruiz 21 and John Messing 41 accused their fellow volunteer EMTs at the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Rescue Ambulance of sexual harassment bullying and discrimination.\nAccording to the suit Ruiz was slandered during a election for the service’s assistant chief position by charges that she was “sleeping around with (fellow) members” to win votes for her candidate.\n Ruiz complained about sexual harassment and bullying but gripes fell on deaf ears.\nMessing claimed he was suspended after backing Ruiz in her gripes about harassment and eventually fired from the department.", "output": [ "Ramis Ruiz" ] }, { "id": "task419-a1f78448e84942c0a1b17f8153d9f80f", "input": "The Philadelphia Eagles beat the New York Giants in thrilling fashion on Sunday when kicker Jake Elliott hit a 61-yard field goal as time expired.\nHowever the win may not be the only thing Elliott gets to enjoy from the moment — he may be receiving some extra money from Carson Wentz.\nOn Tuesday the Eagles released a mic'd-up segment from Week 3 featuring Wentz and it captured Wentz saying he would donate his game check to Elliott if he hit the field goal.\n\" He 's a hero if he makes this \" Wentz said adding \"I'll give him my game check. I'll give him my game check if he makes this.\"\nMoments later Elliott nailed the kick and the Eagles went berserk. There's no word yet if Wentz did in fact pay Elliott but now it's going to be hard for him to take it back.", "output": [ "Jake Elliott" ] }, { "id": "task419-19278e4a964e488fbf0164ca61e9bc86", "input": "“Growing up and trying to figure out your life … while people feel like they have some sort of entitlement to know what’s going on is absolutely excruciatingly terrible — and the only way to get over it is to go into it ” she explained.\n“You can’t change your face. You can’t change your parents. You can’t change any of those things. So I feel like most kids like me end up going down a spiral of depression ... When you’re born into it there are two choices that you have; I’m either going to try to go into it completely and help from the inside or … no one is going to know where I am … and I’m really going to take myself completely out of the eye of soeciety. There’s really no in-between.”\nWillow Smith 17 is the daughter of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. She also has an older brother Jaden who grew up in the eye of the public.\n Will Smith learned this after daughter Willow shaved her head\nWillow Smith is the daughter of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith . (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)\n Will Smith the longtime actor spoke of raising his daughter in an interview earlier this year.\n He said when she shaved her famous “Whip My Hair” hair he learned an important lesson.\n Jaden Smith says he plans to disappear in 10 years", "output": [ "Will Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-08e33a3c26d84e9289f08a85cbcbdf6b", "input": "Dick's Sporting Goods will immediately stop selling assault-style rifles and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21 the company said Wednesday as its CEO took on the National Rifle Association by demanding tougher gun laws after the massacre in Florida.\nThe change in sales practices and the emphatic words from Stack put Dick's out front in the falling-out between corporate America and the gun lobby. Several major corporations including MetLife Hertz and Delta Air Lines have cut ties with the NRA since the Florida tragedy but until now none were retailers that sold guns.\n Dick Sporting Goods had cut off sales of assault-style weapons after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. But sales had resumed at its smaller chain of Field & Stream stores which consisted of 35 outlets in 16 states as of October.\nStack also revealed that Nikolas Cruz the 19-year-old arrested in the Florida attack had bought a shotgun at a Dick's store within the past four months.\nThe vast majority of Dick 's business is selling sporting goods like basketballs and sneakers. Joseph Feldman a senior managing director at the Telsey Advisory Group estimated that guns and ammunition account for 8 percent of the company's sales.\n Dick 's which had net sales of $7.92 billion in the fiscal year that ended in January 2017 has a much bigger stake in youth sports.\n Dick 's is based just outside of Pittsburgh in a state where the first day of deer hunting season is an unofficial holiday for many families. Stack said Dick 's is prepared for any backlash but will never allow the sale of such guns in its stores again.\nPam Platt of Louisville Kentucky said she was thrilled to hear about Dick 's move and called the store's customer service line to offer her praise. She said she told the representative who answered that she wanted her to \"hear something good from somebody.\"\nPlatt said she now plans to start buying more at her local Dick 's store including a pair of sneakers this week.\n\"When I go to the store I will let them know why I am here \" she said. \"I care about this issue.\"\nBut many others were unhappy with the company's move some posting on the Dick 's page that they would stop shopping at its stores.\n\"I was sad to hear they would pull them off and bow to these people that have no understanding of what a gun is \" said Gerald Jaeger outside a Dick 's in Brookfield Wisconsin.\n Dick 's stock price was little changed as of midafternoon Wednesday afternoon up 1.7 percent.", "output": [ "Dick" ] }, { "id": "task419-5f6012fab0af4d5081c43b3fd1b60ef3", "input": "Former Lincoln-Way Superintendent Lawrence Wyllie pleaded not guilty in federal court Wednesday to fraud and embezzlement charges and his attorney said they plan to fight the case to trial.\n Wyllie arrived minutes before his arraignment in a blue suit with a cross lapel pin. His attorneys largely spoke for him and he ignored reporters asking questions afterward. Before they stepped into the elevator one of Wyllie 's attorneys Dan Webb said they would be going to trial.\nFederal prosecutors allege Wyllie 79 hid the \"true financial health\" of Lincoln-Way High School District 210 by misusing millions in bond money and fraudulently spent school district funds on personal projects including Superdog a dog training school he ordered built.\n Wyllie also pocketed more than $30 000 in unused vacation days and a retirement bonus he wasn't entitled to prosecutors charged.\n Wyllie 's attorneys released a statement earlier this month maintaining Wyllie 's innocence and lauding him as \"a model educator in Illinois for 55 years.\"\n Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune Lawrence Wyllie arrives for his arraignment on federal fraud charges at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday Sept. 27 2017. Lawrence Wyllie arrives for his arraignment on federal fraud charges at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago on Wednesday Sept. 27 2017. (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune) (Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune)\nUnder Wyllie's leadership from 1989 to 2013 Lincoln-Way grew from one school with two campuses to two separate four-year schools and the district experienced overcrowding. In response Wyllie pushed hard for a $225 million referendum measure in 2006 to build two new schools and accommodate growth.\nA community group campaigned vigorously against the proposal arguing that the district should build one school and wait to see whether a fourth was necessary before moving forward. But voters backed Wyllie and the district went on to issue $52 million in bonds in 2006 $123 million in 2007 and $29 million in 2009.\nAs Lincoln-Way's finances atrophied Wyllie fraudulently used bond funds to conceal the district's true financial condition prosecutors said.\nBy then Wyllie had retired and largely disappeared from public view.\nLast year amid intensifying scrutiny from the Daily Southtown federal investigators and community members Wyllie resigned from the boards of the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and the University of St. Francis. He also sold his Frankfort home and moved to Naperville.\nLincoln-Way administration also quietly removed plaques honoring Wyllie at each of the district's schools.", "output": [ "Lawrence Wyllie" ] }, { "id": "task419-098033ebb4a94f93a10ddbcb71e0807c", "input": "\"It has been told to us repeatedly \" senator Rachel Siewert told a Perth public hearing on Friday for the inquiry of which she is the chair.\nThe reports that doctors were suggesting patients try anal sex to cope with painful sex indicative of \"just how many doctors have been ignoring the issues women have had with mesh\" Siewert told BuzzFeed News on Monday.\n\"How this has gone on for so long amazes me frankly \" Siewert said.\n Siewert said patients had been told their ongoing symptoms were \"all in their head\" by doctors.\n\"This is women being told to just get over it \" she said.", "output": [ "Rachel Siewert" ] }, { "id": "task419-468c5e12d7db4f549e4607744d862ef6", "input": "Kaitlyn Murphy a 31-year-old resident was arrested earlier this week on felony defraud charges after she admitted to using glass to get out of paying for her food a trick the woman claims to have learned from someone she knew in rehab.\n Murphy confessed that she would carry glass in her purse when she went out to eat and would sprinkle it over her food. She even intentionally cut her mouth by chewing the glass to make her story more realistic.\nThe police reported that Murphy had visited eleven restaurants in Stuart FL from September 15 to September 26 – claiming to find glass in her food “after eating most of her meals ” Local 10 News reports.\nAfter Murphy reported the hazard the restaurants would either eat the cost of the meal or offer gift cards and free food.\nThe police were eventually tipped off about Murphy ’s crime spree after restaurants started describing the same woman on social media coming into their establishments and making the same claims.\nThe pressure of social media forced Murphy to turn herself in where police found more glass shards in her purse.\nIn total the police say Murphy cost restaurants hundreds of dollars in comped meals gift cards lost tips and lost food as well as damaged the reputation of some servers and restaurants.\n Murphy originally claimed that she did it because she couldn’t afford the food but later a manager said Murphy confessed she did it for the adrenaline rush – a high she was searching for after she had quit drugs and alcohol.\nJust before her arrest Murphy was hired to work as a server in the area.", "output": [ "Kaitlyn Murphy" ] }, { "id": "task419-77f189790ebc4182aec14bcb50feb68e", "input": "Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) said that committee Republicans had blocked Democrats’ efforts to subpoena Deutsche Bank for financial records related to President Trump’s family on the suspicion that Russians “may have laundered money through Trump properties.” Democrats also were stymied in their effort to subpoena executives at Twitter Schiff said to secure the direct messages that members of Trump’s inner circle exchanged with representatives of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange who Democrats believe acted as Russian intermediaries during the 2016 presidential campaign.\n“If there’s credible information that Ivanka Trump had contact with any participants in that meeting at the time of that meeting . . . I think it would be valuable to have her come and testify before the committee ” Schiff said.\n He added that he believes the committee should invite former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon to testify saying “it’s my expectation that he will be doing so.”\n Schiff said Thursday that the committee has interviewed 56 witnesses — half the number of people that have appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee Schiff said meaning there are “dozens” of witnesses they have yet to bring in.\n A spokesman for Nunes declined to comment.\n Schiff also said that he would hold Ryan responsible if the House probe “is prematurely curtailed for political reasons.”\nRyan responded in a statement: “While Mr. Schiff tries to distract from the serious bipartisan review that’s been underway for nearly a year we will stay focused on following the facts and working to safeguard the upcoming election.”", "output": [ "Adam B. Schiff" ] }, { "id": "task419-35d11e249327448abbc2d138d14498bc", "input": "Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor said on Saturday \"Reform of the United Nations has been long overdue \" calling for progress in strengthening all UN activities \"relating to the maintenance of international peace and security.\"\n\"The United Nations must keep its place at the core of global governance structures \" Pahor said while addressing the general debate of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly which began here on Thursday.\nDrawing the Assembly's attention to the broader issue of the global economic crisis Pahor said \"the reforms of international economic and financial systems must continue at an accelerated speed reflecting global development needs.\"\n\"Our endeavors should aim at increasing accountability responsibility and solidarity while taking into account the need for a stronger voice and better participation of developing countries \" he added.\nMeanwhile the Slovenian prime minister expressed his country's bid for a seat on the UN Security Council for the period 2012-2013.", "output": [ "Pahor" ] }, { "id": "task419-20796f68aecd4bfa8de062aed04e71c7", "input": "Disney was accused of quickly revamping a Hillary Clinton animatronic to look like President Trump after viewers noted its facial features matched Clinton âs.\nDisney built the animatronic for its âHall of Presidentsâ exhibit at Walt Disney World but just compare the animatronic to Clinton :\nItâs plausible that Disney started work on the animatronic before the 2016 presidential election â and expected Clinton to win.\nRegardless the animatronic is such a poor replica of Trump that even left-wing NPR said it looks like Hillary .\nAll right do you think @Disney had a Hillary animatronic made and tried to reform to @realDonaldTrump Retweet for Yes Like for No#ImWithHer #HillaryForPrison #MagicKingdom pic.twitter.com/eg9Xx0DzkA â Rob Dew (@DewsNewz) December 19 2017", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-c474fbdda7814ed2ac851f14263da4cd", "input": "(Reuters) - Several countries the United Nations and journalist groups are demanding the release of Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo from detention in Myanmar. The reporters were arrested on Dec. 12 after being invited to meet police officials on the outskirts of Yangon. They had worked on stories about a military crackdown in Rakhine state scene of more than 600 000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh since late August.\nMyanmar’s Ministry of Information has said the reporters “ illegally acquired information with the intention to share it with foreign media ” and released a photo of them in handcuffs.\n It said the reporters and two policemen faced charges under the British colonial-era Official Secrets Act which carries a maximum prison sentence of 14 years though officials said they have not been charged. Their exact whereabouts is not known.\n- The Committee to Protect Journalists said “We call on local authorities to immediately unconditionally release Reuters reporters Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. These arrests come amid a widening crackdown which is having a grave impact on the ability of journalists to cover a story of vital global importance.”", "output": [ "Wa Lone" ] }, { "id": "task419-d3fc307e88b94ad090e3d89c71439bb2", "input": "On Jan. 23 Californians Adam Schiff and Dianne Feinstein respectively the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee sent a letter to Twitter demanding an explanation for the surge on the site of tweets bearing the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo a reference to a controversial Republican memo that alleges Justice Department impropriety in the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.\nTwitter sent Schiff and Feinstein its response late Friday evening. Representatives for the two legislators declined Monday and Tuesday to share the letter and it's unclear if it will ever be released. Twitter declined to release the letter on its own.\n Schiff and Feinstein’s concern had compared the role of Russian botnets in the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign to the malign role of Russian trolls in spreading false news during the 2016 election.\n\"If these reports are accurate we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the Russian government through Kremlin-linked social media actors directly acting to intervene and influence our democratic process ” Schiff and Feinstein said in their letter to Twitter. “This latest example of Russian interference is in keeping with Moscow's concerted covert and continuing campaign to manipulate American public opinion and erode trust in our law enforcement and intelligence institutions.”", "output": [ "Adam Schiff" ] }, { "id": "task419-83344505028f4fda8f11dc111121fb69", "input": "In the Florida Keys a shortage of affordable housing has become a crisis after Hurricane Irma. More than 27 000 homes were damaged or destroyed by Irma's high winds and storm surge. A lot of those were mobile homes or trailers. And NPR's Greg Allen reports that this is having an impact on the service and tourist economy in the Keys.\n ALLEN : Yeah. How many do you think are gone now?\n ALLEN : Todd Sabin has lived in the Driftwood Trailer Park for decades. He's retired now. He and his wife are lucky. When they returned after Irma their mobile home was intact. Most others weren't as fortunate. Some received enough damage that their mobile homes are slated for demolition. For many like Sabin this is a second home.\n ALLEN : Sabin's longtime neighbor Jimmy Aurelio has stopped by. He's moving out. He owns his own business - a towing company. He's staying with a friend for now but says he's looking for a new place to live in the Keys.\n ALLEN : Steve Miller has lived on Big Pine Key for 35 years. Like more than a dozen of his neighbors his mobile home was destroyed in Hurricane Irma. This island has long been one of the most affordable places to live in the Keys. One reason for that Miller says are the mobile homes - many of them old but available for rent.\n ALLEN : Miller says he has many friends who have already left. He worries many more will follow unless local officials act quickly to make more affordable housing available for the people who staff the Keys' restaurants hotels schools and hospitals. But in the Keys like other resort communities proposals to build workforce housing are often met with strong opposition. At a recent county commission meeting Bill Hunter was one of several residents worried that workforce housing would increase density and traffic in his neighborhood.\n ALLEN : This problem the need for workforce housing isn't a new issue here. County Commissioner Heather Carruthers says over the last several years with incentives and help from the county developers have built more than 800 units reserved for workforce housing. But she says Irma has turned a longstanding problem into a crisis. Carruthers says it's about more than protecting the vital tourist economy.\n ALLEN : Carruthers says the county is looking at available land where it can build workforce housing. But she knows that's something many residents will oppose.\n ALLEN : Carruthers acknowledges that even the fastest plans to build more workforce housing will take a year or more to carry out. That does little to help workers who are struggling to find a place in the Keys where they can afford to live right now. Greg Allen NPR News Miami.", "output": [ "Greg Allen" ] }, { "id": "task419-19e5eadf50f745c795d41f8e22891dc8", "input": "CLOSE USA TODAY Sports' Paul Myerberg discusses the upcoming game between the two rivals. USA TODAY Sports\nArmy Black Knights head coach Jeff Monken speaks to his players in the locker room after beating Duke in November. (Photo: Danny Wild USA TODAY Sports)\n“It’s a great memory for our program ” Army head coach Jeff Monken said. “It’s different maybe from any other game. There is such a great sense of pride in winning this game.“\nIt might have taken a coach with Monken ’s background to reverse Army’s nearly 20-year run among the weakest programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision which saw the Cadets cycle through five different head coaches and nearly as many failed offensive schemes. While Army struggled Monken was learning the option offense from the source: Beginning at Georgia Southern in 1997 he spent more than a decade as an assistant under current Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson — including six seasons as the running backs coach at Navy.", "output": [ "Jeff Monken" ] }, { "id": "task419-e848df44826941a0a721280f6d640635", "input": "PARIS (Reuters) - Tom Enders has told the French Presidency he will not seek a third mandate as chief executive of European planemaker Airbus (AIR.PA) Le Figaro daily reports on its website.\n FILE PHOTO - Airbus Group Chief Executive Tom Enders speaks during a news conference on the aerospace group's annual results in London Britain February 24 2016. REUTERS/Hannah McKay\n“According to our information the last board meeting of 2017 this Thursday should ratify the non-renewal of Tom Enders at the helm of the group following the expiry of his mandate in May 2019 ” the Figaro said without citing its sources.\n“Tom informed the Elysee very recently he would not seek a third mandate ” a source cited by Le Figaro said.", "output": [ "Figaro" ] }, { "id": "task419-1dc0c46b893c4376afc6aa4f7cb9c908", "input": "\"Right after the explosion they told us 'Go and see what happened' \" wheezes 74 -year-old throat cancer sufferer Auguste Ribet unfurling a sheaf of paperwork documenting his long struggle for justice.\n Ribet has been diagnosed with several simultaneous cancers over the past ten years. He wants the French state to recognise that he and several of his deceased comrades are victims of the tests carried out in Algeria.\n Ribet like most of the other veterans has yet to go to court.\n He still holds out hope that a law passed last month lessening the burden of proof on veterans by establishing a presumption of a causal link between the bombs and cancer may see veterans at last win recognition as victims.", "output": [ "Auguste Ribet" ] }, { "id": "task419-ecf61d796681490687cd52e9cc53ade7", "input": "In her witty new book Australian technology author and TED celebrity Rachel Botsman tells us why it did not work. Who Can You Trust? How Technology Brought Us Together and Why It Could Drive Us Apart might be a bit too perky for some but it reveals some deep truths.\nWith industrial power collapsed social media’s “distributed trust” began its run to win popular trust. Botsman even claims to have predicted the next stage of evolution anticipating Airbnb Zipcar and Uber in her previous book. At first the masses took to social technology like ducks to water but few thought through the costs of power flowing from institutional experts to less sophisticated individuals. It turned out that these social media had institutions too if less hierarchical but still leading to someone at the top with a great degree of control over the people’s “open” media below them.\n Botsman says she would not have written her book if she did not think distributed networks could solve many problems and develop popular trust but the many examples presented in her book demonstrate that “distributed trust always seem to lead us back to centralized power ” with Facebook Amazon and Alibaba leading the list.\n Her thesis is that distributed systems need to know who is telling the truth in order to be social but their media technology develop so fast and anonymously it becomes difficult to trace accountability. Perhaps 75 percent of automobiles will self-drive by 2040. How can sufficient trust develop in such a major activity in such a short time? Blockchains like Bitcoin may replace governmental currency and financial transactions. Robots threaten to take everyone’s job. The most famous bot was HAL 9000 in 2001: A Space Odyssey and we all know what happened then. Some “trust pause” will certainly be necessary for such major social transitions.\nTake the number one social media technology guy Mark Zuckerberg who created Facebook to be an open forum for public discussion. Yet after social media was accused of biasing the presidential election even he had to reluctantly concede (the second time) that there was an abundance of fake news on his site which he then promised to fix in a socially positive way. His solution was to balance alternative views by adding “additional perspectives ” including noting after doubtful material that fact checkers disputed the claims in the original published news. But who would do the “fact checking”?\n Botsman does not mention it but Google’s top scientist Ray Kurzweil had bigger ideas. Computers would be thinking for themselves by 2014 with humans becoming immortal soon after. Humans would become immortal under Kurzweil’s Calico project to replicate nature’s control of mitochondrial DNA by moving toxic bacteria into the cell nucleus to stop aging. With age under control people would live forever. At the same time artificial intelligence would develop computers that learn by themselves. Ageless individuals could then link an AI machine to their brain so they could give accurate and immediate responses to every kind of question. But if this takes place instantly is that a person still a person or a computer?\nChina’s Social Credit System would produce a “social credit score” for every Chinese citizen and introduce national networks of shame to ameliorate and control unruly segments of the population. This system should have a bullish future in much of the world now under authoritarian governments. Botsman quips: “Today China tomorrow a place near you.”\nNot a place in the U.S. with its democratic government protecting privacy right? One big obstacle to such protection mentioned by Botsman is that government regulation simply cannot keep up with the explosive rate of change in private social media technology. There is that free speech and press stuff but Congress just approved another renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act seventeen years after 9/11 and few doubt that some similar future horrendous terrorist act would make the government’s surveillance even more intrusive.\n Botsman ’s general solution to increase social trust is to rely upon reputation which is sound but extremely difficult to evaluate as her book proves.\nHow do we even know if Botsman isn’t a bot already predicting China for us all?", "output": [ "Rachel Botsman" ] }, { "id": "task419-2db5205645f247d6b53d35a80f2b0fd9", "input": "Dr. Anne Schuchat acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 10 children have died from influenza in the past week alone.\n\"I wish there was better news this week but almost everything we're looking at is bad news \" Schuchat said at a news conference.\n Schuchat said the country is now in the eleventh week of the 2017-2018 flu season. While the past five flu seasons have lasted 11 to 20 weeks she could not say how how many more weeks the current season will run.\n\"It's difficult to predict and we don't know \" Schuchat said.", "output": [ "Anne Schuchat" ] }, { "id": "task419-40b615e066f1416a802385fc18ff020a", "input": "J.R. Smith was suspended for Thursday's game. (Photo: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports)\nCleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith was suspended one game by the team for throwing a bowl of soup at assistant coach Damon Jones two people with knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports on Friday.\n Smith sat out Cleveland’s 108-97 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday. The team announced shortly before the start of the game that Smith was suspended for detrimental conduct.\n Smith had a history of fines and trouble before joining the Cavaliers midway through the 2014-15 season but had been by most accounts a good teammate and mostly problem-free since the trade from New York to Cleveland.\n Smith is averaging 8.3 points and shooting 39.1% from the field and 36.3% on three-pointers this season.", "output": [ "J.R. Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf4f84f28f7a431190f8894f3c9b5c07", "input": "Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in an interview published Monday he was \"surprised\" by the second trial of jailed oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky widely seen as orchestrated by the Kremlin.\n Interviewed by the daily Kommersant Putin said he was surprised when prosecutors in 2008 announced fresh charges against the former Yukos chief that could see him serve two more decades in jail.\n \"When I heard about the second trial I was very surprised and asked what case this was since he is already serving time for what he did. What is this second trial?\" Putin said.\n At the time of his arrest in 2003 Khodorkovsky once Russia's richest man was seen as a political rival to Putin.\n Putin denied having involvement in the case and said he supported the second trial. \"If such a case is being heard it means that the law requires it. I'm not in charge of this case \" he said.\n Asked by the paper why he \"hounded Khodorkovsky into a corner \" Putin denied the charge.\n \"He is being justifiably punished \" Putin said. \"He will come out of prison and he will be a free man. No I definitely never pushed him into a corner.\"", "output": [ "Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-fada7408e38545a18092e088a3758fa5", "input": "When ice skater Adam Rippon was interviewed after his mesmerizing Olympics skate his winning warm charm was on full beam.\n“It’s like pretty awesome ” he said to the audience watching at home. “I highly recommend it. If you ever have the option come to the Olympics. It’s like a fun time. Today was so special so much fun.”\nThere is something delicious about watching Rippon generally—because he ’s having the best fun while also dead-serious in his medal-winning ambition; and his skating is a joy—and particularly when it comes to briskly dismissing Vice President Mike Pence.\nIndeed Rippon told the Daily Mail he would boycott any Team USA celebration held by President Trump at the White House indicating he would rather hold an LGBTQ-oriented event of his own.\nWhere Pence possesses a lumbering bigotry Rippon has intelligence eloquence wit and beautiful ice-skating skills. It is Rippon now hailed as America’s sweetheart while in South Korea Pence looked like a sad businessman not really enjoying the travel freebie he’d accepted.\n Rippon has not called on Pence to do anything. He hasn’t asked for anything from Pence at all. But the Winter Olympics’ first out-gay U.S. competitor has called Pence out first for supporting conversion therapy then for his general prejudice and acts of legislative hostility toward the LGBTQ community.\nPence has denied the conversion-therapy charge but Rippon is merely echoing LGBT groups’ highlighting of the now-infamous quote from Pence’s congressional campaign website in 2000 in which referring to organizations that should not receive federal support under the Ryan White Care Act included those “that celebrate and encourage the types of behaviors that facilitate the spreading of the HIV virus.”\nThe Rippon and Pence tangle began when Rippon pre-Olympics told USA Today of the choice of Pence to lead the U.S. Olympic delegation: “You mean Mike Pence the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy? I’m not buying it.”\nAs for the idea of meeting Pence Rippon added: “If it were before my event I would absolutely not go out of my way to meet somebody who I felt has gone out of their way to not only show that they aren’t a friend of a gay person but that they think that they’re sick. I wouldn’t go out of my way to meet somebody like that.”\nPence’s office denies he reached out to meet with Rippon after the interview was published; other sources say he did.\n Rippon is too wise to be used as a gay scapegoat and make-nice photo opportunity. He is also as viewers of the Olympics are quickly discovering utterly himself . It is a joy to watch and a liberating joy at that.\nBorn in 1989 he told one interviewer his first memory was watching the 1992 Winter Olympics. When those ice skaters fell he fell to the ground in toddler kinship.\n Rippon is so alive he makes all of us watching him feel alive. He ’s that rare thing in pop culture: a regular gay guy happy with himself handsome stylish politically astute and a charming speaker.\n He ’s not the polarities of gay pop culture traffics in: He is neither the “straight-acting” gay guy that TV can serve up and he ’s not the flaming queen that TV can also serve up— he glides somewhere in the middle like many gay people do and it’s wonderful to watch America be charmed by his authenticity.\nFor example: what would he tell the Olympic judges if he could—that he wants to throw up and if he had a quick drink and Xanax he’d be fine.\nOr revealing how his mom always taught him to stand up for what he believed in giving his skating a greater purpose.", "output": [ "Adam Rippon" ] }, { "id": "task419-499e58d7bd45437aa570533d16b82c1b", "input": "Three Americans — Jeffrey C. Hall Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young — have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work on molecular mechanisms that control circadian systems.\nHall was born in New York Rosbash in Kansas City and they both worked at Brandeis University. Michael Young was born in Miami and worked at Rockefeller University.\nJonathan Nackstrand / AFP/Getty Images Winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Jeffrey C. Hall Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young are pictured on a display during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Oct. 2 2017. Winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Jeffrey C. Hall Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young are pictured on a display during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Oct. 2 2017. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP/Getty Images) (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP/Getty Images)\nThe trio's early work took place in 1984 when Hall and Rosbash worked together at Brandeis and Young at Rockefeller University to isolate the \"period\" gene which controls the circadian rhythm of fruit flies. Hall and Rosbash then showed that the level of the protein encoded by this gene changes in a 24-hour cycle going up during the day and down at night. They theorized that this protein blocked the activity of the period gene.", "output": [ "Michael W. Young" ] }, { "id": "task419-d5ae38eb008744fea3635a518af3794e", "input": "The Roman Empire a police state in its own right had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife Mary traveled to the little town of Bethlehem so that they could be counted. There being no room for the couple at any of the inns they stayed in a stable where Mary gave birth to a baby boy Jesus .\nUnfortunately Jesus was born into a police state not unlike the growing menace of the American police state. And when he grew up Jesus did not shy away from speaking truth to power. Indeed his teachings undermined the political and religious establishment of his day. He was eventually crucified as a warning to others not to challenge the powers-that-be.\nYet what if instead of being born into the Roman police state Jesus had been born and raised in the American police state?\nInstead of being born in a manger Jesus might have been born at home. Rather than wise men and shepherds bringing gifts however the baby’s parents might have been forced to ward off visits from state social workers intent on prosecuting them for the home birth. One couple in Washington had all three of their children removed after social services objected to the two youngest being birthed in an unassisted home delivery.\nFrom the time he was old enough to attend school Jesus would have been drilled in lessons of compliance and obedience to government authorities while learning little about his own rights. Had he dared to step out of line while in school he might have found himself tasered or beaten by a school resource officer or at the very least suspended under a school zero tolerance policy that punishes minor infractions as harshly as more serious offenses.\nHad Jesus disappeared for a few hours let alone days as a 12-year-old his parents would have been handcuffed arrested and jailed for parental negligence.\nFrom the moment Jesus made contact with an “extremist” such as John the Baptist he would have been flagged for surveillance because of his association with a prominent activist peaceful or otherwise. Since 9/11 the FBI has actively carried out surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations on a broad range of activist groups.\nJesus’ anti-government views would certainly have resulted in him being labeled a domestic extremist. Law enforcement agencies are being trained to recognize signs of anti-government extremism during interactions with potential extremists who share a “belief in the approaching collapse of government and the economy.”\nWhile traveling from community to community Jesus might have been reported to government officials as “suspicious” under the Department of Homeland Security’s “See Something Say Something” programs.\nRather than being permitted to live as an itinerant preacher Jesus might have found himself threatened with arrest for daring to live off the grid or sleeping outside. In fact the number of cities that have resorted to criminalizing homelessness by enacting bans on camping sleeping in vehicles loitering and begging in public has doubled.\nViewed by the government as a dissident and potential threat to its power Jesus might have had government spies planted among his followers to monitor his activities report on his movements and entrap him into breaking the law. Such Judases today — called informants — often receive hefty paychecks from the government for their treachery.\nHad Jesus used the internet to spread his radical message of peace and love he might have found his blog posts infiltrated by government spies attempting to undermine his integrity discredit him or plant incriminating information online about him . At the very least he would have had his website hacked and his email monitored.\nHad Jesus attempted to feed large crowds of people he would have been threatened with arrest for violating various ordinances prohibiting the distribution of food without a permit. Florida officials arrested a 90-year-old man for feeding the homeless on a public beach.\nHad Jesus spoken publicly about his 40 days in the desert and his conversations with the devil he might have been labeled mentally ill and detained in a psych ward with no access to family or friends.\nWithout a doubt had Jesus attempted to overturn tables in a Jewish temple and rage against the materialism of religious institutions he would have been charged with a hate crime. Currently 45 states and the federal government have hate crime laws on the books.\nRather than having armed guards capture Jesus in a public place government officials would have ordered that a SWAT team carry out a raid on Jesus and his followers complete with flash-bang grenades and military equipment. There are upwards of 80 000 such SWAT team raids carried out every year.", "output": [ "Jesus Was Born", "Jesus" ] }, { "id": "task419-0f61261bccd14f24be729702a723a4eb", "input": "But Pat Robertson doesn’t see it that way. In his mind this nation’s unfolding tragedy is a direct fault of people who don’t respect Donald Trump and the American flag enough. Yes really.\nWhat are Pat Robertson’s possible motives here? While people still fought for their lives after the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history why did a televangelist feel the need to issue a statement this useless? He wasn’t trying to provide comfort. He wasn’t helping to make sense of the tragedy because his thoughts here are violently stupid.\nRobertson wasn’t trying to be helpful. He was trying to insert himself into a story that had nothing to do with him. He couldn’t help it. He can never help it. Because Pat Robertson is an evil man . He ’s been so evil for so long that one has to wonder whose side he ’s on.\nLet’s do a quick topline comparison between Satan the Prince of Darkness and Pat Robertson the Prince of Doddering.\n Robertson has spent decades lying and obfuscating throwing himself into the middle of discussions in which he wasn’t invited to offer opinions that nobody wanted. He ’s weighed in on the Iraq War 9/11 sex outside of marriage Hinduism the earthquake in Haiti abortion and every other topic du jour tragic or zeitgeist that can help boost Pat Robertson Awareness. He ’s thrown his fortunes in with warlords hucksters and profiteers.\n He ’s claimed he can leg-press 2 000 pounds thanks to the aid of a protein shake.\n Pat Robertson has built a billion-dollar empire by saying he ’s a person who knows what God wants other people to do. As host of The 700 Club he ’s spent thousands of hours on the bleakest television channel preaching to his followers about how they can emulate Jesus how they can send him money in an extremely holy way. Meanwhile he has lived a life of wealth and privilege at the expense of dupes.\nWhat Robertson has said about Las Vegas is so much worse than his usual praying for attention. He ’s rebranding cruelty as sanctimony nastiness as wisdom. He ’s the answer to the question “What Wouldn’t Jesus Do?”\nWhat’s the difference between Pat Robertson and Satan? Satan’s not real. Unfortunately Pat Robertson is.", "output": [ "Pat Robertson" ] }, { "id": "task419-c8305a4947e248bab7da2efc5a7a5e01", "input": "What came next was an unbilled guest: Bilal the shape-shifting R&B vocalist who has known Glasper since the first day of freshman year at the New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music in New York. They dug into \"All Matter \" a tune that first appeared on Glasper's 2009 album Double Booked later resurfacing on Bilal 's 2010 release Airtight Revenge. The lyrics establish a philosophical reflection well suited to our times:\nGlasper and Bilal have performed \"All Matter\" countless times always managing to find some new motivation in the song. This performance features a keyboard solo that starts out terse and gradually opens up and expands hinting at some tricky rhythmic displacement that Tyson later ratifies in his spectacular drum solo.\n\"All Matter\" by Bilal Oliver\n\"Levels\" by Bilal Oliver", "output": [ "Bilal Oliver" ] }, { "id": "task419-647c7dc8bd41493f915c13f89472337e", "input": "Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets junta liaison: official\n The official who spoke on condition of anonymity said labour minister Aung Kyi the government's official liaison with Suu Kyi met her for 45 minutes at the government guesthouse in Yangon but gave no details of their discussions.\n Myanmar's military rulers have kept Suu Kyi in detention for 14 of the last 20 years ever since they refused to recognise her political party's landslide victory in the country's last democratic elections in 1990.\n Wednesday's meeting is a further sign of shifting relations between Suu Kyi and the government since she wrote in September to military head Senior General Than Shwe offering her cooperation in getting Western sanctions lifted.\n But state media said Wednesday that Suu Kyi was \"insincere\" and \"dishonest\" in sending the letters accusing her of leaking them to foreign media and of a \"highly questionable\" change in tack after years of favouring sanctions.\n The editorial said that by using the media Suu Kyi risked damaging her case.\n Suu Kyi met with Aung Kyi twice in five days in early October the first such talks since January 2008 and met western diplomats in Yangon.\n In November the regime allowed her to make a rare appearance in front of the media after holding talks with US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell the highest level official from Washington to visit Myanmar for 14 years.", "output": [ "San Suu Kyi", "Kyi" ] }, { "id": "task419-82eee1a0733e48ac8b318964f4e4f60a", "input": "FILE - In this June 26 2017 file photo former NBA basketball player Rasual Butler and his wife Leah LaBelle whose given name is Leah LaBelle Vladowski arrive at the NBA Awards at Basketball City at Pier 36 in New York. Authorities say the couple died in a single-vehicle rollover traffic accident in the Studio City area of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley early Wednesday Jan. 31 2018. Coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter says both died at the scene. Autopsies are pending. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP File) (Photo: The Associated Press)\nSo Rasual Butler jumped into action joining his teammate for the event solely to keep him calm.\nTributes like that were offered all over the basketball landscape in honor of Butler a longtime NBA player who died Wednesday in what police said was a single-vehicle rollover crash in Los Angeles. Police said Butler and his wife R&B singer and former \"American Idol\" contestant Leah LaBelle Vladowski died at the scene and that autopsies were pending.\n Butler was 38. The NBA released a statement saying it was \"devastated\" by Butler 's death.\n Butler never played in the NBA Finals. He was never selected for an All-Star Game. More often than not when he played he finished the night with fewer than 10 points.\nThat didn't matter. Teams often clamored to have him on their roster — a testament to the type of person he was.\n\"Rasual was the consummate team player and a great role model for our younger players on how a professional should prepare and act while being a positive influence on everyone who associated with him \" said Kevin Pritchard Indiana's president of basketball operations.\n Butler was the 53rd player out of 57 taken in the 2002 NBA Draft getting selected by Miami. He turned out to be a steal; of the 52 people taken ahead of him only eight appeared in more games. He and Heat forward Udonis Haslem were close even speaking recently about the possibility of Butler considering getting involved with his former Miami teammate on some business ventures.\n\"I know I speak for everybody at the Heat \" said an emotional Miami coach Erik Spoelstra an assistant when Butler was with the club. \"He was one of our favorite guys.\"\nHeat President Pat Riley raved about Butler and his wife Wednesday and many in the organization still spoke very highly of Butler — even though he last wore a Miami uniform more than a decade ago.\n Butler played for eight NBA clubs — Miami New Orleans the Los Angeles Clippers Washington Indiana San Antonio Toronto and Chicago. He was also under contract with Minnesota in 2016 but was waived before the start of the regular season.\n He averaged 7.5 points with a career-high of 33 points on two occasions.\n Butler was from Philadelphia and played four years of college basketball at La Salle. There were no shortage of kids from Philadelphia who tried to emulate his game — one of them being Toronto guard Kyle Lowry who tried to show off for some friends at a basketball camp they were attending on the night Butler got drafted.\nLowry then 16 boasted that he knew Butler and gave him a call — hoping the new pro would answer. Butler took the call and Lowry never forgot that gesture.\n\"This is truly a sad day for me \" Lowry said.", "output": [ "Rasual Butler" ] }, { "id": "task419-869bf24a1add464f87d88fc56a820cd8", "input": "Another day , another disputed rumor involving LeBron James . \nThey said LeBron James and Kyrie Irving never met at all . \nLeBron and Irving might have to reconcile a future as teammates .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-76831132ef034b7ba675464b2e87e408", "input": "Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf warned San Francisco Bay Area residents Saturday of potential ICE raids that would take place over the weekend causing tensions between federal immigration officials and California state officials.\nHoman said the Justice Department is investigating whether Schaaf obstructed justice. He added that her actions may have allowed criminal illegal aliens to stay in Oakland making residents feel less safe.\nEven after Schaaf ’s warning ICE announced Tuesday that the agency arrested 150 illegal aliens during an operation called “Keep Safe.”\n“I do not regret sharing this information ” Schaaf said. “It is Oakland’s legal right to be a sanctuary city and we have not broken any laws. We believe our community is safer when families stay together.”", "output": [ "Libby Schaaf" ] }, { "id": "task419-0876c3f4922942a4a3918cfe3bb3cc52", "input": "The hiatus on production of House of Cards' sixth and final season has been extended another two weeks as the series continues to determine how to proceed without Kevin Spacey. Earlier this month Netflix completely severed ties with the actor following claims of sexual misconduct.\nRelated Kevin Spacey Scandal: Everything We Know So Far Two-time Oscar winner has been dropped by agency and publicist in wake of growing list of allegations\nIn early November after at least eight House of Cards employees accused Spacey of predatory behavior in a CNN report the in-production season went into hiatus after Netflix stated the streaming service \"not be involved with any further production of House of Cards that includes Kevin Spacey .\"\nTwo episodes of the final season were filmed prior to Spacey 's firing. Producers initially announced that the writers would take a few weeks to rework the final season to excise Spacey's Frank Underwood character from the story. However three weeks later House of Cards' production company announced that the series would remain in hiatus for another two weeks.\nHouse of Cards isn't the only project to make last-minute changes in the aftermath of Spacey 's sexual misconduct accusations: Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World due out in December reshot all the scenes featuring Spacey as J. Paul Getty with actor Christopher Plummer replacing the actor in the Oscar contender.", "output": [ "Kevin Spacey" ] }, { "id": "task419-23d6c3f60359414ba803bf1b73f68fb6", "input": "Phillip Parrish a Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate is being criticized for saying he does not consider Islam to be a faith and that it is \"the antithesis of the Constitution.\"\nOf course Parrish immediately drew criticism from the Red â Green Axis for the comments he made in an email to Community Interfaith Dialogue on Islam founder Regina Mustafa. Mustafa of Rochester MN sent Parrish an email inviting him to sit down with her after learning he had recently attended a meeting featuring Usama Dakdok an outspoken critic of Islam.\n\"I do not object to you attending his presentation but wanted to know if you would like to speak to a Muslim about Islam. Since you have attended this talk about my faith I figured you would also like to hear from a person who actually practices Islam \" wrote Mustafa according to reporting by Heather J. Carlson for The Post-Bulletin Minnesotaâs largest evening newspaper.\n Parrish responded by saying he would be willing to meet but that \"I separate Islam from the word faith because faith takes belief and Islam requires only submission.\" He added that he would ask her to publicly denounce Sharia law and declare that \"Islam Sharia and the Quran are the antithesis of the U.S. Constitution.\"\nNaturally Parrish 's response drew sharp criticism from the usual laundry list of Leftwing Sharia apologists. The Southern Poverty Law Center wrote about Parrish 's comments on its \"Hatewatch\" blog and Muslim Advocates claimed \"Anti-Muslim bigotry like this emboldens those who would discriminate or commit acts of violence against Muslims. We've seen hate crimes violence and bigotry skyrocket as politicians have increased their attacks on Islam and Muslims.\"\nIn a press release quoted by Ms. Carlson Parrish pushed back saying he has no intention of leaving the race and accused Mustafa of making a \"disingenuous request\" to meet with him in order to advance her own propaganda.\n\"I see myself as a person attempting to expose those who are attempting to set up rules and laws and regulations contrary to the U.S. Constitution \" Parrish said according to Ms. Carlsonâs reporting.\n\"It's causing harm to people. Thousands of analysts like myself thousands of law enforcement specialists have been trying to tell leadership this same message for over 20 years. And no one seems to want to listen or they live in some kind of utopic world of no people really don't think like that. They don't really mean to cut somebody's hand off because they stole something. They don't really mean to put someone to death because they defiled themselves with an unclean woman. They don't really mean to rape little boys on Thursday night because the imam gave them permission to do that \" Parrish said.\n Mr. Parrish is right and as we have made the case in many articles on the threat Islam poses to constitutional liberty it is that political goal of imposing an anti-constitutional system of government through political subversion and terrorism that requires a forceful government response: âWe Can â And Should â Ban Most Muslim Immigration To America â âStill No Religious Test For Immigration Mr. Speaker?â âIt Only Takes One: Why We Must Stop Importing Jihad Through Muslim Immigration.â âHomegrown Muslim Terrorism Fueled By Obama â Bush Immigration System â âAmerica's Suicidal Muslim Immigration Policies â âImporting Jihadâ and âWhy Do We Let These Vipers Into America?â\nTo learn more about Phillip Parrishâs campaign for Governor of Minnesota go to [Link]", "output": [ "Phillip Parrish" ] }, { "id": "task419-19a8d52838dd4ece8aa1bc2c14bd9246", "input": "Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks to members of the media at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster , New Jersey , on Nov. 19 . \nRomney acted quickly and imposed a sense of fiscal rectitude . \nRomney nixed five-star travel accommodations , scrapped costly segments of the ceremonies and swapped out color marketing brochures for black-and-white ,\" as Time noted . \nIn the 1990s , Romney stepped in to rescue the Salt Lake City Olympics after a bribery scandal had cast a pall over the upcoming games . \nIn short , it requires Mitt Romney . \nNext , Romney served as the executive of a territory somewhat larger than Puerto Rico . \nTo a degree , Romney 's public image is associated with his failed bid to unseat President Obama in 2012 when he ran a highly partisan , often disingenuous campaign . \nBecause until that time , Romney had shown himself to be one of the more competent people in American public life . \nWorking with Democrats , Romney engineered a new system of mandates , exchanges , subsidies , and requirements on insurance companies , essentially the precursor to Obamacare . \nRomney was n't a particularly good political campaigner . \nIf he could n't be the CEO of the whole country , Romney apparently decided that he 'd be the CEO of nothing . \nRomney 's name has surfaced in Utah politics as a potential successor to Sen. Orrin Hatch . \nBut it 's pretty clear how someone like Romney would proceed : Audit the finances to get a firm grip on the situation , strike deals with creditors , line up new investors to help fund the region going forward . \nThe politics of this might be messy : Romney is not particularly liked by Democrats or Republicans . \nRomney had a long career as a private equity investor and executive at Bain Capital , a discipline that requires the simultaneous application of business engineering and financial engineering to a range of different industries -- and a willingness to resolve huge financial problems by walking away from them or restructuring them . \nBut there 's no downside for either party to embracing a role for Romney . \nBut Romney and his talents would be wasted in the do-nothing Senate , just as they would have been wasted if President Trump had appointed him to be his secretary of state . \nRomney was n't a particularly good political campaigner .", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-f0924af8d36f4910b0381896c24eae01", "input": "Bernie Sanders , it is often noted , has never met a free trade deal that he liked . \nWhat I ca n't tell is whether Sanders simply does n't understand this , or does n't care . \nSanders : Well , if he thinks they 're bad trade deals , I agree with him . \nWith those last few words , Sanders has effectively written off trade with any country that is not already rich and prosperous -- which is simply inhumane . \nIt is one thing to argue that we should not do business with nations that actively manage or manipulate their currencies , as Sanders sometimes does , since exchange rates are supposed to be the market 's main mechanism for balancing trade .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f74a0256abf4254b66f71265d55fb74", "input": "Built by Las Vegas-based Bigelow the company now has its eye on taking its blow-up living area far beyond the space station all the way to the moon.\nPartnering with United Launch Alliance a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Bigelow said it hopes to send put the B330 expandable space habitat into lunar orbit by 2022.\nAnnouncing the ambitious project this week Bigelow president Robert Bigelow said the fully autonomous space station would provide anchorage \"for significant lunar business development in addition to offering NASA and other governments the moon as a new exciting location to conduct long-term exploration and astronaut training.\n Bigelow said his \"lunar depot plan is a strong complement to other plans intended to eventually put people on Mars.\" Indeed researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have suggested that billions of dollars could be saved by using the moon as a pit-stop for eventual missions to the red planet.", "output": [ "Las Vegas-based Bigelow" ] }, { "id": "task419-b896a19c9fb04ea08cc7447b77d6ee40", "input": "The \"Topshop\" heiress who found love with \"Hot Convict\" Jeremy Meeks says tying the knot is the next step.\nChloe Green is hopeful that an engagement with Meeks is coming soon - just months after the former felon called it quits with his wife of eight years.\n\"Chloe and Jeremy are very much in love and she thinks they will get engaged at some point \" a source told Us Weekly. \"Chloe will not have a kid with Jeremy until they are married.\"\nAfter his release from prison Meeks 33 started cozying up to Green 26 despite his marriage.\n'Hot Convict' Jeremy Meeks flaunts new squeeze as ex hits back\nOn Oct. 5 he filed for divorce from his wife Melissa Meeks as his relationship with Green became more public and they were photographed making out including a PDA-filled trip to Barbados.\n Jeremy has a son Jeremy Jr. and two step-kids with his estranged wife.\nMeet 'Hot Convict' Jeremy Meeks \n Melissa Meeks recently alleged that the stress of crumbling marriage due to Jeremy 's relationship with Green caused her to have a miscarriage.\n Her rep confirmed to the Daily News that she suffered a miscarriage and chalked it up to \"so much stress and so many emotions\" after learning of her husband's infidelity.\n Wife of 'Hot Convict' Jeremy Meeks had a miscarriage after affair\n\"Not only was I grieving the loss of my life and my husband I also had to grieve the loss of a child at the same time \" she told Radar Online which first reported the news.\nA source close to Green said that her family has \"never seen her this happy.\"", "output": [ "Jeremy Meeks Jeremy", "Jeremy" ] }, { "id": "task419-eb40dfdcdd3a4880b332b6d363210adf", "input": "The 1927 limestone Beaux Arts estate in the Massachusetts Avenue Heights neighborhood was the former home of Washington philanthropist Adrienne Arsht . When she bought the home in 2010 for $8.2 million it was the most expensive house sold in the District that year. The house has high ceilings ornate plaster moldings herringbone oak floors and marble terraces with views of Rock Creek Park. It also has a swimming pool home theater caterer’s kitchen and staff quarters. The new owner is Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross who also has homes in Southampton and Palm Beach.\nThe penthouse in the historic Wardman Tower in the Woodley Park neighborhood is the most expensive condo ever sold in the District. It is one of 32 residences in the newly renovated building by JBG Smith. The home features herringbone white oak floors marble bathrooms quartz countertops and palladium windows. It boasts a 500-square-foot rooftop terrace with panoramic views of the city. Amenities include concierge services and a fitness center. Wardman Tower was built in 1928 on the site of Harry Wardman’s own home. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.\nThe 1927 limestone Beaux Arts estate in the Massachusetts Avenue Heights neighborhood was the former home of Washington philanthropist Adrienne Arsht . When she bought the home in 2010 for $8.2 million it was the most expensive house sold in the District that year. The house has high ceilings ornate plaster moldings herringbone oak floors and marble terraces with views of Rock Creek Park. It also has a swimming pool home theater caterer’s kitchen and staff quarters. The new owner is Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross who also has homes in Southampton and Palm Beach.\nThe penthouse in the historic Wardman Tower in the Woodley Park neighborhood is the most expensive condo ever sold in the District. It is one of 32 residences in the newly renovated building by JBG Smith. The home features herringbone white oak floors marble bathrooms quartz countertops and palladium windows. It boasts a 500-square-foot rooftop terrace with panoramic views of the city. Amenities include concierge services and a fitness center. Wardman Tower was built in 1928 on the site of Harry Wardman’s own home. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.", "output": [ "Adrienne Arsht" ] }, { "id": "task419-3feadaa0788d4d87b77012246edb7cfd", "input": "In one of the first moves Spain's Interior Ministry published an order to demote Josep Lluis Trapero from his position as head of the regional Mossos d'Esquadra police in Catalonia. He will be allowed to remain as commissar.\n Trapero became a controversial figure as the public face of the police response in mid-August to deadly extremists' attacks in and near Barcelona. He was praised for effectiveness but also criticized for coordination problems with other national police forces.\nSpain's National Court is also investigating him as part of a sedition probe related to the banned Oct. 1 independence referendum when the regional police were seen as acting passively — not aggressively — to halt the vote deemed illegal by a top Spanish court.\n Trapero 's boss regional police director Pere Soler said in a statement that he accepted his firing by central authorities in Madrid.", "output": [ "Josep Lluis Trapero" ] }, { "id": "task419-40d6c1e9efa2471d86cd64b60dcef81d", "input": "The Chiefs and Redskins managed to divert attention from Super Bowl LII with the news the Chiefs are shipping quarterback Alex Smith to Washington come March 14 when the 2018 league year kicks off.\n The major trade — the Chiefs reportedly will receive a 2018 third-round draft pick and third-year cornerback Kendall Fuller the younger brother of Bears cornerback Kyle Fuller — doesn’t directly affect the Bears but the quarterback market is always worth monitoring and there is a trickle-down effect that certainly involves those at Halas Hall. Here are five factors to keep in mind:\nCousins is no doubt in play for the Browns Broncos and Jets. There’s a better chance the Giants draft a quarterback with Eli Manning still on board than pony up to sign Cousins. The musical chairs for Cousins begins March 14 when free agency opens and the Smith trade can officially be consummated.\n2. Don’t forget the Vikings. Case Keenum Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Bradford are all coming out of contract. The reigning NFC North champions have a playoff-ready defense and plenty of pieces on offense. They seem likely to pursue a quarterback — perhaps one of their own — but would it have stunned anyone if general manager Rick Spielman had pulled the trigger on Smith ? How primed the Vikings are to defend their division title next season will be determined in a big way by what they do at quarterback. Could Spielman make a play for Cousins?\n5. The Smith trade makes Patrick Mahomes the starter in Kansas City. That means the top three quarterbacks from last year’s draft — Trubisky Mahomes and the Texans’ Deshaun Watson — will be in starting roles. Who will emerge as the top passer?\n Alex Smith raves about what Matt Nagy will do for Bears and Mitch Trubisky »\nChiefs reach deal to trade Alex Smith to Redskins »", "output": [ "Alex Smith" ] }, { "id": "task419-341411dfac90460b99e4baf2ab71a66e", "input": "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/64a93S07s7 â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 8 2017\n While this is an improvement over some of his earlier approval ratings which have cratered as low as 33 percent 45 percent still isn't all that great. It's still less than half of the country and Trump still has very high disapproval rates. According to The Hill more than half of Americans say they disapprove of the job Trump is doing.\nThis is his funniest tweet ever [Link] â Allahpundit (@allahpundit) December 8 2017\nNext year he âs going to be tweeting out polls from Rasmussen that have him at 38% when the rest of the field has him at 31 [Link] â Allahpundit (@allahpundit) December 8 2017", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad7c3db4dc044865892e7b89167fff68", "input": "The New Yorker cut ties with Ryan Lizza over sexual misconduct.\n Lizza was one of the magazine's most prominent journalists.\n He said he was \"dismayed\" at The New Yorker's decision.\nThe New Yorker on Monday announced that it had cut ties with the high-profile political reporter Ryan Lizza because of what it characterized as \"improper sexual conduct.\"\n\"The New Yorker recently learned that Ryan Lizza engaged in what we believe was improper sexual conduct \" the magazine said in a statement. \"We have reviewed the matter and as a result have severed ties with Lizza . Due to a request for privacy we are not commenting further.\"\nCNN where Lizza is a political analyst also said on Monday that he would not appear on the network while it investigates.\n\"We have just learned of the New Yorker's decision \" a CNN representative said. \" Ryan Lizza will not appear on CNN while we look into this matter.\"\nIn a statement Lizza said he was \"dismayed that The New Yorker has decided to characterize a respectful relationship with a woman I dated as somehow inappropriate.\"\nBut the lawyer representing an alleged victim of Lizza 's misconduct pushed back on his statement.\n\"Although she desires to remain confidential and requests that her privacy be respected in no way did Mr. Lizza ’s misconduct constitute a 'respectful relationship' as he has now tried to characterize it \" Douglas Wingdor said in a statement. \"Our client reported Mr. Lizza’s actions to ensure that he would be held accountable and in the hope that by coming forward she would help other potential victims.\"\n Lizza has for years been one of the most high-profile political journalists in America writing lengthy profiles about former President Barack Obama and others.\nEarlier this year Lizza reported on an expletive-filled conversation he had with Anthony Scaramucci President Donald Trump's communications director. Days after the report Scaramucci departed the White House; he had been in the position for one week.", "output": [ "Ryan Lizza" ] }, { "id": "task419-57558e945bd14f84ac57d2b118fb4ce0", "input": "In July 2016 the R&B duo Dvsn found themselves in an exciting but precarious position. During only their second set of live dates the pair were already opening for Drake and Future on the triumphant Summer Sixteen tour which went on to become the highest grossing hip-hop jaunt of all time. But how would a crowd primed for deliriously exultant Drake/Future collaborations like \"Jumpman\" respond to Dvsn whose best moments are more in line with emotive Nineties R&B than the music on today's airwaves?\n\"That [experience] allowed us to do two things \" says Dvsn vocalist Daniel Daley. \"To go out there and have to win the attention appreciation and adoration of a bunch of people that were there to turn up and to learn that they all have a spot in them that's OK staying in that night.\"\nSo it's been for Dvsn – the name is often styled \"dvsn\" — who have accumulated more than 150 million streams in the U.S. since debuting in November of 2015. Daley 's partner in the group is Paul Jefferies better known as Nineteen85 co-producer of mammoth Drake hits like \"Hotline Bling.\" After releasing their debut Sept 5th last year with little warning Dvsn return on Friday with Morning After. \"Sept 5th in a way works like a mixtape; it's an introductory piece \" Daley says. \"This time around we definitely have some records that we think have a bigger space to occupy.\"\nThis is hard-won confidence – initially Daley and Jefferies primarily kept their interest in R&B secret and focused on making rap. \"Hanging out with crews of guys it's not the coolest thing to say 'Yo I sing – have you heard that Boyz II Men record that new Usher or Ginuwine?'\" Daley explains. \"And a lot of the stuff that we loved in R&B was way older than we were \" Jefferies adds. \"Most of the people we were hanging with weren't actually listening to that R&B.\"\n\" Dvsn is a part of music that has been missing for a long time \" Shebib tells Rolling Stone. \"[Their] shit is just good R&B music.\"\nDrake's success meant 40 spent more and more time away from Toronto but the producer maintained contact with Dvsn as the duo honed their songwriting penning tracks for Jessie Ware and Jennifer Hudson. There were other placements too but \"none that we're bragging about \" according to Daley – in fact most of the Daley/Jefferies cuts were rejected. \"When we were sending songs to people the A&R or the manager would respond back and be like 'This sounds done – whose song did you send me? I was hoping for demos '\" Jefferies explains.\nDaley credits Jefferies with deciding that the two should step out on their own as Dvsn . \"As a producer I was now known as the guy who made these huge pop hits but as a songwriter pitching to R&B artists there was a lot of second-guessing \" Jefferies says. \"I was like I think I've proven I know what's going to be the next thing. Why keep putting it in someone else's hands and hope they're gonna do our song as good as we could?\"\nIn 2015 Dvsn posted two luxurious ballads on SoundCloud: \"With Me \" a 6:58-long come-on swaddled in harmonies and \"The Line \" which harked back to early-2000s D'Angelo. \"[Those two tracks] didn't sound like anything [out at the time] \" Jefferies says. \"Without naming any names some artists are making good R&B but they're not necessarily vocalists \" explains Carl Chery Head of Artist Curation for Apple Music which has been a major supporter of Dvsn . \"I liked Daniel's tone his voice his writing ability. It was like this is what the groups I loved in the Nineties would come up with now.\"\nThough Dvsn owe much to the Drake/40 hive mind one of the most refreshing things about them was that they didn't sound like Drake at a time when there were already more than enough R&B acts attempting to build on his blueprint. As a result not long after releasing their first two songs \"the phones were ringing the emails were blowing up and 40 was looking at us like a proud dad \" Daley recalls. But the group initially kept Daley's identity a secret hinting only that Dvsn was a Nineteen85 side project a tried and true strategy for heightening listeners' curiosity at a time when all information is just a Google search away.\nBut the group is still happy to set a deliberate pace when necessary matching Daley's direct expressions of desire with Jefferies' uncluttered production. New track \"Body Smile\" continues in the tradition of \"The Line \" leaving Daley to carry a melody across the empty spaces between each drum thunk while \"POV\" samples the 1999 Maxwell ballad \"Fortunate.\" (Maxwell calls Dvsn \"my favorite band \" commending them for \"making a Nineties backdrop for the woke ones of the future.\") \"My job is always to let Daniel shine \" Jefferies notes. \"It's not for the production to be another singer. It's not having those things compete.\"\n\"We're separating from the pack \" he adds before reiterating the Dvsn mantra: \"When they're all in the club we might just stay in.\"", "output": [ "Dvsn" ] }, { "id": "task419-630c235497784d8ba91187193ffcc859", "input": "News Corp. chief executive officer Robert Thomson slammed Google and Facebook for what he calls a “dysfunctional” and “debased” online environment that harms traditional media according to a variety of published reports.\nEfforts by the two online giants to reduce misinformation and improve online news were only “modest steps toward changing a digital environment that is dysfunctional at its core ” Thomson said.\nFacebook and Google are “in the midst of a particularly disruptive period commercially socially and politically ” he added.\n“The bot-infested badlands are hardly a safe space for advertisers whose brands are being tainted by association with the extreme the violent and the repulsive ” Thomson said.\nNews Corp. reported growth in online visits and subscriptions for its media properties such as the Wall Street Journal and The Sun of Britain Thomson said. But the companies profitability could rise if “the potential returns for our journalism would be far higher in a less chaotic less debased digital environment ” he said.", "output": [ "Robert Thomson" ] }, { "id": "task419-4c41e2a353a340f5bd46a02976e83ed2", "input": "If the timing had been different Luke Bryan might have been a contestant on American Idol. Instead the Georgia native will be one of the show's new judges when the reboot of the singing competition premieres on ABC in March.\nRelated Luke Bryan : The Rolling Stone Country Interview Country music's most popular — and polarizing — figure on his musical hits and misses celebrity frustrations and what he has to say to the haters\nMeeting with reporters at the Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena on Monday alongside returning host Ryan Seacrest his fellow judges – pop star Katy Perry and R&B legend Lionel Richie ­– and the show's producers Bryan recalled moving to Nashville as American Idol was taking off in the early 2000s. \"I just remember once I got my record deal… I was like 'Gosh it would have been pretty awesome to have had the opportunity to try out and start with that platform ' \" Bryan said discussing the increasing difficulty of a launching a music career in a crowded marketplace.\n\"I remember being inspired by it as a young musician \" Bryan said of the early days of the original series which ended its run on Fox in 2016. He also noted Idol's success in the country arena specifically. \"The main thing with me is I remember when [season four winner] Carrie Underwood rolled into Nashville. It energized the whole city. And then you look at [season five finalist] Kellie Pickler who still has a career in entertainment and then you look at now [season 10 winner] Scotty McCreery is finally catching his stride as an artist.\"\n Bryan whose latest album What Makes You Country debuted at Number One on the Billboard all-genre Top 200 chart in December says he decided to take a seat at the judges' table because it \"felt like it was going to be a blast to be a part of.\" He had turned down previous offers to do TV gigs but when Idol called \"I jumped right on it. It was never a moment's thought for me because I get inspired. I judge and I watch this like a fan of music \" he said. \"I'm in there on the emotional ride with these kids. When they start singing and they are moving me emotionally I get wrapped up in the moment. I get wrapped up in the pageantry and the dreams coming true.\"\n Bryan joins the growing list of country stars to lend their talents to reality competitions including former Idol judge Keith Urban Brad Paisley who appeared on ABC's Rising Star and Blake Shelton who not only currently stars on NBC's The Voice but was previously a judge on Nashville Star.", "output": [ "Luke Bryan" ] }, { "id": "task419-237ca3cb8c93464cacb2b573f5099426", "input": "The White House confirmed Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with President Donald Trump in what Russian state media has described as a thank-you call following a CIA tip about a bomb threat in St. Petersburg.\nRussia's main state broadcaster Vesti said Sunday that Putin called Trump to thank him for a CIA tip that helped Russian police thwart a terrorist attack in St Petersburg.\nAccording to Vesti Putin asked Trump to thank CIA Director Mike Pompeo for providing the information and he told the U.S. president that \"the Russian security services in the case where they receive information regarding terrorist threats in relation to the U.S. and its citizens will without question and immediately pass it to their American colleagues.\"\nWhite House press secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed the call from Putin to Trump took place and said a readout would be provided to the press shortly.", "output": [ "Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-9be8882c205e456abdd387a00b256f12", "input": "Moore told Vanity Fair the impetus for the organization started with the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings back in December 2012. She said she recognized that she needed to be proactive with her activism after her young daughter asked her about the killings.\n\"I just realized suddenly that I was just being irresponsible \" she said. \"I was an irresponsible parent and it wasn't doing anything by trying to keep the news from her . It really bothered me. It really just stayed with me.\"\nFollowing the October 1st Vegas shootings Moore said she and the other members of the creative council wanted to do something direct and meaningful to help prevent future incidents.\n\"I'm not saying I have an answer for anything or that any of us has an answer \" she said. \"But we do know what things will reduce violence. So why aren't we implementing them?\"", "output": [ "Anti Julianne Moore", "Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f77484272e1435fb32e2fe7d7650996", "input": "Plaintiffs Ramis Ruiz 21 and John Messing 41 accused their fellow volunteer EMTs at the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Rescue Ambulance of sexual harassment bullying and discrimination.\nAccording to the suit Ruiz was slandered during a election for the service’s assistant chief position by charges that she was “sleeping around with (fellow) members” to win votes for her candidate.\n Ruiz complained about sexual harassment and bullying but gripes fell on deaf ears.\nMessing claimed he was suspended after backing Ruiz in her gripes about harassment and eventually fired from the department.\nThe pair sued the ambulance service along with four of its officials. Ruiz and Messing requested a jury trial in the case.", "output": [ "Ramis Ruiz" ] }, { "id": "task419-d2f6badbda7d4339a75266a5b1109042", "input": "VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday advised against making the pursuit of money a career or success the basis for one’s whole life urging in his Epiphany remarks to also resist “inclinations toward arrogance the thirst for power and for riches.”\nMany Christians observe Epiphany to recall the three wise men who followed a star to find the baby Jesus. Francis suggested asking “what star we have chosen to follow in our lives?”\nIn Istanbul the Greek Orthodox Christian community celebrated Epiphany with the traditional blessing of the waters. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I the spiritual leader of Greek Orthodox Christians and the Archbishop of Constantinople led the liturgy Saturday at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George for Epiphany commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ.\nIn many places in Europe Epiphany is a day where children receive gifts or enjoy special entertainment. Rome’s Piazza Navona is famed for a holiday market with many toy stalls. Children believe the Befana witch on a broom brings the well-behaved toys while those who haven’t behaved get lumps of charcoal.\nOn city sidewalks throughout Spain parents and their children came out to enjoy the day. On Epiphany eve Friday streets across Spain were packed with families watching Epiphany parades with decorative floats camels clowns and jugglers. Some performers tossed candy to the crowds.\nIn recent years security for Epiphany and other holidays has been tightened in Madrid and Barcelona amid fears of potential terror attacks with large vehicles banned from streets near the parades.\nFrancis also recalled traditions such as in Poland where many families join in processions recalling the three wise men also known as the three kings or magi. In some countries Epiphany and not Christmas is the holiday to exchange gifts among loved ones.", "output": [ "Pope Francis Epiphany", "Epiphany" ] }, { "id": "task419-2911fe6d60e940d1b98849fcf654455b", "input": "You know who Israel reminds me of? He reminds me of Wesley Mouch one of the villains in Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged ” the classic dissection of the big government mindset. Mouch is a DC hanger-on who fails upward into the position of chief economic planner and every time his blundering interventions lead to disaster he has the same response: “I need wider powers.” It’s his signature line.\nIn other news I occasionally get people who tell me that Rand’s novels are not realistic. So why do people in real life keep auditioning for roles in it? I’m going to start calling Israel “Sheriff Wesley Mouch .”\nIn practice it functions like broken windows policing in reverse. The idea behind the broken windows approach is that if you crack down on minor crimes criminals are deterred from committing bigger ones. They are not emboldened by the “broken windows” of a neighborhood that has been abandoned by the police. Sheriff Wesley Mouch’s approach in Broward sent the opposite message both to juvenile delinquents and to his own deputies that anything goes because the police don’t really want to enforce the law.\nSheriff Israel said that he instructed BSO deputies to issue juvenile civil citations not arrests; The BCSD’s own written policy encouraged handling even criminal activity ‘outside the criminal justice system’; The BCSD’s own written policy did not actually require arrests even for felonies and serious threats to school safety; Cruz’s behavior included repeated disruptive behavior violent outbursts threats and physical assaults on other students; and Cruz was never expelled or apparently arrested for this behavior.\nAll of this makes the case for why we need private ownership of firearms so we can defend ourselves. Because we sure don’t want to have to depend for our safety entirely on Sheriff Wesley Mouch.", "output": [ "Wesley Mouch" ] }, { "id": "task419-1857f8870dbf4360854d0fd339e1ee58", "input": "Expectations are high , and James has tried to temper it . \nAt this stage of his career , James is focused on winning championships . \nUSA Today Sports ' Jeff Zillgitt shares what LeBron James has added to his offensive repertoire and how his leadership is already paying dividends in Cleveland . \nPatience is the word James used early in training camp . \nThe Miami Heat never truly were LeBron James ' team , no matter how Dwyane Wade tried to spin it . \nJames says he learned in Miami \"to be very patient with the process and understand everyone always wants to see the end result and what 's at the end of the tunnel and do n't quite understand what goes on from the start to the finish and what 's in between that . \nBut there is no mistaking that the Cleveland Cavaliers are LeBron James ' team . \nLeBron James . \nFor all of the big games James , Miller , Marion , Jones and Haywood have played in the postseason , it is a contrast to zero playoff games for Irving , Love , Tristan Thompson and Dion Waiters . \nKevin Love , Shawn Marion , Mike Miller and James Jones would n't have joined the Cavaliers without James ' presence . \nDuring his time in Miami , James bought into the idea that building a championship team is a process . \n\"I think everyone will lead by however their characteristics define them as a leader ,\" James says . \n\"I do n't want to get too ahead of myself ,\" James says . \n\"The challenge is that every single day we have to understand we ca n't waste that day ,\" James says . \nLeBron James ' highlights and lowlights . \nBut James ' celebrated return to Cleveland is not about just making the Cavaliers a better team . \nThe pieces are in place with a Big Three of James , Kyrie Irving and Love headlining . \nJames says putting on a Cavaliers jersey \"feels right .\" \nBut now -- with James ' homecoming -- Cleveland sports fans are sensing another shot at a championship , and for this story to truly be legendary James must lead the Cavaliers to a title . \n\"It 's going to be a different challenge for a lot of guys on our team that have n't played in big games in a long time ,\" James says .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-48d3005b41f54f8da0e31a127f36f2f3", "input": "Scientists found hundreds of pterosaur bones at the surface of the site (Alexander Kellner Museu Nacional/UFRJ).\n“This is by far the most exciting discovery that I know of ” said Alexander Kellner co-author of the new study and paleontologist at the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.\nAnd Kellner isn’t some newbie to pterosaur discoveries. He ’s been studying these ancient animals for more than 30 years and has personally been a part of naming or describing more than 20 species. This includes the species in question Hamipterus tianshanensis which Kellner Wang and a team of their colleagues discovered in 2014.\nWith a wingspan of approximately 11 feet an adult H. tianshanensis may have been something like an albatross. You know if albatrosses had large crests running the lengths of their heads and spikelike teeth. This species does not appear to have had feathers Kellner said.\nProbably a fish-eater H. tianshanensis inhabited hot and dry environments but would have buried its eggs in the sand and vegetation found on the shores of lakes or rivers. This is also likely why so many eggs have been found together. Kellner suspects recent storms caused torrential flooding which unearthed the eggs and washed them into the fossil record along with other older pterosaurs that fell victim to the deluge.\nThe paper says that H. tianshanensis hatchlings wouldn’t have been able to fly immediately because several of the eggs the team examined showed wing bones that were less developed than expected. This may have meant that baby pterosaurs would have spent some time on the ground hunting insects and generally trying not to be eaten before learning how to take wing. Kellner even speculated that the pterosaur females and maybe even males would have stuck around to feed the hatchlings to help get them through such a precarious stage.\nPterosaurs ran the gamut from the gigantic aircraftlike Quetzalcoatlus all the way down to animals about the size of a sparrow such as Nemicolopterus. Some had the long pointy snouts we typically associate with the flying reptiles. Others boasted wild and crazy crests which may have been used to attract the opposite sex as has been suggested with H. tianshanensis. And still other pterosaur species had short squat skulls more like that of a frog Chiappe said. (Albeit a very scary frog.)\nPterosaurs were the very first animals with backbones to master powered flight Kellner said. How they did what they did and did it for as long as they did is just one of the mysteries he and his colleagues hope to solve.", "output": [ "Alexander Kellner" ] }, { "id": "task419-eedaa9dd5ecf4e008e4998a10bcf2f54", "input": "Jeremy Corbyn to declare in speech \"Labour is ready\" for government.\nLONDON — Jeremy Corbyn will tell activists Labour \"is ready for government\" and that it is a \"government in waiting\" in his speech to close the party's conference on Wednesday.\nFollowing rifts in the cabinet over how to deal with Brexit becoming public in recent weeks Corbyn will say: \"The Tories are more interested in posturing for personal advantage than in getting the best deal for Britain. Never has the national interest been so ill-served on such a vital issue. If there were no other reason for the Tories to go their self-interested Brexit bungling would be reason enough.\n Corbyn will challenge the Conservative government to \"pull yourself together\" after Theresa May's Florence speech failed to break the stalemate in Brexit negotiations with European Council president Donald Tusk saying on Tuesday that there has not been \"sufficient progress\" to allow talks to advance.\nIn his keynote speech Corbyn will say: \"Yes we didn’t do quite well enough and we remain in opposition for now. But we have become a government-in-waiting.\n Corbyn will say: \"The disregard for rampant inequality the hollowing out of our public services the disdain for the powerless and the poor have made our society more brutal and less caring.\nA Labour source said on Tuesday that Corbyn will also use his conference speech to announce details of a number of new policies.", "output": [ "Jeremy Corbyn" ] }, { "id": "task419-9a30ecdb41a2405198d12a8310eb796b", "input": "The navy said that a Russian warship the Admiral Gorshkov passed close to British territorial waters Saturday and that the St. Albans frigate was dispatched to escort it as it passed through the North Sea. It released several grainy photographs of the two ships sailing closely to each other in what appeared to be choppy waters.\nBecause the Admiral Gorshkov is still in sea trials it probably does not yet pose a military threat said Michael Kofman an expert on the Russian military at the Center for Naval Analyses.\n The Gorshkov is a prime example both of the strength of the Russian naval rearmament and of its shortfalls. NATO leaders have said that Russian naval activity is at levels unseen since the end of the Cold War the payoff of a modernization and investment program that started shortly after Russia’s incursion into Georgia in 2008.\nBut progress has been hampered by shoddy construction and technical difficulties. The Gorshkov is the long-awaited flagship of a new class of stealth missile frigate. Originally scheduled to enter service in 2013 shipbuilders said Monday it was still undergoing tests 11 years after construction started.\n“Unfortunately no chances have been left to raise the flag aboard the Gorshkov this year ” the president of the United Shipbuilding Corp. Alexei Rakhmanov told the TASS newswire agency on Monday. He said the ship’s advanced technology was still undergoing evaluations and that once they were done it would skip a further testing period and enter military service immediately. The accelerated schedule is a possible sign of pressures following years of delays.", "output": [ "Gorshkov" ] }, { "id": "task419-dd97e55f75b446d484aa09abb6e5d85b", "input": "TAMPA Raheem Morris has had less than a week to assess Josh Johnson in his new role as starting quarterback but the Bucs' coach likes everything he has seen from the second-year pro in practice.\n \"It was great \" Morris said. \"You want the quarterback to have control of the huddle. You want him to have control of the offense. And he went out there and did that. And it was not a shock.\n \"He went out there and executed his plays. He was hard on himself. He was conscientious of working the pocket. And he practiced like a pro. That's all you can really ask from anybody.\"\n Johnson began training camp as the fourth-team quarterback but Monday was tapped to replace Byron Leftwich as the starter for Sunday's road game against the Redskins. The work began in earnest after the team's day off Tuesday.\n \"He had a really great day Wednesday \" Morris said. \"We came back on Thursday and didn't practice as well as we did Wednesday but he was decent. And (Friday) he cleaned up a lot of things and got a perfect red zone period in there and he fared pretty well. Now it's time to go out to the game and actually play.\"", "output": [ "Raheem Morris" ] }, { "id": "task419-70dba03be9f74f2eb8e5e66ddc90e209", "input": "The Pretenders surge through their 1981 track \"Talk of the Town\" in a preview of their upcoming Austin City Limits episode which premieres Saturday October 14th. Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne form a wall of rippling guitar chords on the dreamy Pretenders II track.\nIn another exclusive clip of their debut ACL appearance the quintet perform \"I Hate Myself\" from their Dan Auerbach-produced 2016 LP Alone. Over a static drum beat moaning pedal-steel and woozy tremolo bar drone Hynde berates herself by sneering the song title over and over.\nRelated The Pretenders Ain't Sobbing Chrissie Hynde on her early days as a music critic being a woman on the road and almost losing her virginity to Ron Wood\n Hynde also praised Auerbach for his production and laid-back spirit during the recording of Alone. \"I see it as a Dan Auerbach album \" she admitted. \"In my heart of hearts that's how I see that album. It's more like I guested with him. But of course I'm very happy to take the credit. He's the producer and that's just the way it has to be.\"", "output": [ "Chrissie Hynde" ] }, { "id": "task419-775bc41b1d2f4b3ba99efff7ae98d8f3", "input": "The video shows White House spokeswoman Linda Douglass sitting in front of a computer monitor displaying the Drudge Report Web site.\n Douglass points to a link featured by Drudge and discounts it assuring viewers that patients who are satisfied with their private health coverage would be able to keep it.\n Looking into the camera Douglass says: \"The people who always try to scare people whenever you try to bring them health insurance reform are at it again. And they're taking sentences and phrases out of context and cobbling them together to leave a very false impression.\"\n Introducing herself in the three-minute video Douglass says part of her job is to \"keep track of all the disinformation that's out there about health-insurance reform.\" Because the president has talked so much about health care Douglass says he is at risk of having his words distorted by people with \"a computer and a lot of free time\" who might \"take a phrase here and there they simply cherry pick and put it together and make it sound like he's saying something he really didn't say.\"", "output": [ "Linda Douglass" ] }, { "id": "task419-983433c4891043f287a9afdbf17d16d4", "input": "It was nuclear power's birthday bash but Exelon CEO Chris Crane head of the nation's largest nuclear operator named energy storage the most promising technology of the future one that could render nuclear power unnecessary.\n\"In our view the long-term viable technology that will drive a cleaner future is economic storage \" Crane said at \"Reactions: New Perspectives on Our Nuclear Legacy \" the University of Chicago's commemoration of the first manmade nuclear reaction 75 years ago under the stands of its abandoned football stadium.\n Crane 's comments departed from those of former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz who delivering the event's closing keynote insisted the United States must continue to pursue nuclear energy for reasons of both climate and national security.\n Crane who was Exelon's chief nuclear officer before he became CEO still defended his company's 24 existing nuclear plants because he contends energy storage hasn't arrived yet.\nEven though the cost of lithium-ion batteries has dropped precipitously and promises to continue to do so Crane contends storage hasn't arrived because lithium-ion does not provide all the features the energy market needs.\n\"Storage is becoming much more economic but those are one-hour and four-hour discharges and they only have a life cycle of so long \" he said. \"We need days of discharges.\"\nSo Crane is betting on whatever the national labs develop for next-generation energy storage.\n\"What we need to do is continue with the labs and continue the research that's going on: what is life beyond lithium ion what is the storage mechanism that we can harness more renewable energy in that form?\" he said. In the meantime existing nuclear plants should be kept open with license renewals and fairer financial terms he said but with the understanding that they are \"transition assets.\"\nBoth Crane and Moniz concede new nuclear plants are unlikely to be built at least new nuclear plants that resemble the ones Exelon operates today.\nMoniz and Crane both also expressed uncertainty about the prospects of the likely form that innovation will take: small modular reactors.\n\"I don't know if all of this will come together to give an effective attractive source but we're never going to find out if we don't get there \" Moniz said. \"It's the kind of thing that we've got to find out if that dog hunts. Is it going to perform economically? It's got great safety characteristics. There are reasons to be optimistic from the point of view that if you have a much smaller plant you don't have the capital at risk. You may get better financing. \"\nCrane pitted small modular reactors against energy storage:\nThen moments later Crane complained about just that kind of comparison:\n\"We're sitting here debating what is the best technology versus debating what is the best outcome and the best outcome around those economics. And it's distractive conversation that we've all been pushed into \" Crane said. \"We need to come up with what is the outcome that we want and then how do we get there.\"", "output": [ "Crane" ] }, { "id": "task419-dcf168205b5c4e63a345912c40b1bb16", "input": "The Las Vegas hotel room used in a mass shooting that killed 58 people will continue to remain unoccupied.\n Stephen Paddock opened fire earlier this month from the corner suite on Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino's 32nd floor before taking his own life and the hotel says it will not rent the room again.\n\"This was a terrible tragedy perpetrated by an evil man. We have no intention of renting that room \" MGM Resorts International which owns the property said in a statement to the Las Vegas Sun.\nIt was not immediately clear whether the room will be used for some other purpose or be marked in any way with a remembrance of those who died on the concert grounds below the room .\n Paddock checked into the room where a stash of weapons were found in late September . (Photo Composite)\nChoices about the future of the room are being made as Rachel Sheppard a 21-year-old shot at the festival is suing MGM Resorts which received a court order requiring the company to preserve evidence.", "output": [ "Stephen Paddock" ] }, { "id": "task419-4efb41998d8245c8b0402827eca5d896", "input": "On Tuesday in New York Sayfullo Saipov 29 a green-card holder from Uzbekistan in Central Asia and resident of Florida responded to the call.\n He drove his rented Home Depot truck from West Houston Street onto a Hudson River Park bike path one of New York’s most beloved amenities. Within ten minutes eight people were killed and 15 were injured. A note found in the truck law enforcement officials said indicated that Saipov committed the attack out of devotion to ISIS.\n Saipov might have killed even more people had the NYPD not been the nation’s premier counterterrorism force. NYPD officers showed up in force minutes after the attack began shooting Saipov before he could kill even more New Yorkers.\nBut it takes a pack to raise a lone wolf. Even if Saipov acted alone he was part of a growing ideological fraternity numbering in the tens of thousands who now inhabit every region of the globe.\nLike the attacks in these cities the Halloween attack in Lower Manhattan was aimed at inflicting maximum carnage. Schools in the area were letting out students shortly after three o’clock when Saipov drove his rented truck off West Houston Street onto the bike path.\nThere was no shortage of targets. The streets between West Houston and Chambers were crowded with parents picking up their costumed children prepared for an evening of trick-or-treating. Pedestrians and bikers on the Hudson River bike path were stunned and helpless as Saipov careened his weapon through the crowd.\n Saipov might have killed even more people had the NYPD not been the nation’s premier counterterrorism force. NYPD officers showed up in force minutes after the attack began shooting Saipov before he could kill even more New Yorkers.", "output": [ "Sayfullo Saipov" ] }, { "id": "task419-14d046bdc00043e09ad23f59ac659419", "input": "The Corpus Christi native and \"La Bamba\" star Lou Diamond Phillips kicked-off the weekend event at Heritage Park talking about the importance of the community getting to know the history of the area. (Photo: Meagan Falcon/Caller-Times)\n Actor Lou Diamond Phillips publicly apologized for his DWI arrest during a Friday speech which occurred just hours after he was released from a Texas jail.\nAt the \"Voices of South Texas\" event in his hometown of Corpus Christi Texas Phillips appeared as the guest speaker.\n He told a crowd he hoped his actions did not distract from the importance of the event.\n\"I want to sincerely apologize for an incident this morning. Some of you may have heard about that \" he said.\nThe Longmire star was arrested in Portland Texas about 1:30 a.m. on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Police said Phillips pulled up behind a patrol car and asked for directions. An officer suspected he was intoxicated and the actor was given a series of field sobriety tests. His blood alcohol concentration was 0.2% more than double the legal limit in Texas.\nRead more: 'Longmire' star Lou Diamond Phillips arrested in Texas on DWI charge\nThe crowd cheered and applauded Phillips ' apology while one person replied \"You're human!\"\n Lou Diamond Phillips was arrested early Friday Nov. 3 2017 on suspicion of driving while intoxicated in Portland Texas. (Photo: Provided by San Patricio County (Texas) Sheriff's Office via Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times)\n\"We were diversity before diversity was a hashtag \" Phillips said.\nIn an interview Phillips described how important it was for him to come back to his hometown and discuss the importance of heritage.", "output": [ "Lou Diamond Phillips" ] }, { "id": "task419-8c4b8246dd0340298757ad32bd5515b1", "input": "According to Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith Lydia Johnson 29 is charged with one count of embezzlement from a non-profit organization which could get her 10 years in prison.\n Johnson was Dakota's student activity coordinator from July 1 2016 until her recent removal and was responsible for all finds.\nSchool officials say she oversaw ticket sales for the school's homecoming dance last year which should have taken in nearly $30 000 based on attendance. She only deposited $11 000 into the school's account.\nWhen they searched her classroom they found several homecoming cash deposit envelopes torn open and empty. They also found several casino receipts next to the empty envelopes. Her bank records also show cash deposits in excess of her salary.\n She also oversaw ticket sales and receipts for a trip to Camp Tamarack for 60 parents and students. Prosecutors say she should have collected and deposited nearly $13 000 but only deposited $500.\nAfter checking MGM records they found Johnson spent more than $90 000 in 2016 playing penny slots.\n She is expected to be arraigned on the charges Thursday.", "output": [ "Lydia Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-aa3b68e1697346ceaa9dc0373d7a24b8", "input": "Justin Timberlake announced his Man of the Woods Tour the singer's 27-date North American trek in support of his upcoming new LP.\n\"The outdoors is the inspiration for a lot of these songs. That's the main idea. The tour will be able to bring the outside in. How can we bring that to life?\" Timberlake says in the tour's trailer. \"I want people to see the inspiration for how it ended up sounding. I've never seen that done before: Bring the outside in.\"\nThe Man of the Woods Tour launches just five weeks after Timberlake 's halftime performance at Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis with the first date scheduled for March 13th at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. The leg currently concludes on May 30th with a hometown show at Memphis' FedEx Forum.\nGeneral on-sale for the trek begins January 16th at Ticketmaster. Check out Timberlake 's website for full ticket information.\nJustin Timberlake Tour Dates", "output": [ "Justin Timberlake" ] }, { "id": "task419-606a45cc892f4235a61d495e6f242c06", "input": "Dance troupe spotlights Mexico ' s native son Limon\n \"How many of you know Jose Limon?\" Audience members looked around sheepishly as just a few raised their hands.\n Revered by dance aficionados the world over as one of the iconic figures of modern dance Limon is largely unknown in his native Mexico.\n \"I must say I was a bit shocked to hear how little recognition Limon gets in his own country \" said Gabriela Poler-Buzali the Jose Limon Dance Foundation's executive director.\n Held in a sprawling museum the show included solos by two of the company's principal dancers who flung themselves across the diminutive stage with Limon's trademark controlled abandon.\n Limon himself was born in Culiacan in the northwestern state of Sinaloa in 1908 two years before Mexico's bloody and chaotic 1910-1917 Revolution. When he was 7 years old Limon's family fled to the United States.\n Although he spent most of his life in the United States his early years in the midst of the Mexican Revolution deeply marked him. War and conflict are dominant themes in many of his works including \"Missa Brevis.\"\n As a young man he moved to New York to study painting but fell in love with dance founding his own company after serving in World War II. He pioneered a dramatic narrative-driven choreography style and was among the first to push male dancers to center stage. Along with Graham he's widely considered among the key figures of 20th-century dance.", "output": [ "Jose Limon" ] }, { "id": "task419-9544d3c97b2f435faf7b6b5c049fc88e", "input": "Cables: Colombia ' s Uribe reached out to FARC\n Former President Alvaro Uribe sought secret talks during his second term with Colombia's main leftist rebel group in Switzerland and the guerrillas even reached out to the U.S. Embassy according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables.\n Uribe left office in August after badly crippling the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC with a withering military campaign and refused steadfastly to accept their demand for a demilitarized zone as a condition for talks.\n Uribe always maintained he would not engage in serious dialogue with the FARC until the rebels stop kidnapping civilians free all their captives -- they currently hold 22 soldiers and police -- and halt their practice of laying land mines that kill indiscriminately.\n Reacting via Twitter Uribe said his government \"accepted many international initiatives\" to open dialogue with the rebels. He promised to later detail them on his personal website.\n In the cables in particular one dated Feb. 6 that discussed a three-hour meeting Uribe had with Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg the hard-line former Colombian president is described as skeptical about contacts with the FARC leading to a negotiated peace as long as the rebels have refuge in neighboring Venezuela and \"a fountain of wealth\" from cocaine trafficking.\n Colombia's current president Juan Manuel Santos was defense minister for most of Uribe's second four-year term.\n Santos has made it clear that his attitude toward peace talks remains the same as Uribe's.\n Since January of 2008 it has freed a total of 14 hostages in what Uribe complained were \"publicity-seeking stunts.\"", "output": [ "Alvaro Uribe" ] }, { "id": "task419-cc4c1750c4ba47979d3b22b21e9ad963", "input": "A former chairman of the Democratic National Committee said “superstar” Joe Biden would “definitely” win if he ran against President Trump in the 2020 election.\n“There’s only one person I can say who will definitely win the election and has a superstar appeal in almost every state in the union and that ’s Vice President Biden ” Ed Rendell told John Catsimatidis on his 970 AM radio show in an interview that aired Sunday. “Of course people say he’s too old. But he’s only a year and a half older than President Trump and he’s in infinitely better shape. I don’t think age would be a factor in a Biden-Trump election.”\nBiden 75 has said he thought he would have beaten Hillary Clinton if he had run in the 2016 Democratic primary election still hasn’t closed the door on opposing Trump who is 71.\n Biden a former senator from Delaware said he was prepared to launch a campaign in 2016 until his son Beau died of brain cancer.", "output": [ "Biden" ] }, { "id": "task419-3ce1f994117c433585501bf283477183", "input": "A Subway sandwich is far more than the sum of its fillings franchisee Keith Miller says.\nThose ingredients cost roughly $2. Then he pays labor. Electricity. Gas. Royalties. Credit card transaction fees. Rent.\nAll told Miller who owns three Subway franchises in northern California says it costs him well over $4 to produce one of Subway's foot-long subs. And that is why when the chain announced plans to drop the price of the sandwich to $4.99 starting in January he and hundreds of Subway's other 10 000 U.S. franchisees sent a strongly worded letter warning that the promotion could force some stores to close.\n\"The numbers don't work for us \" said Miller who also chairs an industry group the Coalition of Franchisee Associations. \"Ten years ago they might have worked. But now they don't in my opinion.\"\n Miller said that when he bought his first Subway 28 years ago his margins could swell as high as 18 percent. But since then he said competition has grown far more fierce and costs have risen dramatically for labor utilities and rent.\nIn California where the minimum wage will be $11 per hour starting Jan. 1 Miller 's labor costs are up 50 percent from 10 years ago he said. The cost of a full-price sub has risen only 20 percent.\n\"It's a hard cost per sandwich \" Miller said. \"People can only make so many sandwiches per hour. We find it's about seven.\"", "output": [ "Keith Miller" ] }, { "id": "task419-3130751f996c4dfca4b123fa473b72a1", "input": "Madrid (AFP) – Real Madrid quietened crisis talk after back-to-back defeats as Marco Asensio added to his collection of wonder strikes in a 3-0 victory over Las Palmas at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday.\nA booking would have ruled Casemiro out of the Madrid derby against Atletico in two weeks’ time and he was quickly replaced after Asensio secured the three points in stunning fashion.\n Asensio has made a habit of netting in spectacular fashion in his first 18 months at Madrid and pounced on a loose ball 30 yards from goal to rifle a shot that rose all the way on its trajectory into the top corner.\nRonaldo fired inches over twice more but whilst his luck remained out in front of goal he did provide an enticing cross from which Isco slotted home at the back post for Madrid’s third.", "output": [ "Marco Asensio" ] }, { "id": "task419-d39e28be457042cf99fd6d6d4714d0f9", "input": "Russian President Vladimir Putin has a \"bad\" untold secret about Donald Trump that will eventually come out Joe Scarborough said on Friday.\n\" Vladimir Putin has something on Donald Trump \" Scarborough charged Friday on his \"Morning Joe\" show on MSNBC.\n\"Let me say it again because there’s been a lot of noise from Donald Trump over the past year since he’s been president. Vladimir Putin has something that he is holding over Donald Trump’s head. And it is bad.\"\n\"So what is Donald Trump hoping? He is not hoping he can just brush aside a story of a porn star. He’s hoping when the truth comes out about what Vladimir Putin has and has had hanging over his head for decades possibly that we will all be too numb to notice \" Scarborough said.\n\"Ten tweets a day five lies a day bread and circuses all of these game show reality show distractions ... That’s all he ’s hoping. He wants to numb the American people. He wants to numb the electorate. He wants to numb everybody.\"\nScarborough did not elaborate on what information Putin may have about Trump.\nThe commander in chief has been criticized for what one Democrat called his \"bromance\" with Putin . And in November Sen. John McCain slammed Trump’s comments that he sincerely believed Putin meant it when he said he didn’t meddle in the 2016 presidential election.", "output": [ "Putin" ] }, { "id": "task419-a6e541c250ee457195ebdb96dbbd3620", "input": "Pehr Lodhammar a senior program manager for the United Nations Mine Action Service told reporters that the agency and Iraq’s government will have to decide “what we do and what we leave for now and maybe address later on.”\n He spoke to reporters in Geneva to detail the complexity of the task of clearing explosives left behind in areas of Iraq that were once controlled by the Islamic State group. Such work is crucial to help displaced Iraqis return to their homes safely.\n Lodhammar said UNMAS needs another $216 million this year for its operations in 32 areas of Iraq including the northwestern city of Mosul on top of 116 in commitments and pledges already made.\n He said UNMAS and other United Nations agencies were hoping for around $45 million to be set aside for safe returns of Iraqis as part of money being pledged at a donor’s conference for Iraq in Kuwait on Wednesday.\n Lodhammar said it would be “of course concerning if we don’t reach the amounts envisaged and hoped for but I believe that it is an ongoing process. I think more donors will be coming to the table.”", "output": [ "Pehr Lodhammar" ] }, { "id": "task419-6e21f107063b4d25a205a7cdeef2ce85", "input": "FRISCO Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says his objection to a contract extension for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is not because of star running back Ezekiel Elliott's six-game suspension over alleged domestic violence.\n Jones said on his radio show Friday he wants all 32 owners to have a chance to approve the deal being negotiated between Goodell and the compensation committee that includes six owners. Jones is not on the committee.\nThe NFL has said owners already voted unanimously to extend Goodell's contract and authorize the committee to work out the deal. Jones said circumstances have changed since that May vote including the escalation of the protests over social injustice that have involved the national anthem.\n Jones also said \"behavioral policies\" have been an issue since May. Goodell suspended Elliott in August.\nHe suggested he was at odds with the compensation committee chairman Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. Jones said he disagrees with Blank's assertion that the compensation committee can complete the deal without another vote of all owners.\n Jones spoke a day after a federal appeals court on Thursday denied bid by Elliott to keep his six-game ban on hold making him ineligible to play against Atlanta on Sunday.\n\"I really fervently disagree that we shouldn't have him on the playing field \" Jones said. \"But a lot of people are trying to tie it in frankly with the issue regarding my stance as to the chairman and renewing the commissioner. That's really not right.\"\n The 75-year-old Jones said the compensation committee could appease him by agreeing to let the remaining owners review and approve the final contract with Goodell.\n\"I think just since the period of time that we first addressed extending Roger I think we've had several material adverse conditions happen \" Jones said. \"We should basically honor those conditions such things as the anthem such things as behavioral policies.\n Jones said his relationship with Goodell and issues related to his compensation are deeper than his recent concern over the league's handling of Elliott's case.\n\"I've been dealing with this commissioner for almost 28 years as an employee of the NFL \" Jones said. \"Zeke's been involved here a year a year and a half. The policy that we have that has impacted Zeke is more of my issue with the commissioner more so than Zeke's particular circumstance.\"\nThe anthem issue flared after President Donald Trump criticized kneeling players and again when Jones declared he would bench any player he felt was disrespecting the flag. The NFL hasn't changed a guideline that encourages but does not require players to stand during the anthem.\n\"This is simply about making sure that all clubs have input into not only what the commissioner his extension but also in future years his decisions \" Jones said. \"We've given him a lot of power. I think we need the checks and balances of ownership having to actually be in a position to not just suggest but approve of his decisions.\"", "output": [ "Jerry Jones" ] }, { "id": "task419-7ace5895199a4d5fb2c4976510a5cfaa", "input": "\"I 'm with the Bernie campaign ,\" the colleague wrote . \nVitali Shkliarov , a political operative who campaigned for Bernie Sanders in 2016 and has now turned his sights to Russian opposition politics , sits in a cafe in downtown Moscow . \nVitali Shkliarov , a 41-year-old political operative born in Belarus , speaks the gospel of Bernie Sanders in the style of a Silicon Valley executive .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-745896a6f20d4356a6ad07c69d0bf40a", "input": "The ruling party of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen claimed a sweeping win in Sunday's elections for the country's Senate a victory that it assured itself by eliminating any serious opposition from the contest.\nSunday's vote was seen as a foretaste of a scheduled July general election for the National Assembly that is also expected to affirm Hun Sen's rule.\n Hun Sen has been in power for three decades and while maintaining a framework of democracy tolerates little opposition. His grip seemed shaken by 2013's general election when the Cambodia National Rescue Party mounted a strong challenge winning 55 seats in the National Assembly and leaving Hun Sen 's party with 68.\nAfter last year's commune council elections Hun Sen's ruling party then stepped up its steady offensive against critics and opponents. Media outlets seen as critical of the government were forced to shut down and most senior members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party fled the country.", "output": [ "Hun Sen" ] }, { "id": "task419-30e5d5caacf446fe904c235d0ec7f2c6", "input": "Monday on Fox Sports 1’s “Undisputed ” NFL Hall of Famer and Fox Sports 1 analyst Eric Dickerson took aim at the NCAA amid reports that prominent college basketball teams have been paying players.\n“The NCAA they’re the biggest hypocrites of all because this has been going on for decades even before I started playing football basketball ” Dickerson explained. “[The] NCAA exploits not just black kids white kids Asian kids anybody who plays anything basketball baseball or football-related because they make all the money and the kids aren’t allowed to make money.”\n Dickerson then took his “thank you master ” comment a step further.\n“It’s just so frustrating to see how the NCAA has exploited all of these kids. And I just feel like they are the biggest criminals in the world and all of this starts at the top. All of this starts at the top. I gotta just say it: All these white guys sit up there making all this money off the backs of the black and white players they do for basically it’s slavery. It really is slavery ” said Dickerson .", "output": [ "Eric Dickerson" ] }, { "id": "task419-bc3aa21a36b14e4eb179515e4677324e", "input": "Harrowing video footage taken from inside the high school where suspected shooter Nikolas Cruz opened fire on Wednesday shows distraught students crying and screaming as gunfire rings out.\nThat’s when police say 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz equipped with a gas mask smoke grenades and multiple magazines of ammunition opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon killing 17 people and sending hundreds of students fleeing into the streets.\n Nikolas Cruz 19 has been identified as the suspected shooter at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Fla.\nAuthorities offered no immediate details about Cruz or his possible motive except to say that he had been kicked out of the high school which has about 3 000 students.\nStudents who knew him described a volatile teenager whose strange behavior had caused others to end friendships with him .", "output": [ "Nikolas Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-50d7da28d36f4b7f92a317b06d8f5ce3", "input": "\"Errol Flynn Slept Here\" (Good Knight) is a voyage into a dark past.\n It documents the house on Mulholland Drive that was built by Errol Flynn and later bought by Rick Nelson who lived there until he died. Although the house has since been demolished in the late 1980s authors Robert Matzen and Michael Mazzone pored over the place as it lay derelict taking hundreds of photos of what was left of Flynn's estate.\n Filling in their own efforts with archival photographs of Flynn at the house interviews with some people who knew Flynn as well as the sons of Rick Nelson the authors have come up with a surprisingly palatable left-field biography of the Last Swashbuckler and the bad karma he left behind.\n What's surprising about the house is how ordinary it was -- in essence a sprawling but fairly unprepossessing ranch house built on a premier mountain top. After Flynn bailed out of America in the mid-50s the house was repossessed by his first wife Lily Damita for back alimony. (Damita lived in Palm Beach for the last 30-odd years of her life.)\n And yes the stories about a two-way mirror in the ceiling of the guest bedroom through which Flynn could observe his guests going at it is absolutely true -- the book offers the photos to prove it. Not only that but the authors discovered a peephole in the ladies' bathroom.\n (Flynn was an authentic voluptuary but he was also something of a sniggering little boy and not always a charming one.)\nthe house on Mulholland Drive that was built by Errol Flynn and later bought by Rick Nelson who lived there until he died. Although the house has since been demolished in the late 1980s authors Robert Matzen and Michael Mazzone pored over the place as it lay derelict taking hundreds of photos of what was left of Flynn's estate.\n Filling in their own efforts with archival photographs of Flynn at the house interviews with some people who knew Flynn as well as the sons of Rick Nelson the authors have come up with a surprisingly palatable left-field biography of the Last Swashbuckler and the bad karma he left behind.\n What's surprising about the house is how ordinary it was -- in essence a sprawling but fairly unprepossessing ranch house built on a premier mountain top. After Flynn bailed out of America in the mid-50s the house was repossessed by his first wife Lily Damita for back alimony. (Damita lived in Palm Beach for the last 30-odd years of her life.)", "output": [ "Errol Flynn" ] }, { "id": "task419-dee91832a6ab490bab105c581c528da1", "input": "Kentucky Sen. Rand Paulâs wife is accusing the media of making things worse for her husband as he recovers from an attack by a neighbor that left him badly injured earlier this month.\nâIt is incredibly hurtful that some news outlets have victimized Rand a second time as he struggles to recover â Kelley Paul wrote in a piece published Tuesday on CNN.com.\n Paul âs neighbor 59-year-old Rene Boucher has been charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault and was released from jail on a $7 500 bond after police say he tackled Paul on Nov. 3 as he mowed his grass.\n Kelley Paul accused some outlets of âdelighting in hateful headlines like âNot A Perfect Neighbor â and concocting theories about an âongoing dispute â based on nothing more than speculation from an attention-seeking person with no knowledge of anything to do with us.â\nAfter the incident The Louisville-Courier Journal ran a story titled â Rand Paul is not a perfect neighbor says community developer â though the headline has since been changed.\nThe Washington Examiner wrote a story titled â Rand Paul and neighbor had ongoing dispute about yard waste before assault â and other outlets also reported on a landscaping dispute.\n Kelley Paul said such characterizations are wrong.\nâThis was not a âscuffle â a âfightâ or an âaltercation â as many in the media falsely describe it â Kelley Paul wrote. âIt was a deliberate blindside attack. The impact left Rand with six broken ribs three displaced pleural effusion and now pneumonia. This has been a terrible experience; made worse by the media's gleeful attempts to blame Rand for it ridiculing him for everything from mowing his own lawn to composting.â\nShe said Paul has faced complications during the recovery including after making a trip to Washington for votes.\nâAs we walked through the airport returning from D.C. he was shivering with a 102.5 fever and the next morning his internist diagnosed pneumonia in his damaged lung â she said.\nSince the attack Kelley Paul said her husband hasnât taken a âsingleâ breath âwithout pain.â\nâ He has not had a single night's sleep uninterrupted by long periods of difficult breathing or excruciating coughing â she said.", "output": [ "Rand Paul" ] }, { "id": "task419-61b1ce99dce746738731f33bc02aaced", "input": "Carmelo Anthony stepped off a private jet Sunday afternoon outside a tiny airport in a tiny city and stepped into a surreal new reality.\n Anthony grinned walked the length of the fence touched fingers through the links. Then he strolled back again his smile never wavering.\nOklahoma City is not where Anthony now 33 envisioned spending his twilight years as a pro. It's not where he set out to land when he began pressing the New York Knicks for a trade all those weeks ago. It would not have even made his top 25 the last time he forced a trade in 2011.\nIt is however his last best hope to script a happy ending; indeed to change his career narrative.\nThis is not about stardom which Anthony has long enjoyed. It's not about statistics of which he has in abundance. It's not even about his resume. With 24 156 points (25th in NBA history) three Olympic gold medals and an NCAA championship he 's a near-lock for the Hall of Fame.\nWe have seen Anthony score at an elite level (albeit with a sometimes-maddening shot selection and a tendency to throttle the offense). At times we've seen him pass and defend and rebound too.\nWhat we don't know after 14 years on the NBA stage is how much Anthony truly wants to win—and how much he 's willing to sacrifice toward that end.\nWill he accept a complementary role to accommodate the reigning MVP (Russell Westbrook) and a younger spryer All-NBA forward (Paul George)? Will he be OK with a smaller spotlight? Will he embrace life as a power forward a position he 's long resisted?\nThose questions will surely come Monday afternoon when Anthony faces the Oklahoma media for the first time. But maybe he 's already telegraphed the answers.\nWhen the breaking point came in New York when Anthony and the Knicks mutually concluded they were better off apart Anthony specified a single trade target: Houston where he could join the MVP runner-up (James Harden) and a perennial All-Star point guard (Chris Paul).\nWhen that deal failed to materialize—and with training camp fast approaching —Anthony expanded his list to Cleveland and Oklahoma City.\nAnd as the Thunder and Knicks proceeded toward a deal Anthony waived his trade kicker (worth about $8 million) to ensure the deal.\nIn doing so he chose collaboration over comfort talent over Nielsen rank postseason promise over personal glory. Anthony has won just three playoff series in his career and made the conference finals only once (in 2009). Moving to Oklahoma City means a chance to be viewed as a winner at long last.\n\" He 's choosing to come to us \" one Thunder source said. \"So there's a certain understanding on his part that he wants to learn a new way.\"\nOn Sunday the most dedicated Thunder fans flocked to Will Rogers World Airport to welcome the swaggering star from the big city. They cheered him like a conquering hero. Only this time Carmelo Anthony doesn't need to play savior. He just needs to fit in.", "output": [ "Carmelo Anthony" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad87f84e2e2c44b09187c4ed8ab9630f", "input": "ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton gave up alcohol for the month of January.\nThis month instead of \"going dry \" Ashton is focusing on increasing something in her diet: Water.\n“I am like a camel ” Ashton said today on “Good Morning America.” “Most days the only water I consume comes in the form of coffee which does count but it also can dehydrate you a little bit.”\n“I have a bottle in my refrigerator and I make sure I go through two of them a day ” Ashton said of her new habits.\nClimbing on board with Ashton in this month’s “GMA” health wellness challenge are co-anchors Robin Roberts and Lara Spencer.\n Ashton described drinking more water as an “easy tweak” that could have noticeable results.\nFoods with the highest water content include fruits and vegetables like watermelon lettuce and broccoli according to Ashton .", "output": [ "Jennifer Ashton" ] }, { "id": "task419-104097b172274aca80562848df15c37d", "input": "Former President George W. Bush made a stop in Vero Beach , Wednesday , April 26 , 2017 , to sign copies of his new book ` Portraits of Courage ' at the Vero Beach Book Center . \nFormer President George W. Bush will return to Iowa this fall as the featured speaker at a nonprofit fundraiser in Des Moines . \nBush , a Republican who was president from 2001 to 2009 , will appear at a dinner for Trailhead International Builders , a Christian nonprofit group that raises money to build church and community centers in developing nations . \nBush has kept a relatively low profile since leaving office and particularly in the last few years . \nOfficials with Trailhead said Tuesday they invited Bush as the headliner for the fundraiser because of his international humanitarian work since leaving office . \n\"His compassion for people in need is an inspiration to millions of people ,\" the group 's presidents Daniel and Rachael Pettit said of Bush in a joint statement .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-a78dfc845d7340a2bfd85149cab1bcf6", "input": "Even before her boyfriend was named as the man responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history Marilou Danley knew something was up.\nAn hour before Las Vegas cops released Stephen Paddock’s name Danley deleted her Facebook account according to newly released documents about the Oct. 1 mass murder of 58 people attending an outdoor country music concert on the Strip.\n Danley was traveling in the Philippines when Paddock unleashed the bullet barrage from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay resort.\n Danley was “adamant that she had no prior inclination of Paddock’s intentions to conduct the attack ” says an FBI agent’s affidavit.\nBut the documents suggest Danley moved quickly after the shooting to obscure her relationship with the 64-year-old Paddock.\nAt 2:46 a.m. her account was deleted said the documents.", "output": [ "Marilou Danley" ] }, { "id": "task419-f3139e0a116640eeaec606b7a428e4ab", "input": "Bumble one of the most popular dating apps in the US is now banning users from wielding guns and other dangerous weapons in response to last month's school shooting in Parkland Florida. The Austin-based company announced the new policy Monday explaining that it decided to take a stance against guns in photos because \"online behavior can both mirror and predict how people treat each other in the real world.\" \" Bumble has a responsibility to our users and a larger goal to encourage accountability offline \" CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd wrote in a statement. \"As mass shootings continue to devastate communities across the country it’s time to state unequivocally that gun violence is not in line with our values nor do these weapons belong on Bumble .\"\nA team of 5 000 international moderators will now work 24/7 to wade through the profiles of nearly 30 million users and remove gun-related content a Bumble spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. The new policy excludes members of the military or law enforcement if they are holding firearms while in uniform.\nThe contractors will also monitor the constant influx of new profiles—the app adds about 75 00 to 100 000 new users every day the spokesperson said. App users can populate their profile with photos and information from their social media accounts. Photos posted to social media were a focal point of the investigation into alleged Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz who had several Instagram accounts featuring images of guns knives and other violent content. However Bumble will not censor photos posted through users' linked Instagram feeds. Banning images of weapons had been a topic of discussion before the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School the Bumble spokesperson said noting that the company often received \"hundred of complaints\" from people flagging profiles containing gun-related content that made them uncomfortable.\n“We just want to create a community where people feel at ease where they do not feel threatened and we just don’t see guns fitting into that equation ” Herd told the New York Times. This is not the first time the app has updated its policies and regulated users' content as it expanded beyond its original dating function to offer a business-networking service a friend-matching function and launched several pop-up locations. In January Bumble removed an account linked to conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec. It also banned mirror selfies photos of people in underwear and images that show children without an adult.\n@deborahlindseyl We are so grateful to you Lindsey for bringing this to our attention. Our team has removed Jack from our platform. Bumble was founded on the core values of kindness respect integrity and equality and we do not tolerate anyone who does not uphold these values on our platform.", "output": [ "Bumble" ] }, { "id": "task419-7263f4ce77bb42c39aa414086532450b", "input": "Uber cofounder Travis Kalanick appointed Xerox chairwoman Ursula Burns and former Merrill Lynch CEO John Thain to the company's board of directors on Friday a surprise move that's almost certain to re-ignite the bitter internal fighting that has destabilized the ride-hailing giant for months.\nThe appointments come a few months after Kalanick resigned under pressure from the CEO job at Uber. And the move signals that the hard-charging entrepreneur who remains on Uber's board does not intend to fade away from the company he turned into a $69 billion juggernaut built largely in his image.\nUber is reportedly in negotiations for a massive $10 billion investment deal with Japan's Softbank and Benchmark Capital one of Uber's largest investors that helped pushed Kalanick out has sought to structure the deal in a way that ensure the former CEO cannot return to power.\nIn his statement to Business Insider Kalanick drops a strong hint that these appointments are a direct refutation of Benchmark's demands.\n\"I am appointing these seats now in light of a recent Board proposal to dramatically restructure the Board and significantly alter the company's voting rights \" Kalanick writes. \"It is therefore essential that the full Board be in place for proper deliberation to occur especially with experienced board members as Ursula and John.\"\nThe appointments of Burns and Thain fill two board seats controlled by Kalanick which have sat vacant until now. Kalanick 's control over the two seats has been challenged by one of Uber's largest investors Benchmark Capital.\n Kalanick 's announcement late on Friday that he was filling the two seats appears to be a direct challenge to Benchmark which has sued Kalanick for fraud and is attempting to wrest the board seats from his control.\nAt the core of the Benchmark lawsuit are two seats on the board that Kalanick fully controls — meaning he can appoint whoever he wants to fill them. Benchmark alleges that Kalanick promised to relinquishh those seats to independent directors after he resigned in June but never followed through.\n Kalanick already has a rough reputation in the court of public opinion after Uber was rocked with so many scandals under his leadership that investors led by Benchmark forced him to resign from the CEO role in June. Those scandals also led to the exodus of many other top Uber execs.\n Kalanick still owns about 10% of the company including so-called \"super-voting shares\" that give him about 16% of the voting rights of Uber. Meanwhile new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has been working hard to repair the company's reputation amid all this drama.\nI am confident that with their additions and Dara’s appointment Uber will be well situated to focus on the future and continue to revolutionize how cities move.", "output": [ "Travis Kalanick" ] }, { "id": "task419-be19eca07ff748a0864c1f8d7728f791", "input": "Jacinda Ardern 37 took office in October. Speculation swirled around whether she would start a family soon when she took over the leadership of her then opposition Labour Party last year.\n Ardern took to Twitter to announce that she and her partner Clarke Gayford were expecting a child and that Gayford would become a stay-at-home dad.\nIn this image made from a video New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern right with her partner Clarke Gayford speaks to journalists in front of home in Auckland New Zealand Friday Jan. 19 2018. Ardern announced on Friday that she is expecting her first child in June. (TVNZ via AP)\nAfter the six weeks she will resume all her prime ministerial duties.\n\"Clarke and I are privileged to be in the position where Clarke can stay home to be our primary care-giver. Knowing that so many parents juggle the care of their new babies we consider ourselves to be very lucky \" she said.\n\"Clarke and I have always been clear we wanted to be parents but had been told we would need help for that to happen. That's made this news a fantastic surprise \" she added.\nThe couple discovered she was pregnant on Oct. 13 — two weeks before she was sworn in as national leader.\nWithin a day of Ardern becoming Labour Party leader seven weeks before the election she was twice asked by television hosts about her plans for children. One host Mark Richardson questioned whether it was acceptable for the country's leader to take maternity leave while in office and said most employers would want to know the maternity plans of their workers.\nFILE - In this Aug. 16 2017 file photo New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Addington School in Christchurch New Zealand. Ardern announced on Friday Jan. 19 2018 that she expecting her first child in June. (AP Photo/Mark Baker File)\nHer answers seemed to resonate with many people some of whom pointed out that under New Zealand law workplace discrimination on the basis of pregnancy is illegal. Ardern said she was surprised her comments were picked up abroad.", "output": [ "Jacinda Ardern" ] }, { "id": "task419-3f745af92389408ba7d2b9eccd79f254", "input": "LOS ANGELES -- Luke Walton and Lonzo Ball both say that the Los Angeles Lakers' head coach has not lost the locker room as LaVar Ball asserted.\nLonzo Ball also said \"I'll play for anybody \" when asked whether he is fine with Walton as his coach.?\n Walton ?whose team ended a nine-game losing streak with a 132-113 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night disagreed with LaVar's latest criticism of him. Walton who said Friday morning that he is not coaching as if his job is on the line was asked whether he has received assurances from anyone in Lakers upper management.\n\"Yeah. We're I feel very secure in my job status right now \" Walton said. \"We talk all the time. They're 100 percent behind and supporting what we're doing.\"\nLakers majority owner Jeanie Buss tweeted strong support with the hashtag \"InLukeWeTrust\" on New Year's Eve and all indications have been that Walton 's job security is not an issue.?A Lakers source told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne that Walton's job status is \"not even a conversation.\"\nThis is not the first time LaVar Ball has been critical of Walton 's coaching. He has said that the Lakers' coaching staff is \"soft\" and doesn't know how to coach his son and he expressed his displeasure with how Walton was using his son in the fourth quarter of games.\nThe Lakers already have held a meeting with the elder Ball and asked him to tone down his criticisms of Walton to foster a better atmosphere for Lonzo Ball and continue a positive relationship with the organization.\nLaVar Ball's latest comments left the No. 2 overall pick having to answer several questions Sunday morning about the state of the Lakers' locker room and his relationship with Walton .\n\"He is going to speak his mind. He is not going to change \" said Lonzo Ball who says he hasn't spoken to LaVar since his father and two brothers landed in Lithuania where LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball are playing for the pro team Prienu Vytautas. \"... I don't think [ Walton has lost the locker room]. I mean he 's our head coach. We are going to play for him .\n\"That is just his opinion. He has coached me his whole life. So he is definitely going to have a strong opinion about it. That's just what it is.\"?\n\"I don't see that the players aren't playing hard \" Walton said. \"I think the players are playing very hard. We've been through a hard stretch but they are giving us what they have and we're going to keep working and we'll be fine.\"\n\"I'm fine with it. It doesn't bother me \" Walton said of LaVar Ball's repeated criticism of him . \"My only concern with any of it is for Zo. As long as Zo's fine with it and Zo can come out and play and it doesn't affect mine and his relationship then it doesn't bother me at all.\"\nLonzo Ball said that he focuses on playing basketball and that he has told Walton before that his father's comments don't affect him.\n Walton was asked whether LaVar Ball's comments could possibly influence what management is thinking about its coach and the team's rebuild.\n\"I would hope not but it doesn't influence what we're doing \" Walton said of the coaching staff. \"I've said all along there's always parents and parents are going to get mad at things -- that's what they do. And it's our job as coaches and coaches in the organization to do what's best for our team and our players and we make those decisions based on what we see every single day in the facility and on the court.\"", "output": [ "Luke Walton" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe7fe04bf5df450b91d88f286a0e05e4", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he plans to nominate Liberty University School of Law professor Caren Harp to oversee the Justice Department’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.\nIf ultimately confirmed by the U.S. Senate Harp would oversee the Justice Department office that trains and works with state and local communities to develop effective juvenile justice programs and prevent delinquency.\n Harp previously was director of the National Juvenile Justice Prosecution Center at the American Prosecutors Research Institute.\nAccording to Harp ’s LinkedIn page she is in her sixth year as a professor at Liberty which is located in Lynchburg Virginia.\n Harp who holds a law degree from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville has also worked as both a prosecutor and a public defender including as chief of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit in New York City Family Court Division and as a trial attorney for the Arkansas Public Defender Commission.\nIn an article published in May Harp raises questions about the role of adolescent neuroscience in the courtroom and writes that the best way to tackle juvenile justice is by teaching youth to accept responsibility and involve them in community-based diversion programs to prevent them from re-offending.\nIt is unclear when the Senate may consider Harp ’s nomination.", "output": [ "Caren Harp" ] }, { "id": "task419-577335b655724b799776bb08e0aa339c", "input": "The average amount of money stolen in each of 14 U.S. ATM heists was $500 000 per incident. Losses in Russia averaged $1.2 million per incident but one bank there managed to catch the attack and return some of the stolen funds Group-IB said.\nHackers also stole documentation for OceanSystems’ Fed Link transfer system used by 200 banks in Latin America and the United States it said. In addition they successfully attacked the Russian interbank messaging system known as AW CRB.\nOnce hackers penetrated targeted banks and financial organizations they stole internal bank documentation in order to mount future ATM attacks Group-IB said. In Russia the hackers continued to spy on bank networks after break-ins while at least one U.S. bank had documents robbed twice it said.\n Group-IB said it had notified Interpol and Europol in order to assist in law enforcement investigations.", "output": [ "REUTERSPawel Kopczynski Group-IB", "Group-IB" ] }, { "id": "task419-c1ce7633255742939b14728959a863a7", "input": "Cait Earnest 28 met Chris Brandt on a dating app in 2015 and was asked to join his already existing relationship with husband Matthew.\n“I had never been with two people at the same time before. It’s different strokes for different folks but I would say it’s a pretty fun sex life ” Earnest said.\n“In regards bed placing it does complicate things. Matthew and I used to sleep on opposite sides and then Cait came long ” Chris said. “If I wanted to stay on the same side Cait would have to be in the middle and we found quickly she didn’t like that.”\nBoth Cait and Matthew experienced bouts of jealousy at the start of their relationship experiment but said that’s now all in the past.\n“It was a struggle even for me. The insecure part of me was like ‘Chris loves me more because he’s been with me longer ’ but then he told me ‘I love you just as much as I love Cait ’ so I was like ‘I need to come to terms with that ’” Matthew said.\n Cait said she isn’t shy about sharing her relationship status.\n“When we meet somebody at a bar I will usually say ‘Hi I’m Cait and these are my two boyfriends.’ People often ask if I’m joking ” she said adding that even her grandpa is on board and asking when she ’s planning on getting pregnant.", "output": [ "Cait Earnest" ] }, { "id": "task419-98a7ddbf283141b496df3745c280c4a1", "input": "Tuesday afternoon ESPN obtained a memo NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote to NFL owners.\nIn it Goodell speaking on behalf of the organization suggests athletes could soon be required to stand for the National Anthem writing âWe believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem.â\nNEW: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to team leaders: \"We believe that everyone should stand for the National Anthem\" [Link] pic.twitter.com/cEGFqycB5B â ABC News (@ABC) October 10 2017\n Goodell adds that the league must âmove past the Anthem controversy â and that it has become a âbarrier to having honest conversations and making real progress to the underlying issues.â Goodell added that the league has developed a plan to tackle these âcore issuesâ to be presented during a league meeting next week.", "output": [ "Roger Goodell" ] }, { "id": "task419-07632d19942f4474a5e7b499f1fc57bf", "input": "Minister of the Interior Chien Tai-lang said that he had called Fu Sunday evening and the divorce was confirmed. Admitting that Fu might be playing with a \"grey area\" of the law Chien said that the authorities would look into whether Fu and his \"ex-wife\" are still living under the same roof.\n Chien pointed out that it is against the law for the holder of a public office to appoint a spouse or a member of the family living under the same roof as his or her deputy. The regulation is meant to avoid conflict of interest he added.\n Chien said that as long as Hsu is still living with the Fu family she would not qualify for the post.\n According to Chien the relevant authorities will decide on the case based on facts.", "output": [ "Interior Chien Tai-lang" ] }, { "id": "task419-8ba2afd103a8439682cc74bee0d3a8de", "input": "LONDON (Reuters) - The Alpine ski season is drawing near and Britain’s top Olympic hope Dave Ryding will be heading indoors far from any snowcapped mountains.\nThree weeks in Hamburg may lack the glamour of Val d‘Isere and Wengen but Ryding feels the north German port city’s indoor ski facility offers just what he needs ahead of potentially the biggest season of his career and February’s Pyeongchang Olympics in South Korea.\n“I like to go indoors because I know what I’m going to get ” the 30-year-old slalom specialist told Reuters on his return from three weeks of training in Ushuaia in the glacial southernmost tip of Argentina.\nMost teams will incorporate some indoor time in their preparations but the majority for days rather than weeks. Ryding is a bit different.\nRivals may think he ’s mad but it works for a man who last January equaled Britain’s best ever World Cup result with a stunning second place in Kitzbuehel - one of the showcase slaloms of the season.\n He had led after the first run down the famed Hahnenkamm slope before being pipped by local favorite and overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher.\n“They (other rivals) think I’m crazy but I’ve grown up on those short dry ski slopes which are the same length if not shorter ” said Ryding .\nGrowing up in post-industrial north-west England Ryding grew familiar with dry ski slopes around the country by competing in summer series of races.\n Ryding recognizes that Austria’s Olympic medal contenders are unlikely to have ever pitched a tent near a concrete hill but says such experiences stood him in good stead.\n“In the end we used to love camping. It just became the way of life ” he recalled.\nWhile there will never be a level playing field in a sport that involves steep slopes and sheets of jagged ice and countries with considerable natural advantages Ryding has showed he has both the talent and resilience to succeed.\n Ryding was 27th at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and 17th in Sochi four years ago. Last season he had six top-10 finishes in the World Cup.\n His first race of the 2017-18 season is scheduled for Levi Finland on Nov. 12 after the World Cup starts with a giant slalom in Soelden Austria at the end of October.\n”I’ve proven I can get a podium when my day’s right “ he said. ”They (rivals) certainly take me more seriously than they used to four years ago I guess.\n”I’ve never really looked at myself and thought I’m British and these Austrians are looking down at me .", "output": [ "Dave Ryding" ] }, { "id": "task419-2b294552252441f0a3d16e60052c928d", "input": "PBS announced Wednesday that it has âindefinitely suspendedâ the âTavis Smileyâ show and its namesake host amid sexual misconduct allegations but the talk show host said he plans to âfight back.â\n Smiley took to social media after the announcement and unequivocally denied the accusations of any wrongdoing against him .\nMy response to PBS suspension full text here: [Link] pic.twitter.com/8KX2QIr660 â Tavis Smiley (@tavissmiley) December 14 2017\nThe investigation âfound credible allegations that Smiley had engaged in sexual relationships with multiple subordinatesâ and that some feared âtheir employment status was linked to the status of a sexual relationship with Smiley â an unnamed PBS spokeswoman told PBS NewsHour.\nThe investigation Smiley alleged on social media was âbiased and sloppy which led to a rush to judgment and trampling on a reputation that I have spent an entire lifetime trying to establish.â\nWhat else did Smiley say?\nâI have the utmost respect for women and celebrate the courage of those who have come forth to tell their truth. To be clear I have never groped coerced or exposed myself inappropriately to any workplace colleague in my entire broadcast career covering 6 networks over 30 years â Smiley wrote. âNever. Ever. Never.â\nHow did Smiley learn about the investigation and his suspension?\nThe story of his suspension first broke on Variety and according to Smiley Variety knew about it before he did.\nâI learned of the investigation when former staffers started contacting me to share the uncomfortable experience of receiving a phone call from a stranger asking whether I had ever done anything to make them uncomfortable and if they could provide other names of persons to call â he wrote.\n Smiley threatened a lawsuit after learning about the inquiries.\nPBS investigators âreluctantlyâ agreed to a meeting that lasted three hours he said. Soon after the meeting ended on Wednesday Variety published the story.\nIn February Observer published a piece written by Jacques Hyzagi a former producer on Smileyâs television show. Hyzagi wrote about a trip he and Smiley took together for a special show taping.\n Smiley âs âmisogyny is always creeping around barely camouflaged by Midwestern good manners â Hyzagi wrote.", "output": [ "Tavis Smiley" ] }, { "id": "task419-07c8213f7d8642d8b37b881173eab681", "input": "Russell Wilson walks off with a victory. (Christian Petersen / Getty Images)\nThe Seattle Seahawks’ lightning-fast treatment of quarterback Russell Wilson on Thursday night violated the NFL’s concussion protocol ESPN reports.\n Wilson who spent a few moments in the sideline tent did not leave the field and was not cleared by a team doctor and an independent physician as the rules require. After a third-quarter hit to the chin by Arizona linebacker Karlos Dansby referee Walt Anderson sent Wilson off to be tested. The telecast showed Wilson running off the field and sitting down to have the tent erected over him . However he jumped up before medical personnel arrived and was on the field after being replaced by Austin Davis for one play.\n He was on the field for two plays before the Seahawks punted and with Arizona’s offense on the field he entered the tent for a longer time. He returned to the field when the Seahawks got the ball back. The league’s policy requires players to be cleared by a team physician and an independent neurological consultant before returning to practice or play.\nRussell Wilson leaves game briefly after this shot to the jaw: pic.twitter.com/mOkkI8AEXR — Deadspin (@Deadspin) November 10 2017", "output": [ "Russell Wilson" ] }, { "id": "task419-4c9dc2e4b4c042f18c53aa0cfb8c4ebd", "input": "The Walking Dead returned with a bang for its eighth season Sunday night as Alexandria the Hilltop and the Kingdom escalated the conflict with Negan and the Saviors to all-out war. Before leading the attack on the Sanctuary Rick delivered one of his classic impassioned speeches about the meaning of the group's mission.\n\"We found each other and that bigger world is ours by right \" he said. \"And if we've come together all of us it's that much more true. It's ours by right. Any person who would live in peace and fairness who would find common ground they're right too. But those who use and take and kill to carve out the world and make it theirs alone we end them. We don't celebrate it. We don't have shame about it either. There's only one person who has to die and I will kill him myself . I will.\"\nHowever there were also a series of cryptic flash-forwards interspersed with the present-day battle scenes that featured a much older Rick waking up in his home with Michonne Carl and Judith followed by a wildly distressed Rick alone in an unclear location. \"My mercy prevails over my wrath \" the tearful Rick whispers near the end of the episode.\nThe old-man Rick sequence was teased in the trailer for the season that premiered at San Diego Comic-Con and led fans to speculate that the show intended to mirror the time-jump that takes place in the Walking Dead comic books following the war with Negan. But judging by the setup of the premiere it seems more likely that it is only Rick's vision of what could have been if he and his family had been able to live in peace.", "output": [ "Rick" ] }, { "id": "task419-6dbf2be645f4463ebfaea4f0998aea25", "input": "In 2015 Dr. Dong Chang the director of the medical intensive care unit at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center a public hospital in Los Angeles decided to see whether the care being delivered in his ICU was appropriate.\n Chang and his team also reviewed the use of intensive care at 94 hospitals in two states Maryland and Washington focusing on four common conditions that can lead to treatment in an intensive care unit.\n Chang attributes the difference to doctors using intensive care based on their habits hunches or training. Profit he said may also be a motive but it didn't appear to be a driving force.\n\"We really don't have good standards and a good discussion going on about who should receive ICU care \" Chang said.\nThe unnecessary intensive care can also be harmful. The study found intensive care patients underwent more invasive procedures like the insertion of catheters including central lines which carry the risk of infection. Overuse of the ICU is bad for patients who don't need it Chang said. Survival rates were also no better at the hospitals that used intensive care the most.\nReducing unneeded intensive care stays would save big money. Intensive care costs about $10 000 for a typical stay and accounts for 4 percent of national health care expenditures according to research cited by Chang 's team.\n Chang hesitated to call the overuse of intensive care \"wasted\" health care spending. He said the medical literature calls it \"non-beneficial\" care which is maybe a nicer way of saying the same thing.\nFor O'Neill her dispute of the fee for her daughter's ear piercing was a trip into the hell of medical billing.\nO'Neill is an attorney so she knows how to weed through fine print. But it took her untold hours and phone calls to the hospital and her insurance company to root out the issue. The hospital had initially billed her insurer for the $1 877.86 for \"operating room services\" related to the ear piercing. The company rightly rejected payment for the cosmetic procedure. So the hospital billed the family according to her medical and billing records and correspondence.\nO'Neill said she got nowhere in several conversations with the manager of the hospital's team that deals with payments directly from consumers. Then in mid-July O'Neill wrote a letter to the manager explaining that they were at an impasse and urged the hospital to cancel the bill.", "output": [ "Dong Chang" ] }, { "id": "task419-2667785b89284dd7b4041cef11605e79", "input": "Hensley Meulens\n Resume: A Yankees-signed and developed outfield prospect Meulens underwhelmed in 14 years as a player before establishing a strong reputation as a coach. He served as the Giants’ hitting coach from 2010 through 2017 and if he doesn’t get this gig will be San Francisco’s bench coach in 2018.\nStrengths: He speaks five languages (English Spanish Dutch Papiamento and Japanese) and has a particularly close bond with his fellow Curacao native Didi Gregorius the Yankees’ shortstop. He has put in his time on a major-league coaching staff.\nWeaknesses: His only managing experience has come with the Netherlands in the 2013 and 2017 World Baseball Classic which is more of a marketing gimmick than a true baseball competition. His jobs haven’t subjected him to anything approaching the media scrutiny he’d receive as Yankees manager.\nResume: A participant in 39 major-league games as a player Wedge proceeded to manage 1 620 big-league games with the Indians (2003-09) and Mariners (2011-13). He won American League Manager of the Year honors in 2007 the one season he took a team to the playoffs.\nStrengths: Experience. He ’s the only one on this list to have led a big-league team on a permanent basis (Thomson filled in for Girardi a few times) and he did it quite often. He has worked twice with respected Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro who currently deploys Wedge as a player development adviser.\nWeaknesses: His personality is regarded as so dry that he makes Girardi seem like Rip Taylor in comparison. His departure from Seattle after the 2013 season proved to be a messy one as he lodged explosive accusations against the Mariners’ ownership and front office.", "output": [ "Hensley Meulens" ] }, { "id": "task419-9f9c05a36ddd4c539c36f03c09bc39ab", "input": "With allegations of sexual misconduct now swirling around U.S. Senate candidate Judge Roy Moore the left and the liberal media are finally starting to take stock of their long-running defense of their favorite accused rapist and serial philanderer Bill Clinton .\nConsider the liberal publication “The Atlantic ” which has published a story with this headline and introduction: “Bill Clinton: A Reckoning. Feminists saved the 42nd president of the United States in the 1990s. They were on the wrong side of history; is it finally time to make things right?\"\n“The accusers of Bill Clinton back in the '90s were never given the credence and treated with the same respect that [Moore’s accusers] are being treated ” CNN’s Jake Tapper said. “And I think that there is something to be said about how society has evolved since then but in addition it's hard not to look back at that period and think: you know what the media treated those women poorly.”\nMembers of the mainstream media are actually starting to realize that what Bill Clinton did was beyond disgraceful. From sodomizing an intern to groping women to the alleged rape of Juanita Broaddrick the allegations against Clinton have been known for years. Those of us who objected at the time were told by these same media outlets that all of this was his personal business. It did not “rise to the level of impeachment.”\nTwo decades later the biased left-wing media outlets are coming to terms with what they said and did and how they covered it all up. Paula Jones Gennifer Flowers Kathleen Willey and several more women have all told how they were dismissed smeared and left by the side of the road by the Clinton machine and the mainstream media.\nTo be sure there was a reckoning in court. In 1998 Bill Clinton ended up paying Paula Jones $850 000 in an out-of-court settlement for her to drop her sexual harassment charges against him . And in a related case Bill Clinton actually lost his license to practice law in Arkansas for five years. And we know Clinton was impeached.\nBut to the media he remained a darling and a lovable rogue. What has changed? Well maybe the media like so many in the Democratic Party is finally done with the Clintons. Maybe they want to look consistent when they go after Roy Moore whose alleged transgressions pale in comparison.", "output": [ "Bill Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-76f8fbff2b1b42509f596675be34ca87", "input": "Bernie Sandersâ son is following in his fatherâs footstepsâheâs announcing his plans to run for Congress in New Hampshire. Levi Sanders is joining seven other Democrats and three Republicans in this year's race for the seat now held by Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter who is stepping down after her term ends.\nThe 48-year-old Levi currently works as a legal services analyst and has lived in New Hampshire for 15 years. Heâs running to represent New Hampshireâs 1st Congressional District though he actually lives in the stateâs other district (thatâs legal under the Constitution). Sen. Sanders meanwhile is running for reelection in Vermont this year and is considered a potential candidate for president in 2020.\nHereâs what you need to know about the Son of Sanders .\nThe bunny ears had to come out after he defeated me in chess. pic.twitter.com/T98bTyXBD5 â Levi Sanders (@Celentra) September 11 2017\nHis language even mimics his fatherâs in his statement announcing his candidacy. âFor over 17 years I have represented the working class who have been beaten up by the system â his statement reads. âIt is time to demand that we have a system which represents the 99% and not the 1% who have never had it so good.â His father beat Hillary Clinton by 22 points in the New Hampshire Democratic primary Vice News notes. âThe basic difference [between us] is that Iâm a vegetarian and heâs not â Levi told the site.\nThe New York Times points out how Levi has always been by his fatherâs side during his political campaigns. He also picked up his fatherâs penchant for activism writing in a local newspaper about progressive issues and animal rights. Currently he works as an advocate for people who are looking for Social Security benefits in Massachusetts. He has never held public office though he once ran for city council in Claremont New Hampshire and he worked as a strategist for his fatherâs presidential run.\n Levi Sanders center with his father and Sen. Paul Wellstone in 1995. Getty Images\nHeâs not the first Sanders relative to run.\n Levi Sanders' stepsister Carina Driscoll is running for mayor of Burlington Vermont a post held by Bernie Sanders four decades ago. Fox News adds that Driscollâs campaign has attracted some controversy over payments her business once received from a college her mother Jane OâMeara Sanders used to run.\n Levi âs wife Raine Riggs is a neuropsychologist who studies psychiatric conditions connected to cancer diagnoses according to the New York Times. They have three children they adopted from China: Sunnee Ryleigh and Grayson ABC News reports.\nTweet threads from users Dean Barker and Aphra Behn have gone viral since Sandersâ candidacy was announced. The threads both post old tweets purportedly from Leviâs account that seemingly trash political dynasties support the NRA and oppose a law to remove the Confederate flag from Virginia license plates among other controversial topics. Levi has not yet commented about his past tweets.", "output": [ "Levi Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-23f4ca3a56f246b9977368631b17ba1f", "input": "The funding would subsidize tourist agencies or redeem planned ticket price cuts in many scenic spots said Chi.\n In addition each traveler who visits Xinjiang before Aug. 31 would get a 10-yuan subsidy per day under the proposal Chi said predicting the move could attract 50 000 tourists during this period.\n About 3 400 domestic and overseas tourist groups comprising 200 000 travelers had canceled tours as of Sunday said Chi.\n Xinjiang is estimated to have lost 1 billion yuan in revenue if each traveler had spent 5 000 yuan he said forecasting losses of 5 billion yuan this year.", "output": [ "Chi Chongqing", "Chi" ] }, { "id": "task419-8ead88ade64c4697bb09c45a7526cf03", "input": "Prince Harry had contemplated the advantages of marrying a celebrity before he met Meghan Markle telling friends that “only somebody who was already in the public eye would be able to understand and handle everything” that being Harry ’s bride would entail it has been reported.\n Harry 33 met divorcee Miss Markle 36 last summer shortly after making the alleged comments but a source told The Sunday Times: “I don’t think he went out and deliberately looked for a famous actress.”\nHowever there is a certain logic to Harry ’s decision to court a celebrity after his previous two serious relationships crumbled.\nChelsy Davy 32 and Cressida Bonas 28 both struggled with the remorseless attention that came with being Harry ’s girlfriend.\nPrior to meeting Meghan Harry had frequently spoken about the challenges he faced in dating women.\nSpeaking in 2016 he told of the \"massive paranoia that sits inside me \" when it comes to women.\n\"If or when I do find a girlfriend \" he said \"I will do my utmost... to ensure that me and her can get to the point where we're actually comfortable with each other before the massive invasion that is inevitably going to happen into her privacy.", "output": [ "Harry Wanted", "Harry" ] }, { "id": "task419-a87a791740154ce598d98d67beca270a", "input": "EBMA secretary-general Moreno Fioravanti said Europeans buy some 20 million bicycles per year of which about 10 percent are now e-bikes with the potential to rise to a quarter within five years.\nEuropean companies had pioneered the pedal-assist technology that e-bikes use and had invested about 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) last year he said but was risking losing its industry to China.\n“Today the European bikes are the best in the world and we have to invest every year to renew the range. The Chinese are getting the money from the government and the subsidies have an impact of 30 40 even 50 percent of the price of the product ” Fioravanti said.\n“You have subsidies which generate overcapacity which generate dumping ” he said.", "output": [ "Moreno Fioravanti" ] }, { "id": "task419-3aa94e7ed09846a493a1816c3e96e334", "input": "Salvador Tello said the gunman fired at a truck in front of him as he was dropping off his three children. Tello said he was about three blocks from the school when bullets made “big holes” in the truck in front of him .\n He said he forced his children to duck down and slammed his truck into reverse and headed to the children’s grandmother’s house.\n“I put my kids down and put my truck in reverse and went out ” he said. “I don’t believe it because I wake up take my kids feed them cereal and put them in the truck and says ‘Let’s go to school like a normal day.'”\nOn the way he said he saw an apparent gunshot victim and police at another scene.", "output": [ "Salvador Tello" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e72a9bf87514dfcb0cbaeb03085ab7b", "input": "Iâm watching the Nats-Cubs game (go Nats!) but I figured Iâd post this live video stream of the final 2017 Virginia gubernatorial debate. Go Ralph !\n.@RalphNortham shows up for VA â as lt. governor and in our military in Desert Storm. Ed Gillespie is busy lobbying in DC. #VAGovDebate â Don Beyer (@DonBeyerVA) October 9 2017\nA study in contrasts: The @NRA is spending $1 million on Ed Gillespie's behalf. Meanwhile Ralph is proud of his F-rating. #VAGovDebate â Ralph Northam (@RalphNortham) October 9 2017\nAs an Army doctor and pediatric neurologist Ralph âs been serving VA for years. Ed shows up for whoever pays him . #VAGovDebate â Ralph Northam (@RalphNortham) October 9 2017\nBOOM: \"I think a child neurologist is more qualified to deal with the opioid crisis than a DC lobbyist.\" @RalphNortham #VAGovDebate â Kevin Donohoe (@ksidonohoe) October 9 2017\nWith tonightâs final #VAGovDebate @RalphNortham once again showed why he âs ready to be our next governor & fight for our values. 29 days! â Tim Kaine (@timkaine) October 10 2017\ndes·per·ate: @EdWGillespie attacking @RalphNortham for working as a pediatric neurologist while also serving as LG (a part-time role in VA) [Link] â Jarrod Nagurka (@JNagurka) October 10 2017", "output": [ "RalphNortham" ] }, { "id": "task419-ad02be5e93fb430183c264b77b4f2374", "input": "Sandra Bursch watches as her grandson Gage gets a high-five from Shyla a 3-year-old labrador as Gage’s brother Mason watches at Bursch ’s home in Los Angeles. (Bob Riha Jr./for The Washington Post)\nEach month 72-year-old Sandra Bursch withdraws $4 200 from her retirement savings to cover her bills. A chunk of it goes toward paying college bills — for her grandson Gage. She anticipates doing the same for Gage’s younger brother Mason when he graduates from high school in another year.\nEvery stitch of their clothing all of their meals and day-to-day expenses have been her responsibility since 2003 when drug use by her daughter and son-in-law prompted the police to remove the children from their home.\n Sandra Bursch points to a favorite photo of her grandsons Gage and Mason who have been her responsibility since 2003. (Bob Riha Jr/For The Washington Post)\n Bursch has saved the money she received from the state after adopting her grandsons out of foster care creating a trust for the boys in the event of her death. The boys came to Bursch and her husband emotionally scarred and in need of love and patience she said. There were rough patches especially when the boys’ parents and grandfather died leaving Bursch to care for the boys by herself .\n Bursch ’s grandson Gage did not qualify for financial aid to attend Los Angeles Valley College because of the income she draws from her annuities she said. He was however allowed to register for classes early and provided counseling on campus because he was in the foster care system.\nWhile Bursch has covered the costs of community college she said her grandson will use the $14 000 in the 529 college savings plan that she and her husband established for him as a child. The savings plan allows families to invest without the earnings being taxed so long as the funds are used to pay for college expenses. The money she said was not enough to pay for four years of college but it will give the boys a chance of graduating without a lot of student debt.\n“I’d tell everyone now to go talk to them at the college and find out what they can do for you. I didn’t know to do that ” Bursch said. “I wasn’t aware of what was out there and I suspect many grandparents are in the same position.”", "output": [ "Sandra Bursch" ] }, { "id": "task419-98fc6820bf774d5398d8102655638fb0", "input": "Rupert Murdoch-controlled Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. is looking to finalize a deal to buy about 10 television stations from Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.\n Sinclair is selling the channels to win regulatory approval for its deal to buy Tribune Media Co. the report said citing people familiar with the matter.\nThe channels being sold will include some in important U.S. National Football League markets such as Seattle and Denver the FT said adding that the sale will help Fox monetize its NFL rights better.\n Fox declined to comment while Sinclair did not immediately respond to request for comment.\n Fox ’s move comes less than a month after it decided to sell its film television and international businesses to Walt Disney Co. for $52.4 billion in stock.\nBefore Walt Disney’s acquisition Fox will spin off into a newly listed company its Fox Broadcasting network and stations Fox News Channel Fox Business Network sports channels FS1 FS2 and Big Ten Network.", "output": [ "Fox" ] }, { "id": "task419-dc8fda2df71c43c9b16b6d9aee5475f8", "input": "Economist Angus Deaton and Princeton University Professor Anne Case told the Wall Street Journal that the opioid crisis alcoholism and suicide continue to aggravate the American white working class mortality rate.\n Dr. Deaton suggested that the country’s white community split into two camps: white Americans with bachelor’s degrees continue to thrive while American whites without a bachelor’s degree face increasingly dire circumstances.\nI think there are several answers to that. Mortality rates for suicide for drug overdose for alcoholism are rising for people without a college degree. Those are the big increases that we’re seeing and it isn’t just about the financial crisis. This started back as far as we can break out education in death certificates which is 1990. It has been a slow steady trend up in all three of those for people without a B.A.\nDeaton then suggested that one of the reasons that the white working class mortality rate skyrocketed in recent years is that compared to European countries America has much looser control over opioids. Deaton said:\nThe two researchers suggested that America’s white working class continues to have their institutions: family church and job disappear. Case and Deaton speculated that white America’s crumbling institutions has led to rising opioid addiction alcoholism and suicide.", "output": [ "Deaton" ] }, { "id": "task419-194122c7637b4842909e1bc5c510b027", "input": "(CNN) President Donald Trump has a longtime habit in high-profile meetings that's no \"Art of the Deal\" secret: a casual drop-by from daughter Ivanka Trump.\nTake Wednesday's meeting with congressional leaders: Ivanka Trump who also serves as a White House adviser \"entered the Oval Office to 'say hello' and the meeting careened off-topic \" a congressional source briefed on the meeting told CNN's Deirdre Walsh.\nSome Republican leaders were \"visibly annoyed by Ivanka 's presence \" the source said.\nMarc Short White House director of legislative affairs confirmed the purpose of Ivanka Trump's visit.\n\"We asked Ivanka to briefly join the meeting for an update on the child care tax credit and how we are working to make tax reform a bipartisan issue \" he said. \"It was a quick and productive conversation.\"\n1:2 Just concluded a great meeting on #TaxReform & the Child Tax Credit w/ coalitions supporting tax relief for American working families. pic.twitter.com/sj07COcW8P — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) September 6 2017\n Ivanka Trump also joined her father Wednesday afternoon in North Dakota where he gave a tax reform speech.\nIn the middle of his remarks the President brought her onstage.\n\"By the way Ivanka Trump ? Everybody loves Ivanka Trump \" he said. \"Come on should I bring Ivanka up?\n He added that his daughter had asked to join him on the trip.\n Ivanka Trump made brief remarks on stage before leaving the stage.\nWhile Trump was speaking to The New York Times in July Ivanka Trump and daughter Arabella Kushner popped in to say \"hello\" as he was answering a question about former FBI Director James Comey's testimony on Capitol Hill.\n\" His testimony is loaded up with lies OK? But people didn't -- we had a couple people that said -- 'Hi baby how are you?' \" Trump said as his granddaughter entered the room.\n\"Just wanted to come say 'hi ' \" Ivanka Trump said as she stood in the doorway according to a transcript of the interview.\n The President asked his granddaughter to say hello to the reporters in Mandarin touting the six-year-old's \"good smart genes \" before returning to the topic at hand.\nLater that month Ivanka Trump dropped by an interview the President was having with The Wall Street Journal.", "output": [ "Ivanka Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-2ac6efd73e64450997c181c223bbc02e", "input": "Mark Sargent a software analyst from Boulder now living in Seattle is the primary organizer of the movement and has made more than a thousand videos. He believes Colorado’s open-mindedness accounts for its prominent position among believers.\nBack in 2015 when he typed “flat Earth” into YouTube he ’d get 50 000 hits. Now it’s more than 18.7 million beating out Lady Gaga and closing in on Donald Trump at about 21.3 million. Sargent said he suspects millions of believers remain “in the closet” to avoid ridicule.\n“My channel broke 10 million views in December ” he said. “This is my full-time job now.”\nSargent 49 became a believer after watching videos and realizing he could “no longer prove the globe.”\nThe flat Earth revival he said can be explained in large part by YouTube increased skepticism of authority and the message of hope it conveys.\n“Science doesn’t even get their arguments out there ” Sargent said. “They try to beat us with math but people don’t understand it. It might as well be static so they listen to me .”", "output": [ "Mark Sargent" ] }, { "id": "task419-87e059edf21c4cd9892aa0310854c304", "input": "“I support Assad because he 's the defender of Middle Eastern Christianity \" one member of the alt-right tells BuzzFeed News giving just one reason why he and others like him back the Syrian president.\nThe brutal leader at the center of Syria’s five-year-long war has found support in one of the least likely places — among the alt-right. The white nationalists and trolls who identify with the alt-right have lifted up Bashar al-Assad as a hero in recent years. Support for the Syrian president means they can further tangled internet conspiracy theories taps into a deep vein of anti-Semitism anti-interventionism and anti-globalism and allows them to wind up their biggest enemy: liberals. It was a love affair years in the making. The nationalistic fervor that the Syrian government whipped up in its propaganda over the years has found a home in the hearts of many on the alt-right the Intercept reports. From the point of view of James Alex Fields Jr. — who posted a popular meme of Assad on his Facebook profile before being charged with the death of a counterprotester in Charlottesville Virginia last month — and others like him Assad was a figurehead who symbolized rebellion a rejection of the popularly accepted narrative. He was also the perfect way to troll liberals like the ones Fields was marching against in Charlottesville. As Ben Nimmo of the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab put it the simplest explanation of the alt-right’s support for Assad is “the principle of ‘my enemy’s enemy’” — meaning mainstream media and politicians. “ Assad has been repeatedly condemned by mainstream politicians especially Democrats and the mainstream media ” Nimmo told BuzzFeed News. “The alt-right forged their identity around demonizing the Democrats and the mainstream media. Amplifying or supporting Assad is therefore a way for the alt-right to troll their enemies.”\n\" Assad did nothing wrong \" the man yells. \"Support the Syrian Arab Army.\" In the background another man chimes in: \" Assad is the man!\"\n\" Assad did nothing wrong\" - Baked Alaska at UVA tonight. \"Barrel bombs hell yeah!\"\nThe protests in Charlottesville culminated in violence and the death of a young female counterprotester Heather Heyer. In the days after her killing a pro- Assad meme showing the Syrian leader dressed in military fatigues wearing sunglasses and with the word “undefeated” at the bottom was found on Fields' Facebook page.\nPeople who fall in the center of the Venn diagram of Assad backers and Trump fans contacted in the aftermath including both devoted members of the alt-right movement and those who have disavowed it said they had been pro- Assad before being pro-Trump. Many said they believed that Assad would protect Syria’s Christians after pro-democracy protests morphed into a civil war following the government’s brutal crackdown. Lue-Yee Tsang an alt-right supporter in his late twenties who lives in the DC area said he supported a president who protected and “supported the right of peaceful groups to maintain their ways of life ” as he believes Assad did. When the US election came around Trump was the only candidate he considered supporting. “I’d love to have a Christian emperor instead but given the field he was the best there was ” he said. A far right nationalist who goes by the Twitter handle @IWillRedPillYou who supports the expression of the alt-right’s views and who declined to give their real name put it simply: “I support Assad because he 's the defender of Middle Eastern Christianity.”\n Bashar al Assad is a hero. The protector of Christians in the Middle East.\nAn estimated million Christians are among the 6 million people who have been displaced inside Syria or fled the country entirely among intense fighting while others are reported to have fled to regime-held areas and generally support the regime. Many were targeted by ISIS who began operating in the country in 2014 further compounding the violence of the civil war. Some alt-right supporters said their love for Assad was also a means of advocating for American non-intervention a facet they share with some left-wing supporters of Assad 's regime. But they also stress the need to fight ISIS — the alt-right has repeatedly trumpeted the threat that radical Islamic terror poses to America and the west generally. In Assad many on the far and alt-right see the Syrian leader holding a “crucial foothold” against larger geopolitical forces Alexander Reid Ross author of the new book Against the Fascist Creep and a lecturer of geography at Portland State University told The Intercept. Assad ’s actions would contain Islamic terror but (crucially) wouldn’t involve American forces. But more than that those who spoke to BuzzFeed News were convinced that the Syrian war wasn’t simply a case of citizens agitating for freedom from a repressive regime. What they saw was Israel and the so-called “deep state” hard at work to disrupt a country that's just trying to protect itself. (The “deep state” refers to the myriad intelligence agencies and establishment officials they believe really run the US at the expense of the people.) What that meant they said was that Assad wasn’t the villain — he was the hero. “Without Assad Muslims would conquer and likely decimate those remaining Christians ” user @IWillRedPillYou said. If anything Assad ’s faith as part of a minority Muslim sect in Syria — albeit a hugely powerful one — was yet another a reason to support him. And he said the Syrian dictator was a “sovereign leader that's been targeted by Zionist expansion for the better part of a decade.” “Even those who know very little about Assad see [being pro- Assad ] as part of a culture of opposition to both Daesh and the Jewish state of Israel ” Tsang who stated he was “not anti-Muslim at all ” said. “I mean it’s all over the memes so it’s easy to pick up culturally.” User @IWillRedPillYou claimed that Israel wished to take part of Syria in the Golan Heights while Iran’s involvement in the conflict was due to a desire to push back against Israel. “ Bashar al-Assad is caught in the midst of fighting both ” they said. “ Bashar al-Assad did nothing wrong.” Such beliefs Nimmo noted were reflective of the alt-right’s “very strong preference for conspiracy theories” and their “abiding belief in the ‘Deep State’ and ‘neocon’ conspiracies to hold onto power against The Will Of The People.” The focus on Israel mirrored their focus on Jews in the US.\nIt appeared to begin with a hashtag that appeared earlier that year #CantMossadTheAssad which had its first mentions on Twitter from very small accounts with fewer than 100 followers each. The hashtag itself played into the recurring anti-Semitic theme among many in the alt-right — that Israel’s intelligence and security agency was running the show in Syria. In August 2013 Alex Jones of Infowars ran an interview with a pro- Assad blogger named Mimi Al-Laham better known as PartisanGirl but who also goes by a host of online names. Al-Laham told Jones it was implausible that the Syrian government had staged the chemical attack which killed hundreds of people including children and was documented by extensive video evidence. The US the UK and France all said in September following a UN report that they believed only the Syrian government was behind the attack. But almost immediately after the videos of the attack began spreading on Twitter supporters of Assad — from alt-right trolls to the Russian government — said there was no way the Assad regime could be involved. Jones also ran with it and said the operation was a “false flag ” an event staged to spark a reaction blaming the attack on the rebels and claiming the war itself was part of a movement orchestrated by Goldman Sachs and Israel. Those in the alt-right appear to see no issue in cheerleading for a Muslim leader while simultaneously agitating against Islam. So Richard Spencer who first helped popularize the term “alt-right ” is able to aggressively support Trump’s “Muslim ban ” while also getting behind the Syrian dictator because as he told BuzzFeed News Assad had been “educated in the West and offer[ed] a civilized variant of Islam.” “ He was educated in Britain so was his wife he just seems to be a reasonable person ” he said. “I have more sympathy to some leaders because I feel I share something with them. I do like him more. His wife is very beautiful and a sophisticated woman as well.”\nThe #AltRight backs Assad .\n Spencer said he ’d been “aware” of Assad since the early 2000s. Coverage of Assad at the time soon after he ’d inherited the presidency from his father was limited to a rigged referendum confirming his succession ( he was the only candidate) and muted support for an opening up of the tightly controlled state.\nThe core of it for Spencer was that Assad in addition to being the “rightful legitimate ruler of Syria ” was fighting ISIS. Harking back to the question of his support for an Islamic leader Spencer stated: “The question really isn’t do I support white people or Assad the question really is whether I support Assad or ISIS?” But the alt-right narrative was complicated by the 2017 chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province which Trump responded to by launching a series of airstrikes into Syria — the first time the US had targeted the regime in all its years of smaller-scale involvement. The strikes provoked a split in prominent alt-right media figures between those who continued to support Trump and those who officially declared themselves “OFF the Trump train ” in the case of British citizen Paul Joseph Watson. (He would later recant and rejoin the train.)\nThose in the alt-right who supported Assad prior to supporting Trump came to see the US president’s strikes as explicit evidence of the deep state’s interference in Syria with Mike Cernovich at the time a leading alt-right personality leading the charge by amplifying the #SyriaHoax false flag — laying the blame squarely at the feet of the “deep state.” As Spencer put it: “The fact that I and most all of the alt-right offer him moral support is because he has become a bogeyman in the mainstream media and is clearly the target of the Deep State military industrial complex foreign-policy establishment.” “Sure there might be some kids out there who want to shock their parents with an Assad meme or something like that ” he admitted putting those individuals on one end of a “spectrum” of support for the Syrian leader. Many of those in the alt-right who support Assad are situated somewhere in the middle of reactionary trolling and deep state theories according to Spencer . “There are a lot of people who are so skeptical of everything that Washington does that whenever Assad is in the crosshairs they don’t like it even if they don’t quite understand the full complexity of the issue.” He continued: “But I imagine that on the whole most in the alt-right share my perspective.” The engagement of a mostly younger internet-literate crowd — like Tsang — rests on an bedrock of older and more traditional right-wing and far-right support for the Syrian president. David Duke former imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan has voiced his support for Assad as has Ann Coulter. Across the Atlantic France’s Marine Le Pen has stated that Assad is the the “solution” to the region’s current turmoil and in the UK Nigel Farage has voiced tepid support for the continuation of the Assad regime as has controversial columnist Katie Hopkins British Infowars writer Watson and British Nationalist Party founder Tommy Robinson. But Cernovich wants everyone to ignore the memes the support at Charlottesville the discussions online — and his once-upon-a-time advocacy for Assad . As Cernovich attempts to join the mainstream he is pivoting away from some tenets — such as support for Assad — and despite evidence to the contrary arguing that such support does not exist. Despite that he does think the Syrian leader should remain in place: “Opposing regime change in my view isn’t supporting anyone.” “Zero Trump supporters back Assad this is the definition of fake news ” he said. “I've talked to thousands of Trump supporters never heard of Assad support.” ●", "output": [ "Bashar al-Assad" ] }, { "id": "task419-7bcc724441e34a0ba42dfd7bb29d1832", "input": "The drug called Kymriah is a highly personalized cancer treatment called CAR T-cell therapy (CAR is short for chimeric antigen receptor).\nThe FDA approved Kymriah to treat pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia in people up to age 25.\nThe one-time treatment isn't cheap: Novartis which makes Kymriah on Wednesday said the price would be $475 000 which is lower than many expected. Only about 600 people a year could get this treatment based on Wednesday's approval. Even so the approval has industry experts and cancer doctors excited.\nHow Kymriah works\n Kymriah isn't your run-of-the-mill pill — or even a biologic drug like insulin — that can be mass produced. Since the therapy is made from a person's own immune system the process can take about three weeks.\nWhile that's a one-time process it's not the end of the road. About half of the patients in a Kymriah study got cytokine-release syndrome a response to the reprogrammed cells running loose in the body. It can cause high fevers and flu-like symptoms and it can be life-threatening. If they get it patients need to be admitted to intensive-care units which can bring additional costs. (The FDA on Wednesday expanded the approval of Actemra a rheumatoid-arthritis drug that can also treat cytokine-release syndrome.)\nIn a trial of 63 patients treated with Kymriah 83% were in remission after three months and 64% were still in remission after a year.\nKymriah is the first CAR-T cell therapy to get approved and several more are in the works. Kite Pharma Juno Therapeutics and Bluebird Bio are among a growing group of biotech companies working with CAR-T. Kite which was recently acquired by Gilead Sciences is expected to hear back from the FDA about its treatment for aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma by November.\n\"We're at the very beginning of what's going to be a big new field of medicine \" said David Epstein who helped license Kymriah from the University of Pennsylvania while at Novartis .\n Epstein left Novartis in 2016 as CEO of its pharmaceuticals divisions. He 's now the executive chairman of Rubius Therapeutics a biotech firm that's also working with cell therapy to develop treatments like Kymriah that don't have to be as personalized. The hope is that one day doctors will be able to prescribe a cell therapy and use it that same day instead of waiting weeks to get it back.\n Epstein said he envisioned cell therapies having much shorter life cycles than traditional drugs. Instead of getting a better updated therapy for a disease every decade or so we might begin to see second-generation cell therapies in a few years.\nThose updates could increase the number of patients that cell therapies can treat. The 600 or so people a year eligible for Kymriah now could become tens of thousands but it would require some major changes Epstein said.\nFor one the treatments would have to treat more types of cancer than the one Kymriah was approved for on Wednesday.\nAnd to affect more people the cell therapies would need to go beyond blood cancers. Right now that's where most of the big successes have come from but that could one day include solid tumors and maybe even autoimmune diseases like Type 1 diabetes Epstein said.", "output": [ "Kymriah" ] }, { "id": "task419-29fabeb5b75248c4b908daccfb3fa20d", "input": "Austria is set to become the only western European country with a far-right party in government after the FPO under Heinz-Christian Strache and Sebastian Kurz’s People’s Party (OVP) struck a coalition deal on Friday.\n“Our model does not provide for any referendum ... that contradicts European law or fundamental rights or our constitution ” Kurz said.\nIn future if a petition has the support of 900 000 voters and parliament does not support the issue it can be turned into a legally binding referendum Kurz said at a news conference in Vienna where he and Strache presented the coalition program.\nAustrians will have to vote on this proposal as it will require a comprehensive change to the constitution for which a vote is already mandatory Kurz said.", "output": [ "Sebastian Kurz" ] }, { "id": "task419-4de6ee6635a944509d0ab99b0f9a1171", "input": "Two summers ago I lost my keys for a full week . As a hyper - organized person whom Freud would have labeled “ anal retentive ” this freaked me out . It was my then - 9 - year - old daughter who finally found the keys . I had slipped them into the pocket of her book bag when rushing frantically between assorted appointments . The keys had a relaxing week with Kelsea at pottery camp while I sweated and stewed over their absence . The technological solution All week long I wished I could “ call ” my keys like I do my cellphone when I need to find it . So I bought a gizmo to do just that . The product came in two parts : a little fob to attach to whatever you want to keep track of and a remote control to press when you have indeed lost track of that thing . When you press the remote the fob is supposed to chirp like a homing beacon . I attached the fob stowed the remote somewhere I wouldn ’ t lose it — wouldn ’ t that be ironic ?— and went about my life . [ Misleading furniture labels : How to tell whether you have the real deal ] This past fall I once again lost my keys . After searching for them for 20 minutes I remembered the gizmo . “ Yes !” I thought pleased and proud of my foresight . I yanked the remote out of the cabinet pressed the button and . The batteries in the remote the fob — or both — had died . In my quest to remember where I put my keys I had chosen a system that required me to remember to change batteries . There are now even higher - tech stuff - tracking - devices that integrate with your smartphone via Bluetooth . They too require batteries that can die . If you ’ re going to go this route I suggest creating a calendar alert that reminds you to change the batteries annually . Of course you ’ ll need to find the little round batteries the device requires . And you ’ ll need to remember to reset the calendar alert after you change them . You might as well just remember where you put your keys . The productivity coach ’ s solution Since “ smart technology ” failed me I decided to consult a smart person instead : Stever Robbins a Harvard MBA and former CEO who coaches other CEOs on productivity . Robbins also hosts the “ Get It Done Guy ” podcast which is where I first heard him talk about how to stop losing things . “ Bluntly a major way to kill your productivity is to have to search for the things you need ” Robbins said . “ Ideally you want everything you ’ re going to use close to your fingertips . If it ’ s lost you have to move your fingertips to go find it .” Therefore Robbins offers three pointers for keeping track of your belongings : 1 . Create a designated place for essentials . Try this exercise : Walk into your home with fresh eyes and look for a place where you can easily and reliably stow your essentials . If there is no such place create one . For example you might install a shelf with hooks beneath it near a power outlet . That way you can place your wallet and phone ( plugged in ) on the shelf and hang your keys from the hook . Having designated spots for true essentials like this will ward off the bulk of losses . If you have a tendency to lose things you use less often — say your tool kit — the same principle applies : Create a specific place you will always keep it and then stick to it . Label the spot if necessary to remind yourself . [ The 14 most useful household products — and what you can do with them ] 2 . Create multiple places if needed . But there ’ s more . Robbins knows our routines can vary . Maybe you enter your home through the back door when coming in from a run but through the front when coming in from your car . Stowing your stuff near the front door when you ’ ve just come in the back goes against human nature . That ’ s why he suggests you create designated spots for your essentials near both doors . “ You want to limit the possible places where lost things can go to as few places as possible ” Robbins said . That way you never need to check more than those one or two places to find something . Scan places before you leave . What about when you ’ re out and about ? First Robbins tries to quickly create a temporary “ designated place ” wherever he is . If he ’ s at a coffee house maybe he deliberately places his essential items in the righthand corner of the table . “ Then when I ’ m going to leave a place first I scan the area that I designated as my homeless items place ” Robbins said . Next he scans the entire room or at least wherever he has been in that room . For example Robbins gathers all his luggage by the door before leaving a hotel room then walks the room from wall to wall to see if he ’ s forgotten anything . He may “ waste ” a couple of minutes doing that but he saves many more minutes — calling the hotel having his lost items shipped — when he finds something he forgot . Robbins ’ s guidance is gold . I myself decided years ago to put my wallet in the left outside pocket of my purse and my keys in the right — and I hardly ever lose them . But as you know sometimes I do . The NeuroLeadership coach ’ s solution For that I turned to certified NeuroLeadership Coach Linda Cassell of Quantum Leap Coaching and Training who has studied brain science extensively to help her clients be more effective executives — and people . Cassell says that to a neuroscientist the key question is : “ Under what conditions do we lose things ?” Fortunately for us she knows the answer : “ There is an old adage that says ‘ never go to sleep when you are angry ’ ” Cassell said . “ If you want to know how not to lose things never put anything away when you are stressed .” This explains why my own system was derailed when I was frantically rushing . “ Even if you have the good habit of putting your keys in the same place every time ” Cassell explained “ chances are under those conditions stress will void that habit .” Does this mean we all have to practice yoga and meditation so we won ’ t lose our keys ? Cassell says there are quicker easier ways to reduce your stress and keep track of your stuff . Here are her tips : 1 . Cassell has studied under Mark Waldman a neuroscience researcher at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles . That ’ s where she learned about the power of yawning . “ Yawning can release approximately 1 200 stress - reducing chemicals ” Cassell said . “ Try worrying while you yawn . Put away your keys now and you are likely to remember their location .” 2 . Cassell said stretching your body while you yawn is even better . Take a moment to stretch starting with your neck and shoulders and moving to your arms and torso . The theory is stretching causes your brain to communicate relaxing signals to your body which in turn helps you make better decisions . In this case hopefully you ’ ll decide to put your keys in their designated spot . Finally Cassell suggests a quick and easy mindfulness exercise . “ When you find yourself preoccupied do something to bring yourself back into the moment ” she said . “ Rub the palms of your hands together take a gentle breath or make a Mona Lisa smile . When you are present you are in the driver ’ s seat . You get to choose what actions you will take .” The goal is to disrupt the “ muscle memory ” that allows our bodies to do things without our brains knowing what ’ s going on . Now that you are calm and conscious put your keys - wallet - cellphone - toolkit away . Chances are you won ’ t lose them .", "output": [ "Stever Robbins" ] }, { "id": "task419-13b368463f63430b8cc22a07c565c617", "input": "\"I was n't sure you were going to wake up ,\" said Bush . \nSome were recently joined on that journey by their former Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush in Dallas . \nBush Joins Veterans at Portraits of Courage Exhibit . \nFormer President George W. Bush made a surprise visit and joined veterans at the new Portraits of Courage exhibit at the Bush Presidential Center . \nBush enlisted the help of NBC 5 's Meredith Land to help surprise the wounded warriors at the gym . \n\"Hey Carlos ,\" Bush said . \nSome were recently joined on that journey by their former Commander-in-Chief George W. Bush in Dallas . \nPresident George W. Bush pinned a Purple Heart on him while was lying unconscious in his hospital bed . \n\"I am proud to serve under you ,\" Colon said to Bush . \nBush said . \n\"I know it ,\" said Bush . \n\"You 're a good man ,\" Bush told Colon . \nPresident Bush , Speaker Ryan Surprise Wounded Vets in Dallas . \nColon said to Bush . \n\"Yeah , you really have ,\" said Bush . \n\"This is Carlos ,\" Land said to Bush .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-c4d5999f571841a5a8c0d645d5e2f454", "input": "Imagine you 're Mitt Romney . \n\"I think Mitt Romney would want to have a little bit more influence than a first-time senator would typically have . \nRomney needs to know he 's going to have some clout if and when he get to Washington . \nWith rumors that Mitt Romney is more seriously exploring a Senate run in Utah , many political observers are wondering why ? \nHe says there 's a few reasons Romney may want to re-enter politics . \nAtlantic writer McKay Coppins first reported on Romney considering the idea last spring . \n\"By all accounts everyone I talk to says that this would be a cakewalk for Romney ,\" says Coppins . \n\"The reasons for Mitt Romney running are two-fold : one , he 's genuinely alarmed by Donald Trump 's rise ,\" says Coppins . \nFinally , Romney will need to have the blessing of his family , especially his wife Ann , to re-enter the political fray . \nBut Coppins says he seems to be warming to the idea with Romney waiting in the wings . \nThe second item on Romney 's checklist ?", "output": [ "Mitt Romney" ] }, { "id": "task419-37a1f99a0d6445d59a4def8a9843f438", "input": "A Salt Lake County jail booking statement released Thursday says 28-year-old Allen Elseth was taken into custody after a state trooper smelled marijuana at an accident scene.\nDocuments say Elseth ran across Interstate 80 after the officer let him out to urinate and jumped a barbed-wire topped fence into an airport parking lot.\nAuthorities say Elseth climbed on top of the driver and hit the gas but the lawmen hung on until they stopped the car and subdued him with a Taser.\nNo attorney was immediately listed for Elseth .", "output": [ "Allen Elseth" ] }, { "id": "task419-b25cf009efaf4e6b950f045a6d88621b", "input": "Warren County Regional Jail\nKentucky State Police Master Trooper Jeremy Hodges said he could not release details of the assault because of security issues. Hodges did say that Boucher is an acquaintance of Paul. CBS affiliate WNKY reports the Boucher is a neighbor of Paul's.\n Hodges said Boucher would have faced more serious charges if had he used a weapon or if Paul had been injured seriously.\n\"If he was using any type of a dangerous instrument then it would have been a felony charge \" Hodges said by telephone Saturday.", "output": [ "Jeremy Hodges" ] }, { "id": "task419-22318788787c47fca1a590e8d9fb6a7f", "input": "There are more airlines for Boeing to serve in those emerging markets which has helped the company diversify its backlog of plane orders. Investors like to see a strong queue of plane orders set to be filled said Chris Higgins a senior equity analyst at Morningstar .\nThe backlog size — bolstered by increases in air traffic demand — helped keep the aerospace industry afloat during the downturn in the last economic cycle Higgins said. Some investors are starting to question whether the market is still hinged to global economy cycles.\n“It’s giving people a lot of comfort ” Higgins said.\nAnalysts expect the demand for Caterpillar’s and Boeing’s products to continue at least into 2018 though Higgins from Morningstar said it ’s going to be hard for Boeing’s stock to repeat what happened in 2017. Higgins also pointed to some potential events at Boeing such as the rumored acquisition of Brazilian jet-maker Embraer that might not make investors too happy but it’s still unclear whether those will pan out he said.", "output": [ "Higgins" ] }, { "id": "task419-07e4e66a0eb84ce1a0f0dda9ab1f5d3d", "input": "Undersheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said at a press briefing the department has been exploring every aspect of Paddock's life from birth to death in search of an explanation. He said they have looked into details regarding Paddock's personal life political affiliations social behaviors and economic situation — but answers remain evasive.\n\"We have been down each and every single one of these paths trying to determine why. Trying to determine who else may have known of these plans \" McMahill said adding that the rumors and speculation that have abounded in the wake of the shooting have been unhelpful to their investigation.\n\"In the past terror attacks or mass-murder incidents motive was made very clear very clear in most of those cases by a note that was left by a social media post by a telephone call that was made by investigators mining computer data \" McMahill said. \"Today in our investigation we don't have any of that uncovered. I wish we did. We will and are continuing to investigate with great tenacity and hope to arrive at an answer.\"\n McMahill also shot down several prevalent rumors that have circulated throughout media reports telling reporters that they are confident no second shooter was in the room with Paddock during the attack. He said he could not however confirm whether any other people knew about Paddock's plans to carry out the shooting.\n McMahill also said investigators do not believe anyone other than Paddock accessed his suite before the attack despite reports suggesting a room key was used to enter his suite while Paddock's car was outside the hotel's parking garage.\n He also said the Tannerite — an explosive powder used for long-range target practice — that was recovered from Paddock's home was not in a condition to be used in an IED as others had questioned. McMahill said it was also unclear what Paddock intended to do with the tannerite.\nInvestigators are however \"keenly interested\" in Paddock's medical status at the time of the shooting McMahill said. The Las Vegas Review-Journal recently reported that Paddock had been prescribed the anti-anxiety drug diazepam — also known by its brand name Valium.\n\"It's really imperative that the listening public have a very clear understanding that there are still a number of people out there that know that something looked out of place \" McMahill said. \"Someone may have been acting suspiciously that night or in the years prior the months prior. Somebody that may have seen something or know something.\"", "output": [ "Kevin McMahill" ] }, { "id": "task419-659932d6f96647caac8fb1850c5dd7a5", "input": "At the weekly cabinet meeting Sunday Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the condition of both pilots had improved.\n“We wish both of them a quick and full recovery ” the prime minister added.\n Netanyahu also said that Israel “dealt severe blows to the Iranian and Syrian forces.”\n“We made it unequivocally clear to everyone that our rules of action have not changed one bit; we will continue to strike at every attempt to strike at us. This has been our policy and it will remain our policy ” he added.\nOn Saturday Netanyahu had telephone conversations with both Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian President Vladimir Putin who have agreed that Israeli-Russian security coordination on Syria will continue.\nPutin told Netanyahu to avoid “any steps which might trigger a new spiral of dangerous-for-all confrontation in the region ” the state-owned TASS news agency said.", "output": [ "Benjamin Netanyahu" ] }, { "id": "task419-dddaf6b1e328457480fbe3b7bfe9d328", "input": "Kyle Stephens tried for years to get anyone to believe her that family friend Larry Nassar had sexually abused her. Now more than 260 women and girls say the disgraced gymnastics doctor violated them. (Kate Woodsome Gillian Brockell Kerri Pang Jesse Mesner-Hage/The Washington Post)\nKyle Stephens tried for years to get anyone to believe her that family friend Larry Nassar had sexually abused her. Now more than 260 women and girls say the disgraced gymnastics doctor violated them. (Kate Woodsome Gillian Brockell Kerri Pang Jesse Mesner-Hage/The Washington Post)\nKyle Stephens testified in January at the sentencing hearing for Larry Nassar who was convicted of child sex-abuse charges in a Michigan court. Her cousin Sophia Stephens contributed to the drafting of this op-ed.\nKyle Stephens who was sexually abused for six years by disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar talks to fellow survivors about the emotional and physical toll and how's she's healing. (Kate Woodsome Gillian Brockell Kerri Pang Jesse Mesner-Hage/The Washington Post)\nSexual abuse is hardly limited to Larry Nassar Michigan State University or USA Gymnastics. One in nine girls and one in 53 boys will experience such abuse by their 18th birthday. I find the way we ignore or sugarcoat our most vile issues to be offensive and a big part of our problem. Our silence and inaction create a culture where predators can thrive.", "output": [ "Nassar Larry Nassar", "Nassar" ] }, { "id": "task419-b9fc1293845346c6b8bb2c68ed24d45e", "input": "From directing horror comedies like What We Do In The Shadows to superhero blockbusters like Thor: Ragnarok Taika Waititi is a man of many talents.\nAdd master napper to his already packed resume â Waititi recently posted this photo of himself napping in his daughter's stroller.\n\"Dad of the year \" he tweeted.\nDad of the year. pic.twitter.com/vkyZsslaIP â Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) February 24 2018\nWhether it's alone or with a group Waititi loves to sleep. He even naps with coordinated shirts and eye masks!\n\"I'm seeing a pattern \" Waititi responded to @wolgang.\nSome people have amassed a whole collection of Waititi caught sleeping pics. \"Its like collecting stamps \" one fan tweeted along with a screenshot of the New Zealander napping in a variety of scenarios.\n\"Phenomenon \" Waititi said in his comment. \"I am such a legend \" he said in response to another collage of his various naps.", "output": [ "Taika Waititi" ] }, { "id": "task419-9bba4ebff96b4fff8b81fbe98084aed6", "input": "Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday warned voters that time was running out to reverse Brexit a folly he said would torpedo Britain’s remaining clout and be regretted for generations to come.\n Blair Labour prime minister from 1997 to 2007 said Britain would be poorer weaker and warned that May had solved none of the problems over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit status.\n“We are making an error the contemporary world cannot understand and the generations of the future will not forgive ” Blair said in an article published on his website on Thursday.\nLeaving the European Union was once far-fetched: just over 15 years ago British leaders such as Blair were arguing about when to join the euro and talk of an EU exit was the reserve of sceptics on the fringes of both major parties.\n Blair has repeatedly called for reversing Brexit echoing other opponents of Brexit such as French President Emmanuel Macron and billionaire investor George Soros who have suggested that Britain could still change its mind.\nSupporters of Brexit dismissed Blair and said he was undermining both the British negotiation and the will of the people.\n“ Blair and his elitist gang are damaging our negotiating strength thus damaging our national interest by their continuing efforts to undermine democracy ” said Richard Tice who helped found one of the two Leave campaign groups.\n Blair is unpopular in Britain for his decision to back then-U.S. President George W. Bush’s 2003 invasion of Iraq and the justification he used for going into a war that cost the deaths of 150 000 Iraqi civilians and 179 British soldiers.\nBut he has become increasingly outspoken about Brexit.\n He implored his Labour Party which is now led by socialist Jeremy Corbyn to join the fight to stop Brexit.\n“Make Brexit the Tory Brexit. Make them own it 100 percent ” Blair said. “If Labour continues to go along with Brexit and insists on leaving the Single Market the handmaiden of Brexit will have been the timidity of Labour.”", "output": [ "Tony Blair" ] }, { "id": "task419-e0fd7acea69344da95496072131d8234", "input": "CAIRO (Reuters) - To Hisham Genena the assault appeared well-timed. Egypt’s former anti-graft chief was on his way to appeal against the disqualification of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s strongest potential challenger in an upcoming presidential vote.\n Sisi ’s office referred questions to the electoral commission.\n Sisi faces a single opponent in the election who has said he supports the president.\nIn a speech announcing his candidacy last month Sisi said: “I promise you that the next presidential elections will be a model for freedom and transparency and that there will be an equal opportunity for all candidates.”", "output": [ "Abdel Fattah al-Sisi" ] }, { "id": "task419-ff690490298744449dedc36c9487335c", "input": "While “On Chesil Beach” deviated from the source material in effective ways Mr McEwan seemed reluctant to do the same with “The Children Act”. Here the internal narrative is simply layered onto a new medium. It doesn’t work (although Emma Thompson’s performance makes it watchable). Fiona Maye (Ms Thompson) is a well-respected judge arrives at home to her husband Jack (Stanley Tucci) telling her that he would like to have an affair and that Fiona if she cares about him will tolerate it. This leads to the film’s single flashback: as she lays awake at night her imagination reaches back to happier times and to a moment of pure joy when he surprised her with a new piano. Unlike in “On Chesil Beach” the flashback here adds little to illuminate their predicament: the viewer is still left guessing as to how she ended up married to an American professor or what their love was like at its peak.\nThe marriage crisis exacerbates another one this time in Fiona ’s working life. She specialises in extraordinarily hard cases involving children often with a religious element. Her newest case is an urgent one: Adam a 17-year-old Jehovah’s Witness with leukaemia is refusing a blood transfusion that could save his life. Fiona must decide his corporeal and perhaps spiritual fate. She has been able to dispassionately dispatch such cases in the past but since her husband’s disruption of their marriage her confidence is faltering.\n Her interest in the boy then so steadfast in his own faith is both professional and personal. Fiona takes the unusual step of visiting him in the hospital and under Richard Eyre’s thoughtful direction the camera offers extreme close-ups of both characters allowing the audience to search their eyes for meaning. Fiona is looking for cracks in Adam’s guarded wall of faith. The viewer is looking for the real motive behind hers .\nUnfortunately it never quite appears. Her judicial ruling comes suddenly ending its fascinating inquiry into the nature of faith and connection before it has even begun. Adam lives but becomes disillusioned with his faith and begins stalking Fiona trading one obsession for another. Mr Eyre seems to be looking for some of the same notes that worked so well for him in “Notes of a Scandal” (2006) but this is not a lurid tale and efforts to make it one—with wistful glances and tense longing strings on the soundtrack—seem out of place. For this conflict to have dramatic heft the viewer needs to understand Fiona better.\nPerhaps a screenwriter with more distance from the original material would have been willing to radically reshape the novel offering more backstory or drawing her decision out for dramatic impact to make the story less reliant on her inner life. “On Chesil Beach” did not call for such revisions but “The Children Act” does. It shows that every adaptation is a unique case even two self-adapted novels from the same hand. Some cannot simply be transposed onto the screen. Most of all however it shows that the writer who knows the material best is not always the one best placed to make the hard choices that can turn a great novel into a great film.", "output": [ "Fiona Maye" ] }, { "id": "task419-8766148e6f3745c389e2c01cf95e8fe8", "input": "\"I think the Supreme Court really needs to understand the impact of its ruling. It's not just a theoretical question -- they just changed Galveston Island's ability to nourish its beaches \" Mayor Joe Jaworski said.\n \"These are Texas' beaches \" he said. \"It's ironic that the Supreme Court has essentially said it's every man for himself.\"\n Although the court rarely grants motions to rehear an already decided case the stakes are too high to ignore any options said Jaworski Galveston's mayor. Galveston's beach-rebuilding effort replacing 54 million cubic feet of sand was essential to restoring the island's battered economy and shoring up several damaged neighborhoods Jaworski said.\n And unless the beach is restored the city cannot move forward on several pending projects such as replacing a washed-out road to beachfront houses in the Spanish Grant neighborhood Jaworski said. \"These houses are sitting there without a street \" he said.\n Jaworski fears some beach residents will abandon the city in frustration. Other city leaders fear landowners will erect their own anti-erosion concrete barriers creating an unsightly blot that could worsen erosion on nearby tracts.\n \"This has really cast a pall on the west end right now \" Jaworski said.", "output": [ "Joe Jaworski" ] }, { "id": "task419-c0be64bb86f24a738c39690ca76820ec", "input": "SONARI GLINTON BYLINE: I'm doing what millions of people do on the day before Thanksgiving - standing in the parking lot of my grocery store. And when I'm finished with this story I'm going to pick up some sweet potatoes scallions and garlic for my Thanksgiving dinner.\nGLINTON: Oh boy do I remember. Now that's Marshal Cohen. He's a retail analyst with The NPD Group. And we've made a bit of a tradition to check in on each other on the holiday. Cohen says retailers are coming to their senses egged on by the consumer.\n GLINTON : So who won (laughter)?\n GLINTON : According to The NPD Group and some other consumer studies in 2014 the most popular time for shopping during the Thanksgiving season was Thanksgiving at 6 p.m. whereas in 2016 the most popular time was Black Friday at noon.\nGLINTON: OK here's the most interesting thing about all this. According to Elizabeth Currid-Halkett - she's an economic geographer at the University of Southern California - we're less materialistic.\nGLINTON: Currid-Halkett and her doctoral student Hyojung Lee have been looking at spending patterns not just during the holidays.\nGLINTON: Currid-Halkett says it's not just the rich. She has a book called \"The Sum Of Small Things.\" She says the economy is mature. We've made a lot of stuff and we have a lot of stuff. And to be super scientific we're getting tired of all of it and kind of scaling back.\n GLINTON : All right you heard it from the expert. The time you spend with your family is more important than getting a deal. OK it's getting real in this parking lot. I got to run in. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Sonari Glinton NPR News Los Angeles. Transcript provided by NPR Copyright NPR.", "output": [ "GLINTON" ] }, { "id": "task419-7ea2f2e7df1948ec8803913399fa7630", "input": "President Donald Trump lashed out with fresh anger about the intensifying Russia probe over the weekend accusing Democrats of enabling a foreign adversary to interfere in the 2016 election and attacking the FBI as well as his own national security adviser.\nIn a defiant and error-laden tweetstorm that was remarkable even by his own combative standards Trump stewed aloud about the latest indictments brought by special counsel Robert Mueller against Russians for their elaborate campaign to denigrate the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and push voters toward Trump .\n The president seized on Mueller's evidence of the expansive scope of the Russian influence efforts to claim that the indictments exonerated him and proved there was \"no collusion.\" But the special counsel's investigation of possible complicity between Russia and the Trump campaign is continuing as is the examination of whether Trump has sought to obstruct justice.\nIn a string of 10 Twitter messages — which began after 11 p.m. Saturday and ended around noon Sunday and which included profanity and misspellings — Trump opened a window into his state of mind even as Trump 's representatives at a global security conference in Germany advised jittery allies to generally ignore the president's tweets.\n Trump 's latest attacks built on remarks last week in which he misrepresented the evidence revealed by Mueller. He tweeted falsely \"I never said Russia did not meddle in the election.\" He blamed President Barack Obama's administration for doing \"nothing\" to stop the intrusion. Trump rebuked national security adviser H.R. McMaster for publicly saying the evidence of Russian interference was \"incontrovertible.\"\nAnd he held the FBI responsible for last week's devastating shooting at a Parkland Fla. high school that left 17 dead. Trump tweeted that the bureau was committing so many resources to the Russia probe that it missed \"all of the many signals\" about the shooter.\nOne topic Trump avoided in his missives was punishment of Russia. The president did not spell out how his administration might seek to retaliate against the Russians or how it may try to protect the U.S. electoral system from continued attacks which the nation's intelligence chiefs warned last week should be expected.\nIn fact Trump blamed the various domestic investigations into Russia's intrusions — as opposed to the interference itself — for sowing discord in America.\n The president tweeted Sunday \"If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord disruption and chaos within the U.S. then with all of the Committee Hearings Investigations and Party hatred they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They are laughing their asses off in Moscow. Get smart America!\"\n Trump sent the messages from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach Fla. where he was ensconced for two days. He spent much of the time watching cable news venting to friends about the Russia investigation and complaining that it has been driving so much press coverage according to people who have spoken to him . The president also surveyed Mar-a-Lago Club members about whether he ought to champion gun control measures in the wake of last week's school massacre in nearby Parkland telling them that he was closely monitoring the media appearances by some of the surviving students according to people who spoke with him there.\nThe White House is under siege for its handling of domestic abuse allegations against former staff secretary Rob Porter which in turn has drawn unwelcome attention to its security clearance process and the tenuous status of senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner. Two of Trump 's Cabinet secretaries — David Shulkin at the Department of Veterans Affairs and Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency — are under scrutiny over taxpayer reimbursement for their luxury travel.\nMeanwhile salacious new accounts of Trump 's alleged extramarital affairs have created headlines. The New Yorker on Friday detailed a former Playboy centerfold's claim of a relationship with Trump and reported that the publisher of the National Enquirer had paid the model $150 000 to buy the rights to her story. Also last week Trump 's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that shortly before the 2016 election he had used his personal funds to \"facilitate\" a $130 000 payment to a porn star who goes by the name Stormy Daniels and had alleged a sexual relationship with Trump .\nRick Wilson a Republican strategist based in Florida and a Trump critic said the president's tweets read to him like \"a cry for help.\"\nAfter visiting victims of the Parkland shooting and first responders at an area hospital on Friday evening Trump did not leave Mar-a-Lago until Sunday evening skipping his usual rounds of golf at his nearby course in what aides described as a decision to show respect for the 17 people killed in the school massacre.\nInstead Trump spent his time watching television talking with friends and tweeting aides said breaking up that routine Sunday for a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan R-Wis. On Saturday night Trump dined with talk show host Geraldo Rivera and the president's two adult sons Donald Jr. and Eric. First lady Melania Trump also in Florida for the weekend did not join her husband in the dining room according to two attendees.\nThe first blamed the FBI for the shooting. He wrote after 11 p.m. Saturday \"Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!\"", "output": [ "Melania Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-a4cd4e4fc0754d1f92a4961cbb132bda", "input": "-LSB- 239 -RSB- Sanders has denounced institutional racism and called for criminal justice reform to reduce the number of people in prison , -LSB- 240 -RSB- advocates a crackdown on police brutality , and supports abolishing private , for-profit prisons -LSB- 241 -RSB- -LSB- 242 -RSB- -LSB- 243 -RSB- and the death penalty . \nSanders is the longest serving independent in U.S. congressional history . \nSanders became the ranking minority member on the Senate Budget Committee in January 2015 ; he had previously been chair of the Senate Veterans ' Affairs Committee for two years . \nSanders 's campaign against Hillary Clinton for the party 's 2016 U.S. presidential nomination raised more money in small , individual contributions than any other in American history , and helped him rise to international recognition . \nA self-described democratic socialist and a New Deal-era American progressive , Sanders is pro-labor and emphasizes reversing economic inequality . \n-LSB- 250 -RSB- On November 15 , 2015 , in response to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant -LRB- ISIL -RRB- 's attacks in Paris , Sanders cautioned against \"Islamophobia\" and said , \"We got ta be tough , not stupid\" in the war against ISIL , adding that the U.S. should continue to welcome Syrian refugees . \nSanders was born and raised in the Brooklyn borough of New York City and graduated from the University of Chicago in 1964 . \nThe bill was opposed only by Sanders and Republican Rand Paul . \nAfter settling in Vermont in 1968 , Sanders ran unsuccessful third-party campaigns for governor and U.S. senator in the early to mid-1970s . \nAddressing Westminster College in a September 2017 speech , Sanders laid out a \"progressive foreign policy\" that pushes for greater international collaboration , an adherence to U.S.-led international agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the Iran nuclear deal framework , and the promotion of human rights and democratic ideals . \nSanders also heavily criticized U.S. support for \"murderous regimes\" during the Cold War , such as those in Iran , Chile and El Salvador , and said that those actions continue to make the U.S. less safe . \n-LSB- 7 -RSB- -LSB- 8 -RSB- -LSB- 9 -RSB- Polls in the year 2017 showed that Sanders had the highest favorability rating of the leading political figures included in the polls . \nBorn into a Democratic-voting family , Sanders was first introduced to political activism when his brother Larry joined the Young Democrats of America and campaigned for Adlai Stevenson II in 1956 . \nSanders rose to national prominence after his 2010 filibuster against the Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 , which extended the Bush tax cuts that favored the wealthiest Americans . \nSanders has long been critical of U.S. foreign policy and was an early and outspoken opponent of the Iraq War , the First Gulf War , and U.S. support for the Contras in Nicaragua . \nOnce elected to the House of Representatives , Sanders joined the Democratic caucus , though some conservative southern Democrats initially barred him from the caucus as they believed that allowing a self-described socialist to join it would harm their electoral prospects . \nSanders announced his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination on April 30 , 2015 . \nInitially considered a long shot , Sanders won 23 primaries and caucuses and approximately 43 % of pledged delegates to Clinton 's 55 % . \nOn July 12 , 2016 , Sanders formally endorsed Clinton in her unsuccessful general election campaign against Republican Donald Trump , while urging his supporters to continue the \"political revolution\" his campaign had begun . \nIn November 2016 , Sanders 's book Our Revolution : A Future to Believe In was released ; upon its release , it was number 3 on The New York Times Best Seller list . \nIn 2016 Sanders formed Our Revolution , a political organization dedicated to educating voters about issues , getting people involved in the political process , and electing progressive candidates . \nIn February 2017 , Sanders began webcasting The Bernie Sanders Show on Facebook . \nSanders advocated that , following Trump 's victory in the 2016 elections , the Democratic Party undergo a \"series of reforms\" and that it had to \"break loose from its corporate establishment ties and , once again , become a grass-roots party of working people , the elderly and the poor .\" \nSanders as a senior in high school , 1959 . \nSanders was born on September 8 , 1941 , in Brooklyn , New York City . \nSanders strongly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq and has criticized a number of policies instituted during the War on Terror , particularly mass surveillance and the USA Patriot Act . \nSanders became interested in politics at an early age : \"A guy named Adolf Hitler won an election in 1932 . \nSanders has criticized President Trump for appointing multiple billionaires to his cabinet . \nAlthough he opposed the war , Sanders never criticized those who fought and has been a strong supporter of veterans ' benefits . \n-LSB- 274 -RSB- Sanders has promised to defeat \"Trump and Trumpism and the Republican right-wing ideology\" . \nSanders lived on East 26th Street in Midwood , Brooklyn . \n-LSB- 33 -RSB- Sanders 's older brother , Larry , said that during their childhood , the family never lacked for food or clothing , but major purchases , \"like curtains or a rug ,\" were difficult to afford . \nIn 1963 , Sanders and Deborah Shiling , whom he met in college , volunteered for several months on the Israeli kibbutz Sha'ar HaAmakim . \nSanders attended James Madison High School , also in Brooklyn , where he was captain of the track team and took third place in the New York City indoor one-mile race . \n-LSB- 31 -RSB- In high school , Sanders lost his first election , finishing last out of three candidates for the student body presidency . \n-LSB- 279 -RSB- -LSB- 280 -RSB- Sanders considers Jane 's three children -- Dave Driscoll -LRB- born 1975 -RRB- , Carina Driscoll -LRB- born 1974 -RRB- , and Heather Titus -LRB- née Driscoll -RRB- -LRB- born 1971 -RRB- -- to be his own . \nSanders studied at Brooklyn College for a year in 1959 -- 60 -LSB- 35 -RSB- before transferring to the University of Chicago and graduating with a bachelor of arts degree in political science in 1964 . \nIn December 1987 , during his tenure as mayor , Sanders recorded a folk album titled We Shall Overcome with 30 Vermont musicians . \nAs Sanders was not skilled at singing , he performed his vocals in a talking blues style . \n-LSB- 283 -RSB- -LSB- 284 -RSB- Sanders appeared in a cameo role in the 1988 comedy-drama film Sweet Hearts Dance , playing a man who distributes candy to young trick-or-treaters . \nSee also : Electoral history of Bernie Sanders . \n-LSB- 286 -RSB- On February 6 , 2016 , Sanders was a guest star alongside Larry David on Saturday Night Live , playing a Polish immigrant on a steamship that was sinking near the Statue of Liberty . \nWhile at the University of Chicago , Sanders joined the Young People 's Socialist League -LRB- the youth affiliate of the Socialist Party of America -RRB- , -LSB- 37 -RSB- and was active in the Civil Rights Movement as a student organizer for the Congress of Racial Equality -LRB- CORE -RRB- and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee -LRB- SNCC -RRB- . \n-LSB- 22 -RSB- -LSB- 38 -RSB- Under Sanders 's chairmanship , the university chapter of CORE merged with the university chapter of SNCC . \n-LSB- 39 -RSB- In January 1962 , Sanders led a rally at the University of Chicago administration building to protest university president George Wells Beadle 's segregated campus housing policy . \n\"We feel it is an intolerable situation when Negro and white students of the university can not live together in university-owned apartments ,\" Sanders said at the protest . \nSanders and 32 other students then entered the building and camped outside the president 's office , performing the first civil rights sit-in in Chicago history . \n-LSB- 244 -RSB- Sanders supports Black Lives Matter . \n-LSB- 43 -RSB- Sanders once spent a day putting up fliers protesting against police brutality , only to eventually notice that a Chicago police car was shadowing him and taking them all down . \nSanders received an Honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Brooklyn College on May 30 , 2017 . \nSanders attended the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom , where Martin Luther King , Jr. gave his \"I Have a Dream\" speech . \nAfter complaints made in 2016 by Donald Trump 's Vermont campaign chairman , the FBI launched an investigation into Sanders 's wife Jane 's involvement in a bank loan for Burlington College when she was its president . \n-LSB- 296 -RSB- -LSB- 297 -RSB- -LSB- 298 -RSB- -LSB- 299 -RSB- The Washington Post reported on June 25 , 2017 , that Sanders himself is not under FBI investigation . \nIn addition to his civil rights activism during the 1960s and 1970s , -LSB- 48 -RSB- Sanders was active in several peace and antiwar movements . \nSanders applied for conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War ; his application was eventually turned down , by which point he was too old to be drafted . \nAfter receiving nearly $ 900,000 in royalty advances for his recently published books , Sanders reported earnings of just over $ 1 million in 2016 . \n-LSB- 49 -RSB- -LSB- 50 -RSB- Sanders also worked on the reelection campaign of Leon Despres , a prominent Chicago alderman who was opposed to mayor Richard J. Daley 's Democratic Party machine . \nAs Sanders described his upbringing as an American Jew in a 2016 speech : his father generally attended synagogue only on Yom Kippur ; he attended public schools while his mother \"chafed\" at his yeshiva Sunday schooling at a Hebrew school ; and their religious observances were mostly limited to Passover seders with their neighbors . \nAfter graduating from college , Sanders returned to New York City , where he initially worked at a variety of jobs , including Head Start teacher , psychiatric aide , and carpenter . \n-LSB- 36 -RSB- In 1968 , Sanders moved to Vermont because he had been \"captivated by rural life .\" \nIn 1963 , in cooperation with the Labor Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair , Sanders and his first wife volunteered at Sha'ar HaAmakim , a kibbutz in northern Israel . \nAs mayor of Burlington , Sanders allowed a Chabad public menorah to be placed at city hall , an action contested by the local ACLU chapter . \nSanders began his electoral political career in 1971 as a member of the Liberty Union Party , which originated in the anti-war movement and the People 's Party . \n-LSB- 55 -RSB- In the 1974 senatorial race , Sanders finished third -LRB- 5,901 votes ; 4.1 % -RRB- , behind 33-year-old Chittenden County State 's Attorney Patrick Leahy -LRB- D , VI ; 70,629 votes ; 49.4 % -RRB- and two-term incumbent U.S. Representative Dick Mallary -LRB- R ; 66,223 votes ; 46.3 % -RRB- . \nThe 1976 campaign proved to be the zenith of Liberty Union 's influence , with Sanders collecting 11,000 votes for governor and the party . \n-LSB- 58 -RSB- The campaign drained the finances and energy of the Liberty Union , however , and in October 1977 , less than a year after the conclusion of the 1976 campaign , Sanders and the Liberty Union candidate for attorney general , Nancy Kaufman , announced their retirement from the party . \nFollowing his resignation from the Liberty Union Party in 1977 , Sanders worked as a writer and the director of the nonprofit American People 's Historical Society -LRB- APHS -RRB- . \nSanders replied : -LSB- 314 -RSB- . \nIn 1980 , Sanders ran for mayor of Burlington , Vermont -LRB- pop . \nSanders does not regularly attend synagogue , and he works on Rosh Hashanah , a day when Jews typically take a holiday from work . \nThe 39-year-old Sanders ran against incumbent Democratic mayor Gordon \"Gordie\" Paquette , a five-term mayor who had served as a member of the Burlington City Council for 13 years before that , building extensive community ties and a willingness to cooperate with Republican leaders in controlling appointments to various commissions . \nRepublicans had found Paquette so unobjectionable that they failed to field a candidate in the March 1981 race against him , leaving Sanders as his principal opponent . \nSanders 's effort was further aided by the decision of the candidate of the Citizens Party , Greg Guma , to exit the race so as not to split the progressive vote . \nTwo other candidates in the race , independents Richard Bove and Joe McGrath , proved to be essentially non-factors in the campaign , with the battle coming down to Paquette and Sanders . \nSanders has said he feels \"very close\" to Francis 's economic teachings , describing him as \"incredibly smart and brave\" . \nSanders castigated the pro-development incumbent as an ally of prominent shopping center developer Antonio Pomerleau , while Paquette warned of ruin for Burlington if Sanders was elected . \nThe Sanders campaign was bolstered by a wave of optimistic volunteers as well as by a series of endorsements from university professors , social welfare agencies , and the police union . \nThe final result came as a shock to the local political establishment , with the maverick Sanders winning by just 10 votes . \nSanders was reelected three times , defeating both Democratic and Republican candidates . \n-LSB- 62 -RSB- In his final run for mayor in 1987 , Sanders defeated Paul Lafayette , a Democrat endorsed by both major parties . \n-LSB- 63 -RSB- In 1986 , Sanders unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Governor Madeleine Kunin -LRB- D -RRB- in her run for reelection . \nRunning as an independent , Sanders finished third with 14.4 % of the vote . \nAfter serving four two-year terms , Sanders chose not to seek reelection in 1989 . \n-LSB- 308 -RSB- -LSB- 309 -RSB- -LSB- 310 -RSB- -LSB- 311 -RSB- When asked about his Jewish heritage , Sanders has said he is \"proud to be Jewish\" . \nDuring his mayoralty , Sanders called himself a socialist and was so described in the press . \n-LSB- 67 -RSB- The Progressives never held more than six seats on the 13-member city council , but they had enough to keep the council from overriding Sanders 's vetoes . \nUnder Sanders , Burlington became the first city in the country to fund community-trust housing . \nDuring the 1980s , Sanders was a staunch critic of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America . \nIn his introduction , Sanders praised Chomsky as \"a very vocal and important voice in the wilderness of intellectual life in America\" and said he was \"delighted to welcome a person who I think we 're all very proud of .\" \nSanders 's administration balanced the city budget and drew a minor league baseball team , the Vermont Reds , then the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds , to Burlington . \nAs mayor , Sanders led extensive downtown revitalization projects . \nSanders rarely speaks about religion . \n-LSB- 19 -RSB- In 1981 , Sanders campaigned against the unpopular plans by Burlington developer Tony Pomerleau to convert the then-industrial -LSB- 72 -RSB- waterfront property owned by the Central Vermont Railway into expensive condominiums , hotels , and offices . \n-LSB- 73 -RSB- Sanders ran under the slogan \"Burlington is not for sale\" and successfully supported a plan that redeveloped the waterfront area into a mixed-use district featuring housing , parks , and public space . \nSanders hosted and produced a public-access television program , Bernie Speaks with the Community , from 1986 to 1988 . \nIn 1987 , U.S. News & World Report ranked Sanders as one of America 's best mayors . \nCongressman Sanders in 1991 . \nSee also : Electoral history of Bernie Sanders . \nSanders 's 1990 victory made him the first independent candidate to be elected to Congress since Frazier Reams in 1950 . \n-LSB- 81 -RSB- -LSB- 82 -RSB- Sanders served in the House from 1991 until he became a senator in 2007 . \nSanders , who ran as an independent , placed second with 38 % of the vote , while Democratic State Representative Paul N. Poirier placed third with 19 % of the vote . \n-LSB- 83 -RSB- Two years later , Sanders ran for the seat again and defeated the incumbent Smith by a margin of 56 % to 39 % . \nStarting in November 2015 , in connection with his presidential campaign , Sanders 's announcements suggested that not only was he running as a Democrat , but that he would run as a Democrat in future elections . \nSanders was the first independent elected to the U.S. House of Representatives since Frazier Reams 's election to represent Ohio 40 years earlier . \nDuring his first year in the House , Sanders often alienated allies and colleagues with his criticism of both political parties as working primarily on behalf of the wealthy . \nIn 1991 , Sanders co-founded the Congressional Progressive Caucus , a group of mostly liberal Democrats that Sanders chaired for its first eight years , -LSB- 19 -RSB- while still refusing to join the Democratic Party or caucus . \nIn 1993 , Sanders voted against the Brady Bill , which mandated federal background checks and imposed a waiting period on firearm purchasers in the United States ; the bill passed by a vote of 238 -- 187 . \nIn 1994 , Sanders voted in favor of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act . \nSanders said he voted for the bill \"because it included the Violence Against Women Act and the ban on certain assault weapons\" . \n-LSB- 261 -RSB- -LSB- 262 -RSB- -LSB- 263 -RSB- Since he remained a senator , elected as an independent , the United States Senate website continued to refer to Sanders as an independent during the campaign and upon his return to the senate . \nIn 2015 , Sanders defended his vote , saying : \"If somebody has a gun and it falls into the hands of a murderer and the murderer kills somebody with a gun , do you hold the gun manufacturer responsible ? \nSanders voted against the resolutions authorizing the use of force against Iraq in 1991 and 2002 , and opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq . \n-LSB- 95 -RSB- Sanders voted for a non-binding resolution expressing support for troops at the outset of the invasion of Iraq , but gave a floor speech criticizing the partisan nature of the vote and the George W. Bush administration 's actions in the run-up to the war . \nRegarding the investigation of what turned out to be a leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame 's identity by a State Department official , Sanders stated : \"The revelation that the President authorized the release of classified information in order to discredit an Iraq war critic should tell every member of Congress that the time is now for a serious investigation of how we got into the war in Iraq and why Congress can no longer act as a rubber stamp for the President .\" \nOn November 2 , 2005 , Sanders voted against the Online Freedom of Speech Act , which would have exempted the Internet from the campaign finance restrictions of the McCain -- Feingold Bill . \nSanders was a consistent critic of the Patriot Act . \n-LSB- 99 -RSB- After its 357-to-66 passage in the House , Sanders sponsored and voted for several subsequent amendments and acts attempting to curtail its effects , -LSB- 100 -RSB- and voted against each re-authorization . \n-LSB- 101 -RSB- In June 2005 , Sanders proposed an amendment to limit Patriot Act provisions that allow the government to obtain individuals ' library and book-buying records . \nIn March 2006 , after a series of resolutions passed in various Vermont towns calling for him to bring articles of impeachment against George W. Bush , Sanders stated that it would be \"impractical to talk about impeachment\" with Republicans in control of the House and Senate . \n-LSB- 103 -RSB- Still , Sanders made no secret of his opposition to the Bush Administration , which he regularly criticized for its cuts to social programs . \nSanders was a vocal critic of Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan ; in June 2003 , during a question-and-answer discussion with the then-Chairman , Sanders told Greenspan that he was concerned that Greenspan was \"way out of touch\" and \"that you see your major function in your position as the need to represent the wealthy and large corporations\" . \n-LSB- 107 -RSB- -LSB- 108 -RSB- In October 2008 , after Sanders had been elected to the Senate , Greenspan admitted to Congress that his economic ideology regarding risky mortgage loans was flawed . \n-LSB- 109 -RSB- -LSB- 110 -RSB- In 1998 , Sanders voted and advocated against rolling back the Glass -- Steagall Legislation provisions that kept investment banks and commercial banks separate entities . \n-LSB- 255 -RSB- Although elected mayor of Burlington as an independent , Sanders endorsed Democratic presidential candidates Walter Mondale in 1984 and Jesse Jackson in 1988 . \nSanders drew parallels between his campaign and that of the Labour Party in the 2017 UK general election . \nSanders entered the race for the U.S. Senate on April 21 , 2005 , after Senator Jim Jeffords announced that he would not seek a fourth term . \nChuck Schumer , chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee , endorsed Sanders , a critical move as it meant that no Democrat running against Sanders could expect to receive financial help from the party . \nSanders was also endorsed by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and Democratic National Committee chairman and former Vermont governor Howard Dean . \nDean said in May 2005 that he considered Sanders an ally who \"votes with the Democrats 98 % of the time\" . \n-LSB- 112 -RSB- Then-Senator Barack Obama also campaigned for Sanders in Vermont in March 2006 . \n-LSB- 113 -RSB- Sanders entered into an agreement with the Democratic Party , much as he had as a congressman , to be listed in their primary but to decline the nomination should he win , which he did . \nIn the most expensive political campaign in Vermont 's history , -LSB- 116 -RSB- Sanders defeated businessman Rich Tarrant by an approximately 2-to-1 margin . \nMany national media outlets projected Sanders as the winner just after the polls closed , before any returns came in . \nSanders was only the third senator from Vermont to caucus with the Democrats , after Jeffords and Leahy . \nPolling conducted in August 2011 by Public Policy Polling found that Sanders 's approval rating was 67 % and his disapproval rating 28 % , making him then the third-most popular senator in the country . \n-LSB- 8 -RSB- Both the NAACP and the NHLA have given Sanders 100 % voting scores during his tenure in the Senate . \n-LSB- 119 -RSB- In 2015 Sanders was named one of the Top 5 of The Forward 50 . \n-LSB- 120 -RSB- In a November 2015 Morning Consult poll , Sanders had an approval rating of 83 % among his constituents , making him the most popular senator in the country . \n-LSB- 7 -RSB- Fox News found Sanders to have the highest net favorability at +28 points of any prominent politician included in its March 2017 poll . \n-LSB- 247 -RSB- -LSB- 248 -RSB- -LSB- 249 -RSB- Sanders criticized Israel 's actions during the 2014 Gaza war . \nAs an independent , Sanders worked out a deal with the Senate Democratic leadership in which he agreed to vote with the Democrats on all procedural matters , except with permission from Democratic Whip Dick Durbin -LRB- a request that is rarely made or granted -RRB- . \n-LSB- 122 -RSB- -LSB- 123 -RSB- Sanders was free to vote as he pleased on policy matters , but almost always voted with the Democrats . \n-LSB- 317 -RSB- Sanders 's wife is Roman Catholic , and he has frequently expressed admiration for Pope Francis , saying that \"the leader of the Catholic Church is raising profound issues . \nOn September 24 , 2008 , Sanders posted an open letter to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson decrying the initial bank bailout proposal ; it drew more than 8,000 citizen cosigners in 24 hours . \n-LSB- 124 -RSB- On January 26 , 2009 , Sanders and Democrats Robert Byrd , Russ Feingold , and Tom Harkin were the sole majority members to vote against confirming Timothy Geithner as United States Secretary of the Treasury . \nOn December 10 , 2010 , Sanders delivered an 81⁄2 - hour speech against the Tax Relief , Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization , and Job Creation Act of 2010 , the proposed extension of the Bush-era tax rates that eventually became law , saying \"Enough is enough ! \n-LSB- 126 -RSB- -LSB- 127 -RSB- -LSB- 128 -RSB- In response to the speech , hundreds of people signed online petitions urging Sanders to run in the 2012 presidential election , and pollsters began measuring his support in key primary states . \n-LSB- 129 -RSB- Progressive activists such as Rabbi Michael Lerner and economist David Korten publicly voiced their support for a prospective Sanders run against President Barack Obama . \n-LSB- 129 -RSB- Sanders 's speech was published in February 2011 by Nation Books as The Speech : A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class , with authorial proceeds going to Vermont nonprofit charitable organizations . \nOn March 17 , 2016 , Sanders said he would support Merrick Garland 's nomination to the Supreme Court , though he added , \"there are some more progressive judges out there .\" \nSanders opposed Neil Gorsuch 's nomination to the Court , saying that Gorsuch had \"refused to answer legitimate questions .\" \n-LSB- 132 -RSB- Sanders also objected to the possibility of Senate Republicans using the nuclear option to \"choke off debate and ram the nomination through the Senate .\" \n-LSB- 256 -RSB- The Washington Post reported that the Jackson campaign helped inspire Sanders to work more closely with the Democratic Party . \nIn January 2015 , Sanders became the ranking minority member of the Senate Budget Committee . \nWhile at the Vatican , Sanders met briefly with the pontiff . \nAccording to his senate website , Sanders 's committee assignments during 2016 were as follows : -LSB- 135 -RSB- . \nMain articles : Bernie Sanders presidential campaign , 2016 and Democratic Party presidential primaries , 2016 . \nSanders announced his intention to seek the Democratic Party 's nomination for president on April 30 , 2015 , and -LSB- 136 -RSB- -LSB- 137 -RSB- -LSB- 138 -RSB- his campaign was officially launched on May 26 , 2015 , in Burlington . \n-LSB- 137 -RSB- In his announcement , Sanders said , \"I do n't believe that the men and women who defended American democracy fought to create a situation where billionaires own the political process ,\" and made this a central idea throughout his campaign . \n-LSB- 136 -RSB- -LSB- 137 -RSB- Senator Elizabeth Warren welcomed Sanders 's entry into the race , saying , \"I 'm glad to see him get out there and give his version of what leadership in this country should be .\" \n-LSB- 18 -RSB- -LSB- 318 -RSB- -LSB- 319 -RSB- In April 2016 , Sanders accepted an invitation from Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo , an aide close to the pope , to speak at a Vatican conference on economic and environmental issues . \n-LSB- 150 -RSB- On July 1 , 2015 , Sanders 's campaign stop in Madison , Wisconsin , drew the largest crowd of any 2016 presidential candidate to that date , with an estimated turnout of 10,000 . \nUnlike the other major candidates , Sanders did not pursue funding through a Super PAC or by wealthy donors , instead focusing on small individual donations . \nSanders used social media to help his campaign gain momentum , -LSB- 145 -RSB- posting content to online platforms such as Twitter and Facebook and answering questions on Reddit . \nSanders 's campaign events in June 2015 drew overflow crowds around the country , to his surprise . \n-LSB- 147 -RSB- -LSB- 148 -RSB- -LSB- 149 -RSB- When Hillary Clinton and Sanders made public appearances within days of each other in Des Moines , Iowa , Sanders drew larger crowds , even though he had already made numerous stops around the state and Clinton 's visit was her first in 2015 . \n-LSB- 37 -RSB- -LSB- 276 -RSB- -LSB- 277 -RSB- Sanders 's son , Levi Sanders , was born in 1969 to girlfriend Susan Campbell Mott . \n-LSB- 36 -RSB- In 1988 , Sanders married Jane O'Meara Driscoll -LRB- née Mary Jane O'Meara -RRB- , who later became president of Burlington College , in Burlington , Vermont . \n-LSB- 156 -RSB- In February 2016 , Clinton 's and Sanders 's campaigns agreed in principle to holding four more debates for a total of ten . \nSanders expressed disappointment that Clinton would cancel the debate \"before the largest and most important primary in the presidential nominating process\" . \nAn NBCWall Street Journal poll conducted in May found Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in a \"dead heat\" , but the same poll found that if Sanders were the Democratic nominee , 53 % of voters would support him to 39 % for Trump . \n-LSB- 159 -RSB- Clinton and Trump were the least popular likely candidates in the poll 's history , while Sanders received a 43 % positive , 36 % negative rating . \n-LSB- 160 -RSB- Polls showed that Democratic voters older than 50 preferred Clinton by a large margin but those under 50 overwhelmingly favored Sanders . \nSome supporters raised concerns that publications such as The New York Times minimized coverage of the Sanders campaign in favor of other candidates ' , especially Trump 's and Clinton 's . \n-LSB- 162 -RSB- -LSB- 163 -RSB- A December 2015 report found that the three major networks -- CBS , NBC , and ABC -- had spent 234 minutes reporting on Trump and 10 minutes on Sanders , despite their similar polling results . \nSanders was in Phoenix , Arizona , on that date , speaking to a rally larger than any of the others , but his speech was not mentioned , let alone broadcast . \n-LSB- 230 -RSB- As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging , Sanders has introduced legislation to reauthorize and strengthen the Older Americans Act , which supports Meals on Wheels and other programs for seniors . \n-LSB- 166 -RSB- On July 12 , Sanders formally endorsed Clinton -LSB- 167 -RSB- but he continued to work with the Democratic National Convention organizers to implement the progressive positions he had been campaigning for . \nSanders spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention on July 25 , giving Clinton his full support . \nSome of Sanders 's supporters attempted to protest Clinton 's nomination and booed when Sanders called for party unity . \nSanders responded , \"Our job is to do two things : to defeat Donald Trump and to elect Hillary Clinton ... It is easy to boo , but it is harder to look your kids in the face if we are living under a Trump presidency .\" \nOn November 8 , while Trump -LRB- while losing the popular vote -RRB- defeated Clinton in the general election nationwide , Sanders received almost 6 % of the vote in Vermont , despite not being a candidate in the election . \nNationwide , it was possible to vote for Sanders as a write-in candidate in twelve states , -LSB- 171 -RSB- and exact totals of write-in votes for Sanders were published in three states : California , -LSB- 172 -RSB- New Hampshire , -LSB- 173 -RSB- and Vermont . \n-LSB- 170 -RSB- In those three states , Sanders received 111,850 write-in votes , which was approximately 15 % of the write-in votes nationwide , and 0.08 % of the nationwide number of votes overall . \nOn December 19 , the day that the Electoral College convened in state capitols around the country , Sanders received one electoral vote for president , from David Mulinix , a faithless elector in Hawaii who also voted for fellow progressive firebrand Elizabeth Warren -LRB- instead of Clinton 's running mate Tim Kaine -RRB- for vice president . \n-LSB- 174 -RSB- Two other faithless electors , David Bright in Maine and Muhammad Abdurrahman in Minnesota , attempted to cast their electoral votes for Sanders , but their votes were invalidated by their states ' faithless elector laws ; Bright subsequently switched his vote to Clinton as pledged , while Abdurrahman was replaced by another elector who voted for Clinton as pledged . \n-LSB- 200 -RSB- Based on Sanders 's positions and votes throughout his political career , Noam Chomsky and Thomas Frank have described Sanders as \"a New Dealer\" . \nSanders was one of five people who received electoral votes from faithless electors in the 2016 election ; the other four were former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell -LRB- who received three electoral votes -RRB- , -LSB- 177 -RSB- Native American activist Faith Spotted Eagle , -LSB- 177 -RSB- former U. S. Representative and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul , -LSB- 178 -RSB- and Governor John Kasich . \nIn a March 2017 Fox News poll , Sanders 's 61 % approval rating was the highest among all politicians rated , versus 43 % for Donald Trump , 47 % for Mike Pence and 37 % for Paul Ryan . \n-LSB- 181 -RSB- In April 2017 , a nationwide Harvard-Harris Poll found Sanders had the highest favorability rating of the leading political figures included in the poll , -LSB- 182 -RSB- a standing confirmed by subsequent polling . \nNoam Chomsky stated in a May 2017 BBC interview that the Sanders campaign , by breaking with a century-old political system of reliance on corporate funding , was the most remarkable thing about the 2016 election . \n-LSB- 185 -RSB- Chomsky said Sanders \"came from nowhere\" , used the \"scare word ` socialist '\" , and \"would have won the Democratic Party nomination if it had n't been for the shenanigans of the Obama-Clinton party managers who kept him out .\" \n-LSB- 302 -RSB- According to Sanders 's close friend Richard Sugarman , a professor of religious studies at the University of Vermont , Sanders 's Jewish identity is \"certainly more ethnic and cultural than religious\" . \nIn this role he mourned the Brooklyn Dodgers moving to Los Angeles , reflecting Sanders 's own upbringing in Brooklyn . \nSanders 's book Our Revolution : A Future to Believe In was released in November 2016 . \n-LSB- 293 -RSB- -LSB- 294 -RSB- Sanders told CNN , \"I owe my brother an enormous amount . \nTo build on momentum gained during the 2016 election campaign , Sanders and supporters founded a political action committee and a political education organization : . \nBrand New Congress -- In April 2016 , former Sanders presidential campaign staffers formed a political organization , Brand New Congress , to elect Congressional representatives in line with the campaign 's political platform . \nOur Revolution -- In August 2016 , Sanders founded Our Revolution , an organization dedicated to educating voters about political issues , getting people involved in the political process , and recruiting and supporting candidates for local , state , and national office . \nOn February 16 , 2017 , Sanders began webcasting The Bernie Sanders Show using Facebook live streaming . \nMain article : Political positions of Bernie Sanders . \nSanders is a self-described democratic socialist , -LSB- 197 -RSB- and progressive who admires the Nordic model of social democracy and is a proponent of workplace democracy . \n-LSB- 198 -RSB- -LSB- 194 -RSB- -LSB- 199 -RSB- In November 2015 , Sanders gave a speech at Georgetown University about his view of democratic socialism , including its place in the policies of presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson . \n-LSB- 200 -RSB- -LSB- 201 -RSB- In defining what democratic socialism means to him , Sanders said : \"I do n't believe government should take over the grocery store down the street or own the means of production , but I do believe that the middle class and the working families who produce the wealth of America deserve a decent standard of living and that their incomes should go up , not down . \nOn December 4 , 2015 , Sanders won Time 's 2015 Person of the Year readers ' poll with 10.2 % of the vote -LSB- 288 -RSB- -LSB- 289 -RSB- but did not receive the editorial board 's award . \n-LSB- 300 -RSB- Both Sanders and his wife have retained prominent counsel during the investigation . \nMany commentators have noted the consistency of Sanders 's views throughout his political career . \n-LSB- 316 -RSB- Deborah Dash Moore , a Judaic scholar at the University of Michigan , has said that Sanders has a particular type of \"ethnic Jewishness\" that is somewhat old-fashioned . \nCalling international trade agreements a \"disaster for the American worker\" , Sanders voted against and has spoken for years against NAFTA , CAFTA , and PNTR with China , saying that they have resulted in American corporations moving abroad . \nSanders focuses on economic issues such as income and wealth inequality , -LSB- 193 -RSB- -LSB- 206 -RSB- raising the minimum wage , -LSB- 207 -RSB- universal healthcare , -LSB- 208 -RSB- reducing the burden of student debt , -LSB- 209 -RSB- making public colleges and universities tuition-free by taxing financial transactions , -LSB- 210 -RSB- and expanding Social Security benefits by eliminating the cap on the payroll tax on all incomes above $ 250,000 . \nSanders 's elder brother , Larry , lives in England . \nSanders advocates bold action to reverse global warming and substantial investment in infrastructure , with \"energy efficiency and sustainability\" and job creation as prominent goals . \n-LSB- 218 -RSB- -LSB- 219 -RSB- Sanders opposes the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on the grounds that , like the Keystone XL Pipeline , it \"will have a significant impact on our climate .\" \nSanders has advocated greater democratic participation by citizens , campaign finance reform , and a constitutional amendment or judicial decision that would overturn Citizens United v. FEC . \nSanders is a staunch supporter of a universal health care system , and has said , \"If you are serious about real healthcare reform , the only way to go is single-payer .\" \n-LSB- 42 -RSB- Joan Mahoney , a member of the University of Chicago CORE chapter at the time and a fellow participant in the sit-ins , described Sanders in a 2016 interview as\" ... a swell guy , a nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn , but he was n't terribly charismatic . \nOn May 4 , 2017 , in response to the House vote to repeal and replace The Affordable Care Act , Sanders predicted \"thousands of Americans would die\" from no longer having access to health care . \n-LSB- 233 -RSB- Politifact rated Sanders 's statement \"mostly true\" . \nIn September 2017 , Sanders and 15 Senate co-sponsors submitted the \"Medicare for All\" bill , a single-payer health care plan . \nSanders has responded that the Republican party has no credibility on the issue of health care after recently voting for legislation that would take health insurance away from 32 million people under the Affordable Care Act -LRB- \"Obamacare\" -RRB- . \nSanders has liberal stances on social issues , having advocated for LGBT rights and against the Defense of Marriage Act . \n-LSB- 236 -RSB- Sanders described his opposition to DOMA as being on states ' rights grounds .", "output": [ "Bernie Sanders" ] }, { "id": "task419-01ffd42e072f4ddcaf96e45559bad7f9", "input": "Pop music star Shakira is under investigation in Spain for possible tax evasion during the three years before she officially moved to Barcelona Spanish authorities said Tuesday.\n Shakira switched residences in 2015 from the Bahamas to Barcelona where she lives with her partner Barca soccer player Gerard Pique and the couple's two sons.\nAnna Forastier a spokeswoman for auditing firm PwC said the company has been hired by Shakira for the investigation. Forastier declined to disclose any details.\n Shakira was named in the \"Paradise Papers\" leaks that detailed the offshore tax arrangements of numerous high-profile individuals including musical celebrities like Madonna and U2's Bono.\nThe documents obtained by German daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung and investigated by Spanish news website El Confidencial showed that in 2009 Shakira had relocated her intellectual property rights and brands to a company based in Malta the tiny European Union nation that has faced allegations of being a tax heaven.\n Shakira and Pique's relationship dates back to 2011 when Shakira started frequenting Barcelona. El Confidencial citing papers it obtained from offshore services providers reported that she listed the Bahamas as her official residence until 2015.\nIf the probe finds wrongdoing Shakira would engross a list of celebrities that have been in trouble with Spanish tax authorities including footballers Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.\nIn November Shakira cancelled the first concerts to promote her 11th album \"El Dorado \" for what she said were medical reasons. The tour is scheduled to begin in June in Germany and then stop in nine more European countries before moving to the United States.", "output": [ "Shakira" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e7b5578fc4347c597444eca7e2847d7", "input": "Shaka Senghor attends the Tribeca TV Festival series premiere of \"Released\" at Cinepolis Chelsea in September. (Photo: Nicholas Hunt Getty Images for Tribeca TV Festival)\n New York Times bestselling author Shaka Senghor remembers his first night in prison.\nIt was fall. And it was cold. The windows were busted. Two scruffy wool blankets covered a three-inch plastic mattress. He had to use both blankets – one to cover his feet the other for his upper torso. But it was so cold Senghor eventually got up and put one of the blankets in the broken window. As he looked out he saw a couple of young men his age playing around a garbage can. He envied their freedom.\n“It just was ... dark and lonely sitting in that cell and realizing that this was the next however many years of my life if not the rest of my life ” says Senghor author of Writing My Wrongs: Life Death and Redemption in an American Prison.\n Senghor who was sentenced to 17 to 40 years for second-degree murder served 19 years in prison spending seven years in solitary confinement. He was released from prison on June 22 2010. He walked in at the age of 19 and didn't walk out until he was 38.\n Senghor is now 45 and the past seven years have been a mixed bag. It was hard to find a job. For a couple of years he said his job applications were dismissed almost immediately because of his felony conviction.\nAs difficult as starting over was for Senghor he had it better than others. He lived in Michigan a state with one of the lowest employment restrictions for former felons in the country — 94. The state with the highest number Louisiana has 389 employment restrictions. Nationwide 6 392 of the 48 000 restrictions on former felons are on employment.\nBeyond employment challenges strict rules regarding parole and probation make successful re-entry challenging for men says Senghor . Any encounter with police he notes can get an inmate sent back to prison. As an African American man returning to a low-income neighborhood it’s difficult to avoid law enforcement Senghor points out. Something as small as jaywalking can get black men detained in communities where stop-and-frisk measures are disproportionately employed.\nAnd Senghor remembers growing up in such a community in Detroit. At 17 he was shot while standing on a street corner. And he developed a paranoia that turned into hyper-violence he explained during a TED talk.\nThat defensive posture — is what caused him to pick up a gun and what eventually led to his arrest and incarceration.\nIt took a long time for Senghor to drop that way of thinking. And some men never do as they rack up more serious criminal infractions and technical violations while they are on parole.\n“We should be figuring out ways…to do away with a lot of these technical parole violations which aren't crimes \" Senghor says \"but you're punishing the person as if they've committed a new crime and you're creating the stigma that anybody who's going back just can't get it together when in reality a technical violation really isn't something worthy of a person being incarcerated for.”\n Senghor is working on that issue as the director of strategy and innovation for #cut50 an organization co-founded by Van Jones that works on criminal justice reform policies including re-entry initiatives and reducing the restrictive nature of probation and parole. He is also an executive producer of the show “Released ” on the OWN network. It shows the challenges of people recently released from prison.\n Senghor describes America’s justice system as “dysfunctional broken outdated and not designed to foster rehabilitation efforts or to keep communities safe.” He says systemic racism a failed mental health system poverty drug addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder contributes to mass incarceration more than anything else.\n“We have a system that fails \" Senghor says. \"And we still dump money into the system to further support the things that are proven not to work.”", "output": [ "Shaka Senghor" ] }, { "id": "task419-ffd28f7d70fd448ba68a2aa7cb1241a1", "input": "South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa leaves Parliament in Cape Town South Africa Tuesday Feb. 6 2018 after it was announced that this years state of the nation address that was to be delivered on Thursday will be postponed. Officials say South African President Jacob Zuma will not make the state of the nation address because of concerns that lawmakers may disrupt the event. (Associated Press)\nSouth African opposition parties say the country is in “limbo” as the ruling African National Congress party struggles to resolve its internal conflict over President Jacob Zuma who is under pressure to resign because of corruption scandals.\nThe parties say their leaders will meet on Monday to discuss a scheduled motion of no confidence in Zuma on Feb. 22 as well as parliament’s mandate to elect a new president in the event that Zuma is removed.\nDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa who is expected to replace Zuma says he anticipates a “speedy resolution” to transition talks he is holding with the president . Ramaphosa says there is “a lot of speculation and anxiety” about the status of the president and that South Africa is going through a challenging time.\n The deputy of South African President Jacob Zuma says he anticipates a “speedy resolution” to his talks with the president about a power transition.\nDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa who is expected to replace the scandal-tainted Zuma on Wednesday acknowledged “a lot of speculation and anxiety” about the status of the president and says South Africa is undergoing a challenging time.\nRamaphosa says in a statement that he is talking to Zuma about “the transition and matters relating to his position as the President of the Republic.”\n The deputy president says he expects that he and Zuma will report to the ruling party and the country in the coming days.\nSouth Africa’s embattled president calls it “fake” news — a social media report that Russian President Vladimir Putin was going to visit the country this week. President Jacob Zuma ’s office is also denying allegations by opponents that he is preparing to fire the deputy who is poised to take his job.\nThe disputed announcements Tuesday illustrate the uncertainty in South Africa where Zuma faces pressure to resign over alleged corruption. The speaker of parliament said Zuma will not give the state of the nation address in parliament Thursday and the ruling party announced the postponement of a key meeting Wednesday to discuss the president ’s fate.\nWhile Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa are holding talks on the leadership crisis the protracted wait for a resolution is fueling national anxiety.", "output": [ "Jacob Zuma" ] }, { "id": "task419-75c99018ceef40cba9f1df9a85c009e1", "input": "Matt Nagy took an interesting path to becoming the new Bears head coach. Here are 10 things to know about the Plainfield N.J. native.\nNagy who grew up in Lancaster Pa. has four children with his wife Stacey â all boys: Brayden Tate Jaxon and Jett. âWe tried for a girl and got twin boys â Nagy said via the Chiefs website.\nMitch Trubisky will be mentored by a former Arena Football League and Chiefs quarterbacks coach. Nagy played six seasons for the AFLâs New York Dragons (2002) Carolina Cobras (2004) Georgia Force (2005-06) and Columbus Destroyers (2007-08) passing for 18 866 yards and 374 touchdowns.\n Nagy still holds several school passing records at the University of Delaware such as throwing for 556 yards in a 1998 game against Connecticut. Nagy also quarterbacked the Manheim Central High School Barons to back-to-back state finals in 1994 and â95.\nLarry Wisdom who about 10 years ago was a major player in Chicago suburban real estate played a pivotal role in Nagy âs life. Wisdom a former Midwest regional president at builder Neumann Homes Inc. who had moved to the Lancaster area in 2007 hired Nagy in 2008 at a time when the AFL was in danger of closing shop and Nagy had a family of four children to support. âI was in a tough spot and he took care of us â Nagy said in a story on the Chiefs website. âI'll always be indebted to him .â\nWisdom came through again when he gave Nagy time off to pursue a second summer internship with the Eagles despite Nagy being only a few months into his new job as a Realtor.\nWisdom was also high school classmates with Aurora native Brad Childress who would eventually become Chiefs co-offensive coordinator with Nagy when Doug Pederson took the Eagles head coaching job in 2016.\nIn 2007 the then-Columbus Destroyers quarterback told the Columbus Dispatch that his last name had been pronounced NEH-gee and NAG-ee though according to Pennsylvania Dutch tradition itâs supposed to be NAHZJ-ee. \"Either way \" Nagy said at the time. \"In high school it was NEH-gee. In college it was NAG-ee. Now we don't know what it is.â The Chiefs media guide doesnât list a pronunciation though Nagy told the Dispatch he goes by NEH-gee.\n The Nagy rule\nWhen Andy Reid was coach of the Eagles he tried to sign then-intern Nagy as a quarterback after an injury to Kevin Kolb in August 2009. The NFL nixed that plan. Technically Nagy was still under contract with the AFL. Also NFL teams now canât sign interns as players to remove the temptation to stash potential replacements for injured players on their staffs.\nAn online profile of Wisdomâs company Keystone Custom Homes lists Nagy âs title as ânew homes advisor.â So between his old job and Wisdomâs knowledge of the Chicago market Nagy should have no problem finding a house near Halas Hall.\nIn Lancaster County home to Amish country and covered âkissing bridges â Nagy shares favorite-son bragging rights with former Cub Bruce Sutter (Lancaster) President James Buchanan (Lancaster) âChicago Fireâ actor Taylor Kinney (Lancaster) and golfer Jim Furyk (West Chester; Manheim Township High School). However Nagy canât lay claim to being called the best quarterback to come out of his own high school Manheim Central. That honor belongs to former Michigan State quarterback Jeff Smoker.\nBefore his career revival in Kansas City Alex Smith was underused as a runner and didnât get enough credit for his mobility an attribute he shares with Mitch Trubisky. Nagy said he used to give Smith the business about it though. â He is pretty athletic â Nagy said in a âCoachâs Cornerâ interview on Chiefs.com. âWe always get on him and tease him a little bit that he 's not as athletic as he thinks he is and bring him back down but that's definitely a great trait of his .â\nBears hire Matt Nagy as franchise's 16th head coach »\nSteve Rosenbloom: Bears GM Ryan Pace bets his job on Matt Nagy »", "output": [ "Matt Nagy" ] }, { "id": "task419-64d2762b61504ca8b66af21086257d36", "input": "After Ben Affleck gave a statement on the recent allegations against Harvey Weinstein a man he’s worked with on many projects one of the women accusing the Hollywood producer of sexual misconduct isn’t letting the “Justice League” star off the hook.\nOn Tuesday Ben Affleck joined the chorus of voices in Hollywood that have worked with Weinstein and now want to speak out against him .\nWhile Affleck ’s words sound like a condemnation of Weinstein’s actions Rose McGowan who is among the women accusing Weinstein isn’t buying Affleck ’s statement for a second. She ’s been tweeting non-stop against Weinstein and the entire Weinstein Company since the news broke and specifically targeted Affleck in some of these tweets. The first saw her call him and his brother Casey Affleck out. Casey recently dealt with sexual misconduct allegations of his own.\nAfter that she seemed to respond directly to the Batman actor’s statement on the matter with a curt “ Ben Affleck f--k off .” However it’s her latest tweet on the matter that’s grabbed many people’s attention.\nShe tweeted an image of a separate tweet to Affleck that seems to hint that the star knew about Weinstein’s behavior with women all along and even mentioned it at a press conference she claims she was forced to hold after her assault.\nMcGowan was named in The New York Times initial story about Weinstein after a 1997 incident. The then 23 year old was reportedly given an undisclosed settlement after an episode in a hotel room with Weinstein at the Sundance Film Festival. Now she’s claiming that Ben Affleck not only knew about it but actively did nothing. So far he has not commented further on the matter or addressed McGowan's claims.", "output": [ "Ben Affleckhe", "Ben" ] }, { "id": "task419-138086a3ecf046b9b5371808d3b10408", "input": "Johnny Bower didn't even want to come to Toronto. Yet the pint-sized goalie with the big heart became a part of Maple Leafs lore.\n Bower a beloved two-time Vezina Trophy winner who helped the Leafs win their last Stanley Cup in 1967 died on Tuesday. He was 93.\n His family said in a statement that the Hall of Famer died after a short battle with pneumonia.\n Bower was a two-time Vezina Trophy winner who became known as the China Wall. His career took off after the Leafs claimed him in an intra-league draft in 1958 and he played 475 regular-season games and won four Stanley Cups for the Leafs before playing his final game as a 45-year-old in 1969.\n\" He was an inspiration to us \" said George Armstrong who captained the Leafs' last championship team. \" He shamed others into hard work.\n\" John gave everything he could during workouts and we weren't going to let that old guy show us up.\"\nYears after retiring Bower remained one of the most beloved ex-Leafs even though he originally had no desire to be in Toronto. Bower was playing happily with the minor league Cleveland Barons in his 30s when Toronto acquired him . He said he only showed up to avoid being suspended.\n Johnny Bower helped the Leafs win their last Stanley Cup in 1967.\n\"They just wanted me for one year but I had a good team in front of me \" Bower recalled with a laugh in 2014. \"I was there for 13 years so it turned out really nice for me .\"\n The 5-foot-9 Bower won the Vezina Trophy in 1961 and shared it with teammate Terry Sawchuk in 1965. The Leafs hoisted the Cup in 1962 '63 '64 and '67 and Bower remained a standout into his 40s despite near-sightedness and painful arthritis.\n Bower pioneered the poke-check brazenly diving head first at opposing players to knock the puck off their sticks. The move came with a cost —the mask-less goalie suffered cuts and lost teeth by throwing himself into the action.\n Bower was the only boy among nine children in a family raised in rural Saskatchewan. He made his first goalie pads from an old mattress but put his hockey career on hold when he lied about his age in 1940 to fight in World War II. He told authorities that his birth certificate had burned in a fire allowing him to enlist at 16 years old. He was stationed in England but did not see action during the war because of his arthritis.\n\"It's a good thing I didn't because the Germans were right there waiting \" he said. \"A lot of guys there were killed on the beaches. I know four or five good hockey players from Prince Albert who were killed. They never came back. \"\nJohnny Bower . (SHAUN BEST/REUTERS)\n Bower wanted to remain in the AHL but he agreed to show up when Cleveland general manager James Hendy ensured him the Barons would take him back if Toronto didn't work out.\n He never returned instead becoming a fixture for one of the league's most storied franchises.", "output": [ "Johnny Bower" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e3b01636ec846fa9dc5f910739681e2", "input": "Atchison was also the subject of a 2016 FBI investigation after he made “generic comments” in an online gaming forum said the special agent in charge in Albuquerque Terry Wade . It’s unclear what those exact comments were.\nThe FBI checked databases and interviewed Atchison and his family in March 2016 but ultimately closed the investigation when it determined no crime had been committed. Wade said Atchison didn’t have a gun at the time he told agents he had no plans for an attack and he didn’t have any ties to any organizations.\nOn Thursday morning Atchison entered the 900-student school with multiple magazines on him and went to a bathroom. Student athlete Francisco Fernandez 18 walked in and was immediately shot by Atchison. The gunman then walked into the hallway and encountered Casey Marquez 17 also a student athlete and killed her according to officials.\n He then walked up and down the hallway firing randomly and into classrooms before shooting himself .\nInvestigators searched his home and his computer following the shooting. They found a paper with scratch notes in the trash can that had “work packup prep walk die” written on it according to KOB 4. They also found a thumb drive on his person that included electronic notes that offer more evidence the attack was planned officials said.", "output": [ "Terry Wade" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b197c3efd0f406093c30616c43af765", "input": "His once-promising political career in shambles Minnesota Sen. Al Franken appeared on the verge of resigning after fellow Democrats led by female senators abandoned him Wednesday over the mounting allegations of sexual misconduct that are roiling Capitol Hill.\nGillibrand was the first to call for Franken 's resignation on Wednesday but a torrent of Democrats quickly followed.\n\"I'm shocked and appalled by Sen. Franken's behavior \" said Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state. \"It's clear to me that this has been a deeply harmful persistent problem and a clear pattern over a long period of time. It's time for him to step aside.\"\nThough the writing appeared to be on the wall Franken 's departure was not certain. A tweet posted Wednesday evening on Franken 's Twitter account said: \"Senator Franken is talking with his family at this time and plans to make an announcement in D.C. tomorrow. Any reports of a final decision are inaccurate.\"\nSchumer called Franken immediately after the latest allegation — and before the torrent of demands for Franken 's resignation from Democrats — and told him he needed to resign said a Democrat familiar with the events. Schumer met later in his apartment with Franken and Franken's wife Franni and repeated that message and he did the same in additional talks with the senator throughout the day said the Democrat who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.\nDemocratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez weighed in too asking Franken to resign and saying \"Sexual misconduct harassment and assault have no place in the Democratic Party the United States Congress the White House or anywhere.\"\nThe resignation demands came in rapid succession even though Franken on Wednesday vehemently denied the new accusation that came from a former Democratic congressional aide who said he tried to forcibly kiss her after a taping of his radio show in 2006.\nThe woman who was not identified told Politico that Franken pursued her after her boss had left and she was collecting her belongings. She said that she ducked to avoid his lips and that Franken told her: \"It's my right as an entertainer.\"\n Franken already faced a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into previous claims by several other women that he groped them or sought to forcibly kiss them.\nThe allegations began in mid-November when Leeann Tweeden now a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour in Afghanistan.\nOther allegations followed including a woman who says Franken put his hand on her buttocks as they posed for a photo at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010. Two women told the Huffington Post that Franken squeezed their buttocks at political events during his first campaign for the Senate in 2008. A fourth woman an Army veteran alleged Franken cupped her breast during a photo on a USO tour in 2003.\n Franken has apologized for his behavior but has also disputed some of the allegations.\n Franken was first elected to the Senate in 2008 defeating Republican Norm Coleman in a bitter recount that took seven months. Franken won that race despite attacks over bawdy humor and writings dating back to his days on NBC's \"Saturday Night Live \" including a proposed skit joking about rape.", "output": [ "Al Franken" ] }, { "id": "task419-1a2dcf296f7a49bab5305043b76c0d6f", "input": "This year there is a tree shortage. Most growers blame the tightened supply on the Great Recession says Valerie Bauerlein who covered the story for The Wall Street Journal .\nA decade ago \"we were in a global economic malaise \" Bauerlein tells NPR's Michel Martin. \"And Christmas tree growers couldn't sell the trees that they had cut and for the price that they had in them so then they planted less.\"\nChristmas trees as magical as they might seem are still an agricultural crop. \"Trees grow about a foot a year \" Bauerlein says. \"So eight 10 years later there's a shortage. There's more demand [now] because the economy's prospering. And there are fewer trees to meet that demand.\" The total acreage in production has dropped at least 30 percent since the early 2000s she says.\nEven if you've seen plenty of trees in lots or in cut-your-own tree farms around your area this season you'll likely be paying more the farther you live from the biggest tree-producing states. Oregon and North Carolina now face reduced selection and higher prices Bauerlein says.\nThere is also been a movement of growers exiting the business. In recent years \"you also saw a lot of dropout of growers themselves especially smaller growers in western North Carolina — one of the main producers\" of trees Bauerlein says. \"You're also seeing fewer growers and [less] acreage in Oregon which is the biggest producer; they account for about 30 percent of the market.\" A lot of growers in Oregon are turning to grapes for wine and a smaller number to cannabis amid the booming marijuana industry she says.\nThis year Bauerlein says \"it's the high-end trees that are really coveted: The Fraser firs out of Oregon that are tougher to find especially at the height of 8 feet or above.\"", "output": [ "Valerie Bauerlein" ] }, { "id": "task419-ef404b2b4f2b4c259f5c26b820fd20b4", "input": "City EMT Patrick Moore said he was prepared to move emotionally disturbed Deborah Danner safely out of her Bronx apartment — and then the shooting started.\nAn angry Danner 66 had stopped screaming as Moore went to grab a chair used to move patients. A half-dozen police officers simultaneously entered her bedroom on Oct. 18 2016 the first responder testified Friday.\n“I assumed they were going to restrain her ” said Moore under questioning from Bronx prosecutor Newton Mendys in the murder trial of NYPD Sgt. Hugh Barry.\nInstead Moore recounted he heard cops shouting at the heavy-set older woman to “put it down get down” — apparently a reference to a baseball bat that Danner was holding.\n Deborah Danner asked to be left alone before fatal NYPD shooting\n Deborah Danner (Facebook)\nMoore recounted that the EMTs could hear Danner screaming when they reached the seventh floor of the building. When they reached her apartment Danner was holding a pair of scissors in her hands.\nFront page of New York Daily News for June 1 shows Barry charged with Danner 's murder. (New York Daily News)\nWithin a short time Danner was conducting a “fairly normal conversation with Brittney ” Moore testified adding that he kept his distance from the patient to avoid upsetting her “in any way.”\nBarry’s lawyer has argued the sergeant was forced to make a split-second life or death decision when Danner grabbed the baseball bat.\n“ Mrs. Danner was the aggressor and she was about to kill my client ” said defense attorney Andrew Quinn.", "output": [ "Deborah Danner" ] }, { "id": "task419-d20d8770914a40cfb213a94530cefbb2", "input": "CLOSE SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Dan Wolken goes inside the scandal that has rocked the sports world and the ripple effect it will have on college basketball and Rick Pitino's legacy. USA TODAY Sports\nFormer Louisville coach Rick Pitino (Photo: The Associated Press)\nFormer Louisville coach Rick Pitino told ESPN on Monday that while he is open to the idea of returning to coaching he is also trying to \"get on with a different part of my life.\"\n\"If a school come April comes to me in Miami and says 'We believe you we believe you were innocent ' I would give it a shot \" Pitino told ESPN.\n\"The way I feel today I'm not going to coach again \" Pitino said. \"But that may not be my feeling in February. I've got to get over the hurt. It's going to take some time. But the bitterness is gone.\"\n Pitino was suspended by Louisville on Sept. 27 one day after an FBI investigation into college basketball recruiting became public. Pitino was allegedly aware of efforts by a Louisville assistant and Adidas executives to funnel $100 000 to recruit Brian Bowen to entice him to sign with the school.", "output": [ "Rick Pitino" ] }, { "id": "task419-019b2ee53e9245aabecce154041c7ecd", "input": "Jane knows her husband didn't commit suicide but proving it has been a challenge. She uncovered an evil plot to brainwash people to commit horrific acts but her attempt to destroy the villain behind everything came with a horrible cost. She no longer has her job at the FBI and is a wanted fugitive. She keeps her son stashed away to protect him. Jane now roams the country to derail the mastermind and his nefarious plans.\nA beloved schoolteacher on leave due to migraines is the latest to fall under the vicious mind games. She has dreams of walking through fire and one afternoon she sets her vehicle on fire and drives through a hotel lobby. A sheriff uncovers her journals and sees a woman crying for help. When Jane learns of the incident she knows the people she 's trying to eliminate are responsible. She has already gone rogue and knowing her son is safe she has nothing to lose by going after the culprits.\nWhen one of her targets tells her \"You're dead already. They'll all know about you in the whispering room \" Jane knows she has to learn what his cryptic phrase means even though it obviously will be a trap to take her out of the picture.\n The character of Jane Hawk is arguably the best character Koontz has created. Knowledge of \"The Silent Corner\" helps put some of the narrative in perspective but it's not necessary to fall under the author's spell. It's clear that another story featuring her quest for ultimate justice is on the horizon and hopefully there will be even more after that.", "output": [ "Koontz Jane Hawk", "Hawk" ] }, { "id": "task419-b03a2c2728ae47dea8f61d5b98cb7934", "input": "The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics' opening ceremony is Friday but the first competitions are already under way. The U.S. curling team of Matt and Becca Hamilton led off a mixed doubles tournament by defeating a team from Russia.\nThere was a smattering of applause for each team as they were announced. The loudest cheers were reserved for the host South Korean team which was also on the ice as part of the mixed-doubles tournament at the Gangneung Curling Center.\n The Russians wore simple black and white uniforms. Other than their names their jerseys bore only one tag: Olympic Athlete From Russia – a requirement of anti-doping penalties against their country.\nThe two teams had a customary handshake at the start of the match. And the Russians also brought a gift. After the teams were introduced Anastasia Bryzgalova ran over to the Americans and presented a stuffed brown bear to Matt Hamilton .\nIn the first end the teams took turns seeking control of the target area with Matt Hamilton successfully dislodging two Russian stones from the house the inner circles where points are scored. After the Russians reestablished themselves Becca Hamilton cleaned them out again and left the Americans' stones in place taking a 3-0 advantage in the first end.\nTrying to add to their edge in the second end the Hamiltons grouped four stones on the red circle to the Russians' two. But the center then became clogged with six stones – and the Russians used their last stone to secure an advantage and take two points.\nThe match went quickly a hallmark of the mixed doubles format. And in this match between representatives of rival nations there were no signs of awkwardness out on the sheet — other than an incident midway through when Matt Hamilton got tangled up with his counterpart Alexander Krushelnitskiy.\nAs they attempted to sweep stones along the outer ring Hamilton fell to the ice and Krushelnitskiy quickly gestured an apology. The two shook hands and Hamilton headed back to the other end with a smile on his face.", "output": [ "Becca Hamilton" ] }, { "id": "task419-3ff3fbcc2532448ca09b0bc2d0f1f4b1", "input": "Washington (CNN) On Thursday night in New Hampshire former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon offered a simple explanation for the bombshell report in The Washington Post that Alabama Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore pursued sexual relationships with four teenagers when he was in his early 30s.\n\"The Bezos Amazon Washington Post that dropped that dime on Donald Trump is the same Bezos Amazon Washington Post that dropped the dime this afternoon on Judge Roy Moore \" Bannon said . \"Now is that a coincidence? That's what I mean when I say opposition party right?\"\nIt's an echo of what Moore himself said after the Post story went live: \"The Washington Post has already endorsed the judge's opponent and for months they have engaged in a systematic campaign to distort the truth about the judge's record and career and derail his campaign \" read the statement in part . (The Post's editorial board endorsed Doug Jones Moore 's Democratic opponent. The newsgathering end of the organization has zero interaction with the editorial board.)\nIt's easy for Bannon (or Moore ) to make the \"fake news hates conservatives\" argument. Hardcore conservatives will believe it. Because they hate the media.\nUsing Bannon's logic that the whole Moore story was cooked up by the media to get Moore you must also believe the following things:\n* The Post convinced four women who were willing to put their names forward publicly and risk the scrutiny that comes with that decision to lie about their interactions with Moore when they were teenagers. The Post was able to do this despite the fact that the four women did not know one another. And they did not reach out to the Post in an effort to get their stories told.\n* These women created detailed stories about how they met Moore where he took them on dates and how he sought to make the relationship more romantic or sexual.\n* That these women were motivated by political dislike for Moore (or Republicans) to make up these tales. (Worth noting: Leigh Corfman the woman at the center of The Post story voted for the Republican nominee in each of the last three elections -- including for Trump in 2016.) Or that they were paid somehow to do it. Or they just lied to lie. Or something.\n* More than two dozen other people who helped corroborate the Post story were also in on this ruse. (The Post said it interviewed more than 30 people who said they knew Moore between 1977 and 1982 which is when these episodes allegedly took place.) That's a whole lot of people to organize into a grand scheme to lie about Moore 's sexual misconduct.\nAgain if you believe Bannon go back and read what I wrote above. Because if you believe that this is all a targeted effort to take out Moore because of his beliefs you need to believe all of the rest of that stuff is true too.", "output": [ "Roy Moore" ] }, { "id": "task419-d05374e0f237437f9c9da89ecb51bbe2", "input": "HOUSTON — Hakeem Olajuwon is now a Rockets adviser who has expressed interest in an ownership stake. So the Nigerian great no longer can run his post skills school where he once hosted Amar’e Stoudemire as a Knick.\nNevertheless Olajuwon said he would love to work with 7-foot-3 Kristaps Porzingis but frankly the retired Rockets superstar doesn’t think he needs much help. Porzingis already has dabbled in attempting the “Dream Shake’’ earlier this season.\n“I think [ he makes it] easy ’’ Olajuwon said. “ He ’s very skilled very smart. The height he has the advantage in the post. The guy that got skill in the post game he ’s already amazing. It gets much easier for him .”\n Olajuwon missed the chance to see Porzingis live Saturday as the Knicks star sat out the Rockets game at Toyota Center with back stiffness. Porzingis’ improvement this season has been his post game — more in the mid-post than deep inside.\n“Everyone can always get stronger ’’ Olajuwon said. “But he ’s fantastic always plays with confidence has a lot of moves shooting 3s. I think the post game is most important because of his length. He ’s so skilled he can do whatever he wants on the floor.”\n“I’ve tried the Dream Shake but I wouldn’t say I can do it like him ’’ Porzingis said. “Not close.’’", "output": [ "Hakeem Olajuwon" ] }, { "id": "task419-2f20748f5b6b4d15b9f3f0760486cc3b", "input": "Tinder swindler Brandon Kiehm — who stole thousands of dollars from women he met on the dating app by lying about needing money for cancer treatments for family members — is now trying to squeeze $12 million from the city claiming he was both assaulted and tripped and fell in jail.\n Kiehm has filed three legal claims over three separate incidents in The Tombs in lower Manhattan in December 2016 February 2017 and August 2017.\n He says the December and February attacks involved different jail mates and both were “unprovoked.”\n He suffered lacerations head trauma and seizures following the beatdowns according to court papers and his attorney Matthew Waller.\nIn August he slipped on an uneven section of rooftop which serves as the recreation area for inmates at Manhattan Detention Center known as The Tombs.\n He says his foot will be permanently deformed because jail staff refused to treat a fractured bone.\n Kiehm 37 was sentenced to two years in prison in December.", "output": [ "Brandon Kiehm" ] }, { "id": "task419-fe85da2bf0764adcb4eca498136a4fa7", "input": "The reason Trump is able to tap into his campaign funds for legal expenses is because for the past decade presidential candidates have abandoned public financing for their campaigns. Instead they have built networks that collect millions of dollars from private donors a move that comes with less restrictions on how the money is spent.\n Trump also filed for reelection the day he took office in January two years earlier than any previous president ensuring a fund of millions in campaign cash would remain at his disposal.\nAccording to its most recent filing to the Federal Election Commission Donald J. Trump for President Inc had almost $12 million on hand by the end of June an increase of over $4 million since January.\nAccording to a July filing the Trump campaign paid $50 000 to the law firm of Alan Futerfas who is representing Donald Trump Jr. Futerfas did not respond for requests for comment.\nA number of other current and former Trump staffers have also recently hired lawyers.", "output": [ "Donald Trump Jr." ] }, { "id": "task419-3229e88c5b4e4fe88bef1f570735c18d", "input": "Call it a good news-bad news scenario for Gus Kenworthy .\n The outspoken freestyle skier broke his thumb in training on Thursday.\n He tweeted out a picture of his X-Ray along with one of his freshly casted hand and included this quip: \"It won't stop me from competing (obvi) but it does prevent me from shaking Pence's hand so ... Silver linings! \"\n Kenworthy has previously said he would not go to the White House as part of the traditional visit the U.S. Olympic team makes after the Olympics.", "output": [ "Gus Kenworthy" ] }, { "id": "task419-132c6b6a97ab48718216464d6559ea07", "input": "Sep 19 2017: USA midfielder Megan Rapinoe (15) against New Zealand at Nippert Stadium University of Cincinnati. (Photo: Aaron Doster/USA TODAY Sports)\nJust where the hell does U.S. women’s national team forward Megan Rapinoe get off? Why is it that she and other female professional athletes can’t just go play ball without bringing all this other stuff into it?\n“Honestly I feel like we are a walking protest ” Rapinoe said. “The fact that we’re women professional athletes says that in and of itself. We’ve been feeling the inequality; we’ve been struggling with pay equality or whatever it is or sexism in sports.\nLet’s leave the sarcasm of my second paragraph aside and get serious: Rapinoe is saying her very existence is a protest. She and other female professional athletes are bucking societal expectation the moment they get out of bed to fix a cup of coffee.\nCan you imagine the pressure and frustration that must bring? Who could blame Rapinoe or anyone else if they were to go along to get along by accepting the status quo? If they were afraid to draw any additional attention to themselves or speak out on controversial topics?\n Rapinoe made headlines this week by saying FIFA didn’t care about women’s soccer after the organization nominated a little-known college player as its top international player of the year.\n“The award just doesn’t hold a lot of weight when you’ve got someone on the list I’ve never heard of ” Rapinoe told the BBC.\n Rapinoe was also at the front of a push for a pay raise for the women’s national team.\n She said the conversation got moved into a direct comparison with the men’s team but “for us the conversation is always about getting paid what we feel like we’re worth and getting paid as the sport grows and as we help grow the sport – I mean we’ve seen tremendous growth in the sport the last four or five years.”\nThe push resulted in a new contract Rapinoe said but she and four teammates took the matter to federal court. They said they earn about a quarter of what their male counterparts earn even though the women’s team which in 2015 won the World Cup for the third time brought in about $20 million more in revenue than the men according to a U.S. Soccer financial report.\nAs for the anthem Rapinoe took a knee a year ago before a National Women’s Soccer League match in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick who was seeking to bring attention to systemic racism and overly aggressive police tactics in minority communities.\nIf a group is protesting for its rights Rapinoe said “you need people from every slice of society to kind of get behind that and at the end of the day we’re all the same we’re all just human beings; in this country we’re all Americans and everybody deserves the right to you know have life liberty and all the things that we love to hang our hat on as Americans.", "output": [ "Megan Rapinoe" ] }, { "id": "task419-c419c8ea9cdc43e7ad71c80c615d17dd", "input": "CLOSE The last Leonardo da Vinci painting in private hands is going to auction at Christie's in New York for an estimated $100 million. Da Vinciâs depiction of Jesus titled \"Salvator Mundi \" will be auctioned on Nov. 15. (Oct. 10) AP\nVisitors to Christie's wait outside in a line to view Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator Mundi' Tuesday Nov. 14 2017. (Photo: Julie Jacobson AP)\nNEW YORK (AP) â A painting of Christ by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci sold for a record $450 million (380 million euros) at auction on Wednesday obliterating previous records for artworks sold at auction or privately.\n The painting called \"Salvator Mundi \" Italian for \"Savior of the World \" is one of fewer than 20 paintings by Leonardo known to exist and the only one in private hands. It was sold by Christie's auction house which didn't immediately identify the buyer.\nLeonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Salvator Mundi achieves $450 312 500 a #worldauctionrecord for any work of art sold at auction. pic.twitter.com/snKxm7t3cb â Christie's (@ChristiesInc) November 16 2017\nThe 26-inch-tall (66-centimeter-tall) Leonardo painting dates from around 1500 and shows Christ dressed in Renaissance-style robes his right hand raised in blessing as his left hand holds a crystal sphere.\nIts path from Leonardo 's workshop to the auction block at Christie's was not smooth. Once owned by King Charles I of England it disappeared from view until 1900 when it resurfaced and was acquired by a British collector. At that time it was attributed to a Leonardo disciple rather than to the master himself.\nThe painting was sold again in 1958 and then acquired in 2005 badly damaged and partly painted-over by a consortium of art dealers who paid less than $10 000 (8 445 euros). The art dealers restored the painting and documented its authenticity as a work by Leonardo .\nChristie's says most scholars agree that the painting is by Leonardo though some critics have questioned the attribution and some say the extensive restoration muddies the work's authorship.\nChristie's capitalized on the public's interest in Leonardo considered one of the greatest artists of all time with a media campaign that labeled the painting \"The Last Da Vinci.\" The work was exhibited in Hong Kong San Francisco London and New York before the sale.\nIn New York where no museum owns a Leonardo art lovers lined up outside Christie's Rockefeller Center headquarters on Tuesday to view \"Salvator Mundi.\"", "output": [ "Leonardo da Vinci" ] }, { "id": "task419-bb1b22d5cf9d4cd2bd036c6744ace699", "input": "Hurricane Irma Leaves Devastation Of 'Epic Proportions' In Caribbean\nA string of tiny Caribbean islands have been left stunned and devastated by the destructive force of Hurricane Irma one of the strongest storms ever to hit the region. Some islands appear to have been spared but others suffered loss of life and damage on a near-apocalyptic scale.\nIn Barbuda communications were severed as Irma made landfall just before midnight on Tuesday. Antigua 25 miles to the south dodged the full force of the storm prompting Prime Minister Gaston Browne at first to declare it a miracle that his nation had been spared.\n\"I journeyed to Barbuda this afternoon and what I saw was heart-wrenching absolutely devastating \" Browne said on state-owned television Wednesday afternoon. \"In fact I believe that on a per capita basis the extent of the destruction in Barbuda is unprecedented. And it is unprecedented based on the type of storm. Hurricane Irma would have been easily the most powerful hurricane to have stormed through the Caribbean and it is extremely unfortunate that Barbuda was right in its path.\"\nSome six hours later Irma smashed into St. Martin about 60 miles northwest of Barbuda. The island was directly in the storm's path and the half-French half-Dutch island suffered horrendously as a result.\nNorth of St. Martin the low-lying British island of Anguilla took what U.K. Foreign Office Minister Alan Duncan described as the full force of Irma.\nThe British and U.S. Virgin Islands popular tourist and charter boat destinations were next in the path of Hurricane Irma. The outer bands of the approaching storm began to lash the islands early Wednesday afternoon.\n\"We are very grateful to be able to report that all of our team on Island have been accounted for as safe as well. Necker Island felt the effects of Hurricane Irma and sustained extensive damage the extent of which we are still assessing.\"\nAlthough Irma passed just north of Puerto Rico sparing it a full-on hit from the storm the island's precarious electrical infrastructure couldn't withstand the glancing blow. More than 1 million Puerto Ricans were reportedly without electricity.\nLike the Dominican Republic Haiti is only getting a sideswipe from Irma but unlike its neighbor on the island of Hispaniola the land in French-speaking Haiti has been largely denuded of trees leaving it especially vulnerable to landslides and flooding from heavy rains.\n\"It looks like Haiti won't get a direct hit from Irma and that's fortunate because the country is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Matthew which wiped out the country nearly a year ago \" said Hervil Cherubin country director for Heifer International a nonprofit working with 15 000 farming families across Haiti.", "output": [ "Irma" ] }, { "id": "task419-e7b6c9305e3d4b0c9dd8147aa98b5194", "input": "Stand-up superstar Louis C.K. came clean Friday about his obscene behavior admitting in a lengthy apology that he masturbated in front of five women.\nThe Emmy-winning star of the acclaimed “Louie” television show said the New York Times' detailed expose about his creepy sexual antics left him reeling.\n“But what I learned later in life too late is that when you have power over another person asking them to look at your d--- isn't a question. It's a predicament for them. ”\nLouis C.K. ’s ‘I Love You Daddy’ won’t be released\nThe quintet of female actresses and comedians shared their stories of C.K. ’s crude behavior between the early 1990s and 2005.\n C.K. acknowledged using the women’s admiration for his work to turn them into unwitting victims of his strange sexual behavior. And he said the woman remained silent because of his lofty position in the comedy world.\n Louis C.K. admitted to the scathing sexual misconduct allegations. (Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)\n“The hardest regret to live with is what you’ve done to hurt someone else ” he wrote in the nine-paragraph statement. “And I can hardly wrap my head around the scope of hurt I brought on them.”", "output": [ "Louis C.K" ] }, { "id": "task419-44c072545bfa4612b9b61b9780681fa8", "input": "And even now itâs only been one player: Aâs catcher Bruce Maxwell . In an interview with SI.com Maxwellâs mom offered this opinion on athletes deciding to take a knee:\nI think you canât speak for everyone. Everyone has their own viewpoint and everyone has their own story. Everyone has their own reason to do what theyâre doingâand all I can do is support Bruce for his reasoning. Because I know what he has gone through and I know how he feels. I know this was a long time coming but I think the turning point for him was when the president was in his hometown.\nBut why just Maxwell ?\nâWhen I was a kid you had all these guys athletes like Jim Brown Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar following Dr. Martin Luther King. Iâll only speak for baseball but nowadays we donât have an Ali. We donât even have the personalities of my generation and the one before me. Baseball has become so soldier-like bow your head type stuff. In light of all that for decades MLB players didnât stand for the flag. Youâd have guys in the locker room eating stretching in the bullpen sitting in the dugout players were spread out all over the field. There was no idea of âunity.â Only the Braves and Yankees made it mandatory to stand on the top step of the dugout. That was the only time I even paid attention.", "output": [ "Bruce Maxwell" ] }, { "id": "task419-03244165462a4685b8792a043997a35b", "input": "Santa Cruz proposed a ballot measure that said if an oil company wanted to build facilities on land residents would have to vote on it first. It passed. The measure also designated funds to spread the idea so Santa Cruz hired Dan Haifley to be an anti-oil Johnny Appleseed.\n\"I would sleep on couches and I would travel the state in my little car tiny little thing \" Haifley says.\n He visited local officials along the coast slide projector in hand. \"It was grassroots democracy and grassroots activism at its best \" he says.\nIn all Haifley convinced 26 coastal cities and counties to adopt similar policies. They were challenged by the oil industry but upheld by a federal court.\nEven today oil companies can't build new infrastructure without voter approval in most of those places. The zoning rules create what Haifley calls \"a coastal wall of resistance\" against offshore drilling.", "output": [ "Dan Haifley" ] }, { "id": "task419-462d338b59bc41c5a188130de4b4b741", "input": "Manager Joe Maddon knows the Cubs' challenge is simple regardless of whether they are facing Tanner Roark Stephen Strasburg or Clayton Kershaw.\n\"(The Nationals) have spectacular pitching but our guys have matched them inning after inning \" Maddon said. \"That's how we have won. Their pitching has been great. So has ours.\"\n Maddon was speaking before before Tuesday's Game 4 of their best-of-five National League Division Series was postponed until Wednesday because of rain.\n\"You have to pitch better than great pitching to win it.\" he said. \"And we have. It comes down to that. Our starting pitching has permitted us to be in this position.\"\n Maddon said he didn't consider bumping Arrieta who hasn't pitched since Sept. 26 because of a nagging right hamstring injury in favor of Game 1 victor Kyle Hendricks.\nUnlike the two wild-card games and the three other division series the Cubs and Nationals have received exceptional starting pitching that reminded Maddon of postseason play in the 1960s and '70s.\n\"It has been interesting to watch \" Maddon said. \"The runs being scored against some really good pitching. I don't know the reason. There is no good reason.\n Maddon was extremely pleased that his players stayed busy leading up to the postponement that came about 40 minutes after the scheduled starting time and that no one came to his office asking for updates.\nNor did Maddon convey his players were consumed with speculation over whether Strasburg would take Roark's spot.\n\"There's nothing you can do to control any of these events so why even waste one second worrying about it \" Maddon said.\nIn any case Maddon said he 's sure the Cubs will be ready for the Dodgers if they advance.\n\"Whoever wins this series we'll be ready for that moment \" Maddon said. \"Neither one will be concerned about that. You'll just be happy to get there actually.", "output": [ "Joe Maddon" ] }, { "id": "task419-85defc98a0a44edcb2a91835ee51f2c2", "input": "Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) speaks with reporters after announcing his retirement at the conclusion of his term on Capitol Hill in Washington U.S. September 26 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein\nWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Bob Corker the influential Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Tuesday he will not run for re-election a blow to a party already struggling to balance divisions between mainstream and more populist wings.\nAn establishment Republican Corker has been criticized from the right and a conservative activist had already announced a primary challenge. But he was expected to keep the seat and had amassed a $7.5 million campaign war chest.\n Corker has ruled out running for governor of Tennessee.\n“I have no idea what I‘m going to do. No idea whatsoever ” Corker said in an interview. But he said he was not leaving out of frustration over deep party divides that have often paralyzed Congress.\n Corker announced his retirement on the day of the failure of the latest Republican effort to repeal former Democratic President Barack Obama’s healthcare law.\n“I am not going to be one of the people who leaves here badmouthing what is one of the greatest privileges of one’s life ” Corker said.\nHe said he realized he was ready to retire on Aug. 24 during a factory groundbreaking in Clarksville Tennessee and almost announced his decision at least twice before Tuesday. Corker said that he made his announcement now to allow a strong candidate time to enter the Senate race.\n Corker is the first senator to announce his retirement ahead of the 2018 mid-term elections when one-third of the 100-seat chamber will be up for grabs. Tennessee is a solidly Republican state and the party which currently holds a 52-seat majority in the Senate is favored to keep his seat.\nIn his official announcement Corker said that “after much thought consideration and family discussion” over the past year he and his wife Elizabeth “have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires at the end of 2018.”\n Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) walks away after speaking with reporters after announcing his retirement at the conclusion of his term on Capitol Hill in Washington U.S. September 26 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein\nCLASHES WITH TRUMP\nIn August after Trump’s much-criticized reaction to violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia Corker told reporters in his home state Tennessee that Trump had not been able to demonstrate the “stability” or competence that he needed to be successful as president.\nAfter the exchange the two men had an hour-long meeting at the White House this month that Corker has described as a wide-ranging and friendly discussion.\n Corker will remain chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee until he leaves in January 2019. He said he wanted the panel to address issues including Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s State Department reorganization food aid reform and the fight against human trafficking and modern slavery.\n Corker said the committee would address the international nuclear agreement with Iran as Trump faces a mid-October deadline for deciding whether to certify that Tehran is complying with that pact. That decision could force Congress to decide whether to reimpose sanctions. Corker would not say whether Trump had decided to certify or not.", "output": [ "Bob Corker" ] }, { "id": "task419-9dba0599a22147d9b13cc6391048914c", "input": "Embattled Republican Party chairman Michael Steele announced Monday that he will seek a second term despite a rocky two years marked by allegations of financial mismanagement and frequent verbal gaffes.\n After weighing a decision for weeks as challengers lined up Steele alerted the 168-member Republican National Committee during an evening conference call that he would run according to participants listening. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because the call was private.\n Steele's troubled first term expires in January and the committee must then vote on who should run the party's national operations during the 2012 presidential election cycle.\n A former Maryland lieutenant governor Steele was chosen to run the party in January 2009. He became the first black national chairman in the Republican Party's history just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president.\n Steele was considered an outsider because he wasn't part of the RNC's clubby environment. His brash style and unconventional ways irked establishment Republicans from the outset. Questions about his financial management of the RNC followed.\n Republican victories up and down the ballot in November didn't quiet Steele's critics. Complaints about Steele's stewardship of the party's national operations only mounted. And he has watched his once strong support within the RNC rank and file all but evaporate as Republican leaders on Capitol Hill and in states across the country signaled they desired new leadership.\n No less than a half dozen Republicans are weighing challenges to Steele or have launched candidacies. The two latest to formally announce bids are Maria Cino a New York native who served in the Bush administration and planned the party's 2008 nominating convention and Gentry Collins who headed the RNC's political department under Steele.\n Others in the mix include: Saul Anuzis a committeeman from Michigan who lost to Steele in the 2009 chairman's race; Reince Priebus the Wisconsin Republican chairman and Ann Wagner a former Missouri state Republican chair and a former ambassador.", "output": [ "Michael Steele" ] }, { "id": "task419-3beb34386121460eb1d5a291c2c11bda", "input": "Shelita Funderberk cried in Manhattan Supreme Court after she was found not guilty of 22 counts tied to trafficking firearms from the South to New York City.\nProsecutors say Funderberk ’s significant other Abdul Davis 54 sold over 80 weapons to an undercover cop between March 2015 and April 2016.\n Funderberk was accused of driving him to the illegal gun deals. Prosecutors also said she helped facilitate purchases.\nBut Funderberk maintained her innocence.\n“ She fell for a man she knew nothing about ” her attorney Susan Calvello said after the verdict.", "output": [ "Shelita Funderberk" ] }, { "id": "task419-2e98951216c248cd88def263b5919a9f", "input": "Chinese President Xi Jinping claps while addressing the media as he introduces new members of the Politburo Standing Committee at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on Oct 25. (Ng Han Guan/AP)\nChina’s constitution is set to drop the two-term limit for president allowing Xi Jinping to extend his rule beyond 2023. Here are three things to know about Xi’s increasingly personal rule:\n1. Xi has broken a decades-old norm of collective rule\nDeng Xiaoping the Chinese leader who spearheaded reform after Mao passed spoke against personal rule in 1980: “Over-concentration of power is liable to give rise to arbitrary rule by individuals at the expense of collective leadership.” Most China watchers expected Xi to follow his predecessor Hu Jintao’s example and rule for only 10 years but now there is consensus that Xi will stay on after this period.\n [ Xi Jinping just made it clear where China’s foreign policy is headed ]\nIn China Xi packed key government positions with his supporters while purging rivals. He also created significant new organizations such as small leadership groups that he controls to circumvent rival power centers. With these latest constitutional changes he has rigged the game in his favor too. The Chinese Communist Party is a massive and powerful organization but increasingly it is an institution ruled by just one man Xi Jinping.\nBeyond this Xi has initiated a substantial anti-corruption campaign that has gone after tens of thousands of officials at all levels including retired top leaders such as Zhou Yongkang. Some targets no doubt were Xi rivals but there is good reason to believe that the Communist Party’s pervasive corruption had become a major source of economic and political risk.\nEven if Xi is interested in the party and the broader regime rather than his own aggrandizement going after top-level retirees broke a norm of exemption. This makes it difficult for Xi to retire as he could become a target given his family’s wealth — despite their efforts to shed assets.\nTo be sure the proposed constitutional revisions do not stop at allowing Xi a third term. They call for inclusion of a reference to “core socialist values ” a “public oath of allegiance to the constitution” for state officials upon assuming office and for listing a supervision commission as a new state organ.\nThese changes are evidence that power is centralizing in Beijing — in addition to being concentrated in Xi . Local government officials enjoyed relatively free rein for much of the post-Mao period as long as the economy grew and tax revenue came in. But the central government increasingly is investing in its monitoring capacity and offering a rhetoric of governing morally with a mix of Confucian and Communist Party virtues.", "output": [ "Xi Jinping" ] }, { "id": "task419-15f0893aa8854e9eb61587563bc2b731", "input": "The White House projects a large gap between government spending and tax revenue over the next decade adding at least $7 trillion to the debt over that time. In 2019 and 2020 alone the government would add a combined $2 trillion in debt under Trump ’s plan.\nEven with upbeat economic forecasts and numerous proposed cuts to social programs — most of which are expected tol be dead on arrival in Congress — the Trump administration projects that it would run a deficit of $450 billion in 2027.\nDemocrats though reacted with hostility saying the proposal confirmed their long-held belief that Trump would pivot from large tax cuts for corporations to a push to scale back government benefits for low-income Americans.\n“The Trump budget proposal makes clear his desire to enact massive cuts to health care anti-poverty programs and investments in economic growth to blunt the deficit-exploding impact of his tax cuts for millionaires and corporations ” Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee said. “These cuts to critical federal investments are so extreme they can only reflect a disdain for working families and a total lack of vision for a stronger society.”\nRepublicans have long called for eliminating the budget deficit but Trump has ushered in a new economic strategy jettisoning deficit fears in favor of a low-tax high-spending model that he thinks will boost the economy. Such an approach has risks particularly as government debt levels are projected to grow at least $7 trillion over the next decade.\nLast year Trump and his budget director Mick Mulvaney sought to use the budget as a way to promise that the deficit would be eliminated over 10 years even though many of its proposals were not enacted.", "output": [ "Trumpbudget" ] }, { "id": "task419-24345c5fbad642649d5663c7d2892fcd", "input": "“It forced the office to take a policy position that it may or may not agree to ” Michael Botticelli the former director of the drug czar’s office told HuffPost. “[It] hamstrings you into a policy position that might be the policy of the day but that might change.”\nThe statute also made answering questions about marijuana policy complicated. When Botticelli was a deputy within the office Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) introduced legislation to remove the by-then-controversial language on marijuana. The bill went nowhere. Botticelli struggled even to answer questions on the subject.\nOperating within these political and legal constraints Botticelli and others adopted more nuanced approaches to their work. The office pushed to obtain more federal funding for treatment. It supported states that sought to route those addicted to illegal substances like opioids away from the criminal justice system and into treatment. Botticelli supported the Justice Department’s efforts to shed the more onerous drug war era initiatives such as requiring mandatory minimum sentences for even low-level drug possession.\nLater in that interview Botticelli was asked about legalizing marijuana not just decriminalizing penalties for its use. He said he was against states’ commercializing the drug. “It becomes an addiction to unfortunately a tax revenue that’s often based on bad public health policy ” he said. His predecessor had had similar reservations about outright legalizing marijuana.\n The closest Botticelli came to addressing the decriminalization issue directly occurred when District of Columbia residents voted to ease restrictions on marijuana use. “I might not agree about legalization but I do agree with our own ability to spend our own money the way that we want to ” he said.\nNeither Botticelli nor his office would go much further than that during the eight years of the Obama presidency. Had they done so they would have incurred blowback from both parties in Congress and alienated drug prevention advocates who oppose marijuana use. More importantly the controversy would likely have distracted from the more critical opioid epidemic. That crisis ended up driving home the argument for a public health approach to drug addiction.", "output": [ "Michael Botticelli" ] }, { "id": "task419-003fee57a78d4e65b5258ec3bd9649fd", "input": "Nov. 8 (UPI) — The Miami Dolphins have signed tackle Zach Sterup off of the Cleveland Browns’ practice squad.\n Sterup entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent signing by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2016. He joined the Browns’ practice squad on Sept. 9 after being waived on Sept. 7. He also spent time on the New York Jets’ practice squad.\n Sterup was a two-year starter at Nebraska. The 6-foot-9 318-pound offensive lineman will add depth to the Dolphins’ offensive line which lost right tackle Ja’Wuan James to a hamstring injury during Sunday’s loss to the Oakland Raiders.\nThe Dolphins are currently starting Laremy Tunsil at left tackle Jesse Davis at left guard Mike Pouncey at center and Jermon Bushrod at right guard. Before the Sterup signing the Dolphins just had Sam Young Ted Larsen Jake Brendel and Isaac Asiata serving as backups according to the team’s depth chart.", "output": [ "Zach Sterup" ] }, { "id": "task419-9034606c2bbd4dda95ced2582eff5693", "input": "The Spanish government says it is seeking legal advice on challenging the proposed candidacy of fugitive Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to lead a new Catalan regional government . Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said Thursday that the government has asked the consultative State Council for its opinion on whether such a challenge can be presented before the Constitutional Court . If the council agrees a challenge Friday could halt a vote on Puigdemont . Saenz de Santamaria said Puigdemont ' s legal status does not allow him to appear in person for the investiture . Puigdemont is wanted in Spain on possible rebellion and sedition charges as part of an investigation into the Catalan parliament ' s declaration of independence Oct . 27 . Spain also intends challenging any plan to vote him in in absentia .", "output": [ "Saenz de Santamaria" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf24a474ecaa47ceabc02022856d49cc", "input": "Image caption Chisako Kakehi is said to be suffering from dementia\n Chisako Kakehi is accused of using cyanide to kill her lovers and make millions from insurance payouts. Her lawyers plan to appeal the sentence.\nProsecutors said she targeted wealthy men who were mostly elderly or sick.\n She became known in Japanese media as the Black Widow after the female spider which kills its mates after sex.\nKyoto District Court ruled that Chisako Kakehi used cyanide \"with a murderous intention\" in the four cases and that she should be held responsible for the crimes even though she had been diagnosed with dementia.\n Kakehi who was wearing a hearing aid and asked the judge to speak loudly during the proceedings showed no emotion when the sentence was handed down.\n Ms Kakehi was accused of murdering her fourth husband 75-year-old Isao Kakehi on 28 December 2013 a month after they got married.\n She was also accused of killing two other boyfriends aged between 70 and 80 and the attempted murder and robbery of another boyfriend - who later died of cancer - between 2007 and 2013.\nThe trial heard that she had joined matchmaking services in which she had specifically requested to meet men who were rich and childless.\n She reportedly inherited around one billion yen ($8.8 million) in all although she later lost some of it through the stock market.\nDuring the 135 day trial Kakehi appeared to admit killing Isao Kakehi saying he had not treated her well financially but later retracted it.\n Her lawyers said at the time that her testimony could not be trusted because of her dementia. They have appealed against the death sentence to a higher court arguing that her dementia means she cannot be held criminally liable.", "output": [ "Chisako Kakehi" ] }, { "id": "task419-7c1125aad7b94bd8b2fd43a58844c5ea", "input": "That in turn led to attacks from fellow NBA star LeBron James against the commander-in-chief.\nThat policy did not stop LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliersfrom making it abundantly clear that they are unwilling to hear the president out tweeting last week that the commander-in-chief is a “bum” and noting that Curry told him that he did not intend to visit the White House anyway.\n James also said “Going to the White House was a great honor until you showed up!” referring to his meeting with former President Barack Obama.\nU bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up! — LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23 2017\n James voted for Hillary Clinton.\nObama invited James and then-President-elect Trump to the White House on the same day November 10 2016.", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-406e350d05924b1bb685e4423940935d", "input": "Adam Rippon the 2016 U.S. men’s figure skating pitched a particularly nasty hissy fit — telling USA Today he would prefer not to shake the vice president’s hand before the opening ceremony.\n Mr. Rippon is believed to be the first openly gay Winter Olympian — and he took great umbrage at the vice president’s devout Christian faith.\n“You mean Mike Pence the same Mike Pence that funded gay conversion therapy?” Rippon snarled. “I’m not buying it .”\n“I don’t think he has a real concept of reality ” Mr. Rippon said. “To stand by some of the things that Donald Trump has said and for Mike Pence to say he’s a devout Christian man is completely contradictory. If he’s okay with what’s being said about people and Americans and foreigners and about different countries that are being called ‘s***holes ’ I think he should really go to church.”\n Adam Rippon may know how to land a triple axel but when it comes to civility and grace he ’s skating on thin ice.", "output": [ "Adam Rippon" ] }, { "id": "task419-f7ae7e16976d4e40aa88fe998e8c17cf", "input": "James Harden scored 31 points and the Houston Rockets won their 11th straight game with a 120-102 victory Friday night over the Minnesota Timberwolves who lost All-Star Jimmy Butler to an apparent right knee injury.\n Butler left the game late in the third quarter. After grabbing a rebound late in the third quarter he pivoted and planted hard on his right foot before collapsing and grabbing his right knee. He was on the floor for at least three minutes before he was carried off the court by two teammates. He appeared to avoid putting weight on his right leg when heading to the locker room.\nA Timberwolves official said during the fourth quarter that Minnesota coach Tom Thibodeau would provide an update on Butler 's injury following the game.\nTimberwolves: After Butler fell to the floor the play continued and ended with Taj Gibson committing a horse-collar-like takedown of Harden on a layup. Harden made the desperation heave and ensuing free throw to put the Rockets up 14. ... Towns and fellow 7-footer Cole Aldrich served as human crutches in escorting Butler to the locker room.", "output": [ "Jimmy Butler" ] }, { "id": "task419-af8544fb33024c058f1f47287c6fd451", "input": "Because of Bush 's decisions , America has not had a successful foreign terrorist attack since 911 . \nRonald Kessler reporting from Washington , D.C. -- In the sweep of history , George W. Bush will be seen as one of our greatest presidents because of the decisions he made to keep us safe after 911 . \nSince 911 , the courts and Congress have allowed all of the Bush programs for uncovering terrorists to continue . \nBut Bush 's proclamation just after the terrorist attack that any country harboring a terrorist will be considered a terrorist country alone meant that Arab countries began cooperating in the war on terror , turning over thousands of terrorists and leads . \nAs with President Bush , the media portrayed Ronald Reagan as a bellicose fool . \nBush 's USA Patriot Act tore down the so-called wall imposed by Attorney General Janet Reno , a wall that prevented FBI agents from sharing information with each other and with the CIA . \nTwo days after the attack , FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III and Attorney General John Ashcroft began to brief Bush . \n\"They talked about how the terrorists got plane tickets , got on planes , moved from one airport to another , and then attacked our citizens ,\" Andy Card , Bush 's chief of staff , told me for my book \"The Secrets of the FBI .\" \nBy tripling the number of drones on order , Bush made it possible for President Obama to take out dozens of key al-Qaida leaders . \nAnd as Leon Panetta said when he was CIA director , Bush 's coercive interrogation techniques , including waterboarding , provided clues that helped lead to Osama bin Laden 's compound in Pakistan . \nOver time , Bush will be seen in the same light , recognized for keeping us safe and winning the war on terror . \nIn 2005 , Bush established the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean , Va. , where 200 analysts from the CIA and FBI sit side by side analyzing threats 24 hours a day . \nInstead of hailing the efforts to connect the dots , the media demonize Bush and those who are trying to protect us , portraying the tools that uncover clues to plots as \"spying on innocent Americans .\" \nThe National Security Agency -LRB- NSA -RRB- intercepts ordered by Bush opened for the FBI a window on terrorist activity within the U.S. . \nMany in the media could not bear to hear that Bush might have been at least partially right about Saddam , and few newspapers reported the story .", "output": [ "George W Bush", "Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-8cd562fd7130425c8f6c646d5fd89ea5", "input": "JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party on Tuesday put off a key meeting due to discuss President Jacob Zuma’s future later this week while an online news service quoted sources saying he was ready to quit if certain conditions were met.\n Zuma has been in a weakened position since he was replaced as leader of the ANC by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa in December. Zuma no longer holds a top position in the party.\nBut the scheduled meeting of the National Executive Committee which has the power to demand that Zuma step down was suddenly moved to the weekend of Feb. 17.\nThe party has faced uncertainty over how its dual power structure will function after Ramaphosa took the reins of the party with Zuma remaining as head of state. Zuma’s tenure officially runs until mid-2019.\nThen Times Live an online news service issued a report citing sources saying Zuma would resign as soon as a list of preconditions has been finalised in a deal struck with Ramaphosa.\nMagashule who attended the meeting between the two leaders would not confirm whether Zuma had agreed to resign although other ANC leaders said the agreed deal would see Zuma “go in a dignified way” Times Live said.\n Zuma has been South Africa’s most controversial president since the end of white minority rule in 1994 enwrapped in scandal during a tumultuous nine years in power.\n He has faced several allegations of corruption. Some within the ANC and the opposition say the Gupta family friends of Zuma have used their links with the president to win work with the state. The Guptas and Zuma have denied any wrongdoing.\n He waved to reporters after meeting Ramaphosa at the president’s office in Cape Town where the president also chaired routine meetings his spokesman said.\nMembers of the media are seen behind a bust of Nelson Mandela outside Parliament after it was announced that the State of the Nation address due to be delivered by President Jacob Zuma has been postponed in Cape Town South Africa February 6 2018. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham\nIn a statement the presidency denied claims by the South African Communist Party a key ally of the ruling party that Zuma was preparing to fire Ramaphosa as deputy president and replace him with ex-wife Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.\nFacing a no-confidence motion in parliament set for Feb. 22 Zuma has survived several attempts to oust him in the past. But this time around a significant part of the ANC wants him to step down well before his second term ends mid next year.\nThe opposition parties had demanded that the speech be postponed until Zuma was removed from the leadership.\nThe rand which has tended to strengthen on signs that Zuma could step down before his second term as president ends next year was firmer on Tuesday.\nThe ANC’s top six most powerful officials met Zuma late on Sunday at his official residence in Pretoria. There was no announcement of the outcome though sources said he had refused a demand to go.\n Zuma has also resisted a call to go by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini the influential head of South Africa’s biggest ethnic group in the president’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal according to BusinessDay newspaper.", "output": [ "Jacob Zuma" ] }, { "id": "task419-d4962bc5f1c9429f80f676b26eb44dcf", "input": "- I love LeBron James . \nAnd LeBron had a rough night in those three quarters trying to play with his new group of starters and his buddy Dwyane . \nAnd in the first half alone , LeBron had seven turnovers . \nThis is why LeBron James is by far the most entertaining player in all of sports , on and off the floor -- for the right reasons sometimes and for , in this case , the wrong reason . \nI realize it was just a preseason game , but the Cavs played it unlike most preseason games because , obviously , LeBron has had a bum ankle -- so he says .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-feff88d539e94f3593e7a7dfeb1a4502", "input": "General manager Doug Armstrong is being interviewed about the St. Louis Blues’ impressive 10-2-1 start and it takes more than nine minutes for superstar Vladimir Tarasenko’s name to enter the conversation.\n“We are not surprised that he’s producing at this level ” Armstrong told USA TODAY Sports. “ He is just starting to enter the prime of his career.”\nSchwartz 25 was a 55-point scorer last season. It looks as if he ’s figured out how to make all of his skills work together this season.\n“We are going to see this level for a while ” Armstrong said.\n Armstrong said Schwartz reminds him of former NHL player Jere Lehtinen “because he just does everything well.”\n“ He ’s a guy that (coach) Mike Yeo feels comfortable in any situation ” Armstrong said. “(Schwartz) is a guy you can put with any player to get them going or keep them going.\"\n“The time-tested (theory) that everyone is better at their second job than they were the first time around is true ” Armstrong said. “As a manager I know I felt much more comfortable managing in my second job and I know Mike feels the same way.”\n“You learn through your first job and you learn on the job ” Armstrong said. “ He ’s putting the things he had positive success with into play. He ’s a good communicator and there’s a trust with his players. He is a generational coach. He knows what makes this age group tick. He ’s got a good mind for the game.”\n Armstrong appreciates that Yeo is willing to learn even from his assistants. He supported the decision to bring in former NHL head coach Larry Robinson as an assistant. “ He wanted strong people around him ” Armstrong said.\nWhile Tarasenko may be sharing the spotlight his game is just as impactful if not more so according to Armstrong .\n“I see a different player shift-to-shift ” Armstrong said. “It seems like he has three really solid bodychecks every game.”\n Armstrong said Tarasenko aspires to be a complete player. “It’s not just the bodychecking ” Armstrong said. “It’s the understanding of his leadership (role). You can always talk a good game but he’s doing all of the things away from the puck. His frustration level is almost non-existent now. You see that with all the great players. They battle through to be complete players and he’s there now.”", "output": [ "Doug Armstrong" ] }, { "id": "task419-33daac6bcc7c4a068aa3515bdc99c584", "input": "Friends of Chicago Animal Care and Control a nonprofit group is reaching out to rescue groups to help get dogs out the door and is offering to pay for dogs to be boarded while rescue groups find foster homes for them said Jennifer Schlueter spokeswoman for animal care and control.\nThe group is expected to get 11 more dogs transferred Thursday evening and take them to be boarded at the PetSmart PetsHotel for up to two weeks she said.\nBeginning Monday through Feb. 18 people who adopt dogs will receive a $100 reimbursement for enrollment of a basic obedience class for any dog adopted directly from the city’s shelter Schlueter said. The rebate which will likely cover a large portion of training course costs is in response to the capacity issue and will be funded by Pets and Vets USA for up to 50 dogs she said.\n“We need to get the animals out of here but we also want to help people do the right thing ” she said. “Training the dog is the best thing you can do.”", "output": [ "Jennifer Schlueter" ] }, { "id": "task419-7c0ef8fbcc534fc88711708402bddd84", "input": "LONDON — Disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford a confidante to the stars who fell from grace amid Britain's investigation of past sexual abuse died Sunday after collapsing in prison. He was 74.\nOnce one of the most powerful figures in British entertainment Clifford was convicted in 2014 of eight counts of indecent assault stemming from attacks on teenagers dating back more than 40 years.\n He was serving an 8-year prison sentence at Littlehey Prison in Cambridgeshire when he died Britain's Ministry of Justice said.\nClifford was once as well known as the people he represented — the go-to guy for celebrities looking to limit the damage from drug problems legal issues or declining popularity.\n His clients included TV mogul Simon Cowell and former Harrods owner Mohamed al-Fayed as well as dozens of ordinary people who found themselves in the news vortex and sought to sell their stories to the press — a common practice in Britain.\nThe public relations guru was arrested in December 2012 amid allegations that he lured girls as young as 14 into sex by offering them acting roles. Clifford immediately swung into damage-control mode vowing to clear his name of the charges some of which stemmed from the 1970s and '80s.\n\"The allegations in respect of which I have been charged are completely false — very upsetting very distressing but completely false \" he told reporters outside his home at the time. \"I have never indecently assaulted anyone in my life and this will become clear during the course of the proceedings.\"\n Clifford was arrested as part of an investigation called Operation Yewtree a wide-ranging inquiry into allegations of past offenses spurred by the case of Jimmy Savile a well-known British entertainer accused of abusing hundreds of girls and women. He died in 2011.\nBefore he was arrested Clifford told The Associated Press that he was receiving calls from many celebrities and entertainers who were worried they would be caught up in the widening Savile investigation.\n\"They're phoning me and saying 'Max I'm worried that I'm going to be implicated ' \" Clifford said at the time. \"A lot of them can't remember what they did last week never mind 30 or 40 years ago.\"\n Clifford 's daughter Louise told the Mail on Sunday that her father first collapsed on Thursday as he was trying to tidy his prison cell. He collapsed again the following day and was taken to a hospital where suffered a heart attack.", "output": [ "Max Clifford" ] }, { "id": "task419-b5ce7f95ab244691b92032f923eadfc1", "input": "Qianbao had as many as 200 million registered users according to Chinese news reports. The founder Zhang Xiaolei — dubbed “China’s most notorious swindler” by one newspaper — turned himself in Dec. 26 to Nanjing police who are leading the investigation.\nThe newspaper Huanqiu reported that in an interview Saturday while in police custody Zhang “made it clear Qianbao’s collapse was due to his own greed ” but said reckless investors also had to accept the consequences.\nPhotos released by Xinhua show the balding bespectacled Zhang in handcuffs and a blue vest as he talked to investigators.\n“The police shut down some of the factories in which Qianbao invested causing the workers to lose their jobs and leaving us unable to get our money back ” said Zhan. To salvage what is left he said “we appeal for the release of Zhang Xiaolei.”", "output": [ "Zhang Xiaolei" ] }, { "id": "task419-0b3ac6fdf623441cab309a1f2fe78b30", "input": "INGOLSTADT Germany (Reuters) - Germany’s Audi (NSUG.DE) has abandoned plans to sell its Italian motorcycle brand Ducati its chief executive Rupert Stadler said in a sign of confidence that the carmaker expects to be able to carry the costs of its transformation.\nSteps to reduce costs by 10 billion euros ($11.8 billion) cut red tape and deepen ties with fellow Volkswagen-owned (VOWG_p.DE) brand Porsche are “gradually increasing our financial and organizational leeway for the strategic realignment ” chief executive Rupert Stadler told reporters.\nThere is therefore no economic need to sell Ducati Stadler said. Volkswagen asked banks to evaluate options for Ducati and transmissions maker Renk earlier this year as seeks to become more nimble in its shift towards electric and self-driving cars following its diesel emissions cheating scandal.\nWhile pushing the costly shift to zero-emissions and autonomous technologies holding on to the profitable Ducati division and the lucrative Lamborghini brand has become more important Stadler said.\n“Looking after a premium bouquet is as difficult as the work of a gardener ” Stadler said. “Therefore I am pleased with every new flower with every promising new branch ” he added predicting Lamborghini’s sales would double on the back of its new sport-utility vehicle.\nSeparately Stadler said Audi will spend nearly half a billion euros over the next eight years on training staff for the digital age with steps to develop as well as hire experts such as automotive app-designers and car robotics specialists.", "output": [ "Rupert Stadler" ] }, { "id": "task419-e1d8095593f246d1b1d699c5a9458c5e", "input": "Peter S. Ruckman 58 and his sons Christopher Ruckman 14 and John Ruckman 12 were all found in a home in the 4600 block of Chandan Woods Drive in Cherry Valley about 10 a.m. according to Winnebago County Coroner Bill Hintz and the Winnebago County sheriff’s office.\n P.S. Ruckman had been a professor of political science at Rock Valley College and an instructor at Northern Illinois University according to his online resume. He taught classes such as American Government Introduction to the Legal System and Political Philosophy.\nRock Valley College officials released a statement Sunday stating Ruckman had been a professor at the college since 1998.\nAccording to his online resume Ruckman was an expert in clemency and pardons and he was the editor of the “Pardon Power blog” and author of the forthcoming “Pardon Me Mr. President: Adventures in Crime Politics and Mercy.”\n Ruckman often served as an expert on clemency in articles printed in the Tribune as well as in the New York Times the Wall Street Journal the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.", "output": [ "Peter S. Ruckman" ] }, { "id": "task419-173df78345094150aa9ae438e5be0ec1", "input": "Jack Phillips proprietor of Masterpiece Cakeshop refused to create a wedding cake ordered for a same-sex marriage on grounds that it would force him to create a cake expressing a value opposed to his Christian convictions. The gay men who ordered the cake filed a sexual orientation discrimination claim against him with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and the Commission ruled against Phillips .\nIt was clear that this was not a matter of Phillips refusing to do business with these men because they are gay. He offered to make them any cake they wanted just not one designed for a same-sex wedding.\n Phillips claims his right of free expression under the Constitution's First Amendment.\nSome not sympathetic to Phillips ' claim argue that making a cake is not artistic expression and has nothing to do with speech protected by the First Amendment.\nBy this standard how can we possibly rationalize forcing Phillips to produce a cake against his will expressing a value anathema to his religion?\nHow can forcing Phillips to do this be understood in any way as securing for him \"the blessings of liberty\"?", "output": [ "Phillips" ] }, { "id": "task419-b3f1b5ef2b104f978e089d40331c37f5", "input": "After bloody clashes between the Thai army and opposition demonstrators killed some 90 people in the center of Bangkok in May the unelected government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva promised to launch what he called a \"national reconciliation plan.\" Since then authorities have arrested hundreds of opposition leaders; closed media; frozen the bank accounts of suspected supporters of the Bangkok demonstrations and brought terrorism charges against the movement's exiled leader Thaksin Shinawatra.\n On July 6 Mr. Abhisit renewed a state of emergency in Bangkok and 18 other provinces allowing his regime to arrest and hold people without charge censor the media and prevent public gatherings. Meanwhile he has announced that the parliamentary elections he had offered to hold in November will be postponed until next year. If this is what he calls \"national reconciliation \" Mr. Abhisit a graduate of Eton and Oxford must have taken a lesson in Orwellian language.\n Mr. Thaksin and the red shirts have contributed to Thailand's impasse by blockading the center of Bangkok for two months last spring and for refusing the compromise Mr. Abhisit offered before the violence began and the army moved in. But the root cause of the troubles is the refusal of the traditional political class the military and the royal court which Mr. Abhisit's government represents to accept the results of democratic elections.\n Repression will not solve this problem. If Mr. Abhisit really wants reconciliation the steps he must take are clear: End the state of emergency release the red shirt leaders and negotiate leading to elections with a commitment by all sides to allow the winners to rule within the boundaries of a reformed constitution.", "output": [ "Abhisit" ] }, { "id": "task419-07406389132847bdb74106c273d8652d", "input": "Story highlights The source said Miller has injected himself into talks between lawmakers\nThe White House proposal pushed by Miller comes nowhere near a clean DACA fix the source said\nWashington (CNN) Demands by top White House policy adviser Stephen Miller during sensitive negotiations about protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation could derail congressional efforts to find a legislative solution a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.\nThe source said Miller has injected himself into talks between lawmakers and is making the issue more difficult by coming to the table with unreasonable demands on behalf of the White House.\n Miller is adding \"a bunch of stuff that will be non-starters with Dems and divide GOP \" the source said.", "output": [ "Miller" ] }, { "id": "task419-4672cd54c66245b9aa34fc4d61b6a600", "input": "James Damore an ex-Google employee who wrote a controversial memo arguing the merits of gender and diversity programs was interviewed by two YouTubers. (Jhaan Elker/The Washington Post)\nA week ago James Damore worked at Google. Now he ’s sitting for portraits with Peter Duke the photographer the New York Times dubbed “the Annie Leibovitz of the alt-right.”\nIn one photograph — the user image for an unverified Twitter account believed to be his — Damore sits in front of a blue background holding a laptop. He’s wearing a T-shirt that has one word printed on the chest in Google’s font. It reads: “Goolag.”\nThe memo went viral at Google and then became news when its existence was leaked to Motherboard. Damore was fired for “perpetuating gender stereotypes.” But he quickly became a hero on the right-wing Internet where a coalition of anti-politically-correct online personalities Trump supporters and the alt-right believed that Damore ’s firing was proof that Silicon Valley was hostile to conservatives — and that something was about to change.\nAs his Duke portraits show that is a role that Damore has embraced. Below is a look at how he got there.\n James Damore did nothing wrong #GoogleManifesto — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) August 8 2017\nEach component of the Damore ’s story read like a fulfilled prophecy for the right-wing Internet which has spent years accusing Silicon Valley companies of conspiring to silence conservatives.\nMany of the things Damore argued in that memo were more or less aligned with this viewpoint: for instance that “Google’s left bias has created a politically correct monoculture that maintains its hold by shaming dissenters into silence ” and later that “we have extensive government and Google programs fields of study and legal and social norms to protect women but when a man complains about a gender issue affecting men he’s labeled as a misogynist and a whiner.”\nThe left is at war with reality. James Damore told the truth. For that he was witch hunted doxxed & fired.#JeSuisJamesDamore — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) August 8 2017\nThe Gab founder has previously said that he believes progressives have a monopoly on every major Silicon Valley company and has built Gab as an independent free-speech alternative — one that has been especially popular with the Trump-supporting Internet and its diaspora. Gab said in a tweet that it had raised $80 000 for its crowdfunding campaign over the past week a period roughly aligning with Damore ’s story going viral.\nTorba also said that Damore ’s memo was particularly well-timed because “censorship from Silicon Valley has increased dramatically over the past few weeks ” He pointed me to this tweet for examples:\nAugust 2017: James Damore fired\nBecause Damore ’s memo and firing escaped the right-wing filter bubble and became a real mainstream controversy his story took on a much larger significance. Soon some prominent personalities were talking about Damore with the language of civil rights;\nJames Damore: 'Treat people as individuals not groups'\nGab along with WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange both publicly offered to hire Damore after he lost his job at Google. But the onslaught of online support that headed Damore ’s way as the story about his memo blew up was more comprehensive than that.\nWeSearchr the crowdfunding “bounty” platform run by infamous Internet troll Chuck Johnson set up a “fundraiser” for Damore that has raised $40 000 in a matter of days. The conservative media picking up on the initial support of Damore on right-wing Twitter began to cover the story as progressive overreach.", "output": [ "James Damore" ] }, { "id": "task419-237310af9af14115be908b906e420865", "input": "Only a year ago CPAC found itself in controversy for having scheduled as a keynote speaker Milo Yiannopoulos the potty-mouthed homosexual enfant terrible.\nWhen old video revealed that Milo had once been frighteningly blasé about sex with teenage boys CPAC made a dramatic show of disavowing Milo.\nMany fellow travelers came forward to defend Milo . We viewed child molestation as detestable but we consistently condemned it even if this meant denouncing homosexual subculture. Milo 's survival of childhood sex abuse explained much of his aberrant and disorderly behavior.\nWhy did so many conservatives goad Milo on for years then turn on him once his past abuse cast a pall on his public witness? For the type of conservatives who flock to CPAC – think-tank parvenus Ann Coulter fans Fox News oracles College Republicans emulators of Laura Ingraham and Steven Crowder – conservatism mixes rebellion wit professionalism and prestige. They sense that pointy-headed political correctness and taxes are bad while anti-liberal snark and a rising Dow Jones are good. They delight in mocking liberals who embarrass themselves and relish the indignant outrage they feel when gazing on liberalism at its worst: transgender bathrooms campus madness Harvey Weinstein hypocrisy or historical illiteracy. Such mainstream young and urbane conservatives do not necessarily like being told to show restraint self-critique and repentance.\nThe influence of libertarians in the CPAC universe explains what happened with Milo and provides some context for the banishment of Mass Resistance. Milo provided too much fun for anyone to slow him down until the seriousness of his past with sexual abuse made \"conservatives\" reconsider their allegiance to him .\nWhen Milo was de-platformed I thought he was the canary in the coal mine. Maybe not. By trying to get a seat at CPAC's table Mass Resistance tested the viability of the Burkean-colorful-libertarian alliance. I lead Mass Resistance's Texas chapter. I know that our partisans defend their beliefs with dogged sincerity. I also know that libertarians find us embarrassingly old-fashioned and Burkean mainstream conservatives fear we will not play well in Georgetown.", "output": [ "Milo Yiannopoulos" ] }, { "id": "task419-e4d2a201ea774d59b0ef5db952122b91", "input": "After previously withholding his endorsement , U.S. Sen. John Cornyn , R-Texas , said Sunday he 's supporting Ted Cruz for re-election in 2018 . \nWhile Cornyn made a pitch for the latest proposal , known as Graham-Cassidy , Cruz continued to assert he was undecided -- and was even more explicit at one point , saying Senate leaders still do n't have his vote . \nIn a joint session with Cruz at the Texas Tribune Festival , Cornyn called the junior senator \"enormously constructive\" in the Senate and pledged to support him as he seeks a second term . \nCornyn said he recently had breakfast with Cruz and they agreed it was important to set aside their differences -- mainly on tactics , not policy -- in the wake of Hurricane Harvey . \n\"I think it 's really important , particularly in light of the challenges brought by this huge natural disaster , that we stand together as a Texas delegation and there 's no space between Sen. Cruz and me when it comes to doing work for our state ,\" Cornyn said . \nCruz said Graham-Cassidy has some \"very good elements\" but does not do enough to lower health insurance premiums . \nThe authors took the changes but removed them a day later , Cruz said . \nCornyn had previously declined to endorse Cruz for re-election , saying he was \"not going to get involved in any primary races , particularly with my colleagues in the Senate .\" \nAnd Cruz refused to back Cornyn when he was seeking re-election in the 2014 primary . \n\"Right now they do n't have my vote , and I do n't think they have Mike Lee 's either ,\" Cruz said . \nWatch Smith 's full interview with Cornyn and Cruz below . \nIn 2018 , Cruz is facing a challenge from U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke , D-El Paso . \nCruz has been generally tight-lipped about O'Rourke , but he went further than usual at the festival while responding to a question about his opponent . \n\"I do n't think Texans want a far-left Democrat in the Senate ,\" Cruz said .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-bcf60e2432f2475f85a128e0b91f1b46", "input": "Students mourn during a candlelight vigil for victims of yesterday ’ s shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Fla . on Feb . 15 . ( Reuters / Carlos Garcia Rawlins ) Sixteen - year - old Colleen Lance ’ s English class spent much of its time on Thursday talking about what to do in case someone started shooting . “ Do we try to barricade the door ? Do we try to escape ? What are we supposed do during a shooting ?” she and her fellow students asked their substitute teacher . Lance ’ s classroom in Illinois was a thousand miles from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where a gunman opened fire on Wednesday and killed at least 17 people . But the news hit close to home . “ After Florida we were all definitely like ‘ Oh God is this going to happen here ?’ ” Lance said . “ It ’ s very anxious to go to school after a school shooting . It makes you more aware that you ’ re not safe .” Lance wasn ’ t alone in her anxiety . After the latest school shooting this time in Parkland Fla . teenagers across the country returned to their own high schools Thursday for another normal day . But then again Wednesday had started out as a normal day for Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School . And it was hard not to think about that . Several students responded to a request from The Washington Post via Snapchat to talk about how the news of the tragedy weighed on them as they returned to their own classrooms . ( The Post spoke with some of those students by phone and contacted their schools to verify their identities and attendance .) [ A loud new voice after the latest school shooting : Kids wanting to know why adults hadn ’ t done more ] “ It makes me feel really concerned . It feels so much more common now ” said Rebecca Connor 15 who attends high school in Virginia . “ You don ’ t know where it ’ s going to happen next . It could happen at our school . There ’ s no way to tell .” She added that report after report of troubled students turning on their classmates “ makes me want to be nicer makes me want to take everyone ’ s feelings into account .” This type of response isn ’ t limited to high school students said Robin Gurwitch a psychologist at Duke University Medical Center . But teenagers are particularly vulnerable . “ With teens the more stressed they are about these events the more likely they are to have sleep problems difficulty concentrating and irritability . It can affect school performance and relationships with peers ” Gurwitch said . For some the overwhelming sensation wasn ’ t fear but weariness . “ It ’ s become such a common occurrence that it ’ s hard to have a reaction at some point ” said Aidan McGahey 15 who attends high school in Philadelphia . McGahey said his fellow students sometimes talk about shootings in the immediate aftermath and that his religion class had tackled the subject this week . Lance dissected the news with her friends who are similarly interested in keeping up with current events and fall on both sides of the political divide . Connor a budding news junkie who watches “ Morning Joe ” and keeps up to date with Apple News confessed that she and her friends didn ’ t discuss school shooting stories much because it would “ make it feel more real .” Gurwitch said that taking time away from the news was critical for teenagers when a story like the Parkland massacre is dominating headlines . She emphasized activities like reading sports listening to music or other activities that allow people to avoid social media or the news for a set period of time . The American Psychological Association has issued similar guidelines for people of all ages dealing with stress related to school shootings in the news . [ We ’ re used to experiencing mass shootings online . But Parkland brought us into the classroom . ] It ’ s not uncommon for schools to have lockdown drills or add security systems to protect students in the event of an attack . But in addition to physical security measures Gurwitch said schools should allow discussions about traumatic events “ in a smaller group so if there are concerns [ students ] feel comfortable asking a question or commenting on something they may have heard .” No matter how many safe spaces schools create the teenagers expressed frustration at the recurring issue of school shootings . “ It ’ s not something we can sit back and say ‘ it ’ s a part of our society ’. We need to be taking active steps to resolve ” McGahey said . “ I think we need to work to stop this .” “ It makes me upset that it ’ s something I do have to think about . I just want to focus on my grades and graduating and going to college and becoming a young adult ” Lance said . “ I don ’ t want to think about getting shot when I go to school .”", "output": [ "Colleen Lance" ] }, { "id": "task419-ab023955e932475582181646a4350380", "input": "TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Emperor Akihito is likely to abdicate at the end of March 2019 and Crown Prince Naruhito is expected to ascend the throne in April the first abdication by a Japanese monarch in nearly two centuries the Asahi newspaper reported on Friday.\nIn June Japan’s parliament passed a law allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate and the government needs to hammer out the details including the timing.\n Akihito 83 who has had heart surgery and treatment for prostate cancer said in rare public remarks last year he feared age might make it hard for him to continue to fulfill his duties.\nJapan's Empress Michiko poses for a photo with Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in this handout picture taken October 4 2017 and provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. Imperial Household Agency of Japan/HANDOUT via Reuters\nThe abdication law which applies only to Akihito and not to future emperors included a resolution to debate letting female royals stay in the imperial family after marriage but did not touch on the controversial topic of allowing women to inherit.\nAsahi said the expected 2019 abdication schedule would minimize the impact on people in changing to a new imperial reign from the current Heisei Era which started in 1989 after the death of Akihito ’s father Hirohito according to the Asahi.\n Akihito the first Japanese emperor who was never considered divine has worked for decades at home and abroad to soothe the wounds of World War Two which was fought in his father Hirohito’s name.\nThe Empress also said she felt “an immeasurable sense of peace” that Akihito will be able to rest and spend quiet days after years of pursuing how the Emperor should be.", "output": [ "Akihito" ] }, { "id": "task419-10d0df34a7064eaabe9ca6e25fa8abc6", "input": "Danica Patrick will go down as the greatest female driver in history says Brad Keselowski. (Photo: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Spor)\nFor Danica Patrick one of the few female drivers competing at NASCAR’s top level having life insurance is just another part of being “financially fit.”\nFor the second year in a row Patrick is the face of Life Insurance Awareness Month.\n\"In this dangerous sport of racing tragedy can happen ” Patrick says. \"It's a good reason to be prepared.\"\nAlthough taking out a life insurance policy is common practice for race car drivers Patrick has a family connection to the cause.\nEven if you aren’t in a dangerous line of work like Patrick ’s Feldman says the campaign’s message still rings true.\nFor Patrick life insurance is all about peace of mind.\n\"Things are changing in my world \" Patrick says. \"My team is working on what comes next for me .\"\nSkip in Skip x Embed x Share CLOSE Are the paparazzi making you miserable? Danica Patrick shows you how to get away in this funny commercial for the Can-Am Spyder \"escape vehicle.\"", "output": [ "Danica Patrick" ] }, { "id": "task419-b50e3c352e1d4549ae3931fd0689bc0b", "input": "North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has put his youngest son in charge of the country's spy agency as a prelude to handing over control of the communist regime a news report said Wednesday.\n Kim visited the headquarters of the State Security Department in March along with his 26-year-old son Kim Jong Un and told agency leaders to \"uphold\" his third son as head of the department the Dong-a Ilbo newspaper reported citing an unnamed source.\n Kim also told department leaders to \"safeguard comrade Kim Jong Un with (your) lives as you did for me in the past \" and gave them five foreign-made cars each worth some $80 000 as gifts the mass-market daily said.\n It said Kim visited a college that educates spy agents last month and made similar remarks there.\n Pyongyang's State Security Department is the backbone of Kim's harsh rule over the totalitarian nation. It keeps a close watch over government agencies the military and ordinary people for any signs of dissent. It also engages in spy missions abroad.\n The move to put Kim Jong Un in charge of the agency illustrates the elder KimKim's concern about any possible backlash that the father-to-son succession could prompt the Dong-a said.\n The paper also said the younger KimKim oversaw the handling of two American journalists detained in March while on a reporting trip to the China-North Korea border. The reporters were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor earlier this month for illegal border crossing and hostile acts.\n Kim Jong Il inherited North Korea after his father and founding leader Kim Il Sung died in 1994.\n On Tuesday the North's main Rodong Sinmun newspaper carried a remark by Kim Jong Il that could be seen as a justification of the father-to-son succession.", "output": [ "Kim Jong Il" ] }, { "id": "task419-0af34491b69a40e6add3a03888373b27", "input": "NBC will broadcast the Ceremonies again in prime time tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern. This version will have commentary from hosts Katie Couric who was tapped to place Matt Lauer after his firing and Mike Tirico who replaced Bob Costas as NBC’s prime-time host after a nearly three-decade run.\nTirico made his prime-time debut Thursday night. The Washington Post’s Rick Maese caught up with him before the Games to learn more about his new high-profile assignment. “I think trying to be Bob would be stupid. And that was one of his bits of advice: Be yourself ” Tirico said. “So I’m going to try to do that.” For the full Q&A scroll down to the “Olympics Corner” section of this newsletter.\nFor 11 straight Summer and Winter Games — dating back to 1992 — Bob Costas served as the familiar and reliable face of the Olympics. But Costas is sitting out the PyeongChang Games and has passed the torch to Tirico who will serve as NBC’s prime-time host starting with Friday’s Opening Ceremonies. Tirico joined the network in 2016 after more than two decades at ESPN and was a daytime host of the Rio Games. He recently spoke with The Washington Post’s Rick Maese about his new high-profile assignment.\nQ: It’s not like you’re a newcomer to this broadcasting game but did you seek out Costas for any advice?\nA: There’s been a longtime friendship there. I don’t think that’s overstating it. And I can’t imagine this job changing hands more smoothly. Bob has been unbelievable in making himself available if I have any questions. I know I can pick up the phone during the Games and if I have a question I know I’ll get an honest answer. Bob ’s the all-time best. Bob set a standard for the amount of times he did this and the way he did it that likely won’t be matched ever again. So I’m not replacing him ; I’m following him . I think trying to be Bob would be stupid. And that was one of his bits of advice: Be yourself. So I’m going to try to do that.\n Bob Costas served as NBC’s prime time host for 11 straight Olympics but has passed the torch to Mike Tirico for the PyeongChang Games. (Courtesy photo/NBC Sports)\nA: The best piece of advice that I got from Bob and from Al [Michaels] before the Rio Games working daytime: You don’t have to know everything about everyone. It’s impossible. The experts at each sport have that covered. In the host role you just need to have the overriding story lines. I’m trying to get to the top of the surface. It’s like one of those fancy Starbucks drinks — you do want to get some of the coffee but you want to make sure you get all foam. But how has my life changed? I’m sitting in my office right now. Two years ago I certainly would be watching a replay of a Big Ten or an NBA game from the night before. And right now I’m watching the women’s skeleton competition from Germany. And it’s the fourth different Olympic event that I’ve watched since I’ve been up this morning.", "output": [ "Bob Costas" ] }, { "id": "task419-6920ac71255843949ae7911c7daf6e00", "input": "[Here’s what we know so far about Team Trump’s ties to Russian interests]\nTrump had received private assurances from then-FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation . Officials say that changed shortly after Comey’s firing.\nFive people briefed on the interview requests speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly said that Daniel Coats the current director of national intelligence Mike Rogers head of the National Security Agency and Rogers’s recently departed deputy Richard Ledgett agreed to be interviewed by Mueller’s investigators as early as this week. The investigation has been cloaked in secrecy and it is unclear how many others have been questioned by the FBI.\nThe White House now refers all questions about the Russia investigation to Trump ’s personal attorney Marc Kasowitz.\nThe obstruction-of-justice investigation of the president began days after Comey was fired on May 9 according to people familiar with the matter. Mueller’s office has taken up that work and the preliminary interviews scheduled with intelligence officials indicate that his team is actively pursuing potential witnesses inside and outside the government.\n[Inside Trump’s anger and impatience — and his sudden decision to fire Comey ]\nThe interviews suggest that Mueller sees the question of attempted obstruction of justice as more than just a “ he said he said” dispute between the president and the fired FBI director an official said.\n Comey confirmed publicly in congressional testimony on March 20 that the bureau was investigating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russians.\nComey’s statement before the House Intelligence Committee upset Trump who has repeatedly denied that any coordination with the Russians took place. Trump had wanted Comey to disclose publicly that he was not personally under investigation but the FBI director refused to do so.\nCoats told associates that Trump had asked him whether Coats could intervene with Comey to get the bureau to back off its focus on former national security adviser Michael Flynn in its Russia probe according to officials. Coats later told lawmakers that he never felt pressured to intervene.\nRepublican lawmakers seized on Comey’s testimony to point out that Trump was not in the FBI’s crosshairs when Comey led the bureau.\n‘I expect loyalty ’ Trump told Comey according to written testimony", "output": [ "James B. Comey" ] }, { "id": "task419-07ed436ab1604fc3b49a893c7b86fee8", "input": "Michael Harrington 52 struck the plea bargain ahead of a scheduled April 30 trial in Manhattan federal court on four counts of conspiracy fraud and bribery.\nUnder the deal he faces a recommended sentence of zero to six months in jail but his lawyer said in court that prosecutors wouldn’t oppose a defense request for probation.\nThe Manhattan US Attorney’s Office declined to say why it offered Harrington the sweetheart deal.\n Harrington was indicted in July on allegations that he took payoffs including thousands of dollars in work for a security firm he unofficially helped manage hotel accommodations on a family trip to Chicago restaurant meals tickets to sporting events and a video-game system for his kids.\nIn exchange he was allegedly “on call” to provide official NYPD assistance to Rechnitz and co-defendant Jeremy Reichberg who is a Rechnitz pal and fellow de Blasio donor.\nBut Harrington instead pleaded guilty to illegally diverting police resources without receiving payment by skirting protocol to grant favors to Reichberg and other members of the Jewish community.", "output": [ "Michael Harrington" ] }, { "id": "task419-f60bafd38d614a39bb41eae45b43e2e1", "input": "Regardless of what happens in Thursday night's glorified exhibition game Kyle Hendricks is the Cubs best option to start Game 1 next Friday in Washington. If the Cubs are going to beat the Nationals they will need all five games.\n Hendricks has a 2.39 ERA in 12 starts since returning from the disabled list. If the Cubs need a starter to pitch Games 1 and 5 Hendricks gives them the best option against Nationals ace Max Scherzer.\nThere's understandable interest in starting a left-hander to combat Bryce Harper and Daniel Murphy but Hendricks has limited left-handed hitters to a .245 batting average. His array of pitches can keep opposing batters — left and right — off balance.\n Hendricks has pitched in his share of big games most recently beating Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers in the clinching game of the 2016 NL Championship Series and starting Game 7 of the 2016 World Series.\n\"( Hendricks ) pitched Game 7 of the World Series with ice in his veins \" Anthony Rizzo said.", "output": [ "Kyle Hendricks" ] }, { "id": "task419-22d3fc0646b44728993ebaab36b4ace1", "input": "Admiral Mike Mullen the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff said he supported using diplomatic and economic pressure against Iran and repeated his view that military action could carry \"unintended consequences.\"\n \"No strike however effective will be in and of itself decisive \" Mullen told a press conference after recently returning from a visit to the Middle East.\n But he said the US military stood ready with plans for possible action if necessary.\n Mullen and other top US officials have said previously military action against Iran cannot be ruled out.\n \"For now the diplomatic and the economic levers of international power are and ought to be the levers first pulled \" Mullen said.", "output": [ "Mike Mullen" ] }, { "id": "task419-f6a6a08c593a40d88d26b075e3233f84", "input": "Activist investor Carl Icahn says he will nominate four people to join the board of Xerox at the annual shareholder meeting next year.\nChristodoro joined Xerox's board in 2016 as part of an agreement with Icahn and his departure ends that arrangement clearing the way for new nominations. Icahn Associates is Xerox's biggest outside shareholder with a 9.4 percent stake and Icahn first disclosed a stake two years ago.\nXerox split into two companies last year: Conduent which contains its business services units and Xerox the equipment maker. The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that Icahn was aiming to shake up Xerox's top management in this latest fight. A date for the shareholder meeting has not yet been set.\n Icahn 's new slate of nominees includes Christodoro; Keith Cozza also associated with Icahn ; Jay Firestone the CEO of Prodigy Pictures and Randolph Read the CEO of Nevada Strategic Credit Investments an investment fund.", "output": [ "Carl Icahn" ] }, { "id": "task419-ed1f9aeba1cd4f6fa71daca2e3abfda4", "input": "\"If we compare the ransoms sought today compared to those of a few years ago the increase has been incredible \" Louboutin said.\n He said he had \"no certainty\" that al-Qaida or an affiliate insurgent group in Somalia al-Shabab receive cash from piracy.\n \"But nothing indicates that it won't get there \" he said.\n \"All that is cash transferred from hand to hand. That's why it's difficult to trace \" he said. Somali warlords often gain their clout by spreading money within their networks he said.\n Louboutin said Africa generally is increasingly becoming a focus for Interpol noting that he and Noble have traveled there in recent months.\n Over the last year Interpol has taken part in efforts to combat child slavery illegal trafficking of ivory and distribution of counterfeit drugs in Africa Louboutin said.\n \"There are a lot of irons on the fire \" Louboutin said. \"We have a focus on Africa to help the continent respond better to the challenges of organized crime today.\"\n Louboutin also decried the excessive reliance on military action -- whether on piracy in Africa or in the fight against terrorism in places like Afghanistan -- instead of training police in research investigation and evidence-gathering as part of the judicial process.\n With its massive computer database Interpol acts mainly as support service or go-between among national police forces in its 188 member states. But many police forces which retain sovereignty of action at home don't share information enough Louboutin said.\n A Nigerian man's attempt to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner on Christmas Day which was not defused by police or counterterrorism agents was case in point he said.\n \"We saw a recent example of that: If information had been shared and recorded in the database -- if you saw what happened on Dec. 25...\" Louboutin said. \"That should serve as a lesson.\"\n \"The culture of secrecy: It kills \" Louboutin said.", "output": [ "Jean-Michel Louboutin", "Louboutin" ] }, { "id": "task419-3e1d76f3514e44c99d646204e150ffc7", "input": "Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vows that his government will not allow Catalonia which represents a fifth of Spain's economy to break away from the rest of the country.\nIn an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Pais published Sunday Rajoy said that he will consider employing any measure \"allowed by the law\" to stop the region's separatists.\n Rajoy said that includes the application of Article 155 of the Spanish Constitution which would allow the central government to take control of the governance of a region \"if the regional government does not comply with the obligations of the Constitution.\"\n\"The ideal situation would be that I don't have to find drastic solutions but for that to happen there will have to be some rectifications (by Catalan leaders) \" Rajoy said.\nRallies were held Saturday in Madrid Barcelona and other cities to demand that Rajoy and Puigdemont negotiate to find a solution to Spain's worst political crisis in nearly four decades.", "output": [ "Mariano Rajoy" ] }, { "id": "task419-21b39fe9a027422f94edee8b3e514c9d", "input": "Images of Colbie Holderness after an alleged incident with her then-husband Rob Porter in the early 2000s. (Courtesy of Colbie Holderness)\nThe picture if you haven’t seen it shows Colbie Holderness one of two ex-wives who have accused senior White House aide Rob Porter of physically abusing them . Porter in the statement announcing his resignation Wednesday declared that “these outrageous allegations are simply false. I took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described.”\nFollowing a tepid response by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly after news broke of a Rob Porter's history of domestic abuse Post opinion writer Christine Emba says it's time to reconsider the general's \"adult in the room\" status. (The Washington Post)\nExplain how White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly who reportedly knew of the FBI reports could assert in a statement circulated before and after the abuse photos emerged “ Rob Porter is a man of true integrity and honor and I can’t say enough good things about him . He is a friend a confidante and a trusted professional.”\n Rob Porter's ex-wife Jennie Willoughby told The Post in an interview that the White House aide was abusive during their marriage. Porter resigned Wednesday after the allegations became public. (Dalton Bennett/The Washington Post)\nConsider Porter the seeming golden boy. Harvard University. Rhodes scholar. Republican bona fides (his father Roger Porter worked for President George H.W. Bush; Rob Porter served as chief of staff to Utah Sen. Orrin G. Hatch) to match what the Deseret News called his “strong Latter-day Saint pedigree.” A man like that wouldn’t abuse his wife would he?", "output": [ "Rob Porter" ] }, { "id": "task419-4437cfb569024a13aa61b7118ea2f622", "input": "RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel made fundraising a priority for 2017 after Republicans gained a majority in the White House and in both chambers of Congress; Republicans hope to control the House and gain a greater majority in the Senate in the 2018 midterm election.\n“It’s a rewarding though sometimes grueling job but fighting for a party and president I believe in makes it all worthwhile ” McDaniel argued.\nRepublican strategists suggest that McDaniel will double the small-dollar database that raised well over $250 million for candidate Donald Trump in 2015.\nOne Republican insider revealed that McDaniel has traveled over 88 000 miles to fundraise for the midterm election and remains in constant contact with GOP donors.", "output": [ "Ronna McDaniel" ] }, { "id": "task419-1ea5a5c8d7db40c5b9025c76f0b6f082", "input": "The big exhale came last week during the Bears’ open date. Four weeks into his tenure as an NFL starter rookie quarterback Mitch Trubisky had the chance to step back to zoom out to make a big-picture assessment of his progress.\nAlong with the coaching staff Trubisky watched every one of his plays from his first four starts and pushed to identify his strengths as well as the weaknesses he must polish immediately to push the offense forward in the second half of the season. Bears quarterbacks coach Dave Ragone has worked closely with Trubisky since May and was rejuvenated by the opportunity to perform a midseason review with the rookie.\nRagone recently took time out to offer his perspective on Trubisky ’s overall development and what’s ahead over the next two months.\nOn Trubisky ’s overall growth after four starts\nOn how Trubisky learns differently\nJust in general some guys like to spend more time on the (virtual reality) or on the field with walk-through reps or when everybody’s gone just watching different cut-ups. And Mitch has done a great job with all of that. He ’s fully invested. ... He has spent a ton of time in this building. He ’s here with the coaches after practice. And it ’s a matter of each game it slows down for him . There are things that happened in each game that provide learning experiences. There are things he has grown from. And now there are eight games more for him to continue to build on.\nOn Trubisky ’s emotional growth\nEach experience and each game ( he ’s had) the growth of handling the huddle in loud environments. Then it ’s being at home and handling the excitement of the home fans. It ’s going out and reacting to any situation. In particular it’s having a touchdown pass and coming off the field and feeling that way. Or it’s not ending a drive with a touchdown pass and seeing how he responds to that. He ’s done a great job. I’ll say this about him : he ’s very even-keeled on the sideline. He plays with a lot of passion. But once that possession is over he comes to the sideline and he is ready to learn and talk about what just happened. It’s really easy to coach him to have a conversation with him . He takes the emotion out of it and goes on to his next part with his business. That’s a huge growth point for him and it’s only going to help him in the long run.\nPhotos of quarterback Mitch Trubisky who the Bears selected with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft.\nMore than anything else I judge for myself each play on its own with him . And (last week was) a great chance to go back and look at all of his reps in the games. It’s based on decision making. And we tell him all the time – myself and Coach Loggains – do your own job. You can’t control anything else once that ball leaves your hand. But it is your job to make sure that you make the best decisions when you have the ball in your hands. And for the most part and that’s probably what I’m most excited about is his ability to process and make decisions and make the right ones has been there. Throwaways I know go as incompletions. But it’s a huge growth point. Because young quarterbacks particularly think they can force every ball. And what Mitch has done a great job of is when something is not there he understands that a punt is better than trying to force a ball into a situation where it’s not needed. And for a quarterback at his age and where he is in his career to understand that pretty thoroughly right now it’s going to be a huge advantage for him as his career progresses.\nOn the ongoing push to refine Trubisky’s footwork to improve his overall mechanics and accuracy\nIt goes back to a lot of muscle memory in terms of how he responds to that. It’s something we stress to him . Eyes and feet. Listen to them. Trust them. There are things that happen out there around your feet that are uncontrollable. And he is learning each time he is out there that trusting the process of his eyes and his feet will not always lead to a completion but it will lead to him essentially having some sort of a successful play. For him reps in a game are important. But every time he steps out there you can see the confidence you can see his demeanor you can see his teammates (response). Those are things that are not on the stat sheet but are vitally important to a quarterback his age.", "output": [ "Mitch Trubisky" ] }, { "id": "task419-ed567e7dd6c54cb4bb836aedc27c3f3a", "input": "Germany's Landesbank Baden Wuertemberg won EU approval Tuesday for a state bailout after it promised to shrink its balance sheet by 40 percent and refocus on lending to companies.\n The bank was several state-owned German institutions to run into trouble last year after it ran up more huge losses from investing in high-risk proprietary trading and capital market activities -- a business the EU has now told it to shun.\n Seven current and former managers of the bank are also being investigated by German authorities for risking or damaging the bank's capital by carrying out or failing to block investments in high-risk deals worth hundreds of millions from 2006.\n The European Commission said its Tuesday approval for the state rescue of the bank and its new restructuring plan would allow it become a viable business again -- and that the cutbacks would help limit the unfair advantage over rivals that the bank would get from the state aid.\n Stuttgart-based LBBW earlier this year received a capital injection of (EURO)5 billion from the bank's shareholders all of them public authorities or state-owned including the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg the region's savings bank association and the city of Stuttgart.", "output": [ "Landesbank Baden Wuertemberg" ] }, { "id": "task419-e84db278dd8244c2a299c4a8909c5422", "input": "Under Armour has a new subscription service.\n Stitch Fix has been successful which bodes well for Under Armour .\nUnder Armour has just announced a new subscription service called ArmourBox.\nHere's how it works: Tell Under Armour what kind of clothes you like and how you work out and they'll ship you a box with four to six items for you to consider purchasing. No purchase is required there's no fee and shipping is free both ways. If you like the whole box and buy it all you'll get a 20% discount.\nThere are a few differences between the two services. Stitch Fix doesn't work on a subscription model unless you want it to each box carries a $20 fee unless you buy something and Stitch Fix carries more than just its house brands unlike Under Armour.\nWith ArmourBox on the other hand you can choose to receive a shipment every 30 60 or 90 days but you can't skip a delivery or pause your subscription.\nUnder Armour's service carries no fees and there are no charges unless you forget to return a box or you decide to buy something. The customer is required to take action within seven days so that they're not charged for it all.\nThe no-risk strategy is an ambitious play to get product into customers' homes so that they can evaluate it on their own time. It's a sign of the confidence that Under Armour has in its offerings. It's hoping that if it can get its stuff in people's hands they'll like it enough to continue receiving it.\nIf that doesn't happen Under Armour has worse problems than a failed subscription service.", "output": [ "Armour" ] }, { "id": "task419-2fc4c8df407346e0a5bd9112f6bd3f9d", "input": "Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says he will pay a fine after being arrested with a loaded handgun in his briefcase as he went through an airport security checkpoint.\nBarbour -- Republican National Committee chairman in the mid-1990s and governor from 2004-12 -- told The Associated Press on Tuesday he was trying to board a flight Jan. 2 from Jackson to Washington. He said he forgot he was carrying the gun which he had put in his briefcase after an assistant removed it from his car days earlier.\n\"This was absentmindedness and nobody's fault but mine \" said Barbour 70 who lives in Mississippi and frequently travels to Washington for his job as a lobbyist.\nTransportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said a TSA officer working at an X-ray machine at a checkpoint at Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport spotted a .38-caliber revolver loaded with five bullets in a passenger's carry-on bag. TSA contacted airport police who arrested the passenger. The TSA would not release the passenger's name but Farbstein confirmed it was a former governor and Barbour confirmed to AP that it was he.\n Barbour said he did not dispute Farbstein's use of the word \"arrest \" though he said he was not handcuffed and no mugshot photo was taken. Barbour described the TSA officers and the airport police as \"very nice but very professional.\"\n\"They did exactly what they should have done which was treat me like anybody else \" Barbour said.\n Barbour said the gun was confiscated and he boarded his flight to Washington.\n\"Next time I'll be more observant about getting stuff out of my briefcase \" he said.", "output": [ "Haley Barbour" ] }, { "id": "task419-765eb94a044a429b9647f1c36e99dec4", "input": "Debra Calabrese said her 17-year-old son found the slur “k— ” and a swastika spray painted in black on the family’s garage at around 5 a.m Wednesday.\n“It feels like a nightmare not real ” said Calabrese who is Jewish . “It’s one thing when someone says something but to vandalize my property like this is a whole new level.”\n Calabrese her two sons and teen daughter have been living in their Rossville residence for 14 years and said their home has never been attacked like this before.\n Calabrese said she ’s working with police on the case and neighbors whose surveillance cameras may have caught the vandals in action.\n“New York City is like the melting pot I don’t understand ” Calabrese said. “We should all live together. This shouldn’t happen.”", "output": [ "Debra Calabrese" ] }, { "id": "task419-2033fe29d65e471087fc286edb633c33", "input": "With “Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law Faith and Life Well Lived ” Christopher J. Scalia and Edward Whelan have given us a treasure that captures Justice Antonin Scalia’s brilliance wit faith humility and wide range of knowledge. When I read this collection of his speeches edited by the justice’s son and one of his law clerks I feel like Scalia is in the room with me. Taken together the speeches are a book-length argument for constitutional originalism and for Scalia ’s understanding of the role of judges in the United States. Anyone who wants to understand Scalia as a person and as a judicial philosopher should start by reading this book.\n[ Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79]\n Scalia in my view is the best justice who has ever served on the Supreme Court in its 227-year history. He and Justice Joseph Story are the only two justices to have published books on constitutional and statutory interpretation. Scalia articulated a clear philosophy of a judge’s role to which he always adhered. He was one of the two best writers ever to serve on the court and was equal on this score to Justice Robert Jackson known for his fine literary style. No other justice traveled so much and spoke to so many audiences in the United States and abroad. Finally he was to originalism what Saint Paul was to Christianity — a tireless and widely traveled evangelist of the gospel. Understanding Scalia is thus imperative for all law students lawyers and educated lay people. Because the book is a collection of speeches many of which were given to lay people it is very readable understandable and fun for most age groups.\n“ Scalia Speaks ” by Antonin Scalia Edited by Christopher Scalia (Crown Forum)\nAddressing the difference between American and European values Scalia notes that “the United States was settled primarily by people seeking in one way or another refuge from the ways of Europe. The men who founded our Republic did not aspire to emulating Europeans at all — to the contrary the project of drafting the American Constitution was largely about ensuring that the American people would never languish under the yoke of a European-style government.”\nThis is a critically important point that many fail to appreciate. The legal academics and public intellectuals who love European socialism overlook the fact that the United States under its unique Constitution is the third-most-populous country in the world covering the fourth-largest territory and has by far the highest gross domestic product per capita of any of the Group of 20 nations a strength that allows us to do more to help the poor around the world while offering military defense to a range of countries. Few people choose to move from the United States to other countries but millions of people want to live here. Scalia appreciated that the reason for this is that the U.S. Constitution is an engine of power and economic growth that sustains “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”\nAs an excellent writer Scalia offers advice on the craft. “Time and sweat ” he says are the keys to good writing and a well-written document emerges only after many drafts. “I think there is writing genius ” he says just as there is musical genius “which consists primarily I think of the ability to place oneself in the shoes of one’s audience; to assume only what they assume; to anticipate what they anticipate to explain what they need explained to think what they must be thinking; to feel what they must be feeling.”\n Scalia regrets that most American college and law students never read the Federalist Papers and therefore do not understand our Constitution or the American founding very well. He tirelessly urges us to learn from the wisdom of the framers of our Constitution which so few Americans tend to do.\nIn a chapter on “Original Meaning ” Scalia reveals that at a conference he challenged Attorney General Edwin Meese III on how to assess the Constitution’s original intent. Meese argued in favor of a judicial philosophy that searched for the original intentions of the framers. Scalia said he favored searching for the original meaning of the words of the Constitution instead. In his speech at the conference he strongly set out the case for original public meaning persuading Meese’s chief of staff Ken Cribb by the force of his argument. After Scalia finished speaking Cribb scrawled the word “Stipulated” on a piece of paper and taped it to the podium. Two days later President Ronald Reagan informed Scalia that he was going to be nominated to the Supreme Court.\n Scalia speaks in his own words in this magnificent volume that should be on the bookshelf of every educated American.", "output": [ "Antonin Scalia" ] }, { "id": "task419-f2212468c0e14fe5be97a4242b4db19e", "input": "Orrin Hatch currently the second-longest serving U.S. senator plans to retire at the end of his term.\nIn a video shared on Twitter the 83-year-old Utah Republican announced his plan to leave the Senate early next year after more than 40 years. Hatch 's announcement came just a little more than a week after the Republican tax plan that he helped to craft was signed into law.\nPresident Donald Trump had urged Hatch the Senate Finance Committee chairman to seek re-election later this year. Hatch showered Trump with praise during and after Congress' passage of its tax bill setting himself apart from some GOP senators who criticized the president's actions or fitness for office this year.\nIn the video Hatch said he was \"deeply grateful\" to serve as a senator and said \"the next chapter in my public service is just beginning.\"", "output": [ "Orrin Hatch" ] }, { "id": "task419-1fe79b2a7a7a41538bdb17b26969a099", "input": "ST. LOUIS (AP) — The free-falling St. Louis Blues will be without defenseman Jay Bouwmeester for the rest of the season with a left hip injury.\nGeneral manager Doug Armstrong said Bouwmeester will be sidelined four to six months and that forward Scottie Upshall will be re-evaluated in four weeks after suffering a knee injury.\nSt. Louis Blues' Jay Bouwmeester shoots during the third period of the team's NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks Tuesday Feb. 20 2018 in St. Louis. The Sharks won 3-2. (AP Photo/Tom Gannam)\n The 34-year-old Bouwmeester has only dressed in 35 games this season and has two goals and five assists. But he was averaging 20 minutes a game when in the lineup ice time the Blues will have to make up for.", "output": [ "Jay Bouwmeester" ] }, { "id": "task419-3f153cc9c694496d8e3fe8b81a27f566", "input": "Reza Zarrab once the lead defendant in a widespread money laundering investigation has pleaded guilty to money laundering and bank fraud among other charges according to court documents.\nOn Tuesday his fifth day of testimony Zarrab estimated how much he made by laundering Iranian money for six years until he was arrested in Miami in 2016.\n\"I don't remember exactly \" Zarrab said. \"It could be $100 million. It could be more than that maybe $150 million.\"\nAlthough Zarrab has not said how much Iranian money he illegally moved through international banks an 0.4% cut matching his payout would mean that he helped Iran move $25 billion to $37 billion -- an astonishing number for a black-market operation spearheaded by a single man.\nDuring previous testimony in court Zarrab said that Iran had $3 billion at the Turkish state-owned Halkbank. It was those accounts that Zarrab says he was tasked with emptying to move Iranian funds.\nAtilla's defense lawyer Cathy Fleming appeared to attack Zarrab 's integrity by questioning him on Tuesday and Wednesday about how he spent his riches.\n Zarrab admitted that in 2013 he paid for prostitutes to satisfy \"others \" likely business partners and clients.\n He also said he was carrying $102 000 when he was arrested in March 2016 -- cash that the international bank fraudster and money launderer planned to spend on a family trip to Walt Disney World.\n\"This was the money needed for our 10-day trip for seven individuals \" Zarrab said.\n He also admitted that while in a US jail he used his Turkish lawyer to funnel $45 000 to a US prison guard. It was a bribe so that he could sneak alcohol into the jail and use the guard's cell phone to call family members in Turkey.\n Zarrab also admitted paying other jail inmates to use their phone time when his own 300-minute allotment was up.\nThe closely watched trial took an unexpected turn Wednesday evening when Zarrab was sued by a former jail inmate who accused him of rape.\nAccording to the man's lawsuit Zarrab raped him assaulted him with his hands and sodomized him with a cucumber when they shared a cell earlier this year at Manhattan's Metropolitan Correctional Center.\nZarrab's attorney Benjamin Brafman told CNN by email: \"Mr Zarrab vehemently denies this outrageous and patently false allegation. He intends to vigorously defend against this offensive lawsuit.\"\nLast week Zarrab implicated top Turkish government officials when he testified that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was prime minister at the time personally intervened in the scheme -- as well as former Turkish economy minister Zafer Caglayan.", "output": [ "Reza Zarrab" ] }, { "id": "task419-95a22a8f64084b4e97638e9ca2a84a92", "input": "You name it and Donald Trump has fought it. From Mitch McConnell to “fake news” to even his Holiness Pope Francis. But come Tuesday night Trump has a new opponent the likes of which he has never seen: Zari Adrianna Tomaz.\nIn fact no one has ever seen a person like Zari before at least not on American television. You see Zari is a Muslim superhero. And beginning Tuesday night Zari will become part of the cast of the CW’s DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.\nAdd to that Zari will be played by Iranian-American actress Tala Ashe. So Trump can decertify the Iranian deal all he wants but he can’t stop Zari .\nAs the show’s executive producer Marc Guggenheim made clear at a press conference when discussing Zari joining Season 3 of the series it’s not a coincidence that the newest addition to the cast is Muslim in the time of Trump. Guggenheim joked “You might have heard there was this election.” He added “Not to get political but something that we all gravitated toward in the writer’s room was making this character Muslim.”\nJust so it’s clear Zari will not have Muslim-esque super hero skills like the ability to haggle endlessly over prices. Zari actress Tala Ashe—whom I’ve been friends with for several years—told me that Zari can fly and wears an ancient amulet that gives her the “power to blast and manipulate the wind.” (I wish she had the power to stop Trump from tweeting!)\nBut as Ashe notes the character is not defined by simply being Muslim. Rather Zari is a hybrid American—just like so many of us in this country. Ashe explained “I love that Zari is just as American as she is Muslim.”", "output": [ "Zari Adrianna Tomaz" ] }, { "id": "task419-b52e8903efbf400ca3760851cdd3e66b", "input": "To understand what's going on with the genre VICE turned to Eugenie Brinkema an associate professor of contemporary literature and media at MIT whose research focuses on violence sexuality and horror among other things.\n\"I think that a lot of the psychoanalytic models of straight identification like the male gaze or the female gaze... I think they're all too simplistic \" says Brinkema . \"I think the actual work of spectators often involves shifting positions and adopting multiple positions contradictory ones.\"\n\"There's been this massive diversification of female fandom queer fandom and non-white fandom \" says Brinkema . \"Fans now have the capacity to root for different organizations and arrangements in these films.\"\n\"Horror's actually really good at saying You think you have one stable point of view from which to look? Sorry it can always be undone \" she adds.\n\"I do wonder in this post–Lena Dunham moment of girl vocality and girl identity what that's going to look like for the next generation of horror films \" says Brinkema . \"I think you're seeing part of it now.\"", "output": [ "Eugenie Brinkema" ] }, { "id": "task419-42891431505a44f3995537a3c66742d3", "input": "A member of popular South Korean boyband SHINee died Monday in a possible suicide leaving K-pop fans devastated by the tragic sudden loss. Kim Jong-hyun known by his stage name Jonghyun was found unconscious at his apartment in Seoul police told Korean media. He was 27.\n His management company SM Entertainment released a statement confirming the megastar’s death on Monday.\n“We’re sorry to deliver such heart-aching unfortunate news. On December 18 SHINee member Jonghyun left our side unexpectedly ” the company said.\n Jonghyun was one of five members of SHINee a prolific band formed in 2008 and which quickly shot to fame in South Korea. The group also gained popularity in Japan and China and first performed in the U.S. earlier this year as part of their fifth world tour. Jonghyun a singer songwriter and dancer had also launched a separate successful solo tour appearing at a concert earlier this month in Seoul.\nAccording to Yonhap News Jonghyun ’s sister called the police on Monday after receiving a fatalistic sounding “farewell” text from her brother. Emergency responders rushed to the singer’s Gangnam District apartment where they reportedly found coal briquettes burning on the stove and suspect carbon monoxide poisoning may have been the cause of death.\nFellow K-pop singer Nine9 released what she said was Jonghyun’s suicide note on Monday night adding that she did not know if “it was the right thing to do ” but that she wanted to honor her friend’s final wish and shed light on his mental health struggles. She said she consulted with the deceased star’s family before making the heart-wrenching note public.\nNews of Jonghyun ’s death stunned SHINee fans who call themselves Shawols. The grief quickly spread on Twitter with hashtags #Jonghyun and #MyMentalHealthIn5Words trending worldwide.\nBeyond being admired for his talent in singing dancing and songwriting Jonghyun was also well known as a voice for LGBT rights in South Korea according to the BBC.", "output": [ "Jonghyun" ] }, { "id": "task419-3011a3b63adc40f69292a9bb44a73e7a", "input": "The plane was manned by Marine Capt. Richard Ashby a 30-year-old on his final training flight before promotion to fighter pilot and Capt. Joseph Schweitzer a navigator with a decade of flight experience. Capt. William Raney and Capt. Chandler Seagraves electronic-warfare officers were in the back seats.\nDuring the flight Schweitzer borrowed Ashby’s handheld videocamera to record his swan song— his last aerial navigation as a Marine Corps pilot before he left the military. Schweitzer testified that he had intended to show the video to his kids someday.\nThe plane lost contact with ground radar at 3:06 p.m. due to its low altitude and Schweitzer testified that the video showed him smiling right up until 3:12 p.m. when the plane hit the gondola cable.\nAfter hitting the cable the pilots saw the gondola fall but continued their flight. They landed the damaged Prowler safely at a NATO base in Aviano in northern Italy. Court documents show that as Raney and Seagraves got off the plane Schweitzer and Ashby remained behind took the borrowed camcorder videotape of the flight then replaced it with a blank tape.\nAs Schweitzer and Ashby walked to the mess hall a few days after the accident they asked Seagraves’ advice on handling questions about the videotape according to court documents. Seagraves testified that he counseled the pilots to “get rid of the videotape. If it were mine I would get rid of it .”\nCourt documents show that Ashby gave Schweitzer the videotape and Schweitzer took it outside behind a bar and threw it into a bonfire despite “knowing that Italian and United States military criminal investigators would have wanted to view it ” according to his testimony (PDF).\n“ Get rid of the videotape. If it were mine I would get rid of it . ” — Capt. Chandler Seagraves in court testimony\nInitially all four men were charged with crimes and Ashby who had been at the controls faced a total of more than 200 years in a military prison. Schweitzer and Ashby were recommended for general court-martial at Camp Lejeune on 20 counts of involuntary manslaughter and negligent homicide. Italian authorities did not have jurisdiction to formally charge the crew members under NATO treaty rules.\nThe plane’s pilot and navigator Ashby and Schweitzer were court-martialed again in May 1999 on charges of obstructing justice by destroying the videotape recorded during the flight. Guilty verdicts pushed Ashby and Schweitzer out of the Marine Corps and Ashby served four months of a six-month term in military prison before his release on good behavior.\nAshby and Schweitzer maintained that they had seen neither the new directives nor the updated government maps. Seagraves and Raney testified that the altitude gauge did not trigger after the plane entered the Cermis valley even though Ashby the pilot had set the indicator to go off when they dropped below 800 feet according to the Associated Press.\nThe investigation’s partially redacted pages blamed the Marine pilots for the tragedy and advised the United States to take full responsibility for paying restitution to the victims’ families La Stampa reported. The paper added that investigators found compelling evidence refuting the crew members’ claims regarding old maps and missed flight directives that eventually led to Schweitzer and Ashby’s acquittal on the most severe charges.\nThe Daily Beast interviewed retired Maj. Raney and then-Capt. Schweitzer about the La Stampa claims. Both crew members denied having seen or read the new directives or maps marking the location of the cable-car lines.\n“No we absolutely did not have charts with the cables marked on them ” Raney said. “The Italians had the cables marked on their maps but we did not… and there was a two-star [general] who flat out lied about it in a press conference.\n“You know this is a situation that I like to call the unbelievable unimaginable unexpected moments that training just can’t prepare you for ” Schweitzer said. “I got rid of the tape not because of the flight but because that was my worst nightmare… I didn’t want to look at my smiling face while flying a low-altitude flight which was something I loved to do—and then all of a sudden tragedy.”\nIn a 2015 email to The Daily Beast via a public-affairs spokesperson he wrote that the Cavalese cable-car incident has been fully investigated but he also offered his condolences.\n“I would like to extend my heartfelt sympathies to everyone affected by this tragedy ” he wrote.", "output": [ "Joseph Schweitzer" ] }, { "id": "task419-cbad12aad9ae4cf5b60f287abe6026e3", "input": "James Harden scored a game-high 41 points for the Rockets. (Photo: Isaiah J. Downing USA TODAY Sports)\n James Harden had 41 points and eight rebounds Chris Paul scored 23 points and the Rockets beat the Nuggets 119-114 on Sunday night for their 12th straight victory.\n Harden had 27 in the first half and seven in the fourth quarter when the Rockets held off a late Denver rally. Harden has scored 40 or more points nine times this season. He finished with seven assists.\n\"Having a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter we've got to finish games off like that \" Harden said. \"It was a good thing we finished the game off the right way down the stretch. We got stops when we needed to and we made shots.\"\nThat was when Harden took over. He scored 14 points in the last 2:47 of the period and assisted on Houston's other two baskets to end the period when the Rockets extended the lead from five to 13.\nHouston led by as many as 18 but Denver rallied in the fourth. Jokic's tip with 2:12 left made it 110-106 and after Joe Johnson missed from the corner Gary Harris had a chance to cut it to a point with a 3-pointer. But the Nuggets' leading scorer who finished with six points on 2-of-12 shooting misfired and Harden hit two more free throws to make it 112-106 with 1:17 left.\nDIFFERENT DEFENSE SAME RESULT: The Nuggets lost by 25 and 30 points in Houston earlier this season so they changed how they guarded the Rockets on Sunday by switching more on defense. Harden found himself going against the 7-foot Jokic and 6-11 Mason Plumlee a lot of the night. The new look didn't bother him .\n\"We've seen a lot of defenses and no matter who they put on James it's a pretty good chance he 's going to score \" Trevor Ariza said. \"We give him the ball and let him make plays. It's been working out for us.\"\nSIDELINE ASSIST: With Houston ahead 106-99 and 4:51 left Ariza tried to save a ball off Harden 's miss as it went into the crowd but a fan sitting courtside grabbed the ball before he could get to it. Ariza pleaded with the referee that he had a chance to save it and then had a lighthearted exchange with the fan.", "output": [ "James Harden" ] }, { "id": "task419-ba4ac8fbf6cc40818cbe2383ee69275f", "input": "White nationalist Richard Spencer spoke at UF and protesters attended the speech .\nFlorida governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency in advance of a speech at the University of Florida by noted white nationalist Richard Spencer .\nIt was Spencer 's first speech on a college campus since he and other white supremacists participated in the \"Unite the Right\" rally in Charlottesville Virginia that turned deadly.\nWhile the atmosphere was tense at times it was also peaceful. Many protesters who decry Spencer 's message and presence on campus chose to voice uplifting messages.", "output": [ "Richard Spencer" ] }, { "id": "task419-362b56d7a66f4a3b91b0c15095077c82", "input": "\"A lot of people thought I was probably exaggerating it , but now we are worried and Congress is worried about whether they can take that power away from Trump so that in a moment of pique he does n't pick up that phone and call whoever is sitting in the control center today ,\" Clinton told the audience at Sunday 's London Literature Festival .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton", "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-caef9e69efee4a4b942674c560297ddd", "input": "Americans are outraged over the Bowe Bergdahl sentencing November 3 that should have led to serious prison time or worse. But face it we now live in a country where deserters who cause fellow soldiers to be maimed or killed are treated as heroes if weak leftists are in charge.\nHe should be in prison. The only difference between Bergdahl and the guy who used a Home Depot truck to mow down and kill people in New York recently is that Bergdahl displayed his allegiance to the enemy on foreign soil.\n Bergdahl walked because the military swamp remains filled with senior leaders who climbed the ranks curtseying to former President Obama’s social experimentation and his upside-down value system whereby one treasonous deserter is worth five senior Taliban terrorists.\nObama exchanged five of Gitmo’s finest for Bergdahl then hosted a sickening spectacle at the White House Rose Garden where a touchy-feely Obama spoke to Bergdahl ’s parents “courage.” Meanwhile Obama’s favorite fact-twister former National Security Advisor Susan Rice made her rounds propagandizing that Bergdahl served with “honor and distinction.”\nNow “this punk” walks thanks to in part the judge in charge Col. Jeffrey R. Nance who once said at a Fort Bragg hearing: “I will consider the president’s [Trump’s] comments [regarding Bergdahl] as mitigation evidence as I arrive at an appropriate sentence.” Nance was referring to Trump’s less-than- complementary comments about Bergdahl .\nObviously Col. Nance did just that essentially presenting Bergdahl a snowflake award punishing him with the equivalent of a hand slap despite six soldiers killed and others permanently maimed.\nI also believe Obama’s and Rice’s comments about Bergdahl helped to tip the scales of justice in the wrong direction not Trump’s.\nAt times and when politics aren’t in play military justice can be swift painful and fair. Not this time and especially not for the brave warriors maimed and killed while searching for Bergdahl .\nCol. Nance rewarded a traitor and Obama freed dangerous enemies most likely to face us once more in some future battle plain and simple. It’s fair to say the Taliban interprets Obama’s prisoner exchange and Nance’s decision to let Bergdahl walk as weakness to be exploited.", "output": [ "Bowe Bergdahl" ] }, { "id": "task419-f998eb0c4027400880b5be3756413018", "input": "In April Adult Swim aired the first new episode of \" Rick and Morty\" since 2015. The episode ended with a plea from mad scientist Rick for McDonald's to bring back its Szechuan McNugget sauce a plum sauce that was available for a limited time in 1998 to promote the Disney movie \"Mulan.\"\nAfter the episode aired \" Rick and Morty\" fans began demanding that McDonald's actually bring back the sauce. Last week the fast-food chain did just that sending the creators of \"Rick & Morty\" a jug of the Szechuan McNugget sauce and launching a giveaway for three other jugs.\n\"The auction includes a NEW SEALED 64 oz. bottle of the special sauce (which isn't being made right now so it's VERY rare) along with a special Rick and Morty inspired Pelican camera case which houses the sauce \" the eBay description reads. \"Both items are BRAND NEW and there are only four of these made!\"\nThe auction will close at 6:24 p.m. on Thursday so there's plenty of time for deadmau5 and other \"Rick and Morty\" fans to get in their bids — if they're willing to spend a few thousand dollars.", "output": [ "Rick" ] }, { "id": "task419-ab4b4fe7e3d3472ba1f4698e4f9b5359", "input": "Another woman has come forward to accuse former President George H. W. Bush of touching her inappropriately.\nThe woman alleged that Bush groped her during a 1992 photo op.\n Former President George H. W. Bush has been hit with new accusations of sexual misconduct from a Michigan woman who alleges that he touched her inappropriately in April 1992 while he was president CNN reported Thursday.\nThe woman who did not wish to disclose her name for fear of unwanted media attention said that Bush grabbed her buttocks while she took a photo with him and her father during a fundraiser for the president's re-election campaign in Dearborn Michigan.\nSeveral other women who have accused Bush of nonconsensual touching say that the incidents occurred as they were taking photos with the former president .\nRosalyn Corrigan says Bush grabbed her behind during a photo op at a 2003 gathering of CIA officers with her mother and father who was an intelligence officer. Corrigan was 16 at the time and Bush was 79.\n Bush 's spokesperson Jim McGrath previously said that because Bush is confined to a wheelchair his hands fall at the waists of those with whom he takes photos and that he \"has patted women's rears in what he intended to be a good-natured manner.\"\n\" George Bush simply does not have it in his heart to knowingly cause anyone harm or distress and he again apologizes to anyone he may have offended during a photo op \" McGrath told Time in response to Corrigan's allegations.\nBut both the Michigan woman and Corrigan said that when Bush groped them they were both standing.\n\"All the focus has been on ' He 's old.' OK but he wasn't old when it happened to me \" the Michigan woman told CNN. \"I've been debating what to do about it.\"", "output": [ "H. W. Bush" ] }, { "id": "task419-3b2e1f4d19e04605bb084b001258cf40", "input": "\"I assure you that we don't want bags of cash \" Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin testified on Tuesday during an appearance before the House Financial Services Committee. \"We want to make sure that we can collect our necessary taxes and other things.\"\nLast week a top Treasury official wrote in a letter to lawmakers that the department is \"consulting with law enforcement\" about whether to maintain the guidance for depository institutions. Last month a Mnuchin deputy testified at a Senate hearing that the banking document remains in effect while the administration weighs whether to revoke it.\nAt the Tuesday hearing Mnuchin confirmed that the department is \"reviewing the existing guidance.\" But he clarified that he doesn't want to rescind it without having an alternate policy in place to address public safety concerns.\nRep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) told Mnuchin that simply deleting the banking memo \"would really make it better for armed robbers in my community because there'd be huge amounts of cash at the local marijuana dispensary.\"\n\"We specifically haven't taken it down \" Mnuchin said of the 2014 memo. \"We are looking at what Justice has done. And again as I said we're sensitive to the issue of dealing with the public safety issue and also making sure that the IRS and others have ways of collecting taxes without taking in cash.\"\nIn response to comments about pending congressional legislation to address cannabis businesses' access to financial services Mnuchin pledged to consult with White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney who as a member of Congress previously sponsored a similar bill.\nDuring the hearing Mnuchin also appeared to confirm a Reuters report that FinCEN was not consulted in advance about Sessions’s decision to change federal marijuana enforcement policy.", "output": [ "Steven Mnuchin" ] }, { "id": "task419-c564f00803634dfc8d246143728cbba5", "input": "Story highlights Sen. Susan Collins said Clinton lawyer Marc Elias should be recalled to the Senate intelligence committee\nIn closed-door meetings with congressional Russia investigators in recent weeks Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta and former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz denied knowing who funded Fusion's opposition research three sources familiar with the matter told CNN last week\n\" They absolutely need to be recalled \" the Maine Republican said on CBS's \"Face the Nation.\" \"It's difficult to imagine that a campaign chairman that the head of the DNC would not know of an expenditure of this magnitude and significance but perhaps there's something more going on here.\"\nA source familiar with the matter told CNN on Tuesday that the law firm Perkins Coie as part of its representation of the Clinton campaign and the DNC retained Fusion GPS and entered \"into an engagement for research services that began in April 2016 and concluded before the election in early November.\"", "output": [ "Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-c4f941648bd64f98b9c6fe27d983a818", "input": "Northwestern University police Commander Shaun Johnson 57 died Aug. 9 after a battle with cancer university police officials said.\n\" Shaun 's contributions had a significant impact on keeping Northwestern prepared for any type of natural technological terrorism or health crisis. Shaun worked closely with the campus community as well as Evanston police and Evanston fire to upgrade our emergency preparedness plans \" Lewis said.\nA high point of Johnson 's career was when he served as the principal planner who coordinated the police department and other agencies as they prepared for former President Barack Obama's campus visit in 2014 Lewis said.\nThe day went so well Lewis said that Johnson was commended by members of Obama's Secret Service detail.\n Johnson also stood out for his work developing an \"extensive firearms training program including simulated scenario training to ensure that officers can make critical decisions in stressful situations \" among other efforts Lewis said.\nEvanston police Commander Joseph Dugan paid his regards to Johnson on Friday.\n\"His death is sad and untimely \" Dugan said. \"He served the Northwestern University and the Evanston community with dignity and was a consummate professional. We had an excellent working relationship with Commander Johnson . It was an honor and privilege to work with him he attended our weekly deployment meetings coordinated many emergency preparedness drills ... He was a true representative of not only the Northwestern University Police Department but also law enforcement as a whole.\"\nOutside of work Lewis recalled Johnson 's work as an advisor to ROTC students at Northwestern. The commander prided himself as a \"Renaissance Man \" Lewis said \"and found fulfillment in photography scuba diving and spending time with his family.\"\n\"Shaun will be deeply missed and forever remembered as a kind and generous friend to the entire Northwestern community \" Lewis said.", "output": [ "Shaun Johnson" ] }, { "id": "task419-141a3e79ebcd4dc78dd9583d586675c8", "input": "German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and Chancellor Angela Merkel are seen during a session of the Bundestag in Berlin Germany November 21 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt\nEmmanuel Macron had won the French presidency on a promise to relaunch Europe. And Angela Merkel on track to win a fourth term as German chancellor looked ready to embrace his bold vision telling an audience in Bavaria that it was time for Europe to take its fate into its own hands.\nSo far the SPD leadership has shown no signs that it will go back on its pledge to go into opposition. On Monday Merkel appeared to rule out a minority government. So unless something changes a new election could be the only way forward.\nCrucially polls suggest that a new German election would not give Merkel more coalition options than she had coming out of the Sept. 24 vote.\nIndeed if voters blamed her conservatives for failing to form a government the first time around she could emerge even weaker than she is now.", "output": [ "Angela Merkel" ] }, { "id": "task419-a845cb7fd44c4ddc89f70114fdadb688", "input": "Down the hill past the town's plaza and up another hill 50-year-old Maria Rivera watches her husband and two friends remove broken furniture and soggy sheets from their home which was destroyed by the storm. It is 2 p.m. and the three men toss the debris into a truck one of them owns. City officials never showed up to clear the debris and crews with the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency did not come until this month to assess the damage.\nTears moisten Rivera 's eyes as she gazes at what remains of the home where she lived for 19 years with her husband and three children.\n\"I haven't been able to assimilate everything that has happened \" she says adding that she spends most of the day bracing for darkness. \"When night falls you start growing anxious depressed. Everything has changed ... Sometimes I go to places that have power and I tell my husband 'I don't want to go back.'\"\nBy 4 p.m. some generators in Rivera 's neighborhood start rumbling as darkness approaches on the shortest day of the year. A teenager bounces a basketball and takes a couple of shots on a court before heading home while several men wrap up reconstruction efforts at a roofless home that federal crews fitted with a blue tarp just two weeks ago.", "output": [ "Maria Rivera" ] }, { "id": "task419-5c3e003ccab84c37ae938208b7b07831", "input": "This capital city was on the brink of collapse when Yuri M. Luzhkov became mayor in 1992 with food shortages trash-strewn streets and rampant crime. Cigarettes one of the few luxuries available to the masses in the Soviet era were in such short supply that Muscovites blockaded the city's main thoroughfares in protest.\n Eighteen years later as Luzhkov steps down after being fired Tuesday by Russia's president Dmitry A. Medvedev he is leaving behind a humming metropolis of skyscrapers luxury boutiques and traffic jams. Opponents also describe a legacy of corruption and nepotism that has left the mayor and his circle exceedingly rich -- and possibly disgraced.\n Not a word has been heard yet from Luzhkov whose motorcade sped out of city hall shortly after the news was delivered. Even after a blistering smear campaign in the Kremlin-controlled media in recent weeks Luzhkov had been defiant vowing as late as Monday to hang on to power. It was clear he was not yet ready to speak of his legacy.\n But those who have followed the long arc of the mayor's career and who took stock of his tenure Tuesday spoke of two Luzhkovs.\n They described the mayor of recent years who ran Moscow like a personal fief crushing opponents while surrounding himself with a small team of allies who enriched themselves through their control of the city's main avenues of commerce. Under his leadership his wife Yelena Baturina a billionaire real estate developer responsible for many of the new high-rise buildings in Moscow became Russia's richest woman.\n But those who knew Luzhkov from his earliest days as mayor also recall a tireless crisis manager who largely through the blunt force of his will pulled this city through the chaos of the Soviet collapse.\n \"Frankly speaking he simply saved Moscow in 1992-93 when there was a total deficit of everything \" said Sergei B. Stankevich a political analyst who worked with Luzhkov in the city government in those early years.\n simply saved Moscow in 1992-93 when there was a total deficit of everything \" said Sergei B. Stankevich a political analyst who worked with Luzhkov in the city government in those early years.\n \"Unfortunately the late Luzhkov was another man \" he said. \"But the early Luzhkov is still my friend.\"", "output": [ "Yuri M. Luzhkov" ] }, { "id": "task419-d88e192ac268437e8f78996cbc332931", "input": "Clinton feels our pain , and our confusion -- even the guilt of people who come up and tell her they did n't vote for her , and they 're so sorry ! \nPromoting What Happened , Clinton is hitting the big media spots . \nShe 's talking to The Nation , for the first time ; to the women who work at the millennial-oriented Mic , and to CNN analyst -LRB- and loyal 2016 Clinton surrogate -RRB- Bakari Sellars for the debut of his podcast . \nI caught up with Clinton at her midtown office in between book signings . \nWe should get a few disclosures out of the way : My daughter worked for Clinton in five states last year -LRB- Clinton greeted me with \"How 's Nora ?\" -RRB- \nI endorsed Clinton in January 2016 , in the pages of The Nation , at least partly because of the media 's repeated certainty that nobody , nowhere , actually liked her ; that her supporters were all Democratic Party hacks and cat ladies and people who did n't know better . \nMeeting Hillary Clinton in 2017 is a mind-bending experience .", "output": [ "Hillary Clinton" ] }, { "id": "task419-b55f54690a3545e394621ca582e2aa15", "input": "Dropbox disclosed in a public filing last week that Quentin Clark its SVP of engineering product and design was paid a total compensation worth $34.6 million in 2017. That includes a prorated base salary of $130 000 a one-time signing bonus of $340 000 and company stock worth $34.1 million which will vest over five years.\n Clark 's pay package last year is impressive given how Dropbox has hired a number of high-profile executives over the years including COO Dennis Woodside. Clark is relatively little known outside of engineering circles and has maintained a low-profile despite a long engineering career that spans more than two decades.\nPrior to joining Dropbox Clark held the chief technology officer and chief business officer roles at SAP.\nBut Clark spent the majority of his career at Microsoft. He spent nearly 20 years in various engineering roles including as a vice president in charge of the company's database products. In his LinkedIn profile Clark describes his work at Microsoft as having managed \"the SQL Server product and the broader data platform work \" including Business Intelligence Big Data products and the cloud data platform work in Azure.\n Clark also worked on WinFS a Microsoft project in the early 2000s that aimed to replace the file system in Windows with a more database-like file system. It never shipped and some insiders blamed it for contributing to the delays that plagued Windows Vista. Bill Gates then chief software architect once said on Reddit that not shipping it was his biggest regret among unrealized products.", "output": [ "Quentin Clark" ] }, { "id": "task419-0d30190a5bf640deb306adb584ad7d62", "input": "House Speaker Paul Ryan was ridiculed on social media Saturday after he tweeted then deleted a post citing a woman’s tiny raise as an accomplishment of the GOP tax cut.\n Ryan was responding to an Associated Press story about the controversial tax overhaul’s effect on Americans’ paychecks.\n He highlighted Julia Ketchum a secretary earning an additional $1.50 a week under the new withholding guidelines from the IRS following the passage of the bill.\n Ryan was responding to an Associated Press story about the controversial tax overhaul’s effect on Americans’ paychecks. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)\n Ryan’s Democratic opponent Randy Bryce used the blunder as a fund-raising opportunity.\n“Moments ago @PRyan deleted this tweet after we told him just how out of touch he was. Show Paul Ryan what you think of his tax bill. Chip in $1.50 now to help us repeal and replace Ryan permanently this November.” He linked to a fund-raising page that suggests a $1.50 donation to his campaign.\nSocial media users and Democratic lawmakers blasted Ryan over the since-deleted tweet.\n Speaker Paul Ryan on Saturday deleted this tweet about a Pennsylvania woman whose paycheck increased by $1.50 a week because of the recently passed GOP tax bill. (Twitter)\n Ryan preserved a second tweet in reaction to the AP story quoting a man saying “I have heard time and time again that the middle class is getting crumbs but I’ll take it!”\n$1.50 doesn’t even buy you a pack of gum. — April (@speakout_april) February 3 2018 We’ll work an extra 2 mins a day for our $1.50/wk. Can we have our 1.5 TRILLION back now? — SnarkyScott✈️ (@flyaway_k) February 3 2018 Tweet about that then. Highlighting someone who's paycheck went up $1.50 because of your $1 trillion tax cut is insultingly asinine. Especially considering Ryan received $500 000 in contributions from a handful of ultra-rich donors after the tax cut was passed. — David P. O'Bryan (@OBryDavid07) February 3 2018 What's sad is that might have been good in 1918 but not today.. It literally and I mean really doesn't even cover the cost of a 20oz bottle of coke. One bottle! And at the rate we are going with inflation it may not cover the cost of a can of cat food. Now this is scary! — Robin (@robinearhart20) February 3 2018 Paul Ryan got a $500 000 bonus for passing the #GOPTaxScam... and he ’s super excited one of his voters will get $78 a year.", "output": [ "Paul Ryan" ] }, { "id": "task419-edbd9cd10eea49adaeaf81b714fed386", "input": "That’s not too far of a fling actually. One really bad move could do it but Trump has insulated himself with people far more competent and worthy of their positions. To date they ’re keeping him from stepping over the edge.\nI never thought he could do the job. He’s made some solid moves in his first year in office but I actually give the credit to those around him. As I said from the beginning it was the Cabinet that would do the actual work and much like his business dealings Trump would be the Ronald McDonald of politics. He ’s the face of the presidency but the actual work is being done by somebody else.\nWolff leans to some old rumors in the book about Trump’s campaign plans. Namely he never intended to be president. He was going to clean up by being the almost president build up a ready-made audience and launch a new TV network venture TrumpTV.\nBecause nobody thought he would win nobody prepared for the job. In fact while Trump bragged openly to his glassy-eyed followers that he ’d finance his own campaign and be beholden to none (How many times did I hear a Trumper say “ He can’t be bought!”) he put very little of his own money into the campaign. He took donations like every other candidate but to this day not a single Trump supporter can be convinced of that.\n He didn’t run his campaign like somebody that wanted to win. It was a show to him . He was worthless in debates because he obviously didn’t understand the questions being asked of him but his base would flood online polls and declare him the winner even before the debates were over (which tells me they didn’t understand the questions either nor did they care).\n Trump struck out at Wolff on Friday night (on Twitter of course) slamming him as a “loser” and calling his book “boring and untruthful.”\nOk. Wolff however is thanking Trump for helping him sell books which in turn is opening eyes.", "output": [ "Trumper" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d03ce113fd0498fb5bc888b3b41a2ad", "input": "Bishop Fulton Sheen was the world’s first televangelist drawing 30 million viewers to his weekly show until he fell victim to a jealous cardinal who drove him off the air and out of New York into what was called “ecclesiastical Siberia.”\nIn posthumous recompense for the wrongs he suffered at the hands of Francis Cardinal Spellman he was accorded the honor of being buried in the crypt beneath the altar at Saint Patrick’s cathedral.\nBut it was the small Illinois diocese where Sheen started out that began the process of making him a saint back in 2002. And the niece who is Sheen ’s closest living relative has filed a lawsuit seeking to have his remains moved to a cathedral in Peoria.\nThe present New York cardinal Timothy Dolan is a huge Sheen fan and is of the stated belief that his hero would want to stay undisturbed where he is.\nSuch doing would have been beyond all imagining back in 1952 when Sheen appeared on the cover of Time Magazine. He went on to beat out comedian Milton Berle for the 1953 Emmy for Most Outstanding Personality.\n\" He 's got better writers ” Berle famously responded. “Matthew Mark Luke and John.\"\n Sheen lightened the scripture with humor. In one episode about the Good Samaritan he offered a possible reason why the long ago priest and an assistant walked past a man who had been beaten and robbed.\n“One explanation that was given is that they found the man already robbed ” Sheen said with a twinkle.\n He went on to recount an encounter of his own with a panhandler who came up and requested $31 for a cup of coffee.\n“I gave him a dollar and then it suddenly dawned on me. ‘Thirty-one dollars ’ I said. ‘Why do you want $31? A coffee and breakfast will only cost you a dollar. Why do you want the 30?’ And you know what he told me? ‘You wouldn't want me to go into a restaurant dressed in this suit would you?”\nBut there was nothing funny at all about Sheen’s off-screen dispute with Spellman involving money and milk. Sheen was forced off the air in 1957 the same year he was nominated for a second Emmy.\n Sheen suddenly found himself without a show.\n“Spellman cancelled my uncle’s annual Good Friday sermon at Saint Patrick's discouraged other New York clergy from befriending him and ‘reassigned’ him to an upstate diocese ” Cunningham says in her affidavit.\nExiled to Rochester Sheen told the retiring bishop there that there was no need to move from the well-appointed home where he had been living.\n“My uncle moved into an apartment over the bingo parlor ” Cunningham notes in an unpublished memoir included in the court papers to document her close connection to Sheen .\nRochester was struggling economically and Cunningham remembered seeing numerous Native Americans who were panhandling. Sheen was always quick to give them money.", "output": [ "Bishop Fulton Sheen" ] }, { "id": "task419-5e6b8f14eb6240ecaf12dce526a8cf9c", "input": "A federal judge on Tuesday ordered tightened restrictions on former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert including barring him from possessing pornography using sex chat lines or having any contact with minors except in the presence of an adult who is aware of his sexual abuse of boys decades ago.\nAlthough the reasons for the tightened restrictions were not spelled out Hastert has been undergoing a court-ordered sex offender evaluation — including any \"psychological and physiological\" testing deemed necessary — to expose any undisclosed wrongdoing and gauge whether he 's a danger to society.\nUnder the new terms of his release Hastert 75 was ordered not to possess any “pornographic sexually oriented or sexually stimulating materials including visual auditory telephonic or electronic media computer programs or services ” and also was barred from patronizing any businesses where such material was available. Any “sex-related telephone numbers” were also off-limits according to the order.\nA spokesman for U.S. Attorney John Lausch had no comment Tuesday. Hastert ’s attorney Thomas Green could not be reached but the judge’s order indicated that Hastert agreed to the new conditions.\nIn Tuesday’s order Durkin said Hastert must get approval from the probation department before accessing any device with internet access including email. He must also consent — at his cost — to software being installed on his computers that monitors all keystrokes and chat conversations.\n Hastert pleaded guilty in October 2015 to one count of illegally structuring $950 000 in bank withdrawals to avoid reporting requirements. He admitted in a plea deal with prosecutors that he was making the withdrawals to pay a longtime acquaintance — identified in court records only as Individual A — to hide wrongdoing from his past.\nThe case began to unfold four years ago after a Yorkville bank noticed the suspicious withdrawals. After he was told by bank officials that any withdrawals of $10 000 or more had to be reported to regulators Hastert began to withdraw cash in $9 000 increments. In all he took out $1.7 million over 4½ years paying Individual A in increments of up to $100 000 in meetings at a Yorkville restaurant parking lot prosecutors said.\nIn December 2014 FBI agents confronted Hastert about the withdrawals. He told them he was trying to keep his money safe but shortly after that meeting an attorney representing Hastert called authorities to say the former speaker was a victim of an extortion plot and would cooperate in the investigation.\nAgents ultimately determined however that Hastert had been paying Individual A a former Yorkville wrestler to keep him silent about sexual abuse decades earlier.\nIn all five former students came forward to accuse Hastert .\nTribune reporters learned the identity of Individual A in early 2016. He has repeatedly declined to comment but his wife acknowledged her husband is a victim. He has since sued Hastert in a Kendall County breach-of-contract lawsuit seeking the remaining $1.8 million — plus accrued interest — that he argues Hastert still owes him . That lawsuit is pending.", "output": [ "Dennis Hastert" ] }, { "id": "task419-bf0d1ad04c764c9e90bf222b72bb1f7e", "input": "Zhang Zhikun a transgender woman said she was forced to watch gay porn while being injected with a \"colourless liquid\".\n Zhang Zhikun went to so-called therapy sessions at a state-owned hospital in Shenzhen in 2012 under pressure from her parents.\n Zhang Zhikun said she was told by her doctor: \"If you do not change [your sexuality] you will get sick and die of Aids.\"\n She was also recounted emotional blackmail from those treating her .\n\"Have you ever considered the happiness of your parents?\" she was asked.", "output": [ "Zhang Zhikun" ] }, { "id": "task419-74e4bd50772c428c8ce5d107eb780c7f", "input": "Corcoran's second guilty pleasure is quality time with a core group of old friends. \"Leave the husband at home and the kids and just go away and drink way too much wine and see how hard you can laugh \" she tells Torabi. \"If you drop dead you're going to be happy that day.\"\nWhile Corcoran 's splurges are relatively modest for a multi-millionaire they're a step up from what she would splurge on when she was just starting out her career: A daily coffee from Dunkin' Donuts.\n\"That was my treat every day \" she says. \"But I do remember very much debating whether I should get that donut with the coffee. … That was an every-other-day treat.\"\nThese days Corcoran still pays attention to prices that seem too high. For example she once refused to buy \"roast beef at $40 a pound from that stupid store on Madison Avenue \" she says. She took one look at the price tag on her quarter-pound bag of deli meat and said \"Take the Goddamned roast beef back. I'm not paying it.\"\nDon't miss: Self-made millionaire Barbara Corcoran: If your kids have this trait they'll be successful", "output": [ "Barbara Corcoran" ] }, { "id": "task419-c4ada53643a34fb1b13edf9f8d8adcdd", "input": "Better to avoid romaine lettuce for now said Jean Halloran director of food policy initiatives at Consumers Union the nonprofit policy arm of Consumer Reports.\n“(The CDC and FDA are) being very conservative and cautious about this but for consumers it’s a very simple thing to do to buy another kind of leafy green until more is known about the risk ” Halloran said.\nIt’s unusual for Consumer Reports to issue a food warning when the CDC and FDA haven’t issued a recall Halloran said. But given the size of the outbreak and the severity of the risk which is worse for elderly people and children the magazine felt it was the right decision she said.\n“This one really got our attention ” Halloran said.", "output": [ "Jean Halloran" ] }, { "id": "task419-9595fcab66774a55a9c2669088a064c4", "input": "Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has revealed that he received \"vile , disgusting\" voicemails after star LeBron James called President Donald Trump a \"bum\" on Twitter . \nJames ' message last weekend came in response to Trump rescinding an invitation for the NBA champion Golden State Warriors to visit the White House . \nGilbert said he had not told James about the voicemails . \nJames also commended NFL players for protesting after Trump said owners should fire any players who kneel during the national anthem . \nGilbert and James have patched up a complicated relationship . \nGilbert infamously wrote a letter to Cleveland fans criticizing James for leaving as a free agent in 2010 . \nThe owner was later fined $ 100,000 after he accused James of quitting in the playoffs during an interview with The Associated Press . \nEarlier this week , James said he did not regret his comment about Trump . \n\"Me and my friends call me that all the time ,\" James said during a news conference prior to the opening of Cleveland 's training camp .", "output": [ "LeBron James" ] }, { "id": "task419-675bf97881c04f17b40f26c34b55fc9c", "input": "In the film which is set in Chicago as he and Emily begin seeing each other and falling in love Kumail's parents still expect that he will enter into a traditional arranged marriage. Rather than hurt his parents and risk being cut off from his family he keeps his relationship with Emily a secret. Meanwhile Emily is diagnosed with a life-threatening infection that requires her to be put in a medically induced coma. Emily 's parents and Kumail spend time together at the hospital sizing each other up as they worry about Emily . The coma may sound like a fictional contrivance but it really happened. Let's start with an early scene from \"The Big Sick\" in which Kumail and Emily first meet. He's just done a set at a small comedy club. He walks to the bar where he sees the woman who yelled out a woo-hoo during his set.\nKAZAN: (As Emily ) I didn't heckle you. I just woo-hooed (ph) you. It's supportive.\nKAZAN: (As Emily) So if I yelled out like you're amazing in bed that'd be a heckle?\nNANJIANI: Yeah they had to take pressure off of Emily 's body. So they would put some of the vital functions on machines so that her body wasn't taxed. I remember when I got to the hospital Emily was in the E.R. And I went in and I was talking to her . And the nurse came in. And the nurse - first thing she said to - she was holding reports and she said to me - or to Emily she said oh you're a very sick girl.\nAnd I was like what does that mean? She doesn't really look that sick.\nGROSS: Kumail did you talk to her while she was in coma?\nGROSS: So you know I've always wanted to ask this to someone. Emily what's it like when you come out of coma? Like what - what's the first feeling that you have?\nNANJIANI: I think that might be an appropriate term. Emily mentioned that people were coming in to say hi to her . That was because Emily was by far the youngest person in the ICU at that time. So all the family members of all the other patients were very aware of Emily . So they were all kind of rooting for her . And so they were very excited. They were very excited when she was up because they just wanted her to get out of the ICU.\nGROSS: This is FRESH AIR. And if you're just joining us my guests are Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon. They're married and they co-wrote the new romantic comedy \"The Big Sick\" that's based in part on their relationship. And one of the parts of the movie that is true is that after they started seeing each other Emily had to be put in a medically induced coma because she had such a raging infection that they had to do that.\nAnd I actually recently found one of my mom's emails to me. And it was during the period that Emily and I were dating. And reading the email chain was kind of devastating because I saw how I was clearly leading them on and letting them think that I was going to do it. Honestly at the time I couldn't imagine a world where I did have an arranged marriage. And I couldn't imagine a world where I didn't have an arranged marriage.\nGROSS: Kumail how did you tell your parents about Emily ?\nNANJIANI: So I did while she was really sick. It had been - I forget you know what day it was or when it was. And I sort of remember where I was. My mom - my parents had been calling me just sort of to say hi to me all week. And I hadn't been answering the phone. And then one day when - you know because being in the hospital was a rollercoaster.\nNANJIANI: In the moment her reaction was is she - what's wrong with her? Is she going to be OK? Are you OK? And then she sort of checked up on Emily every day called me every day. And then as soon as Emily was out of the coma that's when she got really angry. She was like how could you do this to me? But while Emily was sick she just wanted to make sure Emily was OK. And then she got angry later.\nGROSS: Emily was it an issue in your family that you were marrying a Pakistani man you know an immigrant who was Muslim? I don't know what religion you are if any at all. But was that an issue?\nGROSS: Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon speaking to Terry Gross last year. He's the star and they're the co-writers of the movie \"The Big Sick \" which is nominated for an Oscar as best original screenplay. We'll hear more of their conversation in the second half of the show. And we'll also remember Wesla Whitfield the cabaret singer who died recently at age 70. I'm David Bianculli and this is FRESH AIR.\nBIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli in for Terry Gross back with more of Terry's 2017 interview with Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon . They're the co-writers of the movie \"The Big Sick \" which is nominated for an Oscar as best original screenplay. He also stars in the film which is based on their real-life relationship and how they first met and became a couple. Kumail grew up in Pakistan came to U.S. to attend college and stayed. When he and Emily were falling love he knew his parents wanted him to have an arranged marriage with a woman who was Muslim and Pakistani.", "output": [ "GordonEmily V. Gordon", "Gordon" ] }, { "id": "task419-dc8ee4482b3a4aeb97035ede04dcf5a2", "input": "In the end even Meyer was surprised by what he pulled off.\n \"I've gotten myself in trouble before by anointing players before they are deserving of it \" he said. \"But as far as the defensive front I don't know if I've ever seen one like this. In certain areas I'd have to say it's the best we've ever done.\"\n NATIONAL PRESENCE: When Meyer arrived in 2005 he said his goal was to primarily recruit regionally. But a strange thing happened over the past five years: Florida has been so successful it can't help but get recruits from across the country. This year's class has players from seven states other than Florida.\n \"My first year in 2005 we went and tried to recruit (nationally) and we didn't have that brand \" Meyer said. \"I think with the evolution of the media coverage and the performance of our players Florida has become a national brand right now. We'll go cherry pick a few for a certain reason.\"\n BIGGEST NAME: DE Ronald Powell. His presence is significant in many ways most notably where he's from. Meyer lured Powell from his home that's 90 miles from Southern Cal then held onto him after Lane Kiffin was hired at USC. Also Powell is considered the No. 1 player in the nation by several recruiting sites.\n BIGGEST COUP: Tampa Catholic OL Chaz Green. Meyer said the Gators began recruiting Green during his junior year but admits Florida started to fall off the radar with Green during the recruiting process. But assistant coach Dan McCarney refused to give up. And neither would Meyer. \"There was about a month when Chaz didn't pick up my phone calls \" Meyer said. \"Then bang all of a sudden he started answering my phone calls. When he told us he was coming that was a great day for us because we worked awful hard on that one.\"\n CLASS SURPRISES: Connecticut QB Tyler Murphy Atlanta LB Michael Taylor and Homestead LB Darrin Kitchens. With current backup QB Jordan Reed preparing to move to tight end the Gators needed a backup for John Brantley and early enrollee Trey Burton. They began recruiting Murphy late and it helped that offensive line coach Steve Addazio was once a classmate of Murphy's father. \"He's a freakish athlete with the ball in his hands \" Meyer said. As for Taylor Meyer said \"We were on his radar. He was not on ours. That was our error not to be in the middle of that one.\" Taylor was MVP for his team in the Under Armour High School All-Star Game at Tropicana Field last month. Kitchens runs a sub-11 100 meters and is a special teams player. \"He came up on a visit and kind of stole our heart \" Meyer said.", "output": [ "Meyer" ] }, { "id": "task419-1619e23d02144a6592f58272cd738c76", "input": "SEATTLE (AP) — In the view of Mike Hopkins his first season as the head coach at Washington will be filled basically with freshmen.\nThat's not to be taken in the literal sense. What Hopkins means is that with a new coaching staff a new style and new expectations even the players that are returning from last year are just like the incoming freshmen.\n\"I think the biggest thing is we've focused on the day-to-day how we're going to do the process of getting better \" Hopkins said. \"That's the standard of excellence every day and everybody here is learning a new system. A lot of the players end up being freshmen again because they're learning from our zone to our press to how we're going to play offensively defensively. I think they've made the transition pretty smooth.\"\n Hopkins also had to recruit those who slogged through a 9-22 record a season ago to keep them around. A number considered leaving. Most including starters David Crisp Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle all ended up staying with the chance to create the new foundation for the next chapter at Washington.\n\"The biggest concern with a new coach is the buy-in there \" Hopkins said. \"I think from the beginning our staff did a great job of really connecting with the kids working with them developing them getting them to stay that was our first priority. I'm very happy with the guys.\"\nIN THE ZONE: Yes Washington will play zone. Yes it will be the same zone defense that Hopkins helped teach at Syracuse.\nDefense was a major problem in the waning years of Romar's tenure. The Huskies' defense was more of a liability that an asset. How Hopkins is able to implement the zone will be important since the Huskies don't have a lot of size on the interior. A year ago Washington allowed 81 points per game 11th in the conference.\n\"I know the benefits of it. The biggest thing I want to do is control tempo. So if you're fast I can slow you down; if you're slow I can speed you up \" Hopkins said.\nFINDING SCORING: One of Hopkins ' first tasks will be finding enough scoring. Crisp is Washington's leading returning scorer at 13.8 points per game while Dickerson averaged 12.5 points last season. But the Huskies don't have an obvious scorer on the roster that can carry the load or get points in crucial situations. In recent seasons the Huskies have had Markelle Fultz Andrew Andrews and C.J. Wilcox. Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season while Andrews scored 20.9 per game the season before.\nDIFFICULT BEGINNING: Hopkins certainly isn't shying away from having a challenging schedule to begin his Washington tenure.", "output": [ "Mike Hopkins" ] }, { "id": "task419-4e3b25fc9c00493fa0b13e146aeca3f3", "input": "Related Inside Geoff Keighley's Ever-Growing Game Awards Empire Former Spike TV presenter wants nothing less than to create an Oscars for video games and he 's well on his way\nAnd Geoff Keighley who created the show in 2014 knows full well both the power and the potential of what he and his team put together each year. That’s why they spend the months leading up to the show doing everything from working on the diversity of the panel of judges (Glixel is among that panel) that select award nominees to ensuring that the future games to be highlighted on the show won’t overpromise on what they can deliver. On top of all of that the Game Awards team is still trying to find the right voice for the game industry.\n“I’m proud we have gamers win awards ” Keighley says. “You’d never see a music-listener or movie-goer win an award. I think this award is important because gaming is interactive and the players are a part of the experience. So why not award the player?”\nFour years in Keighley says he believes the show is still finding it’s success searching for ways to increase the prestige of the show in an effort to create what he calls the gold standard for gaming award shows.\n“We are a little more consumer-focused while other shows are more peer-based ” he says. “I think there are a bunch of ways to approach it.”\n“The challenge is that there are all of these games that come out today that are unfinished ” Keighley says. “What is a finished game anymore? That’s kind of an open debate.”\n“When we looked at the most important games this year we asked 'Do our rules accurately represent the industry and how games are being made'?” Keighley said. “And we realized that no they didn’t. Some of the most creative works and inspiring game design happens on the existing base of a game that came out previously. Look at No Man’s Sky. Last year that wasn’t the game it should have been but this year it has been improved a lot.”", "output": [ "Geoff Keighley" ] }, { "id": "task419-1048e8613792437bba499366c7a3dff3", "input": "Every time I watch Barry Lyndon my eye is immediately drawn to the candles. They’re in dozens of scenes in Stanley Kubrick’s 1975 classic historical drama sometimes as the only form of light—a miraculous achievement of cinematography that required special camera lenses borrowed from NASA. With any Kubrick work there’s a magisterial sense of control and overreach present in every frame an approach that helped make him the (sometimes clichéd) embodiment of the auteur filmmaker. In Barry Lyndon that attention to extravagant detail lies in those candles which can make the most epic manse feel chillingly intimate.\nThe behind-the-scenes features on the Criterion Collection’s remastered release of Barry Lyndon out this month make it clear just what a struggle it was to light scenes with tiny flames. Capturing even a still image with so little illumination is a challenge; using a film camera was much harder necessitating the use of gigantic lenses developed for NASA’s moon landings. Beyond that candles themselves are ill-suited to the hermetic environment of a movie set. “[They] would burn down very quickly people had to refuel every time … and they give off an enormous amount of smoke ” the focus puller Douglas Milsome recalls in a documentary included on the Criterion disc. “You would open all the windows put the [fans] on extract all the dirt and dust and the smell because it eats up oxygen.”\nRelated Story Stanley Kubrick's Unmade Film About Jazz in the Third Reich\nBarry Lyndon is the kind of film that deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible. There’s a good reason it’s revived with some frequency at major repertory cinemas sometimes with a live orchestra to replicate its memorable score (which consists entirely of classical pieces especially Handel’s “Sarabande” from his Keyboard suite in D minor). But the Criterion effort to replicate Barry Lyndon’s cinematic impact is impressive. The Blu-ray has a similarly hypnotic impact at home as it does in the theater drawing the audience’s focus to the surprising details in the background of each long stately shot. It’s a movie that actually makes the past look otherworldly unlike many period pieces which strive to make history seem easy to slip into.\nBased on the novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray Kubrick’s film chronicles the rise and fall of an opportunistic 18th-century Irishman who ascends through a mixture of luck and ambition to success and nobility and then experiences a similarly dramatic decline. Barry (Ryan O’Neal) is a frustrating foolish and often unknowable protagonist prone to hot-headed and cowardly behavior capable of both great empathy and callousness for those closest to him.", "output": [ "Barry Lyndon" ] }, { "id": "task419-620d1d76d62e4ad79c4161caa673b61b", "input": "Among darts tossed at Sen. Ted Cruz after his Twitter account \"liked\" a sexual video clip was an allegation that Cruz has backed a ban on sex toys . \nIt ultimately was Cruz 's duty to defend the law , each lawyer said . \nKrupkin said : \"Cruz in his official capacity as solicitor general supported a ban . \nIt gets too close to the line when you say Ted Cruz\" personally \"did this . \nTed Cruz did that in his official position . \nWe 're unaware of Cruz , elected in 2012 and seeking re-election in 2018 , calling for a ban on sex toys . \nThe Post 's tweet linked to the newspaper 's news story , which said , without added detail : \"Cruz , a Republican from Texas , is known for his strong religious convictions and family values stance -- and once even supported a ban on sex toys .\" \nEarlier , the state framed its arguments for upholding the law in a January 2007 brief listing the names of the then-attorney general , Greg Abbott , and five state attorneys working for the agency helmed by Abbott -- including Cruz , Todd and Davis , whose signature alone appears on the brief and , again alone , on the state 's unsuccessful post-ruling motion for rehearing . \nThe New York Post 's tweet called Cruz \"the same senator who once supported a ban on sex toys .\" \nCruz did not respond to our inquiry for this fact-check . \nThis statement incorrectly suggests that Cruz called for a ban on sex toys while serving in the Senate or otherwise personally held that belief . \nThere 's no doubt in my mind that Cruz would have reviewed it in some way .\" \n\"No ,\" Cruz said . \nTo our inquiries , Todd and Gary Krupkin , a Dallas First Amendment lawyer who represents businesses selling such products , each commented that Cruz supported restricting sex toys but that defending state laws also was his duty . \nCruz was Texas ' solicitor general at the time , making him the attorney general 's office 's top appellate lawyer . \nIn his position as a state lawyer , Cruz helped in the unsuccessful defense of a Texas law barring commercial promotion of sex toys -- an action giving this claim an element of truth . \nNew York Post Statement : Says Ted Cruz is the \"same senator who once supported a ban on sex toys .\" \nSo , Todd said , Cruz \"defended it . \nIt 's a stupid law ,\" Cruz said , adding that he believes consenting adults should do what they please in the privacy of their bedrooms .", "output": [ "Ted Cruz" ] }, { "id": "task419-e143144e687b49b08729e959988ee394", "input": "Georgian President Doing Camping Outside Ukraine ' s Parliament ? Enlarge this image toggle caption Sergei Chuzavkov / AFP / Getty Images Sergei Chuzavkov / AFP / Getty Images Just what is Mikhail Saakashvili doing ? Georgian president Ukrainian governor stateless fugitive — in the past decade he ' s played all these roles among others . But now that he ' s perched in a tent community near the parliament building in Kiev an opposition leader surrounded by a huge group of restive followers the question of who this bombastic politician is and what his aims are has become more pressing than ever . Trouble is the answer to the question will vary wildly depending on whom you ask . Pose it to Ukrainian authorities and they ' ll tell you he ' s a rabble - rousing criminal . The Security Service of Ukraine has tried twice this week to arrest him on the suspicion he ' s conspiring with pro - Russian figures to undermine President Petro Poroshenko ' s government . The first time on Tuesday they had to haul him down from his apartment building ' s roof — only to see him pulled from their police van by his angry supporters . On Wednesday they tried again and again they failed to bring him in this time because they were repulsed by tire - tossing members of the protest encampment set up in Mariyinsky Park . Saakashvili ' s supporters for their part dismiss the authorities ' allegations as trumped - up charges designed to eliminate a significant rival to Poroshenko . Saakashvili has cast himself as a crusader against government graft and he has accrued a significant following in the process . Neither version of Saakashvili — the opportunistic demagogue and the steely political activist — tells the whole story . But dig a little deeper into his long labyrinthine past and one might find a fair amount of fodder to support both conclusions . A rise and fall in Georgia Swept into power at the head of a peaceful uprising known as the Rose Revolution the brash young Saakashvili represented an optimistic vision of democratic reform and independence from neighboring Russia ' s influence . A former justice minister he won the presidency in 2004 — and won plaudits from the West while he was at it . \" Your courage is inspiring democratic reformers and sending a message that echoes across the world \" President George W . Bush told him on a state visit there in 2005 . \" Freedom will be the future of every nation and every people on Earth .\" Enlarge this image toggle caption Tim Sloan / AFP / Getty Images Tim Sloan / AFP / Getty Images During his time in power Saakashvili sought to refashion Georgia in the Western capitalist image opening markets and striving to wean the country off its economic dependence on Russia . \" We ' ve been thrown into the open sea \" he told Newsweek in 2006 . \" The time has come for us to learn to swim .\" Yet his grand Western dream eroded as his tenure stretched on . A dayslong war with Russia ended disastrously for Georgia in 2008 and by Election Day in 2012 his reputation as a reformer had withered under criticism that he ' d become increasingly authoritarian . He ended up soundly losing that election . Within two years of his electoral loss the prosecutor ' s office in Georgia had filed charges on Saakashvili and dozens of other former officials saying he had exceeded his authority as president and engaged in corruption . He called the charges a \" farce \" according to Reuters adding that the allegations lodged against him by the new government were simply aimed at \" pleasing Russia .\" He was out of country at the time the charges were filed . He has not been back since to Georgia which continues to angle for his extradition . About - faces in Ukraine When Saakashvili came to Ukraine in 2014 Kiev welcomed him warmly as an ally . Massive demonstrations had only recently forced out the country ' s pro - Russian president Viktor Yanukovych . Newly installed in office Poroshenko saw in Saakashvili a fellow antagonist of the Kremlin and he wasted little time in finding an official function for the Georgian . The president summarily granted Saakashvili Ukrainian citizenship in 2015 — a move that meant he would have to give up his Georgian citizenship which given his legal woes there couldn ' t have been a difficult choice . Poroshenko also went one step further appointing the new citizen to the governorship of the Odessa region . But as Radio Free Europe notes the job didn ' t exactly go smoothly . Or last long : \" After a stint that included occasionally dramatic acts of political theater the Ukrainian plan went awry and Saakashvili quit in November 2016 publicly accusing Poroshenko of blocking his reform efforts . He announced the launch of his own opposition party called Movement of New Forces and began campaigning against his former ally .\" Indeed the disputes grew so acrimonious a notorious fight even broke out between Saakashvili and the country ' s interior minister at a council meeting . Arsen Avakov said that faced with Saakashvili ' s \" hysterical \" behavior \" I refrained from hitting him and just threw water in his face .\" It ' s a long time since I ' ve seen such a bonkers populist . \" It ' s a long time since I ' ve seen such a bonkers populist \" he wrote after the meeting in late 2015 according to The Guardian . \" Nobody could get a word in edgeways he was interrupting everyone including the president .\" Earlier this year roughly nine months after his resignation Poroshenko stripped Saakashvili of his citizenship while the latter was on a visit to the U . S . Saakashvili had been a Ukrainian for a mere two years . Now unwelcome by authorities in both the countries he has called home the promising politician who was once the great Western hope for the former Soviet territories is a man without a state . That didn ' t stop him from returning to Ukraine however . In a move reminiscent of the mob action that freed him Tuesday Saakashvili pushed his way into Ukraine in September in dramatic fashion . The German newspaper Deutsche Welle described the scene : \" The circumstances were astonishing even for a country like Ukraine whose recent history is rich in scurrilous political incidents . Initially the 49 - year - old former governor of Odessa oblast attempted to enter the country by train accompanied by a crowd of journalists . The Ukrainian train was stopped in Poland and the politician was requested to disembark . Saakashvili then traveled by bus to another border crossing where his well - muscled supporters literally carried him over the border . The Ukrainian border guards appeared to be helpless .\" Since then Saakashvili has railed tirelessly against his old friend in Kiev . Enlarge this image toggle caption Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Populist or provocateur ? It ' s unclear where this skein unspools from here . Saakashvili ' s status remains entirely up in the air . Though stateless he can ' t claim the status of a refugee since Ukraine rejected his petition for political asylum last month — and though he ' s free for now he ' s a wanted man in both countries where he once held leadership positions . Long known for his opposition to Russia Saakashvili nevertheless now stands accused of what Ukraine ' s top prosecutor calls \" the revenge plan of the pro - Kremlin forces in Ukraine .\" \" This part of the ' Russian Spring ' operation in Kiev is related to the cooperation of a series of politicians — first of all Mikhail Saakashvili with the members of Yanukovych ' s organized criminal group \" Yuriy Lutsenko told reporters on Tuesday playing audio and video footage purporting to show Saakashvili arranging payments from a wealthy pro - Russian businessman . These payments according to Lutsenko funded \" protest rallies aimed at seizing power in Ukraine and facilitating the members of the organized criminal group .\" But in a Ukraine just years removed from political revolution law enforcement officers appear reluctant to press the matter painfully aware of the dangers of making martyrs out of him and his supporters . So even after multiple attempts at arrests Saakashvili remains at large — and remains vocal in denying the charges . \" I appeal to Poroshenko : Why do you need these provocations ?\" he wrote of his erstwhile ally on Facebook according to a translation by the Ukrainian news service UNIAN . \" Do not attack or force people into fighting back ! This is a peaceful rally ! Has the experience taught you nothing ?\"", "output": [ "Mikhail Saakashvili" ] }, { "id": "task419-3c0948f4c5d44e438dd0ae561445aea9", "input": "ESPN said Hundley's claims are without merit. The Connecticut-based network said its investigation found Hundley's characterization of the events inconsistent.\n \"Hundley's claims are without merit and we will vigorously defend against them \" ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said. \"Her current charges do not accurately portray ESPN's handling of the matter.\"\n Phillips acknowledged his relationship with Hundley.\n Phillips and Hundley were fired in October.\nHundley's claims are without merit and we will vigorously defend against them \" ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said. \"Her current charges do not accurately portray ESPN's handling of the matter.\"", "output": [ "Hundley" ] }, { "id": "task419-3603aea7aba44dd7b79076ecf002a04f", "input": "Starting in July Jaime Phillips an operative with the organization Project Veritas wiped her previous right-leaning social media accounts and joined two dozen networking groups related to either journalism or left-leaning politics. (Julio Negron/The Washington Post)\nStarting in July Jaime Phillips an operative with the organization Project Veritas which purports to expose media bias joined two dozen networking groups related to either journalism or left-leaning politics. She signed up to attend 15 related events often accompanied by a male companion and appeared at least twice at gatherings for departing Post staffers.\nPhillips 41 presented herself to journalists variously as the owner of a start-up looking to recruit writers a graduate student studying national security or a contractor new to the area. This summer she tweeted posts in support of gun control and critical of Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants — a departure from the spring when on accounts that have since been deleted she used the #MAGA hashtag and mocked the Women’s March on Washington that followed Trump’s inauguration as the “Midol March.”\n Her true identity and intentions were revealed only when The Post published a story on Monday along with photos and video about how she falsely told Post reporters that Moore had impregnated her when she was a teenager. The Post reported that Phillips appeared to work for Project Veritas an organization that uses false cover stories and covert video recordings in an attempt to embarrass its targets.\n Phillips’s sustained attempt to insinuate herself into the social circles of reporters makes clear that her deception — and the efforts to discredit The Post’s reporting — went much further than the attempt to plant one fabricated article.\n Phillips ’s encounters with dozens of journalists which have not been previously reported typically occurred at professional networking events or congratulatory send-offs for colleagues at bars and restaurants. She used three names and three phone numbers to follow up with Post employees chatting about life in Washington and asking to be introduced to other journalists.\nIn one case Phillips kept a conversation going for five weeks with a Post employee over text message repeatedly asking whether she and her husband could meet Phillips for dinner. After the employee shared that she was experiencing a family tragedy Phillips wrote: “Let me know if I can do anything to help even if just to talk or something small. We’d like to send flowers or a donation… Thoughts & prayers.”\n Phillips did not respond to messages seeking comment Wednesday.\n1 of 13 Full Screen Autoplay Close Skip Ad × Texts show Project Veritas operative seeking to build rapport with Post employee View Photos Jaime Phillips identified herself as a visitor to D.C. and communicated with a Washington Post employee from late August until early October repeatedly asking to take the employee out to dinner. The Post is not identifying the employee because the exchange includes references to a family tragedy. Some of the details of that event have been redacted. Caption Jaime Phillips identified herself as a visitor to D.C. and communicated with a Washington Post employee from late August until early October repeatedly asking to take the employee out to dinner. The Post is not identifying the employee because the exchange includes references to a family tragedy. Some of the details of that event have been redacted. Buy Photo Wait 1 second to continue.\nAsked to comment on Phillips ’s mingling with employees of The Post and other news organizations over the past few months Project Veritas co-founder James O’Keefe said “I can’t give up the identity of my sources no more than you can disclose the identity of your anonymous sources.”\nPost reporters watched as Phillips walked into Project Veritas’s office in Mamaroneck N.Y. Monday morning five days after presenting her with documents that raised doubts about her motivations in making claims against Moore.\n Jaime Phillips center gave her name as Jaime Taylor while attending a meetup for entrepreneurial journalism at the City University of New York’s Graduate School of Journalism in August 2017. (Obtained by The Washington Post)\nSoon Phillips began building a new online persona. She changed the cover art on her Facebook profile to a picture of John F. Kennedy. She created a new Twitter account featuring the slogan “Love not hate makes America great.” She started a new Periscope account using hashtags showing support for liberal protests. In a Facebook post on July 16 she wrote that she was leaving Atlanta to move to the Washington area to work for a “peace building” organization.\n Her original social media accounts were eventually erased — and the accounts with the left-leaning sentiments were deleted after The Post published its story Monday.\nThe Post recovered the postings via the Internet Archive and Google’s cache. Other images of her social media accounts were captured as they were being deleted Tuesday night.\nFor two weeks in July early in her time in the District Phillips rented a basement apartment in the Capitol Hill home of Brad Woodhouse the former communications director for the Democratic National Committee. Woodhouse was president of the liberal group Americans United for Change when it was targeted in a Project Veritas video released days before the 2016 election.", "output": [ "Jaime Phillips" ] }, { "id": "task419-308ae8610f8c46da94dac3dff6f3b3e5", "input": "As Iran spins into chaos former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reportedly arrested for inciting unrest in Shiraz home of the wine of the same name after he made a speeech in Bushehr home of Iran's nuclear reactor.\nAccording to al-Quds al-Arabi Ahmadinejad said:\n\"Some of the current officials live away from the problems of the people and concerns and do not know anything about the reality of society \" adding that \"what it suffers Iran today is mismanagement and not lack of economic resources. \" \"The government of Hassan Rowhani believes that they own the land and that the people are a ignorant society that does not know \" Ahmadinejad said. \"The people are angry at this government because of its monopoly on public wealth.\"\nWhat's likely to cheese the mullahs off is that Ahmadinejad has always been considered a \"working class\" Iranian. He 's lined his pockets like the rest of them but his austere lifestyle dating from his time as mayor of Tehran and his Member's Only jacket as well as his sloppy back-slapping friendship with the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez during his 2005-2013 presidency has endeared him to the Iranian \"street.\" The protests are working class in character and motivated by bread and butter issues. Obviously Ahmadinejad saw his opportunity.\nBecause Ahmadinejad has been on the outs with the mullahs for at least a year now. Earlier this year in April he was banned from running for president by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei but did so anyway. After that he was brought up on corruption charges stemming from misuse of public funds and at last report faced sentencing something he apparently managed to get out of by the time of the protests.\nWhat the whole thing tells us is that the mullahs fear Ahmadinejad in all his working-class glory and what that tells us is that yes the ongoing Iranian revolt really is working class in character it's not just anedcotal.", "output": [ "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" ] }, { "id": "task419-3d8ba4854d844582aac9dc38bf6577b5", "input": "Warren Buffett and Bill Gates have both founded highly profitable companies so it's safe to say that they 've made quite a few smart business decisions. In a 1998 panel discussion with students at the University of Washington's business school the two billionaires pinpointed the best business decisions they ever made.\n Buffett said his best business decision was simply starting a career in investing because he enjoys what he does. Luckily said Buffett this has worked out well for him .\n\"You'll see plenty of times when you get chances to do things that just shout at you \" he said. \"When that happens you have to take a big swing.\"\nAlluding to his own experiences as an investor Buffett said that when these opportunities arise you must act quickly. There's no time to be \"reading a book on the theory of diversification \" he said.", "output": [ "Warren Buffett" ] }, { "id": "task419-5a4489884d1348d08283151f850f04ff", "input": "NEW YORK -- The family of a woman found dead after she vanished while jogging watched in tears as lawyers played a videotaped confession of the man accused of killing her .\n Chanel Lewis has been charged with murder in the 2016 death of Karina Vetrano. He has pleaded not guilty and his attorneys say his confession was wrongly obtained and should not be admissible in his upcoming trial. The video was played in court Monday.\n Lewis says he grabbed the 30-year-old who ran past him in on a secluded section of a marshland park in Queens. He says he beat and strangled her but he did not molest her. The body had been found with her clothing in disarray leading investigators to suspect she'd also been sexually assaulted.\n\"I lost it \" Lewis told an NYPD detective in one of the three taped confessions reports AMNY. He reportedly told police he was angry that day because his family had men visiting the house who were making a lot of noise.\n Lewis reportedly said Vetrano fought back as he beat her and choked her scratching him on the right side of his face. He said he then grabbed the apparently dead woman by the arms and dragged her into the weeds off the trail.", "output": [ "Chanel Lewis" ] }, { "id": "task419-df604ac22b4749d9be337f62c889e071", "input": "It’s been a tough day for Louis C.K. as the now-disgraced comedian lost roles in two animated projects as a result of his admitted sexual misconduct.\nAs previously reported Louis C.K. was accused by multiple women of unwanted sexual advances that included masturbating in front of them. Rather than fight or deny the allegations C.K. shocked everyone by releasing a statement admitting to everything and announcing that he ’ll be stepping away from showbusiness for a while.\nAdditionally in a separate piece from The Hollywood Reporter in November it broke that Louis C.K. will not appear as a voice in Universal Pictures’ “The Secret Life of Pets 2.” He previously voiced the lead dog Max in the 2016 original.\nTBS and Universal join FX Networks which will not give Louis executive producer compensation on “Better Things ” “Baskets” or “One Mississippi ” which airs on Amazon. Additionally his latest movie “I Love You Daddy” will not be released by The Orchard which purchased the film at TIFF for $5 million prior to the allegations about C.K. going public.", "output": [ "Louis C.K" ] }, { "id": "task419-1af3fe89750d4ca8b343f5724ba4e0fd", "input": "“Indian food is becoming more popular in the United States ” says chef Rakesh Ramola who owns Philadelphia’s Indeblue . While chicken tikka masala saag paneer and lamb biryani may be Indian menu standards in America Ramola says that there are many more regional dishes found in India and American Indian restaurants often limit themselves to the basics. Thanks to the increasing popularity of Indian food stateside however Indian restaurants are experimenting with fusion recipes and more contemporary dishes which is in turn also becoming popular in India.\nStill Ramola says that another American facet of Indian restaurants all-you-can-eat buffets are not common in India. While some may see buffets to be a good value Ramola strays away from them. “Food that sits in a pan over steaming water loses its integrity ” he says. Plus he believes that many restaurants reuse leftover buffet food from day to day to reduce food waste and use frozen vegetables and cheaper cuts of meat to reduce food costs. For properly prepared Indian food served at manageable portions don’t be swayed by the tempting $9.99 buffet lunch special.\nFor the best Indian food experience Ramola believes ordering several dishes to share is the best way to not only taste more menu items but create a warm fun dining experience. “Traditionally Indians eat family style \" he says. \"Mealtime is the time when you are with family and friends sharing food and conversation.\" The starch served on the side of main dishes also varies by region. “In Northern India you will see people eating roti or paratha with curry while in Southern India eating rice with curry is more common.” At his restaurant Ramola sees most customers eating both rice and bread with their meals. Thanks America.\nOne Indian- and American-approved addition to an Indian meal? Adding a “nice” IPA to all that spice is Ramola’s favorite way to chase down Indian food.", "output": [ "Ramola" ] }, { "id": "task419-8b11dd777d804cddadee67ed99aea6b9", "input": "Dwyane Wade will remain in Miami on one condition: He wants the Heat to become a championship contender again.\nThe reigning NBA scoring champion who can opt out of his Heat contract after the 2009-10 season said Monday that simply getting to the playoffs \"is not enough\" to satisfy him anymore and that his long-term commitment to Miami hinges entirely on the franchise getting back into the mix for the title trophy he hoisted just three years ago.\n\"I'm going to listen. I owe the Miami Heat that much. I'm going to listen to what they have to say and I'm going to think about it \" Wade told The Associated Press. \"But right now the way I feel I want to make sure that we're on track to where I want us to be on track to before I sign back.\"\nWade made clear that he would like to stay with the Heat reiterating something he's said countless times in recent months. There's no acrimony between the 2006 NBA finals MVP and Heat president Pat Riley either and Wade said that the jump Miami made this past season -- from 15 wins and the league's worst record in 2007-08 to 43 wins and the No. 5 seed in the East in 2008-09 -- was thrilling.\n\"I'm good with that \" Wade said \"for one year.\"\n\"I've told coach Riley this: All my life all I've ever wanted to do is win and be put in a position where I can win and succeed \" Wade said. \"Build me a team. Put the pressure on me to win a championship. Give me a team and say 'All right you've got to go do it ' and I'll take that pressure. Give me guys that we feel can compete every year to win a championship. I don't want to go anywhere else.\"\nWade's contract status is the biggest issue facing the Heat this summer. He could sign an extension as early as next week.\nHis destination after next season has been an oft-discussed topic especially since he and good friend LeBron James structured their last contracts the same way to have the flexibility to become free agents in 2010.\n\"I want to make sure that we stay competitive and we have an opportunity to win championships like I've done before \" Wade said. \"I don't want to be content with winning games. I don't want to win games. I want to win championships. That's what I'm all about.\"\nAlready this summer the Heat have seen plenty of teams in the East make big moves. Shaquille O'Neal -- Wade's former superstar teammate -- was traded to Cleveland to play alongside James. Orlando landed Vince Carter Boston reportedly agreed with Rasheed Wallace Detroit picked up Ben Gordon and Toronto seems poised to sign Hedo Turkoglu.\n\"D-Wade wants what's best for the Miami Heat period \" former Heat center Alonzo Mourning said last week. \"Obviously he wants more help for the Heat to get to that next level again. He feels like we've got good pieces around us. We just need a little bit more.\"\nWade sees it the same way.\n\"My talents can help a team compete for a championship \" Wade said. \"I've proven that.\"", "output": [ "Wade" ] }, { "id": "task419-3bfebdd17148480292fc46884b03c4fb", "input": "Both Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left meetings with the US at the General Assembly convinced that Trump is serious about a Middle East peace plan Haaretz reported at the time.\nHamas is considered by Israel and the US as well as other countries to be a terrorist organization. Netanyahu has made it clear he has strict demands before Israel engages with a Palestinian government that includes Hamas including recognizing Israel breaking its ties with Iran and dismantling its military wing.\n\"We expect everyone who talks about a peace process to recognize the State of Israel and of course the Jewish state \" Netanyahu said last week. \"We cannot accept fake reconciliation on the Palestinian side that comes at the expense of our existence.\"\nGiven Netanyahu 's current stance though a Fatah-Hamas reconciliation could doom negotiations Daniel Kurtzer a former US Ambassador to Israel and Egypt told Business Insider.\n\" Netanyahu can do what he wants to do and thus far he appears irreconcilably opposed to PLO-Hamas reconciliation \" Kurtzer said in an email. \"If the Palestinians do reconcile on a reasonable basis and if Netanyahu 's attitude doesn't change it will be impossible to reach negotiations now.\"\nSimilar talks have started before though and have not been successful. The current discussions happening this week in Egypt are reportedly ignoring the issue of Hamas' military wing even as both Netanyahu and Abbas have demanded demilitarization.\nWithout the backing of both factions Abbas does not have the ability to say he speaks for all Palestinians a reason Netanyahu has offered in the past to avoid negotiations.\n\"Mr. Netanyahu and his government were using Palestinian division as an excuse not to make peace \" Saeb Erekat the chief Palestinian negotiator when Fatah-Hamas talks ended the 2014 US negotiations said at the time.", "output": [ "Benjamin Netanyahu" ] }, { "id": "task419-ceb85bbf8a6d4a12a9cf8934ca77a931", "input": "Vance Joy \" Nation of Two \" ( Atlantic ) If ukuleles make their way back onto the pop charts you can probably thank Vance Joy . The Australian singer - songwriter delivers an exciting sophomore effort with \" Nation of Two \" a 13 - track collection in which he proves he isn ' t too cool to play a little uke banjo or even that guitar - ukulele hybrid known as a guitalele . Joy born James Keogh had a breakout hit with 2013 ' s ukulele - led \" Riptide \" and became the opening act for Taylor Swift . This is his time to really shine — and he seizes it . The sensitive strummer links up with several veteran songwriters — including three tunes with Dave Bassett and three with Dan Wilson — for an album of very personal love songs . Joy is all over the CD writing or co - writing every song and even contributing to the cover art . The clear standout track is the alt - rock anthem \" We ' re Going Home \" but other beauties include the uke - led ditty \" Saturday Sun \" the slow - burning \" Alone With Me \" and the achingly beautiful \" I ' m With You .\" If you yearn for music by Mumford & Sons The Lumineers and even early Ed Sheeran these are your jams — earthy folky and honest . Joy ' s songs are nicely not overly produced allowing a little charming vocal strain every once in a while . Joy ' s co - writers tend to elevate his songs into something a bit more substantial whether it ' s with a brass section or strings pushing him to go bigger . The four tunes he is credited with writing alone are clearly the weakest but also the most personal . It all adds up to an appealing album from an artist with a promising future . \" Won ' t you take your time on me ?\" he sings in one song and it seems absolutely rude not to . ___ Mark Kennedy is at http :// twitter . com / KennedyTwits The Associated Press .", "output": [ "Vance Joy" ] }, { "id": "task419-a178a82f169048c88d6a200dba210e90", "input": "Eminem \"Revival\" (Interscope)\nThe A-List collaborators on Eminem 's new album scream \"I want a radio hit \" with Beyonce Ed Sheeran Pink and Alicia Keys co-starring on the songs.\nIt wouldn't be hard to believe especially since Eminem 's last major hits have relied heavily on Rihanna from \"Love the Way You Lie\" to \"The Monster.\" But thankfully on \" Revival \" Eminem returns as the star of his show.\nBeyonce sounds beautiful on opener \"Walk On Water \" but Em's words are even better as he delivers honest lyrics that sound and feel true to him .\n\"Every album song I was spazzin' the (eff) out on/And now I'm gettin' clowned and frowned on \" he raps.\n Eminem is no longer hip-hop's most prized wordsmith and the adjustment is tough for any performer once known as one of music's most celebrated acts.\nBut on \"Revival \" his ninth studio album Eminem makes himself relevant with his smart rhymes which is refreshing in the age of \"mumble rap.\" The album artwork is of the American flag with race and President Donald Trump recurring topics throughout the 19 tracks.\n\"So hands in the air let's hear it for the start of a brand new America without him and be proud of where we're from \" Eminem raps on \"Like Home \" featuring a stellar-sounding Keys.\nEminem co-produced some of the songs also getting help from Rick Rubin Dr. Dre Alex Da Kid Mr. Porter and Skylar Grey the singer songwriter and originator of \"Love the Way You Lie.\"", "output": [ "Eminem" ] }, { "id": "task419-8516e02a54db462583a34d0e7a469fec", "input": "Trump Chief Of Staff Kelly : I Didn't Want To Leave DHS But 'God Punished Me'\nPresident Trump's chief of staff John Kelly who has attempted to bring order to a chaotic West Wing joked Thursday that he is not sure what he did to wind up in his current position.\nAt an event marking the 15th anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security Kelly said \"The last thing I wanted to do was walk away from one of the great honors of my life being the secretary of homeland security but I did something wrong and God punished me I guess.\"\n Kelly appearing on stage with two other former DHS secretaries and the current holder of the position Kirstjen Nielsen drew laughs when he said he had \"no right\" to be on stage with them. Kelly told the audience of DHS staffers that he missed them \"every day. \"\nKelly was Trump's first homeland security secretary and remained in the job for six months before Trump tapped him to replace Reince Priebus at the White House.\n Kelly has been under intense scrutiny following revelations that former White House staff secretary Rob Porter had been granted an interim security clearance even though a background check revealed domestic abuse allegations by Porter's two ex-wives — allegations which Porter has denied.", "output": [ "John Kelly" ] }, { "id": "task419-695bdf3fe2d340258b6ef1c103216210", "input": "David Hogg the Florida school shooting survivor-turned-activist who has recently been the target of vicious smear campaigns on social media called out National Rifle Association spokeswoman Dana Loesch about her true loyalties on Sunday.\n\"Look at Dana . Look at what she saying. Is she actually saying anything or is that just a tone to distract the American public and distract her NRA members from the fact that she 's not serving them? She is serving the gun manufacturers \" Hogg said. \" She 's not serving the people of the NRA because the people that are joining the NRA 99.9% of them are amazing people that just want to be safe responsible gun owners. And I fully can support that.\"\n Loesch had appeared on \"This Week\" right before him and also at CNN's town hall last week. She has voiced the NRA's opposition to raising the age at which people can buy guns and shifted the focus from her group to the Broward County Sheriff's department for their alleged inaction as the shooting was unfolding.\n\"I wish that as much attention were given to the Broward County Sheriff and their abdication of duty as trying to blame five million innocent law-abiding gun owners all across the country \" she said on Sunday.", "output": [ "Dana Loesch" ] }, { "id": "task419-d8f2c959adf04bbf9e962356ff06a372", "input": "We know that Nikolas Cruz wasn't hiding a thing about his killing rage in the months and even years before the Florida school massacre.\nAccording to the best British newspaper in America the Daily Mail Nikolas Cruz abused his ex and sold knives out of a lunchbox. He was disciplined by the school 25 times and finally expelled.\nGood Morning America could not pass up an interview with survivor Ariana Lopez. In her circle everybody knew that Cruz was dangerous. He didn't bother to hide it. According to Ms. Lopez Cruz was signaling his rage and murderous feelings like mad.\nLopez made it clear during her interview that Cruz 's problematic behavior and mental health issues were on clear display at school. 'He used to sell knives out of his lunch box which I thought was insane. You can't have knives this is a school' said Lopez of Cruz . 'He would be like \"hey guys want some knives?\"' One of the incidents that led to his being disciplined was a fight in September 2016. Footage of the brawl emerged over the weekend. Cruz was suspended for two days as a result of the fight which was over a former girlfriend.\nThis changes the picture completely: what the hell were the school counselors and police authorities doing while Cruz was signaling murderous intentions? There is an air of looming tragedy over the Florida school killings and secretly many people knew or suspected what was to come.\nAny competent teacher administrator school cop or counselor should have seen the signs and should have diverted Cruz into a protected environment where he could be educated and monitored. If his friend Ariana knew he was selling knives so did dozens of other kids teachers administrators and all the rest. No person in authority acted responsibly. They just kicked the can down the road.\nThere is no mystery about the Nikolas Cruzes of the world. They have been around forever. It's just that they were spotted and taken care of with discipline and yes with love and acceptance whether they deserved it or not. If they acted out they were punished appropriately and if they looked dangerous they were diverted to activities where they could do no harm.\nThat's what fathering is all about and that is what the ancient phrase \"in loco parentis\" means. Cruz should have been effectively disciplined from childhood onward but he was allowed to grow into a raging menace recognized by other students and by numerous adults.", "output": [ "Nikolas Cruzes" ] }, { "id": "task419-7752c050241f4ebfab8d82eccddb1195", "input": "CLOSE Melissa Gilbert says she once “ran out of the room crying” after an audition for Oliver Stone‘s 1991 movie The Doors. Time\nActress Melissa Gilbert alleges she had a 'humiliating and horrid' audition with director Oliver Stone. (Photo: Rob Kim Getty Images)\nAs Hollywood continues to grapple with sexual harassment allegations Melissa Gilbert says an audition with Oliver Stone left her in tears.\nA guest on SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live Monday Gilbert described an encounter she had with the filmmaker who has directed Snowden W. and JFK.\n Gilbert who played Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie in the '70s and '80s said while auditioning for the role of Pamela Courson for the 1991 film The Doors Stone intentionally demeaned her.\nAt first Gilbert hesitated to name Stone telling Cohen \"There were moments where there were men in more powerful positions one in particular who humiliated me at one point in an audition and unnecessarily because I had embarrassed him in a social situation. He got back at me and I ran out of the room crying. I’m actually sitting here telling you this story afraid to say his name 'cause I’m worried about backlash.\"\nCohen followed up asking if the director had humiliated Gilbert \"in a provocative way.\"\n\"He had me read a scene \" Gilbert said. \"I had auditioned and then he said: ‘I’ve written this special scene for you . I’d like you to do it with the actor. I want to see the chemistry with the two of you.’\n\"The whole scene was just my character on her hands and knees saying ‘Do me baby.’ Really dirty horrible \" Gilbert said. \"Then he said 'I'd like you to stage it for me .'”\n Gilbert said she refused and exited the audition very upset.\n“I left crying and I never really talked about it \" she told Cohen. \"It was all because I had said something and embarrassed him publicly.\"\nDeciding to reveal her alleged harasser Gilbert said \"It was Oliver Stone. And it was The Doors movie.\"\n Gilbert told Cohen she believes the alleged act was in retaliation to an interaction she and Stone had at a club where the director was she says \"ragging on television.\"\n\"There was a bunch of people at a table and he was talking about how television was crap and he would never do it ” said Gilbert . “Then all these young girls came running over to meet me because they were watching Little House on the Prairie. And they left and he was sort of dumbfounded and I said ‘You see (expletive) that’s television. That’s what television does.’ I guess he never forgot it.”\n Gilbert said while she remembered their moment she didn't believe \"it was that big a deal.”\n“I thought I was just auditioning and I did. I did a bunch of other scenes \" she said. \"And he said: ‘ You know I want you to stay. I’ve got something special for you.’\"", "output": [ "Melissa Gilbert" ] }, { "id": "task419-960f00f4a15349eaa6e27e1c420f5a4a", "input": "Lost footage of Selena Quintanilla has emerged two decades later after an unmarked tape containing an interview with the Tejano pop star about winning her first Grammy Award was discovered in an old TV camera.\nIn the 1994 interview a year before she was murdered an excited and animated Quintanilla talks to Tejano USA about winning the award.\n“When they first told us that we were nominated we all freaked out ” the singer says in the interview per People magazine.\n Quintanilla died in 1995 at just 23 after being shot by the founder of her fan club Yolanda Saldívar in Corpus Christi Texas. Quintanilla reportedly had confronted her about embezzling money from the fan club.\n Saldivar is serving a life sentence at the Mountain View Facility in Gatesville Texas and will be eligible for parole in 2025.\nThe interview itself had slipped into obscurity after Quintanilla ’s death. The production manager who was responsible for directing the segment with the pop star told Smithsonian staff he had searched high and low for the tape after the singer died.", "output": [ "Selena Quintanilla" ] }, { "id": "task419-6082bf77bdea449f88997debbb14b0fb", "input": "Gen. Sarath Fonseka retired from the army in mid-November after months of tension with Rajapaksa who has staked his re-election campaign on the resounding military victory over the Tamil Tiger insurgency in May.\n Fonseka led a tough counterinsurgency strategy that took small teams of fighters deep into the jungles of northern Sri Lanka striking a mortal blow to a rebel army that had battled the government for more than two decades.\n \"We have done away with the terrorists \" Fonseka told reporters at a news conference on Sunday. \"But now you can't leave the country in the hands of a tin-pot dictator.\"\n After the war was won Rajapaksa moved Fonseka into a largely ceremonial post and the uneasy alliance between the two men crumbled. A coalition of nationalist and left-wing opposition parties named Fonseka as its candidate to face Rajapaksa.\n In his resignation letter Fonseka criticized what he described as \"appalling conditions\" at the camps. He promised to shift to Parliament much of the power that comes with the office of the president. He also accused Rajapaksa of failing to bring Sri Lanka together after the long and bloody war with the Tamil Tigers.\n Still many of Sri Lanka's Tamils and other minorities remain skeptical of Fonseka because of his role in prosecuting the war and his strong alliance with the nationalists from the ethnic-Sinhalese majority.", "output": [ "Sarath Fonseka" ] }, { "id": "task419-9761494ab24e4516b147f31542a91e2f", "input": "(CNN) From the second that White House chief of staff John Kelly appeared in the White House press briefing room on Thursday afternoon you could tell something big was about to happen.\nAfter all President Donald Trump's administration had been consumed over the last 24 hours with a \" he said/she said\" fight over what the President said to Myeshia Johnson the widow of one of the four American servicemen killed in an ISIS ambush in Niger. Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson -- in an account backed up by a family member -- said that Trump had told the widow of her husband that \"he knew what he was getting into\" -- a phrase that deeply upset her. Trump insisted the call was polite and respectful and that Wilson wasn't telling the truth for partisan purposes.\n Enter Kelly . A four-star general. A man widely respected even by those who roll their eyes at Trump. And most significantly for the sake of today a father who had lost a son in military combat. ( Kelly's son Robert was killed in Afghanistan in 2010 .)\n Kelly stepped to the podium and delivered a moving and raw recounting of how soldiers killed in action are transported from the field of battle to their homes. How they are honored by their peers. And how they are the best of us.\nIt was incredibly powerful stuff -- made even more so by the back story of Kelly 's firsthand experience with his own son's death. This wasn't a politician saying the right words. This was a man who knows loss intimately. Who knows what it means to make the ultimate sacrifice.\nNo one who watched those first few minutes could help but be swayed by the power of Kelly 's words and his experiences. It was stunning.\nThen however Kelly transitioned into an attempt to clean up Trump's mess.\n Kelly recalled what his best friend Gen. Joseph Dunford the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former commandant of the Marine Corps had told him when Kelly 's own son was killed: \"He was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed \" Kelly said Dunford told him . \"He knew what he was getting into by joining that 1%. He knew what the possibilities were because we were at war. And when he died he was surrounded by the best men on this earth his friends. That's what the President tried to say to the four families the other day.\"\nWhich is fair. After all no one would dispute Kelly 's contention that calling the families of men and women who have been killed in combat is the hardest job the President has to do. And again with a nod to Kelly no one would dispute that there are simply no words that can truly bring comfort or closure to a family in pain.\nWhere Kelly veered off the track to my mind is when he sought to scold Wilson -- and the culture more broadly -- for turning the sacred service of a member of the military into a political football.\nThat sentiment is a powerful one. The problem is that in some of what Kelly said next he seemed to be totally unaware of a number of his boss's past statements and views.\n Kelly was presumably referring with disdain to the myriad allegations against Harvey Weinstein a prominent movie executive and major Democratic donor. But it's hard to square Kelly 's call to venerate women with Trump's lewd comments made in an \"Access Hollywood\" tape. \"Grab them by the pussy\" isn't exactly treating women as sacred.\nOr Kelly 's plea that Gold Star families be off-limits from the political back-and-forth ...", "output": [ "John Kelly" ] }, { "id": "task419-079f16dc63d14df2b1ee3bfb83667bad", "input": "BELGRADE Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Serbian President Boris Tadic calls China a very important economy in the world with great potential for development.\n Tadic also said in an interview with Xinhua on the eve of his visit to China that Serbia is extremely interested in further deepening economic cooperation with Beijing.\n \"During my visit Serbia and China will sign an agreement of partnership which is a result of longtime efforts on both sides and a manifestation of good political relations between the two countries \" Tadic said.\n Tadic at the invitation of Chinese President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to China on Aug. 19-25. It will be the first official visit of its kind since Serbia gained independence in 2006.\n Tadic visited China in 2005 when Serbia was part of a union with Montenegro. He also attended the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics last August as a guest of the Serbian Olympic Committee.\n Tadic said that Serbia and China have a good traditional friendship without any outstanding historical burdens.\n The two countries he said would find common ground for better cooperation because all countries in the world have been affected by the ongoing economic crisis.\n The president expressed confidence that during his visit the two sides would reach agreements in the economic field and find new areas of cooperation.\n Tadic hailed the mutual understanding and support between the two countries in the international political arena. He said the two countries can build stronger economic ties on the basis of good political relations.\n Tadic said that people have realized that the world's development could not last without China's growth. He said he also had a feeling that China has attached great importance to social development.\n Like many countries China has encountered significant difficulties during its development but has overcome them in a good way he said. Tadic said too that he believed China has the potential for even greater development in the future.\n Tadic said he has visited Dalian a city in northeastern China that has undergone fast development in recent years but has never been to Shanghai.\n \"During my visit I will have the chance to visit Shanghai. I believe that where I go in Shanghai I am sure to feel the achievements of China's fast development \" he said.\n Tadic said that joining the EU is Serbia's main strategic goal which he expects will be realized in the next five years.\n As long as Serbia joins the EU Tadic said China would have another close friend in the pan-European bloc.", "output": [ "Tadic" ] }, { "id": "task419-a985066cb98c40ff94282ab396269497", "input": "Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose Costa Rica Thursday Oct. 5 2017. Tropical Storm Nate formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as it spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (Moises Castillo/Associated Press)\nMANAGUA Nicaragua — Newly formed Tropical Storm Nate was blamed Thursday for at least 22 deaths across Central America as it dumped rain across the region on a path that would carry it toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend.\nThe U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm could cause dangerous flooding by dumping as much as 15 to 20 inches (38 to 50 centimeters) of rain as it moved over Honduras with higher accumulations in a few places.\nIn Nicaragua Nate’s arrival followed two weeks of near-constant rain that had left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. Authorities placed the whole country on alert and warned of flooding and landslides.", "output": [ "Nate" ] }, { "id": "task419-d73c4c16303b44c9aef7ff5cd7a98a92", "input": "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Montana will sign contracts only with internet service providers that honor \"net neutrality\" firms Governor Steve Bullock said on Monday the latest effort by a state to undermine a Federal Communications Commission order rolling back rules introduced in 2015.\n Bullock signed an executive order requiring state contract recipients to adhere to so-called net neutrality which barred internet service providers from blocking or throttling traffic or offering paid fast lanes also known as paid prioritization.\nA spokeswoman for the FCC declined to comment on the decision by Bullock a Democrat.\n\"There has been a lot of talk around the country about how to respond to the recent decision by Federal Communications Commission to repeal net neutrality rules which keep the internet free and open. It's time to actually do something about it \" Bullock said in a statement. \"This is a simple step states can take to preserve and protect net neutrality. We can't wait for folks in Washington DC to come to their senses and reinstate these rules.\"", "output": [ "Steve Bullock" ] }, { "id": "task419-4849faaaa7324b59929dea13cdc27c4d", "input": "I dread many things about dining out in the coming year from closings of beloved restaurants to ever-weirder ramen mutations. But the scariest of all may be the expansion of the online reservation app Tock which makes you pay in advance for your meal at the time of booking — mostly at super-luxury eateries but increasingly at lower-priced places too.\nThe great Eleven Madison Park is the only place in Manhattan that currently uses three-year-old Tock for all seatings (though it’s also one of the very few restaurants worth such hassle). In Williamsburg tiny Aska also uses the app exclusively. Now Tock — which is used by just 300 US restaurants compared to 43 000 for OpenTable and 1 000 for Resy — is trying to lure in lesser joints such as Té with Tock Intro.\nBacked by millions of dollars in venture-capital funding Tock promises great things to owners. Its platform can help them better manage reservations and reduce no-shows. Customers supposedly benefit from avoiding the hassles of reserving by phone.\nBut I hate having to buy a ticket for a meal — even for a world-class place such as Eleven Madison Park or Chicago’s Alinea which is co-owned by Nick Kokonas who also happens to be the founder of Tock.\nCertain places that use OpenTable or Resy require a $50-a-head credit-card deposit. I’m not crazy about that but at least we’re not giving them an interest-free loan of nearly $1 200 as a table for four would be at Eleven Madison Park reserved months from now on Tock.\nTock is striving to make inroads here by handling New Year’s Eve bookings at places that would otherwise use OpenTable or Resy. “New Year’s Eve has notoriously high demand and no-show rates so we’re seeing a large number of restaurants using Tock Intro to combat the no-show issue ” says a company rep.\nAmong them: The Lambs Club and Lupa Osteria Romana — where you can only book the $275-per-head “Roman feast” starting at 9:45 p.m. on Dec. 31 using Tock .\n Tock ’s strategy is to persuade users of the limited service to switch to the site full-time. Tock ’s rep says “Many restaurants start with Tock by offering a single prepaid experience which is what you’re seeing with Lupa’s NYE dinner. After they see the full platform … they often transition all reservations over to Tock .”", "output": [ "Tock" ] }, { "id": "task419-f5bd188431d64ace9d8e61bd37a8410e", "input": "\"Charlie St. Cloud \" like its star Zac Efron is a gorgeous unblemished thing. Both would be much improved with a tiny flaw or two.\n What's more the 22-year-old (of \"High School Musical\" fame) is turning into a pretty decent actor. As the titular Charlie a young man whose guilt and grief over his 11-year-old brother's death _ in a car Charlie was driving _ has paralyzed him emotionally Efron works hard to make you believe his character's angst. The scenes in which he plays catch with dead brother Sam (Charlie Tahan) with whom Charlie has a daily play date in the woods are particularly touching. And when Tess (Amanda Crew) a former high school classmate of Charlie's tries to reconnect with him Charlie's reluctance to allow himself real-world pleasure is almost palpable.\nCharlie has a daily play date in the woods are particularly touching. And when Tess (Amanda Crew) a former high school classmate of Charlie's tries to reconnect with him Charlie's reluctance to allow himself real-world pleasure is almost palpable.\n From the insistently gooey score that pushes and prods you to feel Charlie's pain to the sparkling cinematography that turns the fictional Pacific Northwest setting of Quincy Bay into an ad for a vacation time share the movie has a machine-extruded gloss that makes it harder not easier to swallow its difficult emotions. You'll want to buy into them _ Efron is a very good salesman _ but they're so smooth and creamy going down they barely register as feelings at all.\n Based on the novel \"The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud \" by Ben Sherwood the story itself has a predictable arc. A promising high school sailor with an athletic scholarship to Stanford Charlie has put his plans _ and his life _ on hold after Sam dies taking on a job as cemetery caretaker so that he can be near his brother with whom he has a pact to meet every day at sunset. Five years after the accident when Charlie and Tess start falling for each other Charlie's connection to Sam or Sam's spirit is threatened.\n has a pact to meet every day at sunset. Five years after the accident when Charlie and Tess start falling for each other Charlie's connection to Sam or Sam's spirit is threatened.\n Sam of course is a walking metaphor for survivor's guilt. CharlieCharlie himself almost died in the accident but was resuscitated by a paramedic (Ray Liotta) whose defibrillator has left scars on Charlie's chest that serve as constant reminders. The self-help-heavy script includes such aphorisms as \"You hurt because you're alive\" (courtesy of Sam's ghost) and \"At some point we all have to let go\" (courtesy of Tess).\n Those lines will come as no surprise. What will come as a surprise is something of a plot twist having to do with Charlie's ability to \"see\" dead people a result of his having visited the other side. In addition to Sam Charlie also communes briefly with the ghost of another old school chum (Dave Franco) who was killed in Iraq.", "output": [ "Charlie St" ] }, { "id": "task419-cfe305dec350407d9ac3ea2870a9f590", "input": "America's war in Afghanistan is the longest war the U.S. has ever fought. Beginning a month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 2001 the initial mission was to remove the Taliban from power and destroy the al-Qaida terror network. Now nearly 17 years later Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll points out that the war's goals have changed.\n\"The objective is not a grand peace ceremony on some grand aircraft carrier \" Coll says. \"It's to reduce the violence in Afghanistan to reduce the suffering of innocents in Kabul to support the constitutional government that we invested in after Sept. 11 so heavily in money and in American lives and sacrifices on the battlefield.\"\nDirectorate S The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Steve Coll Hardcover 757 pages purchase close overlay Buy Featured Book Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How?\nWorld Steve Coll : The Secret Plans For Kashmir Steve Coll : The Secret Plans For Kashmir Listen", "output": [ "Steve Coll" ] }, { "id": "task419-adc79d61969f4ca8a9f123120989c548", "input": "But the most magical and pivotal contribution came from Mirai Nagasu and it was over in an instant. In the span of one glorious eyeblink Nagasu who had been snubbed by U.S. skating officials for a spot on the 2014 Olympic team poured all she had worked toward these past four years into the opening jump of her free skate on the final day of the team competition.\nAnd when she landed solidly on one foot after making 3½ rotations in the air Nagasu made history becoming the first American women to land the high-risk triple axel in Olympic competition.\n“You did it girl!” screamed her teammate pairs skater Alexa Scimeca-Knierim from the U.S. team’s rinkside seats loud enough for Nagasu to hear as she went into her final jump. She giggled to herself which made her smile even broader.\n“It’s historical and something no one can take away from me ” Nagasu said afterward. “I wanted to make America proud.”\nThe women’s skate represented the moment Nagasu had waited for since her fourth-place finish at the 2010 Vancouver Games.\n She awoke at 4 a.m. nervous about shouldering such a responsibility for her teammates and her country. But she didn’t give a thought to omitting the risky triple axel. That jump — and the prospect of becoming the first American and just the third woman in history to land it at the Olympics after Japan’s Midori Ito and Mao Asada — was the sole reason she kept training after being passed over for the 2014 Olympic team. Even before she could do the triple axel she dreamed she could. She dreamed of landing it so much in fact that she thinks she may have taught it to herself subliminally.\nThe falls the bruises and aches over the years attest otherwise. But Monday was her moment. It was her vindication.\n“Midori Ito Mao Asada and now Mirai Nagasu — all Japanese heritage ” Nagasu said afterward with a proud smile. “But I am fortunate that I am American so I’ll be the first U.S. lady to have landed the triple axel [in Olympic competition]. So today is a day of accomplishment for me.”", "output": [ "Mirai Nagasu" ] }, { "id": "task419-7754a0ff77e443ceaa0aee5bf95800e8", "input": "This week one of IRIB’s popular nightly talk shows was dedicated to the protests. The Channel Two show featured Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani a conservative MP and Reza Seraj introduced as an “expert on strategic questions and a university professor.”\n Seraj is well-known to many Iranian activists although not exactly in those terms. Many of the thousands who have gone through the notorious interrogations blindfolded in Tehran’s Evin Prison remember his voice as an “expert interrogator.” He is known for meting out psychological torture rather than physical torture by flaunting his supposed knowledge of the intricate webs of espionage with which any given activist is allegedly involved.\nBorn in the southwestern city of Ahvaz in 1966 Seraj has cut his teeth in different wings of the IRGC especially its autonomous volunteer paramilitary the Basij. One story alleges that in 1988 the then-21-year-old Seraj galvanized a group of angry Basijis to stop a speech by Ali Khamenei—who was president at the time—to soldiers on the frontlines of the war with Iraq. Back then President Khamenei was engaged in a power struggle with Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi who was regarded as being more revolutionary and closer to the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Khomeini.\nAs it turned out two decades later in 2009 Seraj played a lead role in defending Khamenei by then the supreme leader harassing and torturing supporters of Mousavi who was by that time the leader of the Green Movement that threatened Khamenei.\n“ 'The Americans the Israelis and the Saudis had a strategic operational plan that was to be put in action next year ' Seraj said 'but some factors led them into hastening it .' ”\n Seraj headed the student organization of Basij from 2008 to 2010 and was lauded by the pro-IRGC Fars News Agency as a transformative Basiji figure. In the years since he has become known for working with outlets like Fars and the state broadcaster to defend the regime and spin tales of foreign espionage.\nHis real identity didn’t remain hidden for long. Ali Afshari the student activist who was driven to exile after bouts of prison and torture in Iran recalled Seraj very well in an interview he gave to the New Haven-based Iran Human Rights Documentation Center.\n“When I gave up they had taken my blindfold [off] and I could see my interrogator ” Afshari said. “He introduced himself as Alavi but I later found out that his name was Seraj. He sometimes writes for Fars now and is the head of student Basij. I complained to the judge and asked for a different interrogator. Seraj used to tell me that it was he who told the judge what to do not the other way around.”\nAdding more to spice up the story Amirabadi claimed that part of the U.S. plan was to bring the forces of ISIS to Iranian territory but this had been thwarted by the Quds Force (a part of the IRGC which is not supposed to operate on Iranian territory) and the Unknown Soldiers of the Twelfth Imam (the name used for the forces of Iran’s ministry of intelligence.) Seraj quickly agreed with this claim.\nAccording to Seraj now that the Americans’ “Plan A” had been defeated they had resorted to “Plan B ” which had been started by U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley’s calling on the United Nations Security Council to meet about Iran.\n“Their plan is to lead Iran to miscalculation and to change its behavior according to what U.S. and the European countries want ” Seraj said. “They had designed a game of dominoes. The Americans were to threaten us with leaving the JCPOA [nuclear agreement] and ramping up the sanctions while the Europeans were to play the good cop.”\nConfirming \"the Conspiracy\" and Worries for What’s Next\nSeraj doesn’t officially speak for the IRGC so someone unfamiliar with his significance might dismiss his elaborate theory as the thoughts of one man. But Iranian Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Jafar Montazeri has given a version of events that coincides very closely with Seraj’s.\nMontazeri then gave numerous details to back up the story put forth by Seraj and Amirabadi—and added some new claims. The cities of Herat in Afghanistan and Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan had been picked as centers of operation he said and ISIS forces were to come to Iran from there. He also claimed that Michael D’Andrea—who was revealed in U.S. media reports back in June as the newly appointed head of the CIA’s Iran Mission Center—had organized the protests a claim previously made by some pro-government Turkish newspapers (these reports were so inaccurate they had mistakenly published photographs of U.S. actors instead of D’Andrea.)\nThe Green Movement of 2009 was followed by Stalinesque show trials during which the accused confessed to involvement in elaborate espionage plans. Seraj is known to have played a role in concocting those fantasy plans. So now many worry that a similar fate awaits more than 1 500 people who have been arrested over the last few days.", "output": [ "Reza Seraj" ] }, { "id": "task419-d5e59456d7214ae982c543fb284a0511", "input": "General McMaster forgot to say that the results of the 2016 election were not impacted or changed by the Russians and that the only Collusion was between Russia and Crooked H the DNC and the Dems. Remember the Dirty Dossier Uranium Speeches Emails and the Podesta Company! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 18 2018\nTrump’s fixation on the legitimacy-sapping accusation that the Russians “impacted or changed” vote tallies to put him in the White House feeds this conspiracy theory of mine. What set off alarms for me was the last sentence in the Times’s paragraph about Trump’s McMaster tweet.\n[ PODCAST: Hillary Rodham Clinton on Trump : ‘He’s a little obsessed with me’ ]\nTribe also took on the Russian-impact issue and came to virtually the same conclusion as Price. “Although it’s no doubt impossible in a scientific sense to determine what the outcome would’ve been without Putin’s meddling ” Tribe said “surely we know – to the degree things like [this] are ever knowable – that the perfect storm that put Trump over 270 electoral votes with the help of under [80 000] votes in MI PA and WI wouldn’t have occurred had any one of a multitude of factors been changed even a little.” Among those factors the Comey letter Hillary Clinton’s campaign in those three states and “Russia’s efforts to undermine Hillary in several ways including by hacking suppressing the minority vote encouraging voters to go for Bernie [Sanders] and Jill [Stein] getting unwitting Americans to put on skits of Hillary in prison garb and behind bars spreading BS about voter fraud and ID theft and lots of other crap.”", "output": [ "Donald J. Trump" ] }, { "id": "task419-2bec571fe3454c1ea3cb832f57208df0", "input": "American figure skater Nathan Chen has rallied from a fiasco of a short program with a historic free skate at the Pyeongchang Olympics that included an unparalleled six completed quadruple jumps.\n Chen was guaranteed to rocket up the standings with a 297.35 total perhaps into the top 10.\nVincent Zhou has been overshadowed during the Pyeongchang Olympics by teammates Adam Rippon and Nathan Chen.\nBut the youngest member of the U.S. figure skating team is smart and funny. And after a terrific short program he has a chance to finish in the top 10 at the Winter Games.\nThe openly gay Adam Rippon has become a media darling combining excellent skating to help the U.S. win team bronze with an unfiltered approach to interviews. The talented Nathan Chen had been tipped as a gold medal favorite until everything went awry during his short program.\nTogether they had held the spotlight until Zhou landed the first quad lutz in an Olympic event and put together the best short program of his career to briefly take the lead.\n He wound up 12th among 30 skaters easily qualifying for the free skate.\nAmerican skater Nathan Chen is trying to bounce back from a dreadful performance that left him well out of medal contention. His teammates Adam Rippon and Vincent Zhou are also in action.", "output": [ "Nathan Chen" ] } ], "Instance License": [ "Unknown" ] }